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In both cases, the oil market was eventually forced back to balance, but not before prices had overshot on the upside, creating conditions for the subsequent collapse. |
The Eagles (13-4-4) and Trojans (16-4-1) played through a pair of 10-minute periods and were halfway through their second five-minute period when Andover was whistled for a hand ball in the Carroll box. |
White — Carroll’s leading scorer, who was perfect for the season on penalty kicks — stepped up and sent a shot over the head of Andover keeper Bryce Kinsey for the win. |
Andover took an early lead when Connor Hernandez finished on a ball in the box with 29:07 to play in the first half. |
Carroll tied it nine minutes into the second half when freshman Skyler Stuckey snuck a nice shot off the far post. |
Class 6A — Wichita East was not able to overcome an early barrage of goals by Blue Valley Northwest in the Class 6A third-place game. |
The Blue Aces ended up falling to the Huskies 7-0 at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka. |
Coach Dylan Gruntzel was proud of his team’s effort to get to this position for the first time. |
The Huskies played most of their starters for the first half putting up three goals. They added four more in second half. Trevor Kerns had a hat trick. |
For Gruntzel having this experience will hopefully be something his team can build on for next year. Still the Blue Aces can hang their hats on some milestones they made. |
Gruntzel hopes the postseason experience pays off next season. |
(JTA) — In statements defending Israel’s conduct in its ongoing conflict in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he “will look forward to restarting peace negotiations” with the Palestinians. |
On Wednesday, speaking in English, Netanyahu compared Hamas to ISIS, the militant Islamist group in Iraq and Syria, and said that “no other country has acted more rigorously than Israel in defending itself within legitimate means.” In a Hebrew statement, he said Israel’s military operation will continue until calm retu... |
Netanyahu said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas can play a “constructive role” in halting the conflict, and that its end could provide an opening for renewed peace talks. |
The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks began in July 2013 and collapsed in April when Israel reneged on a previously scheduled prisoner release and Abbas formed a unity government with Hamas. |
In another statement Wednesday, Netanyahu said one of Israel’s accomplishments during the conflict has been “achieving a new diplomatic horizon for the State of Israel.” Previously, the prime minister has noted an alignment of interests between Israel and certain neighboring states such as Egypt. |
Too few low-income New Mexicans are enrolled in higher education, a new report says. |
A new report on the economic effects of escalating costs to attend New Mexico colleges and universities calls for more financial assistance for low-income students and recommends an income cap on eligibility for the state's flagship student aid program, the Legislative Lottery Scholarship. |
"Our state workforces are very underdeveloped," said Armelle Casau, a policy analyst who authored the report, released this week by the nonprofit advocacy group New Mexico Voices for Children. |
A more skilled workforce would strengthen the state's economy, the organization argues, and in turn would help lower poverty rates that remain among the worst in the nation. |
But too few low-income New Mexicans are enrolled in higher education, the report says, estimating 22 percent of students are from low-income families, compared to a national average of 34 percent. |
Meanwhile, the report says, needs-based college aid makes up less than a third of the state funds available. It lists the lottery scholarship, with a requirement of a 2.5 GPA, as a merit-based program. |
In contrast, the report says, 25 other states ensure 95 percent of state-funded college aid is distributed based on financial need. |
The Voices for Children report comes as state lawmakers consider measures to increase aid for low-income students. At least one of the bills — state Rep. Debra Sariñana's House Bill 146 — would alter the eligibility rules for the popular lottery scholarship program to reserve its limited funds for those who most need t... |
HB 146 hasn't yet been heard in its first committee. It's likely to meet opposition, even from advocates of the program who have pushed for years for more scholarship funds to overcome a multimillion-dollar supply-and-demand gap. |
"We've been debating this back and forth for years," said state Sen. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, a retired educator. "I've always agreed that if we have to change it, making it more needs-based would be the way to go." |
But, Stewart said, she'd rather see a funding solution that benefits all students who qualify — C-plus or better graduates from New Mexico high schools who enroll full time in an in-state college within 16 months of graduating. |
This week's report also comes as colleges and universities across New Mexico wrangle with enrollment declines — some so steep they have taken school officials by surprise. The state's largest school, the University of New Mexico, saw a 7 percent drop in students between fall 2017 and fall 2018; most shocking was the 18... |
Many schools have responded to the loss in tuition revenue — along with state funding cuts — by raising rates, placing a greater burden on students who stick around. |
Despite the tuition increases, New Mexico colleges have been touted as some of the best deals in the nation. |
In 2017, Texas-based Student Loan Hero ranked New Mexico the No. 1 state when it comes to affordable tuition and No. 2 for the rate of return on a college education, which means a degree pays off in higher wages. |
For more than 20 years, the popular lottery scholarship has sweetened the deal, easing costs for more than 100,000 students in that time. |
Still, Casau said, "Colleges are unaffordable for New Mexicans of limited means." |
Part of the problem is that the lottery scholarship program has struggled to remain solvent. |
