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And there's yet another good reason for new moms to breast feed boosting their children's -- is a new study from Boston Children's Hospital finds that children. That longer buy -- breast milk performed better on IQ test equipment might. Each additional month of any amount of breastfeeding translated into an IQ boost of 13 of a percent exclusively breast -- kids. Did even better it's twice that --

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Anthony Weiner's campaign manager calls it quits amid new revelations

Danny Kadem, Anthony Weiner's campaign manager, has stepped down after the candidate's most recent publicity regarding his behavior online, according to The New York Times. TODAY's Erica Holt interviews David Gregory of NBC's "Meet the Press" about the impact this could have on Weiner's campaign.

By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News

Anthony Weiner?s campaign manager has quit in the wake of new revelations about the New York City mayoral candidate's online communications with women, according to a spokeswoman.

The move was first reported by The New York Times late Saturday and confirmed to NBC News by Barbara Morgan, Weiner?s press contact.

Danny Kedem, 31, informed Weiner that he could no longer run day-to-day operations after the mayoral hopeful admitted Tuesday that he continued to send raunchy photos and messages to women after resigning from Congress in 2011 amid a "sexting" scandal, according to the Times report.

When contacted by NBC News, Kedem declined to comment.

Kedem?s resignation deals another blow to Weiner?s beleagured campaign, which has struggled to rebound in the polls following the candidate?s disclosures in the last week.

On Tuesday, Weiner confessed to explicit communications with six to ten women ? three of them after he resigned ? after a gossip website published texts and photos it said were from 2012.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Former U.S. congressman from New York and current Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor Anthony Weiner stops to speak to the media outside after speaking to members of Brownsville Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York on July 28.

At a press conference Tuesday, Weiner ? accompanied by his wife, Huma Abedin, an aide to Hillary Clinton ? apologized and asked voters for a second chance.

?Some of these things happened before my resignation. Some of them happened after,? Weiner said.

?While some things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what I did was wrong. This behavior is behind me,? he said, calling his digital indiscretions ?problematic to say the least and destructive to say the most.?

On Monday, the gossip website The Dirty claimed that Weiner, allegedly using the alias ?Carlos Danger,? met an unnamed 22-year-old woman on the social media website Formspring in July 2012, sent her explicit photos and had phone sex with her before the relationship ?fizzled.?

Weiner, a six-term congressman who represented the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, resigned in disgrace in June 2011 after it was revealed he sent a photo of himself in his underwear to a woman via Twitter.

He initially denied it was him in the photo or that he sent it, but Weiner eventually came clean, confessing that he had carried on ?inappropriate? conversations through Twitter, Facebook, email and over the phone with six women over a three-year period.

And yet, less than two years after a stunning fall from grace, Weiner, 48, appeared to be in the midst of a comeback.

Two months after he announced his return to the political stage, he was near or at the top in several polls in the race to replace Michael Bloomberg, eclipsing New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who was widely considered the frontrunner.

Kedem was likely a key ingredient in Weiner's successful formula, helping to transform the long-shot candidate -- a mainstay of tabloid headlines and late-night talk show punchlines -- into a legitimate contender for New York City's top job.

Weiner has not indicated that he will drop out of the race.

Tracy Connor of NBC News contributed to this report.

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Viewpoints: Rove Warns Against Government Shutdown; 'Despicable' GOP Tactics; Medicare Database A Tool To Control Costs

Fox News: Republicans Must Resist Game Of Chicken With President Over Obamacare
President Obama would love nothing more than Republicans? providing him a bully pulpit and big stick with which he can beat them daily through the 2014 midterm elections. ?That?s what the Republicans would give Mr. Obama if they shut down the government by trying to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government after October 1. That?s because the Continuing Resolution only affects discretionary spending. ?Virtually all of Obamacare costs are mandatory spending, unaffected by what?s in the CR (Karl Rove, 7/26).

Bloomberg: Drop The Disastrous Plan To Defund Obamacare
Conservatives on Capitol Hill think they have a chance to strike a mortal blow against President Barack Obama?s health-care overhaul this fall. If their plan goes forward, however, it will backfire. The plan is to oppose any bill to fund the government or increase the debt limit that also provides money for putting the health-care law in place (Ramesh Ponnuru, 7/26).

The New York Times:?The War Over Health Care Exchanges
Federal and state governments are entering the home stretch in the race to carry out the most important health care reform in more than four decades. The most pressing task is to establish new health care exchanges, the electronic marketplaces in which consumers will be able to compare and buy insurance plans just as they buy airplane tickets or rent cars on the Internet. ...?To their shame and discredit, Republicans are trying to block efforts to inform people about the law and are using scare tactics to keep them from enrolling. ... Their tactics are despicable?(7/26).

Roll Call:?Open Exchanges To The Poor In States That Opt Out Of Medicaid
Passage of the Affordable Care Act has positioned the United States to establish a national floor of insurance coverage for nearly all Americans, using an approach that combines employer coverage with Medicaid for the poor and a subsidized health insurance marketplace (exchanges) for people who have neither. Several unexpected twists threaten to derail this effort. The question is how to devise a solution (Sara Rosenbaum and Patricia Gabow, 7/26).

Politico: Give The Public Access To The Medicare Database
For no compelling reason, a commanding tool for trying to contain health care costs is lying unused. That sidelined powerhouse is the Medicare claims database, which holds a record of all payments from taxpayers to physicians and other providers for seniors? health care (Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Wyden, 7/28).

