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A police spokesman said it involved a an orange Mitsubishi Colt from Sleaford, a silver Vauxhall Mondeo from Bracebridge Heath and a Mercedes Vito panel van from Norfolk. |
The road ws partially blocked to allow for recovery of the vehicles, causing traffic tailbacks. |
Lincolnshire Police Specials tweeted photos from the scene showing the bizarre weather conditions which had left slushy sleet or snow on the road. |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The Toronto Raptors have been on a tear offensively the past month. They paused for a few minutes of defense and it made the difference against Orlando. |
DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points and Kyle Lowry added 17 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds to lead the Raptors to a 117-104 victory over the Magic on Wednesday night for their 11th win in the last 13 games. |
Pascal Siakam had 14 points, Jakob Poeltl added 13 and Fred VanVleet scored 12. |
The Raptors have averaged 116.4 points during the 13-game stretch and were blistering at that end of the floor, but it was a short window of defense in the fourth quarter, with mostly reserves on the floor, that turned Wednesday’s game. |
Leading 97-96 with 7:12 left, the Raptors limited the Magic to a pair of free throws over the next five minutes, outscoring them 13-2. Siakam, VanVleet, CJ Miles and Deion Wright, all reserves, scored all the points in that stretch. |
Siakam’s fast-break layup finished off the run and gave Toronto a 110-98 cushion for the final two minutes of the game. The second-year reserve had 10 of his 14 points in the final five minutes of the game. |
Down the hall, the Magic were lamenting their seventh straight loss and how familiar it felt. |
”We kind of lose the same way every night,” Fournier said. |
”Defense is where the game was lost,” Magic coach Frank Vogel said, finishing off the thought. |
Fournier and reserve forward Mario Hezonja led Orlando with 17 points apiece. Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and Aaron Gordon had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who had seven players score in double figures, but still came up short. |
RAPTORS: F OG Anunoby sprained his ankle in the second quarter and didn’t return. . The Raptors made their first five 3-pointers and had two four-point opportunities in the first 13 minutes of the game. . PF Serge Ibaka played his first game in Orlando since being traded to Toronto just before the trade deadline last s... |
MAGIC: Orlando shot 76.2 percent (16 of 21) in the first quarter, including five of seven on 3-pointers and still trailed 42-37. . The Magic have given up an average of 113.2 during the seven-game losing streak. . Marreese Speights returned after missing two games for personal reasons. He did not play. |
Raptors: Visit Washington on Friday. |
Magic: Host former coach Stan Van Gundy and the Detroit Pistons on Friday. |
A significant problem with Marvel’s TV programming is that it can very generic. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. struggled to create a distinct identity in its first season, telling standard action adventure stories that piggybacked off of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but didn’t really offer anything new. The series h... |
Daredevil is a generic crime drama, but its stylized visuals and intriguing performances make up for the lack of originality in the plotting and scripting. “Shadows In The Glass” is the first episode written by showrunner Steven S. DeKnight, and it highlights the more pedestrian elements of the series as it delves into... |
Drew Goddard took his time building Matt and Jack’s bond over the course of the first two episodes, and he showed different sides of their relationship to establish just how much these two men relied on each other. DeKnight’s storytelling is far more rushed, and he relies on exaggeration to create emotional stakes. “Th... |
After that first flashback, Bill becomes the stereotypical abusive dad that blames his family for all of his personal failings. He makes Wilson beat a boy that disrespects their family, but the rage Bill awakens inside his son comes back to haunt him later. After being forced to stare at a wall of cracked white paint w... |
This show doesn’t incorporate much music beyond John Paesano’s score, but this episode incorporates two popular melodies for different effects. The first is Bach’s “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major,” a piece of music that has become a go-to for bringing a sense of refinement and sophistication to whatever it’... |
Using The Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” as the main music cue for a flashback to 1970s New York City isn’t an inspired choice by any means, but the song is such a strong shift from the mood of the rest of the episode that it’s a welcome addition. That very first shot of Wilson’s flashback with “Brown Sugar” playing in ... |
Earlier today, my weekly “Big Issues” column spotlighted The Kitchen, a Vertigo Comics miniseries about Hell’s Kitchen mob wives that become crime bosses when their husbands go to prison. That series stands out because it breaks from the mob drama tradition of putting women in supporting positions, and it’s made me acu... |
