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(9:37) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short middle to M.Colston to NO 35 for 12 yards (N.Collins). FUMBLES (N.Collins), RECOVERED by GB-T.Williams at NO 36. T.Williams to NO 36 for no gain (O.Kreutz). |
Published: Sept. 8, 2011 at 09:16 p.m. |
Packers S Nick Collins forces Saints WR Marques Colston to fumble, which CB Tramon Williams recovers. |
Published: Feb. 6, 2011 at 08:19 p.m. |
(3:34) B.Roethlisberger pass deep left intended for M.Wallace INTERCEPTED by N.Collins [H.Green] at PIT 37. N.Collins for 37 yards, TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY on GB-N.Collins, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 15 yards, enforced between downs. |
Published: Feb. 6, 2011 at 06:21 p.m. |
Safety Nick Collins intercepts a Ben Roethlisberger pass and returns it 37 yards for a TD to give the Packers a 14-0 lead. |
It's hard to listen to music while you're swimming because even waterproof earbuds that actually stay on try to conduct sound through air to reach your eardrums, and there's not a lot of air underwater. The FINIS Neptune works on this issue by sending sound waves straight into your face. Total bombardment. In a good wa... |
The Neptune speakers rest on your cheek and make the bone vibrate so that the vibrations can be relayed to your cochlea, allowing you to hear music. The process is called "bone conduction," and is also used by some marine mammals. Since the music is going straight into your head, you don't have to deal with anything in... |
In her time at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Nathalie Des Rosiers has attracted many new lawyers and firms to argue cases pro bono. |
When Nathalie Des Rosiers became general counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association last year, she took over an underachieving organization that was struggling to broaden its reach and raise its profile. |
The distance ahead became painfully obvious some months later, when a collection of global civil libertarian groups gathered to discuss strategy in Washington, D.C. "We were the smallest," Ms. Des Rosiers said. "Even smaller than Kenya's, smaller then Egypt's. It was startling." |
That is rapidly changing. At a time when police powers continue to expand and threats to privacy are on the rise, Ms. Des Rosiers has vaulted the CCLA to the front lines of the battle to protect individual rights and hold governments accountable. |
"She has breathed new life into the CCLA," said University of Toronto law professor Sujit Choudhry, a board member. "She is a bridge builder who has expanded its tent and will, in time, knit the association into a broader, global network of civil liberties organizations in other countries." |
Among the high points of her first year at the CCLA, Ms. Des Rosiers, 51, thrust her organization into the midst of the G20 summit; attracted a great deal of fresh, pro bono legal expertise to the CCLA ranks; and expanded its donor base - no mean feat at a time when the fight against terrorism has civil libertarians on... |
Ms. Des Rosiers preaches one consistent message: "Canadians think we can survive as a society because of our strong commitment to democracy," she said in an interview. "We take our rights for granted, but we can't be smug." |
A graduate of Université de Montréal and Harvard University law school, Ms. Des Rosiers is a former dean of civil law at University of Ottawa and president of the Law Commission of Canada. |
She has followed a similar path to that of another legal star - former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour. Both were schooled in the convent system in Montreal, obtained coveted law clerk positions at the Supreme Court of Canada and made a mark as legal scholars. Both then relocated to Ontario, their facilit... |
The G20 summit was a coming-out party for both Ms. Des Rosiers and the restructured CCLA. With 50 lawyers in the streets of Toronto to observe and chronicle civil rights abuses, Ms. Des Rosiers nimbly provided the international media with prompt, compelling news angles. |
Her biggest coup came on the eve of the summit. On a hunch, Ms. Des Rosiers scrutinized Ontario government websites and stumbled on an obscure provision that greatly expanded police powers near a perimeter security fence. She was shocked. The Toronto Police Service had purposely concealed the provision in correspondenc... |
She instantly posted the discovery on the CCLA website and contacted key news organizations, creating an overnight sensation. |
Later, Ms. Des Rosiers worked alongside her volunteers in the streets, watching for abuses and noting police badge numbers. "If you are going to have 50 volunteers out there, you do your own tour, too," she said. |