The Wall Street Journal: The Affordable Care Act's Rate-Setting Won't Work
Although I've been critical of many components of the law, there is still much to applaud. Accountable Care Organizations could eliminate duplicative services and prevent medical errors while seeking to reduce costs for individuals, particularly if their creation ultimately leads to the end of fee-for-service medicine, as I believe it will. In addition, the Health Insurance Marketplace exchange systems, once implemented, will provide individuals with competitive plan options based on price, services, quality and other factors. Even more important, the exchanges will make the process of securing health insurance much easier and more transparent for millions who don't currently have it. ? That said, the law still has its flaws, and American lawmakers and citizens have both an opportunity and responsibility to fix them. One major problem is the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board (Howard Dean, 7/28).?

The Washington Post: Mr. Obama Should Not Ignore Entitlements?
But that?s a far cry from leveling with the public about the fact that Social Security, Medicare and the rest are crowding out other domestic priorities ? including those that the president emphasized in his speeches ? and that these programs are at the heart of the country?s long-term fiscal challenges, which have still not been addressed even as the deficit has declined in the short term (7/27).

The Hill: Opinion: GOP Gets It Wrong On Health Law
Eighty-three percent of Americans, according to last week?s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, disapprove of Congress. That was the highest level in the history of the poll. The anger is so deep now that 57 percent want the entire Congress thrown out (Juan Williams, 7/29).

The New York Times: News Analysis: The Hype Over Hospital Rankings
Last week U.S. News and World Report released its annual list of ?Best Hospitals.? Web sites are being updated to celebrate victories. (Johns Hopkins ranks No. 1!) ... For American hospitals large and small, it clearly pays to advertise, particularly in these tough economic times and with the Affordable Care Act poised to throw tens of millions of newly insured patients into the market. ... Some critics decry the glut of hospital self-promotion as not just wasteful and costly, but also potentially dangerous?(Elizabeth Rosenthal, 7/27).

Earlier from KHN:?Hospital Ratings Are In The Eye Of The Beholder

This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of reporters and correspondents file original stories each day, which you can find on our home page.

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Contribution Of Sacramento Assisted Living Facilities In Caring Senior Members Of Society

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Many elder people lost their freedom, independence in their own home. They wish do live their life in such atmosphere where they could enjoy their personal freedom, their privacy and their independence too. Being stayed in home sometimes does not make them feel satisfied with their lives. At that time the question generally arises that what should you do for your loved ones happiness? What action should be taken for their livings? In this article, you will get the best solutions about choosing assisted living facilities in your area, like for instance Sacramento assisted living facilities.

In our society, the reputation of nursing homes is bit downer. The people do not prefer to live in such nursing homes due to some of the demerits it has from several years but still there are so many homes, which are well reputed and has so many facilities available for old members of the society. If you are loved, health is well maintained and you do not required the regular medical care at that time you don?t need to place them in nursing homes. There are also so many options for them where your loved one could feel more comfortable.

Overview of Assistant Living Facilities

ALF?s are the homes where your loved one can live with their comfort and they can get the assistance with their daily living routine. Your loved one can also feel independent in the assisted living facility homes. The main objectives of such homes are to provide the independence to the people by bridging the gap between the independence of the people with the nursing homes. For choosing the best option for your loved one there are so many difference, which should be taken in mind before deciding any place for them.

Restrictions

In assisted living facilities the people is not much restricted to do anything they like while in nursing homes proper Medicare is provided to the people and for that there are lots of restrictions on the people.

Charges

The assisted living is costly because they provide the personal apartments with so many settings to the person and in nursing homes; limited space is provided to them.

Facilities

The facilities are individually provided in assisted living but the nursing homes provide facilities group wise.

Atmosphere

The atmosphere of assisted living is as if homes and the atmosphere of the nursing homes are like any hospital.

If your loved one is needed the assistance in their daily activities, Sacramento assisted living facilities will become the best option for them and if your loved one needs the proper care with their health then the nursing homes will become the best option for them.

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East's Coach, Lin Dunn, Named To Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame

UNCASVILLE ? Lin Dunn had already made history Saturday by being a part of the first female tandem to coach an All-Star Game in WNBA history with Cheryl Reeve.

But her day was even more special than that.

Dunn, the coach of the Eastern Conference and defending champion Indiana Fever, was named to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2014.

"This is my 43rd year coaching basketball," Dunn said. "I've coached college and professional and even before Title IX [was enacted]. It's a moment in my career to reflect and look back. I'm humbled to be going into a Hall of Fame that many of my friends already belong."

The class was announced Saturday during halftime of the WNBA All-Star Game. Joining Dunn is former WNBA star Yolanda Griffith. Former collegiate All-Americans Michelle Edwards and Jasmina Perazic also will be inductees.

The other honorees are former TV analyst Mimi Griffin and former coach/athletic director Charlotte West.

Status Quo

During a 15-minute pregame media session, WNBA President Laurel Richie said the league is more interested in building the health of its 12 teams than worrying about expansion.

"We want to make sure those teams are as strong as they can be," Ritchie said. "I would say expansion is in the future, but we have not assigned a number [of teams] or date on [the process]."

"We're no different than any other league. Our goal is to bring more fans to the arenas. We look at our attendance figures, which are heading in the right direction. We look at our [corporate] sponsorships, which are heading in the right trajectory. We want to keep heading in that direction."

Ritchie would not comment about the future of player compensation, currently capped at $107,000 a year. That's because the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Players' Association is up for renegotiation after the season.

Female World

Dunn and Cheryl Reeve became the first female tandem to coach the All-Star Game in league history. ? ABC hooked up official Lamont Simpson with "Ref Cam," which was attached to his right temple on an intricate headband. ? The players wore their team warmup jerseys in an effort to personalize the franchises they represented. ... By playing in Saturday's game, Seattle's Tina Thompson set a WNBA record with her ninth All-Star Game appearance. She is retiring after the season. Tamika Catchings played in her eighth game Saturday, tying her with the retired Lisa Leslie for second place. ? Former UConn star Maria Conlon-Rinaldi had a prime front-row seat across from the East bench. She is one of Diana Taurasi's close friends dating to their championship careers with the Huskies. Conlon-Rinaldi is one of the 11 dignitaries being inducted into the inaugural Seymour Sports Hall of Fame in November. ? Seattle's Sue Bird, not playing this season while recovering from hip surgery, was also in the stands. ? Candace Parker's MVP marked the fifth time in 11 All-Star games that a Los Angeles player won the award. Lisa Leslie won three and Nikki Teasley won one.

