Semenjak dikeluarkannya aturan pelarangan imigran dari beberapa negara memasuki Amerika, masyarakat dunia seperti tak henti-henti melayangkan protes. Dimulai dari aksi damai yang dilakukan di beberapa lokasi yang tersebar di Amerika, sampai banyaknya cuitan di media sosial bukti kekecewaan masyarakat atas peraturan tersebut.
Nyatanya meskipun sang presiden sudah sudah memutuskan hal tersebut, warga Amerika sampai detik ini masih tidak dapat menerima. Mereka menganggap alasan yang diberikan sang presiden tidak cukup rasional. Masyarakat dunia saat ini mulai melayangkan protes berupa ilustrasi yang menohok kebijakan tersebut. Berikut ada beberapa ilustrasi bukti bahwa masyarakat dunia masih bersemangat untuk membela imigran muslim agar dapat bertahan di Amerika yang dilansir beberapa akun pengguna twitter.
Ilustrasi karya @quiversarrow dan @TheKeyThief ini menunjukkan Patung Liberty, simbol kebanggan Amerika, sedang memeluk wanita berjilbab yang tampak khawatir dan memejamkan mata. Serta gambar Patung Liberty menggendong anak berjilbab bendera palestina sambil membawa obor.
patung liberty [image source]Sementara dalam ilustrasi karya @NicaMinoru dan @Khallion ini menunjukkan sosok Patung Liberty menuntun seorang wanita yang sengang membawa obor di tangannya. Ilustrasi lainnya menunjukkan Patung Liberty menggendong anak perempuan berjilbab sambil menyunggingkan senyum.
patung liberty [image source]Pada ilustrasi yang dibuat oleh @katiesimrell dan @thumbcramps ini memperlihatkan wajah wanita muslim yang menggunakan jilbab bermotif Amerika dengan ekspresi bersedih dam hampir meneteskan air mata.
jilbab amerika [image source]@PatrickZircher membuat sebuah ilustrasi yang mengambarkan sosok seorang ibu yang sedang menggendong anak laki-lakinya dengan ekspresi kecewa dan dilengkapi dengan tulisan “I believe in the promise of America” atau saya percaya pada janji Amerika.
the promise land [image source]Ilustrasi lainnya karya @LilaVert ini memperlihatkan sosok Trump sedang mengemudikan alat berat dengan roda berbentuk lambang NAZI, untuk mendorong sebuah tembok yang di baliknya terdapat banyak sekali orang.
break the wall [image source]@EmadHajjaj membuat sebuah gambar Trump mengenakan pakaian ala kelompok Ku Klux Klan (organisasi pemberantas kaum kulit hitam dan minoritas) sambil membawa bendera dengan simbol stop keluarga islam dan tulisan USA = Un-islamic State of America.
USA [image source]Pada ilustrasi karya @LatuffCartoons juga menggambarkan Trump dengan kostum kelompok Ku Klux Klan menghadang wanita berjilbab sambil membawa rambu bergambar masjid dan disandingkan dengan Patung Liberty yang tenggelam.
ku klux klan [image source]Ada juga ilustrasi dari @chappatte yang memperlihatkan Amerika dikelilingi tembok dan menara-menara tinggi yang tidak memungkinkan orang luar untuk dapat memasukinya.
tembok amerika [image source]Itu tadi beberapa ilustrasi yang dibuat oleh masyarakat luas sebagai bentuk protesnya terhadap peraturan Presiden Amerika, Donald Trump. Dengan munculnya protes tersebut justru semakin memperkuat anggapan bahwa masyarakat Amerika sudah kecewa dengan presiden baru mereka dan akan terus berusaha membuat Amerika menjadi tempat yang aman bagi siapa saja orangnya dan apa saja agamanya.
HOUSTON -- At some point between a question on his game-day underwear routine and a commitment to appear on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Patriots coach Bill Belichick truly seemed to be enjoying himself at Super Bowl LI Opening Night.
"There's nowhere I'd rather be than right here, right now," Belichick said.
While he took questions of all shapes and sizes, he was not eager to talk politics. After relaying fond memories of spending time with former President George H.W. Bush, Belichick was asked if he had any message for President Donald Trump.
Belichick laughed, shook his head and waited for another question.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, meanwhile, was asked to characterize his relationship with President Trump.
"I'm not talking politics at all," Brady said.
Brady was asked why.
"I just want to focus on the positive aspects of this game, my teammates and the reason why we are here," he said. "It has taken a lot of hard work to get to this point. I just want to focus on the positive nature of two great teams competing at this level."
Falcons receiver Mohamed Sanu rang a familiar note on the night. He wanted to talk about football.
"I'm here because of my football talents, not because I'm Muslim. And I'm here to talk about football. So if you guys are going to continue to ask me about my religious beliefs, then I'm going to continue to tell you the same thing: I'm here to talk about football," Sanu said. "I respect all you guys, I have tremendous love for all you guys, but I'm here to talk about football."
Because of the fresh waves of reporters during an hour-long session, Sanu was asked repeatedly about President Trump's immigration executive order and he remained steadfast with his answers, usually thanking the reporter for asking.
"I have some feelings but I'm not really going to talk about it now," Sanu said. "Thank you."
Falcons safety Ricardo Allen said the team doesn't talk about politics much as a group, especially now as the team prepares for the Super Bowl.
"We know it does impact the world. But we can't let that sink inside our walls. Not saying we don't have respect for it because we do. We have a lot of respect for it," Allen said, referring to current events in the world. "We usually don't go into our meeting rooms and talk about what's going on outside. That kind of stuff, it's real. If you're bringing light to it, it can bring a team down. It can be a distraction. You could bring the smallest news from the outside and it could bring a divide."
