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"Not only could you find yourself with a £100 fine or points, you could also put your own life and others at risk."
Motorists' perceptions of congestion are backed up by Department for Transport (DFT) statistics showing that 323.7 billion miles were driven on Britain's roads in 2016, up 2.2 per cent on the previous year.
A DFT spokesman said: "This Government is investing a record £23billion in our roads to improve journeys for motorists - the biggest investment in a generation.
"We are also giving councils record amounts of capital funding - more than £7.1bn up to 2021."
A Nike manager arranged with the owner of a design and installation services firm called D3 - which was doing work for Nike - to inflate her claims from the sports goods maker.
This was to cover unauthorised personal expenses incurred by her and two colleagues at Nike.
Between 2012 and 2014, Joanne Cheong Sook Yin submitted 154 inflated invoices from D3 to Nike, which then paid out $77,546 more than it should have.
She has made full restitution.
Yesterday, the 36-year-old was jailed for five months after admitting to 22 charges of using inflated D3 invoices to deceive Nike. Another 132 charges were considered.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Norman Yew said that since 2011, Nike had been engaging D3 to attach three external temporary workers to Nike to work on its projects.
D3 could make reimbursement claims from Nike for expenses incurred by the three workers in the course of their work at Nike, as well as for their salaries.
D3 would submit the claims and invoices to Cheong, who would then submit them to the finance department.
Cheong was aware then that Nike's employees were not allowed to make claims through D3.
Some time in 2012, she decided to make illegitimate claims from Nike, for herself and two colleagues, through inflated D3 invoices.
These reimbursements would cover personal expenses that did not relate to work.
After collating receipts for the expenses incurred by herself and two colleagues, she gave them to D3's owner, Ms Anne Gan Chai Bee.
Ms Gan would inflate the firm's invoices by including the amounts in the receipts from Cheong and her two colleagues.
After Nike disbursed the funds to D3, money would be given Cheong and her colleagues.
The offences were uncovered after the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau received a tip-off from someone who heard from one of Cheong's two Nike colleagues that Cheong had a dubious arrangement with Ms Gan.
Cheong, represented by Mr S. Balamurugan, could have been fined up to $100,000 and jailed for up to five years for each charge.
Asian equities were mixed on the last trading day of the week as concerns over Ebola and China offset gains on Wall Street.
A doctor in New York tested positive for the Ebola virus, the New York Times reported early on Friday, after returning from West Africa last week. Speaking at a press conference, New York Mayor de Blasio said officials believe "very few" people had contact with the doctor since his return. Markets reacted quickly to the news, with the Japanese yen strengthening 0.3 percent against the greenback and Dow futures dropping over 70 points before paring losses.
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Meanwhile, attention in Asia was on China where official data showed new home prices falling 1.3 percent on year in September, the first annual drop in nearly two years. The report heightened concerns over the country's property market, which many experts say poses the single biggest risk to the economy.
U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with all three major indices climbing over 1 percent each, following strong third-quarter results from Caterpillar, 3M and General Motors. Data showing the flash composite purchasing managers index (PMI) for the euro zone rose to 52.2 in October, from 52 in September, helped to ease some of the global growth concerns that recently plagued markets.
Japanese shares rose to a two-week high, rebounding following Thursday's 0.4 percent decline, despite the yen moving off a two-week low against the greenback. A stronger currency usually pressurizes exporter shares.
Ebola-related firms rallied; air filter manufacturer Airtech Japan surged 17 percent and health protection device maker Shigematsu Works popped 10 percent. Fujifilm jumped 2.5 percent on hopes that its influenza drug will cure the virus.
For the week, the benchmark Nikkei rose 5 percent, making it the best performer among Asian indices.
China's benchmark Shanghai Composite index ended at a one-month low for the fourth straight day after a choppy session of trade.
Real-estate developers were mixed following September's home price data; Gemdale rallied over 1 percent while Vanke dipped 0.1 percent.
