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The wrath to come is coming

9:24 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is this a fairy tale to you?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><em>And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.</em></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>--I THESSALONIANS 1.10 </i></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You're a fool</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>The fool hath said in his heart, <em>There is</em> no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: <em id="yui-gen50">there is</em> none that doeth good.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>--PSALM 53.1 </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kodu0R1raxs?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

The wrath to come is coming

Is this a fairy tale to you? And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrat...

Another Boko Haram Attack Kills 51 In Northeast Nigeria

9:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrlBqMv7SqSl0z4k67XZdPESt5OfWhyphenhyphenu7JDdsYALNZqWM721U3IAREgO2Ybq_Bo1bixGNbsx5W4ivbeSAJsNKsbxd12-ufr7q4yS4NOmY3S6oAaUxLwnl9SXq2OaWBmDY7xpI2ZRdMROY/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrlBqMv7SqSl0z4k67XZdPESt5OfWhyphenhyphenu7JDdsYALNZqWM721U3IAREgO2Ybq_Bo1bixGNbsx5W4ivbeSAJsNKsbxd12-ufr7q4yS4NOmY3S6oAaUxLwnl9SXq2OaWBmDY7xpI2ZRdMROY/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<b>Click on Image to Enlarge</b>) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Boko Haram's Areas of Operations. Forbes</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nigeria's Boko Haram Kill 51 In Northeast Attack: Witnesses -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - Gunmen from Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 51 people in an attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said on Wednesday, in a region where President Goodluck Jonathan's troops are struggling to contain its insurgency.<br /><br />Dozens of Boko Haram fighters speeding along in trucks painted in military colors and armed with automatic weapons and explosives stormed Konduga local government area in Borno state at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, burning houses and shooting fleeing villagers, two witnesses said.<br /><br />The insurgents also took 20 young girls from a local college hostage, a teacher said. The military confirmed the attack took place. It was still assessing the number of casualties.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-nigeria-bokoharam-idUSBREA1B1LY20140212">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Today's Bolo Haram Attack In Northeastern Nigeria</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/extremists-attack-northeast-nigerian-town-kill-39/2014/02/12/3ef4f36a-93f5-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html">Extremists attack northeast Nigerian town, kill 39</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/12/nigerias-boko-haram-kill-51-in-northeast-attack---witnesses/">Nigeria’s Boko Haram kill 51 in northeast attack – witnesses</a> -- Euronews<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26152049">Nigeria militants kill dozens in Borno state attack</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/118387-suspected-boko-haram-gunmen-torch-nigeria-villages">Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Torch Nigeria Villages</a> -- Naharnet<br /><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201402121616.html">Nigeria: Boko Haram Attack - 39 Killed, 2000 Houses Burnt in Konduga, Borno State</a> -- AllAfrica.com/Daily Trust

Another Boko Haram Attack Kills 51 In Northeast Nigeria

( Click on Image to Enlarge ) Boko Haram's Areas of Operations. Forbes Nigeria's Boko Haram Kill 51 In Northeast Attack: Witnesses -...

Today's archidose #734

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Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.johnwardlearchitects.com/projects/project/27-the-international-centre-of-graphic-technology">RMIT International Centre of Graphic Technology</a> in Brunswick, VIC, Australia, by <a href="http://www.johnwardlearchitects.com/">John Wardle Architects</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/">Ximo Michavila</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12416319134/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #1 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #1" height="469" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3694/12416319134_40c128b473_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12443252413/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #5 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #5" height="430" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/12443252413_9c23231e89_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12462456965/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #7 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #7" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/12462456965_117f933932_c.jpg" width="621" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12443115845/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #6 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #6" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/12443115845_9d90988700_c.jpg" width="546" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12462455325/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #10 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #10" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/12462455325_09568dac83_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/12462969794/" title="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #9 by Ximo Michavila, on Flickr"><img alt="John Wardle Architects. RMIT Printing Facility #9" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/12462969794_a8bc625971_c.jpg" width="593" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #734

Here are some photos of the RMIT International Centre of Graphic Technology in Brunswick, VIC, Australia, by John Wardle Architects , photo...