Throughout the night, questions about politics were often followed directly by hard pivots into frivolity. In Belichick's case, that meant a question on his favorite foods (Maryland crabs) or a question from J.B. Smoove of Curb Your Enthusiasm, working as a correspondent for The Rich Eisen Show.
"One of the greatest shows on TV," Belichick beamed. "I'd do a cameo, sure. Tell (Larry David) to give me a call."
Slack, the business app that lets teams of users communicate, share files from other services, and work on them with each other, has taken off like wildfire since launching three years ago, with 5 million daily users, 1.5 million of them paying today. Now, Slack is embarking on the next step in its ambition to be the go-to platform for all workplace collaboration, no matter how big the company may be.
(Or up to 500,000 employees, to be more specific.)
Today, the eponymous company behind the app is today launching Enterprise Grid — a new product aimed at corporates and other very large enterprises.
Enterprise Grid has been in the works for over a year, and it is potentially Slack’s most ambitious move yet. It will include not just an enterprise-grade version of Slack, with an unlimited number of workspaces, but some new features that will take Slack, for the first time, into a whole new area in terms of where it sits in a business.
A new set of search, business intelligence and analytics tools — which are not launching today but plan to be rolled out later in the year — will give users the ability to look for files across the whole of their system, and and also suggest content and contacts to users, positioning Slack as a platform to interact across the whole knowledge base of your company.
The new version goes live today, and to kick it off, Slack is announcing some initial customers: financial services giant Capital One, Paypal and IBM.
IBM is a particularly interesting name to see here, given that it sells its own collaboration product for large enterprises, IBM Connections, and it is also working on what appears to be its own AI business intelligence product, Watson Workspace. Other would be competitors include Workplace from Facebook, Microsoft’s Teams, Jive and Spark from Cisco.
Enterprise Grid, as you would expect, comes with a range of features that are essentially table stakes in the enterprise software market.
IT administrators are now be able to manage and provision multiple large teams; and, in addition to the encryption that Slack already offers, add in new layers of security and identity management (integrating with Okta, OneLogin, Ping Identity/Federate, MSFT Azure, Bitium, LastPass, Centrify, Clearlogin and Auth0); set new security and compliance controls; and new HIPAA & FINRA compliance and data loss prevention integration (working withPaloAlto Networks, Bloomberg Vault, Skyhigh, Netskope, Relativity by KCura and Smarsh, among others).
Along with this, Slack is also adding in new partnership with SAP where the enterprise services company is building a portfolio of bots to integrate with SAP services. The first three will be a Concur travel and expense bot; a SuccessFactors performance management bot; and a bot to interact with the HANA Cloud platform.
This expands on the kids of relationships Slack already has in place with other B2B businesses like Salesforce and Google Cloud, and it looks like these SAP bots will work across all of Slack, rather than just for users of Enterprise Grid.
You may wonder what Slack means by calling its product “Grid”. The concept here seems to be one of creating federations of teams that can then interlink workspaces with each other when and where they have to but also work independently of each other to remain efficient. (The logic here is that if a business has thousands of users, you wouldn’t have a place where all of them communicated, it would be too noisy.)
“We wanted to give Slack the flexibility to work as teams, but they were still falling back to email when they worked with each other,” April Underwood, Slack’s VP of product, said in an event today where Slack debuted Grid.
Today, when you create channels in normal Slack, anyone can add people from your team to the channel. In Grid, the idea here is that each team will have an administrator who will be given the option to do this. Ultimately, IT administrators will be able to control what each of these secondary administrators are able to provision, including linking teams together.
While there are already hundreds of thousands of enterprise users who are already using the earlier version of Slack, it will be interesting to see how many of these will move into using Enterprise Grid. Underwood told me that for now, Slack will be selling the product directly to customers and working with them to integrate, and that for now it has not yet selected any systems integrators, one channel that is often used to help sell and integrate software to the corporate sector.
Alan Lepofsky, an analyst with Constellation Research, also suggested that something else Slack will need to do is to create a more targeted vertical focus to improve its credibility with individual segments.
“Slack needs to improve their industry vertical focus,” he said. “They need to show prospects in pharma, finance, and manufacturing that they understand their specific needs verses just producing a one-size-fits-all tool. That’s not just in product features, but in sals cycle, support and other facets of the relationship.”
Pricing for Enterprise Grid — unlike normal Slack, where pricing starts at $8 and $15 per month for two tiers, is not being disclosed: those who are interested in the product need to apply directly to the company.
His frustrations -- at least some of them -- about the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson and even years-old bad blood with TNT analyst Charles Barkley have come pouring out. It's out of character for him to speak so aggressively on the record.
Why?
"Unintended consequences."
That's what NBA commissioner Adam Silver said last year during a frigid All-Star Weekend in Toronto, assessing the changes coming to the NBA with the huge injection of new television money. The league's collective bargaining agreement couldn't handle it, and scar tissue remaining from the 2011 lockout made the players' association uninterested in bailing out the suddenly antiquated document.
That is a league and maybe history-changing consequence, the cap spike allowing a 73-win team with three All-Stars to add an MVP. After the wrecking ball hit the Oklahoma City Thunder, perhaps no one else was more affected than James and the Cavs.
In the wake of his and the Cavs' incredible accomplishment in June -- perhaps the finest three consecutive games of his career, resulting in the team's NBA Finals comeback -- James was euphoric. Sitting on the mountaintop overlooking more than a million people jamming into a few square blocks in downtown Cleveland, his horizon had changed.
When he wrote his career-defining letter about coming back to the Cavs in 2014, James put it simply: "What's most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio."
He'd done it. In reasonably short order. And he didn't want to stop.
Over the summer, James began talking about the biggest dream, the one that was so outrageous that he'd put it away for years. He dared to start talking about chasing Michael Jordan.
