Sunday, June 24, 2018

Closed...

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 21, 2018, migrants on a rubber boat are being rescued by the ship operated by the German NGO Mission Lifeline in the Mediterranean Sea in front of the Libyan coast. Italys interior minister says Malta should all















French President Macron announced a proposal that would create closed migrant centers on European soil so authorities can quickly decide whether arriving migrants are eligible to apply for asylum and send back those who don't qualify.
European countries would take in migrants who qualify to apply in a shared plan that lifts the burden of carrying for them from the Mediterranean nations on the front line such as Italy, Spain and Greece, Macron said.
Spain's decision last week to take in a rescue ship with 630 migrants, and France's offer to accept some of those eligible to apply for asylum, exemplifies the need to share the burden, they both said.  

Germany...

The German shots came from the left and the right. They slammed into Swedish legs, backs and, at least once, right off the goal post.
But the go-ahead goal didn’t seem it would ever come. And then, in the blink of an eye, at the last possible moment, it did. Germany found a way to survive, with Kroos’s goal, on a finely orchestrated free-kick play.
The German defense is slow. Boating would have caused the defeat of Germany earlier enough as he pushed the Sweden player down in the penalty area.   On the rebound, Sweden scored easily.  Germany may not go far in this tournament.

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Picture...

PHOTO: A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.
















The father of the young girl from Honduras whose picture has become an iconic image of the immigration battle now says that his daughter and wife were never separated by U.S. authorities.
A picture of the little girl crying for her mother was widely circulated and while the photographer made it clear he didn't know the fate of the pair,  but it was used otherwise.
The girl and her mother were photographed after crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley by Customs and Border Protection last week. 
Your Trusted Media is at work? The photographer, John Moore, said that he saw the pair were together when they were taken from the scene, but some groups started using the photo in relation to the policy that resulted in families being separated at the border. 

Frugal...

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About 53 percent of respondents are hesitant to get into a relationship with someone who is debt-burdened. And 60 percent have had a previous partner who was reckless with money, which made them seek out a more financially responsible partner.
For many Americans, frugality is a necessity.
Credit card debt has topped $1 trillion and student loan debt now stands at $1.5 trillion, both record levels. On top of that, inflation has generally outpaced wage growth. These dynamics make finding ways to minimize spending and reduce expenses the key to financial health for many households.
Nevertheless, it might be possible to take frugality too far and instead be viewed as cheap, based on the survey. Here's how respondents weighed in on various habits by people who aim to save money.


Habit
% who say it's frugal
Seeking out deals or coupons for all purchases72%
Regularly tracking electricity use70%
Buy clothes at department stores like Kmart, Walmart etc67%
Buying off-brand food products65%
Shopping at second-hand clothing stores63%
Regularly tracking the home thermostat62%
Watching movies at home instead of in the theatre61%
Only having alcohol at home51%
Buying no-name electronics51%

Doctrine...

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The Supreme Court ruled that police generally need a search warrant to review cell phone records.


The plaintiff in the case, Timothy Carpenter, was convicted of multiple robbery and gun offenses in 2010 but challenged the conviction saying that officers investigating the case didn't get a warrant for his cell phone records. The government argued that law enforcement doesn't need a warrant to get cell phone records from the service provider since it's a third party.
The Court ruled that the government's search did not meet the bar for probable cause for a warrant because investigators only had to show that argue the cell phone data might be related to an ongoing investigation in order to get access to it from the cell phone provider.
Law professor Kate Shaw said that the ruling is in line with some of the Court's other efforts to update the Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable search and seizure to keep up with new technology.

Multi-Issues...

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The U.S. Navy is preparing to house as many as 25,000 migrants at remote Navy facilities in California, Arizona, and Alabama, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of an internal Navy document. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested that Pentagon be prepared to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children at U.S. military bases, but it is unclear if the facilities identified by the Navy in the internal memo would meet HHS needs. 
The Navy could spend $233 million to construct and operate a facility that could house 25,000 migrants for up to six months.  
Kids will be sent to the boarder if USA will grant them status. So expect millions. 

Issue...

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Friday, June 22, 2018

Crying...

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The picture of a Honduran girl crying as she and her mother are detained in Texas has grabbed worldwide attention and come to symbolize the intense debate about separating children from their parents. Time magazine put the young girl on this week's cover, but the Border Patrol agent involved in the dramatic scene says the photo might be a little misleading. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to CBS News the mother and daughter are being housed together at a facility in Texas and her immigration proceedings are ongoing. 

Coffee...

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Coffee can do more than just keep people awake for the day, studies have shown.
Caffeine could help with the repair of cells lining blood vessels, called endothelial cells, researchers at the Heinrich-Heine-University and IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Duesseldorf, Germany, set out to explore some of the reasons. 
The study was conducted on mice and cells cultured from humans, on the role of caffeine on a cell-cycle inhibitor gene known as mitochondrial p27. The study used a standard four cups of coffee per day and found that this moderate coffee consumption improved outcomes for mice with prior heart attacks. 
The gene p27 has already been shown to have a role in cancer. Caffeine acts on this protein, allowing cells to get more energy and more blood flow throughout the heart and that means fewer heart cells dying. 

Bangor...

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A pilot on a Saudi Arabian royal family jet that landed in Maine was arrested on a warrant for theft out of Florida.

Prosecutors say Marcin Urbanski was taken into custody during a stop in Bangor as the plane was headed to Los Angeles. Urbanski was wanted for accepting $9,000 to help a Florida resident become a licensed pilot, but never providing the services.

The Department of Homeland Security assisted local police in taking the Polish citizen into custody because he was not permitted to be in the U.S.
A different game now.