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Update from July 30th, 10:05 a.m .: US President Donald Trump recently caused accusations of racism again with numerous tweets. He described African American MP Elijah Cummings as a “brutal tyrant” and his constituency in the city of Baltimore as “hideous, rat and rodent chaos.”

The pastor and civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton had responded to the allegations and made his way to Baltimore. This displeased the US President, as he announced on Twitter: “The next thing Pastor Al will show up is to complain and protest. Nothing is done for the needy. Sorry! ”He wrote. He berated the Afro-American Sharpton as a “troublemaker” and “cheater”.

Sharpton replied a short time later: (…) If he really thought I was a fraud, he would bring me into his government.

But that wasn’t enough for Trump. In further tweets, he continued his tirades about Elijah Cummings and the city of Baltimore – with violent, possibly criminally relevant allegations. Billions of dollars have been pumped into Baltimore over the years – nothing has changed for the better. “The money was stolen or wasted. Ask Elijah Cummings where it went, ”he railed.

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Because of Trump’s rant: CNN presenter fights back tears on TV

First report from July 29th, 9.12 a.m .: Atlanta – Donald Trump once again spoke out on Twitter about a member of the Democratic Party and verbally attacked him. After the US president had already asked four female congressmen, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to return to “their country”, the anger of the 73-year-old was now directed against another MP.

The Democrat Elijah Cummings has been a member of the US Congress for his constituency in Maryland for over 20 years and recently also expressed criticism of the US President’s migration policy. As so often, Trump’s answer was not long in coming. “Elijah Cummings has shown himself to be a brutal tyrant who berated the great men and women of the border guards for the circumstances on the southern border,” Trump accused his opponent on Twitter. Cummings did not have the right to criticize the situation on the border with Mexico, as the conditions in his own constituency around the city of Baltimore were much worse, said the US President.

Donald Trump on Baltimore: “Rat and Rodent Infected Chaos”

The border was clean, efficient and well run, while the Cummings constituency was a “rat and rodent mess,” Trump concluded with the congressman. The last sentence in particular probably made Victor Blackwell angry. The 38-year-old African American is a television presenter for CNN and grew up in Baltimore himself. The statements of the US President about his hometown and the congressman of his district had clearly angered Blackwell when he went on the air on July 27th.

After the moderator had summarized the situation for the audience and read the mentioned tweets by Donald Trump, he turned his attention to the exact choice of words of the president. This is not the first time Trump has used the word “infected” when criticizing the political actions of African American MPs. The 73-year-old used the same vocabulary when he asked the four female congressmen to return to their home countries “infected by crime”.

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But even before that, Trump often addressed African-American politicians with a similar choice of words, and Blackwell also draws his conclusion from this: “When he talks about infection, he talks about black and brown citizens.” As the moderator of the overall context, back to the situation wants to come back to Cummings district, however, he comes to a standstill.

It is probably a mixture of anger and sadness that silences the 38-year-old. Blackwell remains silent for several seconds, visibly fighting for composure, before he continues with tears in his eyes. “I lived there from the day I came home from the hospital to the day I went to college and a lot of the people who are important to me still live there today,” the CNN host said in the direction Trump.

“The people there love their children, who swear the oath on the flag just as the children in the constituencies whose MPs support you, Mr. President. They are Americans too. ”Blackwell utters these words in an almost shaky voice and continues to struggle to keep his composure, before he avoids a commercial break.

The clip, published by CNN, received nearly 27,000 likes on Twitter. But those are not the only worries the US President has this week, because there is another change in personnel in Trump’s environment. There is also news from North Korea: Kim Jong Un has tested missiles for the second time within a week. Trump had clearly positioned himself after the first test.

There was a lot going on in the Democrats’ TV debate. The favorites Sanders and Warren defended their leftist ideas, while the moderate candidates spoke of “fairytale politics”. Trumps are known not to fear escalation. Not even in the trade dispute with China. But now there are drastic allegations against the US President: Are Trump’s tweets ruining the US economy?

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At the finish line of an Ironman, trembling begins for many finishers: Was it enough for the Hawaii qualification? 40 starting places for the Ironman Hawaii, the lifelong dream of all passionate endurance athletes, were allocated at the weekend among the 2500 starters of the Ironman Hamburg. Or on Monday afternoon afterwards – at the “Slot Allocation”, the starting point allocation in the cruise terminal in the Hafen-City. There is a place in every age group in which at least one athlete finishes, the others are distributed as a percentage according to the number of finishers in all age groups. Therefore, the exact number of places per age group is only known after the race.