Taurasi Issues Challenge

Diana Taurasi made news a few years ago by posing nude for ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue," which features athletes in various stages of undress. This year's issue featured her former UConn and Olympic teammate, Swin Cash.

Taurasi was asked who won the contest.

"I mean, we can go full frontal if [Cash] wants," Taurasi said, laughing.

'Four Of Five'

Dunn, coach of the defending WNBA champion Fever, had to hold herself back at the end of the game as the West was pulling away for the win. She said she forgot for a moment that she was coaching an all-star game.

"One thing about me, I like to win," Dunn said. "We had five goals going into the game ? showcase it, give everyone quality minutes, have fun, no injuries and win. We got four of five. But it was tremendously hard at the end of the game and my assistant had to remind me this was an all-star game. I had blocked it out."

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Microsoft CEO Admits the Surface is a Flop, Explores Next-Gen Improvements

Microsoft CEO Admits the Surface is a Flop, Explores Next-Gen Improvements

Published on 07-27-2013 04:31 AM

It wouldn?t be much of a surprise for an average person to say that Microsoft?s iPad-killer has turned out to be a disappointment but recently Steve Ballmer, the company?s optimistic CEO, is admitting to employees that the Surface is a flop. Ballmer supposedly held a ?rally the troops? event at the Microsoft Campus recently to go over the company?s quarterly earnings as well as boost company morale. According to people at the event, Ballmer dove into how disappointing it has been trying to make the Surface a success.

Ballmer continued to tell the group that the company had ?built a few more devices than we could sell? according to the folks at Neowin. Later he admitted that Windows 8 hasn?t been adopted as fast as he had hoped and that Microsoft isn?t selling as many Windows devices as he wants either. The company has tried everything it can to sell the Surface, from a huge media campaign full of anti-iPad ads to large discounts on the hardware, but nothing has worked to convince consumers to choose the Surface over Apple?s tablet, or even the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD.

Despite the $900 million loss Microsoft took from Surface sales last quarter, Ballmer says the company is working super hard to convince Instagram to make an app for Windows Phone and Microsoft is already making plans for the next-generation Surface, which might include the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. The future of the Surface doesn?t seem too bleak as Ballmer still has some optimism left. We?ll have to wait and see what Microsoft does to improve its chances in the tablet market.

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Miami-Dade mayor calls his proposal to hike tax rate a political ?misstep?

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the man who seemed prescient when he opposed an unpopular property-tax rate hike that hastened his predecessor?s ouster, didn?t see the political backlash coming when he proposed a tax increase of his own.

So intense was the outcry against Gimenez?s plan this month that he began backtracking just a day after unveiling his 930-page budget, surprising even top county administrators with his snap decision to reduce the hike.

Five days later, the mayor reversed course completely. He abandoned the rate increase altogether, calling it a ?misstep,? and framed his new position as a sign that he listens to the people.

?People say I?m a flip-flopper,? Gimenez told the Miami Herald in an interview. ?The thing is, hey, if you have to own up to it, the sooner, the better.?

The mayor justified his initial rate hike by saying reflected the cost of providing public services in Florida?s largest county. ?I?m a pretty good administrator,? he said repeatedly, ?but I?m not a magician.?

When he realized he didn?t have the political support to push the increase through, he cut his losses and acknowledged his miscalculation.

But his detractors ? and suddenly there are many more of them ? paint a much dimmer picture of Gimenez?s striking evolution on the tax rate, which will now remain flat and could force up to 400 employee layoffs, 22 library closures and the elimination of six fire and rescue trucks.

At best, they say, Gimenez, despite frequently conducting opinion polls to gauge the popularity of his policies, misread county commissioners? will and lost touch with public anti-tax sentiment a mere two years after his election following the tumultuous recall of Carlos Alvarez.

They note that the floated tax-rate hike followed the short-lived ? and ultimately unsuccessful ? plan that Gimenez, an opponent of Alvarez?s public financing for the Miami Marlins? ballpark, orchestrated to use public dollars to fund part of a renovation to the Miami Dolphins? football stadium.

At worst, critics contend Gimenez shirked from defending his principles, wavering for political expediency as soon as he realized he didn?t have the votes on the commission dais and listeners of influential Spanish-language radio began turning against him.

?His behavior is erratic. It?s confusing, and it?s a disservice to this community,? labor union leader Fred Frost of the Miami Economic Sustainability Alliance told commissioners at the July 16 meeting where they adopted the flat tax rate.

?We need to have calm, stable and effective leadership. We cannot be governed by a bumper sticker.?

Some commissioners, however, praised the mayor for his swift reversal.

?I know it takes courage sometimes to rethink one?s position,? Commissioner Juan C. Zapata said. ?It will serve this community well.?

Gimenez, a former Miami fire chief and city manager, has long considered himself more of an administrator than a politician. That posture served him well as a Miami-Dade commissioner seeking to become the strong mayor running one of the nation?s largest municipal governments.

But perhaps bolstered by his reelection to a full, four-year term last year, Gimenez appeared to lack political chops in his handling of the proposed tax-rate hike.

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NC lawmakers approve GOP-backed election changes

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RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- A Republican-backed measure making sweeping changes to how and when North Carolinians can vote is headed to the desk of Gov. Pat McCrory.

