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After a pause, the gunman fired another volley, with the muzzle flashes visible from the casino as victims fell to the ground, while others fled in panic.
Jason Sorenson, of Newport Beach, California, said he first realised something was wrong when musicians left the stage.
He ran and said "we saw people with blood all over their shirts".
Brandon Clack, of La Palma, California, said he heard many shots fired and the shooting that "went on for a long time, like 10 minutes".
Concertgoers fled into casinos and crammed into cars to get away from the shooting.
Barbara Magro, of Orange County, California, said "they were getting into people's trucks. I saw one with about 20 people in the back".
Police shut down busy Las Vegas Boulevard, and federal and state authorities converged on the scene.
Interstate 15 was briefly closed, and flights at McCarran International Airport were suspended.
The dead included at least three off-duty police officers from various departments who were attending the concert, authorities said.
Two on-duty officers were wounded, one critically, police said.
Assistant sheriff Fasulo said Paddock shot a security guard on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
In an address to the country, US president Donald Trump called the attack "an act of pure evil" and added: "In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always has."
Prime Minister Theresa May wrote on Twitter: "The UK's thoughts are with the victims and the emergency services responding to the appalling attack in Las Vegas."
Before Sunday's massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history took place in June 2016, when a gunman who professed support for Muslim extremist groups opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people.
Mayor Bloomberg knew that students could not learn in an atmosphere of violence and chaos.
So when violence spiraled out of control at some of the city’s large high schools after he took control in 2002, the mayor — spurred by complaints from the teachers union and The Post’s campaign for school safety — dispatched emergency teams of police and school safety agents to stabilize the buildings.
Critics charged that Bloomberg was turning the schools into a police state.
* Overall crime in the schools dropped 22 percent from 2002 to 2008.
* Violent crime fell 19 percent.
* Robberies plunged 44 percent.
* Assaults plummeted 31 percent.
Even United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who wants to rein in mayoral control, agrees the laser-like focus on school safety succeeded.
“The work we’ve done together with the NYPD has, by and large, created safer schools. We’ve figured out how to defuse situations,” she said.
* The number of NYPD school safety officers has increased to 5,000 from 3,500 in 2002.
* Inspection teams have been brought in to evaluate conditions and help devise long-term safety plans.
* Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has given principals the green light to suspend the worst-behaved students for longer periods of time.
* Twenty-eight special detention centers or “learning centers” were opened to educate the suspended students.
* The disciplinary code stiffened punishment for bullies, and the city offers more anti-violence counseling and guidance services for troubled kids.
* The city shut down large, chaotic high schools and replaced them with smaller academies with fewer kids.
Mayoral control of the schools also means accountability.
In 2003, after reports surfaced that violent students who assaulted classmates were being routed back into schools because of bureaucratic bungling, Bloomberg was credited by Weingarten for apologizing and immediately fixing the problem.
“We will not let a small number of students sabotage our schools,” Bloomberg said at the time.
Civil libertarians argue the NYPD presence in schools has gone too far — pointing to abuses that include the handcuffing of a 5-year-old kindergartner.
“School discipline has been taken away from educators and given to the Police Department,” said Udi Ofer of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
But many principals and teachers disagree with that assessment.
A major construction project in Apsley has been recognised with a national engineering award.
The Brian Ayling Bridge, which spans the West Coast Main Line at Featherbed Lane, has been awarded the Exceptional Merit for Physical Achievement by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Officially opened in February, the project forms part of work led by housebuilder Bovis Homes on delivering the 325-home Aspen Park development in the town.
Regional technical director Chris O’Connor said: “This award is a wonderful way to round out this successful project, and is testament to the hard work and expertise of all involved.
Bovis Homes tasked civil engineering company Osborne and its design partner Mott MacDonald to come up with a replacement for the existing narrow bridge, in order to help alleviate congestion in the area and provide capacity for increased traffic flow to and from the new homes.
The new bridge weighs more than 190 tonnes and was constructed off site before being lifted into place overnight by a specialist 600-tonne Demag CC2800 crawler crane.
The project cost more than £8 million to complete.
A plaque reveals that the bridge has been named in honour of borough councillor Brian Ayling, who played a key role in bringing the project to fruition.
The annual ICE East of England Merit Awards celebrate excellence in civil engineering.
Projects in the region that have been completed in the previous year are entered and visited by a panel of judges.
Well, it’s spectacular, 15 floors up overlooking the waterfront, complete with a skyline of mylar and mirror highrises, fleets of water taxis, ferries, more buses than I thought existed on Earth, and mountains to put Maui to shame. I haven’t been to Hong Kong since the handover and it’s different. There’s a green theme sprouting from tarmac, billboards, newspapers. Hard to tell how much of it will stick and what’s glitter—but the same could be said for the US.
