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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
COCKROACH FLUID FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
(CNN)A
little cockroach milk with those cookies? Chock full of protein, the
insect milk may someday be transformed into a food supplement worthy of
human consumption, new research indicates.
Scientist have found that the Pacific Beetle Cockroach feeds its bug babies a formula which is remarkably rich in protein, fat and sugar.
Don't expect to find it next to the regular milk in the dairy section, however, at least not for now.
"Any
liquid harvested from a cockroach is not true milk. At least not as we
think of it," said Becky Facer, director of school and educator programs
at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.
Most people would agree. After all, the insect liquid takes the form of protein crystals in the guts of baby cockroaches.
"The
protein crystals are milk for the cockroach infant. It is important for
its growth and development," said Leonard Chavas, one of the scientists
behind the research. He explained the crystals have a whopping three
times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times
the equivalent of cow's milk.
The cockroach is one of the hardiest creatures on the planet; it can live for a month without food.
"The
interest here was, what is it really made of?" said Chavas, one of the
authors of the research, published in July in the journal International
Union of Crystallography.
Chavas
and his colleagues examined the species, also known as Diploptera
punctata, which is the only species of cockroach known to be viviparous
-- able to bring forth live babies that have developed within the
mother's body, instead of the mother laying eggs to develop outside her
body.
Like other viviparous
creatures, this species of roach nourishes its growing embryos with a
protein-rich liquid secreted by its brood sac -- the roach version of a
uterus.
Crystal cockroach milk.
Soon
after the embryo ingests the liquid, protein crystals develop within
its midgut. Chavas and his colleagues extracted one of these crystals to
learn more about it and its potential nutrition. Following tests and
even genome sequencing, they discovered it was a complete food.
"It
is what one would need: protein, essential amino acids, lipids and
sugars," Chavas said, explaining that the energy content is so high that
it helps infants within this unique species grow much bigger than
cockroach babies of other species.
Though
the crystal formation may seem surprising, other crystals, including
insulin, take shape within the body for easier bodily storage -- and it
could have potential for human consumption, the research suggests.
So, how do you milk a cockroach?
The
crystals are currently extracted from the midgut of cockroach embryos
-- perhaps not the most efficient way of feeding a growing world
population.
Ultimately, however,
Chavas and his team are hoping to reverse bioengineer cockroach milk,
but first they need to understand the exact biological and chemical
mechanisms underlying the process.
Join the conversation
"For
now, we are trying to understand how to control this phenomena in a
much easier way, to bring it to mass production," Chavas said.
Having
lost a drinking game with his colleagues, Chavas tasted the cockroach
milk once. "No particular taste," he commented, though the idea of ice
cream appeals to him. He imagines "a flavor with honey and crispy
pieces."
Laugh as you may, there
is no irony lost on the fact that that this insect that can survive a
nuclear disaster may someday provide the ultimate liquid superfood.
JAILING PEOPLE CAN’T SOLVE NIGERIA’S CORRUPTION PROBLEM, SAYS KUKAH
JAILING PEOPLE CAN’T SOLVE NIGERIA’S CORRUPTION PROBLEM, SAYS KUKAH
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah,
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has said that jailing people who have purportedly stolen money can never be the solution to fighting corruption in Nigeria.
Rather, he said building strong institutions around the fight against corruption; workable and functional educational system which could liberate people from ignorance that corruption ruins a nation and above all, good governance/functional society are the basis of corruption fight in a way that after these have been provided, anybody who runs foul of the law, should be made to pay dearly for it to serve as deterrent to others.
Kukah made this remarks as a guest of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP) when it organised a book reading club which according to the Executive Vice Chairman of the school, Dr. Tunji Olaopa, was aimed at reviving the dying reading culture especially amongst the younger generation.
The Bishop book which was drawn and reviewed by him to the audience, was the ‘Witness to Justice; an outpouring of emotions during the Oputa Truth Commission.
From it, he chronicled how emotions ran high from different ethnic representatives and people who suffered one form of injustice or another from past administrations and powerful individuals in the country during the military governments preceding the democratic administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.
