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Wow, @google, that was abrupt. At least @Apple plays itself off stage with a musical guest. |
that was abrupt lmao bye google! |
That was a hell of an abrupt cutoff, Google. |
Well that was a very abrupt cutoff for all of us watching online. "OK, Google - Close YouTube" |
So long, Google! Please say a proper goodbye next time. |
A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced a son of Muammar Gaddafi to death in absentia over killings during the country's 2011 uprising. |
The Tripoli court handed down the sentence Tuesday for Saif al-Islam, who is currently being held by a militia that refuses to hand him over to the central government. The court sentenced eight others to death as well, including former Libyan spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi. |
Libya has slid into chaos since the 2011 overthrow and killing of Gaddafi. It is now bitterly divided between an elected parliament and government cornered in the country's east, with little power on the ground, and an Islamist militia-backed government in the west that has seized Tripoli. |
Since the end of Libya's 2011 civil war, Saif al-Islam has been held by a militia in Zintan, which is allied with the Tobruk-based internationally recognized government against the Tripoli one. |
Saif al-Islam also is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. |
Besides, though not officially named such, Boston and Chicago were the teams in the greatest table hockey game ever, Phil and Tony Esposito Action Hockey Game. |
I like old school faceoffs with skates in the little crosses, not players bent over the faceoff dot like linemen before the snap. I hate the shootout. And I shall not rest until NBC restores its 1970s NHL theme music. |
But spare me this “Original Six Classic” stroking of the Stanley Cup Final. |
Hockey fans can be the most tradition-hostaged followers of a team sport this side of baseball. |
We will skip over how mind-numbing most modern fans would find playing any opponent 14 times in a regular season, as was the norm during the O6 era. Or that this “Original Six Classic” matches two teams that never … actually … met in the playoffs during that time. |
They never met because of this rarely discussed fact: What’s remembered as a golden age for the NHL actually was such only in Montreal, Toronto and Detroit. For Boston, Chicago and New York, each season resembled a stringy weakling’s daily trip down the school bully gantlet. |
Thus began a regular skit on Hee-Haw. Bruins fans honest about the Original Six days understand the sentiment. |
Boston missed the four-team playoffs 11 seasons and finished last in the league six of the seven seasons from 1960 to 1967. By 1963, Bruins fans were reduced to telling tales of the savior sizzling through junior hockey toward Boston. Some Orr kid. Even in Bobby Orr’s rookie season, the last before expansion, the defen... |
Another Bobby, a left wing with of scorching speed and slap shot with the last name Hull, broke Chicago out of its darkest days in the late 1950s. Before Hull and Stan Mikita turned Chicago into the NHL’s most wide open team, the Blackhawks defined “charity case.” In the mid-1950s, the Blackhawks were so pathetic that ... |
Chicago, at least, won a Stanley Cup in 1961. Boston went without a Cup from 1941 to 1970. |
Ah, the good ol’ days! |
One of my least favorite phrases to hear out of a player is “It’s always a thrill to play for an Original Six franchise…” upon signing with one or being traded to one. It’s obligatory. And almost as ridiculous as Mike Foligno’s “I always wanted to play for an expansion team” when he got traded to the first-year Panther... |
Yeah, like anybody wanted to be within six El stops of the United Center from 1997 to 2007, when Blackhawks fans’ pregame ritual included raging over longtime Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz’s antiquated ways (including no home games on local television). Some players find rural Russia the only place less desirable to play... |
Also, when a player in his late 30s gives the “it’s always a thrill…” line, OK, maybe. But when 28-year-old Rick Nash said it upon being traded with the Rangers … child, please. |
Say “Rocket” to Nash’s generation and they think Pavel Bure, not Maurice Richard. Their Hull is Brett. We’re supposed to believe the average NHL player, for whom Gretzky’s 1980s Edmonton Oilers qualify as almost prehistoric, finds it a bigger thrill to play for a franchise that’s 90 years old than one that’s 45 years o... |
Similarly, that this Stanley Cup Final matches two franchises with a history preceding 1967 probably means less than it matching two franchises that won Stanley Cups in 2010 and 2011. |
Can we hear that repeated a few more times? |
A transgender prostitute, Herman Burton, also known as Peaches is charged with murder and arson after a 49-year-old married father of three, Patrick Michael Brady, an alleged customer of hers/his. Philly.com reports. |
Police officials announced that a transgender prostitute named Herman Burton had been charged with beating and strangling Brady inside Room 812 at the Omni Hotel, at 4th and Chestnut streets, and then setting fire to the room in an attempt to cover up the crime. |
Burton, who dresses and identifies himself as a woman named Peaches, according to acquaintances, was arrested Tuesday. Cops said they found the 22-year-old suspect walking with a man near 12th and Spruce streets, carrying some of Brady’s belongings. |
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Rory McIlroy poses with the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament. |
Sunday’s victory was achieved from the penultimate pairing, but was nevertheless significant for the way McIlroy recovered from a double bogey on the fourth and another dropped shot on the seventh to birdie five of his last 10 holes. |
“So that has been a big thing, and I think that’s been the big difference between the highs and lows of the last few years and the more consistent play, even over the last 12 months. |
Hollington United Football Club’s first team went top of the table after a Jay Tomlin hat-trick helped clinch another win on Saturday. |
A very good 4-1 victory away to Forest Row put the Lions three points clear of Cuckfield Rangers at the top of the Mid Sussex League Premier Division, albeit having played twice more. |
Hollington really struggled to get going in the first 45 minutes. The home side dominated possession, but without really threatening the Lions’ goal. |