"My motivation is this ghost I'm chasing. The ghost played in Chicago," James told a young high school star at his annual Nike camp in July in Los Angeles, fully aware journalist Lee Jenkins was sitting there watching and taking notes. That quote ended up on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
A few weeks later, he made it crystal clear in an interview with Rachel Nichols, fully knowing this clip was going to be all over ESPN for days: "I'm chasing that greatness. That's how great that ghost was. It's the same as anybody setting out goals and trying to reach them. That's just my personal goal."
Of course, James knew Durant had joined the Warriors. Of course, he knew chasing Jordan would mean more championships, not just "one for the Land." Of course, that had gotten so much tougher in the short run with the Warriors loading up in the wake of their Finals defeat.
But James was undeterred. Maybe it was the high from the title. Maybe it was that he had flat-out dominated Durant personally in his career -- he was 17-4 in head-to-head matchups coming into the season. Maybe it was arrogance.
Now, though, the smoke has cleared. James is stone-cold sober about how challenging his mission is for this season. The Warriors (41-7) are awesome. Their firepower is incredible. They've only gotten stronger as the season has gone on.
There are other things that nag at James.
He campaigned for Hillary Clinton, trying to help her secure Ohio, where he is one of the most popular citizens in the history of the state. It did not work.
James' signature Nike shoe hasn't created as much buzz with collectors recently.
Then there's his team. The Cavs (32-15) are in first place, but they are injured and thin. Kevin Love is sidelined for the fourth time in the past two months. J.R. Smith has been out for six weeks and isn't anywhere close to returning from a broken thumb.
The Cavs are a big man and a point guard short, and James, 32, has to play both positions to make up for it. As a result, he's leading the league in minutes per game. James was irked about the deficiencies on the roster before the injuries, and it has only gotten worse. The fact that the Cavs have left a roster spot open for nearly a month puzzles him to no end.
Before he went on his rant to ESPN's Dave McMenamin on Monday night, James played parts of the game as backup point guard and parts as backup center. Meanwhile, he watched as a point guard the Dallas Mavericks signed out of the D-League, Yogi Ferrell, put up 19 points to help his team win.
The Cavs went 7-8 in January. The Warriors are 12-2.
One of the lowest points of James' career was in 2014, when he and the Miami Heat were beaten 4-1 in the Finals by the San Antonio Spurs.
There were a number of reasons it happened. The motivated Spurs played expertly. But the Heat were tired, they were injured (Dwyane Wade missed 28 games that season) and they were thin after they cut Mike Miller for financial reasons and made a midseason trade in which they used a first-round pick to clear off salary.
James doesn't want to be there again. As he evaluates things now, it's clear he doesn't like the trend of this season.
Twice in the past two weeks he has mentioned how the Warriors improved themselves by adding Durant in reference to where the Cavs are. It's now at the front of his mind, and it isn't going away. The Warriors are boldly the best team right now.
Jackson and Barkley happened to have come into James' vision recently with negative comments about him. It was bad timing on their behalf because James is surly, and he's itching for a fight. Anyone else who wants to step up right now ought to be aware. That includes owner Dan Gilbert, too, though to this point, James has been more indirect with those comments. To this point.
"It's so hard to take the high road," James said in June after Klay Thompson took a shot at him during the Finals. "I've been doing it for 13 years. It's so hard to continue to do it."
James is off the high road now. Call it an unintended consequence.
Transgender staff at the University of Arkansas have had to put their plans for surgery and hormone replacement therapy on hold after their health insurance benefits were suspended.
Wright, a transgender woman living in northwest Arkansas, had finally learned last year that her wife’s employer, the six-campus University of Arkansas system, would begin offering health insurance coverage for the treatment of gender dysphoria at the start of 2017. The couple started making plans for Wright’s reassignment surgery right away.
But then, on Jan. 24 of this year, they received an email from HR—first published on the blog ManicSquirrel and later obtained by The Daily Beast—notifying them that “the University will suspend gender dysphoria coverage” pending the outcome of a Dec. 31 preliminary injunction against an Affordable Care Act regulation that prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of transgender status.
“It was devastating,” Wright told The Daily Beast. “It really was.”
The email noted that “services received on or before March 6th, 2017” would still be covered. But that’s probably not enough time for Wright to get her surgery.
“It really sucks for them to say they’re gonna cover it and then pull the rug out from underneath my feet like this after I’ve already made plans to move forward,” she said.
In response to a request for comment on the suspension of the benefits, University of Arkansas System Communications Director Nate Hinkel sent The Daily Beast the text of the email that was sent to employees last week. He did not immediately respond to follow-up questions but made it clear that “this decision was not made on a campus level, but here at the UA system office.”
The preliminary injunction—issued by a federal judge in Texas on the last day of 2016— does not prohibit the University of Arkansas System from continuing to offer transgender-inclusive health benefits of its own accord. As the UA System email to employees stated, the preliminary injunction “prohibits [the U.S. Department of] Health and Human Services from enforcing regulations addressing gender identity and the coverage of treatment for gender dysphoria.” In other words, the injunction simply gives the UA System more legal leeway to justify suspending the coverage.
Justine Turnage, vice president for the Fayetteville, Arkansas-based organization Transgender Equality Network, thinks it’s telling that the UA System would back out of offering the coverage so quickly after the preliminary injunction was issued against the ACA regulation.
“Colleges and college towns tend to be more progressive in nature,” she told The Daily Beast. “So seeing our university show very plainly that they aren’t interested in providing the necessary coverage for their transgender employees for its own sake but only when they’re forced to by law, really speaks volumes to how much further the transgender movement still has to go.”
Even with the preliminary injunction, some advocates believe that the UA System could still face legal action. Kenneth Upton, senior counsel for the LGBT advocacy group Lambda Legal, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the injunction might block HHS from taking action against the UA System but “what it didn’t do was keep a private individual from suing their employer directly.”
