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It seems highly unlikely that the truth about Wiley really being Jonah will emerge yet, so fans probably shouldn’t expect a major reveal from Nelle to Michael during Lanier’s return stint. Additional General Hospital spoilers about Chloe Lanier’s brief return should emerge heading into the week of October 8 and fans ca... |
Jo Ann Polley,nee Welsh, 79, beloved wife of Edward Polley; devoted mother of Lisa Polley and Eric (Marla Sue) Polley; loving grandmother of Tara Lynn, Brian and Sarah Marie Polley; dear sister of Carol (Dr. Max) Menefee. |
Memorial Services Tuesday, 4 p.m. atThe Piser Chapel, 9200 N. Skokie Blvd. |
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions, in Jo Ann's name to The Kellogg Cancer Center, Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202 would be appreciated. |
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European financial markets have begun to calm down from the shock waves sparked by a Portuguese bank's struggles, which revived memories of the region's debt crisis. |
European stocks, which slumped Thursday, rebounded slightly early Friday. Shares in Banco Espirito Santo, which plunged 17% before trading was suspended Thursday, rose in Lisbon Friday as the stock resumed trading. |
1. It's a local problem: Banco Espirito Santo (BES) may be a big player in Portugal, but it accounts for less than a fifth of the country's total banking assets and only 0.25% of the eurozone banking sector. |
France's Credit Agricole (CRARF), a much bigger international bank, stands to lose heavily on its 15% stake, but BES does little international business. Analysts at Commerzbank reckon 72% of the bank's loans are domestic, with Angola (12%) and Spain (6%) its only significant foreign markets. |
2. Regulators are on the case: Portuguese authorities have already forced the bank to raise €1 billion to strengthen its finances, and are in the process of overseeing the appointment of new management. That will end the control of the Espirito Santo family and improve corporate governance at the bank. |
Those measures should provide insulation against further problems in the wider Espirito Santo group, which has been rocked by revelations of financial irregularities and the possibility of default. |
Still, investors will want clarification quickly from the bank on the extent of its exposure to those risks. |
3. Europe is getting its act together: Eurozone banks are still far from perfect but they've come a long way in the last two years. EU leaders have given themselves the tools to calm market panic by creating a permanent bailout fund -- the European Stability Mechanism -- and putting in place the essential elements of a... |
4. Portugal is in better shape: It's just two months since Portugal staged a clean exit from a painful bailout led by the EU and International Monetary Fund. Painful and deeply unpopular reforms have restored its competitiveness -- its economy is now growing faster than the eurozone by some margin, and unemployment is ... |
That track record should mean it can count on the support of its European partners if the BES crisis turns into a wider problem for Portuguese banking. |
"In the very unlikely case that Portugal needed outside support to deal with a banking issue, its reform record would probably allow it to draw on ESM funds for its banks in the way that Spain did without onerous new conditionality," wrote Berenberg economists in a note. |
The justice system is the mechanism that upholds the rule of law. Our courts provide a forum to resolve disputes and to test and enforce laws in a fair and rational manner. The courts should be an impartial forum, and judges should be free to apply the law without regard to the government’s wishes or the weight of publ... |
The Eclipse Foundation, a consortium of developers supporting the open-source Eclipse development platform, announces a major upgrade to the Eclipse PHP Development Tools project, PDT 2.0. |
The Eclipse Foundation, a consortium of developers supporting the open-source Eclipse development platform, has announced a major upgrade to the Eclipse PHP Development Tools project, PDT 2.0. |
As a leading contributor to the PDT effort, PHP specialist Zend Technologies is pushing PHP as a key element of the Eclipse platform and as a language used for more mainstream development. |
"Release 2.0 demonstrates our continued commitment to the Eclipse community," said Andi Gutmans, co-founder and senior vice president of R&D and alliances at Zend Technologies. "PDT is not only the premier open-source PHP development tool, but is also the basis for Zend's commercial IDE [integrated development environm... |
Eclipse Foundation officials said the focus of the PDT 2.0 release is to add support for the object-oriented programming features of PHP and to improve the overall user experience of the PDT environment. PDT provides all the basic code editing capabilities developers need to get started developing PHP applications. |
Gutmans said he believes the enhancements in PDT 2.0 make PDT a compelling choice for developers looking to build simple PHP applications. Eclipse officials said PDT 2.0 also is ideal for Java programmers who want to write PHP code by providing them with an environment similar to the Eclipse JDT (Java Development Tools... |
Click here to read about a Zend Technologies effort to bring PHP to rich Internet applications. |
"PDT is one of our most popular downloads at Eclipse," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Since the initial release it has been downloaded over 1 million times. Clearly PDT adoption has been very successful in the Eclipse and PHP communities." |