“Corruption is a symptom of a sickness. We might deal with the corruption by jailing people but as long as the system allows people to steal, it will remain with us. Fighting corruption is not only about jailing people or putting them in prison. The system that produces corrupt people would remain with us if we don’t address some fundamental questions that breed corruption because some people can say afterall, certain number of people who have gone to prison have come back to be president of this nation. Some may also argue that a number of National Assembly members have gone to prison yet came back and got elected. Same goes for a number of people who are today in Nigerian government houses who also have at one time or the other gone to prison and came back to be elected as governors and so on. So prison is not a threat to a number of people.
“President Buhari has been dealing with $2.1billlion security money allegedly embezzled from the Office of the National Security Adviser for close to one year now and yet he said between $150billion to $200billion have been stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians, when are we going to actualise all that if we are still just on $2.1billion arms money till date.
“Curiously too, we are yet to start serious prosecution of the people so far alleged to have collected money from the office of NSA and ahead is a judicial trial of evidence of proof to ascertain the involvement or otherwise of the suspects. Fighting corruption is a question of thinking, rethinking and defining our objectives and should therefore not be seen as the job of one man.”
Kukah said Nigerians are even becoming confused that the promise made to them that the proceeds from corruption fight would be used to better their lives have not started yielding any gains.
He also admonished ambitious Nigerians to thread softly and accept God’s divining connection in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ascension to power, saying even though the latter may not be the best we can have now as a leader but ‘God knows why he made him the number One citizen.’
To those who might be interested in rocking the boat of governance, Kukah sounded a note of warning “stage coup and die’, stressing that God saw some others who could probably have done much more better than him but knew why he enthroned him as the leader.
Earlier in his thought provoking lecture on the way forward to Nigeria’s cohesiveness as one indivisible nation, Kukah said such national reconciliation can not be possible unless there is justice for the victims of past injustices; justice for the perpetrators and justice for the society and in the sight of God.
On the stand of some Nigerians that Oputa panel which he was part of as a key panelist was not a success, Kukah said the fact that it ended in raising more questions on the way forward for true reconciliation about the future of Nigeria was in itself a success.
-Thisday
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah,
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has said that jailing people who have purportedly stolen money can never be the solution to fighting corruption in Nigeria.
Rather, he said building strong institutions around the fight against corruption; workable and functional educational system which could liberate people from ignorance that corruption ruins a nation and above all, good governance/functional society are the basis of corruption fight in a way that after these have been provided, anybody who runs foul of the law, should be made to pay dearly for it to serve as deterrent to others.
Kukah made this remarks as a guest of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP) when it organised a book reading club which according to the Executive Vice Chairman of the school, Dr. Tunji Olaopa, was aimed at reviving the dying reading culture especially amongst the younger generation.
The Bishop book which was drawn and reviewed by him to the audience, was the ‘Witness to Justice; an outpouring of emotions during the Oputa Truth Commission.
From it, he chronicled how emotions ran high from different ethnic representatives and people who suffered one form of injustice or another from past administrations and powerful individuals in the country during the military governments preceding the democratic administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.
“Corruption is a symptom of a sickness. We might deal with the corruption by jailing people but as long as the system allows people to steal, it will remain with us. Fighting corruption is not only about jailing people or putting them in prison. The system that produces corrupt people would remain with us if we don’t address some fundamental questions that breed corruption because some people can say afterall, certain number of people who have gone to prison have come back to be president of this nation. Some may also argue that a number of National Assembly members have gone to prison yet came back and got elected. Same goes for a number of people who are today in Nigerian government houses who also have at one time or the other gone to prison and came back to be elected as governors and so on. So prison is not a threat to a number of people.
“President Buhari has been dealing with $2.1billlion security money allegedly embezzled from the Office of the National Security Adviser for close to one year now and yet he said between $150billion to $200billion have been stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians, when are we going to actualise all that if we are still just on $2.1billion arms money till date.
