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After revelations Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had two conversations with Russia's ambassador to the US during the 2016 campaign, lawmakers renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between Trump associates and Russian operatives.

House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah, tweeted Thursday morning "AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself."

Democratic senators have called repeatedly for a special prosecutor, more often called an independent or special counsel, to be appointed.

But what exactly is a special prosecutor, how does he or she get appointed, and what happens next? We broke it down.

Who appoints a special prosecutor?

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A special counsel could be appointed by either Sessions himself or by Congress to investigate potential ties between Trump's inner circle and Russia, said Professor William Banks, the founding director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University.

A "special counsel" is a modern day term for a "special prosecutor," according to Banks, and any investigation would likely use the term "special counsel." The term "special prosecutor" was used up through the 1980s, after which the laws around special prosecutors expired and were not renewed, therefore retiring the term.

Banks said there may be pressure on Sessions not to appoint a special counsel, given that he was appointed by Trump. " We would hope [Sessions] would exercise independent judgment about the efficacy of having a special counsel,” Banks told Business Insider.

Democratic lawmakers, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have requested Sessions recuse himself from any investigations multiple times, renewing the call on Thursday following news about Sessions' meeting with the Russian ambassador. (After the latest revelations, Schumer said he should resign.) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that "it would be easier" if Sessions recused himself.

"I think, the trust of the American people, you recuse yourself in these situations," McCarthy said, according to Politico . "I just think for any investigation going forward, you want to make sure everybody trusts the investigation ... that there's no doubt within the investigation."

Sessions has previously said that he would recuse himself on anything requiring him to do so, but he has asserted that he sees no need to remove himself from any Trump-Russia investigations.

The Department of Justice does have a rule that could affect Sessions' role in a special counsel investigation:

"No DOJ employee may participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution, or who would be directly affected by the outcome."

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If the attorney general recuses himself, it falls to the deputy attorney general to appoint an independent counsel, according to the Code of Federal Regulations. The appointment of a special counsel by the attorney general or deputy attorney general is "unreviewable," according to the Center for Legal and Economic Studies.

Preliminary investigations are currently underway in the Senate and House intelligence committees, but Banks said he believes it is unlikely a special counsel would be created until those investigations conclude.

The other way to establish an independent counsel goes through Congress.

Congress could initiate the process to create a different independent counsel for investigations by passing a law, as it did in 1978, when the Ethics in Government Act was passed. The law dictated that a three-judge panel based at the US Court of Appeals in DC would appoint the counsel. The law, which was reauthorized several times until its sunset in 1999, was used more than a dozen times to initiate investigations, according to PBS Frontline. It was used most famously in the 1990s to appoint attorney Kenneth Starr to oversee investigations in to President Bill Clinton.

Such a law would have to be either signed by Trump or, in the event of a presidential veto, overridden by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress. There is precedent, however, for a president to sign an independent counsel law amid scrutiny. Clinton signed a reauthorization of the 1978 law in 1994 with a number of alleged scandals brewing.

Congress could, however, launch its own investigation into the executive branch without legislation because such authority is implicit in the appropriations power, Banks said. If Congress decided to act on its own, it is much more likely that it would establish a commission or committee to investigate, rather than passing ethics legislation, Banks added.

What kinds of people are appointed to a special counsel?

Special counsels tend to be highly respected lawyers or judges. Examples, according to Banks, include: highly experienced private practice lawyers, retired judges, and former Justice Department prosecutors.

How long would a special counsel investigation take to complete?

A special counsel investigation would likely take between six to nine months, according to Banks, who said that such investigations tend to be extremely complicated by nature. With so much classified information, intelligence agency officials that need to be interviewed, and hard to obtain information, it takes a while to sort out.

What does a special counsel have access to?

A special counsel investigation would involve arranging access to classified documents. This could be achieved by either declassifying information or creating clearance to classified documents for the purpose of the investigation only. If the latter is done, it is unlikely the public would see the documents obtained.

A special counsel would also be expected to interview a vast range of people with knowledge of or connection to the investigation.

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In the case of the Trump-Russia allegations, a special counsel would look into any and all classified or declassified documents that the FBI, CIA, and various police departments and investigation groups might have the incident.

This would include human or digital intelligence, and the dossier delivered by British intelligence. Extensive interviews would be run with anyone close to the situation, including Trump's inner circle, and anyone who had access to digital or technical related information, said Banks. The special counsel themselves would ultimately determine which evidence to use.

What happens after the special counsel investigation concludes?

What happens next depends in part on who appoints a special counsel. Attorney General Jeff Sessions would decide whether the special counsel appointed under him had enough evidence to prosecute Trump or implicated officials.

If Congress created an office for an independent or special counsel, it is likely that the counsel would refer results of the investigation to Congress, though that could change depending on the legislation passed. If Congress initiated an investigation through a commission or committee, it would fall to the attorney general to decide whether to prosecute based on the results provided.

Why are people asking for a special counsel?

