"I HOPE SOMEBODY GETS MY MESSAGE..." IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

CHARLOTTVILLE, VA.
US

HEATHER HEYER
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I PAY ATTENTION!!!

#IMAGINE/LENNONO

Grief is a journey you must endure with the loss of a loved one. It's easy to become overwhelmed as you work through the phrases and tasks of grief so it's important to remember to care for yourself.

Some suggestions that might help:

1. Seek and accept support. Look for role models. They are others around you who has also experienced losses. Learn how they are coping. Sharing support with each other will remind you that you are not alone and help each of you be more successful as you travel this path.
2. Accept Your Grief. Don't try to run and hide from your grief. You need to experience the pain to be able to move past it and on towards healing.
3. Learn About Grief. The more you know about grief, the more you will realize that your grief is normal. Knowledge is power.
4. Express Your Grief. Grief cannot stay hidden deep within you. The best way to work through grief is to let it out. Cry, scream, and yell if need be. Express your feelings through music, art, poetry, or journaling. Whether you express your grief with a safe person you trust or let it out in complete privacy, expressing your feelings is the only true way to honor your grief and begin to work through it.
5. Accept Your Feelings. Grief can surface through many different feelings...some very intense. Acknowledge these feelings and accept them as part of the natural grieving process. Acknowledge that you are angry, sad and longing for the person you lost. Seek a creative way that is not destructive to express these feelings. That will help you heal.
6. Pace yourself. Grief can be exhausting. It takes a lot of energy to feel so intensely. Get plenty of rest.
7. Get Involved in Something. Getting involved in any kind of an activity can keep you focused and offer a welcome distraction from your grief. Work out, participate in any activity provided at your facility, reach out to help others, do anything that keeps you active. If that activity is especially meaningful to you or helpful to others, you might find it also raises your spirit.
8. It is okay to laugh and feel good. Laughter is excellent medicine. The best way to honor your loved one is to go on living.
9. Share wonderful memories. Remember the great times you had with the person you lost or the best things you remember about them. Those memories are precious and can help you heal. If you can talk about the memories with others or write about them, it will help you remember the blessing of having that person part of your life.
10. Remember the Person Remains with you in Some Way. You may feel totally separated from the person you lost. Truth is you won't see him/her again or hear their voice. But, no one can take away your memories of them and what you shared together. What that person taught you is yours forever. People who have left this world remain with us in ways we don't yet understand.
11. Remember Everyone Grieves In their Own Way. If your grief journey is different than others you know, don't worry.
12. Remember you will also grieve other losses. We also grieve losses other than death, life changes in our health, loss of freedom, separation from friends and loved ones. Allow yourself to grieve them, too.

IT'S A MAD! MAD! MAD! WHITEHOUSE!!!

MR. So-called President!!!

SELF-DEFENSE
WHEN FACED
WITH ENSE EVIL NAZISTS
IS
NO VICE!!!

#NEVERAGAIN!
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
#ALLLIVESMATTER

BY: LEON IRBY DATED: 8-23-2017

LOOK AT THAT!!!

NBC NEWS/MEET PRESS
SUN. 8-20-2017

SHOUT-OUT OUTSIDE THE BARS
TO: MARK BRAY
THE MAN!!!

GUEST ON NBC MTP
LECTURER AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

AUTHOR
NEWBOOK:
"ANTICO THE ANTI-FACIST HANDBOOK"
I LOVE YOU, MAN!
BE BRAVE!!!

#IMAGINE/LENNONO

STUMP CLOWN
By Ernesto R. Rodriguez/ 12/22/15

While on the stump
Donald Trump
took a dump
one gaffe after another
said he didn't know he stunk
as the crowd
booed on and on
he refused to apologize
I don't have to he said
I am way ahead in the polls
I love polls
I believe in them
I am going in win
Hillary disappeared - where to?
to take a dump - she got schonged
nasty stuff
I don't want to talk about it
it's nasty stuff
I know how to build walls
so high that even airplanes
can't fly over them
and the Mexicans will pay
I going after General Motors
Apple and China too
they are all just anchor babies
and trained monkeys
I am going to bomb all Muslims
to hell - they got to go
I love Muslims - They love what I do
I have many Muslim friends
Ugly Black protestors
beat them up - throw them out
they are disgusting
I am tired of tuff questions
from bloody women - scum bags
when I am president - and
I'm ahead in the polls
If you are white you're alright
if you are brown or black
stay back
People in Iowa are stupid
I am going to make
America great again!

DEM THEM DAMN DEM.
LET US DOWN AGAIN IN
JOINING THOSE "MEAN"
REPUBLICANS IN PROTECTING
TRUMPEDO HIT MAN JEFF
SESSION U.S. AG'S JOB!!!

UPDATE:
TRUMP'S RADICAL
ATTORNEY GENERAL

Jeff Session is leading the White House's crack down on immigration, voting rights, and drugs - but first, he has to fend off the president.
By: Janet Reitman

Source: Rollingstone.com
August 24, 2017, p.28

"Well, you almost had me fooled. Told me... I was nothing without you. Oh, after everything you've done, I can thank you for how strong I have become" - Kesh PRAYING"

Kesha's
Battle
Cry of
Many
Colors

The singer channels five years of personal hardship into [a] resilient genre - smashing pop
Kesha RAINBOW 4-STARS
BY BRITTANY SPANOS Rollingstone.com
(RS 1294) AUGUST 24, 2017, p.53

MY BRIEF FROM THE HEART FELT TAKE:
Dr. Luke [aka IKE TURNER] possesses "control" and "exploiter" issues!
Otherwise why wouldn't you take her money but let her go!!

Praying for Kesha Liberation!!!
How Long!!!

'well, you had

TELL US WHAT SHE!!!

UPDATE:
PRINCESS DIANA
PEOPLES' QUEEN OF HEARTS!!!
PBS.org/DIANA
TUES 8-22-2017, 7A.M. CDT

Friends
Did you all see the wonderful "hum-womanity" in Diana, with her Magnanimous - big heart in those magical (knowing) open eyes!!!
I felt her awesome pain!!! I felt my tears gushing!! I felt outraged at the cold blooded heartless Prince Charles [aka Henry, VIII] and Camilla [aka Jezebel]!! Bit by bit devouring her "HER"!

DECODING CHARLES
[aka HENRY VIII]

It's apparent, without looking too far, it's easy to discern...
Princess Diana was too much of a goddess... A lady [aka "Pussy"] for Charles!

CAMILLA
This Jezebel exclaimed to Princess Diana angelic face; she had given Charles two sons!!!

CHARLES [aka HENRY VIII)
Charles, is too much [Pussy"!!], so, the so-called Royal BS Trap barred him from marrying a "man".
Therefore, he was attracted to the closest thing, which Camilla [TOO MUCH DICK!!!] could provide him!
[e.g. Cold heartless! Guns! Hunting! Horses!] ad Nauseau!!!
She is the "man" of the castle built on sadism! Sins! and Hypocrisy!!
SHINING KNIGHTS!!!
Surely, her dear boys William and Harry hold them in the highest degree of contempt and disdain!

DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS

Six years before her 1997 death, Princess Diana sat down for a never seen interview, candidly discussing her unhappy childhood and deteriorating romance with Prince Charles.

-USMAGAZINE.COM/TELEVISION
AUGUST 21, 2017, P.66

(National Geographic, 9 PM 18/14

BY: LEONE IRBY DATED: 8/23/2017

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#5 THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE
By Eugene Krall
Without a doubt it's one of the absolute joys of summer. Dive right into this one and discover 37 items, including the turtle by the dock.

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CUT-DOWN THAT INNOCENT BLACK MAN!!!
FROM THAT HIGH TECH LYNCH
TREE!!!

MONDAY 8/14
BACHELOR IN PARADISE
Summer is saved! Following a halt in production on the spin-off's fourth season. More than two dozens singles head back to Mexico to find love- and lust.
[ABC, 8 P.M.]

-USMAGAZINE.COM/TELEVISION
AUGUST 21, 2017, P.66

BLACK MAN DEMARIO JACKSON

Was cleared of false allegations of sexual misconduct with lovely, sexy blonde Corinne Olympios. (8-14-15-2017. See also USMAGAZINE.COM) He said she said JULY 3, 2017, P.46...

THE TEAM
I really, especially appreciate the good and fair credible white both gentlemen and ladies and particularly southern soul-sister RAYEN CATES, whom all in one righteous voice attested to Demario whole innocence and good character while on set.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO!!!
They truthfully exclaimed that his race evidently played a part!

On 8-22-2017, 8: P.M., Tues., Demario tearfully, in his own words, told his objective, verifiable story. END OF STORY!
Corinne, next week shall do likewise. See also USMAGAZINE.COM/secretsofparadise ("LOST"!!!) AUGUST 28, 2017, p. 66

FLASHBACK TO SUPERBOWL INFAMOUS LOCK ROOM TV COMMERCIAL

Picture this: Then desperate wives lovely, sexy blonde star Nicole Sheridan appearing nude under a white bath towel, which lets drop; then drape her nude body around black football player Terrell Owens (sic).
The so-called viewers moral out rage was so rabid as to force Owen's apology, for what!!!

SEE MY PREVIOUS POST!
Thank "The Team" and God for cutting down from that high-tech lynch tree Mr. Jackson!!!

COMPARED TO WHAT!!!
PAY BACK!!!

Mr. Jackson's false accuser must be "fired"!!! Moreover Mr Jackson must be compensated.

#BITTERFRUIT
#NATEPARKER
#EMMITTILL
#DRBILLCOSBY

SEE ALSO ABC.COM/DESPERATEHOUSEWIVES

BY: LEON IRBY DATED: 8-23-2017

CHARLOTTVILLE, VA
USA

CIVIL WAR IS RAGING!!!
"NEW ORLEANS BEGINS REMOVING CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS", SEE, below, P3

Friends,
General Robert E. Lee surrendered, indeed, but the South never stopped fighting its' Civil War! Never!
[e.g. KKK! Lynchings! Jim Crow, Ad Nauseam!!!]

