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Senegal beat Nigeria in the Africa qualifiers for the World Cup 9-8 and Ejoor said his team did not have enough time to train. |
“We could have made the World Cup but we did not prepare well. Senegal are physically strong though we are tactically better but good preparation would have helped us but we just had eight days to train before going for the qualifiers. Our players are on their break right now so we need at least three weeks to get them... |
Ejoor also said that Lebanon are going to be real challengers as it took World Cup experience to beat them last year at the Copa Lagos. “They are physical okay and are also good technically but we believe we still have a slight edge and also the home advantage, he added. |
The coach added that though Germany is an unknown quantity to him and his players, they would treat them like Portugal and Brazil, countries that they beat last year to retain the Copa Lagos trophy. |
Copa Lagos Season 2013 which is already enjoying the support of Banking giant FCMB will also have some of Nigeria’s hottest musical acts on the beach for three days with fashion shows also on the bill. |
In this image released by ABC, Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman appear in a scene from the reboot of “Roseanne,” premiering on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST. For the reboot, Roseanne will be at odds with her sister Jackie, played by Laurie Metcalf, over President Donald Trump. Barr said she thought it was important to sho... |
NEW YORK >> When the reboot of “Roseanne” premieres on ABC on Tuesday, it picks up where the show left off in 1997 — with one notable difference. |
For the reboot, Roseanne will be at odds with her sister Jackie, played by Laurie Metcalf, over President Donald Trump. |
Roseanne Barr says she thought it was important to show how the Conner family deals with the same issues that many American families currently face. |
“It shows people’s different opinions and how they resolve them,” Barr said at the New York premiere of the show on Monday night. |
Much like his on-screen persona, John Goodman, who reprises his role as Dan Conner, wanted to stay out of the fray. |
“All politics is local, and ultimately it’s all meant to crush the family,” Goodman said. |
But he says he thinks it’s important to cover the political dynamic on the show. |
“It’s how we deal with it. It’s just how we deal with everything within the group, and we disagree or not it’s really not that big a deal,” Goodman said. |
Barr, who counts herself as a Trump supporter, was not able to fully express why she backs the president so intensely. |
“You know, well he is the president and that’s it. He is the president, and we are in a war, so I think we should all pull together and, uh, try to get over our great divide,” Barr said. |
When asked if she watched Sunday’s “60 Minutes” interview with Stormy Daniels, who has alleged she had an affair with Trump in 2006, she was dismissive. |
“No. I don’t care about that,” Barr said. |
“I didn’t see her on that,” he said as he grinned, inferring he’d seen her as an adult film actress. |
When Barr got the joke, she burst out laughing as the pair walked away. |
“Roseanne” airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. |
Property fraud is the fastest growing white collar crime in the country, according to the FBI, the release said. |
The Greene County Recorder's Office has rolled out a new property fraud alert system, the county announced in a news release on Friday. |
It's a free service that is meant to help identify and curb property fraud, the release said. |
According to Recorder of Deeds Cheryl Dawson-Spaulding, property owners who sign up will receive an alert by email if their names appear on documents recorded at her office. |
Deed fraud occurs when someone transfers interest or borrows money against real estate by pretending to be the owner of property that they don’t own, the release said. |
The release said often victims are unaware that their homes or identity have been compromised until a claim is made against their property either by a new “owner” or a lender. |
The system was developed in-house by the county's information systems department and the recorder's office, the release said. |
Dawson-Spaulding said in a statement: “We understand that this alert service can’t prevent fraud from happening, but it is a step in the right direction to help alert property owners so they can take legal action if they believe possible fraudulent activity has occurred." |
Sign up for the property fraud alert notification service at greenecountymo.gov/recorder. |
KUWAIT: Following his instructions to cancel morning assemblies at schools to avoid the extreme cold, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa authorized school directors to suspend classes in case of extreme cold. |
Hawally Governor Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah yesterday presided a meeting with senior officials at his office to discuss updating Hawally’s existing shelters and building new ones as needed according to population density in cases of emergency. Officials in attendance were Major General Abdullah Al-Ali, Director of ... |
