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PRESS RELEASE

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PREMIER

REGISTRATION AND CITIZENSHIP MINISTRY OF BORDER CONTROLAND EMPLOYMENT

The Department of Registration and Citizenship, Ministry of Border Control and Employment is pleased to announce that the issuance of Turks and Caicos Island Passports (BOTC) is now current, with few exceptions.

Those persons who have applied for passports are urged to call the Customer Service Center in Grand Turk 649-338-2983/2982or in Providenciales at 649-338-4121 commencing Monday, 17th July 2017 for collection of their documents or for further information.

The Ministry apologizes to the General Public for any inconvenience that they may have experienced over the last few months with this delay and reassures the public that with the reorganization and improved measures implemented in this Unit, future delays would be at a minimum.

We will continue to update the public on the various areas of reorganization and improvement on delivery of services and products.

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Public Advisory: Border Control now issuing passports - Magnetic Media (press release)

HOOVER, Ala. Texas A&MsafetyArmani Watts wants to flip the Kevin Sumlin hot-seat talk andcall it an opportunity.

People are going to talk regardless of what you do, win or lose, Watts said at SEC Media Days. So there are always going to be naysayers and everything. We just take it as a chip, put it on our shoulder and go out there and work and play for Coach Sumlin, because hes not on the field. We are. So were going to have to win games.

It was zero surprise, but Sumlins job security became part of the chatter Wednesday at the Wynfrey Hotel. In May, Texas A&M athletic director Scott Woodward placed Sumlin on notice by telling Paul Finebaum the coach has to win, and he has to win this year, and we have to do better than weve done in the past.

The Aggies finished 8-5 in each of the past three seasons. After winning 11 games in his first season in College Station in 2012 and nine the next year, Sumlin has seen his stock decline with disappointing late-season slumps.

Last year, Texas A&M lost five of its final seven games after starting 6-0. In 2015, the Aggies were 5-0 to start before dropping five of eight. In 2014, it was more of the same.

Weve got to control what we can control, Aggies wide receiver Christian Kirk said. We focus on us and what were supposed to handle. Coach Sumlin doesnt go out there and play on Saturdays. Thats up to us. Weve got to go out there and win. Weve got to be better. As players, weve got to go out there and win games. Thats all our main focus is right now in the offseason, just finishing games.

It wont be easy for the Aggies to finish games this fall. Theyll replace defensive end Myles Garrett, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Theres also uncertainty at quarterback, with senior Jake Hubenak and freshmen Kellen Mond and Nick Starkel considered possibilities after Trevor Knights departure.

We just do our best not to worry about that, Texas A&M offensive tackle Koda Martin said of Sumlins future. We dont think about that. Its not our concern. Our concern is we have a saying that, Its about us. And so we dont worry about the voices that are going on outside of the program. We trust that our coaching staff is doing everythingthey can to win.

NEXT Former Aggies president: Texas AD wanted to punish Texas A&M for joining SEC

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2017 SEC Media Days: Texas A&M players weigh in on Kevin Sumlin hot-seat talk that creates 'chip' for Aggies - SECcountry.com

July 13, 2017

"News consumers expect the media to cover a range of issues rather than ride hobby horses that feed reporters own interests," writes Jeffrey M. McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University, in a column for The Hill. He cites a recent study from the Media Research Center, which shows that "well over half of all news coverage of the Trump administration on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS and NBC over a five week period focused on the probe of Russian influence in the 2016 election."

Dr. McCall notes, "The big networks spent 353 minutes covering the Russia investigation, but, for example, only 29 minutes on terrorism. The networks combined to spend only five minutes on the economy and jobs, and only three minutes on Trumps plans to improve the nations infrastructure."

A former journalist himself, McCall opines, "The investigation into Russias meddling in American elections is, indeed, newsworthy. The story needs to be covered and followed closely. The agenda setting issue, however, is one of proportion. Networks can and should be able to focus on multiple major issues in the news cycle."

He adds, "The major problem with the coverage of Russia has been that the coverage has been characterized by much speculation, but few hard facts. Anonymous sources are often cited and stories often begin with phrasing such as, 'If proven' Further, most of the coverage refers broadly to 'meddling,' 'interference,' and 'collusion,' but with little particular definition of how those terms are operationalized or how the election process was actually altered."

The author of Viewer Discretion Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences, the professor states, "Sadly, as a Rasmussen Reports poll shows, the public believes the media are more intent in creating controversy than informing the public about issues. No wonder media credibility has declined so rapidly in the last decade."

