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In an interview with Saudi-owned TV channel MBC last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the kingdom would take the fight "inside Iran". |
"We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia," he said. "Instead, we will work so that the battle is for them in Iran." |
Within hours of Saturday's attack, Iran summoned diplomats from Denmark, the Netherlands, and the UK, with IRNA reporting they were "informed of Iran's strong protests over their respective countries' hosting of some members of the terrorist group". |
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasemi called on Denmark and the Netherlands to extradite the "perpetrators and their accomplices" to stand trial, IRNA reported. |
"It is not acceptable that the European Union does not blacklist members of these terrorist groups as long as they do not perpetrate a crime on ... European soil," Qasemi was quoted as saying. |
Due to Shinsuke Nakamura's injury, WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy issued a U.S. Open Challenge to anyone who wanted to step up and challenge him for the U.S. Title tonight on SmackDown Live. |
The challenge was answered by SAnitY leader Eric Young, but the match ended in a disqualification after The Usos and Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe interfered. This led to a Six-Man Tag Team Match, which was won by Hardy and The Usos. |
The Cassini spacecraft has been one of the most productive, versatile and inspiring astronomical platforms ever made. Launched on October 15, 1997, this spacecraft, simply by its own exploits, stands as a triumph for a generation of scientists across the globe, and testament to humanity’s vast capacity for exploration ... |
Cassini’s demise was as meticulously prepared as its life. As part of the planning for the spacecraft’s final mission extension in 2010, its controllers debated what to do when Cassini finally ran out of fuel. Two propellant systems were available to perform maneuvers at Saturn, but the bulk of the steering was accompl... |
But even with careful management, the fuel reserves would eventually be exhausted. Rather than leave an uncontrollable spacecraft in orbit and potentially contaminate one of the nearby moons biologically, it was decided that Cassini would end its mission by performing a risky series of 22 dives into Saturn’s rings, tak... |
The spacecraft’s first major achievement upon reaching Saturn was the successful landing of the Huygens probe onto Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, the only soft landing ever conducted beyond the inner Solar System. The data provided by Huygens provided humanity’s first glimpse into a world shrouded by a dense nitrogen, m... |
Titan was also studied extensively in 127 targeted encounters by Cassini, its infrared cameras and radar capable of piercing the thick clouds encircling the moon. The portrait that emerged was incredibly rich: Titan was revealed as the only body in the solar system supporting surface liquid, with active streams, rivers... |
Cassini also discovered geyser-like plumes jetting from the moon Enceladus. Its dust analyzer found these plumes produced salt crystals with an “ocean-like” composition, suggesting a water origin. The last close flyby, in 2015, was targeted to pass directly through a plume, the risky maneuver that found molecular hydro... |
The moon Iapetus, known for centuries to have a bright side and a dark side, was imaged in great detail by Cassini. Images showed even the smallest craters puncturing the dark hemisphere, revealing underlying bright ice. Together with Earth-based observations, a consistent picture emerged of Iapetus accumulating spots ... |
Saturn’s rings, previously studied by the Pioneer and Voyager flybys, proved to have dynamics even richer than expected when imaged constantly over many years. Cassini discovered complex waves rippling through the ring systems and found new shepherding moons responsible for them. The “gap” in Saturn’s rings named after... |
Cassini even performed myriad experiments on its way to Saturn. It carried out studies of Venus, Earth, the Moon, asteroid 2685 Masursky and Jupiter. When Earth and Cassini were on opposite sides of the Sun, radio waves sent between mission control and the spacecraft were used to test Albert Einstein’s general theory o... |
Even with the vast amounts of data collected by Cassini, many questions remain unanswered about Saturn and many new ones were raised by Cassini itself. The elementary length of a “day” at Saturn, based on rotation of its core, remains inexact. And the age and exact mass of the rings remains undetermined. |
Cassini required mastery of technologies built over many decades to produce electrical power from radioactively-heated thermionic generators, to operate autonomously because of the two-hour delays in round-trip radio communications, to allow recovery, far beyond the reach of direct human intervention, from unexpected s... |
The Huygens lander represented a different set of challenges, not only to survive its high-speed deceleration to a soft landing on Titan, but to do so supported primarily by measurements made by Cassini itself, which had the additional duty of storing and relaying Huygens’ weak signal to Earth. |