But Christoph Mattner was already certain during the course of the race: “I’m going to Hawaii.” Born in Meyenburg, who until two years ago still kicked for Hansa Wittstock, he was lucky after eight hours, 53 minutes and 54 seconds at the Ironman in Hamburg can hardly believe. “I knew that I was in a good mood. The plan was to implement the training data and stay under nine hours. Most of the time, dream and reality are far apart, ”explained the 29-year-old, who crossed the finish line in ninth place. Because the Ironman also held the German long-distance championship in the Hanseatic city, Mattner not only secured the starting place for the competition on the archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, but also became the German runner-up.

“I became the second best amateur, hence the vice title. I don’t have a professional license, everything will be evaluated a little differently, ”reveals Mattner, who lives in Lübeck and works in Schwerin as a department for weapons disposal. At almost 32 degrees outside temperature, the three-part fight, his first Ironman on the long distance, started surprisingly well. The 3.8 km swim distance was completed in 57:01 minutes. “I started here last year, but swimming was canceled due to blue-green algae in the Alster. It went great from the start, I would not have expected that. “, Mattner admits. Afterwards, the jack of all trades, who had only been doing intensive triathlon for two years, had to overcome 180 kilometers by bike. After 4:52:56 hours he reached the transition area before the Ironman completed 42.195 kilometers on foot.

“With my marathon time of 2:56 hours I am really happy, was on a par with the professionals,” said Christoph Mattner, who was supported by his parents, his best friend Robert and girlfriend Marie: “They got me in between always kept up to date and signaled to me if I had to give another 1 percent more. ”Due to the great success, the annual plan of the 29-year-old changed directly. In September, the middle distance at the World Cup in Nice (France) is only a training session used: “I will also take part in Eichenfelde, I cannot miss the competition in my own home region.”

“God and the world,” as Mattner joked, congratulated him thanks to the social media, and congratulations still reach the athlete. On October 1st, together with girlfriend Marie, we head for Hawaii, where the starting signal for the most traditional Ironman in the world is given on October 12. “I am really happy, it will be unique, I will enjoy it.”

Against the upsurge of cyber attacks by ransomwares, the city councils of cities affected by this phenomenon are opposing strategies : while some buckle down and pay the ransom, other sweep of a brush of the hand every financial transaction. But in the end, the note is always salty.

The ransomwares propagated within the information systems municipal they became a real trend in the last few months ? In view of the number of cases in high-growth, the answer comes dangerously close to ” yes “. From Baltimore to Florida, passing through Johannesburg, ransomware will proliferate and inflict serious damage to the infrastructure of administrations of cities.

Baltimore, resistance

If the employees of the municipalities will remain the first victims of these attacks, the inhabitants, them, in pay sometimes the broken pots. The example of Baltimore is probably one of the more convincing : for the past three months, this city of 620,000 inhabitants wipes a powerful cyber attack was launched on the 7 may 2019. In total, 100 000 dollars in the form of bitcoins have been requested by the hackers.

Supported by the FBI and several firms of cyber-security, the town council refuses to pay any ransom. In addition to the laptops and mobile devices professional outside services, messaging services have also problems to work. Worse, the local taxes and parking fines, for example, cannot simply be collected by the agents.

To such a point that this attack has already cost the tidy sum of 18 million dollars to Baltimore. As noted by the Parisian, ten million dollars have been invested to repair the computer system, including one million for the purchase of new computers, while eight million are related to losses of revenue to the city. Ironically, the virus has in part been created by the National Security Agency (NSA), before the agency can do is to fly in 2017.

If the mayor of Baltimore is here shown resilience and determination in the face of the blackmail of hackers, other cities have quickly bent down to the difficulty of the situation. The image of Lake City and Rivieria Beach, Florida, and the County of Laporte in Indiana, all affected by the ransomware Ryuk — very popular pirates, which spreads by e-mail.

Ransom sometimes paid

On June 6, 2019, Lake City (12 000 inhabitants) has experienced the bitter experience : computers and business phones out of use, payment systems, and gas down, copy machines out of service because related to the computer network, 16 terabytes of information locked. The database set up by the town hall to facilitate the consultation of information to its employees has even disappeared.