Therefore, now as in 1860's our nation is divided and at civil war.

The union defeated that confederate flag. Losers do not merit monuments!

WHERE IS HILTER'S FLAG AND MONUMENTS!

CIVIL WAR
AMERICA!!
"BULLETS OR BALLOTS"
ALL SIDES ARE WELL ARMED!!!
GUNS! GUNS! GUNS!!!

WE ARE AT CIVIL WAR!

Leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus met to consider a proposal to change the GOP legislation to let states get federal waivers to ignore coverage requirements imposed by President Barack Obama's health care law. These include a prohibition against insurers charging higher premiums for seriously ill customers.
The plan "has real merits worthy of consideration for all the Freedom Caucus folks," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., leader of that group. He helped craft the idea with Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N,J., a leader of a group of GOP moderates.
Meadows and numerous conservatives and moderates opposed an initial version of the bill, forcing House leaders to withdraw the measure before a planned vote last month. GOP leaders are trying to determine if the proposed changes can gain enough votes to pass, but that remains uncertain.
Drones used for first time in major search at Grand Canyon
PHOENIX (AP) - The desperate effort this week to find two hikers who disappeared at the bottom of the Grand Canyon represented the National Park Service's most extensive use yet of drones in a search-and-rescue mission.
The Grand Canyon is the only national park with its own fleet of unmanned aircraft for locating people who have gotten lost, stranded, injured or killed. Under a program that began last fall, it has five drones and four certified operators.
While the aerial search for the two hikers came up empty, it threw a spotlight on technology that can enter crevices and other rugged spots unreachable by foot while sparing searchers the dangers of going up in a helicopter.
With its steep cliffs, nearly 2,000 square miles and mesmerizing views, the Grand Canyon can be as dangerous as it is captivating.
Rangers were confronted with 1,200 medical emergencies, 293 search-and-rescue missions and 17 deaths in 2016, a year in which the park had nearly 6 million visitors. Last summer, a 35-year-old Yelp executive tripped while hiking, fell backward and was found dead 400 feet below.
"Our historic model was to take the helicopter to look and see," said Grand Canyon chief ranger Matt Vandzura. But now, drones can offer "that same close look but without putting any people at risk. It has dramatically increased our ability to keep our people safe."
The drones are about 18 inches across and 10 inches high, with a battery life of about 20 minutes. Drone operators watch the video in real time and then analyse it again at the end of the day.
The aircraft were used Monday through Wednesday in the search for LouAnn Merrell, 62, and her step grandson, Jackson Standefer, 14. The park also sent out three ground search teams of about 20 people in all, an inflatable motor boat and a helicopter.
Merrell and Standefer vanished last weekend after losing their footing while crossing a creek near the North Rim. They were on a hike with Merrell's husband, Merrell Boot Co. co-founder Randy Merrell, and the boy's mother.
The park soon scaled back the operation and stopped using the drones continued the search. In a statement, the hikers' families backed the decision and said they were "still praying for a miracle."
The drones have been used a few times already.
In November, after a visitor drove off a cliff and died, drones were sent in to examine the trees and brush and make sure it was safe for a helicopter to fly in and lift the car out.
The next month, rangers used a drone to locate a woman who had jumped to her death. They they rappelled down to retrieve the body.
The dangers of flying choppers in the canyon were illustrated in 2003, when a Park Service helicopter experienced a mechanical failure and crash-landed on the North Rim. Those aboard suffered only minor injuries; the helicopter was totalled.
Other national parks use drones, but for wildlife research. The use of private drones is prohibited in national parks.
James Doyle, a spokesman for the park service's Intermountain region, said other national parks will probably seek their own drone fleets, too. He said the Grand Canyon's extreme topography - it is a mile deep - makes it a perfect candidate.
"It's a wonderful tool for the unfortunate situation we just found ourselves in at Grand Canyon," Doyle said.
Civil War-era cannonballs to be moved from work site
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dozens of Civil War-era cannonballs unearthed at a Pittsburgh construction site will be removed by a Maryland firm.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Ordnance Holdings Inc., of Reisterstown, has been hired to remove the cannonballs found near the former sire of the Allegheny Arsenal. The arsenal supplied the Union Army, and an explosion there in September 1862 killed 78 people, many of them female employees.
Franjo Constructions, of Homestead, a Pittsburgh suburb, unearthed the cannonballs - believe to be 35 to 43 of them - during excavation for a planned apartment complex. The public will not be allowed to watch their removal, for safety reasons.
Long-distance call: Trump speaks with astronaut Peggy Whitson
President Trump on Monday called the International Space Station to congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson on setting NASA's career record for most days in space, with 535 days. Trump was joined by his daughter, Ivanka Trump, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during the 18-minute Earth-to-space call from the Oval Office of the White House. "This is a very special day in the glorious history of American spaceflight," Trump radioed from the Oval Office. "That's an incredible record to break. On behalf of our nation and frankly on behalf of the world, I'd like to congratulate you. That is really something." Whitson, 57, commander of the station's five-person Expedition 51 crew, said, "It's an honor for me basically to be representing all the folks at NASA who make this spaceflight possible, and who make me setting this record feasible."
New Orleans begins removing Confederate monuments
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans began the process of taking down Confederate statutes early Monday with the removal of the monument to the Battle of Liberty Place. The city became the latest Southern jurisdiction to divorce itself from what some say are symbols of racism and intolerance but which opponents say are historic. The Liberty Monument, which commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government in New Orleans, was taken away in pieces around 5:35 a.m. CT after a few hours of work." The removal of these statues sends a clear and unequivocal message to the people of New Orleans and the nation: New Orleans celebrates our diversity, inclusion and tolerance," said Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Global warming blamed for record-breaking weather worldwide, scientists say
Record-breaking weather events, especially heat waves but also downpours and droughts, can be linked to man-made global warming, a new study says. "Our results suggest that the world isn't quite at the point where every record hot event has a detectable human fingerprint, but we are getting close," said study lead author Noah Diffenbaugh, a climate scientist at Stanford University. It's the first research to look specifically at the link between record weather events of the past several decades and climate change.
Diffenbaugh and his team found that in over 80% of the heat records - which included both record hot days and months - there was a clear-cut signal of global warming.
Firefighter makes 'once-in-a-lifetime' catch, saves baby
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - With heavy smoke billowing from the windows of the apartment building and the size of the fire inside unknown, a senior firefighter here said he could see only one option: The father would have to drop his baby from the window. Senior firefighter Eric "Bo" Merritt made what he called a once-on-a-lifetime catch to save the life of the 1-month-old boy, who was among dozens of residents inside the Magnolia Apartments when someone set a fire Sunday morning in the rear stairwell of the Lakewood Building. Merritt had just arrived to find several people sticking their heads out of windows amid thick, black smoke and calling for help, including one man holding an infant on the third floor.
Deputy's first day on job: Wrestling a gator
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A rookie deputy from the Lee County Sheriff's Office, responding to her first call on her first day on her own, was pressed into service helping to corral a 6- to 7-foot injured alligator. Deputy Morgin Evins, fresh out of training, was called to Pulte Homes' Corkscrew Shores development Sunday for a call about an aggressive gator. The LCSO said the gator was in a defensive posture, and was reported by a neighbor walking his dog that it was at the front door of a home in the gated community. "The people weren't home at the time, LCSO Sgt. George Mingione said. The reptile was missing an appendage and had cuts and lacerations on its body and tail, Mangione said.
Why whale and boat collisions may be more common than we thought
A new study suggest that nearly 15% of the protected humpback whales that come to feed every spring in the southern Gulf of Maine have been struck by boats and other vessels - putting both boaters and the sea mammals at risk.
Researchers believe their findings, which appear in the most recent issue of Marine Mammal Science, are likely underestimated because the study does not account for whales that actually are killed in ship strikes. The analysis is based on injuries to 624 individual whales photographed between 2004 and 2013 in a body of water just off the coasts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
Multiple reviewers evaluated 210,733 photos for five categories of injuries consistent with a vessel strike.
Of the 624 individual whales reviewed, 92, or 14.7%, had injuries attributed to at least one vessel strike. A total of 149 injuries were documented, according to the study.
Most of the whales had four or fewer vessel strike injuries. Seven whales had at least three vessel-strike injuries, and two whales had at least four injuries.
In most cases, researchers could not determine whether multiple injuries in different parts of the whale's body were caused by one or more strike.
But at least one whale calk appeared to have injuries from two separate events, based on fresh marks in different body regions within weeks of when the calf was photographed with initial healing wounds.
Whatever the actual total or frequency of injury, researchers and activists agree that whale-boat collisions can be catastrophic.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), a charity dedicated to protecting the animals, maintains that people can be injured or killed from being thrown when the small vessel is struck by a whale. Some collisions have caused small vessels to sink.
If whales are struck in certain areas by a large vessel, they are unlikely to survive, according to the WDC.
Other studies have determined that vessel strikes probably occur because whales, in general, are slow swimmers, spend considerable time at the surface of the water, and stay in areas that tend to overlap with heavy shipping traffic.
Certain types of whales, such as humpbacks, are either unable or unlikely to detect oncoming ships. They may be engaged in activities such as feeding and mating and are either oblivious to, or may not respond to approaching ships.
Researchers for the Gulf of Maine study point out that, while humpback whales are listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, there are no regulations or guidelines in place to reduce the likelihood of collisions with vessels in their vicinity - except those actively engaged in whale watching.
They hope that their research, and other long-term studies, can help regulators develop new guidelines on boat traffic, and better assess the health of the humpback whale population.
Ancient humans may have reached Americas 100,000 years earlier than thought
In a provocative and controversial claim, scientists say a scattering of bones and stones suggest ancestral humans reached the New World more than 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Most genetic and archaeological evidence shows humans first entered the American some 15,000 years ago. But a study nearly 25 years in the making in the week's Nature finds that the 130,000-year-old bones of a mastodon, an extinct relative of the mammoth, unearthed in California were split open with blows from rocks. Rocks discovered near the bones bear the hallmarks of use as hammers, the scientists report. The smashed bones may have been the handiwork of a Neanderthal, the scientists say, or the more ancient human relative called Homo erectus, or even our own species, Homo sapiens.
"We are making a claim that's kind of out there," acknowledged study co-author Daniel Fisher of the University of Michigan. "We have had to toil over years to make sure we have considered every angle."
Experts not involved in the study, however, question the claim, in part because of the total lack of other evidence of a human presence long ago.
The potential implications (are) staggering," says Jon Erlandson of the University of Oregon, who was not involved in the study. But "broken bones and stones alone do not make a credible archaeological site."
Researched spent almost a quarter of a century building a case. Back in 1992, a backhoe revealed mastodon remains during construction along State Route 54 in San Diego. The location is now called the Cerutti Mastodon Site, after discoverer Richards Cerutti of the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Digging revealed two large, heavy stones whose sharp edges and cracks pointed to use as anvils. Each anvil stone was surrounded by mastodon-bone fragments and flakes of stone, as if someone had been crushing bone on the anvil.
The bone fragments, some from a mastodon's stout thigh, were scarred with marks and notches that are hallmarks of a violent blow on fresh bone. Old bone, the scientists say, shows different fracture patterns. Near the anvils the researchers found three bulky "hammer stones" apparently used to bash the bones.
The scientists tested their interpretations on skeletons from modern-day elephants, going so far as to dig up buried bones that were "extremely fresh and smelled extremely bad," says study co-author Steven Holen of the Center for American Paleolithic Research. When the scientists slammed rocks into the elephant bones, they re-created the damage seen on the mastodon bones.
Aside from ancient humans, none of the predators of 130,000 years ago could break open a mastodon thighbone, say the researchers. They also ruled out damage by water and by animals, such as mastodons, stepping on the bones, which would have created random scratches rather that the spiralling fractures seen at Cerutti.
The scientists don't know what kind of human pulverized the bones, presumably to craft bone tools or to eat the nutritious marrow. Perhaps Neanderthals or other ancient humans crossed the sea between Asia and the Americas aboard crude boats. Or groups walked across the now-submerged land bridge between the continents.
Whomever they were, "there is a mass of evidence that, put together, should overcome any scepticism," say study co-author Richard Fullagar of Australia's University of Wollongong.
"Should," maybe, but it hasn't.
"To demonstrate such early occupation of the Americas requires the presence of unequivocal stone artefacts," says Michael Waters of Texas A&M University. "There are no unequivocal stone tools associated with the bones at the Cerutti Mastodon site." "If this site is as reported, then it would indicated that there was an ancient human dispersal to the Americas that left no trace in the fossil record of the genome of ancestral Native Americans," says John Shea of Stony Brook University, who adds, "Nature can do some odd things to rocks and bones, creating objects that look very similar to artefacts."
Expecting such sentiments, the researchers are already using new methods to analyse the bones. The team feels "a responsibility to continue to check this through new ways of testing," Fisher says. "I don't think this is the last word."
NASA releases images from first-ever dive through Saturn's rings
NASA's Cassini just sent back stunning photos from its first-ever dive through Saturn's rings. Raw images from the spacecraft started populating a photo stream on the NASA website early Thursday. Data began flowing at 3:01 a.m. EDT and more than 100 images were transmitted, NASA

