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Also for the Northmen, Alex Crouse shot 115-125 and Erin Rautio shot 104-97. On Monday, Petoskey’s Liz Vangyi shot 124, while Shawnnah Goodwin posted a 135 score.
On Tuesday for Petoskey, Elle Hoch shot 130 and Libby King posted a 151.
We’re at the midway point in this year’s legislative session, and several huge issues loom ahead for lawmakers. The Democratically-controlled Legislature doesn’t see eye to eye with Republican Governor Jim Douglas on how to balance the state budget, time is winding down on the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s licen...
All these issues are on the table as Bob Kinzel talks with some of the top political reporters on the next Vermont Edition. Join the conversation with VPR’s Ross Sneyd and John Dillon, and Kristin Carlson, Montpelier bureau chief of WCAX-TV.
An Icelandic volcano may be about to wreak havoc on Europe.
Bárðarbunga, Iceland’s largest volcano, is being pummeled by earthquakes.
That means pressure is building, inflating the volcano and increasing the chance that it will erupt.
The 6,500-foot-tall volcano sits beneath Europe's largest ice cap so any eruption could be particularly explosive, producing large amounts of ash.
In 2010, Eyjafjallajökull’s massive ash cloud affected millions of travelers across Europe for weeks.
Bárðarbunga’s last eruption in 2015 was one of the largest in Iceland’s history.
Scientists believe another eruption is coming — but it could be some time before it's ready to blow.
Hong Kong (CNN Business) - Tesla has chosen a new leader for its board of directors after Elon Musk was forced to step down.
Musk agreed to step down as chairman of Tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year. He remains CEO of the company he co-founded.
Fiona Coghlan says that she eats really healthy food but she does fall off the wagon more often now.
I believe that energy breeds energy.
I have always had a competitive nature. I always want to be the best I can be. That drive is innate in me, and sports really brought it out in me.
I was always into sports, but I never played rugby as a child. I got involved with tennis from a young age and I absolutely loved horse riding, that was my big thing.
My parents used to drive me miles so that I could do it, they’d leave me there all day and pick me up again late in the evening. Maybe it was a form of cheap baby sitting!
I grew up in Clontarf. When I left school I studied at the University of Limerick and I work as PE teacher in Lucan in Dublin. I also teach Maths.
I enjoy teaching but it can be tough to get the best out of your students, I can see the potential in them but of course I have to rely on them to do the work themselves.
I began playing rugby in college in UL. I didn’t enjoy the training at all to begin with, but from my first game, I was hooked. I wasn’t the fastest but I was strong and pig headed. I felt it suited my skill set.
People always ask me if we were treated in a stereotypical way as ‘women’ players but I can honestly say we were treated the same as the men, fully respected.
I played on the national team for 11 years which was a huge commitment. I retired from rugby after the 2014 World Cup. Walking away was really tough but I’m back paying GAA for Clontarf now, training three times a week.
I eat really healthy food but I do fall off the wagon more often now. I value the sense of connection and of being part of a community that sports gives me.
I don’t think society values women in sport as much as it should. There is a lot of talk and conversation about it, but things have not progressed as much as they should have done.
Things are better, of course: The standard of athleticism has gone up. The media coverage is better. But it still is not enough.
I am a stickler for high standards.
My main fault is sometimes having a lack of empathy, although I think I have improved in this regard. It stems from expecting a high standard from myself and then expecting the same from others, but I realise that life is not always that simple.
The trait I admire most in others is honesty.
If I could be reborn as someone else for a day, I’d like to be Mary McAleese. I love the way she speaks with such clarity.
Whether or not there is an after life is not something to which I have given a huge amount of thought.
The best advice I ever received is never to ask anyone to do something which you are not prepared to do yourself.
My idea of misery is a job with a huge amount of paper work.
I’m currently single and happy with that.
If I could change one thing on the school curriculum, I’d include a healthy living and wellbeing programme. The more emphasis we can put on that the better.
I don’t tend to get stressed at work or even around sport. It’s not that I’m totally laid back — I certainly let my opinion be known — but I just tend to get on with things. However I do worry when we don’t have enough time to train or to prepare for things.
I’m both a lark and an owl. I’m up at the crack of dawn for early morning gym sessions and then I can also be the last to bed. Maybe it’s FOMO.
When I’m not working, I spend my time playing sports or being involved with sports on some level. Other than that I socialise with my friends, doing very normal things like going to the cinema and the pub.
So far life has taught me the importance of surrounding yourself with great people.
Former Irish rugby international and current Women’s Rugby World Cup ambassador Fiona Coghlan was speaking at the launch of the Liberty Insurance #SupportHerSport conference.