In 2011, Ms. Des Rosiers has her sights set on attacking threats to privacy and extracting secrets from governments via access to information requests. |
She has barely begun, predicted Mahmud Jamal, a constitutional expert at Osler's LLP. "Nathalie has made the CCLA into a truly national, bilingual organization for the 21st century," he said. "She is a natural leader - inclusive, respectful, and empowering of her team. She is passionate about protecting civil liberties... |
"It is no exaggeration to say that Canadians are freer because of the work of Nathalie and her team at the CCLA." |
Born in Montreal in 1959, Nathalie Des Rosiers studied law at Université de Montréal and received an LLM at Harvard. She practised for several years at Lerners LLP, in London, Ont., and then became dean of the civil law section at University of Ottawa. She was president of the federal Law Reform Commission from 2004 to... |
Ms. Des Rosiers has infused new life into a vital organization that had not lived up to its promise. She has attracted a vast number of lawyers and firms willing to argue cases pro bono to ensure that courts adequately consider issues such as privacy, free expression, press rights and equality. The organization has att... |
There's lots to do, including: co-ordinating with international civil rights groups to form a common front; arguing in Parliament, the courts and the press for the right to privacy, fair treatment for immigrants and refugees as well as Canadians imprisoned abroad; attacking police abuses of authority on a broad scale; ... |
MANCHESTER CITY will sack Roberto Mancini later this week in the aftermath of his FA Cup failure. |
Whilst the club are yet to formally comment, it seems the Wembley upset is the final straw for Manchester City's owners, who could act to dismiss Mancini before Tuesday's away game against Reading. |
Mancini was critical of the club's handling of the situation immediately after the shock loss to Wigan, saying that the club should have acted to end speculation about his future. |
No such reassurances have been forthcoming however, a move which looks increasingly significant in light of intensifying conjecture about the Italian's future. |
Mancini's style hasn't always found favour with either his squad or his backroom staff, and the ownership may have also run out of patience with his approach, particularly given the lack of progress this season. |
Mancini has been unable to follow up last season's Premier League title win with success in Europe or domestically. |
Mancini's sacking would clear the way for Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini to take over at Etihad Stadium. |
The manager, who led Malaga to the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, has been heavily linked to City for some time with reports suggesting he could step down as Malaga boss at the end of the season. |
Manchester City have also been linked with a move for Malaga's Spanish winger Isco, a favourite of Pellegrini's, in what could be the beginning of City's squad being reshaped to meet the new manager's needs. |
Made In Chelsea’s Louise Thompson could be heading into the Celebrity Big Brother house next series, if little brother Sam has anything to do with it. |
He won over the public and his housemates in the latest series of CBB, finishing in third place. |
And now, admitting it was one of the best things he’s ever done, he’s trying to get Louise to move away from SW3 and try out the famous house too. |
‘I think she’d be great at it,’ Sam told us during a catch up ahead of the new series of Made In Chelsea. |
But Louise isn’t so sure, as she admitted: ‘I don’t know whet I would do. I don’t think I would be very good. |
But it sounds like she could be tempted, as while she says she’s never even considered giving up her freedom to be living in front of the CBB cameras 24/7 before, seeing how happy it made Sam has made her ponder her options. |
Sam praised his experience in the house for teaching him to be less judgmental and giving him the space for ‘personal growth’. |
‘It’s the hardest experience I’ve done but I’m so happy I did it,’ he added. |
‘It was the best thing I could have ever done, purely for myself, I’m not even saying career-wise or anything. This will die down, people will forget I was even on it, but for me it’s personal growth. |
‘I think I might be a bit more insecure than I realised. I’ve learnt a lot about myself. I judge a book by its cover. That’s my worst trait, I think. |
