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SHINNSTON, W.Va. – Shinnston City Council met Tuesday evening with an agenda full of items to discuss to improve the life of the residents within city limits.
The council held a second reading of an ordinance to implement the municipal sales and use tax within the city limits. Council also held second readings of an ordinance to reduce the business and occupation tax as well as the implementation of an ordinance to regulate all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles and other motorized recreational apparatuses within Shinnston city limits. Council passed all three ordinances by a majority vote.
"That's a one percent sales tax that has been passed by neighboring municipalities and they've shown great success with that. What it will be for is just an income for the city to further projects and services to the citizens," said Patrick Kovalck, Mayor of the City of Shinnston.
Also, council approved the first reading of an ordinance providing for the abatement of drug and gang houses deemed to be public nuisances with the municipal boundaries of the city.
"It's not just drugs, it's a variety of incidents where our police called continually to the same residences for the same issues that never get resolved. What this will do will hold the property owner whether it be a landlord or the resident themselves accountable for all these police calls, and give the police force a little backbone to say enough is enough," said Kovalck.
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Westmount mayor to fight Canada Post's community mailboxes – Montreal
Watch above: Peter Anthony Holder speaks to Westmount Mayor Peter Trent about his battle with Canada Post regarding the installation of community mailboxes and the phasing out of door-to-door delivery.
WESTMOUNT, Que. – Last December, Canada Post announced plans to phase out home delivery in urban centres within the next five years and that idea does not sit well with Westmount mayor Peter Trent.
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Canada post will begin its transition from door-to-door mail delivery to central community boxes next year. The West Island will be among the first areas in Quebec to be affected.
READ MORE: Canada Post to phase out urban door-to-door delivery
No word when the community mailboxes will hit Westmount, but Trent says that he'll do everything he can to stop what he thinks is a backwards decision by Canada Post.
Trent explains that loosing door-to-door service makes no sense, especially for the elderly and people with mobility problems.
READ MORE: 7 things to know about Canada Post's plan to axe home delivery
The city of Westmount plans to fight the decision by denying permits for the installation of community mailboxes within city limits.
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"Swiss Family Robinson" is an entertaining spectacle for
kids through the early teen years, with excellent
cinematography. However, it is too wholesome and
episodic, and lacks depth.
A European family escaping the terror of Napoleon Bonaparte
is shipwrecked on a lush deserted island. After narrow
escapes from pirates and carnivores, they adapt and live
in grand style. A teenage girl joins their clan, sparking
rivalry between the two teenage boys. The pirates return
and must be fought off.
The problems with the movie begin with the premise.
A ship is abandoned by its crew, leaving as its only
passengers a family unit. Their ship happens to wreck
on an island's reefs, and that island somehow has no
inhabitants but has a very wide variety of African animals.
The youngest son, impish Francis, is supposed to provide
comic relief but his one-note acting performance of
enthusiastic shouting is quickly tiresome. Mother (pop singer
Dorothy McGuire) and Father (John Mills) are perfect parents
who never lose their temper. Somehow the family constructs
marvelous treetop penthouses, displaying unusual architectural
and engineering talent. Where did they get the tools?
The pirates are scary but impotent. One can't help but
notice the Caucasian adults are brave and heroic, while
the vile and cowardly pirates are of undetermined ethnic
The sibling rivalry between older son Fritz (James MacArthur)
and Ernst (Tommy Kirk) is the most interesting part of the
movie. One can identify with both Fritz's condescension and
Ernst's desire for the respect and privileges of birthright.
Still, a lesser Disney production that sugar coats what
could have been an interesting character study of adaptation
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Last week we joked that after the cancellation of this month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile due to unrest in the country, Trump should host the APEC meeting at his infamous Doral resort in Florida.
Trump should offer to host APEC at the Doral resort— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 30, 2019
And while that - for now at least -remains an absurd stretch, on Sunday President Trump told reporters at the White House that a trade agreement with China would be signed somewhere in the U.S. "First of all I want to get the deal," he said after returning for a trip to New York City. "The meeting place, to me, is going to be very easy."
Trump previously hinted of a US signing venue when on Saturday he said that the "Phase One" of the trade deal could be signed in Iowa.