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SHOUT-OUT-THROUGH THE BARS!

To: CHARLIE ROS
ANCHOR
CBS THIS MORNING
8-14-2017, MON. 7: A.M. CDT

During your interview with your guest, you disingenuously volunteered the absurd equivalency of president Donald John Trumpedo refusal to use the term of neo-Nazist to President Barack H. Obama purported refusal to use: "RADICAL ISLAM"

"Nazism" is a real thing!
The conception of "Radical Islam" is wholly false!!!
Any fair minded person ought to know of there is only one true ISLAM!! [RELIGION] without any other adjective, pronoun, etc.
No Liberal! No Conservative! No moderate! No innovation!!!
You were simply WRONG!!!

THE LAND OF THE WALKING DEAD!!!

MR. TRUMPEDO

AFGHANISTAN
President Trumpedo announced he is sending American boys [but not his two sons!!!] back to fight "The Walking Dead."
THE WALKING DEAD!!
These fighters wear "fake bomb vest" to darn sure they are killed!
THE FIGHTERS OUR BOYS TRAIN THE USA WEAPONARY BACK UPON OUR BOYS.

INSIDE ATTACK
7 U.S. Soldiers wounded by Afghan soldier purported U.S. allies. See NBCNEWS.COM SAT. 6-17-2017 5:30 p.m. CDT

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The travel means cramped quarters for a while, so the fish took a moment in the water shallows to adjust to their new home. Each one oriented itself upstream immediately upon flopping out of the net and hitting the water, iridescent markings flashing under the clear mountain water.
"They're obviously stunned," Hintz said.
"They're getting their bearings for a while, then some of them will go upstream, some will go downstream. Some will stay right here."
Fishing, officials said, is part of the mountain experience that some tourists love and seek out when they visit Tennessee. And though they're a mountain fish, trout don't spawn well in waters so close to human contact like the water that flows through
Gatlinburg, according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesman Matt Cameron. That's why the city stocks its waters, and why officials from TWRA reached out to help after Gatlinburg's facility burned.
"If we didn't supplementary stock them, folks wouldn't have recreational fishing opportunities," Cameron said.
But the stocking is necessary in any year, not just after the wildfire.
Marty Nicely, Gatlinburg's recreation director, said the city plans to stock waters with locally raised fish again soon.
"We have had our winter trout stocking program since 1982, and we have had a longstanding relationship with TWRA. We buy fish and raise them, and every fall TWRA gives us about 35,000 fingerlings to grow and raise," Nicely said.
But, as with many things aroung Gatlinburg, Nicely, Werner and others said they'll rebuild.
The city's fish facility is expected to reopen this summer. Until then, there should still be decent fishing in the city - thanks to TWRA.
Homeland chief: Illegal border crossings dip 40%
The nation's Homeland Security chief said late Wednesday that illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border have seen "an unprecedented decline in traffic" that he says coincide with the president's new executive orders focusing on immigration laws.
Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly said the drop -- as measured by arrests and people halted from entering the country at the border -- is around 40% for the first two months of the year. Typically, January and February are busy months for illegal border crossings.
Kelly, nominated by Trump in December to take over homeland security, said the decline "is trending toward the lowest monthly total in at least the last five years." People apprehended at the border dropped from 31,578 to 18,762, Kelly said.
"Since President Trump took office on January 20, we have seen a dramatic drop in numbers," Kelly said. "This trend is encouraging because it mean many fewer people are putting themselves and their families at risk of exploitation, assault and injury by human traffickers and the physical dangers of the treacherous journey north. Kelly said the department is also seeing an increase in the fees charged by human smugglers along the southwest border. Since Nov. 2016, "coyotes" have hiked their fees in some areas by roughly 130 percent - from $3,500 to $8,000 in certain mountainous regions. Changes in U.S. policy, including the detention of apprehended aliens, drive up the smuggling fees, Kelly said.
Trump's immigration policy has been the source of contentious debate ever since he hit the campaign trail. Trump has regularly highlighted crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and embraced the families of the victims of those crimes. His new directives allow Customs agents to send some people directly back to Mexico, whether they're Mexican or not. Under previous administrations, people from Mexico and Canada could be deported directly back home. But people from all other countries, such as from Central America, had to be detained until they could be flown back to their country of origin.
Mexico has vowed to vigorously fight U.S. mass deportations of undocumented immigrants back to Mexico and refuse to accept any non-Mexicans expelled across the border.
More U.S. citizens are seeking refuge in Canada
Canada is world famous for welcoming refugees, but one group has had a tough time getting in: U.S. citizens.
A small but increasing number of Americans want refuge in Canada. In fact, the number of them requesting asylum north of the border more than doubled between 2015 and 2016, from 80 to 187, according to Canada Border Services Agency data. Most of them were denied.
Some are trying to avoid going to prison, others refuse to fight in America's wars. Now, immigration lawyers are predicting more U.S. citizens will attempt to flee for Canada - to escape President Trump's America.
But despite Canada's open-door reputation for those in need, admitting more than 40,000 Syrian refugees since 2015, its acceptance rate for American asylum-seekers is below 1 percent, according to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
"I am aware of one [America] adult in 2014 who was accepted as a person in need of protection. All the others were children," said Melissa Anderson, the spokeswoman for Canada's refugee tribunal.
Normally, the only American citizens who get refugee status in Canada are the children of undocumented immigrants, including children born in the US to parents living there illegally, she explained.
Their numbers aren't nearly as big as, say, Syrians or Colombians, who are among the leading nationals seeking asylum in the country. America does not have the same life-threatening dangers. But US citizens have cited several reasons for making refugee claims in Canada.
Trouble with the law
At the end of 2015, Canada's immigration authorities ordered the deportation of a 25-year-old asylum-seeker from Illinois. Canadian court documents identify the man as "X." They say he was wanted in the U.S. for "enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity," when he was 22 and the girl was 15. He had met the girl online, driven to her house and honked for her to get into his car, at which time the girl's stepfather intervened. He faced 10 years in US prison.
He told the Canadian refugee tribunal that his only intention was to meet the girl.
Canada rejected his request. A judge said there were "reasonable grounds" and enough evidence provided by US authorities for the panel to consider the man guilty as charged. But another American escaping sex charges in the U.S. was more successful. In 2014, 47-year-old Denise Harvey, who was facing 30 years in U.S. prison for having sex with a 16-year-old boy, got admitted as a protected person in Canada.
It turns out that 16 is the age of consent in Canada, and the woman wouldn't have faced criminal charges for her actions had they taken place in the country.
Then there was Kyle Lydell Canty, an African American who in 2015 was facing charges in the US including jaywalking and disorderly conduct. As CBC News reported, he applied for refugee status in Canada, claiming he was a victim of racism and police brutality. Canada rejected him.
"It's very unusual" for Canada to grant refugee claims to Americans, said Marshall Garnick, an immigration lawyer in Toronto. It could cause "an international incident for the government of Canada to accept Americans [as refugees]. It's not good for Canada's image."
Opposition to war
In the past decade, a number of U.S. soldiers have requested asylum to avoid being court-martialled for refusing to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. For instance, in 2013, the refugee tribunal in Toronto denied the refugee claim of a 27-year-old U.S. soldier who deserted after serving in Afghanistan. In court documents, he stated that he felt that American military presence in Afghanistan was creating a police state. Canada denied the claims by U.S. Iraq and Afghan war objectors.
One asylum-seeker, Rodney Watson, is a U.S. Army veteran who refused to return for a second tour in Iraq. He has been living in a church in Vancouver for seven years to avoid deportation.
Although the numbers are much lower, these war resisters' motives may be reminiscent of the historic exodus to Canada of tens and thousands of Americans who opposed the Vietnam War, many of whom remained.