The bill approved late Thursday by the GOP-dominated state legislature requires voters to present photo ID and shortens early voting by a week.

The measure also ends same-day voter registration and eliminates a high school civics program that encourages students to register ahead of their 18th birthday. Disclosure requirements for campaign ads are weakened and political parties can rake in unlimited corporate donations.

Republicans claim the measures will prevent voter fraud and restore faith in elections. Nonpartisan voting rights groups, Democrats and Libertarians say the true goal is suppressing voter turnout.

The changes are expected to face court challenges in advance of the 2014 and 2016 elections.

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Florida hostage standoff leaves 7 dead

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9:39 a.m. EDT, July 27, 2013

MIAMI -- Seven people were shot and killed at an apartment in a Miami suburb early Saturday, including the suspected gunman who was holding two hostages when a?SWAT?team moved in, police said.

The two hostages were rescued unharmed, Hialeah Police Sergeant Eddie Rodriguez told NBC News.

The standoff began on Friday evening during an argument between the gunman and the husband and wife who ran the apartment complex. The landlords' bodies were among the six police found in various parts of the building when the?SWAT?team moved in on Saturday morning, police said.

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ROSMY Unveil's Youth Designed and Painted Mural | Gay ...

"When the youth talk about ROSMY, they say this is a place were they feel safe, were they feel at home... And now we no longer have a drab wall, we have a a visual depiction of what community really is."

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In what had to be one of the most beautiful evenings in weeks, about 150 people came out to show their support for the unveiling of a new mural at the Richmond ROSMY youth center.

?When the youth talk about ROSMY, they say this is a place were they feel safe, were they feel at home,? said Beth Panilaitis, Executive Director of ROSMY, as she addressed the eager crowd. ?And now we no longer have a drab wall, we have a a visual depiction of what community really is.?

The Mural covers the entirety of the north-facing wall of the 2311 Westwood Avenue location. It was a collaboration between the ROSMY youth and the local art non-profit group Art 180. Though the entire project came together in a little over a month, the detail and final presentation of the mural shows great attention to detail, and lots and lots of love.

This is not the first project Art 180 has done with ROSMY, the two groups have worked together on numerous arts projects in the past. But this has by far been the largest endeavor for the two groups. Art 180?s Program Manager Betsy Kelly was on site at the opening and said the ongoing partnership between the two groups was a great example of the work Art 180 is trying to do.

?All our programs use the tools of art to encourage young people to express themselves and to encourage their personal development?? said Kelly, ?LGBTQ youth face challenging circumstances, so we felt it was important to work with them? this mural is a prime example of these young people sharing their stories.?

Local artists Chris Milk Hulburt and Julie Elkins worked with the kids to help develop their ideas, and gave them guidance in the painting process. Both spoke briefly to explain the process the fun they had working with the youths.

?We worked a long time with the kids before we even had any kind of vision to put on the wall, and it was amazing working with ROSMY to foster a sense of trust and fun,? said Hulburt. ?The idea that this would not be our mural, but it would be ROSMY?s mural really worked out.?

Artists Chris Milk Hulburt and Julie Elkins

Elkins spoke more to the early days of the project, working with the kids to make a mural that they could really call their own. ?We worked to develop the mural to be about the values they had, and the came up with like 50 words ? everybody went and picked their favorite words and the most popular word was love, and the runner-up was community.? said Elkins.

Some of the youth who helped paint the mural spoke as well. One girl said, though the heat was nearly unbearable, the energy behind the project lead to forging new friendships among the youth. ?I found it to be a good bonding experience. Even the younger groups that I didn?t know much about, it was really cool bonding with them? It?s really good knowing that ROSMY can be represented in this way, rather than a blank, bland white wall that it was before. I think its great that it turned out like this ? it represented ROSMY perfectly.?

A gender nonconforming youth spoke more about how important ROSMY had been in his life since he started coming to the center a few years ago. ?You?d be surprised how many kids think about becoming a woman when they see a 90?s editorial with Kate Moss in it? or how many kids have an internal struggle when having to chose between the women and mens restroom.?

But jokes about cover models aside, he expressed how grateful he was that ROSMY was there to support him in his time of need. ?ROSMY was able to provide me with that validation and that sense of community and support that helped me become a young man who is socially aware and I?m so grateful. This mural is a great way to show how amazing this community is.?

You can see the mural by driving north on Westwood Avenue near the intersection with Tomlynn street. (2311 Westwood Ave)

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Iberian lynx faces extinction in just 50 years, say scientists

The predator could go extinct if conservation efforts are not remodeled to take into account the effects of climate change, says new research.

By Elizabeth Barber,?Contributor / July 22, 2013

The Iberian Lynx, the world?s most endangered feline species, could go extinct in just 50 years.

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Despite the millions of dollars?put toward saving the slinky cat, scientists say that current efforts have not accounted for the influence that shifting climate conditions will have on the distribution of the predator's main food source, the European rabbit. Saving the lynx will require incorporating Spain's changing climate into plans to relocate the cat into zones friendlier to population growth.

?Models used to investigate how climate change will affect biodiversity have so far been unable to capture the dynamic and complex feedbacks of species interactions,? writes Damien Fordham, a fellow at the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute and a co-author on a paper published in Nature Climate Change, in an email interview. ?Conservation efforts show promise, but these efforts are likely to be wasted if the effects of climate change are not considered in reintroduction strategies.?

In the early 1800s, the Iberian lynx, a spotted, yellow-eyed predator with ears like two small pie servers, commanded large territories across Spain and Portugal. Since then, roads have sliced through the Spanish countryside, putting artificial boundaries on what was once an unfettered habitat and cutting the cat?s territory by about 95 percent. At the same time, the predator?s primary prey, the European rabbit, has dwindled in number, a victim of overhunting and disease.