One thing of interest: the Green Long March, built on the iconic Red Long March of Chinese history. It’s an army of college students fanning out across the countryside each summer spreading green messages to villages, schools, orphanages, factories, farms. Two thousand students participated in 2007, the debut year, spreading awareness about water and all its issues. Five thousands students marched by foot and via trains and so on throughout 2008, carrying messages about green enterprise.
Caroline Hsiao Van, a trustee of the nonprofit Future Generations and founding member of the Green Long March movement (FutureGenerations/CHINA), tells me she’s not sure how many students will march this year—but the Green Long March has become a year-round platform for students from over 50 universities to have a voice and affect change in their communities. Since it’s possible that as many as 2 million of last year’s 6-7 million graduating college students in China are unemployed.. and this year… well, there could be a lot of diploma-bearers, undergrads, members of the China Youth League and university environmental clubs looking for something to march toward this summer and the theme on the calendar is green energy.
Most amazing: the Green Long March has gained the support of the government of China despite its notorious skittishness about movements and students. FutureGenerations/CHINA is also partnered with dozens of Chinese universities. Corporate sponsors and foundations support students on their summer odyssey.
The idea is that the marchers bring a message, listen to the responses, and forge evidence-based decisions. The plan is to build from known successes, spread the solutions, and let the good ideas proliferate at the grassroots level. It’s an approach grown from the founding father of FutureGenerations, an American, Daniel Taylor, who’s been working to green and improve the lives of people in Tibet, Afghanistan, India, and Peru for decades.
So what about a Green Long March in the US? The machinery exists, left over from the Obama campaign. Why let it become landfill? Why not recycle the energy of so many eager to forge solutions? Who among us wouldn’t march out to the greenless realms and talk and listen and make change?
Iran has been shipping more oil to China and Taiwan in the last few weeks.
An easing of sanctions could help support a rise in oil exports from Iran, though a tough stance from major energy consumers will limit further take-up of supplies.
Iranian exports rose by about 10% in November, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly market report published Wednesday.
Iran's export lift follows an accord struck last month which relaxed some economic sanctions in exchange for assurances over the country's nuclear program.
The IEA report did not attribute the increase in exports to the easing of sanctions, but said the deal could have a short-term impact in the future.
The preliminary deal, agreed between Iran and six global powers, suspends certain trading sanctions but doesn't allow the Middle East nation to increase oil sales above one million barrels per day for six months.
The IEA estimates Iran's oil exports rose by 89,000 barrels per day to 850,000 barrels per day last month as sales to China and Taiwan climbed. Restrictions on Iranian oil remain in force in the U.S. and Europe.
A relaxation of rules concerning insurance for oil tankers under the agreement make it easier for Iran to ship crude, as well as extract oil from storage facilities.
The Paris-based agency also said it expected global oil demand to rise by 1.2 million barrels per day to 92.4 million next year.
The latest IEA update confirms the changing dynamics within the world energy landscape.
For the first time in decades, supplies from non-OPEC producers topped 43 million barrels per day last month -- thanks in part to the U.S. shale boom.
New technologies such as hydraulic fracking, which has made the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock commercially viable, has spurred the U.S. to a leading position among global oil producers.
At the same time, output from oil cartel OPEC dropped as countries including Libya and Nigeria continued to experience disruption to supplies.
The IEA forecast last month that the U.S. would replace OPEC giant Saudi Arabia as the world's top energy producer by 2015.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that the easing of sanctions was already having an impact on exports from Iran. The corrected version clarifies that any impact is only likely to be seen in coming months.
In a message for retail employees, Apple's retail chief said Apple Watch will hit shelves after Chinese New Year.
We know that the Apple Watch is coming in 2015, but when? Tim Cook has declined to elaborate during recent public presentations, but Cupertino's retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, says we can expect the connected timepiece by spring.
In the leaked transcript of a voice message shared with retail employees, Ahrendts said the Apple Watch will hit shelves "in the spring," after the Chinese New Year.
"You guys were hired because you're the best people in the world," Ahrendts said in her message. "And you know how to service customers. But we're sprinting a marathon right now, and it's not going to stop."
First on the agenda is the holiday shopping season, which Cupertino no doubt hopes be a success thanks to its new iPhone and iPad lineups. Overseas employees must then prepare for the company's Chinese New Year sale, which begins Feb. 19.
Then, once the dust has settled, Apple is expected to release its $349 wristwatch, which comes in three versions, with different bands: Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, and Apple Watch Edition.
"I really wanted to say, stop for a moment, take a breath," Ahrendts' message said. "Realize that every customer you touchand again I know you know this, but you're really busyso just every customer that you touch, how do you make sure that they will walk away feeling very different, very positive, than before they walked into that store or they interacted with you?"
The gadgets will come with 38mm or 42mm watch faces, and must be tethered to an iPhone (versions 5 through 6 Plus). To charge it, a circular, magnetic charger snaps onto the back of the watch's face.
