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Iceland, like Japan, flouts the International Whaling Commission moratorium on commercial whaling by pretending to conduct "scientific research" expeditions. The IWC repeatedly has rejected its research applications, claiming that the limited data to be acquired do not justify the slaughter. For the second year in a ro...
At the instigation of Greenpeace, the U.S. commerce secretary recently invoked a law that allows U.S. government to limit the amount of fish caught in U.S. territorial waters by any country that "diminishes the effectiveness" of the IWC. Japanese fishing rights here were cut in half, but Iceland was not penalized at al...
Greenpeace is not calling for a boycott of Burger King. Instead it is urging customers to encourage Burger King to find fish from other suppliers. Thus far Burger King has refused to alter its purchasing policies, but there is reason to be optimistic. Burger King appears to have an environmental conscience; when a simi...
For the sake of the few remaining whales, Burger King and other importers of Icelandic fish would do well to change their habits. In the absence of major economic hardships imposed on Icelandic whaling interests, we can only wonder, with Herman Melville, "whether Leviathan can long endure so wide a chase, and so remors...
VAVUNIYA, January 26, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils, for decades in the crossfire between rebels and government forces, hope their potentially decisive role in Tuesday’s election will finally bring them peace. The two main candidates, President Mahinda Rajapakse and former general Sarath Fonseka, were the ar...
After the end of the conflict, which has been clouded by allegations of war crimes, an estimated 300,000 displaced Tamils were locked up until December in closed camps to which media and humanitarian groups were denied access.
In a twist of fate, they might now emerge as kingmakers according to some political analysts, if Rajapakse and Fonseka split the vote of the majority Sinhalese ethnic group to which they both belong.
Tamils interviewed by AFP in Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka, located near some of the camps, appeared to be strongly leaning towards Fonseka, seeing him as the better of two imperfect options.
“They (Tamils) feel General Fonseka might treat them better, like equal citizens,” said T. Jathukulatharam, who lives and teaches in one of the camps.
Which Illini losing streak has been more painful — football or basketball?
Illinois basketball is in the middle of a six-game losing streak, without a likely end in sight. No Illini team has lost seven consecutive games in a season in 15 years, and up next on the schedule is back-to-back games with Iowa and Wisconsin. Both of those games are at State Farm Center, but the Illini can not seem t...
I’m wondering which losing streak was more painful for fans — Illini football or basketball?
Illini football infamously lost 20 consecutive conference games during the span of two years before finally beating lowly Purdue this year. That streak is long and embarrassing, however, few people ever had any real expectations for that team.
Illini basketball is what everyone was hoping would provide an alternative to football and a fast start elevated expectations. So it makes this recent skid feel every bit as crushing.
Author Jamal CollierPosted on January 27, 2014 Leave a comment on Which Illini losing streak has been more painful — football or basketball?
Illinois head coach John Groce revealed Monday that guard Rayvonte Rice has been battling a sore hip that clearly limited him during the Illini’s 49-43 defeat at the hands of lowly Northwestern on Sunday.
Rice was not able to finish around the basket as forcefully as he usually does, shooting 2 of 11 from the field for a season-low eight points. He was averaging 18.8 points per game before Sunday, leading the Illini and the Big Ten, but did not score his first basket until 8:39 left in the second half. This was the firs...
“I’ll know how bad it is [later Monday], but Ray’s a pretty tough kid,” Groce said.
They shot 28.1 percent from the field, scored just 15 points in the first half and missed their first 12 three-point attempts.
At first glance of the final score, those who did not watch the game may have wondered why Illinois and Northwestern never played the second half, but no the offenses were just that bad. This was the Wildcats first conference victory of the year, and they had not necessarily been close in the other games.
The Illini have struggled to score at times this season with Rice in the game, so if he has to miss any time or is hindered to the extent he was Sunday it will be tough for the Illini to replace him. He creates offense not only for himself, but by driving to the basket, defenses collapse on him to open up offensive reb...
This loss assures when the AP Top 25 poll comes out later today, the Illini are certain to be absent from it. They also suffered a 95-70 loss to Wisconsin on Wednesday.
The question remains how damaging will the loss to the Wildcats be to the Illini’s NCAA tournament resume.
February 12, 2019, 11:45 p.m.
If you had lived during the Cretaceous, dinosaurs might have been the least of your worries. Apparently, the ancient underbrush was also teeming with predatory spiders with hypnotic, glowing eyes, reports Phys.org.
