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1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers' 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics.
1985 — Auburn tailback Bo Jackson beats Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by 45 points in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy.
1991 — AJ Kitt becomes the first American in seven years to win a men's World Cup race, taking the first downhill of the season In Val D'Isere, France.
2002 — St. John's (Minn.) coach John Gagliardi wins his 400th game with a 21-14 victory over Linfield in the Division III quarterfinals. Gagliardi is the second coach to reach the 400 mark, eight victories behind Eddie Robinson.
2003 — The computer rankings have Oklahoma as the country's top team while the human poll voters pick USC. Despite getting walloped by Kansas State 35-7, No. 3 Oklahoma takes its 12-1 record to the Sugar Bowl against No. 2 LSU, which won the Southeastern Conference championship by beating Georgia 34-13.
2006 — Willie Parker breaks Pittsburgh's single-game rushing record with 223 yards as the Steelers rough up the Cleveland Browns 27-7. Parker, the first player in Steelers history to have two 200-yard games in a season, betters John "Frenchy" Fuqua's record of 218 yards against Philadelphia in 1970.
2008 — The Arizona Cardinals clinch their first division title in 33 years by beating the woeful St. Louis Rams 34-10. The Cardinals, long the league's doormat franchise with just one winning season in the past 24 years, earn their first playoff berth since 1998 and first divisional title since they won the NFC East in 1975.
2013 — Aurelien Collin scores the equalizer in the second half of the MLS Cup, then drives home the deciding penalty kick to give Sporting Kansas City a dramatic victory over Real Salt Lake and its first league title since 2000. With the score 1-1 through regulation and 30 minutes of overtime, the teams engage in the longest penalty-kick shootout in championship history — one that both sides had chances to win before Collin's shot and Jimmy Nielsen's save left Sporting KC with the 7-6 victory.
2014 — The first College Football Playoff expands the national championship race and produces a final four with major star power. Nick Saban's No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Urban Meyer's No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at the Sugar Bowl. Marcus Mariota and second-seeded Oregon vs. Jameis Winston, last season's Heisman Trophy winner, and defending national champion Florida State at the Rose Bowl.
2014 — Robbie Keane scores on a breakaway in the 111th minute, and Landon Donovan wins his record sixth MLS title in the LA Galaxy's 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup.
2016 — Napheesa Collier scores 20 points, Gabby Williams has 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and No. 1 Connecticut beats No. 2 Notre Dame 72-61 for its 83rd straight victory. UConn's last loss was 88-86 in overtime to Stanford on Nov. 17, 2014.
2017 — Larry Nassar, a former elite sports doctor whose sexual assault cases that rocked Michigan State University and the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts, is sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of images of child pornography. Nassar, 54, will also be sentenced for 10 state counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in January. In November, he pled guilty to using his hands to molest girls at his campus office, his home and at a gymnastics club near Lansing, Michigan.
1940 — The Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 for the most one-sided victory in NFL Championship play.
1942 — Georgia's Frank Sinkwich wins the Heisman Trophy. Sinkwich ends his career holding the Southeastern Conference record for total offense with 2,399 yards.
1948 — Southern Methodist junior Doak Walker wins the Heisman Trophy. Walker over three years scores 303 points, including 40 touchdowns and 60 points after touchdowns.
1961 — Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points and grabs 43 rebounds in a 151-147 triple overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Elgin Baylor leads the Lakers with 63 points.
1963 — Cookie Gilchrist of the Buffalo Bills sets an AFL record with 243 yards rushing and ties a league record with five touchdowns in a 45-14 rout of the New York Jets.
1977 — Texas running back Earl Campbell wins the Heisman Trophy.
1987 — Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers becomes the first NHL goaltender to shoot a puck into the opposing goal in a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
2000 — Shaquille O'Neal sets an NBA record by going 0-for-11 from the free-throw line as the SuperSonics beat the Lakers 103-95. He broke Wilt Chamberlain's record, who went 0-for-10 for Philadelphia against Detroit on Nov. 4, 1960. O'Neal had 26 points and 16 rebounds.
2002 — Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon sets an NFL record with his 10th 300-yard game of the season, throwing for 328 yards in the Raider 27-7 win over San Diego and breaking a tie with Dan Marino, Warren Moon and Kurt Warner.
2007 — Florida quarterback Tim Tebow becomes the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. He beats out Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, the first player since 1949 to finish second in consecutive seasons.
2011 — Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols agrees to a $254 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels on the final day of baseball's winter meetings. Pujols' contract is the second-highest in baseball history and only the third to break the $200 million barrier, following Alex Rodriguez's $252 million, 10-year deal with Texas before the 2001 season and A-Rod's $275 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees before the 2008 season.
2012 — Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize after a record-breaking debut. Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finishes a distant second and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein is third in the voting.
2013 — Zach Johnson rallies from four shots behind with eight holes to play and beats Tiger Woods, the No. 1 player in golf, at the World Challenge. Johnson holes out from a drop area for par on the last hole to force a playoff and wins when Woods misses a 5-foot par putt on the first extra hole.
2013 — Lydia Ko, a 16-year-old from New Zealand, rallies to win her first title as a professional. Ko, making her second pro start, wins the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over South Korea's So Yeon Ryu. She won four pro events as an amateur, taking the Canadian Women's Open the last two years.
1934 — The New York Giants wins the NFL championship by beating the Chicago Bears 30-13 in the famous "Sneakers Game." With the temperature at 9 degrees and the Polo Grounds field a sheet of ice, the Giants open the second half wearing basketball shoes and score 27 points in the final period to overcome a 13-3 Chicago lead.
1938 — The Chicago Cardinals select TCU center Ki Aldrich with the first pick of the NFL Draft.
1939 — The Chicago Cardinals select Tennessee half back George Cafego with the first pick of the NFL Draft.
1949 — The All-America Conference merges with the National Football League. Three teams from the AAFC — the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts — join the 10-team NFL. The league is called the National-American Football League, but months later the National Football League name is restored.
1973 — Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks six field goals in a 32-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
1977 — Moses Malone scores 20 points and grabs nine rebounds in the second half to lead the Houston Rockets to a 116-105 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The game s marred by a one-punch knockout of Rockets' forward Rudy Tomjanovich by Los Angeles forward Kermit Washington.
1984 — Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams rushes for 215 yards and two touchdowns against the Houston Oilers, breaking O.J. Simpson's NFL single-season rushing record of 2,003 yards. Dickerson ends the season with 2,105 yards.
1993 — Kevin Johnson of Phoenix becomes the 13th player to record 10 steals in an NBA game, during the Suns' 114-95 win over Washington.
2000 — Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith rushes for a season-high 150 yards, putting him over 1,000 for a record-tying 10th straight season and joins Walter Payton and Barry Sanders as the only players in NFL history with 15,000 career yards.
2001 — Bode Miller becomes the first American since 1983 to win a World Cup giant slalom race. Miller, third after the opening leg, has an excellent second run to win in a combined time of 2 minutes, 36.02 seconds in Val D'Isere, France.
2007 — Peyton Manning of Indianapolis becomes the fifth quarterback in NFL history to throw 300 touchdown passes, getting four and going 13-for-17 for 249 yards in a 44-20 win over Baltimore.
2009 — Cassidy Schaub rolls consecutive 300 games and sets a Professional Bowlers Association 16-game scoring record, averaging 257.25 to retain the second-round lead in the Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open. Schaub had a 16-game total of 4,116 pins to erase the PBA record of 4,095 set by John Mazza in Las Vegas in 1996.
2016 — Russia's sports reputation is ripped apart again when a new report into systematic doping details a vast "institutional conspiracy" that covers more than 1,000 athletes in over 30 sports and a corrupted drug-testing system at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics. This second and final report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren says the conspiracy involves the Russian Sports Ministry, national anti-doping agency and the FSB intelligence service, providing further details of state involvement in a massive program of cheating and cover-ups that operated on an "unprecedented scale" from 2011-15.
2017 — Jozy Altidore opens the scoring in the 67th minute and Toronto FC beats the Seattle Sounders 2-0 in the MLS Cup to become the first Canadian champion in league history.


