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Need is the mother of all innovations, goes an old adage. It is also true that solutions to most of our problems are always around us. So, when a Huye-based farmer sought sustainable ways to market local coffee and promote Rwanda's unique tourism attractions to the outside world, the resources at hand came in h... |
6cc37d17-a958-9ccb-6197-999739452df9 | ['5e86a129-add8-e938-3e49-28e5e1c05753'] | London — Mozambique's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, with most of the destruction caused by excessive logging, corruption and weak laws.
Better enforcement and improving regulations, including in its trade with China, are key to reversing this trend as 'China in Mozambique's forests: a review of issues a... | c2fd13c1-9bde-d705-1d13-484ac450e03c | ['5e86a129-add8-e938-3e49-28e5e1c05753'] | We need a better investment model to deliver food, fuel and fibre without sacrificing forests, which would benefit the economy, society and environment
Forests are feeling the squeeze. Overall forest loss ran at 5.2m hectares per year between 2000-2010, driven principally by increasing consumer demand for food, fuel an... |
5566d0e0-8fac-280a-cf99-ec2459d443d5 | ['5ecc258d-25e1-3797-c431-45b9b6cc6ff7'] | Manchester United may have experienced limited success since the <PERSON> era ended in 2013, but they now have a ‘champion's mentality again’ according to <PERSON>.
According to the wing back, new United boss <PERSON> has brought back that winning feeling, and the Ecuadorian told MUTV that the confidence is here to sta... | 06581a91-ef84-01d5-c66e-667136a39a6d | ['5ecc258d-25e1-3797-c431-45b9b6cc6ff7'] | Poland striker <PERSON> has stated that he is in no rush to renew his contract with German giants Bayern Munich, and is confident that an agreement will be reached.
The striker is currently in contract with the Bavarian club until 2019, having joined them from Borussia Dortmund in 2014, but has been told by executive c... |
c4b202d8-cd3f-63a0-b63f-04be34da8549 | ['5f0c2b92-1f11-44ab-55e5-35604866ede0'] | Exelixis announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) has exercised its option to develop and commercialize Exelixis’ investigational new drug (IND) candidate XL413, a selective inhibitor of Cdc7.
XL413 is a small molecule inhibitor of the serine-threonine kinase Cdc7. The function of Cdc7 is required for DNA replica... | a7de5623-a957-cd6a-6b87-8401acf80f25 | ['5f0c2b92-1f11-44ab-55e5-35604866ede0'] | GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and Dynavax (NASDAQ:DVAX) announced a worldwide strategic alliance to discover, develop and commercialize novel inhibitors of endosomal Toll-like Receptors ((TLRs)) for the treatment of immuno-inflammatory diseases. Dynavax’s lead inhibitor drug candidate, DV1079, is a bifunctional inhibitor ... |
b4b68843-a8eb-d810-7a79-247364ec39ec | ['5f71f316-ea0f-a25d-54ce-4e630ee2a75f'] | Members of PETA hold pictures of <PERSON> in front of the Department of Interior building to protest against the importing of wild game killed as trophies on Aug. 5, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by <PERSON>/Getty Images
“You are a worthless piece of meat <PERSON>,” wrote <PERSON> of Santa Clarita to Minnesota’s least... | 91e97290-4f3c-ef14-efe6-21d48d1576e6 | ['5f71f316-ea0f-a25d-54ce-4e630ee2a75f'] | Is “one network for all” really such a feasible (to say nothing of desirable) project? Illustration by Slate. Logos by Viber, WhatsApp, WeChat, and Kakao.
If you ask Indonesians about their online habits, you’ll notice something strange. Three in 10 will say they’ve used Facebook. But from the same 10, only two will sa... |
9b51832e-8476-e1b0-8ae1-d205fb416bfa | ['5f92e2d5-c5b6-9632-239c-e20ac0bcff23'] | DUBAI: An international education conference that opened at Dubai World Trade Centre yesterday will discuss the role of higher education in developing successful international knowledge economies.
Over 1300 leaders of international education from 80 countries are attending the two-day conference titled ‘Going Global.’
... | 9c8ccf6d-f46a-d7d0-914b-a0cc7f173206 | ['5f92e2d5-c5b6-9632-239c-e20ac0bcff23'] | <PERSON> Foreigners who live without proper residency documents can leave the UAE without paying fines from Dec. 4 under a general amnesty announced by the government.
Lt. Gen. <PERSON>, assistant undersecretary for Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, said the amnesty period will be... |
f9e07e1c-6e7d-5b9e-c9ef-2ec29ecfd18a | ['5fa356e2-f7da-3187-e14e-e83637b3e361'] | A low-level Apple employee with friends in the hacker community stole a highly sensitive code from the tech giant, it has been revealed.
The anonymous leaker pulled off the feat dubbed 'the biggest in the company's history' by taking the Source code for iBoot while he worked at Apple's Cupertino headquarters in 2016, t... | 6f84e078-68f8-2d2e-4f89-8b50047eca03 | ['5fa356e2-f7da-3187-e14e-e83637b3e361'] | The Marine Corps' fighting ability is undermined by the more than 30,000 active Marines and veterans involved in a private Facebook group being investigated for allegedly posting explicit photos of women in the military without their consent, a former Navy secretary told CNN on Friday.
"There's no good excuse," <PERSON... |
7437c552-fa5b-4ae7-e663-ffa47b080f48 | ['5fd438da-9773-983e-ff3a-da0444bc61e5'] | The nearly 200 faces gaze back at you in everything from family photos to formal portraits to a lover’s embrace.
Some are instantly recognizable from social media hashtags and news headlines—<PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and countless others.
Still, there’s one stands out. On a small shelf... | a5d9e6fd-b894-4243-fd8c-4cb3f05d9df4 | ['5fd438da-9773-983e-ff3a-da0444bc61e5'] | What is the price of remembering? Or perhaps the more appropriate question is, what is the weight of forgetting?
Those ideological quandaries and the answers—if not contemplative reflections— are at the heart of the play, A Small Oak Tree Runs Red. Written by <PERSON> and directed by <PERSON>, it follows how one decisi... |
b1421aa2-2210-5ba8-ddfb-3f0b57009d7b | ['5ffa3399-420e-cd99-260e-ba79c7166aa4'] | Rebranding Siemens Enterprise Communications as Unify Inc. was a daunting task. The global effort was designed to introduce Unify, a joint venture of 165-year-old Siemens AG and private equity firm The Gores Group, created in 2008.
While the rebrand had been more than two years in the making, it wasn't until early 2013... | dc76dcb9-e4f0-03fd-47aa-43e4e37a30cb | ['5ffa3399-420e-cd99-260e-ba79c7166aa4'] | Most Popular
Rebranding Siemens Enterprise Communications as Unify Inc. was a daunting task. The global effort was designed to introduce Unify, a joint venture of 165-year-old Siemens AG and private equity firm The Gores Group, created in 2008.
While the rebrand had been more than two years in the making, it wasn't unt... |
07ce38a3-ffcc-8b14-03f2-ddb9777e290f | ['600af26d-3822-783b-7dd8-7c060469bbc6'] | Worldwide enterprise software revenue will exceed US$267 billion this year, growing 9.5 percent from last year which clocked US$244 billion, according to a report Wednesday by Gartner.
The market is also expected to see continual growth into 2012, hitting US$288 billion that year.. The Asia-Pacific region, excluding Ja... | 8dad6415-2191-89a5-8ca2-6c8640e12ea1 | ['600af26d-3822-783b-7dd8-7c060469bbc6'] | The influx of computing devices, from laptops to smartphones and tablets, into the workplace might bring convenience and increased productivity to individual employees. However, this bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend also surfaces a range of security risks and challenges in terms of securing corporate networks and dat... |
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A spicy fruit-and-nut-packed panforte is not only delicious, it makes a heartfelt homemade gift.
THE PERFECT BITE: PANFORTE
Serve thin wedges of this traditional Italian treat.
250g blanched almonds
250g hazelnuts
310g white sugar
310g honey
2 cups plain flour
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp... | 48889d22-f3c9-633f-c1bb-71ed82d20154 | ['60113041-c05c-4331-74ae-31f4e91faa99'] | To make the ice-cream, place cream and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring almost to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes for cream to infuse. Meanwhile, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and ground cinnamon until pale and creamy. Remove cream from heat. Remove cinnamon quill and set aside.
Whisking constantly, gradually strain h... |
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I thought I’d chance my arm and applied for a press pass. Access to the red carpet is highly sought after. Not entirely certain what to expect, I ... | bc67ca5f-bfa5-d4b6-c8d9-d026526fa495 | ['602f198a-3f73-9666-bd93-3a137074a06b'] | Awake for 24 hours, confused and dehydrated, I was not ready for a conversation about the Arsenal with a man named <PERSON>.
It might have been the combination of jet lag, dehydration or hunger, but being stood on the red carpet at the Adult Video Network Awards was making me feel rather unwell...
I thought I’d chance ... |
a5b2835a-4671-6416-5fc0-ea4c105d8083 | ['604d1cb9-dd6c-3bc9-c73a-b460265bfae4'] | Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (Kitven), managed by the Karnataka Asset Management Company Private Ltd, is close to making its third investment from its Rs 26.25-crore second fund targeting investments in IT, biotech and nanotech industries in the state.
Kitven Fund 2 may be looking at investing ... | 7fafac94-1618-84a2-cba3-131140b1df85 | ['604d1cb9-dd6c-3bc9-c73a-b460265bfae4'] | Venture-funded Gridstone Research, a financial research platform company co-founded by former Infosys global sales head <PERSON>, has folded up in the aftermath of the global economic crisis.
