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Both teams see areas of needed improvement as the Golden State Warriors seek to go up 2-0 against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series in Oakland, Calif. |
The Warriors overcame 21 turnovers and the ejection of Kevin Durant to post a 121-104 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-7 series Saturday. |
Golden State prevailed by blocking 14 shots, limiting the Clippers to 40.4 percent shooting and getting a game-high 38 points from Stephen Curry. |
The win was the Warriors' sixth straight in a playoff opener and the 20th in their last 21 postseason home games. |
It happened without Durant for the final 4:41 after he and Clippers guard Patrick Beverley twice got nailed with dueling technical fouls in a stretch of just 19 seconds. Both were ejected. |
Warriors coach Steve Kerr noted afterward that technical foul accumulation -- a player gets an automatic suspension after seven in the postseason -- already has become a concern. |
"He took the bait," Kerr said of Durant's response to Beverley's in-your-face style of play. "That's two technicals. Whether you play four playoff games or 24, seven is the magic number. He's got four to play with. After one game. |
"But that's what Beverley does. We talked about it for the last couple days. He's a hell of a defender. He plays hard. Got a lot of respect for him. We already talked about it for two days. That's one of our keys: Don't take the bait. And we took it, so you just can't do it." |
Clippers coach Doc Rivers thought the game was lost in the final 3:28 of the first half, when a 16-5 Warriors flurry turned a 51-51 tie into an 11-point halftime advantage. |
The stretch included technical fouls on Rivers and Danilo Gallinari as the Clippers, according to their head coach, lost their focus. |
"They deserved to win," Rivers said. "We made too many mistakes. We can't lose our composure where we're giving up a free-throw rebound because we forgot to block out because we're complaining. So all that's on us. |
"But we've got to have a fighting chance here, too, and like it's just got to be consistency, and I've said this before. It's an emotional game, but just like players can lose their emotions and their composure, coaches do it all the time, officials can't. I just thought the end of that half, that swing was huge. We ha... |
In the end, Curry was the difference. A majority of his points came on 8-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers, on a night when he passed Ray Allen for the all-time NBA lead in postseason 3-pointers. |
Curry also found time for a postseason career-high 15 rebounds, helping Golden State run up a 53-40 dominance over the Clippers on the boards. |
Rivers wouldn't divulge if he was considering lineup changes. Reserves Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell each made a rare start when the Clippers visited Oakland earlier this month, but the duo has led Rivers' second unit all season. |
Harrell finished with 26 points and Williams 25. Meanwhile, three Clippers starters -- Beverley (three), Landry Shamet (three) and Ivica Zubac (zero) -- scored three points or fewer. |
Israel is striving to reach a peace agreement that will represent its security and national interests, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told US Mideast envoy George Mitchell. In a Wednesday evening meeting, Livni surveyed the Israeli strategy and aspirations to reach a peace agreement compatible with Israel's security need... |
This week felt like a long one, am I right? But Saturday is finally here, and along with it is a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings three writers, three TechCrunch TV cameras, and a whole lot of opinions together to dish on the most interesting stories from the past seven days in tech news. |
In this episode, Anthony Ha, Ryan Lawler and I talk about the good and the bad news from the latest quarterly earnings reports from Yahoo and Google, Netflix’s rumored partnership talks with Comcast and what that says about the larger video ecosystem, and private social networking startup Path laying off 20% of its sta... |
Researchers scramble to catalog these unique species before climate change further impacts their habitat. |
February 5, 2019, 11:24 a.m. |
In July 2017, an iceberg with a volume of water twice that of Lake Erie and encompassing some 2,300 square miles broke free of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. As it drifted away, the giant 620-foot thick berg uncovered a stretch of ocean last exposed to sunlight as long as 120,000 years ago. Researchers from the ... |
But their plans quickly came to a halt after they encountered thick ice. Fast forward to 2019, as another team of researchers are attempting the same journey. The Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany will set sail from Chile on Feb. 9 for a nine-week journey to towards the ice shelf. The weather and ice conditions will ... |
"I’m really excited they are trying again this year and hopefully succeed because a lot of the ice that stopped us last year has been pushed out by thick storms this season," Linse told Earther. |
