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695091a9-a891-066b-19e5-dc1feea92793 | ['95db523e-9718-f2ff-3212-8597cafa89ad'] | For some people, baking is an enjoyable pastime that often ends in a delicious dessert.
But for Ellicott City resident <PERSON>, baking is much more than that. <PERSON> is a food blogger, whose website, La Casa de Sweets (lacasadesweets.com), is an entree to recipes, vibrant pictures of her creations and a place to con... | cd273000-bc63-8b29-92e3-d464c9f5ad2b | ['95db523e-9718-f2ff-3212-8597cafa89ad'] | World-class track athlete <PERSON> is not a flashy person. Soft-spoken with a thin face, dark brown eyes and a deceptively muscular frame, she is not the type to speak of her accomplishments without some prompting. But when she does talk about her accolades, she lets people know that success hasn’t come easy.
“I’ve wor... |
c4a228e8-6662-df15-d22a-21faa2e9dc7c | ['9678c2ba-8c64-303b-657d-bda1a6c806f6'] | BP Plc raised the amount it will pay this year for the Deepwater Horizon accident as thousands of lawsuits related to the biggest oil spill in U.S. history start to wind down.
The 2010 explosion at a well in the Gulf of Mexico threatened BP’s existence after 11 people were killed and millions of barrels of oil spilled ... | bb902123-23a6-4899-d557-3bacb7bd3b1c | ['9678c2ba-8c64-303b-657d-bda1a6c806f6'] | Ophelia strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane forecast to strike Ireland, where one of the nation's strongest storms in half a century threatens everything from farms to a golf course owned by the family of U.S. President <PERSON>.
Ophelia's top winds had risen to 105 miles (169 kilometres) an hour by 10 a.m. London... |
55031f9b-a28c-fd0f-e42e-aa6502c448d5 | ['9687aeef-4b30-94c3-b462-d328e125b00e'] | By <PERSON>
When <PERSON> ventured into property development a few years ago, he, like most real estate developers in Kenya, knew which side his bread was buttered: In Nairobi’s upmarket and middle-income neighbourhoods. And he has never regretted his decision.
His two major housing projects in Nairobi’s leafy suburb o... | 47b8630e-a5cf-f7e1-1c64-79656ea42dab | ['9687aeef-4b30-94c3-b462-d328e125b00e'] | By <PERSON>
The Kenya Wildlife Service has been granted a commercial licence to fly tourists to Northern Kenya, setting the stage for the tapping of tourism potential in the far-flung areas of the country’s northern circuit.
The one-year licence, given by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, has been gazetted and restri... |
88096fb9-88a9-d082-d2ec-a8608103fb02 | ['96a14a0a-67e9-dd03-97c8-33f32b7135db'] | Even if Other Bets currently has $0 intrinsic value, it still has a positive time value from future profit possibilities.
Other Bets should be valued as a call option as it gives management the option to either participate in its upside potentials or to lose the premiums paid.
Penalizing Alphabet's valuation for the ne... | 90b11c05-5c0b-cfba-ad86-4eb3d93f7c9e | ['96a14a0a-67e9-dd03-97c8-33f32b7135db'] | DCF valuation shows that AWS has an intrinsic value of $190 billion, which would rank it as the 30th largest public company in the world.
The most recent 10-K reported by the company provides sufficient information to value AWS accurately as a standalone business.
AWS is the pioneer and leader of the cloud infrastructu... |
e912e564-e6ee-cb50-2202-a823bfbf879b | ['96b714db-f408-d0dd-553f-3c2eedc965a3'] | A hard-hitting 69 by veteran wicketkeeper-batsman <PERSON> put Essex in control of their Specsavers County Championship game against Lancashire and in line for their first win of the season.
<PERSON> hammered 10 boundaries from 125 balls and shared an eight-wicket, final-session partnership of 103 in 25 overs with <PER... | 46de02fc-7373-cb17-7326-a6137425714e | ['96b714db-f408-d0dd-553f-3c2eedc965a3'] | 42 shares 42
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by <PERSON>, University of Hawaii (TheConversation) Racing across ocean basins at speeds over 500 miles per hour, tsunamis can wreak devastation along coastlines thousands of miles from their origin. Our modern tsunami detection networks reliably detect these events hours in advance and provide warning o... |
2d6b99e0-8a2c-6db2-76cd-a4857ed81fd2 | ['96ce577c-22d0-16c5-ca05-95b5735387e1'] | So now we have it: what appears to be hard, irrefutable evidence of <PERSON> ultimate and most audacious attempt – thwarted, thankfully, by circumstance – to hijack America's democratic institutions on a scale equal to his success in kidnapping and corrupting the essential democratic institutions of Great Britain throu... | 5fe74262-ece7-114f-e4d5-984b0f3ed534 | ['96ce577c-22d0-16c5-ca05-95b5735387e1'] | Does <PERSON> "pal around with terrorists?"
Certainly <PERSON>'s continuing "association" and relationship with the convicted Watergate burglar and domestic terrorist <PERSON> might suggest that is the case, if we are to apply the standards drawn by the <PERSON> campaign.
In 1998, <PERSON> gave a fundraiser in his Scot... |
114e0038-55b1-0795-c637-466c941f4fae | ['96fd2743-56f4-90bb-2d59-e435fe483973'] | In Russia, the economic ills and reported struggles that have dogged the region of late have a direct impact on the ice. It doesn’t show on the scoreboard – there is no chart mapping the precipitous fall of the Russian rouble painted under the center-ice faceoff dot during a Kontinental Hockey League game – but there i... | 6acbe38b-ebbd-e1ad-3b31-4a44b6e9bfe4 | ['96fd2743-56f4-90bb-2d59-e435fe483973'] | Hockey is changing – and with teams placing more emphasis on analytics, the one-dimensional grinders are being replaced in favor of multi-skilled skaters
Roles in hockey are becoming an antiquated construct. Trying to assign exactly what a player should be doing at any given time, especially in a fluid sport like hocke... |
2363096a-0a48-01fb-1d86-1dd31ac4508a | ['971720a2-8a07-9bdd-5e30-0ef60c25414b'] | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - <PERSON> received the touch of “God” — Hollywood-style — when Oscar-winning actor <PERSON> prepared to play him in new movie “Invictus.”
Actor <PERSON> (L) poses with actor <PERSON> at the Los Angeles premiere of director <PERSON>'s film "Invictus" in Beverly Hills, California December 3, 2009. ... | 7b24f528-1585-3674-40aa-738783b634c6 | ['971720a2-8a07-9bdd-5e30-0ef60c25414b'] | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Friday extended control of <PERSON> financial affairs to the administrators of his multimillion-dollar estate for three months, but urged them to settle differences with the late singer’s mother.
<PERSON>, 79, is a beneficiary of the estate, valued at some $400 million, along with the... |
ebccf3c8-3fcc-7106-2fa9-85f6a6ae2af8 | ['9723a5c6-2f48-f967-c88a-6fcb1b4bdc47'] | <PERSON> was fondly compared to a drill sergeant around the Levittown Parkway Pool where he volunteered, and in the wintertime he played the role of <PERSON> in his Hicksville neighborhood, delivering presents door-to-door.
<PERSON>, a retired United Parcel Service manager, died on April 26 at his home. He was 77.
The ... | 4ab1b9b2-93d9-effa-f6d2-acb6caaa0e48 | ['9723a5c6-2f48-f967-c88a-6fcb1b4bdc47'] | <PERSON>, a Centerport native, was always more than two hours early for school. She used to wait in the parking lot of W.S. Mount Elementary School in Stony Brook, where she was a teacher for more than 10 years, for the custodians to arrive and unlock the doors.
"She lived for her students," said <PERSON>, a teacher at... |
9fd114b9-b8d0-b6a2-06c7-c976d5669a2d | ['97c4e031-296a-97c8-2e96-6bbf2f05dd59'] | In oppressive societies artists don't just need skill and creativity – they have to be courageous and tenacious to a degree that many of us find unimaginable. An example of such an artist is Burmese painter and performance artist, <PERSON>, who developed a whole covert palette of painting techniques to keep working dur... | 6d26840c-202c-50c2-6139-2b31a805dac0 | ['97c4e031-296a-97c8-2e96-6bbf2f05dd59'] | Reports this week that the National Youth Theatre had pulled the plug on Homegrown, a new play about radicalisation, contained some discomfiting details. The production had been moved from a venue in Bethnal Green, east London, amid concerns it was “insensitive”. Police had apparently requested a final draft of the scr... |
9283e433-0dc7-240d-689a-d912ee53f3b5 | ['981c51ff-4da3-5dd1-49c9-fe59d3ff9cbf'] | <PERSON> says he’s reaping the rewards of populist anger in Alberta.
Ripples of the populist tide that has swept through the Western world over the past year have washed up in Alberta, where a bruising recession has pushed unemployment to its highest levels in decades and shaken the province’s swagger.
Mr. <PERSON> say... | c9e74c99-7678-9932-1271-af3854618d1c | ['981c51ff-4da3-5dd1-49c9-fe59d3ff9cbf'] | Biting into a slice of Tony’s pizza, it’s the thick bocconcini that hits you first, steamy and fresh. It’s followed by crispy slices of prosciutto and capicollo that have curled at the edges and, finally, the tangy sauce, perfected by the owners over six decades.
This is what one of the world’s best pizzas should taste... |
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For decades, transport has been at the top of Londoners’ list of concerns. Weary commuters reading their copy of City A.M. on today’s commute will know all too well how delays and congestion can make travelling in the morning peak draining.