New features in PDT 2.0 to support the object-oriented capabilities of PHP include a Type Hierarchy view that navigates object-oriented PHP code faster and more easily; type and method navigation that allows for easy searching of PHP code based on type information; and override indicators that visually tag PHP methods ... |
Usability improvements to PDT 2.0 include a new indexing and caching engine based on the Eclipse DLTK (Dynamic Languages Toolkit), which improves the overall performance of common PDT operations; a new Mark Occurrences indicator that makes it easier for developers to see where an element is referenced; and a more sophi... |
Explore the beauty of Summit Parks, where each home has its own individual charm and character.. Over-sized home sites accommodate the large luxury home your family needs. A beautiful round-about greenbelt winds through the community and residents are in the proximity to nearby parks and schools. Residents enjoy a beau... |
Tamar Munch has been watching the behind-the-scenes dramatisation of the leave or remain politics in Brexit: The Uncivil War starring Benedict Cumberbatch. And here's one for the animal lovers! Dog's Best Friend - Kiwi actor Eryn Wilson's debut feature documentary - goes on general release this week. |
DOVER — The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation announced Wednesday the addition of two members to its board of directors. |
They are Lt. Col. John Foley, brother of slain conflict journalist James Foley, and Peter Bergen, a journalist, author and vice president for global fellows and studies at New America. |
James Foley, a freelance journalist, was beheaded by ISIS in 2014 after nearly two years in captivity in northern Syria. The foundation was created the same year by his family to improve the safety and treatment of independent freelance conflict journalists, to advocate for the safe return of Americans kidnapped abroad... |
The new board members will serve for three-year terms. They replace John W. Foley, father of James, and Thomas Durkin, a lecturer at Marquette University who was a friend of James. Durkin will continue to serve the foundation as a consultant. |
"We are delighted that Peter and John have agreed to join the Foley Foundation board," said Diane Foley, president and founder of the foundation. "They bring a wealth of experience in areas that will help us advance our mission of working for the return of American hostages, the safety of journalists working in dangero... |
Air Force Lt. Col. Foley was deeply engaged in his family's efforts to recover his older brother from captivity in Syria and today works closely with his family and the foundation to advance its causes. He has more than 16 years of operational and strategic military leadership experience and is known as a principled le... |
"I am truly grateful for the opportunity to continue my brother James' legacy and make a positive impact in the lives of those we serve," Lt. Col. Foley said. |
Bergen is New America's vice president for global studies and fellows, CNN's national security analyst, a member of the Aspen Homeland Security Group and a fellow at Fordham University's Center on National Security. He is also on the editorial board of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, a leading scholarly journal in the... |
"I'm delighted to be associated with the important work of the Foley Foundation, which has already made substantial progress to ensure that the government works more effectively to recover hostages and liaises more closely with the families of hostages," Bergen said. |
The Colorado Senate GOP filibuster that went into the wee hours of Monday morning makes for high political drama and probably some juicy negative ad fodder for the next campaign cycle. But there were 14 elephants who forgot their own roles in the transportation funding crisis. Referendum D, anyone? |
State Sen. Dan Gibbs (D-Dillon) took his controversial transportation-funding bill on the road over the weekend, trying to get out in front a fickle public largely unwilling to increase taxes for road and bridge fixes in recent years. |
Lawmakers, after initially singing Kumbaya on a transportation funding bill that would raise vehicle registration fees to pay for road and bridge repairs, went their bipartisan ways late Wednesday when the possibility of tolling on existing roads was reintroduced. That prompted a Democrat-led state Senate vote of appro... |
Senate Republicans and Democrats smoked a peace pipe Wednesday in their heated debate over a transportation funding bill called FASTER (Funding Advancement for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery). |
State lawmakers continue to be divided along party lines on a controversial Senate bill that would raise vehicle registration fees $32 a year to pay for badly needed road and bridge repairs. The bill's main impact would be to boost vehicle registration fees $32 annually, raising a little over $200 million in its first ... |
Residents, businesses and organisations across the North East can have their say on the North of Tyne devolution proposals when a series of consultation events launches next week. |
The proposals, which were announced last November, offer a devolution deal for Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland that includes unprecedented new powers and a £600million investment fund. |
The new investment and powers are expected to generate £1.1billion for the local economy, create 10,000 new jobs and leverage £2.1billion in private sector investment for the North of Tyne. |