In February 2018, efforts to reach the newly exposed region in the shadow of the Larsen C Ice Shelf were thwarted by, of all things, sea ice. The ship's captain made the decision to scrap the original expedition goal after encountering ice between 12- to 15-feet thick. |
"We knew that getting through the sea ice to reach Larsen C would be difficult," Linse said. "Naturally, we are disappointed not to get there but safety must come first. The captain and crew have been fantastic and pulled out all the stops to get us to the ice shelf, but our progress became too slow, with just 8 kms tr... |
Fortunately, the team had a backup plan. The expedition turned further north to explore the waters of Prince Gustav Channel Ice Shelf and the Larsen A Ice Shelf, which both collapsed in 1995. Using video cameras and a special sledge to capture tiny animals, researchers explored deep ocean waters for new species at dept... |
So what kind of life is found in waters where temperatures regularly dip well below freezing and sunlight barely penetrates past 600 feet? Surprisingly, there's a lot of it –– and it's completely beautiful and wonderfully strange. |
"Few people realize just how rich in biodiversity the Southern Ocean is – even a single trawl can reveal a fascinating array of weird and wonderful creatures as would be seen on a coral reef. These animals are potentially very good indicators of environmental change as many occur in the shallows, which are changing fas... |
Since embarking on a census of marine biodiversity in the Southern Ocean in 2005, researchers from BAS have identified more than 6,000 species living on the sea floor, more than half unique to the frozen region. |
These incredible and alien-like species, which have spent millions of years adapting to the Antarctic's freezing temperatures, are particularly vulnerable to minor changes in their environment. |
"The polar regions are amongst the fastest warming places on Earth and predictions suggest that in the future we’ll see warming sea surface temperatures, rising ocean acidification and decreasing winter sea ice – all of which have a direct effect on marine life," marine biologist Huw Griffiths explained in a 2010 press... |
Despite not being able to reach the previously unexplored region near the Larsen C Ice Shelf, the researchers are already busy planning for future opportunities. Fortunately, time is on their side, as the area is the first to benefit from a new international agreement made in 2016 that protects newly exposed Arctic mar... |
"Exploiting this new opportunity, in the absence of fishing, creates an exciting challenge for the international scientific community in this period of unprecedented climate change," shared Dr Phil Trathan, head of conservation biology at BAS. |
For another view of the enchanting species living within Antarctica's depths, have a look at the stunning video below captured for the BBC's "Blue Planet II." Scientist and deep-sea explorer Jon Copley takes a submersible down 3,000 feet and pulls back the curtain on a seafloor absolutely teeming with life. |
For nearly 40 years, Sue Liskey has helped Fresnans navigate one of the most important events in their lives — the purchase or sale of a home. But at an age when most folks are slowing down and enjoying retirement, Liskey, 82, is showing property and closing deals. |
A resident at The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens in central Fresno, the energetic Realtor has carved out a lucrative niche for herself, in part, by helping some of her neighbors at the retirement community sell their homes. |
After graduating from Caruthers High, Liskey’s first job was as a secretary for the Washington Union School District. |
Liskey has worked for several local firms during her Valley real estate career and at one time, ran her own 15-Realtor office — Vintage Realty — “until the bubble came” in 2007, she said. |
Patrick Connor, president of London Properties, has known Liskey for 35 years. |
Among Liskey’s more recent clients are several new residents of The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens, which is run by California-based nonprofit ABHOW, which operates 50 retirement communities in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma and Idaho. |
The Terraces is a sprawling Mediterranean-style property offering 262 independent living and 58 assisted living apartments as well as a 26-bed memory care unit and a 60-bed skilled nursing facility. Liskey and her husband Quinter, a retired elementary school principal, moved there several years ago and are big fans of ... |
And while selling real estate keeps her busy, Liskey still finds time to serve on The Terraces’ advisory board, volunteer at a local hospice and teach at-risk women how to knit and crochet at a local mental health facility. |
Liskey admits her husband would like her to retire. “He thinks I work too hard and my schedule’s too stressful,” she said. |
But so far, Liskey shows no signs of slowing down. |
Val Kilmer sent fans of “Top Gun” into a tizzy Tuesday by suggesting he would reprise his role of jet fighter jock Iceman in a sequel. |
Kilmer posted on Facebook that he had said yes when his agent called notifying him of the offer, all but confirming that a sequel to the chest-thumping Cold War blockbuster about Navy pilots is moving forward. |
