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Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard from the Metropolitan Police said: "A vehicle has pulled up and a group of males have got out.
"They have chased the victim and attacked him in Union Lane."
A post-mortem and formal identification will be carried out.
Officers have begun the process of informing next of kin.
An urgent investigation is underway, led by detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command supported by colleagues from the West Area Command Unit.
There have been no arrests at the stage.
Any witnesses or anyone with information that may assist police is urged to call 101 quoting CAD 8396/mar22. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Young people can contact Fearless, who are part of the Crimestoppers charity. They cannot trace your call or I.P address, and they will not ask your name or for any personal details.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis gas station clerk has been charged in the death of a customer after allegedly believing the victim tried to steal a bag of candy.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 39-year-old Taleb Rebhi Ali Jawher was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the September shooting death of 34-year-old Christopher Simmons.
Police say Simmons was fatally shot outside a Phillips 66 gas station in the city’s Old North St. Louis neighborhood. Police allege Jawher was arguing with Simmons inside the store, saying the customer was trying to steal a $1.10 bag of candy. When Simmons tried to leave, police say Jawher followed him outside and shot him.
Charges say Simmons didn’t steal any candy.
Court records don’t list an attorney for Jawher.
EXCLUSIVE: If our kids want to have better jobs and be smarter in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, they need more play.
That's what a game-changing $3.2 million, five-year study by researchers at Monash University is hoping to prove.
News Corp Australia can today unveil the Australia-first project called the Conceptual PlayLab - which is a five-year investigation into how play-based education can deliver essential cognitive and learning outcomes for infants, toddlers and preschoolers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The research will include a purpose-built app which supports teachers and parents to create a play-based world that helps children form ideas and use their imagination to solve problems.
It will follow 130 infants nationally across the first five years of their life and more than 3000 early childhood teachers and aims to prove that imaginary play helps foster a greater understanding of STEM subjects later in schooling.
Education Minister Dan Tehan said the project would provide a better way forward in teaching STEM to Australian children.
skills of our future workforce," Mr Tehan said.
The Conceptual PlayLab is funded through the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship awarded to Professor Marilyn Fleer from Monash University's Faculty of Education.
"The school-style curriculum is making its way into preschools which is not a good thing,"
Play-based learning helps kids with problem solving.
Professor Fleer, who has worked in the sector for more than 30-years, told News Corp.
"Early childhood education is at a point in history where the teaching and learning of STEM concepts are needed, but where large-scale research of how to teach these concepts in Australian play-based settings has not yet been undertaken."
One in five Australian children are starting school behind according to the Australian Early Development Census and experts are worried without significant focus on early learning our international rankings will only slip further.
Chief executive of Early Childhood Australia, Sam Page, said the research by Monash was "vital" and would benefit all Australians and their children.
'This research is vital to helping educators and parents understand how conceptual learning happens best through fun, play based activities that children can embrace. It's critical that we don't push down curriculum and pedagogy meant for older children."
Executive Director of The Parenthood Alys Gagnon said Australia desperately needed to turn the tide on our plummeting academic performance.
"We've seen over last five years Australia slipping in international rankings in terms of school performance and we need to map a way forward based on evidence, which this research will provide," Ms Gagnon said.
John Cherry from Goodstart - the largest provider of early childhood services in the country - said play-based early learning was vital to success for a child's overall schooling life.
"Quality play based early learning sets children up for later schooling and life by developing the foundational skills they will need to be successful learners," Mr Cherry said.
"The first five years are when most a child's brain development occurs for giving children lots of opportunities to solve problems and learn new skills."
Labor's early childhood spokeswoman Amanda Rishworth said the party had a National Preschool and Kindy Program in stark contrast to the Morrison government.
"There is no funding for preschool after this year (in the budget)," Ms Rishworth said.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's bid for Dell comes with risk – and potential upside – for shareholders, Joe Terranova and Jon Najarian said Monday.
"I don't want to be a part of Dell because I think there's too much risk right now," Terranova said, adding that shareholders are going to want the $13.65 per share offered by CEO Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.
On CNBC's "Fast Money," Terranova of Virtus Investment Partners said that shareholders are "not going to want the volatility" and risk attached to Icahn's offer to pay investors $12 per share and allow them to hold stock in the troubled PC maker.
