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Before performing a charity concert at St Andrew’s Hall, members of the Mozart Orchestra serenaded the GoGo Hares sculptures before they left the city’s streets. |
Before performing a charity concert at St Andrew’s Hall, members of the Mozart Orchestra serenaded the city’s popular GoGoHares sculptures before they left the city’s streets. |
Visited by clarinets, violins and a French horn player, artist and violinist Rob Barnes was one of the musicians who serenaded the hares before they left their place on the GoGoHares trail this summer. |
Mr Barnes created the city sculpture, Barley Hare, for sponsor Sinclair International and the county sculpture, Holiday Hare, sponsored by Richardsons Holiday Park. |
The Mozart Orchestra performs ‘Nordic Dreams’ - a season finale concert with guest soloist Ruth Hahn - on October 6 in aid of Break. |
The Nordic-inspired programme will showcase Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and Symphony No.2, and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. |
Wayne time. After sparking a viral sensation with the #UproarChallenge, Lil Wayne delivers the official video for his Carter V smash. |
Shot throughout New York, the dance-heavy clip co-stars the song’s producer Swizz Beatz, as well as social media comedians Atown, Fatboy SSE, and “In My Feelings” star Shiggy. They are joined by dozens of dancers, who show off their best #UproarChallenge moves including the Harlem Shake in a studio and at Harlem’s Ruck... |
“Uproar,” which contains the same sample as G. Dep’s 2001 hit “Special Delivery,” is a standout off Tha Carter V, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album. |
Take part in Tunechi’s #UproarChallenge below. |
Green Growth Brands, a division of Xanthic Biopharma, presented a conditional offer of Can$11 per share on Thursday after markets closed. |
It is offering to buy one of the biggest producers of cannabis in Canada, which in October legalized recreational use of the drug, drawing major investment to an industry previously focused on medical marijuana. |
The US group, which has cannabis operations in Nevada, said the combined firm would be the only North America-wide firm in the business, and the largest by market capitalization in the United States. |
It said its offer represented a premium of 45.5 percent over Aphria's December 24 closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
Green Growth said the offer was conditional on obtaining necessary financing. |
Aphria responded on Friday by saying that the US firm's offer is "based on a hypothetical valuation of its own shares, with no relation to the current price." |
Aphria shares jumped more than 10 percent in early trading Friday on the Toronto bourse to Can$8.36 a share while Xanthic Biopharma dropped one percent to Can$3.69. |
This post is made in partnership with Affirm Press. |
The Trump administration has a… unique approach when it comes to managing their message. From Spicy, to the Mooch, to SHS, to Kellyanne Conway, we’ve seen a procession of people loose with the truth and creative with their language. |
But would an Obama staffer do any better? I mean… they had Obama. |
Well, Pat Cunnane was president Barack Obama’s senior writer and deputy director of messaging at the White House where he worked for six years in many roles, responsible for writing statements, jokes, op-eds, and more in the president’s voice. |
We asked Pat how he would approach the following briefs to the Trump administration’s greatest misses. |
Crikey: Trump sent Sean Spicer out to back up his assertion that there were 1.5 million people at his inauguration. Spicer will forever be known for his angry assertion “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” Is it possible to top this line of comedic genius? |
Pat Cunnane: They started big, like a circus starting with the grand finale, but kudos to them for trying almost daily to top themselves — from falsely claiming 3 million people voted illegally, to decrying the legitimate Russia investigation as fake news, to dubiously asserting the President is the healthiest Presiden... |
Like some of the best stand-ups, they know how to go big. But, lately it seems they think joking about a national hero’s death is funny, so I fear they might have lost their comedic touch. |
Today [NAME] departed the Trump White House to spend more time with [his/her] family and it definitely doesn’t have anything to do with [INSERT SCANDAL]. |
Or, Fox News could just do a press release each time they hire a disgraced Trump staffer. |
Obama was well known for poking gentle fun at Joe Biden. What would you do if set free to “gently” mock Mike Pence? |
Gently mocking Mike Pence is too easy, from his musings on the dangers of the Disney movie Mulan to his self-imposed rule that he should never be alone in a room with a woman other than his wife. |
What I’d like to see is a movie where Trump and Pence fall into the South Lawn fountain or something and go full-blown Freaky Friday, switching bodies. It’d be fun to watch a homespun nerd like Pence try to antagonize the world on Twitter and a serial-philanderer like Trump try and exist within the confines of the mora... |
Kellyanne Conway was criticised for penning the term “alternative facts”. What would you have called them? |
I think “non-evidence-based truths” rings slightly more scientific. But, I also think I’d have a hard time labeling them as anything other than what they are: lies. |
Pat Cunnane’s memoir West Winging It is published by Affirm Press. |
As a Protestant from a pro-unionist background and as also having a good take on factual Irish History, I would have been open to the formation of a new Ireland and playing my part as a citizen therein. |
After all, I believed that people with the same background as myself had no longer anything to fear from the Irish state, the majority of its people nor the Roman Catholic Church. |
