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Separately at Farnborough, Rolls-Royce unveiled plans for a flying taxi - an electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle which could carry four to five people at speeds of up to 250 miles (400 km) per hour for approximately 500 miles.
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The company said it was starting a search for partners to help develop a project it hopes could take to the skies as soon as early next decade.
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I was truly moved by the story of Bunyamin Simsek and the failure of his arranged marriage. The traumatic effects of living a traditional Turkish lifestyle in a cosmopolitan Danish society are abuses within the family and discrimination outside of it.
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And it is also a hopeful sign that even Mr. Simsek's father has come to realize that ''respect has nothing to do with how long your dress is.'' Sometimes it takes a social crisis to bring about the changes that true assimilation requires.
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ST MIRREN last night moved to offer luckless Livingston star Chris Innes a return to the SPL.
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Gus MacPherson has made the big defender an offer after Livingston were plunged into administration.
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The 32-year-old still has a year left on his Livi contract but with the First Division outfit set to go to the wall he can walk away on a free transfer.
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MacPherson has been after another centre half for some time after releasing Will Haining and seeing on-loan Scott Cuthbert join Swindon Town.
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The Buddies did land Lee Mair from Aberdeen but the only other experienced central defender they have is John Potter.
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MacPherson, who is struggling on a shoestring budget, tried to land Brian McLean but lost out on him to Falkirk and now he has turned his attentions to Innes.
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The Livingston star has a wealth of top flight experience with Kilmarnock, Dundee United and Gretna and would be a welcome addition to the Paisley outfit.
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Innes will just want to join a club with a bit of stability after seeing Gretna and now Livingston fall off the Scottish football map.
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Saints have already landed Mair, keeper Paul Gallacher and Michael Higdon this summer.
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Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah has shed light on his decision to leave Inter Milan ace Kwadwo Asamoah on the bench as the Black Stars beat Kenya 1-0 in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday.
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The 30-year-old utility man, who has made a return to the team after withdrawing from the last international in November, was an unexpected absentee from the line-up and an even bigger surprise as an unused substitute in the matchday six tie at the Accra Sports Stadium.
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Instead, Turkey-based Lumor Agbenyenu was preferred at left-back, with the Spain-based duo of Mubarak Wakaso and Thomas Partey deployed in midfield.
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“Actually Kwadwo Asamoah was in my plans; as to whether he would start or sit on the bench, you know I had to make the final decision," Appiah said at the post-match conference.
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“For some time now, I have been using Lumor [at left-back], and I believe that he had to start, so that along the line I may bring Kwadwo in.
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“I was looking at Kwadwo in a way that I may use him at the back or use him in the midfield role.
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“So I decided to keep him on the bench for [the time], so as the game went on, I would think of whether to bring him or not."
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Ghana had to labour for three points on Saturday as it took an 82nd-minute goal by substitute Caleb Ekuban to separate the two sides.
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“In the first half, we created a lot of chances," Appiah remarked.
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"If you really watched the game, you would realise a lot of chances were created.
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“Even in the second half, we created so few.
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"In football sometimes you create the chances but if it won’t go in, it won’t go in."
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Ghana have now secured their eighth straight qualification for the Afcon, which is slated for Egypt in June/July.
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (APP):Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani Sunday said there are many foreign players,including AB de Villiers and others were showing their willingness and interest to play in Pakistan.
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He said the PCB was in talks with other cricketing nations to bring back more international cricket to the country and added it was the PCB plan to hold Pakistan Super League in Pakistan.Chairman PCB Ehsan Mani said this while talking to media in Islamabad, reported PTV News.
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The PSL is a successful venture,Chairman said there was a board’s plan to hold 50 per cent of next PSL season in Pakistan.
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Talking about the cricket culture, the chairman said, it is pertinent to develop a culture of sports in Pakistan as the country lacks a system of sports development and its accountability.
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Chairman Mani said, there is scarcity of female cricketing talent and added there was a need to further encourage women cricketers in the country.
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A driver wept as he told a jury how he blamed himself for the three vehicle smash which left four people injured.
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Scott Ralph, who was at the wheel of his Citroen Picasso with his teenage stepson next to him, admitted the accident was his fault.
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The 34-year-old from Arcon Road, Ashford, has admitting causing serious injury to three people by driving carelessly. But he denies dangerous driving.
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He revealed he was talking to a business partner using a Bluetooth headphone at the moment his car ploughed into the back of a Daihatsu on the A299 Thanet Way on April 1 last year.
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Citroen driver Tamara Avery, her daughter, Lauren, and son Kieran Hicks all needed hospital treatment after the accident.
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Ralph said he was “entirely at fault” for the collision and that no-one else was to blame.