But as a result of the sustained efforts of successive mayors, borough... | f146f34f-0f07-267c-0298-b2e551b97d06 | ['982db070-619c-81fc-72b4-c300256993ab'] | <PERSON> announcement of the suspension of not only the West Coast train competition – which covers trains from Euston to the north west – but the whole of the rail franchising programme and a number of the department’s officials, has sent shock waves through Britain’s rail sector.<PERSON>, the secretary of state for t... |
b8b045c8-262b-e03c-494e-c56a85bfe797 | ['983b8728-7b08-4acb-243c-86c0492c7873'] | 3/06/17 3/06/17 POPSUGAR
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Bedrooms How to Make Your Bedroom More Romantic 6 Things Every Couple Should Have in Their Bedroom Alter your mood with paint: Choose a soothing tone that will encourage you both to relax. Forget 50 shades of gray, this warm option from Farrow & Ball is a designer favorite. Invest in qua... | 6adf9701-9c32-600e-6529-0e9960dc0358 | ['983b8728-7b08-4acb-243c-86c0492c7873'] | It looks like <PERSON> quaint cottage in Provence, France, has a new owner. <PERSON>, a self-employed business strategist and life coach, purchased the home and has big plans for its future. Affectionately referred to as "La Pitchoune," which translates to "the little one," the four-bedroom home belonged to the iconic ... |
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<PERSON> and <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>; Comic books are filled with iconic romantic pairings. Some, like those already mentioned, are as recognizable as literary pairings like <PERSON> and <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, or Romeo and Juliet (and often with the same tragic endings as those... | 03ecf014-bbec-0ad5-e46a-c6be0d585ed7 | ['9863e483-25b6-ea0f-bb46-9f6e2a07621d'] |
DC Comics recently launched their latest company-wide event, Rebirth, which promises to return the comic juggernaut to something that closer resembles what it was before the Flashpoint storyline and the New 52. DC’s Chief Creative Officer <PERSON> has said it was about “re-laying the groundwork for DC’s future while c... |
b3111120-0099-c0ab-07ff-99c55a27e35a | ['988fe25e-03b9-a61f-5d15-f3aa6849acdd'] | The annual Ramsey Business Expo will bring 50 business together in one place for residents to explore and compare.
This year the expo will include three local restaurants with samples of their menu items, said <PERSON>, assistant to the Ramsey city administrator and organizer of the expo.
Willy McCoys, Acapulco and The... | dc1108e9-cea0-2189-74e4-2c8a1b0b49b8 | ['988fe25e-03b9-a61f-5d15-f3aa6849acdd'] | The countdown to the end of the school year is on and the 11th annual Ramsey Safety Camp is right around the corner.
This year the camp will be June 19 and 20, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
After having to move the camp from the Rum River Boy Scout Camp to Lord of Life Church last year because of severe weather, the deci... |
b6b395ca-e9e8-8c39-c06c-bc3837584336 | ['989ab2c9-29eb-2609-31a9-1e3339c790bd'] | I get up, look in the mirror, pout my lips, raise my eyebrows, wink and think, "Wow, it all works!" Then I go for a run, in celebration of being alive.
My dreads are part of the Rasta-farian idea. Rastafarianism was a backlash against black people who felt the need to copy white people, to lighten up and straighten t... | e43f933c-ec75-76a2-fcac-33f7034a6d8e | ['989ab2c9-29eb-2609-31a9-1e3339c790bd'] | Today is World Environment Day, which will give us an opportunity to reflect on the damage we inflict on the planet and ways that we can change. But one vital element is all too often missing from environmental agendas – meat production.
The slogan for World Environment Day 2008 is "Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon... |
bac75d41-aa6d-5794-07c0-7526f0b89c44 | ['98ab7e59-a1ce-09c3-46b2-9b3a4c4f9afa'] | Why this picture shows everything that's wrong about nursing: The tabards that tell patients 'do not disturb'
Can you imagine <PERSON> walking among the wounded in the Crimea with a sign round her neck saying ‘Do not disturb’? Or an old-fashioned British matron wearing a uniform emblazoned with the words ‘Sort out your... | 74b29ac8-9890-0625-f367-fa8f0549ba50 | ['98ab7e59-a1ce-09c3-46b2-9b3a4c4f9afa'] | Can you imagine <PERSON> walking among the wounded in the Crimea with a sign round her neck saying ‘Do not disturb’? Or an old-fashioned British matron wearing a uniform emblazoned with the words ‘Sort out your own problems — I’m too important to help’?
Of course you can’t. Surely it would be a chilling inversion of th... |
e9602f84-c284-d92b-2d7a-5dfa8265addd | ['98ea9ebe-e9e5-db7d-4730-abb4876b4c5f'] | By - Sep 7, 2010
Online classified site Craigslist has removed ‘Adult Services’ listings from its US based sites late on Friday and replaced it with the word ‘censored’.
<PERSON> from Wired News is reporting on an article via Techcrunch, that Craigslist didn’t announce the decision and there was no mention of it in its... | de2b06e2-b19f-4826-7a2e-04bcc1cb5318 | ['98ea9ebe-e9e5-db7d-4730-abb4876b4c5f'] | On the launch day of Modern Warfare 3, we initially told you about some of the negative review scores that the game was receiving on Metacritic. It has been three days since then, and we can tell you that the situation has deteriorated, even prompting the Sledgehammer Games boss to ask for help to improve scores.
For t... |
1399537d-e46c-a278-fc96-e0b40f9a3696 | ['98f4dac9-e869-5964-4b8c-0f3dd9035534'] | The budgetary process needs a further rationalisation. The estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year just ended need to be free of the suspicions of manipulation by the finance minister.
Every time the Budget comes around, the print and TV media indulge in the vox populi exercise. Everyone is asked what they wo... | 11b48f2a-ecc4-715c-65d3-df0926317ff5 | ['98f4dac9-e869-5964-4b8c-0f3dd9035534'] | PM <PERSON> PM <PERSON>
Prime Minister <PERSON> has reiterated his suggestion that Centre and state elections should be held together. This is an idea whose time has come and we need a widespread and serious discussion in legislatures and in civil society about it.
The Congress has the problem that it is still furiousl... |
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WELD COUNTY, Colo. -- It happened again. Another fire in Weld County. This one east of Windsor.
It happened a few miles from <PERSON> home. “When I heard about it I Immediately drove home because I wanted to see if my roommates had been evacuated.”
A tank at a Noble Energy s... | e752094d-b605-8945-d34f-320c96b674fe | ['990827ed-252b-27ee-50e8-0ea062416e97'] | Please enable Javascript to watch this video
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- The Colorado Department of Transportation has been getting an earful from people asking questions about proposed toll lanes between Castle Rock and Monument.
The stretch of Interstate 25 has been described as a miserable stretch of asphalt with too many... |
d8a46ad0-12aa-e61d-b9da-4794f3ab510a | ['9924cd76-8627-6a8b-0b9b-875232ff3c0b'] | There are dozens of European funds ready to help fledgling companies get the funding and support they need to turn their bright idea into the next thing.
Some of the most celebrated startup success stories that have emerged and inspired in recent years include names such as Dropbox, Airbnb and Reddit.
But what do all t... | c38451d5-05ac-36f1-272f-910f424bc65d | ['9924cd76-8627-6a8b-0b9b-875232ff3c0b'] | Italian mathematician and philosopher born in 1718 is credited with writing first book discussing differential and integral calculus
<PERSON> is celebrated by Google's doodle, but who was she?
Google's doodle on Friday celebrated the 296th birthday of the Italian mathematician and philosopher <PERSON>.
<PERSON>, born o... |
09341c39-e97c-16e8-6ec7-02d07abce8b0 | ['9968cdcd-ff90-45a5-dd07-0d8ac3ab86bd'] | The Saline County 4-H Livestock Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, at the Extension office. All Livestock Committee members (newly appointed members from each club) and the public are invited to attend.
Agenda items include electing officers and superintendents, setting dates for the beef, swine, meat goa... | 51583996-a0ca-d6f4-ff02-7cd598eaeb94 | ['9968cdcd-ff90-45a5-dd07-0d8ac3ab86bd'] | Saline County 4-H Federation officers on Achievement Night are, from left, Treasurer <PERSON>, dressed as Canada; Vice President <PERSON>, dressed as Mexico; President <PERSON>, dressed as Egypt and Secretary <PERSON>, dressed as the USA. Courtesy of <PERSON>
Saline County 4-H youth, leaders and volunteers were honored... |
cf9320b3-b785-871d-d9c6-c575b859798a | ['9974bf37-623e-74cd-15cc-bfd033bda578'] | GETTY <PERSON> 258 for England came at a strike rate of just over 130
The Durham all-rounder's breathtaking knock was the fastest Test double-hundred by an Englishman and also the second quickest by anyone in history. It was also the highest score by an Englishman in Cape Town and the 11 sixes he bludgeoned were the mo... | 9bf2ce19-3b6f-eee1-c3c2-1c314ca7ceb3 | ['9974bf37-623e-74cd-15cc-bfd033bda578'] | GETTY <PERSON> dejected as <PERSON> and <PERSON> celebrate South Africa's final-ball win
<PERSON> had hit 62 from 38 balls to take his side to an unlikely win in the fourth ODI against England in Johannesburg seven days earlier. And the man who earned a million dollar contract with Delhi in the recent Indian Premier Le... |
ca9ccaee-7517-b136-4358-9e3b9757084f | ['99942438-dd07-b4aa-aadc-60a11f068eaa'] | Manchester City set a Premier League record on Sunday, recording their 14th consecutive win with a 2-1 victory over Manchester United. City’s win, in what was a thrilling edition of the Manchester Derby, sees them remain unbeaten after 16 matches in the league, extending their lead over second place United to 11 points... | 3fc8319a-fc3e-cf63-5da1-94673bd4b281 | ['99942438-dd07-b4aa-aadc-60a11f068eaa'] | Chelsea Football Club made a move to solidify their attacking presence for seasons to come, as they extended the contract of winger <PERSON> until 2022. The 21 year old Belgian is enjoying his first full season in the senior squad for the London side, after spending the last year on loan at Real Betis. <PERSON> has bee... |
5bb94af4-6963-d6fe-57c6-36c1e1de9b0e | ['99d18194-ba4f-36ee-a31f-800678b569cc'] | Related Coverage How you can help Hurricane Harvey survivors
SUGAR LAND, Texas (KPRC) – Nearly 350 students from Kingwood High School got the chance to not only attend a KISS concert Tuesday, they got to meet the legendary rock band and dance during the performance.
The band used its concert at the Smart Financial Cent... | 533d6898-3fd2-823a-f756-7ae4205233b6 | ['99d18194-ba4f-36ee-a31f-800678b569cc'] | HOUSTON (KPRC) - Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Dr. <PERSON> teaches patients that applying sunscreen can be fun by making it a game, like "Simon Says."
She also warns that many people aren't using enough.