More expected under Trump
A rising number of African and Middle Eastern migrants are crossing the U.S. border for refuge in Canada. Trump's immigration crackdown, and Canada's openness, are expected to beckon more to follow.
"Virtually every person who's crossed, from pregnant women in the back of trucks to those shepherding their children to safety, have said to us that the United States is no longer a safe country for them to be in," Paul Caulford, a doctor at the Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare outside Toronto, told the Otherhood podcast in February.
After Trump's executive order in January to halt the arrival of all refugees and certain Muslim travellers, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, "Canadians welcome you, regardless of your faith."
That executive order is suspended after court challenges against it. But the Trump administration is ordering more immigration restrictions and deportations.
Up until now, Canadian refugee lawyers said most of their American clients were largely the children of undocumented immigrants, service members who didn't want to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, or spoke out against the U.S. military; people with mental health problems; or fugitives from justice.
A few Americans who were facing the death penalty have also sought safety in Canada, because Canada will not send someone back to face capital punishment, according to its extradition terms with the US, said attorney Peter Edelmann, who has represented Americans who were seeking asylum in Canada.
But with Trump in power, Canada should expect new types of cases, the refugee attorneys said.
"We're going to get a new kind of refugee claim from US citizens in the next four years - they won't be like the ones in the past," Garnick said in an email. "It's not going to be primarily the US army deserters who were dishonourably discharged due to their refusal to be deployed or redeployed to Iraq. It will be a different kind of U.S. citizen refugee claimant."
For example, Garnick said a Muslim American citizen of Iranian descent might get asylum in Canada if they show they cannot live safely in the US because of the threat of injury or death, or that they can't get a job due to their religion or ethnic background. "In other words, if [the Muslim American] could prove that a blanket travel ban like the one Trump brought in is not just causing him to feel uneasy, but actually has caused him a reasonable subjective and objective fear, due to letters of threat or perhaps some other incident," Garnick said, "he'd have a chance at a refugee hearing."
Mike Pence: 'No comparison' between his, Hillary Clinton's email practices
INDIANAPOLIS - Vice President Mike Pence made his first public comments Friday about his use of a private AOL email account to conduct some public business while he was Indiana's governor.
Republicans have criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for discussing much higher level national security issues through a private email account.
Visiting Janesville, Wis., with other top Republicans to unite his party around a replacement of Obamacare, Pence toured the headquarters of Blain's Farm and Fleet, which offers everything from tools and animal feed to hunting gear and fishing licenses at 36 stores in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.
"I'm very confident we are in full compliance with all of Indiana's laws," Pence said. "And in my service as vice president, I will continue that practice."
Pence press secretary Marc Lotter said Friday that the personal-account emails Pence sent as governor are being compiled to be released under Indiana's open records law.
"There's no comparison whatsoever between Hillary Clinton's practice - having a private server, misusing classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress," Pence said. "We have fully complied with Indiana's laws.
"We had outside counsel review all of my previous email records to identify any that ever mentioned or referenced state business," he said.
Emails released to The Indianapolis Star in response to a public records request show that Pence communicated via his personal AOL account with top advisers on topics ranging from security gates at the governor's residence to the state's response to terror attacks across the globe.
Cyber-security experts say the emails raise concerns about whether such sensitive information was adequately protected from hackers, given that personal accounts like Pence's are typically less secure than government email accounts.
In fact, Pence's personal AOL account was hacked this past summer.
Trump wants congressional probe of evidence-free claims about Obama
President Trump called Sunday for a congressional investigation of his claims that predecessor Barack Obama had him wiretapped during last year's election - while critics accused Trump of trying to distract people from an investigation into his own relationship with Russia.
"Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement a day after Trump accused Obama - without evidence - of having Trump Tower in New York wiretapped in connection with an investigation of Russia. Trump is "requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016," Spicer said.
While Trump repeatedly tweeted about Obama during the weekend, Spicer's statement said "neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted."
A spokesman for Obama said Trump's claim is false, and noted that presidents do not have the legal authority to authorize wiretaps in any case.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Trump is making false claims against Obama in order to distract attention from investigations into possible contacts among Trump, his associates, and Russians involved in a plan to hack Democratic officials during last year's election.
Again calling for an outside investigation into Trump and Russia, Pelosi told CNN's State of the Union: "What do the Russians have on Donald Trump?"
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said it "will make inquiries into whether the government was conducting surveillance activities on any political party's campaign officials or surrogates" as part of its overall probe into Russian intelligence activities. Nunes said, "we will continue to investigate this issue if the evidence warrants it."
There is no evidence Trump or his aides were the subjects of surveillance during last year's election,
Any kind of wiretap in connection with an investigation of Russia would have to be approved by a special court acting under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That law, passed in 1978 to reform the excesses of intelligence surveillance during the Richard Nixon administration and earlier presidencies, requires law enforcement to obtain an order from a special court of federal judged before they conduct telephone surveillance on people in the United States. James Clapper, who was director of national intelligence last year, told NBC's Meet The Press that to his knowledge there was no FISA court order regarding Trump Tower. Clapper also said he saw no evidence of "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
Hours before the White House call for a congressional investigation, Trump continued his extraordinary and unprecedented public attack on his predecessor, tweeting about Obama's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, "Tell Vladimir that after the election I'll have more flexibility?" Trump said.
Obama, who denied authorizing wiretaps on anybody and would be prevented by law from doing so in any case, did make the "flexibility" comment during a discussion with then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ahead of the 2012 election. It came in connection with talks over a proposed missile defense system.

DO THE ROBOT!!!

ONE MICRO CHIP CLOSER TO BECOMING MASS HUMAN ROBOTS!

Today (Aug. 01. 2017), Tuesday, Anchor Lester Holt, on NBC.com/NIGHTLYNEWS, did an illuminating story on a River Falls, WI. Company (3-quares) 50 of its employees voluntarily accepting company implanted body micro chips allowing access to company doors and vending machines, etc. See, below, p.3
The reported ended with labelling them "high-tech machines"!(Matrix)!!

The future looks robotic!!
Wisconsin is circa 98 per cent white population. In 2010 its Gov. Scott Walker was caught on camera sub rosa telling multi-billionaire political donor Ms. Diane Hendricks - That he would divide the state in his 2010 election give the spoils to "The Koch Brothers" backers team.
The voters gave him more votes than previously at the poll!!!

CLONE NATION
Those who look alike is said to "group think" alike!!!

STATE BY STATE
Here they come for us tomorrow!!!