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He said he had been driving at between 55 to 60mph and had spotted traffic slowing down in front of him but as he changed lanes he saw a Citroen was “literally there” in front of him.
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Ralph’s car shunted the Diahatsu into a tipper lorry at St Nicholas-at-Wade on the A299 on April 1 last year.
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Prosecutor Daniel Stephenson said the crash happened on the London-bound carriageway in good weather at 2pm following another accident earlier which had caused traffic to slow down.
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“It was a straight section of the road and Ms Avery was in the near side lane driving at 50mph but had begun to slow down after seeing brake lights ahead of her. She was doing about 10mph.
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“Ralph failed to respond to the traffic conditions and was travelling at round about 60mph when his Citroen Picasso smashed into the rear of the Daihatsu.
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“That propelled the Daihatsu forward into a Volvo tipper lorry. It became wedged underneath which then travelled forward dragging the car with it. Essentially the Daihatsu was crushed from the back and front," he said.
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Four people in the Daihatsu were hurt – three of them seriously and they had to be cut out of the vehicle by firefighters.
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Tamara Avery, from Herne Bay, was airlifted to Kings College Hospital in London after receiving spinal and scalp injuries.
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Her daughter Lauren was also taken by helicopter to St George’s Hospital in London with spinal injuries.
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Her son, Kieran Hicks was taken to the William Harvey Hospital with a broken shoulder blade.
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And a fourth passenger Tyler Townsend escaped serious injuries but received a bruised chest and nose –and still needed hospital treatment.
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The prosecutor added that Ralph’s mobile phone was handed to police after the accident and revealed he had made and received calls in the half an hour before the smash.
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Why has the Theo Epstein story generated so much interest? It’s an answer with layers.
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First, he is a rock star. Winner of two World Series with the Boston Red Sox. Young. Handsome. Smart. Someone who people really believe could help turn around this franchise. And, thus far to Chicago: Elusive. He has not been seen or heard from in more than a week. Was that really him at the Starbucks near Wrigley Field? Is his hiring a done deal? The uncertainty and mystery just makes it more tantalizing.
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But also, his apparent imminent hiring comes at a low point for the Cubs, who had another miserable season, on the field and off. So fans are desperate for good news -- and this is almost universally seen as a great hire. Plus it’s a blockbuster move by owner Tom Ricketts, whose ownership thus far has been lackluster.
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Finally, the franchise the Cubs most envy is the Boston Red Sox, a team that until recently had a similar history of futility, a team with a ballpark as iconic as Wrigley Field, and an organization that has achieved the business success that the Cubs owners covet.
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Theo Epstein worked that magic in Boston.
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If he can also do it here, he will be considered one of the all-time great sports executives.
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Protesters against the closure of a wind turbine factory chained themselves to Lord Mandelson's home today as the business secretary jetted back from Corfu to take control of the day-to-day business of government.
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Members of the Climate Rush campaign group gathered outside Mandelson's two-storey property in Regent's Park, north London, in an "act of solidarity" with 625 workers who are set to lose their jobs at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight.
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Ellie Robson, 21, a history undergraduate at Cambridge University, said she wanted to expose the government's hypocrisy over climate change as she chained herself to railings outside the business secretary's house.
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She said: "Less than two weeks after announcing the government's plans for a low-carbon Britain, Vestas shut down because there's no demand for wind turbines in this country.
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"Mandelson, the man in charge of the nation's purse strings, jets off to Corfu and ignores the Vestas workers' occupation.
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"If we're going to have a low-carbon Britain then we need our government to support these workers, rather than forcing the closure of their factory and the loss of their jobs."
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No one minister has officially been deputising for Gordon Brown over the weekend after Harriet Harman's foreign holiday overlapped with the business secretary's.
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Downing Street was forced to issue a swift insistence that the PM remained "in charge" amid speculation that Mandelson would be running the show via mobile phone from the Greek island.
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But a spokesman for Mandelson, who was flying back from the Greek island today, insisted it had been pre-agreed that he would be stand-in from his return today until 16 August, when he is expected to hand over to the chancellor, Alistair Darling.
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The occupation of the Danish-owned Vestas factory ended last week when workers left the building after an 18-day protest.
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One of the workers jumped 20 feet from a balcony before being led away by security guards, waving and smiling at the climate change activists and trade unionists who have been outside giving support during the protest.
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The factory's owner, Vestas Wind Systems, had obtained a court order after six workers barricaded themselves into the plant, on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Newport, for more than two weeks in a bid to delay its closure and the loss of 625 jobs.
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Mandelson was pictured at the weekend enjoying the hospitality of Nathaniel Rothschild, but appeared to have avoided the political furore sparked by his Corfu break last year.
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In an interview published today by the Guardian, Lord Mandelson described himself more of a "kindly pussycat" than a "big beast" of politics.