Trump and his inner circle have been accused of having close ties to Russia. The White House has denied many of those accusations. Business Insider has previously reported that:

  • Trump and several associates continue to draw intense scrutiny for alleged ties to and communications with the Russian government.
  • A dossier of unverified claims alleged serious misconduct in the final months of the 2016 presidential campaign. The White House has dismissed the dossier as fiction, and most of the claims remain unverified.
  • Trump's campaign aides were accused of having frequent contact with Russia in a report released by the New York Times.
  • A report published on Wednesday by the Washington Post said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador twice during the 2016 election.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer has argued that Trump and his aides have been sufficiently investigated already, and that no evidence of wrongdoing has been found.

Michelle Mark contributed reporting on this article.


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J. Crew’s website shows everything that’s wrong with the brand

J. Crew has been struggling to turn business around after two years of plunging sales.

In the most recent quarter, same-store sales fell 8% following a decrease of 11% in the third quarter of last year.

The company has been trying to focus on apparel basics to lure customers back to stores following a series of fashion misses.

It has also axed its popular bridal line and recently launched an athleisure line with New Balance.

But some analysts aren’t optimistic that the company can recover.

I don’t think they know how to fix J. Crew,” Carla Casella, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co, told Bloomberg. “They were just living on the past strength of their brand.”

We visited J. Crew’s website and found some glaring fashion misses and deep discounts that make a turnaround seem less and less likely.

Many retailers are advertising deep discounts in the wake of the Christmas holiday.

But few are offering discounts as steep as J. Crew, which was advertising a 50%-off promotion this week.

We found tons of items with even deeper price cuts, however, including this dress that was originally priced at $138 and is now selling for just $19.50 with all discounts and promotions applied.

In fact, full-priced merchandise is hard to find on J. Crew’s website these days. The dress section of the site features just 16 full-priced dresses. Meanwhile the sale section features more than 55 dresses.

The massive discounts are a sign that the retailer is having trouble clearing inventory — meaning it ordered too much of one style, and people aren’t buying it.

Judging by some of the styles we came across, it’s no surprise that J. Crew is having trouble clearing inventory.

For example, the hot pink faux fir on this otherwise basic winter coat is a confusing choice for a brand targeting professional women. As one customer wrote in the reviews of the coat, “The pop of pink faux fur is fun in the snow, but I usually don’t wear it so I don’t feel like a 13-year-old at work.”

In another bizarre twist on a classic item, we found this blazer featuring a bright, floral, summery pattern in the dead of winter — and at an original cost of nearly $600.

That wasn’t the only summery pattern we found.

Like down coats and blazers, collared shirts are a cornerstone of the preppy wardrobe that J. Crew’s roots were founded on. But this jewel-embellished version appears to be too bizarre for most customers, judging by the fact that the price was dropped to $74.50 from $248.

We also found that J. Crew made some odd style choices for its models. This pajama jumpsuit seems impractical for bathroom trips and we’re utterly confused as to why the company styled it with dressy flats and a blazer for the website.

Overall, it seems like J. Crew is still struggling to return to regain its fashion sense in the midst of falling sales.

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As I mentioned last post, I've been finding some comfort in taking care of creative projects around the house. Art can be quite therapeutic. I know that home decor projects don't typically come to mind when thinking of art, but it's been a great creative outlet for me. It's brought me much satisfaction in the past several months. I hope to eventually share all of our projects, so today I'll start with our most recent completion--our front room makeover.

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Our new leather sofa bed and fun throw pillows

You might remember that we built a tee pee in our front room over a year ago. We worked on it as a family and it showed all of our personalities. It was made with pink and blue fabric that the girls chose (Becca being my blue girl and Kat being into pink). We hung twinkle lights and threw huge bean bags inside for reading. And it was magical.

The tee pee we built in May 2013

Well, the tee pee was slowly engulfed by a humongous tent/fort that was built around it. It wasn't the prettiest thing since it was built from miss-matched sheets and blankets (just as any good tent/fort should be), but the girls loved it. It hid their mess of toys from me, so I kind of liked it, too. But with the mess hidden away, the mess grew and grew until they abandoned the fort (rather than cleaning) to play elsewhere.

The front room engulfed by forts

So this summer we slowly reclaimed the front room so that it could be enjoyed again. It started with my dad's camera collection and the oak ice box that he built. He was a man of many interests and talents (one of our many common traits). He used to dabble in a lot of various hobbies (jack of all trades), so it was important to me to have his camera collection and oak ice box proudly on display. This then sparked the idea to celebrate family in the space. I envisioned a space where we could sit and enjoy family time without the distraction of TV or computers. A place where we could visit or play games, etc..

My dad's camera collection and oak ice box against the wall

Lots of family photos to cherish
I framed and hung tons of family photos on our still empty walls, using a collection of frames with different tones and textures. We married furniture we already had with a few new pieces to bring together a look that Daniel and I had envisioned before we even had the girls or a house with blue carpet.  We built a new fireplace mantle that better reflects our simpler style and I painted the fireplace bricks to match our cream colored walls, since the dirty white wasn't adding to our look. We couldn't be more thrilled. It feels like a room out of a magazine. A wonderful way to cherish family and memories, as well as a beautiful way to welcome people into our home.
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Joe met the love of his life, Jan, in the whirlpool at the Chicago Health Club.  They were married a year later; that was 33 years ago.  They started a family and Joe knew that he needed to earn a steady income to support his growing family.  He turned to his second love, Advertising and that became his lifelong career.  After working in the Advertising field for 30 years, Joe decided that he wanted to be a business owner.  Joe purchased a printing company in Arlington Heights.  He ran his business for 13 years before selling it in 2013.