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'Time to hug a teddy bear.' Perry woman starts Brooks' Bereavement Bears for grieving moms
Charita M. Goshay
PERRY TWP. – April 1, 2020 was an exciting day for Taylor Prelac. She and her husband, Tyler, got to see the first ultrasound of their first child.
The baby was nine weeks.
"The OB/GYN said that my measurements were about two weeks behind, but the baby had a strong heartbeat," she said.
Eight days later, Prelac was making dinner for her husband and parents when she suddenly began bleeding.
"It was my worst nightmare," she recalled.
The family rushed to Summa Akron City Hospital in Akron, where Prelac underwent another ultrasound.
"The resident came in after the ultrasound because the tech can't talk, but I knew," she said. "She was very quiet. I knew what happened. The resident came in and said 'Your baby's not viable. Please follow up with your OB/GYN in 24 hours.' And that was it."
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To make matters worse, Prelac had to bear the news alone because of COVID-19 restrictions.
"I sat there and bawled," she said. "Without my husband, without my mom and dad. Because of COVID, they couldn't come in; no one could hold my hand, no one could hug me. It was just a feeling of instant emptiness, just alone. I thought, it would be a great time to hug a teddy bear or something."
As a result of the miscarriage, Prelac had to undergo a "D&C," or a dilation and curettage, to remove any fetal tissue.
"After my D&C surgery, I came home and someone gave me a bear," she said. "I loved the bear and I just hugged it and I just felt comfort with holding something in my arms. It's just very soft and comforting. I just loved it."
Taylor Prelac: 'Why take my baby away?'
But the ordeal plunged Prelac into grief.
"I felt completely empty and very angry," she said. "I lived in my parents' basement for two weeks and didn't talk to anyone. I couldn't stand all the texts and calls. I didn't want to explain to people, and you know, people see you and don't know what to say. It's just a very empty feeling."
Prelac said she also was angry with God.
"Why take my baby away?" she said. "I was very heartbroken."
After a couple of months of healing, Prelac said she made the decision to turn her pain into something positive.
"I donated 10 bears on the anniversary of my miscarriage the next year to Summa," she said. "They absolutely loved it."
That moment also was the beginning of Brooks' Bereavement Bears.
Each bear includes a tagged message:
"Dear friend, you are not alone. My heart aches for any woman who has lost her baby. A part of my grieving and honoring my heavenly child is giving this teddy bear to you. Please hold onto it when you need some comforting. Your baby will always be with you."
To purchase more teddy bears, Prelac started a GoFundMe account and established a nonprofit under which she has distributed about 45 bears through social media and word of mouth.
The bears are made by Demdaco. Each one is accompanied by a handwritten note.
"We just recently got in with Mercy Cleveland Clinic," Prelac said. "It's small, but growing."
Susan Prelac, Taylor's mother-in-law, serves on the Brooks' Bereavement Bears board of directors.
"Given what she had gone through and the manner in which she did because of COVID, I thought it was an amazing idea," she said. "She's one of the kindest and most compassionate people I've ever met in my life."
Taylor Prelac noted that miscarriage is much more common that people may think. According to the March of Dimes, as many as half of all pregnancies may end in a miscarriage because they can occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.
The charity defines miscarriage as what happens when a baby dies in the womb up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Seventy-five percent of miscarriages occur during the first trimester, prior to the 12th week of pregnancy. For women who know they're pregnant, 10% to 15% of those pregnancies end in miscarriage.
Why is the nonprofit named Brooks' Bereavement Bears?
Brooks' Bereavement Bears are named after the Prelacs' toddler son, Brooks, who was born one year to the day that Prelac had her miscarriage.
She photographed a full rainbow that appeared in the sky on the day Brooks was born.
"You know, 'rainbow babies' are a baby born after there's been a miscarriage," she said.
Prleac admits she was "holding my breath" during her second pregnancy.
"I would go to each ultrasound and I would just sit in my car in the parking lot, and shake," she said. "I would be in tears, like 'Will this be the day?'"
She experienced hyperemesis gravidarum, which is severe nausea, during the entire pregnancy.
"I lost 42 pounds during my pregnancy; I wasn't able to eat anything," she said. "I couldn't keep down fluids. It was absolutely awful."
As a precaution, labor was induced at 38 weeks. There were no complications during Brooks' delivery, but a "Code Pink" was issued when he stopped breathing.
"When he came out, he screamed for a couple of seconds and then he stopped and they pushed the button," Prelac recalled. "Fifteen people came in. They rushed him over to that little light table and shook him, and he was fine."
The healthy baby boy weighed nine pounds and was 22 inches long.
Susan Prelac said she was thrilled with the healthy arrival of Brooks, her third grandchild.
"I'll take as many as I can get," she said, laughing.
Taylor Prelac said her dream is to have Brooks' Bereavement Bears in every hospital in the country.
"That's going to be way, way down the road," she said. "But I'd just love to know that women going through losses are being comforted by my bear."
Reach Charita at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com.
On Twitter: @cgoshayREP
To learn more about Brooks' Bereavement Bears, visit www.brooksbereavementbears.com or visit their pages on Facebook and Instagram.
To donate, www.gofundme.com/f/BrooksBereavementBears.

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Massey Energy has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a contract worker killed at one of the company's West Virginia coal mines.
Boone County Circuit Court records show Massey paid the family of Steven Cain $2.1 million. Cain died in an accident at Massey's Justice No. 1 mine in October 2008.
Government investigators concluded Cain, who had just a few months of mining experience, was crushed to death between an underground railroad car and the wall of the Boone County mine.
Virginia-based Massey owns the Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, where 29 men died and two were injured in an April 5 explosion. The blast is the subject of civil and criminal investigations.
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Gingrich: US has more military options than Obama thought
Former House speaker reacts on 'Hannity' to decision to drop MOAB bomb in Afghanistan
This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," April 13, 2017. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, GUEST HOST: This is a Fox News Alert. The U.S. military has dropped what is being called, quote, "the mother of all bombs" on an ISIS target in Afghanistan.
I'm Kimberly Guilfoyle, in for Sean tonight.
Here's President Trump earlier today reacting to the massive non-nuclear military strike.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Very, very proud of the people (INAUDIBLE) really another successful job. We're very, very proud of our military. Everybody knows exactly what happened so -- and what I do is I authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world, and they've done the job, as usual. So we have given them total authorization, and that's what they're doing.
And frankly, that's why they've been so successful lately. If you look at what's happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to what -- really, to what's happened over the last eight years, you'll see there's a tremendous difference.
GUILFOYLE: And at the Pentagon with details on why the U.S. decided to drop this massive bomb is Jennifer Griffin -- Jennifer.
JENNIFER GRIFFIN, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Kimberly, the cloud that results from this size bomb reaches 10,000 feet in the air. At 7:32 PM local time in Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force dropped a 21,000-pound bomb known as "the mother of all bombs," or massive ordnance air blast, on what the White House described as a complex of ISIS tunnels on the border with Pakistan.
SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely. The United States takes the fight against ISIS very seriously. And in order to defeat the group, we must deny than operational space, which we did.
GRIFFIN: The GBU44 is the largest non-nuclear weapon the U.S. military has ever used in combat. Designed for the Iraq war but never used, tested in 2003, the MOAB is a concussive GOP-guided bomb that is pushed out of the back of a modified C-130 aircraft. Its blast radius is one mile wide.
The Pentagon says the top general in Afghanistan didn't need to ask permission to conduct the strike. The target of the explosion was a series of tunnels near a Achin province in Nangarhar province 35 miles south of Jalalabad, where the U.S. has a base.
On Saturday, an American Green Beret was killed by small arms fire in that part of Nangarhar province, Staff Sergeant Mark De Alencar of Edgewood, Maryland, part of an ISIS-clearing operation. The U.S. military says the strike today was not in retaliation for the Green Beret's death.
The president announced yesterday after meeting with NATO's secretary- general at the White House that national security adviser H.R. McMaster is leaving soon for Afghanistan, and the top commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, testified recently, Kimberly, that he needs several thousand more U.S. or NATO troops for Afghanistan -- Kimberly.