of a restricting plan to regain its footing at a time when sporting goods chains are closing and shoppers increasingly want to browse for goods online.
Under Armour said Tuesday that its directors have given a green light to a plan that will end leases, and offer severance and benefits totalling $15 million to workers affected by the job eliminations. The plan is expected to cost between $110 and $130 million this year.
In the wake of the news, shares plunged more than 10% and the stock closed at $16.23, down $1.89 a share.
Under Armour had become a fierce competitor to sneaker and sportswear stalwart Nike, more than doubling its revenue since 2014 to $4.8 billion. But it has floundered in recent months with revenue flatlining and its Steph Curry sneaker line failing to match the heat of Nike's iconic Air Jordans, named for basketball legend Michael Jordan.
The company also became enmeshed in controversy when founder and CEO Kevin Plank called President Donald Trump an "asset to the country" because of his support for the business community. That statement, criticized by Curry, a star NBA player for the Golden State Warriors, and some other high profile Under Armour athletes, led Plank to take out an ad in The Baltimore Sun clarifying his comments and emphasizing that he disagreed with Trump administration proposals, such as a travel ban on certain countries.
The company posted a loss of $12 million, or 3 cents earnings per share in the second quarter. It has now lowered its revenue projections for 2017, to between 9% and 11% vs. its previous forecast of 11% to 12%.
Instinet analyst Simeon Siegel said in a note to investors that Under Armour's loss exceeded Instinet's forecast by a penny. He added that the sportswear company's reduced guidance and restructuring effort "furthers guidance and restructuring effort "furthers our belief that the company is shifting from a focus on growth to a focus on health as it matures."
But Plank expressed optimism that its increasingly streamlined structure, its evolution from a U.S. to a more globally focused company, and roll out of new products, including the first training shoe associated with NFL quarterback Cam Newton, and another Curry sneaker dubbed the "Curry Four," will help to make it more competitive.
"2017 is a unique moment in time for retail," Plank acknowledged. But "we still believe we remain a growth company."
Wisconsin workers embedded with
RIVERS FALLS, Wis. - A local firm here made good today on its vow to embed employees with microchips.
Sporting "I Got Chipped" T-shirts, some 40 workers at Three Square Market, a firm that makes cafeteria kiosks aimed at replacing vending machines, got tiny rice-sized microchips embedded in their hands.
Company officials said it was for convenience, a way for them to bypass using company badges and corporate log-ons to computers. Now, they can just have their hands read by a reader, similar to using a smartphone to pay for goods.
The company would like to see payments go cashless, as iPhone users do with Apple Pay. Except in this case, sonsumers use their hand instead of a smartphone to pay.
The chip is not a tracker nor does it have GPS in it, so the boss can't track your movements, company officials say. Still, to those who worry about Big Brother having more control over our lives, Three Square Market President Patrick McMullan says you should, "take your cell phone and throw it away."
The chips com from Biohax Sweden, a company that says it has nearly 3,000 people using it in Europe. The founder of that company, Jowan Osterlund, has struck alliances with companies to pay to have the chips installed in employees or pass them out at tech fairs.
Three Square Market employees say they were having the chip installed to be part of the larger team, and help develop the technology.
The chip ceremony was held in the company's cafeteria, where a local tattoo artist, was on hand to perform the installation.
The entire process took about a minute. It started with Osterlund cleaning the skin, finding a spot in the hand to pinch, then asking the employee to inhale and exhale as he inserted a syringe, install the chip, and place a Band-Aid over the spot.
"The pinch hurt more than the injection," says McMullen. "It stung for about an hour and a half afterwards, but now it's getting back to normal."
But what seemed normal in Wisconsin played out differently across the Internet.
During our Facebook Live interview with McMullen, Chris Malak from Winneconne, Wis., said, "I have a co-worker who can never keep track of their keys thus always asking for mine and no idea what her pass word are. This would be good for her. But as for me, hell no."
Books: New and noteworthy
USA TODAY's Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1. Remembering Diana: A Life in Photographs; foreword by Tina Brown (National Geographic, non-fiction, on sale Aug. 1)
What it's about: More than 100 images of Princess Diana, from her school days through her royal years and beyond; with personal reminiscences from those who knew her.
The buzz: It's being published to mark the 20th anniversary of Diana's death in a car crash on Aug.31, 1997.
2. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta (Scribner, fiction, on sale Aug. 1)
What it's about: A divorcee becomes obsessed with X-rated websites, while her son gets into trouble at college.
The buzz: Perrotta will do a USA TODAY #BookmarkThis Facebook Live chat with fans Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
3. Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After by Heather Harpham (Henry Holt, non-fiction, on sale Aug. 1)
What it's about: The author's memoir about making a family after her daughter is born with a rare blood condition and the baby's absent father wrestles with ambivalence about his role.
The buzz: It's an Indie Next pick of independent booksellers. "A deeply moving testament to love, commitment and happiness," says Luisa Smith of Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif.
4. Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang (Lenny, fiction, on sale Aug. 1)
What it's about: This debut collection of short stories deals with the immigrant experience in America.
The buzz: The initial offering from Random House's Lenny imprint, run by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner (Girls).
5. One Summer Day in Rome by Mark Lamprell (Flatiron, fiction, on sale Aug. 1)
What it's about: This romantic novel tells three interconnected stories of people finding love in the ancient city they're visiting.
The buzz: "A sparkly Roman romance," says Publishers Weekly.
George Clooney slams paparazzi over 'illegal' photos of twins
George Clooney is not mincing words about his frustration with photos of his infant twins published by a French gossip magazine.
In a statement to USA TODAY Friday, Clooney says the images, published on the cover of the French-language Voici magazine and making the rounds online, were taken "illegally."
"Over the last week photographers from Voici magazine scaled our fence, climbed our tree and illegally took pictures of our infants inside our home," he says in the statement. "Make no mistake the photographers, the agency and the magazine will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The safety of our children demands it." Clooney and wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney welcomed their twins in June, a boy names Alexander and a girl, Ella.
The announcement was met with joy from fans who, over the last few years, watched Clooney reverse his positions on what he'd never, ever do: Settle down, marry again (he was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993) or have kids.
The family took their first trip earlier this month, making the first time the Clooneys had been seen in public since the birth of the twins. Paparazzi cameras captured George Clooney, wife Amal, and their twins landing in Milan, Italy. Clooney's Lake Como villa, where he spends the summer each year, is a short ride away.
Clooney's threat of prosecution likely would no be possible in the U.S. or U.K., though it may be in France, where press freedoms can be restricted by privacy laws designed to

matter anymore, does it? ...I can imagine other times the feature will come in handy, but Ford is sticking to its story, calling the feature Good Neighbor Mode. It consists of settings for quiet starts and exhaust.
Quiet start lets the driver program times of day when the Mustang GT's V8 engine will roar to life, and select other times for a meeker engine note upon starting. The quiet exhaust mode joins normal, sport and track modes, giving the Mustang GT four selectable exhaust notes. Ford said quiet start reduces the engine note on ignition to 72 decibels, about the same as a household dishwasher.
Both features are part of the $895 active valve performance exhaust option package on 2018 Mustang GTs.
Ford says loud cars are one of the top noise complaints in neighborhoods, ranking behind only early morning lawn mowing.
The 2018 Mustang goes on sale this fall.

Sprint said to be pursing merger with Charter Communications
Sprint is said to be pursuing a merger with Charter Communications to create a media and telecom powerhouse.
This merger is the idea of Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Tokyo-based telecom and Internet company Softbank, which acquired Sprint in 2013.
As proposed, the combined Sprint and Charter would become a new publicly-traded entity controlled by Softbank, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited persons familiar with the situation.
Charter and pay-tv and broadband competitor Comcast have been in discussions with Sprint about possible business deals, including the cable and broadband companies' reselling of Sprint's wireless service. The two-month exclusive discussion period for those talks ended this week, the Journal reported.
Should Softbank's Son be able to pull off the merger, the result would be a connected marketplace behemoth. Charter became the world's second largest cable TV and Internet provider with its $79 billion acquisition last year of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Its market cap is $98.1 billion, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Sprint, valued at $32.8 billion, is the No. 4 wireless carrier in the U.S.
But Charter isn't up for the deal, reported Bloomberg, which cited a person familiar with the matter.
Neither Sprint nor Charter had comment on the report.
Why all the merger talk? To keep up with the competition.
The biggest wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon, each provide traditional pay-tv service - AT&T with DirecTV and U-verse and Verizon with its Fios TV. Both also deliver wireless video programming, through AT&T's DirecTV and Verizon's go90 services.
AT&T and Verizon have also followed Comcast in its drive to own content to deliver over its telecom networks. After acquiring 51% of NBCUniversal in 2011 from GE, Comcast got the rest in 2013 and bought DreamWorks Animation last yar for $3.8 billion.
AT&T's $85 billion bid for Time Warner is expected to close later this year. Verizon has added AOL and Yahoo to its content holdings - now combined in a Verizon-controlled company called Oath.
Comcast also has begun offering a wireless service of its own called Xfinity Mobile, which uses capacity from Verizon as well as Wi-Fi. And Charter also plans to launch a wireless offering next year, using Verizon's network.
The complicated talks might not result in the mega-deal, the Journal says, and a long-discussed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could perhaps be revisited as a result of these talks.
Foxconn plans '8K+5G' displays at new U.S. plant
Prepare to be transformed.
In a world where technology keeps getting sharper, faster and more entrenched in all facets of life, some of the sharpest, fastest technology is going to be made at a $10 billion LCD-screen plant to be built in southeast Wisconsin, Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou said Thursday in an exclusive interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Gou visited the city to sign a memorandum of understanding with the state and commit his Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing company to investing billions of dollars and hiring up to 13,000 people in the new facility at "living wage" jobs.
The commitment may even include a naming rights deal for all or part of the Milwaukee Bucks' new arena, Gou said. "I would say this: We (are) working with them, but it's not final yet," Gou said. "Do we want the whole building or just one section? I don't know." Gou confirmed that Foxconn plans to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin by 2020, constructing a campus of multiple buildings totalling 20 million square feet to produce super-high-definition liquid crystal display panels to be used in a variety of industries. The company, perhaps best known as the producer of Apple's iPhones, plans to make "8K+5G" displays, which have the very latest ultra-sharp 8K definition and can accommodate ultra-fast 5G wireless speeds. Why set up shop in the United States, when all LCD panels currently are made in Asia, where lower labor costs and other factors can help keep prices down?
"Number one, the United States is still the largest (consumer) market in the world," Gou said.
In addition, the company last year acquired Japan's Sharp Corp., and having a "Made In The U.S.A." tagline will be advantageous when the company markets Sharp brand next-generation televisions in the nation, Gou said.
If the Taiwanese company lives up to its commitments of jobs, it will receive up to $3 billion in subsidies from state taxpayers over 15 years. The jobs, including engineering and other high-tech positions, will pay an average annual salary of more than $53,000 plus overtime and benefits, Gou said.
The Foxconn campus will represent the largest greenfield investment by a foreign-based company in U.S. history, according to Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, which was integral in helping attract Foxconn to the state.
Fresh water, returning soldiers
Gou was asked why, in particular, he chose to put it in Wisconsin.
In the interview, he outlined these reasons: Foxconn has corporate partners and potential partners that already are based in Wisconsin. Gou specifically mentioned GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Johnson Controls and Harley-Davidson. "Harley motors - the best!" Gou said.
Wisconsin's geographic location is advantageous, Gou said. "Wisconsin and Milwaukee are at the center of the United States," he said. The state also is close to Chicago, a global hub, Gou noted.
Wisconsin has the transportation and logistics to accommodate the company's growth, Gou said, including access to railroad lines, Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Wisconsin's tradition as a manufacturing mecca is appealing to Gou, who believes the state can rise again as a beacon of advanced manufacturing deploying robotics and artificial intelligence. "You have a good (manufacturing) foundation," Gou said. The state has a strong university and technical college systems that can be leveraged to develop the high-tech workforce the company will need. "We want to hire returning soldiers," Gou said.
The state's proximity to Lake Michigan provides an abundant supply of fresh water, which is a critical component in the production of glass panels. Gou said the company plans to use, clean and reuse water. The availability and reliability of energy in the state will be a key asset for the company, Gou said. Renewable energy will be an important part of the company's future, he said.
The responsiveness of the public and private partners in Wisconsin far exceeded those of other states, Gou said. He singled out the cooperation of Walker, House Speaker Paul Ryan and private partners such as the MMAC. Gou also praised President Donald Trump's determination to resurrect U.S. manufacturing.
"These key people pushed very hard," Gou said.
Under Armour's tough year is not getting any easier
Sportswear make Under Armour said that it will cut roughly 2% of its workforce as part

"Robots could make most lawyers obsolete"