Railway firm CNR rallied 1 percent after winning a contract to supply subway trains to Massachusetts.
Hong Kong shares extended losses into a second day, down 0.3 percent, before closing down 0.13 percent. China Construction Bank eased after posting its slowest profit growth in five years during the third-quarter. Telecom equipment maker ZTE jumped after quarterly profit surged 191 percent.
Australia's S&P ASX 200 closed at a new one-month high after snapping a seven-day winning streak on Thursday. For the week, the index closed up 1.7 percent.
Resmed, a maker of sleep therapy products, soared over 6 percent after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue.
South Korean shares reversed early gains as investors weighed the latest earnings. Before the market open, data showed gross domestic product rising 0.9 percent on quarter in the July-September period, in line with estimates.
In earnings news, Kia Motors rose 0.2 percent after reporting an 18.6 percent decline in quarterly profit and steelmaker POSCO tanked over 2 percent despite operating profit rising to its highest in five quarters.
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The win this weekend cliched the Light Blue's first winning season since 2015 and eighth in the past 10 years.
Columbia field hockey defeated Yale 5-4 on a last-second corner on Saturday to clinch a winning 2017 campaign.
The Lions (9-7, 4-2) got on the board first, with senior forward Lauren Crane knocking a hard shot into the goal off a pass from junior forward Danielle Buttinger 20 minutes into the game. But the Bulldogs responded within the minute, and the score was tied at 1-1 going into halftime.
Yale took advantage of a slow start from Columbia and scored one minute into the second half. Before doubling its advantage at the 52:44 mark. The Light Blue did not back down, however, and a time out from Nelson-Nichols seemed to spark the team for the remainder of the game.
Four minutes after the Yale goal, Columbia drew a penalty stroke and senior midfielder Maeve Doherty flew the ball into the netting.
Just one minute after, junior midfielder Katie Koester sent a ball into the circle that found junior back Katherine Cavanaugh, who beat her defender and chipped it into the back of the net to tie the game at three apiece.
Both teams fought to earn an advantage, exchanging possession in their attacking ends for equal amounts of time. But it was the Lions who drew repeated corners and capitalized with Buttinger tipping a pass high into the upper right corner with six minutes remaining.
The Bulldogs, however, would not let the Lions walk away so easily, and with less than a minute remaining in regulation, a successful corner tied the game and sent it into overtime. As the clock wound down in the extra period, and it looked like there would be another overtime period, the Lions took control of the ball and drew a corner in the final seconds of play.
“Everybody really stepped up in their defensive abilities, offense pressed a high press at that point, and I think it really came down to us giving 1,000% heart,” Buttinger said.
After drawing a second corner, Doherty sent a pass over to Buttinger, who drove a hard shot toward the goal that bounced off of senior midfielder Whitney Hartstone right behind the back of the netminder to give the Lions the win.
The Lions return to action for the final game of the season next weekend against Harvard.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel recorded his second multi-goal game of the season to lead the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to a 3-2 victory at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night.
Aube-Kubel's 14th goal of the campaign, and second of the evening, came in the opening minute of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and the Phantoms were able to hang on for their second win in a row. Chris Conner scored for a second game in a row while Alex Lyon made 26 saves in his 14th win of the season.
Ryan Haggerty scored both goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while goalie Tristan Jarry was tagged with the loss.
Lehigh Valley kept pace with fourth-place Providence for the last playoff spot. The Bruins won their game on Friday over the Belleville Senators 2-0 this keeping the Phantoms seven points back with 11 games remaining in the regular season.
The Phantoms also pulled directly into a fifth-place tie with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while finishing their successful run of games at Mohegan Sun Arena with a 4-1-1 mark.
Lehigh Valley outshot the Penguins 32-28 while both teams went 0-for-5 on the power play.
The Phantoms have just four home games remaining in the regular season and Saturday night represents the last match at home for two weeks preceding a five-game road trip.