“Let”s fire up some fighter jets again!!!” He also suggested that Francis Ford Coppola would direct and Gene Hackman would star. |
He also said Hackman hadn”t been signed to a sequel and Coppola wasn”t lined up to replace the late Tony Scott in the director”s chair. |
But Kilmer isn”t totally off base in touting a new ”Top Gun” movie. A sequel to the 1986 film has been in the works for years. |
There”s also no word on whether the sequel would feature a reprise of the famous scene when the actors — shirtless, tanned and their chests glistening with oil — played beach volleyball in the scorching heat. |
Cruise is 53 and is presumably in great shape, doing his own stunts for his “Mission Impossible” films and being the alpha male public face of the Church of Scientology. But Kilmer, 55, might be more dad bod and therefore disinclined to go shirtless. |
Supposedly, the sequel would address the aging of its characters with a story about the pilots struggling to remain relevant in a 21st century world when wars can be fought by technologically advanced drones, according to the Film blog. It would end with Maverick and Iceman showing the military that a remote-controlled... |
Delaware-based Diligent Board Member Services will pay NZ$100,000 plus costs after public censure by the New Zealand Stock Exchange's regulator. |
Delaware-based Diligent Board Member Services, the developer of BoardBooks software for company boards, has been publicly censured by the New Zealand Stock Exchange's (NZX) market regulator. |
The company has also agreed to pay NZ$100,000 to the NZX's discipline fund, plus the regulator's costs. |
Last year, Diligent was forced to restate its financial statements for the years ending December 31 in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013, after it discovered an error in the way it was recognising revenue. The financial statements also had to be audited again. |
The errors and adjustments did not affect total revenues, the amount or timing of cash received, liquidity, or overall cash flow. However, the New Zealand-listed company was unable to fulfil its reporting requirements for the 2013 financial year until the restatements and re-audits were completed, and therefore could n... |
The NZX's regulatory tribunal said it considered Diligent's failure to meet three successive reporting requirements to be "very serious". |
"This failure was as a direct consequence of an accounting error made by Diligent. The error was significant, effectively taking Diligent six months to rectify," the tribunal said. "During that six-month period, investors continued to trade in the securities of Diligent without the benefit of all the information they w... |
The periodic reporting requirements are fundamental to the integrity of the market, it said. |
Diligent had also been the subject of earlier disciplinary action by the tribunal when it failed to comply with a number of its obligations. |
"The tribunal noted in that instance that Diligent's internal controls and procedures were insufficient to ensure compliance with the rules," the tribunal said. |
The NZX and Diligent have now settled, agreeing to a public censure. Diligent will also pay the NZX Discipline Fund NZ$100,000 and pay the costs of the tribunal and the market. |
Former Copperbelt Police Chief Mary Tembo has been found with a case to answer by the Ndola Magistrate Court in a matter in which she is facing two counts of abuse of authority of office. |
Ndola Chief Resident Magistrate Paul Chisha passed the ruling today in Ndola stating that he was satisfied that a prima facie case had been established against Ms Tembo on both charges after the prosecution closed its case. |
Magistrate Chisha has since placed Tembo on her defence and has adjourned the matter to 28th and 29th June 2015 when Tembo is expected to open her defence. |
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono confirmed the development in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today. |
Ms Tembo was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on 13th November 2013, for two counts of abuse of authority of office contrary to Section 21 (1)(b) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 3 of 2012. |
In the first count, it is alleged that Tembo, on dates unknown but between the 1stMay 2013 and 30th June 2013 abused the authority of her office as Commissioner of Police for the Copperbelt Province by obtaining a Toyota Corolla registration number AAX 5716 from Grizzly Mining Limited which she registered in her names ... |
In the second count it is alleged that Tembo, on dates unknown but between the 1st November 2012 and the 31st December 2012 in Ndola, abused her authority of office as Commissioner of Police for the Copperbelt Province by asking Grizzly Mining Limited, a private company, to fix her personal vehicle namely, Toyota Cress... |
Ms Tembo is alleged to have delivered the car to Grizzly Mining Limited company using public resources along with a Zambia Police Service vehicle while purporting that both vehicles belonged to the Police Service when in fact not. |
In a related development, Mr Moono said the Kitwe Subordinate Court has found Allan Simumba, a Kitwe resident with a case to answer and has placed him on his defence in a matter he was arrested by the ACC and charged with one count of impersonating an ACC Officer and one count of extortion. |
