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But perhaps the key man arrived just last week.
In David Forde, there is a genuine hope the presence, experience and character is there between the sticks to solve Pompey’s keeper woes.
Enough reasons to be cheerful then? We’ll turn up in hope again on Saturday as we wait to find out.
The UK government is seeking buyers for its 40% stake in the cross-Channel train operator Eurostar to help boost the public finances.
The intention to sell was set out last year in the government's Autumn Statement and National Infrastructure Plan.
Under the plan the government hopes to raise about £20bn from corporate and financial asset sales by 2020.
The RMT union and the Labour Party have voiced concerns about selling Eurostar.
Chancellor George Osborne said on Monday: "I am determined that we go on making the decisions to reform the British economy and tackle our debts. So we will proceed with the potential sale of the UK's shareholding in Eurostar today.
"Ensuring that we can deliver the best quality infrastructure for Britain and the best value for money for the taxpayer are key parts of our long-term economic plan."
Mr Osborne added: "As part of our aim to achieve £20bn from assets sales by 2020, the sale proceeds would make an important contribution to the task of reducing the public sector debt."
But Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT rail union, said the Eurostar sale could see more of the UK's railways in foreign hands.
"This compounds the issue of foreign ownership of Britain's railways as the French state has first refusal on our slice of the highly profitable Eurostar cake. The French and Belgians think we are insane knocking off such a valuable and strategic infrastructure asset," he said.
Mary Creagh MP, Labour's shadow transport secretary, said: "The National Audit Office should urgently conduct a value-for-money enquiry before this sale proceeds.
"We must ensure that taxpayers are not ripped off again by bungling ministers and poor financial advice from the City," she said.
The government said it expects to reach "definitive agreements" in the first quarter of 2015.
Eurostar began service in 1994 as a partnership between three railway companies: SNCF, SNCB and British Rail (subsequently LCR).
Since then, Eurostar has carried more than 145 million passengers, with more than 10 million in 2013 alone. Numbers have risen every year for the past 10.
In June this year the UK government's holding transferred from LCR to the Treasury.
Other possible asset sales include the government's stake in the uranium enrichment company URENCO, legacy Royal Mail pension assets and the government's student loan book.
The Treasury has decided against selling off the Royal Mint, principally because it would not raise enough money.
Ahmed: Eurostar sale last pre-poll?
A man from Canada's Northwest Territories said he had a 3-inch knife blade embedded in his back for three years without doctors noticing.
Billy McNeely, 32, of Fort Good Hope, said he repeatedly complained about pain in his back following a stabbing, but doctors never took X-rays and told him the pain was from nerve damage, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.
"I've done some jail time in the past. The guards rub over you with a metal wand detector, and every time it hit my back in the jail it went off," he said.
McNeely said a lump formed in the painful spot on his back and earlier this week he touched it and felt something odd.
"My nail caught a piece of the tip of the blade that was underneath the skin and made a little sound, so that worried me," he said.
His girlfriend, Stephanie Sayine, examined the lump and discovered there was a blade embedded in his back.
Doctors removed a 3-inch knife blade from McNeely's back.
"I'm kind of upset with the health system," he said. "They should've X-rayed right off the beginning in case there was internal damage," he said.
McNeely said he is in contact with lawyers about potential legal action against the territory's health system.
1. Wear a helmet: Helmets can help prevent more serious head injuries such a skull fractures and moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries.2. Understand the limitation of your helmet: Helmets do not help prevent concussion so if you fall and experience the signs or symptoms of a concussion, make sure you seek medical attention. Additionally, the faster you go or higher you jump limits a helmet’s ability to provide protection.3. Ski and ride within your limits: Skiers and snowboarders tend to ski/ride faster and take more chances while wearing a helmet. This may increase their risk or severity of an injury. 4. Know your mountain and the conditions: Being unfamiliar with a trail or park, coupled with variable terrain conditions, sometimes causes skiers and snowboarders to get hurt. Many injuries come at the crossover points of trails or on blinded drop-offs. Make sure you scout your trails and jumps prior to increasing your speed and risk.