LA abuzz about push for urban beekeeping (BLOG)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Fo2TIljLbIwsDLY1ARWjGiyp1Lw9eji4mthtlYPXgp6wZ_kst_cK0LVBPWTWZn05YjTutiTk1THRdQmiEfYs3tx55X7mnVFIjcYdlWVmG8oNfhpgKQJCpHHvP9qSJq-anyncsw7tKw/s1600/yy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Fo2TIljLbIwsDLY1ARWjGiyp1Lw9eji4mthtlYPXgp6wZ_kst_cK0LVBPWTWZn05YjTutiTk1THRdQmiEfYs3tx55X7mnVFIjcYdlWVmG8oNfhpgKQJCpHHvP9qSJq-anyncsw7tKw/s1600/yy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_20858" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the past three years, Rob McFarland has kept a beehive filled with 25,000 bees on the roof of his house smack in the middle of West Los Angeles.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.307693481445313px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21502" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The bees occupy some prime real estate — they even have a view of the Hollywood sign — but for now, they are illegal squatters in the trendy neighborhood of bars and eateries near Santa Monica.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21512" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">On Wednesday, the City Council will vote on whether to begin the process of granting bees like McFarland's legal status in LA's residential areas after a lengthy lobbying effort from bee lovers of all stripes.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21522" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"LA has an ideal climate and a ton for bees to forage on and is emerging as a real epicenter of urban beekeeping, but ironically, it's not legal here," said McFarland, who formed a group called HoneyLove.org to advocate for backyard beekeeping.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The vote comes against the backdrop of colony collapse disorder, a worrisome die-off of honeybees that has captured the attention of environmentalists and farmers worldwide. Cities from New York to Denver have in the past few years legalized urban beekeeping to encourage local agriculture and boost the health of the bee population.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The push, however, has alarmed some, who fear such an ordinance could bring more residents into direct contact with the Africanized, or "killer bees," that are already thriving in walls, trees, electrical boxes and compost bins.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="8" data-uuid="1465b71f-90c1-36a2-95fd-a305e787c02a" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photo-taken-friday-jan-31-2014-sweet-bee-photo-054604343.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 203px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="203" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SwVjnD82O5TNaY7NYU8Cvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMztxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8e991000f5695064b0f6a706700c11d.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee Removal professional beekeeper, Tyson Kaiser us …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">At the heart of the debate are a new breed of urban beekeepers who rescue those wild bees from extermination and relocate them to backyards — and almost all of these hives have some "killer bee" genes mixed in.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Critics of the practice fear a blanket legalization of backyard bees would allow these self-styled "ethical bee removal specialists" to expand their efforts with dangerous consequences.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"To just haul them (feral bees) out of the fences and stick them in the backyard, that's not a good idea," said Eric Mussen, a bee expert at the University of California, Davis.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Killer bees fully colonized Los Angeles County by 1999 and have almost completely pushed out the existing wild bee population. The bees can attack when an intruder gets closer than 100 feet, can chase a person up to a half-mile and will remain aggressive up to an hour after an attack, according to the county.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Those who work with feral bees insist that the concerns are overblown.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="c6c9a90b-338a-3d19-b3c5-9203da8bcc75" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photo-taken-friday-jan-31-2014-feral-bees-photo-054624024.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, feral bees&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 211px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, feral bees&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="211" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qrI.TBtNTkIJK4u4uxG3sg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIxMTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f575971c0f5695064b0f6a7067006e54.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, feral bees feed from their hive on the roof of a home in  …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Feral bees in Los Angeles do have some African genes, they say, but the danger has been diluted from years of interbreeding with local, non-Africanized bees. The resulting hybrid hives can be managed easily with proper training, common sense about hive placement and good communication with neighbors.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">There are already around 10 feral hives per square mile in Los Angeles, so moving them to backyards where beekeepers can monitor them makes sense, said Ruth Askren, who maintains hives for 22 clients and has relocated wild hives to backyards all over the city.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Beekeepers like Askren estimate that 10 percent or fewer of the feral hives they relocate are so aggressive they must be destroyed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"If we really had serious Africanized bees in LA, people would be chased down the street every day," she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Africanized bees are also hardier than their European counterparts, which are used for commercial pollination, and could help counter colony collapse, said McFarland, the rooftop beekeeper. He and others who work with feral bees say unlike European bees, their hives don't need any chemical treatments to keep them healthy.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="10" data-uuid="676989a7-7a85-3d00-8c9e-c9f435897140" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photo-taken-friday-jan-31-2014-sweet-bee-photo-054637517.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 211px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="211" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8Z86ekyPEgVawfxZu7w4jQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIxMTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4289d2380f5795064b0f6a7067001391.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Sweet Bee Removal professional beekeeper, Tyson Kaiser ex …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We need them. We need to preserve what's clearly a superior bee. They're the ones that are surviving," he said. "My opinion is that they're a blessing in disguise."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Feral bees have also sweetened the pot for an emerging niche business: Some beekeepers-turned-entrepreneurs have recently started companies to remove unwanted wild hives, relocating them to backyard bee boxes and then harvesting rich honey that can sell for $110 a gallon to wealthy foodies obsessed with local ingredients.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Some customers even want honey made by bees in their specific neighborhood because they believe that eating honey made from local pollens will combat allergies.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Tyson Kaiser's business, Sweet Bee Removal, charges $125 an hour for a hive extraction and once made $5,000 over three days removing a massive feral hive from a tile rooftop in one of LA's ritzier addresses.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In the past year, Kaiser estimates he has removed nearly 200 hives and swarms; he currently has a network of "hive hosts" who keep excess feral colonies on their property in exchange for half the honey they produce.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="11" data-uuid="79b0f7e1-318d-3909-9ffb-1deace7e7172" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photo-taken-friday-jan-31-2014-shows-local-photo-054712925.html" style="color: #324fe1; 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background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="This photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 shows local&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="209" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tnIIyIqHqHmG7bqbRf5CMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwOTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cb416d990f5795064b0f6a70670001a6.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">This photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 shows local honey harvested by urban beekeeper Tyson Kaiser o …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">On a recent sunny day, Kaiser checked on a feral hive he put on a resident's roof last fall. Dressed in a full-body white bee suit and a zippered hood with a mesh face mask, Kaiser carefully opened the hive as bees buzzed around him and traffic whizzed by two stories below.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">When he was done, about a dozen agitated bees followed him from the roof, down a ladder and into the residents' house before they gave up the chase.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"There are people who think we're crazy for what we're doing," said Kaiser, who's been keeping bees for three years. "But they're afraid that new beekeepers dealing with feral hives are going to tarnish the image of the established beekeepers."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Regardless, urban beekeeping is happening every day under the city's radar and controlling the rapidly growing hobby is better than turning a blind eye, said Martin Schlageter, policy director for Councilman Jose Huizar. Huizar supports the bee ordinance and has introduced a motion to encourage the city to avoid destroying feral hives when possible.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21545" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"There's greater awareness of the crisis with bee populations generally and the importance of these pollinators," he said. "People want to ... social network freely about this and give tips to likeminded folks and they don't want to feel like they're going to be caught out for breaking the law."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21545" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_21545" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Yahoo</div>

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South Sudan Peace Talks Resume While Fighting Continues

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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eAguwuuKorw" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>South Sudan's Warring Sides Go Into Round Two of Peace Talks -- Voice of America</b></span></div><br />ADDIS ABABA — Peace talks for South Sudan resumed Tuesday after mediators assured opposition negotiators that their colleagues who were detained when South Sudan plunged into violence will be allowed to attend the talks in Addis Ababa. <br /><br />An opening ceremony for the second round of the talks was held late Tuesday in Addis Ababa.<br /><br />Both the government of South Sudan and Toby Lanzer, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan, said in separate tweets that the talks had resumed.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-peace-talks-resume/1849550.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Crisis In South Sudan</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/resumption-of-south-sudan-peace-talks-in-doubt/2014/02/11/1931bd18-92f9-11e3-b3f7-f5107432ca45_story.html">Acrimonious opening at restart of S. Sudan talks</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201402120377.html">South Sudan: Peace Talks Resume Despite Threatened Boycott</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26144045">South Sudan conflict: New peace talks begin</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/south-sudan-massacres-dinka-nuer">Bloodshed continues in South Sudan as warring groups remain deadlocked</a> -- The Guardian<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-cease-fire-south-sudan-violence-persists/2014/02/12/cd583678-93e9-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html">What cease-fire? South Sudan violence persists</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hHx7AlRKADoZMUVoZZVGzmGJ9OGg?docId=33c49316-29ef-4f65-acf5-5bbb8ae6c069">Cluster bombs used in South Sudan: UN chief</a> -- AFP<br /><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201402120397.html">Ethiopia Warns S. Sudan Rivals to Prevent Conflict Becoming Proxy War</a> -- Sudan Tribune<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2014/02/10/US-deeply-concerned-about-cease-fire-violations-in-South-Sudan/UPI-86851392042525/">U.S. 'deeply concerned' about cease-fire violations in South Sudan</a> -- UPI<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2014/02/12/South-Sudan-has-long-road-ahead-UN-says/UPI-40131392217373/">South Sudan has long road ahead, U.N. says </a>-- UPI

