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Lebanese National Recordholder Nadia Nabhan Commits to Rutgers

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October 22, 2015

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The following is a press release from the Lebanese Swimming Federation:

Nadia Nabhan of Nation’s Capital Swim Club and member of the Lebanese National Team has announced her verbal commitment to swim for Rutgers University under head coach Petra Martin.

Nadia holds six Lebanese Nationals records in LCM: 400 IM and 200 backstroke and SCM: 100 back, 200 back and 100 butterfly. Additionally she is the fastest 5k Lebanese open water swimmer achieving a 1:08.52 in the 2014 East Coast Open Water Championships and participating in the USA Swimming 5k open water age group championships finishing 5th in 2015 with a 1:12.33. In addition to her national records, Nadia holds over 20 Lebanese Age group records in LCM and SCM and has represented Lebanon in the Arena Grand Prix and Pro Swim Series, the 2014 Toronto Jr. National Swimming Championships, 2013 Jr. World Swimming Championships, Asian Age Group Championships and Jr. Arab Championships.

The ‘biggest structural weakness’ of ISIS could doom the terror army

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October 21, 2015

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Pamela Engel

ISIS is one of the best-funded militant groups on the planet, but it could run into problems long-term if it doesn't keep seizing more territory.

Much of ISIS' money comes from extortion and pillaging — essentially ripping off the people and institutions in conquered territory — and while the group's tactics might bring it windfalls of cash every time it moves into a new city, funding operations requires a constant flow of cash.

"Confiscation makes up a huge part of [ISIS'] revenue picture," J.M. Berger, a Brookings Institution fellow who cowrote the recent book "ISIS: The State of Terror," told Business Insider in an email.

How a ‘culture of distraction’ is keeping millennials from marrying

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October 21, 2015

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By Matt Hadro

Washington D.C., Oct 20, 2015 / 03:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Consumerism. A culture of distraction. Fear of commitment. These are some of the factors driving today’s young people away from marriage, said a theologian reflecting on the words of Pope Francis in the U.S.

“In short, the habits of life promoted by the culture prior to marriage scarcely help form in young people the habits needed for a life of marriage and family,” Dr. David L. Schindler told CNA in a recent interview.

Dr. Schindler is the dean emeritus at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

“Young Catholics” are not immune to this “cultural trend wherein the time between ages 20 and 30 becomes a period when you graduate from college and get an apartment, and you live and you get to know people and have a lot of space for yourself,” he said.

Lebanon turns back 53 people trying to leave illegally by boat

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October 21, 2015

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Reuters, The Lebanese army said on Wednesday its naval forces returned to shore a boat carrying 53 people trying to leave the country illegally from the northern coastal city of Tripoli.

More than half the people returned were Palestinians, as well as 14 Syrians and eight Lebanese.

"There were 53 people on a boat that fits 15 people. The boat has been returned - with all people on board - to the Lebanese shore and an investigation has been opened," the army said in a statement.