Gridstone, founded by a group of former Infy professionals, has exited the business after selling its assets to two US-based fin... |
5dcb2ddb-1bbe-1391-7363-07a1510d9976 | ['60705f17-813d-9fea-00ea-bdc0fc45b191'] | <PERSON> cuts a curious and contradictory figure. Her zippy, compact, user-friendly poetry has achieved wide popularity while remaining sceptical of the limelight:
"One can't work
by lime light", she quips. "A bowlful
right at
one's elbow
produces no
more than
a baleful
glow".
Despite a large readership, leading to a s... | b613824f-7009-a920-5277-6445a83c6232 | ['60705f17-813d-9fea-00ea-bdc0fc45b191'] | Twelve days since I took up my post in this village,
a handful of clapboard houses crowded round the harbour
and the concrete yards glittering with scales
where church groups serve up grits and tamales
from long trestle tables and the interiors of white vans.
I myself eat at the hotel, beef, pasta, anything but fish,
w... |
5cca8442-aa29-bc79-0823-d849c4c5ec15 | ['60d7a4ed-b9bf-311c-2bd0-be80644b9da4'] | On Nov. 5, Air Force One will take off for Mumbai with President <PERSON>, First Lady <PERSON>, and a retinue of top officials at about the same time Indians are celebrating their most important holiday, Diwali. In a testament to India's ability to accommodate guests at any time, the delegation will descend on the coun... | ab69f0b9-07d0-68c3-a88d-c4457399f219 | ['60d7a4ed-b9bf-311c-2bd0-be80644b9da4'] | In May, when President <PERSON> criticized U.S. tax laws for encouraging companies to shift jobs from Buffalo to Bangalore, it set India's business community on edge. Indian exporters and service providers worried that they might face new, protectionist U.S. laws. Some Indian business leaders have come to believe that ... |
cef60dff-d220-b945-9723-e1e958ef85c2 | ['60de6a00-421b-84d3-9a71-20ee62085e27'] | When <PERSON> won the Heisman Trophy, the Athletics knew there was a chance he might chose football over baseball.
That’s exactly what happened.
On the day the A’s started spring training workouts, <PERSON> said Monday he will pursue an NFL career.
“We took the best athlete on the board and who we thought was probably ... | 0a1195a4-42cb-b055-b295-75f2c02c1722 | ['60de6a00-421b-84d3-9a71-20ee62085e27'] | Open this photo in gallery Former Oklahoma quarterback <PERSON> has declared his intention to focus on his NFL career instead of playing baseball for the Oakland Athletics, who drafted him last year. <PERSON>/The Associated Press
Heisman Trophy winner <PERSON> says he will pursue a career in the NFL over playing baseba... |
cd53d252-9b71-5d15-3257-a03cac3346bf | ['60e3627f-ba34-fe55-f653-313dd4defe4b'] | Within the lyrics of <PERSON> new song "Song for the Saints," you find strength and sadness, resilience and resistance. As the country superstar was creating the album in which the song will soon reside, he was in the fight of his life as he helped his friends in the Caribbean Islands after two devastating hurricanes .... | e1c1ba27-fd0f-b050-f411-1c967975efc7 | ['60e3627f-ba34-fe55-f653-313dd4defe4b'] | Aspiring country artist <PERSON> didn’t take too long to get back out there, releasing her new original song “Jesus and My Mama” on YouTube just days after losing the American Idol crown to <PERSON> . In the video released on Sunday, May 27, <PERSON> shows off her vocal chops in a song that seems to speak of a girl a l... |
f2a44d03-52b9-5af2-8542-cb99a279951c | ['60ffe7d8-9e0f-f5f6-2877-96da0c2a72c6'] | Interesting passage in <PERSON> "Abreast of the Market" column in this morning's WSJ:
Despite those tight ranges, it hasn't felt like the market was going sideways. Since the lows of Jan. 22, both the Dow and the S&P 500 have had only one day with an up or down move of less than 1% and, in fact, only one other day all ... | af20ae65-81e7-0e93-c175-3a60451b74d2 | ['60ffe7d8-9e0f-f5f6-2877-96da0c2a72c6'] | The Plunge Protection Team has a new name: <PERSON>. Tuesday, for the second time in eight trading sessions, CNBC's "on-air editor" marched out to the cameras to report, near the depths of very weak intraday action, that some people, somewhere, were working on something related to propping up Ambac (ABK), the imperiled... |
3835bbed-4b2b-3470-e3ec-ac7c0c525f54 | ['6102d6c1-7988-71ae-61a3-4ab809d21ba2'] | Bengaluru: Watches and accessories firm Titan Co. Ltd has opened its first handloom apparel store in Bengaluru’s upscale Indiranagar, marking its entry into the womens wear segment.
Targeted mostly at the young urban woman looking for traditional Indian weaves fused with contemporary designs or colours, Titan’s 6,000 s... | 275e6ff7-b989-4ec1-1b11-9910621b4115 | ['6102d6c1-7988-71ae-61a3-4ab809d21ba2'] | Arvind Ltd launched its first luxury flagship Creyate store in Bengaluru’s upscale retail mall, UB City, last week to ramp up revenue generation in its custom-made menswear business. Photo: <PERSON>/Mint
Bengaluru: Textile and apparel company Arvind Ltd launched its first luxury flagship Creyate store in Bengaluru’s up... |
d72f9502-f22d-e8f6-d792-d2a4088dcba8 | ['61066f90-5624-9af4-002d-165e889ef879'] | The market need for Cologuard
Only 0.3% of the population currently suffers from colon cancer, but the lifetime risk is higher at 5%, which benefits the colon cancer screening market. According to the American Cancer Society: "96,830 new cases of colon cancer and 40,000 new cases of rectal cancer are expected in 2014. ... | ec360d3c-4932-6206-a6fe-2e8a03638095 | ['61066f90-5624-9af4-002d-165e889ef879'] | There is never a guarantee that a government agency like the FDA will act one way or the other in making a decision. But, by evaluating past situations/outcomes and placing oneself within the parameters of that government agency, one might be able to gain usable investment insight for the immediate or long-term future.... |
ff2cb6f6-1aba-a6b8-105a-ab5422b36a3e | ['611a6906-7d2e-2858-8d79-7af9a2dcf570'] | IF you’re ever in trouble with the law — for anything, no matter how trivial — get a QC.
If you’re guilty, get a QC. If you’re not guilty, get a QC. Pay whatever it takes. Mortgage the house. Sell the kids.
Because in our quirky and confusing system of justice, the one sure bet is that if you submit to the rules of the... | 9cd64984-0a13-0b85-fd54-652309cf306a | ['611a6906-7d2e-2858-8d79-7af9a2dcf570'] | <PERSON> says she’ll be sent bankrupt if she’s forced to pay Seven West Media’s legal costs. (Pic: Supplied)
CAN we have a moment’s silence for the office romance?
Somehow, in 2017, when nobody was looking, workplace hanky-panky got outlawed. No more photocopier frisson. No farewell-drinks-induced mortification.
Corpor... |
f4114665-8418-61ec-784c-324a4663e569 | ['611f6e61-fa68-1b31-f1d0-578362457d30'] | PICK of the week
Professor Green: The Truth About Weed, BBC3, from Tuesday
7 Professor Green: The Truth about Weed: <PERSON> explores the arguments for and against legalisation
Rapper <PERSON> – real name <PERSON> (left) – is becoming quite the documentary-maker, and by sharing his own, sometimes troubled, past he is a... | 8e62a45d-17f9-c10a-9da2-2224b7914b5b | ['611f6e61-fa68-1b31-f1d0-578362457d30'] | PICK of the week
Clique, BBC3 from Sunday
Having played a teenager obsessed with a serial killer in BBC drama The Fall, <PERSON> was delighted to try her hand at what appeared to be a more light-hearted role in BBC3 series Clique, playing effervescent student <PERSON>.
6 Clique: The six-part drama tells the story of <P... |
be23d559-e23e-2329-90a3-02919147a275 | ['612e1e6c-aefd-428e-545a-1244e47284ed'] | The National Rifle Association's ridiculous claim that the Second Amendment is the only right in our constitutional tradition that is absolute has no basis in history or law.
No right in our tradition is absolute. Nobody gets to shout fire in crowded theater, and anyone who thinks that freedom of the press protects a r... | ea44a459-de2d-f5f2-2e20-140fef3015b7 | ['612e1e6c-aefd-428e-545a-1244e47284ed'] | Calls for strict gun control after mass shootings overlook how regulations have been used to disarm people of colour.
Gun control is again at the forefront of US public discourse following the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday that left 59 people dead and more than 500 wounded.
<PERSON>, 64, had stockpiled 23 firear... |
84bda452-3fa9-dc98-241f-4bc51c960228 | ['61355fa4-ae81-2c04-2e78-4b8accd801bf'] | How do you make an old and over-performed opera feel fresh and new? Start by reexamining the score, writes one conductor
Go back to the material
It’s always worth reexamining the score, however many times you’ve performed it. As a conductor, there’s always something new to discover or something different to try: a new ... | 7f6b910e-86c3-a925-72b6-5521cc919c5d | ['61355fa4-ae81-2c04-2e78-4b8accd801bf'] | On October 20, the people of Wentworth have a vote more powerful than any since Federation. A federal election is due next year but right now they have this government's attention.