South Sudan Peace Talks Resume While Fighting Continues

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Amnesty International: 'Ethnic Cleansing' Of Muslims Is Occuring In The Central African Republic

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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MZas6mAFDFM" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Central African Republic: 'Ethnic cleansing' Of Muslims -- BBC</b></span></div><br /><i>International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the Central African Republic, a human rights group says.</i><br /><br />Militia attacks have led to a "Muslim exodus of historic proportions", according to a report by Amnesty International.<br /><br />Aid groups have warned of a food crisis, as many of the shops and wholesalers were run by Muslims.<br /><br />The UN's World Food Programme has started a month-long aid airlift.<br /><br />The roads are too dangerous to transport food without a military escort, WFP spokesman Alexis Masciarelli told the BBC.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26150668">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Crisis In Central African Republic</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-chief-warns-of-partition-in-c-african-republic/2014/02/11/8988260a-9386-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html">Amnesty: Muslim exodus in CAR ‘ethnic cleansing’</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/central-african-republic-muslims/">Rights groups warn of ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Central African Republic</a> -- CNN<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304888404579378753560684682?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304888404579378753560684682.html">Central African Republic Sees Rise in Attacks on Muslims</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/violence-against-muslims-soars-in-central-african-republic/2014/02/11/9d491016-934d-11e3-b3f7-f5107432ca45_story.html">Violence against Muslims soars in Central African Republic</a> -- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201402120275.html">Central African Republic: Peacekeepers Failed to Prevent Ethnic Cleansing - Amnesty</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-12/central-african-republic-muslims-being-forced-into-exodus-1">Central African Republic Muslims Being Forced Into Exodus</a> -- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/12/-ethnic-cleansingoccurringincentralafricanrepublicamnestysays.html">Amnesty: Muslims face 'ethnic cleansing' in Central African Republic </a>-- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.dw.de/calls-to-prevent-ethnic-cleansing-in-central-african-republic/a-17426331">Calls to prevent "ethnic cleansing" in Central African Republic</a> -- Deutsche Welle<br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/11/french-military-christian-anti-balaka-fighters-in-c-african-republic-are/">Christian, Muslim fighting in Central African Republic worsens, as Christian man lynched by mob</a> -- FOX News<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-central-african-un-idUSBREA1A2AK20140211">U.N.'s Ban to France: Mull more troops for Central African Republic</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-02-11/c-dot-african-republic-christian-fighters-criticized">UN chief warns of partition in C. African Republic</a> -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP<br /><a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/social-media-dispatches-death-and-destruction-in-central-african-republic/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0">Social Media Dispatches: Death and Destruction in Central African Republic</a> -- The Lede/New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV9wI5RCDPwB4u7ZkgbKsWCLOJ2g?docId=1056de7b-77bb-4c1c-8a6c-377f148373a7">Central African president vows war against militia </a>-- AFP<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/10/this-photo-shows-how-bad-things-are-getting-in-the-central-african-republic/?tid=pm_world_pop">This photo shows how bad things are getting in the Central African Republic</a> -- Washington Post<br /><br /><b>WNU Editor:</b> The Amnesty International report <b><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/central-african-republic-ethnic-cleansing-sectarian-violence-2014-02-12">is here.</a></b>

Amnesty International: 'Ethnic Cleansing' Of Muslims Is Occuring In The Central African Republic

Central African Republic: 'Ethnic cleansing' Of Muslims -- BBC International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansin...

