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Actors, mayors to join inauguration-eve Trump demonstration ::

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NewsHubPosted 3:58 p.m. today
Updated 3:59 p.m. today
NEW YORK — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other issues during Donald Trump’s administration, organizers said ahead of the inauguration-eve demonstration.
Aiming to energize and unite city dwellers concerned about the president-elect’s plans, activists and dignitaries planned to gather Thursday evening in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower, about a half-mile from his Trump Tower home. Groups including Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood and MoveOn.org have signed on.
Organizers said they expect thousands of people, including stars Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei and Alec Baldwin, whose Trump impression on NBC’s « Saturday Night Live » has drawn barbs from the president-elect.
« Cities and towns across the country have the power to protect people and the environment by joining together, » actor Mark Ruffalo said in a statement, adding that the rally would signal to Washington « that we will fight, at every step, discrimination and harmful policies.  »
New Yorkers, however, are split on how Mayor Bill de Blasio should deal with Trump, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
Forty-six percent said the Democratic mayor should try to get along with the Republican president-elect, while 45 percent said de Blasio should be a national leader in opposing the Trump administration’s policies, the poll of 1,005 voters found. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Meanwhile, Trump left New York for Washington on Thursday morning.

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plany na 2017 rok

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NewsHubPolskie Koleje Państwowe S. A. przedstawiły plany na 2017 rok. Prezes spółki Mirosław Pawłowski powiedział, że firma wstrzymała już proces prywatyzacji i sprzedaży nieruchomości. Zapowiedział również, że priorytetem będą przygotowania do wdrożenia programu Mieszkanie Plus.
PKP S. A. posiada grunty m.in. w Warszawie, Gdańsku, Gdyni, Poznaniu, Lublinie, Gliwicach, Katowicach, Sochaczewie, Tczewie, Opolu, Ełku. Na nich powstać mogłyby budynki mieszkalne włączone w rządowy program.
Koleje przyznają, że ważna pozostaje modernizacja dworców kolejowych. Dotychczas wyremontowano 450 takich obiektów w całym kraju. Mirosław Pawłowski podkreślił, że ważną rzeczą jest koordynacja takich prac z remontami linii kolejowych.
Jak powiedział prezes Polskich Kolei Państwowych, nowa strategia zakłada, że PKP S. A. stanie się spółką holdingową. W założeniu poprawić ma to efekty ekonomiczne i ułatwić zarządzanie całą grupą PKP. Polska kolej utrudni także w ten sposób kontrolę instytucji europejskich.
Plany na 2017 rok przedstawiły także zarządzające siecią Polskie Linie Kolejowe, a także państwowy przewoźnik PKP Intercity. Wśród nich jest remont linii Warszawa – Lublin, Warszawa – Poznań, a także trasy skierniewickiej. Przewoźnik PKP Intercity zapowiada modernizację używanego już taboru.

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Zdrowie pięciolatka warte 7 mln zł

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NewsHubPięcioletni Emil z Krakowa urodził się z bardzo rzadką wadą serca i naczyń płucnych. Żaden lekarz w Polsce nie chciał podjąć się zoperowania Emila, co oznaczało wyrok śmierci. Pomóc chciał prof. Hanley ze Stanford. Trzeba było za to zapłacić 7 mln zł – sumę, którą zebrali nasi widzowie – i to zaledwie w ciągu ośmiu miesięcy.

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All Windows 10 Mobile Lumias are back in stock at the US Microsoft Store

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NewsHubAll Windows 10 Mobile Lumia handsets are back in stock in the US Microsoft Store today, including the Lumia 550, unlocked 950, AT&T 950, and 950 XL.
You’ll notice that the Lumia 650 is missing from that list, and that’s because Microsoft removed the listing for that phone last week, along with the 735. If that was the one that you had your eye on, you might be able to get one on Cricket Wireless if you’re vigilant. The listing on Cricket’s website seems to come and go, although the AT&T-owned carrier still sells the Lumia 635 and 640.
Indeed, over the last week or so, Lumias seem to be disappearing from various first-party retailers on the web rapidly. Microsoft also removed its listing for the AT&T Lumia 640 XL , and AT&T is out of stock on the 950. The unlocked 640 XL remains on Microsoft’s Store, but it’s been sold out for some time.
Over in the UK, Lumia fans have it even tougher. All Microsoft-made handsets have been out of stock since mid-December. It would seem that if you want one of the existing Lumias in the US, your time is running out, and if that’s the case, you can find them at the following links:

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Ukhozi listeners wants Zama gone – reports

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NewsHubA global study from Deloitte taking in the opinions of 22,000 consumers in 17 different countries finds that although attitudes to autonomous vehicles are becoming more positive, the majority of consumers need evidence that these technological advances will lead to…

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Włochy: Trwa akcja ratunkowa po zejściu lawiny na Farindolę. "Jest wielu zabitych" [VIDEO]

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NewsHubStacja telewizyjna SkyTG24 poinformowała w czwartek przed południem, że z budynku wyciągnięto już kilka ciał. BBC informowało, że z hotelu na który runęła potężna lawina wydostano trzy żywe osoby. Włoskie media mówiły, że po wypadku kilka osób zdołało wysłać smsy z. « Ratujcie nas! « , « Umieramy z zimna!  » – błagali uwięzieni. Lawina uderzyła w luksusowy hotel Rigopiano po tym, jak w środę w nocy w regionie zatrzęsła się ziemia. Częściowo zawalił się dach budynku, a „The International Business Times” informuje, że trzypiętrowy hotel został zasypany tonami śniegiem. Na miejscu w czwartek trwała akcja ratunkowa, która rozpoczęła się jednak z opóźnieniem z powodu śnieżycy oraz nieprzejezdnych dróg. Pierwsi ratownicy dotarli do hotelu Rigopiano dopiero o 4 nad ranem w czwartek. Na zdjęciach i nagraniach z Rigopiano widać ratowników, którzy wchodzą do hotelu. Śnieg wlewa się dosłownie przez drzwi i okna, zalega na korytarzach i w pokojach. Służby walczyły z czasem – w momencie tragedii w hotelu było bowiem co najmniej 20 turystów oraz siedmioro pracowników kurortu. W czwartek mówiło się o 30 zaginionych. Pod śniegiem wciąż mogą być żywi, jednak z godziny na godzinę maleją szanse na przeżycie. – To był dla nas szok, bo nie byliśmy w stanie szybko dotrzeć do uwięzionych – mówił wspomniany Antonio Crocetta ze służb górskich w Obruzzi, a prefekt Pescary Francesco Provolo dodawał, że ratownicy stają na głowie, by jak najszybciej wydobyć ludzi spod śniegu. Ratownicy jednak dodają, że może być nawet 30 ofiar, z których większość to turyści oraz siedmioosobowy personel hotelu. – Ten hotel już nie istnieje, po prostu go nie ma – mówił Luca Cari z miejscowej straży pożarnej. Są tylko tunele śniegowe, przez które ratownicy muszą się przedzierać. Jedną z osób, która cudem przeżyła dramat był pewien kucharz, który przebywał na wakacjach z rodziną Giampiero Parete i Fabio Salzetta, na swoje szczęście był wtedy poza hotelem, lawina go nie zabiła.

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Inflacja – zlekceważone zagrożenie dla gospodarki

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NewsHubZgadzam się. Inflacja jest korzystna dla banksterów i im podobnych spekulantów a nie dla człowieka pracy. Ale media (« głównego nurtu », ale nie tylko) są od tego by wciskać « kit » i to robią.

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Maine Green party splinters over school band performing at Trump inaugural