As McCall sees it, "One of the most crucial functions of the news media is to establish the direction of the nations conversation. The medias priorities, theoretically, become the priorities of the public." He concludes his column by stating, "There is tremendous power in setting a news agenda that provides a conversation for democracy. Unfortunately, there is no magic equation for how it should be executed. It would help, however, if media decisions were made with the public interest in mind and an eye to covering the many issues that affect a wide range of citizens. For that to happen, news producers cooped up in network towers need to expend the effort to find out what stories Americans really want and need."

Access the complete essay at the newspaper's website.

Jeff McCall is a 1976 graduate of DePauw, where he majored in communication and worked on student radio station WGRE, which he now serves as faculty adviser. The media studies professor has been called upon for comment by more than 100 newspapers, and was quoted earlier this week in a Variety story on cable TV news.

Source: The Hill

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Major Media Have a Misguided News Agenda, According to Prof. Jeff McCall '76 - DePauw University

Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton during his father's presidential campaign, after being told the information was "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." (Elyse Samuels,Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

Hysteria among the media and Trump opponents over the prospect of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin may have hit its crescendo this week. Thats right: The wailing from the media and their allies about Donald Trump Jr.s meeting with some Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer (whatever that means) may be the last gasp of this faux scandal. Good riddance.

Predictably, the New York Times started the ball rolling with front-page coverage, going so far as to argue, The accounts of the meeting represent the first public indication that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help. As if this were some breakthrough moment. The Times followed up with a headline yesterday that the meeting request and subject matter discussed in the prior story weretransmitted to Trump Jr. via an email. Holy cow. The Times is so desperate to move the story that the meetings arrangement over email is being made into Page 1 news. You would have thought it had come through a dead drop under a bridge somewhere.

[New York Times reporter on Donald Trump Jr.s claim of transparency: Nonsense]

And, of course, CNN has been apoplectic in its breathless coverage, running one story after another about this development on the air and online. But Politico takes the prize for the most over-the-top, made-up news, claimingthat Donald Trump Jr.s meeting could amount to a crime.

As I have written before, there are always people hovering around campaigns trying to peddle information and traffic in supposed silver bullets. There should be nothing to report on when a private citizen who works at a campaign takes a meeting with a friend of a friend offering information about an opponent. And yet, the media wants to make it a smoking gun.

If taking meetings with such people is a crime, then I hope there is a statute of limitations because I would have been a repeat offender.

Dont get me wrong. Trump Jr. should not have taken the meeting. These offers of information on the down-low are greeted with eye-rolling, and red flags are almost always clearly visible. No senior campaign official, much less a family member of the candidate, should take such a meeting.

Having the meeting was a rookie, amateur mistake. Between human curiosity and a campaign professionals duty to get the dirt when you can, Trump Jr. likely felt that the person had to be heard. In a normal case, the meeting should have been handed off to a lackey. Said lackey would have then reported the scoop or lack thereof and awaited further instruction.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said there was nothing inappropriate about a meeting Donald Trump Jr. had with a Russian attorney during the campaign last year. (Reuters)

However, after seeing todays email exchange dump from Trump Jr., it is easy to see that the meeting should have never happened. Period.

I double down on the idea that this meeting was a rookie, amateur mistake. Even the lackey should not have taken this meeting. It was bad judgment, but not collaboration with the Russians.

Just imagine: Trump Jr. is sitting there when he gets an email from a music promoter screaming with red flags and some comical language (does Russia even have a Crown prosecutor?) and he takes the bait. Wince! Anybody should have known better.

Anyway, Trump Jr. took the one-off meeting, and nothing happened. Is that not proof of non-collusion in and of itself? If you choose to believe otherwise, your disdain for President Trump is getting the best of you and you need help.

[Why in the world would Donald Trump Jr. take this meeting?]

Regarding the delusion that a crime actually occurred in any of this, my favorite allegation is that by having this meeting and listening to what was said, Donald Trump Jr. somehow could have violated the law. According to Politico, Trump Jr.s statements put him potentially in legal cross hairs for violating federal criminal statutes prohibiting solicitation or acceptance of anything of value from a foreign national, as well as a conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Im just barely a lawyer, but I know over-lawyering when I see it. I mean, by that standard, what if someone walked into a campaign and suggested an idea that led to that candidates victory? Would it have been a crime to accept a thing of value in the form of an idea? Of course not.

This whole thing is getting weird.

For many in the media and elsewhere, the collective grievances that they have against Trump personally, the White House as a whole and Trumps policies somehow justify their zealous promotion of the collusionscandal. But not because the story is valid. Rather, the media know that they are not getting to Trump with anything else. Today, much of the news coverage of Trump and Co. is about payback. The media thinks they arent getting the truth and so they dont have to deliver it either. It is a bad cycle that is not working for the White House or the media.With this much intensity, it is hard to see how this ends well.

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The media's mass hysteria over 'collusion' is out of control - Washington Post (blog)

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