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The goodwill Editions had built up during my first day's reading was severely depleted when a fresh issue arrived the next morning, as each attempt to open the read resulted in an app crash. I could read the previous day's issue without any problems, but the current one just wouldn't open. Deleting and then reinstallin... |
Editions gives you a more than just articles. Should you have location-based services activated, you can view the local weather. Even better, if you supply your Facebook credentials and sync to iCal, you can keep track of important upcoming event. It's not at all vital to the reading experience, but it's a nice option. |
Should You Read Editions by AOL? |
Editions by AOL has a bit of a way to go before it can truly compete with rivals such as Flipboard, The Daily, and Zite. Unlike Flipboard, which provided a slick news reading experience early in the iPad's lifespan when there weren't many competitors, Editions enters the fray with several making its entry not as big an... |
Bottom Line: Editions is the latest high-profile entry in the rapidly expanding iPad newsreader category, bringing with it an attractive, easy to read design. However, navigation and stability issues prevent it from being a must-try app. |
The 53-year-old former UDA member was convicted at Belfast Crown Court of the incident at Stormont in November 2006 when he stormed the building, while the Assembly was in session, armed with explosives and other weapons. |
Stone, who gained notoriety in 1988 when he killed three mourners at an IRA funeral in West Belfast, claimed his actions at Stormont were all part of an elaborate performance art display. |
Delivering his judgment in the non-jury trial, Mr Justice Deeney rejected this claim as being “wholly undeserved of belief”. |
TV cameras in situ to cover political developments in the stalling Northern Ireland peace process captured the moment Stone burst through the revolving doors and was hauled to the ground by two security guards – both of whom were later honoured for their bravery. |
The judge said defence evidence that Stone had been taking part in some sort of a “comic parody” was “hopelessly unconvincing” and “self-contradictory”. |
“I am satisfied that Mr Stone went to Stormont to try and murder the two Sinn Fein leaders on November 24, 2006,” he said. |
As well as the two attempted murder charges, he was convicted on seven other counts, including possession of nail bombs, three knives, a garrotte and an axe, as well as causing criminal damage to the Stormont building. |
During the four-and-a-half-week trial defence lawyers had argued that these weapons were all “props”, while letters Stone sent to two journalists outlining his intention to kill the senior republicans were also part of his “script”. |
The piece of interpretative theatre was designed to expose the hypocrisy of local politicians, the multiple killer had claimed. |
But Crown prosecutors dismissed these theories as nonsense, accusing Stone of dreaming them up after the event in a bid to explain away murderous intentions. |
The judge concurred with that assessment today and said the defence had failed to put any doubt in his mind that Stone had set out to kill the senior republicans. |
He asked if it was supposed to be some form of act that had Stone admitted his desire to kill the men during police interview after his arrest. “If this had really been a mere protest, that was the time to tell the police,” he said. |
Russia and the United States gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday of an incident involving the two countries' navies in the Mediterranean Sea on June 17, each blaming the other for what they said were unsafe maneuvers. |
The Russian Defense Ministry said a U.S. destroyer had approached dangerously close to a Russian warship, and protested at what it said was a flagrant U.S. violation of rules to avoid collisions at sea. |
However, a U.S. Defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Russian warship had carried out "unsafe and unprofessional" operations near two U.S. Navy ships. Recent months have seen a number of similar Cold War-style incidents at sea and in the air, with each country's military accusing the other ... |
In one such case, the U.S. military said in April that Russian SU-24 bombers had simulated attack passes near the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea, with one official describing them as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. |
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at the time that the behavior of the Russian pilots was provocative and dangerous, adding that "under the rules of engagement that could have been a shoot-down". |
Russia's Defense Ministry, uneasy about increased NATO activity close to Russia's borders, said the latest incident "shows that it is U.S. sailors who allow themselves to forget the basic principles of safe seafaring and not to think about the eventual consequences of this dangerous maneuvering in regions with intense ... |
The incident involved the USS Gravely and the Russian Navy frigate Yaroslav Mudry, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Gravely approached the Russian vessel at a distance of 60-70 meters (65-75 yards) from the port side and crossed in front of it, it said. |
