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Both clubs headed into the clash level on 21 points, and it didn't take the home side long to take the lead through the 28-year-old midfielder.
Former Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic nodded down an Ignazio Abate pass, with Bonaventura firing low into the back of the net after a deflection from Giancarlo Gonzalez wrong-footed goalkeeper Antonio Mirante.
But Bologna got back to level terms in the 23rd minute, with former Milan star Mattia Destro finding Verdi, whose left-footed strike soared into the top right corner.
He could have doubled his tally for the night, but he blasted an attempt just over the bar from outside the area, before team-mate Vasilis Torosidis made a crucial tackle to deny Kalinic from restoring Milan's lead.
Leonardo Bonucci then thought he had netted, but his header landed on the roof of the net just before the break.
Milan began the second half on the ascendancy, with Suso, Ricardo Rodriguez and Franck Kessie all going close.
And when Bonucci blazed an attempt high and wide over the bar, there was a feeling that it wasn't to be their night.
But up stepped Bonaventura who bagged a brace - his third goal in his last two games - with a towering header in the 76th minute.
Ex-Sunderland hero Fabio Borini supplied the delivery, with the Italian international out-jumping Torosidis to spark wild celebration to spark wild celebrations.
It was Milan's first home win in Serie A since September.
Sharia’s coming to get you.
Two bold, ISIS-themed commercials—one real, one fake—have hit the air this week and in their different ways reveal the depth of American hysteria.
Funny? Tasteless? Helps ISIS? Hurts ISIS?
You can ask similar questions about this real ad, also starring black-clad terrorists: Tasteless? Helps congressional right-wingers? Hurts them?
TV spots in the $400,000 campaign are running in the home states of Tea Party–friendly Representatives Tim Huelskamp, Jim Bridenstine and Jim Jordan, and related radio spots and robocalls are targeting dozens of other reps in conservative districts. These are the brainiacs who tried to shut down the Department of Homeland Security in order to (in their own minds) force Obama to reverse his executive action on immigration.
The ads—and AAN implies there could be others that will spank unruly hardliners in the future—show Boehner finally, if temporarily, entering the arena with a one-two punch. He’s attacking his right flank (no more tears, no talk of his ouster as Speaker, for now) while simultaneously giving the finger to the left by appointing Bibi Netanyahu the new Republican president of the United States.
Actually John Boehner is really letting his freak flag fly lately. When asked earlier this week if he’d let the House vote on a clean DHS bill, Boehner replied by pursing his lips and making kissy faces.
Boehner’s been almost as nonchalant about these questions of import as the SNL ISIS skit was. But the latter’s been the source of more tsuris in media. Elisabeth Hasselbeck railed that there’s nothing “funny about ISIS”; Twitter was all over it, on both sides.
H.A. Goodman wrote at the Huffington Post and said on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show that the SNL skit could do more to defeat ISIS than any bombing campaign—that through satire, “‘terror’ will finally lose its ability to gain followers.” Not true, countered terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann. ISIS will love this ad. It makes them look glamorous, and surely the marketing-savvy terrorists figure, like Sarah Palin, that any publicity is good publicity when Lorne Michaels is involved.
While SNL did an ISIS spoof in November, with Chris Rock, it’s brave of them to keep cranking them out.
In the end, they’re bolder than Boehner.
WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) — The Supreme Court, in two 5-4 votes Wednesday, upheld California's "Three Strikes and You're Out" law, saying it did not violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The rulings came in cases in which two repeat offenders were sentenced to prison terms of 25 years and longer after stealing golf clubs and videotapes.
The court split along strictly ideological lines, with the four liberals dissenting in each case and moderate conservative Justice Sandra Day O'Connor writing the opinion supporting the judgment for the five-member conservative majorities.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Anthony Kennedy signed on to O'Connor's opinion and reasoning. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas agreed with the judgment, but for different reasons.
O'Connor said that the decision to imprison repeat offenders for 25 years to life after three violent or serious offenses was "a deliberate policy choice" of the California Legislature.
"Any criticism of the law should be directed at the Legislature," O'Connor said. " … (one defendant's) sentence is long, but so is his criminal history."
The Eighth Amendment itself does not require the states to choose a particular philosophy of punishment, and the three-strikes law is "a rational legislative judgment."
Speaking for herself, Rehnquist and Kennedy in the first case, O'Connor said the prevailing opinion holds the sentence "is not grossly disproportionate and therefore does not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments."
In his separate concurring opinion, Scalia said the Eighth Amendment bans only certain kinds of punishment, not lengths of prison terms. Thomas said the Eighth Amendment does not contain a "grossly improportionate" principle.
Speaking for the dissenters, Justice Stephen Breyer said the legal question in one case was indeed whether the sentence was "grossly improportionate" to the offense.
"Outside contemporary California, this sentence is truly unusual," Breyer said.
Also, first-time perpetrators of more serious crimes normally receive less prison time, Breyer said, even in California.
Each of the two cases decided Wednesday reads like a study in how to be a loser.
