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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Tornadoes, damaging winds expected Wednesday

LIVE: Severe storms moving through Georgia | Atlanta weather live coverage

Today: Mostly sunny. High: 80

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 60

Tomorrow: Storms likely. High: 75

As many as 20 tornadoes touched down in Georgia on Monday as part of a storm system that left thousands in the dark and ripped the roof off a fire station, theNational Weather Service said Tuesday.

And North Georgia may not have seen the worst of the severe weather, Channel 2 Action News reported. Another round of storms could return with a vengeance Wednesday, according to the latest forecast.

Griffin-Spalding County Schools, the University of West Georgia and Albany State University announced Tuesday that campuses would be closed Wednesday.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared a statewide state of emergency for Wednesday in anticipation of severe weather conditions.

Metro Atlanta faces a moderatesevere storm risk for tornadoes, widespread damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and large destructive hail, Channel 2 meteorologists said.

Be prepared for power outages, Chief meteorologist Glenn Burns said. "Be prepared for the worst. We will have tornadoes and damaging winds. There will be damage.

While moderate may not sound alarming, meteorologists said dont be fooled. Only one other designation high poses a greater risk, according to the National Weather Service.

Risk categories for storms range from marginal to high risk. (credit: national weather Service)

Moderate is not common, Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said.

She saidshe has never seen a moderate risk over metro Atlanta in her more than 30 years with Channel 2.

I have seen them in South Georgia, but not widespread over metro Atlanta, Minton said.

Here"s Severe Weather Team 2"s Brian Monahan with a look at your Tuesday evening forecast.

Parts of North Georgia are still cleaning up from Mondays severe storms.

Wednesdays stormscould result in more widespread damage than Mondays system, meteorologists said.

That means even more outages are likely as the storms move in Wednesday, possibly before sunrise, Minton said.

The first round of severe weather is expected tohit metro Atlanta about 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Channel 2.

"There will be waves of severe storms all day, Minton said. It should end late Wednesday night to just after midnight Thursday morning.

There was no sign of severe weather Tuesday.

Current temperatures are 71 degrees in Atlanta, 57 in Blairsville and 64 in Griffin.

Matt Sutter with American Pools works on the reflecting pool on a clear day atthe Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

According to Atlanta Allergy and Asthma, the pollen count droppedfrom 2,507 Monday to 834 Tuesday.

The count this time last year was 716 particles per cubic meter of air, and last years season high was 4,107.

Shia LaBeouf"s "Man Down" Sells Additional Two Tickets

Man Down Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Shia LaBeouf Movie

Photo courtesy of Venice Film Festival

The Shia LaBeouf thriller Man Down has managed to triple the number of general-public paid admissions in Britain from one ticket sold to three.

During its U.K. opening weekend last weekend, it sold a single ticket in its only venue, the Reel Cinema in Burnley, northern England, taking in a whopping 7 ($8.73), according to data tracker comScore. That admission is believed to have been a single student ticket priced at 6.90 (comScore rounds its data up to the nearest pound).

The cinema is since confirmed to have sold a further two tickets since its dismal opening weekend.

The film has seen a slight boost, however, from a specialist theater chain that provides films for military personnel and their dependents in the U.K. and overseas. SSVC Forces Cinemas has eight theaters in the U.K.

Man Down is an obvious choice for Forces Cinemas given that its central character, played by LaBeouf, is a U.S. Marine returning home from a tour in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD. The film played at the circuits Forum Cinema in Blandford on Monday and Tuesday and generated more than three times the box office of the Burnley site, taking results through Tuesday to 79 ($98.50).

Forces Cinemas has further booked the film for April 18 and 20 at the Jitg Theatre in Chicksands, and has five screenings scheduled, including two over the Easter weekend (April 14 and 16), at the Phoenix Cinema on the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands.