“Curiously too, we are yet to start serious prosecution of the people so far alleged to have collected money from the office of NSA and ahead is a judicial trial of evidence of proof to ascertain the involvement or otherwise of the suspects. Fighting corruption is a question of thinking, rethinking and defining our objectives and should therefore not be seen as the job of one man.”
Kukah said Nigerians are even becoming confused that the promise made to them that the proceeds from corruption fight would be used to better their lives have not started yielding any gains.
He also admonished ambitious Nigerians to thread softly and accept God’s divining connection in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ascension to power, saying even though the latter may not be the best we can have now as a leader but ‘God knows why he made him the number One citizen.’
To those who might be interested in rocking the boat of governance, Kukah sounded a note of warning “stage coup and die’, stressing that God saw some others who could probably have done much more better than him but knew why he enthroned him as the leader.
Earlier in his thought provoking lecture on the way forward to Nigeria’s cohesiveness as one indivisible nation, Kukah said such national reconciliation can not be possible unless there is justice for the victims of past injustices; justice for the perpetrators and justice for the society and in the sight of God.
On the stand of some Nigerians that Oputa panel which he was part of as a key panelist was not a success, Kukah said the fact that it ended in raising more questions on the way forward for true reconciliation about the future of Nigeria was in itself a success.
-Thisday
Saturday, July 23, 2016
BEWARE OF YORUBAS’ INSTIGATION, YAKASSI WARNS IGBOS
RESTRUCTURING:BEWARE OF YORUBAS’ INSTIGATION, YAKASSI WARNS IGBOS
Elder statesman and chairman of the Northern Elders Council (NEC), Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has warned Igbos against becoming victims of Yoruba instigation, following calls to restructure the nation. He recalled that the ongoing calls for restructuring across the country was similar to what the Yoruba people instigated that caused the civil war.
Speaking in an interview with a newspaper, Nigerian Pilot, Yakassai alleged that Igbos were instigated to go into secession for Biafra by the Yorubas who later turned around and occupied positions left vacant due to the war. He said in case the Igbos were unaware, he had to inform them as a man who was a star witness to all that took place at the time of secession declaration.
“Even if they are not in true position of all these things, people like me happened to know a whole lot. When the constitutional crises took place in 1963, I was already a journalist and Hausa editor of Daily Comment, dedicated to Northern Element Progressive Union (NEPU), my party.
“I was an assistant publicity secretary of the party, so I know all the happenings – the action of Tony Enahoro, the boycott by northern members of House Reps, the riot that followed the plan to turn Nigeria to confederation, and those who protested,” Yakassai said. Speaking further, he said: “Only two people are everywhere in Nigeria – Igbos and Hausas.
This is because Igbos are hardworking, and Hausas are everywhere because they are the only ones that can do menial jobs. “Before the civil war started, the Yorubas said if Igbos were allowed to go, they too would go on the secession declaration. “It was Chief Awolowo who said it openly and publicly; it was published in newspapers. He was the one that was sent by Yakubu Gowon to talk to Odumegwu Ojukwu in the eve of the secession declaration not to secede.
“They met at the Niger Bridge. When he (Chief Obafemi Awolowo) came back, even though we did not know what they discussed personally, he said if the eastern people were allowed to go by any act of omission or commission the west would follow. “If they secede the Yor-ubas will follow. That was what he said.
By the time he said that he was already mounting pressure on the northern soldiers stationed in the west to be removed, and Biafrans overran Midwest. “A Yoruba man, name forgotten, captured Ore. So if you look at agitation for restructuring that is coming, by and large, it is from the Yorubas.
“Now the Biafra agitation is in the South-East. My fear now is that I don’t want a situation where the Igbos will be instigated by Yorubas to commit another suicide. “Because by the time the Igbos went on Biafran secession they were the ones occupying the position of influence and power, economically and in the civil service.
“They were made to leave and Yorubas took over, and look at Yoruba now; I’m not anti-Yoruba. The places Igbos left were occupied by Yoruba, particularly the civil service. “Till today the Yoruba are the dominant elements in the bureaucracy of Nigeria. The Igbos lost that position almost forever.”