As residents from Clovelly to Elizabeth Bay head to the ballot box, they must remember the 21st century will be powered by two forces that ... |
e628c8a7-2a1f-5b8a-523d-ee0463490d1b | ['614a975f-9709-a8f3-e2fb-323867aecb40'] | Many companies are intrigued by the concept of social media, but have no idea how to actually integrate it into business practices. In an earlier post, we explored one approach to putting a simple social media plan in place.
Changing employee behavior is challenging, and social media participation is often looked at as... | 22dc7282-5308-6b13-bd22-31978906dc2d | ['614a975f-9709-a8f3-e2fb-323867aecb40'] | Business travel typically amounts to a series of laborious meetings combined with an abundance of in-room dining. When you travel though, you’re also creating the perfect opportunity to deepen the connections you’ve already established online with like-minded business people through social media participation.
If you’r... |
89bfc07c-9299-66bf-4a8f-4c6c2672f9de | ['61d9535d-5a67-a045-dbd9-d9e79c54bd19'] | CHILDREN in North Oxfordshire have been learning about the wild side of education with a series of forest school activities for pupils.
Staff from Warriner School Farm in Bloxham have been visiting schools to introduce children to the world of nature and adventurous play.
Activities included in the classes includes den... | 1ee13ca8-445e-5aab-e264-9d4d29c6aea2 | ['61d9535d-5a67-a045-dbd9-d9e79c54bd19'] | A HUSBAND and wife have launched an online appeal urging people to help find their missing wedding ring.
<PERSON> lost her ring after going to a fitness class at the LucyPole dance studio, in Crawley, near Witney, on December 23.
She took the ring off during the session for safety reasons and put it in her bag, but rea... |
1f5d0909-13e0-5062-72b1-9acfa0377b99 | ['621d6b83-7af9-f46d-1d5d-895fe171f6fc'] | The latest month's news isn't stunning, but the recent trend has been better than I expected. Sales of new homes were, depending on your favorite headline, either up, or lower than expectations. Actually, the change in home sales was trivial.
The good news, however, is that we are working off the excess inventory of ne... | 2d1d534a-84df-37df-2e0e-ea4a2d6238ff | ['621d6b83-7af9-f46d-1d5d-895fe171f6fc'] | The cause of stock market volatility is different than the cause of bull markets or bear markets. The direction of stock market change is based on estimates of future business conditions relative to alternative uses of capital. But rapid changes in valuation, either up or down, indicate that investors feel a weak basis... |
4ae5bd18-86e5-7c7d-4fae-c1a5777ba155 | ['621f1408-7e71-2c5d-3fd3-b40d4d582946'] | <PERSON> has always had a rebellious streak. For nearly four decades, his brash but elegant spin on old-school haute cuisine won over the world's most discerning diners at his Strasbourg farmhouse restaurant, Le Buerehiesel, in his nativeAlsace. By the mid-'90s, he was considered one of the top chefs in France, known f... | 32a56274-2cf7-6bb5-1504-6dd45afa55d4 | ['621f1408-7e71-2c5d-3fd3-b40d4d582946'] | A bit of old New York disappeared over the weekend. The Four Seasons restaurant, an icon that opened in 1959, served its final meal at 99 East 52nd Street.
After a protracted fight with landlord <PERSON>, its impresario owners <PERSON> and <PERSON> were forced out for good (new tenants, the Major Food Group, will move ... |
7b3ed4c3-a266-75bd-8a40-a9411cee9125 | ['6220365e-e69c-7b0a-922e-e5198860a306'] | Why should we be data-genic? In this series, I have attempted several answers to this question. I started off with the curious case of Little Data—how we, at Mindworks, extracted significant value by working with smaller data sets. And that’s what got us started on being more data-genic.
I also shared the varied busine... | e7035ed4-cc51-7bce-7439-d23cb257732b | ['6220365e-e69c-7b0a-922e-e5198860a306'] | What the media pundits are alluding to is something else—it has to do with another form of data or information which is neither well understood, nor recognized. This is the world of unstructured data. Photo: iStockphoto
The pollsters are finding it difficult to live down this one, including the legendary <PERSON>, who ... |
ec7fe964-58ae-3e0a-c044-ebceb0019288 | ['623ff078-2421-965f-d038-834eaba808de'] | It is yet another move to outsource work to India and has evoked another burst of anger from trade union leaders. The UK's administration of TV licence fees, which incidentally has been rising every year, will be moved to India. The move has the approval of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the beneficiary of... | 70c158e3-7c57-9754-69c0-16b289029de3 | ['623ff078-2421-965f-d038-834eaba808de'] | A case filed by a retired Army Officer of Indian-origin alleging racial discrimination against him by senior colleagues who described him as having the 'ready smile and wit' of someone from the sub-continent could have far-reaching implications in the British army.
Lt. Col. <PERSON>, now 68, speaking at an employment t... |
9e778032-b0f6-aec4-af58-11c5bdc50866 | ['62726b2c-4036-a438-c1e9-7cbe97342c83'] | For a new series from the Australia Indonesia Centre, four writers and thinkers – two Australian (<PERSON> and <PERSON>), two Indonesian (<PERSON>, <PERSON> – were invited to reflect on key issues facing their societies
When you are seven months pregnant, your husband and you go to a local hardware store. When you retu... | 8d441ea7-6619-e352-ed8b-fc8120259bdd | ['62726b2c-4036-a438-c1e9-7cbe97342c83'] | The books are available for loan to people who are living in poverty or disadvantaged. Credit:<PERSON> Braybrook, with a population of around 8100, is still in the top fourth percentile of the most disadvantaged suburbs in Australia. More than 10 per cent of Braybrook's 15-24 year olds are not employed or studying, and... |
dc26bb50-5dd2-5ff9-a7d2-8b9dd6602ac0 | ['62a234ec-8b85-cf03-e1cf-cd871d772450'] | <PERSON> is taking on his Bundesbank critics, warning Germany’s central bank against public expressions of concern over his actions to combat the eurozone debt crisis. The ECB president insists the bank’s actions have been “an unquestionable success.”
Seeking to defuse a row that threatened his authority, <PERSON> said... | b98d471b-4b21-a92e-3a1e-391e064fc45a | ['62a234ec-8b85-cf03-e1cf-cd871d772450'] | The European Central Bank and the Bank of England on Thursday left their interest rates unchanged, and the ECB said it did not expect the London terrorist attacks to have a significant economic impact.
<PERSON>, ECB president, said he had spoken to other central bankers during the day, and had confirmed that financial ... |
4c4d05fc-babf-9d8a-3974-29c76856a89e | ['62aa30ce-1ef5-c8b8-c5e3-ed26ca64101a'] | Think birthdays are all that shout your age to the world? Unfortunately, your skin can make you look older than you are.
Testers in a study from the University of Göttingen in Germany estimated that people whose discoloration was digitally removed from photos were five years younger than their true age. When wrinkles w... | b8176db2-e1f6-5e47-1e37-89ab70d80681 | ['62aa30ce-1ef5-c8b8-c5e3-ed26ca64101a'] | In a windowless room, 49 barefaced women sit quietly as their skin is pinched, poked, and examined by technicians. They’re then photographed with a special skin-evaluating camera. It’s not exactly a glamorous scene.
Nonetheless, this is where beauty products begin. After this skin harassment, the scientists, who are fr... |
a8153658-4131-0e81-5bbf-cc72b4a02113 | ['63036a50-f119-8171-1bd6-8a4d7a4a66e9'] | Opinion
Xconomy Seattle —
Washington state has reported nearly 300 cases of mumps this winter and experts predict this may be the state’s worst flu season in years, a stark reminder of how dangerous even familiar viruses can be. While the Ebola and Zika outbreaks have dominated the headlines in recent years, they are p... | d62d5e03-88ea-4ed3-ed77-5db81c3a4995 | ['63036a50-f119-8171-1bd6-8a4d7a4a66e9'] | How Battling New Epidemics Helps Fight Age-Old Killers
Opinion
Xconomy Seattle —
Washington state has reported nearly 300 cases of mumps this winter and experts predict this may be the state’s worst flu season in years, a stark reminder of how dangerous even familiar viruses can be. While the Ebola and Zika outbreaks h... |
7f7404de-752d-5139-e750-824a6f717414 | ['6370a740-9f74-d16c-7312-713394d3904c'] | The American people and some of the rest of the world met <PERSON> in Cleveland. We are getting a first glimpse of a potential first lady and, by extension, her spouse. And who did we see?
A plagiarist.
A liar.
There is no denying that Ms. <PERSON>’s speech took whole portions of <PERSON> 2008 self-introduction. It is ... | dfad0a9a-fbf6-bbcd-99fa-7eda0e94ce3c | ['6370a740-9f74-d16c-7312-713394d3904c'] | MOOCs -- massive open online courses -- are not the same thing as the enormously popular interactive games titled Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). Nor are they the same thing as going to college. And this matters.
MOOCs are good at certain things and terrible at others, and we need to understand the differen... |
b7dffbf0-d20d-1a19-dcc8-14c7f3b23582 | ['63831983-5397-0953-bb6d-952516e8fbb5'] | Percentage of Prime-Time Production Staff That Are Women, vs. Percentage That Are Men, Between 1997 and 2015
Based on <PERSON>’s research, many of the efforts to erase prime-time television’s lack of diversity have hardly made a dent thus far, largely because the authoritative bodies in the industry refuse to take an a... | 261ee3ae-0876-7703-50e0-10613329db44 | ['63831983-5397-0953-bb6d-952516e8fbb5'] | When <PERSON> saw that Western High School in her town of Shively, Kentucky, was on lockdown after reports of an active shooter, she quickly shared the news on Facebook. <PERSON>—a 42-year-old registered nurse—has several friends with children at the school and wanted to make sure they knew about the situation. Outside... |
2b38377f-cee4-4348-658e-0ba10ac3eb91 | ['638981b2-2f64-4d06-af93-635610ad35d1'] | Even as many are relieved that the battle to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” as it is popularly known, has been shut down, at least for a while, there is still a dark cloud hanging over America, and that is the question of what Russia is doing and has done in our country.