GUILFOYLE: All right, Jennifer, thank you.
And also tonight, tensions are rising with North Korea over a new report that says the rogue regime could be preparing to carry out a new nuclear test. A monitoring group released satellite images that shows activity at a North Korean nuclear site. President Trump is calling on China to help defuse the situation, but says if Beijing fails to act, then the U.S. and its allies will.
And outrage is growing over Syrian president Bashar al Assad's comments about last week's chemical weapons attack. He's now claiming it was fake.
In Washington with more is Leland Vittert -- Leland.
LELAND VITTERT, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kimberly, Assad is basically asking the world to believe him, rather than our lying eyes, suggesting videos like these of the dead and dying from sarin gas were faked, saying in that interview to the French wire service AFP, "Our impression is that the West, mainly the United States, is hand in glove with the terrorists." That's what Assad calls anyone he doesn't like. They" -- meaning the United States -- "fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack."
In an exhaustive presentation, the Pentagon went as far to put out the radar track of the Syrian jet that dropped the sarin bomb, and the U.S. the secretary of state doubled down on the charge in front of Assad's Russian protectors yesterday.
So suffice it to say, nobody in Washington or anywhere else is buying Assad's denial.
MARK TONER, STATE DEPARTMENT ACTING SPOKESMAN: Sadly, it's vintage Assad. It is an attempt by him to throw up false flags, create confusion. Frankly, it's a tactic we've seen on Russia's part, as well, in the past. There can be little doubt that the recent attacks and the chemical weapons attack and -- in Idlib was by the Syrian government, by the Syrian regime and that it wasn't only a violation of the laws of war but it was we believe a war crime.
VITTERT: And this creates quite a PR pickle for Vladimir Putin. As you might remember, Assad's 2013 sarin gas attack killed more than 1,400 people, crossing then president Obama's red line. Part of the grand bargain to stave off a U.S. attack was Russia's assurance they would destroy all of Assad's chemical weapons, begging the question now, Kimberly, if the Russians intentionally left Assad with a chemical arsenal or were simply hoodwinked by their own proxy.
GUILFOYLE: Leland, thank you.
And joining us now with reaction is the author of "Treason," former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Thanks for being with us, Mr. Speaker.
NEWT GINGRICH, R-FMR. HOUSE SPEAKER, FOX CONTRIBUTOR: Delighted to be with you.
GUILFOYLE: Fantastic. So a lot of news to discuss that's been going on this past week, and especially today. Let's talk about the latest development in Afghanistan and the president's decision to drop this massive bomb. What kind of message does this send to North Korea and Syria, let alone ISIS?
GINGRICH: Well, I think, first of all, the decision to use the largest non-nuclear bomb that we have sent a clear signal of strength, building on what he did last week with Syria and is also a reminder both to the Russians and to the North Koreans that we have enormous assets if we want to use them.
I think it's very interesting. You now have with General Mattis and with General McMaster real professionals who are giving the president serious military advice, exactly the sort of thing that Barack Obama always rejected. And I think what you're finding is that when the president turns and says, What are my options, it turns out there are a lot more options than Obama ever thought there were.
GUILFOYLE: Well, it's very interesting that you bring this up, and I heard you discuss this earlier in the day, but a markedly different approach to foreign policy, to military intervention we've seen in less than the first, you know, 100 days of the president being in office.
GINGRICH: Yes, I wrote a newsletter last week at Gingrich Productions pointing out that there are a lot of parallels between President Trump succeeding the weakness of Obama and President Reagan succeeding the weakness of Jimmy Carter. And they both had decisive moments. In Reagan's case, it was shooting down two Libyan aircraft over the Gulf of Sidra, and in the president's case, it was firing Tomahawk missiles last week, by the way, while at dinner with the Chinese president.
GUILFOYLE: Right. Subtle.
GINGRICH: So I think that --
GUILFOYLE: Subtle.
GINGRICH: (INAUDIBLE) useful (ph). And by the way, somebody made a comment to me that was fascinating. They said if you want to take video of the foreign minister of Russia meeting with Hillary Clinton, meeting with John Kerry, and meeting with Rex Tillerson, it'll give you a real sense of how much real power Tillerson carries just in his bearing and his sophistication and his maturity because he's different than the other people that Lavrov has worked with. And I thought that was a fascinating commentary on what a great job Secretary Tillerson's doing for America.
GUILFOYLE: Yes, fantastic. You see a lot of kind of feedback, people saying, you know, how they thought that he did. I thought it was very strong and decisive. And he showed no hesitation in bringing up directly to Putin and the individuals there all of the issues and problems that the United States has with Russia.
Wow, this must have been quite a surprise to all the people that thought that the president was going to so chummy with Putin and not be strong with Russia.
GINGRICH: Well, look, I think if President Trump could find a way to do it, he'd like to be friends with Russia.
GUILFOYLE: Right.
GINGRICH: He doesn't -- and he doesn't have any great interest in going out of the way to start a fight, but he's not going to give an inch on things like gassing children, which I think really got to the president emotionally. And the fact is that Rex Tillerson, when he was the head of ExxonMobil had negotiated several multi-billion-dollar deals with the Russians. He knows how to deal with them. He's not afraid of them. He's not confused by them. And without being hostile, he was very direct.
GUILFOYLE: Yes. Absolutely. And you have to be firm, and now we are getting to see exactly what kind of president Mr. Trump is. And he's being very true, it seems to me, to his campaign promises and being decisive and using the strength of the American military, which he has already shown a great respect for.
So I want to segue a little bit about North Korea. You know, a new report says that North Korea could be preparing a new nuclear test. And if they do, how should President Trump respond?
GINGRICH: Well, the more fascinating question is what are the Chinese going to do?
GUILFOYLE: Yes.
GINGRICH: The Chinese have moved 150,000 troops to the North Korean border. They have changed their purchases of coal and have tightened up on sanctions against North Korea. And they have said publicly that the North Koreans had better not engage in this nuclear test.
And remember, if it's an underground facility, what we just proved in Afghanistan was we have weapons which without going nuclear -- we have huge non-nuclear conventional weapons that could take out these kind of facilities.
So I think the Chinese are trying to say to him, Look, you got to President Trump seriously. This is not like the good old days. And you better be careful.
So the first reaction ought to be, let's look at the Chinese, who, by the way, did abstain at the U.N. and President Trump was exactly right to say this was a major step in the right direction, when on the Syrian resolution, they abstained, leaving the Russians all by themselves as the only country voting no.
GUILFOYLE: Absolutely. Now, do you think that it's -- you know, we can have this kind of confidence in terms of the relationship with, you know, the president of China and President Trump working together cooperatively? Because I think people are concerned because nobody seems to be able to control North Korea and Kim Jong-un.
GINGRICH: Yes, and I'm not sure the Chinese can, either, so I don't think you can wave a magic wand.
But what was clear to me was that President Trump recommended that they go off by themselves, get away from the staff. They had a two-hour meeting the first day and another one-hour meeting the second day. And apparently, the chemistry was very good.
You may remember that Reagan did the same thing with Gorbachev when they first met.
GINGRICH: He said, Let's go for a walk. Let's just get out of here, just you and me and the interpreter. I think that that does lead to a different attitude, a different willingness to work. I think that's what President Trump hoped he could do with Putin, and Putin has simply been too difficult to deal with to try to have that kind of a personal conversation. But I do think there's a possibility that we're on the edge of some serious progress with China.
GUILFOYLE: Yes, absolutely. And I think you bring up such a great point because it's that interpersonal relationship, that dynamic and establishing that bond that it appears that President Trump successfully once again did with President Xi, that he can pick up the phone, call him, work cooperatively with open lines of communication. I mean, that's real leadership, and someone who's, you know, used to being an executive and making the decisions and establishing those relationships. I think we see if you agree, you know, that this is working very well for this new U.S. foreign policy with President Trump.
GINGRICH: It's a tremendous potential. It went much better at Mar-a-Lago than I thought it would, and I think that the president deserves a lot of credit. I also think, frankly, that Ivanka's children, who are studying at a school where they're learning Mandarin -- I am told that it was a very big hit in China, the video of the children singing in Mandarin. And we shouldn't underestimate that people to people sometimes breaks through, where policy arguments don't. And they may have gone home with a better feeling toward that Trump family then they thought they would have.