At the time of the incident, the Russian ship was in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean, cruising steadily and without making any dangerous maneuvers, the Russian statement said. |
But the U.S. Defense official said the Russian frigate had "repeatedly crossed the stern of USS Gravely at close proximity" and had "repeatedly asked Gravely to maintain a safe distance, yet continued to maneuver in close proximity to Gravely." |
The Russian ship came within 315 yards (290 meters) of Gravely and five nautical miles of the USS Harry S. Truman, the U.S. official said. |
"These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries and could result in a miscalculation or accident that results in serious injury or death," the official said. |
The Defense official added that the Truman and Gravely were conducting routine operations in support of the campaign against the Islamic State militant group. |
The Pentagon was following up on the incident with Russia through military channels, U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Baldanza, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said in a statement. |
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HELP is at hand for toads and their kin. Scientists have successfully eliminated the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus from sites in the wild for the first time. |
Since emerging in the 1980s, chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus, has affected hundreds of amphibian species on five continents, causing population crashes and local extinctions. |
In Mallorca, Spain, a species of midwife toad found only on the island became threatened when a captive breeding programme brought the deadly fungus with it. Researchers have now managed to eliminate the disease from four out of five pools tested there. |
They did so by catching tadpoles and treating them with antifungal drug itraconazole. Before releasing the treated tadpoles, they also applied chemical disinfectant to the ponds. The ponds have remained chytrid-free for two years (Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0874). “It is a bit of a turning point beca... |
His comments came in response to Netanyhu's remarks on Monday about claims made by some, including Bennett, that his government was unprepared for the threat of cross-border tunnel raids from Gaza. |
Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid both took shots at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying in reference to Operation Protective Edge in Gaza that those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to failure. |
About the 2014 war, Bennett said, “Every platoon commander learns from past experiences at the end of drills in order to avoid future mistakes and improve. |
Lapid called on State Comptroller Joseph Shapira to publish his report on the operation, which is expected to be highly critical on a number of fronts – from preparing for Hamas’s attack tunnels, to letting the war drag out for too long to poor communication between the political and military echelons. |
“I call upon the state comptroller to publish the report as soon as possible; the families deserve to know and the Israeli public deserves to know. The prime minister claimed yesterday there were no failures and no mistakes,” said Lapid. |
Bennett said, “Before the next military campaign we must learn from past mistakes and not deny them. |
According to a leaked version of the Comptroller’s Report that appeared in May, Netanyahu, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and ex-IDF chief of staff Lt.- Gen. (res.) Benny Gantz face criticism over the cabinet’s alleged lack of preparations on the tunnels. |
In a defense of his handling of the tunnel threat, Netanyahu said that his cabinet held discussions on the issue as early as January 2013. According to information seen by The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu did in fact convene eight cabinet meetings between January 2013 and the eve of Operation Protective Edge to specifical... |
[Q1] Impact opened up with a video recapping Hogan accepting the general manager position on last week’s show. |
Dixie Carter and Sting were in the ring, where they were surrounded by the roster. Carter introduced Hogan as the new general manger of TNA. Hogan thanked Carter, and said he would have never came back without Sting watching his back. He said Impact was on the fast track and that he was working on new ideas. Hogan anno... |
Hogan said he had one more thing to deal with and demanded that Eric Bischoff come out, but Ric Flair informed him that he wasn’t there, and that he couldn’t tell people what to do. Bobby Roode came out instead. Hogan told him that he was none too pleased about Roode being late for his address. Roode said his only obli... |
The match started with Hardy taking the offensive edge with multiple armdrags, and getting the better of Angle on the mat. Angle put an end to Hardy’s offense by raking his eyes. It was short-lived as Hardy quickly hit Angle with a head scissor takedown to the outside where he slammed Angle face first into the ring ste... |