It is more th... | f91f8cfd-3ce3-51fd-eb3e-13ee51d78fd1 | ['638981b2-2f64-4d06-af93-635610ad35d1'] | Palm Sunday in the Christian calendar marks the entry of <PERSON> to Jerusalem. It is a day that celebrates the true meaning of the lordship of <PERSON>. The entry of <PERSON> to Jerusalem shows that lordship does not happen by way of abusing others, but rather by being faithful to God and to the vulnerable human being... |
d3a63ea2-8872-6f63-3286-a08e96a0f7f1 | ['63a285d7-80f2-f64c-12af-804ef31d78c9'] | Too often in recent years, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling have failed to help correct the drug problems of its performers until it was too late.
Extreme Champion-ship Wrestling has taken a drastically different approach in the case of Tammy Lynn Sytch and Chris Candido, letting the publ... | 3afbad28-7552-05b9-29cb-c806c0444609 | ['63a285d7-80f2-f64c-12af-804ef31d78c9'] | When morale hit rock bottom in World Championship Wrestling this summer, ex-vice president Eric Bischoff told disgruntled performers during a meeting that he would grant their release if requested.
Scott Levy -- aka Raven -- was out the door before Bischoff had even finished talking.
Mired in a midcard position when hi... |
41abce90-e1e2-f4ee-0bd6-f69b10a8b86b | ['6423266c-5419-1b51-e92b-2cfa31dc31bd'] | By <PERSON>
Oil at $30 (Dh110) per barrel is a temporary possibility in 2009 but for oil to average that level throughout the year would require a bigger economic meltdown than anyone expects, says a new ING report sent to Emirates Business.
ING's world real GDP growth base case for 2009 points to oil prices between $5... | 2f26f051-294d-3d18-47eb-341d6818e21f | ['6423266c-5419-1b51-e92b-2cfa31dc31bd'] | By <PERSON>
The UAE is home to 3,113,000 foreign workers employed by approximately 260,000 firms, according to a detailed labour report for 2007 released by the Ministry of Labour.The report also highlighted respect for labour rights in the UAE detailing efforts to combat ill practices as the demand for manpower intens... |
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This is a guest post by startup lawyer <PERSON>.
As a lawyer who advises startups, I’m increasingly asked by clients how to make the company more appealing to venture capitalists.
This doesn’t surprise me, given the industry’s navel gazing over the so-called “Series A Crunch.” And it’s true that the growth in the numb... | de297494-8cdb-c82a-a7b1-8677d4d3c5f4 | ['64585e0f-9031-71ae-7d5a-ee4857a1f45a'] | While most founders want to make a boatload of money, achieving a stunning exit is hardly the only driver for most entrepreneurs. More often, they’re fueled by the challenge of solving a problem or producing something meaningful, whether it’s an app or an ice cream.
Some want to make a corporate commitment to social re... |
08a8177a-c0ae-4d06-6ffa-6602de3eb2e2 | ['645b4ce6-f225-ef5a-de0b-d33b1f97dee2'] | It seems like an age since <PERSON> introduction at half time of the 2011 Community Shield.
He was involved in the move that would see <PERSON> calmly chip the ball over <PERSON> and level the game. Initially, this type of performance, characterised with his quick interchanges, excellent ground work and impressive work... | 52e191af-e754-e4f2-7357-d0fd4c5392b1 | ['645b4ce6-f225-ef5a-de0b-d33b1f97dee2'] | Rumours are that <PERSON> is about to be on the end of a new £60,000 a week deal at Man Utd, but wouldn't it be easier to find a replacement for the player who's struggled to live up to the hype?
Man United: Did <PERSON> Get A New Deal Just 'Cos He's English?
It seems like an age since <PERSON> introduction at half tim... |
7f260553-811c-5ae1-7acf-4add30f2330c | ['646c987c-f8bf-f6b9-460f-3eadc24a25f2'] | DEAR <PERSON>: I’m having trouble with my daily life. I have become more reserved and rarely even look at people. All I do is my schoolwork.
I have lost trust in quite a few people over the years, including most of my family members. My parents have taught me to trust almost no one and to always be afraid of strangers.... | e5ef3f7d-d46c-cee2-1e1f-de5336fe51e2 | ['646c987c-f8bf-f6b9-460f-3eadc24a25f2'] | FOUR DOWNS WITH <PERSON>
Would a Cubs World Series title be bigger than the 1985 Bears?
There’s no question that if they win it all that it would eclipse what we did in ’85. I really believe that, no question. You gotta understand, the Bears hadn’t won for a while, but this has been 100 years! Are you kidding me? Every... |
211c5d62-270c-889a-03d1-3aec9cb60a12 | ['646dde5f-1aa3-1d12-611e-ee013144e34d'] | The lovely aroma of lemon balm can become a tasty pesto recipe, or as summer blooms, search for oregano or red clover
My earliest foraging memory is a summer one. On a blistering post-school afternoon, I found a plant on waste ground. Curiously, it looked like mint but had the smell and taste of lemon: lemon balm. Summ... | 9dff0586-c34f-1f4a-21b1-ffb1edc4da14 | ['646dde5f-1aa3-1d12-611e-ee013144e34d'] | There are many pleasures to be gained from eating from the wild and with spring in full swing, it's an ideal time to go foraging and add a new dimension to your food
I love to eat from the wild and I've done it from my earliest years. The flavours, textures and nutrients are elemental and vital; they bring a new dimens... |
ecd508d9-de44-4102-d3f9-d08339c9becc | ['64710b7e-dc4e-2491-5c0c-1edf8e63ba2f'] | ST. PETERSBURG — When a New York developer released a rendering last week of a proposed 50-story tower set to rise downtown, the immediate reaction from many could be summed up this way:
Yikes!!!
“Don't make St. Pete like Tampa,” wrote one commenter on the Tampa Bay Times Facebook page.
“Can't something smaller and pre... | e14444b9-6fec-48f2-7094-d4af9882f47f | ['64710b7e-dc4e-2491-5c0c-1edf8e63ba2f'] | Well into their senior years, <PERSON> and <PERSON> were struggling to pay their mortgage in 2007 when a salesman offered what seemed like a wonderful solution.
A reverse mortgage would tap the equity in their St. Petersburg home to pay off their existing loan and give them extra cash for travel, a new car, a nest egg.... |
84f020c8-c4ab-e428-57cd-884416248c24 | ['6484de36-216b-085a-cde1-f089511605d4'] | To ensure better network coverage in <PERSON>' Delhi, an upmarket area in New Delhi, telecom operators have resorted to placing mobile towers in parking lots, near clubs and hospitals.
Amid an underlying ban on the installation of towers in the area, there are at least six which appear to be exploiting a loophole by be... | 70fc81f2-ba49-50ae-29a2-407a1d1c8d24 | ['6484de36-216b-085a-cde1-f089511605d4'] | The University of Delhi has launched a competition that's open to students, who have to submit a working prototype of a mobile app which will eventually be available for download on the university's Web site.
According to The Times of India, the mobile app contest aims to encourage students to create a working prototyp... |
385255a7-3e43-5ab6-3340-5991019be611 | ['649122a6-b794-4022-5356-d06c8179ac46'] | BY <PERSON>
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Heralded as a musical genius who rose from a British shipyard hometown to make his mark, Sting will receive the nation’s highest honor Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts.
Top performers and power players from Hollywood, Broadway and Washington have gathere... | 61e6b946-5038-7f79-bd82-c928441f4007 | ['649122a6-b794-4022-5356-d06c8179ac46'] | 0 Shares
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BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.’s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company’s oldest business partners — McDonald’s — hasn’t.
The fast-food giant says it doesn’t use genetically modified potatoes, the Idaho Statesman rep... |
700887ea-5c86-fb31-fe74-69af729f22ac | ['64a3ae2f-322b-a3f2-bc49-622fae9506b8'] | GREENVILE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Presidential rivals <PERSON> and <PERSON> battled to win last-minute supporters on Saturday in a South Carolina primary that could reshape the Republican nominating contest.
The race in the conservative southern state, known for gloves-off politics, has been upended in recent days ... | c9172bf5-eef0-9340-efca-234d2a7b9d0a | ['64a3ae2f-322b-a3f2-bc49-622fae9506b8'] | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate <PERSON> said on Monday if elected he would push to exclude Russia from the Group of Eight conclave of major industrial nations to punish Moscow for rolling back political freedoms.
Republican presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. <PERSON> (R-Az) speaks to the Natio... |
e47e3f4d-f6c7-064f-c839-e0415caedb27 | ['64f60790-6be7-598a-02d7-5dbc1e979662'] | <PERSON> helped England to win the one-day international series against New Zealand with victory in Wellington.
The Worcestershire all-rounder finished as his country’s most economical bowler of the players who featured in all five games.
He produced another tight performance with the ball as England triumphed by seven... | 45b82372-ced6-43d8-69c0-fccc1474ef8e | ['64f60790-6be7-598a-02d7-5dbc1e979662'] | ENGLAND may drop Lancashire star <PERSON> for the final Test in Sharjah.
Coach <PERSON> acknowledged, in the aftermath of defeat in the second Test, that <PERSON>’s, and opener <PERSON>’s, places are in question.