With Sandra Bullock saying she "can't imagine" doing a sequel to The Heat, Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy have reportedly moved on to another project. McCarthy is in early talks to star in Feig’s new female spy movie, Susan Cooper. The movie’s said to be a realistic comedy about a James Bond-like agent who also just happens to be a woman, and is, naturally, reportedly being developed as a potential franchise. Feig wrote the script and will produce.
The Wrap says an offer is already out to McCarthy, but a firm deal is still being negotiated—especially since shooting would have to line up with the actress’ role on CBS’ Mike & Molly, a show that most people don’t even remember she’s on anymore. McCarthy is also currently shooting St. Vincent De Van Nuys with Bill Murray and just wrapped Tammy, which she co-wrote and produced with her husband, Ben Falcone.
1975: The pioneering computer-hobbyist group, The Homebrew Computer Club, holds its first meeting in a Silicon Valley garage. From its ranks will emerge industry pioneers like Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and hacker John Draper, aka Captain Crunch.
It started with a flyer just for geeks posted on bulletin boards (the cork kind). "Are you building your own computer? Terminal? TV Typewriter? I/O device? Or some other digital black-magic box? If so, you might like to come to a gathering."
Those few sentences launched the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, also called the Amateur Computer Users Group. It was a place for tech hobbyists to gather and share tips on supply sources and exchange programming information.
The Homebrew Club first met in the garage of Gordon French in Menlo Park, California. It was a time when there was just one personal computer on the market: the Altair 8800, based on the Intel 8080 microprocessor. Some 32 people showed up for the first meeting. Two months later the ranks had swelled to more than a hundred.
The first meeting itself was rather mundane. There was the usual talk about standards, input ports and the need for better operating code for the 8080. It was all in a day’s work for the engineers and software programmers gathered there.
The big question was what would people do with a computer in their home? And there was no shortage of potential applications thrown up: text editing, storage, games, educational uses, and even using the system to control home utilities such as the alarm, heating and sprinkler system. Pretty radical considering that just about 2,000 personal computers were in use then.
The Homebrew Club’s story, however, will be forever entwined with the tale of how Apple got its start. Club member Steve Wozniak at age 24 had completed the basic design for what would become the Apple I and II personal computers. He started showing the schematics at club meetings, asking for feedback.
Feedback he got, from fellow club member and high school friend Steve Jobs: Don't give your ideas away for free. Wozniak listened. The duo soon collaborated to found Apple.
The Homebrew Computer Club met regularly for two years until 1977, and then it faded away. But its legacy to Silicon Valley continues.
DAVID LE/Staff photo. Patricia "Pat" Morency, left, and Liz Fleming, right, are two almost life-long Willows residents. They have been compiling the Willows history for around 50 years. 8/29/16.
2: Florida State’s rank entering its game at No. 10 Louisville. The host Cardinals trounced the Seminoles 63-20.
3: Non-offensive touchdowns scored by No. 1 Alabama in a 48-43 win at No. 19 Ole Miss.
4: Touchdown passes for Jake Browning, who led No. 8 Washington to a 41-3 win over visiting Portland State. The former Folsom High star was 12 of 19 passing for 163 yards.
6: Consecutive victories for North Dakota State over FBS opponents. The FCS Bison upset No. 13 Iowa 23-21 in Iowa City.
7: Top 25 teams to lose (Florida State, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon).
8: Consecutive games of 200 or more all-purpose yards for No. 7 Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey dating to last season. McCaffrey had 260 total yards in a 27-10 win over visiting USC.
11: Consecutive losses against ranked opponents for Cal before beating No. 11 Texas 50-43 in Berkeley. The last win before Saturday came against No. 25 UCLA in 2012.
19: Consecutive road wins for No. 3 Ohio State, which topped No. 14 Oklahoma 45-24.
Ohio State extends school-record road winning streak to 19 games, the longest active road winning streak in the FBS.