Noting those serious threats to the lynx's survival, about $118 million in funding has been marshaled toward lynx conservation efforts since 1994, following a survey from the International Union for Conservation of Nature?that identified the animal as among the world?s most critically endangered. Given those management efforts, the population has somewhat rebounded, especially over the past few years. The cat is now up from fewer than 100 individuals in 2008 to now just over 200, living in two communities in southern Spain.

Those conservation attempts largely focus on relocating the species to more food-abundant areas in Spain. But the efforts have not taken into account climate change?s complex toll of the geographic distribution of the rabbit, a point that could blunt their impact in just half a century, Fordham said.

Using ecological models that incorporated climate change?s influence on rabbit population patterns, scientists concluded that current management efforts will buy about 50 years for the struggling predator. That?s because climate change, at its current rate, is expected to outpace the cat?s transition to areas where the rabbit is expected to be more populous.

?Warmer and drier regional climates are likely to negatively impact the availability of habitat for the Iberian lynx and will cause shifts in the distribution of its main prey ? the European rabbit,? said Dr. Fordham. ?We forecast that these changes are likely to occur at too fast a rate for lynx to adapt.?

To save the lynx, scientists have proposed a relocation program that incorporates the influence of climate change on rabbit demographics. That would involve moving the cat to specifically identified higher-ground territories in Spain where models suggest that the rabbit will weather climate change and grow to populations sizable enough to sustain the lynx population.

?Relocations and intensive management of habitat and rabbit populations have worked as effective short-term conservation strategies,? said Fordham. ?Survival of the species in the long term will require reintroductions to ecological refuges at higher latitudes or altitudes within the Iberian Peninsula.??

The new research on the lynx joins mounting attention to climate change and its affect on ecosystems? food chains. Last week, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium found that Great White Sharks depend on coastal California seals to fuel their entire thousands of miles long migration out to sea. Those seals are threatened by climate change, just as are the prey on which they feed. Researchers noted that conservation funding ? which is mostly funneled toward directly protecting the shark ? must also be put toward protecting its meals, too.

Attempts to preserve the wild lynx population would join redoubled efforts to encourage growth in captive cats. In February, embryos were removed from female Iberian lynxes at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research IZW, Berlin, Germany. Those embryos are now stored in liquid nitrogen at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid for future use in breeding programs.

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Sports Pavilion closes for two-week annual maintenance and cleaning

Bowling, billiards and shuffleboard will take a two-week hiatus as the Sports Pavilion closes for routine maintenance on Sunday, July 28.

The annually scheduled closure ? which will shut down play through Sunday, Aug. 11 ? will include ?any type of maintenance work that needs to be done,? Sports Pavilion Manager Barry Hardesty noted. The billiards room will receive new paint and the entire building will have its carpets professionally cleaned, bathrooms sanitized and floors stripped and re-waxed. Additionally, machines will be cleaned and parts replaced as needed.

It will be sports as usual at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, when the Sports Pavilion?s doors reopen.

Though sporting activities will not be available during maintenance, the restaurant located inside the venue, Memo?s Bistro, will remain open for business from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. For restaurant information, call 623-544-6141.

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Santa Fe cries foul after Moody?s considers credit downgrade for pension debt

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?: The Moody?s ratings service has serious questions about four New Mexico communities.

By Rob Nikolewski ? New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE ??One of Wall Street?s?highly-regarded bond credit rating agencies has put four New Mexico communities on ?review? for possible downgrades due to their pension obligations.

The finance director for the state?s capital city said the ratings giant?s numbers are wrong.

Moody?s Investors Service has released a list of 29 local government entities across the country that the company claims have net pension liabilities that are too large compared to their rating category. On the list? The New Mexico cities of Santa Fe, Las Vegas?and?Alamogordo, as well as Sante Fe County.

Moody?s compiled the list after changing the way it analyzes pension obligations on the state and local levels.

?We believe liabilities are underreported from a balance sheet perspective,? said Timothy Blake, Moody?s managing director, when the list was released in mid-April. ?The purpose of the adjustments is to provide greater transparency and comparability in pension liability measures for use in credit analysis.?

Moody?s ranked the city of Santa Fe as the worst in the country, saying it has net pension liabilities equal to six times its operating revenue.

But Sante Fe?s finance director said Moody?s is way off base.

?Their calculation is skewed,? Marcos Tapia told New Mexico Watchdog, noting the city is not a Moody?s client. ?We?ve told Moody?s, we need you to retract this, you need to correct this.?

Tapia says Moody?s didn?t take into account that?pension obligations to city employees come from the state-run Public Employees Retirement Association and not the city.

?They?re making assumptions that we fund our own pension plans,? Tapia said. ?We don?t.?

Two other national?ratings services have not placed Santa Fe on a review.

Fitch has given the city a AA+ rating with a stable outlook. Standard & Poor?s?gives the city a AA rating, Tapia said. S&P?s ratings scale?lists AA as ??Very strong capacity to meet financial commitments.? For both ratings agencies, AAA is the highest rating available.

Fitch does not have a rating for Las Vegas, Alamogordo or the county of Santa Fe.

Alamogordo?s finance director, Kenneth Johnson, said he believes the Moody?s review is based in part on stricter disclosure rules mandated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the accounting experts used by state and local governments in the United States.

Johnson said the unfunded pension liability for Alamogordo has been reported at $40 million.

?That?s a big number,? Johnson said. ?The underlying foundation is this ??we have an obligation to fully fund retirement benefits?rest assured, we will meet our pension benefits.?

New Mexico Watchdog left voicemail messages with the finance directors at Santa Fe County and Las Vegas but had not received a return call by publication Tuesday.

The Moody?s list received national attention when, on Monday, the service downgraded Chicago?s credit rating because of the?Windy City?s large and growing pension obligations, and comes just four days?after Detroit?filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in?American history.

