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UFC | March 20, 2019
Man Utd fan McGregor reveals admiration for Ronaldo, Ferguson and Solskjaer
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Having watched Manchester United when he was growing up, UFC star Conor McGregor wants Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to get the job full time.
UFC star Conor McGregor says he is inspired by Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo and has urged his boyhood club Manchester United to appoint "special man" Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on a permanent basis.
In an interview with FIFA.com, the Irishman revealed his fascination with football and his support for Premier League giants United, McGregor having owned the infamous grey away shirt that the team wore for just one half against Southampton in 1996.
Ronaldo, one of United's all-time greats, trained with McGregor in 2016 and the latter has revealed his admiration for the 34-year-old, whose hat-trick for Juventus against Atletico Madrid last week saw them progress to the Champions League quarter-finals.
"Cristiano is a phenomenal athlete, person and entrepreneur," McGregor said.
"His all-around discipline, perfectionist attitude, and dedication to his craft is inspiring and has inspired so many young children to play football.
"Just look what he did recently in the Champions League – at 34 years young, a hat-trick under the lights when the pressure was on for all the marbles. And against Atletico Madrid, one of the best defensive sides in Europe. That is inspiring.
My brother Ronaldo dropped by the gym today! He is an animal. Thank you @cristiano, much respect! I will see you for that Forbes number 1 spot next year. #ThisIsTheMacLife
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"We are both disciplined athletes at the top of our game."
United are also in the Champions League's last eight, Solskjaer's side overturning a two-goal deficit in the first leg by beating Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in France.
Solskjaer was only appointed in December on an interim basis until the end of the 2018-19 season, but McGregor wants the Norwegian to stay on.
"Ole Gunnar is a special man," McGregor added.
"I think he's done an incredible job with United. They have to give him the job permanently. You can feel the pride and passion he has for the club and its history."
McGregor revealed his respect for Solskjaer's former United boss Alex Ferguson too, admitting he was captivated by United's "success and winning mentality" during his time in charge.
"They had the don of football at the helm, the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson," McGregor said.
"To have that much success over such a long period is remarkable and something I continue to aspire to. And he did it by nurturing youngsters into stars and not by spending and spending and spending like some of these other managers."
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Military service claims of Army nurse in viral push-ups video called into question
Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com
Why Do Some People Steal Valor?
Editor's Note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.
In the wake of a heartwarming viral video that was featured everywhere from Good Morning America to the Daily Mail comes a disheartening revelation: The 84-year-old self-described Army nurse cranking out push-ups in her crisp Vietnam-era uniform might not be who she said she was.
Maggie DeSanti, allegedly a retired Army lieutenant colonel who rappeled out of helicopters in Vietnam, was captured in a video challenging a TSA agent to a push-up competition ahead of a flight to Washington, D.C., with the Arizona chapter of the organization Honor Flight on Oct. 16. The video soon was everywhere, and many who shared it, including Honor Flight, hailed DeSanti's toughness and spirit.
But now the organization is quietly backing away from prior claims. In a statement to be posted to the Honor Flight Arizona Facebook page later today, the group will acknowledge reports that an individual -- not mentioned by name -- had "misrepresented or embellished their military services."
"We take this very seriously," the statement will add.
Multiple efforts to reach DeSanti for comment were unsuccessful; one phone number, verified as belonging to her, was declining new calls. An email sent to her personal email account bounced back.
DeSanti, as it turns out, had previously been investigated by several veterans who make it their business to uncover cases of military fraud, or, as it's also called, stolen valor.
DeSanti challenged a TSA agent to do push-ups with her in a video that went viral last week (Screenshot via Honor Flight Arizona)
In 2014, the late Jonn Lilyea, an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm, devoted a post to DeSanti on the website Valor Guardians, challenging her military claims. Lilyea wrote that he had submitted a personnel records request, using her Social Security number, to the National Personnel Records Center and got no records in return.