The first involves Gary Albert Ewing, who stuffed three golf clubs down his pants at a golf shop in Los Angeles County.
According to court records, Ewing told a shop employee he was headed to the driving range. Instead, he went to his car in the parking lot, exhibiting a rather stiff-legged limp that drew the employee's suspicions. Police were called, and found the three clubs in Ewing's pants. The clubs were valued at $399 each, enough collectively to constitute felony theft.
Ewing also was sentenced to 25 years to life because of his prior criminal history — he had four earlier felony convictions — a sentence that was upheld by the California appeals courts.
In the second case, Leandro Andrade and a female companion entered a Kmart store in Ontario, Calif., on Nov. 4, 1995.
"Andrade looked around, selected some videotapes and stuffed them inside his trousers," the state's petition to the Supreme Court said. "Andrade looked around again, grabbed some more tapes, and stuffed them inside his trousers."
He made it only as far as the sidewalk in front of the store when he was stopped by security personnel and arrested for shoplifting. The combined value of the merchandise was $84.70.
However, while that charge was pending, Andrade and two female companions entered a Kmart store in Montclair, Calif., two weeks later.
"Andrade selected a videotape and put it down the waist of his pants," the state's brief said. "Andrade selected two more tapes and went behind a partition."
He was again stopped and detained by store security personnel and charged with shoplifting. The combined value of the merchandise in the second incident was $68.84.
Andrade was convicted by a state jury in San Bernardino, Calif., of two counts of petty theft. The jury also determined that Andrade had committed "three prior serious or violent felony convictions" under the meaning of California's three-strikes law.
A state judge sentenced him to two consecutive terms of 25 years to life. That means he would have to serve 50 years before being considered for parole. The state appeals courts upheld the sentence.
Andrade then took his case to federal court, but a U.S. judge rejected his claim that the California law constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Finally, a federal appeals court reversed, saying his sentence was "grossly disproportionate to his misdemeanor thefts of nine videotapes."
The appeals court pointed out that Andrade's two prior offenses were petty burglaries "enhanced to felonies as allowed under the California Penal Code, and then enhanced again to third and fourth strikes under California's Three Strikes and You're Out Law."
If Andrade's sentence were allowed to stand, the appeals court said, he "would not become eligible for parole until 2046, after serving 50 years, when he would be 87 years old."
Wednesday, narrow majorities of the Supreme Court upheld the lower court in the Ewing case and reversed the lower court in the Andrade case.
I find myself troubled by your recent posting. Specifically, the line, "We have a dictator on the brink of nukes." By all indications, the Iranian regime is at the very least, 6-7 years away from a working nuclear weapon. Most estimates give it a decade, as in around the year 2016. Some predict more time. I have seen no credible reports that they are remotely close to a nuclear weapon. Have you?
Also, Ahmadinejad is not a dictator. He cannot make decisions without the specific approval of Supreme Leader Khamenei. A small point, but still.
I understand the difficulty in projecting domestic politics in a country as hostile as Iran. However, we know that Ahmadinejad is facing a dearth of support in his country over his economic failures, when he was elected largely on an economic populist platform. Seeing how the key issue driving his popularity appears to be his belligerence and feistiness towards the USA, instead of adapting a hard-line stance and feeding into his popularity, it puzzles me why we don't treat him like the pretend fraud he is.
Considering that Iran will likely have its nukes by 2016, and Ahmadinejad is up for re-election in 2009, the smart move appears to be to apply sanctions and just wait him out. By that time, we will have a new administration who is able to competently deal with the issue, and Ahmadinejad will likely be tossed out by his own people.
In any case, they are not on the "brink" of nukes. This hysteria does nothing to help the situation. Personally, I don't think any of this matters. Bush and company appear determined to deal with Iran and they will do so, over the rest of our complaints.
There are reasons to hope for the best, yes. And reasons to fear the worst as well.
Timing is important when you disclose to a prospective employer that you're interviewing with other companies.
1 How Can a Cover Letter Help You With an Interview?
The more resumes you send to prospective employers, the more you improve your chances of being called for an interview. Therefore, it stands to reason that the more interviews you have, the greater your chances are for a job offer. If you are interviewing with several companies, it's perfectly acceptable to tell an employer that you have other interviews. However, don't brag about how many interviews you have -- if you do, you'll come across as the kind of candidate an employer would pass by. Being modest about your job search and the possibilities of receiving a job offer will work to your advantage.
Create a spreadsheet for your job search. On the vertical axis, list the companies to which you've emailed resumes or completed an online application submission. Along the horizontal axis, label columns for the job title, application date, employer acknowledgment, phone or preliminary interview, face-to-face interview and decision date. This is an effective way to organize your job search so that you don't overstate where you stand in the selection process.
Fill in the dates on your spreadsheet. Tabulate the number of preliminary interviews you've had and which companies you've had face-to-face interviews with. Once you've moved to the in-person interview stage, it's safe to assume that you have advanced to the stage where companies are seriously considering your qualifications and whether you are a good fit for the job.