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Altair Enables High Performance Innovation in the Cloud by Launching HyperWorks On-Demand

Altair Engineering, Inc has announced the general availability of HyperWorks On-Demand (HWOD), a high-performance computing (HPC) solution for design innovation in the Cloud. HWOD leverages Altair’s patented licensing system, providing access to HyperWorks and a modern, scalable HPC infrastructure through a secure and efficient Web-based platform.

Customers can use their existing HyperWorks Units (HWUs) or purchase a pool of HWUs residing on HWOD to gain access to an extensive selection of Altair products and the HPC infrastructure required to run those applications. The Altair products currently available on HWOD include RADIOSS, a multi-disciplinary finite element solver for structural analysis; OptiStruct, a structural optimization solver; AcuSolve, a finite-element-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver; and Altair’s BatchMesher, a high-fidelity finite element mesher for large assemblies. Additional solutions, including solvers from the HyperWorks Partner Alliance and HyperWorks desktop applications, will be added soon.

“The fluctuating demand for computing resources is a reality that enterprises across all industries increasingly face in today’s product design environment,” said Martin Nichols, EVP Global Alliances and Operations for Altair Engineering. “For more than a decade Altair has provided customers flexibility and value through our unique HyperWorks ‘pay-per-usage’ license model; we are now extending the power of HWUs, providing access to a complete HPC environment. HWOD finally brings software, platform and infrastructure as a service – SaaS, PaaS and IaaS – to our customers within a single and intuitive solution.”

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“Altair HyperWorks On-Demand is an excellent solution to Dorel's growing computational requirements,” said Altair customer Rajiv Menon, director of R&D, Advanced Technologies & CAE for Dorel Juvenile Group. “It provides immediate access to high-performance computing resources at an attractive rate. HyperWorks On-Demand and RADIOSS – Altair's solver for FE analysis – have become standard tools for product design and validation at Dorel.”

The HWOD platform uses the market-leading HPC workload management capability of Altair’s PBS Professional, as well as state-of-the-art job scheduling, monitoring and analytics tools for efficient resource utilization, access to the cloud for job submission and subsequent accounting.

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How Will Strikeforce Push Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum?

(Werdum displays some riveting mic skills in this interview with Ariel Helwani.)

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told reporters at the post-fight press conference on Saturday night that Fedor Emelianenko’s next fight would most likely be against Fabricio Werdum on the April 2010 CBS show. As in, the same Werdum who recently won a lackluster decision over “Bigfoot” Silva, and got dropped from the UFC after getting dropped by a monster uppercut from Junior Dos Santos. In case you can’t tell, this isn’t the huge Fedor fight we were hoping Strikeforce would put together for their next CBS offering. With Alistair Overeem still MIA and a dearth of other heavyweights ready to step up to the big time, a guy on a two-fight win streak may really be the best they can do by April.

But if you thought it was tough to do a network TV promotional push with Brett Rogers doing all the work as the only fluent English-speaker in the main event, get ready for things to become even more difficult. Werdum doesn’t exactly speak the King’s English, and selling a fight between an inscrutable Russian and a fairly bland Brazilian to casual sports fans via a series of translators and facial expressions is no easy task. Maybe they can hype this thing through interpretive dance?

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MMA Rocks!!!
UFC fan- December 30, 2009 at 10:11 pm
831 son is just angry cause his life boils down to him being a jock strap carrier, and the spit bucket guy at his gym...but being from cali, that's all a fag like him could hope for, so his anger is senseless, he is more than he should have ever been already. poor bastard.
Stash- December 21, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Fedor will just keep it standing and knock the shit out of the guy.
mondooh- December 21, 2009 at 1:26 pm
My boy Fabricio has work to put in, but he's no new butt to the game and will rise to the occasion and it will make for a good fight. On the feet the shoring up process has already begun, and honestly on the mat list the heavyweights that can match or surpass Fedors submission slickness, that's a short list and Werdum is on the top of it. I'm not picking a winner or nut hugging I like both fighters as a true MMA fan, I'm just saying this is a good fight and not a squash match. Like them or hate them Strikefarce is putting on good cards and helpin the sport grow. Strikeforce should try the angle of pitching this one to the spanish speaking audiences around the world, having Fabricio do, the guy speaks fluent Spanish.
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831 Son- December 21, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Yea and retards fuel the anger for even more fulfillment. Its a nice cycle to be honest. Probably doesn't help the blood pressure though.
BigCountrysCholesterol- December 21, 2009 at 12:48 pm
831, does all of your anger make your life more fulfilling?
831 Son- December 21, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Shut the fuck up One Two. Once again you just jock Strikeforce's nuts all god damn day. Why is it that you think the UFC is so scared of some of these fighters? All your talk about the UFC is dumb and 100% innacurate. You are a fucking moron and everything you say is fucking retarded. On the other posts you sounded like even a bigger moron than this one. Bigfoot aint shit by the way. Welterweights in the UFC would fuck him up. Stop with the whole "UFC is nothing" bullshit and everything else irrelevant you say. Fucking pussy, anything that has to do with Fedor you get all worked up and act like a idiotic loser.
steampunk22- December 21, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Bellator has some good fighters, too.
mthomas- December 21, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Honestly, out of all of the MMA promotions that aren't the UFC, the one that has impressed me the most is Bellator. They have built up their own stars, used viral marketing very efficiently and the tournament format keeps viewers tuning in week after week. I think that Strikeforce could learn a thing or two from them.
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MIRJITSU- December 21, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Anything is better than how they promoted Fedor vs The Grim by waiting until the last minute and hoping to draw millions by some TV airwave osmosis....but what can you expect from a bunch of CBS jackasses.
One Two- December 21, 2009 at 11:56 am
funny how fedor vs werdum is considered weak but BJ vs some talentless TUF bum who landed 8 punches in a five round fight is legit. Werdum is a bad ass with some of the best BJJ in the game, bigfoot is a tough opponent and Dos Santos caught him much like Serra caught GSP except Werdum was fat and didn't even train for Dos Santos. This fight will be awesome I'm looking forward to it.

