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bafccc54-934e-4593-d8a0-f2542e73cb87 | ['7a0ba500-59d4-08b7-77b8-1d39c09f8905'] | We have to get more serious about making sure all Australian young men and women leave school with set of essential capabilities as well as deep knowledge and considerable skill in a range of academic and vocational areas.
I recently addressed school principals from across the state. My message was clear. We have to ge... | 9816eb0f-549d-9d42-6c9d-a2067e72cd4a | ['7a0ba500-59d4-08b7-77b8-1d39c09f8905'] | I recently addressed school principals from across the state. My message was clear. We have to get more serious about making sure all Australian young men and women leave school with set of essential capabilities as well as deep knowledge and considerable skill in a range of academic and vocational areas.
While of cour... |
c6529b56-34a0-ec9e-a128-3d85c093689b | ['7a0c8dc4-50b2-a9e8-8545-291adfed1c1f'] | Washington’s “financial stability plan” has fuelled some of the most volatile trading in recent history for US regional bank stocks.
US regional banks - Market value ($bn) 10-day change (%) Huntington Bancshares 0.7 -37.4 Marshall & Ilsley 1.0 -36.3 SunTrust Banks 3.2 -30.6 Regions Financial 2.2 -20.6 Fifth Third Banco... | a0202130-06e1-3950-e9f8-c89d52986df0 | ['7a0c8dc4-50b2-a9e8-8545-291adfed1c1f'] | CIT Group, the US commercial lender that is struggling to avoid bankruptcy, on Wednesday said it had received a $4.5bn loan from a “diverse group” of lenders and had turned down a competing offer from <PERSON>, the activist investor.
The lenders included some of the bondholders that this year provided CIT with $3bn of ... |
45d3ac04-cdac-d713-8748-461f71ab4ec8 | ['7a36c101-e037-6079-489e-cffbd68c91c5'] | I have been a bicycle geek ever since I was a little kid.
I made the transition from Big Wheel to bike and never looked back. My first bike was black with a banana seat and chopper handlebars. In junior high school the bus stop was a half mile away but I could leave a half an hour later if I rode my 10-speed instead.
I... | 39c417d9-3d04-80a1-bb31-9a52f9e270f1 | ['7a36c101-e037-6079-489e-cffbd68c91c5'] | I read the book “Clan of Cave Bear” while camping in a tent several years ago.
It is a story about adaptation and survival of a “different” person. As a transgendered homeless person I live the same story.
At a time when I had nowhere else to go, I searched for and found a secret place where I could survive not too far... |
336239e4-24a1-2423-c268-b9ac0f6f995c | ['7a56c479-ad80-9f75-487f-db3c972b3121'] | It’s time for the Department of Defense to acknowledge that women are playing critical roles in combat areas—and to finally confront and change an institutional culture in which rape and sexual assault is rampant.
That was the consensus among the panelists at “Women in Combat: Fighting on Two Fronts,” Friday afternoon ... | f2d08407-904e-f9e9-6e9c-23dcfbb3d260 | ['7a56c479-ad80-9f75-487f-db3c972b3121'] | On Wednesday, The New York Times posted “Prep School Predators” to its website, a 9,000-word narrative tracing the “secret history of sexual abuse” at New York’s elite academy The Horace Mann School. The story—treatise, really—will be on the cover of the paper’s Sunday magazine. It almost instantly shot to the top of t... |
a27b83c0-99f3-4229-e65b-7fd5a223e8ee | ['7a6f0094-99e9-0bd0-baf7-afe6f617f566'] | It seems every credit card and mobile phone company is making us an offer. <PERSON> reports
With less than eight weeks to go until Christmas, credit card companies are enticing customers with cashback offers promising attractive rates of money back on spending.
American Express is the latest to launch a cashback deal. ... | cffa3ec8-d528-8660-54b8-af37cf55e805 | ['7a6f0094-99e9-0bd0-baf7-afe6f617f566'] | The ban on this controversial practice has been lifted - so can you still make money from it? <PERSON> reports
A ban on the "short selling" of financial shares - mainly banks, insurers and investment firms - was lifted yesterday. Many of us have heard of short selling, but what exactly is it, and can small investors pr... |
007107e9-4a6a-cdf8-2603-bf56ceac9edd | ['7a752327-5e46-2a80-d3b4-3b61c2e29325'] | • <PERSON> must wait at least until Tuesday to reach 4,000 • Champion has three booked rides at Kempton on Monday
<PERSON> rode the 3,995th and 3,996th winners of his career when <PERSON> and <PERSON> were successful at Carlisle on Sunday afternoon, but he will need to wait at least until Tuesday to reach 4,000 as he h... | 5fbea9e2-3b8b-748a-0e89-e7ff2de97908 | ['7a752327-5e46-2a80-d3b4-3b61c2e29325'] | King George VI Chase <PERSON> must wait till new year to attempt record fifth King <PERSON> • Kempton reschedule feature jumps race to 15 January
• Cheltenham hope thaw will allow meeting to take place Kempton had to abandon their winter festival because of snow and frost today but have rescheduled the King George for ... |
5d253b37-bf78-3622-1265-fb670cb0ac84 | ['7a79f31a-871c-b7ad-d5d3-6fbc52df74cb'] | Synapsys MD, <PERSON>.
South African specialist distributor Synapsys Systems was awarded Best Distributor (EMEA region) at the recent Global Acronis Partner Awards 2018 ceremony, in Singapore.
"As Acronis marks its 15-year anniversary, the company wanted to acknowledge its top partners and let them know how much they a... | 29047256-f9b0-8d38-29ef-85d2cb6f4a34 | ['7a79f31a-871c-b7ad-d5d3-6fbc52df74cb'] | Acronis, a global leader in hybrid cloud data protection and storage, and Williams Martini Racing Formula One team, today announced a new technology partnership. As part of the agreement, Acronis will deliver innovative data protection solutions, including backup, disaster recovery, software-defined storage, and file s... |
dd0f0f76-1f52-5c10-d38c-cc5c29f00625 | ['7a7eb209-cdd9-c83e-90f1-d8c081859e7e'] | This is the 10th year that McGrath Foundation has been involved in Sydney Test
In that respect the 28-year-old Australia batsman is unique, a freak, one of a kind
If I knew how to get <PERSON> out, I'm not sure I would tell England because I want an Australia victory at the SCG — but I don't think I could help anyway.
... | 5aebf6d5-23ac-826c-a454-747e640e9823 | ['7a7eb209-cdd9-c83e-90f1-d8c081859e7e'] | From what I have seen of England’s one-day cricket recently, you would have to make them favourites for next year’s World Cup.
They have won 19 of their last 22 one-day internationals and if they can continue the way they are going, maintaining that win ratio, keeping the energy with which they play and the same person... |
c9b6ea56-e1f4-b060-b008-bc15f4ffd223 | ['7a89894e-b8af-7a12-9230-a3e787a38f62'] | <PERSON>. Guardian writer and number-cruncher <PERSON> goes to work for <PERSON>
Guardian writer and self-described number-cruncher <PERSON> is the latest to join <PERSON> growing 538 franchise at ESPN.
He joins <PERSON>, who is still writing a sports column for The Wall Street Journal, and <PERSON>, former politics re... | 7db7c938-eb06-6738-582b-dfeaeb31139e | ['7a89894e-b8af-7a12-9230-a3e787a38f62'] | <PERSON> wears his streaming backback. | The New York Times Times photo staffer's invention: the streaming backpack
Back during the 2012 presidential campaign, New York Times photographer <PERSON> was right at the scrum, trailing presidential hopefuls <PERSON> and <PERSON> with occasional stints covering <PERSON> along... |
2406d39b-2bbb-9a31-6985-7d7fb08c777e | ['7a92f891-5f56-3983-1fb9-620fc771cfbf'] | Transparency International's corruption perceptions index, the annual corruption ranking of 180 countries, was published yesterday. What does it tell us about corruption and the UK's position in relation to other nations?
TI's annual index measures perceptions of corruption in government, politics and the public sector... | 99e22190-0f65-b462-e593-469e7cd2058a | ['7a92f891-5f56-3983-1fb9-620fc771cfbf'] | Today sees the launch of the latest corruption perceptions index from Transparency International. The index is closely watched by governments, politicians and businesses around the world, and gives the best available impression of which governments are perceived to be most corrupt. The UK's score has dropped from 8.4 l... |
84d973ef-345f-016a-a4f7-bea4b596f645 | ['7af9a383-9106-86b0-fb4e-999e02713c24'] | Also in Slate: <PERSON> examined the “erratic pragmatism” of <PERSON>’s Middle East policy. <PERSON> called <PERSON> “the unusually creepy kind” of plagiarist.
<PERSON> announcing his withdrawal from the 1988 presidential race
Teachers and scholars consider the unattributed use of someone else’s words and ideas to be a... | b5ac9622-8112-655b-1dd2-9016750f02ad | ['7af9a383-9106-86b0-fb4e-999e02713c24'] | This week, Slate is serializing Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography, a 100-page comic-book account of the 40th president’s life, to be published next week by Serious Comics and Hill and Wang. Slate’s resident historian <PERSON> spoke with <PERSON>, who wrote <PERSON>—<PERSON> and <PERSON> drew the art—and co-founded Ser... |
fe6267c5-761f-b9a0-883a-8d97011ec88e | ['7b029b18-4907-a5e7-ebf6-e40e43e05e8d'] | Mindfulness meditation for people with ADHD? It may seem like a stretch, since difficulty with mindfulness is the very challenge for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. And yet recent research shows that mindfulness training can be adapted for this condition and that it can improve concentration. Vario... | 45f2ae34-3d90-a9b8-287e-4d5c379ee8bc | ['7b029b18-4907-a5e7-ebf6-e40e43e05e8d'] | Mindfulness Applications in the Field
As the research on mindfulness and attention proliferates, clinicians and educators are seeking ways to apply it in practice. In her private practice in west Los Angeles, <PERSON> is involved in teaching adults with ADHD as well as other clinicians working with this population how ... |
c7387f52-a977-b768-eb28-0577fc5997bf | ['7b97772e-dc1c-8f23-dde6-68be9133072d'] | A move to shift power away from the New York Federal Reserve Bank is finding some powerful friends in Congress amid lingering worries that a key part of the central bank is too cozy with Wall Street.
