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As today's Tauck traveler, you seek travel experiences that enrich your life. You find inspiration in the connections you make while traveling, experiencing a world of unique cultures, genuine emotion, camaraderie and the little things that comprise day-to-day life in the destinations visited. Tauck believes that travel should be an enriching experience that's easy, fun and worth your time and the price you paid. It should also re-energize and transform you. And, above all else, be beyond the ordinary. Because how you see the world matters.
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Tauck offers a variety of travel styles to destinations around the globe. Whether you want to explore the world by land, river or sea, with your family; or in a small group of like-minded adventurers, Tauck promises to indulge and inspire, catering to your interests every step of the way.
Tauck has pioneered some of today's most innovative ways to discover landmark sights around the world. These classic land journeys span North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand and introduce explorers to the world's most amazing places on seamlessly choreographed, fully-escorted tours. Each sightseeing adventure brims with in-depth cultural exploration, providing guests with a comprehensive, insider look at the places they've always dreamed of exploring. Whether you choose the A Week In ... journeys, which pair city sights with country delights, or a longer trip of 9-20 days, you'll experience more of what you want for one inclusive, up-front price.
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In 2010, Tauck approached award-winning filmmakers Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns and proposed a joint collaboration. Their idea was to create special travel experiences based on the themes of Duncan and Burns' documentary films and to connect guests with destinations in deep and lasting ways. Together, eight years later, this collaboration has created 13 journeys and over 100 original film vignettes – Stories by Ken Burns. It has also brought life to six tours Crafted by Tauck & Ken Burns and is responsible for several special Ken Burns Events.
Travel should be life-changing, eye-opening, exciting and engaging for all ages. Our family vacations are designed to spark a passion, inspire a sense of wonder and enrich understanding. When these experiences are shared with loved ones, they bring you closer together. Every detail of your Tauck family vacation is taken care of, so you and your loved ones can spend time making memories that will last forever.
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Culturious is all about discovering local culture through authentic learning experiences, exploring off the beaten path and meeting the people who call these places home. Be hands-on while cooking with European chefs. Recharge with adventures like horseback riding. Explore Yellowstone with a naturalist in winter, have lunch with a contessa, meet expert artisans and spend your evenings in boutique hotels. Discover these adventures and more on your small-group vacation.
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Tauck guests often speak of how powerful travel can be and how lucky they feel to have the opportunity to explore the world with such a wonderful travel host - hosts who provide special access that allows guests to become part of the culture they're discovering. Guests also speak of their appreciation that all the vacations are seamless, inclusive and fully arranged, so that all they have to do is relax and enjoy those exclusive, extraordinary moments they can only experience through Tauck.
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Cruise aboard one of their newest luxe mega-yachts, Le Soleal or Le Boreal. Spend two nights in Buenos Aires before setting sail for the majestic ice-clad continent of Antarctica on a 10-night expeditionary voyage. Learn about the history, makeup and wildlife of these regions, first-hand, from naturalists, oceanographers and ornithologists.
From glaciers to rainforests, canyons to volcanoes and the engineering marvels of past and present, Tauck's South America travel or Central America tours and cruises have it all. Explore the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, take a scenic cruise to the Galapagos Islands, witness amazing wildlife and so much more.
Israel may be small geographically but it's a country of epic proportions, rich with ancient sites and stories that stir the imagination within a modern, kaleidoscopic mix of immigrants, ethnicities, cultures and religions. Jordan delights from the archaeological treasures and antiquities of Petra to resort pleasures along the Dead Sea.
*$75 off the purchase of Tauck Air on all domestic; $150 off Tauck Air on all international, coach class; $300 off Tauck Air on all international, business class. In the case where Tauck Air is not available for sale, supplier will provide a $50 per person allowance on the tour price. All tours include accommodations, noted meals, service charges, local guide gratuities, admission fees, taxes and porterage. Prices based on double occupancy (triple occupancy for Italia Bella Tauck Bridges Family Journey), are land only and are subject to change and availability. Additional taxes and fees may apply to certain trips.


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There is a 5 day challenge going on on Facebook where people are nominated to post a BW photo, 5 days in a row.
I was recently nominated by Mike Schumacher, the president of the Auburn Photography club. He did me a great favor as I am not someone who naturally "sees" in BW. Mike did me a huge favor because, by accepting the challenge, I had to browse my photos with the very specific intent of determining which shots would "work" in BW, something I simply never do.