As the show came back from the break, Hardy was able to hit Angle with the Whisper in the Wind. He followed up with a series of clotheslines, and went for the Twist of Fate which Angle countered into multiple german suplexes for a two count. He went for the Angle Slam, but Hardy was able successfully counter with the T... |
Angle put Hardy into the anklelock, but Hardy eventually broke out of it and took Angle down. Hardy tried to go for the Swanton again, but Angle grabbed on to the referee for cover. When Hardy made his way to the situation, Angle tried to hit him with a low blow, but Hardy had him scouted. Hardy once again went for the... |
WINNER: Jeff Hardy via countout at 12:47. |
Turner Reax: Well, that was strange. TNA continues to give away their pay-per-view product on free television. Oh well, for what it was both wrestlers put forth a good effort and gave audiences a compelling match. |
Hogan was waiting for Angle backstage and told him that now that he was in charge, things were changing. He said at Lockdown, Angle would not be able to escape as he was booking him in a match against Hardy. |
Ric Flair was shown talking to Eric Bischoff on speaker phone, and told him that it was an emergency and that he and Bischoff needed address some of the things Hogan was trying to do. Bischoff said he was on his way. |
Bully Ray was asked what his prediction was for the winner at Lockdown. He said he predicted him being the next World champ. He called out Austin Aries, and demanded that the cameraman shoot his calves. |
[Q3] In the ring, Ray asked the audience if they knew who he was. He asked Aries why a small boy like him would want to piss him off a big man like him. Aries came down and popped Ray in the head with his microphone, much to the delight of the Impact Zone. Before Aries could get any substantial offense in, Ray hit Arie... |
An ad aired for Roode vs Anderson and the Knockouts challenge for later tonight. |
A.J. Styles was shown backstage talking about his predictions for the Roode vs. Storm match at Lockdown. Storm confronted Styles and told him that since Roode had a match tonight, Hogan said he had to be in one as well. He asked Styles to get him ready for Lockdown. Styles obliged. |
All the participating Knockouts made their entrance for the match. |
Winter and Tara started the match with the action quickly escalating to Tara’s standing moonsault. Tara went for the pin, but every Knockout took exception to it and went into the ring to break it up. Love and James were tagged in as the crowd chanted for James. The two exchanged basic holds and shoulder tackles until ... |
[Q4] All the Knockouts took turns hitting their finishers on each other, ending with Sky hitting James with In Yo Face for the win. |
WINNER: Velvet Sky via pinfall at 7:00. |
Turner Reax: That match was all over the place, but it was a good time. I have faith in Gail Kim’s ability in being able to carry Sky to a good match at Lockdown, but if Sky wins the title it’s her following reign I’m concerned about. |
Backstage, Anderson for his predictions for Lockdown. He said the same thing is going to happen to Roode at Lockdown that is going to happen to him tonight. Roode came in and jawed off to Anderson. He told Anderson he was going to give him the chance to walk away or otherwise he was going to hurt him. |
An ad aired for a confrontation between Hogan and Bischoff later in the night, and Storm vs Styles, next. |
A video package aired recapping Storm and Hardy’s appearance at the ACM Awards red carpet event. |
Eric Young was shown talking about the rules for his bachelor party. He had three nameless guys with him, and said that he had nonalcoholic wine and that there were to be no strippers. ODB came into the picture and brought a keg of beer and chicken wings. She said once they get married that every night would be a bache... |
The match started with some basic holds until Storm went for a superkick that Styles had scouted. Styles told Storm that he wouldn’t get him and took his turn at trying get on the offensive against Storm. Styles hit a textbook dropkick on Storm which sent him rolling to the outside. Storm blocked a kick from Styles and... |
[Q5] Storm broke out and missed another superkick, but was able to send Styles into corner and followed up with a kick from the outside. He was able to perform the Eye of the Storm on Styles, but his offense was quickly put to a halt as he was put into a figure four leglock. Storm tried to hit Styles with a clothesline... |
WINNER: James Storm via pinfall at 6:31. |
Turner Reax: It looks like Storm is ready to go now after a few quick wins to cover up his injury. They had an enjoyable match, in fact, I enjoyed that match from Styles more than most of his matches with Kaz and Daniels over the past few months. That being said, if Styles wanted to help Storm get ready for his match a... |
Storm said next week he wanted Roode to look him in the eye one last time before he kicked his teeth down his throat. He told Roode he was sorry about his damn luck. |
Backstage, Hogan told Sting to go home and rest because he needed him to be healthy if he was going to have his back. |
Montgomery and Gentry were backstage talking with Storm who said they were going to party after he took a shower. Roode came in and spit water in their faces which led to officials having to hold the country duo back. |