However, it is most unfortunate that unrelenting insults and downright nastiness that continually emanate from Sinn Fein and their ‘republican’ followers has now all but put paid to any such considerations! |
It is clear to see that within the DNA of SF/IRA and their follower’s there is absolute loathing for anything British, English, Northern Irish, Protestant, Ex RUC, Ex UDR, British Army, Ulster Scot, Orange Order, unionist, loyalist, and so on (now we can also add Brexit to the list!). |
A question that springs to many people’s mind then is: “Who is going to protect such peoples from Sinn Fein/IRA/republicans, given their propensities,if they ever get their united Ireland”? |
In creating this trepidation, Sinn Fein and the IRA Army Council in my opinion has underestimated the views of the moderate pro-unionist people like myself in their exuberance that ‘their’ united Ireland is now within grasp, especially amid the mix of Brexit. |
Consequently, I certainly won’t be wanting anything to do with any united Ireland that is under the control or influence of Sinn Fein and the IRA’s (they haven’t gone away you know) army council. |
They who never stop moaning about their rights being disrespected but are more than happy to ride roughshod over everyone else’s. |
District 3 school board member Katherine Covey was the first of four finalists to be interviewed for the vacancy last week. |
The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education opted to select Katherine Covey, the first of four interviewees, to fill the seat of recently resigned member Martha Janssen in District 3. |
RRPS had 10 applicants, but three were eliminated because they didn’t reside in District 3, from which Janssen had moved. |
Covey was sworn in Saturday afternoon, as she was slated to be out of town and had to miss her first board meeting, which will be held Monday at 5:30. |
The board began the interview process last Monday afternoon, when three candidates — in order, Covey (KO-vee); Kim Lanoy-Sandoval, a member of Rio Rancho High School’s first graduating class in 1999; and Cheryl Montoya — gave a one-minute introduction of themselves, answered 10 questions posed by board members and conc... |
On Tuesday, just Jeffery Morgan went through the process. Three of the intended seven candidates — Lee Ann Caldwell, Scarlett Taylor and Carl Wilken — withdrew their candidacy the day before they would have been interviewed. |
All four interviewees — including Covey, who has two children at RRHS — have students attending district schools. |
After Morgan’s interview, the other candidates returned to the board room, where the board members — Ryan Parra, Catherine Cullen, Wynne Coleman and Ramon Montaño — discussed who they preferred for the seat, with Covey widely supported and Morgan a close second. |
“This is very tough,” Cullen admitted. |
Cullen moved for approval of Covey, Coleman seconded that motion and all four voted in favor of naming her to the board. |
Covey’s term could last only through Dec. 31, unless she runs for the seat, along with Montaño (District 2) and Parra (District 4), who have told the Observer they intended to run for re-election. |
Covey said she would take a wait-and-see attitude — “I am considering it” — and it was too early to make that decision. |
A single mother, she has lived in several states, going from Arizona to Utah, where she taught U.S. and world history, and then Idaho, where she served as a probation officer. She came to New Mexico five years ago to work for Justice Systems Inc., an Ontario Systems company, as a client services manager, choosing Rio R... |
Justice Systems, she said, creates court-management software, provides training, does trouble-shooting and helps with court processes. |
“Because of my background in education, education has always been important to me, and (I wanted) to get more involved in the schools,” she said, when asked why she became a candidate for the school board seat. |
She said she supported having armed security guards on campuses, which the board decided to do in recent months, and said she’d been involved in a similar discussion as a probation officer. |
“We were not armed,” she said. “I can see both sides. Ultimately, we ended up carrying weapons. |
Mayor Gregg Hull has selected longtime Rio Rancho resident Jeremy Lenentine to fill the District 2 city council seat vacancy. |
Per the city charter, Lenentine’s appointment requires governing body confirmation, which Hull will seek at its April 10 meeting. |
“After much consideration, I have chosen to appoint Jeremy Lenentine to represent District 2,” Hull said in a news release. “I am convinced Jeremy will work hard to represent District 2. |
Lenentine was one of six applicants. He is the outreach director at the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Rio Rancho. |
He attended Champion College in Arkansas and Hyles Anderson College in Indiana. Lenentine has lived in Rio Rancho for nearly 30 years. |
If the governing body confirms Lenentine’s appointment, he will be sworn in and take office at the end of the meeting. He would serve a term through March 2020. |
As part of the regular municipal election in March 2020, the District 2 seat will be decided by voters, and the person elected will serve a two-year term. |
If the governing body does not accept Hull’s appointment, the mayor will appoint another individual within 45 days, subject to governing body confirmation. |
The process continues until the governing body has confirmed an appointee of the mayor. |
The vacancy was created when Dawnn Robinson, re-elected in March 2018, resigned effective March 13 because her husband had obtained a job in Atlanta and the family was moving there. |