The UFC dropped Werdum because they did't want him to beat there more marketable champs.
UFC fan- December 21, 2009 at 11:44 am
awesome a nobody and a wannabee.
(sings the death march)
What a great Christmas gift, the impending death of strikeFARCE.
Stay away from UFC fedor you destroy every fucking company you work for, you are a joke. please go back to Russia and die.
BigCountrysCholesterol- December 21, 2009 at 11:41 am
BAH I say. Build the brand, Scott! If that means putting #1 contenders on the back burner to establish a foothold, then do so. A failed promotion gains nothing from high-integrity matchups. I say strip that dutch roidhead of his belt and have a multi-event tournament. Put in the Strikeforce heavyweights that we already know: Fedor, Rogers, Werdum. Get Barnett and Arlovski in the mix. Get Moneyweight Mo to jump up a class. Heck, get Big Tim's ass in there for the hell of it. Throw in Lashley and you have an 8 man tournament. Right now building fighter names and getting strong numbers is the way to go.
robthom- December 21, 2009 at 11:30 am
Lol @ steampunk!
robthom- December 21, 2009 at 11:28 am
Good fight IMO.
It'll be the only Fedor fight that I've looked forward to for the last few years, and probably the last one on the horizon.

I might even throw some money in the air on Verdum.
YesSir47- December 21, 2009 at 11:16 am
Oh Eddi how devilishly clever you are!
steampunk22- December 21, 2009 at 11:03 am
You know Helwani may be pushing for some kind of Guiness record for most Plaid Shirts Owned by A Person of Middle Eastern Descent. I mean, he probably clinched it with two, but you can't blame the guy for wanting a comfortable lead. ;P

I guess this is all Strikeforce can offer right now. What sort of ridiculous betting lines do you think we're gonna see on THIS one?
El Famous Burrito- December 21, 2009 at 11:02 am
Strikeforce: Fedor Stomps Another Guy Not In His League
knucklesamitch- December 21, 2009 at 10:58 am
Seriously, what kind of organization is Coker running at have a heavyweight champ who won the title over 2 years ago, has NEVER defended it, hell, he hasn't even stepped back into a Strikeforce cage. Meanwhile he continues to fight in Japan, so I don't want to hear any injury BS from that horse eating POS. Strip this MF'er already and let's see Fedor/ANYONE for the vacant title.
ihateemo- December 21, 2009 at 10:56 am
"Watch ADCC champ Fabricio Werdum get knocked out. Again."
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mthomas- December 21, 2009 at 10:47 am
Wow, somebody really needs to buy Ariel Helwani a couple new shirts for interviews. Did he get that from his old man's closet or what?
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As the OP, I again thank you for your insights - I didn't have enough time last weekend to fully explore the AF of the 1d and (mistakenly) undervalued it c/w my 7D. I trust the additional time I will have with it (now that I hit the "Proceed to Checkout" button  :) ), will allow me to better compare all of these options.  I also trust the incremental ISO / noise performance over the 7D will allow me the freedom to push my low light vision.  Ultimately, as so many others have said, why wait?  It is a great camera and I know I will be using it ALOT between now and whenever I might be able to get my hands on a 1Dx (as I have been unable to secure a pre-order). Again, thanks for helping me decide.
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It would be interesting to know how people use the various AF options. I would be interested to know if the AF point on the 1D4 are the same size as the 7D or whether, as I suspect, they are smaller.

They are the same size, which makes perfect sense from an optics standpoint.  Canon uses the same 48-bit lines for their sensors (sometimes in offset pairs they call 'dual zig zag'), and an f/2.8 baseline is the same physical size regardless of sensor format.  If you take an image of a 1D IV AF sensor and superimpose it on an image of the 7D sensor, you can rotate one of them 45 degrees and see that the spacing of the f/2.8 lines is the same for both.  That's physics.