In a remarkable find, researchers have unearthed rock fossils of an extinct spider family that contain reflective materials once contained inside the arachnids' eyes. When a light is shined upon the fossils, the eyes of the fossilized spiders still shimmer, appearing to come back to life with an eerie glow.
An image of the fossils with glowing eyes can be viewed here.
"Because these spiders were preserved in strange slivery flecks on dark rock, what was immediately obvious was their rather large eyes brightly marked with crescentic features," said Paul Selden, coauthor on the paper showcasing the find. "I realized this must have been the tapetum — that's a reflective structure in an...
Structures like these spider tapetum can be found in many creatures alive today, most typically among nocturnal predators like cats and dogs, but also among bovine and deep sea fish. The tapetum is the reason cat eyes often shine brightly in pictures taken by a camera with a flash, and why the eyes of some critters can...
Because the tapetum can increase light upon the retina cells, it's most useful for animals that roam at night, so it's likely that this was also the case for these ancient spiders. This is also the first time that a tapetum has ever been found in a fossil.
The fossils were unearthed from an area of Korean shale known as the Jinju Formation, and are dated from between 110 and 113 million years ago. The fact that the reflective tapetum of these spiders has managed to remain preserved for so long is a testament to the value of this region for fossil discovery.
"This is an extinct family of spiders that were clearly very common in the Cretaceous and were occupying niches now occupied by jumping spiders that didn't evolve until later," said Selden. "But these spiders were doing things differently. Their eye structure is different from jumping spiders. It's nice to have excepti...
Researchers have unearthed fossils of an extinct spider family that contain reflective material in the eyes that gave them superior night vision.
LATHROP, Calif. (AP) — In Lathrop, a small community that mushroomed on a floodplain in California's Central Valley, levee repairs are paving way for thousands more homes.
The repairs are funded largely by $5 billion in state voter-approved flood control bonds.
An AP analysis of the $3 billion spent so far shows the largest expenditures have focused on improving levees in flood-prone areas where development recently occurred and where much more growth is planned.
Critics say this is a poor way to spend flood control dollars, because encouraging new development in floodplains puts more people and property at risk. And higher risk means ever-escalating demands for levee repairs.
State water officials say they have little power over local land use decisions and are spending the bond money to protect existing communities.
Thanks to the smart, expertly shot documentary "Food, Inc.," I now know why it's so hard to find a supermarket tomato that tastes like, well, a tomato. That's because tomatoes, like so much of our food, aren't farmed or grown as much as they are engineered to satisfy rigid corporate and economic mandates.
And don't get producer-director Robert Kenner started on beef, chicken, pork or that No. 1 public enemy: corn -- the manipulated mass production of each is concisely and rivetingly scrutinized here.
Suffice it to say, after the film's disturbing glimpses inside the meat industry, along with its blunt indictment of fast food giants, you'll think twice before eating just about anything nonorganic.
This is, of course, a good -- and doable -- thing, even if the handful of multinational companies that control the bulk of our nation's food supply won't be thrilled with Kenner's vivid portrayal of their near-Orwellian methods of doing business. The U.S. government doesn't get off scot-free here either.
The film also gives an eloquent array of writers, activists and farmers time to enlighten us about the perils on our plates, but not without offering hope for a safer future. "Food, Inc." is essential viewing.
In continuation to our announcement dated January 9, 2019 and in accordance with the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are pleased to inform you that DBL Anandapuram Anakapalli Highways Private Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of...
Further, as per Companys Code of conduct of Prevention of insider trading and pursuant to Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 as amended from time to time, the trading window for dealing in the securities of the Company by its designated employees, directors and pro...
Four Honesdale High School students participated in the Region Chorus Festival at the Canton Area High School, March 20-22, 2019. Maggie Murphy, Ella Sherman, Andrew Buckwalter, and Miguel Salvador advanced from the District 9 Chorus Festival at Lakeland High School in February to this regional event. These students au...
Miguel, a senior at HHS, plans to attend Point Park University in the fall to major in photography. He recently played the debonair Lumiere in the HHS musical, Beauty and the Beast. Maggie, starring in the lead role of Belle, is a junior.
She has plans to pursue a major related to math and science after high school, but still wants to stay very involved with music. Andrew, also a junior, joined the musical cast as Lefou, and he hopes to become a music teacher or a history professor someday. Ella, who is a sophomore, played a variety of female parts in B...
