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This year's Nobel Literature Prize could go to a poet for the first time since 1996, Swedish literary circles say as speculation hits fever pitch ahead of Thursday's announcement.
A Spanish language author has not won the prize since 1990, so it could be time for Peru's <PERSON> to clinch the ... | b96d9b34-2bae-a277-c77d-0c3784f59758 | ['e8dbfcd3-67b4-8724-f433-cffead17384c'] | STOCKHOLM: A Swedish law that punishes the buying of sex has halved street prostitution, but the country is still facing a growing problem of sex sold over the internet, a report says.
''The evaluation shows that the ban on the purchase of sexual services has had the intended effect and is an important instrument in pr... |
8e9071c2-1512-bd8f-1a7e-b8247ea55183 | ['e8de41df-98ea-7f46-88ab-e6efde89a163'] | × Expand UW student <PERSON> at a public roundtable on <PERSON>, UW Madison December 17, 2014, by <PERSON>.
<PERSON> says she is nervous to return to school this fall after a year abroad. A senior studying communication arts and creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, <PERSON> watched online as reports... | 5f8830b3-1364-24e4-0f9a-9620b976cf90 | ['e8de41df-98ea-7f46-88ab-e6efde89a163'] | <PERSON> remembers walking through the crowds of angry protesters in downtown Manhattan as she made her way to a public hearing that would decide the fate of the Park51 construction project—better known in the news as the “Mosque at Ground Zero.”
“A what? At where?” she remembers thinking when she first heard the term.... |
ea43d9f2-70fc-0c86-4eab-2ff4028ae1de | ['e8fab3c6-dc16-3124-b77d-146a8cc15a8f'] | December 2 is a big day for soccer fans, and it will also be a memorable day for Russian and Qatari. FIFA announced to have Russia as the 2018 World Cup host and Qatar will be the host of the 2022 tournament today in Zurich.
According to FoxSports.com, Russia won over England, Spain-Portugal and Belgium-Netherlands. Al... | 466725e5-5d18-ebf1-9f21-e08fa3b68078 | ['e8fab3c6-dc16-3124-b77d-146a8cc15a8f'] | After 11 years of marriage, <PERSON> and <PERSON> decided to separate officially – not divorce. Both of them were spotted without their wedding bands recently.
According to people.com, the couple has released a statement saying, “We have agreed to a trial separation that dates back for some time. The reason for this se... |
a93c7ae2-0f1e-76b6-1d4d-9293dfed2b6f | ['e912c3d6-2b47-051c-d0cd-335f36e69a22'] | What should have been a joyous time of the year for <PERSON> and <PERSON>*, a retired inner-Sydney couple aged in their 80s, turned out to be the proverbial living nightmare. It was late in November and thoughts were of family and Christmas shopping. Then came the fateful telephone call that turned their lives upside d... | e6808f7e-3063-c3a2-c0c6-d60111b3fd65 | ['e912c3d6-2b47-051c-d0cd-335f36e69a22'] | <PERSON> and his sons skiing in Austria in 2012. He always gets travel insurance for foreign ski trips but wouldn't consider it in Australia. Credit:<PERSON> "Part of the reason is that the industry is becoming stricter in interpreting their policies, meaning more people being left holding the bag when the unexpected h... |
e5381fda-2294-9061-67c8-a880e4e5d072 | ['e91986fb-823a-1a29-dbdb-274edac5b8d2'] | New Delhi: High-end fashion brand Chasm opened their fourth store in the city on a festive Saturday afternoon with brand ambassador <PERSON> doing the honours of ribbon cutting for sister <PERSON> and brother-in-law <PERSON>’s store. Sleek winter collection at new store02796c04-b1d9-11dc-a04f-000b5dabf636.flv
Sleek win... | 68328561-a8cd-c7a5-3423-4240503e575b | ['e91986fb-823a-1a29-dbdb-274edac5b8d2'] | The Funda of Mix-ology, what bartending teaches that IIM doesn’t; by <PERSON>; Rs100; 148 pages; Srishti publishers
New Delhi: We are all too familiar with the peaking levels of competition, finding that much coveted seat in top academic institutions in the country and landing a package that can be the envy of all our ... |
a59a47e7-bf4f-df58-60e1-3479cbe5abe0 | ['e9383ada-88a4-1390-28a4-3ee305b13b82'] | A week after Harvard professor <PERSON> announced she had identified what she believed to be a fourth-century fragment of papyrus portraying <PERSON> as married, her finding continues to generate sharp debate — and significant skepticism — in academic circles.
The news was arguably the biggest story regarding early Chr... | 5b358378-675a-7aaf-4bd2-59e94720cc82 | ['e9383ada-88a4-1390-28a4-3ee305b13b82'] | Dartmouth College’s decision to withdraw its appointment of a prominent African bishop as dean of the Tucker Foundation, a campus institution charged with furthering the moral and spiritual work of the school, has deeply wounded the bishop.
After accepting Dartmouth’s offer, the Rev. <PERSON> last month resigned his po... |
38f6f10a-c941-f81c-23bb-37412544479e | ['e952e7a8-e14c-6de9-5696-c72abb020596'] | Are polar bears on the verge of extinction?
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Last week, the service missed the deadline to finalize or withdraw that proposal. Environmental groups have already filed a notice of inten... | 3eb5ebe0-11d4-baa5-5824-a873514b0d42 | ['e952e7a8-e14c-6de9-5696-c72abb020596'] | Last week, after months of delay, the U.S. Department of the Interior listed the polar bear (PDF) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. While identifying global warming as the principal threat to the bear, the government asserted that the ESA does not require other federal agencies to consult with the Fish an... |
7dac7612-2f0d-7af9-88b4-79ec4729d8bd | ['e9aab2c4-01f3-9026-5a8f-2dbf8be6b730'] | <PERSON> once said that ignoring <PERSON> was our own risk. There is nothing wrong with taking a trip to the Candy Shop with 50 Cent, but ignoring young, educated and inspirational artists such as <PERSON> might be our biggest mistake.
Without taking any credibility from other, more pop-oriented artists out there, th... | 7f5b5635-821a-098f-27c5-d7422ca094bf | ['e9aab2c4-01f3-9026-5a8f-2dbf8be6b730'] | A consistent performer and hit-maker since her musical debut on <PERSON> & You, <PERSON> has still not received her just-due. Unlike other Hollywood starlets, shes not afraid to appear as her true self – shes extremely smart and honest about her life. You wont find any stupid girls here.
Fully aware of what is happ... |
ee597428-f9bc-7f20-af37-638161dee6be | ['e9b91326-a9b6-fa87-a1a9-63e88304035b'] | Democrats Republicans trying to out-idiot each other in the primary season bring to my memory a late winter afternoon years ago on the point at Cape Hatteras.
I watched, spellbound, a huge school of big blues chop each other up in a blind, raging feeding frenzy that briefly pinked the foaming surf. Soon thereafter a tr... | c9e318b6-19ea-6e50-f550-00c4f0231d74 | ['e9b91326-a9b6-fa87-a1a9-63e88304035b'] | Democrats
House Speaker <PERSON> threw down an election-eve gauntlet on tax reform, in effect telling the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce: no net tax increases. Given what happened on Election Day in Fairfax County, he may wish he had waited.
His speech set into stone the triangle -- <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON> -- ... |
90ef773d-db45-ea92-b632-e3b03df88aa7 | ['e9bc1a7f-2013-f3c9-c4b2-bb6477326d5a'] | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USA Diving) — Purdue alumnus <PERSON> and incoming NLI signee <PERSON> teamed up to earn USA Diving’s spot in synchronized 10-meter at this summer’s FINA Diving World Cup after winning the event Sunday at the Synchronized Diving Trials.
The World Cup, to be held July 15-20 in Shanghai, is the top int... | c1b83866-bb97-07e0-fde2-29e57ab2738e | ['e9bc1a7f-2013-f3c9-c4b2-bb6477326d5a'] | SHANGHAI (Courtesy: USA Diving) — Purdue’s <PERSON> and <PERSON> won the bronze medal in men’s synchronized 10-meter Wednesday at the FINA Diving World Cup, the top international meet of the 2014 season.
<PERSON> and <PERSON> scored 414.12 points to finish third behind China’s <PERSON> and <PERSON> (494.46) and Germany... |
13732ff7-72e3-74be-012d-3a96ea90dcc1 | ['e9c2e8e2-a07f-aa1d-97c2-16ad16ef1b29'] | I gave up on gun control a long time ago. It’s not cynicism. People I love and respect work hard in the gun control movement, and I wish them success. I just don’t see a path forward.
Consider the simple suggestion that people who buy firearms at gun shows should be subject to background checks to determine if they are... | f9e9df1f-191c-921a-db28-b733044901fc | ['e9c2e8e2-a07f-aa1d-97c2-16ad16ef1b29'] | The appeal of Amendment 69 for so many Coloradans is painfully obvious.
The initiative for a single-payer health care system makes sense to anyone who has needed an EpiPen or a prescription for Hepatitis C, who has watched his take-home pay shrink while his insurance premiums and deductibles continue to soar, anyone wh... |
60b51f38-b345-2e41-129b-1869cfb5690b | ['ea50808f-f92f-29a8-5d40-3fbe26decb5a'] | Here is a foolproof, simple, and most expedient method for preventing terrorism and increasing stability in DRC. During these dangerous times, terrorism could quickly end if DRC’s military were trained to form what is known in Latin American military circles as a Prevention Wing of the Military. This military unit woul... | 94fa4de2-855e-b46a-af37-40dc8207ede4 | ['ea50808f-f92f-29a8-5d40-3fbe26decb5a'] | By <PERSON>
At least 14 Tanzanian UN peacekeepers were killed in the deadly attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Despite Tanzania’s noble efforts to maintain peace and stability, the DRC is experiencing a grave humanitarian emergency, with economic deterioration and increasing political instability.
He... |
dedca4e4-b4c8-0313-42d5-b3b0e179c9f5 | ['ea520b80-e18b-43e0-b462-aefe45358b53'] | It was daunting going to Europe at first, <PERSON> says. "But we got to do things we don't normally get to do. One of the members of The Clash was living in the studio we recorded in in Prague. We took over his apartment, so you'd see <PERSON> walking down the stairs and you're like 'Hi <PERSON>!'.