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NewsHubSome of the musicians lined up to perform at presidential inauguration events this week have faced intense backlash from critics of President-elect Donald Trump.
Some have even backed out.
But the appearance at an inaugural event of the middle and high school marching band from Madawaska has fractured the leadership of Maine’s Green Independent Party and driven two of its most prominent members to defect and declare themselves socialists.
The reason? The director of the marching band, Ben Meiklejohn, also happens to be the secretary of the Maine Green Independent Party. And some former Green members from Portland don’t think Meiklejohn should be doing anything close to supporting the inauguration of Trump.
The 28-student band left their hometown on Maine’s northern border to Washington, D. C., early Wednesday morning in order to arrive in time to perform on Thursday in a concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The “Make America Great! Welcome Concert” kicked off three days of events highlighted by Trump’s swearing in as the 45th president of the United States at the U. S. Capitol on Friday.
For the members of a band known as “the Pride of Madawaska,” it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no matter who is getting sworn in as president, school officials said. Meiklejohn put in the request for the band to perform after recalling his own experience performing with his Kennebunk High School bandmates during the inauguration of President George H. W. Bush. Politics don’t matter, the school officials said.
Not everyone sees it that way, as some other performers have found out. The Bruce Springsteen cover band B Street Band pulled out of an inaugural performance after Springsteen expressed disapproval, and singer Jennifer Holliday backed out after hearing from angry fans who did not want her to lend support to Trump.
The fallout has now shaken up the Maine Green Party.
Former Green Party candidates Tom MacMillan and Seth Baker announced their resignations from the party this week and said they will change their voter registration political party to Socialist Party USA. MacMillan is a past chair of the Green Party in Portland and ran for mayor of Portland in 2015, while Baker was a Green candidate for a Portland state Senate seat last year.
Maine’s Green Party achieved significant political influence in Portland, b ut has experienced infighting and declining clout in recent years. MacMillan and Baker announced their decision to leave the party in a news release that said Meiklejohn’s participation in the inauguration was the last straw:
“The Maine Greens’ political support for local Democrats over the past several years has drastically reduced our confidence in that party. However, what has moved us to leave the Green Party is their lack of accountability for MGIP Secretary Ben Meiklejohn’s support for the inauguration of Donald Trump as President. Secretary Meiklejohn has proven to be a reactionary and unprincipled leader in the MGIP and their leadership is unwilling to address the situation. Therefore, in order to stay true to our beliefs in justice and equality as well to be in solidarity with the millions of people rightfully worried about the incoming Trump administration, we are leaving the Green Party and plan to build the Socialist Party in Maine as a counterweight to the corrupt economic and political system. Working people need their own political party and from now on, our time, energy and activism will be committed to the Socialist Party as the best way to move forward for Maine workers.”
Meiklejohn could not be reached Thursday, but has made it clear that the marching band’s trip to perform at the inauguration is not at all about politics and is an opportunity for the students that could not be passed up.
“I think at this kind of event everyone’s looking beyond the politics,” Meiklejohn told the Portland Press Herald this month . “It doesn’t feel like something political that we’re participating in. It’s just a tradition of democracy. It’s like clockwork: Since the founding of our country, every four years a president gets inaugurated and that’s never changed.”
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Treasury pick Mnuchin fights questions about tax shelters, 'foreclosure machine'