While that does not conclusively indicate DeSanti never served -- famously, a 1973 fire burned millions of military personnel records -- it casts grave doubt on the fact.
"There's gotta be pay records, but there was absolutely nothing on her in there," Doug Sterner, the military valor historian who created the database Hall of Valor, told Military.com. "The odds are 999 out of 1,000 that that's totally accurate."
If doubt remains on that count, other claims are immediately disprovable. DeSanti appears in multiple news photos in a uniform featuring a Silver Star -- even though no woman received the Silver Star during the Vietnam War. In 2005, Army Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester was the first woman to receive the prestigious medal since World War II.
A biography from an event featuring DeSanti at the Chamber of Commerce in Mesa, Arizona, also claimed she had earned the Silver Star, as well as the Soldier's Medal.
"That one always tees me off, because I always look at that with absolute reverence," Sterner said.
Vietnam veteran Karen Offutt, a personal friend of Sterner's, received the rare Soldier's Medal for heroism not involved in fighting the enemy in 2001, after congressional intervention. She's believed to be the only female recipient from Vietnam.
DeSanti's service claims also appear to have changed over time. During a town board meeting in the town of Riverhead, New York, in 2004, she introduced herself during a comment period as a retired Army captain; she now claims to be a retired lieutenant colonel.
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According to another biography, for a scholarship created in her name by the Maricopa Association for Combat Veterans, DeSanti requested and was returned to active duty after Sept. 11, 2001, when she would have been already in her 60s.
Jerry Walker, president of that organization, called any accusations regarding DeSanti's military service "ridiculous," saying he knew she had been recalled to active duty.
"I knew her when she was a captain in the Nurse Corps," he said. "She's a really good person."
Susan Howe, the founder of Honor Flight Arizona, told Military.com that her organization had been subjected to "a firestorm" ever since the video featuring DeSanti was posted. It's only the second time since Honor Flight began that doubt has been raised about an individual's service record, she said. And since the organization cannot require that veterans present official records to verify military service, organizers take a lot on faith.
Honor Flight Network began in 2005; it encompasses state and regional Honor Flight programs across the country. It started as a project to send World War II veterans to the nation's capital to see the WWII memorial; some hubs now also accept Korea and Vietnam-era veterans.
"Maybe over 300,000 veterans have been sent to Washington, D.C., to honor them," Howe said. " ... We have to trust that what they're telling us is the truth."
Moving forward, she said, the organization plans to do more background research before highlighting any individual Honor Flight participant on social media.
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March Air Reserve Base in California will host nearly 200 U.S. citizens who were flown out of Wuhan, China due to the rapidly-spreading coronavirus, a Defense Department spokeswoman announced on Wednesday.
"March Air Reserve Base and the Department of Defense (DoD) stand ready to provide housing support to Health and Human Services (HHS) as they work to handle the arrival of nearly 200 people, including Department of State employees, dependents and U.S. citizens evacuated from Wuhan, China," said Pentagon press secretary Alyssa Farah in a statement on Wednesday.
Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus, which is a mild to severe respiratory illness that's associated with symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus has so far killed 132 people and infected nearly 6,000 others in China, according to news reports.
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The number of U.S. troops diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury following Iran's missile attack on Al- Asad Air Base in Iraq now stands at 50, the Defense Department announced on Tuesday.
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We are doing it! We are taking our savings, we are renting our house, we are selling our car, and we are taking off on a trip of a lifetime to travel around the world for a year.
As many of you know, Dante and I got a big gift from the Divine when we had our daughter Lili in 2008. It is a long story, but suffice it to say that neither of us was meant to be able to have children. And we had just met. I thought I had menopause. Well, we proceeded to set the age record at Vancouver's Pomegranate Midwifery Clinic - at over 100 years combined!
So it is no surprise to think that a child who comes to this world so brilliantly, against all odds, beaming confidence about existence - was meant to be. And now we have this unexpected joy of observing and supporting a young spirit grow - on all levels of consciousness.