Initially, the program covered all of a recipient's tuition and fees. As lottery ticket sales declined over the years, and both tuition rates and demand for scholarships increased, the amount of coverage began to drop, first to 95 percent of students' costs five years ago, then to 90 percent and then to 60 percent in 2... |
A bill approved last year set flat fees for lottery scholarship recipients — $1,500 per semester for those who attend four-year research schools. |
That amount would have covered about 41 percent of tuition and fees this school year. |
However, the state Higher Education Department announced in May that an unexpected decrease in applicants — a drop of about 2,400 — created a nearly $4 million surplus in the program that allowed the agency to boost allotments. For a UNM student, the $800-per-semester increase brought tuition coverage to about 63 perce... |
That still leaves hefty out-of-pocket costs for the poorest students, argue Casau and others at Voices for Children. And the scholarship doesn't pay for food, housing or books. |
Because it's limited to recent high school graduates, Casau added, the lottery scholarship also doesn't accommodate a changing demographic: Increasingly, those enrolled in New Mexico colleges have been out of high school for years, are working and have children. Many can only attend part time. |
Two identical bills in the state House and Senate, HB 127 and Senate Bill 81, would increase a more flexible financial aid fund, to $3 million from $2 million, and would raise the amount an eligible student could receive each semester from the College Affordability Endowment Fund, to $1,500 from $1,000. |
But Casau said more needs to be done. |
Her report cites the lottery scholarship as a solution. It recommends restricting eligibility to students from families with incomes under $100,000 per year and creating a sliding scale for upper-middle-income students. That would leave more of the $40 million fund available to provide full tuition for low-income stude... |
The measure introduced by Sariñana, D-Albuquerque, would be a first step toward that goal, tying eligibility to a federal financial aid formula. Sariñana did not return messages seeking comment on the bill. |
A legislative analysis of a similar measure Sariñana introduced in 2017 raises some concerns about the effect such restrictions might have on already dwindling enrollment numbers at state colleges. |
The leaders of two nonprofit policy organizations that have weighed in on the lottery scholarship debate over the years said their groups would not get behind a needs-based eligibility change. |
Fred Nathan, executive director of Think New Mexico, which has lobbied for a decade to increase revenues for the scholarship fund, said his group doesn't have a position on the proposed restrictions. |
Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing, whose organization also has proposed scholarship reforms, said more definitively that he wouldn't support the measure. |
"We're not necessarily on board with needs-based" college aid, he said. |
Financial need shouldn't determine who goes to college, Gessing said. "People should go to school if they can compete with other students." |
Selecting which trees to plant in your yard is an important task that you can’t take too lightly. Whatever tree you choose will hopefully stick around for a long time, so you need to factor things like size at maturity, your purpose for planting it or how well the tree and foliage melds with your existing landscaping. ... |
Shade trees add comfort and enjoyment to your property’s outdoor living spaces, and depending upon the tree, they can also add actual value as well. Shade trees that have broad canopies or dense foliage help cool your home in the summer, but select those with root systems that will not disrupt your home’s foundation or... |
If you enjoy Italian cuisine, then you’re probably already familiar with a favored shade tree for planting close to houses. Grown for its unique umbrella-shaped canopy, the drought-tolerant stone pine (Pinus pinea), also known as the Italian stone pine, is prized for the delicious pignoli nuts it produces. The long-liv... |
Another ornamental shade tree you can plant near your house is the buttonwood, or silver buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus). Hardy in USDA Zones 10 through 11, silver buttonwood is a 30 to 3- foot evergreen with silver-bluish leaves, unassuming flowers and a width of 20 to 30 feet providing moderate-to-moderately-dense sh... |
Some ornamental trees produce flowers or fruit that can quickly litter your landscape. While fruit-bearing and flowering ornamental trees certainly add a pop of vibrancy to any yard, you must place them carefully to avoid falling fruit or flowers on overhanging rooftops, paved walkways and patios. In the long run, you’... |
The delightful Jacarandas (Jacaranda spp_.) are a genus of 49 shrubs and trees native to tropical and sub-tropical climes that are ideal for planting close to homes. Bright purple blossoms festoon the tree and liven the landscape from April to August, and many cultivars are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant... |
For a showy evergreen tree with highly fragrant flowers that blooms nearly year-round, consider Magnolia champaca, better known as Himalayan fragrant champaca, golden champaca and the yellow jade orchid tree. Golden champaca’s yellow-golden flowers are used to craft some of the costliest and most-prized perfumes in the... |
TreeTime: What species are safe to plant near my house? |
SheboyganPress: Certain trees can add value to property. |
Tara Thomas is a Los Angeles-based writer and avid world traveler. Her articles have appeared in various online publications, including Home and Garden Ideas, Livestrong, Modern Mom and SF Gate. Thomas has a Bachelor of Science in marine biology from California State University, Long Beach. In her spare time she enjoys... |
Thomas, Tara. "Good Ornamental Trees for Planting Close to Houses." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/good-ornamental-trees-planting-close-houses-48074.html. 02 December 2018. |
covers its commercial and Medicare Part D members. |
earnings in 2014, JP Morgan analyst Lisa Gill said on Tuesday. |
mail order pharmacies. CVS also operates its namesake stores. |
Gill said that CVS displaced Argus with the contract win. |
