Police beef up security for UN gathering, Trump visit

By TOM HAYS

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in New York City are facing a security and logistical challenge of epic proportions with the coming arrival of President Donald Trump and other world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly.

Though there’s been no credible threats against the event, the security concerns are so broad that the New York Police Department has considered how it would stop assassins armed with poison or killer drones.

The NYPD’s main line of defense will be thousands of extra police officers flooding the streets as part of a carefully coordinated effort with the Secret Service and other federal and local law enforcement agencies to protect both the United Nations and Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, said Police Commissioner James O’Neill.

“Since the end of last year’s General Assembly, we’ve been planning how to best protect the various sites and all the people inside them, while also minimizing the impact on New Yorkers,” O’Neill said at recent news conference at a command center at police headquarters.

The 73rd Session of the General Assembly began on Sept. 18, but the higher-level meetings start Monday.

The security arsenal features police boats patrolling the East River near the U.N., aviation units overhead and teams of officers trained to respond to chemical, biological and other potential terror threats. About 50 city Department of Sanitation dump trucks filled with sand and 230 concrete barriers will be positioned at intersections and other strategic locations to guard against car or truck attacks like the one last year that killed eight people on a bike path in Lower Manhattan.

Police said other preparations have included consulting with British authorities about the poisoning of a former Russian spy there earlier this year by way of a weapons-grade nerve agent. British officials say the attack was carried out by Russian operatives.

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Art exhibit canceled amid concerns over Trump satire

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FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — An art exhibit satirizing President Donald Trump has been canceled at a town arts center after its leaders worried it would make them appear biased.

The Cape Cod Times reports that Artist Salley Mavor withdrew her show at Highfield Hall and Gardens in Falmouth after an official at the facility told her to eliminate the political content or pull the exhibit entirely.

Mavor, of Falmouth, planned to display about 20 scenes with figurines depicting Trump and his staff. In one , a Trump figure stands before three mirrors with the caption, “Three branches of U.S. government: me, myself and I.”

Highfield Hall’s executive director, Peter Franklin, said trustees are developing a policy to decide if political exhibits should be allowed.

Mavor says she’s surprised the center wasn’t aware of the theme.

https://apnews.com/81797c429f8e4979a91a150a39b34218/Art-exhibit-canceled-amid-concerns-over-Trump-satire

Starting to back off on the negative rhetoric concerning Potus?

Lawsuit alleges Party City denied job to woman with autism

By MICHAEL CASEY

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman who was hoping to land a sales job at Party City was turned down after a manager realized she has autism, according to a federal lawsuit.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire.

The woman, Ashley Waxman, was allegedly denied a job at a Party City in Nashua, New Hampshire. She filed a complaint with the EEOC alleging the store had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The act prohibits employers from discriminating based on disability and requires that employees with disabilities be offered a reasonable accommodation, including the use of a job coach.

https://apnews.com/598adb7b3144414fb50446eccb78205b/Lawsuit-alleges-Party-City-denied-job-to-woman-with-autism

You go girl!

Start with the leftist liberals. They've been pathetically short on it from day one.

Scientists discover how to 'upload knowledge to your brain'

Mark Molloy

20 SEPTEMBER 2018 • 8:34AM

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eeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe.

Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter amount of time, comparing it to “life imitating art”.

They believe it could be the first steps in developing advanced software that will make Matrix-style instant learning a reality.

In the neo-noir sci-fi classic, protagonist Neo is able to learn kung fu in seconds after the martial art is ‘uploaded’ straight to his brain.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/