?You can?t compare Detroit to Santa Fe, New Mexico,? Tapia said. ?Detroit?s problems were coming to a head, 40 percent of buildings abandoned, come on?We have to handle balanced budgets. Are we conservative financially? You bet. That?s my nature.?

Wayne Probst, executive director at PERA, said he was surprised by the Moody?s review.

?I don?t know where Moody?s is getting their numbers from,? Probst told New Mexico Watchdog. ?I can?t?say they?re wrong but I think there are real questions they need to answer?I?ve gone to our own actuaries and said, ?How is this thing being calculated?? and they can?t figure it out either.?

In addition, the?Legislature?passed and Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law a ?pension-fix??in the past legislative session that promises to put state employee retirement funds on much firmer financial footing.

?We?ll be updating our actuarial valuations in the fall,? Probst said. ?I do anticipate significant improvement from this pension reform. Now it?ll take a couple of years to analyze?(but) I think we?ll have some good news to report for a change.?

Moody?s spokesman Thomas Lemmon said the review process could potentially lead to a downgrade and that ?a committee of folks make the determination? within 90 to 180 days after the review list is compiled.

Since the list?was posted April 17, decisions on potential?ratings changes could take until mid-October.

New Mexico Watchdog requested to talk to an analyst involved in compiling the list, but as of late Tuesday afternoon, we had not heard back.

Here?s the list of the 29?local governments under review by Moody?s.

Contact Rob Nikolewski at rob@nmwatchdog.org and follow him on Twitter @robnikolewski

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Anthony Weiner caught in another sexting scandal

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career, but stood side-to-side with his wife to say that he will remain in the race for mayor of New York City.

"This is entirely behind me," Weiner said at news conference, just hours after he confirmed exchanging a newly disclosed round of sexually explicit photos and text messages with a woman online.

At the news conference, he acknowledged some of the activity took place after he resigned from the House two years ago for the same sort of behavior.

The story broke earlier in the day when the gossip website The Dirty posted the X-rated correspondence and quoted the woman, who was not identified.

Weiner turned the microphone over to his wife, Huma Abedin, who reaffirmed her support for her husband and said the matter is "between us."

"I love him. I have forgiven him. And as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward," said Abedin, a longtime adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The allegation could severely test voters' willingness to forgive Weiner, who has said he spent the two years since the scandal trying to make things right with his wife and earn redemption. Three of his rivals for mayor immediately called on Weiner to drop out of the race.

The 48-year-old Democrat, who resigned his House seat in June 2011 after acknowledging having sexual conversations with at least a half-dozen women, has been near the top of most mayoral polls since his late entry into the race this spring.

"I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out and today they have," Weiner said in a statement issued by his campaign earlier in the day. "I want to again say that I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption this has caused."

The woman with whom he exchanged the messages told The Dirty that she was 22 when she began chatting with Weiner on the social networking site Formspring. She said their online relationship began in July 2012 and lasted for six months.

She claimed Weiner used the alias "Carlos Danger" for their exchanges, but she knew she was talking to the former congressman.

The exchanges posted on The Dirty consist of sexually explicit fantasizing about various sex acts. At one point, the man reported to be Weiner wrote, "I'm deeply flawed."

The woman said Weiner promised to help her get a job at the political website Politico and suggested meeting in a Chicago condo for a tryst.

The woman claimed that she and Weiner exchanged nude photos of themselves and engaged in frequent phone sex. The Dirty ran a pixelated photo of what appears to be a man's genitals.

"This was a bad situation for me because I really admired him. Even post scandal, I thought he was misunderstood. Until I got to know him. I thought I loved him. Pretty pathetic," the woman was quoted as telling the website.

She said he later asked her to destroy the evidence of their chats. She insisted that she never had sex with Weiner or received any payment from him.

The woman claimed her relationship with Weiner "fizzled" in November 2012. She said she last heard from him this past April, when his intention to run for mayor was first revealed in a New York Times Magazine profile.

His wife, who was pregnant when the sexting scandal broke in 2011 and gave birth months later, has played a large and increasing role in his mayoral campaign. She made an appearance in his campaign kick-off video, has led his fundraising effort and recently made her debut on the campaign trail. Two weekends ago, she walked hand-in-hand with Weiner as they talked to voters on a Harlem street.

Two of his mayoral rivals ? Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former City Councilman Sal Albanese, both Democrats, and billionaire John Catsimatidis, a Republican ? quickly called on Weiner to abandon his quest for office, as did a lesser candidate in the race.

"Enough is enough," said de Blasio. "The sideshows of this election have gotten in the way of the debate we should be having about the future of this city."

Another mayoral hopeful, city Comptroller John Liu, stopped short of calling for Weiner to bow out, but suggested his "propensity for pornographic selfies is a valid issue for voters."

The other leading Democratic candidates, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, did not immediately comment on the new revelations.

The disclosure suddenly puts Weiner's indiscretions, judgment and candor back in the forefront of his campaign and could test voters' confidence in him, political analysts said.

Some voters have said they felt Weiner had atoned for his past and were willing to give him a second chance. But a third, after hearing allegations that his misbehavior continued after his resignation?

"It makes it tougher to believe this is behind him," said Democratic former state Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, now a political consultant.

But given the corps of voters who have shown willingness to forgive Weiner's prior behavior, the latest revelation may not be a campaign knockout, said Jerry Skurnik, a longtime Democratic consultant who is not working with any mayoral candidates this year.

Some New Yorkers were disappointed by the news that Weiner had apparently continued his online activities even after leaving office.

"I think he had a chance to redeem himself and if he did it twice, he really betrayed the public's trust again," said Jeremy Green, 22. "I think he's past the point of no return for New Yorkers."