A few days later, for a financial consideration, sent by the pirates demanded a total of 42 bitcoins, at the time the sum of 460 000 dollars approximately. Once the money is sent, the municipality has received a decryption key. Problem : a month later, some of the data have not yet been unlocked, the key has not unlocked all of the data. Accused of having neglected the security of the networks, the director of information technology has since been thanked.

Laporte County (11 municipalities, 110 000 inhabitants), has also suffered the wrath of Ryuk on July 6, 2019. Half of its servers have been neutralized, so that its platform of e-mails and his web site no longer met. Results : a check of 132 000 dollars has been paid out twelve days later, to regain the proper functioning of its computer systems. Riviera Beach (Florida) has its side relieved of $ 600,000 to resolve the problem.

In Johannesburg, around 250 000 inhabitants (4.5 million) who were without electricity on Thursday, July 25, 2019. The fault, again, a ransomware designed the databases and the network of City Power, in charge of providing electricity to the largest city in South Africa. Impossible for customers to purchase their electricity on the dropper via the prepayment system.

Secure systems to protect the inhabitants

According to the company, no data has been stolen by pirates. And if the distribution of power has since been restored, the group’s web site remains inaccessible. No information on the amount of the ransom has not been disclosed. But what lessons can we really draw from all these events ? In the first place, that the cyber attacks of the type ransomware affects small, mid-sized and large cities.

The attack is balance or not by success, the financial consequences are generally bad for the city targeted : in the event of a ransom paid, she loses money, but in showing resistance, a heavy price is to pay for the damage caused. The case of Johannesburg also shows how the daily life of the inhabitants, themselves collateral victims, can be turned upside-down. Well secure the computer systems of the cities, so it is better to protect the employees who work there and the people who live there.

From Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September, Aucamville will be celebrating. While the start of the new school and professional days will be topical, it will still be possible to extend the holiday mood thanks to the festive program, prepared by the association 3 A (Association animations Aucamville), organizer of the local festival. Three formations will ensure the musical part, during these three festive days. The Columbia orchestra will kick off the festivities on Friday evening from 10 p.m. A well-known training in Aucamville but also in the great South. For several years, the emblematic Roger orchestra has provided a musical evening of the festivities in the city. A good story of friendship has been woven between the volunteers of 3A and the artists of Columbia. Since its creation in the 1980s in Toulouse, this training has always adapted to different fashions and trends. How many lively local festivals, local events guaranteed including very recently, the musical entertainment of July 14 on the Paul Sabatier alleys in Toulouse! Columbia is still a big machine that consists of thirteen elements including two singers and a notorious singer, David. In their repertoire, the hits of always, the variety and those at the top of the sales! The public will be seduced by the scene, or rather by the magnificent staging. Choreography and fellowship with spectators is the recipe for Columbia’s success. Without forgetting the 14 m² of LED screens, 80 kW of latest generation lights and an efficient structure of 20 kW of sound. A reputation that makes this group one of the most prestigious in the South! Saturday September 7, the 3 A volunteers decided to innovate by offering a thematic evening, special for the 80s! On Sunday, Jean Pierre Laurens’ musette band will provide the dancing aperitif and the afternoon ball.

• THE PREDICTION OF SEASONAL BUT

We predicted the penultimate place of the Eastern Conference with 25 victories in the preview of the season read here.

Once is not custom, big crash to analyze the Mickey band. Announced borderline playoffs by us the seasons before, the Magic was a clever pleasure to squat the last places. And when we finally place them at the bottom, the Floridians invite themselves the post-season. Promised next season, we’ll take 50/50 or call a friend!

Leaders: DJ Augustin, Michael Carter-Williams, Jerian Grant, Isaiah Briscoe

Arrivals: Evan Fournier, Terrence Ross, Melvin Frazier

Wingers: Jonathan Isaac, Wesley Iwundu

Wings: Aaron Gordon, Jarell Martin, Amile Jefferson

Pivots: Nikola Vucevic, Mohamed Bamba, Khem Birch

• SEASON FIGURES

Ranking: 7th East Conference, 1st SouthEast Division

Offensive Rating: 108.9 pts registered on 100 possessions (22nd NBA)

Defensive Rating: 108.2 pts collected on 100 possessions (8th of NBA)

Best marker: Nikola Vucevic with 20.8 points per game

Best rebounder: Nikola Vucevic with 12.0 rebounds per game

Best passer: DJ Augustin with 5.3 assists per game

Best interceptor: Nikola Vucevic with 1.0 interception per game

Best blocker: Mohamed Bamba with 1.4 against per game

Best percentage: Khem Birch with 60.3% on shots.