22: Catches for East Carolina’s Zay Jones, who finished with 190 yards in a 20-15 loss at South Carolina.
59: Largest point differential for a Top 25 team. No. 5 Clemson shut out visiting South Carolina State.
223: Rushing yards for Louisiana Lafayette’s Elijah McGuire in a 28-23 victory over visiting South Alabama.
296: Receiving yards for Oklahoma State’s James Washington in a 45-38 win over visiting Pitt. Washington had nine grabs and scored twice.
540: Passing yards for Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph in a 45-38 win over visiting Pitt. Rudolph was 26 of 46 and threw two touchdowns.
FORT PICKETT, Va. – Col. Doyle Gillis, Jr., took command of the Virginia Beach-based 329th Regional Support Group from Col. K. Weedon Gallagher in a change of command ceremony Sept. 9, 2018, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, the Virginia National Guard Assistant Adjutant General- Army, presided over the exchange of unit colors that represented the transfer of command from Gallagher to Gillis. The National Anthem was performed by Gillis’ daughter, Evan Renee Winter.
Gallagher provided remarks that highlighted the excellence of the 329th RSG over the past three years of his command. He also used this time to thank the many officers, NCO’s, colleagues, and family members, emphasizing the unwavering support of his wife, Anne. Finally, he ended his remarks, welcoming Col. Gillis and Mrs. Jami Gillis, home. Gillis previously served in the 529th and commanded the 1030th Transportation Battalion.
After Gallagher provided remarks, the Virginia National Guard recognized Gallagher with a Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding leadership as a commander and exceeded all expectations and readiness goals. Gallagher received multiple going away gifts from the Soldiers of the 329th to thank him for his outstanding leadership and superior allegiance to the Soldiers of the 329th while in command between the dates of July 2015 and September 2018.
Gillis provided remarks after the awards and gifts presentation. Gillis was commended by Flora as being one of very few who colonels who have earned this coveted command position. Flora stated that America’s sons and daughters deserve an outstanding leader and they will have that in Col. Gillis.
A reception in Gillis’ honor was hosted immediately following the ceremony.
Gillis currently serves as the Virginia Army National Guard’s deputy chief of staff for personnel at Fort Pickett in a full time status and will command the 329th in a traditional Guard status. Gallagher will be reassigned as the J8 resource management officer on the Virginia National Guard Joint Staff.
Gillis is a 1990 graduate of Christopher Newport University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Governmental Administration. He completed his Master of Public Administration in 1997 from Troy University and is a 2015 graduate of the U.S. Army War College. After serving on active duty and in the Army Reserve, Gillis joined the Virginia Army National Guard in 1989 and completed Virginia OCS in 1991.
His assignments include platoon leader, commander of Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, battalion intelligence officer and operations officer, brigade operations officer and battalion executive officer. He commanded the Gate City-based 1030th Transportation Battalion and later served as the deputy director of logistics, the deputy director of joint operations and deputy commander of the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute.
Gillis has deployed three times. He served as a fire team leader during Operation Urgent Fury/Island Breeze in Grenada; as a strategic operations planner in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and as a combat advisor team commander in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq.
Gallagher graduated from Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and a commission as an engineer second lieutenant in 1991. He served in numerous command and staff positions including platoon leader, company commander, battalion operations officer and executive officer and battalion commander.
He has deployed to Afghanistan three times including duty as the Kandahar Area Officer in Charge with the Afghanistan Engineer District and commander of 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.
After battalion command, he served in the state G3 and then as the division engineer officer and chief of protection for the 29th Infantry Division.
His military education includes a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College 2014, and graduation from Joint Forces College 2015.
In 2017, he graduated from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government program in Leadership in Homeland Security.
Gallagher works full time as the owner of a small business specializing in facility management and electrical systems installations.
It provides water to a desert region, and is responsible for forming most of the world's underground caves.
It covers a quarter of the United States, and almost as much of the entire world.