GUILFOYLE: Absolutely. Such a great point. I saw that video and I retweeted it. I thought it was fantastic. What an amazing way to connect with the people and make them feel welcome.
Mr. Speaker, always a pleasure. Thank you so much.
GINGRICH: Thank you. Great.
GUILFOYLE: Coming up on this busy news night, more reaction to the U.S. dropping what is described as the, quote, "mother of all bombs" on ISIS in Afghanistan. Retired brigadier general Tony Tata and Michael Waltz join us next.
And then later, the Mexican drug cartel member who is suspected of killing U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 was arrested in Mexico yesterday. We'll have a full report and get reaction from Lou Dobbs.
Stay with us.
GUILFOYLE: Welcome back to "Hannity." Earlier today, the United States sent a big message to our enemies around the world after deploying what is called the, quote, "mother of all bombs" on an ISIS tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan. So why is this one bomb getting so much attention?
Joining us now with reaction is the author of "The Siege," retired brigadier general Tony Tata and retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer Michael Waltz. Gentlemen, thank you for being here tonight on such an important news day.
General Tata, I'll begin witness you. Why was the mother of all bombs developed in the first place? Give us a little bit of flavor about this bomb.
BRIG. GEN. TONY TATA, U.S. ARMY (RET.): Well, Kimberly, great to be with you. The mother of all bombs replaces the daisy cutter, which was used in Vietnam to --
TATA: ... clear landing zones for helicopters. And this bomb explodes about six feet off the ground and sends all its energy in a 300-meter radius around.
But what's really happening here is at the bigger strategic picture, Kimberly, it's almost as if for the last eight years, the lights have been off. The Trump administration has come in and turn the lights on. There's cockroaches everywhere. And now we have to do some kind of damage control to clean this up so that our vital interests aren't threatened the way they have been when we apologize to our enemies and ignore the threats that are out there.
And I know General Mick Nicholson very well. We worked together in Afghanistan, Kimberly. And Mick -- if Mick is dropping a MOAB on a known ratline into Pakistan to kill ISIS fighters, I know for a fact that that -- it was a valid target, one that we needed to drop on and close some cave mouths and drop some tunnels on some enemy. And this is a very effective weapon because all its energy goes out and kills the personnel that you're trying to kill. It doesn't go into the ground and get dissipated into the ground.
GUILFOYLE: Yes, and apparently, we'll be able to get -- hopefully, once they declassify it and they scrub (ph) it, we'll be able to get, you know, the video of that.
So Michael, what do you think about this in terms of the presence of ISIS in Afghanistan, and you know, just so many long years hard fought there in an area that is still so troubled and problematic?
MICHAEL WALTZ, U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES (RET.) (on-camera): Well, that's right, Kim. And just to add to General Tata's point, you know, over the last eight years, all anybody in the region has heard is withdrawal, withdrawal, withdrawal. And that has caused everybody, including our enemies, to wait us out and to hedge against us.
And you know, what I think we're seeing here is a completely different message, but I'm sure a lot of viewers and a lot of folks are saying, Wait a minute. This isn't what President Trump campaigned on. You know, we're going to be stuck in this forever war.
But I think we've learned now and I'm sure he is listening to his key advisers, Mattis and McMaster, that, you know, we -- we cannot turn our back on the region like we did in Iraq. We cannot have another Iraq. ISIS, al Qaeda, the Taliban will be resurgent in that part of the world, except it's going to be 10 times worse in that Pakistan, right next door, has 10 times the population and with nuclear weapons.
On a tactical level, you know, if we had not sent in the MOAB, it would taken thousands of soldiers to clear those caves. And you know, we just lost a Green Beret this last weekend. I think it was absolutely the right move. And I'm glad to see General -- excuse me, President Trump giving his generals the authority to make the right operational decisions.
GUILFOYLE: Certainly. And you know, General, this is one of those things that President Trump, you know, promised to the American people, that he was going to be a strong leader, that he was going to use the mighty weight of the U.S. military to really improve national security, you know, throughout the area because it's just been a big problem, you know, eight years of retreat.
TATA: ... dating all the way back to the -- the McChyrstal issue. If you remember that, you know, seven years ago or so --
TATA: ... Obama had such thin skin that he politicized every branch of government. We see it with the FBI today. You see it with the military and DOD. And it was so politicized, you couldn't -- you couldn't move outside of your box. And now what President Trump has done, he says, Look, you guys are the experts. You guys execute on the ground.
And I promise you, if Mick Nicholson is saying, I've got a problem here -- and this is -- this is the same ratline that Usama bin Laden used to get out of Afghanistan into Pakistan, and I can tell you it's a real issue, you know, Kimberly, that we've got ISIS inside Pakistan because that tells you that the IS from Pakistan, the Intelligence Service from Pakistan and the Pakistan government is complicit here.
And I've watched -- Mick and I have stood by each other watching grainy footage of Predators and the Pak military -- Pakistan military wave in al Qaeda and others through to attack our bases. And we know that that's happened. And now if they're -- if they're allied with ISIS, that's a huge problem on our flank in Afghanistan because, again, the mission in Afghanistan is to deny terrorists.
GUILFOYLE: Yes, absolutely, and I'm glad you brought that up because, you know, Pakistan's got to do a lot more to earn the respect...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.
GUILFOYLE: ... and support. They have been a big beneficiary by the United States in terms of assets and money that we have provided to them. And my goodness, when you see this type of thing going on, Michael, they need to get in line!
WALTZ: Well, that's right. And so General McMaster is heading out to Kabul in Afghanistan, you know, as we speak. They're in the midst of a strategy review. And I think the big change you're going to see is a much tougher line on Pakistan...
GUILFOYLE: Good!
WALTZ: ... for its support of the Taliban, the Haqqani and others. But there's another aspect to this, Kim, and another message that's being sent that's not being discussed, and that's Russia. And it ties into the meetings that we just had in the sense that Russia has now started meddling in Afghanistan again and started working with the Taliban under the kind of guise of, Well, ISIS is coming up and the Taliban and ISIS aren't getting along.
You know, what they're really trying to do is undermine NATO and undermine the United States in yet another theater. So that sends -- not only sends them a message, but it sends North Korea a message as they start to prepare for another nuclear test. So I think this -- you know, I'll you, as a military leader, I'm proud of our president.
WALTZ: I'm proud of our commander-in-chief. He gets it, and he understands that people in that part of the world respect strength, and we're showing it, and our diplomats...
GUILFOYLE: Absolutely!
WALTZ: ... are going to the table now with the weight of the United States military behind them.
GUILFOYLE: Now they know. Make no mistake about it! Gentlemen, thank you so much for your service and for being here with me tonight.
Coming up -- authorities have arrested a Mexican drug cartel member who is suspected of killing U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry back into 2010. We'll have all the details and get reaction from Lou Dobbs.
And later...
JEN PALMIERI, FORMER CLINTON CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS DIR.: I think most journalists are probably leaning more to the left than the right. Think about the kind of person that's drawn to do this as a career.
GUILFOYLE: A former Clinton campaign staffer admits that the media has a liberal bias, but she claims that it ends up hurting Democrats. Ari Fleischer and Anthony Scaramucci will weigh in.
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GUILFOYLE: This is a Fox News Alert. The Mexican drug cartel member who is suspected of killing Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 was arrested yesterday in Mexico.
Joining us now with the very latest is William La Jeunesse -- William.
WILLIAM LA JEUNESSE, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Kimberly, tonight, we know more about the suspect, his alleged role in the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, as well as his criminal history. So the arrest came around 2:00 AM Wednesday when a joint U.S.-Mexican police task force captured the suspect at a ranch in northern Mexico along the Chihuahua/Sinaloa border. The task force included Mexican marines, the DEA, and the U.S. Marshals Service. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was turned over to the Mexican attorney general. The U.S. is seeking extradition and he faces 30 years to life.