"On average, the majority of people only apply 25-50% of the needed amount of sunscreen ... |
3c08ed34-4c7a-6f37-3251-dd886a6c1e4c | ['99dc486d-42ba-2a17-fe7e-58f18bcd10eb'] | I am on the phone with <PERSON>, superintendent of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial outside of Keystone, S.D.
Me: Have you begun work on carving <PERSON> head into the mountain?
<PERSON>: No.
Me: Well, is there any timetable for that?
<PERSON>: No, sir. We haven't begun it, and we're not going to do it.
Me: You're ... | 9b2a34a7-050c-9ad2-86b1-5e064ca97777 | ['99dc486d-42ba-2a17-fe7e-58f18bcd10eb'] | The phone number was proffered as though it were something seditious, maybe a little naughty, like one of those 900 numbers featuring purring nymphets.
It was a home answering machine: "You have reached DEcatur-2, 5-4 . . . "
What?
Behold the greeting of one <PERSON>, writer, poet and professor at American University i... |
1cacd7ce-bb76-c76e-69ae-ee0daa957974 | ['9a334cd3-290f-03dc-5362-93c1cd2bbaae'] | I'm finding the Tivo V6 to be generally a lovely device, much nicer than the Sky Q Silver box I've come from. However, one thing the Sky Q box never suffered from was how the box deals with multiple resolutions, esp. UHD.
There appears to be an issue on the Tivo V6 with the video output that affects UHD/4K output. YouT... | 984147a7-d76d-81bb-31ec-dfd1e78e61bb | ['9a334cd3-290f-03dc-5362-93c1cd2bbaae'] | This problem gets worse! I finally managed to speak to a human at Virgin and they told me that my virgin.net email account no longer belonged to Virgin and had been taken over by TalkTalk. They told me to call TalkTalk amd that I'd then be given a new password to get into my emails. I called Talk Talk on the contact nu... |
3b9fdb5d-f68d-8204-afdf-6b8d7b584607 | ['9a33d277-ba00-ff7d-570c-9205b983bc2e'] | Women might discount that their hormones can affect their sexual desire before menopause. A woman’s hormone levels can change throughout the month as well as throughout her life. If she is still having her menstrual cycle or has not gone through menopause, she may attribute her lack of sexual desire to other outside fa... | 8abc3cf7-76ea-43ae-3824-887cb00d87fd | ['9a33d277-ba00-ff7d-570c-9205b983bc2e'] | We usually learn about sex as teenagers, by ourselves. For many young men, it is not about the full experience, but mostly about the orgasm. (And for many teenage boys and girls, it’s also often about not getting caught.) This type of masturbation practice can lead to an idea that sex is only about orgasm.
But sex is m... |
41ef8660-5712-29a9-41ec-07fd57bc7f57 | ['9a49389b-4a58-69fb-ac25-713f88e2069e'] | Houston’s Free Los Niños Coalition held a militant demonstration on July 6 outside of a Southwest Key building being remodeled into a prison for unaccompanied minors crossing the Mexico/Texas border without an adult. Almost all speakers condemned not only the <PERSON> administration, but also both the Democrats and Rep... | 0035bae5-c1b9-f784-fbcc-2da14a152104 | ['9a49389b-4a58-69fb-ac25-713f88e2069e'] | New Orleans — Amid tears as well as laughter, family, friends, comrades and former Black Panthers at the Tremé Community Center on Oct. 12 shared treasured vignettes from the times they shared with Angola 3 member <PERSON> during his long and tortuous 42 years in solitary confinement at the notorious Angola Prison.
<PE... |
94b213b3-21e7-f17e-6a4c-fc0c4e6115a8 | ['9a831fae-5a31-53d4-6b44-f729d0ee8073'] | British boxer <PERSON> shared an Instagram picture of him partying with rap icon <PERSON> over the weekend before talking up his chances of a blockbuster fight with <PERSON>.
In the snap <PERSON>, 28, poses with the multi-platinum hip-hop veteran in a packed US nightclub, both men looking sharp in jet black and showing... | d83bced1-8355-da48-4beb-bec14cd6b9f1 | ['9a831fae-5a31-53d4-6b44-f729d0ee8073'] | As the oldest continental football tournament in the world, it’s no surprise that the Copa America has witnessed some absolutely stunning matches over the years.
From its inception way back in 1916, here are ten of the very best.
Uruguay 6-0 Bolivia, October 28, 1926
On the way to Uruguay’s sixth of a record 15 titles,... |
415f9245-3600-835d-c8ac-c7e574d4aad2 | ['9a83d3c7-5698-82a3-8ae6-82d1ebbc05d2'] | CORK, Ireland — For more than a decade, a shady troika of bankers, developers and government ministers stood watching the simmering cauldron of the Irish economy, and stirred it very deliberately. So, when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008, it shuddered across the Atlantic and knocked the rickety legs from u... | edb50dd6-ca62-ce13-1cbe-ea34190bd557 | ['9a83d3c7-5698-82a3-8ae6-82d1ebbc05d2'] | DUBLIN — It was a little dicey, let’s be honest. In terms of his reputation for sincerity and passion, President <PERSON>’s pinched stopover in Ireland ran a serious risk of dipping into the murky realms of tokenism. It was such a short trip, particularly compared to Queen <PERSON>’s comprehensive four-day sojourn last... |
62231fb9-d5ff-dd79-94e6-6f933cb93b7a | ['9a8b2e24-2ee4-7007-7bcc-a3aafdbcb690'] | Gov. Charlie Crist is campaigning hard around the state for his health insurance plan, aimed at offering coverage to 3.8 million uninsured Floridians.
But fellow Republicans in the Legislature are intent on budget cuts that health-care officials say will add tens of thousands of people to the uninsured.
With legislator... | e5dedda5-4bd3-24a2-cb75-4beb8a71ce95 | ['9a8b2e24-2ee4-7007-7bcc-a3aafdbcb690'] | The late-afternoon sun casts shadows over the dozen drinkers and schmoozers gathered outside Clyde's & Costello's, the downtown bar that is one of the capital's premier spots for legislators and lobbyists.
Veteran lobbyist <PERSON> stares glumly at the small group from a post he has manned most nights during the past 2... |
71fc3a8b-bc08-7709-0e9c-fa3a8a3a9a3d | ['9ada348d-e3ae-a880-a626-4535fac66856'] | "Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngaje Ngai,' the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that alti... | e0cadaad-8a76-e49d-15be-7f16977ed5b4 | ['9ada348d-e3ae-a880-a626-4535fac66856'] | THE FIRST TIME I saw the 1946 film, "The Best Years of Ou Lives," I thought that <PERSON> was one hell of an actor. I kept saying to myself, "Wow! This guy plays a double-arm amputee like the real <PERSON>. I wonder how long it took him to learn how to use those hooks?"
Well, it wasn't long before I found out that it t... |
e7b9154e-5f1c-7389-77a1-9521af2322ce | ['9aefb6e1-1795-5c36-dd61-4213affc58a5'] | Many Americans might think immigrants are “taking away our jobs.” This mantra unfortunately falls in line with the broad-stroke myth and prejudicial generalizations that these “illegals” are mostly thieves, drug dealers, murderers and rapists. Some Americans, including our president, want to build walls to keep them ou... | a7384aa3-cfda-b7b3-01cb-c582b081048a | ['9aefb6e1-1795-5c36-dd61-4213affc58a5'] | There’s trouble in Logan City. It’s not the kind of trouble “with a capital T that rhymes with P, that stands for Pool,” a line made famous in the town of River City by professor <PERSON> in “The Music Man.”
Logan City’s Trouble with a capital T rhymes with G, and that stands for Growth.
Cache Valley, home of Logan, is... |
5cd56e74-65a2-35e1-7852-526a8a737442 | ['9af46207-ef4e-2a01-28a1-4f7a781750f2'] | A strong indication of an industrial strike in the health sector emerged yesterday as members of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have vowed to embark on a nationwide strike if the federal government does not address their three discontentment.
According to... | 8e87fe9c-4473-e63d-4037-58462a2d1d45 | ['9af46207-ef4e-2a01-28a1-4f7a781750f2'] | Photo: Premium Times
<PERSON> will have corrective surgery in Dubai.
A six-year-old victim of the Boko Haram insurgency, <PERSON>, has survived corrective surgery in Dubai after being in the Intensive Care Unit for 48 hours.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees <PERSON> and members of the Dickens Sanomi Foundation, who sp... |
f039142c-7ed5-c786-67a8-cbde14765a84 | ['9af9c907-6a09-d01b-4019-ea3f22f34922'] | EDISON, N.J. (AP) Police in New Jersey are looking for the thief who stole the backpack of a man who leaped onto train tracks to help rescue a co-worker.
Police say 34-year-old <PERSON> was waiting on the Edison train station platform Friday morning when the woman fainted and fell about 6 feet on to the tracks.
Polic... | bc96450a-fb91-50e1-d97b-c47bf95a572e | ['9af9c907-6a09-d01b-4019-ea3f22f34922'] | SEATTLE — Washington on Monday introduced former Indiana State and former Chico State baseball coach <PERSON> as the new head coach for the Huskies baseball program.
“It”s one of the greatest universities in the country in arguably the greatest baseball conference in the country,” <PERSON> said at a news conference.
<P... |
e1ef6ff9-8842-a252-acfa-9df1be5487f4 | ['9b453886-aba7-2451-de9d-02ade4f7adfd'] | As children, we were all told the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”. We all know the moral of the story; don’t go crying for help unless you really need it! Well, Greece has turned into the boy crying wolf, or in the case of our Greek friends, crying Default. It is now time to put Greece and the possible ancillary effe... | a83fcc37-e699-bebd-ef3d-51f35c47e28b | ['9b453886-aba7-2451-de9d-02ade4f7adfd'] | Folks, there are a number of situations that are creating chaos in the market right now, and it’s creating a very unique environment and experience for those of us who are exposed. What should investors and traders pay attention to when the market is in a chaotic condition like this?
First, it’s important to remember t... |
0d4e5944-504e-0219-e8f0-93c14a296b30 | ['9bb076db-6fd5-3eaf-8db7-c57b7ff4cfeb'] | <PERSON> has always done things her own way. Her fierce independence took her off the family farm in Crescent City to college, to service in the U.S. Navy as a WAVE during World War II and to a long career in education.
Though not unusual choices today, they were routes not often followed by women in her day.