As every year since the post reconstruction Dwight Howard, the Magic found a new coach. Vir by the Hornets, Steve Clifford Landed Orlando in a franchise that he knows well for being an assistant between 2007 and 2012. A return to the fold which surely plays in the very rapid adaptation of his system to the team. Respect by all, Clifford breathes new life into a group that has been living for too long. Finished the fast game, place a basketball more posed (24th space of the League) with ball movement and the emphasis on defense and rebound, two sectors where the Magic enters the Top 10 NBA. At the center of trade rumors with the draft of Mo Bamba, Nikola Vucevic will become the central part of the collective at Clifford’s request. A winning bet, since Montngrin will be by far the most consistent player in attack with the bonus of his first canvas of All Star.

Even with these new precepts, the Magic season will be far from a long, calm river. In the first 10 games of the season, Orlando did not exceed the 100 points scored 6 times. The attack will take time to fuel while the defense allows to garner some victories. In early December, the Magic presented a record of 12 victories for 12 defeats. But, as very often the period before All Star Game is complicated for Floridians who enchant 19 setbacks for 9 successes until the beginning of February. The race for the playoffs is moving away at high speed for the group with defeats against Phoenix, Chicago or Washington which are a match.

The break of All Star Game will do the greatest good for Magic. The front office take advantage of the trade deadline for change Jonathon Simmons against Markelle Futlz, even if the latter will not participate in the season. However, the late recruitment of Michael Carter-Williams will already be much more interesting, especially on the defensive level where its size brings a real plus compared DJ Augustin. With 8 victories in 10 horse matches on February and March, the Magic revived in the race the post-season. The battle is fought between Miami, Washington and Charlotte for the last spot. Orlando will, then, produce an incredible run during which the team will hit the Warriors, the Celtics, the Raptors and the Sixers: 11 victories in the last 13 games, biggest series of the Eastern Conference to end the season, Orlando will seek energy for its qualification. The attack went from 105.8 points scored before the ASG 111.2 points after. As for the defense, it further improved by conceding only 106.0 points. It is indeed the defensive base set up by Clifford which has borne fruit in this mad race for the playoffs.

After 7 years of absence, Orlando enters the arena with his knife between his teeth against the future winners of the trophy. For several seasons, the Raptors have been febrile on Game 1 of the playoffs … and it’s not the presence of Kawhi leonard which will reverse the trend. Tainted in defense, the Magic hooks up the premises and turns the break at the head (49-57). The reaction of the Canadians is not long in coming and the second period offers a magnificent Chasse-Crois which ends in the first buzzer-beater of the 2019 playoffs: comfortable throughout the match (25 points 9/13 on shots), DJ Augustin crucified Toronto on a primal shot. The Floridian leader is the X factor of the meeting and leaves Kyle Lowry in his back pocket without the slightest point written. This cold shower will serve as a detonator for the Raptors who will fly over the rest of the debates. The defense of Marc Gasol on Vucevic is the key to the series. Brid in attack, the Montngrin shoots only 36.2% for 11.2 points on average. Same for the back pair Evan Fournier (12.4 points 34.8%) and Terrence ross (13.2 points 37%) tuft by the duo Danny Green – Kawhi Leonard. Only Aaron Gordon pulls out of the game with a defense applied to the future MVP of the Finals and a reliable presence offensively (15.2 points 46.8%).

• THE BIG MOMENT OF THE SEASON

Boston on April 7, 2019, penultimate game of the season for the Magic, which must defeat the outside to stamp its ticket in the playoffs. Vavane and Vooch who have been waiting for this for so long will be the two spearheads of the Magic: 24 points for the Frenchman, 25 points and 12 rebounds for his friend All Star. The other players expressed are not left out with a season-high pass by DJ Augustin (13 assists) and a cardboard version balltrap of Terrence Ross leaving the bench (26 points with 5 primal shots). Concentrated on their goal, the Floridians made a faultless match in this match on the repair line (22/22 at LF) and resisted the C’s return at the end of the match. At the end of the meeting, the coach Steve Clifford will thank his players for their application and their constant progress throughout the season.