Options were a better way to play Dell stock, he added.
"I wouldn't go out, and I would not own the pure equity of this because just on a pure risk-reward basis, although Carl is knocking the ball out of the park right now, I think that the odds are really long here against him," he said.
Icahn, on Friday, argued that his offer would provide greater potential returns for shareholders, criticizing Dell and Silver Lake's bid.
"You could look at it real simplistically and not have to do a hell of a lot of work to know that the shareholders in this case are literally getting screwed," Icahn said.
OptionMonster's Najarian agreed with Icahn, seeing the potential gains of a successful turnaround.
"I'd love to get that $12 per share" plus the stub, he said.
The remaining Dell shares could be worth $1 each or they could be worth $10, Najarian added.
"You can't participate with Dell on any of the turnarounds that have been thrown out there, whether it's mergers or otherwise, unless you do the Carl Icahn deal," he said. "If you go with the Michael Dell deal, you're just getting the cash right here. That makes no sense if you want any upside with this company."
Trader disclosure: On May 13, 2013, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC's "Fast Money" were owned by the "Fast Money" traders: Jon Najarian is long DNR CALLS; Jon Najarian is long OC CALLS; Jon Najarian is long UVXY CALLS; Jon Najarian is long ZNGA CALLS; Jon Najarian is long XLY CALLS; Jon Najarian is short GLD; Jon Najarian is short BKS; Stephanie Link is long AAPL; Stephanie Link is long GS; Stephanie Link is long JPM; Stephanie Link is long CSCO; Stephanie Link is long FB; Simon Baker is long AAPL; Simon Baker is long BAC; Simon Baker is long YHOO; Simon Baker is long FB; Simon Baker is long MSFT; Simon Baker is long GOOG; Simon Baker is long EBAY; Simon Baker is long NFLX; Simon Baker is long GLW; Joe Terranova is long VRTS; Joe Terranova is long SJM; Joe Terranova is long SPLK; Joe Terranova is long LNKD; Joe Terranova is long TBT; Joe Terranova is long SWN.
An advisory panel to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday recommended steps the state should take to restore reliable drinking water to Flint, including hiring an unbiased third party to declare when the system is free of lead.
Separately, Snyder announced the suspensions of two employees of the state Department of Environmental Quality in connection with regulatory failures that led to the crisis.
The recommendations came a day after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the state and city that their efforts so far had failed. The agency ordered them to protect public health and act to ensure Flint's water system is made safe.
The Flint Water Advisory Task Force said its recommendations are more detailed and comprehensive than what the EPA ordered.
"We'll move as quickly as possible to determine the best way to achieve the results," Snyder said in a statement. "The Flint water crisis is the result of missteps of government at all levels — city, state and federal. We're focused on fixing the problems and making sure nothing like this happens again in Flint or any other Michigan city."
High levels of lead have been detected in Flint's water since officials switched from the Detroit municipal system and began drawing from the Flint River as a cost-saving measure in April 2014. Some children's blood has tested positive for lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral problems.
The panel recommendations included working with the EPA staff on a comprehensive lead-sampling program and seeking help from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in assessing an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and its cause.
"To help address both the technical issues facing Flint, as well as the public-trust issues, we believe it is imperative to have the right people and organizations involved," task force Co-Chairman Chris Kolb said. "Until the public trust starts to build, this crisis will continue."
A regional director of the EPA resigned in connection with the drinking water crisis Thursday, the same day the agency's chief issued the emergency order directing state and city officials to take action to protect public health.
The EPA said Susan Hedman, head of the agency's regional office in Chicago whose jurisdiction includes Michigan, was stepping down Feb. 1 so the EPA could focus "solely on the restoration of Flint's drinking water."
While much of the blame has been directed at Snyder and state officials, particularly the Michigan DEQ, some have faulted the EPA's Region 5 office for not acting more forcefully.
The unnamed DEQ employees were suspended Friday pending investigations. They work in the agency's drinking water division, state spokesman Kurt Weiss said.
The agency's director and communications director resigned last month.
"Some DEQ actions lacked common sense, and that resulted in this terrible tragedy in Flint," Snyder said.