All four of these students participate in chorus and the chamber choir at HHS. Maggie, Andrew, and Ella are also members of the school band and wind ensemble. All four students performed brilliantly, representing Honesdale High School superbly at the Region Chorus Festival.
A handful of New York lawmakers want to ban tackling in youth football, citing the lingering effects of concussions.
ALBANY - A handful of New York lawmakers want to ban tackling in youth football, citing the lingering effects of concussions.
A bill sponsored by Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto would prohibit organized youth football leagues from allowing anyone age 13 or younger to tackle, pointing to research that shows repeated blows to the head can lead to brain-development issues.
If approved, schools or youth leagues that allow tackling would face a fine of up to $2,000.
"All of these hits, they don't necessarily cause concussions and usually do not," Benedetto, a Democrat, said at a news conference Tuesday."But all of these hits causes mass accumulation of blows to the head that damage the development of the brain."
The bill would not prohibit youth from playing flag or touch football, instead focusing on the act of tackling.
It would apply to any football league, school or adult who organizes contact football, applying to both practices and games.
The proposal has been around for four years, but has struggled to gain traction in the Legislature, failing to pick up a Senate sponsor.
It has just a handful of Assembly co-sponsors, including Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, D-Mount Pleasant, Westchester County.
Benedetto acknowledged the bill was unpopular among youth football organizations and some parents, making it difficult to pick up sponsors.
Research over the past decade has put a focus on the effects of concussions in contact sports, particularly football, so lawmakers hope the added attention could help the bill's chances.
In 2015, the National Football League and a collection of retired players reached a $1 billion settlement over lawsuits challenging the league didn't do enough to protect or inform players about the dangers of concussions.
Benedetto was joined Tuesday by Assemblyman Walter Mosley, a Brooklyn Democrat, who played and coached youth football but recently decided to support the bill.
"This was a very difficult decision for me," Mosley said. "I have a son who's now 10, who does not like football. I'm kind of blessed in that way, because I don't have to convince him not to play."
Outsound Presents, the leading emerging artist collective and non-profit organization for new and experimental music and sound, returns for their 6th festival, beginning July 22nd and running through July 28th. The festival will feature artists such as Liz Allbee, Tatsuya Nakatani, Marielle Jakobsons, Tom Nunn, Matt Da...
Every year the Edgetone New Music Summit showcases some of the most innovative and pioneering new music that is happening in California and beyond. The Festivals’ expanded performance schedule includes music and sound from raging free improvisation, electronic manipulation, to harsh noise reflecting an incredible range...
The festival also pays homage to local as well as California’s central role in the development of invention and cutting edge concepts. Historically dating back to the inception of the Barbary Coast of San Francisco in the early 20th century, the San Francisco Bay Area has been and still is the location where many of th...
This year’s Summit is sponsored in part by KFJC 89.7 FM, SF Bay Guardian, Elastic Creative, Bayimproviser.com, Harshnoise.com, KUSF 90.3 FM, Studio 401, and the Luggage Store Gallery. A Special Thank You to our individual donors: Roderick Repke, John Lee, Scott Biggs, Linda and David Repke, Suki O’Kane, Matt Davignon, ...
A complete detailed list of the 6th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit events can also be found at www.edgetonemusicsummit.org.
Interactive discussions of techniques and influences with composers, who will share context and insight into the performance work.
Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric.
Artists speak out about how they balance their work to preserve and extend traditions in ethnic music.
Artists reflect on individual strategies, and the challenges, for creating work from multiple traditions of music, theater and movement.
the OutSpoken Education Series consisting of pre-concert Q&A, master classes and artist panel discussions during the Summit event. This year’s presentation is dubbed Drawn from Sources: Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric.
Tickets are currently on sale to the public. Schedule and artists are subject to change.
Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama and several other top executives have been given an extension until next week Tuesday to provide reasons to the board for why they should not be suspended‚ chairman Popo Molefe said on Wednesday.
The new board headed by Molefe has been in place for 11 weeks.
Among the first things the board did was to issue Gama and two other executives‚ chief financial officer Thamsanqa Jiyane and supply chain manager Lindiwe Mdletshe‚ letters warning them of their pending suspensions. The three are implicated in a raft of reports on mismanagement and corruption at Transnet.
Molefe said the executives had asked for extra time and the board had agreed.
However‚ prior to these letters being issued‚ parliament’s portfolio committee on public enterprises had invited both the board and executives to brief it on progress made in internal investigations of corruption.