As artists, we have been homelearning in one way or another from the get-go and now we are taking our family unit on the road to see the world and the many new things it can offer and teach us.
Here is our Vision Board in a slideshow format. Enjoy!
Boo! How many more sleeps?
We will participate and learn about harvesting rice while in Japan!
We look forward to making new friends!
Rio Apartment - it is in a co-op!
YES - we will see the Carnaval!!
Oh yeah - horseback riding in Mexico!
We are grateful to Laura's progressive employer, Fraser Health Authority in BC, Canada. FHA invest in their staff and support both professional and personal enrichment. The leadership promote and model a healthy work-life balance. This trip is made through FHA's self-funded leave program.


'We never take anything on face value,' says EU competition chief.
Margrethe Vestager, Europe's antitrust czar, played down the role of complainants in her antitrust probes after a report that lobby group FairSearch, which is the lead complainant in her Android inquiry, is legally controlled by tech giants Oracle and Naspers.
"When people come to us we take info hints and what they are worried about, their concerns, but we never take anything on face value," she said. "We have to do everything from start to end to be able to stand up for the evidence and conclusions that we produce."
POLITICO reported Friday that although FairSearch presents itself as a coalition of Google rivals, records filed with Belgian authorities show that Oracle and Naspers are the group's only members with legal authority over its activities.
While both companies rival Google at a global level, neither company has a direct stake in the mobile markets involved in the Commission's Android investigation.
"You will have complaints that come from different motives, different backgrounds and different intentions," Vestager said when asked about the report. "No matter the nature of the complainant, if we find there is something to complain about we need to do the job and draw the conclusions that will eventually stand up in court."
In a statement released today, FairSearch described itself as a "group of companies that operates through a consensus of our members, who all make contributions."
It did not provide evidence of such decision-making or details about the companies' individual contributions.


I have positive things to say.
Anyway, Anne goes to bed at 7 pm every night. She's exhausted and cranky at that time, and so into her crib she goes after a nice nursing session. She'll settle in and fall asleep within 15 minutes, sometimes requiring some back stroking and bottom patting and other times needing no intervention at all. She'll then *usually* sleep until between 1 and 2 am, which is 6-7 hours of sleep. This is AWESOME. Really wonderful. Sometimes she'll cry earlier, granted. 2 nights this week she cried at about 9:30 pm. The first night, she started crying hard, so I went in, and she instantly tried to latch onto my shoulder. So I nursed her, and she went back to sleep as soon as she was done. That time, she was genuinely hungry, and I could tell that she needed my intervention right away.
The second time was last night, and immediately I could tell that she wasn't really crying. She was what I call "cranking." I stood on alert outside her door, and within 5 minutes, she had put herself back to sleep. So, overall, I'm really pleased that we've made a lot of progress with getting her to soothe herself. It usually takes 1 to 2 really awful nights (check) but the result is so very worth it. I couldn't live through a year of the every 20 minute wakings.
Then, when she wakes up after midnight, I feed her right away. Sometimes, I'll feel particularly martyr-like and I'll nurse her in her room so that I can put her back in her crib when she's done. Usually though, common sense wins out, and I just bring her into our bed so that we can both just go right to sleep while she nurses lying down. *Most* of the time, she will then sleep til morning, more or less. That's really only 1 official waking, and I can so totally live with that.
she goes right to sleep.
I do think that although she loves to cuddle when nursing (as do I) she does prefer to sleep in her own space where she can shift about and get comfy at her own whim. In her crib, she loves to flip onto her belly to sleep.
So, overall, this is working out pretty well for all of us. I've been through this before, so I know enough now to know that I know nothing, if that makes any sense. No matter how much you try to stay on a routine, there are still going to be bad nights, and many times you may never find out what caused that bad night. I just know enough to go with the flow and not let it get me down.
That, in and of itself, is a blessing.