Felix leads No. 19 Texas past Oklahoma State 87-68 (BLOG)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiid75NUrSu0QUkAVVTlWsSJm_WOf3quZaVdooi6g1WaGl1LqI8aboC39breqxWhiXHgo30KGFMch5Hee1dBy1Np1XQkthN_7i__F7yqpQ8eAR82kKWGPFMQD5ol2b2wXYbds-wMh0mD-U/s1600/bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiid75NUrSu0QUkAVVTlWsSJm_WOf3quZaVdooi6g1WaGl1LqI8aboC39breqxWhiXHgo30KGFMch5Hee1dBy1Np1XQkthN_7i__F7yqpQ8eAR82kKWGPFMQD5ol2b2wXYbds-wMh0mD-U/s1600/bb.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_3145" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State came to Texas on a four-game losing streak made worse by the suspension of star guard Marcus Smart.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_3140" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Javan Felix scored 27 points, making six of Texas' 11 3-pointers, and the Longhorns rolled to an easy 87-68 win Tuesday State behind a dominant first half.The No. 19 Longhorns were in no mood to show them any mercy.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_3203" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Felix, who missed a game with a concussion a week ago and was just a 30 percent shooter from long range on the season, was 6 of 8 on 3-pointer and fell onepoint shy of his career high.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I know I can make those shots. It's a matter of me taking them," Felix said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Felix scored eight consecutive points that pushed Texas' lead to 22 early in the first half. The Longhorns (19-5, 8-3) had four players score in double figures and led 54-33 at halftime despite playing without leading scorer Jonathan Holmes, who sat out with a knee injury.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="8" data-uuid="5e68bf57-0931-3acc-83a2-925c38f55a12" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/texas-39-isaiah-taylor-1-tries-protect-ball-photo-011736509.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Texas&#39; Isaiah Taylor (1) tries to protect the ball&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 183px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Texas&#39; Isaiah Taylor (1) tries to protect the ball&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="183" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2iX2UoyEyZ1T3DSxt8evrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTE4MztxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/03efaddb0e6191064b0f6a70670084a8.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Texas' Isaiah Taylor (1) tries to protect the ball from Oklahoma State's Markel Brown during …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Smart sat out the first of a three-game suspension from the Big 12 for shoving a fan at Texas Tech on Saturday. Without him, the reeling Cowboys never had a chance.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We're going through a tough time right now. We're not down, not blaming anybody else," Oklahoma State center Kamari Murphy said. "There's no excuses."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Le'Bryan Nash led Oklahoma State (16-8, 4-7) with 23 points.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Smart, who averages 18 points, will miss games against Oklahoma and Baylor before returning for the Cowboys' rematch with Texas Tech.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Cowboys struggled without their star, but the Longhorns didn't miss a beat without Holmes. Isaiah Taylor scored 16, Martez Walker scored 12 and Cameron Ridley had his sixth double-double of the season for Texas with 12 points and 13 rebounds.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="1175f2b0-3bcd-30e8-b9e6-ea267c7e0fde" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/texas-39-isaiah-taylor-1-drives-against-oklahoma-photo-011720952.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Texas&#39; Isaiah Taylor (1) drives against Oklahoma&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 239px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Texas&#39; Isaiah Taylor (1) drives against Oklahoma&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="239" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WosjvnnHBFdVKS0fCT6ZkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIzOTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c60b0c380e6091064b0f6a7067004eea.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Texas' Isaiah Taylor (1) drives against Oklahoma State's Brian Williams (4) during the first …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Texas' outburst came three days after the Longhorns scored just 18 points in the first half of a loss at Kansas State that ended a seven-game winning streak. Back home, Texas made eight 3-pointers and shot better than 50 percent for most of the first half.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Conner Lammert, who got just his second start of the season in place of Holmes, made three 3-pointers in the first half. Felix turned it into a rout when he made two 3-pointer and a layup in a burst that pushed Texas' lead to 36-14.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Texas coach Rick Barnes said Lammert played on a swollen ankle he turned in practice just two days earlier.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"He showed a lot of guts. I told him he'd better shoot the ball every time your open and he did," Barnes said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Felix opened the second half with two more 3-pointers. He followed the first one with a steal that set up his second in transition. The run ended any chance of a Cowboys rally.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="10" data-uuid="80e15730-6b4b-344b-b7cc-aee1a665023c" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/oklahoma-state-coach-travis-ford-jumps-yells-players-photo-011316698.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford jumps as he yells&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 422px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford jumps as he yells&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="422" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8lQ7te89.O9ZONeyYJzTMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyMjtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e143c0740e5c91064b0f6a7067004ff1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford jumps as he yells to his players during the first half on an NCAA c …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cowboys coach Travis Ford noted that Texas came in as the second-worst shooting team from 3-point range in the Big 12.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"They go out and make 11," Ford said. "You can't sit around and hope a team misses, you've got to do something about it."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">When the teams first met in a January, Smart had 24 points and 11 rebounds and five assists in a Cowboys' victory. His defense helped hold Felix and Taylor to 14 total points.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Cowboys missed all of that in the rematch.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sharp-shooting guard Phil Forte, who was Smart's high-school teammate when they won a Texas state championship on the same court, was just 2-of-7 shooting and never got a chance to open up from long-range. Forward Brian Williams was 0-8 and the Cowboys shot just 36 percent for the game.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ford said he wouldn't use Smart's absence as an excuse for the loss.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_3226" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"This has nothing to do with Marcus Smart," Cowboys coach Travis Ford said. "He wasn't here tonight. We've got to play with what we've got. I don't really even want to talk about it. It doesn't do any good.</div>

Felix leads No. 19 Texas past Oklahoma State 87-68 (BLOG)

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Reporters Without Borders: Press Freedom Is Slipping In Some Countries

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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XjqYXlWFd60" width="420"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Media Group: Press Freedom Slipping in Some Countries -- Voice of America</b></span></div><br />A <b><a href="http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html" target="_blank">new Reporters Without Borders index</a></b>  cites hot spots in the Middle East, Africa and Asia as being among the  worst offenders of press freedom. The journalism rights group also says  there has been a significant decline in press freedom in the United  States.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://en.rsf.org/#" target="_blank">Reporters Without Borders</a></b>  says Syria has become an increasingly dangerous place for journalists  during the nearly three-year conflict between the government and the  opposition.<br /><br />The group's U.S. director, Delphine Halgand, said  Syria ranks near the bottom of the index of 180 countries. "You have to  keep in mind that more than 130 news providers have been killed in Syria  since the start of the conflict in March 2011, including 45 since last  year. On top of that, at least 16 foreign reporters and 26 journalism  providers are right now detained, kidnapped or missing," she said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/media-group-reporters-without-borders-says-freedom-slipping-in-some-countries/1849443.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Released Reporters Without Borders Index On Press Freedom</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20140211224817-dxd9l/">Reporters Without Borders releases 2014 Press Freedom Index </a>-- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.dw.de/reporters-without-borders-security-interests-threaten-press-freedom/a-17425376">Reporters without Borders: 'Security interests threaten press freedom' </a>-- Deutsche Welle<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/12/press-freedom-journalist-safety">UK slips down press freedom index due to harassment of the Guardian </a>-- The Guardian<br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2014/02/freedom-press-2014/">Freedom of the press in 2014 by Reporters Without Borders </a>-- Wired<br /><a href="http://www.rttnews.com/2268313/reporters-without-borders-spotlights-major-decline-in-media-freedom-in-us.aspx">Reporters Without Borders Spotlights Major Decline In Media Freedom In US </a>-- RTT<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140212/us-under-fire-global-press-freedom-report">US under fire in global press freedom report</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/11/report-democraticcountriescurbpressfreedomsinnameofsecurity.html">Report: Democratic countries curbing press freedoms in name of security</a> -- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26140329">Syria crisis threatens regional press freedom - RWB</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/394609/thailand-still-ranked-low-on-press-freedom-index">China 'censorship model' spreads in Asia</a> -- Bangkok Post<br /><a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-maintains-status-quo-in-2014-press-freedom-rankings/494432.html">Russia Maintains Status Quo in 2014 Press Freedom Rankings</a> -- Moscow Times<br /><br /><b>WNU Editor:</b> The Reporters Without Borders world index <b><a href="http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html">is here</a></b>. The Reporters Without Borders website <b><a href="http://en.rsf.org/#">is here</a></b>.