But when Gama began his presentation to the committee on Wednesday‚ MPs from both the ANC and DA objected to him reporting on matters in which he was implicated.
After a brief caucus by the ANC‚ it was agreed the presentations on corruption would not go ahead. Committee chairperson Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe confirmed‚ though‚ that the committee had invited the executives.
Asked afterwards why she had not cancelled the briefing in the light of the pending suspensions of the executives‚ Mnganga-Gcabashe said she could not rely on what she had read in the media and needed to hear it from Molefe in person before she could withdraw the invitation to Gama.
Transnet executives have come under fire for their plans to ditch the Johannesburg CBD for the upmarket Waterfall precinct in Midrand.
It’s easy to knee-jerk following a glorified friendly but Manchester City’s spine, although flawed in the defensive department and uncertain over which personnel starts further afield, is centrally superb. Nigel de Jong’s pugnacity is complemented by placid passing, Yaya Toure’s surges uplift City’s supporters and Davi...
Despite scoring at the Stretford End against Valencia two years ago, yesterday was Cleverley’s United debut and it was as worthwhile as it was belated. He should have started the Sunday’s curtain-raiser after a man-of-the-match display against Barcelona in Washington, and having replaced the ponderous Michael Carrick a...
Carrick on the other hand, while a good footballer, is not going to contribute to attacks in the final third and is not only incompatible for Anderson, is a footballer tailor-made for a midfield three, despite sporadic success alongside Paul Scholes and then Ryan Giggs during his United career.
Even when Kolo Toure returns from serving his sentence for a drugs ban, the Blues require a more suitable partner for their de facto captain. Kompany was at fault for Nani’s winner yet it was telling that he almost recovered to block the Portuguese’s goal-bound effort, for again Kompany was regularly the man halting Un...
The raison d’etre for any midfield partnership is to complement one another and be coherent, yet this breakthrough will never happen with Carrick and Anderson. Their lowest ebb came against Liverpool in March 2009 when time and again neither detected, let alone tracked, Steven Gerrard, who caused havoc as Liverpool sla...
For long-suffering City supporters, 2011 has been a great year. They won their first piece of silverware in 35 years and qualified for the Champions League. “Thirty-five years and we’re still here” they used to boast prior to exorcising their demons against Stoke in May, so why was their third tier conspicuous by thous...
All summer Nani has been earmarked as a potential makeweight in the stultifying Sneijder saga, given that the Portuguese is said to relish a return to Mediterranean culture. Yet as welcome as Sneijder would be at United, sacrificing Nani would be detrimental because he is United’s best winger. Named the players’ player...
James Milner may have again questioned his worth to this City squad, but Mario Balotelli, so impressive in the club’s Wembley dates against United and Stoke last season, trumped him in the abysmal stakes. Sergio Agüero will undoubtedly lead City’s attack when deemed match-fit and given Dzeko’s goal, it would be the typ...
If De Gea was due some slack for Lescott’s opener due to the lax defending of Rio Ferdinand, he was culpable for reacting startlingly late to Dzeko’s effort – which still should have been stopped. At 20 years of age, he is a rough diamond – Ferguson has effectively acknowledged this – who will make mistakes, but in the...
With some City supporters literally on their own in Wembley’s third tier, when they took to their traditional celebratory act that is the Poznan, some took to it despite being unable to link arms. It was as humorous as it was unfathomable that pockets of City supporters remained in their seats as United collected the s...
When Vidic, Ferdinand and Carrick were substituted at half-time, United’s second-half XI had an average age of just 23 and although the Reds had a decent first half, the piercing play in the second period was aided by youthful exuberance left, right and centre. Although the move smacked of an effort to play down a then...
Turkey’s prime minister is cracking down on protests in Istanbul as it reaches day 12. Police are using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds. In Taksim Square, there’s a telecommunications truck so that the people can communicate through social media. There was a call on Twitter for a massive presence in ...
LeBron James had 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists as the Heat won their fourth game in a row.
MIAMI — Not every game can be against the Indiana Pacers for Eastern Conference supremacy. Others are needed to fill out the NBA regular-season schedule.
Such was the case Friday night, when the Heat defeated the Sacramento Kings 122-103 at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Miami’s point total was its season-high as the Big Three and Ray Allen led the Heat (20-6).
Chris Bosh scored 25 points and Dwyane Wade added 20. LeBron James had 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists.

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