The agency also released a letter from EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to Snyder outlining terms of the order.
and create a website where citizens can get information.
The agency also said it would begin sampling and analyzing lead levels and would make the results public.
Also Friday, Snyder told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he wants to bring in third-party experts to oversee water safety. He said state and local leaders were misled by career civil servants regarded as scientific experts on the subject.
"But as a practical matter, when you look at it today, and you look at their conclusions, I wouldn't call them experts anymore," he said.
Also Friday, State Treasurer Nick Khouri signed off on amendments to two existing emergency manager orders that will provide additional authority to the Flint’s mayor, following a recommendation approved by members of the city’s receivership transition advisory board, the treasurer's office said in a statement.
Effective immediately, the mayor has authority to appoint the city administrator and all department heads, including the police and fire chiefs, who will serve at the pleasure of the mayor. The city administrator will now serve as the city’s chief administrative officer, pursuant to the city’s charter, the release said.
- Crain's Detroit Business and Associated Press Writer John Flesher in Traverse City contributed to this report.
Rabbi Judah Nadich, an adviser to Dwight Eisenhower on Jewish affairs and later a prominent New York rabbi, died Sunday. He was 95.
Born in Baltimore in 1912, Nadich was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1937. In 1942, he enlisted as a chaplain in the Army and was the first American rabbi to be a chaplain in the European Operations Theater.
He was based in Paris after the liberation of the city in August 1944, where he served at the Office of the Theater Chaplain. This central position allowed him to inform American Jewish organizations about the plight of France’s Jews. He also became an unofficial spokesman on Jewish affairs for American news correspondents.
In 1945, he was appointed as General Dwight Eisenhower’s adviser on Jewish affairs. Thanks to this position, Nadich visited several Jewish refugee camps in Germany, where he witnessed the bad conditions under which Jewish displaced persons were living. After Nadich issued a report on these refugee camps, Eisenhower ordered commanders to treat displaced persons more humanely and to provide them with adequate housing and food.
When he came back to the United States after the war, Nadich got married and resumed his career as a rabbi. He served at Congregation Knesset Israel in Brookline, Mass., for 10 years and at the prestigious Park Avenue Synagogue, in New York, from 1957 to 1987.
Under his leadership, the Park Avenue Synagogue, a Conservative congregation, was at the forefront of the fight for equal participation of women in religious life. Nadich also helped develop a strong educational after-school program, which is now called the Rabbi Judah Nadich Hebrew High School.
Peter Geffen, who went on to found the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, started working with Nadich on the after-school project at the age of 21. He says that the rabbi supported him in his defense of progressive causes.
In his later years, Nadich remained active in the Jewish community and was on the board of several institutions, including the Heschel School, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the 92nd Street Y and JBI International, formerly the Jewish Braille Institute. Nadich is survived by his wife Martha Hadassah; three daughters, Leah, Shira and Nahma, and several grandchildren.
This story "Rabbi Judah Nadich, Eisenhower Adviser" was written by Claire Levenson.
Blake Janover is the Founder & CEO of Janover Ventures LLC; a real estate advisory firm focused on capital markets as well as digital and technology. He has more than 15 years experience in commercial real estate and has closed and underwritten over $1 billion in transactions. He is also the owner of www.hud.loans, www.multifamily.loans, www.commercialrealestate.loans and similar brands.
There are options, but which is the best one?
[Expert commentary] Multifamily investors have lots of options when it comes to finding financing for projects in the $1 million to $6 million range. But which is the best option? Our multifamily insider breaks down the options to help you make sense of a complicated market.
[Expert commentary] When it comes to debt, everyone seems to be eating from the same basic food groups. Banks, commercial mortgage-backed securities and big balance sheets dominate the market. If you're a multifamily investor, there’s also Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But most folks are really missing the most important and liquid debt products out there.
If Mearsheimer and Walt have the strength, given the Israel lobby’s recent efforts, the time is ripe for a second edition of their book on the subject.
The Zionist Lobby: Myth, Reality, or Mythic Reality?
Might we not ask legitimately whether the power of the Zionist lobby is a reality rather than a “delusion”?