-New Telegraph
Elder statesman and chairman of the Northern Elders Council (NEC), Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has warned Igbos against becoming victims of Yoruba instigation, following calls to restructure the nation. He recalled that the ongoing calls for restructuring across the country was similar to what the Yoruba people instigated that caused the civil war.
Speaking in an interview with a newspaper, Nigerian Pilot, Yakassai alleged that Igbos were instigated to go into secession for Biafra by the Yorubas who later turned around and occupied positions left vacant due to the war. He said in case the Igbos were unaware, he had to inform them as a man who was a star witness to all that took place at the time of secession declaration.
“Even if they are not in true position of all these things, people like me happened to know a whole lot. When the constitutional crises took place in 1963, I was already a journalist and Hausa editor of Daily Comment, dedicated to Northern Element Progressive Union (NEPU), my party.
“I was an assistant publicity secretary of the party, so I know all the happenings – the action of Tony Enahoro, the boycott by northern members of House Reps, the riot that followed the plan to turn Nigeria to confederation, and those who protested,” Yakassai said. Speaking further, he said: “Only two people are everywhere in Nigeria – Igbos and Hausas.
This is because Igbos are hardworking, and Hausas are everywhere because they are the only ones that can do menial jobs. “Before the civil war started, the Yorubas said if Igbos were allowed to go, they too would go on the secession declaration. “It was Chief Awolowo who said it openly and publicly; it was published in newspapers. He was the one that was sent by Yakubu Gowon to talk to Odumegwu Ojukwu in the eve of the secession declaration not to secede.
“They met at the Niger Bridge. When he (Chief Obafemi Awolowo) came back, even though we did not know what they discussed personally, he said if the eastern people were allowed to go by any act of omission or commission the west would follow. “If they secede the Yor-ubas will follow. That was what he said.
By the time he said that he was already mounting pressure on the northern soldiers stationed in the west to be removed, and Biafrans overran Midwest. “A Yoruba man, name forgotten, captured Ore. So if you look at agitation for restructuring that is coming, by and large, it is from the Yorubas.
“Now the Biafra agitation is in the South-East. My fear now is that I don’t want a situation where the Igbos will be instigated by Yorubas to commit another suicide. “Because by the time the Igbos went on Biafran secession they were the ones occupying the position of influence and power, economically and in the civil service.
“They were made to leave and Yorubas took over, and look at Yoruba now; I’m not anti-Yoruba. The places Igbos left were occupied by Yoruba, particularly the civil service. “Till today the Yoruba are the dominant elements in the bureaucracy of Nigeria. The Igbos lost that position almost forever.”
-New Telegraph
Friday, July 22, 2016
Donald Trump's speech: 'America first,' but an America absent from the world
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Cleveland (CNN)His slogan is "America First." On Thursday night, Donald Trump also made clear his campaign means an America absent from the world.
Before even delivering his big speech Thursday night in Cleveland, Trump was sending tremors through America's allies, threatening to turn generations of U.S. foreign policy on its head, and even breaking with longstanding Republican tradition.
He told The New York Times that he would not guarantee the U.S. would come to the aid of its NATO allies, let's say in case of a Russian invasion. Instead, he said he would consider their payments to the United States before offering protection.
This transactional approach to national security would be a massive shift, and indeed prompted a response from Estonia, whose president indignantly tweeted from the Baltics that it had come to America's defense after 9/11, no questions asked.
Indeed, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was forced to remind Trump that NATO had kept the peace in Europe since World War II -- good for Europe, and good for the United States.
Even the Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, said he disagreed with Trump on NATO.
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Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate, speaks on stage Tuesday. He said Trump skeptics who would vote for Hillary Clinton are "not using their God-given brain to think about what they're saying. ... She'll be appointing people who will have an effect on us for generations. And America may never recover."