The revelations come just two weeks after another scandal-scarred candidate, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, announced his own attempt at political redemption. Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 after admitting to paying for sex with prostitutes, is running for city comptroller.

Weiner's problems began in May 2011, when a website run by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart posted a photograph of a man's bulging underwear and said it had been sent from Weiner's Twitter account to a Seattle woman. Weiner denied he sent the photo, claiming his Twitter had been hacked.

But after more women came forward and more photographic evidence emerged, Weiner admitted he lied.

He then entered two years of self-imposed political exile, only to return this spring.

Under a huge media spotlight, he apologized repeatedly for his behavior in the initial days of his bid but then pivoted quickly into an issues-based campaign. He was largely well-received by voters and quickly established himself as a favorite in the race.

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Associated Press reporter Jennifer Peltz contributed to this story from New York.

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200 in 4 states had unidentified stomach bug

WASHINGTON (AP) ? More than 200 people in at least four states have come down with a stomach bug that could be linked to foodborne illness.

The Centers for Disease Control says the cyclospora infection causing diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms has been reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, and Wisconsin. The CDC said eight people have been hospitalized and the reported illnesses occurred from mid-June to early July.

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the cyclospora infections, which are most often found in tropical or subtropical countries and have been linked to imported fresh produce in the past.

The illness is usually spread when people ingest foods or water contaminated with feces. The agency said it isn't yet clear whether the cases from all of the states are linked.

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NFL, players revisit HGH testing

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer July 22, 2013 2:26PM

The NFL and players union are talking again about getting a test in place for human growth hormone as early as the upcoming season.

An email obtained by The Associated Press from the NFL Players Association indicates that the league and the NFLPA have jointly hired a doctor to conduct a study on NFL players to determine a good threshold for a positive HGH test. The email was sent by the union to players, in part to explain that the study requires them to have blood drawn during their physical when training camp begins. The email said the blood samples will only be used for the study.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the discussions are focused ?on a full resolution of any remaining issues, including the role of a population study.?

The labor agreement that ended the NFL lockout in 2011 requires the league gain union approval before testing players for HGH. The union says it favors testing, but has reservations about the appeals process.

The union also has reservations about the way discipline will be handed out, and wants to collectively bargain that issue.

Supplemental HGH is a banned substance that is hard to detect and used by athletes for what are believed to be a variety of benefits, whether real or only perceived ? such as increasing speed and improving vision.

Among the health problems connected to HGH are diabetes, cardiac dysfunction and arthritis.

In the union?s email, it told the players that Dr. Alan Rogol has been jointly hired by the NFLPA and NFL to oversee the study and supervise two jointly retained biostatisticians. One of those biostatisticians, Donald Berry, will design the study protocol and conduct the analysis. The second will independently review both the protocol and the analysis.

In January, Major League Baseball and the players agreed to HGH blood testing throughout the regular season and to have a World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory in Canada keep records of each player.

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Young scholars flock to Holyoke Community College to take part in the Quest Program

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In the Quest Program (formerly Step Forward/Quest), students take classes in dance, drumming, photography, culinary arts, drama, martial arts, voice, art, leadership, math, chess, nutrition, robotics, social studies, science, physical education and English language arts. Quest scholars arrive on campus each day at 8 a.m. and stay until 4 p.m.

HOLYOKE ? More than 170 middle schoolers from Holyoke, Chicopee and Springfield are taking classes at Holyoke Community College for two weeks as part of a program that prepares underserved and low-income students for college.

The program is called Quest (formerly Step Forward-Quest), and the students are taking classes in dance, drumming, photography, culinary arts, drama, martial arts, voice, art, leadership, math, chess, nutrition, robotics, social studies, science, physical education and English language arts. Quest scholars arrive on campus each day at 8 a.m. and stay until 4 p.m.

?This is the largest number of middle school students the Quest program has ever seen in its 20 year history ? more than 70 kids than last summer,? said Denise Ward, Quest director. ?We are very excited.?

Quest is a grant-funded program that targets underserved and low-income students from Hampden County. Students enter the program as sixth-graders, taking classes at HCC during the summer and on Saturdays throughout the academic year. They continue through middle school and high school and earn college credits.

The program has nearly a 90 percent retention rate and those who finish the program as high school seniors have a 100 percent acceptance rate to college.

While the middle school program is just getting underway the Quest High School Program is in full swing. High students are at HCC taking college level courses. Another group of Quest high school students is living in dormitories at Elms College in Chicopee to experience ?dorm life? on a residential campus.

A Quest arts festival is set for July 26 at 7 p.m. at Holyoke High School. It will mark the conclusion of the Quest program with a festival of performances and displays. The event is free and open to the public.

There will be performances of theater, dance, and world beat drumming as well as a fine arts gallery featuring displays of art, photography and academics.

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Pioneer journalist, long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas dies at 92

A bulldog, fiercely competitive, and well known for her persistent questioning, Helen Thomas, former White House correspondent for United Press International and Hearst, died Saturday at the age of 92. Thomas covered nine presidential administrations before her career ended in controversy in 2010.

By Calvin Woodward,?Associated Press / July 20, 2013

Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas, (l.), celebrates her 89th birthday with President Barack Obama, celebrating his 48th birthday, in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington on Aug. 4, 2009. Thomas, a pioneer for women in journalism and an irrepressible White House correspondent, died Saturday. She was 92.

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Helen?Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents ? often to their discomfort and was not shy about sharing her opinions, died Saturday. She was 92.

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Thomas, who died at her apartment in Washington, had been ill for a long time, and in and out of the hospital before coming home Thursday, according to a friend, Muriel Dobbin.

Thomas?made her name as a bulldog for United Press International in the great wire-service rivalries of old, and as a pioneer for women in journalism.

She was persistent to the point of badgering. One White House press secretary described her questioning as "torture" ? and he was one of her fans.