They have also score... | c3267300-0aae-3939-e4cf-37b0126a50f5 | ['ea520b80-e18b-43e0-b462-aefe45358b53'] | January 2017 will be a big month for <PERSON> fans.
It marks the first anniversary of <PERSON>'s death, and what would have been his 70th birthday. It is also the 40th anniversary of the release of Low, the first album in the so-called Berlin Trilogy.
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e7669a6d-7cba-b0e8-20cd-daabe57d9e85 | ['ea5c4804-bfb1-65e7-7810-3bd4ba0d7446'] | Perceptions of hackers have changed over the course of the last decade. While businesses once viewed hackers as dangerous threats that needed to be kept at arm’s length, today, they are highly sought after by everything from private companies to intelligence agencies.
An increasingly large number of modern business ope... | 1513560b-5eac-79e0-1ecb-f5ca5a73bf45 | ['ea5c4804-bfb1-65e7-7810-3bd4ba0d7446'] | In recent months numerous hacking campaigns have been uncovered by security firms. In many cases, they have been attributed to state-sponsored hackers.
Groups of hackers belonging to cyber units of several governments used sophisticated malicious code and hacking platforms to compromise computer networks worldwide. Pri... |
e026705d-c9d0-73bd-cd8f-c7ae1ccead67 | ['ea77e74d-32c0-c16c-f862-abec13507f69'] | Has anyone else woken up this morning with a G8 hang-over? Maybe it’s just me? Maybe I drank too much of the Kool-aid but weren’t we expecting a bit better than this?
<PERSON> is a former special adviser at the Department for International Development and is now head of news at IPPR
Has anyone else woken up this mornin... | ce9458e8-27ba-daff-4c84-99d2dc0fd888 | ['ea77e74d-32c0-c16c-f862-abec13507f69'] | IPPR’s <PERSON> looks at why there’s been such a rocket in the number of NEETs in 2011. Is it EMA? Is it the Future Jobs Fund? Is it just the Tories?
<PERSON> is Head of News at IPPR and is author of “Through the Looking Glass”, a report on teenage girls’ self-esteem; follow him on Twitter: @RDarlo
The latest figures f... |
1918b471-af31-1967-8faa-96336752d8e7 | ['ea9f7450-971f-f830-07fe-9ce02c72218c'] | MEMORIAL DAY signifies the traditional kickoff of summer vacations, and, with a booming economy, this holiday's travel is expected to set a record -- with 32.1 million Americans going at least 100 miles from home -- and lead into a robust season for the travel and hospitality industries.
More Americans will be travelin... | 6a458ac3-f3bc-6065-463b-39bdaa5c026d | ['ea9f7450-971f-f830-07fe-9ce02c72218c'] | NEW OVERTURES to Cuba announced last week by President <PERSON> are considered the most significant change in foreign policy toward the island in many years.
<PERSON> has authorized more charter passenger flights to and from Cuba, fewer restrictions on payments to Cubans by U.S. residents, direct mail service with the ... |
bcee7ac4-797e-52d1-004c-ba05392db103 | ['eaa4d83c-2e92-654d-dc43-62032df6f898'] | Cultural differences are fascinating because even as we learn about others, we learn about ourselves. As an anthropologist, I want to flip this conversation: Why are we so into science fiction and fantasy? Nineteenth-century German sociologist <PERSON> had a useful theory about this: The answer may be that we in the We... | b2665e12-5395-d91f-00c7-c0d5f408e813 | ['eaa4d83c-2e92-654d-dc43-62032df6f898'] | Yerba mate (left), and malbec (right) Yerba mate photo by <PERSON>/AFP/Getty Images. Wine photo by <PERSON>.
In 1964, Argentine writer <PERSON> wrote the sonnet “To Wine,” which celebrated the wondrous qualities of the drink. “Wine,” the poem proclaimed,
flows red along the great length of generations
like the river of... |
a7f33140-1411-0ee3-ec61-4b6773fb5a32 | ['eabc53bc-9a26-940d-b1d9-fba5084447e4'] | Please enable Javascript to watch this video
SALT LAKE CITY -- Another hint of snow will hit the Salt Lake Valley while northern Utah saw snow accumulations Saturday.
The snow is flying in northern Utah and is making its way down the state, officials with the National Weather Service said Saturday morning. Cache Valley... | a8d1ca37-8c91-4944-d67a-65587dbba3b1 | ['eabc53bc-9a26-940d-b1d9-fba5084447e4'] | × Man leads police on short chase in stolen truck with woman, 2 kids in vehicle
MILLCREEK, Utah — A man with outstanding felony warrants was taken into custody Friday night after he was found driving a reported stolen vehicle.
The incident began just after 9 p.m. when a Unified police detective saw a truck leave a conv... |
9178f061-5c6e-3fde-a33f-df6af6ae21b3 | ['eaddb7b5-30e8-a144-b926-c50e356cc801'] | The Houston Texans improved to 11-1 on Sunday and clinched their second consecutive playoff berth as they defeated the Tennessee Titans 24-10 at LP Field in Nashville.
Houston remains atop the NFL, tied with Atlanta, for the best record in the league.
All things considered, it was a rather quiet day on the field for th... | 4ba81309-0a00-5b96-45a2-c35761fa7b07 | ['eaddb7b5-30e8-a144-b926-c50e356cc801'] | After wild games in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and San Francisco, there was a big game happening in the Windy City between two of the powerhouses in the league.
It was hard to say what was going to happen coming into this one, but at the end of the night it was the Houston Texans who went home with another win as they de... |
ee5c7f04-9a57-dd4e-b94d-75701d5b4fca | ['eae094eb-39bd-1493-298e-fbbdc58764a9'] | State health regulators are moving to revoke the license of a well-known Pasadena drug rehabilitation center made famous by the reality television show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.”
The Department of Health Care Services temporarily suspended the Pasadena Recovery Center’s license in June after investigating the dea... | 4708cdcf-9946-dc40-319f-61868dfc31a7 | ['eae094eb-39bd-1493-298e-fbbdc58764a9'] | LA PUENTE >> A life-skills class for adult ex-offenders given funding by former Sheriff <PERSON> will continue with or without the support of the next sheriff, the program’s coordinator said.
The Emerging Leaders Academy started in 2009 with the goal to give adults on probation or parole a different outlook on life. Of... |
06aaa439-2976-7806-4ce8-275ab041f07b | ['eb124b7a-8b65-cdbf-90a8-7c5264ee55b8'] | CYCLING to work almost halves the risk of developing heart disease and cancer, a study has found.
Pedal-powered commuters are in less peril as they tend to be fitter.
Getty Images 3 Cycling to work on the commute can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease
Walking to work also protects the body from the diseases but ... | 6e39a30b-014f-cb33-da04-737844ae1eab | ['eb124b7a-8b65-cdbf-90a8-7c5264ee55b8'] | TWO slices of buttered toast a day can double the risk of diabetes, scientists gave warned.
The 12g of butter — less than half an ounce — is enough to make the risk soar, a huge new study found.
Alamy 4 The popular snack of buttered toast now comes with a health warning
Unhealthy saturated fat was blamed by researchers... |
3ffbecf6-c1fd-66cf-ae0f-e755070661be | ['eb725a5b-472f-c257-a72b-651ca5cf023a'] | Photo: IRIN
Laws against FGM/C have driven the practice underground
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The 1995 Constitution of Uganda reinforces the principles of equality and prohibits discrimination of all forms, including those based on sex, among others.
It also protects the rights of women and mandating the State to accord women full and e... | 441632b4-6369-17b4-8668-652258a5181d | ['eb725a5b-472f-c257-a72b-651ca5cf023a'] | opinion
The 1995 Constitution of Uganda reinforces the principles of equality and prohibits discrimination of all forms, including those based on sex, among others.
It also protects the rights of women and mandating the State to accord women full and equal dignity of the person with men. It also provides a very strong ... |
58ceede0-5843-3e88-9e92-2a3d95fd5d17 | ['eba7bfe6-3595-a0ef-3e22-4c184f34f3b5'] | And I have met, talked with, and learned from more Canadians in the past six months than Mr <PERSON> has in the past six years.
I have been open to Canadians my entire life. And because of that, I have a strong sense of this country. Where it has been, where it is, and where Canadians want it to go.
And what is it with... | bc5b5008-32eb-68fa-b045-5ea972c4538d | ['eba7bfe6-3595-a0ef-3e22-4c184f34f3b5'] | GETTY <PERSON> told European Parliament that the Union was an unprecedented model for peaceful cooperation
<PERSON>, 45, told the European Parliament that the Union was an unprecedented model for peaceful cooperation in a speech that marked his distance from both the United States under new President <PERSON>, who has ... |
9c4d2f6a-be49-0177-6f63-43fae1ff8cd2 | ['ebe8f464-247d-c081-2a70-6333945ad198'] | MOSCOW Rosneft (ROSN.MM) shares rose to their highest in 15 months on Wednesday, gaining 3.6 percent on the day as investors anticipated a rise in valuations after an acquisition that will make it the world's top listed oil producer.
The state-controlled oil company has tightened its grip on Russia's oil industry, clin... | ab570b37-6701-1b5f-7754-0eccaf0b782a | ['ebe8f464-247d-c081-2a70-6333945ad198'] | Russia's Deputy Finance Minister <PERSON> (C) arrives at the G20 finance ministers meeting during the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, April 19, 2013.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - The Group of 20 nations is intensifying its debate on how to withdraw the fiscal and mon... |
2613c969-f0c8-8bc2-a53d-cf65ee6b58d4 | ['ebf0c52b-0a1a-018f-0d7e-917b5d0ae4d3'] | REYKJAVIK, Iceland – You meet someone, there’s chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What’s your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin?
In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk.
A new smartphone app is on ... | 034be441-8927-bd2e-95db-ba4d796f8871 | ['ebf0c52b-0a1a-018f-0d7e-917b5d0ae4d3'] | REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano burst forth with a small eruption Saturday under the ice of Europe's largest glacier, scientists said, prompting the country to close airspace over the area.