Two Republicans running the banking committees have both said they plan to explore proposals from the outspoken, former ... | 0a497257-2fcd-5f5f-5fe7-533a3339b638 | ['7b97772e-dc1c-8f23-dde6-68be9133072d'] | Three residential care facilities ordered to close can remain open, at least for today, because of a temporary restraining order granted Monday in Pulaski County Chancery Court.
The facilities' owners, Sparkman Residential Care Inc., De Queen Residential Care Inc. and Victory Plus Inc., filed a request for a temporary ... |
d98f168b-658c-d441-6406-5406eabc23b0 | ['7bc96953-27c1-aac3-0277-6b5d6e5a609b'] | Cable industry executives are wooing minority and women college students into ad sales.
Through the program, "Cable Advertising Career Forwards," executives such as <PERSON>, exec VP-sales at E! Entertainment Television, visit historically black colleges and other schools with a high enrollment of African-American, Asi... | 120852cc-7b67-c7d2-a711-44c2400209d7 | ['7bc96953-27c1-aac3-0277-6b5d6e5a609b'] | Corporate layoffs have been leaving survivors in two categories: the jobless worker who finances a home-based business venture with a severance package or the one who ends up with little or no support staff. Source Innovations Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., attempts to assist both these cutback survivors with an electroni... |
7e162274-8380-40bd-6260-73a957030eb3 | ['7beed447-bedf-07c8-4bbf-9344681c4d86'] | Whether you’re the CEO of your organization or the head of your department, you are the thought leader for your team. The way you think and believe and what you demonstrate can either lead to success or failure. If you’re like me, you constantly get ideas or notice patterns you’d like to see change. Too often, those th... | 520e36aa-7dcd-8d15-d7c0-30aa29c7d3a2 | ['7beed447-bedf-07c8-4bbf-9344681c4d86'] | It seems counterintuitive that you could actually win more (in sports, life, or business) by focusing less on the win, but it’s true. Let me explain. Coach <PERSON> (named the second greatest coach in NFL history by ESPN) celebrated every well-executed play, whether or not that play resulted in a score or a win.
To him... |
b3fb53c9-55ff-3e76-9d7b-a858c7b7f263 | ['7c085df1-a301-55b8-1100-bd679375b287'] | Photo: Addis Fortune
Isuzu trucks at a market (file photo).
After a half a century stay in the Ethiopian trade business, local dealers and Isuzu Motors International via Itochu Corporation -- the trading and export house of Isuzu Motors - have reached terms to set up an assembly line in Ethiopia, The Reporter has learn... | c26d9df8-bd45-5225-cfa1-7ad86f870133 | ['7c085df1-a301-55b8-1100-bd679375b287'] | Photo: Lakmi00/Wikipedia
Port of Berbera
Ethiopia's 30% goods to be shipped via Somaliland
After forming a tripartite port development agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia, the Government of Somaliland, which is yearning to gain an international recognition, has made arrangements to commence the c... |
d5001d23-4c86-2e32-1345-997e9e077e4c | ['7c144373-2c68-f303-c946-e22e8164fee7'] | Today’s advice comes from Mike Lazaridis, founder of Research in Motion, via Entrepreneur:
"What makes tech companies great is not all that different from what makes any company great. It starts with people. A tech company must have visionary leadership that can attract and inspire dedicated employees who believe in th... | fd8d58ea-44c9-b56b-3c37-645c9f6d822d | ['7c144373-2c68-f303-c946-e22e8164fee7'] | Today's advice comes from business attorney Nina Kaufman , via Entrepreneur:
"The first important thing you need to think about is what you need a partner for, which means you need to look into yourself really carefully and figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are. There's an old expression that goes, 'If the ... |
e38eacbd-f920-6cef-032e-aea0b1d83d54 | ['7c5ee032-9325-3f7f-6549-0ed2ad6a2fc6'] | The Board of Estimates approved selling nearly a block of city-owned property for $119,000 on Wednesday.
The property, which is being purchased by developer Station Arts LLC, consists of 11 vacant houses, and seven empty lots between 301 E. Lanvale St. and 331 E. Lanvale St., and one property at 1639 Guilford Ave.
Acco... | 7fde78fe-55af-12cd-3442-3660a319f9ef | ['7c5ee032-9325-3f7f-6549-0ed2ad6a2fc6'] | The Baltimore metro area’s long cold winter may cause some short term discomfort for the local economy.
“I think the snow and cold temperatures are starting to have enough impact. The financial impact will be felt into the spring and summer,” said <PERSON>, chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group.
His predictions for a s... |
1f5ff3aa-7f27-e056-7df4-a0fedc556093 | ['7c7b8281-0b6c-fd5e-50b6-d923313bc6c3'] | On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, Hands On Hartford hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the kick-off of renovations at their new Community Center on Bartholomew Avenue in Hartford. This project will re-purpose two historic buildings in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood, both of which have been approved by the State ... | 14ab6e2a-2ba8-a51d-67e4-338a14d1a853 | ['7c7b8281-0b6c-fd5e-50b6-d923313bc6c3'] | A $25,000 grant has been awarded to Hands On Hartford by the M•A•C AIDS Fund Community Grants Program to support the Peter's Retreat supportive housing program. "For years, the M•A•C AIDS Fund has been a steadfast supporter of this program," said <PERSON>, LCSW, Executive Director of Hands On Hartford. "The M•A•C AIDS ... |
8c7895c2-d7c2-d7ef-ab76-f1b8a5700fcd | ['7c874b67-c999-7b67-edbd-9c8ea2c7047f'] | poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201709/2901/1155968404_5561293232001_5561201663001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404" true <PERSON>, <PERSON> appear to differ on tax reform progress
The <PERSON> administration is sending mixed signals on how far along negotiators are on a tax reform plan.
National Economic Counci... | 19b07d12-3a8d-5f58-a1e7-069d850b585f | ['7c874b67-c999-7b67-edbd-9c8ea2c7047f'] | The bill Congress passed last week is a good start, but it's not enough to turn the troubled bureaucracy around on its own.
Deeply rooted cultural problems, seemingly endemic within the Department of Veterans Affairs, have put veterans health care at the forefront of our national news cycle this summer. Last week, Cong... |
51b861fa-8e7d-1025-dad7-68cced7815df | ['7ca132d8-d605-e922-8203-14df5a7e04b8'] | “To start off, I’ll make it clear that I like horses,” 11-year-old <PERSON> wrote on a sheet of loose-leaf paper beneath the heading “About Me” in 1994.
“I get that,” her teacher commented in the margins with thick, purple ink.
<PERSON> wasn’t finished. “I REALLY Like Horses,” she continued. “I Really REALLY like them!... | b646b64c-8518-dd8a-478b-580e515eb56a | ['7ca132d8-d605-e922-8203-14df5a7e04b8'] | Tarot decks comprise 78 cards, each representing a different archetype or experience. For centuries, people have turned to the cards for guidance and divination, employing a combination of intuition, self-reflection, and good old-fashioned magic to help navigate and make sense of the chaotic landscape of everyday life.... |
33990214-179e-c576-206e-34041e81e896 | ['7ca1e346-68cf-9d3d-7adb-0d394d1f8ec0'] | Want a delicious and healthy muffin that is guaranteed to stop a hunger-related tantrum in its tracks? Here’s a recipe your whole family will love. Make a double batch and bring the second one as a hostess gift for deliciousness delivered.
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t Roaming around town with a little person in tow can be exhausting. If you’re... | febfa059-459a-2c96-f9a0-bb5dd4c2aab7 | ['7ca1e346-68cf-9d3d-7adb-0d394d1f8ec0'] | Stuck at home with a toddler and looking for activities to keep you both sane? Look no further!
t The recent bouts of snow in the Northeast have kept my family stuck at home a little more than usual. It can be challenging to keep a little one happy indoors while keeping your sanity intact, so below are some fun and eas... |
be72f189-a4db-97df-dd98-41a7ae318987 | ['7cb1539a-ba99-f998-b160-4b3fd62f0f97'] | NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., May 31 (Reuters) - A small group of workers at Boeing Co’s South Carolina jetliner factory is voting on Thursday on whether to form a “micro union,” despite efforts by Boeing to challenge the election.
The National Labor Relations Board said last week that 178 Boeing flight-line readiness techni... | 3840575a-4506-4237-81e6-2642ef8f1221 | ['7cb1539a-ba99-f998-b160-4b3fd62f0f97'] | Members of singer <PERSON>'s family stand in front of <PERSON>'s coffin during a public viewing at the Apollo Theater in New York December 28, 2006. REUTERS/<PERSON>
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Relatives excluded from the will of the late soul singer <PERSON> got too much in a settlement of myriad lawsuits o... |
08b47e10-2777-bd52-4a17-5526334d8e45 | ['7cc51e70-0e4d-cc44-133b-6ba17fd55b73'] | If you stayed home and chatted online in your jammies instead of squeezing into a brand-new outfit in the hopes of showing your high-school love what he or she missed out by dumping you all those years ago — you're not alone. While there are still people who head out for their reunions, many are settling for seeing pho... | 089d6b91-3a9b-b7fd-c05d-347e278b46d6 | ['7cc51e70-0e4d-cc44-133b-6ba17fd55b73'] | Parents of pre-teens and adolescents have a lot to worry about, but a new study says cyberbullying isn't nearly as rampant as many believe.
According to two national studies of 5,000 young people, only 15% said they'd been bullied online last year. In a presentation to the American Psychological Association, <PERSON>, ... |
92b3b72e-48b8-dea0-c116-979dc6330145 | ['7cf8a068-3231-13ce-25b4-23523c1e5148'] | Because everything unraveled so quickly, no one scrutinized Standard & Poor's flip-flop on AIG. On Friday, September 12, 2008, S&P said it would, "continue discussions with the company over the coming weeks regarding liquidity and capital plans. Once we have more clarity on these issues, we could affirm the current rat... | 71461e87-9ade-90e9-36b1-e91305a29e06 | ['7cf8a068-3231-13ce-25b4-23523c1e5148'] | "It is time for new leadership that understands the way to win a debate with <PERSON> or any Republican who is nominated is not by nominating someone who agreed with him on voting for the war in Iraq." Senator <PERSON> on January 30, 2008
<PERSON> refers to it as the "<PERSON> rebuttal," the argument that Senator's <PE... |
4e65099f-f8e3-f6c1-bb71-aa499e43c8a9 | ['7d21553d-d1e4-9254-ce92-a22bf2fef3ee'] | Premier <PERSON> has unveiled 12 new jet-skis to be used by WA lifeguards to help prevent shark attacks at popular beach spots.