Upton also argued that the Affordable Care Act still bars the denial of transition-related health services—and that the ACA hasn’t been eliminated just yet. President Trump has signed an executive order calling for the law to be repealed but eliminating it still requires congressional action.
The UA System’s email to employees—and sent to The Daily Beast as a comment—said that the “frequent changes and uncertainty of the ACA regulations” were “challenging,” and specified that “further clarification of the ACA coverage guidelines” could affect the decision to suspend gender dysphoria coverage.
“This was either the university prepping for the ACA to be completely repealed or they just simply did not want to cover transgender individuals and found this window of opportunity to do so,” Kacee Sparks, a transgender UA System staff member, told The Daily Beast.
The suspension of the trans-inclusive benefits has put Sparks, who was only recently hired into a full-time position with the university system, in a difficult spot. Without transgender-inclusive insurance benefits, she was “nowhere near able to afford any sort of surgery or hormone replacement therapy.” So as soon as she got the full-time job, she started making plans to start hormones at the Fayetteville campus health center. Then the email came.
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“It’s just a lot worse having waited so long for this and then finally getting right there, within arm’s reach—and then it just cuts off,” she told The Daily Beast. “It’s really heartbreaking.”
For Wright, the suspension of the benefits is another bump in a years-long effort to obtain surgical coverage. She told The Daily Beast that she has been sending emails to the UA System since 2013, urging them to comply with the ACA. Even now, she hopes that the UA System will reconsider the suspension of the transgender benefits.
“I would like to see them start covering it and be in compliance with the Affordable Care Act and not give in to something that they didn’t have to,” she told The Daily Beast.
Turnage has pledged that, moving forward, the Transgender Equality Network will “serve as a rallying point for people who want to tackle this problem.”
But while that advocacy gets underway, Wright and Sparks have both had their transition plans upended overnight. Wright told The Daily Beast that she would try to get her surgery processed by the insurance carrier before March 6th but she was “doubtful” she would succeed.
And for Sparks, the wait for hormones just grew even longer.
“There are a few people on campus like [Wright] who were on a plan who may have had treatment for a long period of time,” she told The Daily Beast. “Then there are people like me who had just recently got on the plan—and were about to utilize it for the first time ever—and then just this abrupt cutoff.”
President Trump signed an executive order that requires agencies to repeal two regulations for every new regulation they implement. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended Trump’s executive order on immigration and said that U.S. State Department officials circulating a memo opposing the order should “get with the program or they can go.” Spicer also announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on February 15. Trump said on Twitter that he plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Kevin Lewis, spokesman to former President Barack Obama, said in a statement that Obama is “heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country” and reiterated that he “fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion.”
Today on The Atlantic
Changing Course: Olga Khazan spoke with Mark Hetfield, the director of a refugee resettlement organization, about President Trump’s executive order that, among other things, suspends refugee admission for 120 days. The policy, Hetfield said, has “diminished America from being a stellar example of refugee resettlement to a disgraceful one.”
Stay Mad: Donald Trump’s outbursts during his first week in office may stem from his childhood in Queens, New York, McKay Coppins argues: “Trump seems convinced that there’s some destination he can reach, some victory he can achieve, that will finally silence the din of elite ridicule.”
Flirting With Trouble: “Holocaust denial is alive and well in the highest offices of the United States,” Deborah Lipstadt writes. The White House statement released on Holocaust Remembrance Day is evidence of that, as it noted “innocent victims” rather than mentioning Jews or anti-Semitism.
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President Trump signs an executive order cutting regulations, accompanied by small business leaders at the Oval Office.
What We’re Reading
Seeking Care: Two major health centers, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Cleveland Clinic, report that at least 20 patients were scheduled to come to the U.S. for health care from countries listed under President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Now, those hospitals are rushing to find a solution. (Dylan Scott, STAT)
‘One Hell of a Politician’: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is a Republican leading a blue state. Here’s how he became the second-most popular governor in America. (Luke Mullins, Washingtonian)
Grassroots to Government: Just nine days into his presidency, Trump’s executive actions have sparked a “surge of spontaneous activism that some Democrats say they have not seen since the Vietnam War.” Can the party keep up with its impassioned base? (Jonathan Martin, The New York Times)
Praying for an Alternative: Education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos is a Christian school graduate and has cited religious motivations for her school-reform beliefs. While she would appear to be an ideal choice for the evangelical community, many members are speaking out against her. (Laura Turner, Politico)
Meet Ann M. Donnelly: The U.S. federal judge issued an emergency ruling Saturday night that temporarily prevents the government from turning away refugees, visa holders, and legal U.S. residents at airports nationwide. Here’s how she did it. (Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg)
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The Right Fit: Donald Trump is expected to announce his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday night. These graphics show the frontrunners for the position, how they compare to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and the path to receiving confirmation. (Darla Cameron, The Washington Post)
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Senate Democrats want to delay a vote on the nomination of President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services amid ethics concerns.
The Senate Finance Committee is slated to vote on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) Tuesday morning, but four Democrats are urging a pause because of "serious concerns" about "outstanding and significant questions about [Price's] qualifications and ethical conduct."
All four sit on the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), which questioned Price earlier this month.
Price should also "and has provided documents sought in connection with his inappropriate and potentially illegal investment activities," the letter said.
It's unlikely that Republicans will move to delay the vote. Hatch last week dismissed questions about Price's stock holdings as "grossly exaggerated" and "distorted."
The letter follows another report out Monday detailing Price's alleged conflicts of interests.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Price was part of an exclusive group that was able to buy stock in a biotech company at a discount.
Price was among fewer than 20 people that received a 12 percent discount on shares of Innate Immunotherapeutics.