Despite Cassini’s success, no other major missions to the outer Solar System are being planned, nor are simpler missions to Saturn under active development. Only one other mission with comparable budget, the Mars rover Curiosity, has been launched in the last two decades. Cassini represents the last echoes of an epoch ... |
And yet the technology available to enable such missions has vastly improved since Cassini was constructed. Moreover, the spacecraft has shown us just how much there is still to be learned in our stellar neighborhood. Mission concepts for exploration of the ice and potentially even the oceans lying under the surfaces o... |
The cooperation in the fuel and energy sphere will be among the main topics in Turkmen-Austrian high-level talks to be held in Vienna May 12, said the message from Turkmen government. |
Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov has arrived in Vienna to take part in the negotiations, according to the message. |
The interest in the fuel and energy sphere is related to Turkmenistan's huge hydrocarbon potential and ever-increasing interest of Europe in the supply of Turkmen gas, the government's message said. |
"Steadily pursuing the policy of creating wide international cooperation in common interests, Turkmenistan has solid positive experience in the implementation of a number of large-scale projects for construction of transnational gas pipelines jointly with other states, the message said. "The country also pursues a cons... |
Following the high-level talks, Turkmenistan and Austria are expected to sign important bilateral documents, the message from Turkmen government said. |
Turkmenistan is one of the promising partners in the sphere of energy security for Austria and EU. The project for construction of a gas pipeline through the bottom of the Caspian Sea to the Azerbaijani coast is one of the possible options for delivering Turkmen gas to this market. |
Bulk purchasing of Turkmen textile is another sphere in which Vienna has shown interest. This industry continues developing in Turkmenistan as a result of the increase in domestic processing of cultivated cotton. |
Moreover, Austria is interested in creating partnership with Turkmenistan in the sphere of processing agricultural products and food production. |
Construction, health care and tourism are also among the priorities of partnership between Austria and Turkmenistan. |
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The Cornell sprint football was willing to go to great lengths to win its season opener against Penn this past Friday, but not even the team imagined it would take a nearly two-hour rain delay, six overtimes and five total hours to get the win. The Red (1-0) outlasted the Quakers (0-1), winning 42-34 on a one-yard touc... |
The game took both a physical and emotional toll on the players, as there was pressure on every single play in the six overtimes. |
Another huge factor in the game was the weather; the rainy conditions made life more difficult on the offensive side of the ball for both team. |
Despite the rain making things difficult, the offense came up with some big plays, especially by Mellinger. He caught a 24-yard pass to set up the 1-yard touchdown run by Miller in the last overtime. |
Although he finished with 8 catches for 102 yards and two touchdowns, Mellinger was not pleased with his performance before the overtimes started. |
The offensive line and running backs also had great games, allowing the passing game to perform. |
“I’m giving a lot of credit to the offensive line for lasting that long,” Mellinger praised.”We ran the ball a lot and the offensive line did phenomenal. [sophomore lineman] Bennett Winters did really well, played center most of the game, and [sophomore lineman] Nico Neugebauer also played well. As a core, all five of ... |
On the other side of the ball, the entire defense played well as a unit and was able to partially contain Penn star wide receiver Whit Shaw, who pulled in 6 catches for 115 yards. |
Although the Red was glad to win its season opener, it knows that there are many things to improve on. |
“We really executed well, but we have so much to improve upon, especially with consistency; we need to stop dropping passes, messing up formations, and just run what we need to run,” Mellinger assessed. |
(CNN) – Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he's against Common Core, the academic standards that have many conservatives decrying the program as an overreach of the federal government. |
"I'm against the Common Core, and I don't want Louisiana to be in the Common Core,” he said to booming applause at the Republican Leadership Conference - the annual conservative confab, held this year in New Orleans. |
Jindal is term-limited as Louisiana governor and is considering launching a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. He's was the first in a series of conservative White House hopefuls to speak at the conference. |
Jindal was once for Common Core but recently has said he wants Louisiana, which adopted the standards in 2010, not to participate. |
"We've taken a lot of criticism in this state from folks that have criticized me for being against it," Jindal said Thursday. |
"Let me be very clear, I'm for standards and I'm for our kids learning and our kids being able to compete but it seems to me that there is something fundamentally wrong when the bureaucrats, when the federal government especially, thinks they know best and they don't need to listen to parents." |