Matthew Gammons, MD, is a sports medicine physician at the Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic and the Killington Medical Clinic. He is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Associate Editor of Sports Health and member of the Board of Directors of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Dr. Gammons serves as a team physician for the United States Ski and Snowboard Teams in addition to several colleges, ski academies and high schools. He has a special interest in injury prevention and sports concussion. He is board-certified in family practice and sports medicine.
Christopher Donnell Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Feel like stealing a few cars and shooting some people up on your long commute? Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PSP has got you covered.
Long story with an intricate plot. Plenty of optional activities.
Some mini-games feel awkward. Overhead view is sometimes obscured.
Feel like stealing a few cars and shooting some people up on your long commute? Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PSP has got you covered.
In the latest portable version of Grand Theft Auto, which was originally created for Nintendo DS, you take on the persona of Huang Lee, the son of a murdered Chinatown gang boss. He's headed to Liberty City (which you'll recognize from GTA IV) to bring a family heirloom to his uncle, who is set to take over the empire. Predictably, when he arrives the journey takes a turn for the worse as he is attacked and left for dead. That's where the fun really begins.
Chinatown Wars revives the overhead view from the early GTA games, but retains the gritty story lines the series has since become known for. There are more than 70 missions to complete along with dozens of side games, covering a wide range of activities from taxi driving to drug dealing. For the most part, the controls are decent, but on some of the minigames, you're reminded that this title was originally written for the DS, not the PSP. Still, the excitement of the console versions is retained here, making Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars of the most engaging, action-packed portable gaming experiences around.
On 11 September 1973, General Pinochet seized power in a vicious coup that led to the death of democratically elected President Salvadore Allende and resulted in the death and torture of many thousands of people.
This is one of the 'other' 9/11s - a set of events with a great deal to teach us and remind us of, but one which is all-too-easily lost in the sands of history.
The scars of the US backed coup, sponsored by large corporations and shadowy right-wing networks inside and outside the country, have lasted well into the era of renewed democracy in the populous Latin American nation.
Tejas Verdes, once an idyllic seaside resort for the rich, beautiful and fortunate, became a torture and death camp under Pinochet's dictatorship. The torture was carried out in the old music room.
The critically acclaimed play Tejas Verdes remembers, with poetic beauty, overwhelming love and humanity, the story of a woman who was tortured and disappeared.
It is also the story of those who encountered her and were part of what happened to her.
Praised by Guardian critic Michael Billington ("Eloquently translated … impossible to forget"), Scottish broadcaster and journalist Jim Naughtie ("Warm, rich, even poetic") and actor Robbie Coltrane ("It really is the right time"), Tejas Verdes is showing throughout August as part of Just Festival.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A former Lawton police officer has been killed while training Afghanistan soldiers how to use their weapons, the city's police chief said Thursday.
Charles Buckman, 39, was among four people, two American civilians and two Afghan soldiers, that NATO said were killed Tuesday when one of the soldiers opened fire at Camp Shaheen in northern Afghanistan.
In an interview, Lawton Police Chief Ronnie Smith confirmed Buckman's death.
"He was training Afghan soldiers and one of the soldiers just turned on him, is what I was told," said Smith, citing a report he got from Buckman's employer, MPRI. "The guy just turned and started shooting."
NATO said an investigation into the shooting is under way. The international military coalition said in a statement that an Afghan soldier who trained others at the base outside Mazar-e-Sharif started shooting during the weapons exercise.
Buckman joined the Lawton department in 2002, Smith said.
"He did real well, came up real fast," Smith said. "He was very knowledgeable on weapons and very proficient. A real good guy, very well-liked."
Buckman was assigned to the department's tactical team and to its gang task force before leaving after 6 years to work for Virginia-based MPRI and train soldiers in Afghanistan, Smith said.