The company's statement appears to contradict Price’s testimony to the Senate Finance Committee last week, when he said that the discounted shares “were available to every single individual that was an investor at the time.”
Senate Democrats have raised questions about Price’s trading of medical stocks while a member of Congress, in particular the purchase of the biotech shares.
Price has said he bought the stock after discussing it with Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), a member of the company’s board. Democrats say that could violate the STOCK Act, which prevents lawmakers from trading on congressional information.
Senate Democrats have called for the ethics office and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Price broke the law.
Republicans have dismissed questions about Price’s stock trading and appear to remain firmly behind his nomination.
It seems Price could be confirmed strictly on party lines. Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) formally announced Monday that he would oppose Price, and not a single Democrat has publicly backed the nominee.
PART 1: Sport as a power tool Al-Arabiya Few scholars in International Relations (IR) theory have recognized the connections between sport and politics in all sport competitions, particularly in the Olympic Games. Grix (2013:1) states that 'the world's greatest sports mega-events have been ...
Any busy person can appreciate the beauty of a make-ahead meal—because when your to-do list is way too long, turning on the oven is basically the last thing you want to do. The good news? You don’t have to resort to fattening takeout when you’re crunched for time, since smart tools like slow-cookers can help to streamline your meal prep efforts.
If you’re looking for a healthy but hearty meal to enjoy this winter, opt for warming dishes like these turkey meatballs that can slow-cook in your kitchen all day long—no standing over the stove needed. Far from your classic marinara-smothered bites, these guys get their Asian-inspired flavor from good-for-you ingredients like tangy rice vinegar, savory soy sauce, and sweet pineapple.
Sound like a splurge? They’re not. These turkey meatballs will actually fit into your healthy eating plan, since turkey is packed with lean protein that keeps you feeling satiated (not sluggish!). Plus, the dish’s garnishes include superfoods like fat-burning red pepper and fresh ginger, which pack all kinds of health benefits. In fact, ginger has been shown to reduce menstrual cramps, stimulate the digestive system, and soothe sore muscles. What more could you ask for?
So go ahead and bust out your slow-cooker in the morning and simply let these meatballs cook on low for 5 to 7 hours before you dig in for dinner. Watch the video for a full ingredients list and a step-by-step demo of how you can make the satisfying, simple meal at home.
It’s common knowledge that what we eat plays an important role in health, but a new report finds that when we eat is also significant.
A new statement from the American Heart Association suggests that eating more of your calories earlier in the day may help keep the heart healthy.
“People who consume breakfast on a regular basis have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease,” Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, the author of the statement and a researcher at Columbia University Medical Center, told CBS News.
Like many Americans, Elena Alonzo used to constantly skip breakfast. Now, she makes sure to make time for it every day.
“I always thought I was not hungry and now I realize how much energy this actually gives me,” she said, making time for a breakfast of oatmeal, fruit and a smoothie at her desk.
St-Onge points to studies that show eating earlier in the day – when your body can better metabolize food – may lower heart disease risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Spreading out your day’s calories across smaller, more frequent meals also seems to benefit the heart.
“Consume a balanced diet, obviously, but if this can be done in the context of more frequent meals during the waking hours – not so close to bedtime, and earlier in the day – that would be the ideal,” St-Onge said.
She also recommends planning your meals, and avoiding eating due with stress, boredom, or fatigue.
For Alonzo, sticking to a breakfast routine is also important.
“If we don’t ritualize something it’s really easy for it to fall away,” she said.
Selama kurun ratusan tahun itu, kita akan teringat pedihnya penjajahan selama 3,5 abad Indonesia berada di bawah pengaruh Belanda. Tentu ada banyak hal yang membekas dan menjadi bukti sejarah di masa sekarang di negara kincir angin tersebut.
Di balik fakta penjajahan yang kental dengan penderitaan dan kesengsaraan, ada pula sedikit kenangan indah yang tak banyak diketahui banyak orang. Sisi-sisi indah ini terjadi di Kota Leiden. Salah satunya barangkali bisa kita baca dalam kisah seorang Hussein Jayadiningrat. Seorang putra Indonesia pertama yang meraih gelar doktor di universitas tertua di Belanda. Universitas Leiden.
Tidak hanya itu, di Kota Leiden jugalah terlahir gerakan intelektual pelajar Indonesia. Gerakan inilah yang mengilhami gerakan Indonesia merdeka yang memainkan peranan penting bagi kemerdekaan yang saat ini kita nikmati bersama. Berikut ini adalah beberapa sudut Kota Leiden yang memiliki jejak penting sejarah Indonesia.
Doktor Pertama Indonesia Lulusan Universitas Leiden
Patung Hussein Jayadiningrat di Aula Kampus Universitas Leiden [Image Source]Universitas Leiden merupakan universitas tertua di Belanda yang berdiri sejak tahun 1575. Banyak cendikiawan Indonesia yang merupakan alumni dari universitas ini. Sebut saja Husein Jayadiningrat yang meraih gelar doktor di Fakultas Humaniora Universitas Leiden. Gelar itu merukapan gelar doktor yang pertama di raih orang Indonesia. Selain itu, Husein juga merupakan intelektual yang disegani Belanda. Bahkan ia sempat memenangi kompetisi penulisan ilmiah di Universitas Leiden, atas prestasinya itu di aula universitas Leidin menyimpan patung Hussein. Sungguh membuat bangga negara bukan?
Terbentuknya Organisasi yang Mencita-citakan Indonesia Merdeka
Anggota Perhimpunan Indonesia di Leiden sekitar tahun 1924-1927 [Image Source]Kota Leiden merupakan saksi bisu lahirnya gerakan Indonesische Vereeniging (Perhimpunan Indonesia) yang menyatakan dengan tegas bahwa landasan perhimpunan adalah Indonesia Merdeka. Di balik pembentukan perhimpunan ini adalah para founding father negara kita di antaranya Mohammad Hatta, Natzir Pamuntjak, dan Ahmad Soebardjo.