Magistrate Chipuma has set 10th June 2015 as the date for Simumba to commence his defence. |
Ba Mary, we told you to relax but you confided yourself in young and immature PIOs like Chabilikila as your advisers! You wanted to be treating all officers as if they were your children! Personally i wish you all the best as you spend your dubiously acquired money on legal fees! More money in the pockets of abena Kato... |
One down,one to go.The next is that former permanent secretary at Cabinet Office with seven counts.She is so arrogant,watching her on T.V last night.What is wrong with these kopala women? |
FOUR YEARS ago this week people across Syria began marching peacefully to demand democratic reforms. The country they sought to improve literally no longer exists. In death, destruction, refugees and sheer horror, Syria’s war outstrips any other of this century. That it has faded from public attention reflects not an e... |
Since Bashar al-Assad’s regime first responded to the peaceful demonstrators with gunfire, 6 percent of the prewar population of 20 million have been killed or wounded, and another 23 percent have left the country — including 4 million who live as refugees, according to a U.N.-supported study released last week. Outsid... |
Humanitarian groups attempting to serve the Syrians still in the country say the situation has grown worse since the United Nations Security Council passed resolutions last year meant to improve aid deliveries. The regime is still blockading areas it does not control, preventing the delivery of food and medical aid. It... |
The Obama administration, which once proclaimed the prevention of genocide a national security priority, has not even pretended to have a strategy for Syria since the collapse of a peace conference in Geneva 13 months ago. Though it is recruiting and training a few thousand Syrians to fight the Islamic State, the admin... |
Secretary of State John F. Kerry created a stir over the weekend when he appeared to suggest that the administration is now open to negotiating with Mr. Assad. In fact, the administration long ago adopted the position that the regime could participate in a political settlement as long as Mr. Assad himself was not part ... |
There is no reason to believe that they will. In that sense, Mr. Kerry’s statements reflected the administration’s real policy, which is to wash its hands of Syria while hoping it can separately strike a deal with Iran on its nuclear program and collaborate with it to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq. At best, Syria’s ... |
Maybe you need to be a former Cowboys quarterback to find the love for current Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. |
Troy Aikman said that Romo is a better quarterback than he was during his career, which ended with three Super Bowl rings and a spot in the Hall of Fame. Now another Super Bowl-winning former Cowboys quarterback who has a bust in Canton has outed himself as a rider on the Romo bandwagon as well. During an interview wit... |
Craig Morton, Danny White, Gary Hogeboom and Quincy Carter, we await your thoughts on this matter. |
Aikman and Staubach both got a lot of credit for the success their teams enjoyed, but both men surely know that they wouldn’t have won any Super Bowls without a great team around them. Could Romo have won a title with one of those teams? You could kill a few idle hours wondering about the answer to that question, but t... |
Unless he does, there’s not much chance the majority opinion of Romo will be the same as the one held by his predecessors at quarterback in Dallas. |
Sorry, Rog but your words will fall on deaf ears. As long as the media keeps telling people Tony isn’t a good quarterback the drones will continue to hate. |
Maybe the $60Million contract… one playoff win and all the overpromising and undelivering have something to do with it. |
Well Roger, I’m guessing people are down on Tony Romo because he’s a habitual choker. |
Since Roger went to the Naval Academy we must assume he can read. |
NOW do you understand Roger? |
Romo = Danny White part 2.0, a very talented QB, but not a QB that can win it all without a lot of help. Especially when the game is on the line. |
Romo is going to need help from Jones at RB, Dez Bryant to mature and be conditioned to play hard all 4 quarters, and he’ll need help from Dallas’ secondary. |
Staubach could win with scabs, it didn’t matter who’d dress, he’d find a way to win. Aikaman couldn’t do it on his own either, but he elevated the game of those who played with him. |
What? Scabs? I think Roger was one of the best ever but he was always on a team with a top defense and great cast on offense. Give Romo a doomsday defense and ge wins rings. |
This is where folks like Bison get it very wrong by revising history. |
No one is a bigger Roger & Troy fan than me, but people seem to forget that Roger had the doomsday defense and Troy had a top 5 defense during the years of his SB runs. |
Romo has never had a top flight defense. I can’t help but think that if Romo had Big Ben’s defense, he would have a ring or two. |
You can hate on Romo all you want, but don’t be irrational or factually wrong. |
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