But there’s one big exception in the female cast. One woman that isn’t a victim, and who isn’t here to offer comfort and salvation. Her name is Madame Gao, and Wilson Fisk does not want to get on her bad side. Wai Ching Ho has a natural authority that makes her a formidable opponent for D’Onofrio, who makes it very cle... |
Gao thinks that Wilson is getting sloppy, so he needs to do something big to regain the faith of his ally. That’s possible after he confesses his past sins to Vanessa and escapes the depressing routine of his life. He still wakes in the middle of the night from bad dreams, but now there’s somebody next to him to find c... |
DeKnight’s script gives Vincent D’Onofrio a huge number of opportunities to chew the scenery, and the man commits. After telling Vanessa about the seminal trauma in his past, Wilson explains why he wears his father’s cufflinks, and D’Onofrio gives a deliciously over-the-top portrayal of a tortured supervillain: “I didn... |
Matt, Foggy, and Karen finally spend considerable time together, and by “considerable” I mean two scenes where they mostly talk about the Union Allied case. We’re starting to see more of how Matt’s secret vigilante life makes him a hypocrite in his dealings with Karen and Foggy, but the connection between the three of ... |
I liked that white painting a lot more when it was an abstract expression of Wilson’s loneliness and not an explicit reflection of the wall he was forced to stare at before he killed his father. |
The real mystery of this episode is why does Wilson Fisk own a whole drawer of cufflinks if he only wears one pair? |
South African Test captain Hashim Amla admits there is an L plate on his back as well as a number despite his rating as one of the best batsmen in the world. |
The 32-year-old has played 82 Tests but believes he is on the same learning curve as his Derbyshire team mates as he prepares for the first of his three T20 games for the county at Headingly tomorrow (Friday). |
“T20 is it’s still a relatively new game and everyone is still learning. I’ve played about 70 games and that’s comparatively little for someone who has been playing international cricket for around 12 years. |
“But that doesn’t just apply to T20, it’s the same for Test and one-day cricket, certainly there’s no doubt. |
Amla played T20 for Surrey last season and although he is best known for his exploits in the Test arena he still averages 29 in the shortest form of the game. |
“I’ve enjoyed it a lot more in the last three years. When I first started playing I didn’t really understand it, coming from a bit more of a classical cricketing upbringing, but I’ve been fortunate enough to get some runs in the last few years so the average has gone up a bit. |
“The domestic season back in South Africa has gone well in the last couple of years and it’s good to have an opportunity to play some here. |
“There are times in the T20 game where you have to play a lot more high-risk shots but around the world you see cricketers who just play good shots and have been very successful in T20 cricket. |
“It’s not all about slogging and hitting across the line and for guys like me it’s about hitting good shots and finding the gaps to keep the scoreboard ticking. |
Derbyshire won only one T20 game last season so there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. |
“Team confidence comes with winning and playing good cricket, so if I can play a part in getting them off to a good start I will be happy,” Amla said. |
Wayne Madsen is unlikely to play after breaking the index finger on his right hand in the County Championship match against Northamptonshire but T20 captain Wayne Durston hopes to recover from a knee problem to lead the team against Yorkshire. |
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � Republicans competing for a chance to take on Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District unanimously praised President Donald Trump but differed a bit on immigration, abortion and other issues in a televised debate four days before their primary. |
Six of the seven Republicans who will be on Tuesday's ballot met for a debate Friday night on WMUR-TV. They repeatedly praised Trump, including the way he accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's denials regarding interference in the 2016 election. Robert Burns called it an example of Trump's skill as a negotiator. |
Asked whether legal immigration is making American worse, Brian Belanger spoke the most forcefully in the affirmative, saying legal immigrants bring with them the "criminal half" of their families, while the others didn't answer directly. |
VOLGOGRAD, Russia – Russian security forces hunted Tuesday for the husband of a suicide bomber a day after she blew herself up on a bus in southern Russia, killing six people and wounding more than 30 others. They also raised the possibility that Moscow, not Volgograd, was the bomber's original target. |