Right on half time a Kian Moynes corner was headed back across goal by Alan Foster and young Tomlin headed home to give Hollington the lead against the run of play. |
With a few choice words at half time, Hollington’s management demanded a massive improvement during the second period. |
Straight away the players seemed to wake up and created more chances in the first five minutes after the resumption than they had in the entire first half. |
Moynes headed against the crossbar and Ricky Martin volleyed over in a spell where you could see the Lions taking the game away from the hosts, but it was Forest Row’s turn to score against the run of play to equalise. |
This could have deflated a lot of teams, but instead it just seemed to spur Hollington on. Dominic Clarke had a goal disallowed for offside even though Hollington were convinced he looked onside, but within minutes Tomlin scored his second after rounding the goalkeeper. |
2-1 became 3-1 when a corner was met at the far post by a superb header from Dan Hull. Man of the match Tomlin then completed his treble when he muscled his way past the Forest Row centre-half and finished superbly into the far corner. |
Hollington manager Scott Price said: “When we played these (Forest Row) at home I thought they were very good, so I knew it was going to be tough. Playing at Oakwood, though, I knew it would suit us with how we play. |
“But first half we were poor, we put ourselves under a lot of pressure by not keeping the ball and seemed a yard off the pace. To score (the first goal) when we did would have hurt them as we didn’t deserve it at all. |
“But as poor as we were first half, we were outstanding in the second. Young Jay just gets better and better, also we had Dan Hull and Kian back after a spell with Hastings’ first team, which I think speaks volumes on what we’re achieving here. |
“Not only competing on all three fronts, we are doing it with 16/17-year-olds and developing them into bigger and better things in the future. |
Hollington will host AFC Ringmer this coming Saturday. Kick-off at Gibbons Field is 2pm. |
Mid Sussex League Premier Division top four (played-points): 1 HOLLINGTON UNITED 17-43 (+30 goal difference), 2 Cuckfield Rangers 15-40 (+39), 3 Balcombe 16-39 (+39), 4 Lindfield 16-33 (+35), 5 Forest Row 19-31 (+2). |
This episode of ‘Human to Hero’ profiles rugby superstar Dan Carter (pictured), as international attention is drawn to the Rugby World Cup 2015. |
Carter spent the days and nights of his childhood playing rugby in his back yard in New Zealand, after his father built him goalposts for his eighth birthday. The hard work paid off: the 33-year-old is now the most capped fly-half for the All Blacks, and the highest points scorer of all time in Test match (Rugby Union)... |
Despite a career hampered by injury, Carter has fought his way to the top through practice and positive thinking, and has twice picked up the prestigious IRB Player of the Year title, in 2005 and 2012. |
Now, as his time with the All Blacks comes to an end, Carter is hoping to make his childhood dreams come true by becoming part of the first New Zealand team to win the World Cup title overseas. |
This month, the programme meets Marillyn Hewson (pictured), CEO of global defence, security and aerospace firm, Lockheed Martin. |
Hewson is the first female CEO of the American-based company, the largest defence contractor on the planet which counts some of the world’s governments and top armed forces among its customers. |
Hewson talks to ‘Leading Women’ about how it feels to be responsible for leading 112,000 employees; the valuable lessons she has learned from her parents, and the nagging voice of self-doubt which she feels may have held her back in her early career. |
Hewson also talks about the efforts to seize the imaginations of a generation of girls to get them interested in science, technology, engineering and maths careers. |
In October, ‘CNN Equestrian’ covers two of the biggest events on the equestrian calendar: the Blair Castle International Horse Trials, set against a stunning Scottish backdrop, and the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping finals, taking place in Barcelona. |
Host Christina Macfarlane (pictured) is on the ground at both events, speaking to some of the best riders as they compete for podium places. Macfarlane also goes behind-the-scenes to find out more about the work that goes into creating some of the equestrian world’s biggest events. |
During the Japanese Grand Prix, ‘The Circuit’ in September focuses on the most successful team at the legendary figure-of-eight Suzuka circuit – McLaren. ‘The Circuit’ meets some of McLaren’s biggest stars including Eric Boullier, Fernando Alonso (pictured) and Jenson Button. |
The programme follows Alonso’s hunt for the next driving star at his new academy; meets McLaren Team Principal, Boullier, who talks about his plans to get the team firing all cylinders in the second half of the season; and catches up with driver Jenson Button as he arrives in Tokyo ahead of the race. |
The community members held out the prospect of calling for Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams' resignation. |
A Rochester racial justice coalition Wednesday criticized the Rochester City School District for failing to make more progress in recruiting and retaining teachers of color and accusing Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams of ignoring them. |
At a press conference, members of the Take It Down Planning Committee, originally formed for the purpose of removing a panel of pickaninny art from Ontario Beach Park, said the district so far under Deane-Williams have shown "a lack of urgency and flawed implementation." |
In particular, they want the district to produce data, and a detailed plan of action, regarding its goal of increasing the recruitment and retention of teachers of color. |
The district did not respond immediately Wednesday morning to a request for comment. |
The press conference was jointly organized by the Faith Community Alliance and the Movement for Anti-racist Ministry and Action, as well. They said their attempts to meet directly with Deane-Williams have been ignored, though they have met on several occasions with her chief of staff and the district's human resources ... |
"We hear it all the time: 'We need all of us; all hands on deck,'" Howard Eagle said. "Well, here we are. ... And we're not coming as empty vessels with nothing to offer." |