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We left Camping du Letty on the morning of Wednesday 24 August to begin our journey home. We followed the D44 through Fouesnant to join the main N165/E60 and turned south east towards Lorient. Bypassing to the north of Lorient we turned onto the N24 towards Rennes. On the south western outskirts of Rennes we took the N136 to bypass Rennes on the western and northern periphery. We then joined the A84/E03 toll-free autoroute north towards Caen.

At Junction 39 we left the autoroute for the 5 minute drive to Camping Pont Farcy. Seeing the amount of spare places on our outward journey we did not bother phoning ahead but just arrived. We were again given a friendly welcome by the lady warden who came out to open the high level barrier to admit us. We arrived mid-afternoon having driven 216 miles from Camping Du Letty.

We were again allowed to choose our own pitch and were again to park our ‘van with the front window overlooking the river and again enjoy the lovely pastoral views over the river and fields beyond. The weather was good and we were able to sit out on the river bank to read and later enjoy our evening meal. We spent a peaceful night at Pont Farcy before leaving the next morning, Thursday 25 August, to continue our journey northwards. Unfortunately we missed our turning onto the A84 and had to continue along the relatively narrow roads to the small town of Tessy-sur-Vire. At Tessy-sur-Vire we were able to find a junction large enough us to allow us to turn around and retrace our steps back to Junction 39 of the A84. Our unintentional diversion was a round trip of nearly 8 miles.

We continued our journey northwards on the A84. We bypassed Caen on its southern and eastern outskirts. We then turned west onto the N613 to avoid using the toll A13 road. Just west of Boisney we turned north east on the D438.

South of Rouen we joined the A131/E46 to bypass Rouen. We had intended to pick up the route through industrial zone to the east of Rouen but we missed our turning and ending up bypassing Rouen along the ridge further to the east of the town. This route to the east of Rouen was a little more complicated but our satnav helped us through. North of Rouen we joined the A28/E402 autoroute in a north easterly direction towards Abbeville. At the end of the A28 we turned onto the A16 Toll road and stopped at the Aire de Baie de Somme for lunch. We had travelled approximately 190 miles from Pont Farcy. We were fortunate to find a space in the dedicated caravan parking area.

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Our pitchAfter lunch, we continued our journey northwards joining the N901 northwards towards Boulogne. East of Boulogne we turned east onto the N42 towards St Omer. We passed through St Omer and took the D928 alongside the canal before turning following minor roads to Camping La Chaumiere at Buysscheure. We arrived at Camping La Chaumiere late in the afternoon of Thursday 25 August we had travelled 272 miles from Pont Farcy. Guy the owner was as brusque as we had found him on our stay at Camping La Chaumiere on our outward journey a month earlier. Guy showed us to a rather dark and shady pitch at the far end of the site. The pitch was a good size and we connected our Aquasmart system to the pitch’s tap giving us direct running water – the only time on this holiday. Guy remained as unhelpful as ever. An outstanding example of this was when, soon after our arrival, Cary walked back to Reception to order some bread for the next day. Guy took her order but demanded her pitch number despite the fact that he had just taken us to the pitch a few moments previously.

MemorialWe stayed at Camping Chaumiere for 3 nights prior to our booking with Eurotunnel on Sunday 28 August. On Friday 26 we spent the whole day visiting the Ypres area. This was something I had been keen to do for a while. We drove through Cassel on the D933 and then took the N38 into Belgium to Ypres. We first visited the Flanders Fields Museum in the centre of the City. The centre of Flanders is filled with beautiful buildings all the more amazing because they are reconstructions of the original which were reduced to rubble during the First World War. The Museum using a variety of audio visual and other special effects to tell the story of the World War One battles fought in the area. Museum visitors could assume the identity of a character from the World War One period and follow a computerised “trail” through the Museum. I was given character of Noel Chavas. This was particularly moving for me as I already knew the story of this doctor son of a former Bishop of Liverpool who was won twice won the Victoria Cross for his valour in rescuing wounded soldiers under enemy fire. I had previously used his story in one of my sermons.

After leaving the Museum we followed the Flanders’ Fields car trail. Using the booklet we had bought in the Museum and the special road signs we spent the afternoon following this trail which talk us to many of the battlefields and War cemeteries of the Flanders area. Neither the booklet nor the road signs were always clear but we with help of our satnav and Michelin France Atlas we managed. Destinations on the trail included the dressing station where Canadian Military Doctor is thought to have written his poignant poem:

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We, also, visited the "York Trench" a recently excavated section of World War One trench and bunkers ironically now surrounded by industrial units. A particularly moving destination that we visited was the large Tyne Cot Cemetery near the village of Passchendaele. The rows upon rows of white headstones set on manicured lawns brought home the enormity of the sacrifice of so many young men.

The last postWe planned our tour of the Flanders Fields World War One Sites Tour so that returned to the Menin Gate in Ypres for the daily Last Post Ceremony which takes place at the huge Menin Gate every evening at 8pm. The police halt the traffic passing through the gate and 4 members of the local volunteer fire brigade sound the Last Post at 8pm precisely as they and their predecessors have done every night since 2 July 1928, apart from when the town was occupied by German forces during the 2nd World War. We parked our car in the town centre and walked to join the crowd for this short but moving ceremony. After the ceremony we spent some time looking at the memorial gate itself. This huge triumphal arch is inscribed with the names of 55,896 Commonwealth soldiers who were killed but have no known grave. It seems the Menin Gate memorial was actually found to be too small to record the names of all the missing Commonwealth soldiers and there are a further 34,948 missing soldiers inscribed on the memorial at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Ypres is a beautiful city architecturally although the World War aspect a little over commercialised with Flanders Fields “everything” including bars of chocolate with the poem printed on the wrapper.