Anarquia and Shelley started the match as the crowd chanted, “Welcome back.” Shelley stomped on Anarquia in the corner and then tagged Sabin in. After some offense, Anarquia tagged Hernandez in who tried to slow Sabin down, but to no avail. The Guns nailed rapid fire double team maneuvers on Hernandez until he eventual... |
[Q6] Hernandez tried to hit Sabin with the Border Toss, but was thrown out of the ring and was caught with a suicide dive, but not before the Guns hit Anarquia with a pair of kicks in the corner. The Guns hit a double team maneuver. After the match, Sabin got on the microphone and said the Guns were coming for the TNA ... |
WINNERS: Motor City Machineguns via pinfall at 4:18. |
Turner Reax: A fitting way to reintroduce the Guns. They didn’t give away a big match off the bat, but they let the Guns show off what they are made of in an exciting fashion. I love the idea of a Guns vs. Magnus & Joe match at Lockdown, but I wish they had more time to make a bigger deal out of it. |
Eric Bischoff was shown arriving to the Impact Zone as Flair greeted him. Bischoff said before the night was over he was going to put Hogan into a box he would not be able to get out of. He shook Flair’s hand and called him a two-time Hall of Famer. |
In the ring, Hogan hyped the TNA crew, but singled out Bischoff and called him out. Bischoff came out and said he couldn’t imagine him and Hogan being on opposite sides in 2012. He said it made sense because they had many differences, particularly that Hogan was not a leader. He called Hogan an opportunist, and said he... |
[Q8] The show came back with a video package highlighting the personal feud between Roode and Storm. The video included testimonials from Storm’s family, who emphasized how hurt Storm was when Roode turned on him. Storm said Roode should be afraid him, and that he was ready for his match at Lockdown. |
Anderson made his way to the ring first. Roode followed with his entourage of body guards, but the referee banned them from ringside. Before Roode could get into the ring, Anderson attacked him on the ramp. They eventually made their way into the ring for the referee to ring the bell. |
In the ring, Roode was able to put a halt to Anderson’s offense with a suplex and a pin attempt for a one count. Roode beat on Anderson in the corner with an Irish Whip and a back-rake for a two count. They traded punches in the ring until Anderson was able to hit a pair of clotheslines and elbows into a back body drop... |
WINNER: Mr. Anderson via reverse decision at 4:55. |
Turner Reax: That was what it was. Nothing spectacular, and seeing Hogan for the hundredth time is starting to reaffirm my fears behind Hogan playing an authoritative figure on television. He’s too chummy with the faces, he’s rambling on about TNA going to the next level, and most importantly he’s hogging way too much ... |
Austin school district trustees voted unanimously Monday to reject bids for the district's West Sixth Street headquarters and an administration building in Hyde Park. |
Both properties were considered to be prime real estate, but outside bidders offered far less than district administrators expected. |
"Neither bid is suitable for the district," Superintendent Meria Carstarphen advised the board before Monday's vote. |
The sale of the buildings — the Carruth Administration Center and the Baker Center at 3908 Avenue B — were among several controversial recommendations on district facilities and academic programs the school board was set to vote on late Monday. By press time, trustees had not yet voted on some recommendations. Trustees... |
About 125 parents, teachers and students gathered outside before the board meeting, holding signs and chanting in protest of a proposal to hire a charter school operator to take over two East Austin campuses — Allan Elementary School and Eastside Memorial High School. |
Slots for a chance to address board members filled up within minutes Monday morning. Some arrived at district headquarters before sunrise to get their names on the list. Board policy allows only the first 30 residents who sign up to address trustees at school board meetings. By 6 p.m., the line snaked along the side of... |
Thirty community members addressed the board. More than two-thirds spoke against the proposal for IDEA Public Schools, which has several schools in South Texas, to create kindergarten to 12th-grade programs at Allan and Eastside. |
"Leave our school the way it is," Eastside senior Andrea Rojas told trustees. "This is what's best for our community." |
Junior Julian Medrano also addressed the board, saying, "It makes me uncomfortable that you will vote tonight with so many questions left unanswered." |
IDEA student Debbie Fuentes, who touted IDEA's benefits, told board members that "it hurts to know that people do not want to accept IDEA's help." |
The Austin district media team, which was tweeting during the meeting, posted only positive comments about the IDEA proposal. |
During a media briefing before the meeting, school board President Mark Williams called the process for public input "poor" and said the district "rushed" the proposal. He also said if the district started an in-district charter and no one signed up, it would be a "colossal failure." |
However, Williams said that he wasn't sure delaying the vote would change a lot of minds. |
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