District employees have been going through anti-racism training under the guidance of Joy DeGruy and other national leaders in the field. The community members, though, asked why that couldn't be done by local people who could better carry it forward. |
"(Out-of-town consultants) don't have magic; they don't have something they can give to Rochester from afar," Eagle said. "It has to be locally based and ongoing." |
The group offered its collective resources to the district, but promised retribution if the offer is rejected. |
"The superintendent gets an 'F' for failure to work cooperatively and collaboratively in partnership, especially with parents whose children are suffering and failing the most," they wrote. "We will consider seriously whether or not the time has arrived to call for her resignation." |
Such a call would be unlikely to produce the desired result — Deane-Williams is just finishing her first year on the job and still has strong support from the school board. The community members, though, said they will appear en masse at Thursday's school board meeting to restate their arguments. |
Investors in Clean Energy Fuels Corp saw new options become available this week, for the December 15th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 234 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sel... |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) ("Clean Energy" or the "Company") today announced operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. |
Investors considering a purchase of Clean Energy Fuels Corp stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $2.70/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2018 put at the $2 strike, which... |
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) shows an impressive 12.7% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. START SLIDESHOW:10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Clean Energy Fuels Corp , which mak... |
The most recent short interest data has been released for the 12/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 1,074,914 share decrease in total short interest for Clean Energy Fuels Corp , to 8,090,000, a decrease of 11.73% since 11/30/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we h... |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) Board Member John S. |
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) shows an impressive 11.7% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. START SLIDESHOW:10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Clean Energy Fuels Corp , which mak... |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., (NASDAQ: CLNE) announced that the City of Torrance has awarded Clean Energy a new multiyear compressed natural gas ( CNG) contract to fuel its fleet of vehicles. |
Clean Energy (CLNE) posted revenue that fell short of Wall Street's expectations for the 2016 third quarter. |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) ("Clean Energy" or the "Company") today announced operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. |
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) shows an impressive 18.7% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. START SLIDESHOW:10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Clean Energy Fuels Corp , which mak... |
The most recent short interest data was recently released for the 10/14/2016 settlement date, and Clean Energy Fuels Corp is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 7.19 "days to cover" versus the median component at 6.24. There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we fin... |
Investors in Clean Energy Fuels Corp saw new options begin trading this week, for the June 2017 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 233 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for seller... |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., (NASDAQ: CLNE) announced the opening of a new state of the art, public natural gas station along Interstate 5 in Fife, a suburb of Tacoma. |
The leaders of FedEx Corp., Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
Investors in Clean Energy Fuels Corp saw new options become available this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CLNE options chain for the new November 18th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. |
FedEx Freight, a wholly owned subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and a leading U. |
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) announced Thursday that it won a contract to supply natural gas to the Washington, DC transit authority. |
The most recent short interest data has been released for the 08/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 954,387 share decrease in total short interest for Clean Energy Fuels Corp , to 6,971,609, a decrease of 12.04% since 07/29/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we her... |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) announced that it has been selected as a supplier to provide natural gas upgrades to facilities in Cummins Inc. |
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) reported an unexpected profit for the 2016 second quarter following Tuesday's closing bell. |
At Toy Fair 2012, Hasbro showed off the latest variations of its classic family board games – Game of Life and Monopoly. The games company teamed up with Volumique, a French-based innovator, to create Game of Life zAPPed and Monopoly zAPPed. The board games play out like the original versions but with an added twist. I... |
For example in Game of Life, the app comes to life whenever it’s time for a player to take his/her turn. The iPad is used as a virtual spinner and based on which part of life you are in on the board, it will show clips from “America’s Funniest Home Videos” for added entertainment. Users can also virtually customize the... |
In Monopoly zAPPed, the app will turn your iOS device into a banking unit, which should make counting a lot less of a hassle. Users can add and subtract money by simply tapping a special card on the iOS device, and the Chance and Community Chest cards won’t have a chance to go missing anymore – they’re all present in t... |
Filed in Gaming. Read more about Hasbro, iOS and Monopoly. |
New figures for August out today contain some mixed news. Start-ups were up significantly – but there was also an increase in insolvencies last month. |
THERE WAS AN increase of 19 per cent in insolvencies across all sectors of the Irish economy in August with 108 cases recorded, compared to 91 in the same month last year. |
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