"For comparison's sake, while there are warnings and alarm bells ringing about the imminent extinction of the African elephant as a result of the poaching crisis - a situation not in any way to be minimized - there are an estimated 450,000 African elephants compared to 80,000 giraffe," a communications officer for the African Wildlife Foundation tells Scientific American.
It's not all bleak news: Niger put protections into place for the West African giraffe, a subspecies of the animal, and numbers have risen from 50 to 400.
It's proof that such policies can work if they're enforced, says the GCR official, who adds that the next few years are critical to giraffes' long-term survival. (Just keep your distance when visiting them at the zoo.)
Report: Robots Could Make Most Lawyers Obsolete
A new report looks at the state of the legal profession in 2030, and it doesn't look too pretty as far as employment is concerned, io9 reports. "It is no longer unrealistic to consider that workplace robots and their AI processing systems could reach the point of general production by 2030," the report, by Jomati Consultants, says. And those robots could eventually "do the work of a dozen low-level associates. They would not get tired. They would not seek advancement (or) pay rises." A firm's upper echelons would still be populated by actual human lawyers, but the need for associates would shrink dramatically. As such, legal firms could see a "structural collapse," Legal Futures reports. Those in the top rungs of firms would offer "real understanding and human insight" to clients, the report says, and it suggests that because the top partners of 2030 are currently in their 30s, they're likely to push the AI business model. All these changes will apply most to "very large, high-value commercial firms," whereas smaller, specialist firms might see less of an impact, the report finds. Artificial intelligence has already had a big effect on law firms, as the New York Times reported in 2011. It juxtaposed two cases: a 1978 case that required $2.2 million worth of work by lawyers and paralegals who sorted through 6 million documents, compared to a 2011 case in which software was able to pore over 1.5 million documents for less than $100,000. (When it comes to AI, we may have a lot more than job loss to be worried about, says Stephen Hawking.)
UFC 181: The Good, Bad and Strange from Las Vegas
Any time there is a UFC title on the line, serious business is sure to follow.
Furthermore, when two divisional straps go up for grabs on the same card, a powerful front of chaos is likely to roll through. There were two championship bouts topping the lineup at UFC 181 on Saturday night, and both were of the highly anticipated variety. The main event showcased a title tilt in the 170-pound ranks as champion Johny Hendricks and resurgent contender Robbie Lawler stepped in for their rematch. Their initial go-round at UFC 171 back in March was a five-round war for the ages, as Bigg Rigg edged out the veteran powerhouse to claim the vacant welterweight title via split decision on the judges' scorecards.
While Hendricks spent the next eight months rehabilitating a torn bicep suffered in his first bout with Lawler, Ruthless would jump back into the fray looking for another title shot. He dispatched fellow slugger Jake Ellenberger via knockout at UFC 173 in May and the outlasted "The Immortal" Matt Brown in a 25-minute free-for-all two months later in San Jose. With back-to-back victories - and the fashion in which he claimed them - the American Top Team product earned another shot at Hendricks and championship gold at UFC 181.
That said, the former two-time NCAA Division I national champion wrestler would not only be making his long-awaited return to action on Saturday night, but the rematch with Lawler would also represent his first attempt at defending the welterweight title. Hendricks wants to have a long reign over the 170-pound fold, and a victory over the resilient knockout artist would be the perfect way to kick things off.
With their first tussle bringing the proverbial noise in every measureable sense, their rematch at UFC 181 had big shoes to fill. And things started out that way.
From the opening bell Lawler came out like a man possessed as he launched power punches and kicks in the champion's direction, which forced Hendricks to stay on the defensive.
Yet, while Lawler was the aggressor, Hendricks still managed to get key takedowns at crucial moments to swing the momentum in his favor. By the fourth round, the aggressive Lawler was gone, and the frustrated veteran did everything he could as he tried to land the home run shot.
Nevertheless, Lawler never gave up hope, and with the clock ticking down, the veteran powerhouse unleashed a frenzied attack, battering Hendricks with punches and kicks until the final bell sounded. And when the scorecards were read this time around, it was Lawler who took the split-decision victory to become the new champion of the welterweight division.
The lightweight title would also be up for grabs at UFC 181, as Anthony Pettis returned from a 17-month layoff to face perennial contender Gilbert Melendez in the co-main event.
Showtime has been an absolute monster as of late and came into his bout with El Nino on the strength of three consecutive finished over top-ranked opposition, including the likes of Joe Lauzon, Donald Cerrone and Benson Henderson. The Milwaukee native's bout with Smooth ultimately produced the lightweight title as he submitted the MMA Lab representative with a slick armbar in the first round at UFC 164 in August of 2013. Yet, a knee injury and corrective surgery kept the champion on the sidelines for a lengthy stint, and he was eager to return to action on Saturday night. That said, Melendez was equally as hungry to get back into the Octagon and make a bid for the 115-pound belt that had eluded him since crossing over from Strikeforce in early 2013. The Skrap Pack leader was narrowly edged out by Henderson in his first title shot under the UFC banner and was determined not to let the opportunity to slip through his fingers once again.
The fight was figured to be a high-octane affair, and that's exactly what it was for as long as it lasted. Melendez jumped on Pettis from the opening bell and remained in the champion's face, throwing heavy shots and diving in fortakedowns. Yet, while Melendez's game plan gave him the edge in the first round, Pettis found his groove in the second. The Duke Roufus-trained fighter landed a stiff counter shot that stunned Melendez near the cage, and with his opponent hurt, Pettis pounced to lock on the fight-ending guillotine choke.
It was a great showing for both men, but the victory marked Pettis' reign as the undisputed king of the lightweight division. It was a good night of fights from the Mandalay Bay, and let's take a look at the good, bad and strange from UFC 181 in Las Vegas.
The Strange
By far the weirdest thing to happen on Saturday night occurred outside of the Octagon when Joe Rogan interviewed former WWE champion CM Punk.
Not only was it strange to see the play-by-play staple sharing microphone time with a professional wrestler, but when Punk (real name Phillip Brooks) announced he would no longer be participating in the scripted form of combat sports and would be testing his skills inside the Octagon things, jumped up into an entirely new level of wackiness.
Punk isn't the first professional wrestler to cross over into mixed martial arts, but unlike Brock Lesnar or Bobby Lashley, he doesn't have a background in combat sports to fall back on. He does train jiu-jitsu with the legendary Gracie family, but jumping into the fray on the sport's biggest stage at 36 years old seems like quite the risk.
I wish I had a better way to describe this situation, or cared to for that fact, but Punk signing with the UFC is one of the biggest pieces of news to come out of UFC 181.
Moving on...
Urijah Faber has notched many impressive statistics throughout his storied career, but perhaps the most impressive is that The California Kid has never lost a bout where a title wasn't on the line. Unfortunately for Francisco Rivera, that trend continued on Saturday night.
While the 33-year-old Californian gave the former longstanding WEC featherweight champion a tough scrap in the opening frame, the tides changed in a big way when Faber caught Cisco with a straight right hand and then forced Rivera to tap with a rear-naked choke. That said, the post-fight replay

SWIFT JUSTICE IS NO JUSTICE AT ALL!

RICH WOMAN BUY JUSTICE
POOR MAN NO JUSTICE!!!

TAYLOR SWIFT! KANYE WEST!
KIM KARDASHIAN-WEST!!!
PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR TUES. 8-15-2017, 6: p.m. CDT

On C. Mon. 8-14-2017, the interviewer asked the DJ losing defendant in Denver federal district court on ABC.com/GMA in effect: Are you saying America's biggest star is a liar.
Like his awe inspired incredulous query implied! The biased jury answered resounding NO!
However, what are the opinions of her peers Kim and Kanye!!

THE JURY (PUBLIC OPINION IS STILL OUT!!
O' how soon our collective re-call fade!!!

EVIDENCE ONE PHOTO AND TMZ
Harvey, I am a lawyer, find the photo inconclusive evidence. TMZLIVETV.com
Photo shows Taylor face smiling but not manifesting flinching! Reflectively moving away (Bodywise!!!) from Poor David Mueller's hand.
In fact Taylor's hand is shown up Mueller's own back!
Why in God's name why this "fight back" to push Mueller's alleged offending hand off her a__!!!
Taylor has used her money to buy a "feminist" fake brand!
Once again she donate money! But not voice and spirit to our cause.
I LOVE TAYLOR TOO!!
HER SONG WRITING IS UP THERE WITH BOB DYLAN AND CAROLE

I lover her songs over my radio!
The lyrics of say you remember me/if only in her/your dreams!!!
You got style/pick me up/no head lights/at midnight/I don't want to live forever!! And on and on are classics.

Plus she is pleasing to the eyes!
But Taylor gave us fair warning on Blank Page.
I look like a dream
But baby, I'm a nightmare.
And so she is poor Mueller's nightmare!
Love does not = perfect!
Can we criticize who we love?!
XOXO

TAYLOR
WHY SHE DISAPPEARED

TAYLOR
STEPS OUT
OF THE SPOTLIGHT

Two splits and some very bad blood sent SWIFT into hiding. But now the pop phenom is ready to make a splashy return.
USMAGAZINE.COM/COVERSTORY
By Brady Brown. et.al. May 22, 2017 p.p.48,49

#JUSTICEFORALL!!