"Most gir... | 504469ef-3f91-b41d-42b0-08c957a07d58 | ['9bb076db-6fd5-3eaf-8db7-c57b7ff4cfeb'] | <PERSON> of St. Augustine believes the Italian language saved his life.
<PERSON> was a 22-year-old enlisted man serving in the U.S. Army 343rd Engineer General Service Regiment in North Africa during World War II, shortly before the invasion of Italy, when he realized that he could offer something special to the Army.
... |
57b9f022-5cb9-7acf-c437-3c6affd9a06e | ['9c1786d0-c0ef-0173-7da5-64c5e46ac7d1'] | This content was published on June 17, 2016 5:48 PM Jun 17, 2016 - 17:48
(<PERSON>)
It was ages ago. Yet it could have been yesterday. In 2008, to prepare for the Euro football championships that Switzerland would co-host, the national football team trained in Lugano. Just like they did eight years later.
Their final f... | c9042eec-24bf-357f-05a5-ffd1693f3b8b | ['9c1786d0-c0ef-0173-7da5-64c5e46ac7d1'] | This content was published on July 1, 2016 4:03 PM Jul 1, 2016 - 16:03
(<PERSON>)
I grew up with the stories of Swiss author <PERSON>. I am particularly fond of those that take place in the pub.
The pub is where a cross section of people from society meet and talk over a glass of wine or beer. It’s where they come to a... |
6d616137-772f-2752-967b-77db523b4c51 | ['9c2aa8fd-a434-b180-124d-816b660c66af'] | I am not an economist. Frankly, I’m one of those folks fortunate to live in a time when “balancing a chequebook” is about as meaningless a skill as churning butter.
But every so often there’s a pocketbook story that makes a lot of sense to me. Ontario’s decision to swiftly and significantly increase the province’s mini... | 19f10fb6-94d0-34bc-954a-7dfa4bbbf39b | ['9c2aa8fd-a434-b180-124d-816b660c66af'] | The House this week will push ahead with legislation allowing concealed carry permit holders to bring their guns to other states.
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled on Tuesday to consider the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. The legislation was introduced in January by Rep. <PERSON>, R-N.C., and followe... |
73ba38a8-7d4a-2521-241e-6ecfd4688cfa | ['9c4fa4c5-e1be-83e0-174d-21ad90484985'] | A storm front in the Hamptons? Global financial crisis hitting the <PERSON> yacht budget? Or the raw pleasure of a mano-a-mano on-court battle? Whatever it may be, Flushing Meadows drew quite the full hand of A-listers for the US Open final.
While <PERSON> and <PERSON> volleyed, lobbed and ground it out on court, film,... | 06d0fbd3-3a78-8acc-f1f4-3fa2126ad24d | ['9c4fa4c5-e1be-83e0-174d-21ad90484985'] | Australian of the Year <PERSON> has revealed both major parties invited her to join them but she decided she did not want to become a politician.
<PERSON> told the National Press Club on Wednesday ''both sides'' had approached her ''a few times'' about a political career. ''I really thought about this and I thought, 'N... |
e76a1fd3-594a-0550-850f-4f1d763b60b1 | ['9c64e7ea-d85e-f7de-ca18-d2bec061d2ca'] | For the first couple of days, I would nod my head and pump my fist in victory. Then, I would smirk and disbelievingly shake my head. Now I just slightly raise my eyebrows in a subdued manner and shrug. It seems that every day in June brought Synaptics’ (NASDAQ:SYNA) stock to a new multiyear high.
The rise actually star... | 59aefec3-6fa2-e46b-3639-8b0aba77d81b | ['9c64e7ea-d85e-f7de-ca18-d2bec061d2ca'] | I'm a math person but I'm also a skeptic. Though these two traits have nothing to do with each other, they are both at the forefront of my internal dilemma regarding ethanol. You see, my math side is telling me that VeraSun (VSE) is a ridiculously cheap stock, while my skeptical side is whispering a different tale. So,... |
5f89bbc9-7cdd-62fd-2dfb-38db98acd421 | ['9c6fa830-5adb-2988-07eb-2211cbfc00c6'] | × The Wintrust Business Lunch: <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON>
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
– Walt Disney
Happy Friday all! Ease yourself into the weekend with this packed episode of the Wintrust Business Lunch. <PERSON> , a reporter at Blue Sky Innovation, starts this one with ... | 6c3e3017-2500-21e5-087d-9d8624407949 | ['9c6fa830-5adb-2988-07eb-2211cbfc00c6'] | × The Wintrust Business Lunch: <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON>
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.
– Guy Kawasaki
Happy almost-Friday folks! MarketWatch reporter <PERSON> starts today’s show with a look at why students with less money gain less from a bachelor’s degree than their wealthier counterparts.
... |
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When <PERSON>, "Voice of the Web" for Xerox Corp. in Palo Alto, Calif., talks about e-mail, any marketer with a Web site should listen up.
In the past 1.5 years, Mr. <PERSON> has become an Internet legend and given his company an international reputation for smart and caring online service. He has also dev... | 048870d0-a26d-5d7c-7e29-89bff84d26a9 | ['9c7c3587-2b79-4423-31d3-4e05a2dcbffa'] | "They probably aren't ready to make purchases through their computer. But we wanted the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a communications medium that shows a lot promise for the future." After a couple of years as little more than a high-tech marketing tool, the Internet is finally becoming a viable sales c... |
3baf11e4-5288-b411-44a8-22974186e994 | ['9c86041c-a29e-e4b5-4881-019b70317ca9'] | Earlier this year, we saw a transition from an old-style currency war (openly fought with negative interest rates and quantitative easing) to the “Shanghai co-op” – an implicit agreement, or truce, among major central banks that excessive dollar strength was bad for the global economy. As a consequence, the Federal Res... | 4727e46c-cc61-ab89-0625-95e07ba25c15 | ['9c86041c-a29e-e4b5-4881-019b70317ca9'] | Following another underwhelming U.S. CPI report, it’s now entirely possible that core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation – the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure, currently at 1.5% – will end the year at 1.3%, a far cry from the central bank’s 2% target.
Against this backdrop, the Federal Open Market Co... |
4ee1d648-3fc8-ee81-dfec-cceb3b0337fe | ['9cd49bab-b1d0-a4bd-bf14-2a09266639fb'] | <PERSON>, the saxophonist on <PERSON> classic albums, died on Saturday at a Palm Beach, Fla. hospital from complications from a stroke. He was 69.
<PERSON> suffered the stroke on June 12, according to a <PERSON> spokeswoman. Initially, reports said that <PERSON> was recovering well, but the Rolling Stone reported that ... | 91a91e1b-4261-4d48-0355-47c52238c4b1 | ['9cd49bab-b1d0-a4bd-bf14-2a09266639fb'] | <PERSON> started his career at a Baltimore middle school in green tights. He hit the stage for the first time during a Friends School production of <PERSON>, as Mr. <PERSON> himself. In the years since, the actor has leapt from role to role, climbing his way up the acting ladder. On March 29, <PERSON> will hit the big ... |
01f286b6-688c-329f-74bb-a3ad7dc03621 | ['9d075b19-3300-4f52-3041-4b6d64e3ced4'] | Shuswap Search and Rescue volunteers were called out Friday afternoon, Feb. 2, to find a sledder missing in the Blue Lake snowmobiling area.<PERSON> photo
A 33-year-old Kelowna is safe after being rescued from the Blue Lake snowmobiling area.
At 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, Sicamous RCMP received a report the missing sled... | 27fdfeb5-5d9c-29da-f92b-7badc8610796 | ['9d075b19-3300-4f52-3041-4b6d64e3ced4'] | The Sicamous Eagles started off the year at ground level taking on one of the teams at the top.
On Jan. 2, the Eagles were at the Revelstoke Forum where they suffered a 7-0 defeat to the Grizzlies.
Despite the disappointing score, there were some positive takeaways from the game for the Eagles. One of them was <PERSON>... |
778b0a5f-53a6-f818-8fa0-3975617a7d08 | ['9d2097ac-ee4a-5b76-16dd-627fa1690a51'] | A recent green light could see radioactive uranium shipped right over one the greatest natural wonders in the world.
Ever scuba dived? Or even just put a mask to your face in knee-deep water and looked under the surface at all the brilliant fish and creatures that make a tropical reef their home?
It is brilliant, and o... | 2366b748-2c26-69a9-9c28-c6072d1fd5e9 | ['9d2097ac-ee4a-5b76-16dd-627fa1690a51'] | The longer you immerse yourself in politics, the more your idealism is frozen solid by the cold realities of political math.
We need to get real about the math. That is, of course, if you’re one of the more than 60 per cent of Canadians who voted for someone other than <PERSON> and the Conservative party in the last fe... |
fc032a70-ade5-0327-d0a1-0c15ea04bb0c | ['9d3a5950-f6c0-daf0-f979-10d4904599e0'] | A picnic by student protesters held in the middle of a busy Paris boulevard turned violent Friday when a frustrated motorist burst through the crowd, injuring 10. Outraged students set upon the driver, overturning his car before police stepped in.
The scene in the Latin Quarter highlighted the increasing unruliness o... | 46a2489d-1811-cf5d-7083-33cd30e928ea | ['9d3a5950-f6c0-daf0-f979-10d4904599e0'] | Sorbonne University students returned to classes Monday for the first time since protests against a youth jobs law forced the school to close six weeks ago, but police had to remove 150 die-hard protesters staging a final demonstration.
While universities nationwide were shut or thrown into disarray by the protests, ... |
945533eb-be2c-40d7-e61d-4fa0b303d6d5 | ['9d3d99a6-1bf3-bb02-bf2d-0dd8f945b7a8'] | When 16-year-old Gracie Carter set foot in France earlier this week, she continued a 30-plus year exchange started by the Lamberts in France and the Versers in the United States in the 1980s.
Julianna Bachmann, then Verser, was in high school in Poquoson when she had the opportunity to be part of an exchange program th... | eee3c2ef-dba0-ea81-c067-44409ba9de95 | ['9d3d99a6-1bf3-bb02-bf2d-0dd8f945b7a8'] | Swedish Finnish singer Maini Sorri and hip-hop artist Magneto Dayo say they hope their new album “When 2 Worlds Meet” will shake up the stigma of genres and change lives after its release later this summer.