Jindal continued in that vein, tying the fight against unified education standards to a broader argument against an overbearing federal government. |
"On the left you've got this group that thinks we're not smart enough to buy our own health insurance; we're not smart enough to select our own schools for our children, we're not smart enough; by the way, to exercise our Second Amendment rights; we're not smart enough to decide what size soda we should be drinking, ap... |
Another potential 2016 presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, supports Common Core. He argues the standards help prepare students for college and the workforce. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another GOP possible White House contender, is also in favor of the standards, which apply to students in kinder... |
His speech followed Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, whose address to the conservative confab kicked off the New Orleans conference. |
Texas’ Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz are slated to address the conservative crowd. Notable, however, are the potential 2016-ers who are not attending this year’s confab - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. |
they where for before they where against. what a crock. what has the repo party done for this country and it's people lately??? ol man Mc Caine calling for resignation of Va guy. It's Mc Cains state wasnt he watching??? |
0bama and the dems have put us back a 100 years from the space above we like to explore to the race below as they have decern human beings . What a example for our children . |
So we're now to the point where anything the government does... even things that have been done forever, or could help society a lot.. or have mainly been government's portfolio... is now always going to countered by the GOP/Conservatives as "DON"T TELL ME WHAT TO DO OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES!!! I'M A GROWN PERS... |
Sounds like a 4 year old with ego problems and anger issues. No wonder the USA is falling behind. Half its population is living in a fantasy world where they think Governments and Nations somehow recently began trying to have input on their lives. News flash. Government at all levels and authority has always done this ... |
Once you start opposing things generally accepted as good ideas only because your Gov (authority figures) proposed them, then you got problems. Especially when whatever they proposed hasn't and probably never will be done without some sort of regulation. |
"Another potential 2016 presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, supports Common Core. He argues the standards help prepare students for college..." |
The only thing Common Core math prepares people for is counting on their fingers. It's dumbed-down drivel, the apparent purpose of which is to further the Left's goal of equality-of-results by aiming the math so low that even people who can't even reliably count past ten can "succeed." With Common Core math, there's ba... |
He does know that the common core was developed without the federal government, correct? |
Of course he doesn't want kids educated. Ignorant folks are easier to con into TEA/GOP lies. |
Jindal needs to shut his mouth and believe in the Obama-nation. Stop thinking and let the Government think for you. The idea of personal freedom and choice that was once guaranteed in the Constitution is outdated! Obama knows what you need. We'll just pay for it on the Chinese Express Credit Card. So surrender you free... |
This guy is a tool. A red-meat thrower. Has he ever offered a single constructive, positive idea? |
There is something so strangely wrong with Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal . |
Very out of touch with reality , the guy believes in an old world cast system mixed between a Baptist Krishna and a southern bubba . |
Louisana' s public school system is ranked almost last in the country.What if anything are the standards that Gov Jindal speaks of? It appears he is against any idea that did not originate in a church or conservative thin tank. |
Bloomberg is a repug for starters. |
And, Mr. Mardi Gras, yes, you are correct your party and your followers who keep voting against their own good are NOT smart enough. |
As far as learning . . . . . . science is out as our some of our founding fathers and in Texas, where the books are printed are on their way of doing it if they have not already done so. |
The list of presidential candidates is still a joke. Keep piling them into the clown car. |
--this man talks just absurd. I don't know how this man even qualifies for the presidency. Every one is not a fool to put him in a backward state like LA. None of the republican trash is worth my time, your time either. Federal government never said parent involvement is unnecessary. Talk like an idiot. Simple. |
Is this what the American people want to here from Republicans? I don't like it but i do not have an altarnative these people are who voters want to lead them? if the American people do not reject the gop in november we will suffer. |
Conservatives just want to have something new to complain about. Common Core defines a *minimum* standard of excellence for public schools. State and local governments should be broadening that foundation, and building upon it. Most government regulations function in the exact manner. From building codes to health code... |