Trump says US, China phase one trade deal could be signed in Iowa https://t.co/wf9joMKfXK via @YouTube— thaiparampil (@thaiparampil) November 3, 2019
Of course, the trade deal first has to be completed, but who cares about nuance these days...
However providing the weekly dose of trade deal optimism ahead of tonight's first futures print, earlier on Sunday Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressed optimism - what else - that the U.S. would reach a "Phase One" trade deal with China this month and said licenses would be coming "very shortly" for American companies to sell components to Huawei.
Ross also said that Iowa, Alaska, Hawaii (however, not Florida), as well as locations in China were all possible places for Trump and Xi Jinping to sign the deal now that the choice of the Chile venue is no longer practical. Even so, Ross called the agreement "particularly complicated" and said the U.S. was "making sure that each side has a very correct and clear, detailed understanding of what each side has agreed to."
"We're in good shape, we're making good progress, and there's no natural reason why it couldn't be," Ross told Bloomberg Television in an interview on Sunday in Bangkok, when asked if the deal is on track to be signed this month. "But whether it will slip a little bit, who knows. It's always possible."
The Trump administration has long ago learned that all it takes to goose markets higher is slip a little hopium that the trade deal, which was "just around the corner" over a year ago, is still "just around the corner." Indeed, stocks hit a new all time high on Friday amid what Bloomberg called "signs of a breakthrough on trade" when top negotiators both spoke on the phone Friday and described the talks as "constructive" as they look to lower tensions in a trade war that has roiled global growth.
Yet even with the deal supposedly imminent, Ross refused to commit whether the Trump administration would suspend the December tariff hike, according to Bloomberg. He also said further phases of the deal would depend on things involving legislation on the part of China and an enforcement mechanism, without which "all you've got is a pile of paper."
Meanwhile, in what appeared a rather "clear" mixed message, last week Bloomberg reported that Chinese officials cast doubts about reaching a comprehensive long-term trade deal due their concerns that Trump will respect a formal deal, Bloomberg reported last week. China has stated for months that a final deal must include the removal of all punitive tariffs, and has balked at reforms in areas such as state-run enterprises that could jeopardize Xi Jinping's grip on power.
As a reminder, several weeks back, Trump placed dozens of Chinese firms on the Commerce Department's "entity list," hindering their ability to purchase American software and components. It first targeted Huawei in May for national security reasons, and last month added 28 more companies including artificial intelligence giants SenseTime Group Ltd., Megvii Technology Ltd. and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co.
Entities on the list are prohibited from doing business with American companies without being granted a U.S. government license, although some have maintained relationships with banned companies through international subsidiaries. China's government has signaled it will hit back over the blacklist, and the companies have denied wrongdoing.
The blacklist is also hurting American companies that do business with China, and particularly Huawei. Trump said in June after meeting with Xi in Japan that he'd "easily" agreed to allow American firms to continue certain exports to Huawei, and weeks later Trump said he'd accelerate the approval process for licenses.
Still, none have been granted so far. The president as recently as this month green-lit the approval of licenses in a meeting with advisers, according to people familiar with the matter, but an announcement has yet to be made.
On Sunday, Ross said the licenses "will be forthcoming very shortly," noting that the government received 260 requests.
"That's a lot of applications -- it's frankly more than we would've thought," Ross said in the interview. "Remember too with entity lists there's a presumption of denial. So the safe thing for these companies would be to assume denial, even though we will obviously approve quite a few of them."


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All fracking applications for Northumberland must be refused believes Green Party
Fracking must be roundly rejected in any part of Northumberland, a Green Party politician vying to be an MP has said.
Rachael Roberts, who will contest the Berwick upon Tweed constituency, has launched a petition demanding that Northumberland County Council commits to refusing all applications for fracking.
She said
"All proposals for fossil fuel extraction in Northumberland, whether by fracking for gas, drilling for oil, or open cast mining for coal, are fundamentally keeping us tied to 19th Century technology – the county council has already recognised that Northumberland has potential to become a world leader in renewable energy, and it is in this clean technology of the future that our investment must be made, not in the polluting technology of the past."
In 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) invited bids from companies wishing to explore for onshore oil and gas across much of Northumberland.