Arellanes is a Mexico national. We have learned he was apprehended seven times by the border patrol and arrested once for a DUI before joining the rip crew that killed Agent Terry in the desert south of Tucson in December of 2010. Terry was part of the border patrol special ops unit that took a bullet beneath his vest and died at the scene. His death exposed the Obama administration's Operation Fast and Furious after agents found two assault style weapons at the scene sold under the U.S. program. In all, the Justice Department approved the sale of some 2,000 weapons to the Mexican cartels.
Now I am told that Arellanes is tied to the scene by DNA, and according to five others who are already in prison, he fired the shot that killed Agent Terry. Kimberly, back to you.
GUILFOYLE: William, thank you.
And joining us now with reaction from the Fox Business Network, Lou Dobbs. OK, so Lou, you covered this story extensively. How big of a disaster was this Fast and Furious operation?
LOU DOBBS, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK: A disaster for the Obama administration, a disaster for the family of Brian Terry, for all Americans who care about our border security and law and order. This was a disaster for the Obama administration in retrospect now because what happens after two months of President Trump being in office? Another of Brian Terry's killers has been produced the government of Mexico. It's not accident. It took five-and-a- half years under President Obama for nothing to happen. And now suddenly they are producing the killers of Brian Terry. Justice is moving forward. And, by the way, the one suspect still at large I would wager would be caught very, very soon.
GUILFOYLE: So you think there is a direct link to President Trump being in and these accomplishments? This is one of the biggest things that he talked about as candidate Trump was border security and giving the power and the control back to the border patrol agents, protecting them so they wouldn't be penalized or prosecuted like they were under previous administrations.
DOBBS: At this time the president of the United States is supporting those who keep our borders secure and demands of Mexico that it be a responsible, mature partner in policing that border and securing it. And the Mexican government is responding. This is one example of it.
And I think you are going to see more positives like this as we go forward. Remember, how big is this? We are talking about it has taken almost seven years since Eric Holder at the attorney general of the United States lied to Congress, was cited for contempt of Congress, the only cabinet member in our history to ever be found in contempt of Congress. And we are now seeing, we hope, change that will mean partnership rather than opposition between the governments of Mexico and the United States and justice for the Brian Terry family, all border patrol agents and all Americans who care about this country and law and order.
GUILFOYLE: Absolutely. And it's almost just shocking and it is just appalling to me, a former prosecutor, that it took this long to be able to get these arrests and make this happen. But let's talk a little bit also about the president's immigration policy. We are already seeing, by the way, some are calling it Trump's the wall himself because there's been a deterrent effect and the numbers are really dramatically different than they were under President Obama in terms of people saying wait, maybe I better not come in here.
DOBBS: It's 70 percent fewer over each of the past two months. We are also seeing a president who is not afraid even as Speaker Paul Ryan says we won't be able to get funding for that this year, the president reminds Ryan who is president and says 100 percent certain we are going to have the wall. It's a change of attitude. Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the border yesterday saying this is the era of Trump and we will prosecute document fraud as felonies. We will prosecute criminal illegal aliens, and we will send them, deport them to wherever they come from.
GUILFOYLE: It's a great point about Jeff Sessions. He is very strong on this issue and steadfast and already making developments and really improving the level of prosecution, upholding the laws that are actually on the books which is sort of shocking.
DOBBS: Isn't that something.
GUILFOYLE: Unbelievable.
DOBBS: And the great thing, too, is Attorney General Sessions has the president's back in every sense, politically and personally. This is a man who early stood with the president. He stands with him strongly now. Together they are a formidable force, reversing much of the Obama administration's disastrous refusal to enforce immigration law and to secure our borders.
GUILFOYLE: Real quick, what about the wall? He's promised he's going to build this wall. Are you confident that it will get done, and what do you say to some of the people in Congress who are saying we are not going to give him the money for it?
GUILFOYLE: I say to them they better get behind this president, because this president is the one who put them in office and led them to victory. And he won't be available to them in 2018 if they betray him.
GUILFOYLE: All right, Lou Dobbs, always a pleasure, thank you so much.
DOBBS: Great to be with you.
GUILFOYLE: And coming up next right here on "Hannity."
PALMIERI: I think most journalists are probably leaning more to the left than the right. Think about the kind of person that is drawn to do this as a career.
GUILFOYLE: A former Clinton campaign staffer admits that the press has a liberal bias but claims that it makes things harder for Democrats. Ari Fleischer and Anthony Scaramucci join us next with reaction.
And then later President Trump is showing the world what leading from the front looks like and that America is taking a new approach to foreign policy. Herman Cain will be here later. That and much more as HANNITY continues. Stay with us.
GUILFOYLE: Welcome back to "Hannity." During a panel discussion in Washington yesterday, former Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri admitted that members of the media lean to the left, but then claimed that due to their slant, they are harder on Democrats. Watch this.
PALMIERI: I think most journalists are probably leaning more to the left than the right. Think about the kind of person that is drawn to do this as a career. They believe in government, they think politics matter, they like it, they find it interesting. They don't make a lot of money. That doesn't seem to concern them. But what I have found means that they come after us harder on what I describe as the crap. They come after us harder on the place intrigue, on the process, on things that really shouldn't matter.
GUILFOYLE: Joining me now with reaction is former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. He was on the panel yesterday. And also with us is Trump transition executive committee member and founder of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci. Gentlemen, thanks for being here with me tonight. So Air, I will begin with you. You were on the panel with her. What do you think, is there any substance to those claims that the press is tougher on Democratic administrations than Republicans?
ARI FLEISCHER, FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Kimberly, first it's great to hear a Democrat acknowledge what Republicans have said for years, which is that the press largely comes from the left. But the notion of that that means they are harder on the left is nonsensical. Take the palace intrigue that she talked about. Have you ever seen more palace intrigue coverage and tougher coverage than on Donald Trump right now?
GUILFOYLE: No.
FLEISCHER: I think the press gets credit for being tough on Hillary for her email scandal, and that was a scandal that was hard to overlook. They were tough on Hillary's husband for his Monica scandal, another scandal hard to overlook. But when it comes to day in day out coverage, the press so much harder on Republicans than Democrats, and they're triply as hard on Donald Trump as they are on everybody else. And they were soft on Barack Obama.
GUILFOYLE: Anthony, you have been on inside, part of the transition team. So you experienced it, felt it up close and personal.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, TRUMP TRANSITION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER: And I think to add to what Ari is you have a situation where there's a lot of personal assassination, Kimberly, because they don't like the policies of the right. And so what they try to do is identify who is a weak link or who could be slipping in favor, and then they do a massive pile on to see if they can knock that person out. Andy Puzder would be an example of that. The labor secretary designee, unbelievably talented guy, all of that was political rigmarole, totally unnecessary. And they characterized him in a certain way, and he such a gentleman that he stepped out of the process so that it wouldn't detract from the president of the United States. And so they are effective at this, unfortunately, and they do it all the time.
GUILFOYLE: Ari, what you think in terms of the communication and how that is going in terms of the Trump administration? The press after him every single day, looking for any kind of thing that can blow up.
FLEISCHER: I keep a file, I keep a file, and it's a bulging file that gets bigger every day of vivid examples that I think the press has done that illustrates the bias. Just yesterday "Washington Post" had story about Attorney General Sessions down at the border and how he wanted to crack down on people who are criminals coming into America. And the story conflated illegal immigration with immigration and talked about how Republicans wanted to crack down on immigration. And it quoted not one, not two, not three, but four people who are against what Sessions did. It did not have one quote of any expert or Republican supporting what the attorney general did. And nobody at "The Post" catches this stuff. And that's the bias in the newsroom that bothers me so much.
GUILFOYLE: Yes. It's tough to experience up close and personal, it's tough I think even for our viewers to see.
SCARAMUCCI: It is a blood sport. You have to have a really thick skin. I do give her some credit for what she said, though. She did admit to the bias. It is a very big bias, Kimberly, but I do think the Republicans have to take a "no whining" approach on this and just hit as hard as we can on the policies, because with the right communication, right communication strategies, I think we're right on the policies and we'll win the American people. And the president has done a great job of coming over the top and using Twitter, other devices in social media to relate directly to the people, recognizing that bias in the media.