But, confirming too that <PERSON> will be “fine” for the third and final Test in Sharjah despite the captai... |
9df68170-a781-dad4-13c4-303b048df0ac | ['651c7870-f4ae-401b-ffe9-b1dcd9b6a7d7'] | In the striking new French film ''A Nos Amours,'' blond and voluptuous 17-year-old actress <PERSON> transforms into a cold-hearted vixen who sleeps with teenage boy after boy as a kind of existential act of staving off despair. The more sexually hard-boiled <PERSON> becomes on screen, the more she affects audiences.
<P... | f5595bc6-db7b-4525-b3eb-8bea11cde1a8 | ['651c7870-f4ae-401b-ffe9-b1dcd9b6a7d7'] | <PERSON>Sheer Madness,'' now playing at the Biograph, was greeted with sheer malice by the West German press when it premiered at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
The almost all-male coterie took exception, in their intemperately harsh reviews, to <PERSON> gallery of men. Why must they all be such wimps, cowards, misogyn... |
da992ac5-ab74-7ce4-7379-07ee8424c442 | ['655c2b83-99b8-650f-bba0-784cb45da709'] | The only thing I remember about the film was that the kid was shipwrecked in his pyjama pants, which got progressively more raggedy, and at one point you saw a fleeting glimpse of actual cheek. Forget <PERSON> in her gold bikini, I saw a flash of male buttock, and I was simultaneously scandalised, and smug.
Before The ... | b30b3d7b-f11c-8fb4-7766-34c0cd10b560 | ['655c2b83-99b8-650f-bba0-784cb45da709'] | Seen through adult eyes, there's a lot that's a little off about your favourite kids' movie.
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One of the biggest risks in life is taking a four-year-old to the movies. There are so many things to consider. How... |
a5c773d6-16e1-f5de-5a47-ba8ae4115fb1 | ['6592c261-5ee2-d3de-fcdf-4c962d44342e'] | In the first three weeks of December, US financial assets have significantly outperformed other international financial assets, driven by the US Dollar appreciation against all major currencies. Indeed, the Dollar Index has risen by almost 3% so far in December, and by 4.7% against the Euro, boosting returns on US equi... | 4e4234f2-0a4d-6a95-2cb5-19244e49f734 | ['6592c261-5ee2-d3de-fcdf-4c962d44342e'] | Equity markets in emerging countries gained spectacular returns ever since major equity indices began their overall upward trend in March ’09: the MSCI East Euro advanced by 81%, the MSCI Emerging Asia by 102% and the MSCI Latin America by 67%. Unsurprisingly, these indices were also the hardest hit by sell-offs in the... |
1e6b1fa8-9e24-5dc6-f511-5e3a26b06a36 | ['65d6b910-1d13-1f39-d234-79c97cccb4f0'] | <PERSON>, Managing Director with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, was recently recognized on the Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors" list. <PERSON>, who is part of the Glasband Stempel & Associates team in Boca Raton, joined Merrill Lynch in 2010 with nearly a decade of financial services experience, including six y... | 110108ef-8bc3-b963-4738-8b9578eb7c46 | ['65d6b910-1d13-1f39-d234-79c97cccb4f0'] | <PERSON>, Managing Director and International Private Wealth Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, was recently recognized in the #1 spot on the Forbes "Best-In-State Wealth Advisors" list, South Florida. His group, Dwyer & Associates, is part of Merrill Lynch's Private Banking and Investment Group, and is one ... |
40edd610-2fdf-510a-cb3d-449fa51d89ee | ['65ed7553-4058-0dbd-0874-d293418a1389'] | The European commission last month released a preliminary report on the stress tests carried out on Europe's nuclear power plants. The document is only 15 pages plus annexes, but some countries seem to have already drawn their own conclusions.
The Czech Republic affirms that its nuclear power stations are not at risk f... | 1f006976-73d3-2e69-1b7a-8ba1d35b9481 | ['65ed7553-4058-0dbd-0874-d293418a1389'] | The Greek government's plans to build a wall three metres high along part of its border with Turkey have prompted confusion in Brussels. The project, unveiled by the minister of civil defence, <PERSON>, aims to restrict illegal immigration in an area with no natural barriers. The strip of land has become a major thorou... |
fbc6023a-c121-bf16-1afd-da46b5ac28c7 | ['66005a49-d5c6-3b70-3249-74e7103e546f'] | Iraq’s ministry of oil has published a very optimistic report on the country’s capability to ramp up production, but internal political issues could lead to a new crisis after this weekend.
At the same time that a new Iraqi government is forming, a government that is increasing Iranian influence within Iraq, another el... | 0e755402-9fb5-b4e4-363a-95dd99d0830f | ['66005a49-d5c6-3b70-3249-74e7103e546f'] | Global oil and gas companies are increasingly facing an uphill battle as global warming policies are taking their toll. Most analysts and market watchers are focusing on peak oil demand scenarios, but the reality could be much darker. International oil companies (IOCs) are likely to face a Black Swan scenario, which co... |
540f9b73-d98b-262f-79ed-c442c8a947c4 | ['662f18c4-9524-e380-acd8-df18ff31749b'] | <PERSON> security camera recorded Hurricane Michael's surge as it turns her house's front yard into the ocean.
(CNN) - It looked as if the ocean had come ashore. Large swells of sea water crashed into residences, inundating neighborhoods.
<PERSON> watched her camera feed helplessly as waves surged into the front yard o... | 1408979f-36ae-e86b-7843-b239c1097c04 | ['662f18c4-9524-e380-acd8-df18ff31749b'] | (CNN) - Finnish President <PERSON> said in an interview published Sunday that although President <PERSON> claimed the European leader told him Finns rarely have forest fires because they "spend a lot of time raking," he doesn't recall discussing that with <PERSON> when they met last weekend in Paris.
<PERSON> told the ... |
cc8aa0af-a30a-2263-31bb-e81f51f34784 | ['664e5e17-5d1b-606b-892c-14e9d342f60e'] | The subject of road pricing was on the agenda Thursday night at a public forum in Surrey, where people were divided on whether that approach is the solution to their congestion woes.
On Monday, the Canadian Ecofiscal Commision released a report calling for a conversation surrounding tolls on bridges and busy routes acr... | 83507c80-432a-e81f-7e17-c89a5de27b7e | ['664e5e17-5d1b-606b-892c-14e9d342f60e'] | Public Safety Minister <PERSON> says the province is exploring what more can be done to get more carbon monoxide alarms installed in homes and buildings, including possible changes to current legislation.
There has been a a spike in the number of carbon monoxide poisonings in B.C. in recent days.
READ MORE: Vancouver c... |
05044190-d9d0-4d98-b288-591ec6209932 | ['665436b8-de1c-672a-a07e-b41ed6d8a127'] | OAKLAND — A former Danville Cub Scout leader pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of possession of child pornography.
In exchange for his guilty plea, federal prosecutors dropped the additional charge <PERSON> was facing, receipt of child pornography.
He will be sentenced in federal court on Feb. 18. He faces up t... | 24250536-da5f-a6ae-ae1d-083b3ffba52b | ['665436b8-de1c-672a-a07e-b41ed6d8a127'] | LIVERMORE — A 35-year-old Bakersfield woman died Tuesday morning after she collapsed while driving and crashed into cars on a Livermore freeway ramp, investigators said.
About 7:20 a.m., the woman was driving a 2011 Dodge Avenger on the North Livermore onramp to westbound Interstate 580 when she collapsed, said Califor... |
9b48af29-a7b4-230f-fb12-035c2fe6140f | ['6682c7bf-0557-8ebf-ff60-2f1bb7ad2775'] | For many spectators Wednesday night, the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center was an iconic holiday event — even for those who had never seen it firsthand before.
“You grew up seeing it on TV, and it’s just as beautiful in person,” said <PERSON>, 41, of Minnesota.
<PERSON> was visiting New York City with two f... | 492513bc-1553-6ec8-1446-6097d4a414ac | ['6682c7bf-0557-8ebf-ff60-2f1bb7ad2775'] | A celebration of film diversity and culture will be on display this weekend in Brooklyn.
The 11th annual Bushwick Film Festival will show 95 films over five days. About half of the films were created by women and 40 percent by people of color. Nineteen countries are being represented in this year’s festival.
“I wanted ... |
546a0948-f248-4e69-2dc7-d402c007e5cd | ['66a574a7-dec5-5bef-0e3c-7fc94a7aaa63'] | It's 50 years this week since one of the great albums of all time was recorded. Here's a piece from 2003 on how it was made, in our latest visit to Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music writing
"Are you ready for Star Time?" exclaimed MC <PERSON> from the stage of Harlem's Apollo on 24 October,... | 747bc998-3eff-dc6e-a662-10fff59fdf99 | ['66a574a7-dec5-5bef-0e3c-7fc94a7aaa63'] | To mark what would have been <PERSON>’s 100th birthday on 7 April, here’s a piece on the relationship between the singer and the saxophonist, taken from Rock’s Backpages , the online home of music writing
In Paris, a couple of weeks before his death on 15 March, 1959, <PERSON> spoke about his friend <PERSON>. “She’s st... |
617442a2-50b9-b4c8-4f11-68df654195e0 | ['66f72b6a-9c6a-5e27-d588-530865247ca2'] |
E3 2016 has come to a close, and while many games have begun steamrolling the hype train to eventual release town, Dishonored 2 seems poised to take the top spot as Game of the Year on many lists across the internet come year’s end.