Made In Chelsea returns on Monday October 9 on E4 at 9pm. |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP on Friday abandoned a campaign to convince Bristol-Myers Squibb Co shareholders to vote down the drugmaker’s proposed $74 billion takeover of biotech Celgene Corp after the two leading proxy advisory firms backed the deal. |
The firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, said earlier on Friday that Bristol-Myers shareholders should vote in favour of the deal. |
“Despite the substantial swell of support against this transaction, it is extremely difficult for shareholders to prevail without a supportive recommendation from ISS and Glass Lewis to vote against the transaction,” Starboard said in a statement. |
The hedge fund said it still plans to vote its shares against what it believes is a bad deal, but it will withdraw its proxy solicitation to get other shareholders to vote against it. |
The move is a victory for New York-based drugmaker Bristol-Myers and its Chief Executive Giovanni Caforio, who have mounted their own campaign to shore up investor support for the deal. Bristol-Myers’ shareholders are set to vote on the acquisition on April 12. |
Shares of Celgene rose 7.5 percent to $93.99 in early afternoon trading. Bristol-Myers shares were off 1.1 percent at $47.29. |
Bristol-Myers announced in early January that it planned to buy Celgene in a cash and stock transaction valued at roughly $74 billion that would bring together companies that specialise in oncology and cardiovascular drugs in what would be the largest pharmaceutical industry merger ever. |
But Starboard and the company’s second largest shareholder, Wellington Management, have opposed the deal. Starboard has called it “poorly conceived and ill-advised.” Wellington did not respond to requests for comment. |
ISS and Glass Lewis, which advise large institutional investors as to how to vote on shareholder proxy proposals, both endorsed the strategic rationale for the deal, significantly increasing the chances that many big mutual funds would also back it. |
The spread between Celgene’s share price and the value of the Bristol-Myers bid - a measure of investor confidence in the deal - tightened significantly on Friday to less than 4 percent, suggesting optimism that the transaction will close. It had been as wide as about 20 percent after the large investors announced thei... |
If the deal is approved, Bristol-Myers shareholders will own 69 percent of the company and Celgene shareholders would own the remainder. |
This is the biggest transaction Starboard has ever opposed. The firm argues the merger could destroy billions in shareholder value and that Bristol-Myers should not feel forced to do a deal right now. |
Starboard has been stepping up its healthcare campaigns lately but has had mixed success previously in healthcare. |
Perrigo Company Plc shares have lost more than a third of their value since giving Starboard board representation in 2017. Assertio Therapeutics Inc, previously known as Depomed, explored a sale three years ago under pressure from Starboard but did not reach a deal. Its shares have lost half their value since then. |
CHANDIGARH: Four persons, who had snatched an SUV from its driver at gunpoint near Madhopur in Punjab's Pathankot district, continue to evade police. |
The incident took place Tuesday night when the driver stopped the car after one of the passengers complained of vomiting. |
“We are on the job to nab them,” a senior Punjab Police official said Thursday. |
Several teams have been formed to crack the case, police said, adding that personnel in border districts of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Batala, Amritsar (Rural) and Tarn Taran have been asked to remain alert and maintain vigil. |
The instructions were issued as in 2016, terrorists, who had launched attacks on the Pathankot Air base, had snatched a Punjab Police officer's car to get to the air base. |
The suspects, who were speaking in Punjabi, had booked the car from the Jammu taxi stand. |
The Punjab Police is coordinating with the Jammu and Kashmir Police to trace the suspects. |
Several checkpoints have been set up in border areas and on highways, and vehicles are also being thoroughly checked, police said. |
Photos of the suspects procured from CCTV footage have also been given to the checkpoints, the police official said. |
Terror angle could not be ruled out till they are caught, the official said. |
The official said the vehicle's driver, Raj Kumar, a resident of Jammu, has told police that he did not see the weapon, he was threatened with. |
Commissioners and district police chiefs in Punjab have been put on alert following an input claiming that “a group of six to seven JeM terrorists were reportedly in Punjab, possibly in Ferozepur area and they were planning to move to Delhi”, officials said. |