The jet-skis will allow lifesavers to monitor the coast from the water, a different approach to traditional stationary patrol-methods.
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The blaze was reported at 1:15pm on Saturday and fire crews in 18 appliances and three helitacs battled to bring the flames under control.
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31266833-002b-da70-1bf9-0cf85435c828 | ['7d63c947-b36a-f841-5e58-da101d2161c3'] | A 15-year-old Suffolk girl died Friday after she collapsed in a hallway of her school while walking to band practice.
Suffolk Police Officer <PERSON> said the death of <PERSON> has tentatively been attributed to natural causes, but her body has been sent to the state Crime Lab for an autopsy.
<PERSON>, who lived on Bul... | 0fbaaf41-a15d-91ae-7055-b0ef3f213ea8 | ['7d63c947-b36a-f841-5e58-da101d2161c3'] | A male inmate at the City Jail was charged Monday with attempted forcible sodomy, after he allegedly tried to sexually assault a female inmate during a coed class.
<PERSON>, 30, of the 8000 block of Crittenden Road, was charged with attempted forcible sodomy, indecent exposure and assault and battery.
Sheriff <PERSON> ... |
c06a0216-ad08-08a6-dd1c-eebc0de1be8e | ['7dae7bad-4b2c-e9df-2ca4-a632ed368830'] | Mistletoe is basically a vampire—but one of those an anti-hero type vampires. Yes, I was surprised to learn that the same forest shrub that we love to smooch under every December is a parasite that spends its days sucking the “lifeforce” from trees round the globe. Out of roughly 1,400 species of mistletoe, most are he... | 58e6fa7f-6ff7-76ba-f409-94905106afbd | ['7dae7bad-4b2c-e9df-2ca4-a632ed368830'] | If there’s anything that Game of Thrones has taught us, it’s that sleeping with your sister is not a good idea. That’s certainly the case for humans. However, incest is more common than you’d think in other species.
When it comes to mating, the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) likes to keep things in the family. The cat-... |
72bbbb20-1017-51ee-61e8-ac161f16bb45 | ['7dd6ab17-53ef-b870-eba3-756384b54c59'] | Surprising the market with the speed of separation of its animal health business, Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS), Pfizer announced a tax-free split-off via exchange offer (~80.2% stake in ZTS) on May 22, 2013, which was before the 180-day lockup period since the IPO of ZTS. Unlike in a regular spinoff, investors here will have to p... | cbf7c57b-3830-e18b-9954-6f197362191a | ['7dd6ab17-53ef-b870-eba3-756384b54c59'] | Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR): Value Release From Spinoff and Insider Buying
Murphy Oil Corporation is a worldwide oil & gas exploration and production company with marketing operations in the U.S. and the U.K., including a refinery in Milford Haven, Wales. The company produces oil and natural gas in the U.S., Canada, the U.K.... |
9737436a-1461-9995-4b2a-72673216be2c | ['7dd783e1-3ffc-ea0a-1083-60dcdd5e948a'] | The crops were almost ready to harvest when fighting forced <PERSON> family to flee to this camp on Myanmar’s eastern frontier where food supplies always seem to be running low.
“We had to leave our rice, our corn, our firewood,” said <PERSON>. “Someone else maybe took it. We are so poor now.”
<PERSON> is among about 5... | 4b37a82d-e5a7-5686-4ff0-22264c566141 | ['7dd783e1-3ffc-ea0a-1083-60dcdd5e948a'] | In a sign of its commitment to ending the ethnic wars that have bedeviled Myanmar for six decades, the country’s first civilian-led government in half a century held a four-day peace conference last week, to much fanfare.
“Ethnic peoples in areas of our country where there is not yet peace are awaiting expectantly for ... |
26593d89-69b5-67a8-3435-2105af416ac8 | ['7de18a49-6207-183f-8e0e-cace55fa227e'] | A fire-fighter strike will cost Oxfordshire tax-payers £24,000 every day.
A private company will provide three emergency vehicles during a national walkout, though no date has been set yet.
The company, Securitas, is also paid a £75,000 annual retainer. It is thought Oxfordshire is the only part of the UK outside Londo... | 832b3602-535e-3e22-7461-fad9ce5aa035 | ['7de18a49-6207-183f-8e0e-cace55fa227e'] | Victims of rape and sexual abuse in Berkshire will get more support as a new centre opens in Reading.
Reading & Berkshire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre, also known as Trust House Reading, is launching later, thanks to funding from the Ministry of Justice.
£360,000 has been invested in the centre as part of a Gov... |
8ce0557d-0ff2-de6c-36ef-ce859b21660b | ['7e4dd3d0-a579-c897-2c52-fcf07eeba4b5'] | USD/JPY had remained under pressure of the psychological barrier of 105.00, for a long time, after touching 103.73 during May 2013. The price action was contained in a triangular pattern for 6 months before the pair ultimately broke out of that pattern recently. The long awaited hit took place last week when the pair b... | 06028ca4-f3b6-250b-023f-d2ea29e8b6cc | ['7e4dd3d0-a579-c897-2c52-fcf07eeba4b5'] | During the past couple of weeks, the EUR/USD has been continuously facing resistance below 1.3300, after one brief break over it when it managed to touch 1.3308. Recent economic releases reflect a neutral outlook for the currency pair. The recent economic data (from the last week) has been as follows:
Last week's econo... |
338cba52-bb4b-1ac6-5d53-e48a0a49adc1 | ['7e67d02a-6bfc-6312-8216-1c7c12c72b51'] | Sleep Discovery Could Lead to Therapies That Improve Memory
Discoveries by <PERSON> research team could lead to new sleep therapies that improve memory.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A team of sleep researchers led by UC Riverside psychologist <PERSON> has confirmed the mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate memory and ... | 1553141b-e3c0-5bc9-bcc6-620529982bd4 | ['7e67d02a-6bfc-6312-8216-1c7c12c72b51'] | Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), according to neurosc... |
0c794657-ab11-989c-161a-a482ac3d932a | ['7e7dd4c7-8a28-d1ab-4f58-536bf2123857'] | SIR Edward Heath’s ex-aide killed himself after being arrested by cops investigating child abuse claims.
Nick Edgar, 40, put a shotgun to his head two days after questioning over images on his computer.
The father of three worked as ex-PM Sir Edward’s secretary in the Nineties. He was held by child abuse investigation ... | 2aef44ce-5b46-4207-5862-88b30fa531e8 | ['7e7dd4c7-8a28-d1ab-4f58-536bf2123857'] | STRICTLY’s stars have already thrown cheat claims around backstage after some celebrities had a sneaky extra rehearsal.
A few of the contestants – including <PERSON> – took to the stage at Elstree Studios after Friday night’s show to practice their moves before their turn on Saturday.
It meant they had a total of four ... |
23af9cff-8e20-79bc-1131-7e5f789f6059 | ['7e8ab7ac-3e25-24a6-2b2c-efb58602a644'] | Today is the final date for applications to join the electoral register
After midnight tonight your chance to register to vote in the general election on June 8th will end.
However certain you are that you will vote, it is imperative that you have an up to date registration. If you’re not registered by the end of today... | 15ec8ff8-2e2a-001e-8891-5996424bffcf | ['7e8ab7ac-3e25-24a6-2b2c-efb58602a644'] | The nations of Britain and the regions of England are becoming more and more electorally polarised.
<PERSON> is a research officer at the Electoral Reform Society
That Labour should be a party which appeals across the length and breadth of Britain is a relatively uncontroversial view that chimes with the ‘One Nation’ a... |
6f27f441-c05b-18b6-3d1d-4608b1770a2f | ['7f16bddd-6ba1-e96a-b3cb-cb4bcdc3651d'] | (CNSNews.com) – President <PERSON> said that as long as he is president, he will never stop fighting for Planned Parenthood, a business that got $487.4 million in tax dollars, according to its latest annual report, and did 329,455 abortions in 2010.
If the player does not load, please check that you are running the lat... | c4667ab8-870d-6e3c-cd02-fe9f4459e243 | ['7f16bddd-6ba1-e96a-b3cb-cb4bcdc3651d'] | House Minority Whip <PERSON> (D-Md.) (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) - House Minority Whip <PERSON> (D-Md.) did not say whether or not the federal government had the constitutional ability to force grocery stores to provide free bread if it has the ability to force insurers to provide free contraceptives when asked about it a... |
b27154a3-d319-c2d3-3f3e-b0e4e365e26b | ['7f19c3ff-4aba-d9e6-31c9-c9bc04ad4fc8'] | <PERSON>, niece of Afro-American human rights figure <PERSON>, speaks to a journalist while standing next to the former house of <PERSON> on property of U.S. artist <PERSON> on April 6, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
(CNN) - In 1957, two years after her famous refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, <PERSON... | d005ea5b-9607-5d3a-e40a-1240e2be522d | ['7f19c3ff-4aba-d9e6-31c9-c9bc04ad4fc8'] | (CNN) - <PERSON> was watching the news in San Antonio when he saw a report Tuesday night about authorities discovering 54 undocumented immigrants in the back of an 18-wheeler truck.
The men were being detained, sitting in a group on the ground, while they waited for authorities to interview and transport them.
<PERSON>... |
c983d8f6-9693-2345-e8a4-511ecb10d8f2 | ['7f2f9daa-d905-3a84-1bc6-fa22ce636c4c'] | Earlier this month, there was a gathering at Newark's historic Symphony Hall that included artistic types, philanthropists, historians, planners and residents, to start talking about the restoration of the old hall.