GUILFOYLE: He's very effective, I think you would agree, in terms of his messaging and communicating and having that transparency, sort of a one-on- one relationship with the American people, but it's also out of necessity.
SCARAMUCCI: And he's also done something -- people now believe what Ms. Palmieri said about the media. It is very biased, very slanted to the left. And the president as a candidate and as president has done a very effective job of giving them more and more evidence every day.
GUILFOYLE: What about those in the Trump administration that have said essentially the press is the opposition party, that that is how difficult and contentious the relationship is? Do you agree? And if so, what can the Trump administration do to improve their relationship with the press?
FLEISCHER: A Gallup poll came out last week that asked voters whether they thought the press was favored towards the Democrats, the Republicans, and some 62 percent said the press was biased to the Democrats, some 22 percent said it's biased toward Republicans. So it's an uphill fight for Republicans at all times. And to some degree the press is the opposition party. Their role is to be the devil's advocate to whoever is in government, but like I said before, they were soft on Obama and very hard on Donald Trump.
Sometimes Donald Trump deserves it, though, and earns it, and I don't object to the press being tough on him. But when they are too tough, too oppositional, when they just can't stand anything he does, that's the real problem and that's where I fault the press for not even giving Donald Trump a chance in most instances.
GUILFOYLE: Anthony?
SCARAMUCCI: I would tell my fellow Republicans a "no whining" strategy, stick to great communication and understanding and explaining policies to the American people. We have so many devices now that can go right over the top, Kimberly. That's our best strategy and we have to use that to win the legislative and policy battles.
GUILFOYLE: He's definitely had a lot of accomplishments so far already in less than 100 days. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being with me.
Coming up, President Trump shows the world what leading from the front looks like and that he means business. Up next we will get reaction from Herman Cain. Stay with us.
GUILFOYLE: Welcome back to "Hannity." The days of America leading from behind are over. Earlier today President Trump sent a message to America's enemies after dropping the, quote, "mother of all bombs" on an ISIS installation in a remote area of Afghanistan. This is just the latest example of newfound American leadership. It has been a very busy week for President Trump. Watch this.
TRUMP: We are sending an armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you. I can tell you China will do much better on trade if they help us with North Korea.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And you think he knows that?
TRUMP: I think he knows that. I told him that, yes.
Frankly, Putin is backing a person that is truly an evil person.
The vicious slaughter of innocent civilians with chemical weapons including the barbaric killing of small and helpless children and babies must be forcefully rejected by any nation that values human life.
I thought we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing.
GUILFOYLE: And joining is now with reaction is former presidential candidate and Fox News contributor, Herman Cain. So after this week, how much leverage do you think that the United States has gained or lost with Russia when it comes to the situation in Syria?
HERMAN CAIN, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: I believe, Kimberly, that our leverage has gone up significantly because this president has demonstrated, as you said, we are going to lead from the front, not from behind. But secondly, it shows he is decisive and not afraid to act.
Now, this sends a second strong message to our enemies and our allies that this president and this administration is serious. Here's something that probably the liberal media is not going to talk about after this incident today in Afghanistan. They are not going to talk about the fact that the military probably already knew about these ISIS targets, but we had an administration to before that didn't want to do anything about it. Now we have an administration and a president that is willing to do something about it.
GUILFOYLE: You know, and this was consistent with the rhetoric during the campaign of candidate Trump that he would act on military intelligence, that he wasn't going to a person that would draw a redline and then do nothing. He is getting these Intel reports and acting decisively within the first 100 days of his administration. What kind of message as well does this send to North Korea? I want to talk about that for a moment.
CAIN: Unfortunately, it won't send a message to North Korea because they aren't listening. They aren't listening to the actions of the United States. They aren't listening to the rest of the world. They aren't listening to the United Nations, so it won't send a message to them.
But what it does do is it sends a message to the rest of the world that the United States is not going to tolerate things that have been tolerated in the past. To countries like China, it sends a message to them. Countries like Russia, even though they are in denial about what happened in Syria, it's going to send a strong message to him.
And here's the other thing, I hope it sends a strong message to Iran that if you try to taunt our ships again, the result may be a little different than just letting you taunt our ships and we do nothing about it.
GUILFOYLE: These recent threats, too, with North Korea, I am concerned, Mr. Cain, because, like you said, they don't listen. But there seems to be a little bit of an expectation that China's President Xi will in fact be able to do something about this, and you heard those comments from the president today that he had good expectation, a good relationship with him, and was hoping that he might be able to control North Korea.
CAIN: We have seen two examples already where China is listening and may be changing in order to try to put some impact on North Korea. First, North Korea sent some cargo ships of coal, their primary resource, to China, and guess what, China sent them back home. And then the second thing what happened with the U.N. revolution. Russia, they would not vote to put sanctions on Syria, but China simply abstained, which is another way of saying we are not going to tolerate their actions. So I happen to believe that China is showing signs that they will help us put pressure on North Korea, and that is a good thing.
And let me add one other point. The United States is not starting this stuff. The United States is simply responding to this stuff. And the same message goes to North Korea and Kim Jong-un. We aren't going to start a fight, but if they start a fight, then the United States under this administration will probably end that fight.
GUILFOYLE: Herman Cain, always a pleasure to have you on this program. Thank you so much.
CAIN: Thank you, Kimberly.
GUILFOYLE: And coming up, we need your help with tonight's "Question of the Day." Will you stay with us.
GUILFOYLE: Welcome back to "Hannity." And time for tonight's "Question of the Day." Do you think President Trump is sending the world a message? Head over to Facebook.com/SeanHannity and Twitter and let us know what you think.
And that's all the time we have left this evening. You can follow me on Twitter, @KimGuilfoyle, and I'll right back here tomorrow night filling in for Sean. We hope you'll join us. Have a great night.
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Land mines are latest attempt by Obama to distance himself from peace prize
By Russ Wellen on December 11, 2009
THE DEPROLIFERATOR — This year the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Obama on spec, if you will. In other words, it was a show of faith that he'd not only follow through on his nuclear disarmament plans, but launch other peace initiatives.
Of course, despite the monetary award, the prize doesn't contractually bind the recipient to a specified course of action. Still, one can't help but wonder how the president's decision to inject a fresh infusion of troops into Afghanistan, a country already on life support, can be reconciled with his status as a Peace Prize winner. (Yes, I know about Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat.)
Meanwhile, the president is adding insult to injury with an issue that, even on a good week — never mind one that's dominated by the Afghanistan decision — flies under the radar. The Second Review Conference of the 10-year-old Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines — pause for breath here — and on Their Destruction has just wound down.
For its part, the United States hasn't used antipersonnel mines since the 1991 Gulf War, nor has it produced them since 1997. So far, so good. But that's where the good news about the United States and land mines ends. First, the United States still possesses 10 million land mines. Second, along with Russia, China, and India, it's one of the few states that hasn't signed the treaty. As if that weren't bad enough, five days before the conference, Reuters reported that State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said:
This administration undertook a policy review and we decided that our land mine policy remains in effect. … We determined that we would not be able to meet our national defense needs nor our security commitments to our friends and allies if we signed this convention [not to be confused with the conference — RW]. … But we will be [at the conference] as an observer, obviously, because we haven't signed the convention, nor do we plan to sign the convention.
Many ostensibly humane Americans are in favor of the United States retaining its nuclear weapons. They believe that nukes have been a successful deterrent and will never be used. But land mines are a different story. Ineffective as a deterrent, they're deployed to impede the progress of the enemy. But they also hinder a state's post-war recovery. The ultimate gift that keeps on giving, they are, of course, tripped, often by children, for years afterwards.
Still, some human rights activists were just grateful that the United States at least sent a team of observers. But most, as you can imagine, were incensed by the administration's refusal to review its policy. At Change.org, journalist and human rights worker Daniel Gerstle wrote:
Many of us have been patient with the Obama Administration on foreign affairs only because if he moves too fast the right may rally and shave off the moderates needed to get pro-peace foreign ops legislation passed though the US Congress. But the Mine Ban Treaty? Seriously? … How many more legs need to be blown off to get a progressive peace laureate to ban an explosive which kills more civilians than combatants?