The film sees director Dito Montiel reunite with LaBeouf, who starred in Montiels debut film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, in 2006. That film grossed 68,420 ($133,583) in the U.K. Montiels previous film, 2014s Boulevard starring Robin Williams, also failed to attract many British moviegoers, earning a total of 1,852 ($2,603).

Such low openings are not unprecedented in the U.K., as titles are frequently given a token theatrical release to help generate VOD and later DVD sales, according to distribution sources. Bulldog Film Distribution saw its release of Misconduct, starring Oscar winners Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins, hit the headlines when it opened with 97 ($140) last June, on its way to a 2,006 ($2,890) total gross.

Posters for Man Down, advertising the film as available in cinemas and on iTunes, can currently be seen on the London Underground despite the fact that the film is not booked to play in the British capital.

One U.K. distributor told Variety that the commitment of theatrical positioning, which also secures print reviews, helps with strong support in terms of positioning on VOD platforms like iTunes and Sky Store, as well as giving the impression of a bigger theatrical release to audiences.

man down distributor signature has generated headlines for low box office results on films with A-list stars in the past with films like Emma Watson title The Colony, which grossed a total of 633 ($844) after an opening weekend of 47 ($63) in July last year. Signature releases Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Aftermath this Friday.

Man Down premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2015. It co-stars Kate Mara, Jai Courtney and Gary Oldman.

Source: http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/shia-labeouf-film-sells-single-ticket-on-u-k-opening-but-receives-forces-boost-1202023290/

Trump"s Russia Denials Are Falling Apart As Steve Bannon Is Removed From The NSC

Breaking News: Steve Bannon Removed from National Security Council

Trumps Russia denials just fell apart as after months of denying that they knew Mike Flynn had Russia connections, White House officials admitted that they knew Flynn had problems which is why Steve Bannon was on the NSC.

Rosie Gray of The Atlantic tweeted:

sr WH official tells me Bannon was only on NSC to keep an eye on Flynn & "de-operationalize NSC from Rice" & that he never went to a meeting

Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 5, 2017

Same official says the president made the decision, this was the deal from the beginning, and "we all knew Flynn had issues"

Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 5, 2017

The White House claimed that Flynn was let go because he lied to Vice President Pence, but it turns out that this wasnt true. Bannon was named to the National Security Council on January 29, so the Trump administration knew about Flynn, and they were worried enough to send Steve Bannon in to keep an eye on him.

The Trump administrations Russia denial continue to be contradicted by facts. What is clear is that the White House is going to try to change the subject from their potential collusion with Russia during the presidential campaign to Susan Rice. If the Susan Rice distraction doesnt stick, they are going to throw Mike Flynn under the bus.

Trump hasnt been telling the truth about Russia, and the removal of Steve Bannon is another crack in the administrations wall of denial.

bannon removed from nsc, steve Bannon, Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council, Trump Russia scandal

Source: http://www.politicususa.com/2017/04/05/trumps-russia-denials-falling-steve-bannon-removed-nsc.html

Melb cabbie"s murder remains a mystery

Mel B - For Once In My Life

When Melbourne cabbie Muktar Hussan went to pick up the taxi he shared with his son he made a grim discovery.

Mohamud Muketar, 31, was dead. He was murdered in a savage and prolonged stabbing attack while walking home in Fitzroy about 11.30pm on April 20, 2016.

A composite image of his suspected killer and CCTV of a white Toyota Yaris driving in the area at the time were released by Victoria Police on Friday.

Mr Hussan said his son was a good man, trying to lead a normal life and didn"t have a problem with anyone.

"Why him? That"s the question," Mr Hussan told reporters.

The father and son refugees from Somali came to Australia to "change our life" and earn money to support their large family.

"(Now) one of them is lost," Mr Hussan said.

Almost a year on from the murder, homicide detectives still aren"t sure about the motive for the attack.

The killer deliberately crossed the road to get to Mr Muketar but a small amount of cash carried by the driver wasn"t taken.