Maini Sorri Hongslo and Magneto Dayo, born Dashawn Williams, are two solo artists who came together purely by cha... |
8a8d341c-1411-6bfc-58ff-1a7ae8762069 | ['9d627a62-da63-7b3e-8835-dc8fd4648ac6'] | Recently, shares of Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners (NASDAQ:CPRX) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) spiked dramatically upward, drawing the attention of many traders and investors. BioMarin (NASDAQ:BMRN) has not been as dramatic for the short term, but its shares have been rising steadily and noticeably for the... | b0cf3d06-9471-e889-3a0f-c7dc11880ac8 | ['9d627a62-da63-7b3e-8835-dc8fd4648ac6'] | Shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) have been dazzling investors by soaring to new all-time highs that are approaching $300 per share.
The reason for the excitement is that its FDA approved drug, Eylea, for Age Related Wet Macular Degeneration, is already generating over $1 billion in sales. As exci... |
fe4f302d-714f-d620-8d15-0b962a939e36 | ['9d75378e-6976-5cab-4901-18d8936087ad'] | Two weeks ago marked the end to Hispanic Heritage Month here in the United States. Recently, I had the opportunity to study with the other writer of this column, Rev. <PERSON> about the martyrs of the church and about their stories. So, in honor of these two events I wanted to frame my column this week around the life ... | 388a10c5-8a41-3350-00c0-d633dad2015e | ['9d75378e-6976-5cab-4901-18d8936087ad'] | For the last few weeks, a harsh light has been shone on the “toxic rhetoric” of the Right, the Left, and every person in the middle and the fringes of political and social thought. This country of ours has always prided itself on the passion of its ideas, the passion of its proponents and the equal passion of detractor... |
1d2d6aa9-6121-9f79-b93b-bfefc027d77a | ['9db8f11d-db86-da29-419f-4dbe321ce882'] | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies are less likely to develop a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection if they are exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months, according to a Dutch study.
These findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, support the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation that infants be br... | 98a4910d-b23d-b0fd-1ac4-63cbd292fc4c | ['9db8f11d-db86-da29-419f-4dbe321ce882'] | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Jocks get new respect in a large Swedish study that suggests physically active teen boys may be smarter than their couch-potato counterparts.
The findings, the investigators say, have important implications for the education of young people. Increasing, not decreasing, physical education in ... |
1a755e95-8a2a-dff4-6833-0d5a0fd63815 | ['9dca8c38-d837-7a16-dd07-aca0e3fc27de'] | A San Rafael man who was seen abusing his pet Chihuahuas until witnesses intervened pleaded guilty to two counts of animal cruelty, a county prosecutor said.
<PERSON>, 21, accepted a plea offer Friday and is expected to receive 30 days in jail, said Deputy District Attorney <PERSON>. <PERSON> will be placed on probatio... | 8a360a5f-7a5f-0086-7255-07d898bb5bf0 | ['9dca8c38-d837-7a16-dd07-aca0e3fc27de'] | A former pipe worker for the North Marin Water District has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the agency, claiming he was fired because he informed authorities that a coworker was trying to poison feral cats.
Lauren Wayne, who worked for the Novato-based district from 2003 to 2010, claims that colleagues and... |
b3c59da8-05c1-32fa-dde5-c7f8051f71d8 | ['9dcad045-043f-543b-e9c5-f8ed528cbae4'] | SANDUSKY, Iowa (KWQC)- Near the banks of the Mississippi River in rural Lee County, protesters and pipeline workers have been clashing.
Protesters have camped outside of the boring site, along Mississippi River Road for nearly a month, but they were served an eviction notice effective Thursday.
They have been trying to... | 0da86b55-06e6-15f0-c222-581fd1a17c5b | ['9dcad045-043f-543b-e9c5-f8ed528cbae4'] | (KWQC)- The Future Energy Jobs Bill passed a House Committee on Tuesday and will head to the House floor after amendments are added.
State Senator <PERSON> is hopeful the bill will pass.
“I’m hopeful that as much work as we’ve done over the past year, that getting down to the eleventh hour here, that we can get somethi... |
9428886c-1e61-b49f-a085-619e3ecd7740 | ['9dcceb3c-62a1-160f-614f-6895ed24f6fd'] | Culture The Observer Fifty years of thrills and spills Why Scalextric is still turning grown men into obsessive boy racers after half a century
<PERSON> is a police officer. He drives patrol cars, the fast ones that are the staple diet of any Channel 5 law-enforcement show. But when <PERSON> feels the need for speed, b... | ea8b06c8-5cd3-b97f-1138-2b68a88b2d87 | ['9dcceb3c-62a1-160f-614f-6895ed24f6fd'] | <PERSON>, the former Ferrari engineer at the centre of the Formula One 'industrial espionage' furore, has fled Italy and is in hiding with his girlfriend and their one-year-old daughter. He feared for his safety after harassment, involving high-speed car chases and the placing of a tracking device on his car, made his ... |
a02f8a12-1633-dae8-1fda-c0fda3936e8a | ['9ddee1ca-bf0d-d0db-0af7-3b6a4b045ac4'] | The Navy is quietly phasing out the three types of short-range nuclear missiles it would use for warfare at sea, in an important change in the service's thinking.
The Navy's move reflects budgetary pressures as well as growing sentiment in the Navy that short-range nuclear weapons for ocean combat with enemy submarines... | d0dbd982-e6b4-c2cd-42b3-186780f79c93 | ['9ddee1ca-bf0d-d0db-0af7-3b6a4b045ac4'] | As the rivalry among the military services has escalated, the Navy's top admiral is mounting a campaign against plans to shrink the fleet.
This effort takes place against the backdrop of growing anxiety within the Pentagon over declining military spending, but it also comes at a time when the Republicans' sweeping elec... |
5465d0b9-d357-2eb9-8e97-063ad8e3a31a | ['9e01bb46-dd7b-a2bc-50ac-37f68a753966'] | President <PERSON>'s visit to West Berlin today brought into the streets and squares and on to balconies and roofs crowds estimated at one and a half million. With the Lord Mayor, <PERSON>, and the West German Chancellor, Dr <PERSON>, Mr <PERSON> made a 30-mile tour of the city and received the kind of reception that t... | 160e38b7-0895-ec01-2d53-a3a517320661 | ['9e01bb46-dd7b-a2bc-50ac-37f68a753966'] | Viewed from here, the prospects that the World Cup final between West Germany and England at Wembley tomorrow will contribute to international understanding seem none too rosy. Were a psychiatrist to lay both countries on a couch tonight, he would probably discover that the anticipation of the game itself was not solel... |
414add94-be7a-72e9-f40f-7ed4e21e8d08 | ['9e21c0a2-074b-2fe3-20f6-5145a808222b'] | “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
<PERSON>
Austerity is the new buzz word in Europe; from newly elected UK Prime Minister <PERSON> in the north to Italian PM <PERSON> in the south, the issuance of austerity measures from European governments to combat blo... | c6ebaf53-e542-182d-c5d8-500295c810bc | ['9e21c0a2-074b-2fe3-20f6-5145a808222b'] | UK unemployment fell 10bps to 7.9% according to the latest reading from the International Labour Organization (ILO). While directionally the number is positive, the chart below points out that the rate has trended sideways for most of this year. Now PM <PERSON> and Co. must deliver on campaign promises to return growth... |
b16b089c-704a-af43-0603-be2bcc91bbb8 | ['9e878dc2-d721-7521-b4f8-07785f1a0170'] | <PERSON> popularised a hybrid sound that had more in common with European gipsy music rather than American jazz.
It became known as Hot Club, although it has to be said that the temperature could fluctuate somewhat. <PERSON> genius is to skilfully maintain the heat level first established by the great guitarist and the... | e0624021-24be-d229-a5b6-c3df42bb0de3 | ['9e878dc2-d721-7521-b4f8-07785f1a0170'] | SOMETIMES it’s possible to go through life and be familiar with a classic play yet still left with a lingering feeling that what you’ve seen so far has not hit the mark.
<PERSON> great satire on upper class manners is a case in point. Previously, I’ve always left the auditorium with that ‘wanting more’ sensation, but a... |
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Doctor <PERSON> answered some questions and talked to us about the health benefits of an abdominoplasty surgery.
1. Who needs an abdominoplasty: someone with excess skin or stretched out fascia. Both stretched out skin and stretched out fascia can be caused by abdominal trau... | 65877864-58b5-3f9f-ba01-0ac9e66296bc | ['9edb0def-e5ed-96c8-9fd4-9045b2771ac0'] | Please enable Javascript to watch this video
Sgt. <PERSON>, with West Valley City Police Department, shared a few dos and don'ts that will help keep you safe and help out your neighborhood.
To start off lighting is very important to help lower crime. The very simple and first thing law enforcement is asking people to d... |
d4a86318-7403-2eab-794c-3262be9d0068 | ['9efa2eab-e0b7-0e70-24b4-c24b2a116a1f'] | On the instructions of the Syriza government, Greek riot police forcibly removed 2,300 migrants from the camp they had set up in the village of Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonian border. The squad of 350 police stormed the camp on December 9.
The migrants had been occupying the area around the railway line in the neutral ... | 556d6ed3-ea95-ecea-e4fd-7e912bc06d3d | ['9efa2eab-e0b7-0e70-24b4-c24b2a116a1f'] | The announcement that the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence have been assigned the leading role in the pseudo-left Syriza government’s handling of the refugee crisis is part of a deliberate and systematic expansion of the domestic role of the military in Greece.
Greece must set up “hotspots” on the islands borde... |
38660fe3-4d4f-a0de-06d8-69f911599a61 | ['9efbca59-963f-19ea-b730-cd73a175b096'] | I
n the annals of Hip-Hop history, the reputation of The Sugar Hill Gang has been tarnished by the controversy surrounding band member <PERSON> unauthorized use of <PERSON> book. The pioneering rap crew has been called inauthentic and labeled as Jersey rap puppets in the mainstream media.
In an AllHipHop.com exclus... | d7a2e256-bf5a-34fe-20d3-1c6f7352e97b | ['9efbca59-963f-19ea-b730-cd73a175b096'] | Best known to fans as one half of the seminal rap group dead prez, M1 has been combining Hip-Hop with activism ever since he was expelled from Florida A&M University with his comrade <PERSON>. Now, M1 is combining with a Jazz great to sponsor his solo debut album, Confidential.