• THE WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON

Beginning in February, a little before the reception of the Nets, the Magic rookie, Mohammed Bamba, was declared out. Victim of a fatigue fracture in the tibia, the interior will no longer replay the season. With only forty matches on the clock, it is difficult to gauge its impact yet. Limited to 16 minutes of playing time by the production of the holder Nikola Vucevic, Bamba still showed dazzling counter and rebound. Reported over 36 minutes, his statistics speak for him: 13.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks. With its atypical profile, the rookie had to be one of the sensations of its tank. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until next season. To wait for some highlights!

– Nikola Vucevic in All Star mode : Steve Clifford’s arrival has changed Vucevic. The coach succeeded in maximizing his impact in attack as the interior fixation point. Able to punish up close with his hook shot (71% success in a circle), Vooch also became a long-distance metro (36.5% 3 points). And as his vision of the game remains excellent for a big man, the pivot All Star simply broke all his career records including the pass: 20.8 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists. On the other side of the floor, Clifford asked him to be more aggressive and determined. Without having become a dissuasive pivot, Vooch got the message and completed a full defense season with 1.0 interception and 1.1 blocks per game.

– The Human Torch Resurrection: Injury seriously injured last year (tibia fracture and sprained knee), Terrence Ross returned to his best level. Used as an attacking wildcard, he never hesitated to light the match with more than 7 attempts 3 points per game, by far the leader of Magic in this exercise. With 38.3% success, he would have been wrong to deprive himself of it. On warm hand evenings, Human Torch was the team factor X and a game changer. 20 games above 20 points, 4 others more than 30 units, 16 times Orlando’s best scorer, Ross is the 6th best scorer out of the bench this season in the NBA. With record scoring averages, rebounds and assists, the swingman has finally shown consistency in his skills.

– Jonathan Isaac’s progression : Preview only 27 games last year, Jonathan Isaac really started his career this season. Even if his offensive potential is only in its infancy, his defense production has already enabled him to earn his stripes as a holder. With his wingspan, Isaac permanently interferes with the pass lines (1.1 steal) and protects the opposing penetrations towards the circle (1.3 block). A very useful Swiss army knife in the roster which has benefited from the presence of experienced players to gain confidence gradually.

– The team ceiling level : With the executives of Magic (Vucevic, Fournier, Augustin, Ross) who are in their premium, the lever for progression remains limited Orlando. The team has perfectly rewritten the ranges of Clifford to climb into the playoffs, but the intrinsic talent of the group suffers from comparison with the other big curies of the Eastern Conference. Vucevic is certainly an All Star but is not the Franchise Player able to take the Magic to the top. LA Orlando is still missing to hope to go higher … with a No. 1 draft frankly recuperated, do you ever know?

– The absence of a rel playmaker : Without offending DJ Augustin, who probably had his most successful season in career, there is still a real creator missing from this team. Augustin is perfect for managing the tempo of the Magic, but does not have the qualities of playmaking ideal for the team. With 5.2 assists per game, DJ points 23rd in this sector among NBA leaders. As for Fournier and Gordon, they have certainly made progress in the past, but above all remain creators for themselves. Adding a ball handler able to produce for others could go a long way.

– Lack of spacing : Apart from Terrence Ross who is a specialist in shots from the refreshment stand, the Magic lacks obvious shooters. In a re, where spacing is mandatory to pull the game, Orlando does not have the safest triggers in the League. Augustin is doing well with honors (42% from afar), but behind it is too intermittent, especially among the incumbents: Fournier (34%), Gordon (34.9%) and Isaac (32.3%).

Author of an irregular exercise, Orlando made a big run at the end of the journey to hang the wagon of the post-season and thus end the greatest period without playoffs in the history of the franchise. Steve Clifford was able to empower the managers of the team (Fournier, Vucevic, Augustin) while developing the young, Aaron Gordon (23) and Jonathan Isaac (21) at the head. The mixture obtained certainly did not revolutionize the Eastern Conference, but managed to find a balance around a very tight defense.

• THE TOP OF THE SEASON: THE BEST OF nikola vucevic

Not a day goes by without the President of the United States, campaigning for his re-election, causing controversy. Since Saturday, Donald Trump has again been accused of racism after violently attacking Elijah Cummings, elected Democrat of Maryland in the House of Representatives, whose constituency is according to him “Disgusting and infested with rats”. This Monday, he also dealt with“Crook” who “Hates whites and police” an activist pastor of the civil rights movement. Words that sparked an outcry.

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