I'm delighted to say that I found quite a number that seem to "work", although that is obviously a very subjective point of view.
As many of my shots are HDRs and I am converting the HDR versions into BW – I'm finding that the punchier colors of the HDR process often translate well into BW. I very quickly found myself drawn to images with strong cloud formations as they really became very pronounced in BW.
So I will be posting at least 5 images over the next 5 days. I thought I'd start with this one of the Golden Gate.
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We just returned from our honeymoon on Bora Bora and Moorea. Everything was planned out perfectly. Over-water bungalow on Bora Bora was something else. There were rays, fishes, and occasional black tip shark around our bungalow all the time. Great suggestions for accommodations and activities from trip designs. Maruru
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Hurricane Sandy struck the United States in October 2012, causing an estimated $65 billion in damages. FEMA provides assistance to survivors through IHP and other programs. Part of its mission is to provide assistance quickly, but the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) previously identified weaknesses in FEMA's ability to do so while protecting government resources. Moreover, GAO's 2006 reports on Hurricane Katrina and Rita showed that FEMA did not consistently validate the identity of applicants or inspect damaged properties.
This book discusses the extent to which FEMA implemented controls to help prevent IHP payments that are at risk of being improper or potentially fraudulent; and challenges FEMA and states faced obtaining information to help prevent IHP payments from duplicating or overlapping with other sources in its response to Hurricane Sandy. This book also discusses the the timeliness of SBA's disaster assistance to small businesses; the loan approval rates for small businesses and reasons for decline for Hurricane Sandy and previous disasters; the extent to which SBA has implemented programs mandated by the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008; the progress DOT has made allocating, obligating, and disbursing DRAA surface transportation funds; how FTA's new Public Transportation Emergency Relief program compares to FEMA's and FHWA's emergency relief programs; and the extent to which FTA and FEMA have implemented their memorandum of agreement to coordinate their roles and responsibilities when providing assistance to transit agencies. (Imprint: Nova)


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The English Major at W&L required me to constantly re-evaluate my own beliefs and those of class-mates. Success depended not on my views, but on the effectiveness of my oral and written expression of those views. These three skills -- writing, speaking, and empathizing -- have helped me excel in law school. More importantly, they have helped me to figure out who I am and what I want to do with my life. It is hard to imagine a major that nurtures a more versatile set of skills.


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From child protection to fostering and adoption, from youth justice to supporting adults with disabilities, from drug issues to alcohol dependency, from mental health to homelessness – social workers are capable of so much and helping so many.
Our course is accredited by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), which means you'll be able to register as a qualified social worker the minute you graduate, explaining why over 95% of our graduates are employed within six months of leaving.
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Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation.
The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion.
The state government has confirmed most of the issues at stake to Daily Trust. However it failed to address some of the critical aspects raised, such as the project's specific details, and whether it will include a processing plant and other value chain component or the sugar cane will be shipped to China to be processed into sugar and then sent back to Nigeria.
The Chinese firm has also declined comment more than four weeks after taking down questions from our reporter. Its spokesman, Dr. Umar Majia, who requested for the questions was not forthcoming since then.
The firm has already secured a 'Letter of Grants' from the government for the project billed to commence in 2022.
The communities are spread across three adjoining local government areas but majority of them are in Gagarawa axis.
The affected communities include fairly big settlements like Medu, Kanyu, Zaro, Danmadi, Kore Balatu, Garin Chiroma, garin Goto, Gagarawa Gari, Kagadama, Wadi Fulani, Garin Giwa Fulani, Saunawa Fulani and Goda. Others include Gayawar Malam, Mutumbi, Mejiwarwa, Furya and Malkaderi.
The communities have mounted strident opposition to the project which they argue will inevitably displace them from their ancestral home for good.
They also accused the government of betrayal of a pre-election promise made by present Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, when he was running for office not to go ahead with the project initiated by his predecessor, Sule Lamido.
The project started in 2014, when the Chinese company, Messrs Lee group, on the invitation of Lamindo's administration, surveyed and sought the farmlands in the affected communities for sugar cane plantation.
Concerned residents were at first surprised that the firm settled for the land even though it is not swampy nor is there a river or dam, a common feature of sugar
cane farms.
But they later found out that the seismic survey the company conducted shows the farmlands have enough underground water to serve their purpose for a long period.