The consultation events will give local people the chance to hear from the three councils on their hopes for devolution and the opportunities it provides to the area and its people. They can also give their feedback on the proposed scheme and new governance arrangements. |
The first is being held on Wednesday, from 6pm to 8pm, at The Exchange, Howard Street, North Shields. |
Consultation events are also being held on Thursday, January 18, from 6pm to 8pm, at Domain Room, Northumbria University Students’ Union, Sandyford Road, Newcastle; Tuesday, January 23, from 2pm to 4pm, at Northumberland Hall, Market Place, Alnwick; and Wednesday, January 31, from 3pm to 5pm, at Bewicks B Room, Gateshe... |
Events will also be held in South Tyneside on January 25, and Sunderland on February 1. |
Coun Peter Jackson, leader of Northumberland County Council, said: “This deal gives us a once in a lifetime chance to take local decisions about our future to provide more and better opportunities for everyone. |
The online consultation will remain open until Monday, February 5, at www.northoftynedevolution.com/consultation Hard copies of the consultation document and questionnaire are also available in over 140 libraries and customer service centres in the region. Go to www.northoftynedevolution.com/consultation/get-a-copy for... |
“The legacy of the Rio Olympics is a farce.” Those are the words of USA Today’s Nancy Armour in a recent edition of the newspaper. Truer words have rarely been written. |
But wait a second. How could this be? If Princeton economist Paul Krugman is to be believed, along with numerous other modern disciples of John Maynard Keynes, Rio should presently be booming thanks to the billions spent in order to stage the 31st Olympiad. Keynesians have long explained that it doesn’t matter what gov... |
Goodness, Keynesians have told us for decades that even the maiming and killing that is war has a growth upside. Rio’s implosion is the latest evidence revealing that Keynes knew of what he spoke when, asked about his many disciples, he replied “Oh, they’re just fools.” Truer words have rarely been uttered. |
Indeed, if there were ever an opportunity for Keynesian spending to be revealed as the driver of economic growth, it was Rio. Bereft of the infrastructure and facilities necessary to stage an Olympic Games, Rio’s politicians brought new meaning to “shovel ready” when they set about putting on the 2016 Summer Olympics a... |
Still, Keynesian fabulists shouldn’t get off so easy this time. It’s worth repeating yet again their nauseatingly obtuse belief system that says rampant government spending is the path to prosperity. Ok, but the problem now is that a poor South American city is even poorer after “the billions that were wasted, the venu... |
So, the question now is why the billions spent only succeeded insofar as they further impoverished what was already struggling. To say that government debt is the problem is to miss the growth point. Lots of rich countries led by prodigal politicians can run up debt that is wasteful, but that doesn’t break an economy. ... |
The bigger story here has two parts. Lest we forget, errors of the spending and investment variety in the private sector are rampant. They’re constant. Most businesses fail, and in high-growth areas like Silicon Valley, over 90 percent of new businesses fail. But here’s the crucial difference: errors in the private sec... |
Second, economic growth is about investment, and investors are attracted to cities, states and countries where capital is treated well by virtue of entrepreneurs and businesses being treated well. Implicit in all of Rio’s waste was that the spending would foster a long-term boom, but such a view ignored the greater tru... |
Only human capital can power long-term economic growth, but government spending is a human capital and investor repellent simply because the taxes required to fund government waste exist as a penalty on the talented. The answer to Rio’s economic problems, and this is true anywhere in the world in which economic growth ... |
So while it would be naïve to presume that the Rio 2016 debacle will put a final nail in the Keynesian coffin, one can at least hope that this most mindless example of government waste will shower great shame on a mindless economic ideology. What say you, Dr. Krugman? |
John Tamny is a Forbes contributor, editor of RealClearMarkets, a senior fellow in economics at Reason Foundation, and a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research & Trading. He’s the author of the 2016 book Who Needs the Fed? (Encounter), and Popular Economics (Regnery Publishing, 2015). |
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a number of commercial shops owned by Palestinians on Friday in central Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank near Israel’s illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. |
A group of Israeli settlers threw rocks and garbage at commercial shops under the protection of Israeli army forces. |
Settler attacks on Palestinians, their homes, and properties are a routine occurrence in Hebron, where the settlers are notoriously aggressive to Palestinian residents. Meanwhile, settlers from Kiryat Arba in eastern Hebron are well-known to be among some of the most extremist settlers residing in the West Bank. |
Settlers from Kiryat Arba also routinely attack Palestinian shop owners and homes in the Old City of Hebron, a location of strategic importance for Israeli settlers eager to expand even deeper into Palestinian communities. Rights groups have pointed out that such violence committed on the Palestinian population has ser... |