JERSEY CITY - Protesters may not have been able to get close enough to Liberty National Golf Course, but about a dozen people wanted to share a message with hundreds of people headed to the Statue of Liberty Sunday afternoon. |
"Americans are dying while Trump plays golf," protesters chanted at Liberty State Park. |
President Donald Trump was in Jersey City on Sunday for the Presidents Cup. Of the protesters, many were critical of Trump's response to the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico saying the president should shift his focus to aiding victims rather than attending a sporting event. |
Roger Martin attended the small protest holding a Puerto Rico flag. He said he has family members who live on the island - a U.S. territory - and said Trump's lack of response shows he is treating the people of Puerto Rico like "second class citizens." |
"I feel like Trump's out here playing golf and he hasn't visited Puerto Rico nearly as fast as Texas," Martin said. |
Trump sent out a series of tweets this weekend, calling San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz's relief efforts an example of "poor leadership ability." Trump is expected to visit storm-battered Puerto Rico on Tuesday. |
Trump presented the cup at the event, but didn't actually play on the last day of the tournament. He does, however, often play at his Bedminster golf club. |
Other chants included "we want a leader not a creepy tweeter" (he called Kim Jong-un "little rocket man" again before he arrived at the Presidents Cup) and "get out of Jersey City, Trump isn't welcomed here." |
Jersey City residents largely voted against Trump in the 2016 election. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton earned 68,546 votes to Trump's 11,705, according to the Hudson County register's report. |
But not everyone was thrilled with the group's display at Liberty State Park. Some rolled their eyes walking by while others completely ignored the group's message. |
Pamela Brown and her guest Joseph Cirincione discuss reaction to the conditions under which Pres. Obama says he would send ground troops into Iraq to fight ISIS. |
Kurdish groups battling ISIS say three Americans have joined their ranks as they battle ISIS in Syria. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin spoke with Sophie Cousins, a reporter who helped to bring the story of a 28-year-old man from Wisconsin, now identified as Jordan Matson. |
Sen. Ron Johnson tells Anderson Cooper why he thinks American troops will be needed on the ground to defeat ISIS. |
Could ISIS have taken Baghdad? |
Anderson Cooper talks with a military analyst about whether ISIS really could have taken over Baghdad. |
An ITN reporter on the ground in Iraq talks with Brooke about the evacuation of Iraqi civilians on the run from ISIS. |
CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks with Iraq War veteran Colby Buzzell who says the U.S. needs to 'exterminate' ISIS. |
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When naysayers advised against reinventing the wheel, they forgot to send Mr Andrew Vaz the notice. |
The Singaporean has taken the design of the electricity-generating turbine system and turned it on its head, literally. Instead of resembling huge vertical fans, Mr Vaz's design looks like a rotor lying flat on the ground. |
1. Google Quits China. Google’s sudden announcement, last January, that it had been the target of a major cyber attack originating in China, and that it would subsequently either stop censoring its search engine or withdraw from China entirely, sent shockwaves through the business world. Would a top global firm serious... |
2. Real Estate Bubble. Fears that China’s real estate boom may have turned into a bubble were a recurrent theme throughout 2010. In many cities, apartment prices have doubled over the past two years, even as many purchased units stand empty. With famous investors like Jim Chanos calling China “another Dubai,” and a gro... |
3. Rare Earth Embargo. In the midst of a heated diplomatic quarrel, this September, over a contested chain of islands in the East China Sea, Chinese customs authorities quietly but effectively halted all exports of rare earth oxides to Japan. Over the past two decades, production of these little-known minerals – critic... |
4. Labor Unrest and Rising Wages. A spate of 14 employee suicides at Foxconn — China’s largest contract manufacturer of electronic goods for top-name brands like Apple, HP, and Nokia – focused nationwide attention on the country’s high-stress, low-pay working conditions. The attention coincided with a series of indepen... |
7. Rising Inflation. China’s consumer price index (CPI) inched steadily higher throughout the year, reaching a year-on-year increase of 5.1% by November – far exceeding the country’s target rate of 3%. Many felt that the actual price gains, especially in urban areas, were much higher than official figures. The fastest ... |
8. Geely Buys Volvo. In August, privately-owned Chinese carmaker Geely closed a long-awaited deal to buy Swedish auto brand Volvo from its previous owner, Ford. The $1.5 billion purchase was the Chinese auto industry’s largest overseas acquisition to date. Critics say Geely’s management is taking a huge risk, and point... |
9. Bank Balance Sheets. This July, the Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) set a new record for the world’s largest IPO, raising over $22 billion on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets. One would think that such a stunning accomplishment – the last of China’s “big four” banks to list overseas – would signal the st... |
10. Cross-Straits Trade Agreement. In June, Mainland China and Taiwan signed a landmark agreement to gradually eliminate trade and investment barriers between the two Cold War rivals. Made possible by President Ma Ying-jeou’s 2008 election victory over the island’s more pro-independence party — and approved only after ... |
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