Reporters Without Borders: Press Freedom Is Slipping In Some Countries

Media Group: Press Freedom Slipping in Some Countries -- Voice of America A new Reporters Without Borders index cites hot spots in the Mid...

Wire fox terrier wins best in show at Westminster (BLOG)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmB3eC-Y-Jd6EjZHpV3Mt52ybNMY4Q15aMPx_txmh6wX_tlXQT14L8bpggOsKa0-6SslaRrTJ5S1Zt27mvn8a7wqFODLKC6QbxdEyHI1gRVwwXPBd0DPkfKsOUosfzgBUFN1srWC-dQA/s1600/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmB3eC-Y-Jd6EjZHpV3Mt52ybNMY4Q15aMPx_txmh6wX_tlXQT14L8bpggOsKa0-6SslaRrTJ5S1Zt27mvn8a7wqFODLKC6QbxdEyHI1gRVwwXPBd0DPkfKsOUosfzgBUFN1srWC-dQA/s1600/b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16702" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">NEW YORK (AP) — The bloodhound drew the loudest cheers. The Portie came with presidential connections. And the Irish water spaniel tried to earn another win for Seattle in the Super Bowl — of dogs, that is.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16725" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 5-year-old Sky won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, finishing off a season in which she was ranked the nation's No. 1 dog.A little wire fox terrier called Sky stood in their way.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16745" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Handler Gabriel Rangel scooped up Sky in one arm after she was picked as America's top dog. He kissed judge Betty Regina Leininger's hand as the title was awarded inside a nearly full Madison Square Garden.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16755" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rangel may've learned that trick from his dog.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16765" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Her personality is she loves to kiss people and she connects with everybody," Rangel said.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="8" data-uuid="0a1d8238-7cd0-347b-9a9e-7e730b8aba68" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/sky-wire-fox-terrier-wins-terrier-group-during-photo-033216101.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Sky, a wire fox terrier, wins the terrier group during&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 205px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Sky, a wire fox terrier, wins the terrier group during&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="205" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jc7ovEsMi_GZnpOWB2SenA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwNTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4b68ca220edc93064b0f6a706700fdad.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Sky, a wire fox terrier, wins the terrier group during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">This was Sky's 129th best in show ribbon overall — she became a Triple Crown winner in dogdom, having previously taken the National Dog Show and the AKC Eukanuba event.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And it was the 14th time a wire fox terrier has won at Westminster. No other breed has won more than eight.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The winner with the ginger-and-white coat and terrier goatee beat out an impressive lineup in the final ring. Joining Sky were a standard poodle, a Cardigan Welsh corgi and a miniature pinscher, along with the bloodhound, Portuguese water dog and Irish water spaniel.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"She has the 'it' factor. She owned this night," Leininger said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The standard poodle named Ally was chosen as the runner-up.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="9" data-uuid="07bdc76e-f8c5-31fc-8c0d-9bee5c94fad5" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/colored-bull-terrier-competes-terrier-group-during-westminster-photo-030605627.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="A colored bull terrier competes in the terrier group&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 243px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="A colored bull terrier competes in the terrier group&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="243" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KbrUrgUtBUFS7gsFXCmR3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTI0MztxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/54a2ef3f0ec493064b0f6a706700bd7f.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">A colored bull terrier competes in the terrier group during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tu …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sky sat still backstage alongside the prized silver bowl after the biggest win in her career. By the weekend, the pooch might be pooped.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Sky was scheduled to tour the morning TV news shows Wednesday, eat a steak lunch at famed Manhattan restaurant Sardi's and also go up the Empire State Building.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And on Thursday night, she's set for her Broadway debut with a walk-on part in the Tony Award-winning musical "Kinky Boots."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Neat treats for a dog with the champion's name of Afterall Painting The Sky. A special time for all those around her, too.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"It's like winning an Oscar," said Victor Malzoni Jr., one of the owners who is an economist from Brazil.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="10" data-uuid="2313747d-eb3f-3075-8aaa-9bd518352c0a" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/border-terrier-competes-terrier-group-during-westminster-kennel-photo-030227049.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="A border terrier competes in the terrier group during&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 220px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="A border terrier competes in the terrier group during&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="220" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mqQNXhy2viXJEiO_Ltt3jQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIyMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/048fb5b70ec193064b0f6a7067009402.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">A border terrier competes in the terrier group during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">There were 2,845 dogs entered in the 138th Westminster Kennel Club show. They were eligible in 190 breeds and varieties.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Nathan the bloodhound was clearly the crowd's choice as all seven dogs circled around in the final ring. The min pin called Classie had won 121 times.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And Matisse the Portie had a great history. He is a cousin of President Barack Obama's newest house pet — the White House, that is.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But once again, a terrier prevailed. Terriers have taken 46 of the 105 best in show ribbons presented at an event that dates to the late 19th century.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rangel, who lives with Sky in Rialto, Calif., has plenty of experience in winning. He guided Sadie the Scottish terrier to victory at Westminster four years ago.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16794" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">This time, it was Sky's turn.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_16784" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"She's a princess," he said.</div>

Wire fox terrier wins best in show at Westminster (BLOG)

NEW YORK (AP) — The bloodhound drew the loudest cheers. The Portie came with presidential connections. And the Irish water spaniel tried to ...