Kediaman Ahmad Soebarjo – Menteri Luar Negeri Indonesia pertama
Rumah Ahmad Soebardjo, Leiden [Image Source]Tak jauh dari Universitas Leiden, tepatnya di Jalan Noordeinde No. 32 dahulunya merupakan kediaman dari menteri luar negeri pertama, Ahmad Soebardjo. Tempat ini merupakan basecampt mahasiswa anggota Perhimpunan Indonesia di Belanda. Selain jadi markas diskusi untuk kepentingan kemerdekaan Indonesia, di sini mereka juga menyeimbangkan hidup dengan bermain musik.
Koleksi Kebudayaan Indonesia di Volkenkunde
Buku keragaman suku Indonesia di Leiden [Image Source]Di museum Volkenkunde terdapat tempat khusus yang menyimpan koleksi kebudayaan Indonesia. Benda-benda sejarah itu di antaranya arca asli peninggalan Kerajaan Singasari, keris (yang konon salah satunya digunakan Cut Nyak Dien), boneka keragaman suku Indonesia, dan tekstil yang merupakan koleksi Frits Liefkes yang didapatkan ketika mengunjungi beberapa pulau di Indonesia.
Gedung KITLV
Gedung KITLV di Leiden [Image Source]Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal en Volkenkunde (KITLV) atau dalam bahasa Indonesia disebut Lembaga studi Asia Tenggara dan Karibia Kerajaan Belanda. Gedung ini merupakan perpustakaan yang memiliki hampir semua buku tentang Indonesia. Mulai buku tentang sejarah, tentang sastra Indonesia/Melayu, bahasa Jawa, bahasa Sunda, dan buku lainnya. Di tempat ini juga terdapat ratusan surat Kartini beserta lukisan-lukisannya yang tersimpan dengan rapi. Tidak hanya itu, di tempat ini juga dilakukan penelitian, penerbitan jurnal, serta penerbitan buku tentang studi Asia Tenggara, termasuk Indonesia. Oleh karenanya, KILTV juga memiliki kantor perwakilan di Jakarta.
Puisi Berbahasa Indonesia dan Bugis di Belanda
Puisi Chairil Anwar diabadikan di Kernstraat 17 a, Leiden [Image Source]Selain buku dan koleksi kebudayaan Indonesia yang berada di Belanda, ada juga puisi-puisi berbahasa Indonesia, Jawa, bahkan Bugis. Di antara puisi tersebut adalah karya terkenal Chairil Anwar yang berjudul aku di Kernstraat, puisi berbahasa Jawa karya Ranggawarsita di sudut dinding Haverstraat, serta puisi dalam bahasa Bugis di Reuvensplaats.
Kuburan Irawan Soejono
Dialah mahasiswa Indonesia di Leiden yang terbunuh ketika membantu perjuangan Belanda melawan NAZI . Meski berdarah Indonesia, namun Irawan Soejono merupakan pahlawan Belanda yang paling dicari NAZI.
Makam Irawan Soejono [Image Source]Itulah beberapa tempat di Kota Leiden yang memiliki kepingan-kepingan sejarah Indonesia. Jika anda ingin berlibur sekaligus mengunjungi gudang sejarah Indonesia di Belanda, kiranya kota Leiden merupakan destinasi tepat untuk dikunjungi.
The chaos surrounding Donald Trump’s executive orders suspending entry into America for refugees and (subject to case-by-case exceptions) anyone from a select list of Muslim countries is being widely interpreted as signaling a major blunder. Internationally, the mess is alienating allies, ruining America’s image, and quite possibly inciting the very terrorism it is alleged to prevent. At home, protests have erupted at most airports with international flights, where federal judges are beginning to intervene to stop implementation of the orders. Confusion is evident within the administration, with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security having been blindsided by the orders. And Republicans, whose relationship with Team Trump is already being strained by confusion and conflict over a host of domestic policy issues, are mostly running for the hills or publicly protesting.
It is all, to bring back a metaphor from the 2016 campaign, a dumpster fire. And as with major elements of the Trump general-election campaign, the whole brouhaha is being micromanaged by Stephen Bannon and Stephen Miller, two nonlawyers and outside-the-mainstream political operatives who are ignoring the legal and political ramifications of their actions.
It’s all so familiar that Trump’s critics should resist the temptation to underestimate these people yet again. They do not give a damn about respectable opinion; they live to defy it. They will not be shaken by judicial thunder; they view judges as pawns in larger battles involving more powerful political and economic forces. They don’t fear GOP elected officials; they’ve watched Republicans turn tail, roll over, and beg for tax-cut treats and other policy concessions; just the day before Trump started this latest conflagration the entire congressional party assembled in Philadelphia to beg its new master for direction.
And most of all, Trump and his closest associates do not fear blue-state protests of the sort that swept the nation this weekend. More likely than not, they exult in them, and have planned all along to exploit them to show Trump loyalists they are fighting disorderly and essentially unpatriotic people who value civil liberties more than national security, diversity more than national identity, and America’s enemies more than America.
The “Muslim ban” is just one of many signs that the new administration is courting confrontation and encouraging fear and anger among its enemies. So where a lot of liberal observers may look at this weekend’s events and envision an early grave for Trump’s presidency, a victim of its leaders’ incompetence and extremism, it could well be the beginning of four or eight years of regular provocation and intensifying polarization engineered by people on both sides who value the radicalization of American politics as essential to their radical goals.