On Saturday 27 August we talk Max to the vet in St Omer to have the have the necessary treatment and to have his Pet Passport completed ready for his return to the UK. Madame Bernadette, from Camping La Chaumiere, is a receptionist at this veterinary practice and arranges appointments for many of her pet-owning visitors. The vet spoke fluent English and was friendly and efficient.

We spent the rest of the morning looking around the city of St Omer including browsing the large outdoor market and the beautiful central Jardins Public (Public Gardens). During the afternoon we visited the pretty canal-side village of Watten. We, also, visited several supermarkets to buy approximately 50 bottles of Cidre de Normandie, doux. This is a favourite tipple of ours and we always bring home a large number of bottles to last us until our next visit to France!!

On morning of Sunday 28 August we left Camping La Chaumiere and travelled to St Omer. From there we joined the N943 to the Eurotunnel Terminal at Coquelles, near Calais. Our departure time was 10.50hrs and we arrived in time to get Max’s Pet Passport checked. On arriving at the Eurotunnel we followed the “animal paw” to the special Pet Check-In. There was parking outside this building but not for caravan outfits and we had to overhang 2 car spaces. Max’s passport was okay and so we moved on to the vehicle check. We parked in the departure waiting area and took it in turns to go into the terminal buildings to the loos. Our loading onto the train was uneventful and again our outfit was the only one in the coach. This short journey to the Eurotunnel Terminal was 42 miles.

We arrived back in the UK and drove smoothly out of the Eurotunnel terminal and onto the M20. When we reached the M25 turned west and negotiated it in a clockwise direction as we were visiting Cary’s Dad in Ruislip as we usually do. We made good time to Wyatts Covert Caravan Club site at Denham and arrived just after lunch time. The journey from the Eurotunnel Terminal had been102 miles. We spent a couple of days visiting Cary’s Dad and then on the morning of Tuesday 30 August continued home via the M40, M6 toll and M6. We arrived safely back in St Helens in the early evening. The last leg of our journey was 208 miles.

Holiday Statistics

Total diesel consumption: 506.07 litres

Total mileage: 2174 miles

Total diesel costs: £609.72

Total nights away: 36 nights

Average diesel costs £0.28/mile

Average diesel costs per litre £1.196

Average miles per litre: 4.296miles

Average miles gallon: 19.53 miles

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The contact owns a 2007 Hummer H3. The contact stated that water was leaking from the moon roof onto the floor carpet, driver and passenger seats, and door panels. The failure caused mold buildup. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the drain that traveled under the moon roof clogged up and needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.

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The contact owns a 2007 Hummer H3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 10V179000 (structure) and 15V421000 (visibility) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN tool confirms parts not available.

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Bill Donohue comments on editorials in the Newark Star-Ledger and The Record (Bergen County) that appeared this week; both concern the appointment by Newark Archbishop John J. Myers of Rev. Michael Fugee as co-director of the Office of Continuing Education and Ongoing Formation of Priests (a post he assumed last October):

Just this week it was reported that an ex-priest who allegedly admitted having a sexual relationship with a minor was picked up by the Los Angeles Unified School District for more than a decade. The school district was told many times that Joseph Pina had a record of sexual abuse, but they did nothing about it. No one in journalism has said a thing about it, nor will they. But if a priest was once accused, even though later found not guilty, he should still be punished.

In 2001, Father Fugee was charged with groping a teenager while wrestling. He initially said he touched the boy’s crotch, but later recanted. He was initially found guilty, but later had the verdict thrown out by an appellate panel of judges. He was subsequently investigated by the archdiocesan review board and was also cleared of wrongdoing. Over the past 12 years, there have been no allegations against him.

None of this matters to the Star-Ledger which says that Father Fugee’s promotions “insult all victims of clergy abuse.” Similarly, The Record says the priest “should not be in active ministry.” What is even more appalling is for these outsiders to instruct Archbishop Myers on how to interpret the meaning of a charter drawn up by the bishops to handle these matters.

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.- The Vatican has released the details for Sunday’s prayer between Pope Francis and the Israeli and Palestinian presidents, stating that although peace will not be immediate, it’s a starting point.

“The intent of this encounter is to open the road to peace,” Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa O.F.M., Guardian of the Holy Land, revealed to journalists in a June 6 press conference, telling CNA that “My hope is that this event will help to bring a new atmosphere in the Middle East.”

Speaking to other journalists, he explained that “the goal is not to change dramatically the peace process in the Middle East, but to bring back in the atmosphere among the people in the Middle East the desire, the real desire for peace.”

Detailing the itinerary for the prayer, Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. stated that Presidents Shimon Peres of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine will arrive to the Vatican within a few minutes of each other, and will meet Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartolomeo I of Constantinople at the pontiff’s residence in the Saint Martha guesthouse.