World News Briefs -- February 12, 2014

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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VMqd2ghtZ_Y" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>North, South Korea Hold High-Level Meeting -- Voice of America</b></span></div><br />North and South Korea have held their highest-level talks in seven years, raising cautious hopes of improved ties between the two foes.<br /><br />There was no official agenda for the meeting, which was held on the South Korean side of the Panmunjom border village on Wednesday.<br /><br />Speaking ahead of the talks, the head of the South Korean delegation, top national security official Kim Kyou-hyun, said he was optimistic.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/north-south-korea-to-hold-highlevel-meeting-seoul/1848732.html">Read more </a></b>....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MIDDLE EAST</b></span></div><br />Diplomacy is failing in Syria, <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/diplomacy-is-failing-in-syria-obama-acknowledges/2014/02/11/822065e6-935c-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html">Obama acknowledges</a></b>.<br /><br />Syrian planes pound rebel town <b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/syrian-planes-pound-rebel-town-near-lebanon-border-1.267201">near Lebanon border</a></b>.<br /><br />UN resumes evacuations <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/evacuation-from-syria-homs-set-resume-201421282113173158.html">from Syria's Homs</a></b>.<br /><br />Obama: Russia to blame if <b><a href="http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140211/DEFREG02/302110030/Obama-Russia-Blame-UN-Homs-Resolution-Fails">UN Homs resolution fails.</a></b><br /><br />Syria, al Qaeda: U.S. officials <b><a href="http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/11/syria-al-qaeda-u-s-officials-offer-grim-assessment/">offer grim assessment</a></b>.<br /><br />Violence in Iraq's Anbar province <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26150727">'displaces 300,000'</a></b>.<br /><br />Iran: We’re ready for ‘decisive battle’ <b><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-were-ready-for-decisive-battle-with-israel-us/">with Israel, US</a></b>.<br /><br />Lebanon arrests top <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/lebanon-arrests-top-al-qaeda-linked-fighter-201421212285696407.html">al-Qaeda linked fighter</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ASIA</b></span></div><br />US military condemns Afghan decision<b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/12/us-military-condemns-afghan-decision-to-release-dangerous-detainees/?intcmp=latestnews"> to release 'dangerous' detainees</a></b>.<br /><br />Koreas hold rare talks<b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/02/koreas-hold-talks-boost-tense-relations-20142124459552869.html"> to ease tensions</a></b>.<br /><br />Gunmen kill nine at Pakistani policeman's home <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-pakistan-attack-idUSBREA1B0D320140212">as peace talks proceed</a></b>.<br /><br />Afghanistan halts suspected reconstruction <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-afghanistan-buddhas-idUSBREA1B13J20140212">of ancient Buddhas.</a></b><br /><br />China trade surplus<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26148707"> jumps to $32bn</a></b>.<br /><br />US promises to reduce burden of <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/us-promises-reduce-military-okinawa-airbase-futenma">military presence in Okinawa</a></b>.<br /><br />Time running out for aging former<b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/time-running-out-for-aging-former-comfort-women-of-south-korea-1.267128"> 'comfort women' of South Korea</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AFRICA</b></span></div><br />Mass grave found in Central African Republic, <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-central-african-idUSBREA1B18S20140212">U.N. warns of 'cleansing'</a></b>. UN chief warns CAR <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/02/un-chief-warns-car-could-break-up-201421243833672163.html">could break up</a></b>. Central African Republic: <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26150668">'Ethnic cleansing' of Muslims.</a></b><br /><br />Algeria mourns dozens killed <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26148125">in military plane crash</a></b>.<br /><br />Kenya charges 70 with being <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-kenya-violence-idUSBREA1B15F20140212">members of al Shabaab</a></b>.<br /><br />Ethnic power-sharing under threat in Burundi, <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-burundi-crisis-idUSBREA1B0US20140212">says party</a></b>.<br /><br />Libyan TV station hit <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-libya-attack-idUSBREA1B11Q20140212">with grenades: journalists</a></b>.<br /><br />South Africa police clash with ANC supporters <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-safrica-march-idUSBREA1B1B020140212">at opposition march</a></b>.<br /><br />Mohamed Morsi calls protests 'useless' and says next Egyptian president <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/mohamed-morsi-protests-useless-president-coup-prison">could face coup</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>EUROPE</b></span></div><br /><b><a href="http://winter-games.reuters.com/">Sochi 2014: Live</a></b><br /><br />Judge who sentenced protesters <b><a href="http://en.ria.ru/world/20140212/187460252/Judge-Who-Sentenced-Protesters-Shot-Dead-in-Ukraine.html">shot dead in Ukraine</a></b>.<br /><br />Italy PM Letta in battle for survival<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26152220"> with Matteo Renzi</a></b>.<br /><br />Spain moves to curb legal convention allowing trials <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/spain-end-judges-trials-foreign-human-rights-abuses">of foreign rights abuses.</a></b><br /><br />British court OKs investigation into assassination <b><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/british-court-cites-evidence-russia-was-involved-l/">of Russian ex-spy Litvinenko</a></b>.<br /><br />Swiss govt will draft law on immigration curbs <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/swiss-immigration-idUSL5N0LH2KO20140212">by year-end</a></b>.<br /><br />EU to approve new GM crop, ignoring <b><a href="http://rt.com/news/eu-approve-gm-crop-608/">majority members’ opposition</a></b>.<br /><br />UK storms: Met Office issues <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26153889">'Red Warning' for wind</a></b>.<br /><br />Edward Snowden asylum demand dropped <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/edward-snowden-nsa-asylum-demand-european-parliament">by European parliament</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AMERICAS</b></span></div><br />Thousands of flights canceled as 'catastrophic' storm <b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/02/12/millions-in-south-brace-for-potentially-catastrophic-winter-storm/">slams into U.S. South</a></b>.<br /><br />Francois Hollande honoured <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26148561">at US state dinner</a></b>.<br /><br />Budget forces Canadian military to stow equipment shopping list <b><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/budget-forces-canadian-military-to-stow-equipment-shopping-list-until-2016-1.1681338">until 2016.</a></b><br /><br />More arrests in Venezuela protests,<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBREA1A19420140211"> Maduro slams 'coup-seekers'</a></b>.<br /><br />Colombian president seen poised for <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-colombia-election-poll-idUSBREA1B10W20140212">re-election: poll</a></b>.<br /><br />'Brazil is not a civilized country' says the country's<b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2014/02/10/brazil-is-not-a-civilized-country-says-the-countrys-most-controversial-news-anchor/"> most controversial news anchor</a></b>.<br /><br />Mexican drug lord: <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/06/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-mansion/">Inside his abandoned mansion.</a></b><br /><br />Castaway turned celebrity Alvarenga returns<b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/11/world/americas/castaway-comes-home/"> to native El Salvador</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR</b></span></div><br />Official: Core Al Qaeda may now view Syria <b><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-strategy/198129-official-core-al-qaeda-may-now-view-syria-as-primary">as primary battlefield</a></b>.<br /><br />Court OKs Guantánamo <b><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/198096-court-rejects-guantanamo-hunger-strikers-appeal-but-leaves-opening">force-feeding detainees</a></b>.<br /><br />U.S. sets conditions for lawyers to <b><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/12/us-sets-conditions-for-lawyers-to-interview-911-ma/">interview 9/11 mastermind</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS</b></span></div><br />Toyota to recall <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26148711">1.9 million Prius hybrids</a></b>.<br /><br />Bitcoin hit by denial of service attacks<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-usa-bitcoin-idUSBREA1A20X20140212"> as regulators prepare clampdown</a></b>.<br /><br />OPEC sees <b><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304888404579378570315535340?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304888404579378570315535340.html">oil demand rising.</a></b>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhGItWMTJXhSv-NV9kSaqk4XjvwXN0MbcG88U0bUDDkVuFcTfBRgK5_BV1k_Op0kJIjypG4sQrgcs4KtvrruVqM1TrdSGa2H2EO6j4HHTpg4fgeHlP3jbjI9MDaGnVLHjJ_CbcDu4EtI/s1600/aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhGItWMTJXhSv-NV9kSaqk4XjvwXN0MbcG88U0bUDDkVuFcTfBRgK5_BV1k_Op0kJIjypG4sQrgcs4KtvrruVqM1TrdSGa2H2EO6j4HHTpg4fgeHlP3jbjI9MDaGnVLHjJ_CbcDu4EtI/s1600/aa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11841" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">“Hangover” star Bradley Cooper, Mindy Kaling from “The Office,” Stephen Colbert, “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Star Trek” producer J.J. Abrams, openly gay NBA player Jason Collins, top House Republicans Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan – the guest list for President Obama’s state dinner in honor of French President Hollande late Tuesday brought together Hollywood, politicians, champions of causes dear to the White House, French officials and executives. And big-time campaign donors.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.307693481445313px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11871" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">There were prominent CEOs -- Best Buy’s Hubert Joly (born and raised in France!), and Philippe Dauman of Viacom (his parents immigrated from France!), for example.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11881" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The super-exclusive event also drew a phalanx of super-wealthy donors whose cash powered Obama’s presidential runs and who might soon be asked to bankroll his presidential library.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Just run the names on the guest list through <a data-rapid_p="9" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">the website run by the Center for Responsive Politics</a> that tracks money and elections. The result is a platoon of bundlers – big donors who collected from other big donors to help out the president’s campaign.