The estimated cost: $40 million. Could Newark use that money for other things? Yes, but what would be th... | 3b4604a7-1654-c2a7-c612-b50e0f70d7f3 | ['7f2f9daa-d905-3a84-1bc6-fa22ce636c4c'] | For months, Newark parents, teachers and students have been attending meetings and filling out survey forms because they were told that education reform was coming to Newark and widespread community participation is essential for making educational change work.Widespread community participation will decide how Newark s... |
4af0d76e-53eb-289c-736a-5029f97542ce | ['7f30c64c-e4ee-3f5c-45bc-ab2cee7eebdb'] | The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District will be sponsoring a wedding contest where the grand prize will include a free venue for the wedding and reception.
The venue is Franco Gardens at Noble Creek in Beaumont. The gardens are under construction at Noble Creek Park. The winning couple must agree to hol... | b8a8c05b-c0a4-4bb3-3067-71be07cbac88 | ['7f30c64c-e4ee-3f5c-45bc-ab2cee7eebdb'] | The Tour de Lake Arrowhead, presented by the Lake Arrowhead Chamber of Commerce and the Rim of the World Recreation and Park District, will be Saturday, Aug. 24.
The Blue Jay Village will offer a home base for rider pre-registration on Friday evening and the official start and finish for Saturday, but that’s not all.
J... |
bfb9bcd7-e02b-7d8f-3d31-ae61a6589490 | ['7f479d99-85e6-84d9-4dd2-4727ccd9366f'] | [caption id="attachment_3338" align="alignleft" width="269" caption="From davidsmooke.com"][/caption]On Sunday night the latest experimental music endeavor with firm Baltimore roots makes it local debut. Co-organized and -founded by local composer and musician <PERSON>, the League of the Unsound Sound is a loose ensemb... | 849f1a28-1ce3-ef4b-8f6a-04fba45b4b72 | ['7f479d99-85e6-84d9-4dd2-4727ccd9366f'] | As reported a few weeks ago, local filmmaker <PERSON> is in the final stretch of fundraising for his new movie, Putty Hill (see the gorgeous trailer below). He and his producers achieved their $10,000 goal, but as <PERSON> revealed today in a Facebook note, they're still hoping to raise some more funding just to keep t... |
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LAHORE - Going towards Garhi Shahu from Railway Station, both these places have their importance in own right, one just cannot miss <PERSON> on the right hand just behind the Railways Cairns Hospital which has since long been turned into Allama Iqbal Museum as a tribute to the great thinker, poet and teacher. Fo... | c2c518fc-67fd-ea02-10b5-518fc8eee7c6 | ['7f60f3de-818b-9801-9e3a-d3bd3e31d3b8'] | Share:
LAHORE - This land of ours forming Pakistan has been blessed with a large number of saints and poets in Punjabi, Seraiki, Sindhi, Pushto and Balochi languages over the centuries. They spent their lives in spreading message of peace, brotherhood, love, tolerance, patience and submission to Almighty Allah through ... |
8fcbbb63-91d6-7d87-22ab-58175d22ecad | ['8005b732-77da-a1ed-8eb0-44c2f8c5dc73'] | Toronto Mayor <PERSON> apologized Tuesday, but that should have occurred months (if not years) ago when the letterhead to solicit donations was used. <PERSON> has said he did not benefit from the conflict of interest. This is not only incorrect, but irrelevant. Conflicts of interest are based on perception, not what th... | b7b34905-ceb6-87a7-d0f4-235f9f26e007 | ['8005b732-77da-a1ed-8eb0-44c2f8c5dc73'] | Over the past decade, regulators have been forced to ensure that professional advisors retain their independence when working for boards.
After the Enron and WorldCom scandals of 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was instituted in the United States to, among other things, increase the independence of outside auditors when t... |
de96fc07-72ef-3a7a-a270-9ad805dc3c0b | ['80920985-b049-54e7-3313-b0626b3571e4'] | Yesterday's 30y TBond auction, according to Reuters, had the secnd highest bid-to-cover since 30Y were brought back in 2006. Even more than this surprisingly positive demand, I think that the trading behaviour of 30y UST yields merits a closer look.
Given talks that Asian central banks which continue to buy Treasuries ... | 524f8e8e-cd2f-0dad-57e5-d7e2dd600165 | ['80920985-b049-54e7-3313-b0626b3571e4'] | In my last article entitle 30y US bond yield sends encouraging signal dated September 11, I wrote: "Should they overcome this 4.10-4.20% area, then that would be a significant long-term bullish signal for the entire UST market!" On Friday, the US TBond yield has indeed closed below this area at 4.09%! In turn, I see my... |
7fb29825-005f-403d-f3f6-ba79e5dd5cfa | ['809662d5-7cd7-e374-17a3-c2c2805350b5'] | My love for shopping constantly contradicts the balance on my bank account: as a girl obsessed with fashion, I drool over the newest high-end designer collections, but as a broke college student, I struggle to find cheaper pieces that still look “designer.” Since I assume there are many more broke/cheap folk like me on... | 230af9a4-51be-76be-090d-d9f68fd8b9c2 | ['809662d5-7cd7-e374-17a3-c2c2805350b5'] | Like many millennials, I claim to be obsessed with many things. For reference, see my last two blogs on coats and sweaters, me everytime I go to Forever Yogurt, etc. Having said that, if you believe me once, believe me now: I have a high-key obsession with boots. Tall or short, leather or suede, black or brown – I love... |
47263c08-4506-77d8-3553-0d9c23556523 | ['809c6103-2f9c-baf9-3cc1-d1bcd38029f7'] | Children younger than 15 continue to work at cocoa farms connected to Nestlé, more than a decade after the food company promised to end the use of child labour in its supply chain.
A new report by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), commissioned by Nestlé, saw researchers visit 260 farms used by the company in Ivory Coas... | d43ddfcf-3c5f-359c-f3d8-a7ef3bb7791f | ['809c6103-2f9c-baf9-3cc1-d1bcd38029f7'] | Campaigners have persuaded Formula One to create a human rights policy after years of unwillingness to engage with the issue
In a victory for campaigners, the organisation behind Formula One racing has done a 180-degree policy reversal in the runup to the contentious Bahrain Grand Prix and agreed to formulate a human r... |
d5b7bd50-2ede-54df-52a2-dc1212f6885d | ['80a9af5d-5a3e-c18b-0afa-69428ee5929d'] | The White House on Wednesday flatly denied that President <PERSON> had ever called the American criminal justice system "a joke and a laughingstock," just hours after <PERSON> said precisely that during a televised Cabinet meeting. (See comments at 3:36 in clip above)
"We need quick justice and we need strong justice —... | b89e52f8-9eca-31d8-e69d-ac474cf82066 | ['80a9af5d-5a3e-c18b-0afa-69428ee5929d'] | When President <PERSON>'s longtime bodyguard <PERSON> decided to leave his White House job last fall, many in the West Wing wondered how the president would manage without his personal security chief-turned-confidant, who had been working for <PERSON> nearly 20 years.
As it turns out, <PERSON> didn't go very far. Withi... |
f582965c-7e64-a4c6-f393-0a6011c292a6 | ['80be5a9c-0660-af25-484b-736cc7ec41d0'] | The Rev. <PERSON> is executive director of the Long Island Council of Churches and a member of the Fellowship of Merry Christians.Recently, Suffolk County Executive <PERSON> rejected some good advice from his African-American Advisory Board. Its members urged him not to use ethnic names when he was touting fair housing... | 4787d610-275e-58b6-5b66-7b91f3274e2e | ['80be5a9c-0660-af25-484b-736cc7ec41d0'] | Updated August 19, 2017 10:08 AM
Many fear that President <PERSON> may stumble into conflict — most recently with North Korea — but we face a wider ignorance about the use of force. Presidents, both Republican and Democrat, liberal and conservative, have acted foolishly.
Nations have often felt compelled to fight, but ... |
10f8ffd4-9e0e-7395-fa49-6f1537cf88b3 | ['8114fdc3-f087-bcbf-7bd9-7f5ce15093a9'] | Most Popular
Recently, I read an article about the number of ad agencies trying to attract younger talent by copying the tactics of Silicon Valley startups. The most troubling part of that article? This trend where companies believe they can manufacture culture.
Culture can't simply be manufactured with bright-colored ... | aab7b0ee-f9d6-7cb5-7994-a87cc9dea40d | ['8114fdc3-f087-bcbf-7bd9-7f5ce15093a9'] | Recently, I read an article about the number of ad agencies trying to attract younger talent by copying the tactics of Silicon Valley startups. The most troubling part of that article? This trend where companies believe they can manufacture culture.
Culture can't simply be manufactured with bright-colored furniture and... |
9998f24e-0b46-ecd7-a6a0-ba407ed48432 | ['81603bcf-f135-bf47-c04f-02e7b649e1d0'] | A man was sentenced to 48 years in prison for the 2008 stabbing death of an Aurora woman that the prosecutor called an “extraordinarily violent murder.”
Norman Williams, 35, stabbed Angela Ball, 33 approximately 91 times in the Windsor Court Apartments in Aurora, according to a news release from the Adams County Distri... | c306cf21-b928-9c18-5193-8c14c3d34de8 | ['81603bcf-f135-bf47-c04f-02e7b649e1d0'] | A grass fire closed eastbound lanes of C-470 and a portion of Morrison Road for nearly three hours this afternoon, though no homes or structures are threatened, according to West Metro Fire Rescue.
The Sheriff’s Department requested the closures about 3:40 p.m. for the safety of crews working the blaze. The road was re... |
ed62ac0c-8785-347d-398a-bc504faf2bd8 | ['81801219-f1dd-ca55-6199-a9c89ff01a51'] | One minute these two guys are full-on bashing each other with grappling moves <PERSON> would be proud of, the next minute it looks like they’re best mates.
The incredible altercation, which was captured on an unspecified Sydney train service yesterday, was caught on camera and uploaded onto Facebook by a baffled commut... | a4448c6a-0eb5-ac77-dc65-db138e595efd | ['81801219-f1dd-ca55-6199-a9c89ff01a51'] | A sickening underground pet trade has been forged after videos of slow lorises went viral — and it’s driving them to extinction.