The White House released an Executive Order (EO) yesterday establishing new administrative review procedures for those currently held at Guantánamo and not actually being criminally prosecuted. The order has generated a wide range of responses. Attorneys representing Guantánamo detainees and organizations like the ACLU, which contest U.S. legal authority to indefinitely detain anyone, are predictably upset that the Obama administration would give new life to this policy.
Commentators like Brookings' Ben Wittes, who have argued for statutory authorization of indefinite detention with little apparent concern about whether that would comport with either the Constitution or international law, are generally pleased. I fall into a seemingly lonely middle ground, recognizing that the new EO modestly improves U.S. policy but disappointed that the administration failed to seize the opportunity to solidly ground its conduct n the law of war (LOW).
The key assumption underlying the EO is that the United States remains in an armed conflict with al Qaeda and the Taliban, justified under international law as self-defense in response to 9/11 and authorized under domestic law by the September 18, 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF). Many critics still contest this view although it was settled as a matter of U.S. law by the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004), effectively holding the AUMF to be the functional equivalent of a declaration of war and authorizing exercise of such "fundamental incidents" as indefinite detention of adversarial fighters.
My core criticism is that the United States continues to play 'fast and loose' with LOW rules, cherry picking authority it likes while ignoring constraints it finds inconvenient. Despite President Obama's asserted respect for the rule of law, his EO continues this approach. It broadly asserts authority to continue "law of war detention" at Guantánamo but proclaims the new review procedures it establishes are "a discretionary matter." The only actual reference to the LOW is a brief statement that the EO will be carried out consistent with "Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions" (CA3).
with CA3's minimalist provisions as a sufficient benchmark for its conduct ever since. The fallacy with this approach is that CA3 applies only to non-international armed conflict (NIAC), conducted within the territory of a single nation. NIAC rules provides no detention authority, leaving that to national law since the adversary in internal conflicts necessarily breaches the domestic law of the government they are fighting. But if the U.S. is going to rely on detention authority from the LOW, it must logically elect to accord the adversary belligerent status and apply the full scope of that corpus juris, just as it has done in numerous previous conflicts where the enemy was not otherwise entitled to demand such treatment, including the Civil War, various Indian Wars, and the Philippine Insurrection. This does not necessarily mean that the full Geneva Conventions must be applied, since by the facial terms of these treaties they apply only to conflicts between two or more state parties, which al Qaeda clearly is not. But a large body of customary international law contains most of the same rules, including helpful guidance for humane treatment found in Article 75 of Additional Geneva Protocol I, which the administration specifically recognizes in as binding law in a fact sheet accompanying the new EO. (I have long argued for the application of these rules as the appropriate international legal standard for judging U.S. conduct, including specifically military commission procedures).
The other core unaddressed issue is the legal classification of opposing fighters. The LOW addresses two basic categories, combatants and civilians directly participating in hostilities, providing differing rules for the targeting, detention, and when appropriate, trials of each. The U.S. approach has been to deny legal recognition of its adversaries right to fight, implicitly ruling out the combatant classification, yet also failing to accept restrictions imposed on combating "civilians." The new EO establishes a formal triennial hearing process for continued detention augmented by twice-yearly administrative reviews and establishes the criteria for continued detention as a finding that the detainee poses "a significant threat to the security of the United States." These provisions generally comport with the Fourth Geneva Convention's rules for detaining civilians although the EO proclaims its procedures as "discretionary." Other elements of the EO review process, including mandates that all government agencies cooperate in collecting relevant evidence, the assignment of a personal representative specifically now charged with assisting the detainee, and permission for any counsel retained by the detainee to participate in reviews are all substantial positive enhancements to the process, addressing demonstrated deficiencies with the Bush administration's previous Annual Review Boards.
Overall the EO is thus generally a positive development, providing better procedures for reaching accurate detention decisions than those previously employed. But it is disappointing that the Obama administration declined to take the opportunity to firmly ground its policies in the LOW. And ultimately the EO does nothing to solve the greatest current challenge it faces with respect to Guantánamo detainees, finding safe homes for the substantial number of individuals already approved for release. Improved review processes will be wholly meaningless if they do not result in the prompt release of those determined to no longer qualify for preventative detention.