"He was savagely attacked, it was a brutal attack and it was sustained for a period of time," Homicide Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen McIntyre said.

Police are hunting for a man of Caucasian appearance, aged 20 to 40, about 183cm tall with a lanky build and shoulder-length sandy blond hair that recedes at the top.

At the time he was wearing a dark top and dark pants, which may be jeans.

The late-model Yaris was seen driving in the area about 10 minutes after Mr Muketar was killed and did laps of Moor and George streets in Fitzroy,

It was also parked in a nearby alleyway for up to three minutes a number of times.

Police are also appealing a cyclist caught in CCTV footage, that also briefly depicts the killer, to come forward.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/search-continues-for-vic-cabbies-killer/news-story/7b72d7a6a14ad830b6376e35f4f54c13

Video: The obligatory Pepsi �Resistance� ad

If Saving Private Ryan was made by Pepsi

posted at 11:21 am on April 5, 2017 by Allahpundit

The ratio of thumbs down to thumbs up at the ads YouTube page is running better than four to one as I write this. Clearly they were going for their own lame take on the famous Id like to teach the world to sing hippie Coke spot from the early 70s, but thats not where the zeitgeist is right now. To put it mildly.

And so they stand accused of a serious offense: Un-wokeness in the first degree.

If the Black Lives Matter movement were led by a 21-year-old white supermodel armed with a can of fizzy soda, then maybe everyone would just get along.

Thats the vision presented in pepsis new ad featuring reality tv star Kendall Jenner which has been met with widespread condemnation, with critics accusing the drinks giant of appropriating a nationwide protest movement following police shootings of African Americans

Many people believe the final scene in particular is a direct reference to one of the defining images of the Black Lives Matter movement: a photograph of Ieshia Evans, a 28-year-old nurse being detained in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The cop scene does seem to be the key moment driving the online outrage Olympics over the ad, with NYT blowhard Charles Blow going for gold:

In fairness to critics, it is subversive. I didnt read it as a commentary on Black Lives Matter specifically so much as a goof on Resistance!-era protest chic. The kids here arent protesting anything in particular; the protest seems to be mostly an excuse to get together outside with people their age and congratulate themselves for joining the conversation or whatever. Its utterly vacuous and vain. Of course a next-gen Kardashian is at the center of it. Quite a kick in the nuts to demoralized lefties who got their first shot of post-election morale from the big Womens March rallies the day after Trumps inauguration and the subsequent airport protests after Trumps travel ban. Its amazing that Pepsi didnt see the backlash coming.

Portlandia did a spot-on parody of the sensibility behind this ad years before the ad itself came into being. Watch the second clip below. Millennials are going to change police brutality, one party at a time.

Source: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/04/05/video-the-obligatory-pepsi-resistance-ad/

Louis CK: Trump is a "gross, crook, dirty, rotten, lying sack..."

Louis CK - Chewed Up [napisy PL]

Luckily, Louis C.K. isnt on Twitter, because some tweets are likely headed his way after his Tuesday night visit to The Late Show.

Sitting down with host Stephen Colbert, the comedian was promoting his new Netflix stand-up special when the conversation shifted to Donald Trump. The Emmy winner broke downthe food chain of liars, beginning with someone who got caught in a lie and ending up at the president.

Hes just a gross, crook, dirty, rotten, lying sack of s, said C.K., earning strong support from the crowd. The comedian contended that his assessment wasnt a political position.

Then, Colbert singled out one seemingly random fan as a Trump voter, causing C.K. to respond, He lied to him. He didnt lie to me. Everybody else was like, Yeah, no, thats not true. But that guy bought it.

Watch the clip below.

The Late Show airs weeknight at 11:35 p.m. ETon CBS.