They may look like cute real-life Furbys or Ewoks from “Star Wars,” but slow lorises are not meant to be kept as pets, says Oxford Brookes University’s Professor <PERSON>.
Millions have watch... |
11165141-84db-54dd-7225-7f4f495aef03 | ['81a14c47-de7f-0830-dcf2-54869ecac3bc'] | No longer serving life: Paedophile <PERSON> has had his sentence cut by 18 months because a judge thought it would encourage other sex predators to plead guilty
Child sex monster <PERSON> filmed himself raping a three-year-old girl.
You don’t have to be a parent for those very words to send a shiver down your spine.
Th... | 67075df0-2e79-32e9-e72c-8b4f66d582d2 | ['81a14c47-de7f-0830-dcf2-54869ecac3bc'] | This is our future...it should make you shiver
They are the brightest we’ve got – the young people we send out into the world to carry our hopes for the future.
They will be the doctors, the teachers, the scientists, the politicians, and we have invested everything we have in them.
It is them, not us, who will run the ... |
ae744019-cad3-28b7-5de6-da805954d461 | ['81b0348f-6fb0-d956-517e-8dc6de213312'] | It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Washington is doomed in their national semifinal College Football Playoff game against Alabama. But are they?
Washington is set to take on Alabama in the 2016 Peach Bowl for a shot at that elusive national championship game. The unbeaten and mighty Tide are heavy favorites agai... | 2e0aab9f-0f83-4b19-2ccd-695b4275009a | ['81b0348f-6fb0-d956-517e-8dc6de213312'] | The 2016 Washington football season is over after the playoff loss to Alabama, but it was a season to be remembered and built upon.
Article continues below ... Alabama Crimson Tide 24 Washington Huskies 7
With the College Football Playoff semifinal now over, we can take a deep breath and realize that despite the loss t... |
90fa2bec-12fb-a72c-5e7b-7b3ff2934c5b | ['82016d09-a352-4da2-c956-20dc35b42906'] | Photo: Capital FM
National Super Alliance leader <PERSON>.
Nairobi — The swearing-in of Kenya's opposition leader <PERSON> as parallel president has been postponed.
A statement signed by, Prof <PERSON>, the chairman of the Wiper Democratic party, one of the opposition Nasa coalition members, said the decision was arriv... | 8f7aa796-8e69-79d8-149f-101defaf15dd | ['82016d09-a352-4da2-c956-20dc35b42906'] | By <PERSON> and PSCU
The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) rolled out its cargo services at a ceremony at the port of Mombasa Tuesday evening.
The SGR replaces the more than a century-old colonial railway line, and heralds a new dawn for Kenya, the gateway to the East and Central African region.
With the unveiling of ... |
c78f6aea-c49b-a5d7-a8fc-f215415cc0b6 | ['8223deec-ecb5-524c-e753-b36c724f5e03'] | CrossFit is a relatively new phenomenon born in the United States in 2001, so not a lot of research has been done. However, in 2013 two studies, which looked at small sample sizes mostly in the U.S., received a lot of media attention.
In one survey published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 97 of 1... | 3ffa53a5-82a6-6f00-24a0-6ae110c6beda | ['8223deec-ecb5-524c-e753-b36c724f5e03'] | GUELPH—Petfood protein is changing, as traditional sources – such as fish and meat byproducts – are replaced with plant-derived proteins. These proteins are more accessible and affordable, but they may be accompanied by harmful toxins, say University of Guelph researchers.
The toxins, known as mycotoxins, originate fro... |
fc5e4e46-d3a8-e628-7142-a58e4147f3ec | ['8257b9a8-2d65-1315-cf24-93dde3b23777'] | OSAN AIR BASE -- A lecture on Korean tea culture and customs was held at the Exchange here Oct. 22 by <PERSON>, traditional tea culture and customs teacher at the Bosean Traditional Tea Museum and wife of the Boseung mayor.
There was an open invitation for anyone walking through the Exchange food court to have an oppor... | 95a8b034-0201-74f1-ca89-473720d8b51f | ['8257b9a8-2d65-1315-cf24-93dde3b23777'] | OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The flight line is a vital part of any Air Force base, but it is especially important to Osan, the most forward deployed air base in the world.
The 51st Operations Support Squadron's airfield management team is charged with keeping the flight line in tip-top shape.
"We make sure that... |
01ac4060-23d1-4807-69ec-bcaa5a5409d5 | ['82599e9f-7171-ab84-4627-a62825bdb089'] | From our footprints, of course. <PERSON>, North Gosford The carbon dioxide breathed out is a by-product of the process of cell respiration, as is water. In this process, energy is produced in the mitochondria of cells. This energy is our physical "life force". Both oxygen and glucose are required for this. Glucose cont... | a192a151-4a2a-bd5e-b642-1a08e08e81a1 | ['82599e9f-7171-ab84-4627-a62825bdb089'] | By <PERSON>
February 4, 2006
Is there, anywhere in the world, a noisier bird than the sulphur-crested cockatoo, especially at 6am? Raucous thickheads (Pachycephala bacpacus) in Coogee on most weekends flocking around the local wateringholes.
<PERSON>, Coogee Yes, our two-year-old daughter. This species can become even ... |
4061e290-9d21-0405-cbbf-3165b7098f4b | ['826e9fef-33f7-cdb5-3dd1-0d44f9e4390e'] | You'll often hear travel clubs described as deceptive promotions or even scams. I disagree. Quite a few legitimate clubs provide worthwhile services. In fact, the only way for consumers to avail themselves of two important services -- road service and half-price hotel deals -- is to join a club (or buy into an equivale... | bd9af98c-4d24-acb6-8fdf-0d35cfa9965a | ['826e9fef-33f7-cdb5-3dd1-0d44f9e4390e'] | More than 20 years of consumer reporting has made me pretty cynical about the way big corporations respond to consumers' voices. But a recent exchange between a private citizen and a huge airline has renewed my faith in the ability of consumers to be heard -- at least once in a while. Here's what happened:
Last summer,... |
588bd5de-96ae-9e5a-adea-de1098a27067 | ['8298a295-7e18-83ae-6fc4-f56e99b8f6d3'] | Flight Centre entrepreneur <PERSON> has spoken of the devastation that he and his staff felt after learning of the suspected murder of former employee <PERSON>.
Mr <PERSON>, who also owns Spicers Hidden Vale resort at Grandchester, promoted Mrs <PERSON> to a senior executive position in Flight Centre after she was recr... | b028cffc-896f-13c0-6504-e11e3c7bfeaf | ['8298a295-7e18-83ae-6fc4-f56e99b8f6d3'] | A mother and her baby have escaped with their lives after jumping from a burning boat at Atkinson Dam, west of Brisbane.
The 33-year-old mother and her 13-month-old daughter were on a boat on the dam, northeast of Gatton, just after 7am on Wednesday.
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e399cf85-9144-ea45-5df6-c3d00e1f75bf | ['829ebb6b-f986-f382-b651-4bb167a9dcb8'] | The opposition members at Heritage Committee will get their wish: newly minted CRTC vice-chair <PERSON> will appear before committee next Wednesday.
Members are hoping to question <PERSON>, a past Action Démocratique du Québec candidate and a Montreal-based lawyer, on his recent appointment to the CRTC. Without any bro... | d28558c2-2660-b842-4848-3ade9d2ba0c2 | ['829ebb6b-f986-f382-b651-4bb167a9dcb8'] | Think of it as Parliament 101.
The election gave analysts at the Library of Parliament some time to update their “Current and Emerging Issues” document for the 41st Parliament. It was made available to staff and MPs on the parliamentary intranet in mid June.
It boils down major topics that MPs will likely encounter dur... |
b89c7626-590e-ff83-03f2-0d56a13c3142 | ['829fd56f-2089-ec7e-b16e-538ccd4e88ab'] | The Lockerbie sketch is offensive and should be banned
Officials at the BBC and digitial channel FX have refused to axe the controversial episode of cult series Family Guy after it sparked outrage when it aired in America last week. It shows toddlers cheerfully reciting a nursery rhyme about the 1988 disaster to the wo... | e098f41a-f229-24d4-d221-fe3158ccdfbb | ['829fd56f-2089-ec7e-b16e-538ccd4e88ab'] | <PERSON> <PERSON> paternal great-great-grandfather <PERSON> walked out on his family []
TV viewers will this week see his shock at learning how grinding poverty drove a 19th-century ancestor to abandon his young children to fend for themselves after his wife died and he was left destitute in a Scottish slum. His pater... |
9daa5c29-0026-130d-3383-7f2cae12f09e | ['82cd538b-04f6-7bf2-2373-b4a10676fbf0'] | Q--I have to travel a lot in my job and am the mother of two children, ages 7 and 14. I have had three housekeepers in three months. The last one who left gave me six hours` notice. Then I hired someone I thought was terrific. She is mature, intelligent and responsible.
I have just called home from my hotel, and my dau... | f5e32d90-eaf6-da06-f7d0-fa004586bff5 | ['82cd538b-04f6-7bf2-2373-b4a10676fbf0'] | Q--Spring should be a new beginning, but for our friends it was an end. My friend died last evening of an aneurysm. She was 33 and the mother of three children, ages 2 to 10. Her husband is frightened, but his greatest concern is for their children. He doesn`t want to do anything to add to their sorrow. How can he help... |
5de67929-7c06-ef3c-9bdf-188e16311bfd | ['82fce6cd-24cd-5206-e92a-14ef73fc90de'] | White City was literally hot stuff. Billed as ''the city of a million electric lights,'' the South Side amusement park sported a tall brilliantly illuminated tower that could be seen at night for 15 miles. And fires, both accidental and intentional, played major roles in its prosperity and eventual demise.
Writers of t... | 32b45a50-d48c-3fab-194a-98eb8e965376 | ['82fce6cd-24cd-5206-e92a-14ef73fc90de'] | The 1935 baseball season was less than a month old on April 29 when the Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates treated a Wrigley Field crowd to what Tribune sportswriter <PERSON> called ''one of the wildest and most amazing baseball spectacles ever precipitated in a major league ball park--a carnival of flying spikes and fist... |
b9cba110-f811-19e1-f19f-c98cd4844258 | ['83089f9b-feee-8ff9-594b-787be9083b5b'] | National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOC-SLE), has announced Saturday 25th March, 2017, as the date for its elective congress, which will be conducted in the Southern Region of Bo.