Baruch Goldstein, an American-born settler from Kiryat Arba, killed 29 Palestinian Muslims in Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque in 1994. Following the massacre, Israeli forces divided the Old City of Hebron into Palestinian and Israeli-controlled areas, known as H1 and H2. |
Mick Cronin told The Enquirer on Friday that he never agreed to accept the UNLV job. |
As the University of Cincinnati celebrates that head coach Mick Cronin appears to be staying with the Bearcats after visiting earlier this week with UNLV about its head coaching position, UNLV AD Tina Kunzer-Murphy said in a radio interview that Cronin verbally agreed to a deal to become the Runnin' Rebels new head coa... |
Cronin told The Enquirer on Friday that Kunzer-Murphy's statement was not true. UC announced earlier Friday that Cronin was staying on as coach. |
"I never officially accepted," Cronin said. "I looked at it. I didn't take it." |
Doc: How close was Cronin to Vegas? |
Cronin said he also wanted to emphasize that a big reason he stayed at UC was his players, both current and former. |
"Having gone through it, for me that would be by far the toughest part of of coaches making changes," Cronin said. "There is that bond with all of them." |
There was speculation that Cronin may have been using his situation to get more money or program upgrades from UC, but Cronin said that was no factor in his decision to visit UNLV. Cronin has long sought upgrades to facilities including 26-year-old Fifth Third Arena and its locker room. The arena is scheduled to underg... |
"It wasn't about all that," Cronin said. "I wasn't making demands. The arena is already going to be built. That has nothing to do with this." |
Cronin also said that he has a good relationship with UC athletic director Mike Bohn, who has been on the job for just over two years. |
"He's a veteran AD that lets me do my job, and I appreciate that," Cronin said. |
Kunzer-Murphy: From what I've heard through his president Tweeting and his agent is that he's decided to stay at Cincinnati and so we wish him the best. We're moving on. |
Mitch/Pritch: Did you ever get to the point while he was here (in Las Vegas) where a contract was offered to him? |
Mitch/Pritch: What did he say? |
Kunzer-Murphy: He said he would take it. |
Kunzer-Murphy: I don't know, I haven't talked to him. |
Mitch/Pritch: So he told you before he got on the flight yesterday that he would take the contract? |
Mitch/Pritch: And you haven't heard from him since? |
Kunzer-Murphy: Yeah, he told us that he would take the job. But you know what, I'm going to tell you guys this: We're moving on. |
The business-to-business distribution solutions company fell after pricing a big share offering. |
Shares of Veritiv Corp. (NYSE:VRTV) were down 17% as of 11:15 a.m. EDT Friday after the company announced a significant dilutive stock offering. |
More specifically, late yesterday, Veritiv priced an underwritten public offering of 1.8 million shares of common stock to be sold by shareholder UWW Holdings at $54.85 per share -- a nearly 7% discount to yesterday's closing price. These shares also represent just over 27% of Veritiv's total float and more than 11% of... |
Investors should also note that Veritiv is not selling any shares in the offering, and it won't receive any proceeds from the offering by the selling shareholders. |
To be fair, though, now was an opportune time for UWW to cash out. Today's plunge came on the heels of Veritiv's strong fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 report, which left shares up more than 17% in the week leading up to this offering. Nonetheless -- and while this doesn't change Veritiv's actual business -- I'll admit it's... |
Phil Hamilton: Phil Hamilton’s conviction to the essence of Texas Country Music inspired him to start a band and set his sights on the top. Unique, but still planted in the foundation and core of Texas Country, Phil Hamilton has broad appeal. Heavy guitar riffs lure the rockers and the genuine ballads entice the soft a... |
His story starts much the same as others, he was born and raised in Burleson, Texas and began singing in church. After getting his start at the Greenwood Saloon in Bluffdale, TX thanks to Alan Parsons, his fan base started rapidly growing, the gigs started coming in and now he had two top 15 singles on the Texas Music ... |
Phil's debut CD Nothing to Lose was released in April 2010 on Winding Road Music and features songs written by Phil Hamilton and band members Collin Maloney and Andy Emery. |
Drawing from his own real life experiences, Phil Hamilton pens songs with authentic lyrics. His talent and commitment as a song writer and performer allows him to turn out a steady thread of dynamic songs. These songs keep the Phil Hamilton fans captivated. |
The live show is nothing less than amazing and leaves fans wanting more. In a very short time Phil Hamilton is getting noticed by the media (April 5, 2010 appearance on Good Day Dallas), superstar artists in the Texas scene and most importantly, the fans. |
Phil was selected as the top 3 new Texas Country bands in DFW as voted by 95.9 The Ranch listeners in 2009. He's opened for major Texas/Red Dirt Artists like the Casey Donahew Band and the Josh Abbott Band. |
The sky is the limit for this artist and he is climbing to the top quickly to become the face of the Texas Red Dirt Music Movement. |
IT'S the marriage proposal sweeping social media. |
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