Thousands of small earthquakes have rattled the volcano, located deep beneath the Vatnajokull glacier, in the l... |
de8d63be-de94-881c-68b4-092a0c014a18 | ['ec799e75-3b66-01ff-b728-ae9138ea89e5'] | WHILE giving thanks today for all that's near and dear, it might not hurt to offer gratitude for folks you may never meet: workmen from China who have toiled for six months in San Marino, applying skills passed down through generations and not taught at any schools.
Their creation -- the Garden of Flowing Fragrance -- ... | 048ec9ec-4020-3579-03ca-9d9938632132 | ['ec799e75-3b66-01ff-b728-ae9138ea89e5'] | It is a rare quiet day at the Santa Monica villa of computer software king <PERSON> and his wife, <PERSON>. <PERSON> has recently come and gone, as have <PERSON>, head of the United Negro College Fund, a group of 800 looky-loos on a garden tour and the guests at a preschool fund raiser. The <PERSON> are hanging out at ... |
39651874-79b3-52ec-b750-5ffd9f7e9c7a | ['ec8e7428-c85b-5cc4-6742-0286ce8dd4dc'] | By <PERSON>
Tanzania has vowed to go ahead with plans to construct a $480-million highway through the Serengeti National Park, despite worldwide protests from conservationist groups.
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, <PERSON> told The EastAfrican in Arusha that the proposed 480km highway through the heart of ... | c3d3711b-dd19-ffd1-9583-b57c4f14f011 | ['ec8e7428-c85b-5cc4-6742-0286ce8dd4dc'] | By By <PERSON>
The multi-million dollar horticultural industry is under threat in Tanzania and Kenya following rising jet fuel price and subsequent increase of freight charges with growers facing sanctions against using Lake Naivasha water.
According to Tanzania Horticulture Association (Taha) Fresh Handling Ltd genera... |
ffca233d-1af2-81bf-2410-9f2c8f6fa727 | ['ecab438f-b098-47f1-0c2f-82be16d532b8'] | <PERSON> / AFP / Getty Images The change to the Act of Succession will affect the children of <PERSON> and his wife <PERSON>, the Duchess of <PERSON>
When it comes to change, the British monarchy is like an errant lover it does the minimum required to keep its lady, fair <PERSON>, from booting it out. And so, in an o... | 538f1a94-12b2-bf81-a698-9124e8eaa54a | ['ecab438f-b098-47f1-0c2f-82be16d532b8'] | Getty Images
Before he became the new face of right-wing extremism in Europe, <PERSON> was just another guy airing his anti-immigration views online. On Monday, <PERSON>, who admitted to a killing spree in Norway in July, which left 77 people dead, faced his first public-court hearing. While <PERSON> may have acted alo... |
8a79d8e0-3769-e9f5-5599-9de07a01312b | ['ecb028b1-39d8-bb1c-4212-ed63daaeefcd'] | After making history in winning four games in four days to become ACC Tournament champions, the Duke Blue Devils have gone from a team that was “still evolving” per head coach <PERSON> to the odds-on favorite to win the national title. In many circles, Duke may have even deserved a one seed in the NCAA Tournament. As t... | 3e926ed1-2bb5-194a-3b9c-77ad7ea67010 | ['ecb028b1-39d8-bb1c-4212-ed63daaeefcd'] | As the Colts began their offseason program on Monday, franchise quarterback <PERSON> revealed that he had been playing through shoulder pain for the better part of two seasons before ultimately opting on surgery in January. The revelation comes at a peculiar time, just one offseason removed from <PERSON>’s signing to a... |
6ce82441-1025-e0c5-3bba-25505a488096 | ['ecbace7e-f1f6-942c-4b50-8472e45b27ae'] | 26% of children reject their meals every day
Nutritionists blame parents' tendency to use unhealthy treats as rewards
Britain's toddlers are the fussiest in Europe and more than a quarter refuse food every day, a survey revealed today.
And the bad behaviour of children in the UK may all be down to their parents - nearl... | b4254c8e-1db3-e687-8b86-6f7cda9bdffd | ['ecbace7e-f1f6-942c-4b50-8472e45b27ae'] | TOP Eurocrats today waded in to the Brexit Love Island debate - standing up for Hayley Hughes.
Michel Barnier's closest aide Stefaan de Rynck confirmed The Sun's revelation that quitting the EU could affect Britain's trees.
ITV 2 Hayley Hughes from Love Island has got an unexpected boost from EU bosses
Hayley was mocke... |
c1e47b8a-72bc-eb8f-2a8e-4202c5e1e341 | ['ed1cf1a1-fd31-1f76-88b4-3fa9d3abac3d'] | City tax imposed on hotel stays in Europe, including in Paris, Berlin and Rome, could potentially add up to £6 per person per night to your bill
You may have budgeted for your next overseas city break away, but you could still be in for a shock if your hotel charges city tax. The tax can add up to £12 a night to the co... | 854ecb80-737e-c56c-d729-e9dcda878109 | ['ed1cf1a1-fd31-1f76-88b4-3fa9d3abac3d'] | Any changes you make to your vehicle, from a roof rack to a sticker on the door, should be approved by your insurance company
Fitting a roof rack to your car or putting some stickers on its doors can seem a fairly innocuous activity, but these “modifications” can ring alarm bells with insurers.
“ ‘Modifications’ is a w... |
8d13885c-22c4-9b50-9a9d-f598d514d4b5 | ['ed2f2c3e-fda6-f095-2915-0a1794a6f965'] | Five of the best examples of child-friendly censorship of sweary film dialogue
Film-makers tend not to consider whether their completed work will be suitable for an airing on mainstream TV.
Thank goodness they don't, otherwise we wouldn't have been treated to these creatively child-friendly edits of previously sweary l... | 00a965f8-cdb4-4605-e241-98fbaed9fe29 | ['ed2f2c3e-fda6-f095-2915-0a1794a6f965'] | Introduce yourselves
Hysterical Injury is me [<PERSON>] and my brother [<PERSON>], we make songs with bass guitar, drums, vocals, lots of textures and a lot of heart.
How did the name "Hysterical Injury" come about?
I like to think it could have been used as underground slang in Victorian times to describe lady parts.
... |
d88ef917-e5d8-720f-8b97-6f224208d704 | ['ed321fab-bb2e-b60f-08c1-f2dee615dd8b'] | Government says it is not responsible for a stand-off involving two resettlement beneficiaries and a previous farm owner who is refusing to vacate land that has been sold to the state.
The two resettled farmers, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, have been landless and stranded with their livestock since April last year because th... | 7a97f46d-9cff-d6a6-5782-817e3d837c74 | ['ed321fab-bb2e-b60f-08c1-f2dee615dd8b'] | A WINDHOEK man woke up to an empty cage on Monday morning after 200 small birds he has collected over more than 30 years mysteriously went missing overnight.
<PERSON> (77), who considers himself a bird whisperer, has been collecting and breeding birds as a hobby a few years after coming to Namibia from Portugal in 1966... |
3f7fee54-9ef9-892d-6b39-fde5e27d0ebb | ['ed61123c-2c4b-ce2d-d538-bd622f1ceece'] | 'I'm willing to come out every day if I have to, because we need a change,' says <PERSON>, who brought her son and daughter to the protest in downtown Pittsburgh.
Beaver Falls mother uses <PERSON> protest as teaching opportunity for her children
Although Tuesday was the fifth day protesters marched in honor of <PERSON>... | 142ecb5d-fe05-13bd-3b3f-0a2410c5bf21 | ['ed61123c-2c4b-ce2d-d538-bd622f1ceece'] | Students at Wendover Middle School packaged 873 meals for the hungry. One catch: they only had five minutes to prepare as many as they could.
Wendover Middle School students joined a global effort Tuesday to help feed millions of people who don't have enough food. They also observed World Food Day -- an effort to be co... |
eb95cd7a-6167-a44e-48a0-b2e94168ccb8 | ['ed8ebfa7-def1-ecad-6146-611254633d59'] | NBC Sports Group
NBC’s last Olympics was either a rousing success or a spectacular failure, depending on who you ask.
The failures, as some called aspects of the coverage, were painstakingly documented in the #NBCFail hashtag that served as a sounding board for complaints about the tape-delayed coverage of the opening ... | 9f50b157-03cf-13d5-7fcb-1458dacd7c22 | ['ed8ebfa7-def1-ecad-6146-611254633d59'] | The Guardian's Keep It In The Ground campaign has centered around publishing climate stories aggressive enough to alienate major oil companies.
Now, it's convinced 25 other global newspapers to gang up together on Big Oil.
The Guardian's partners include the world's influential daily papers including Le Monde, El País,... |
0b9eeb02-e51c-22a2-b423-56ccdec52410 | ['eda60fff-239b-9cd7-3c23-303c215d1bff'] | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the top security threat to the United States and the bomb maker thought to have created at least two non-metallic explosive devices must be killed to safeguard U.S. national security, a top senator said on Sunday.
“I am hopeful that we will be able to, candidl... | fb945111-50aa-1965-95b1-f45c838ff164 | ['eda60fff-239b-9cd7-3c23-303c215d1bff'] | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader <PERSON> praises martyrdom as a weapon and a path to glory for Muslims in a video that CNN said on Saturday was intercepted before it was to appear on radical Islamist Web sites.
A file photo of an image taken from an internet posting by al Qaeda's media arm, al Sahab, on Septembe... |
fcbb9f5f-9b28-fe76-26df-1c826be729c5 | ['edac31ec-8fc1-b682-6bba-587031c40d62'] | <PERSON> newfound belief in parliamentary scrutiny is a marvellously comic conversion, as unexpected as <PERSON> popping up on Al Jazeera in a yarmulka, or the Rev <PERSON> attending a Celtic match in a green and white scarf. But it has happened. We must believe our eyes. Soon after reaching No 10 Downing Street, the P... | 411390b3-2ea5-9df5-51b7-060b4b64e9ce | ['edac31ec-8fc1-b682-6bba-587031c40d62'] | Twelve years ago, Sideways was an Oscar-winning Hollywood comedy about two fortysomething men spending a crazy week visiting Californian vineyards (‘wineries’).
The film acquired a cult following.
The stage version has arrived in London and it is not for sophisticated palates.