With the four years term of Dr. <PERSON> led administration already approaching its climax, the Olympic Committee has already engage... | 6e575889-1631-9de2-6e6f-a7c815def91f | ['83089f9b-feee-8ff9-594b-787be9083b5b'] | Sierra Leone Beach Volleyball team will host neighboring Guinea in Freetown from March 4-6 in international friendly matches at the newly constructed beach volleyball court at Bishop House, Siaka Stevens Stadium.
The line-up friendly encounter will be used by both nations to get their male and female U-21 teams in prep... |
7774dae5-857c-290a-eb55-858c4458866b | ['830d1042-5c37-6d77-1099-c37d0d9eeb4c'] | Kenguru was originally developed in Hungary
For a differently abled person locomotion options are fairly limited. Kenguru – Get mobile, an automobile company has introduced an affordable one-person vehicle for the differently abled.
<PERSON> has been on a wheelchair for her entire life, she tried her hand on driving bu... | 0a7821d1-91db-7940-9008-a2263f071612 | ['830d1042-5c37-6d77-1099-c37d0d9eeb4c'] | (From left top) <PERSON>; <PERSON> (Source: Facebook)
Being Indians how well do we deal with racism? Here is a 23-year-old Australian girl who not only stood up against religious discrimination but also defended someone who was subjected to it.
This incident took place in Australia while <PERSON> and his family were go... |
e5399c11-a496-4b26-1164-ded784b36f12 | ['831d2ec3-88f4-4f86-10dc-2fb1d7fa35a0'] | The health care reform bill passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve appears to be dead on arrival in the House, as six anti-abortion Democrats intend to join the ranks of lawmakers who plan to vote against the legislation, Fox News has confirmed.
Six new no votes would be enough to kill the Senate bill, and several more ... | dd13fe62-f7c3-afc0-2c71-0f19944e660b | ['831d2ec3-88f4-4f86-10dc-2fb1d7fa35a0'] | While President <PERSON> was on the road in North Carolina, the General Accounting Office in Washington announced that for the first time in its 80-year history, Congress' investigative arm will sue the White House.
GAO is demanding access to information about Vice President <PERSON>'s National Energy Policy Developmen... |
2a6fa096-9c48-f3f0-69e7-e856dc52d079 | ['83533413-2112-e145-e230-28a73353ef53'] | Looking for a Valentineâs Day dinner date idea? Restaurants inside Inland area casinos are serving specials with romantic flourishes at various price points.
FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO
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Three of Fantasy Springsâ seven restaurants hav... | cc06215c-9f70-8cc6-ba18-14a7949e3f56 | ['83533413-2112-e145-e230-28a73353ef53'] | HOT TICKETS: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Amy Grant and Cristela head Inland Share Pin It 1 of 2 More Galleries Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will perform at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 4. ROD VEAL , FILE PHOTO Related article »
Stagecoach: The Stagecoach Country Music Festival may not have announced... |
65ae6ee0-5b4e-f9c2-b2b8-a5b94db6ca85 | ['83760624-1496-ab14-b0c3-d108952ec0c0'] | Back home in Denmark, she is so popular that they call her the Little Princess but fame has its price for tennis star <PERSON>.
Which is why coming to London, where she can be photographed in the East End showing off her football skills without fear of being mobbed by fans, is a joy for the teenager who is destined to ... | 0fdc75a1-519d-6775-52fc-cec7e3444360 | ['83760624-1496-ab14-b0c3-d108952ec0c0'] | The packed crowd at The Oval on Tuesday put a smile back on the face of a 'depressed' <PERSON> after taking personally the slurs by <PERSON> that England may have been ball-tampering.
During the recent ICC Champions Trophy, TV's <PERSON> alleged that the host nation tampered with the ball, adding that one player was us... |
5f14b46a-c98c-0eac-cf44-47770303d9aa | ['8378ede0-ac6a-e4ed-361d-2a226b0d42eb'] | VICTORIA, Seychelles (eTN) – After the forced closure of The Plantation Club and Casino, the largest hotel in Seychelles, and after the appointment of a provisional liquidator, the majority shareholders in the holding company, Allee Development Corporation, has started the battle to protect their investments.
The first... | 5e0c28c6-83c8-3d3c-829f-c9e318c9ad59 | ['8378ede0-ac6a-e4ed-361d-2a226b0d42eb'] | VICTORIA, Seychelles (eTN) – In an effort to discuss the state of the country’s tourism industry, members of the Seychelles tourism industry recently met for the largest gathering ever of tourism professionals and affiliated business partners.
<PERSON>, the managing director and general manager of Hotel L’Archipel of P... |
42ef13f3-743d-135e-2b20-2d9638c9f20d | ['83873d90-8a17-5f3d-f895-3bf656614ab6'] | Its books include early trade union documents from the 1820s, texts from the Spanish civil war and works on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
For good measure, the Working Class Movement Library in Salford also houses archives that include the writings of <PERSON>, the Manchester-born screenwriter who worked on Coronat... | 03612edc-312d-fe89-ace2-19dcf993d2a2 | ['83873d90-8a17-5f3d-f895-3bf656614ab6'] | One of the traditional attractions of top-flight football has always been the vocal interaction between supporters. But, this season, fans who have traded Old Trafford for FC United are finding new means of entertaining themselves off the pitch.
With few, if any, away fans in the North West Counties League to aim songs... |
f74f81ad-6bb3-e5e2-88a5-5237acfab4c2 | ['839dbcd9-63c8-537e-ef99-c2a2d95a10b6'] | All of Michigan's public universities and community colleges are part of a network, founded by Central Michigan University in 2010, that shares best practices and looks to increase the number of service members and their families that tap educational benefits. The Consortium of Michigan Veterans Educators also concentr... | a0f7025c-61c4-4312-499d-05286a81939d | ['839dbcd9-63c8-537e-ef99-c2a2d95a10b6'] | Every year, more than 1 million people visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, known for its massive shoreline sand dunes and land and water recreation.
But visitors may not know all it takes to make the 71,210-acre national park run, including employees, volunteers, nonprofit contributions, a $4.2 million annual... |
f7e53d96-0e78-04f3-4313-a9d3f0556ab9 | ['83a1a44d-6921-695e-48ea-3c1958343e67'] | Something about Russian President <PERSON> vexes the Left. More than any other world leader, many liberals identify Mr. <PERSON> as irredeemable. So bad is he, they argue, that President <PERSON> lacks moral standing for expressing a willingness to work with the Russian leader.
The Left senses a commonality between <PE... | 747ec793-044b-8782-7f6e-f164e066cbfc | ['83a1a44d-6921-695e-48ea-3c1958343e67'] | There is a culture war raging in Israel. The extremists are pushing for an ever-expanding division of the sexes – including separate seating on public buses – and the moderates are refusing to go along for the ride. The struggle has filled newspapers and blogs the world over.
And it raises a larger question.
How should... |
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<PERSON> OF NORTH AURORA PRESENTS A DONATION CHECK TO: TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES in honor of the <PERSON> SHARE THE LOVE PROGRAM
MARCH, 2017 - As part of its ongoing support of local communities, <PERSON> of North Aurora and Subaru of America, Inc. presented a check for $9,536 to: TriCity Family Ser... | e846863e-1af5-1923-5520-635628883b13 | ['83cb3a24-8e09-59e6-d2d6-107efc243588'] | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GERALD SUBARU MAKES SIZEABLE DONATION TO AURORA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY
NAPERVILLE, IL 3/24/17 - As part of its ongoing support of local communities, Thursday March 23rd 2017, Subaru of America, Inc. ("SOA") and Gerald Subaru presented a check for $48,726 to Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry. The chari... |
23749557-eafb-9049-d5ca-5d42481c933f | ['83da979f-7ba0-fb47-7098-91dfb4513c8e'] | Go to the gallery The good, the bad and the uggboot
Stepping into the Roman Tannery is like taking a step back in time.
Gigantic wooden tanning drums filled with 60,000 litres of liquid and skins rumble continuously like relics from the industrial age.
But while sheepskin tanning might seem an ancient art, the machines... | fab1c0d9-89eb-fff1-b532-d7f2420cf78e | ['83da979f-7ba0-fb47-7098-91dfb4513c8e'] | The Bureau's predictions show a strong chance of well above average rainfall in south eastern Australia.
This year's grain harvest was looking a little shaky earlier in the season, but all signs are now pointing to a much better year, for the east coast at least.
The Bureau of Meteorology's seasonal outlook shows more ... |
e7deb9f0-5ea2-2f92-a3a4-80b72ea3f14a | ['83df7090-4283-9585-cdfa-67cf1d984386'] | Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) business operating performance momentum has slowed down relative to the heady growth rates it achieved from 1997 to 2012. Apple reported FY 2013 revenue of $170.9B and full year profit of $37B, or $39.75 EPS. Although Apple has generated a total return since it bottomed out in April, I believe tha... | 68b642d0-4c52-6b6b-3781-848cac1b7506 | ['83df7090-4283-9585-cdfa-67cf1d984386'] | NQ Mobile Inc's (NYSE:NQ) ADR shares intrigued me because the company was a fast-growing Internet security small-cap company. However, the charges that the company has engaged in fraud are very concerning. <PERSON> SAC Capital and affiliates took a stake in the company in August. Other notable institutional investors t... |
7197ec96-f63e-1f0b-d913-af187b846539 | ['83e569ac-a8a6-bc40-c809-49a9e220ac18'] | We’ve spent so long wringing our hands and worrying about artificial and virtual intelligence that we forgot to roll out the welcome mat when they finally arrived.
Now, when major tech companies give their annual keynotes, they can’t help but pepper the narrative with phrases like “machine learning.” What does it all m... | 3afd3617-7a30-1451-dd52-886a2aedc2c9 | ['83e569ac-a8a6-bc40-c809-49a9e220ac18'] | Google Assistant is an AI app similar to Siri and Alexa that is built into both Google’s new home assistant gadget, appropriately called Google Home, and the company’s Google Pixel phones.
