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"We have a duty of care towards our players and our staff and while we do appreciate that this season has fallen well below where we all hoped we would be, it is entirely unacceptable for supporters to abuse our players and staff. Many of these extremely personal attacks on individuals have been both verbal and online. |
"The vast majority of Falkirk supporters have been exemplary in their behaviour and following of the team throughout what has to date been a difficult season for us all. It is in times like these that we must all pull together and continue to support Ray and his team in climbing the Ladbrokes Championship table." |
BRANT, N.Y. (AP) — The Seneca Nation, a native American tribe in western New York known for its defiant stances on sovereignty, said Friday that it would evict around 80 families living in a lakeshore community on its territory because the residents aren't members of the tribe. |
The action covers an area on the shores of Lake Erie called Snyder Beach, now dotted with summer cottages, many of which are occupied by people who have been there for decades. Tribal leaders said in a written statement that they want the families out by Nov. 8. |
"This is a long-standing issue of unlawful occupation and is key for the Seneca Nation. The Cattaraugus Territory is for Senecas and removing the unlawful occupants will make more land available for Senecas," Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter said in the statement. "It is quite clearly an illegal occupation, even if... |
The statement said tribal authorities had issued permits in the past for the last, but hadn't done so in many decades. |
The eviction threat outraged longtime Snyder Beach residents, who acknowledged that they lived within the Seneca's Cattaraugus Territory, but said they leased the property annually from a Seneca businessman. |
"I built this house. My family has been here 55 years," retired Buffalo firefighter William McNamara, 81, told the Buffalo News. "We built this ourselves. For a lot of us who live here, it's been a lot of hard work, blood and memories. My neighbor is 92 years old, and he says, 'I'll be damned if I'm going to turn my pr... |
The businessman renting the land to the families, John Metzger, told the newspaper he believed the tribe had no right to throw out his tenants. |
"It verges on a cleansing operation, in my opinion," he said. He said Seneca Nation leaders had threatened a similar action six times before, but had never before gone as far as to serve eviction notices. |
Seneca officials said Metzger isn't allowed to give leases to people who are not Senecas. Only the Tribal Council has the power to grant permission to the families to live on the territory, they said. |
People on both sides said the dispute is certain to wind up in court. |
Anandian Senura Silva, ranked number one Under-12 paddler brought credit to his motherland and alma mater when he won a bronze medal at the Indian Junior and Cadet Open, International Table Tennis Federation Premium Junior Circuit tournament concluded at Greater Noida, India on November 1. |
Young Senura’s achievement winning a bronze medal is the first ever International Hopes medal won by a Sri Lankan for Table Tennis. Earlier this up and coming paddler participated in the Thailand Junior World Open this year and reached to top eight players and he fought his way to best his performance and grab a medal ... |
In the Hopes Boys’ Singles second quarter-final Senura defeated Sheth Ved of USA and went down fighting in a tough semi-final against Suresh Raj of India losing 2-3. Another Sri Lankan Mahith Jayasumana lost to Divyansh Srivastava of India in the third quarter-final clash. |
Cairo — Uber has agreed to pay value-added tax (VAT) on its services in Egypt, Egyptian officials said on Monday, a move that may help resolve a long-simmering feud with traditional taxi drivers. |
The agreement would also apply to other ride-hailing companies, the head of the Egyptian Tax Authority, Abdel Azeem Hussein, said. Egypt’s VAT rate is 14%. |
“Reaching an agreement and determining the tax treatment that will be applied to the company Uber and other companies operating in the same area will enhance confidence and co-operation between the authority and the tax community,” state news agency MENA quoted Hussein as saying. |
Uber Egypt was not immediately available for comment. |
Egypt introduced a law in May 2018 regulating ride-hailing apps Uber and Careem, after Egyptian taxi drivers filed a lawsuit arguing that the two companies were illegally using private cars as taxis and were registered as a call centre and an internet company, respectively. |