Bannon and company could, of course, miscalculate and overreach. But the thing to watch is not how many people join protests in places where Donald Trump has always been despised and derided. Nor do the conservatives who have not completely sold their souls to Trump have many battalions, either. It’s whether Trump’s core supporters and the closely associated GOP “base” begin to lose faith. A movement built largely on hatred of “political correctness” is not going to be stopped by protesters demanding acceptance and equality for Muslims and other minorities. And there are early signs Trump fans are either indifferent to the chaos at the airports, or are enjoying the anguish of those most affected.
In any event, Trump-haters need to remember how often they were wrong in the past about the political salience of his strange crew’s hateful message. The weekend’s protests, like the women’s marches the day after Trump’s inauguration, and the many signs of defiance before that, could be critical in building the kind of united and energized opposition that could inspire fear in Republicans facing reelection in 2018 and 2020, and eventually drive Trump from office. But the new regime is not going to collapse by the weight of its craziness and irresponsibility, certainly not so long as the people who own much of America see the glittering prospect of owning even more, while millions thrill at the discomfiture of hated elites.
The future of the Affordable Care Act is unclear, stirring up financial and medical concerns for many consumers. It leaves some to wonder: What now?
Experts say the best thing to do is to focus on the here and now — including the midnight Tuesday deadline to sign up.
About 11.5 million people nationally had signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges as of the end of December. In California, 1.3 million Californians have renewed their plans, and over 327,000 have signed up for new coverage, according to officials with Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange.
President Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the health care law, known as Obamacare, but lawmakers have yet to reach an agreement on a replacement.
“What we have seen, certainly following the election but it continues today, is uncertainty,” said Jennifer Sullivan, vice president of programs at Enroll America. “The truth is no one knows how the law will fare this year, the uncertainty is warranted.”
In the meantime, here’s what experts suggest:
SIGN UP
The process to repeal or replace the law could take time, but a health emergency could hit at any time. And without insurance, it could be financially disastrous.
So if you don’t have health insurance, consider signing up.
The final deadline to access coverage through the Affordable Care Act is midnight Tuesday. If you sign up by then, you can get coverage by March for the remainder of 2017 and avoid a tax penalty for being uninsured.
Special enrollment periods are still available after the deadline, which allows people to adjust coverage if they are going through life-changing circumstances such as marriage, divorce, loss of a job or the birth of a child.
It’s still the law, experts say, so it’s in your best interest to have insurance. Though people may worry that their coverage could be yanked away, health insurance policies are legal contracts that guarantee coverage for the year and are unlikely to be challenged.
So should you bother to enroll? Absolutely. In California, consumers should first visit www.coveredca.com to find out how to sign up and where to get help.
PAY UP
It’s important to keep paying your premiums if you are enrolled in a health plan. Experts say many people getting coverage under Obamacare haven’t had insurance before, so they need to understand that if you don’t pay your bill, you could lose your coverage.
Be mindful to use services that are within your insurer’s provider network to control costs while you’re on the plan. And financial advisers say to brace for health care cost increases each year, regardless of where you get your insurance.
USE IT
Do what you need to do while you have insurance, said Kathryn Hauer, a financial planner and author of the book “Financial Advice for Blue Collar America.”
People tend to put off care — doctor’s appointments, medication or even surgery— but this is not the time to do so, she said. While some have criticized Obamacare-related plans for being high in cost or offering bare-bones coverage, seeking treatment while you know the costs and coverage may be in your best financial interest. And some preventative care services, such as flu shots, are provided at no cost under the health law.
SEEK HELP
If you suspect you might not be able to afford care later if the Affordable Care Act’s format changes, look at your alternatives. You might not need them, but it can help you feel prepared and provide peace of mind.
Find out if you can get coverage through someone else’s policy, such as a parent, spouse or domestic partner. Check if your employer’s policy might have changed since you last looked. Or research what free or low-cost medical services are available in your community.
Seek advice from your doctor, financial planner, insurance broker or community organizer for your individual situation.
BREATHE DEEPLY
Remember: changes to the Affordable Care Act aren’t a done deal. And while the prospect may be upsetting, it’s not the first time there have been uncertainties in the process — from a rocky rollout to challenges in court.
Experts say to take comfort in the fact that you have coverage now and the indications — both from Congress and the president — that there will be health insurance options ahead for those who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
California consumers interested in enrolling online can do so on CoveredCA.com. They can also get free and confidential in-person assistance, in a variety of languages, by clicking on “Free Local Help to Enroll.” They can find a nearby enroller or have a certified enroller contact them through the “Help on Demand” feature. Consumers can also enroll over the phone by calling Covered California at (800) 300-1506.
Health Freedom For Everyone, Not Just Women Forbes I also hope that people recognize that government-run health care will inevitably mean government controlling which medical procedures patients may or may not receive. Whenever “somebody else” pays for your health care, inevitably “somebody else” will ...
Pohon misterius yang ada di pinggiran kota Osaka itu terletak dekat dengan stasiun Kayashima. Dilihat dari kejauhan, pohon ini memang tidak menunjukkan tanda-tanda keanehan. Tapi sekalinya kita perhatikan dari dekat, terlihat batang-batang dan dedaunan yang mencuat keluar melalui celah-celah lubang di antara stasiun tersebut.
Masyarakat Jepang meyakini bahwa pohon kamper raksasa itu memiliki daya magis tersendiri. Sebagian orang bahkan percaya bahwa dewa berada di pohon itu. Ditambah lagi, usaha untuk menebang pohon itu selalu tergagalkan. Bahkan, konon orang yang akan bertugas memotong pohon selalu dilanda kesialan.