With so much hype leading up to this year’s release, it’s inevitable that many new fan... | c698e887-c24e-5930-e367-e74cafac741c | ['66f72b6a-9c6a-5e27-d588-530865247ca2'] | Apple has made itself into an iconic brand with throngs of followers all over the world, and that popularity has put the company’s iPhone sales on top of the smartphone marketplace. Not only has Apple‘s iPhone 5s been on top of the sales charts since its launch six months ago according to Forbes, but but the 5c is also... |
05e1c693-307a-d15c-9d1e-b04148565333 | ['6737dcd9-6675-2272-c608-d40763a7f674'] | In taking a postseason look at each position for the Jacksonville Jaguars, we’ve now come to a position that is widely considered a top need heading into 2018: tight end. And though they didn’t quite get the production they wanted from the position, there are pieces in place to flourish with if they can add an alpha do... | ca1cad9d-141f-73e9-3e27-208cbfe32344 | ['6737dcd9-6675-2272-c608-d40763a7f674'] | Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback <PERSON> without a doubt enjoyed his time at the legendary Florida State University, but evidently he wasn’t high on his head coach, <PERSON>, while there. In his recent interview with ESPN’s <PERSON>, <PERSON> briefly spoke his mind about one of college football’s hottest commodities, w... |
e1eb7a3f-16ce-913c-c3c6-cb097f9248f7 | ['673d5163-e714-fd35-3720-e9225791ff4e'] | Mickey King, a city streets department employee, was driving past his own home on Wednesday when he noticed that the front door was open.
He pulled up in his city truck and walked into the house in the 200 block of Northwest 45th Street, just in time to see a man stuffing a VCR, his wife's jewelry box and two handguns ... | 3bb9363e-5f0b-78ba-e922-6a288e54f7fa | ['673d5163-e714-fd35-3720-e9225791ff4e'] | Passion and imagination work wonders on the stage -- but they don't pay the bills.
Florida Stage's ambitious producing director envisioned the group moving from a Manalapan strip mall to a prime spot in the heart of West Palm Beach.
The new theater would have been in the old First United Methodist Church -- a 350-seat ... |
d1859487-c310-99f6-ebbf-ea9b4059ddfb | ['67567da3-12f1-7ebc-e541-981d08fe0aea'] | Living the good life didn’t cost a lot in 1950, at least at first glance.
The average home was worth $7,354, a new Volkswagen Beetle could be yours for $1,280, and tuition at the University of Pennsylvania was $600.
All that sounds like a bargain until you realize the average family took home just $4,237 per year. Mini... | 8c93ccb5-022d-fc4c-d713-963c7b3891cf | ['67567da3-12f1-7ebc-e541-981d08fe0aea'] | Sydney’s business owners, brands, marketers, agencies, journalists, TV producers, film makers, gamers, musicians and YouTube creators keen to unlock internet stardom will get a serious helping hand at The Sydney Morning Herald’s Spectrum Now presented by ANZ next month.
X Media Lab, one of the world’s most acclaimed di... |
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How painful will the next two hours be? Will The <PERSON> dance his encore with <PERSON> or <PERSON>? Let the filler-fest begin!
Viewing the recap of Monday night's sh... | 21e5da17-6620-a37e-869e-a7f107b5ff73 | ['67670b14-25a5-398a-fa4a-08a45cf573f7'] | For those of you worried that "Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew" judge <PERSON> wouldn't be appearing on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," rest easy. The fan favorite will be making time for both.
Avid viewers of the "SYTYCD" were afraid <PERSON>' judging duties over on MTV -- alongside <PERSON> and ... |
8b3b4bf8-1c4e-faad-19e6-0145490c067c | ['67cfec88-0c05-3ad5-c66a-8e653eb97576'] | Change the Game
Music streams are the new platinum standard.
Words: <PERSON>
Illustration: <PERSON>
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of of XXL Magazine.
Sept. 11, 2007 lives in hip-hop history. It was the day <PERSON> Graduation went up against <PERSON> Curtis album. At the time, i... | 13903e2d-33c0-000b-e831-6e753026200e | ['67cfec88-0c05-3ad5-c66a-8e653eb97576'] | <PERSON> is going to be a proud papa -- again. The superstar and his fiancée, <PERSON>, are reportedly expecting triplets.
Once the three babies arrive, the lauded singer will have a total of 11 children. Radar Online shares the news via the National Enquirer. “<PERSON> never thought he’d be a father again so late in l... |
ee8b5e61-d2fe-8ac4-211e-89f413e586ba | ['67d37d81-e68d-2fe0-c0f7-320e578aaccc'] | The bravery of the White Helmets in Syria is beyond dispute, but what is there left to say about them? Plus, any documentary about Aleppo is liable to seem dated within weeks. However, Last Men in Aleppo skilfully sidesteps these concerns, even if it necessarily feels like a long and depressing story of inevitable fail... | 73df8c00-5d53-fee1-0e49-6d88aa7e5bdb | ['67d37d81-e68d-2fe0-c0f7-320e578aaccc'] | Guardian’s latest documentary looks at how US prisons have become recruiting grounds for human traffickers
The Trap investigates how prisons and jails across the United States have become recruiting grounds for human traffickers, who are targeting incarcerated women and trafficking them out of correctional facilities a... |
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The crash happened around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday on Fort Place, near Montgomery Avenue in St. George, the spokeswoman said.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene and the four ... | 9498733b-9a4a-2045-b2bf-cb8401a12a23 | ['67f3f715-7ede-b075-6d61-d9003cd49ee4'] | An affordable housing lottery in Concourse Village, the Bronx is offering up 88 brand-new apartments for under $1,300 a month.
The building located at 294 E. 162nd St. — near the B, D and 4 subway lines — features a long list of amenities for residents to enjoy, including fitness and computer rooms, a community courtya... |
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<PERSON>
NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) - Every week I run a screen on my list of over 1,000 ETFs/ETNs to identify which areas of the investable landscape are showing extreme movement. The idea behind doing this is to get a sense of w... | e7bf5b04-0a0c-7c3a-c579-082c04961133 | ['683c56c8-898c-3a5c-b4d1-4c79082a6ec1'] | NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- On a weekly basis I usually put out a piece here on TheStreet.com called the "Extreme Movers Message" where I highlight those areas of the investable landscape exhibiting significant moves up and down relative to their respective moving averages.
My ability to screen for those areas this week is... |
6c828dcf-9005-2dc5-383b-27ee14544a7a | ['68ab0edd-8f49-afad-6095-1d1430c8faec'] | Fifty Portland Community College alumni are being honored as PCC Diamond Alums in tribute to the college’s 50th anniversary.
The list of alumni is long and diverse. From recent graduates to older retirees, they were selected because they all have overcome adversities, achieved success that made a difference in the comm... | d34ca6f1-b978-0411-8cb0-28324f5b49a0 | ['68ab0edd-8f49-afad-6095-1d1430c8faec'] | As members of the Corps of Exploration, educators and students will stand watch alongside scientists and engineers.
Two Portland Community College faculty are going to get, as they put it, "their geek on."
Instructors <PERSON> (biology) of Lake Oswego and <PERSON> (composition) of Southeast Portland will sail aboard th... |
1912521b-c86a-7fdb-ed87-93b72e9c3878 | ['68c109cb-3bc5-2918-552d-cf69c95fad80'] | A big 'oops' for video game company, 2KSports.When the company put <PERSON> in his Cavs uniform on the cover for NBA 2K18, it had no idea Cleveland would be trading away one of its star players. But that's what happened on Tuesday night. The Cavaliers traded Irving to the Boston Celtics, getting <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PE... | 3283de1c-6f70-5225-08ae-1390e93a3890 | ['68c109cb-3bc5-2918-552d-cf69c95fad80'] | Sen. <PERSON> said on Saturday that it's time for Floridians to ride out the storm if they're in a safe place or shelter.
He said it was too late to try to leave the state, urging people to go to an evacuation center, or stay put if they are in a safe place.
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3de792f8-d48d-7b95-7400-91a08c72db56 | ['68e1b382-9d07-7d02-05c2-f11aa3c0a3e6'] | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The world's largest insulin maker, Novo Nordisk, is cutting 1,000 jobs as a part of a plan to reduce costs as it faces a challenging environment in 2017, especially in the large U.S. market, the company said on Thursday.
The Danish company, which has a global workforce of 42,300, said about 500 o... | 7ac90ba8-8250-2d1b-d00d-eb2e351eda7d | ['68e1b382-9d07-7d02-05c2-f11aa3c0a3e6'] | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Residents of the ‘free town’ of Christiania in Copenhagen began tearing down cannabis-selling booths on its main street on Friday, two days after a shooting incident rocked one of Denmark’s favorite tourist attractions.
Residents demolish marijuana vending stalls following a shooting in Freetown ... |
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For those who are deeply invested in this now official conspiracy theory, this might be a hard pill to swallow.
The White House and th... | 983acfbb-77a4-6a4a-0877-7f426bbf8bed | ['68ea5d20-2c23-311a-2ce8-821ca42a9c90'] | For the past five decades, the CIA has enjoyed near total anonymity whilst operating behind a web of international shell companies and NGOs like USAID.
In the 21st century, the agency has come to rely on a much more complex array of ‘human rights’ and ‘pro-democracy’ foundation-funded and US State Department-funded org... |
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The 24-year-old shot into the public eye as one of the “Peru Two” after being apprehended with $1.5million worth of cocaine abroad.
Instagram 4 Michaella McCollum puts in... | 4242d4c9-98c9-ca27-142c-629126092658 | ['68f33999-59de-3686-43c4-53a814a4c871'] | A SHOCKED couple returned home from a trip to find a monkey dust addict sitting on their living room couch.