The court of appeals yesterday mandated the Central Apparatus For Illegal Residents’ Affairs to issue a civil ID to a bedoon (stateless) woman. Meanwhile, the court yesterday released a suspect who had been accused of embezzling KD 313,000 from a company he used to work for. |
Disowning a successful activist filmmaker will not solve Pakistan's "honour killing" epidemic. |
Only days after Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy accepted her Academy Award for best short subject documentary for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness highlighting Pakistan's honour killing epidemic, the killings continued. |
In Lahore, Mohammad Rehmat killed his 18-year-old daughter after she failed to tell him where she had been for five hours. The next day in the village of Noorshah, Mohammad Asif shot his two sisters because "he doubted their characters and was against their lifestyle". |
Obaid-Chinoy's documentary is not only a voice for these poor souls, it is also a testament to how film can pave the way for social change in a country where culture and religion can be used to victimise women rather than empower them. Unfortunately, for many Pakistanis, bringing awareness to foment change is still con... |
Honour killings in Pakistan are more common than one might assume. The Pakistan Human Rights Commission 2014 annual report states that more than 3,000 women (PDF) have died in so-called honour killings in Pakistan since 2008. The Aurat Foundation, a rights group in the country puts estimates even higher and maintains t... |
A 2011 study (PDF) by the the Aurat Foundation found that The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2004, otherwise known as the "Honour Killings Act" that makes so-called honour killings punishable by law did little to decrease the incidence of such crimes. |
A large part of that is due to the lack of knowledge about the law itself that cuts across the entire spectrum from lawyers, media and civil society to the police. Those who are familiar with the law do not possess the will to enforce it given the societal acceptance of honour killings in remote parts of Pakistan. |
What is more concerning is that honour killings are part of the family custom, where scores are settled in tribal councils, and undue pressure is placed on family patriarchs to punish women who are unwilling to conform. In perhaps the most fatal loophole, as Obaid-Chinoy's film demonstrates, victims are often forced to... |
Obaid-Chinoy's crime was to de-cloak and bare the scars of a part of Pakistan that is shrouded in darkness. Her felony was to expose elements of Pakistani society that use religion and culture to subject women to brutal atrocities. |
Certain Pakistanis stating #WeDisownSharmeen on social media after her Oscar win and calling on others to do the same may be understandable given general Muslim distrust towards the West. |
The West's common yet mistaken monolithic depiction of Islam, countless wars in the Muslim world including drone strikes in Pakistan, and constant demand for anti-Islamic "pseudo-experts" who push an anti-Islam agenda but are promoted as legitimate experts, contributes to this distrust. |
Obaid-Chinoy's Canadian nationality further casts her as an outsider who is airing Pakistan's "dirty laundry" in front of a Western audience that is more than eager to validate the shortcomings of the "uncivilized" and "barbaric" Muslim. |
Although it may be understandable, shooting the messenger is never justifiable. Having the fortitude to look in the mirror and acknowledge societal flaws is the first step to correcting them. |
Before disowning an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker who is attempting to save innocent lives, we should disown corrupt politicians who are quick to pass laws for votes but are unable to implement them. |
We should disown the religious establishment which resists the protection of women's rights because it threatens the status quo. |
We should disown the perpetrators who believe that they can take the life of innocent women and religious minorities with impunity. Most importantly, we should disown the culture that promotes and encourages so-called honour killings as an act that protects honour. |
Instead of looking the other way as our "dirty laundry" is aired in front of the international public, we must instead ask ourselves: Is our pride worth more than an innocent life? Shouldn't our obvious shame propel us to eradicate this societal plague rather than target those who try to bring reform? |
Her offence was to speak out as a Pakistani woman and come to the defence of other women, thus shaking the very foundations of the patriarchal order that defines Pakistan today. |
For this, Obaid-Chinoy does not deserve to be disowned. She deserves to be saluted. |
Aurangzeb Qureshi is a writer and political commentator on Pakistan affairs, primarily on topics of social justice, civil rights and geopolitics. |