At the height of the campaigns for 2015 general elections, then candidate Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar along with others political office seekers visited the communities and were told they could only get the communities' votes if they would halt the project, a pledge they all agreed to, residents say.
After the election and the subsequent triumph of the APC, the governor reviewed his position on the matter and issued the Chinese company a 'Letter of Grants.'
The issue generated heated debate and escalation of tensions leading to the suspension of several local chiefs (Known as dakatai) in the affected communities.
They were later reinstated on the condition that they should drop their hostilities and support the project, some farmers said, preferring not to be named.
To reduce tension, the state government through Ministry of Land & Survey also offered to pay what the farmers called 'insignificant compensation.'
In addition, the communities said the state government's plan to resettle them in areas already designated as forest and grazing reserves is potentially explosive at a time of recurring deadly farmers and herders clash.
They argued that the government should instead give the Chinese the reserve areas.
Initially the communities under the aegis of Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Society made effort to negotiate with both the company and the state government, but it did not work out as some of their demands were not met.
In a letter dated 24 October 2016 to the Secretary to the State Government signed by its chairman, Bulama Sunusi Abubakar and the secretary, Muntari Adamu, they appealed to the state government to reconsider the size of the land (12,000 hectares) grabbed for the project stressing that it is too large and not proper to displace all the villages.
Secondly, they considered the compensations (N18, 000 to N60, 000) by the Chinese Company through the Jigawa State Ministry of Land &Survey offered to some farmers as too small. They lamented that the government they elected is promoting the interest of the Chinese over the citizens who own the land.
Last month, hundreds of farmers gathered at Sani Zorro Square in one of the affected communities to express their anger and reaffirm their opposition to the project.
Aminu Mohammed Danmatsayi, one of the communities' leader told Daily Trust that the opinion of the farmers was that the project has no direct bearing on their lives because no staple food will be cultivated.
He stressed that displacing thousands of farmers and their families from their ancestral land across these communities for one Chinese investor would be a colossal mistake.
They cultivate food crops like millet, sorghum and commercial plants such as sesame and hibiscus which fetch them better money than the sugarcane the company wants the land for.
"We have inherited the farmlands from our forefathers and would like to bequeath it to our children as the custom demands, which Islam also recognises," he stated.
In the same vein, Ibrahim Aminu from Gagarawa said all the communities do not want the project because it would amount to complete displacement from their homes to unknown lands and throw them in an uncertain future and would distort their lives forever.
He accused their representatives at the state house of assembly for abandoning them despite election promises to halt the project.
Mallam Wada Bello a Fulani man told Daily Trust that he has never seen where government would walk into a land (12,000 hectares) belonging to its people and grab it, not for government development purposes, but for just one private foreign investor.
Mallam Bello said government did not make any effort on resettlement only to recently ask them to relocate to grazing and forest reserves over 20 kilometres away which were designed to solve the farmers-herders conflict.
"We have buried our fathers and our children on these lands which we inherited. I swear we will not watch anybody come with bulldozer to destroy those graves. We are ready to protect and die on our land even now," he swore.
On his part, Alhassan Gawa lamented that government wants to force them to migrate to the neighbouring state of Bauchi, or even across the border into Niger Republic to live as refugees.
"We have seen how displaced persons are suffering in this country and they want to throw us in that condition, we will not accept it," Mallam Gawa said.
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Here is a great way to cure your sweet tooth, without several baked goods enticing you. This recipe from Patty at PKP Way makes two funfetti cupcakes. Great dessert for two or to make up for your kids as a snack after school. Of course, you don't have to share and can enjoy them for yourself.
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Brown insists he is "not stepping back" despite Seidl arrival at McLaren
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has insisted he will not "step back" despite the arrival of Andreas Seidl as the team's new team principal.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has insisted he will not "step back" despite the arrival of Andreas Seidl as the team's new team principal.
Seidl was appointed as the new team boss at the British side just before the Spanish Grand Prix. Seidl arrived from Porsche, where he headed the team's efforts in WEC.
The team principal has now been given responsibility to run McLaren, but Brown says that does not mean he will be less involved with the Woking-based side in the future.
"No, no, no, I definitely don't take a step back," Brown said, when asked by Motorsport.com about any changes to his CEO role. "It has always been the plan to bring in dedicated, exclusively focused leadership on the F1 racing team. We need someone waking up every day and making sure the car can go as fast as possible.