<PERSON> directs <PERSON> (<PERSON>, pictu... |
2fa2d0e2-cf2f-08da-8e5e-23d6f92f9271 | ['edb10ae6-1f08-745e-f630-cb2f8435ea12'] | A Melbourne radio station says it will not drop <PERSON> from its summer cricket coverage, despite the former Test cricket batsman being sacked from another commentary job after referring to South African Muslim player <PERSON> as a "terrorist".
<PERSON>, who admitted making the comment and apologised, arrived back in ... | 420f2604-57f7-83dd-323a-4ff13b637d83 | ['edb10ae6-1f08-745e-f630-cb2f8435ea12'] | "He said `I hope you get through this ugly situation that you are going through'." <PERSON> described his gaffe as a "stupid, ridiculous off-the-wall comment" that wasn't meant to go to air.
"There was only one country in the world that didn't take the ad break live and that was South Africa," he said. "It was picked u... |
45aa0193-8c0e-8b6c-dc82-e0e09a47c8a8 | ['edf8280b-96de-b735-77da-1231a0f59a06'] | Thousands of divorced women deprived of PPI payouts by NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland will receive compensation, Money Mail can reveal.
State-backed RBS-NatWest failed to pay separated and divorced women their legal share of payouts for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).
In an email, the bank, which is 73... | f969184d-cf4a-478f-9d77-7923a4f5a5b9 | ['edf8280b-96de-b735-77da-1231a0f59a06'] | Owners of new-build homes face being charged thousands of pounds if walls or roads near their properties need repairing, an alarming case has revealed.
More than 100 residents in a block of flats in Edinburgh have been hit with a £600,000 bill to replace a crumbling wall they were never told was their responsibility.
T... |
2e57bdda-543f-a99e-4f62-4990554a56d5 | ['ee100b6c-20e7-2bd1-5d8b-32cee1f920d5'] | On Sunday, Facebook announced that it would be putting together a global team of quasi-diplomats, called “policy directors,” to represent the company in various countries around the globe. The job descriptions for these positions are more or less the same. The envoy to India should “actively promote of the uses of Face... | fd092238-bd0a-ba5c-cb8d-4c5be29ec5f7 | ['ee100b6c-20e7-2bd1-5d8b-32cee1f920d5'] | SAN FRANCISCO -- <PERSON> wants to hook you up by tearing you away from the internet.
The one-time promoter of flash mobs is once again waging battle against digital alienation with a new tool aimed at getting Wi-Fi cafe "zombies" to look up and smell the coffee. The problem: Computers are fabulous at connecting people... |
4fa908e5-aed0-9e6d-f24d-e044a59fa2ca | ['ee2030ff-1140-4ec6-77a5-9db5a703edf1'] | The family of a 26-year-old Kempsey Indigenous Dunghutti man who died in custody in late December are calling his death suspicious and want answers.
<PERSON> died on December 29 at Sydney's Long Bay prison while receiving medical treatment in the prison's hospital.
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PORT Macquarie rugby league clubs are welcoming the possible return of the Macleay Valley Mustangs to the Group 3 competition.
The Macleay Valley Mustangs are in talks with Group 3 Rugby League, Country Rugby League and the... |
5a222dd9-a5a0-f972-e8dd-d53d297040e1 | ['ee49a81b-d4a5-29a2-94a4-d94c38e4b2fa'] | By <PERSON>
BBC News, Jerusalem
As Israelis awoke on Thursday they could have been forgiven for believing that another war with one of their Middle Eastern neighbours was both inevitable and imminent. Israel has warned of dire consequences for anyone threatening it The newspaper headlines warned of ''heightened tension... | 75a05ec0-688f-6313-4397-2601a89fb8b3 | ['ee49a81b-d4a5-29a2-94a4-d94c38e4b2fa'] | By <PERSON>
BBC News, Jerusalem
Leavened food is forbidden during the week-long Passover holiday Could a government fall because of a row over a loaf of bread? At a time when the outside world is looking on hopefully as Israel and the Palestinians attempt to achieve a lasting Middle East peace settlement, some Israelis... |
96e9119d-48d7-1c23-4220-2dbf44aaeb46 | ['ee9e8f35-71e5-b961-dc48-684fbb9a4a87'] | When <PERSON> and <PERSON> were growing up in Orange County’s Little Saigon, their favorite movie was “The Ten Commandments,” the 1956 biblical epic starring <PERSON> as <PERSON>.
“That’s the only movie that our parents would show us,” said <PERSON>. “We had the tape on VHS and we’d watch it every Easter. <PERSON> was ... | 77c01ccc-29eb-a7ff-02fc-24dbeb8c914e | ['ee9e8f35-71e5-b961-dc48-684fbb9a4a87'] | When Vi Pham was growing up in Little Saigon, she noticed there was no way to say "mental health" in Vietnamese.
"When we say 'mental health,' it's usually associated with the word 'crazy' and we think of mental institutions," said Pham, who is working on a master's degree in counseling at Cal State Fullerton. "That's ... |
3935348b-e5ac-a619-ffa2-e7c694a49e54 | ['eea1ecb4-e21f-271b-97e5-f1c842d24766'] | TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A breakout of blue-green algae has prompted the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism to issue a public health warning for eight lakes. Watches have been issued for two others.
If a lake is under a public health warning for blue-green a... | 74af5e65-f52b-1a50-1640-79fd9e239165 | ['eea1ecb4-e21f-271b-97e5-f1c842d24766'] | KINGMAN, Kan. (KSNW) – Soft-spoken Kingman High School senior <PERSON> is not one to toot his own horn, or trumpet if you will.
<PERSON>, an 18-year-old trumpeter for the high school band recently performed CPR on a woman in crisis until help arrived.
“That could have happened anywhere at any time and I just happened t... |
5a548864-2934-26a3-a12d-065191804b63 | ['eea69513-4957-6c41-90b0-d46747c026c3'] | There is a major problem in the startup community: companies are flippantly burning through cash. This problem is serious because it means that these money guzzlers aren't going to be able to weather a downturn in either business or the economy at large, and it also exemplifies the mentality of those running them -- a ... | d90786ec-613c-88e9-ccc6-c9bc67f4f88f | ['eea69513-4957-6c41-90b0-d46747c026c3'] | With globalization and hyper-connectivity, it has become quite easy to outsource most tasks in the early stages of your startup. The problem is, it is difficult to figure out the outsourcing trenches, as not all services are created equally.
With that being said, one of the keys to building a successful business is sca... |
1d254c36-74cc-f3dd-f5e1-52aababd2325 | ['eebed7e4-b72b-60e3-5556-049e75a33ff5'] | POORER suburbs are getting second-rate broadband while wealthier neighbourhoods benefit from superior fibre-to-the-home technology, a Federal Labor MP has claimed.
National Broadband Network joint standing committee deputy chairman <PERSON> is concerned the $37.4 billion project is creating a State of haves and have-no... | 2c401a41-dfac-3d7e-2392-b192eb80bfc9 | ['eebed7e4-b72b-60e3-5556-049e75a33ff5'] | THE CONSERVATIVE Anglican bishop of north-west WA is threatening to abandon registering marriages if the Yes vote prevails in the same-sex marriage survey and religious protections are weak.
Criticising the Federal Government’s handling of the postal survey, Bishop of North West Australia <PERSON> said details of the l... |
bcba970d-9e33-2533-3254-e3e4742c529a | ['ef46ced0-9cc9-6b05-0f9f-50259ff52192'] | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan -- Col. <PERSON> retired at a ceremony here Nov. 29, following 40 years of committed and faithful service to the Corps.
<PERSON>, the chief of staff of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1972 as a security forces guard, and his first tour... | 02dd1973-aa2d-321b-36d8-9e096a747061 | ['ef46ced0-9cc9-6b05-0f9f-50259ff52192'] | CAMP HANSEN -- Running a combat fitness test, practicing Marine Corps martial arts program techniques, and navigating an obstacle course are common training events for Marines. But during the 3rd Marine Logistics Group's annual <PERSON> day at Camp Hansen Sept. 21, it was the Marines' spouses who stepped up to take par... |
b49b433b-23e1-1382-dd52-07a5bf05a03f | ['ef72debe-9d13-eb64-3b83-114feecf59dd'] | Primers are secret to flawless makeup. Adding a primer to your daily makeup routine will help makeup stay on significantly longer, plus it’ll give you the smoothest finish possible. What else does primer do? Quite a few things, actually. Here, we’ve compiled a list of 10 interesting ways to use primer. From your face t... | 98ce64ab-51e3-005f-f447-944f9906709c | ['ef72debe-9d13-eb64-3b83-114feecf59dd'] | We’ve tried, tried and tried again to kick this habit, but nothing has seemed to work. Whether you’re a constant nail biter or just bite when you’re stressed, you’re not alone. Since we’ve all fallen down that path and have bitten our nails once or twice, we’ve put together a list of our favorite tips and tricks to end... |
285fc69c-e19b-dcd4-3ef2-5969cac0ca31 | ['efb8765d-baf9-ba5e-8f46-1f7a933bc271'] | You didn’t think that just because society had transformed into a dystopian nightmare where children are forced to murder each other for sport while the rich clap along that we would totally abandon Twitter, right? If the newly released posters for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire that call for the citizens of Panem to ... | 1c712cfc-73b2-5d11-7efb-213cca82e922 | ['efb8765d-baf9-ba5e-8f46-1f7a933bc271'] | Tribeca Film
There’s a scene in Palo Alto, the new film from writers <PERSON> and <PERSON> (also the film’s director), where the gaggle of wealthy, listless teenagers gather for yet another Friday night rager thrown by a nameless jock from their high school. The drunkest of the bunch gather around the kitchen, the girl... |
7b5c0b31-7c99-7437-de17-0376646da0c1 | ['efdc72fa-5552-807a-729d-652187985483'] | Introduction:
The several works of American literature set in Okinawa or about Okinawans include travel narratives, war diaries, memoirs, biography, fiction, drama, and musical theater Perhaps the earliest, <PERSON> 1856 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, is an account of C... | 89b40e9d-ad5a-2c49-9e91-3fc121549d99 | ['efdc72fa-5552-807a-729d-652187985483'] | Introduction by <PERSON>
In Okinawa after three U.S. servicemen raped a 12-year-old school girl in 1995, the U.S. and Japanese governments sought to tamp down boiling outrage by promising to close a dangerous and noisy U.S. Marine airbase located in the center of densely populated Ginowan City. But there was a catch. T... |
ea3c74a1-f971-181f-0fb0-99840f8802e1 | ['eff807d6-9255-4d52-dcdd-d3877dc9623e'] | RUSSIA'S "Satan 2" warhead is the world's most advanced nuclear missile and is reportedly capable of destroying the UK in one fell swoop.