MPRI, according to its Web site, is a division of L-3 Communications and provides services to the U.S. government, primarily in the National Security and Homeland Security sectors, international governments and agencies, state and local governments, and major corporations.
"He decided to do something to put money back for his kids for college and said he wanted to come back to the police department eventually," Smith said.
Smith said he promised Buckman he would be rehired upon his return.
Buckman's body was to be flown from Afghanistan Thursday night to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and is expected to arrive in Oklahoma late next week, Smith said.
He said Buckman is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
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After Armstrong Williams pocketed $240,000 from the Department of Education, he conducted a flattering interview with Education Secretary Rod Paige for Sinclair Broadcasting.
Sinclair Broadcasting made headlines last year by aligning itself with partisan, conservative forces and pushing a political agenda. In May, the media conglomerate refused to air "Nightline" when Ted Koppel read aloud the names of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. (Antiwar propaganda, Sinclair executives claimed.) Then, in late fall, Sinclair pushed forward a one-sided, anti-John Kerry documentary on the eve of the election. In both cases, while ignoring charges of bias, Sinclair bosses seemed to relish their time in the spotlight.
But now Sinclair is getting burned by one of its conservative stars and the media company is running for the shadows. In the wake of news that its on-air mainstay, conservative talk-show host and syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams, pocketed $240,000 from the Department of Education in exchange for hyping a White House education initiative, Sinclair is going out of its way to distance itself from its prime-time pundit. The company has also asked Williams to clear up the misleading impression that it carries his syndicated TV show on dozens of its stations.
"We're seriously reviewing our relationship" with Williams, says Carl Gottlieb, managing editor of Sinclair's corporate news division.
Williams, former aide to Strom Thurmond, friend of Clarence Thomas, and full-time public relations executive, was hired in 2003 as a political analyst for Sinclair's News Central, which creates broadcasts for the company's 62 local stations across the country. "Armstrong and David Smith are very close," says a former employee, referring to Sinclair's conservative CEO. "He's a huge Armstrong fan and he made him a priority at News Central. Whenever Armstrong needed a crew, we made them available, no questions asked." Williams returned the favor by applauding Sinclair's decision to preempt "Nightline's" Iraq memorial telecast, labeling it in his newspaper column as "little more than a crass attempt to cash in" on ratings.
One of Williams' first interviews as a Sinclair analyst was with outgoing Secretary of Education Rod Paige, during which time the two talked favorably about No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the education reform law passed by President George W. Bush -- and the piece of legislation that the DOE paid Williams $240,000 to promote. Critics have hammered Williams since last Friday, when USA Today broke the story that he used his newspaper column to praise NCLB without informing readers he was on the take. (The column has since been dropped by Williams' syndicator.) But in retrospect, Williams' interview with Paige appears to have been even more ethically challenged.
"He was clearly double-dipping," says one former Sinclair producer. "He was getting paid $240,000 [by the administration] and getting paid as a commentator by Sinclair. When I read the USA Today story on Friday I was aghast, as anybody in this business would be. Then the first thing I thought about was Williams' interview with Paige and then a light went off."
Sinclair managing editor Gottlieb insists that "we knew absolutely nothing about [Williams'] relationship with the Department of Education. Had we known, we wouldn't have had him commenting on education and perhaps other matters." Gottlieb says he had a brief conversation with Williams on Friday, noting that Williams' contract with Sinclair expired late last year. (Williams has appeared on Sinclair channels once since then.) Asked about the company's reaction to Williams' DOE pay-for-play, Gottlieb says, "We were not thrilled."
Sinclair has an additional reason to be upset with the pundit. On a Web site promoting Williams' syndicated talk show, "On the Right Side With Armstrong Williams," a minority-focused public affairs program, Sinclair stations are listed as broadcasting the show in 52 markets. Gottlieb says that's false, that no Sinclair stations carry the program. Williams tells Salon that Sinclair stations were named only because Williams has appeared on them as an analyst.