Aurangzeb Qureshi is a writer and political commentator on Pakistan affairs. |
This is the Sharp Aquos LC80LE650U 80-inch LED Smart HDTV that delivers that extra screen size needed by a lot of consumers today, and also combines more room with some of the latest television technology. This means that not only is the Sharp Aquos 80-inch LED TV big, but its features make it very brainy as well. |
In terms of Sharp Aquos LC80LE650U specs, you will a full 1080p high definition display with a 120Hz refresh rate for a smooth picture, which features a 4 million to 1 dynamic contrast ratio and advanced pixel structure. The Smart TV comes with a Dual-Core Processor for a fast UI and while it has a slim design, this do... |
The Sharp Aquos LC80LE650U 80-inch LED TV price is set a lot higher than most TVs thanks to the technology inside, so normally you could expect to pay just under $5,000 but the official online store currently has this LED TV priced at $3,999.99. We have also heard that some Thanksgiving sales today might feature this T... |
This Sharp AQUOS TV can also be tilt mounted if required but you will need the correct mount to do so. If you want to gain a lot more insight into the main features, then we recommended you visit the Sharp USA website. |
This new book on the London suburb of Brentham is an excellent case study of one of the most important contributions Britain made to the history of Western architecture - the Garden City, writes Julian Holder . Often such studies enthuse about the genius loci and the community's jammaking ability but fail to put the se... |
As this copiously illustrated and fascinating history explains, Brentham has a good claim to be the first development of its kind. Begun in 1901, it comes after Ebenezer Howard wrote his theoretical outline of the Garden City in 1898, and yet before the more famous experiments at Letchworth (1903) or Hampstead (1906). ... |
If more studies like this - bridging academic and local interests - were produced, suburban conservation areas might get the backing they deserve from residents and local authorities. |
'Homes fit for heroes'may have developed after the First World War, but without the example of Brentham and its central figure Henry Vivian they would have probably never happened. |
In time, if they survive, they will become as essential an element of our national self-image as the castle, the half-timber house, the country estate, and the red telephone box. We may not be ready for coach-trips to suburbia yet - but you can be sure that they are coming. |
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, Army Golden Knights and the Navy's Super Hornet flight team are some of the crews touching down in Minden for the 2017 Aviation Roundup All Star Air Show. |
Sponsored by the Carson Valley Inn and Michael Hohl Automotive, the Aviation Roundup Air Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8 at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. |
Additional acts include: Rob Holland, holder of 19 international competition medals; Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys, a down home comedy act that concludes with Greg landing on top of a moving pickup truck; Wild Blue Rodeo, the little plane that wants to be a fighter jet; Jacquie B, the lady who left a white collar jo... |
In addition, the spectator area will be filled with multiple aircraft static displays. Highlighting the displays will be today's modern military aircraft including C-130, F5, and Ch-47 Chinook. Contrasting will be World War II fighter aircraft and bombers: B-25 bomber, P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire MKXIV, Grumman ... |
The Thunderbird jets will be on hand and attendees will be able to enjoy the exceptional "walk down" of the team prior to its takeoff. After the flight, the team will be signing autographs. |
Other adventures after the show will be rides in the B25, the Mustang or a high-speed run down the runway in a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. |
If you're a veteran, you're going to find multiple areas of interest and information. Honor Flight, Quilts of Valor, WAVE and the office of Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt are some of the organizations to be on hand. |
Tickets in advance are $15 for adults and $10 for kids ages 12-17. Tickets at the event are $20 for adults and $15 for kids. Family passes, which admit two parents and up to eight kids, are $40 in advance and $50 at the gate. Kids under 12 are admitted free. Tickets are at http://www.aviationroundup.com or at the airpo... |
Sponsors include: Carson Valley Visitors Authority, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, Town of Gardnerville, Town of Minden, Armstrong Consultants, The Pink House, The Record-Courier, Howard Charney, Dr. James the Dentist, REMAX, and A.V.I.D. |
Sponsorship, vendor and volunteer opportunities are available. All types of vendors from food to booth space for passing out information to spectators will be welcome until capacity is reached. To become a sponsor, contact Bobbi Thompson at 775-781-9871 or Bill Chernock at 775-782-8144. |