The 40-megaton nuke will replace Vladimir Putin's Soviet-era Satan missiles which can already carry payloads 1,000 times more powerful than those used on Japan at the end of WWII.
It... | ac1abb29-834f-92a1-0e14-19ff6afac987 | ['eff807d6-9255-4d52-dcdd-d3877dc9623e'] | A Donald Trump imposter is seen enjoying a bright orange spray tan in the Oval Office in this bizarre vision of the future of America.
The business magnate then enjoys a romp with Miss Universe contestants and plays roulette, flinging cash around in the White House.
Solent News 13 Trump gets a bright orange spray tan i... |
821e96e6-5bcf-de2d-03c5-40117573daba | ['eff912aa-b505-55e1-1ff5-14c9cdd0358e'] | We love our phones like they’re our children, constantly picking them up for a check-in. However, phone addiction is a real thing. You know the drill: at every ping you’re a slave to looking at the screen; you hungrily search for notifications as you sit on the loo; you take it to bed with you; you reach for it before ... | b183fdea-5721-23e2-71cd-b60350683f9f | ['eff912aa-b505-55e1-1ff5-14c9cdd0358e'] | Anyone who has been through IVF can tell you it’s a nauseating conga line of painful injections and blood draws — but not for much longer.
New York’s New Hope Fertility Center this week launched its new Needle-Free IVF method, which promises the same success rates with zero injections.
How does it work? Hormone tests a... |
e20f15a0-c6bd-af8e-3782-4dbb748b595d | ['f027a824-6107-0407-4216-e1a30e20e72d'] | Metro’s job expert <PERSON> explains how a firm but fair approach could work for you when it comes to negotiating a bigger pay packet.
Let <PERSON> help you through the recruitment jungle
<PERSON> is 47 and has been twice turned down for promotion. ‘People tell me I should be banging on the table,’ she says. ‘My employ... | 41cfdbb2-66e4-d797-6897-41cd3b526736 | ['f027a824-6107-0407-4216-e1a30e20e72d'] | Career breaks are less popular than they were but if you’ve ever taken one, you’ll need to address it in an interview – along with anything that looks like a gap, road bump or distraction from a conventional career path.
<PERSON> <PERSON> hands out some valuable job advice (Picture: Metro)
Take <PERSON>, for example. ‘... |
c4a27589-aef6-6d0f-7cf2-fcc56321b524 | ['f032fe07-ec45-7e66-d68e-96271d9ee0fb'] | THE state government is facing a backlash from tertiary students and staff over plans to strip them of their right to guaranteed seats on the governing bodies of TAFEs and universities.
At present university councils and TAFE boards must include staff and student representatives, but a spokesman for Higher Education Mi... | 6534116c-de91-2e85-d566-846e6e9a2d81 | ['f032fe07-ec45-7e66-d68e-96271d9ee0fb'] | news, local-news
THE Creswick Bowling Club is preparing to move to a new site after its greens were flooded three times since September. A majority of club members endorsed the decision to move at a meeting on Wednesday night.The club will most likely move in to the Doug Lindsay Recreation Reserve which it will share w... |
fa4941d7-72fd-a5df-1588-e89eb7277ee8 | ['f05f5d44-ee9b-acbf-1f69-f909af68b393'] | The stocks presented below have all returned more than the S&P 500 over the past month, despite notably high short interest.
Company % of Float
Short Price Performance
(4 week) Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) 20% +11% Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR) 10% +6.5% Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) 10% +7.0% Deckers ... | 11ea66af-16d3-7a5d-5b5e-8a7418776ff6 | ['f05f5d44-ee9b-acbf-1f69-f909af68b393'] | With all the talk about a second potential global slowdown it may be no surprise that the market has punished shares of design software provider Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) lately. ADSK is down 28 percent compared to the S&P 500's (INX) drop of 10 percent this year.
Analysts know, after all, that the 2008 recession took a c... |
b31c3cb5-829f-b13b-d572-624b12fc1702 | ['f069665d-e12f-e38c-5a9f-94f881002887'] | Moving can be hard for anyone. You leave behind the people you know, the friends you have and even your favorite pizza joint.
But leaving behind a sports team? That’s like leaving behind your parents, your dog and your buddies all in one. You’ve cried with your hometown team, you’ve celebrated with your hometown team a... | 044ecc0a-5ada-4057-b313-af93847e43e8 | ['f069665d-e12f-e38c-5a9f-94f881002887'] | Since she was a little girl, junior middle blocker <PERSON> knew she wanted to be a Badger. Her father, <PERSON>, played baseball at Wisconsin and made sure <PERSON> grew up wanting to go to Madison.
“He would sing ‘[If] You Want to Be a Badger’ when I was going to bed when I was young, so it’s been a place that I have... |
f7698923-3140-9b59-f348-832719adbcef | ['f0892d54-8676-d6d0-2234-a3a14d9e2be3'] | Think of a street play where the script forms the routines and the power of agency lies with the artists. Can we have a play without a script? Yes, we can, but it just won’t be the same.
The same logic applies to the routines and agency (which lies with managers) in the corporate context. While managers do follow scrip... | 4ac44339-7afb-001e-ceff-ebb9a1ca5e87 | ['f0892d54-8676-d6d0-2234-a3a14d9e2be3'] | Who is the chief of US space agency Nasa, or, for that matter, Cern (The European Organization for Nuclear Research), two of the organizations responsible for some of the most significant contributions to the world, right from enriched baby formula food to the Large Hadron Collider? You might even struggle to recollect... |
3c191113-bdb2-0bc4-5193-a9d5c2391bfe | ['f0a9e4ff-96f1-b84e-91e9-ccd182f5eeea'] | BREXIT Secretary <PERSON> insists the Government has a Plan B if it cannot strike a deal with the EU in divorce talks.
The MP said Britain is ready if negotiations “go wrong” and demands are not met – but he expects “to get a good outcome”. <PERSON> is expected to trigger Article 50 as early as Tuesday setting in motio... | eb47ee5f-6b45-bbdd-f21f-24691767ae76 | ['f0a9e4ff-96f1-b84e-91e9-ccd182f5eeea'] | SWNS Boy, 6, hit by car walking home from school just a WEEK after lollipop lady was axed
<PERSON> was knocked down as he crossed the busy main road with his mum, older sister <PERSON>, and younger brother <PERSON>. The spot where he was struck had a crossing attendant stopping traffic so children could cross safely, b... |
d9151ab4-fa01-a6b7-e2de-6c8591f4a0a3 | ['f0d39591-86f1-4535-a30d-abef1b47b637'] | A teenager in New York: Sightseeing by speedboat and bumping into <PERSON>
Naturally, as a 16-year-old, I was a little reluctant to go on holiday with my dad. But a four-night stay in New York as a reward for working for my GCSEs? Well, that's another matter.
I had wanted to visit the city for years. I had imagined <PE... | ff0b241d-9076-501f-976e-afcb4c7d4a50 | ['f0d39591-86f1-4535-a30d-abef1b47b637'] | Naturally, as a 16-year-old, I was a little reluctant to go on holiday with my dad. But a four-night stay in New York as a reward for working for my GCSEs? Well, that's another matter.
I had wanted to visit the city for years. I had imagined <PERSON> sitting on a SoHo stairwell sipping a brightly coloured drink, <PERSO... |
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KILLEN, Ala. - Two years ago Brooks high school missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 years, but in 2015 <PERSON> took over as head coach. He led the Lions to an 11-2 record and the third round of the post season. The team has a chance to be even better this year. Coa... | ab6390bb-0f83-6fbb-faa5-73fa086dd816 | ['f1062216-4af7-8c7e-cc1d-dc2832c06be1'] | Please enable Javascript to watch this video
DECATUR, Ala. - Austin running back <PERSON> was one of the most sought after backs in the country before he verbally committed to Auburn, but there is a lot more to the 4-star prospect than meets the eye. He grew up in Courtlans, Alabama. A small town of roughly 600 people,... |
221f2502-d33d-0dd8-6122-db4fc2d265e3 | ['f10beab1-485f-c513-3740-690978516485'] | Consider two famous facts about cats. One: on the night of 30 April 1915, the ship’s cat of the RMS Lusitania went awol in New York. The next day, the ship sailed for Liverpool without him; a week later it was torpedoed by U-boats and sunk. Two: in the ruins of Pompeii, there have been found no cat remains, although mo... | 09913878-3392-95e4-4140-6a0c7ee94de7 | ['f10beab1-485f-c513-3740-690978516485'] | The case of the 18th-century man of letters <PERSON> is not often invoked, perhaps because no one has heard of him. Books of notable Georgians in England go straight from <PERSON> to <PERSON>. In <PERSON>’s Life of Samuel Johnson he hardly appears, despite having been a great friend of <PERSON>’s in the 1740s, as well ... |
e96bdad6-b0b7-5b4d-97ac-b8ba22c5b9d2 | ['f1315eba-8020-eb9f-c4d9-f40aef48458a'] | <PERSON> was once one of the most powerful newspaper owners in the English-speaking world, but there was so much more to he man who made the Melbourne Age a force to be reckoned with. In a new book, <PERSON> follows the Scottish immigrant's extraordinary life.
"One of the great figures of Australian life". So was <PERS... | 8cdd0886-30ca-8839-f17a-d9ee91a39430 | ['f1315eba-8020-eb9f-c4d9-f40aef48458a'] | The daily had first appeared on October 17, 1854 – coincidentally the day of a mass protest of miners in Ballarat and the burning down of the Eureka Hotel (the infamous battle of the Eureka Stockade would come in December that year). In his thank you speech, <PERSON> recounted his early struggles to keep the newspaper ... |
4555bd13-5560-255e-0ca9-2f909a22a216 | ['f13e89da-d1c6-603a-d6c9-41517ef8f520'] | The latest IRS identity theft case found that more than $5 billion in tax refunds were sent to identity thieves in 2011, according to a new government report. The refunds represent a growing problem of identity theft in the tax system that many believe will be more difficult to stop than most assume.