Read, as <PERSON> discusses his deal with... |
fb168b79-8a90-fd15-91c4-b487da11e945 | ['9f0fcf04-4506-376e-0e82-7f5cdc4a223a'] | Forget the bad old Sixties image, tower blocks are back in demand. So what's persuading us to rise above it all this time? asks <PERSON>
Why we're on the up and up
Living 20 storeys up in a high-rise block is a perfect vision of hell for many people in the UK. While US and Far Eastern cities have embraced the penthouse... | ce6915c5-2979-a017-6f61-a15e2828e342 | ['9f0fcf04-4506-376e-0e82-7f5cdc4a223a'] | Will Christmas shoppers find the biggest bargains in the high street or on the internet? <PERSON> takes a look
The Christmas spend-fest is upon us, and desperate shoppers are packing the stores to snap up the latest must-have toy or gadget for their loved ones. But unless you shop around, hundreds of pounds of your bud... |
55e7ec4b-5c89-4a3d-9324-fe348c6f7824 | ['9f68e5c5-b3d3-07c0-8dd4-b70d6370dd18'] | Despite online chatter, which suggests the opposite, incidents of falling trees and branches have dropped to their lowest level since recording of such cases began 16 years ago.
Though at least five cases of toppled trees and fallen branches were fingered for causing traffic jams and damaging vehicles last month, the 3... | a5f64dcf-4405-2bf3-8279-48bda824e1ef | ['9f68e5c5-b3d3-07c0-8dd4-b70d6370dd18'] | In class, National University of Singapore (NUS) computing undergraduate <PERSON> listens to the perspectives of fellow students and professors from around the globe.
In his second year, he was selected to do a one-year internship at the world's top technology hub - Silicon Valley.
There, the 26-year-old attended talks... |
e2dfca06-d44e-4f7e-f088-09417a591629 | ['9f762abb-b161-fc83-6ae5-4d2396a927c4'] | American Production Services has been one of the leaders in HD production and post for the last few years. We were one of the first to adopt 24p in our two HD online suites. Our experience has been one of great highs and great lows. Each time we post a new movie, we feel like HD has finally taken off. But following the... | ab124dac-8aae-4107-3387-c61de7dc70d8 | ['9f762abb-b161-fc83-6ae5-4d2396a927c4'] | One advantage of video over film is the ease that it can be speed adjusted (over/under cranking.) It's much harder and more costly to do this with film.
Overcranking HDCAM 24p
By <PERSON>
Digital cameras enable directors of photography to take advantage of a range of effects not available with film cameras, creating ef... |
68388858-bb36-b3d7-5b49-2639221907db | ['9f8b2ffa-d920-1bfd-969d-2abb2fb655af'] | 82,000 Texas residents have drinking water with high levels of arsenic, but Texas officials claim that the chemically-tainted water is still safe to drink.
The Environmental Integrity Project released a report March 14 calling for the state to ensure that Texans have access to safe drinking water, reports The Dallas Mo... | 08c5481a-819d-d7d4-0df7-747a7a5ee877 | ['9f8b2ffa-d920-1bfd-969d-2abb2fb655af'] | HIV rates have reached a new high in Russia, as more than 1 million of the country’s people have tested HIV-positive.
Russian officials expressed worry over the surge in HIV and AIDS diagnoses.
“The epidemic is gathering strength. Unfortunately, the measures that have been taken have clearly not been enough,” <PERSON>,... |
de43f3f2-33e4-5cb8-00a9-1891d282e6ce | ['9fcdce67-2c19-3259-e747-247990180d8f'] | Yale Environment 360 reports that residents of Gaodong in the Manganese Triangle are rising up against the air pollution caused by manganese mining.
In early 2008, residents of Gaodong — a hamlet of 278 people nestled in the picturesque Wuling Mountains of south-central China — invited the head of the surrounding towns... | e1f535df-2d62-7922-926f-54c86af7b36b | ['9fcdce67-2c19-3259-e747-247990180d8f'] | According to a Xinhua news report, the three demonstration parks in Beijing will officially cease to function after having serve its purpose during the two Olympic games.
The three parks in downtown Beijing designated as demonstration zones during the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics will cease function upon the ending... |
f6695893-7b1a-978d-2659-9c0256dc5391 | ['9fdfb641-4a8b-c1c0-e31d-96ff436eedba'] | COLUMBUS, Ohio The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate was too fat to be humanely executed by sparing the prisoner on the grounds that he had poor legal representation.
Gov. <PERSON>'s decision to grant clemency to <PERSON> mirrored the recommendation of mercy by the state parole ... | e9e5cb7c-7f0c-9e9a-ef47-8d46e223c024 | ['9fdfb641-4a8b-c1c0-e31d-96ff436eedba'] | CLEVELAND The man who imprisoned three women in his home, subjecting them to a decade of rapes and beatings, pleaded guilty Friday to 937 counts in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
<PERSON> told the judge he was addicted to pornography, had a “sexual problem” and had been a sexual abuse victim himself long ago.
<PERS... |
51537e8b-581d-50c1-e199-9a66048efa24 | ['a007891d-dbf9-e75b-4da0-824b9e7224dc'] | For most Australians, it seems inconceivable that the miserable practice of human trafficking could still exist. And yet we learn that in recent years this terrible problem has actually been getting worse, not better. The trafficking process also often involves other criminal activity, such as immigration fraud and mon... | 0adadf90-763c-9abb-544d-cf4aa31753bc | ['a007891d-dbf9-e75b-4da0-824b9e7224dc'] | U.S. environmental organizations are perceived by many as independent voices within policy and political debates. They have historically championed land and resource protection, air and water pollution standards, and conservation of unique plant and animal species.
In recent years, however, many environmental organizat... |
1be62eda-96f5-7a39-13d7-865ddd3f13b7 | ['a025b62e-fb38-7ad5-97e4-ca4fe01eed13'] | By <PERSON>
Over the years, if you’ve read my reviews of various television shows featuring Asian American regulars, you might’ve noticed I’ve often mentioned the order in which their names appeared in the billing (e.g., on “The Mentalist,” <PERSON>’s the third name; on “FlashForward,” <PERSON> was second). It gives yo... | 6c6cba2f-bf68-72dd-8ec3-cba6028e0af5 | ['a025b62e-fb38-7ad5-97e4-ca4fe01eed13'] | By <PERSON>, Rafu Contributor
“Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life” by <PERSON> is no conventional biography.
<PERSON> was the most prominent non-African American member of the Black Panther Party, and his biography is fascinating, educational, inspiring — in short, hard to ... |
2fad263d-f785-2fb4-bd76-f71e748926c4 | ['a03d1dfd-151b-2424-2c2f-b0da2960182e'] | Before today’s big event at Apple was even over, the company’s stock had plunged 10 bucks—which tells you all you need to know about how people are responding to what Apple introduced.
In short: there is no new iPhone.
There is, instead, a refreshed version of the iPhone 4, called the iPhone 4S, which looks exactly lik... | e49ecc52-148c-6e88-6ef1-0a41a6661fd5 | ['a03d1dfd-151b-2424-2c2f-b0da2960182e'] | Dear Facebook Members,
Facebook has always believed in giving users complete control over how their private information gets shared. That’s why we have repeatedly faced complaints from users, and why the Federal Trade Commission investigated us and charged us with deceiving consumers, and why we now have settled those ... |
2300134d-7939-3988-4e70-b40fe6357fc9 | ['a07d2b1b-dce1-03fc-333a-42dc88881b54'] | Former Disney Studios executive Rich Frank bought the 110-year-old Larkmead Winery in 1992 after receiving a midnight phone call from Napa winemaker Koerner Rombauer, who proceeded to reverse his earlier advice – that Frank should stay out of the wine business.
At the time, Kornell Champagne Cellars, then owner of the ... | e94183ae-59db-200e-fa84-86e7b9d0adb5 | ['a07d2b1b-dce1-03fc-333a-42dc88881b54'] | (UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM <PERSON>’S 1 PM EST PRESS CONFERENCE)
A grim-faced President <PERSON> said during a White House press conference today that he understands that voters are not satisfied with the job he’s done so far and added, “we’re gonna have to do a better job.”
Despite pointed questions from reporters fo... |
49475598-21ab-f711-5658-797db522020c | ['a08d4c00-2640-fec5-188e-73bb5cb089fe'] | Nothing beats the smell of home-baked bread. If the thought of feasting on your very own loaf, slathered with butter and jam, fresh out of the oven, gets your tastebuds whirring it’s time to get baking.
Making your own bread is a bit like making your own pasta — an accomplishment for sure, but why bother with the mess ... | 34926c7c-e4fd-c7b1-f157-43c60c6dcd06 | ['a08d4c00-2640-fec5-188e-73bb5cb089fe'] | Everyone loves a good cupcake and what’s not to love — they’re sweet, easy to eat and handy to transport for any occasion.
Choosing the perfect cupcake can be tricky, so why limit yourself to just one? To celebrate the arrival of spring, here are five fruity flavours that you can bake from one batch.
For the batter (10... |
01c094f8-b7c8-922f-9451-78d517581aef | ['a0a3d97d-2b64-21ab-545a-e312135de1ad'] | Gweek is brought to you by Crunchyroll, offering 1080p streaming anime with English subtitles. Try it free for a month by signing up at Crunchyroll.com/gweek
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NOT... | 5a4f2254-fb27-6e19-702f-e6c672dcfb63 | ['a0a3d97d-2b64-21ab-545a-e312135de1ad'] | Last night my wife, daughter, and I went to the Magic Castle in Hollywood to see magician <PERSON>'s high energy and exciting "Magic vs. Science" show, which combines magic, music, and dance. <PERSON> also scheduled all the performers at the Castle this week, including <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, ... |
d9be467d-9b2a-88b4-2ead-f8b4b538544f | ['a0afbd4e-07d2-4cd6-6c61-237c75547367'] | Microsoft has been described as 'the biggest hacker in China'
Microsoft is facing a court case in China over its moves to stop computer users stealing its software.