The areas permitting exploratory drilling under Amble and Rothbury, and between those two towns. The results have not been announced.
Ms Roberts is calling on the council to make a refusal of any fracking activity its policy.
She said:
"Fracking contaminates ground water supplies, where it risks introducing toxic chemicals, carcinogenic hydrocarbons and radioactive matter into the natural food chain.
"The biodiversity that is already stressed from pollution, pesticides and climate change will be under threat: this is a risk that no responsible council should ever consider taking."
A Northumberland County Council spokesman said:
"The exploratory, appraisal or production phase of hydrocarbon extraction can only take place in areas where the Department of Energy and Climate Change have issued a license.
"The Government is considering a further round of these licences and parts of Northumberland do fall within the areas being considered.
"In addition, planning permission would also be required.
"The emerging Core Strategy includes a number of draft policies that any future planning applications for fracking would be considered against.
"The draft policies set out a range of environment criteria for assessing proposals, including a requirement to demonstrate that any benefits outweigh the adverse impacts on local communities and the environment."
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Source – Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 02 Mar 2015
Real terms cut in public health budgets announced
Spending on public health in the region will be cut next year, it was announced yesterday (Tuesday, September 9) – despite Government promises to protect the NHS.
The amounts given to local councils – for services such as smoking cessation classes, obesity clinics, school nurses and drug and alcohol treatments – will be frozen.
The Department of Health admitted that meant a cut in real terms, after inflation, but said it was necessary because "the health budget is under a lot of pressure".
Furthermore, it comes after cash-starved town halls have already been accused of raiding their public health budgets as they wrestle with huge cuts to their overall funds.
The cut was revealed in a statement to MPs, which announced that public health funding in 2015-16 would "remain the same as last year, at £2.79bn".
It means County Durham will continue to receive £45.8m from next April. Other frozen allocations include Darlington (£7.8m), Middlesbrough (£16.4m) Stockton (£13.1m) and North Yorkshire (£19.7m).
In response to The Northern Echo, a department of health spokeswoman acknowledged:
"This is a flat cash settlement – so it's a real terms decrease.
Tom Blenkinsop, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, linked the decision to the recent closures of medical centres at Skelton and Park End – with Hemlington also under threat.
He said:
"It is quite clear that our local areas NHS is being cut for purely financial reasons, with no attention to clinical need."
Budgets for public health were transferred from the NHS to local authorities last year, as part of the Coalition's radical overhaul of the health service.
Ministers argued councils were better equipped to tackle problems such as obesity, smoking and pollution and – ironically – that the funds had often been "raided" by the NHS.
The cut comes amid growing pressure to increase spending on the stubborn causes of ill-health, to cut the long-term cost to the health service.
Cash has been diverted to areas including trading standards, citizens' advice bureaux, domestic abuse services, housing, parks and leisure centres, they found.
But Jane Ellison, the public health minister, said:
"We want to see local areas continue their excellent work to help people lead healthier lives.
"The money has again been ring-fenced, so the focus will remain firmly on improving the health of local communities. This will be further boosted by an extra £5m to target priority areas."