Nor did Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pull his punches:
The Administration's approach to this issue. . . has been cursory, half-hearted, and deeply disappointing. … One would hope that an Administration that portrays itself as a global leader on issues of humanitarian law and arms control recognizes this is an opportunity. … I think [it] has made a dramatic mistake in this area.
What Exactly Do We Want With the Damn Things?
A day later, the United States had changed its tune somewhat. As Geneva Lunch reported, Ian Kelly said that the administration. . .
. . . is still reviewing its position on signing the 10-year-old Mine Ban treaty — the opposite of what it said the previous day, but it was unclear if the statement was a correction of an error, a change in tactics. . . or a change of heart following harsh criticism.
If it was a response to the outcry, it did little to mollify Jodie Williams, another Nobel laureate (the old-fashioned kind — she earned it). The founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "This weak attempt at damage control is hardly credible. … the possibility of policy change remains highly uncertain."
Note that in 2006, then-Senator Obama voted in favor of an amendment to a Pentagon appropriations bill that would have banned the use of another unspeakably cruel weapon, cluster bombs, in civilian areas. Meanwhile, land mines can't help but be deployed in civilian areas. What makes them different from cluster bombs? Ms. Williams attempts to divine the administration's motives for clinging to land mines:
[Given] the closed, hush-hush nature of a review excluding almost everyone involved in the land mine issue, the real reasons remain unclear. Surely the administration has no intention of defending the homeland with antipersonnel land mines? [Since all] of its major allies. . . have signed the treaty [it] remains unclear, then, which commitments to which friends and allies Kelly refers to.
Perhaps South Korea? The Clinton argument for not signing the treaty immediately was that land mines are heavily used in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. [But] the land mines in the DMZ are South Korean, not American, and therefore would be unaffected by Obama's joining the Mine Ban Treaty. … [Or is it just] reluctance to ruffle military feathers?
Unless the use of land mines is being weighed for the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. But, knowing President Obama, Ms. Williams's last explanation seems likely.
Ultimately she finds the president's land-mine policy self-defeating.
How can he, with total credibility, lead the world to nuclear disarmament when his own country won't give up even land mines?
The conference ended with representatives of the states in attendance signing a five-year plan to further assist land-mine victims and recognize their care as a right. They also vowed to seek ratification of the treaty by those states, such as the United States, that have yet to sign it.
Land Mines: Cancerous to the Earth
Like bullets, land mines lend themselves to profligate use. In fact, the damn things metastasize all over the place. Removing them has been notoriously risky, but a recent, surprising new technique has developed, reports Inhabitat.com:
. . . scientists at the University of Edinburgh recently announced that they have engineered a strain of bacteria that glows green in the presence of explosives, making mine detection a snap.
According to Edinburgh University scientists, the new strain of bacteria can be sprayed onto local affected areas or air dropped over entire fields of mines. Within a few hours the bacteria strain begins to glow green wherever traces of explosive chemicals are present. … Our only concern is that great care must be taken when blanketing areas with the bacteria, such that their spread doesn't amount to an act of biological warfare in and of itself.
Let's see if we've got this straight. On one hand, we have an administration which, along with seeking to abolish nuclear weapons, would likely never use land mines. Yet it refuses to sign a treaty banning them. On the other, we have a new technique for removing them which may pose more of a threat than the mines themselves. Land mines certainly have a way of heaping irony upon irony, don't they?
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The following drinks are not free from animal derivatives and are therefore unsuitable for vegetarians and vegans.
Glaceau Vitaminwater Zero Sunshine and Multi V.
This is because a few of our drinks do contain small traces of fish gelatine which is used as a stabiliser for the beta-carotene colour. Honest Lemon and Honey contains honey and is therefore not suitable for vegans. In addition some variants from the glaceau vitaminwater range contain vitamin D and this may be sourced from lanolin in sheep's wool meaning that they also may not be suitable for vegans.


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Q: How to deal with the situation where coauthors use different bibitem names in their .bib files My coauthor and I have very large .bib file which we using since several years.
To be precise, each of us, uses a global .bib file for all of our manuscripts.
Unfortunately, the names of some bibitems in mine and in my coauthor's .bib file are different.
Since we have used some of these bibitem's names in our previous TeX files, it is difficult for each of us to use the bibitem name of the other one.
What are the ways to solve this problem?
Edit.
To be precise, assume that this is our common file:
\documentclass{amsart}

\begin{document}
\cite{einstein1935}

\bibliography{C:/Users/admin/mybibtexfile}
\bibliographystyle{amsplain}
\end{document}

This is my bibtex file with other hundreds of entries:
@article{einstein1935,
  title={Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?},
  author={Einstein, Albert and Podolsky, Boris and Rosen, Nathan},
  journal={Physical review},
  volume={47},
  number={10},
  pages={777},
  year={1935},
  publisher={APS}
}

This is my coauthor bibtex file ith other hundreds of entries:
@article{einstein,
  title={Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?},
  author={Einstein, Albert and Podolsky, Boris and Rosen, Nathan},
  journal={Physical review},
  volume={47},
  number={10},
  pages={777},
  year={1935},
  publisher={APS}
}

A: For an "perfect" collaboration you should define a naming sheme for all of your together used bib entries.
That could for example be something like author-year-label with always lower case letters) like einstein-1935 or einstein-1935-d if you have for entries of Einstein in the year 1935. If you do not like the - omit them: einstein1935d (not so easy to be read I think ...). Think about using all author names (or let us say the first three) if the article/book etc. has more than one author. Then your used name changed to einsteinPodolskyRosen-1935 for example (capital letter to see easy the start of the next author name) ...
To make sure both of you are using the same bib file and both of you can edit and add new entries use something like github to store your together used bib file. Then both of you can work on their documents using the same bib file with no double bib entries with different names ...
Bib entry:
@article{einstein-1935,
  title={Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?},
  author={Einstein, Albert and Podolsky, Boris and Rosen, Nathan},
  journal={Physical review},
  volume={47},
  number={10},
  pages={777},
  year={1935},
  publisher={APS}
}

and is to be cited for example with \cite[p. 35]{einstein-1935} ...
Depending on your used bibliography management system you can try to combine both bib files and run your bibliography management system to find duplicates and to create a logical naming system for all bib entries.  As far as I know bibtool can locate duplicates and delete the duplicates, if it can do a proper renaming I do not know, sorry (windows user, bibtool is not running on my system).

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He was baptised at Jevington, 1 February 1818 (publican).
He married Rhoda Thorpe at Jevington on 7 September 1844. He was aged 27 a bachelor and labourer, a son of Stephen Seymour, a publican. Rhoda was aged 24 a servant of East Dean, the daughter of James Thorpe, a labourer.
In the 1851 census of Jevington he was aged 32, an agricultural labourer, born at Jevington. His wife, Rhoda, was aged 32 and born at East Dean. His children were S...(?) aged 6, James aged 4 and Jane (?) aged 1, all born at Jevington.
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I enjoy waking up with the splendid sunlight in the morning. It sets a great energy to start a day.
I always keep a few cans of beans and lentils, and I also happened to have some cucumbers, tomatoes, red cabbage, and goat cheese. How convenient!
So here is my chickpea and lentil salad with various crunch vegetables and cheese. I think this is a perfect vegetarian salad if the cheese can be part of the vegetarian diet, and it is also gluten-free.
It is a super simple salad dressed with lemon and olive oil. I also have mint growing in my backyard, so I added a little bit. Oh, the fragrance! If you don't have mint or you don't like the fragrance of mint in your salad, you can substitute with fresh parsley. That would be equally tasty.
Rinse and drain your chickpeas and lentils.
Combine with chopped tomatoes, cucumber, red cabbage, green onion. I like to remove the seeds from the cucumber and tomato.
Add some fresh mint or Parsley. Too much mint can overpower the salad. About 1 tablespoon should be enough. You can add more amount if using parsley.
Add some lemon zest, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and olive oil. Toss gently.
I also added some goat cheese. Feta cheese would be good as well.