An Egyptian court suspended Uber and Careem's services in March 2018 after the taxi drivers’ suit but another court stayed the suspension ruling in April, allowing the companies to operate while the case was appealed to a higher court. A verdict is expected on Saturday. |
Careem could not immediately be reached for comment on whether it will pay the VAT. |
Uber riders and drivers in Egypt have said they faced various technical difficulties with the Uber app in recent weeks, which two security sources said was linked to data-sharing disputes with Egyptian authorities. |
Uber has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi services. It has been forced to quit several countries, including Denmark and Hungary. |
Uber has said that Egypt is its largest market in the Middle East, with 157,000 drivers in 2017 and 4-million users since its launch there in 2014. |
Though a falling gold price is never ideal, investors have plenty of reasons to smile. |
Bad news, folks. I went and opened my big mouth. Back in mid-April, I reported that spot gold was doing something we hadn't seen in five years. Following a multiyear decline between 2011 and 2015, and some wild vacillations in recent years, gold hadn't closed below $1,300 per ounce (at the time) for a period of 105 cal... |
Late last week, physical gold and silver were smelted by investors, with a stronger dollar, rising 10-year Treasury yield, and suddenly strengthening U.S. economy, pummeling precious metals. Silver shed close to 4% of its value on Friday, with gold dipping by $23 per ounce to $1,279, according to Kitco. The move lower ... |
For investors who own physical metals, or who have stock in gold miners -- I fall into the latter camp -- a declining spot price is never ideal. However, it's certainly not the end of the world, either. There are four reasons, in particular, I believe it would be a bad move to worry about the recent decline in spot-gol... |
To begin with, investors should understand that there are always going to be positive and negative catalysts for the gold market. |
In recent days, a strengthening U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields have chased investors away from the yellow metal. But at the same time, the Federal Reserve also increased its inflation forecast in the U.S., which, although it's a bit of a knee-jerk indicator, tends to be a positive for gold. Even with rising int... |
Another reason to not overreact is gold's supply-and-demand outlook. On one hand, the World Gold Council's first-quarter demand trends report does show that supply (1,063.5 tons) outpaced demand (973.5 tons). This represented the weakest first quarter in terms of gold demand in 10 years. Generally speaking, the rules o... |
However, parsing out the specifics of this demand, the World Gold Council notes that most of this Q1 decline stems from weakness in investment demand for gold bars. Demand from the jewelry industry, technology sector, central banks, and exchange-traded funds remains steady or strong. Though investment demand can fluctu... |
When looking specifically at gold stocks, investors can take solace in the multiple avenues they've used over the last three to five years to dramatically cut costs. In many instances, gold stocks have reduced their capital expenditures, and therefore exploration budgets, improved recovery efficiency within existing mi... |
As an example, Barrick Gold's (NYSE:GOLD) first-quarter operating results show the company sticking by its all-in sustaining costs (AISC) forecast -- essentially, a measure of all of the costs it takes to keep the existing mines operational -- of $765 an ounce to $815 an ounce. At the midpoint, that's still nearly $490... |
Not to mention, Barrick Gold has significantly reined in capital expenditures and reduced its debt in recent years. Total attributable capex in 2018 is about $1.5 billion at the midpoint, or more than $1.1 billion lower than what the company expected to spend in 2012. Further, Barrick Gold reduced its total debt from $... |
Finally, investors should be excited about the existing valuations among gold stocks. |
As I've touched on previously, most gold stocks tend to be fairly valued around 10 times their annual cash flow per share (CFPS). I prefer CFPS as opposed to the traditional earnings per share figure with gold and silver stocks because it better describes (at least to me) whether a miner has the funding to expand exist... |
I'm not trying to be purposefully biased here, but a personal portfolio holding of mine, SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM), is a shining example. SSR Mining acquired Claude Resources and the Seabee Mine in Canada back in 2016, with production from Seabee hitting a record high in 2016, and again last year. It also has the flagsh... |