Debut edition of Spider-Man comic headed to auction
CALVERTON, N.Y. (AP) - Walter Yakoboski scraped together nearly every penny he made as short-order cook in 1979 to begin buying a small collection of rare comic books for $10,000, hoping his boyhood passion could one day pay off as an investment.
That day may soon be here.
Yakoboski's copy of "Amazing Fantasy" No. 15 from 1962 - which introduced the world to Spider-Man - could fetch $400,000 or more when it goes up for auction later this month.
"This is the first time I really sold anything," said the 60-year-old Yakoboski, who wants wo use the proceeds to buy his late father's 17-acre vegetable farm in Calverton on eastern Long Island.
He insisted that the fact that he was recently laid off as a supermarket baker after more than 27 years is not the reason he's selling now.
"I have had it for 36 years and it's just time," said Yakoboski, who is also selling a 1963 Spider-Man, as well as two "Fantastic Four" editions and a "Justice League of America," which combined could bring an additional $75,000.
But the crown jewel is the "Amazing Fantasy" issue, which Yakoboski originally purchased individually for $1,200 in 1980. Its cover, featuring a price of 12 cents, shows Spider-Man clutching a villain in one arm and swinging from his web with the other. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the web-slinger and his alter ego, the educationally gifted but awkward Peter Parker, whose life changed forever when he was bitten by a radioactive spider. It paved the way for Spider-Man adventures on television and the big screen.
Lon Allen, managing director of the comics department at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions - which is conduction the sale Thursday - said there are probably 4,000 to 5,000 copies of "Amazing Fantasy" No.15 in circulation. But Yakoboski's copy is in nearly mint condition.
"It was graded 9.4 on a scale of 1 to 10, that's what makes it super desirable and really special," Allen said. "Whoever buys this comic will be joining an elite club."
Allen said a private collector reportedly paid $1.1 million for a near-mint copy of "Amazing Fantasy" No.15 in 2011, but estimated the $400,000 or more Yakoboski's edition may fetch could be a record for a public auction of the comic book.
Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of New York-based Metropolis Collectibles, said the $1.1 million sale - which he was involved with - involved a comic book graded higher at 9.6.
"This book will do great, it's an incredibly important book," said Zurzolo. "When you have a sale like this there is a residual effect on the entire market, so that also makes it very exciting. It's definitely a special book."
Yakoboski admit he never thought about such a payday when he began reading comic books as a child, sometimes sneaking away from trips to the library to visit a nearby comic books store.
The collecting of rare editions continued as an adult and Yakoboski says mother thought it was a crazy way to spend his hard-earned money. His most cherished copies were stashed in a bank safety deposit box - he still has 38 prized editions left - while lesser comics fill cabinets in his Middle Island, New York, home.
Heritage Auctions' Allen credits Yakoboski for having a good eye for what might become valuable. He said while others sought to buy entire collections, Yakoboski targeted what he thought were the highest quality and rarest comics.
"The best stuff always outpaces the market, and he bought the best stuff," Allen said. "That was genius."
Bruce Springsteen to publish autobiography in September
One of rock's great storytellers is turning to the page to tell his own story.
It was announced Thursday that Simon & Schuster will publish Bruce Springsteen's autobiography, titled Born to Run, on Sept. 27. The prolific but private singer/songwriter began discreetly working on the book, according to a press release from the publishing company, in 2009, after performing with his E Street Band during halftime of that year's Super Bowl.
"Writing about yourself is a funny business," Springsteen notes in the book. "But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this."
Springsteen recounts growing up in Freehold, N.J., and describes his drive to become a musician, the release reports, adding that "he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song Born to Run reveals more than we previously realized."
Born To Run will be published in hardcover, ebook, and audio editions in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, and India, and rights have already been sold to publishers in nine countries.
Grammys
Taylor Swift takes on Kanye West in Grammys marred by glitches
Taylor Swift slams Kanye West at Grammys
Taylor Swift used her acceptance speech for Album of the Year at Monday night's Grammy Awards to hit back at Kanye West, whose track about having sex with Swift - along with his claim that he made "the b**** famous" - infuriated the 26-year-old pop superstar.
"I want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame," Swift said while she accepted the award for her album "1989". "But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you're going, you'll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment."
Swift and West became forever linked in pop culture when West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards - using the now-famous phrase "I'ma let you finish" - to say that Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" should have beaten Swift's "You Belong With Me" for best female video.
"Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! Of all time!" West told Swift, as well as a stunned crowd at New York's Radio City Music Hall and millions watching on live television.
Swift looked shocked when she won Album of the Year Monday, her third Grammy of the night, beating out Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton, Alabama Shakes and the Weeknd. Record of the Year went to "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, while Meghan Trainor won new Artist of the Year. Swift opened the show by performing "Out of the Woods" in a sequined jumpsuit, a departure from her red carpet attire, which had featured a tiny coral orange top. By the time she took the stage, Swift had already won two awards during the pre-broadcast portion of the program.
Host LL Cool J followed Swift's performance with a powerful message about music. "With all that divides us today, our shared love of music unites us, all of us," he intoned.
The show featured several live performances, some of which were better received than others. Powerhouse vocalists Adele and Carrie Underwood we heavily criticized on social media.
The show took a turn for the serious when Kendrick Lamar took the stage with chains around his hands and a bruise on his eye. He went on to fuse rap, jazz, reggae and African sounds for a commanding performance as he rapped "The Blacker the Berry" and the Grammy-nominated "Alright" passionately, receiving a standing ovation. Lamar took home the first award presented on the live CBS telecast, winning best rap album for "To Pimp A Butterfly," one of five he won on the night.
"First off, all glory to God, that's for sure...this is for hip hop...we will live forever," Lamar said as he accepted his award.
The ceremony also included tributes to three music legends who passed away earlier this year. Lady Gaga performed in David Bowie-inspired makeup and gear as she ran through 10 of the icon's hits, including "Space Oddity," "Changes," "Fame," "Let's Dance" and "Heroes." Stevie Wonder, joined by Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix, sant "That's the Way of the World" in honor of Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice While, while members of the Eagles and Jackson Browne sang "Take It Easy" for Glenn Frey.
One performer missing from the show was Rihanna. The singer's representative said in a statement that the pop star couldn't perform at the show due to doctor's orders.
"After Grammy rehearsal today, Rihanna's doctor put her on vocal rest for 48 hours because she was at risk of haemorrhaging her vocal chords. The antibiotics she has been on for three days did not kill the infection adequately therefore she cannot perform safely," the statement read.
Ed Sheeran walked away with his first-ever Grammy, winning song of the year for "Thinking Out Loud."
"We wrote it on a couch in my house," he said of his hit song, which also won him best pop solo performance. The night also saw first wins for Justin Bieber, the Weeknd, Stapleton, Pitbull and Alabama Shakes. The Weeknd, who won two awards in the pre-broadcast, performed in a cube that was brightly lit for his smash hit "Can't Feel My Face" before he switched to a piano-tinged version of the upbeat "In The Night."
Stapleton, who has written for dozens of country acts, won best country album for "Traveller."
"This is something you never ever dream of so I'm super grateful for it," he said.
Stapleton was nominated for four awards, including album of the year, but lost best country song to Little Big Town's "Girl Crush." The foursome, who also won best country duo/group performance, earned a standing ovation when they performed the hit.
Here's who won in select categories at the 58th Grammy Awards.
Winners in bold
Album of the year
Sound and Color, Alabama Shakes
To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
Traveller, Chris Stapleton
Winner: 1989, Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd
Record of the year
Really Love, D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Winner: Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
Blank Space, Taylor Swift
Can't Feel my Face, The Weeknd
Song of the year
Alright, Kendrick Lamar
Blank Space, Taylor Swift
Girl Crush, Little Big Town
See You Again, Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
Winner: Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
Best new artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Winner: Meghan Trainor
Best pop solo performace
Kelly Clarkson, Heartbeat Song
Ellie Goulding, Love Me Like You Do
Winner: Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
The Weeknd, Can't Feel My Face
Best pop duo/group performance
Florence + The Machine, Ship to Wreck
Maroon 5, Sugar
Winner: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, See You Again
Best traditional pop vocal album
Winner: The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
Shadows in the Night, Bob Dylan
Stages, Josh Groban
No One Ever Tells You, Seth MacFarlane
My Dream Duets, Barry Manilow (& Various Artists)
Best pop vocal album
Piece by Piece, Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special, Mark Ronson
Winner: 1989, Taylor Swift
Before This World, James Taylor
Best dance recording
We're All We Need, Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston
Go, The Chemical Brothers
Never Catch Me, Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar
Runaway (U & I), Galantis
Winner: Where Are U Now, Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
Best rock performance
Winner: Alabama Strikes, Don't Wanna Fight
Florence + The Machine, What Kind Of Man
Foo Fighters, Something From Nothing
Elle King, Ex's & Oh's
Wolf Alice, Moaning Lisa Smile
Best alternative music album
Winner: Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
Vulnircura, Bjork
The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket
Currents, Tame Impala
Star Wars, Wilco
Best urban contemporary album
The Internet, Ego Death
Kehlani, You Should Be Here
Lianne La Havas, Blood
Miguel, Wildheart
Winner: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Best rap album
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Dr. Dre, Compton
Drake, If You're Reading This Its Too Late
Winner: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly
Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Best country album
Sam Hunt, Montevallo
Little Big Town, Pain Killer
Ashley Monroe, The Blade
Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material
Winner: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Best jazz instrumental album
Joey Alexander, My Favorite Things
Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective, Breathless
Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio, Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
Jimmy Greene, Beautiful Life
Winner: John Scofield, Past Present
Best gospel album
Karen Clark Sheard, Destined to Win (Live)
Dorinda Clarke-Cole, Living It
Tasha Cobbs, One Place Live
Winner: Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Jonathan McReynolds, Life Music: Stage Two
Best contemporary Christian music album
Jason Crabb, Whatever the Road
Lauren Diagle, How Can It Be
Matt Maher, Saints and Sinners
Winner: Tobymac, This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red
Best musical theatre album
An American in Paris
Run Home
Winner: Hamilton
The King and I
Something Rotten
Best latin pop album
Pablo Alboran, Terran
Alex Cuba, Healer
Winner: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Alejandro Sanz, Sirope
Julieta Venegas, Algo Sucede
Best Americana album
Brandi Carlisle, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind
Winner: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
The Mavericks, Mono
Punch Brothers, The Phosphorescent Blues
Best dance/electronic album
Caribou, Our Love
The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes
Disclosure, Caracal
Jamie XX, In Colour
Winner: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U
Best contemporary instrumental album
Bill Frisell, Guitar in the Space Age!
Wouter Kellerman, Love Language
Marcus Miller, Afrodeezia
Winner: Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest, Sylva
Kirk Whalum, The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV
Best metal performance
August Burns Red, Identity
Winner: Cirice, Ghost
Lamb of God, 512
Sevendust, Thank You
Slipknot, Custer
Best rock song
Winner: Alabama Shakes, Don't Wanna Fight
Elle King, Ex's & Oh's
James Bay, Hold Back the River
Highly Suspect, Lydia
Florence + the Machine, What Kind of Man
Best rock album
James Bay, Chaos and the Calm

MY HOLLYWOOD'S TOP TEN:
SHE'S GOT A RISQUE MOUTH
BILLION DOLLARS MOUTHS!!!
2017

1. ACTOR NATALIE PORTMAN
2. ACTOR HALLE BERRY
3. ACTOR CHALIZE THERON
4. MILEY CYRUS, ACTOR/SINGER
5. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, ACTOR
6. SHANAI LATHAM, ACTOR
7. ACTOR MARGOT ROBBIE
8. KATE UPTON, SUPER MODEL/ACTOR
9. SINGER TAYLOR SWIFT
10. CARA DELEVINGE ACTOR/SINGER/SUPERMODEL
11. ACTOR LILY JAMES
12. ACTOR BLAKE LIVELY
13. KRISTEN STEWART, ACTOR, AD FACE
14. IMAAN HAMMAM, SUPER-SUPER MODEL

I carefully composed my list (2017) based on movie screen imagery! Magazines and ad (pics) and visualization, and, etc.