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Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany addresses the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. "Whatever (my father) does, he gives it all and does it well," she said on Tuesday. "His desire for excellence is contagious. He possesses a unique gift for bringing that out in others."
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Melania Trump kisses her husband, Donald, after she spoke Monday on the first day of the convention. "If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he's the guy," she said of her husband. "He will never, ever give up. And most importantly, he will never, ever let you down."
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Patricia Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, told the crowd in Cleveland, "I blame Hillary Clinton personally." Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, was secretary of state when the attack occurred in Libya in 2012.
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Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, was among the delegates shouting for a roll call vote Monday on the rules of the Republican National Convention. GOP officials dismissed the move, saying there were not enough signatures to force a roll call vote. While it's unlikely a roll call vote would have rejected the rules package, it could have been an embarrassing protest vote against Trump and the Republican National Committee.
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Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, delivers a speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. "I have had a truly great life in business," he said. "But now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country -- to go to work for you. It's time to deliver a victory for the American people."
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Trump, like many of the convention's speakers this week, went after Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. "Big business, elite media and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place," he said. "They are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything she does. She is their puppet, and they pull the strings."
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"Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," Trump said. "My message is that things have to change -- and they have to change right now."
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"This is the moment, and Donald Trump is the person to make America great again!" Ivanka Trump said to a big cheer. She called her father a fighter, saying now he will "fight for his country."
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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, became the first openly gay person to speak the Republican National Convention. "I am proud to be gay," he told the crowd Thursday. "I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American."
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, delivers a speech on Thursday. "We are the party of new ideas in a changing and faster world than ever before," he said.
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Motivational speaker Brock Mealer was among those who spoke on Thursday.
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"I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order," Pence told the crowd.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivers a speech on Wednesday.
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Trump smiles on the floor of the convention on Wednesday.
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Eric Trump, one of Donald Trump's sons, walks on stage to deliver a speech Wednesday.
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Trump listens to his son's speech along with other members of his family on Wednesday.
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Delegates shout on the floor of the arena on Wednesday.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's main adversary in the primaries, was booed at the end of his speech when it was clear he wasn't endorsing Trump. Cruz told people to "vote your conscience."
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People react to Cruz's speech.
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Cruz gives a thumbs-up as he walks off stage.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, another one of Trump's primary opponents, delivers a video message.
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A delegate checks his phone at the arena.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivers a speech Wednesday. "A vote for anyone other than Donald Trump in November is a vote for Hillary Clinton," the former presidential candidate said.
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Delegates hold up signs Wednesday.
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Retired astronaut Eileen Collins waves to the crowd before delivering a speech Wednesday.
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Trump addresses the crowd on Tuesday. "We're going to make America great again," he said in a video message shortly after winning the nomination. "Have a fantastic evening. I'll see you tomorrow night, I'll see you Thursday night, and we will win in November."
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Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate, speaks on stage Tuesday. He said Trump skeptics who would vote for Hillary Clinton are "not using their God-given brain to think about what they're saying. ... She'll be appointing people who will have an effect on us for generations. And America may never recover."
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A member of the activist group Code Pink protests inside the arena during Carson's speech.
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Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech Tuesday. "We need to elect a man who has a track record of accomplishing the impossible," he said of his father.
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Members of the Trump family watch as Donald Trump Jr. gives his speech.
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Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany addresses the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. "Whatever (my father) does, he gives it all and does it well," she said on Tuesday. "His desire for excellence is contagious. He possesses a unique gift for bringing that out in others."
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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst waves as she stands with other first-term senators on Tuesday.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers a speech that was heavily critical of the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. "It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now and never let her within 10 miles of the White House again," Christie said of the former secretary of state. "It is time to come together and make sure that Donald Trump is our next President. I am proud to be part of this team. Now let's go win this thing."
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Delegates fill the floor of the arena on Tuesday.
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Four of Donald Trump's children -- from left, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump -- celebrate on the floor of the convention, where Donald Trump Jr. announced the New York delegates that clinched the nomination for his father.
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A delegate shows support for Donald Trump's wife, Melania, on Tuesday.