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">This isn’t an exhaustive list (readers might get bored). But the “at least $500,000” category of guest included:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Terrence Bean of Portland, Ore.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Andrea and Tom Bernstein, of New York City</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Peter Beshar of Rye, New York</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Shefali Duggal of San Francisco</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mark Gallogly of New York City</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Samuel Heins and Stacey Mills of Wayzata, Minn.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Irwin and Joan Jacobs of La Jolla, Calif.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson of San Francisco</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Azita Raji of Tiburon, Calif.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In a slightly lower bracket, James Chanos of New York City raised between $200,000 and $500,000. So did Bain Capital’s Jonathan Lavine of Weston, Mass. And Cappy McGarr of Dallas, Texas, did too. Same for Laura Ross of New York City.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Given what we know of Obama’s fondness for <a data-rapid_p="10" href="http://news.yahoo.com/watch-what-happens-when-obama-picks-a-top-donor-as-ambassador-161931672.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">a certain bipartisan unfortunate DC tradition</a>, this could be some big donors’ big chance to get diplomatic experience before he nominates them for ambassadorships.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Here, as released by the White House, is the complete list of guests expected at the dinner:</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11890" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">HIS EXCELLENCY FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE, PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. J.J. Abrams, Pacific Palisades, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Katie McGrath</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Stacey Abrams, United States Representative (Georgia)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ben Jealous</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Jill Abramson, The New York Times, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. William Woodson</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Charles Adams, Jr., Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">General Keith Alexander, Director of NSA and Cybercom</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Debbie Alexander</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Georgia Angelos</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Kader Arif, Minister Delegate for Veterans Affairs, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Caroline Atkinson, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Geoffrey Boyd Lamb</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Jennifer Bado-Aleman, Gaithersburg, MD</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Frank Skinner</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Caleb Ballew, Huntsville, AL</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Kourtney Ballew, Huntsville, AL</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Dan Barber, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. David Barber</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Karen Bass, United States Representative (California)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Barbara Jordan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Terrence Bean, Portland, OR</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Robert Iwasaki</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Joel Benenson, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Lisa Benenson, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Michael Bennet, United States Senator (Colorado)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Susan Daggett</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Andrea Bernstein, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Tom Bernstein</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Peter Beshar, Rye, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Sarah Beshar</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Steven Beshear, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Jane Beshear</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Joseph Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Jill Biden</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Robert Hunter Biden, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Kathleen Biden</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Mary J Blige, Saddle River, NJ</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Kendu Isaacs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Tony Blinken, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Evan Ryan, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Joseph Blount, Miami Beach, FL</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Katherine Blount</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Nicole Bricq, Minister for Foreign Trade, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable William Burns, Deputy Secretary of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Lisa Ann Carty</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Director of the Office of Management and Budget</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Steve Burwell</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Eric Cantor, United States Representative (Virginia)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Jay Carney, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Claire Shipman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jim Chanos, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Crystal A Connors</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Brian Cladoosby, LaConner, WA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Nina Cladoosby</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Susan Clapper</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Max Cleland, Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Linda Dean</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Steve Clemons, The Atlantic, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Andrew Oros</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable David L. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Rhonda Cohen</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11900" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable David Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Suzy Cohen</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Stephen Colbert, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Evie Colbert</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Joanna Coles, Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Peter Godwin</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jason Collins, Los Angeles, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Brunson Green</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jean-Marie Colombani, JMC Media, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Marcello Conviti, Carmat, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Bradley Cooper, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Suki Waterhouse</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. James Crane, Houston, TX</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Danielle Crutchfield, Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling and Advance</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (Maryland)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Philippe Dauman, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Deborah Dauman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">His Excellency François Delattre, Ambassador of the Republic of France to the U.S.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias Delattre</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Diane Dempsey</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Stéphane Distinguin, Cap Digital, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Karen Donfried, Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for European Affairs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Alan Untereiner</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Mike Donilon, Alexandria, VA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Trish Donilon</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Roland Du Luart, Senator from Sarthe, President of the Franco-American Friendship Committee, French Republic</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11909" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Shefali Duggal, San Francisco, CA</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11923" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Rajat Duggal</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11933" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ken Ehrlich, Westlake Village, CA</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392198034882_11943" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Harriet Ehrlich</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">His Excellency Laurent Fabius, Minister for Foreign Affairs, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Matthias Fekl, Representative of the National Assembly, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Genevière Fioraso, Minister for Higher Education and Research, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ken Fisher, Rockville, MD</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Tammy Fisher</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Samara Foxx</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ken Frazier, Whitehouse Station, NJ</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Andrea Frazier</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Michael Froman, Ambassador and U.S. Trade Representative</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Nancy Goodman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Jason Furman, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Eve A. Gerber, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Mark Gallogly, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Elizabeth Strickler</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Pierre Gattaz, President of MEDEF, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Thelma Golden, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Duro Olowu</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. John Goldman, Atherton, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Marcia Goldman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Julianna Goldman, Bloomberg News, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Mike Gottlieb, Associate Counsel to the President</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Philip H Gordon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Rachel Gordon</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Danielle Gray, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Jaunique Sealey</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Allyn Hagel</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Laura G Haim, Canal Plus and I-Tele French TV, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ara Aprikian</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable William Haslam, Governor of the State of Tennessee</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Crissy Haslam</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Samuel Heins, Wayzata, MN</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Stacey Mills</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jean-Paul