What's really going on is that we have have a bunch anti-science, right wing extremists who do not want certain subjects taught in their public schools. To them I say, send your kids to a private school or home school them because you're imposing your narrow views on the majority of people who do believe in science. Pu... |
If not Common Core, than what set of standards will the GOP accept? They have been screaming for the need for some sort of national standards for years, yet, when presented with the standards and the pushback regarding government overreach from people content to have our country languishing far behind other countries, ... |
Just look at how common core teaches addition to kids and honestly tell me how that is a good way to teach. A simple math problem of 32-12 has about 4 "steps" involved. Such a great metaphor for the govt. |
Coming this fall to an election near you: Democratic Landslide! |
Reading energy tomorrow is like the gop indoctrination, pure BS 75% do not want the keystone yo go through, everything they say is total and complete BS, all of it. They talk about infrastructure, as if it were ours, talk about the oil, which isn't ours, we get saddled with ALL the risk, none of the money, none of the ... |
He needs to realize something, to many in his own party he matters not. Persona non gratis, would be the secret passwords of the day. |
Did Microsoft Steal Its New Logo From a Candy Company? |
Ritter Sport makes fine German chocolate in a variety of flavors. Microsoft makes electronics and software of all sorts. Ritter is found in grocery stores, bodegas, and booze emporiums the world over. Microsoft is found in pockets and PCs and places of business all across the land. Both good companies. Both successful ... |
But neither one as much in common with the other...EXCEPT FOR A LOGO. |
Microsoft's new logo does look suspiciously similar to Ritter Sport's four-color tile grid. Sure, the tile colors are swapped around in three of Microsoft's four quadrants—and the white window-pane lines in RItter's are slightly thicker—but the similarity of this simple yet instantly recognizable design are unmistakabl... |
What Do You Think of Microsoft's First New Logo in 25 Years? |
At the time of publication, Ritter Sport could not be reached for comment. |
Whether he was diving head-long into the stands to catch a foul ball, acrobatically contorting his body to evade a tag at home plate or cranking a walk-off homer in extra innings, Josh Donaldson was the Blue Jays’ big, beating heart throughout this unforgettable season. |
It ended sooner than Jays’ fans would have liked, but Donaldson’s first year in Toronto will always be remembered as one of the best ever — and now he has the hardware to prove it. |
The 29-year-old third baseman became just the second player in Blue Jays’ history to win the American League MVP award Thursday night, garnering 23 of a possible 30 first-place votes to decisively wrest the crown away from L.A. Angels outfielder Mike Trout, who won it in 2014 and finished runner-up in 2012 and 2013. |
Donaldson led the Jays’ juggernaut offence all year — hitting 41 home runs, while leading the league in runs scored, runs batted in and extra-base hits — en route to the franchise’s first post-season berth in 22 years. He was also among the best defensive third basemen in the game. |
But what Donaldson said he will remember most about this year were not any of the individual accolades, but how the Jays won their first division title since 1993 and stormed back from an 0-2 deficit against the Texas Rangers to win their first playoff round. |
Acquired last November from the Oakland A’s for Brett Lawrie and a trio of prospects, Donaldson becomes the first player since 1984 to win the MVP after being traded in the previous off-season. He also joins George Bell, who took the AL’s top honour in 1987, as the only Toronto player to win the award. |
Five Blue Jays received MVP votes, with Jose Bautista finishing eighth in balloting, followed by David Price in ninth, Edwin Encarnacion in 12th and Russell Martin in 27th. |
The MVP is the cherry on top of Donaldson’s already impressive awards haul. Earlier this month he won the Silver Slugger as his position’s top offensive player, the Hank Aaron Award as the American League’s top offensive player and was voted by his peers as the Player’s Choice player of the year. |
A late-blooming star who isn’t eligible for free agency until 2019, Donaldson is nevertheless due to receive a significant raise on the $4.3 million he earned this season. Entering his second year of arbitration, he is projected to make around $12 million in 2016. |
Despite his gaudy offensive numbers, Donaldson’s intangible contributions separated him from the rest. The notion of clutch hitting has been largely debunked, but Donaldson’s performance — in which he clearly thrived in high-leverage situations — made you question that ample research. |
He set a franchise record with three walk-off home runs, while nearly three-quarters of his 41 homers either tied the game or gave the Jays the lead. He always seemed to deliver in the clutch. |
Manager John Gibbons often described him as a special breed of player, among the most competitive he had ever been around, while crediting him for changing the team’s culture. His teammates likewise raved about him. |
Off the field he was a magnet for all corners of a clubhouse that, in previous seasons, had seemed far from unified. |
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