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"I don't really see myself as a big beast. More as a kindly pussycat. Yes, a kindly pussycat. I'm a kindly pussycat, with strong views about what we need to do," he said.
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"I think 10 years ago, and also 15 years ago, I was a very hard-nosed, uncompromising figure who was manning the barricades of change in the Labour party, and prepared to take down anything or anyone who stood in the way," he said.
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"I don't feel in that mode now. And secondly, I've learned from experience that you can defeat people without killing them."
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Brown is expected to swap his constituency in Scotland for the Lake District this week as he opts for a so-called "staycation" – keeping up a record of always holidaying in the UK as prime minister.
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Downing Street confirmed that Mandelson would be resuming work in London later today and would be dividing his time between his offices in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and the Cabinet Office.
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Aric Nesbitt, of the Grand Rapids area, said he tried to "boost" his online campaign announcement when the social media giant blocked it and sent him a message calling it "shocking and disrespectful material."
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Tucker Carlson asked Nesbitt what could have been construed as shocking or disrespectful.
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Nesbitt said he's "still trying to figure that out."
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He said the announcement consisted of his basic policy platform of "limited government," lower taxes, defending the unborn and protecting the Second Amendment.
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Carlson said that left-wing Silicon Valley may have taken issue with the last two.
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Nesbitt praised Reps. Tim Walberg and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for challenging Zuckerberg on the topic.
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Carlson pointed out that Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn also posed pointed questions to the 33-year-old billionaire, who said he strives to rid Facebook of "terrorism" and related objectionable content.
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"Diamond and Silk is not terrorism," Blackburn said, referring to the pair of conservative activists in neighboring North Carolina.
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Fix Our City is an online platform for residents of Chennai, India to report civic issues like garbage, potholes, sewerage, etc.
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Citizens submit the reports online, and the organization takes it forward. This initiative has just started in Chennai and will gradually be launched for other cities as well. It is based on Fix My Street, a project in the UK.
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President Trump began an investigation earlier this year into whether steel imports were threatening national security. Four months later, the steel industry wants action.
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Executives from 25 steel companies and industry groups wrote a letter to Trump on Wednesday demanding the president act. They say excess steel capacity and rising imports are hurting the American steel industry.
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"The need for action is urgent," the letter stated.
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Trump had directed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in April to launch the probe.
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Ross originally said he hoped to wrap it up by the end of June, but the Commerce Department won't give a new estimate now. An official told CNNMoney on Tuesday that the administration is "following the normal process of review."
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Since the announcement of the investigation, steel imports have continued "to surge," the executives said. Imports in June captured 30% of the U.S. market and hit their highest monthly total in more than two years, the letter argued.
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"The sustained surge of steel imports into the United States has hollowed out much of the domestic steel industry and threatens our ability to meet national security needs," the leaders wrote in the letter.
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The letter was signed by top executives from Nucor Corp. (NUE), ArcelorMittal USA (AMSYF), United States Steel Corp (X)., the American Iron and Steel Institute, and others.
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Tougher trade policies were a centerpiece of Trump's campaign. He lambasted China and Mexico for stealing millions of jobs from the United States, and he promised to bring those jobs back with better trade deals or punishing tariffs.
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The United States is the world's largest steel importer. Its top three import sources are Canada, Brazil and South Korea.
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Under a 1962 law, if the president invokes national security as the reason for the investigation, he can impose tariffs as high as he wants without approval from Congress. He can also get around an independent panel of U.S. trade judges. A trade official from the Clinton administration told Bloomberg in May that the law is a "big sledgehammer."
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If Ross determines that steel imports do threaten national security, it could start a trade war. The U.S. would probably impose tariffs, which could affect trade partners. Some or all could retaliate with tariffs on American products.
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However, Trump hinted in July that tariffs may not be coming soon, if at all.
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He told The Wall Street Journal that the administration would address steel tariffs after "we get finished up health care and taxes and maybe even infrastructure," according to a transcript published by Politico. Congress has so far failed to pass health care legislation and hasn't even taken up taxes or infrastructure.
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This quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A and other reports filed by Akers Biosciences, Inc. ("Akers", "Akers Bio", "we" or the "Company") from time to time with the SEC (collectively, the "Filings") contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company's management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company's management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the Filings, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "future," "intend," "plan," or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company's management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks relating to the Company's business, industry, and the Company's operations and results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.
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As previously disclosed, we determined that certain revenue transactions did not qualify for revenue recognition under generally accepted accounting principles. In the process of this determination, we discovered information that existed at June 30, 2017 which affected the revenue and an obligation. We concluded that the impact of applying corrections for these errors and misstatements on the condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 is material. As a result, we are restating our condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods impacted. See Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1, for additional information and a reconciliation of the previously reported amounts to the restated amounts.
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