Herteman, Safran, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Eric Holder, Jr., United States Attorney General</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Sharon Malone</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 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Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Patricia Falcone, Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Laura Holgate, Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Rick Holgate</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Steve Holland, Reuters, Alexandria, VA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Lucie Holland</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jean-Paul Huchon, Paris Region President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Irwin Jacobs, La Jolla, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Joan Jacobs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jean-Marc Janaillac, Transdev, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Paul Jean-Ortiz, Diplomatic Advisor to the President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Mike Connor, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Susan DiMarco</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Kevin Johnson, Mayor of the City of Sacramento</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Michelle Rhee</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Hubert Joly, Richfield, MN</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Natalie Jones, Acting Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Justice Elena Kagan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Mindy Kaling, Universal City, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Jocelyn Leavitt</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Roberta Kaplan, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Rachel Lavine</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Cody Keenan, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Kristen Bartoloni</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. M. Elizabeth Swope</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Leslie Kiernan, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Paul Kiernan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Ronald Klain, Chevy Chase, MD</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Monica Medina</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Anne Lauvergeon, Chairwoman of “Innovation 2030” Committee, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jonathan Lavine, Weston, MA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Emily Lavine</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jean-Yves Le Gall, CNES, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Patrick Leahy, United States Senator (Vermont)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Marcelle Leahy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Frédéric Lefebvre, Representative of the National Assembly, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Corine Lesnes, Le Monde. Paris, France</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. John Ruddy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Ruth Schwartz</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Tara Leweling, Director for NATO & European Affairs</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Harun Dogo</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. William Louis-Dreyfus</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Emmanuel Macron, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Kathy Manning, Greensboro, NC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Randall Kaplan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Alyssa Mastromonaco, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Kari McDonough</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Cappy McGarr, Dallas, TX</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Janie McGarr</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Raymond McGuire, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Crystal McCrary</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Brian McKeon, Deputy Assistant to the President, Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Lizabeth Tankersley</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Eliseo Medina, La Canada-Flintridge, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Arcelia Rocio Saenz</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Constance Milstein, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Jehan Christophe de la Haye St. Hilaire</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Nicola Miner, San Francisco, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Robert Mailer Anderson</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Mark Monaco</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Naomi Moniz</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Bobby Monks, Portland, ME</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Arnaud Montebourg, Minister for Industrial Renewal, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Aquilino Morelle, Political Advisor to the President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Pierre Moscovici, Minister for Economy and Finance, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Bruce Mosler, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Willard Freeman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Amit A. Pandya</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Elon Musk, Los Angeles, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Talulah Musk</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Pierre Nanterme, Accenture, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Karen Narasaki, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Vivek Malhotra</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Robert Kagan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Michael Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Lisa Nutter</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Kevin F. O'Malley, St. Louis, MO</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Dena O'Malley</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Julie Pace, Associated Press, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Michael Ferenczy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Jennifer Palmieri, Assistant to the President and Communications Director</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. James Lyons</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Fleur Pellerin, Minister Delegate for SMEs, Innovation and the Digital Economy, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (California)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Jacqueline Kenneally</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Fabien Penone, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Guillaume Pepy, SNCF, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Tom Perez, Secretary of Labor</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Ann Marie Staudenmaier</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Dan Pfeiffer, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Richard Plepler, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Lisa Plepler</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable John Podesta, Counselor to the President</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Mary Podesta</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Cass Sunstein</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Nicholas Pritzker</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">General Benoît Puga, Military Advisor to the President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Tangi Quéméner, Agence France-Presse, Bethesda, MD</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Anne Porquet</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Azita Raji, Tiburon, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Gary Syman</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Stephanie C Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of the City of Baltimore</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Kent Blake</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Ann Norris</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Steven Ricchetti, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Amy Ricchetti</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Ian Cameron</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Claudine Ripert-Landler, Press Advisor, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Charles H Rivkin, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Susan Tolson</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Rachel Robinson, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Norman Siegel</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Harold Rogers, United States Representative (Kentucky)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Cynthia Rogers</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. James Roosevelt, Jr., Cambridge, MA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Ann Roosevel</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Laura Ross, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. James Ross</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Alain Rousset, Aquitaine Region President, French Republic</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative (California)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Marie Royce, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Kathy Ruemmler, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Margaret-Angèle Russell, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Robert Kaplan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Paul Ryan, United States Representative (Wisconsin)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Janna Ryan</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Lee Saunders, Washington, DC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Lynne Saunders</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Barbara Schmidt, Boca Raton, FL</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Richard Schmidt</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Charles Schumer, United States Senator (New York)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Iris Weinshall</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Pete Selleck, Greenville, SC</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Nancy Selleck</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Counselor to the Secretary of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Maria Shannon</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Reverend Alfred Sharpton, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Aisha I. McShaw</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Beth Shaw, New York, NY</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Rebecca Shaw</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Bruce Stokes</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House Coordinator for Defense Policy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Dr. Jeffrey Randall</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable Peter Shumlin, Governor of the State of Vermont</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Sarah Schmidt</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Honorable David Simas, Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Shauna McCarty</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Ms. Liz Simons, Atherton, CA</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mr. Mark Heising</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mrs. Sarah Smiley, Bangor, ME</div><div style="background-color: white; 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