In August Microsoft introduced a new feature to its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software that turned the wallpaper of computers using a pirated version... | 1716187d-b2dc-f8e5-154b-734a7bc5ce23 | ['a0afbd4e-07d2-4cd6-6c61-237c75547367'] | AMD has reported strong server sales
AMD has reported a record breaking second quarter for sales, attributing part of it to very strong growth in its big iron server line.
Revenue grew 40 per cent year on year during the quarter, in part thanks to a record $1.65bn (£1.07bn) in sales.
System sales showed around four cen... |
3e4d77f9-d03e-85c7-3b56-325c2a93766e | ['a0d36cfa-3c55-1aeb-b677-642d49b48503'] | Ex-Nigeria Super Eagles Footballer, <PERSON>, was on Thursdsay arraigned by Ikeja Magistrates Court, Lagos, for beating his wife, <PERSON>.
<PERSON>, 43, was arraigned before Magistrates <PERSON> on a one-count charge of assault and wife battery.
The prosecutor, ASP <PERSON>, told the court that the defendant, sometime... | 17c2e13c-4ba0-5ee4-fe22-bd452477debb | ['a0d36cfa-3c55-1aeb-b677-642d49b48503'] | The Economic and Fiancial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the Chairman of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited, Chief <PERSON>, of evading being served court processes in stealing and fraud charges it brought against him before an Ikeja High Court.
<PERSON> was to be arraigned alongside his company, Innoson Motors Limit... |
c6ba48b3-d5e0-7f1c-14d5-8ed43ea86172 | ['a1159352-1f9c-3c47-9166-c900361a26ba'] | For decades the state failed in its duty to protect children placed in its care. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has an opportunity to make amends.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will return to Victoria on August 17. Since early 2013 it ha... | 7f64aabc-ca75-1d5e-3974-38b839f8a7cb | ['a1159352-1f9c-3c47-9166-c900361a26ba'] | The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will return to Victoria on August 17. Since early 2013 it has been exposing the criminal inadequacies in many of our previously revered institutions, including churches, private schools, Scouts, the YMCA and charitable organisations. It is now time... |
2730131e-f111-d53c-c3c8-08093f96f2ca | ['a119e084-cc21-4cc1-3792-526c3c6e24e3'] | It would have been difficult to find a way to hear this music in the UK back in the early 1970s - nobody was playing contemporary Nigerian music on British radio, and there wasn't a scene where non-Nigerians might wander into a club run by a Nigerian DJ and share the experience. A few wise birds were aware of Sterns El... | 0053aa29-6b95-f7c0-b14c-0b7cb6beac4a | ['a119e084-cc21-4cc1-3792-526c3c6e24e3'] | West Africa produced many outstanding releases during the noughties, but the Malian singer's stark and haunting album was the most remarkable
By normal industry standards, waiting until you're 53 to make the best album of your career is perhaps leaving it a bit late. But then not much about <PERSON> story is normal.
Wa... |
6f5707fe-80b7-d443-5130-5163294e0fd6 | ['a1517e53-282f-d7bf-0427-4ab3ed9418ec'] | A <PERSON> songbook with the inscription Mistres ABolleyne nowe thus is believed to have belonged to <PERSON>. It reveals a fascinating glimpse of the <PERSON> Queen’s life before the tragedy that befell her as <PERSON> wife
<PERSON> is the most notorious of <PERSON> wives. The King’s captivation by her was to change t... | a8a032a9-125f-a46d-4c87-1cb3f25907c3 | ['a1517e53-282f-d7bf-0427-4ab3ed9418ec'] | The first collected edition of <PERSON> plays.
Photo by <PERSON>/AFP/Getty Images
Read <PERSON>’s Richard III fully cover to cover and you’ll find five uses of the verb infer, only one of which seems to obey the aggressively touted dictum that infer can only mean ‘to take from what is being said’ or ‘to deduce from a p... |
e433c7f7-e0c0-2a91-6ef4-0ae448943b47 | ['a17f645b-0056-b6b6-9b84-d2dddbf75a6c'] | Moments before plummeting to his death on Friday, wingsuit daredevil <PERSON> smiled and waved to fans watching a live stream of his latest jump from a Swiss mountain, saying, “Today you fly with me!”
Those who viewed the Facebook live stream of <PERSON>’s fateful final leap saw only a red screen, as <PERSON> pocketed ... | 5f8f771c-9295-0b8e-9ea5-5e1c9fc906bd | ['a17f645b-0056-b6b6-9b84-d2dddbf75a6c'] | A man traveling from Iceland to England was arrested at the Iceland Keflavík International Airport for attempting to avoid an excess luggage fee by wearing eight pairs of pants and 10 shirts.
<PERSON>, who goes by Ryan Hawaii, reportedly was denied a boarding pass at the British Airways desk for his flight home after h... |
674f39f7-ece8-1d16-6072-23653b384843 | ['a187aecc-0c54-73ba-1451-c0b5a771ad68'] | 50 years ago today, <PERSON>, a NAACP field secretary, was shot in the back as he walked up his driveway in Jackson, Miss. <PERSON> — a veteran of World War II — was considered one of the first civil rights fighters, spending his time at the NAACP working tirelessly to oppose laws that enforced segregation. His assassi... | 6b3b3982-2789-957e-f2c6-01a99e39f31a | ['a187aecc-0c54-73ba-1451-c0b5a771ad68'] | At the New Jersey voting booths today, it looks like Republican governor and rising national figure Chris Christie is set to win in a landslide, according to the polls. And with his home turf secured, the focus is already turning on where Christie goes from here on the national stage.
“(A)ll the evidence suggests he's ... |
804f7637-b448-dfa2-8a6e-a6956d5238a3 | ['a18e80e7-9947-ec48-0780-2b514f4e2cce'] | The circuit-board company where an 18-year-old employee drowned in a vat of sulfuric acid in September did not have adequate protection around its chemical vats, one of 17 health and safety violations, according to a report released Wednesday.
Fernando Gonzalez, 18, died at after slumping head-first into a vat containi... | a7ba236e-fa88-8ed8-a32c-1363ef1cafd4 | ['a18e80e7-9947-ec48-0780-2b514f4e2cce'] | Rubber devices meant to slow down reckless drivers on a steep residential street not only aren’t slowing down cars, but may pose a hazard to bicyclists, locals say.
McGarvey Avenue residents have had their share of trouble, including totaled cars and dead pets, caused by speeding drivers. For two years, they asked Redw... |
19732163-af05-a770-1e7e-5c823908f578 | ['a18f6968-94c2-c259-b4ae-a97ea5b787fb'] | Bringing the House Down
by <PERSON>
290pp, <PERSON>, pounds 20
It's said you can gauge a man by the contents of his desk. It was certainly true of <PERSON>. When he died his son found a collection of ballpoint pens with naked women on them and a rosary from the Pope. From rogering to redemption, <PERSON> remains the go... | b1fbc766-c442-df49-2710-7450c8c71fb8 | ['a18f6968-94c2-c259-b4ae-a97ea5b787fb'] | <PERSON>: Read All About It
by <PERSON> and <PERSON>
240pp, Virgin, £18.99
Being a tabloid newspaper editor has never been a job for the fainthearted. But nowadays it's considerably more demanding, largely because to do the job you have to be a fully paid up subscriber to the black art of <PERSON>.
<PERSON> is the king... |
b318d8ea-1336-6d62-30fa-d3653bbfb2bc | ['a19ec00f-dd24-351e-5124-9d4bb0c7746b'] | The Regent's Canal in London, is a waterway and a greenway with a towpath trail next to the water. It is narrow and rough, and bicyclists may end up in the water.
LONDON (MCT) — The Regent's Canal towpath is a tough trail.
It is narrow, crowded, bumpy with cobblestones in places, and bicyclists often end up in the cana... | f167d1e8-2d27-5a9e-5e89-2dfc22374ca7 | ['a19ec00f-dd24-351e-5124-9d4bb0c7746b'] | — Poplar Forest is <PERSON> other house.
Everyone knows about Monticello, <PERSON>'s stunning 33-room home at Charlottesville at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western Virginia.
But most people have never heard of <PERSON>'s simpler octagon-shaped country villa outside Lynchburg, Va. It is officially known as ... |
b00d4420-b8c4-5912-f92d-dafc021852ba | ['a1a494ec-4506-a6c9-c0fc-f4f210e50a23'] | In this chapter from his new book, the director writes about shock tactics, how playwrights can counter politicians’ lies and why theatre can change lives
Not long ago, a distinguished critic wrote, after I brought a new production to London, “When we came into the theatre, we saw an empty space. YAWN!” I always take c... | 9aaa30af-a28d-44c7-7586-a2e930af6ec2 | ['a1a494ec-4506-a6c9-c0fc-f4f210e50a23'] | <PERSON> and I had a deep, deep relationship over more than half a century. He was one of the first actors of consequence that I worked with and the understanding between us was so great that we needed very little discussion, we just understood one another with a look or one or two words. We were introduced in the mid-... |
aed4c356-a4e1-81d3-fe79-feb97f9f93d5 | ['a1c9dfe4-9279-cbdf-868b-f779d67f30d8'] | When it comes to couples` social lives, a kind of Noah`s ark syndrome has long held sway: Everything has happened two-by-two--theater tickets, dinner invitations, even friendships. ''Both members of the couple have had to go together,'' said <PERSON>, a clinical psychologist in Washington.
''Otherwise, neither person w... | 442f1959-5b25-5787-fc18-c9dfb04e1b9d | ['a1c9dfe4-9279-cbdf-868b-f779d67f30d8'] | Lowball offers are not exactly music to a seller's ears, but how you present your "underbid" can apparently make all the difference, according to a StreetEasy.com thread low on bravado and full of practical advice.
"A low ball sounds like a price that's way below fair market value," says one commenter in the discussion... |
463bff1f-198f-6c3e-b6a7-5426e06d33a7 | ['a1d1674f-c04e-940f-370f-54bf4badabfd'] | Louisville, Colo. -- Cable Television Laboratories Inc.
last week publicly released the OpenCable 1.0 interim specification for the
point-of-deployment copy-protection system.
The release means vendors can now move ahead with plans to
build a new generation of set-top boxes compatible with the OpenCable architecture fo... | 738a8cf4-2ca8-3b14-e8bb-ce32cbac1831 | ['a1d1674f-c04e-940f-370f-54bf4badabfd'] | Around 43,000 subscribers to Road Runner's cable
broadband-online service in Wichita and Kansas City, Kan., and western Ohio were unable to
receive e-mail last weekend due to a problematic database server, the company said.