could not be reached immediately for comment on Tuesday. |
prescription drug savings," Gill wrote in a note to clients. |
company is set to report its quarterly results on Wednesday. |
This Feb. 9, 2018, file photo shows a man place a cold compress on his forehead while battling the flu at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga. |
A pill that is touted to help rein in flu symptoms with a single dose is getting a speedy review from the Food and Drug Administration, NBC News reported. |
The pill's manufacturer, Genentech, said Tuesday that the FDA granted a priority review to baloxavir marboxil, with approval possible by the end of the year. |
Flu viruses have long been resistant to the first two antiviral flu drugs, and a new flu drug hasn't hit the U.S. market in years. |
This drug, already approved in Japan, helps stop viruses replicating earlier in the process than drugs like Tamiflu and is "going to be more convenient ... because it works after a single dose," Genentech vice president Mark Eisner said. |
A severe flu season blanketing the United States is overburdening hospitals and emergency rooms across the country. Many doctors are urging people to make virtual appointments instead, where patients can be diagnosed through video sessions. |
Nearly 50 percent of assistant professors who are hired at Stanford will go on to obtain tenure, according to Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences Richard Saller, who noted that around 80 percent of those faculty members who reached the point of being considered for tenure are granted it. |
Education as Self-Fashioning (ESF) professors reported Terry Castle, the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, to administration members after she read aloud and publicly criticized a student’s senior seminar paper while critiquing student writing in general at a Nov. 9 ESF lecture. |
The new Stanford Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics is predicted to improve the University’s reputation in the field, as well as draw top talent to Stanford. |
BRUSSELS/MILAN, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The European Commission has told Italy it is concerned at its budget deficit plans for the next three years since they breach what the EU asked the country to do in July, but Rome insisted on Saturday it would “not retreat” from its spending plans. |
In a letter to Italy’s Economy Minister Giovanni Tria, the Commission said that with a planned headline deficit of 2.4 percent of GDP in 2019, Italy’s structural deficit, which excludes one-offs and business cycle effects, would rise by 0.8 percent of GDP. |
The council of EU ministers, however, asked Italy in July to reduce that structural deficit by 0.6 percent of GDP next year, which means the deficit would be 1.4 points off track. |
Italy is planning to bring down the headline deficit to 2.1 percent in 2020 and to 1.8 percent in 2021, but that would not be enough either, the Commission letter said, because it would mean Italy’s structural deficit would not change in 2020-21. |
Under EU rules Italy, which has a public debt to GDP ratio of 133 percent and the highest debt servicing costs in Europe, should cut the structural deficit every year until balance. |
“Against this background, Italy’s revised budgetary targets appear prima facie to point to a significant deviation from the fiscal path recommended by the Council. This is therefore a source of serious concern,” the Commission letter said. |
“We call on the Italian authorities to ensure that the Draft Budgetary Plan will be in compliance with the common fiscal rules,” it said. |
Italy is to submit its draft budget to the Commission for checks if it is in line with EU rules by Oct 15. |
“It needs to be clear that we are not going to go back because as far as I’m concerned, these measures are not meant to challenge Brussels or the markets, but they need to compensate the Italian people for many wrongs,” Deputy Prime Minister and 5-Star leader Luigi Di Maio told journalists at an event in Rome. |
“There is no plan B because we will not retreat. We will explain the reasons for these measures ... but we are not going back,” he said. |
If the Commission decides the draft budget blatantly breaks the rules it can send it back to Rome to be revised, something that has never happened before. |
While institutional pressure from the Commission and other euro zone governments might prove insufficient for Italy to change the draft, Rome is paying attention to how financial markets react. Yields of Italian bonds have risen to 4.5 year highs last week on the planned higher borrowing. |
The striker, capped by England last year, has missed five games with a knee problem. |
David Brooks could start against his former club having returned to the squad following an ankle problem, but midfielder Jefferson Lerma will serve out his two-match suspension. |
Junior Stanislas and Dominic Solanke (both thigh) are still not fit. Steve Cook (groin) remains sidelined, as well as long-term absentees Simon Francis and Lewis Cook (both knee). |
Defender John Stones and striker Gabriel Jesus are back in contention for City. The pair have missed the last three games with groin and hamstring injuries respectively. |
Centre-back Aymeric Laporte (hamstring) and midfielder Fernandinho (groin) remain on the sidelines and the game also comes too soon for Fabian Delph despite his return to training after a leg injury. |
STANDARD LIEGE have entered the race to sign ex-Newcastle youngster Yasin Ben El-Mhanni. |
The tricky winger left St James’ Park in the summer as a free agent after the Premier League side informed him he would not be offered a new deal. |
Ben El-Mhanni, 22, is keen to follow a host of young British players and continue his career in Europe and his representatives have been locked in talks with Belgian outfit Royal Antwerp. |
However, Liege – a point behind Antwerp in the Jupiler league after six games – have been alerted to his availability and have made contact. |
Ligue 1 side St Etienne are monitoring his situation and are keen to offer him a chance to kick-start his career in France. |
Dutch outfits Groningen and Heerenveen have also expressed an interest in the skilful attacker, who joined the Magpies from Non-League side Lewes two years ago. |
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