IRS Issued 1.5 Mil... | cf51668a-6d3d-45e9-8bc7-137ed09811ca | ['f13e89da-d1c6-603a-d6c9-41517ef8f520'] | Opening a checking account is usually a pretty mundane experience. You walk into a financial institution or visit the website, open the account and deposit your funds.
But if you catch a bank on a good day, the experience can pretty great. You may be able to snag a free prize, bonus cash offer or even earn a much highe... |
f7981187-1037-ba03-e4ee-d56c0a6c974d | ['f1572848-76f7-d902-6867-09b3d4597b23'] | A 21 Center Phase I Clinical Trial of Ceritinib (LDK378), Novartis A.G. (NYSE:NVS), published its findings of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the New England Journal of Medicine on March 27, 2014. Ceritinib is a new anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NYSE:ALK) inhibitor that has been shown to poss... | 98bdbb5d-1ef8-ba6b-d56e-14acc1382e59 | ['f1572848-76f7-d902-6867-09b3d4597b23'] | What is Xencor? And where is the Value?
Xencor (NASDAQ:XNCR) President and CEO <PERSON>, PhD, spoke at the BioCentury Annual Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference in New York on March 28. Dr <PERSON> updated us on the company's current research progress, collaborations, and future plans. XNCR is an innovati... |
74b0e916-1286-35f2-b0db-7274ca90b6d6 | ['f1998047-b8be-4609-3430-39036f1c6b8e'] | Today, November 24, Google is celebrating the 41st anniversary of the discovery of a pile of bones by paleoanthropologists working in Ethiopia with a Google Doodle.
This pile of bones belonged to a skeleton that would shine some light on the way in which our species evolved from tree dwelling apes to the tall statured ... | b1068dd5-a674-47b5-d40a-0b0de3291da8 | ['f1998047-b8be-4609-3430-39036f1c6b8e'] | The NSW state government is following up its 2015 election promise to deliver digital licences, with the first downloadable batch coming out mid 2016.
The first licences to go digital will be recreational fishing licences, responsible service of alcohol (RSA) licences, and responsible conduct of gambling (RCG) licences... |
f3fbee63-48f7-1415-7f8f-be185166cdeb | ['f1e36a05-101e-2f1a-2536-530a47b20f38'] | I believe that one can be impressed with the results of Canada’s safe injection site program and still understand that for Massachusetts, “one size does not fit all” in the fight to contain the opioid epidemic here.
I am proud that both Gov. <PERSON> and Mayor <PERSON> are not sold on safe injection sites, which, by th... | e822843c-4d5d-0f34-af98-3f4ae0e650a3 | ['f1e36a05-101e-2f1a-2536-530a47b20f38'] | ESPN host <PERSON> has come under fire after labeling President <PERSON> a “white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/other white supremacists” on Twitter — and though some may say she went too far, there’s no denying that this administration has emboldened the alt-right.
The truth is many of <PERSON>’s cl... |
ffc2ec2c-5a91-e8b5-917a-bf406ebdfbaa | ['f1e4c5a5-4539-d39f-46cf-933b6a5bce8d'] | There is no hidden agenda for sharia law; Western society is not under threat.
"F--- Off We're Full'' is one of the more odious Facebook groups in which members regularly bemoan Muslim immigration to Australia. It is currently in its sixth incarnation, having been taken offline and then replaced by other similarly name... | 01d058e5-ec26-4b95-ceb6-b5cc93bee00f | ['f1e4c5a5-4539-d39f-46cf-933b6a5bce8d'] | Why would anyone join an extremist Muslim fringe group that hates democracy and wants to impose a myopic interpretation of Islamic law on everyone? What could possibly attract an educated young man living in a free society to join a movement that glorifies suicide bombers?
These are questions that worry all sorts, from... |
dc58cc82-470e-cb2d-a085-6cb9bd313972 | ['f1f6c225-6a15-04d5-22e6-6706c141542f'] | Growth in itself is neither our enemy nor our problem. But what kind of economic growth do we need? And do we want growth at any cost?
A child born today is one of seven billion people on Earth, and during its lifetime will see the world's population grow by another 3 billion.
At the same time, more people enter the gl... | f029d180-82f7-0fec-76f8-59c0a5a3d439 | ['f1f6c225-6a15-04d5-22e6-6706c141542f'] | The new battle in the Pacific has support on the European front, but others need to shoulder some responsibility.
The Pacific region is on the front line of climate change. Its low-lying islands risk being swamped by rising sea levels and their inhabitants forced to emigrate. In June, exceptionally high tides coupled w... |
cf481dcf-a541-599f-f0a6-46e7494395c9 | ['f213648a-ad6b-35c5-2c39-114b1f138f43'] | <PERSON> has been named Center Director of Metropolitan Family Services Evanston/Skokie Valley Center, effective January 1, 2017. <PERSON> will be based in Skokie and will split her time between Metropolitan's Skokie and Evanston locations.
"<PERSON> has more than 30 years of experience strengthening the communities th... | 7d6b3a87-afd6-7224-92f6-5557dfd0152a | ['f213648a-ad6b-35c5-2c39-114b1f138f43'] | Spring can't come soon enough, so make plans to join Metropolitan Family Services Evanston/Skokie Center for a casual evening of fun, food, games and music at Spring Fever, taking place from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. on Sat., April 21, 2018 at Evanston Golf Club, located at 4401 Dempster Street, Skokie, IL.
In "Honoring Our Pa... |
c6859f97-4353-2af8-33b6-52921c8992b7 | ['f21a2e2f-04c3-ca58-5b18-3083d9099b13'] | MONROVIA, Liberia—<PERSON>, 6, walked out of the Island Clinic Ebola Treatment Unit on Wednesday, smiles beaming on her face in the afternoon sun. Her eyes lit up as she saw her uncle and aunt, there to welcome her back into the real world.
<PERSON>’s mother, <PERSON>, could not be there to receive her daughter. Over t... | e76580bc-8458-5b9e-f06a-83a4743ff40d | ['f21a2e2f-04c3-ca58-5b18-3083d9099b13'] | <PERSON>, 40, a resident of Chicken Soup factory—one of Monrovia’s slum communities—has lost 35 members of his family to the deadly Ebola virus. Now his community refers to him as an Ebola carrier. He had to get the police intervention for members of the community to stay off his back.
<PERSON> is among the many Ebola ... |
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As marketers continue to evolve their social networking strategies, it is important to remember that e-mail remains one of the most cost-effective and, if executed properly, the most beneficial tools within their marketing tool boxes. Marketers can use e-mail to increase the effectiveness of their social c... | d166301b-e3ec-67b8-2d76-f14e397b997b | ['f262e189-7920-55be-b8a4-83cca804f2b1'] | Most Popular
If you’ve ever spent time evaluating the incremental contribution an e-mail subscriber brings to your bottom line versus that of a nonsubscriber, you know that subscribers tend to drive more revenue. If you haven’t looked at that, now is the time.
After you’ve completed the exercise, take it a step further... |
6885657b-3b86-8d17-dfcd-d192974eb52f | ['f28e531d-39e2-57e7-87d8-5a054c3640d0'] | GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – A discovery made in the ashes of the Gatlinburg wildfires is helping bring a small amount of closure to the family of a couple who lost their lives in the fires.
<PERSON> and <PERSON> had a cabin in Chalet Village for more than 30 years.
The couple was from originally Canada, before moving to... | 45aab22f-7590-86c6-ef3f-808dee4ac252 | ['f28e531d-39e2-57e7-87d8-5a054c3640d0'] | GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – It’s been almost one year since one of the darkest days in East Tennessee history – the Gatlinburg wildfires.
Six months ago in a one-on-one interview, Fire Chief <PERSON> said he wanted to say more but that a gag order was in place. At the time, he called not being able to talk freely one of... |
a3fc6a5f-9914-8383-ed59-916ca558990d | ['f295b566-ff29-a9f2-ce67-75d9d5a5e195'] | So, I thought I saw another Iranian American’s face on that Avenger’s Time magazine cover and found out it was <PERSON>. She is a congressional candidate running for Utah’s second district. Once again, I was fascinated. Why would an Iranian American woman run in a red state?
<PERSON>’s family story is right out of a mo... | 3ce10f05-3a21-844b-f852-58020deca96f | ['f295b566-ff29-a9f2-ce67-75d9d5a5e195'] | I’m new to politics. My family ingrained a very clear message in my mind from when I was young – they said focus on your education, work hard, take care of your family and stay far away from politics. It made sense at the time, so I didn’t question it and did exactly what I was told. Today, I am fortunate to have a few... |
98c59f14-77bd-159a-e2e4-8f1a425157aa | ['f2a9c616-adc6-17ad-7491-b71c89cd68b9'] | Energy suppliers are flouting their own code when dealing with customers who owe them money.
Under a voluntary Back Billing Code, suppliers cannot claw back underpayments from you that go back further than 12 months provided it's not your fault.
Yet readers are telling Money Mail they've been sent demands for hundreds ... | 0d86071c-313f-141f-d844-4aeac582f3a5 | ['f2a9c616-adc6-17ad-7491-b71c89cd68b9'] | Charity fundraising websites are raking in millions of pounds by taking a slice of the money generous donors give to their chosen good cause.
The biggest, JustGiving.com, is estimated to have made millions of pounds from donations to 8,000 charities.
This time of year is peak fundraising season. The London Marathon, th... |
32053786-3fe6-35b1-05a9-b5a811097630 | ['f2ada7b2-3ba5-c4d8-5c38-537007cda272'] | The IFISA, as it is also called, offers eye-catching returns ranging from 4 to more than 10 per cent, which you get from lending your money to people or businesses. This allows you to invest in the expanding peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market, while taking your returns free of tax through your Isa wrapper.
<PERSON>, co-... | dfb522b4-8044-c1bd-b4e5-023a46ffee31 | ['f2ada7b2-3ba5-c4d8-5c38-537007cda272'] | Yesterday, the financial headlines in Germany were, one after the other:
"Bundesbank tops the government's growth forecasts," predicting 3.6% growth in GDP this year, the highest since the reunification of East and West Germany.