The excerpt from Don Lattin's book "The Harvard Psychedelic Club" gave misleading information about the first time Timothy Leary uttered his famous "Tune in, turn on, drop out" line: While Leary said it first at a conference in San Francisco in June 1966, he more famously said it at the Human Be-In in January 1967.
A story on planned closures for the Doyle Drive construction project incorrectly described a closure likely to begin in February. The story should have said that the northbound Park Presidio (Highway 1) to southbound Doyle Drive (Highway 101) connection will close for about a year and a half.
Local seamstress shows you how to use library resources to fix your stuff! Registration is required.
We will explore a variety of ways to mend denim both by hand and by machine in this class. Local seamstress Allison Murphy, owner and designer of utilitu sewing + design, will lead students through brief hands on exploration of ways to patch denim.
Allison Murphy has been sewing for 30 years, 10 of which have been in Bend for her business utilitu sewing + design, which focuses on creating custom and original designs, alterations and repairs, and teaching sewing classes to all ages of learners. She is a founding organizer of the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show (a yearly fundraiser for REALMS Schools since 2010), and helped create the High Fiber Arts Symposium (with Scalehouse in 2016). Allison lives with her husband and two children, along with cats and pigs, with dreams of being off grid in the future (yes, she has a treadle sewing machine for when that time comes).
Grand prize winner Urbana 5th grader Jackson DeWitt, lower left, works on his Fiesta Salad Surprise assisted by food service worker Melissa Branch, while third place winner 4th grader Peyton Longstreath discusses her Arroz con Carne with Urbana Mayor Bill Bean and Sodexo Food Service General Manager Shelly Hall supervises fourth place winner 5th grader Lily Wilson as she prepares Mexican Casserole.
From left are last year’s grand champion 6th grader Nathan Jones, Urbana Mayor Bill Bean, 4th grader Peyton Longstreath, 4th grader Lexi Kerns, 5th grader Jackson DeWitt, 4th grader Kaitlynn Folden, 5th grader Lily Wilson and Caring Kitchen Executive Director Marilyn Cohn.
Urbana Mayor Bill Bean talks to 4th grader Kaitlynn Folden as she prepares Beef Enchiladas for the Future Chefs competition.
Urbana 5th grader Jackson DeWitt won the Future Chefs challenge in the Urbana PK-8 cafeteria on Thursday with his Fiesta Salad Surprise recipe. This year’s theme was Fiesta Fit. Students were encouraged to submit a family or created Mexican-style recipe for consideration. There were five finalists.
The second place finalist was 4th grader Lexi Kerns with Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice with Bolillo Roll, third place was 4th grader Peyton Longstreath with Arroz con Carne, fourth place was 5th grader Lily Wilson with Mexican Casserole, and fifth place was 4th grader Kaitlynn Folden with Beef Enchiladas.
The judges were last year’s grand champion, 6th grader Nathan Jones, Urbana Mayor Bill Bean and Caring Kitchen Executive Director Marilyn Cohn.
Finalists were selected by an anonymous judge, and all contestants were assisted in preparing their meals by school food service workers. The meals were then judged according to healthy attributes, kid appeal, ease of preparation, originality, plate presentation and taste.
According to Shelly Hall, general manager for Sodexo Food Service, this contest was established to bring awareness to childhood obesity and to promote healthy eating habits. The grand prize for this competition was a set of pots and pans and an opportunity to participate in the regional competition later this year. All finalists were allowed to keep the chef uniform and hat used for the competition.
In 1985, Tim Burke achieved a lifelong dream—in fact, almost every boy’s dream—when he signed to pitch for the Montreal Expos. He quickly proved his worth by setting a record for the most relief appearances by a rookie. In the years that followed, Tim and his wife, Christine, adopted four children born with serious illnesses or defects. Neither Tim nor Chris‐tine was prepared for the tremendous demands such a family would bring. And with a grueling schedule, Tim was seldom around to help.
You might ask yourselves as a couple, “Does our current lifestyle, and our dreams and goals, fit with God’s desire that we have a generous spirit?” Tim Burke’s generous spirit caused him to give up his career dream, as well as the wealth it brought. Yet in the end, his act will be worth the sacrifice—his marriage and the well‐being of four lives God placed in his care will reap eternal dividends. That’s God’s idea of a brilliant career move!

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