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The head of the UN mission in Yemen boarded a vessel on Saturday that will be the venue for key talks between the government and Huthi rebels on shoring up a ceasefire.

Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert picked up a government delegation at a rendezvous in the Red Sea before returning to the port of Hodeida to await Huthi envoys who are to arrive on Sunday, a UN statement said.

The sides will discuss the next steps to implement an agreement reached in Sweden in December that calls for a ceasefire in Hodeida and a pullback of forces from the port city.

It is the third meeting of a joint committee on implementing the agreement which has been hailed as a major step toward ending the four-year devastating war in Yemen.

On Sunday, the "parties will then resume joint discussions on the implementation of the redeployment of forces and the facilitation of humanitarian operations, as agreed in the Stockholm Agreement," said a UN statement.

The Saudi-backed government and Huthi rebels have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, while deadlines for the pullback of forces and a prisoner swap have slipped.

UN aid agencies are also trying to gain access to food warehouses in Hodeida that will first require demining teams to clear routes to the storage sites.

For nearly four years, Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels have been locked in a war with a regional pro-government alliance led by Riyadh.

The conflict has triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions of people at risk of starvation. 

Four years of bombing and the well of the people haven't changed. Let us go for peaceful discussion.   Just a thought.

More Taxes...

Elizabeth Warren has set the stage for a colossal battle at the U.S. Supreme Court over her proposed wealth tax on households worth more than $50 million.

The proposal, to raise trillions of dollars to fund a host of social programs that are key to the Massachusetts senator's agenda. This would awaken an area of constitutional law that has lain dormant for decades.

And it would put Warren on an early collision course with a branch of government that could determine the success or failure of her administration.

The proposal would impose a 2 percent tax on net worth between $50 million and $1 billion. A 3 percent tax would apply to household net worth above $1 billion. In total, according to the proposal, Warren's "ultra-millionaire tax" would raise $2.75 trillion in revenue over a 10-year period from fewer than 80,000 families.

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The problem with the Democrats is finding a reasonable someone to run as a candidate.

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Trump opened the door wide for any businessman to run for the president of the United States of America. But it is taking much more than just announcement of New Taxes on the American people.

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The goal at first is to speak in the microphones. Then they will test the public to see who is going to be hurt by this process, Dems or Republicans. The how to alleviate the damage if one of them is hurt. Then back to the cycle, or just approve the pennies for issues associated with the wall, but not the wall itself. It is Pathetic all around.

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When Stephen Lovell used to visit his grandparents as a kid, it was like entering the world of Cole Porter or The Great Gatsby.

People dressed in tuxedos and sipped cocktails. They owned boats, airplanes, a hobby farm. Not to mention a lavish mansion in Ontario, Canada, and a summer home in Southampton, New York.

He estimates that his grandfather, who founded the John Forsyth Shirt Co, had a fortune of at least $70 million in today’s dollars. But through a combination of bad decisions, bad luck, and alcohol dependency, the next generation squandered that money.

Indeed, 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation, and a stunning 90% by the third, according to the Williams Group wealth consultancy.

Why the wealthy are so poor at passing along money smarts and why second- and third-generation heirs turn out to be so ham-handed, the answers were surprisingly frank.

If you have just never talked about money, get over it, and give your kids a crash course in financial literacy. Many financial institutions, including U.S. Trust, offer specialized learning materials and courses to get heirs up to speed.

Oarfish...

On Friday, two oarfish were discovered after being caught in fishing nets off the northern prefecture of Toyama, bringing the total found this season to seven. Earlier this week, a 10.5 foot oarfish washed up on the shore of Toyama Bay, while a 13 foot long oarfish was tangled in a fishing net off the port of Imizu.

The elusive oarfish live between 650 to 3,200 feet deep and are characterized by silvery skin and red fins.

Legend has it that they beach themselves on shores ahead of underwater earthquakes. But scientists dispute such claims. Fears of an incoming natural disaster in Japan are swirling online after sightings.

The myth of oarfish as harbinger of destruction gained some traction after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which killed more than 20,000 people. At least a dozen oarfish had washed up onto Japan's coastline in the year prior to the disaster, according to Kyodo News.

One possible scientific explanation could be that subtle changes in the earth's crust at the bottom of the sea ahead of an earthquake "might cause the current to stir and push creatures at the bottom to the surface.