The man claimed he lived at the Burslem property, Stoke-on-Trent, and refused to leave until police arrived and arrested him on August 19.
STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE 4 Karl Hall, 34, claimed he lived at the couple's ho... |
dab931d4-397e-5273-8525-a4ea5bdca7b8 | ['68f45a8d-0c34-555c-0ad1-b969edea4107'] | The months leading into the 1993 NFL season produced a dizzying bonanza of free agency, a period in which players fortunate enough to be eligible for new contracts might well have been handed winning Lotto tickets.
For players, it was a one-time invitation to grab a wheelbarrow and walk freely into an open bank vault. ... | 69f71367-e272-f063-781f-0bab84322c26 | ['68f45a8d-0c34-555c-0ad1-b969edea4107'] | <PERSON>, the wife of PGA Tour golfer <PERSON>, was killed in a traffic accident outside London's Waterloo Station on Thursday morning. She was 25.
<PERSON> and <PERSON>, two Australians who own a home in Orlando's Isleworth community, had planned to travel to Paris on the Eurostar train for a short vacation.
The <PERS... |
21229276-ffdc-b4c0-0822-871e7745019b | ['68fec82f-a5fb-a574-7613-ddb377c1d180'] | U. S. Rep. <PERSON>, the man who yelled “you lie!” at President <PERSON> while he was delivering a speech on healthcare to the joint session of Congress on Sept. 9, gave a much more subdued discourse at today’s NJ Tea Party get-out-the-vote-for-<PERSON> event, on the front lawn of the Ford Mansion in Morristown.
<PERSO... | 6868878c-e941-0647-b6ce-0bf5d29ca80b | ['68fec82f-a5fb-a574-7613-ddb377c1d180'] | In just a few weeks, 47 young women from the United States, Europe and Africa will stand in floor-length white dresses, demurely greeting hundreds of guests in the Astor Salon of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan for the International Debutante Ball.
Three of those young ladies will be from New Jersey: <PERSON>, S... |
1b86ec5f-eae6-d04c-2f6d-aa94231a8fb0 | ['6905312e-93b6-ff5e-af04-7c68bc481981'] | China HGS Real Estate (OTC:CAHS-OLD) is a Shaanxi-based company that specializes in property development in China's second-tier and third-tier cities. The company's assets include multi-layer, sub-high-rise, and high-rise apartment buildings.
It is ranked the #1 property developer in Hanzhong City, one of the ten large... | a344ad46-8e59-1113-2404-956bca9d6b4e | ['6905312e-93b6-ff5e-af04-7c68bc481981'] | In contrast to recent CFO appointments, I am not impressed with China Education Alliance's (CEUA.OB) choice of Ms. <PERSON>. Sure, she was the CFO of Hendrx Corp [HDRX.OB] and Entech Environmental Technology, aka SkyPeople Fruit Juice [SPFJ.OB], both OTCBB companies, but interesting facts emerge just after a little dig... |
0d36056b-4bfc-a38e-8556-f504e2fd02de | ['69119c5e-2660-f05b-4989-bfab3ed9d665'] | <PERSON> focuses on rehab, not <PERSON>'s play, trade talk
Craig <PERSON>'s primary concern is his injured left hamstring -- not what's going on back at third base in Baltimore, where <PERSON> hitting has sparked talk that <PERSON> might be traded.
"I think they want me to get better," said <PERSON>, whjoined the Class... | 1a5d66bc-603a-eb38-5641-54e93524cb90 | ['69119c5e-2660-f05b-4989-bfab3ed9d665'] | <PERSON> admits he has a sweet tooth for strikeouts.
"It's being young and greedy," the 22-year-old Rochester Red Wings pitcher said.
<PERSON> went into last night's start against the Toledo Mud Hens second in the Class AAA International League with 94 strikeouts. He recorded a season-high 10 in his previous start, Fri... |
94afbd37-88c9-57b5-7476-c37a08f50ff8 | ['6939b4f9-ef3f-4f87-385d-13bc27aa4584'] | DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's city council members, city clerk and Mayor <PERSON> could be in line for raises only months after the city officially exited the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
The Detroit Elected Officials Compensation Commission, which determines whether elected officials can receive raise... | 3e2aded1-36be-87bb-d50e-1d60ddbc6be4 | ['6939b4f9-ef3f-4f87-385d-13bc27aa4584'] | All freeways are clear this afternoon, after a morning full of closures and accidents kept traffic at a crawl in some areas.
Several accidents clogged the 91 and 57 freeways this morning.
A jackknifed big-rig blocking two lanes of the northbound 57 freeway at Katella Avenue cleared more than two hours after the Califor... |
31150849-9334-5c83-9dfb-aea001769921 | ['69412048-1aa4-a592-4d14-7774746cf834'] | From ‘Tokyo Smog’ to ‘Eric’s Wotsit’, there’s a wealth of weird names for plants out there. <PERSON> picks some of his favourites
I was working recently on a piece for Amateur Gardening magazine about plants with names suited to special occasions. You know, ‘Golden Wedding’ rose, that sort of thing. There are plants fo... | 34037fd1-a4d9-28c0-cea3-da7d791a2832 | ['69412048-1aa4-a592-4d14-7774746cf834'] | The Chelsea Flower Show is perhaps the world's brightest stage on which to launch new plants. It's great opportunity to tell gardeners about new plants, and blogs, websites, newspapers and magazines are full of the news. The Chelsea Plant of The Year award, launched last year, has ratcheted up the interest.
But some nu... |
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This was indeed an exciting last round of the 2017 national dirt oval season, which pitted th... | f6f245fa-3711-ac01-4447-34637a206440 | ['694e9037-4b23-0a7e-f8e0-a06550cfb213'] | The Indian manufactured Mahindra has expanded its foot print in Namibia, with the official launch of its new Swakopmund showroom last Friday in - an innovative joint venture between Windhoek-based franchise holder Spes Bona Motor Co. and Cross Roads Car Sales.
These two dealership 'giants' have teamed up with what they... |
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Let's clear up a few common misunderstandings about the Model T right away. When <PERSON> invention entered production 100 years ago this weekend, it wasn't the world's first inexpensive car--others had beaten him to that slot. And the T didn't pioneer "personal mobility," which w... | 021e69f7-d0a3-d620-25aa-fa23e2154740 | ['698f8b5e-db6e-21b8-4e28-3ffe3c3ed405'] | Let's clear up a few common misunderstandings about the Model T right away. When <PERSON> invention entered production 100 years ago this weekend, it wasn't the world's first inexpensive car--others had beaten him to that slot. And the T didn't pioneer "personal mobility," which was already the provenance of both the h... |
5d87d6b0-0c40-48d0-dbc2-1ededd6f5e61 | ['699a337d-2731-3b1c-060c-fdbf3dae021e'] | The Falcons’ losing streak is finally over.
Despite a last-second lateral sequence nearly working, Atlanta earned a 34-29 victory against their NFC South division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The win brings the Falcons to a 2-4 regular season record, and perhaps just as importantly, an optimistic look ahead.
Here is a r... | 3c1260a1-aecd-66b9-4c23-97dcb175febd | ['699a337d-2731-3b1c-060c-fdbf3dae021e'] | Rap legend <PERSON> turned 47-years-old on December 4. A well-known wordsmith and accomplished songwriter, <PERSON> rose from drug dealing in Brooklyn, to becoming a rap legend over time. <PERSON> lyrics range from his tales of drug dealing, to how to become a successful businessman/hustler. <PERSON> has inspired many ... |
19fe2098-537f-0b24-fca8-514c38542918 | ['69ae11c9-5c7d-631c-25ba-939547e9fd70'] | Dumb And Dumber was one of those creatures that can exist only in a Hollywood ecosystem. It made a pretty healthy splash 20 years ago, opening at No. 1 with $16.4M on its way to a $127.2M domestic take. But getting stars <PERSON> (then just coming off The Mask) and <PERSON> (who had wrapped Speed) reunited proved a log... | 2fc8d3b2-3f6b-384f-f0a7-b823f2632df9 | ['69ae11c9-5c7d-631c-25ba-939547e9fd70'] | By <PERSON>
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FINAL UPDATE MONDAY, 1:42 p.m.: Halloween offered slim pickings for the new kids on the box office block combing for treats this weekend, though several holdovers did a surprisingly good job at protecting their stash. <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, in particular, exercised a solid grip in Octobe... |
fe5918e8-8ef9-76f7-c3a7-3f53431c3276 | ['69b9abc2-ddcf-db7c-3e59-023b53f47096'] | Delegates to the 2014 annual meeting of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) elected progressive candidate <PERSON> as president of the largest union in Massachusetts. The 113,000-member MTA is the state affiliate of the National Education Association, representing the majority of Massachusetts K-12 teachers an... | 981932c2-9e8f-03a1-cbe7-c672031ec4eb | ['69b9abc2-ddcf-db7c-3e59-023b53f47096'] | As we celebrate Independence Day, it is worth remembering how important documents are to us – and where the authority for those documents comes from. The 4th of July commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Other documents – the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and so... |
8e2ae47c-df55-8b94-662f-96b86d05f92f | ['69bf8c8e-81b1-1f04-4169-4c248b1b56e0'] | With a reprise of last year's successful 1950s-inspired theme "At the Hop," the Red Cross Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter held its annual Cabaret & Cuisine fundraising event April 10 at the Lehigh Valley International Airport. Hangar 2 was converted into a classic sock hop, with a checkerboard dance floor and two vintage... | c00ebe4a-cda1-c713-1d8a-7733f2d13f68 | ['69bf8c8e-81b1-1f04-4169-4c248b1b56e0'] | You wouldn’t think a play about a dysfunctional lower working class family with an abusive patriarch in 1967 London could be funny, but Leanna Talotta, who is directing Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” at Moravian College this weekend, says it is.