If you haven’t tried Assistant yet, you really are missing out.
Google Assistant allows you to carry out actions, schedule meetings... |
e43c76f0-5ec9-3b3c-1803-51ef29939d1f | ['83f38ba5-ff8a-ffc6-3b34-9b1021ff66fd'] | It's been nearly 15 years since the murder of <PERSON> and subsequent murder <PERSON> , but the subject is still a hot topic for anyone who cares about hip-hop. Whether it's urban legends that the rappers might still be alive or the vast conspiracy theories concocted by fans from both coasts, there's something about th... | 42e88c6e-8cdd-b49c-52c8-9d9bc81fc43f | ['83f38ba5-ff8a-ffc6-3b34-9b1021ff66fd'] | For many years, <PERSON> has walked the fine line between music and movies. Occasionally, the two paths intersect, most famously with ' Ray ,' for which <PERSON> won an Oscar. The actor once again portrays a musician in ' The Soloist ,' which follows the real life story of schizophrenic cellist <PERSON>.
For <PERSON>, ... |
0cbee54f-e32a-1e9d-5d74-159ddf3a139a | ['83fdc831-ba42-28e9-b22b-80ed34b31729'] | (CNN/WBZ) – A Massachusetts college student stands accused of impersonating a police officer, and authorities say the discovery was made when his parents brought police one of his guns.
20-year-old <PERSON> of Duxbury, a college student and part-time EMT. So why was all of this found in his bedroom?
Woman: “He did have... | bd7c71d4-d224-2131-320b-ccd3ad6543ce | ['83fdc831-ba42-28e9-b22b-80ed34b31729'] | (CNN) – When 14-year-old <PERSON> died last spring, his battle with mitochondria disease was over. He fought it for nine years and seldom complained. <PERSON> was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
While waiting for his permanent memorial to arrive, his parents had this simple gravestone made.... |
f33fb284-117a-127c-58a8-3c1782b23910 | ['841219da-d486-987d-f562-d160abab9918'] | Rebootcamp is a Military Times brand. But it’s not just from Military Times.
One of the unique features of Rebootcamp, which is focused on helping service members transition out of the military, is that it functions as a hub of information from lots of sources, not just Military Times staff.
A huge chunk — maybe even a... | 1ba51bb0-f0ac-2e76-4f17-cf64708e144b | ['841219da-d486-987d-f562-d160abab9918'] | Military Times evaluated 581 places, as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, dividing them into 265 small cities with populations of fewer than 75,000; 240 medium-sized cities with populations of at least 75,000 but fewer than 200,000; and 76 large cities with populations of 200,000 or more.
We compared locations acro... |
819059a3-05ab-cc60-2bfd-d02420492ee0 | ['843e30d2-440a-50ff-3b53-fac6199bdee2'] | The war against Israel has passed through three phases.
The first was the attempt to annihilate Israel by conventional means. It began with Israel's birth in 1948, when Arab armies nearly captured Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and ended in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Israeli forces came within artillery range of Cairo and ... | 57690c42-b0ab-0bd7-3edb-cd3dfaeed7a3 | ['843e30d2-440a-50ff-3b53-fac6199bdee2'] | BY ALL contemporary accounts, it was one of the most stunning military victories in history. In six intense days of fighting that began on June 5, 1967, Israeli forces saved their country from an imminent existential threat, defeated three major Arab armies and almost quadrupled the territory under their country's cont... |
b51645cc-d148-6eda-cf76-69ea4e2a15f2 | ['843ee4e6-72b4-464e-9a39-420fdae83f88'] | An Englishman once told me that a golliwog was for him what a teddy bear was for Americans, an object of love, a magic creature that he didn't see as an African or a black man or connect with human beings at all. Now he can trace the image back and see what it means, but back when he was a child a golliwog was just his... | a544ed1b-884e-bfb9-992e-2527670e892c | ['843ee4e6-72b4-464e-9a39-420fdae83f88'] | Erasure
by <PERSON>
240pp, Faber, £14.99
<PERSON> experimental novels have been associated with calls for an alternative American literature in defiance of what is seen as the east-coast literary establishment. In Erasure, his 13th novel, he takes on the commercialisation of literary culture and the trap for the publis... |
c494edf0-9f4c-7c7a-379b-90857931c571 | ['84472913-b721-8c08-f66c-67b72b3d6833'] | How can anyone trust the FA after this? How can any ethnic minority or female player have confidence that the FA will resolve a grievance?
Both <PERSON> and <PERSON> lost their places in the England team after raising concerns. They had every right to complain because the third inquiry concluded that manager <PERSON> m... | 190a2c4a-3ccb-3303-a9e5-310fafc9d76f | ['84472913-b721-8c08-f66c-67b72b3d6833'] | England must find a way to perform at their best for a full 90 minutes
<PERSON> pace on the right has caused problems and could do so again
The Lionesses strength is going forward and they should play to that
BBC pundit <PERSON> gives an insight into what England need to do to beat Canada and become the country's first... |
2f1ce96a-37cf-94a3-fcdd-bde4a003c409 | ['845ac6c9-b0bb-ab0d-8f58-b06cf11bf4a7'] | A NEW champion has emerged in Planet Earth’s longest running reality show, The Survival of the Fittest.
<PERSON> have named a super-hardy, water-dwelling lifeform only half a millimetre in size as the Earth’s toughest species.
Getty Images 3 A tardigrade, a 1mm-long water dwelling 'micro-animal' which can survive insid... | 24317505-c4d5-603e-0e08-41a3ef59aacb | ['845ac6c9-b0bb-ab0d-8f58-b06cf11bf4a7'] | Engineer <PERSON> was perfecting the touch-screen process in 1999
It was years before Apple took on Fingerworks - the system they now use
But his invention was stifled by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta)
Quango was set up by New Labour in 1998 to help innovation
Missed opportunity: Th... |
3198c17c-769c-d322-6f70-178497e31a2a | ['84653b62-d4d1-d750-a381-732c52db3b16'] | In the 1930s, the US embarked on a campaign to connect rural parts of the country to electricity. It took more than two decades before 95% of all farms were electrified. Kenya is working on doing that in just seven years.
Kenya added 1.3 million households to its electricity grid last year, raising the percentage of co... | 03f3f47e-a552-0c47-cc24-d7786c0cbca0 | ['84653b62-d4d1-d750-a381-732c52db3b16'] | A $10 million Chinese-built bridge in western Kenya, personally commissioned by president <PERSON>, has collapsed. At least 27 workers were injured when the bridge broke on Monday (June 26). The government has halted construction and sent a team of engineers to investigate.
Section of Sh1b #SigiriBridge in Budalangi, B... |
0201ae1c-6aa7-0d80-d7e6-83797bfbce12 | ['847d4e35-ee62-f259-6e65-10e944eefeaa'] | When Bellamy's listed on the ASX in August last year its baby formula market share in Australia was 10 per cent. Less than six months later that market share grew to 14.1 per cent, and shows no signs of slowing down. To say Bellamy's was growing quickly would be a monumental understatement. In the last half-year result... | 764e16d9-fa3d-5e15-97fc-fd0a0bddb739 | ['847d4e35-ee62-f259-6e65-10e944eefeaa'] | Academies Australasia offers a broad range of education services that run the gamut of international student education: English language; vocational training; and higher education. In the last five years, the company has expanded from around 2000 to more than 10,000 students, including new colleges located in Singapore... |
daf82dc2-83d9-1094-df10-fac98172c2b7 | ['84b3f319-b55b-fef4-7b64-40427c6748e2'] | MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — After seeing six staffers killed and two others go missing already this year, <PERSON>, the head of the local Red Cross office here, didn’t want more staff joining and possibly putting themselves in harm’s way.
But his team prevailed upon him to make an exception for the return of <PERSON>... | 8aa8755b-9c69-c92d-b5e8-e5fe6414df9d | ['84b3f319-b55b-fef4-7b64-40427c6748e2'] | The picture of a baby girl being treated in an Afghanistan hospital is both striking and heartbreaking
The observation room was empty but for a group of medical staff congregating near the entrance, chatting away during a rare quiet period in their daily rounds. They seemed oblivious to the small, golden bundle on the ... |
0ba9164e-8164-8812-fcfa-e80e862a9324 | ['84efaa42-4ce0-dd4c-f7a5-a7594839d36c'] | A multitude of Jamaicans spanning all walks of life turned out in the thousands yesterday to bid farewell to the late founder and CEO of Golden Krust, <PERSON>.
A packed Christian Cultural Center on Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, provided the venue for the homegoing service for <PERSON>, and those in attendanc... | 8033bb36-daba-b4be-8468-41f8b7c3cf58 | ['84efaa42-4ce0-dd4c-f7a5-a7594839d36c'] | Maryland, United States:
A Jamaican man living in Maryland killed his two daughters, and critically wounded his wife before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide.
Dead are 37-year-old <PERSON>, his four-year-old daughter <PERSON> and her sister, 17-year-old <PERSON>.
His 36-year-old wife is battling ... |
2309c84c-c7c3-9b38-9114-a0f79265e679 | ['84f4bd11-d1c2-6ffa-2aa0-446dd20b1a20'] | The Sox are paying big bucks for very little production from a few players, but Chairman <PERSON> says money won't decide who stays or who goes if General Manager <PERSON> shakes up the roster.
<PERSON> said last week he planned to bring in new faces unless the Sox started playing up to potential.
Several teams have be... | c91019ab-9dd2-689c-a825-2983c56e2fbd | ['84f4bd11-d1c2-6ffa-2aa0-446dd20b1a20'] | <PERSON> rode in on a Harley, and <PERSON> rode out on a wave of emotion.
But it was <PERSON> single with two outs and the bases loaded Tuesday night that kept the White Sox riding in first place.