Values abound in the gold industry, and investors shouldn't fear this recent move lower in physical gold prices. |
TOW Law assistant manager Graeme Forster wasn’t getting carried away after his side pulled off the one of the shocks of the first day by winning 5-3 at fancied Whitley Bay. |
Lawyers had a good first season under manager Micky Vasey and Forster, and they couldn’t have asked for a better start at last season’s FA Vase semi finalists. |
But Forster is keeping his feet on the ground, and said: “It’s a start, nothing else. |
Whitley took the lead when Chris Moore scored from a mistake in the Tow Law defence. |
Chris Renshaw levelled just after half-time from a long throw, then Mark Eccles lobbed Terry Burke to put Lawyers into the lead. |
New signing David Henderson curled in the third, before Whitley equalised by the 85th minute with two goals by Paul Chow. |
But full back Mattie Gowland finished off a move he started to put Lawyers in front again, and in the last minute Gavin Mudd delicately lobbed the keeper for the goal of the game. |
Keith Finch was Spennymoor’s hero in their 2-1 home win over Shildon, as he pulled off several good saves to keep Shildon at bay. |
Warren Byrne also hit the post for Shildon, before Moors took the lead when Craig Ruddy crossed for Jamie Clarke. Ruddy scored the second, when he won possession on the corner of the box and fired into the top corner. |
Shildon pulled a goal back through Wayne Gredziak, from a Stuart Niven pass, but they couldn’t beat Finch again. |
Mattie Moffat, the league’s top scorer last season, started where he left off with all of Consett’s goals in their 3-1 home win over Penrith. |
He gave his side the lead on 28 minutes when he scored from a rebound, and he got the second from a Jonjo Dickman assist. Gary Ormston sliced a clearance into his own net to give Penrith, under new boss Richard Prokas, some hope, but Moffat pounced on a mistake to complete his hattrick in the last minute. |
Bishop Auckland were furious with the referee in their 2-2 draw at Ryton, who got off to a great start by scoring with a powerful shot by Craig Marron after just 90 seconds. |
John Pilkington levelled on 13 minutes from a Joe Fairish free-kick, then on 51 minutes Lee Ellison scored from a Paul Bailes pass. Ryton equalised through a Marc Walton penalty, for what the referee said was a handball by Bishop defender Paul Moss. |
West Auckland lost 2-1 at home to Morpeth. They deservedly took the lead through Stuart Owens before Morpeth scored twice in the second half through Chris Rue and Tom Haigh. |
Billingham Synthonia brushed Northallerton aside 4-0 at Central Avenue. Tyson Masters gave them the lead after 28 minutes, then Nathan Jameson netted before Iley scored a third and fourth. |
Billingham Town, who lost most of their squad during the summer because of financial problems, lost 1-0 at home to West Allotment, Keith Douglas scoring the winner from the spot. |
Newcastle Benfield full back Jeff Forsyth had an eventful game against Dunston, setting up two goals, scoring an own goal, and then being shown a red card. |
He set up Micky Chilton to open the scoring after four minutes, and was booked a minute later. He had a hand in Scott Emmerson’s goal on 20 minutes, and early in the second half he chested the ball into his own goal. He was then dismissed when he was shown a second yellow midway through the second half. |
Sunderland Nissan had a 2- 1 away win at Bedlington. |
Neil Tarrant headed Nissan into the lead after eight minutes, but Bedlington equalised with an Anthony Shandran penalty. |
Nissan picked up the points in the second half when Stuart Banks scored. |
Promoted South Shields, in front of one of the biggest crowds of the day, lost 2-0 at home to Ashington. Gareth Bainbridge and Ross Atkinson on target. |
In the second division, newcomers Whitehaven had to delay the start of their debut game against Washington because their visitors were held up in traffic on the way to West Cumbria. The delay didn’t affect Whitehaven, who ran out comfortable 5-1 winners against Washington. |
The biggest shock in the second division was fancied Horden’s 3-2 home defeat by Team Northumbria at Welfare Park. Horden were 3-1 down at half-time, with only Jamie Arthur’s goal to show against efforts by Dean Critchlow (2) and Michael Ross for TN, and in the second half John French scored again for Horden. |
Jarrow Roofing gave former Hartlepool striker Eifion Williams his debut at Guisborough, and he had a goal disallowed for offside in their 2-1 win. |
Greg Booth gave Guisborough a fifth minute lead with a 25 yarder, but Chris Archer levelled for Roofing from an Alan Oliver pass. The winner came on the hour when Archer volleyed in from the edge of the box. |