Croatia is due to face Mexico in a friendly soccer match on Wednesday, March 28. However, one player who will not be taking the field is captain Luka Modric because Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic released him.
Modric is considered by many people to be the spearhead of his national team, but Dalic may have released his captain early because Real Madrid is due to face Juventus in the Champions’ League quarter-final’s first leg on April 3, in Turin.
Experienced defender Vedran Corluka will take the captain’s armband from Modric for the clash that takes place at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, U.S.
Five other Croatia players have been released alongside Modric, including Juventus forward Mario Mandzukic, who will expect to line up against Modric next month.
“I don’t know [why Croatia has sent the players back] and don’t have the arguments to give an opinion,” Osorio said.
According to ESPN, despite the fact that he is not happy with Croatia’s decision to rest Modric, Osorio chose to rest star forward Javier Hernandez in Mexico’s recent friendly match against Iceland.
Many managers have expressed fears that their star players could face burnout at the World Cup, so the decision to rest the 32-year-old Modric seems to be a sensible one. Young midfielders such as Marko Rog and Mario Pasalic will have a chance to impress their coach in the wake of Modric’s absence.
Since his debut for Croatia in 2006, Modric has won 103 caps and has scored 12 goals.
At the 2014 World Cup, Croatia and Mexico were drawn together in Group A. Mexico progressed to the Round of 16 while Croatia failed to make it out of the group.
Croatian fans will be hoping that their captain can inspire them during the 2018 World Cup, so Modric’s fitness needs to be carefully monitored before the tournament starts on June 14 in Russia. Earlier in March, Modric overcame a hamstring injury and played for 90 minutes in Croatia’s recent friendly game against Peru...
Croatia will face Nigeria in their first group game on June 16 in Kaliningrad. Mexico begins its campaign against Germany on June 17 in Moscow. Fans of both teams will be hoping that their squads will progress into the latter stages of the competition.
Rumors that started from a report back in October that Josh Duhamel cheated on his wife Fergie with a stripper named Nicole Forrester have now been called out by Gossip Cop as untrue.
The publication claimed their investigation proves parts of the story and had Nicole on their side as proof.
But now the media outlet has followed up with a story that Nicole is pregnant with Josh’s baby.
Gossip Cop can confirm exclusively that when Nicole was asked by the National Enquirer if she was pregnant, she told them she was not — multiple times.
Now Nicole is trying to set the record straight.
An item in Friday�s Scene should have listed the address for a ham and egg suppertoday at Mountain View Ruritan Club as 5161-D Mt. Hermon-Rock Creek Road. The supper is from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations will help fund scholarships and other community service projects.
The monthly meeting of the Graham Charter League of the American Business Women�s Associationwill take place on Thursday at the Ramada Inn in Burlington at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Amy Nelson, AICP, planning and economic development director for the city of Burlington. The cost is $12 at the door. Please RSV...
A bus is reserved to go to the 40th Annual March for Lifein Washington, DC on Friday. Departure: 5 a.m., return: 2 a.m. Jan. 26th. Cost is $50/person. Attend rally and march on the National Mall and visit NC senators and representatives. Contact Kimberly Wood at 336-586-9211.
The Alamance-Caswell Hospice League general membership meetingis scheduled for January 28 at 1 p.m. The location for this meeting will be at the Hospice & Palliative Care Center administrative office, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington. All members and guests are welcome. For details, call 336-229-0490.
The Volunteer Court Navigator Program is currently recruiting community members to volunteer to accompany victims of domestic violence through the civil and criminal court processes. Training will be Feb. 4 and 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact Bethany Sanford at 336-229-2283 or by email bsanford@familyabuseservices.or...
What if your school’s final exam forced you to kill your friends? A group of students at the Victor Von Doom Institute For Gifted Youths is faced with this question in Marvel’s Runaways miniseries, and, as the title promises, they decide to make a break for it instead of continuing their education. Writer Noelle Steven...
The most exciting thing about having a team on the run in Battleworld is that it allows the creative team to explore how these characters interact with the different environments of Secret Wars, and next week’s Runaways #3 takes the cast to The Valley Of Doom, the Wild West-inspired setting of the 1872 miniseries. This...
Sales at established Kohl's Corp. stores rose a healthy 3.1% in the second quarter, and profits increased by 40%.
Sales at established Kohl’s Department Stores rose 3.1 percent in the second quarter, a healthy gain that keeps the retailer on an upward path.
It was Kohl's fourth straight quarter of year-over-year gains in comparable store sales, a key measure of retail performance.