"My job is a much broader remit to run the business, grow the business - so nothing really changes for me. I am just happy that between me, Andreas, (technical director) James Key and the promotions we have made, and the other people we've brought in, that I now feel from a personnel standpoint, we've got our team in place.
"I'm sure Andreas, once he gets stuck into it, will make his mark. I'm really pleased with the team we have on the field."


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I'm looking for a small number of testers who have FO or WMR200 stations to test this before I unleash it!
I have some more testing to do when I get back home later this week, so a test release should be available this weekend.
Changes proposed are...
- Added new solar calculation method "Bras"
- New cumulus.ini entries...
SolarCalc=0 (0=Ryan-Stolzenbach, 1=Bras, default=0)
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- New cumulus.ini entries...
- Updated HidSharp to ver 2.0.5
- Should now use libusb-1 on Linux for Fine Offset and WMR200 stations
- Fixed corrupt/missing MySQL port causing CumulusMX to crash on startup
- Attempt to reconnect to Davis IP logger on connection failure (only a possible fix at this stage)
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New York Metropolitan Region: Villains! - CANCELED
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Event canceled out of an abundance of caution due to the developing health situation.
Villains, Rakes, and Villainy
Come for a day-long conference exploring "the villain" in the novels of Jane Austen and the Regency era in general. Speakers will include Prof. Patricia Matthew on "Of Teapots and Ladies' Whips: Sugar, Abolition, and the History of the Novel" and Prof. Nancy Yee on "A Cure for the Villain in Mansfield Park, Austen's Problem Comedy." Lunch is included, as well as a performance reading of "The Early Life of Lady Catherine de Bourgh," adapted from a story by JASNA member Marie Sprayberry and directed by Bob Moss.
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In 2014, Emma Beeby was the first woman to write a Judge Dredd comic. It took almost forty years after the launch of 2000AD – and 14 years after the year that the comic book is named after.
Today, on International Women's Day, Emma Beeby reported that she was returning to the fascist cop of the future.
Feels fitting to be returning to my ol' pal Joe today. This will also be his first outing with an all female team of creators. Feels drokking PHENOMENAL. 🤗 #IWD2018 #internationalwomensday #JudgeDredd #amwriting #comics #2000AD pic.twitter.com/gDfcYyFtmC
— Emma Beeby (@emmabeeby) March 8, 2018
This may be the previously announced 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special for 20th June with an all-female creator list.
Previously named creators working on all-new stories for the volume included Alex De Campi (Archie Vs Predator, Grindhouse), Maura McHugh (Witchfinder, The Nail), Tillie Walden (On A Sunbeam, The End of Summer), Katy Rex (Jade Street Protection Services), Laura Bailey (Future Shocks) with covers from Tula Lotay (Supreme: Blue Rose, Bodies) and newcomer Emily Zeinner.
And that many of the creators would be working on the galaxy of 2000 AD characters for the very first time, including Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Psi-Judge Anderson and DeMarco, P.I.
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The fourth commandment is often unheeded by today's Christians because of our understanding that we are free from Jewish laws. Yet I wonder if we aren't missing something vital to our well-being by ignoring it. Why is it listed with the other "essential rules for living" if it has no purpose? I have read many books through the years that have given me an appreciation for the gift of the Sabbath day, but probably none has been more influential than Abraham Heschel's The Sabbath.
Heschel does not set out to explain why one should keep the Sabbath as much as he seeks to write a love song to a day that he calls "the queen." It is a poetic tribute to her glory:
Time is like a wasteland. It has grandeur but no beauty. Its strange, frightful power is always feared but rarely cheered. Then we arrive at the seventh day, and the Sabbath is endowed with a felicity which enraptures the soul, which glides into our thoughts with a healing sympathy. It is a day on which hours do not oust one another. It is a day that can soothe all sadness away. (p. 20)
The Sabbath as a day of rest, as a day of abstaining from toil, is not for the purpose of recovering one's lost strength and becoming fit for the forthcoming labor. The Sabbath is a day for the sake of life. Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of work…. The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of the Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living. (p. 14)
In the tempestuous ocean of time and toil there are islands of stillness where man may enter a harbor and reclaim his dignity. The island is the seventh day, the Sabbath, a day of detachment from things, instruments and practical affairs as well as of attachment to the spirit. (p. 29)
I particularly liked Heschel's idea that keeping the Sabbath gives one a taste of eternity. If you are even slightly interested in the subject of Sabbath keeping, this seminal book is for you.