Since Friday, journalism observers have expressed shock that anybody in such a position of prominence as Williams would accept six figures from the government. The quid pro quo deal clearly crosses an ethical line. "That Williams didn't tell his audience he was a gun for hire demonstrates the obvious -- he should stick to P.R. and not confuse us by claiming to be a commentator in the journalistic tradition," says Susan Tifft, a Duke University journalism professor.
Williams has repeatedly admitted he used bad judgment in accepting the DOE contract, which called in part for advertising on his television show. But when asked if he would give the $240,000 back, Williams, who charges up to $20,000 for speaking fees, says no. "My business ethics are not in question. I'm comfortable with the fact we delivered in terms of the advertising. That's why [the DOE] renewed the contract after six months. We delivered."
Holocaust survivors announced today that they are throwing in the towel on their efforts to stop the Mormon Church from posthumously baptizing Jews who died in Nazi death camps. The rite is performed with a Mormon standing in for the deceased. "We ask you to leave our six million Jews, all victims of the Holocaust, alone, they suffered enough,” said the Jewish leader of the talks. Jews aren’t the only ones vexed by the tradition. In May, the Vatican ordered its dioceses to withhold its member registries from Mormons, so that their congregants would not be baptized.
I have been living in the UAE almost 7 months now and the amount of people I see living day to day on low energy levels is amazing. When I watch people drag themselves to my training session and tell me they couldn’t get out of bed, or watch people queue up outside Starbucks every-morning for their coffee fix, I am shocked.
Not giving your body enough fuel is a common problem that many people suffer from.
Believe it or not, sugar is your body’s best friend! We all dread sugar because of its high calorie count and the so called weight gain that is associated with consuming sugar. Despite this, we are always ready to grab a sugary snack in an emergency situation when we are low on fuel. Your own body is screaming out for sugar because it is intelligent enough to know sugar produces the most fuel to give you the energy that you need.
Carbohydrates include fruit, concentrated sugar, such as honey, cane sugar, maple syrup as well as grains, legumes and starchy vegetables. All these different forms of carbs break down into sugar and help your body move using the energy produced from them. The best form of fuel comes from fruit because fruit contains 2 types of sugars - glucose and fructose. Fructose helps suppress insulin, keeping your blood sugar balanced. Glucose, for its part, is found in all the other carbohydrates you may eat when you feel your energy levels are crashing, these include bread, rice, cakes etc. Glucose raises your blood sugar levels and stimulates insulin production. This why people typically crash again when eating these types of complex carbohydrates. There is no fructose found in complex carbs, therefore balancing out your insulin levels by relying on fruits rather than complex carbohydrates, will help to avoid a crash.
While your body is capable of using fat and protein to fuel you, neither has a powerful impact on your body as sugar does. Sugar has an effect on every single cell in your body and your glands, added to this is the fact that your brain operates almost entirely on sugar.
Sugar is so powerful it is used in emergency situations with trauma victims in hospital. They are given saline solution which is a combination of salt and sugar. Salt opens up the circulation system and glucose enters into the cells to reinvigorate them!
When your blood sugar levels plummet, which can happen when you eat complex carbohydrates or encounter stress of any sort, Adrenaline (a stress induced hormone) rises in your body. Increased adrenaline causes many negative effects such as; anxiety, nervousness, anger, irritation and a short temper, poor circulation, bloated stomach and digestive issues, constipation and insomnia.
Also, adrenaline simulates the release of all stored sugars and some stored fat. Therefore, another stress hormone is released, called cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone that simulates the conversion of protein (muscle & organ tissue) into sugar for the liver.
The long-term effects of cortisol include loss of muscle mass, bones and organ tissue, lowered immunity, low energy production and the storage of fat around the mid-section of one’s body.