Officers have been asked to put up check points at all the important points and routes and conduct strict vehicle checking, they said. |
Multinational computer Technology Corporation, Microsoft, last week launched its newest Windows operating system, Office 365, in Botswana. |
Office 365 is cloud-based, which means that it can be accessed remotely. It delivers the full suite of Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook in the cloud. With this software, documents can be easily shared and edited by simply sharing them over the Internet. Users can subscribe for ... |
Bryan Wesonga, spokesperson for Microsoft East and Southern Africa said customers in Botswana were now able to sign up for a 30-day trial to sample various versions of Office 365 including Office 365 Enterprise suites, and the new Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials as well as the Office 365 Business Pr... |
and Southern Africa continues to play a big role, contributing towards GDP growth and employment. |
In Botswana, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are estimated to contribute in the range of 30 – 45 percent of GDP as per the Task Force Report, published by the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA). But despite their importance, many of the SMEs in the country remain constrained by lack of resources, particularly financi... |
However, president of the Botswana Information Technology Society (BITS), Pontsho Pusoetsile expressed misgivings about the Office 365 suite. “This suite is predominantly about online presence. My worry is whether Batswana will benefit fully from this, considering that not many of them have Internet connection or const... |
Thank you #GoldenGlobes & HFPA. Big thx to Marty, the Wolf cast and crew. |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is so over this. |
Anyone else a little bummed that Taylor Schilling didn't wear an orange gown? |
Robin Wright wins the #GoldenGlobe for best actress, TV drama for her turn in "House of Cards." |
Tina and Amy are making my night. I'm dying right now! |
It's a shame that poor Randy doesn't know who his father is. |
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard on Friday warned that more rate increases by the central bank would raise the risk the U.S. economy could fall into recession. |
In materials for a presentation in Little Rock, Ark, Mr. Bullard, a veteran policy maker, repeated his long-held view that current economic circumstances call for the Fed to hold steady on short-term interest rates. |
Mr. Bullard zeroed in on recent developments in the bond market as a reason to be worried about the Fed's interest-rate policy choices. |
He flagged what is called a flattening of the bond-market yield curve as a reason for worry. This flattening means the normally positive difference in yields between short- and long-dated bonds has gotten smaller. |
A so-called inversion of the yield curve, where short-term yields are higher than long-term ones, has long been seen as a sign the economy is about to go into a contraction. |
UPDATE: As of Oct. 27, 2018, these soldiers have been placed on a prepare to deploy order to support Customs and Border Protection along the Southwest border. |
Original photo cutline: October 25 at 2:01 PM, Today, 89th Military Police Griffin Brigade Soldiers arrived at Godman Army Airfield to kick off the beginning of the Vigilant Shield exercise here at Fort Knox, Kentucky. While training at Fort Knox, 89th MP Brigade Soldiers will rehearse and simulate every part of a depl... |
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A flight with a dramatic landing in New York today — that sent roughly ten people to the hospital — had an unlikely passenger. Vanilla Ice. |
The ’90s star known for hits like “To the Extreme” and “Hooked,” tweeted updates from the scene. |
The “Ice Ice Baby” rapper tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he was on the upper floor of the double-decker Emirates A380 flight from Dubai to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York that reported over 100 sick passengers and crew when it landed. |
The Emirates Flight 203 was stalled at JFK due to the complaints of approximately 100 people who reported feeling ill. Passengers experiencing illness reported similar symptoms like cough and fever, spokesperson for the Center for Disease Control Benjamin Haynes told TIME in a statement Wednesday morning when the event... |
Ten people were subsequently taken to the hospital, according to tweets from Eric Phillips of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office. |
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