Her refusal to conceal her strong opinions, even when posing questions to a president, and her public hostility toward Israel, caused discomfort among colleagues.

In 2010, that tendency finally ended a career which had started in 1943 and made her one of the best known journalists in Washington. On a videotape circulated on the Internet, she said Israelis should "get out of Palestine" and "go home" to Germany, Poland, or the United States. The remark brought down widespread condemnation and she ended her career.

In January 2011, she became a columnist for a free weekly paper in a Washington suburb, months after the controversy forced her from her previous post.

In her long career, she was indelibly associated with the ritual ending White House news conferences. She was often the one to deliver the closing line: "Thank you, Mister. President" ? four polite words that belied a fierce competitive streak.

Her disdain for White House secrecy and dodging spanned five decades, back to President John Kennedy. Her freedom to voice her peppery opinions as a speaker and a Hearst columnist came late in her career.

The Bush administration marginalized her, clearly peeved with a journalist who had challenged President George W. Bush to his face on the Iraq war and declared him the worst president in history.

After she quit UPI in 2000 ? by then an outsized figure in a shrunken organization ? her influence waned.

Thomas?was accustomed to getting under the skin of presidents, if not to the cold shoulder.

"If you want to be loved," she said years earlier, "go into something else."

There was a lighter mood in August 2009, on her 89th birthday, when President Barack Obama popped into in the White House briefing room unannounced. He led the roomful of reporters in singing "Happy Birthday to You" and gave her cupcakes. As it happened, it was the president's birthday too, his 48th.

Thomas?was at the forefront of women's achievements in journalism. She was one of the first female reporters to break out of the White House "women's beat" ? the soft stories about presidents' kids, wives, their teas and their hairdos ? and cover the hard news on an equal footing with men.

She became the first female White House bureau chief for a wire service when UPI named her to the position in 1974. She was also the first female officer at the National Press Club, where women had once been barred as members and she had to fight for admission into the 1959 luncheon speech where Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned: "We will bury you."

The belligerent Khrushchev was an unlikely ally in one sense. He had refused to speak at any Washington venue that excluded women, she said.

Thomas?fought, too, for a more open presidency, resisting all moves by a succession of administrations to restrict press access.

"People will never know how hard it is to get information,"?Thomas?told an interviewer, "especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp TOP SECRET on the color of the walls."

Born in Winchester, Ky., to Lebanese immigrants,?Thomas?was the seventh of nine children. It was in high school, after working on the student newspaper, that she decided she wanted to become a reporter.

After graduating from Detroit's Wayne University (now Wayne State University),?Thomas?headed straight for the nation's capital. She landed a $17.50-a-week position as a copy girl, with duties that included fetching coffee and doughnuts for editors at the Washington Daily News.

United Press ? later United Press International ? soon hired her to write local news stories for the radio wire. Her assignments were relegated at first to women's news, society items and celebrity profiles.

Her big break came after the 1960 election that sent Kennedy to the White House, and landed?Thomas?her first assignment related to the presidency. She was sent to Palm Beach, Fla., to cover the vacation of the president-elect and his family.

JFK's successor, Lyndon Johnson, complained that he learned of his daughter Luci's engagement from Thomas's story.

Bigger and better assignments would follow for?Thomas, among them President Richard M. Nixon's breakthrough trip to China in 1972.

When the Watergate scandal began consuming Nixon's presidency, Martha Mitchell, the notoriously unguarded wife of the attorney general, would call?Thomas?late at night to unload her frustrations at what she saw as the betrayal of her husband John by the president's men.

It was also during the Nixon administration that the woman who scooped so many others was herself scooped ? by the first lady. Pat Nixon was the one who announced to the Washington press corps that?Thomas?was engaged to Douglas Cornell, chief White House correspondent for UPI's archrival, AP.

They were married in 1971. Cornell died 11 years later.

Thomas?stayed with UPI for 57 years, until 2000, when the company was purchased by News World Communications, which was founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church.

At age 79,?Thomas?was soon hired as a Washington-based columnist for newspaper publisher Hearst Corp.

A self-described liberal,?Thomas?made no secret of her ill feelings for the final president she covered ? the second President Bush. "He is the worst president in all of American history," she told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.

Thomas?also was critical of the US-led invasion of Iraq, asserting that the deaths of innocent people should hang heavily on Bush's conscience.

"We are involved in a war that is becoming more dubious every day," she said in a speech to thousands of students at Brigham Young University in September 2003. "I thought it was wrong to invade a country without any provocation."

Some students walked out of the lecture. She won over others with humorous stories from her "ringside seat" to history.

In March 2005, she confronted Bush with the proposition that "your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis" and every justification for the attack proved false.

"Why did you really want to go to war?" she demanded.

When Bush began explaining his rationale, she interjected: "They didn't do anything to you, or to our country."

"Excuse me for a second," Bush replied. "They did. The Taliban provided safe haven for al-Qaida. That's where al-Qaida trained."

"I'm talking about Iraq," she said.

Her strong opinions finally ended her career.

After a visit to the White House, David Nesenoff, a rabbi and independent filmmaker, asked?Thomas?on May 27, 2010, whether she had any comments on Israel. "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine," she replied. "Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not Germany, it's not Poland," she continued. Asked where they should go, she answered, "They should go home." When asked where's home,?Thomas?replied: "Poland, Germany and America and everywhere else."

The resulting controversy brought widespread rejection of her remarks. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs called them "offensive and reprehensible." Many Jews were offended by her suggestion that Israelis should "go home" to Germany, Poland and America since Israel was initially settled in 1948 by Jews who had survived or escaped Hitler's attempt to kill all the Jews in Germany, and many in neighboring conquered countries.

Within days, she retired from her job at Hearst.

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