A bowl of colorful salad is ready!
Chickpeas and lentils are quite filling and I love the fresh taste of lemon and mint combination. This is not only a perfect salad to eat as is for a simple meal, but will serve as a great side salad for a main course. I had a visitor last week, so I served this salad with dry rub grilled chicken breast as a dinner and it was a big hit. I realize that people do love chickpeas and lentils these days. That's a cool thing!
In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients and toss well. Serve immediately or chilled.
However, do not chill more than 1 hour.
If need to prepare in advance, combine all the ingredients except the lemon zest & juice, salt and pepper. Chill them in the fridge before ready to serve. Toss in lemon zest & juice and season with salt & pepper right before to serve.
I love salads like this! So full of protein and goodness -- can't be beat. Thanks!
I do, too. I like salad that are easy to make and nutritious. This fits the bill.
What a lovely, fresh salad with healthy ingredients! Perfect lunch, too!


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If you read my post yesterday you know my son celebrated his 10th birthday on November 25th and that he got a Nintendo 3DS game console and Rabbids Rumble.
Along with Rabbids Rumble he also got Rayman Origins. We weren't familiar with this game.
60+ Levels of Platforming Madness – Explore a massive world with over 100 characters & 6 unique worlds designed for all ages and playing styles.
Epic Boss Fights – A giant pink monster with hundreds of eyes .A really, really angry bird. An evil carnivorous daisy. Rayman Origins will put players to the test with these and many more challenging boss battles!
Street Pass Functionality – Taking advantage of the Street Pass, you can share your progression, number of collectibles, time played, unlocked achievements, and avatar with others.
The levels I've played are fast paced, which I kind of like, but love that you can go back and replay the levels. It's an offbeat, quirky game, with fun characters, even the enemies.
Rayman is the "hero" but being a bit "not all there" he needs assistance. He teams up with his best friend Globox (you can play as Rayman or Globox) and others to bring peace back to the Glade after the Darktoons plunge the Glade into chaos.
This game is fun! I'm trying to get my Mom to play it. She says once I am off school for Christmas break and she has more time, she'll play it with me. Yay!
I'm looking forward to going through all 12 worlds.
You can buy Rayman Origins at Amazon. As of the time of this review it was $29.96 or less.
Disclosure: I received above product to facilitate our review. No other compensation was received. As always all opinions are 100% my (and my son's) own.
How cute that is that he wants you to play too?
Sounds like a fun game. Will have to look into it for my boys.
I bet all three of my children would like this game.
awwe this little guy is so cute. I want one now for myself :D..
What a wonderful review from your son!! I have played some of the older games in the Rayman series and they were all really fun.
Great review, he did a fantastic job!
Must be pretty good to get a thumbs up from him!
What a fun DS game!


Sometimes understanding is difficult to achieve. I have been in situations where I have had to or wanted to make myself clear. Conversations that come to mind are often hilarious, although at the time miscommunication was not one bit funny…but frustrating, or even frightening.
I can read Spanish, but speaking it is very difficult for me. I still translate the words from English before writing or speaking in Spanish. The first language other than English that I learned was when I was in my twenties, trying to teach myself German before I went to Germany to live. I bought a copy of Berlitz German, and proceeded to study and write sentences. I will say that I learned some rudimentary proununciation and grammar rules, the vocabulary words were harder.
The first Germans that I met were in the railway station, and on the train taking me from the port at Bremerhaven, to Frankfurt, where my army husband met me at the station on Christmas Day,1955. When I got on the train, to my small compartment, which had a tiny washroom in it, I prudently barricaded the door with my assorted baggage…When the train reached my destination stop, the conductor opened the door…outward. So much for closed doors.
We moved into a brand new apartment in U.S. Army quarters, where our neighbors in the building were all U.S. soldiers. But then almost everyone we met spoke English…so my German sort of languished.
Strange as it seems, the first foreign language that emerges from my brain is, to this day, German…which doesn't help much in countries where Spanish is called for.
I did have some not-so-funny at the time but humorous adventures. The one that comes to mind as both amusing and embarrassing was when I hired a taxi to drive me up a giant mountain to the city that was my destination. I was able to figure out that the taxi fare would be the equivalent of US$20, so I knew that I could pay the driver in twenties…which was all I had at the time. I did not have any Mexican Pesos, only US dollars…which contrary to popular belief, are not always welcome.
On the hour and a half trip up the mountain, I tried to chit-chat a bit with the driver. He was a young man, and was about as conversant in English as I was in Spanish. He asked me if I had any candy, but I thought he was talking about a kiss. So idiot that I am, I got worried…it was highly unlikely that this good looking young guy would be making a pass at an old lady…but well, ya never know.
By the time we got to the city I had something new to worry about…the $20 bills. I think the driver was wondering if I knew where we were going, as it was dark, and I had forgotten the name of the street where the hotel that I was headed for was located. (duh…) But he followed my directions: right, left, left, right, etc. and we stopped in front of the hotel. The owner answered the bell, and responded.
I explained in Spanish that all I had was 20 dollar bills…and that I intended to pay the driver for the fare, plus give him another twenty for his work…..which was a lot of money in pesos. The hotel owner understood me…and convinced the driver that the company would be pleased with the US dollars, and that he would be able to convert his twenty. Meanwhile I was holding my breath…I had no desire to meet the local policia … but all was well. I got to my room and slept like a baby.
That issue about the candy was just ignorance on my part.
On the trip down that mountain, two weeks later, I was as usual…car sick. I hoped to make it to the airport, but ….. Not knowing the words…. I just reached over to the taxi driver and tapped his arm…he glanced at me…and had no trouble understanding my "senor…" and my impromptu upchuck-gesture, which needed no words, and he pulled over to the side of the road to let me out.
During the two weeks I was there I did not meet any English-speakers, but it was possible to get by with my rudimentary Spanish. Part of the issue there was that outside of town officials and shopkeepers, most of the people around did not themselves speak Spanish, let alone English…but an indigenous language.
There is something about airplane travel that brings out the worst in some people. The worst seats in many airliners have to be in the last row, next to the lavatories. These seats do not recline, and are scooted back against the lavatory wall as far as they will go. Unfortunately, the seats ahead of these fixed streets DO recline, effectively forcing occupants to put up with having the back of the forward seat in their laps.
If alone, once I am settled in my seat I fall asleep almost instantly and remain asleep until the plaae has landed and is taxi-ing toward the terminal. (I can sleep anywhere.) I am content to remain in my seat until everyone has left the plane.
The last time my son was with me on the flight, and I was sandwiched between him and a mild-mannered sixty-something man who had the aisle seat. The man and I had exchanged the polite airplane seat-mate smile-and-nod, and we were all minding our own business. I was almost asleep, son content to look out the window, and the pleasant man next to me had opened his lap-top.
Everything was fine until the seat-belt sign went dark.
Then the back of the seat, in front of my neighbor, crashed backward, forcing the computer screen almost-closed and pushed against its owner. He asked the man in the seat ahead to move the seat forward part-way. He was ignored. The flight attendant, by request, also asked that the seat be put into upright,but she also was ignored.
Undaunted, the man with the computer kept turning in the seat, trying to hold the laptop in a comfortable position. To his credit, he did manage to poke the seat-back a few times.
The guy in front never did adjust the seat, except when the inevitable drinks and peanuts arrived, and once when the guy got up to push his way to the lavatory.
I have thought about that incident now and then, especially when the news outlets run their periodic horror stories about air travel.
What is proper protocol in a situation like this? Does one push and bump the seat-back until the offender gets the message? Try making loud and rude comments? Fake a coughing fit? Gag?
None of the above would have been likely to move the flying fool ahead of us. A good smack upside the head would be effective, but then either a brawl would ensue–and delay the flight, or someone would sue. Chances are the wrong passenger would have been kicked off the plane.
Far be it from me to advocate common sense on the part of the airline management–but wouldn't it make sense to fix the seats that encroach upon the passengers seated in the seats that do not recline? And is it really going to keep the airlines from bankruptcy if they remove that extra row of seats that they crammed in there?
If this has offended any of these Flying Fools–good!