Kejadian Aneh Saat Dimulai Penebangan Pohon
Landscape Stasiun Kayashima [Image Source]Awal mula rencana penebangan pohon ini adalah pada tahun 1972, karena akan diadakan perluasan stasiun kereta api untuk memenuhi kuota pemakai kereta yang semakin membludak. Tempat pohon kamper itu berdiri, rencananya akan digantikan gedung dan ruangan baru. Namun saat dimulai penebangan, hal ganjil terus terjadi. Di antaranya salah seorang petugas yang berhasil memotong cabang pohon tiba-tiba mengalami demam tinggi. Sedangkan beberapa orang lain malah melihat asap yang tiba-tiba muncul di sekitar bagian bawah pohon itu. Intinya, siapapun seperti tak diperkenankan menghilangkan sebatang ranting saja dari pohon itu.
Ruang Khusus untuk Menghormati Pohon
Posisi pohon yang menjadi satu kesatuan dengan stasiun [Image Source]Setelah semua usaha untuk menebang pohon gagal, berita tentang magisnya pohon ini pun makin tersebar luas. Hal itu sampai ke telinga pejabat setempat. Akhirnya mulai tahun 1973, disepakati bahwa pohon tidak akan ditebang dan dijadikan bagian dari desain baru Stasiun Kayashima. Di dekat pohon pun dibangun sebuah kuil kecil yang dibuat untuk menghormati pohon itu. Renovasi stasiun berakhir pada tahun 1980, dan sampai saat ini pohon kamper raksasa itu masih tegak berdiri di area stasiun.
Warga Meyakini Pohon Mengasihi Mereka
Masyarakat Jepang hidup berdampingan dengan pohon raksasa [Image Source]Tidak hanya kejadian aneh saat akan menebang pohon yang menggagalkan rencana penebangan. Ternyata setelah ditelusuri, warga Jepang sangat percaya bahwa pohon ini telah mengasihi mereka. Jadi saat mereka tahu tentang rencana penebangan, warga marah dan dengan keras menolak. Mereka percaya bahwa ada dewa yang mereka cintai, bersemayam di pohon itu.
Hingga saat ini, pohon tersebut masih berdiri dan melegenda layaknya kisah anjing yang tak pernah berhenti menunggu tuannya di stasiun, atau kucing penjaga stasiun di Jepang yang akhirnya berpulang beberapa tahun lalu. Di negeri sakura itu, masyarakat cukup menghargai dan menghormati hal-hal kecil seperti ini, Sebagai lambang kedekatan antara hubungan manusia, alam dan dewa.
Thousands of Americans turned out to protest this weekend, including in the Golden State's major cities. They came out in response to an executive order President Trump signed Friday that barred refugees from seven countries from entering the United States.
I'm Sarah Wire. Welcome to the Monday edition of Essential Politics. Here’s what happened over the last few days of Trump’s first week in office:
The executive order Trump signed Friday bars all refugee entries for 120 days, blocks Syrian refugees indefinitely and bars for 90 days the entry of citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.
Along with the refugee ban, Trump changed the composition of the National Security Council, giving his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, a seat at the table, while the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the joint military chiefs will only participate in the council, which helps set national security policy, when specifically summoned.
Brown, 78, will maintain his duties as governor during the treatment, according to his staff, who provided no additional details on how long the treatment will take, or what prompted its timing.
CALIFORNIA SHOWS BRAVADO AND ANXIETY ON CLIMATE CHANGE
When it comes to fighting global warming, the message from California leaders has been clear: Hold the line, no matter what Trump does. "We can't worry about pulling back just to sink with everyone else who isn't moving at all," said John Laird, the state secretary for natural resources. Chris Megerian attended a recent conference in Sacramento where there was pride in the state's climate policies, but also concern that national leaders in Washington would roll back environmental efforts.
Brown issued another call to action during a radio interview on Friday, saying world leaders are "goofing off" rather than addressing climate change.
Meanwhile, Democratic donor and environmentalist Tom Steyer launched a new website to preserve climate change information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Activists have been concerned that the Trump administration would delete the website.
While California political leaders are seeking all sorts of strategies to fight Trump's plans to build a wall along the border with Mexico, one strategy that's likely to fail is a lawsuit based on state and federal environmental laws, legal experts said.
Congress already has given the federal government broad authority to waive environmental laws to build a border fence and the courts have upheld that power, Liam Dillon reports.
SKELTON: TRUMP'S VOTER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS ARE A WASTE OF TIME
Trump announced last week that he will launch an investigation into unproven allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 election. But Trump's preoccupation with the idea that millions of people in the U.S. voted illegally is a time-waster, writes George Skelton in his Monday column. And charges about illegal voting threaten to tarnish American democracy abroad, Skelton writes.
SAVE THE DATES: CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION SET TO REPLACE BECERRA
Brown wasted no time setting the election dates for the race to fill the 34th Congressional District seat vacated last week when Becerra was sworn in as attorney general. The primary election in the crowded race will be held April 4.
Want a refresher on the field of candidates? You can see the full list here. The latest candidate to announce a run is Ricardo De La Fuente, a 27-year-old San Diego native who helped run his father's long-shot presidential bid last year.
The initiative, Proposition 57, gives the state parole board greater latitude to consider the early release of prisoners who have served their primary sentences, and whose crimes are not designated as "violent" under the California penal code. But debate has long brewed about just who the law will benefit.
PODCAST: CALIFORNIA’S TRUMP REACTION
On this week’s California Politics Podcast, Myers leads a discussion of how Trump’s first week dominated the ideas and actions of everyone in the state Capitol. In particular, this week’s episode focuses on the first few days of debate over immigration, climate change and the president’s unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud.
-- Organizers supporting the “Calexit” movement can now gather signatures in their effort to put an initiative on California secession on the ballot. They'll need to submit at least 585,407 signatures to qualify.
-- California driver's licenses, birth certificates and other official documents could have a third, nonbinary designation for gender under a new proposal introduced last week by legislative Democrats.
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