Afterward the four will travel together by car to the Vatican Gardens, where a brief explanation of the celebration will be given in English.

The prayer, the spokesman noted, will be divided into three parts following the chronological order of the three faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Beginning around 7 p.m., the first part of the prayer will be recited in Hebrew, honoring the Jewish faith. It will include an initial prayer, a brief musical interlude, a prayer of forgiveness, a second musical interlude, a prayer invoking peace, and finally a Jewish musical meditation.

The second part of the prayer, dedicated to Christianity, will follow the same structure, and will be recited in English, Italian and Arabic. The third part, honoring the Muslim community, will only be said in Arabic.

Following the three parts of the prayer, Pope Francis will give a discourse invoking peace, and then invite the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to give their own, beginning with Shimon Peres, who will be followed by Mahmoud Abbas.

After giving the speeches, the Pope and the presidents, along with Patriarch Bartolomeo I, will exchange a sign of peace in shaking hands. Pope Francis and the two presidents will then plant an olive tree together as a symbol of peace.

Concluding the celebration, the four will stand side-by-side as the delegations of each come to greet them, and will then travel to the Casina Pio IV nearby for a private discussion, after which the presidents will depart for their own residences, while the Pope and Bartolomeo I go to Saint Martha’s.

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Wonga is a UK-based company that offers short-term, high-interest loans that are instantly transferred online.

The company recently set up a Canadian website, promoting itself as a service uniquely suited for young borrowers who want flexibility and speed.

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Mark Kalinowski with the Credit Counselling Society cautions young people against taking on debt via companies that offer quick cash for high rates of interest. (CBC)

“You decide how much you borrow and for how long. You only pay for the days you have the cash,” Wonga’s advertising says.

This week Wonga Canada distributed the results of a survey it commissioned that purported to reveal that a quarter of young Albertans are living paycheque to paycheque.

The survey also found that 35 per cent of respondents think the ideal means of getting a loan is online or through their smart phone and that 55 per cent think the loan application process should take less than 15 minutes.

A $300 loan for two weeks from Wonga would cost a borrower $30 in interest.

Experts say that amounts to an annual interest rate of 240 per cent — four times higher than the limit set by Ottawa.

But Wonga Canada CEO Mark Ruddock said it's not fair to measure its interest rates annually.

'It spirals out of control very, very quickly'

“Because you’re paying by the day and because the actual interest rate per day falls per length of the loan,” he said.

Wonga loans are a quick fix, Ruddock said.

But Mark Kalinowski with the Credit Counselling Society said while such loans might not seem too expensive at first — that quickly changes.

“If they don’t have the money right now, they won't in two weeks’ time, and they're going to end up getting two, three or four of these short-term loans,” he said.

“It spirals out of control very, very quickly.”

Everybody likes easy, online access to things, but when it comes to money, people should be extra careful, Kalinowski said.

“If it’s really easy to come by, it’s probably very expensive.”

And young borrowers are more likely to get in over their heads, he said.

“I think as with most things, experience breeds a more conservative outlook. And young people are more and more likely to access the easy money because they don’t really think of the long-term implications.”


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Omar Khadr, the 27-year-old man who made headlines for years over his trial and imprisonment for war crimes, is being treated in a prison hospital in Saskatchewan, his lawyer says.

According to Dennis Edney, Khadr recently underwent treatment at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton to correct a serious medical problems related to his shoulder. His lawyer said the shoulder problem was the result of injuries he received during a firefight in Afghanistan.

According to Edney, Khadr needed an operation on his shoulder which included inserting a stent to help drain fluids.

The man spent two weeks at University of Alberta Hospital. A few days ago, he was moved to the Regional Psychiatric Centre, a federal corrections facility in Saskatoon.

His lawyer said the move had nothing to do with Khadr's psychiatric state. The facility was simply chosen because it was capable of providing for his medical needs in a secure environment. Khadr currently needs 24-hour-a-day medical attention. He is expected to be in hospital in Saskatoon for a month.

Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to five war crimes, including murder, for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15.

The 27-year-old was being held at the federal maximum-security prison in Edmonton while serving the remainder of an eight-year sentence. Khadr was transferred to Canada from a U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay in September 2012.


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First, Don Cherry laid into NHL vice-president of player safety Brendan Shanahan on his disciplinary actions, then general managers and now agents are speaking out.

Allan Walsh of Octagon Athlete Representation on Sunday responded to the suspension handed to his client, Minnesota Wild forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard, who will sit two games without pay for high sticking Columbus’ Matt Calvert in the face on Saturday night.

"Pierre-Marc Bouchard is one of the most sportsmanlike and gentlemanly players in the game today," Walsh said in an email to Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada. "In a career spanning nine NHL seasons, he’s acquired a grand total of two major penalties.

"What message is Brendan Shanahan sending with this unwarranted suspension? All perennial Lady Byng [most gentlemanly player] candidates should now be on notice that when an opponent high sticks himself in the mouth, he can expect a minimum suspension of two regular-season NHL games.

"This result is a shameful farce for the league."

With 66 seconds left in the second period Saturday, Bouchard hit Calvert in the face with his stick, injuring the Blue Jackets left-winger.