Another man who deeply loved the Sabbath was George Herbert (1593-1633). He wrote:
Thou art a day of mirth:
And where the week days trail on the ground,
thy flight is higher, as thy birth.
O let me take thee at a bound,
leaping with thee from sev'n to sev'n,
Till that we both, being tossed from earth
fly hand in hand to heaven!
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Thank you again to Duffy Books for Schools and to our sponsor Stephanie Edwards for making it possible for all the children here to receive fun and enjoyable books to help develop and maintain their reading skills.
Government Book Week was held in Term 2 from Monday 1 July to Friday 5 July where each child received a book of their choice that is fully funded by the Government. Rangitikei Mayor Andy Watson came to our school to present these books to the children in recognition of this great initiative.


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...because to assert that free speech is a licence to offend is to imply that a licence is needed.
Each of us is sovereign of ourselves. The State, and its law, is our servant. Australian's need no licence to speak. Sometimes it is necessary to offend. The amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act should be supported because it must be re-made legal for me to offend, say, that it is wrong for religious groups to circumcise girls, or to aim to keep half their subject community, women, enslaved in their home..
In Australia you get in line to have your tribal beliefs scrutinised. Civility and respect for one another is important. But, if you don't want your church to be ridiculed as child abusing then make sure your clerics don't abuse children. If suicide bombers believe they will be rewarded by virgins in heaven and you can't make fun of that, what can you make fun of?
Statements that exacerbate bigotry and racism are not OK. We should not say anything, anytime, anywhere. There is a boundary of prudence and wisdom. Where is the boundary? Not where cartoons hurt the feelings? No thank you.
The Danish cartoon of Mohamed, with a bomb in his turban, a sword in his hand and a menacing look on his face was going nowhere until magnified by outrage, by the creation of false cartoons and propaganda, to inflame people to kill to silence free speech.
If hurt feelings, or being offended, is the test then I am offended by the implication that free speech needs a licence to offend, that there is someone who has the right to issue licences about what can and can't be said.
Outrageousness in the pursuit of political and social discourse is inherently subjective. Those who are outraged can respond with the same tool – free speech. It is ok to, maybe even a duty to, demonstrate that bigots say stupid things.
Words do have consequences. They can be weaponised. Should they not be spoken? Maybe. But how does it avail the cause of civilisation to fight for democracy with silence? By silencing dissent? Why is it ok for people who have commented in way unacceptable to some religion to have to live under police protection and stay silent?
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In Rwanda the State in power, while inciting viscous attacks and murders, silenced and censored those who promoted commity of the two sides because they were "offensive". So who decides? I have had enough of people who respond to a defenceless argument with "I am offended by that." "So What!" is the proper response. But of course they are offended by that as well.
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I may well want to march in the street one day to support aboriginal rights and march the next day to support Andrew Bolt's right to criticise them. Humans can be robust. We can dispute and discuss ideas.
We can learn from calling each other names but by calling for a restriction on the right to free speech for others you can be sure that one day it will happen to you.
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The amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act seek to: re-open public debate, to restore balance, to make it ok, to make it not a criminal offence, to properly canvass each and all and every issue "...in the course of participating in the public discussion of any political, social, cultural, artistic, academic or scientific matter...".
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A fun filled day which is the perfect way to keep school leavers entertained this summer holidays! This is a relaxed and fun course designed for crafty individuals to come along, bring their enthusiasm and get creative and is suitable for students aged 12-16 (can be accompanied by an adult free of charge if they so wish).
Each student will receive a presentation box of 6 cupcakes each to ice and decorate throughout the session in keeping with our chosen fun theme. All equipment is provided including refreshments.
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Course Times/ 23rd of August
Morning sessions start at 10:30am and end at 12:30pm.
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Trump Is Battling Myeshia Johnson Over Whether He Forget Her Husband's Name
After nearly a week of discussion on the phone call that President Trump had with the wife of a fallen soldier, the Gold Star widow is finally speaking out. Myeshia Johnson, whose husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, died in Niger at the beginning of the month, said on Good Morning America Monday that Trump couldn't remember her husband's name on the call, leading the president to strike back on Twitter before the show ended.
Johnson told GMA that her conversation with the president made her feel worse.
I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name, and that's what hurt me the most, because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country, why can't you remember his name? That's what made me upset and cry even more, because my husband was an awesome soldier.