Source – Northern Echo, 10 Sept 2014


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text: http://www.dw.com/en/portugals-socialists-reject-new-minority-government/a-18801216 Portugal's Socialists reject new minority government (Deutsche Welle) The Socialist Party has urged its members to withhold support for the center-right's attempt at minority rule. A new vote and a growing divide over austerity policy are expected amid Portugal's postelection confusion. Almost three weeks after elections were held in Portugal with no clear winner, a government appeared to be taking shape on Thursday. The president reappointed Pedro Passos Coelho of the Social Democratic Party as prime minister, tasking him with managing a workable minority coalition after the government lost its majority mandate. Yet the situation has grown more precarious after an all-night meeting among the leadership of the Socialist Party, the country's largest opposition group. The party announced on Friday that it refuses to guarantee the formation of a center-right government and demands its members of parliament to "reject any government program that essentially upholds the policies of the previous legislature." No resolution in sight Scoring only a few points behind the center-right Portugal Forward coalition, the Socialists have retained the mathematical possibility of rallying the left into a majority coalition, and are now threatening to pursue that. Socialist Party leader Antonio Costa stated after the meeting: "It is incomprehensible to name a prime minister for whom the president knows in advance there will no majority in parliament." President Anibal Cavaco Silva, a conservative, initially hoped that the Socialist Party would enter into coalition with the center-right after the inconclusive elections. "I am deeply sorry that, at a time when we need to consolidate growth and job creation...circumstantial interests are given priority over the national interest," he lamented on Thursday. Portuguese media speculate that new elections are likely to be called next year after a majority in parliament forces the government to step down. No minority administration has lasted in Portugal since the overthrow of Antonio Salazar's fascist dictatorship in 1974. Austerity and uncertainty This latest development highlights the deepening division in Portugal over whether to stay its EU-imposed austerity course - a friction playing out elsewhere in Europe from Greece to Ireland to neighboring Spain. Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Portugal has struggled under measures seeking to curb its economic instability after soaring debt necessitated a bailout package in 2011. Spending cuts and tax increases led to protests and caused the prime minister's popularity to drop. Advocates for upholding the measures have pointed to a calmed economy and diminishing unemployment rate, while critics point to growing inequality and too-fragile growth. Seeking to stake a middle ground, the Socialist Party pledged on Friday to form a "stable and durable" alternative government. It promised "integral respect" for the country's international commitments, notably its European ones." A left coalition would, however, involve parties that have staked staunchly anti-austerity positions, including the Left Bloc, often referred to as "Portugal's Syriza." The Portuguese Communist and Green parties would be included as well. Citing the European People's Party's (EPP) involvement in the country's elections, the left-leaning Portuguese newspaper Publico claimed Friday that the EPP is growing "nervous" about the country's anti-establishment surge. Publico spoke of fear that the situation will replay itself in Spain, whose elections are slated for December, also with a strong anti-austerity movement and no clear majority in sight. "This would be the first time in Portugal's democratic history that the party which won the elections does not govern," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy remarked Thursday at an EPP congress in Madrid. jtm/rc (AFP, dpa)


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Aggies Blitz: 5 things to watch vs. No. 1 Alabama
COLLEGE STATION – Two days ago Texas A&M students were wearing shorts and starting to hydrate for Saturday's showdown with Alabama.
By Friday night they were in jackets, with hydration (the water variety) not nearly as high on the to-do list. On to five things to watch, with the Aggies trying to upend the Crimson Tide for the first time since 2012 – and that game was at Bryant-Denny Stadium:
Before the season, A&M's Kellen Mond said he was the best quarterback in the SEC. This is his shot to make his case against the legitimate best in the SEC, Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa. Hard to believe, but Mond led all rushers in last year's game in Bryant-Denny with 98 yards.
He's going to have to have at least the second-best game of his career – along with against Clemson last year – for the Aggies to stand a chance on Saturday afternoon on national TV (CBS).
Pass rush
The Aggies have failed to pressure the quarterback in their first five games, so it's difficult to believe it will suddenly happen against one of the league's elite offensive lines (year in and year out). A&M has eight sacks on the season, and only two of those are by defensive ends.
The Aggies must put at least some pressure on Tagovailoa from the ends, if they don't want the nation's top college quarterback to methodically pick apart the defense. Give him a few extra seconds, and there is no doubt he will make the most of them.
Nick Saban is 17-0 against his former understudies, an amazing number considering some of the achievements of his former assistants. Jimbo Fisher is 0-2 against Saban – including a loss while coaching Florida State against Alabama – but this is the first time Fisher has drawn Saban on his home turf.
In the end, the location of the 100 yards of grass might not matter, but Fisher wants to beat his mentor badly – it would be a storyline that receives attention the rest of the season.
The Aggies' manhood and womanhood and every hood in between was challenged in the past week when ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said 102,000-seat Kyle Field seems to have lost its intimidation factor. Expect it to be as rowdy as it's been in years within the four tall walls on Saturday afternoon, especially with the suddenly-pleasant weather. Bringing us back to:
No, that's not saying keep an eye on No. 66 – the Aggies don't even have one this season. That's the expected high temperature, according to the National Weather Service, along with a 10-mph wind. No rain is forecast, although it rained on Friday across Brazos County, helping cool things down even more and removing some of the recent dust.
Football weather is finally here, just in time for A&M's biggest home game of the season.