Source: http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/people_ew/2017/04/louis_ck_trump_is_a_gross_crook_dirty_rotten_lying_sack

Pedro Guerrero, former Dodgers star, in a coma after stroke

Esposa del pelotero Pedro Guerrero desmiente Muerte Cerebral en El Show del Mediodía

LOS ANGELES >> Pedro Guerrero was transferred out of the intensive care unit of his Manhattan hospital Tuesday, one day after the former Dodgers slugger was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage.

According to a source in contact with his family, Guerrero is able to shake his head and squeeze his hand in response to commands, a marked improvement from the previous night.

Earlier reports that Guerrero awoke from a coma were contradicted by a friend of his family, who said he spoke directly with Guerreros wife, Roxanna. According to that friend, Guerrero is comatose and still faces surgery to relieve bleeding and pressure in his brain.

Guerrero, 60, is under the care of Dr. Rafael Ortiz at Lenox Hill Hospital. Ortiz is the same physician who cared for Guerrero when he suffered a stroke in Feb. 2015.

He recovered from that so G*d willing h**l recover from this, said Dodgers coach Steve Yeager, Guerreros former teammate in Los Angeles.

One of Guerreros friends told the Southern California News Group that he and his wife were driving to a gym in Queens around 6 p.m. local time Monday when Guerrero felt cramps in his head and pulled to the side of the road. He was taken to the nearest hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma.

The same source said that Guerrero was transferred to Lenox Hill and was able to squeeze hands on command by midday.

Guerrero played 15 seasons in the major leagues. As a Dodger from 1978-88, he made three all-star teams and finished in the top four in National League MVP voting three times.

Guerrero, Yeager and Ron Cey were named World Series co-Most Valuable Players in 1981 as the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees. Guerrero hit two home runs in the six-game series.

He had a lifetime batting average of .300, which puts him in the one percentile of all players who played Major League Baseball, Cey said. His career wasnt that long but he certainly did damage in the time that he played. He was a dominant factor in our lineup and the other lineups that he played with as well.

Guerrero was chosen to the 1981, 1983 and 1985 National League All-Star teams. He won a Silver Slugger award in 1982.

Guerreros 15 home runs in June 1985 equaled the Dodgers franchise record for a single month. In July 1985 he reached base in a franchise-record 14 consecutive plate appearances, two shy of Ted Williams all-time mark.

A knee injury derailed Guerreros 1986 season, limiting him to 31 games.

I think I was managing A-ball when we heard on the way back from a spring training road trip that he hurt himself at third base and was out for the year, Dodgers broadcaster Kevin Kennedy said. We knew our season was done without Pedro. Thats how good he was.

The next season, 1987, Guerrero batted .338 with 27 home runs and was chosen NL Comeback Player of the Year.

Guerrero was traded to the Cardinals in August 1988 and played his final major league game for St. Louis in 1992. Guerrero spent a portion of the 1995 season with the Angels Double-A affiliate, his final year of organized baseball.

Known for his elite bat, guerrero also built a reputation as a hard drinker, drug user and partier off the field. He was arrested in Sept. 1999 and charged with attempting to purchase cocaine with the intent to distribute. He was acquitted in June 2000 after Guerreros attorney argued that his client didnt understand what he was doing.

Guerrero acknowledged in a 2010 interview that his bad habits cut short his playing career. By that time, he said, he had quit drinking and was ready to return to baseball. He coached at various levels from 2011-2014 in the U.S. and Mexico.

Guerrero participated in a Legends game at Dodger Stadium in 2015. In 2016, Guerrero visited Dodger Stadium to throw the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Colorado Rockies in July. He also participated in a Dodgers fantasy camp in Glendale, Arizona.

Petes personality is so wonderful now, said Dodgers broadcaster Orel Hershiser, another of Guerreros former teammates. When you see him come through the other physical issues hes already come through, then when he came out (for the Legends Game) it seemed like he had softened a lot. He was a kinder, gentler spirit.

Source: http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20170404/pedro-guerrero-former-dodgers-star-in-a-coma-after-stroke