This is something Trump denied quickly Monday. He took to Twitter less than an hour and a half later to defend himself, against the grieving widow. "I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!" Trump tweeted. (Bustle has reached out to the White House for comment.)
This is just his latest defense on the matter: The disagreement began last week when Rep. Frederica S. Wilson related the story to the press. She was with Johnson when she received the phone call from the president. Initially, the controversy was over another comment he made. As Wilson tells it, Trump said, "I guess he knew what he was signing up for but it still hurts." Johnson's mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, also confirmed that portion of the call.
Trump then responded first via Twitter as well. "Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!" Trump tweeted. The White House later confirmed that these calls are private, but they did dispute Rep. Wilson's version.
Then, Rep. Wilson shot back in a CNN interview:
Well, I don't know what kind of proof he could be talking about, but I wasn't the only person in the car. I have proof, too. This man is a sick man. He's cold-hearted and he feels no pity or sympathy for anyone.
Last week Trump even had his chief of staff John Kelly speak out in his favor. "There's no perfect way to make that phone call," Kelly told reporters at the White House. "My first recommendation to him was that he not do it, because it's not the phone call that parents and family members are looking forward to." He also explained his advice to Trump on calls, which seems to mirror what Trump was originally accused of saying.
Trump then claimed that he's called the family of every fallen soldier since he became president, which was soon shown to be untrue. Trump also accused President Obama of not calling the families of fallen soldiers, a claim disputed by multiple Obama administration staffers.
Johnson confirmed Wilson's version on Monday's GMA appearance. "Why would we fabricate something like that?" she asked George Stephanopoulos. She also brought up her husband's body, saying that she hasn't been allowed to look in the casket:
Why couldn't I see my husband? Every time I asked to see my husband, they wouldn't let me. ... [T]hey won't show me a finger, a hand. I know my husband's body from head to toe. And they won't let me see anything. I don't know what's in that box, it could be empty for all I know.
There were other questions she raised regarding her husband's death — for isnatnce, as she told Stephanopoulos, that he was missing for 48 hours before being confirmed as dead.
[He] went from missing to killed in action. I don't know how he got killed, where he got killed or anything. I don't know that part they never told me and that's what I've been trying to find out since day one.
Johnson, to move on, needs more answers from officials, not more words from the president.


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The Trust is looking for new Director Trustees to join the team who have the skills, knowledge and professional attributes to help take the Trust forward alongside the effective and efficient stewardship of the Trust's property, investments and archival assets. The Board of Director Trustees meet at least four times a year, including the Annual Meeting. The meetings take place… Read more
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Come along to our drop-in drawing activity suitable for all ages led by Cirencester artist Laurie Plant. From doodle to drawing – based around this year's theme of play start with a doodle and then be inspired by something in our current exhibition to turn this into a drawing. This year's exhibition shows the work over Cirencester artists over 200 years, there… Read more


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This special service on Friday, February 28 at 5:45 p.m. is for those who are living with illness, grieving, caring for others or seeking wholeness on any level. Join Rabbi Bodney-Halasz in the chapel as we draw strength from traditional liturgy, music, and personal stories. Shabbat service will follow at 6:30 p.m.
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Apple is not only the priciest fruit in the basket, it's got the most expensive sticker too. The tech giant has once again been named the most valuable brand in the world, with its worth put at a staggering $170bn (£112bn).
The Cupertino-based company topped a list of the world's 100 most valuable brands, compiled by consultancy Interbrand, for the second year in a row. It was already worth $119bn last year, but a 43% rise in value is apparently easy when you're selling so many iPhone 6s.
In February this year, Apple also topped Brand Finance's brand rankings, which put a value of $128bn on the consumer electronics giant, up 22% from 2014. Clearly, measuring brand value is an imprecise science, but no one can dispute the power of the world's biggest publicly listed company.
Following Apple in Interbrand's Best Global Brands list were Google and Coca-Cola, which both held onto their spots. Behind them Microsoft and IBM swapped places, followed by Toyota, which overtook Samsung and General Electric as the first non-American brand on the list.
HSBC was the highest-ranking British brand, one of only six on the list, which calcuated brand value using financial performance, the role of the brand in influencing consumer choice and the premium price a brand commands. The bank slipped four places to 37th after a year that saw it outed for helping wealthy clients in Switzerland to evade tax. It still came two places below Volkswagen, though.
The disgraced German carmaker somehow only fell four places and lost 9% of its brand value. That's despite its share price falling more than half since the US EPA revealed it had installed software to cheat emissions tests. Told you valuing a brand is an imprecise.
Here are the world's most valuable brands
1 (1) Apple - $170.3bn (+43%)
2 (2) Google - $120.3bn (+12%)
3 (3) Coca-Cola - $78.4bn (-4%)
4 (5) Microsoft - $67.7bn (+11%)
5 (4) IBM - $65.1bn (-10%)
6 (8) Toyota - $49.0bn (+16%)
7 (7) Samsung - $45.3bn (-7%)
8 (6) GE - $42.3bn (-6%)
9 (9) McDonald's - $39.8bn (-6%)
10 (15) Amazon - $39.8bn (29%)
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In April 2016 the ATO released PCG 2016/5, which outlined its views on when loan terms would result in income from a related party loan for an LRBA being non-arm's-length income (NALI) to the SMSF (and taxed at top tax rates in the SMSF, rather than the concessional tax rates that usually apply to SMSFs). It included the safe harbour rules for the loan terms.
In September 2016 the ATO released TD 2016/16, which provides some more clarification on its views about when the NALI rules will apply to a related party LRBA. This replaces the ATO's comments in ATO IDs 2015/27 and 2015/28.
The ATO now argues that if the SMSF could not or would not have entered into LRBA but for the related party loan on non-arm's length terms, all of the income from the asset bought will be NALI to the SMSF. This is an objective test and the determination sets out a number of factors that the ATO will consider.
The ATO accepts that when the SMSF can objectively establish that it could have and would have entered into the LRBA on arm's length terms, then a comparison can be made between the actual income from the arrangement and the income that the trustee would have hypothetically received had it entered into an LRBA with borrowings on arm's-length terms.
This means that where it can be established the LRBA is sustainable on normal commercial terms, the ATO now accepts NALI may not apply to the income received by the SMSF from the LRBA, even though the related party loan is on non-arm's length terms favourable to the SMSF. An example is where a related party loan is being used to refinance an existing arm's length loan.
Care must still be taken when setting up a LRBA with a related party loan or implementing or refinancing a related party loan. If the loan terms do not comply with the safe harbour guidelines in PCG 2016/5, clients should consider obtaining a private ruling to ensure that the NALI provisions do not apply.


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The Daily spoke with Frey at Big Ten Media Days in July to discuss his team's turnaround, the development of younger players and whether there were any structural changes made to Michigan State's defense.
According to a statement provided by the University of Michigan Athletics Department Wednesday night, Nate Johnson was dismissed from the Michigan football team Tuesday.
Johnson, a sophomore defensive back, had previously been suspended indefinitely from all team activities following his arrest for an alleged assault that took place Sept. 30.
The game still calls to Bryant, Michigan's director of high school relations, but he has no regrets about how his career panned out.
UPDATE: Nate Johnson has been removed from the University football team as of Wednesday afternoon
Michigan football player Nate Johnson was arrested over the weekend for an alleged assault that took place Sept. 30.
Diane Brown, spokeswoman for the University's Division of Public Safety and Security, said a housing security officer found a female student outside South Quad Residence Hall shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday morning. The woman reported she had been assaulted by Johnson, who was subsequently located nearby.
After transferring and patiently sitting out a year, after losing the starting competition twice, John O'Korn is now the starting quarterback for No. 7 Michigan as it heads into the biggest matchup of the season thus far, a night game at home against in-state rival Michigan State.
Jim Harbaugh discussed Michigan's recently-announced night game, Chase Winovich's impact and Wilton Speight's injury at his weekly press conference.
While speaking at his weekly press conference Monday afternoon, Jim Harbaugh made it very clear that he believes there needs to be league-wide reform to improve visiting locker rooms across the Big Ten.
Jim Harbaugh believes he may have learned a valuable lesson about this team: it can close out games.
Saturday's win showed us what John O'Korn has become — a dependable backup whose performance in relief of Speight may have just reopened the quarterback competition.
The Daily talked with Ezechukwu at Big Ten Media Days in July to discuss his team's new attitude, changes in defensive scheme and Brohm, a cult figure among die-hard college football fans.


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I have not read Running with Scissors. There was a huge furor about this book a couple of years ago. I believe it may have even become a movie.
But even though I never read this book, it put the author – Augusten Burroughs – on my radar.