Press the dial, or digital crown, to access Siri, and just raise your wrist to call on apps. Look at photos, follow turn-by-turn directions, and communicate with friends and family.
Apple Chief Designer Jony Ive spoke about the future of the gadget during an event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, saying that he unequivocally believes that the watch will help "establish a new category of computing device."
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Oracle Group announces that, on April 17th, 2009, President Johnson Sirleaf will discuss her upcoming release titled: “This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President” (ISBN: 978-0061353475, hardcover; Harper) in the only official book signing event planned for Washington D.C. Guests will enjoy an exclusive evening of readings and receive signed copies of her extraordinary memoir.
President Johnson Sirleaf appears on Friday April 17, 2009 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The event time is 6:30 p.m. Each ticket comes with a signed book and a portion of the proceeds will help to support literacy initiatives in Liberia.
“In the Cafe with Mocha,” produced by The Oracle Group (www.theoraclegroup.net) is a weekly, 30-minute talk show highlighting the works of nationally and internationally acclaimed authors. It is an exciting new twist on the literary talk show that encourages the participation and interaction of readers by offering outlets at home, online and in the community. Authors will appear at selected venues across the nation where readers are invited to participate in the television taping. Following each filming readers are offered the opportunity to meet and greet the authors and take part in a book signing. The show takes the reader out of the traditional setting into an arena where books and authors are able to come alive through the power of television and the internet.
The Oracle Group is an internationally recognized agency that specializes in producing events that promote literacy. The primary focus is to connect authors with events that engage and uplift the local, national and global community. Their initiatives and partnerships include, the National Book Festival, NAACP Annual Author Pavilion, Reading Across Continents Student Literary Exchange Project and the first ever National Children’s Book Festival in September 2010.
At the time of writing, the ongoing saga at the ABC has seen both the chief executive and then the Chair of the Board lose their jobs.
When the music finally stops, the remainder of the board might discover that they too have no chair remaining to sit on. There are questions about conduct that need answering.
Meanwhile in Jolimont, after a worldwide search, the clever money is on an insider being appointed as the next CEO of Cricket Australia. By the time you read this, all will have become clear.
Witnessing the operation of these two boards raises important questions about how organisations are governed in this country. Do boards "pick and stick" with their CEOs and do they typically go with the insider? The evidence suggests that Australia is definitely the go-to country if you want to avoid being fired as CEO.
According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) 17th Annual CEO Succession Study, in 2016 Australia hit a record low for CEOs forced to leave their role due to unplanned events of 13 per cent of all CEO turnover in ASX 200 companies. This figure was apparently running at 48 per cent a decade earlier.
This is seen as a good thing because unplanned departures have a negative impact on share prices. While some may celebrate the fact that 87 per cent of CEO departures are planned, it raises the question as to whether Australian boards are loath to act or uniquely skilled in selecting new CEOs.
The forced turnover rate globally in 2016 was 19 per cent. In other words Australian CEOs are on average one-third less likely to be forcibly removed. This is a huge discrepancy.
The board at the ABC displayed this uniquely Australian attachment to their CEO by initially backing Milne, before (presumably) coming to the view that the tumult caused by the revelations and allegations being aired by Fairfax made it untenable to continue to have confidence.
Cricket Australia have held onto their outgoing CEO James Sutherland for 17 years and counting. John Howard started his third term in office in the same year Sutherland started. The cricketing philosophy of giving the batsman the benefit of the doubt might well have been elevated to a management philosophy as well.
When it comes to selecting new CEOs, Australia is also remarkable in that 52 per cent of appointees come from outside the organisation compared with 36 per cent globally. They are also way more likely to have been born overseas (43 per cent compared with 5 per cent globally).
Interestingly, the PWC study reveals that the performance of outgoing "outsider" CEOs is much more erratic than their insider counterparts. Judged by returns to shareholders, the outsiders took their stakeholders on a big dipper ride returning between -14 per cent and +11 per cent.
The average return for the outgoing CEOs between 2009 and 2016 was -2.4 per cent for the outsiders and +0.5 per cent for the insiders.
Interestingly, by my reckoning there is no (or only a very weak) relationship between boards forcing out CEOs and the return to shareholders in those years. In other words, are boards doing their jobs, or are they so loyal to their CEOs that only a major scandal will force their hands? Is this good governance? Should more boards face the music?
Jim Bright is professor of career education and development at ACU and owns Bright and Associates, a career management consultancy.
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Doctors explain the top 5 places where you are most likely to catch the flu.
JUPITER, Fla. — WPTV reporter Tory Dunnan says, "Call me crazy, but I'll do anything to avoid catching the flu, like not touching door handles."
It turns out, this might be a pretty effective way to avoid getting sick.
"It's been pretty rampant," said Dr. Lynda Bideau with Children's Physicians in Jupiter. "In one morning, five positive flu tests.
However you want to describe it, everyone can agree that you don't want to get catch the flu.

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