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Bouchard was assessed a double-minor for high sticking.

"On the play in question … even the two on-ice officials did not deem Pierre-Marc’s actions worthy of a major penalty," Walsh said.

"The notion that Pierre-Marc Bouchard intentionally swung his stick into the face of an opponent is patently absurd. He's just not that kind of a player."

'It's an inherent conflict of interest for an employee of the NHL to be conducting these hearings and imposing suspensions on players.' — NHL player agent Allan Walsh on Brendan Shanahan

Walsh has a point. Bouchard, 27, entered this season with only 152 penalty minutes through his first 485 NHL regular-season games. He has never surpassed 34 minutes in penalties in any of his eight seasons.

"All in all, these twenty minute disciplinary hearings are nothing more than kangaroo courts," Walsh, a certified NHL agent since 1996, said. "More league effort goes into writing scripts and producing slick videos than in getting to the real facts of what occurred on the ice.

"It's an inherent conflict of interest for an employee of the NHL to be conducting these hearings and imposing suspensions on players. It's time for a neutral third party not associated with the league or the players to take over supplementary discipline as this system clearly does not work."

On Thursday's Coach's Corner segment on HNIC, Shanahan was a target of Don Cherry, who said the former NHL forward set a precedent with a 10-game suspension (five pre-season, five regular-season games) to Philadelphia Flyers tough guy Jody Shelley.

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In that Sept. 21 game, Toronto’s Darryl Boyce made a play for the puck behind the Flyers net and was driven into the boards from behind by Shelley, breaking his nose.

"He gives him ten games. Ten games," said Cherry of Shanahan. "You know how many shifts Boyce missed? He only lost two shifts."

On Saturday night, a kinder, gentler Cherry pointed out Shanahan simply set the bar too high.

Also Saturday, HNIC Hotstove panelist Eric Francis revealed that after speaking with nearly one-third of the 30 NHL GMs, there's a small group that is not pleased with the length of the banishments.

Shanahan, who was given a mandate to deliver stiffer penalties for those players targeting the head, has dished out 31 games in suspensions, totalling $701,682.56 US in salary.

"I spoke to almost a third of the general managers today and I was a little bit surprised to find out that there is a group of them that has gone to [NHL commissioner] Gary Bettman and [deputy commissioner] Bill Daly and made it very clear that they are very unhappy with the way that Brendan Shanahan has handled [the length] of the suspensions," Francis said.

The [suspensions] are pretty harsh and a lot of people agree with that — fans and media are definitely on board — but there’s a group of GMs that have gone and complained. They wanted the bar set high — they made that clear in their agenda in the summer. However, they didn’t want it 'doubled and tripled' in the words of one general manager who really teed off on Brendan today."

While the GMs believe the penalties will eliminate headshots, Francis said, they also fear it will get rid of the hitting, something that’s already affecting the players.

"I spent the whole week talking to as many players as I could and almost all of them agree that it’s changed the way they play the game. It’s a feeling-out process, there’s some adjustments being made, but these are the growing pains that everybody knew the NHL would have to go through when they were getting tougher on headshots."

  • In an earlier version of this story it was reported that nearly one third of the NHL GMs were not pleased with the length of the suspensions handed out by Brendan Shanahan. In fact, it was only a small group of GMs.
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A federal judge in New York on Thursday ordered a trial next year for Abu Anas al Liby, the Libyan charged in the 1998 deadly bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan set the date for Nov. 3, 2014.

Al Liby will be tried alongside two other men indicted in connection with the bombings -- Adel Abdel Bary, and Khalid al Fawwaz.  All three defendants have been accused of planning the embassy attacks that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

All have pleaded not guilty.

Al Liby was captured in Libya in October in a raid carried out by the U.S. Army Delta Force.

A courtroom sketch of Abu Anas al Liby, who appeared in federal court in New York City on Oct. 22, 2013.
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Attorneys for al Fawwaz and Bary expressed concern about the joint trial, saying they feared that evidence against al Liby could prejudice jurors who will also be weighing evidence against al Fawwaz and Bary.

Both men were under arrest in the United Kingdom for 14 years before being extradited to the United States last year.

Kaplan, of the Southern District of New York, acknowledged that there was an abundance of overlapping proof, but said that the men would have "two separate trials under one proceeding," in which al Liby would be tried only on charges against him.

Al Liby was indicted 13 years ago on charges of helping to plan the 1998 attacks and of conducting surveillance of the embassy and other diplomatic facilities in Nairobi, Kenya. Al Fawwaz and Bary face charges that include 269 counts of murder, and conspiracy to murder, bomb and maim U.S. nationals.

Al  Fawwaz and Bary have been imprisoned since the late 1990s, before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the attorneys noted.

To further allay the attorneys' concerns, Kaplan even suggested the possibility of two juries, where one jury will be asked to leave the courtroom whenever evidence that may be deemed prejudicial is presented.

Attorneys for Al Fawwaz and Bary have until Aug. 1st to appeal Kaplan's decision for a joint trail.

The 49-year-old al Liby was interrogated aboard a U.S. Navy warship for a week before being brought to New York in October.