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The question of whether non-members should be allowed to serve on committees of the Seven Lakes Landowners Association [SLLA] continues to spark debate among members of the community and the Board of Directors.
President Chuck Leach made a motion during the Association's Thursday, May 28 Open meeting to "establish an administrative resolution to allow tenants in good standing to participate on the following four Board committees in an advisory, non-voting capacity: Facility and Grounds, Recreation, Security, and Lakes & Dams."
Joy Smith seconded the motion; but, after considerable debate, Leach tabled it pending further discussion in the Board's Thursday, June 11 Work Session.
Leach said he felt it was inherently wrong for a renter to "sit on the Finance Committee and vote for a dues increase, when that renter does not pay one penny in dues." He said he had similar objections to renters serving on the Judicial, Community Standards, and Architectural Review [ARB] Committees.
"It is true that these committees are advisory," Leach said. "But, in most cases, this Board does follow the recommendations of our committees."
The Board had been advised earlier in the day, via email, by its attorney, Roger Knight, that nonmembers can serve on "committees that are advisory only or as ex officio (non voting) members of committees."
"What the Board should refrain from doing is allowing non-members to vote on matters that effect the ownership rights of members," Knight added.
Racine: No action needed
Director Bob Racine, a retired attorney himself, objected that Knight's advice to the Board on the subject had made reference to none of the Association's legal documents.
Racine said the rules and regulations specify that those serving on the Judicial Committee must be members of the Association, and may require the same of ARB members.
"Section 3, article 10 of the bylaws gives the Board the authority to appoint special committees, standing or special," Racine said. "This provision does not set forth any criteria as to qualifications of committee members. Without any such criteria for qualifications, it is entirely up to the discretion of the Board as to these matters."
Racine said he couldn't justify having the Association spend any more money seeking legal advice on the matter.
"The present wording has allowed all residents of Seven Lakes North and South to have input on all committees except Judicial," he said. "let's all get back to the advancement of the Seven Lakes Community, leave all our documents as is, and ensure the residents and renters of Seven Lakes that their opinions do matter."
"We don't have to do a damn thing with our rules and regulations. We don't have to pass anything here tonight. It is all spelled out, if we would just follow them," Racine concluded.
Racine also questioned the term "Administrative Resolution" in Leach's motion, arguing that the language proposed in Leach's motion more properly belonged in the rules and regulations.
"Nonmembers" not "renters"
Several citizens made comments on the issue during the public comment segment earlier in the meeting.
George Temple, himself a long-term nonmember tenant, suggested that the Board needed to clarify whether it was talking about renters or nonmembers. He said he estimated there were 200 renters in the community, but more than 1,000 nonmembers.
His wife, Deb Temple, said she, though a nonmember tenant, had been invited to serve on the now disbanded Beautification Committee, and George hand been invited to serve on the Lakes & Dams and Finance Committees. During his service on Finance, she said, George Temple discovered an error that saved the Association $10,000.
In 2012, George Temple was named SLLA Citizen of the Year for his contributions to the Community.
"This feels really personal, and I wonder when did we become so undesirable, and when," Deb Temple said. "Seven Lakers don't act like that. It's always been a community of people helping out — helping each other and helping the Association prosper. Whatever skills a person had were welcomed with open arms. Now residents seemed to be measured for their liability potential."
"I am hoping that you directors have just gotten carried away, and are not really thinking of the big picture of Seven Lakes — what it has been and should continue to be."
State law leaves it up to the Board
Greg Hankins, speaking as an Association member, reiterated to the Board that the advice from their attorney had given a green light to having nonmembers serve as full members of advisory committees.
He noted that the key legal documents that constrain actions by the Board — the NC non-Profit Corporations Act, the NC Planned Community Act, and the covenants for the various Seven Lakes North and South neighborhoods — are almost entirely silent on who may or may not serve on advisory committees.