Investigators say 30-year-old Naida Asiyalova, a native of the volatile province of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus region, was married to an ethnic Russian man who had joined Islamic militants. They say her husband, Dmitry Sokolov, has become a top rebel expert in explosives and could have been involved in eq... |
Sokolov has been on the run since he left his home in a Moscow suburb in the summer of 2012. |
The bombing Monday in the southern Volgograd region was the first attack against a civilian target outside the volatile North Caucasus region in years, raising fears of a new wave of terror just three-and-half months before the start of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. |
Volgograd lies 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of the North Caucasus, where an Islamic insurgency has been simmering for more than a decade after two separatist wars in Chechnya. In Dagestan, the center of the insurgency, bombings and shootings occur almost daily. The Tsarnaev brothers, accused of carrying out the... |
It was not clear why Asiyalova chose Volgograd, since she had a ticket for Moscow, authorities said. |
Vladimir Markin, the spokesman for the Investigative Committee, Russia's main investigative agency, said authorities were trying to determine whether Asiyalova had planned her attack in Volgograd or made an impromptu choice along the way. He said Asiyalova took a Moscow-bound bus from Dagestan, but left it in Volg... |
The bomb was rigged with shrapnel, which caused severe injuries and left many of the wounded in grave condition. Most of the passengers were students coming home after lessons. |
Dmitry Yudin, a student who suffered a concussion and arm wound, said he had noticed Asiyalova when she boarded the bus because she wore a dark Islamic headscarf. He told The Associated Press the suspected attacker looked "calm and collected" and kept a low profile. |
Rasul Temirbekov, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee's regional branch in Dagestan, said Asiyalova met Sokolov, a university student, in Moscow and recruited him to join the rebels in Dagestan. He studied Islam and the Arabic, took the nom de guerre of Abdul Jabbar and quickly gained a reputation with the... |
Investigators believe Sokolov had prepared explosives for a suicide bomber who blew herself up outside the regional branch of Russia's Interior Ministry in Dagestan in May, killing 12 people. |
Temirbekov said Asiyalova had a fatal bone illness, but her mother countered that, telling the daily Izvestia newspaper that her daughter had some stomach problems after taking diet pills but nothing serious. |
Ravzat Asiyalova also said her daughter became strongly religious three years ago. She told Izvestia she disapproved of that and her daughter rarely called her, mainly to avoid arguments. |
In an apparent retaliation for Monday's bombing, unidentified attackers set threw firebombs late Monday at a Muslim prayer house in Volgograd, police said. A custodian managed to put out the fire. |
The Barceló Valencia is a new brand de luxe hotel which is located in the new heart of this city. Next to the Arts & Science Complex and with a lot of facilities and amenities, this hotel is a unique choice for both business and leisure travellers. |
The Eurostars Gran Valencia is located in a new Avant-garde building, in one of the most prosperous areas with one of the greatest expansion of the city, in front of the Congress palace and next to the Exhibition Centre. |
This lies in the centre close to the most important cultural centres and shops. The hotel offers a charged parking, heating and a lounge and rooms with bathroom, minibar, telephone and TV. |
In February, educators from�three area schools will play basketball against the Harlem Wizards to raise money for their campuses. |
On Tuesday, some of those teachers got a show of what they are up against as the Wizards sent Rashaan Barner to Shelby to meet and play games with teachers and students. |
The Wizards are a group of basketball players that travel the country, putting on shows of basketball tricks and games as fundraisers for schools and churches. Barner is one�of the Wizards players coming to Shelby on Feb. 12 to play against teachers from Shelby Intermediate School, Jefferson Elementary and Shelby Middl... |
Kim Greene, principal at Shelby Intermediate School and coach of the teacher�s team, said the idea for a game of teachers versus the Wizards came from the Shelby Intermediate School parent-teacher organization. |
Barner�s visit to Shelby was meant to be the kickoff for ticket sales for that game. While in town he challenged students and teachers to make shots around the basketball court and played games to see who could catch and pass a ball without getting tricked by a behind-the-back or sideways pass. |
Students who could beat Barner at his games walked away with some Wizards hats, wristbands, headbands and tickets to next month�s game. Schools were also given a small number of tickets to give out to students with good behavior over the next month. |
�These kids are what it�s all about. Seeing them laughing, having fun,� he said after spending some time with students at Shelby Intermediate School. �I feel like this is the time when I can make a bigger impact on them. I get to share this message with them about being respectful and responsible. Even the ones that ca... |