"We did have problems that were resolved [last
Monday]," Road Runner vice president for public r... |
09b3260a-4c21-92c9-471b-dcf423915fc3 | ['a1f6449f-dc8b-c1a3-9b86-59c7189cbc0c'] | LOS ANGELES — With more trains and buses to take, and the appeal of using travel time for pursuits other than dodging traffic, Americans are taking greater advantage of a renaissance in public transit, according to a new report.
The number of rides taken on public buses, trains and subways has fully recovered from a di... | 32b98451-967d-6c31-6993-b73ab8eb659e | ['a1f6449f-dc8b-c1a3-9b86-59c7189cbc0c'] | A bicyclists waits to board an incoming MAX train in Portland, Ore., Monday, March 10, 2014. While use of buses, trains and subways is on the rise in many cities across America, ridership in the Portland area’s much touted system has actually fallen off, according to new data released by the American Public Transportat... |
6c68e111-dc8e-274b-f77b-75b04e9fa4fc | ['a20964ba-b7ca-d364-4dad-b83ec4ab2def'] | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Late on a Friday, most Marines were on their way out to enjoy a weekend night, but not Cpl. <PERSON>. He was on his way home from his second Marine Corps Martial Arts Program session of the day.
<PERSON>, from Yuma, Arizona, is known for his motivation and dedication, which is why MCMAP ca... | 9e77caee-071d-7857-b86d-89be9bc3f38d | ['a20964ba-b7ca-d364-4dad-b83ec4ab2def'] | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Gunnery Sgt. <PERSON> started out as a pig farmer in Fulton, Missouri. He performed a variety of manual labor before joining the Marine Corps at age 27. At one point, he drove trucks packed with groceries from coast to coast. He saw mountains, rivers, and everything in between, never imagi... |
e60c2fc7-80f3-f884-3185-601b1ae8b03b | ['a231534c-dabc-e44c-cd2d-a002e56b48fa'] | In the early hours of one Saturday morning in December, my son <PERSON> encountered the dark side of humanity - or rather, his head did, as he was punched and then stomped on while he was prone on the ground.
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Link <PERSON> leaves St. Vincents Hospital with his father... | 80abcc03-c5e2-cb23-5c17-1f2f29190fba | ['a231534c-dabc-e44c-cd2d-a002e56b48fa'] | Do stem cells hold the cure for cancers, heart disease, diabetes and the other diseases that kill millions each year? Absolutely.
My wife and I donated more than $21-million in that belief.
While stem cells were discovered 50 years ago at the University of Toronto, it wasn't until the past decade that their astounding ... |
ec0b263e-7753-2ad4-0aef-f1e874fd1378 | ['a25571c4-6222-4417-d139-1bac53a93394'] | Once upon an early century time (as viewed by those who are eminently possessed of 20/20 perspective), there was an "emperor" whose abilities with thinking complex concepts and causal relationships were notably abridged at best and generally completely lacking and dreadful.
The emperor's name was <PERSON> who, during a... | 40f61b53-0b47-56ec-9d8a-b346dede2006 | ['a25571c4-6222-4417-d139-1bac53a93394'] | Here are some SING-ALONG SONGS. Just join RIGHT in! While they MIGHT be thought of as Christmassy OR New Yearsy, if the current FAILED administration could be "sent packing", it would seem like CHRISTMAS all year long, AND CERTAINLY WORTH LIFTING THE GLASS!
<PERSON>'S BLUNDERLAND
by <PERSON>
SLAY-bells ring! Are ya lis... |
1b538173-8692-0f32-1884-9301cac8c106 | ['a27ba771-e539-1d04-570d-7cc261c360d4'] | High school teachers building a house made of STYROFOAM... and they say it's even sturdier than bricks
<PERSON> and <PERSON> of Hudson, Texas say their 1,400-square-foot-home will cost less than $100,000
Concrete is poured inside the hollow Styrofoam blocks for support
Two Texas teachers are building a home made of Sty... | 5fb74747-2df6-9679-9803-ff024061c7f2 | ['a27ba771-e539-1d04-570d-7cc261c360d4'] | Texas restaurant Ricky Bobby is forced to change its name after settling lawsuit with makers of <PERSON> film 'Talladega Nights'
Columbia Pictures, which owns 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,' filed the lawsuit in March against Ricky Bobby's Sports Saloon
The restaurant, which is owned by strip club operat... |
14f7174f-3b32-3f6c-371d-a9b54e6ba187 | ['a27ca0fd-1cb2-237c-8b37-17fae8b664a8'] | 8 Gallery: OpSail 2012 International Ships
The start of Fleet Week this year promises to make waves in Hudson County.
That’s because the week kicks off on Wednesday, May 23 with international tall and military ship parades along the Hudson River.
The parades, called Parade of Sail and The Military Parade of Ships, will... | ee5f8e7b-6da2-0883-44a6-0a6caa9bb6d5 | ['a27ca0fd-1cb2-237c-8b37-17fae8b664a8'] | 403 Forbidden
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Several dozen educators and other professionals rallied yesterday at New Jersey City University, calling for a new labor contract and rollbacks in tuition costs.
Rallies are being held at college campuses around the state this week, union officials said.
The protests serve as a rallying cry ... |
d0a0e4aa-9325-ca1b-322c-5db3d230bb45 | ['a2d97164-7563-00db-2907-9d1647d11a0d'] | How does <PERSON> keep hubby <PERSON> enticed? She makes herself feel sexy first.
“Put on good music and something that makes you feel great,” the singer tells the U.K. edition of Cosmopolitan for its April issue, sharing her tips for feeling sensual. “I love a pair of high, sexy stilettos with a beautiful dress.”
“Nev... | 50bb3a53-622b-8946-fb62-6e7372ed13d8 | ['a2d97164-7563-00db-2907-9d1647d11a0d'] | With a wink and a nod, nightclub owner and royal pal <PERSON> has confirmed his role in the bachelor party of the year.
As a longtime close friend of <PERSON> and the so-called “court jester” of the royal set, <PERSON>, 29, is a natural choice to help organize the celebration. When asked about the party plans by The Ne... |
b18a0274-860b-bf41-3896-b04425077214 | ['a2eb40c9-c3ee-e361-d5e2-8a697f1fbe4c'] | In the late 1980s, when I was a graduate student working on short stories and flirting with the idea of a novel, I came across an essay that was being passed around my circle of friends. It was titled "Writing in the Cold: The First Ten Years," and the author was the legendary editor and founder of New American Review,... | c676173e-7a17-72d7-0e5c-25b399264bbb | ['a2eb40c9-c3ee-e361-d5e2-8a697f1fbe4c'] | 1. The Friend Who Let You Down
We all have one of these. Some of us have more than one. By which I mean, a friend who we may laugh with, cry with, work side by side with, but who we know way deep down in our gut, in the place where intuition lies, doesn’t wish the best for us. This friend may be a very good person in a... |
91cc1a37-612b-5b91-6f4e-7d37775601bf | ['a331c5a8-2d52-69ee-7ba9-30b862387b40'] | Prime minister <PERSON> is on a three-nation tour of Europe, with the visit to France having started on Friday. Over the years, Indo-French relations have quitely gotten stronger and more consistent, avoiding much of the superfluous hype that sometimes surrounds other relationships. India has strategic partnerships wit... | c9a72c44-0183-9cc4-fe66-2b3c68e08723 | ['a331c5a8-2d52-69ee-7ba9-30b862387b40'] | PM <PERSON> arrives in Moscow on December 23, 2015. (PIB Photo)
As Prime Minister <PERSON> embarks on his first state visit to Russia, the summit meeting in Moscow today assumes great significance in the context of a rapidly evolving global environment. Against the backdrop of Russia’s actions in the last three years—a... |
183eeaa3-ed01-d126-fc3d-e6b67e8d13fb | ['a37af79a-3c88-9c7b-773f-dae994824c78'] | The speech Israeli Prime Minister <PERSON> is slated to give to a joint session of Congress Tuesday is one of the most critical of recent times. It concerns not only the very existence of his nation, but also the terribly real possibility of nuclear holocaust in the foreseeable future. Our own security is at stake as w... | 29d78712-74ff-7bcc-e24e-d99d4eaee7f5 | ['a37af79a-3c88-9c7b-773f-dae994824c78'] | It has been a big month for the future of the Internet, and unfortunately it is not looking good. President <PERSON> became the latest public figure to jump on the net neutrality bandwagon, ignoring both the results of the midterm elections and regulatory common sense by urging the Federal Communications Commission (FC... |
2a0e9ce0-d30c-37f1-1018-96ad8878a2d2 | ['a3971553-fa8c-8135-0c5a-6646a71068a2'] | Sen. <PERSON> was questioning me in a way one newspaper later called “browbeating.” We were at a legislative hearing on pensions, and I had just testified on research we’d done at Yankee Institute.
The Democrat from Sprague cut me off several times, then stormed out of the hearing room, which was mostly filled with uni... | 9e1c7db2-e49c-8289-c632-419e579e5fd3 | ['a3971553-fa8c-8135-0c5a-6646a71068a2'] | Union officials incorrectly claim that the Republican budget — which recently passed both chambers of the legislature with bipartisan support — is illegal.
They claim it is illegal because it reforms state employee pension benefits after 2027, when the current contract expires.
Rather than setting pension benefits thro... |
493a51b5-f63b-0092-05c5-61d716b3be72 | ['a3b5bd1b-05a8-5961-7fe5-704b5f920830'] | When I worked on Nauru as a medical officer for refugees and asylum seekers, I never saw myself as part of the problem. But since I returned to Australia I have increasingly come to question my role in a system that is antithetical to medical ethics.
The ongoing human rights travesty that is indefinite mandatory detent... | cbfd8765-849d-b25a-0de2-4850a84a264c | ['a3b5bd1b-05a8-5961-7fe5-704b5f920830'] | As hundreds of incapacity benefits are reassessed under the government’s plan to reform the welfare system, Channel 4 News hears from a claimant worried that changes may affect his health.
Hundreds of incapacity benefit claimants are to be reassessed for their fitness to work under a pilot scheme being launched today i... |
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