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NewsHubJan. 19 (UPI) — President-elect Donald Trump ‘s nominee for treasury secretary started his confirmation process Thursday facing questions in the Senate about tax shelters, bank rules and increasing funding to the Internal Revenue Service.
Mnuchin, a wealthy Hollywood financier who has backed more than 30 films in the last three years, was questioned by the Senate Committee on Finance, which is composed of 14 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
Tax shelters
Mnuchin, 54, immediately faced skepticism and questions relating to his views on — and own his uses of — offshore tax shelters.
« With the right advice, the most fortunate individuals in our country can decide for themselves how much tax to pay and when to pay it, » Sen. Ron Wyden , D-Ore., the top Democrat on the panel, said in his opening remarks. « There is no clearer example than Mr. Mnuchin’s hedge fund setting up outposts in Anguilla and the Cayman Islands — an action that can be explained only by the islands’ zero percent tax rate.  »
« We didn’t have any employees in Anguilla… we didn’t have any customers that resided in Anguilla … we did not have an office ourselves there, » Mnuchin responded during terse questioning by Wyden about what the senator called « the Mnuchin web of bank accounts and shell companies.  »
« In no way did I use them whatsoever to avoid any U. S. taxes, » Mnuchin responded. « They were merely as an accommodation to pension funds and nonprofit institutions.  »
‘Foreclosure machine’
The 17-year veteran of Goldman Sachs also fought off claims that he greedily ran thousands of Americans out of their homes after purchasing subprime mortgage lender IndyMac from the federal government in 2009, at the height of the financial crisis.
The bank, rebranded as OneWest, modified tens of thousands of troubled home loans while Mnuchin ran it for six years — and foreclosed on many of those properties. The venture was highly profitable for the institution.
On Thursday, Mnuchin said he had little choice but to foreclose on some of those homes, due to the government’s guidelines.
« It has been said that I ran a ‘foreclosure machine.’ This is not true, » he said. « On the contrary, I was committed to loan modifications intended to stop foreclosures. I ran a ‘loan modification machine.' »
Mnuchin has said nearly 200,000 homes that OneWest inherited were already in foreclosure when he took over IndyMac.
« The responsibility landed on me to clean up the mess that we inherited.  »
Funding the IRS
Mnuchin faced questions about his vision for the IRS, which has received declining operating budgets in the last few years at the behest of congressional Republicans.
The former Wall Street banker said he has concerns that the IRS is underfunded, signaling a possible break from the GOP on the issue.
« I am concerned about the staffing of the IRS, that is an important part of fixing the tax gap. And I am also very concerned about the issue of… technology at the IRS, » Mnuchin told the committee .
Republican lawmakers have largely rejected requests for additional IRS funding by President Barack Obama ‘s administration for the last six years. Some of that is likely due to the GOP’s ire over the scandal over tax-exempt applications from conservative groups purportedly being overly scrutinized.
« I was particularly surprised … that the IRS head count has gone down quite dramatically, almost 30 percent, » Mnuchin added. « I don’t think there’s any other government agency that’s gone down 30 percent, and especially for an agency that collects revenues. This is something that I’m concerned about.  »
Volcker Rule
Mnuchin expressed support for the so-called Volcker Rule, which is part of the reforms passed in 2010 in response to the financial crisis. The rule prohibits banks from proprietary trading — making speculative investments with its own money, for profits that do not benefit their customers.
The rule was passed as part of the Dodd-Frank reform act to limit questionable practices by banks that can contribute to future crises.
« I do support the Volcker Rule, » Mnuchin said. « The concept for proprietary trading doesn’t fit banks that are FDIC insured.  »
The former banker, though, said he wanted to modify the rule so it doesn’t restrict market liquidity.
If Mnuchin’s nomination passes the committee, it will be put to a vote in the full Senate.

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Najmniej popularny prezydent w historii zastąpi Tuska?

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NewsHubWedług informacji dziennika, prezydent rozważa utworzenie fundacji, która będzie zajmować się poszukiwaniem i promowaniem rozwiązań socjalnych. Nie wiadomo jednak, czy instytucja nosiłaby imię najmniej popularnego w historii Francji prezydenta (Francois Hollande w czerwcu 2016 roku mógł liczyć na poparcie… 11 proc. Francuzów – red.). Według informacji „Le Parisien” socjalistyczny prezydent odczuwa fakt, iż nie pozostawi po sobie trwałego śladu, jak zrobili to niektórzy z jego poprzedników – przykładami mogą być: szklana piramida przed wejściem do Luwru zbudowana za czasów Francois Mitteranda czy muzeum Quai Branly, które otworzył Jacques Chirac.
Równocześnie w Pałacu Elizejskim spekuluje się o możliwości zastąpienia Donalda Tuska przez Francois Hollande’a. Kadencja byłego polskiego premiera upływa z końcem maja tego roku, natomiast francuski prezydent ustąpi w połowie maja.
W artykule „Le Parisien” nie poruszono kwestii układanki politycznej w instytucjach unijnych, jednak socjalista Francois Hollande mógłby faktycznie być logicznym wyborem dla europejskich elit. Trzy z czterech najważniejszych stanowisk (szefa Rady Europejskiej, Komisji Europejskiej, Parlamentu Europejskiego oraz szefa unijnej dyplomacji – red.) zajmują przedstawiciele chadeków, po tym, jak na przewodniczącego PE wybrany został Włoch Antonio Tajani. Jedynym socjalistą w tym gronie jest Federica Mogherini, Wysoki przedstawiciel Unii do spraw zagranicznych i polityki bezpieczeństwa, a elity brukselskie starają się, by siły główne siły polityczne (obecnie właśnie chadecy i socjaliści – red.) były reprezentowane po równo na najważniejszych stanowiskach.

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