Spectators are welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on, but no coolers. Service animals are allowed on site. Food, water, and other beverages including beer, will be available for purchase. |
Zimmerman is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Giants. |
Zimmerman will give way to Matt Adams at first base in this one after starting three of the past four games. The veteran is off to a bit of a slow start to the season, hitting just .188/.298/.271 with a homer and eight RBI through 14 games. |
Subtropical Storm Alberto is expected to be classified as a tropical storm by early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. |
Alberto will become a tropical storm when it stops interacting with a lower pressure system, said Morgan Barry, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama. |
"The wind speeds of tropical and subtropical systems are the same, so we are telling folks not to focus on the wording because the impacts will be the same. We are going to have coastal flooding, flash flooding and high surf," she said. |
According to the National Hurricane Center, both tropical and subtropical storms have maximum sustained surface wind speeds of 39 miles per hour. |
Subtropical Storm Alberto has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and is moving north-northeast at 6 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in its Friday morning advisory. |
The storm is expected to gradually strengthen over the next 72 hours and approach the north-central Gulf Coast on Monday. |
The forecast cone currently places the storm making landfall as a tropical storm anywhere between Okaloosa County and the Louisiana coast, with the center of the cone aimed at the Mississippi coast. |
The storm is expected to bring heavy rains to the Pensacola area with six to 12 inches of rainfall expected and even higher amounts possible in some areas. |
Charlie Arlinghaus works in the basement of a down-on-its-heels apartment building a few blocks south of the State House. The building, and the no frills feel of the office, would work in an odd, very New Hampshire-politics film noir, one where the detective decorated his office with posters of free-market economists M... |
As president of the Josiah Bartlett Center, a free-market think tank, Arlinghaus has watched the state budget for years. Before that, he worked in electoral politics, including stints directing the NH GOP and with the Republican National Committee. |
That mindset is shot-through Arlinghaus’ regular columns for the New Hampshire Union Leader. There, he’s called for free-market approaches to health care and education, and warned against what he sees as "boondoggles": passenger rail and allowing communities to borrow to fund broadband expansion. Along the way, Arlingh... |
That’s Senate President Chuck Morse. |
And Morse has relied on Arlinghaus as a talent scout. The past two state Senate policy directors worked for Arlinghaus at the Bartlett Center. Democratic budget-writers, like Stoddard state Rep Dan Eaton, say they rarely agree with Arlinghaus on policy but respect him. |
"He’s a solid choice as far as being a conservative to lay out the budget numbers, but I think he’s also reliable, he knowledgeable, and we will let things fall where they may," Eaton said. |
And as for Arlinghaus himself, he says however things fall, he doesn’t plan to stick around once Chris Sununu's budget goes to lawmakers. |
Spoken like a true fiscal conservative. |
Governor-elect Chris Sununu has tapped Charlie Arlinghaus, a fiscal conservative and critic of outgoing Gov. Maggie Hassan's spending habits, to lead his budget efforts through the transition. |
Arlinghaus is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a Concord think tank that promotes free market ideas. State agencies are already working on budget proposals, even though the next governor hasn't taken office. Sununu, a Republican, will be inaugurated in January and expected to present a two-yea... |
After this week’s elections, Newfields, New Hampshire is entitled to a little bit of bragging. Two of the town’s 1,700 or so residents now hold some of the highest titles in the state. |
Both Senator-Elect Maggie Hassan and Governor-Elect Chris Sununu call the Seacoast community home. |
At 42, New Hampshire's Chris Sununu Will Be Youngest Governor in U.S. |
Republican Chris Sununu, who first sat in the New Hampshire governor's seat as a 9-year-old when his dad was inaugurated in 1985, will be the nation's youngest governor in January. |
Sununu, who turned 42 last week, is seven months younger than Republican Eric Greitens, who was elected governor of Missouri on Tuesday, and two years younger than South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who currently holds the "youngest" title. |
Haley says she's looking forward to working with Sununu, and she's offering a bit of advice: Follow your instincts. |
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