<PERSON> squeaked a soft groundball through the right side to give the Sox a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers in front of... |
3d783e8d-1fb9-e4da-3a8d-3d97e9b53032 | ['8507d44f-5593-27f6-80dd-1272eb701dcc'] | <PERSON>: vending machine entrepreneur. "I looked at buying a cafe, but with all the risks involved I decided to go for something low-maintenance instead," he said. "With vending machines my theory was the technology would advance, which it has, I could work from home and I wouldn't have to chase debtors." The Melbourn... | f8bd4de0-2a54-f856-6d39-7f98134f7692 | ['8507d44f-5593-27f6-80dd-1272eb701dcc'] | Companies specialising in wearable technology and privatised rentals are among the hot sectors set to take off this year.
Business analysts and trend experts predict boom growth for Australian businesses in a wide range of industries bringing new ideas to the market.
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20d20af8-ece8-385f-5b54-fb68bf6028e7 | ['85b0e4fd-b8d3-c764-8386-0ecc26c5b062'] | On Monday night the confidential report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the CIA’s secret detention and interrogation program was published on the website of the New York Review of Books. The report confirms previous allegations about CIA abuses against detainees. Unlike earlier reporting, however, th... | 12c2dc64-57b8-389a-8876-6cef67b32b07 | ['85b0e4fd-b8d3-c764-8386-0ecc26c5b062'] | The CIA and the Department of Justice on Monday issued a slew of <PERSON>-era documents about the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. But it’s difficult to know what they say: Many key sections of the most important documents contain heavy redactions.
A quick review of the releases: First, the CIA released a cop... |
1a7d429e-cfbd-d74b-6c4b-775f50dd9fd0 | ['85d008c1-4c0b-856e-6344-2a81f7b72d2a'] | Most people hate shopping for insurance, and they don’t enjoy talking about it either. That’s probably why you’re unlikely to hear about the industry’s current transformation in conversation, even in startup circles.
But make no mistake, there are vast sums of venture dollars going into insurance deals. Investment has ... | d707a737-5d63-6939-5c2e-1bb0c3d950ea | ['85d008c1-4c0b-856e-6344-2a81f7b72d2a'] | Huge companies in fast-changing, technology-intensive businesses buy startups. After all, they have the money and need fresh entrepreneurial talent to tap new markets and stay abreast of disruption.
That’s the collective wisdom about M&A in venture capital and startup circles. It’s also how the venture business survive... |
e91ee961-1cf4-9898-5fab-50fcc1de45ba | ['85deda63-39dd-4485-2668-b3edc9ffb679'] | With Broward County's Hispanic population growing fast, Hispanic Unity of Florida's role as a social services provider for the community is becoming even more vital.
But board members say the group has had trouble attracting the qualified leadership necessary to accomplish its mission of providing an array of services,... | 6408c602-82c3-faa0-4ce1-dbb87f7a31f2 | ['85deda63-39dd-4485-2668-b3edc9ffb679'] | Operating at a 98 percent occupancy rate in one of Broward County's fastest-growing cities, Memorial Hospital West is expanding again.
The hospital is bustling with activity, ranging from an influx of patients and visitors, to a crane heaving material across what will be a fourth floor housing 36 general patient beds.
... |
755853c6-2150-b71e-1751-e533255b9189 | ['85e36139-ec44-8a72-2299-62525200e06f'] | LINCROFT, NJ - On the 1st of October, 90.5 The Night Brookdale Public Radio marks its 40th Anniversary of radio broadcasting by kicking off a year-long celebration. In October of 1974, then know as WBJB-FM, the radio voice of Brookdale Community College went on the air for the first time. WBJB-FM was the first on-air r... | 45e2f1f5-cb41-e307-a8a8-96300127129a | ['85e36139-ec44-8a72-2299-62525200e06f'] | LINCROFT, NJ - Welcome to the 2015 Songwriters On The Beach Concert Series brought to you, in part by the Monmouth County Association of Realtors, The Belmar Tourism Commision, and the members of Brookdale Public Radio. It's going to be an amazing 8 weeks of music on the beach, under the stars. It all starts on July 9t... |
f65de1f5-e04d-bbfe-c84f-5b9cbafe2552 | ['86042fb8-f264-a475-a933-87d0dc2cb5e3'] | Amid the mounting financial crisis and growing worries about the economy, Democratic presidential nominee <PERSON> is making gains in the key swing states of Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, while his Republican rival <PERSON> is holding his own in Montana and West Virginia, according to a new TIME/CNN poll, conduc... | 915da841-500c-bcdc-96e3-af11277bd927 | ['86042fb8-f264-a475-a933-87d0dc2cb5e3'] | <PERSON> / Corbis
College cafeteria food is about to get a bit tougher to take literally. This fall thousands of students will have to navigate their university dining halls without one crucial feature: the cafeteria tray.
From the University of California at Santa Cruz to Virginia Tech, cafeteria trays are disappear... |
943800ad-21b8-3b70-0aca-14d6c3d52f52 | ['86254150-e1ef-cb1d-2d01-c7e2fe433416'] | The National Hockey League Stanley Cup Finals kicked off last night in Chicago, pitting the Blackhawks against the Boston Bruins in a best-of-seven battle on the ice. And this series looks to be a nail-biter, given the three-overtime opening game Wednesday night. Naturally, Bruins and Blackhawk fans alike will need to ... | 19cb8c73-d02a-0c7a-4e3e-7bbb1ce5ebee | ['86254150-e1ef-cb1d-2d01-c7e2fe433416'] | When James Beard Award-winning authors <PERSON> and <PERSON> talk about their hometown of Charleston, S.C., there's an unmistakable air of reverence in their voices.
"It's hard to separate the passion (for the food) from having grown up there, having grown up in a place where food is part of life. You can't really shak... |
f934c210-b742-ff11-22bb-cfd92c335f7a | ['86319245-9f8a-e9a5-be51-9d1d14ba64ac'] | <PERSON> is the author of the 2002 book 'Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your Share of the Largest Market Segment' and president-CEO of the TrendSight Group, a Chicago-based consultancy specializing in Marketing to Women.
Weeks after Dove and Nike first broke their separate "real beauty" ad c... | 12b51988-5a65-d813-d38c-58641d864776 | ['86319245-9f8a-e9a5-be51-9d1d14ba64ac'] | Fox Sports Most of this year's ads were mildly entertaining, innocuous and positioned as if female viewers didn't exist.
There was a time when $2.4 million was a lot of money. You didn't spend that kind of coin without a pretty good reason to believe your advertising was going to create awareness, deliver a message or ... |
2e271548-c50d-70bb-2fa3-92db9756888e | ['865e850a-7f78-1387-05ad-e1e736214451'] | Aldi bans bee pesticides in a bid to save us all
3 Brunch recipes I'm using on Valentine's Day to get over my ex
<PERSON> is a feminist, fashionista and journalist. She is currently a senior at Arizona State University studying print journalism and marketing. She wants to empower women to look and feel their best throu... | 0b807f6d-8ea2-348a-4137-dbe50dd6990c | ['865e850a-7f78-1387-05ad-e1e736214451'] | <PERSON> is a feminist, fashionista and journalist. She is currently a senior at Arizona State University studying print journalism and marketing. She wants to empower women to look and feel their best through her work. She hopes to become...
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cfb0ca67-b6b2-7e9e-f267-38c479363b4f | ['871693d3-aab1-9d47-84ec-4924e065c75b'] | This weekend Battleship hits theaters and aside from the well-known Hollywood stars in the film, there is one breakout role, played by Colonel <PERSON>, that moviegoers are sure to talk about.
<PERSON> is a double amputee who lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq back in 2007. Today he is on the big screen starring ... | 1a8b1112-dd0d-97ce-d0db-9ae09895e906 | ['871693d3-aab1-9d47-84ec-4924e065c75b'] | Popular television personality Judge <PERSON> has made a reputation for being tough but fair. A Detroit native, <PERSON> was in jail and on a fast track to nowhere when his mother’s dying wish and a judge’s compassion led him to a better path.
Extending the same compassion that he was shown, Judge <PERSON> and his wife... |
51446cc7-211c-dc82-0b31-ae5dbddd51ab | ['8728185d-48f4-63e2-129e-2962f2f345c5'] | There’s a ‘charity’ club in Penang called the 1Malaysia-Penang Welfare Club as reported by Malaysiakini . It seems to do two things - it takes donations and it gives out donations - both in huge amounts. It seems to take donations from a particular billionaire and then “distributes” it to hundreds of NGOs in Penang. It... | cce4ef61-38e2-2939-cf61-3f9ef594dad9 | ['8728185d-48f4-63e2-129e-2962f2f345c5'] | As the 13th general elections looms, many people are wondering what the impact will be on the financial markets in Malaysia in the event of a Pakatan win. Well, there is no precedent in Malaysia. We never had a change of federal government - one of the very few countries left in the world that hasn't had a change of go... |
7cda5309-735a-3541-c32b-b4783833d801 | ['87287cef-f018-8a62-61bc-c49349962950'] | MIRAMSHAH, March 1: Forty people were killed and 30 others, including women and children, were wounded when helicopter gunships struck a suspected militants’ compound in a village in North Waziristan on Wednesday morning, officials and residents said.
The attack triggered a strong reaction in Miramshah where hundreds o... | b2f783da-ef1a-b126-6b47-b96fb7d4380c | ['87287cef-f018-8a62-61bc-c49349962950'] | MIRAMSHAH: Three negotiators returned to the headquarters of North Waziristan on Sunday evening after holding consultations with a shura of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on their negotiations with the government.
According to sources, Prof <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, who had arrived here from Peshawa... |
25297b99-e8fd-b3fb-a57d-cdd9140465fe | ['872e56fc-a012-e472-d0b9-50ab2fff84d0'] | Posted Thursday, January 5, 2017 3:45 pm
Have you ever wished you could travel back to your heyday? Of course you have. Looking back is part of moving forward, after all. <PERSON> unpacks this theme to great effect in his new play The Babylon Line at Lincoln Center Theater.
The premise is simple. A struggling writer tu... | 4a2d5d00-0eb4-e930-6998-3664f7df655a | ['872e56fc-a012-e472-d0b9-50ab2fff84d0'] | Posted Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:19 pm
In his new play, If I Forget, at the Roundabout’s Laure Pels theatre, playwright <PERSON> gives us a compelling portrait of an American family, one whose survival is defined by the cataclysms of the 20th Century. This intricate three-generation story depends on the timeless th... |
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