Participate in the job interview confidently and answer the interviewer's questions just as you have with your other interviews. Listen intently to determine if it's a job you really want. Don't undermine the importance of this interviewer, even though you may have other impending offers. When the interviewer asks if you have any questions, begin with job-specific questions and follow up with a question about the selection process. Gauge whether the interviewer appears to be very interested in conducting another interview with you.
Ask if you will be advancing to the next stage in the selection process if you can't judge his level of interest. If he's interested in interviewing you again, briefly consider how this position factors into your job search. Should the interviewer seem very interested in possibly extending an offer, this is the appropriate time to tell the prospective employer that you are interviewing with other companies and that you are exploring your options.
Explain that you have embarked upon an extensive job search. Refrain from disclosing the names of the companies you've applied to. If you are genuinely interested in pursuing opportunities with this company, state just that. Be direct about your interest while indicating that you are interviewing with other companies. Avoid boasting about the number of interviews you've had that may lead to an employment offer, and don't say you have offers on the table if you don't.
If you have other interviews with hiring managers in other departments within the same company, naturally, it's acceptable to disclose the departments where you are receiving consideration.
If it's the case, tell the interviewer that even though you're interviewing with other companies, it doesn't diminish your interest in the present company.
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Mayhew, Ruth. "How to Tell an Employer You Have Other Interviews." Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/tell-employer-other-interviews-2178.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will put up a list of all the 585 industries which are polluting Bellandur lake on its website.
“We are yet to receive the National Green Tribunal order but based on media reports, we have started issuing notices to industries,” said KSPCB chairman Lakshman.
He said the 585 industries have been categorised based on the level of pollutants. “We will act tough against all of them. As many as 97 are extremely hazardous and we will deal with them as sternly as possible,” said Lakshman.
On the decision to list violators on its website, Lakshman said it is a way to shame the polluters and make people aware who is behind the damage caused to Bengaluru’s ecology.
“It is another way of preventing polluters from causing damage. Once neighbours too come to know about the polluter, they will raise an alarm on spotting any repeat violation,” said Lakshman.
The couple were married last February.
Another Hollywood marriage is ending.
Amber Heard has filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, and is seeking spousal support from the Oscar-nominated actor in court records, according to the Associated Press. Heard listed their date of separation as Sunday.
TMZ was the first to reports the news, and says the couple did not have a prenup. Entertainment Tonight reports Depp's mother died on Friday.
The couple married in February 2015 in a small beach ceremony on Depp's private island in the Bahamas, one year after revealing they were engaged. They have no children together.
Depp, 52, and Heard, 30, met on the set of the film The Rum Diary in 2009. At the time, Depp was still with his partner of 14 years, Vanessa Paradis, and he later stated that his relationship with Heard did not begin until after he and Paradis separated in 2012.
Divorce rumors have dogged the couple since last year, but they shrugged them off in public. "I try not to react to the horrible misrepresentation of our lives, but it is strange, and hard," Heard told Marie Claire in December.
Depp thanked his wife on stage in January at the annual Palm Springs Film Festival gala, where he received an achievement award. "I also have to thank my wife Amber for putting up with me, for living with all these characters, which can't be easy," said Depp, referring to the many characters he takes on. "It's hard for me—it's got to be hard for her."
Depp's latest character, the Mad Hatter, hits the screen in the sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass Friday.
USA TODAY has reached out to reps for the couple for comment.
For Clinton, there are advantages associated with being seen as having opposed to our action in Iraq — an action that most Americans continue to regard as a mistake. However, Clinton’s wife, who happens to be running for president, voted in favor of taking military action to remove Saddam Hussein. Thus, as the Post observes, Bill Clinton’s claim that he was opposed to the war from the beginning seems to place the soundness of Hillary’s judgment on this key matter in doubt, at least in the minds of many voters whose support she covets.
Thus, while the truth (assuming that he did not oppose taking miiltary action in Iraq) might not serve Bill Clinton’s purposes, neither does a false statement. Silence would have been the best option — assuming that Bill wants Hillary’s campaign to succeed.
One of Samoa's silver medalists at the Oceania Boxing Tournament five years ago has been sentenced to 10 months in jail after he was found guilty of abduction and indecent assault charges.
He has also been put on probation for 12 months after serving his jail sentence at the Olomanu Juvenile center.
The defendant was 14 years old at the time of the offence in 2008 and the female victim was five.
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LATROBE, Pa. — A new offseason workout plan has rejuvenated Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
The 36-year-old indicated that he's in the best shape of his career Thursday following the team's first training camp practice at St. Vincent College.
A leaner, trimmer Roethlisberger hopes the additional offseason work can play a part in helping the Steelers to another championship.
"Anything you can do to lighten the load on your knees and ankles, I think is important," said Roethlisberger, who worked with a personal trainer and nutritionist to cut sugar and carbohydrates from his diet to get him ready for his 15th season.
"The knees, the ankles, being lighter ... those are all positives when it comes to this age, playing football and a sport where you're pounding on your knees and you've had a couple knee surgeries."
It could be his last chance to win a championship with two-time All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell.