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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A group of divers has connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet, a discovery that could help shed new light on the ancient Maya civilization.

 The Gran Acuifero Maya (GAM), a project dedicated to the study and preservation of the subterranean waters of the Yucatan peninsula, said the 347-km (216-mile) cave was identified after months of exploring a maze of underwater channels.

 Near the beach resort of Tulum, the group found that the cave system known as Sac Actun, once measured at 263 km, communicated with the 83-km Dos Ojos system, the GAM said in a statement. For that reason, Sac Actun now absorbs Dos Ojos.

 GAM director and underwater archaeologist Guillermo de Anda said the “amazing” find would help to understand the development of the rich culture of the region, which was dominated by the Maya civilization before the Spanish conquest.

 “It allows us to appreciate much more clearly how the rituals, the pilgrimage sites and ultimately the great pre-Hispanic settlements that we know emerged,” he told Reuters.

 The Yucatan peninsula is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network of sinkholes linked to subterranean waters known as cenotes.

 Some cenotes acquired particular religious significance to the Maya, whose descendents continue to inhabit the region. ||||| Explore the World's Largest Underwater Cave

 Click here to read World's Largest Underwater Cave Discovered. January 17, 2018 - The world's longest underwater cave has been discovered near the city of Tulum, on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The new discovery connects two previously known flooded caves into one 215-mile-long stretch. The cave holds an important large fresh water reserve that supports great biodiversity. Hundreds of archaeological sites exist in the cave, including evidence of America's first settlers, Mayan culture, and extinct animals.

 Last Wednesday, after ten months of work, the Underwater Exploration Group of the Great Maya Aquifer Project (GAM) found a connection between two of the most extensive flooded cavern systems on Earth—Sac Actun and Dos Ojos, both in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula—now forming the world's largest known flooded cave, with a length of 215 miles.

 "This immense cave represents the most important submerged archaeological site in the world, since it has more than a hundred archaeological contexts, among which is evidence of the first settlers of America, as well as the extinct fauna and, of course, of the Maya culture," says Guillermo de Anda, a National Geographic explorer and director of the GAM.

 This phase of the project began in March 2017 with the work of GAM director of exploration Robert Schmittner and a team of divers specialized in caves. Schmittner had been looking for this connection for 14 years and adding new mapped tunnels and galleries to this water labyrinth.

 So far, the 167-mile-long Ox Bel Ha System, located south of Tulum, Mexico, was the longest. The Sac Actun System, located northeast of Tulum, was ranked second, at about 163 miles.

 The third on the list was the Koal Baal System, with 57 miles; and the fourth, the Dos Ojos System, with 52 miles. Now, as a result of the exhaustive exploration, the latter is added to the Sac Actun System.

 According to the rules of caving, when two cave systems are connected, the largest cave absorbs the smallest, so the name of the latter disappears.

 The next goal will be to connect Sac Actun with the other three underwater cave systems, which are very close to each other and located in the municipality of Tulum.

 According to data from the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey, there are 358 submerged cave systems in the north of the state, which represents nearly 870 miles of flooded passages of fresh water.

 "The Mother of All Cenotes"

 As a result of this same search, the exploration group of GAM has registered another important system with a length of 11 miles, until now called "the mother of all cenotes." It has a maximum depth of 65 feet and is located north of Sac Actun. From what is known so far, it is an individual system, but the team of explorers may be able to connect it to Sac Actun as well.

 "This is an effort of more than 20 years of traveling hundreds of kilometers of caves submerged in Quintana Roo mainly, of which I devoted 14 to explore this monstrous Sac Actun System. Now, everyone's job is to keep it [up]," says Schmittner.

 These "hundreds of kilometers" of underground passages have become true tunnels of time, guarding the remote and recent history of this Mexican region.

 Treasure of Biodiversity

 Another feature that makes this finding valuable is that it supports a great biodiversity that depends on this enormous system and represents an extensive reserve of fresh water that has given life to this region of the Yucatán Peninsula since time immemorial.

 This and other GAM efforts seek to better understand the subsoil, its biodiversity, and the relationship human beings have with these ancestral waters to achieve an adequate understanding of the natural resources that depend on this aquifer.

 The next phase of this ambitious project includes an analysis of the water quality of the Sac Actun System, as well as a study of its biodiversity and its conservation, in addition to giving continuity to the mapping and detailed record of submerged archaeological contexts.

 Tulum has become a mecca of cave diving. Underwater explorers from different latitudes have dedicated a great part of their lives to exploring this landscape. Among them, cave explorer Bil Phillips co-founded the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey, a database with detailed maps of these complex systems that is a tool to understand and protect the area.

 Phillips, who died in November 2017, explored this underwater world until his last days. For more than 40 years, he dedicated himself to understanding the depths of the site through the investigation of these ancestral waters. The GAM team dedicated their achievement to Philips, the underwater cartographer of the project. ||||| A team of experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has discovered a link between two systems of flooded caverns that together form the world’s largest underwater cave.

 The multidisciplinary team made the discovery during work on the Great Mayan Aquifer (GAM) project, in which archaeologists, biologists, underwater photographers and cave divers are exploring, documenting and mapping the extensive subterranean network of water deposits on the Yucatán Peninsula.

 GAM project director Guillermo de Anda told the newspaper Milenio that the discovery of the connection between the 263-kilometer-long Sac Actun system and the 84-kilometer Dos Ojos system in Tulum, Quintana Roo, was made on January 10 following 10 months of intense work.

 The interconnected system measures 347 kilometers and has an average depth of 20 meters, although in some sections it is as shallow as two meters and in others as deep as 100.

 In accordance with speleology conventions, the combined network will be named after the larger of the two systems: Sac Atun, which in the Yucatec Maya language means the White Cave.

 “Without a doubt, it’s the most important submerged archaeological site in the world,” de Anda said.

 “We’ve recorded more than 100 archaeological elements: the remains of extinct fauna, early humans, Mayan archaeology, ceramics and Mayan graves. It’s also very significant that this discovery enables us to see the possible patterns of past settlement. From the Pleistocene through to the ancient Mayans and up to the colonial era, they developed parallel to this enormous flooded fresh-water cave,” he added.

 De Anda also said that within the underwater system there are dry and partially dry caves where the research team has documented age-old modifications that include walls and staircases and discovered cave paintings and other signs of ancient human presence.

 Documentation of the extensive cave system is a great achievement as the aquifer represents one of the final frontiers of exploration, the underwater archaeologist said.

 “INAH authorities are conscious of the challenge represented by properly documenting, studying and recording all the [different] elements and placing them under the same lens in order to stop seeing them in an isolated context [but rather] make a comprehensive interpretation,” de Anda said.

 German explorer Robert Schmittner, who leads the diving team, said the discovery of the link between the two systems is the result of years of hard work and his team’s dedication, passion and desire to find it.

 “It’s a titanic effort from the whole team . . . I didn’t rest for 14 years until I found the interconnection . . .” Schmittner explained.

 However, de Anda said that there is still a lot of work to be done to better understand the value of the natural resources, the morphology of the Yucatán Peninsula subsoil and the biodiversity of the subterranean cave networks.

 Another challenge is finding whether any links exist between Sac Actun and three other nearby underwater cave systems. One located to the north of Sac Actun is considered “the mother” of the cenotes, or sinkholes, and until now at least, believed to be an independent system.

 According to data from the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey, there are 358 underwater cave systems in the north of the state alone.

 Together, they are made up of around 1,400 kilometers of underwater passages including the 270-kilometer-long Ox Bel Ha system located to the south of Tulum.

 Source: Milenio (sp) ||||| The search for the world's most extreme measurements - biggest, highest, tallest - tends to focus above ground, gazing at towering mountains and epic canyons.

 But the latest global peak statistic has come from under the soil, in the subterranean depths of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

 There, in the famously porous terrain above which the Mayan civilisation once thrived, is what is now considered to be the planet's longest underwater cave system.

 A diver exploring Sistema Sac Actun Credit: HANDOUT

 This is not, technically, an uncovering of a new wonder - more a joining of dots.

 In recent days, divers have confirmed what had been suspected for a while - that the Sistema Sac Actun (a submerged labyrinth which stretches out for 164 miles) and the Dos Ojos system (shorter, but still impressive at 52 miles in length) are one and the same thing, connected by a previously unsurveyed channel.

 Together, this pair of vast limestone wormholes add up to 216 miles of below-the-surface space - a number which makes their combined size greater than that of the Sistema Ox Bel Ha (also in eastern Mexico; 168 miles), which was previously thought to be the yardstick for underwater networks.

 The cave stretches for a staggering 216 miles Credit: HANDOUT

 The discovery is the result of years of hard work by Gran Acuifero Maya, a project which focuses on the study and preservation of the subterranean waters of the Yucatan.

 The finding has been hailed as "amazing" Credit: HANDOUT

 The finding has been described as "amazing" by Guillermo de Anda, who is both the director of Gran Acuifero Maya and an underwater archaeologist.

 It is the result of years of hard work Credit: HANDOUT

 He says that expanded knowledge of the cave system will allow for a greater understanding of the Maya people, who thrived in the region before prior to the Spanish conquest of Central and South America in the 16th century.

 "It allows us to appreciate much more clearly how the rituals, the pilgrimage sites and ultimately the great pre-Hispanic settlements that we know emerged," he told Reuters.

 The Maya considered cenotes to be holy sites Credit: GETTY

 The Maya held the "cenotes" - giant sinkholes - of their region in high esteem, regarding them as holy sites and portals to communication with the gods.

 Religious objects and human skeletons have been found at the bottom of some of these sinkholes, including the Sacred Cenote at the historic city of Chichen Itza - leading to the theory that they were used by the Maya for human sacrifice.

 One of the Yucatan Peninsula's biggest sinkholes is the Gran Cenote - which sits three miles west of the popular tourist town, Tulum. This is also part of the Sistema Sac Actun, and has been used as a gateway for divers charting its many twists and turns.

 The beach at Tulum Credit: Monica and Michael Sweet/M Swiet Productions

 This is not the first time this watery maze - whose name translates from Spanish and Yucatec Maya as "White Cave System" - has been found to have hidden contours.

 In 2007, it was revealed that the Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich, previously thought to be separate, was also linked to the Sistema Sac Actun.

 It is not, however, the longest cave system in the world.

 While its size makes Sistema Sac Actun the longest underwater cave network, the longest on the planet is the Mammoth Cave complex - which is riddled into the hillsides of southern Kentucky, and is thought to extend for 405 miles. |||||Summary:

– For Robert Schmittner, it was a long time coming. "I didn't rest for 14 years," the diver tells Mexico News Daily. Schmittner is the director of exploration for the Great Maya Aquifer Project, which on Jan. 10 discovered the longest underwater cave on Earth. Divers for the project made the discovery by confirming something that—as per the Telegraph—had been long suspected: the 163-mile-long Sac Actun system and 83-mile-long Dos Ojos system of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are actually connected. Sac Actun's underwater cave system now absorbs Dos Ojos, becoming the record-setting, 216-mile-long Sac Actun system, Reuters reports. According to National Geographic, it's now 49 miles longer than the previous record holder and could get even bigger as divers continue to seek connections to other flooded cave systems in the area. "This immense cave represents the most important submerged archaeological site in the world, since it has more than a hundred archaeological contexts," the project's director, Guillermo de Anda, says. Those contexts include extinct animals and possibly signs of the first American settlers, but also new information about the ancient Maya civilization. “It allows us to appreciate much more clearly how the rituals, the pilgrimage sites, and ultimately the great pre-Hispanic settlements that we know emerged,” de Anda tells Reuters. Sinkholes leading to underground caves had religious significance to the Maya, and de Anda's project has found ancient walls, staircases, and paintings in some of the caves that aren't completely flooded. (A skeleton found in an underwater cave is one of the oldest in the Americas, so it's too bad thieves stole it.)


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The idea of a "sober January" has been around for as long as man has cursed his in-laws at Christmas. And while a month off the booze sounds like a seductive way to make up for all that hard-drinking festive excess, it’s actually a terrible idea, rooted in guilt rather than science. And for some people who actually have a real problem with alcohol, successfully completing a "sober January" can give the dangerous illusion that they don’t have a problem.

 I should know. I was one of them. I speak not only as a veteran of many a sober January, but also as someone who was finally forced to admit that yes, they were an alcoholic, and had to stop drinking entirely. I have not had a drink for several years now. I don’t say this to boast, merely to put in context what follows.

 I remember one hungover December morning telling a colleague at the magazine where I was working at the time that I was planning to stay off the drink for a month in the new year.

 “Why on earth would you do that?” he replied. “A few drinks are the only thing that get you through January, it’s so bloody miserable.”

 He wasn’t an addict, so he didn’t understand the allure of a sober January to someone who was – that the idea of getting obliterated over Christmas and New Year and then "white-knuckling" it for a month before picking up where you left off is deeply appealing to the classic all-or-nothing, getting-away-with-it mentality of the addict.

 I managed several sober Januarys and they became an important weapon in my armoury of denial. Me, an alcoholic? Hardly! How could I manage to stay off drink for a month if I was?

 I find it particularly depressing that this year, the idea of a dry January is being promoted by the UK’s biggest alcohol charity, the always well-intentioned Alcohol Concern. Although the charity is careful to state in small print at the bottom of its webpage that the challenge should "not be attempted by people with an alcohol dependency problem" unfortunately those are exactly the kind of people a promotion like this will attract. Year after year, the only mates that I could persuade to do a sober January with me were the ones who were as bad as or worse than me. The normals, like my co-worker, were never interested. Why would they be?

 If you are worried about the amount you have been drinking, the answer is not to swear off drink for a month. The answer is to try and establish whether you do really have a problem. And the best way to do that, ironically enough, is to do some drinking.

 This was the course of action recommended by Bill Wilson, the co-founder of the self-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous. Wilson believed that alcoholics suffer a kind of allergic reaction to alcohol, and that once they start drinking they develop an overwhelming craving for more. This craving, he thought, is only made worse by subsequent attempts to satisfy it with more drink, like an itch that gets worse the more you scratch it.

 Wilson’s alcoholism test is remarkably simple, and does not involve any boxes to tick or medical examinations or liver function tests; it just requires a modicum of honesty.

 “We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself,” he wrote. “Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it.”

 So - unless your sole aim is to save cash - don't challenge yourself to a sober January. Anyone can do that. Try having a pint every night – but just one – if you really want to prove you don’t have a problem.

 As my friend said all those years ago, January sucks - just look at the weather outside - and you normals should have all the help you can to get through it. ||||| Create an account for free access to:

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– Thinking of giving up booze for the month after a hedonistic holiday season? Well, you might be an alcoholic making a big mistake, writes Tom Sykes at the Telegraph. As a recovering alcoholic, Sykes should know. "I managed several sober Januaries, and they became an important weapon in my armory of denial," he writes. A real alcoholic, after all, couldn't make it, he reasoned. But the truth is the ritual appeals deeply "to the classic all-or-nothing, getting-away-with-it mentality of the addict," while "normals" have no use for it. He advises instead trying to have just one drink a night—if stopping after one is difficult, you'll know you have a problem. But if you actually are a "normal," it turns out there might be some merit in the month-long detox. The staff at the New Scientist ran a small-scale test on themselves, and got some pretty astonishing results. Ten staffers laid off booze for five weeks, and saw their liver fat, blood glucose, and blood cholesterol levels all fall significantly—reducing their risk for liver disease, diabetes, and heart disease—while four staffers who kept drinking saw no changes. But it was a fairly limited experiment, offering no clue how long those effects will last. Heather Timmons at Quartz argues that such "detoxes" are "useless" in the long-term, since the body regularly clears out toxins all on its own. So instead, she recommends taking two or three consecutive days off from drinking each week, since it takes the liver a full day to recover from heavy drinking—plus, over the course of a year, that ensures as many as 150 alcohol-free days.


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– Twenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of 30, the threshold for obesity, must take a nutrition class or shed the weight on their own to get a diploma, reports the Lincolnian student newspaper. Most of the 92 students at the black university who had BMIs over 30 took the class, but the 25 who didn't were notified they'd have to undergo a physical exam before graduating. “No student should ever be able to leave Lincoln and not know the risks of obesity,” a school official tells Inside Higher Ed. Says one angry student: "I came here to get a degree and that's what the administration should be concerned with."

Lincoln University students will now have to endure a physical exam determining each student's BMI (body mass index) before they are permitted to graduate. An individual's BMI measures the amount of body fat.Amid fierce criticisms, Lincoln University has recently installed a new requirement for its undergraduate students. If your BMI is over 30, you are required to take a physical education class.This new requirement has caused an uproar from some students and professors who argue that the university is actively discriminating against those who are obese. Some students argue that their time at Lincoln may be prolonged because of an additional class.University officials say that they are actively working to increase the health of their students, but many have their doubts."What's the point of this? What does my BMI have to do with my academic overcome?" asked Dionard Henderson, a freshman. "Some students on campus are just confused why a certain BMI has to be a requirement. Are there not a sufficient amount of prerequisites to complete prior to graduating from college?Dr. James L. DeBoy, who is Chair and Professor of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation could not be reached for comment.Sophomore Lousie Kaddie disagrees with the requirement."It's not up to Lincoln to tell me how much my BMI should be. I came here to get a degree and that's what the administration should be concerned with," she added ||||| More than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University, in Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring -- not because they’re under disciplinary probation or haven’t fulfilled the requirements of their majors, but because they were obese as freshmen.

 All had body mass index (BMI) scores above 30 -- the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ threshold for obesity -- when they arrived on campus in the fall of 2006, but none have taken college-sanctioned steps to show they’ve lost weight or at least tried. They’re in the historically black university’s first graduating class required to either have a BMI below 30 or to take “Fitness for Life,” a one semester class that mixes exercise, nutritional instruction and discussion of the risks of obesity.

 It might sound like a joke, or a violation of individual rights, but James L. DeBoy, chair of Lincoln’s health, physical education and recreation department, said he sees it as his “professional responsibility to be honest and tell students they’re not healthy.”

 Ninety-two students, 19 percent of the freshman class of 484 that entered three years ago, had BMIs of 30 or greater. While most of those students took the class or demonstrated to DeBoy’s department that they had lost weight, about 25 have neither proven they’ve lost weight nor signed up for the class. DeBoy began notifying the students about their unfulfilled requirement earlier this month, spurring an article Wednesday in The Lincolnian, the university’s weekly student newspaper.

 Students interviewed for the story seemed upset by the requirement and, perhaps, a bit blindsided by it. “It’s not up to Lincoln to tell me how much my BMI should be. I came here to get a degree and that's what the administration should be concerned with,” said Lousie Kaddie, a sophomore.

 DeBoy said it’s exactly what the university should be concerned with. “This country’s in the midst of an obesity epidemic and African-Americans are hit hard by obesity and diabetes,” he said. “We need to address this problem directly with our students.”

 “No student should ever be able to leave Lincoln and not know the risks of obesity,” he added. “They could never say, ‘I wish I knew this was going to happen to me, I wish someone would have told me’ ” after suffering a heart attack or other major health problem because of their weight.

 James C. Turner, president of the American College Health Association and director of student health at the University of Virginia, said he had “never heard of something like this before.” He added that he was unaware of any studies showing a semester-long class “to be effective to help someone lose weight in the long term.”

 DeBoy said he will start collecting final semester data from the students in January so that he will be able to show, with raw numbers, that students benefited from the class.

 DeBoy said he taught one class where, at the beginning of the term, the 14 students struggled to walk for 15 minutes at a time. By the end, some could run for a few minutes and all could walk briskly for 45 minutes.

 “All of them had BMIs well over 30,” he said, “and some of them lost weight, some of them didn’t. But not one of them gained any weight during those 15 weeks of the spring semester of their freshman year.”

 Turner expressed concern that the requirement “raises questions about personal rights and which trumps, personal rights or university policy.”

 DeBoy defended the rule. “I’m not a lawyer,” he said, “but we test for written, oral communication skills and I don’t see this as any different…. We want our students to have a sound mind, but also a sound body.” |||||


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 These celebrities had some, uh, extreme responses to the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House.

 Rev. Al Sharpton has said he’s “reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins.”

 The View’s Whoopi Goldberg said, “I don’t think that’s America. I don’t want it to be America.”

 “Maybe it’s time for me to move,” she added.

 Sienna Miller and Bryan Cranston also made it clear that they intend to leave the U.S. due to a Trump presidency.

 And Raven-Symone imparted this gem.

 Hannity.com published a list of celebrities who have made similar declarations.

 Funnily enough, someone on a Nova Scotia island may have the answer to their problems.

 An online campaign called “Cape Breton If Donald Trump Wins” is offering Trump haters a new home.

 Trump’s sons, Eric and Donald Jr., responded to the remarks on Fox and Friends this morning.

 “I’ll buy them their airfare,” said Donald Jr. “Those are endorsements for Trump.”

 Update: After Trump's stunning win, many celebrities took to social media to express their dismay and disbelief. Watch the Fox 411 report below.

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 The blustery talk show host has promised to move to Ireland if Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, gets elected.

 O'Reilly made the threat on Thursday's night's "O'Reilly Factor" after arguing that Sanders wants to “dismantle” Medicare and the Affordable Care Act “in the sense that it would be Berniecare and it would be much more than it is now.”

 “If Bernie Sanders gets elected president, I’m fleeing," O'Reilly said. "I’m going to Ireland. And they already know it.”

 O'Reilly went on to speculate that simply by making such a declaration, he might be handing a victory to Sanders.

 “I shouldn’t say it publicly because that will get Sanders more votes," he said. "But I’m not going to pay 90 percent of my income to that guy. I’m sorry. I’m not doing it.”

 Threatening to leave the country if something doesn't go your way is a popular way for celebrities and non-celebrities alike to express their displeasure (and, occasionally, to shoulder their way into the news cycle for five seconds).

 Other famous folk who've made similar vows include Eddie Vedder, who said he'd move away if George W. Bush was elected in 2000, and Stephen Baldwin, who promised to leave in 2008 if Barack Obama was elected.

 Spoiler alert: They're still here. (In Vedder's case, technically you could argue that Bush didn't get elected in 2000.)

 Alec Baldwin reportedly said he'd move in 2000 if Bush was elected, but later denied making that statement.

 Currently, Jon Stewart, Cher, Rosie O'Donnell and Samuel L. Jackson have all threatened to leave the country if Donald Trump becomes president.

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 19 Of Fox News' Most Unforgettable Moments 19 ||||| Donald Trump has already won a number of states and is leading in plenty of others, including the Florida polls, as Super Tuesday 2016 approaches. Lots of prospective voters are speaking out against him and don’t feel he has any place even running for office. Many of those voices belong to celebrities, and here is a list of those who have publicly said they will leave the United States if Trump is elected president.

 Rev. Al Sharpton is the latest to reveal that he is willing to leave the United States if Trump is elected president. Right now, he is giving his support to virtually anyone but Trump, yet he has been very complimentary of Marco Rubio in hopes he wins the Republican nomination, according to The Washington Examiner.

 “If Donald Trump is the nominee, I’m open to support anyone [else], while I’m also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins, only because he’d probably have me deported anyway.”

 According to the NY Daily News, Raven Symone is making a lot more waves than she normally does on The View, and it is for her views on the next election. Symone is planning on moving to Canada if any Republican at all, including Trump, wins the presidency.

 “I already have my ticket. I literally bought my ticket, I swear.”

 Jon Stewart, former host of the Daily Show, was one of the the first celebrities to throw his name out there. He had been asked if he’d considered returning to his old desk if Trump were to become president, but he shot that down in an instant and said that wasn’t happening.

 [Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images] Not only is Stewart prepared to leave the United States, but he’s intent on actually departing Earth if Trump gets into office. Stewart said that he would get in a rocket and think about going to another planet because this planet “has gone bonkers.”

 Yes, he said it in a joking fashion and took it to another level, but not all celebrities and comedians are as lighthearted about it.

 As Fox News reported near the end of January, another host on The View is ready to depart the United States should Donald Trump become president. Whoopi Goldberg believes that the country electing him means “it’s time” for her to move out.

 “I’ve always been an American, and this has always been my country, and we’ve always been able to have discussions. And suddenly now it’s turning into, you know, ‘not them, not them.’ And you know, we have a lot of friends whose parents saw this already. They don’t want to relive this. They don’t want to relive this. So I need all the candidates to get it together. Get back to American values.”

 There are many more that are joining the list of celebrities who just want nothing more to do with the United States if Donald Trump keeps winning states. He’s having a very strong showing in the primaries and caucuses, and he’s not showing any signs of slowing down.

 [Image by Mike Coppola/Getty Images] Here is a list of other celebrities who have said they’d be willing to leave the United States if Donald Trump is elected president.

 Rosie O’Donnell

 Eddie Griffin

 Cher

 Samuel L. Jackson

 Barry Diller

 Katie Hopkins

 Omari Hardwick

 Cher has been more than vocal about her dislike and utter disdain for Donald Trump, whether he gets elected or not.

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 Donald Trump Can’t come up with a hairstyle that looks human,how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS. — Cher (@cher) June 16, 2015

 Right now, Donald Trump is leading considerably in the early Florida polls. Numerous political experts expect him to pull away on Super Tuesday, and move far enough in front of other Republican candidates that he won’t be able to be caught.

 If Donald Trump does end up winning the presidency, then there could end up being a lot more controversy than there is now. One other thing to realize is that if Trump does end up in the White House, there will be a lot less celebrities in the United States as Al Sharpton, Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, and others may be gone.

 [Image by Tom Pennington/Getty Images] ||||| Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump once again took to Twitter Thursday to troll his favorite arch-nemesis -- Rosie O'Donnell -- as his administration faces an intensifying political firestorm over the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

 "We finally agree on something Rosie," Trump tweeted, along with a link to a December 2016 O'Donnell tweet that read: "FIRE COMEY."

 While this latest attack is tame in comparison to the colorful and harsh insults Trump has hurled at the actress, there is one big thing that ups the stakes: Trump is now President, and as CNN's Chris Cillizza writes , "the single most powerful person in the world."

 "@realDonaldTrump - u don't even realize the kind of trouble u r in - comeys people believe in him - for real - they have the proof - u r a sadistic man #USA" O'Donnell replied in a tweet Thursday.

 @realDonaldTrump - u don't even realize the kind of trouble u r in - comeys people believe in him - for real - they have the proof - u r a sadistic man #USA

 But this is only the latest development -- and likely not the last -- in Trump and O'Donnell's decades-long, highly public feud.

 How did it start? Here is a timeline, documenting highlights from 2006-2017:

 December 2006

 When Trump decided not to fire Miss USA Tara Conner after revelations of drug use, underage drinking and sexual activities, the co-owner of the Miss USA pageant raised some eyebrows.

 "I've always been a believer in second chances. Tara is a good person. Tara has tried hard. Tara is going to be given a second chance," Trump said on December 19. Conner was allowed to keep her crown but had to go to rehab.

 The next day O'Donnell, who was a co-host of "The View" at the time, criticized his decision, saying that she doesn't "enjoy" Trump and said he went bankrupt -- a claim Trump continues to deny, most recently at Thursday's GOP debate.

 She added that Trump is "not a self-made man" but a "snake-oil salesman on Little House On The Prairie," and she proceeded to slam his multiple marriages: "[He] left the first wife -- had an affair. [He] had kids both times, but he's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my friend."

 Following those comments, Trump fired back at the comedian and told People Magazine that O'Donnell is "a real loser" and "a woman out of control."

 "You can't make false statements. Rosie will rue the words she said," referencing her claims that he went bankrupt. "I'll most likely sue her for making those false statements -- and it'll be fun. Rosie's a loser. A real loser. I look forward to taking lots of money from my nice fat little Rosie."

 May 2007

 Only eight months after joining "The View," O'Donnell left the show after a heated spat with fellow co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck over the war in Iraq.

 Trump, who insulted both hosts, surprisingly took O'Donnell's side because he was also against the war.

 "On this one I think Rosie should win, but Rosie is not much herself. I think anybody that's against the war in Iraq is the winner of the fight, because to justify the war in Iraq -- only an imbecile could do that," he told "Extra," calling Hasselbeck "not a very smart person, she's one of the dumber people in television."

 But this was not the beginning of a change of heart.

 December 2011

 After O'Donnell announced her engagement to then-girlfriend Michelle Rounds in December, Trump took to Twitter to share his thoughts, tweeting, "I feel sorry for Rosie 's new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie--a true loser."

 I feel sorry for Rosie 's new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie--a true loser. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2011

 O'Donnell responded promptly by calling him "an a--."

 @realDonaldTrump - wow u r an ass http://t.co/aL3WQ0cL

 in every way - — ROSIE (@Rosie) December 14, 2011

 Trump also called O'Donnell's new show on Oprah Winfrey's network OWN "a complete and total disaster."

 Trump tweeted a video simultaneously bashing O'Donnell's show "Rosie" and MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, who has also been the subject of Trump social media insults multiple times.

 "Same last name, same bad ratings- @lawrence and @rosie," Trump tweeted.

 "It's really amazing. When I don't like somebody their shows do really badly," he said, adding that it "upsets" him that O'Donnell's show is a "disaster" because he loves Oprah and wants her to be successful.

 May 2012

 While attacking Cher for slamming then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Trump snuck in an insult directed at his favorite nemesis, tweeting ".@Cher attacked @MittRomney. She is an average talent who is out of touch with reality. Like @Rosie O'Donnell, a total loser!"

 .@Cher attacked @MittRomney. She is an average talent who is out of touch with reality. Like @Rosie O'Donnell, a total loser! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2012

 August 2012

 When O'Donnell suffered a heart attack , she got well wishes from none other than The Donald himself.

 "Rosie, get better fast. I'm starting to miss you!" he tweeted.

 .@Rosie, get better fast. I'm starting to miss you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2012

 O'Donnell acknowledged that his well wishes took her by surprise and tweeted, "well thank u donald - i must admit ur post was a bit of a shock ... r u trying to kill me ?"

 @realDonaldTrump @Rosie - well thank u donald -

 i must admit ur post was a bit of a shock ...

 r u trying to kill me ?

 xx — ROSIE (@Rosie) August 21, 2012

 April 2014

 After undergoing a weight-loss surgery in 2013, O'Donnell revealed her 50-pound weight loss.

 "I did what many women do, and I did not take care of myself," she said during a speech at an American Heart Association luncheon in Detroit in February. "And that's why I'm here, to try to get women to know you're worth it, take care of yourself and know the symptoms."

 Trump tweeted the following month, "Rosie O'Donnell just said she felt 'shame' at being fat-not politically correct! She killed Star Jones for weight loss surgery, just had it!"

 Rosie O'Donnell just said she felt "shame" at being fat-not politically correct! She killed Star Jones for weight loss surgery, just had it! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2014

 O'Donnell responded with "Donald — go away."

 July 2014

 On July 10, ABC officially announced that O'Donnell would be returning to "The View" as a co-host in September.

 And while her former co-host Hasselbeck was not pleased with the news, Trump welcomed it, calling it a "good move on ABC's part."

 But his reaction didn't end there.

 Trump added that O'Donnell's addition to the show will "have a short term positive effect. The show has really missed not having Barbara [Walters] on it."

 He then later tweeted: "Rosie is back on the View which tells you how desperate they must be. It is the standard short term fix and long term disaster."

 Rosie is back on the View which tells you how desperate they must be. It is the standard short term fix and long term disaster. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2014

 He followed up an hour later with, "Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb - other than that I like her very much!"

 Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb - other than that I like her very much! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2014

 September 2014

 Upon making her comeback as a co-host of "The View," O'Donnell discussed her emotional journey following her weight loss and told "People" that the criticism she got from Trump was the worst bullying she had been through.

 "Probably the Trump stuff was the most bullying I ever experienced in my life, including as a child," O'Donnell said. "It was national, and it was sanctioned societally. Whether I deserved it is up to your own interpretation."

 Trump responded to her comments by tweeting, "Rosie—No offense, and good luck on the new show, but remember, you started it!"

 .@Rosie—No offense, and good luck on the new show, but remember, you started it! http://t.co/Ag3TyZZxOh — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2014

 February 2015

 After joining the "The View" in September, 2014, O'Donnell left the talk show for the second time.

 "The truth is, I had a heart attack two years ago and stress is very bad for a heart-attack survivor," the comedian said in a video for her fans. "I'm minimizing my stress by leaving 'The View.' The stress I'm having at home is not easily as remediable ... There's lots of stuff going on at home."

 Asked about the struggling show, Trump said , "Well, it's very sad what's happened to 'The View' and I predicted that with Rosie O'Donnell it would fail. I guess the prediction is correct, but, I mean she's a total trainwreck, so let's see what happens and I hope it works out well. ... I like the show a lot, but let's face it, Rosie is a loser."

 August 2015

 The Trump-O'Donnell feud first made its way into the 2016 campaign spotlight during the first Republican presidential primary debate.

 When Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was asked by Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly about his use of language like "fat pigs," "dogs," "slobs" and "disgusting animals" to describe some women, The Donald didn't miss a beat.

 JUST WATCHED Trump: I don't have time for total political correctness Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Trump: I don't have time for total political correctness 01:43

 "Only Rosie O'Donnell," he interjected, generating gasps, applause and laughter from the crowd.

 O'Donnell, who has been an arch-nemesis of the billionaire mogul for about a decade, responded to Trump's dig by tweeting, "try explaining that 2 ur kids."

 try explaining that 2 ur kids — ROSIE (@Rosie) August 7, 2015

 The morning after the debate, Trump appeared on "Fox and Friends" and noted that the crowd was pleased with his comments about the comedian and former host of "The View."

 "And then [Megyn Kelly] hit me with a very, very hard question," Trump said. "That was when I came up with the Rosie O'Donnell statement, which really got a tremendous applause. That was the biggest applause in the evening actually, so it was sort of interesting."

 September 2016

 Trump once again attacked his arch nemesis live at a national political event — his first presidential debate where he faced off against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on September 26.

 Trump's reference to O'Donnell came up after Clinton accused Trump of sexism during the debate, saying, "This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs.

 JUST WATCHED Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs 01:56

 "Hillary is hitting me with tremendous commercials. Some of it I said in entertainment, some of it said to somebody who has been very vicious to me, Rosie O'Donnell," Trump responded. "I said very tough things to her and I think everybody would agree she deserves it and nobody feels sorry for her."

 O'Donnell slammed Trump on Twitter Monday night after he resurrected their longtime feud during the first presidential debate, saying that comments he made about the comedian and TV host in the past — including calling her a "pig" — were justified.

 Declaring her support for Clinton, O'Donnell tweeted, "HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT" and then later called on people to "shame the Donald."

 November 2016 and beyond

 O'Donnell was wrong.

 When Trump defeated Clinton in November, the actress was beside herself, tweeting, "god help us all."

 "i am not scared - i am sad - for all of us - for humanity - @TBoneisT360," she added in response to a Twitter user who tweeted, "as upset as many of us are imagine how scared to death @Rosie must be this morning.... #ElectionHangover."

 Since then, O'Donnell has been one of the most outspoken celebrity critics of the President on social media and even traveled all the way to the White House in February to protest ahead of Trump's first joint address to Congress.

 But until Thursday, Trump had been publicly silent on O'Donnell since getting elected. |||||

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– Fox & Friends rounded up all the celebrities who've said they plan to move out of the US if Donald Trump becomes president, Fox News Insider reports: Whoopi Goldberg: "I don't think that's America. I don't want it to be America. Maybe it's time for me to move." Rev. Al Sharpton: "If Donald Trump is the nominee, I'm open to support anyone, while I'm also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins." Raven-Symone: "My confession for this election is if any Republican gets nominated, I'm going to move to Canada with my entire family. I already have my ticket." Jon Stewart: He actually said he'd prefer to leave the planet Earth entirely if Trump is elected, the Inquisitr reports. Samuel L. Jackson: In a sketch, he told Jimmy Kimmel last year, "If that motherf---er becomes president, I'm moving my black ass to South Africa." Cher: Last year, she tweeted, "IF HE WERE TO BE ELECTED,IM MOVING TO JUPITER." Jennifer Lawrence: Fox claims Rosie O'Donnell also threatened to move to Canada were Trump to be elected—but though their long-running beef is well-documented, we could find no official evidence of such an ultimatum. Lawrence, however, can perhaps be added to the list: She told Entertainment Weekly that "if Donald Trump becomes president, that will be the end of the world." Bonus: It goes both ways. Bill O'Reilly said in January that he's moving to Ireland if Bernie Sanders becomes president, according to the Huffington Post. Click to see how Trump and his sons responded to the celebrities.


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 In early April 2011, journalist James Foley was apprehended on a Libyan battlefield and found himself in a Tripoli jail. He was set free 45 days later after an international campaign spearheaded by his Marquette friends, former Teach for America colleagues, and family and childhood friends in New Hampshire. ||||| The front-page story quoted 19-year-old Jejoen Bontinck of Belgium — identified as "a teenage convert to Islam who spent three weeks in the summer of 2013 in the same cell as Mr. Foley":

 Mr. Foley converted to Islam soon after his capture and adopted the name Abu Hamza, Mr. Bontinck said. (His conversion was confirmed by three other recently released hostages, as well as by his former employer.)

 “I recited the Quran with him,” Mr. Bontinck said. “Most people would say, ‘Let’s convert so that we can get better treatment.’ But in his case, I think it was sincere.”

 Former hostages said that a majority of the Western prisoners had converted during their difficult captivity. Among them was Mr. (Peter) Kassig, who adopted the name Abdul-Rahman, according to his family, who learned of his conversion in a letter smuggled out of the prison.

 Only a handful of the hostages stayed true to their own faiths, including Mr. (Steven J.) Sotloff, then 30, a practicing Jew. On Yom Kippur, he told his guards he was not feeling well and refused his food so he could secretly observe the traditional fast, a witness said.

 Those recently released said that most of the foreigners had converted under duress, but that Mr. Foley had been captivated by Islam. When the guards brought an English version of the Quran, those who were just pretending to be Muslims paged through it, one former hostage said. Mr. Foley spent hours engrossed in the text.

 His first set of guards, from the Nusra Front, viewed his professed Islamic faith with suspicion. But the second group holding him seemed moved by it. For an extended period, the abuse stopped. Unlike the Syrian prisoners, who were chained to radiators, Mr. Foley and Mr. (John) Cantlie were able to move freely inside their cell.

 Given the circumstances, however, should Foley's "conversion" really be presented as a fact? That was my question as I read the story.

 Times reader Bob Scrameustache expressed a similar sentiment in a Twitter exchange between him and the writer: ||||| (ANSA) - Vatican City, February 6 - Martyrdom is not an historical experience only but is present today as Christians are persecuted and murdered for their faith, Pope Francis said Friday.

 "People who hate Jesus Christ" are still threatening Christians around the world, the pope said during his homily at morning Mass in St. Martha's House, the Vatican guesthouse where Francis lives. Reflecting on the Gospel accounts of the death of John the Baptist, Francis said the story makes him think of those who sacrifice everything to uphold their faith.

 "When I read this passage (of the Gospel) I confess I get emotional and I always think of two things," Francis said.

 "First, I think of our martyrs, the martyrs of our times, men, women, children who are being persecuted, hated, driven out of their homes, tortured, massacred," he added.

 "And this is not a thing of the past: this is happening right now. Our martyrs, who are meeting their end under the authority of corrupt people who hate Jesus Christ. http://popefrancisnewsapp.com/ |||||

– Many Roman Catholics saw journalist James Foley—who was kidnapped, tortured, and beheaded by ISIS—as a symbol of enduring faith under horrible circumstances. Then it came out that he had converted to Islam in captivity. Now what? "The answer is we can’t assess it," says a Jesuit preist who calls Foley "a good and holy man" but casts doubt on his conversion. "We cannot look at what is in someone’s soul." Foley's story is further complicated by his own apparent confusion, the New York Times reports. First kidnapped in Libya in 2011, Foley says he prayed with Muslim cellmates who opposed the Gadhafi government. After washing himself, he was told he had converted. "So, from then on out, I prayed with them five times a day," he says in a YouTube video. "But it was difficult. I was thinking, 'Jesus, am I praying to Allah? Am I violating my belief in you?'" he adds. "I don’t have an answer to that. I just know that I was authentically with them, and I was authentically praying to Jesus." Kidnapped again in Syria in 2012, he converted to Islam in captivity and appeared sincere about it, freed hostages say. But people are debating whether Foley, once an altar boy in a Catholic family, converted for himself or his captors (as this GetReligion article attests). "I believe, much like in Libya, Jim 'converted' for the purpose of surviving," says one of his brothers. Pope Francis has apparently called Foley a martyr and says other Christian martyrs are being "tortured, massacred" today, ANSA reports. Yet Foley's mother, a Eucharistic minister, seems unsure: "Only God and Jim know what was going on in his heart," she says.


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A former student is in custody after allegedly stabbing two people at the Rutgers Business School in Piscataway on Friday afternoon, police say.

 A faculty member and a student were stabbed inside an office on the Livingston Campus around 2:30 p.m., CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco reported.

 Two students told CBS2 they heard a woman crying for help.

 “It sounded like a struggle, so I thought maybe there was a fight, but it sounded like a girl screaming in pain,” Stephen Mourad said.

 “I saw a girl sitting in a chair and professors bringing towels to put on her wound somewhere around here, if I remember, and she was sitting in a chair with paramedics around her,” Nathan Gabriel added.

 The Middlesex County Prosecutors Office said the suspect took off after the attacks but was soon taken into custody with self-inflicted injuries.

 RU ALERT: Stabbing at Rutgers Business School (New Brunswick). Avoid the area and/or take shelter. 11/04/2016 14:45:32 EDT — Rutgers University (@RutgersU) November 4, 2016

 The university sent out a text alert and a tweet, warning students about the stabbing and advising them to shelter in place to avoid the area.

 RU ALERT: Suspect in custody. Area is safe. Police investigation ongoing. 11/04/2016 15:29:35 EDT — Rutgers University (@RutgersU) November 4, 2016

 Pictures posted to social media showed several police vehicles responding to the scene.

 Updates from inside lockdown at Rutgers Business School. Everyone i'm with is shocked but safe @RutgersBSchool pic.twitter.com/XmntVnYiOh — KJ (@Plebianth0ughts) November 4, 2016

 The lockdown was lifted soon after, but students were still shaken up Friday night.

 “I was terrified because these things always happen lately,” one said.

 The university said the stabbing was unprovoked and called it an “isolated incident.”

 The investigation is ongoing. No charges have been filed. ||||| The New Brunswick Campus was on lockdown until the situation was under control. Stefan Holt reports. (Published Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016)

 What to Know Two people were stabbed at Rutgers' business school in Piscataway

 Authorities said the suspect was in custody and was being treated for injuries along with the victims

 Rutgers was briefly placed on lockdown after the stabbing at the university's business school

 Two people were stabbed at Rutgers University's business school on the Livingston College campus in Piscataway, the college says.

 The school tweeted out an alert shortly before 3 p.m. Friday saying there had been a stabbing at the business school on the campus and urging students and faculty to avoid the area and take shelter.

 Students on campus say it happened on the fifth floor of the business building, near a lounge where students were studying.

 "I just hear yelling, and like sort of a struggle go down, then people started getting up looking frantic," said Stephen Mourad of Edison.

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 Sophomore Nathan Gabriel said he saw a woman in a chair, and a lot of blood.

 "I saw professors bring her towels to put on the wound, to apply pressure," he said.

 A current student and a professor were stabbed, the prosecutor's office says. Rutgers said the man with a knife was a former student, and witnesses said he may have been trying to hurt himself.

 The two stabbed victims, along with the man with the knife, were all taken to Robert Wood Johnson University School in New Brunswick to be treated for their injuries, authorities said.

 A lockdown on campus was lifted a short time later.

 There are more than 40,000 students enrolled at the New Brunswick campus, the largest of the state university's three locations. ||||| This will appear next to all of your comments

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– Five people were stabbed at the Rutgers University Business School in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Friday, CBS New York reports. According to NBC New York, the campus announced a lockdown Friday afternoon, advising students and staff to take shelter. A short time later the school announced a suspect was in custody, and the campus was declared safe, the AP reports. Further details were not available, and an investigation is underway.


– Move over, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and fellow birthers. Here come ... the Breitbarters? The untimely death of the conservative blogger has spawned plenty of conspiracy theories on Twitter and elsewhere, the International Business Times finds. Only a few weeks ago, Breitbart announced that he had damaging video from President Obama's college years, and some conspiracy-minded Americans now think Obama may have had Breitbart bumped off. The content of the video is also the subject of speculation, with some of the giddier commenters claiming it contains evidence Obama had numerous gay lovers and was addicted to cocaine. One person not buying the conspiracy theories is the last person to engage with Breitbart on Twitter, Dallas law student Lamar White Jr. White—who Breitbart called a "putz" less than an hour before his death—says he enjoyed the banter and had a lot of respect for Breitbart. "This is a guy who engaged with supporters and critics alike,” he tells ABC. “He seemed like a pretty engaging character, somehow larger than life."

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Only a few weeks before his death, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart told the audience at a CPAC rally that he possessed incriminating video tapes from President Obama's college years, tapes he would use to "vet" the Democratic incumbent in 2012.

 "I've got videos...from his college days, to show you why racial division and class warfare are central to what 'hope' and 'change' was sold in 2008," Andrew Breitbart told the crowd. "The rest of us slept while they plotted, and they plotted, and they plotted."

 Just before those tapes were supposed to be released, however, Breitbart died in Los Angeles, Calif. at age 43. And as it is only right for a man who built an online empire smearing OWS for "raping people" and USDA employee Shirley Sherrod for "present tense racism," it only took a few hours after news of his death for several over-the-top, full-blown conspiracy theories about the Obama tapes to be launched.

 "HIT JOB?" screamed the headline by Tea Party Brief. "Soros, Media Matters, 'Occupy', Obama, & ACORN can now breathe a sigh of relief..."

 "Was Andrew Breitbart Murdered For What He Was About To Reveal About Barack H. Obama?" read the Daily Paul, while a writer for AntiNewWorldOrder declared, in a news brief populated almost entirely by punctuation marks, that if he said the name of the man (hint: it's President Obama) that had Breitbart killed, he would also find himself "dead of so called Natural causes like a boot to the head."

 None of these sites feel it's necessary to offer proof of assassination beyond the fact that Breitbart is now dead and that he hated President Obama. That is the beauty of a conspiracy theory: it's so simple and effective, things like facts only serve to get in the way of the main message.

 But Twitter, used by Breitbart to in part to gleefully retweet comments against him, has now become the ultimate bastion of Breitbart-Obama conspiracy hashtagging, documented in this slideshow of the 11 most egregious and most laughable theories so far.

 Hundreds of Twitter users have posted their suspicions about the Internet mogul and "cultural warrior's" untimely death. As each minute passes, the theories as to who ordered the "hit job" and the contents of the tapes gets wilder and wilder.

 Some insist that the college videos Breitbart was about to release contain evidence that Obama had numerous gay lovers and was addicted to cocaine.

 Other Twitter users paint the picture of a Obama-Clinton-Bush conspiracy web, or compare Obama's "typical" ordered hits to the actions of genocidal Communist leader Joseph Stalin. And still others tweet that the controversial maverick may have been "infected" somehow with cancer, and that President Obama has an army of parasites at his disposal.

 Andrew Breitbart thrived on the power of a conspiracy theory, and on the impact of one controversial and sweeping statement after another. Click through or slideshow to see the 11 best, worst Obama-Breitbart "hit job" tweets so far, to remember that legacy as it continues today. ||||| Andrew Breitbart's Last Public Insult: The 'Putz' Says It Was A 'Fluke'

 Andrew Breitbart - a man famed for his untamed insults and uncensored political attacks - could not have known that his last public act would be to call a 29-year-old law student from Dallas a "putz."

 "I called you a putz cause I thought you were being intentionally disingenuous. If not I apologize. @CenLamar @dust92," Breitbart tweeted via his iPad at 11:25 p.m. Wednesday.

 Less than an hour later, the brazen commentator and conservative activist collapsed outside his California home. The cause has not been announced, but he had a history of heart problems.

 Today the "putz" in that final tweet said he wore Breitbart's insult "as a badge of honor."

 "I profoundly disagree with him on a number of issues… but you can't deny that Andrew Breitbart had verve and panache," said Lamar White Jr., who is in his first year of law school at Southern Methodist University.

 White and Breitbart's two-day long exchange on Twitter was a "fluke," White said, which began when Breitbart retweeted an off-the-cuff remark White sent to his Twitter followers Tuesday night.

 "Andrew Breitbart's speaking voice is like the love child of Owen Wilson and Dr. Evil," White, aka @CenLamar, tweeted after watching Breitbart speak about the Arizona and Michigan Primary results on CNN.

 After some feisty banter over whether James O'Keefe, Breitbart's protege, who dressed up as a pimp to make hidden camera videos of ACORN employees, was akin to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat persona, Breitbart sarcastically called White a "genius" and a "putz."

 "He called me a putz and I said his voice sounded like Dr. Evil and Owen Wilson," White said, noting that in his book the two were even on the insult front.

 "Twitter is just like banter," White said. "I thought he was perfectly respectful and I thought it was just really cool he was talking to a law student in Dallas."

 White, a self-proclaimed progressive who was a guest blogger at the Democratic National Convention in 2008, had high praise for Breitbart, despite their opposite political views.

 "This is a guy who engaged with supporters and critics alike," he said. "He seemed like a pretty engaging character, somehow larger than life."

 The last person to tweet with Breitbart said he disagreed with the conspiracy theorists who flooded Twitter after his death, many accusing President Obama - whom Breitbart often criticized - of having him assassinated.

 "It's a shame," said White, who added he sympathized with Breitbart's family, having lost his own father in a car accident when his dad was only 41 years old. "I mean, the guy did contribute a lot. Not all of it I agree with… maybe that was the idea." |||||


For a full quarter century, the extraordinary art within Houston's Menil collection has been protected from harm - until now.

 The museum is confirming an act of vandalism against a painting produced in 1929 by the Spanish master Pablo Picasso.

 In a video posted on YouTube, a man can be seen approaching the portrait known as "Woman in Red Arm Chair" and blasting the canvas with spray paint. The stenciled message "Conquista" and the image of a bull defacing the original.

 The vandal escaped as did the photographer who may or may not be a conspirator.

 According to Menil spokesman Vance Muse, the Picasso was rushed to the collection's chief conservator Brad Etley who performed immediate damage repair.

 Speaking from Berlin, Germany Vance told FOX 26, "The most important thing is to get the painting to full health, which is happening. All the spray paint has been removed. It is in the right hospital. The painting now needs to rest."

 Meantime, Houston Police confirm the case is under very active investigation as "criminal mischief," a crime carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail. No arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

 In addition to the YouTube video, detectives also have the Menil's own surveillance tape to help capture those responsible.

 A representative for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston says "appropriate" security measures have been taken at that institution.

 "Woman in Red Arm Chair" has been a part of the Menil collection since 1956.

 On the web: http://www.menil.org/

  ||||| Vandal defaces Menil Collection Picasso Repairs are under way, museum says

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 Officials at the Menil Collection don't know why a man spray-painted Pablo Picasso's "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the museum, but the act wasn't caught just on surveillance cameras.

 It also was captured by a bystander with a smartphone camera and subsequently posted on YouTube with a caption naming the alleged perpetrator as a young artist.

 Menil communications director Vance Muse, reached Monday in Germany, said museum security discovered the vandalism almost immediately Wednesday afternoon.

 The damaged artwork, with the spray paint barely dry, was rushed down the hall to the museum's conservation lab, where chief conservator Brad Epley quickly began its repair.

 The 1929 painting, one of nine by Picasso owned by the Menil, has "an excellent prognosis," Muse said.

 The vandal, who has not been identified officially, stenciled a small image of a bullfighter killing a bull and the word "Conquista" on the painting. He fled and wasn't caught.

 Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties said the vandalism was being investigated as a criminal mischief case. Anyone who witnessed the attack or has information is asked to call 713-308-0900.

 KPRC (Channel 2) interviewed a man who said he captured the vandalism on his phone camera. The witness told Channel 2 the man identified himself as an up-and-coming Mexican-American artist looking to honor Picasso's work.

 John and Dominique de Menil acquired "Woman in a Red Armchair" in 1956. It has been displayed often since the Menil Collection opened in 1987 and has been loaned to other museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

 The Menil also owns 14 drawings, a terra-cotta sculpture and more than 100 prints by Picasso.

 Muse said the incident brought to mind an act in 1974, when artist Tony Shafrazi, who later became a gallery owner, defaced Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica" at the Museum of Modern Art.

 molly.glentzer@chron.com |||||

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– Police in Houston are searching for a vandal who spray-painted a Picasso painting. The man was captured on camera using a stencil to paint an image of a bull and the word "Conquista" on the Spanish master's 1929 "Woman in a Red Armchair," reports the Houston Chronicle. A bystander who videoed the man in action says the vandal identified himself as an up-and-coming Mexican-American artist who wanted to "honor" Picasso's work. The painting, one of nine Picassos in Houston's Menil collection, was rushed to the museum's on-site conservation lab and experts say the prognosis is good. "The most important thing is to get the painting to full health, which is happening," a museum spokesman tells Fox. "All the spray paint has been removed. It is in the right hospital. The painting now needs to rest." If the vandal is caught, he will face a charge of criminal mischief with a maximum penalty of two years in prison.


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 The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 62,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org

 Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant mortality have several known risk factors, but little is known if these factors change for different age groups. In a new study in the August 2014 Pediatrics, “ Sleep Environment Risks for Younger and Older Infants ,” published online July 14, researchers studied sleep-related infant deaths from 24 states from 2004-2012 in the case reporting system of the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths. Cases were divided by younger (0-3 months) and older (4 months to one year) infants. In a total of 8,207 deaths analyzed, majority of the infants (69 percent) were bed-sharing at the time of death. Fifty-eight percent were male, and most deaths occurred in non-Hispanic whites. Younger infants were more likely bed-sharing (73.8 percent vs. 58.9 percent), sleeping on an adult bed or on/near a person, while older infants were more likely found prone with objects, such as blankets or stuffed animals in the sleep area. Researchers conclude that sleep-related infant deaths risk factors are different for younger and older infants. Parents should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for a safe sleep environment and understand that different factors reflect risk at different developmental stages. ||||| Sharing a bed and objects in bed are the biggest risk factors for sleeping infants, according to a new study.

 The study published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday found that babies aged 0-3 months were most likely to die as a result of bed-sharing. For older infants ages four months to a year, the greatest risk for sleep-related death is objects in the sleep environment, the study found.

 The study relied on a database compiled between 2004 and 2012—using information from 24 states—by the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths. Researchers analyzed 8,207 deaths in total.

 Of the younger victims, 74% were sharing a bed at the time of their death. The study defines “bed-sharing” as sleeping with a person or an animal. Of the older victims, 39% of deaths happened in a sleep area containing an object such as a blanket or a pillow. And 18% changed their sleeping position from on their side or on their back to prone.

 But the study makes it clear that it hasn’t uncovered any clear cause and effect. Instead it states its “objective was to determine any associations between risk factors for sleep-related deaths at different ages.”

 The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on safe sleep environments suggest placing babies on their back on a firm surface, in the same room as their parents, and with no soft objects or loose bedding until the age of one. ||||| By: Rachel Y. Moon, MD, FAAP

 More than 3,500 babies in the U.S. die suddenly and unexpectedly every year while sleeping, often due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or accidental deaths from suffocation or strangulation.

 In an effort to reduce the risk of all sleep-related infant deaths, the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) updated policy statement and technical report includes new evidence that supports skin-to-skin care for newborn infants; addresses the use of bedside and in-bed sleepers; and adds to recommendations on how to create a safe sleep environment.

 Note: All of these recommendations, unless mentioned otherwise, are for babies up to 1 year of age. Talk with your pediatrician if you have questions about any of the recommendations listed.

 Until their first birthday, babies should sleep on their backs for all sleep times—for naps and at night. We know babies who sleep on their backs are much less likely to die of SIDS than babies who sleep on their stomachs or sides. The problem with the side position is that the baby can roll more easily onto the stomach. Some parents worry that babies will choke when on their backs, but the baby's airway anatomy and the gag reflex will keep that from happening. Even babies with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) should sleep on their backs.

 Newborns should be placed skin-to-skin with their mother as soon after birth as possible, at least for the first hour. After that, or when the mother needs to sleep or cannot do skin-to-skin, babies should be placed on their backs in the bassinet. While preemies may need to be on their stomachs temporarily while in the NICU due to breathing problems, they should be placed on their backs after the problems resolve, so that they can get used to being on their backs and before going home.

 Some babies will roll onto their stomachs. You should always place your baby to sleep on the back, but if your baby is comfortable rolling both ways (back to tummy, tummy to back), then you do not have to return your baby to the back. However, be sure that there are no blankets, pillows, stuffed toys, or bumper pads around your baby, so that your baby does not roll into any of those items, which could cause blockage of air flow.

 If your baby falls asleep in a car seat, stroller, swing, infant carrier, or sling, you should move him or her to a firm sleep surface on his or her back as soon as possible.

 Use a firm sleep surface. A crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard that meets the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is recommended along with a tight-fitting, firm mattress and fitted sheet designed for that particular product. Nothing else should be in the crib except for the baby. A firm surface is a hard surface; it should not indent when the baby is lying on it. Bedside sleepers that meet CPSC safety standards may be an option, but there are no published studies that have examined the safety of these products. In addition, some crib mattresses and sleep surfaces are advertised to reduce the risk of SIDS. There is no evidence that this is true, but parents can use these products if they meet CPSC safety standards.

 Room share—keep baby's sleep area in the same room where you sleep for the first 6 months or, ideally, for the first year. Place your baby's crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard in your bedroom, close to your bed. The AAP recommends room sharing because it can decrease the risk of SIDS by as much as 50% and is much safer than bed sharing. In addition, room sharing will make it easier for you to feed, comfort, and watch your baby.

 Only bring your baby into your bed to feed or comfort. Place your baby back in his or her own sleep space when you are ready to go to sleep. If there is any possibility that you might fall asleep, make sure there are no pillows, sheets, blankets, or any other items that could cover your baby's face, head, and neck, or overheat your baby. As soon as you wake up, be sure to move the baby to his or her own bed.

 Never place your baby to sleep on a couch, sofa, or armchair. This is an extremely dangerous place for your baby to sleep.

 Bed-sharing is not recommended for any babies. However, certain situations make bed-sharing even more dangerous. Therefore, you should not bed share with your baby if:

 Your baby is younger than 4 months old.

 Your baby was born prematurely or with low birth weight.

 You or any other person in the bed is a smoker (even if you do not smoke in bed).

 The mother of the baby smoked during pregnancy.

 You have taken any medicines or drugs that might make it harder for you to wake up.

 You drank any alcohol.

 You are not the baby's parent.

 The surface is soft, such as a waterbed, old mattress, sofa, couch, or armchair.

 There is soft bedding like pillows or blankets on the bed.

 Keep soft objects, loose bedding, or any objects that could increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation, or strangulation out of the baby's sleep area. These include pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, blankets, toys, bumper pads or similar products that attach to crib slats or sides. If you are worried about your baby getting cold, you can use infant sleep clothing, such as a wearable blanket. In general, your baby should be dressed with only one layer more than you are wearing.

 It is fine to swaddle your baby. However, make sure that the baby is always on his or her back when swaddled. The swaddle should not be too tight or make it hard for the baby to breathe or move his or her hips. When your baby looks like he or she is trying to roll over, you should stop swaddling. |||||
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– Frilly crib bumpers may add a whimsical touch to a nursery, but they could be dangerous for infants. A study published in August’s Pediatrics journal says that sharing a bed, as well as items left in a baby’s sleep area are risk factors in infant deaths, reports Time. How much of a factor depends on the baby’s age: The study found that 74% of the younger infants who died (ages newborn to 3 months) were sharing a bed with another person or animal, while 39% of the older infants (ages 4 months to 1 year) were surrounded by blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, or other objects. Most of the babies in the study—which was based on information about 8,207 infant fatalities compiled from 24 states by the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths—were non-Hispanic whites, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics; 58% were male. As Time points out, the study doesn’t prove any clear cause-and-effect: Researchers say they were simply trying “to determine any associations between risk factors for sleep-related deaths at different ages.” Still, the AAP recommends that parents create a “safe sleep environment,” which includes placing babies on a firm mattress with a fitted sheet in a crib that meets safety standards (not in an adult bed or on a sofa), keeping toys and loose bedding such as blankets and pillows out of the crib, and dressing the baby in sleep clothing (e.g., sleep sacks). (Click here to read about other sudden infant death cases and possible causes.)