Promotion favourites Sunderland RCA had a comfortable 4-0 win at Prudhoe. After a goalless first half, Andy Jennings (2) Andy Bowes and Keith Graydon scored. |
Esh Winning came from behind to beat Whickham 4-1 at Waterhouses. |
Thornaby enjoyed 4-0 home win over Darlington RA. |
Chris Moore put then into the lead with a 25 yarder on 46 minutes, then Mohammed Abdullah got another from the edge of the box. Paul Vickers added two more. |
Brandon snatched a point in a 2-2 draw at Birtley thanks to a late goal by Paul Dixon. |
Barrie Smith twice put Birtley into the lead, only for Dixon to equalise twice. |
Hebburn side sprang a surprise by winning 2-1 at Marske United. The home side took an early lead through Micky Waller, but Hebburn levelled with a curling shot by Stephen Graham, and then Martin Urwin cracked in the winner. |
Stokesley started well with a 3-1 win at North Shields. |
Stuart Wise gave then the lead, then new signing Dale Mendum added a second. Lev Yalcin finished off a good move for the third before Marc Nicholson replied for Shields. |
Norton drew 0-0 with Crook at Station Road. Te visitors had Matthew Coad sent off. |
Naming yet another Indian American to a key administration post, President Barack Obama has appointed Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, alumnus as the top bureaucrat in the Department of Energy. |
Announcing the appointment of Majumdar as Under Secretary of Energy along with four other key administration posts, Obama said: "These men and women have demonstrated knowledge and dedication throughout their careers. |
"I am grateful they have chosen to take on these important roles, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come." |
At over two dozen, Obama administration has more Indian-Americans in high places than ever before with their numbers rising through Clinton and Bush presidencies. By far the highest ranking Indian-American in any presidential administration is USAID administrator Rajiv Shah. |
According to the White House, Majumdar has served as the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) since 2009. |
Previously, he was Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. |
His research career has focused on the science and engineering of energy conversion, transport, and storage, ranging from the molecular and nanoscale level to large energy systems. |
He has served on the advisory committee of the National Science Foundation's engineering directorate and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Majumdar was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2005. |
He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1985 and his PhD in 1989 from the University of California, Berkeley. |
Lejeune ignored reports that its base wells were contaminated with organic solvents. As many as one million Marines, dependents and civilian workers were exposed to toxic chemicals at Lejeune. |
As early as 1963, the Navy Manual required Lejeune to use the carbon chloroform extract (CCE) test to check the quality of water for base wells. |
For those who seek to better understand the deadly toxin TCE, trichloroethylene. |
(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE) to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database in 09/28/2011. |
IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates the latest science on chemicals in our environment. |
Irvine Great Park TCE Cleanup: What doesn’t USEPA know and when didn’t they know it? |
(LAGUNA BEACH) - Mountain View and Irvine might be 400 miles apart here in California but they are populated by the same regulatory oversight players and exhibit similar remediation dynamics. |
These include, but certainly not limited to nebulous timelines, indeterminate environmental and human health impacts plus vague eventual cost projections. |
Senators are asking tough questions. The heat is on. |
(SACRAMENTO Consumer Watchdog) - It’s outrageous and it’s got to stop. Top California regulators in charge of cleaning up polluters’ messes own hundreds of thousands of dollars in the polluters’ own stock. |
It’s no wonder California has the nation’s toughest environmental laws and the weakest enforcement. |
(IRVINE CA / CAMP LEJEUNE NC) - The connection is not a square peg in a square hole, but its damn close. |
Marine Corps leadership was involved in murder, crime scene cover-up, narcotrafficking (cocaine, the drug of choice), the shredding of records, and the denial of injuries from exposure to deadly contaminants at both El Toro and Camp Lejeune. |
'America's Safest City' has a toxic, dirty secret that local press ignores. |
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