"Christmas holidays cancelled due to car boom," as BMW, Audi, and VW reduce staff holidays ... |
419bde17-ea84-abf9-d95c-470888098bc6 | ['f312eaef-c61d-90f6-d951-907f2a0dc822'] | Image: <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>
Soap opera alums bring drama, comedy and more to life.
Whether in daytime or primetime, telenovela or feature film, soap stars are some of the most versatile actors around. Soaps.com has compiled the latest places to find some of your favorite former soap opera actors from Another Wo... | fb11f095-17cc-410f-e34c-77ccdd5e6483 | ['f312eaef-c61d-90f6-d951-907f2a0dc822'] | Image: <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, Visual/JPI; <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>
Soap alums take the lead in rom-coms, dramas and the country music stage.
Some of the most popular and versatile actors in movies and theatre today got their start in daytime. Soaps.com has compiled the latest places to find some of your favo... |
8e983e7c-0847-d73f-0b67-144c338ed135 | ['f35414c6-5ba4-b0ff-2df4-fa98456eafdb'] | He came up with the idea of dying the Chicago River green for St. Patrick`s Day. He referred to <PERSON> as ''one of my favorite girls.'' And he touched the lives of thousands of Chicagoans, though most of them never met him.
He was Col. <PERSON>, organizer of extravaganzas, planner of parades and Chicago`s special eve... | ef0b0814-72f2-85d6-5a37-e2ab313c9046 | ['f35414c6-5ba4-b0ff-2df4-fa98456eafdb'] | Imagine a scene in the parlor: You sit down at your turn-of-the-century player piano and start pumping the pedals. The piano roll becomes taut and then slips smoothly from one spool to the other. The keys begin to move as if touched by invisible fingers, and from the player piano come the melodic sounds of . . . ''Beat... |
05d92cbe-c573-e26f-2741-3747af3bf1ec | ['f3acc041-6a55-60d2-6589-dc2518fa9777'] | Housing associations are calling on the Government to use supported housing schemes as an alternative to nursing homes as part of the Fair Deal scheme.
The Irish Council for Social Housing will tell Minister for <PERSON> at their AGM that supported housing is often a better option for older people unable to stay in the... | 5ab53111-92f8-58a9-7ef3-8ce82f6276bf | ['f3acc041-6a55-60d2-6589-dc2518fa9777'] | A man who infected two women with HIV has been sentenced to ten years in prison by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
The women had told the court he had destroyed their lives and affected the health of their families.
The man, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of the women, was found guilty earlier... |
5578cee3-ecd3-c6ad-d8a5-1acc80888b33 | ['f3b95f26-e3c7-5a0f-1660-82a2d23297f9'] | Heated toilet seats, pension worries, nagging wives and neglected children were among the most popular themes among this year's offerings of "senryu", haiku-like verse that take a sideways look at the fears and foibles of the put-upon Japanese white-collar worker, or salaryman.
The Dai-ichi life insurance firm, which h... | efff4f7b-742c-e60b-476e-104691f92b33 | ['f3b95f26-e3c7-5a0f-1660-82a2d23297f9'] | <PERSON> convicted of challenging integrity of Singapore judiciary in book on state's use of death penalty
The British author <PERSON> is today facing a possible prison sentence after a court in Singapore convicted him of challenging the integrity of the city state's judiciary in a book criticising its use of the death... |
9dd48c65-fe10-b924-dfb7-75dd0196329f | ['f3f9e026-1dd2-16d6-9071-9e0587319c32'] | Dr. <PERSON>, a major contender for the office of Governor of Abia State on the ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has vowed to bring unprecedented development to the state, if he wins the March 2, 2019 election.
Promising to transform the state into the Dubai of Africa, he told a group of APGA stakeh... | a1c4d9ef-e301-f061-07e6-17431231f7e1 | ['f3f9e026-1dd2-16d6-9071-9e0587319c32'] | The Social Democratic Party (SDP) senatorial candidate for Edo Central, Mr. <PERSON> has warned that Nigerians have a genuine reason to be worried over the 2019 polls owing to various incidents of ethno religious and politically inspired crises have soared unrestrained in the last few years.
He said, ordinarily the sec... |
bb6b34e3-dbb2-c260-8d96-50b95981bd12 | ['f486bbc3-41ff-d0f9-75ef-9bdeba3c2f9d'] | PHOTO: Middletown Boy Scout Troop 32 honors <PERSON> in achieving Eagle Scout. From left: <PERSON>, Scoutmaster Emeritus, <PERSON>, and <PERSON>, Scoutmaster of Troop 32.
Middletown, New Jersey – Boy Scouts of America Troop 32’s leadership, scouts, friends, family, and area dignitaries recently recognized the advanceme... | 5e693078-df1e-7cc7-3bcd-c0add023ca1a | ['f486bbc3-41ff-d0f9-75ef-9bdeba3c2f9d'] | PHOTO: Congratulations to the Troop 32 members honored at the annual Twin Lights District Dinner. From left: Hometown Heroes <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and Twin Lights District Award of Merit honoree <PERSON>. Caption credit: <PERSON>.
Middletown, New Jersey – Monmouth Council Boy Scouts of America recently held its... |
caf315fd-3562-8e0a-a846-fc499febd0de | ['f48f0cfd-ff2e-29e6-5c0d-45587459869b'] | In mid-2016 the Chinese ocean shipping company COSCO succeeded in acquiring a controlling stake in the Greek port of Piraeus. This was the culmination of more than a decade of preparation and prior part ownership, and it represents an important piece in the complex jigsaw of China’s One Belt One Road internationalizati... | cacc608d-e82f-792e-e5cd-e2f60f76d120 | ['f48f0cfd-ff2e-29e6-5c0d-45587459869b'] | Introduction
China has made strategic choices favouring renewables over fossil fuels that are still not widely understood or appreciated. <PERSON> and I have been making these arguments for several years now, and in particular in our article in Nature in September 2014 we argued that China had overwhelming economic and... |
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Adoptive parent (s): What do you require?
For a couple that wishes to adopt, you must have been in a marital relationship for at least three years. A person who is married to the child’s parent can only adopt with the other biological parent’s consent. A single person between 25 and 65 years of age.
A relative to the ... | a6bbc468-781c-3510-4de3-17f3a1282a52 | ['f4b0fec4-0078-385f-1682-789d46ead269'] | Expectant woman
Thirty-five year old <PERSON>* has made the decision to offer her unborn child for adoption. This, she says, would be for the baby’s best interests.
“I was born on 25th November 1983. I am from Homa Bay County, but I grew up at the coast. When I was in Form One, at the age of 15 years, I met a boy from ... |
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From Madame Noire:
There are some things your parents say and do that you will just never forget. I had one of those moments with my [mother] years ago, when I was in middle school. We were riding around one summer, running errands when <PERSON>’s “Juicy” came on. I... | da7390b1-13e4-9b4d-7ac9-ac7b781e02ba | ['f4e5e474-9ac9-7d53-d5c5-13a6c81bb1bb'] | A baby with straightened hair. (Source: Facebook)
From MadameNoire.com:
If you’re on Facebook long enough, you’re bound to find something to pique your interests, whether it’s ratchet, enlightening, inspirational or disturbing, something will catch your attention. And [recently] I just so happened to stumble upon a ver... |
d327f665-77cf-1447-68ef-91a1e8eb0c2a | ['f5232605-0a0a-3c08-2293-bcd060df5ee0'] | The Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, <PERSON>, is in the custody of the State Security Service because he committed economic sabotage by diverting petroleum products stored in his tank farm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said.
<PERSON>, counsel to the NNPC, told a Lagos Division of the ... | 01526178-5f54-a02d-104b-a37a3c8f9e56 | ['f5232605-0a0a-3c08-2293-bcd060df5ee0'] | Justice <PERSON> of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court Monday ordered the permanent forfeiture of a $37.5 million property on Banana Island, Lagos, allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, <PERSON>.
Mr. <PERSON> gave the order to the Federal Government after the Economic and Financial ... |
fe1e541c-e970-fc3f-96c5-09986c284825 | ['f52f5b21-7e37-20f0-bf35-d0cc751697ed'] | <PERSON> on JT sacking 00:32:30 <PERSON> on JT sacking
WESTS Tigers great <PERSON> has revealed he feels “sad” for <PERSON> in the wake of the coach’s stunning early season sacking, describing the timing of the decision as “weird”.
<PERSON> was sacked just three rounds in despite starting the season with a thumping vic... | 833dc64c-ab43-c605-ca28-e953927bdab0 | ['f52f5b21-7e37-20f0-bf35-d0cc751697ed'] | news, local-news
WAGGA songwriter <PERSON> is part of Australian folklore as the man who wrote <PERSON> 1981 hit Duncan and at the ripe old age of 73 he's ready to become a self-described "two-hit wonder".<PERSON>, along with well- known local country music product <PERSON>, has been nominated as a finalist of the Grea... |
b8b9af19-854b-f68c-0803-55c6399e5467 | ['f5566323-1cde-3798-0e55-cda677b77765'] | Let's all take a moment and remember Robert Bork. To help jog your memory, here is his curriculum vitae in a nutshell: President Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre hatchetman, conservative D.C. federal appeals court judge, failed Reagan nominee to theU.S. Supreme Court, right-wing commentator, law professor and a verb.
Yo... | 2294546b-113d-55cc-f4b8-b51b9d3cab0b | ['f5566323-1cde-3798-0e55-cda677b77765'] | Since <PERSON> won”t rule out running for the presidency in 2012, her performance recently at the Tea Party convention in Nashville deserves more scrutiny. Voters may have to soon evaluate her as a future leader of our nation. Which makes her strikingly vapid answers to softball questions all the more frightening.
When... |
ba285c53-9863-7828-7ca1-ef2835ba331e | ['f591318c-06f7-95f4-1d49-355f3dc09ea2'] | Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, South Africa.