WHY "REDSKIN" NAME! WHITE SKIN!

brings a defensive mindset, shot blocking ability and a level of physicality that will be a huge asset for us. We look forward to him continuing his career here in Charlotte."
Redskins' Daniel Snyder "THRILLED" with Supreme Court ruling
Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington NFL team, offered a succinct reaction to a Supreme Court ruling Monday - and he put it in caps.
"I am THRILLED!" Snyder said, according to an email from the team's public relations departments. "Hail to the Redskins."
His team registered an important victory when the Supreme Court ruled, on free-speech grounds, that federal trademark registrations may be granted even in most cases where they are considered derogatory.
The high court's unanimous ruling is a blow to the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act, linchpin of the case by which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancelled the team's federal trademark registrations for "Redskins" in 2014.
A Packers fan is suing the Bears over his right to wear Packers clothes
Should the Chicago Bears have the right to deny field access from fan wearing opposing colors?
Green Bay Packers fan Russell Beckman doesn't think so - and he's taking the Bears to court over his right to wear green and gold at Soldier Field.
At issue is an incident from this past season. Though he's an unabashed Packers fan, Beckman has owned a personal seat license at Soldier Field and season tickets for Bears games since 2003. He has also taken part of the "STH Experiences" program the team offers to fans who rack up "rewards points" for different purchases.
For the past three seasons, Beckman said he's spent his "rewards points" on a chance to stand at the edge of the field during pregame warmups. He wore Packers gear during the 2014 and 2015 trips but said he was denied field access when he wore Green Bay colors for last December's game between the oldest rivals in the NFL.
Beckman appealed to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, but didn't hear back, presumably because the commissioner has more important things to do.
Beckman then decided to take legal action against the team. In a lawsuit detailed by Crain's Chicago Business, Beckman says the Bears have "deprived me of my ability to fully enjoy this specific on-field experience and the general experience of the Bears-Packers game at Soldier field."
Good thing Beckman's a Packers fan. He'll need plenty of cheese to go with that whine. Beckman is representing himself and "seeking that the Bears and the NFL be ordered by the court to not enforce this rule for the 2017 season and beyond." Beckman tells Crain's that he believes the restriction is illegal because Soldier Field is a publicly-owned stadium.
Now, we presume that judges in the U.S. District Court also have more important things to do than deal with the hurt feelings from a geographically-challenged Packers fan. So we'll see if this lawsuit even makes it to a ruling.
Then again, we shouldn't count out Beckman so easily. It's been awhile since anyone wearing Packers colors has been successfully kept from doing whatever they want on Soldier Field.
UFC Fight Night 111 results: Holly Holm answers Bethe Correia's request, KOs her with head kick
The kick that ex-champ Holly Holm used to knock out Ronda Rousey came back with a vengeance, though it took her a while to use it.
Holm's (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) cautious approach over two rounds suddenly gave way to a head kick that felled onetime title challenger Bethe Correia (10-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) at the 1:09 mark of the third round. The women's bantamweight bout was the main event of today's UFC Fight Night 111 event at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass. Referee Marc Goddard stepped in to save Correia after Holm followed her concussive kick with a punch to the chops that knocked the Brazilian flat on the canvas.
Just moment earlier, Correia had taunted Holm to engage - and the answer left her unconscious.
Holm followed the highlight-reel win with her signature backflip, which she hadn't done in nearly two years before her headliner in Singapore.
The knockout was an emphatic ending to an otherwise tentative fight. After the fighters circled endlessly, drawing a warning for timidity from Goddard in the second, boos showed the crowd's patience was wearing thin.
Holm, ever the counter-fighter, mostly stayed at range and used her kicks to snipe at Correia, who came into the fight with a height and reach disadvantage. Despite those long limbs, Correia managed to find her way inside, connecting late in the opening frame with a combination that got Holm's attention. Mostly, though, the fighters danced around the octagon.
Correia apparently got tired of the pace, too. With her taunts, she invited a scrap that might get the audience back on her side. But that turned out to be her undoing, as she walked straight into a kick that put Holm's shin straight to her face.
It was Holm's first win in the octagon since she did the same to ex-champion Ronda Rousey, upending the MMA world in November 2015 with a shocking upset knockout.
"Amazing," Holm said of snapping a three-fight skid. "There's so many things I want to say, but this fight, I know she could make messy, and I heard a lot of boos from the first round. But what I wanted to do was make it look as clean as I could."
After Holm's experiment going for the inaugural women's featherweight title ended in a messy decision loss to Germaine de Randamie, her finish could not have been more perfect. Now that she's back in the bantamweight division, the question is how she leverages the performance in a division ruled by champ Amanda Nunes.
Holm shrugged off questions about her future and said she'd rather enjoy her win than plot her next move.
"It's been a year-and-a-half since I've been able to do a backflip in here, and I was glad to do it in Singapore."
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 111 results include:
Holly Holm def. Bethe Correia via knockout (head kick, punch) - Round 3, 1:09
Marcin Tybura def. Andrei Arlovski via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Rafael dos Anjos def. Tarec Saffiedine via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Jon Tuck def. Takanori Gomi via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 1:12
Walt Harris def. Cyril Asker via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:44
Alex Caceres def. Rolando Dy via TKO (doctor's stoppage) - Round 2, 5:00
Ulka Sasaki def. Justic Scoggins via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 3:19
Li Jingliang def. Frank Camacho via unanimous decision (29-27, 28-27, 29-27)
Russell Doane def Kwan Ho Kwak via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:09
Naoki Inoue def. Carls John de Tomas via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Lucie Pudilova def. Ji Yeon Kim via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Andre Ward leaves no doubt this time with eighth-round TKO of Sergey Kovalev
LAS VEGAS - This time, Andre Ward removed any doubt.
The undefeated light-heavyweight champion didn't leave it in the hands of the judges in the highly anticipated rematch of last November's exciting but controversial victory against challenger Sergey Kovalev.
Ward, not know for his power punching, broke down the Russian for seven rounds with body shots and frustrating defensive tactics.
Then in the eighth round, Ward landed the biggest and most meaningful punch of the fight, a massive, straight right hand to the side of Kovalev's head that wobbled his legs and effectively ended the fight.
All that was left was a series of body shots that had Kovalev doubled up on the ropes, and referee Tony Weeks had seen enough, stopping it at 2:20 of the round. The pro-Ward crowd of 10,982 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center roared their approval for what Ward called the biggest fight of his career. Ward fought brilliantly for seven rounds to keep the Russian from getting his big shots off, including trying to keep the fight on the inside, where Kovalev's power wouldn't do

Brooks Koepka's worldwide golf odyssey culminates in U.S. Open title
ERIN, Wis. - Brooks Koepka has never feared the unknown.
Traveling the world over during his foray into professional golf on the European Tour and its developmental circuit, the former Florida State All-American visited many lands, from Kenya to Kazakhstan, from Spain to Scotland, from South Africa to Shanghai. It was an unconventional route to golf's biggest stages but the adventurous soul loved it.
So mammoth, mysterious Erin Hills, just 11 years old and basically unfamiliar to all 156 players that came to Wisconsin for the 117th edition of the U.S. Open, wasn't going to rattle the muscular Floridian, no matter how much fescue, distance and sharp edges the course can dish out.
The easy-going Koepka, 27, just comfortably settled in and unleashed his eye-opening power to get the better of Erin Hills and won the national championship on Sunday in record fashion.
With a final round, 5-under-par 67, Koepka finished at 16 under and four shots clear of 54-hole leader Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. With rounds of 67-70-68-67, Koepka equalled the scoring record in relation to par set by Rory McIlroy in 2011 at Congressional Country Club just outside the nation's capital.
"It hasn't sunk in, obviously, and probably won't for a few days. But that's probably one of the coolest things I've ever experienced and to do it on Father's Day, it's pretty neat," Koepka said. "I didn't exactly get my dad a card, so this works."
He became the seventh consecutive first-timer to win a major, adding to the list of Jason Day, Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jimmy Walker and Sergio Garcia. He'll move from his present rank of No. 22 in the official world rankings into the top 12. And he banked $2.16 million.
"I played really solid from the moment we got here on Monday and all the way through until today," he said. "The ball-striking was pretty solid. It had to be today. And I got hot with the putter there for a little bit today and all week. So all around my game is pretty solid and I couldn't be happier."
Harman, who began the day with a one-shot lead, was tied for the lead with seven holes to play but couldn't keep up with Koepka and finished with a 72. Matsuyama came storming home with a 66, the lowest round of the day.
"Bites a little bit right now. But Brooks played so well today," Harman said. "I don't believe in moral victories. I had an opportunity today and I didn't get it done. But at the same time, I don't feel as though I lost a golf tournament. I think Brooks went out and won the tournament."
Tommy Fleetwood (72) finished in solo fourth.
In a tie for fifth at 10 under were Rickie Fowler (72), Bill Haas (69) and Xander Schauffele (69). Charley Hoffman (71) finished solo eighth at 9 under.