Murray and Azarenka beat the Dutch pair Jean-Julien Rojer and Demi Schuurs 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Centre Court. “It was an entertaining match with lots of rallies. They played some great shots but we did really well to come back,” Murray added. |
The last-four clash on No 1 Court today will be with the English pairing of Jay Clarke and Harriet Dart and Azarenka, who’s just returned to tennis following the birth of her son, admitted she was getting more out of the mixed than she thought and for this she thanked Murray. |
“Jamie had helped me get back part of my confidence that was missing,” she said. “It’s been great having his positivity throughout a match wherever it goes and that’s encouraged me to really go more for my shots. |
Adobe will next week begin testing new automatic software designed to make it easier for Reader and Acrobat users to keep their products up-to-date. |
The company will begin a beta test of the Acrobat Refresh Manager, with next week's critical security updates, due on 12 January, said Brad Arkin, Adobe's director of product security and privacy. |
The Refresh Manager was quietly installed on users' systems back in October 2009, but it is being turned on for the first time during next week's beta test. |
If everything goes well, Reader and Acrobat users on Windows and Mac computers will be offered the new update mechanism as a default option with the company's next security update, currently scheduled for release on 13 April. |
Users who do not want automatic updates can chose to download updates manually, or use a 'semi-automatic' process similar to the current system. |
With a semi-automatic update, the patch is automatically downloaded, but does not get installed until the user gives permission. |
Adobe's current updater, called the Adobe Update Manager, pops up an installation window when new patches are available, but too many people are holding off on clicking 'yes' and actually installing the patches. |
"We know that getting people updated and keeping them updated is the number-one thing we can do in terms of keeping them protected against attacks," Arkin said. |
Reader has emerged as a top hacker target over the past year, and Arkin's team has been sent scrambling several times to fix flaws in Reader and Acrobat after they were exploited by hackers. |
In fact, next week's Adobe updates will patch a bug that has been used in online attacks for several weeks now. |
Arkin said that Adobe may use the new updater for other products as well, though that decision hasn't been made yet. |
"We'll learn from it and see if it's applicable for other products," he said. |
Above and below: Plaintiff and interviewee Maria Figueroa then and now. |
On the heels of two sold-out screenings at the L.A. Film Festival, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) will kick off their 2015 Summit with a special screening of “No Más Bebés,” directed by Academy Award nominee Renee Tajima-Peña, on Thursday, June 25, at 4:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theater,... |
Tajima-Peña (“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”) and producer Virginia Espino will introduce the documentary, which tells the story of immigrant mothers who sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were prodded into sterilizations while giving birth at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during ... |
The moderator will be Lisa Franek, coordinator, special content, AMC Independent. The program will also include NALIP official selection short films. |
To RSVP, go to www.nalip.org/documentary_screenings. For more information on the film, visit www.nomasbebesmovie.com or https://www.facebook.com/NoMasBebesMovie. |
Where did all the time go? |
Cell phone batteries used to only last for about three hours. |
With a 32 hour battery life, the DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola is the longest lasting 4G LTE smartphone. |
March 28, 2013 5:22 p.m. |
Riley Nelson covers the circumstances around his post-mission transfer in great detail in a BYUtv Cougar Conversations episode back before last season. The interview lasts 50 minutes but the portions relative to his transfer are between the 21:30 and 25:30 marks. |
I also encourage you to look up the definition of "recruit" as a verb. Saying BYU recruited Nelson during his mission is inaccurate. |
March 28, 2013 1:27 p.m. |
How is 3 scholarship QB and one walk-on (a starter for 2 seasons)not be an abundance? You should think before you post! |
March 27, 2013 3:08 p.m. |
Why is it hypocritical Sammy? Are you saying I am uncivil? If so, I deny being that way. It's not my objective to cause unrest. I guess you could say I am "whining" but mainly I seek to make a plea for civility now that you bring it up. |
As you know, I am a relatively active Ute poster here. But are you sure you want to lump me in with the red fellows who are extreme? You might be confusing me with others because I have strong opinions at times. But I don't say things to upset anybody and I don't know why you and Duckhunter write that I see it one side... |
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