Now, I think it's necessary to tell you that I do NOT choose books by their covers. (My husband does that.) Instead, I choose a book by its title.
So when I saw A Wolf at the Table on a "Noteworthy Paperbacks" display at Barnes & Noble, I was intrigued. (I have a thing about wolves.)
Spoiler Alert: This book has nothing to do with wolves.
It's a memoir – the prequel to Running with Scissors – a genre which I have recently come to enjoy. What can I say? I love the little voyeuristic thrill of peeking inside someone's life.
I am torn about how to describe this book to you. Hence the stall tactics of the previous six paragraphs.
Mini plot summary: Augusten Burroughs gives a first-person account of his extremely dysfunctional upbringing. He grew up with a mother who was abused, psychologically fragile, and who constantly retreated to her safe little bubble of art…. A brother who was emotionally or physically absent… and a father who was at best a neglectful and disinterested parent, at worst, a psychotic alcoholic on the verge of murder.
The story was chilling. Captivating. If you can't stand for pets to die in books, don't read this one.
The sick relationship between Augusten's parents was one of those things you can't help gawking at. After physical and psychological abuse, I wondered over and over, why does this woman stay with her husband? How can she allow her two sons to live in this atmosphere? Yes, she left on occasion. But she always returned. The classic abuse cycle, right?
The things Augusten's father did were… unthinkable.
But then again… The story is told from the point of view of a child. A child who doesn't have all the facts. A child who doesn't fully understand the things he sees and hears. And – while he portrays his father as someone who is always on the edge of killing – the end of the book raises the possibility that perhaps young Augusten misread or overdramatized the extent of his father's homicidal tendencies. This is supported in part by Augusten's mother's failure to see or believe or react properly to the father's misdeeds.
But then again, again… Augusten's brother leaves home at a young age, ostensibly to get away from the unhealthy atmosphere. And he teaches Augusten how to shoot a gun, presumably to ensure that Augusten can protect himself against their father.
My big issue with this book is that it's entirely plot-driven. The prose wasn't horrible or anything. It was okay. But the entire meat of the book is the plot. I suppose that's fine. I mean, I read the book pretty quickly. I was interested until the last page. But I like writing for its beauty, too. You can have both. See: anything by Jonathan Safran Foer, Audrey Niffenegger, Vladimir Nabokov, or Jhumpa Lahiri.
Also, I think Augusten takes some liberties with the plot that were unsatisfying. There's a particular scene at Martha's Vineyard where he pretty much invents a scene… and you don't find out until afterward that it was a fantasy. Which seems like cheating to me. Writers – of memoirs and non fiction – should be able to make the truth sing. They shouldn't need to bolster it with fiction or fantasy.
The other thing… I guess my hope for memoirists is that they take the bad in their lives and turn it into something. I didn't get that sense with this book. Yes, I know that there's another book out there, another chapter of Augusten's life that he wrote about. So perhaps he redeems himself in that one. But in A Wolf at the Table, I never felt like Augusten was able to transcend the horrible things that happened to him. He remained broken, somehow, even after the people who murdered his childhood were dead and gone. Maybe this is an honest portrayal of life. Maybe you can't always make something good out of the horrible. Maybe once you are broken, you stay broken.
But I guess, to me, if you write about your life, you are hoping to find that good side. You feel like you have something to share with others, something that will teach them something about life or pain or themselves. I didn't learn anything about myself or life from this book, other than the well-known fact that life is hard for some. Atrocious, even. That unthinkable things happen in this world. That an innocent child can be irreparably damaged by others, even by the very people who are supposed to love and protect him.
I guess my disappointment here is my own fault. I am an idealist, a romantic. I want to believe that good – even if it is a tiny silver – can come out of horror and evil. The only good that came of Augusten's horrible childhood is that his mother finally finally rescued him. But the rescue was temporary. Small. And she removed Augusten to a place that held even more horrors.
Maybe the good that we're supposed to find is survival. That you can live in the worst conditions – unfathomable conditions, really – and still survive. This is the message of many Holocaust books, after all. But somehow, it doesn't resonate here – not for me.
Should you read this book? It was a page turner, that's for sure. So sure, go ahead and pick it up. But don't expect it to make your list of Best Written Books of All Time.
Now I'm going to pick up Running with Scissors.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this book, if you've read it. Have at it in the comments – but beware that there may be spoilers.


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