The Menomonee Falls-based firm could get a further boost going forward: The closing of the roughly 200 stores in the bankrupt Bon-Ton chain stands to benefit Kohl's in particular as shoppers seek alternatives, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Besanko told analysts Tuesday during a conference call.
“The Bon-Ton stores are typically located in regions where our brand is particularly strong,” Besanko said.
Kohl's earned $1.76 per share in the three months ended Aug. 4, up 42 percent from a year ago and easily beating analysts average prediction of $1.64 a share.
Also surprised — in a good way — were Kohl's executives. The company's overall results "exceeded our expectations on both the top and bottom lines," CEO Michelle Gass told analysts.
Gass said she was "extremely pleased" with the company's performance and looks for continued strong results.
"We view this traction, this momemtum, as sustainable," she said.
Gass said Kohl's has benefited from the ongoing efforts to downsize its stores and the amount of merchandise they carry. The retailer reduced inventory per store by 8 percent in the quarter and now has 500 locations — out of 1,158 total — that essentially are operating as smaller stores, Gass said.
That initiative paves the way for Kohl's to carve out excess space and lease it to other businesses. Earlier this year, the company said it will lease space at five to 10 locations to discount grocer Aldi. Tuesday, Gass said Kohl's is "building a nice, robust pipeline" of potential tenants.
Gass also announced Tuesday that Kohl's will begin carrying the Nine West brand of women's shoes, handbags and clothing next summer. The addition will broaden Kohl's appeal to millennials, Gass said.
The Nine West brand's former parent company filed for bankruptcy reorganization in April and two months later sold the brand to another firm.
As she has to date, Gass declined to quantify the results of Kohl's much-watched pilot project with online retailing giant Amazon.
Not quite a year ago, Kohl's began accepting returns of goods purchased on Amazon at 82 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. In July, Kohl's added 21 southeastern Wisconsin stores to the experiment. The company also has set up Amazon shops inside 10 of the Chicago and Los Angeles stores.
Analyst Chuck Grom of Gordon Haskett Research Advisors has said Chicago stores participating in the partnership are attracting more foot traffic — an important goal for Kohl's — than their nonparticipating peers.
But while analysts peppered Gass for numbers, she remained noncommittal.
Gass said Kohl's is "really pleased with the partnership," and is happy with the way customers have responded to it, but wants to further assess the results before pressing forward.
"Stay tuned, but we're feeling optimistic," she said.
Kohl's also raised its earnings guidance for fiscal 2018 by five to 10 cents a share. The company, which previously had projected earnings of $4.86 to $5.31 per share for the year, now expects to earn $4.96 to $5.36.
For the recently concluded quarter, Kohl's took in $4.57 billion in revenue, up from $4.40 billion a year ago. The firm earned $292 million in the period, an increase of 40 percent over the $208 million the company earned in the second quarter of 2017.
Firefighters are battling a blaze near Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow.
Crews were alerted to the fire on Balornock Road in the Springburn area of the city at around 6.20pm on Sunday evening.
Local residents spotted a thick plume of black smoke billowing above the disused hospital’s clock tower.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they were in attendance.
And a spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Police were called at 6.19pm this evening to assist the fire service.
New research published in the journal Oncogene uncovers a protein that helps breast cancer to spread. The findings may lead to new therapies for invasive breast cancer.
Breast cancer (shown here, under the microscope) needs a specific protein in order to spread, reveals new research.
Despite many public awareness campaigns and scientific advances, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women, after lung cancer.
Breast cancer deaths occur due to metastasis, or the spread of breast cancer from the initial tumor site to the rest of the body.
Between 6 and 10 percent of new breast cancer cases are estimated to already be metastatic when they are first diagnosed.
New research brings us closer to understanding how metastasis takes place and what we can do to stop it.
Dr. Ainhoa Mielgo, from the Department of Cancer Studies at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, led the new study, and the first author of the paper is Lucy Ireland, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Mielgo's group.
"A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the metastatic spreading of breast cancer is critical to improv[ing] treatment and patient outcome," says Dr. Mielgo.
In order to gain such an understanding, Dr. Mielgo and her team looked at how a class of immune cells called macrophages influence the spread of breast cancer.
As the authors explain, macrophages are found in abundance in the tumors' microenvironment, and these cells can either stop or promote the spread of breast cancer. So, the researchers carried out a series of cell line experiments to examine exactly how these cells enable the cancer to spread.
In their study, the scientists were guided by previous research that had shown that macrophages express high levels of so-called insulin-like growth factors (IGF) in certain types of cancer.