The lone exception is the Judiciary Committee, which, under the provisions of the Planned Community Act, may be staffed by members only.
With the exception of Judicial, ARB, and Community Standards, Hankins said, all SLLA Committees are strictly advisory committees that take no action on their own authority. He urged the Board to allow nonmembers to serve as full voting members on those committees.
Pool water expense approved
On a motion from Treasurer Mark Gyure, the Board retroactively approved the expenditure of $6,317 for water to fill the newly repaired swimming pool in a five to one vote, with Joy Smith opposed.
During member comments, Bob Miller questioned the use of purchased water, rather than lake water, to fill the pool.
President Leach explained that a plaster pool must be filled immediately upon completion to allow the coating to cure properly.
"We were under the assumption that we could use lake water, as we always have," Community Manager Ray Sohl said. But the contractor indicated that the manufacturer would have to be contacted in order to make sure that would comply with the warranty.
"So we were in a bind, but we did go through due process," Sohl said. "We did get three bids, and we notified the chairman of the Finance Committee and the Board President."
"We had no choice but to move forward," Leach said.
Sohl added that, despite the water purchase, the pool project overall is still under budget. Treasurer Mark Gyure said the next time a similar emergency expenditure arises, all Board members would be contacted.
Manager's Report
Sohl said the Maintenance Department is busy replacing culverts under the areas of road that will be repaved this Summer. Bids on the repaving project are due on June 30.
In addition to the completion of the pool projects, minor repairs have be completed at Echo and Little Juniper Dams.
Sohl said two arrests have been made in recent larcenies of unsecured guns from vehicles on the North Side.
Noting that vandalism continues to be a problem, he encouraged residents to be vigilant and to call 9-1-1 to report any suspicious activity.
Treasurer. Mark Gyure reported that the Finance Committee is taking a look at the Association's investment policy to ensure that invested funds are available for upcoming projects and can be withdrawn without incurring penalties.
ARB. The ARB Committee is working with the Army Corps of Engineers in evaluating work that had begun without the committee's approval. A cease and desist order has been issued to the landowner. The Committee considered a number of new projects, including two new homes, a new dock, new roofs, and improvements to a porch and a deck. A fence application was denied, and a floating dock ordered removed.
Facilities. In addition to planning for the upcoming road repaving project, the Facilities Committee scaled back a project at the Landowners office entrance to include just the steps and landing, rather than also including the sidewalk immediately in front of the entrance.
Judicial. The Judicial Committee has prepared a recommended procedure for handling Annual Meeting elections, which was distributed to the Board during the Open Meeting.
Lakes & Dams. In addition to the repairs at Little Juniper and Echo dams, as well as upcoming work at Ramapo, the Lakes & Dams Committee will be marking the locations of the piezometer wells used to track water levels inside the dams.
Security. Greg Lishawa said a key goal for the Security Committee is to help residents understand that SLLA Security is not a police force. He encouraged residents to lock their homes and their vehicles. The Committee is discussing a number of options for increasing resident involvement, including Neighborhood Watch, a Crime Stoppers program, or a "ride along with boat patrol" program. He encouraged interested individuals to call the Landowners Office.
In other business during the Thursday, May 28 SLLA Open Meeting:
• The Board approved appointments to the ARB Committee, including Jane Leach, Donna Stephan, Bob Racine, and Mike Conway.
• A table laying out the annual assessments that apply when a member owns more than one lot was tabled pending further discussion at the June 11 Work Session.
• The Board voted unanimously to add three lots that had previously been Moore County Public Utilities well sites to the Association's common area.
• The Board approved the resignation of Eric Ritchie from the Judicial Committee, made alternate Judy Allen a full member, and named Lawton Baker as an alternate.
• After some confusion, the Board tabled consideration of a Recreation Committee recommendation that pool passes no longer be made specific to a single individual.
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