Markets are a big deal in the Mother City. It’s not only where Capetonians source fresh produce for the week ahead, but it’s a scene as well, with each market drawing different crowds for different reasons: delicious global food, indie fashion finds (many of the country’s ... | 945ddebb-f0fe-68d4-4bcb-9ec957b115cb | ['f591318c-06f7-95f4-1d49-355f3dc09ea2'] | Cape Town and Table Mountain in South Africa. Photo: <PERSON>/Getty Images/Gallo Images
Most Cape Town fans will wax rhapsodic about its natural splendor. As they rightly should: Within its city limits you’ll find some of the world’s most beautiful beaches nudging their way toward the slopes of the dramatic flat-topped... |
d0388586-207c-fbb9-ecf2-70ffb71eb69c | ['f5dc14e4-6fe5-c1e5-956b-2031a0b0f1cc'] | After months of begging them to test a car, Porsche agreed to loan me a Panamera S Hybrid in early March. One day before the loan was scheduled to start, I got a phone call.
Another journalist had an accident and the car wouldn't be fixed for my test.
I was bummed, but what was I supposed to do? Complain? It just meant... | efc396a3-7464-e6c0-bb95-69c34dc9d44c | ['f5dc14e4-6fe5-c1e5-956b-2031a0b0f1cc'] | From the outside, Foreign Auto Wrecking in Los Angeles, California looks like any junkyard.
A sign advertises that they have Mercedes, BMW, and "Porche," but behind the gates is a collection of some of the most significant, rarest, and expensive cars in the world.
Town And Country's February issue dives into the histor... |
32e8c7f9-ac15-2707-ad5a-037769e0574d | ['f6085ea2-6c95-a13c-d9c7-60f80e5c715e'] | As highlighted by MCA Youth leader, <PERSON>, there were only 9% of Chinese students in UKM's new intake this year.
How many Chinese students can score 3.6 and above CPA in STPM for a place in UKM? My nephew is one of the rare ones who managed to enter UKM.
Overall, Chinese student percentage in local public universiti... | 4e3b5acb-d59e-59ed-d22e-6d3911382979 | ['f6085ea2-6c95-a13c-d9c7-60f80e5c715e'] | My name is <PERSON>, (blog @ www.nkkhoo.com ), I am not a paid supporter for Lynas. I am only a person who support facts and logical thinking.
I have appealed for a long time to any <PERSON> group to buy me a terrace house next to Lynas plant for me to stay there as a guinea pig to prove my belief that the Lynas plant ... |
dbc2c4a2-db36-f9f2-42ce-021a6506e1c1 | ['f61840aa-3051-68d8-eaf0-84028cffe925'] | ATLANTA As President <PERSON> urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas that are likely to produce fights over gun control in their upcoming sessions.
There is momentum in two strongly Democratic states to tigh... | cb466121-302a-8921-d4e6-5137ae0b75f5 | ['f61840aa-3051-68d8-eaf0-84028cffe925'] | ATLANTA On the day consumers started perusing new federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President <PERSON>'s insurance overhaul were mostly sitting on their hands. But the law is going into effect without them.
Thirty-six states, most of them Republican-controlled, have opted to let the feder... |
74de73c4-fe78-45d5-f034-0ce056d7e05b | ['f61a9bc5-ce40-39a7-1336-95b265dffbe5'] | SAN FRANCISCO The federal government auctioned off nearly 18,000 acres of oil leases on prime public lands on Wednesday in central California, home to prized vineyards, several endangered species and one of the largest deposits of shale oil in the country.
Eight groups – including oil companies – bid for the leases inv... | b1329f6f-3ae4-8aa7-a24c-a48b28bb072f | ['f61a9bc5-ce40-39a7-1336-95b265dffbe5'] | REDWOOD CITY First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limousine driver <PERSON> heard someone knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told the partying women.
Then the taps turned to urgent knocks, and someone screamed “Smoke, smoke!” and “Pull over!”
In just a fe... |
87b60e7b-5110-6f75-ffbe-a4b06577189d | ['f62b2a9d-d1f9-2bd7-1359-257b51b96ffc'] | You used to hear predictions of the ''paperless office'' where everyone would have a terminal and bureaucrats would shuffle electrons instead of paper.
Forget it. Corporate decisions still revolve around typewritten documents. Instead of replacing paper, the thrust of office automation has become the efficient producti... | 379b4b5c-a0fc-a513-4697-4db6cf331e0f | ['f62b2a9d-d1f9-2bd7-1359-257b51b96ffc'] | Each time you give your credit card details to a phone agent or Web site, it can feel like you die a little — after all, you've just given away the keys to your personal kingdom.
Security experts nowadays are trying to help address this fear by developing disposable credit card numbers.
Under one new proposal, the disp... |
ad5f932d-cfdc-0503-9c28-48813951df45 | ['f62ce177-7334-f790-ac55-77925194a0c3'] | HIZZHONOR ARRIVES: <PERSON> may have followed in <PERSON> footsteps in representing the 43rd Assembly District in the Legislature, but don't think for a minute that he got to move his law books and family photos right into <PERSON>'s roomy former office.
No, this week he's settling into what's known around the Assembly... | 8a4f1cdd-3e57-78a2-68f2-4bd0aaaad2cf | ['f62ce177-7334-f790-ac55-77925194a0c3'] | Those seeking the office of state treasurer might be expected to engage in lofty discussions of bond sales, pension investments and credit ratings.
But the below-the-belt Democratic party contest over who gets to follow in <PERSON> footsteps has turned this statewide campaign into the most spirited, perhaps nastiest su... |
d5a1b098-e71c-3420-2eb2-ce1ed49b7dfe | ['f638078b-0c25-f929-554d-b8a12c05f8ce'] | At 22, <PERSON> steps out of her father’s shadow into a spotlight of her own
WHEN YOU’RE <PERSON>, JUST LEAVING HOME CAN be an adventure. To escape the photographers who often camp outside her Madrid home, “I ride in the trunk of the car,” she says with a giggle. “Once we were going along, and it was really bumpy, and ... | 510aa7da-ad33-41a5-4d69-41cd4605f9c8 | ['f638078b-0c25-f929-554d-b8a12c05f8ce'] | After six months of dating, actress <PERSON> and rock guitarist <PERSON> decided to put their romance to the test. Over dinner one night at an Indian restaurant, the two scribbled down a few words on the back of a napkin and turned their lives over to the establishment’s resident handwriting analyst. The woman peered a... |
fb2b9bf5-5bbb-1b3b-c591-215a5d3f3241 | ['f63fc580-69e9-e93c-c1d6-ca810c53abb2'] | PORT Macquarie’s girls under-14s were one of the few local teams to make a dent in the tournament, making the final 16 of their age group.
Coach <PERSON> was buzzing with pride after her side crashed out in the quarter finals, saying the team did extremely well.
“We had a great tournament and the girls did extremely we... | 82d4ca2c-a56e-273b-d15c-813a690e4041 | ['f63fc580-69e9-e93c-c1d6-ca810c53abb2'] | <PERSON> and <PERSON> are the new Australian boxing champions after a successful trip to Adelaide for the Australian Boxing Titles.
<PERSON> won gold and is now off to the Ukraine where he will fight at World Junior Amateur Boxing Championships for a second year in a row, while <PERSON> is aiming for a Commonwealth Gam... |
41ea7ba7-c66d-3aa5-e28b-9bb53b3a0f99 | ['f657feaa-6cc3-0fd3-df7a-18506c3e2433'] | A Radical new treatment that equips the immune system to launch a ‘search and destroy’ mission for tumours in the body is set to transform how cancer is tackled, say scientists.
The technique, which uses conventional radiotherapy but with the power turned down, enables cells in the immune system to recognise the geneti... | b3df2c8b-7990-d76a-2037-a0232fe09a61 | ['f657feaa-6cc3-0fd3-df7a-18506c3e2433'] | The bizarre-sounding treatment, costing from £300, targets the common problem of unsightly ‘black triangles’ – gaps between the base of the teeth caused by age-related receding gums
Anti-wrinkle jabs are used by millions of women in an effort to restore youthful plumpness and volume to the face.
But now enterprising co... |
44038315-14bb-0bcd-f263-ceca68a5b39f | ['f6614b5b-6b32-33bf-cb9d-c3da83c69780'] | Following on from the partnership between Thomas Jewellers and Traffic across 2014, the agency has been entrusted with the ‘jewel in the crown’ within the Thomas Jewellery Group – the Paul Bram Diamonds brand.
<PERSON> has enjoyed a long-standing, successful relationship with brand ambassador <PERSON>. The challenge fo... | 419fd945-9b6d-be5e-38dd-dab0ea42c0d3 | ['f6614b5b-6b32-33bf-cb9d-c3da83c69780'] | Melbourne jewellery retailer Paul Bram Diamonds has unveiled a new campaign featuring its high profile brand ambassador – wife, mother, model, television presenter, interiors designer and blogger – <PERSON>, who has been the ‘face’ of Paul Bram for a decade.
The campaign will be launched with a Brownlow Medal feature s... |
47439bb0-c67d-2351-5bb3-fbfaedf204ea | ['f671fda9-d7f8-ce65-0738-aea16d51e628'] | Remember all the hoopla and hype surrounding the NBA's draft class of 2014? It offered players to die for — or at least to tank for: <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>.
Well, it was the storm before the calm.
None of them has caused as much as a ripple as pros yet (injuries have struck several). There was no big buzz befo... | 7affba1a-92d5-b986-3559-45d08e63d81c | ['f671fda9-d7f8-ce65-0738-aea16d51e628'] | MIAMI — The game served as a staging area for the Hassan Whiteside sideshow.
Maybe Orlando Magic officials will be reviewing the tape this summer.
Whiteside, who can become a free agent, scored 26 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had five blocks to pace the Miami Heat to a 108-97 victory against the Magic on Friday nigh... |
d40c78ea-b499-f0c8-8e3e-094f20177823 | ['f67eb938-07a6-83c1-b96d-07fc761736ba'] | Feminists are often charged with being too serious, of not having a sense of humour, and of not knowing how to have fun.
While this certainly does not apply to my personal life, I have to admit my work as a feminist sociologist has generally focused on exposing the darker side of patriarchy.
Topics such as domestic vio... | 869ac76e-cde6-a7ca-fd2b-dbcba40cf1c0 | ['f67eb938-07a6-83c1-b96d-07fc761736ba'] | Activists protest triple talaq in India | Scroll.in
<PERSON> was married at the age of 15. She received her higher education after her marriage when she traveled to England in 1933 with her infant daughter, leaving behind five other children in Bangalore with her husband. Once in England, she not only received her post... |
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