“What made me want to do it was the fact that I was laughing hystericall... |
67b6a1ab-a599-3f59-b349-2e675748eb0e | ['69cf66e4-aaab-244c-f8c0-90a2c4bc10cf'] | The organiser of Dundee’s first mental health awareness week hopes the cultural event can help the City of Discovery take a step forward.
Heart Tay Heart, which ran from Friday April 21 to Friday April 28, broadcast the theme of mental health awareness through a range of mediums.
900 masks were put on display in Slesso... | 4708883a-c208-8070-b10f-72dc0674c6a8 | ['69cf66e4-aaab-244c-f8c0-90a2c4bc10cf'] | A new cultural festival to promote the Stobswell area of Dundee has begun.
Stobsfest, which will run until May 19, brings together community groups and businesses to highlight the positive amenities and projects on offer to locals.
The event kicked off with a story-telling event and a performance of a play by the White... |
c840de98-d4f5-81f0-6199-81b6e5d1c559 | ['69da95a2-cd75-95ad-d9a9-7ac4e3056faf'] | GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – A group of fourth-year medical students from the Brody School of Medicine didn’t spend Friday in a hospital.
Instead, they bagged 16,000 pounds of sweet potatoes.
They volunteered Friday morning at the Greenville location of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
A day of service... | 94731b3a-2c61-f8c3-bd35-82766ff77081 | ['69da95a2-cd75-95ad-d9a9-7ac4e3056faf'] | GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – For football fans in eastern Carolina, the Carolina Panthers run to the Super Bowl has them feeling even more proud to be from North Carolina.
In fact, Panthers pride is at an all-time high!
The best record in the NFL, the dab, and keep pounding. It’s all a welcome sight for fans there from th... |
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In the peer helper and student ambassador programs, 7th- and 8th-grade volunteers help incoming 6th graders and new students make the adjustment to ... | b1c78fac-db88-00ae-f952-cc1159265813 | ['69e528da-63d0-c875-48ef-0b68e0b2a124'] | First: Raze a barn. Second: Raise a barn.
Barn restoration, the art of dismantling old barns and carefully reassembling the original wood frame in a new location, isn't that cut and dried, according to <PERSON>, a restoration specialist. But it is fun.
"I always get a big kick out of this. It's a big jigsaw puzzle," <P... |
0bb5bd79-6685-a53f-4472-dfe23c0cb5bd | ['6a035a3c-25c1-1a11-7c50-1608d35ac595'] | BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian police on Monday arrested the three owners of the Bucharest nightclub where a fire this weekend killed 31 people and left nearly 200 injured.
Emergency services work outside a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania October 31, 2015. REUTERS/<PERSON>
The fire at the Colectiv nightclub started on ... | 15db27c5-fbc3-225e-bad1-be75a58e0cca | ['6a035a3c-25c1-1a11-7c50-1608d35ac595'] | BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania’s fight against graft could run into trouble when parliament and the Constitutional Court vote this month on changes to laws used in corruption cases, the country’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor said.
The Romanian legal system is under special monitoring and the European Commission has ... |
c160e891-2f3e-b2a8-5faf-9183daa72d27 | ['6a255533-1912-f526-e88e-6c9ae5e41948'] | A first-generation Guardian reader, he loves its 'distinctly more selective' letters page, and reserves at least half an hour each morning to go through the paper in bed
As a paper boy in Liverpool I had very few Guardians to deliver, and in the south coast town I now live in I'm the only reader on our paper boy's roun... | 02256373-0a6b-060d-6485-855aad46c752 | ['6a255533-1912-f526-e88e-6c9ae5e41948'] | It's not every day you see the former London mayor dancing on stage at a south London superclub. But such was the bizarre situation I found myself in on Saturday, under the roving lights of Elephant and Castle's Ministry of Sound, chewing over housing policy between throbbing bursts of drum and bass.
This was Bite the ... |
d9aa7cb2-6bab-6859-801a-86e768e9aab9 | ['6a489a45-5645-4236-31ab-95be41f05cb2'] | As the Western powers and Turkey prepare for an intervention in a developing civil war in Syria, key figures in the Iranian “Green” opposition have denounced Tehran for refusing to support the so-called “Syrian Revolution.” By backing the West and its Syrian proxy forces, these Greens are again highlighting their role ... | eb08f632-c85d-de7d-bf4d-562bf1c86a2b | ['6a489a45-5645-4236-31ab-95be41f05cb2'] | Lebanese army intelligence has intercepted a covert shipment of 1,000 assault rifles, reportedly destined for the city of Baniyas in Syria. Army investigators say they have uncovered ties between the smugglers and the political entourage of former Lebanese Prime Minister <PERSON>, who is backed by the United States and... |
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A little over eight years ago, my wife <PERSON> and I moved from the suburbs of Newcastle into a 100-year-old, 3,600-square-foot house in Port Townsend.We didn’t have too many illusions about the romanc... | 6aa4efea-d315-02e7-a76b-7979f2d4f0c4 | ['6a4caaa2-59d2-397f-6a4d-9fe1d9c7d899'] | A cush job, most of the time
When California Gov.-elect <PERSON> toured the state’s catastrophic wildfires a few days ago, he uttered the phrase that now accompanies any blaze as surely as smoke: “The firefighters are the true heroes.”
It’s understandable why he said that. As fires go, the California blazes are scary. ... |
fcf3e642-9d1e-dcc1-678d-178e1e45e61f | ['6a4d4985-f31a-b8b9-f116-6254c98c5928'] | Tumri, online advertising company that lets publishers choose the type of advertisers they want to run in a so-called AdPod on their Web sites, has raised a $10 million second round of funding.
Lehman Brothers Venture Partners led the round, which included existing investors Shasta Ventures and Accel Partners.
There’s ... | aa472a7c-655e-8c5c-8dac-57842de3f663 | ['6a4d4985-f31a-b8b9-f116-6254c98c5928'] | Lijit, a provider of a more extensive search service for blogs, has said it raised a $3.3M second round of funding.
Lijit, of Louisville, Colorado, doesn’t limit readers to searching blog posts. It also provides them results from the host blogger’s own accounts at Flickr, Digg, Del.icio.us, and any other place online t... |
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This became an epiphanous (‘ah ha’) moment for me. The idea of being on a path and seemingly knowing the way you are going and then having to change as your surroundings throw you a curve-ball. This became a watch-word for me in my working with patients and with ... | c37fa38c-d2d4-a6de-c86c-2ceff8f20dba | ['6a5c8335-3821-6e9c-363d-bc90e9798322'] | You are currently on page: 1 2 All Pages
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I sit here mulling over the results of my latest PET Scan (Positron Emission Tomography), a nuclear medicine imaging technique which produces a three-dimensional image or picture (in color) of my innards and of the latest actions of the “bad buggars” that have in... |
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For people in most parts of California, that call would set off a chain of heart-wrenching and financially devastating events — scrambling to find babysitter, cleaning out your ban... | 2c7bd29b-25e6-c3be-fd86-065eb821c0f5 | ['6a60c812-705c-00b1-96da-e47d91cea0db'] | There was a time, not long ago, that I thought retirement was meant only for bosses with big corner offices. As a single mom who utilized our amazing social service safety net, my life was very much paycheck-to-paycheck until I secured a job with the County of Santa Clara five years ago. But I was shocked when I got my... |
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Our best friends are employed in diverse occupations - as sled and avalanche dogs, companion and service dogs, and bomb-sniffing, ... | 61cbd55d-119a-49e6-8ea3-7ca3bd0641fd | ['6a866413-2ca2-69f2-9055-73e771a7dde3'] | Ah, spring. It brings back exhilarating Sunday drive memories of my mother piling the dog, me, and my two brothers into the red Mini Cooper. Our car was very small. Our dog was very big. <PERSON>, a Saint Bernard/Newfoundland mix, took up the entire back seat, with me shoved beside him, my little brother on top of him,... |
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"That's ridiculous," she said.
With the election of a new city council, <PERSON> wants them to get moving on public transportation.
"They really need to do something better about the transit,... | 2e52fed3-0625-6a7f-af76-928d0a11f0af | ['6ada5c26-f139-4824-2be5-63df9e97ee67'] | FORT THOMAS, Ky. -- Fort Thomas Independent Schools are collecting school supplies for hurricane survivors in Texas.
The lessons students will learn through giving outweigh anything they'll learn in a textbook, according to teachers in Fort Thomas Independent Schools. That's why they're using Hurricane Harvey as a teac... |
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As of April 2, after several days of eastward advance by the regime's militias, the fro... |
704e4fe3-96a2-9094-1e9a-4d64879e0886 | ['6ba5682b-8b33-35a0-33e7-e2f61111090a'] | After a lifetime of hearing the music of one of the all-time great bands — whether listening, as a fan, or simply absorbing it, through the culture — there’s something about finding yourself in the same room with it. Particularly when the band produces a sound as distinctive as the Who does, with Roger Daltrey’s howl, ... | 712ecde7-03a6-5109-b173-d3e7046e7725 | ['6ba5682b-8b33-35a0-33e7-e2f61111090a'] | Silver Spring -- The problem, says Rep. Albert R. Wynn, is that he believed Vice President Dick Cheney.
Little more than a year had passed since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. And when Cheney and others alleged that Saddam Hussein had been developing weapons of mass destruction, Wynn says, he bought it. The Prince Geor... |
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