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A delegate whistles as roll call votes are cast on Tuesday.
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Delegates take a photo with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, center, on Tuesday.
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A Florida delegate holds a "Hillary for prison" sign on the floor of the arena.
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A convention attendee wears American-themed shoes on Tuesday.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan bangs the gavel to open the second day of the convention on Tuesday.
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Melania Trump kisses her husband, Donald, after she spoke Monday on the first day of the convention. "If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he's the guy," she said of her husband. "He will never, ever give up. And most importantly, he will never, ever let you down."
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Donald Trump walks to his wife after she delivered her speech.
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Melania Trump claps during her speech.
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Donald Trump comes out to the song "We Are the Champions" before introducing his wife.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a fiery speech before Melania Trump. Among his topics was the fight against terrorists. "We know who you are, and we're coming to get you!" he said.
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A protester flashes a peace sign on the floor of the convention on Monday.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. salutes the crowd before speaking Monday. He got huge applause when he started off his speech by saying, "Blue lives matter!"
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Patricia Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, told the crowd in Cleveland, "I blame Hillary Clinton personally." Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, was secretary of state when the attack occurred in Libya in 2012.
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President Barack Obama is seen on a screen as Smith leaves the stage Monday.
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Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL who was awarded the Navy Cross for his service in Afghanistan, spoke about the need for an elite military. The convention's theme for Monday was "Make America Safe Again."
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Actor Scott Baio gives two thumbs up during his speech on Monday. "Let's not just make America great again," he said, referring to Trump's campaign slogan. "Let's make America America again!"
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Willie Robertson, star of the hit TV show "Duck Dynasty," promised the crowd that Trump "will have your back."
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Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, the GOP's presidential nominee in 1996, waves after listening to a speech on Monday.
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Marlana VanHoose performs the national anthem prior to Monday's evening session.
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Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, was among the delegates shouting for a roll call vote Monday on the rules of the Republican National Convention. GOP officials dismissed the move, saying there were not enough signatures to force a roll call vote. While it's unlikely a roll call vote would have rejected the rules package, it could have been an embarrassing protest vote against Trump and the Republican National Committee.
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Virginia delegate Waverly Woods protests on the floor of the convention.
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Delegates from Texas protest.
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, bangs a gavel as resolutions are adopted at the start of the convention.
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Delegates stand and turn toward the camera for an official photo on Monday.
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People walk in front of a screen displaying the American flag.
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Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, delivers a speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. "I have had a truly great life in business," he said. "But now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country -- to go to work for you. It's time to deliver a victory for the American people."
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Trump is seen on screen as balloons fall from the ceiling of Quicken Loans Arena.
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Trump's family joins him on stage along with the family of his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
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Confetti falls at the end of Trump's acceptance speech.
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Trump and Pence acknowledge the audience after Trump's speech.
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Trump claps on stage with his wife, Melania.
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The Trumps embrace on stage.
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Trump hugs his son Barron after his address, which lasted well over an hour.
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Trump, like many of the convention's speakers this week, went after Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. "Big business, elite media and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place," he said. "They are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything she does. She is their puppet, and they pull the strings."
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Trump delivers his speech.
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Trump said the United States will be a nation of "generosity and warmth" and "law and order."
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"Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," Trump said. "My message is that things have to change -- and they have to change right now."
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Trump accepts the party's nomination as he begins his speech.
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Trump's daughter Ivanka takes the stage Thursday before giving a speech introducing her father.
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"This is the moment, and Donald Trump is the person to make America great again!" Ivanka Trump said to a big cheer. She called her father a fighter, saying now he will "fight for his country."
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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, became the first openly gay person to speak the Republican National Convention. "I am proud to be gay," he told the crowd Thursday. "I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American."
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, delivers a speech on Thursday. "We are the party of new ideas in a changing and faster world than ever before," he said.
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Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight delivers a video message to the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena.
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Motivational speaker Brock Mealer was among those who spoke on Thursday.
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A delegate dressed as Hillary Clinton is accosted by another delegate on Thursday.