No one knows better than your own body. So when you get a sugar craving don’t fight it. Your body craves sugar as it knows you need fuel. Honey, maple syrup, cane sugar and fruits are all made from fructose & glucose, so these are the best choices to go for that will not give you a crash. Cakes, biscuits and muffins are made up of complex carbohydrates, these are the ones to avoid when you get the urge, as they will give you a crash and increase your insulin.
Concerned about calories and gaining weight?
Sugar actually sparks your thyroid gland to work and burn more fuel. Ever notice how when you eat sugar you may get warm hands and feet? It is that spark that gets the metabolism up again and burning more calories in your cells. Sugar also helps deal with stress and causes adrenaline levels to rise. Let me remind you of that vicious circle, when stress rises, cortisol breaks down your muscle for energy, therefore you must keep yourself fueled at all times. Another important factor; you want to maintain your healthy muscle tissue as muscles are metabolically active and burn calories through-out the day. So give sugar credit, it helps you lose weight not gain it!
So, lowering stress and increasing your energy levels is simple - eat sugar. Of course, this will work in the short term. For a longer term option always try to balance any meal or snack by eating carbohydrates with a protein source. Supporting your body with protein is crucial as well. Protein contains amino acids which help build muscle tissue and keep you full. Balanced with a fruit, carbohydrates will help give you the right energy your body so desperately needs.
Keeping your body sugar balanced each day will decrease your appetite for the wrong foods you crave. It will help increase your metabolism and reduce emotional or comfort eating. It will lower fat storage around the middle and increase your metabolism by supporting your thyroid, and so you’ll burn fat too!
Most people in Napier would have at least one memory of the Meeanee Hall, in Gavin Black Street. Whether it was a birthday party, rock 'n' roll get together or sports tournament, it has been well used since it was built in 1956.
Volunteers, under the supervision of George Fairey and Reg Watson, built the hall in memory of the Meeanee residents who served in the first and second world wars. Money was raised from Queen Carnivals, Crown and Anchor games, cake stalls and almost every other fundraising method!
Today the hall is still as popular as ever and is mostly used for weddings, 21sts, indoor bowls, Women's Institute meetings, rock and rollers, ballet classes and other social functions.
The cost to hire the hall is $250, which covers 12-noon until 12-midnight. After midnight it is charged hourly. There is a $500 bond and hall security costs $45. Weekday hire costs $10 per hour and $7 per hour for regular hirers.
BRUSSELS – European leaders took a step toward creating a single supervisor for banks in countries that use the euro on Friday but refused to pin down a start date.
Although the leaders meeting in Brussels said their decisions on the watchdog — the single supervisory mechanism — were key to shoring up lenders and eventually giving them access to loans from Europe's bailout fund, many observers were struggling to figure out exactly what had been achieved.
Rather than finding new measures to fight the crisis, the leaders focused on establishing a timeline for those they had already agreed to.
"It is good for Europe that we'll have a single supervisory mechanism up and running in the course of 2013," Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, which includes the leaders of all 27 EU countries, said Friday.
That appeared to go half a step further than the statement the EU heads of state and government adopted after all-night negotiations, which only committed to trying to get a plan for the banking supervisor in place by Jan. 1 and working in 2013 on getting it operational.
The supervisor needs to be up and running before European countries can work on the next big step in their crisis-fighting plan — giving their bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, the power to rescue banks directly, bypassing national governments.
That step is crucial because banks remain at the core of Europe's financial problems. Many are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy after the investments they made up in boom times — including in government bonds and real estate — plummeted in value. Some governments have stepped in to save their banks, only to worsen their own finances in the process.
European leaders want to shield troubled governments from the burden of supporting their banks. That would be a huge relief to countries like Spain, which are facing the prospect of taking on enormous debts — and worrying markets — in order to bail out their banks.
"The objective is simple: we want to break this relationship between the management — often the poor management — of banks and the consequences for state budgets," Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said as he headed into the second day of a summit meeting in Brussels.