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Delegates stand for the national anthem Thursday.
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Young singer Heavenly Joy performs.
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Trump gives a thumbs-up Wednesday after Pence gave his speech.
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Trump gives an "air kiss" to Pence after Pence's speech.
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Pence receives a kiss from his mother, Nancy, as his family joins him on stage after his speech.
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"I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order," Pence told the crowd.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivers a speech on Wednesday.
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Trump smiles on the floor of the convention on Wednesday.
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Eric Trump, one of Donald Trump's sons, walks on stage to deliver a speech Wednesday.
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Trump listens to his son's speech along with other members of his family on Wednesday.
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Delegates shout on the floor of the arena on Wednesday.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's main adversary in the primaries, was booed at the end of his speech when it was clear he wasn't endorsing Trump. Cruz told people to "vote your conscience."
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Cruz gives a thumbs-up as he walks off stage.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, another one of Trump's primary opponents, delivers a video message.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivers a speech Wednesday. "A vote for anyone other than Donald Trump in November is a vote for Hillary Clinton," the former presidential candidate said.
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'Harmful to the United States'
Donald Trump's big night in 90 seconds 01:30
I asked Mike Rogers, Former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, what a new NATO doctrine would mean.
"It certainly would be a violation of the charter if you said you haven't paid, we're not showing up."
Protectionism, he said, would be "harmful to the United States, harmful to our allies."
Afterwards, he said he just hoped Trump didn't mean what he was saying, and would instead find wise counsel to whisper in his ear.
Trump doubled down in his convention speech, filled with retrenchment protectionism and isolationism. He said the U.S. would "walk away" from the North American Free Trade Agreement if negotiations failed to produce "a much better deal for America."
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox was scathing when I asked him on Thursday what pulling out of NAFTA would mean.
"The loser is going to be the United States," he told me.
"Mexico imports from the United States over $750 billion every year. We import, we buy from the United States."
"That means over 10 million jobs for U.S. citizens. So you don't lose jobs by trading. You gain wealth and opportunities to your people."
Trump's threats to slap tariffs on China has sparked concern in Beijing's halls of power, and prompted economists to warn of recession and job losses in the region and the United States.
Trump and the Middle East
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Trump began the foreign policy part of his acceptance speech with Iran -- invoking the specter of a humiliated Washington signing the Iran nuclear deal, "one of the worst deals ever negotiated."
It's an image that most analysts find hard to reconcile, since for the past year during which time the deal's been in force, Iran has been deemed in full compliance, its nuclear program severely limited, and global security enhanced. War avoided.
On diagnosing the Syrian war, Trump will find agreement among allies in the region on this point: "Another humiliation came when president Obama drew a red line in Syria -- and the whole world knew it meant absolutely nothing." (That, of course, was President Obama's pledge to intervene should Assad use chemical weapons; a pledge he did not follow through on when those weapons were used.)
But Trump says he wouldn't go after al-Assad before destroying ISIS, only to insist, in an interview with CBS 60 Minutes, that he would want "very few troops on the ground" to defeat ISIS.
He offered solutions such as "we're going to have unbelievable intelligence," and nothing much different to the current Obama administration strategy there.
On refugees too, Trump proposed a world of retrenchment. The war in Syria has produced the worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Trump: 'No right to lecture'
He told the convention that immigration from any country that has been "compromised by terrorism" would be immediately suspended. He says there's "no way" to screen refugees.
In fact, U.S. officials tell me, Syrian refugees face the most stringent background checks of almost anyone trying to enter the U.S.
This foreign policy segment was full of what a Trump presidency would not do, and where it would not go.
Unlike past Republican presidents -- Reagan or both Bushes -- there was no appeal to moral leadership or spreading freedom and democracy around the world.
To the contrary, Trump insists that the United States has no "right to lecture" autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin or Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"I think right now when it comes to civil liberties, our country has a lot of problems, and I think it's very hard for us to get involved in other countries," he told The New York Times.
"I don't know that we have a right to lecture."
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