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Terry Fitzgerald Moorer, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, vice William H. Steele, retired.
Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice David Morris Michaels.
Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Kathryn D. Sullivan, resigned.
Ryan Douglas Nelson, of Idaho, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice Hilary Chandler Tompkins.
Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr., of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice J. Daniel Breen, retired.
Stephen Parente, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Richard G. Frank.
Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Christopher P. Lu, resigned.
Yleem D. S. Poblete, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance), vice Frank A. Rose.
William M. Ray II, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, vice Harold L. Murphy, retired.
Eli Jeremy Richardson, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, vice Todd J. Campbell, retired.
David J. Ryder, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Mint for a term of five years, vice Edmund C. Moy, resigned.
Jesse Seroyer, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice Arthur Darrow Baylor, retired.
Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice David Weil, resigned.
Charles Douglas Stimson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, vice Paul Luis Oostburg Sanz.
David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Diana E. Murphy, retired.
Holly Lou Teeter, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, vice Kathryn H. Vratil, retired.
Susan A. Thornton, of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), vice Daniel R. Russel.
James E. Trainor, III, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2023, vice Matthew S. Petersen, term expired.
Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.
Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Robert Perciasepe, resigned.
Kathleen Hartnett White, of Texas, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, vice Nancy Helen Sutley.
James Edwin Williams, of Utah, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor, vice James L. Taylor.
Thomas E. Workman, of New York, to be a Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council for a term of six years, vice S. Roy Woodall, Jr., term expired.
Mitchell Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice James H. Shelton, III, resigned.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reiterated that Israel is coming back to Africa and Africa is also coming back to Israel in issues of mutual cooperation.
‘‘Israel is looking at all of Africa, and I hope all of Africa looks at Israel. There are sound reasons why this should happen. The first is security, the second is hope,’‘ he said during a meeting with African leaders and head of governments.
Netanyahu was speaking to the political leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. He expressed a desire to visit every country on the continent. A plan he admits was ambitious.
I would like to come to all of the Africa countries. This is a presumptuous plan, very ambitious. But I'd like to start with the countries of west Africa having been to east Africa.
At the UN, I met with 15+ heads of state & reps from African countries.
‘‘I would like to come to all of the Africa countries. This is a presumptuous plan, very ambitious. But I’d like to start with the countries of west Africa having been to east Africa.
‘‘There is an ECOWAS meeting, I believe in the end of the year and I very much hope that we could meet the other countries of west Africa. But I don’t intend to lend myself to east Africa or west Africa,’‘ he said.
He spoke about how Africa stood to benefit from cooperation with Israel citing two main areas of security and of hope.
The Israeli PM recently visited east Africa as part of a historic tour that saw him visit Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia. He first spoke about his country’s return to Africa and vice versa on the last leg of his tour in Ethiopia.
The pass rate for journalists sitting the National Certificate Examination has remained steady with just over half the candidates gaining senior status.
In a topical examination held on 5 March at 15 centres around the country, candidates were asked to write a news report on planned industrial action by airline staff.
Of the 186 hopefuls who sat the exam, 97 were successful – a pass rate of 52pc.
The figure was broadly in line with pass rates for other recent NCEs – 51pc in November 2009, 48pc in July 2009, and 49pc in March 2009.
As well as the News Report, candidates were also tested in the News Interview, Newspaper Practice and Logbook categories.
To qualify as a senior, trainees have to be successful in all four papers.
Pass rates for the individual sections were: News Report 60pc, News Interview 65pc, Newspaper Practice 63pc, Logbook 95pc.
The chief examiner said there were some excellent news stories and newspaper practice answers in all four sections and congratulated candidates for their achievement.
I see someone passed the NCE for sub-editors? Do they still exist.
I thought they were all reporters or glorified office assistants now under the loony “layout before text” regime imposed on hundreds of hapless papers.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested today on suspicion of murdering Rhys Jones.
Rhys, an 11-year-old schoolboy, was shot in the back of the neck outside the Fir Tree pub in Croxteth Park, Liverpool, as he walked home from football practice last Wednesday evening.
Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly, leading the investigation, has also issued a direct appeal for a key witness to contact police again.
He made a personal pledge to protect the man's identity if he came forward.
"One man in particular had provided information. I want to thank him, he's been very brave," Det Supt Kelly said. "We want him to make contact with us again. He can speak to me direct, I will look after him."
Speaking to the killer, Det Supt Kelly said: "What you have done is wrong and we need to deal with you.
"Please, please come forward. It is only a matter of time before we deal with you. Please come forward for Rhys's family's sake."
Det Supt Kelly's comments came as detectives continued to question the 15-year-old boy arrested this morning.
The boy is the 11th person to be arrested in connected with the murder. A youth aged 14, two aged 15 and others aged 16,18 and 19 have been arrested and released on police bail. Youths aged 15 and 19, and two girls aged 15 and 18, were released without condition.
Police are also continuing an intensive search of woodland in the area where Rhys was murdered.
Acting on a tip-off, dozens of officers with sniffer dogs have been combing Dam Wood, less than a mile from where the shooting happened.
Officers were thought to be looking in the 10-acre site for a gun that the attacker could have thrown away as he fled on a BMX bike. Divers have been brought in to help search the area, which contains three ponds.
It flanks the west side of the Croxteth Park estate, where Rhys lived with his parents, Melanie and Stephen, and 17-year-old brother, Owen.
After what one senior officer said was a "disappointing" response from the public in the days following the murder, the victim's parents issued a fresh appeal on Monday.
Speaking to the killer's family, his mother said: "You will know if your son is not behaving normally, or maybe has told someone. I would say to you, do the right thing. Please come forward. I know it will be hard, but my son is dead and we need to bring this to an end."
The couple said they now feel unsafe in their own home in the Croxteth Park area, and have decided to leave and start a new life elsewhere.
Police have revealed that Rhys could have been caught in the crossfire in an ongoing feud across east Liverpool involving 72 people - 31 in the Croxteth Crew and 41 in the Strand Gang. Detectives said the ages of gang members ranged from 16 to 50.
Last night, in a tribute unprecedented in a city known for its football rivalries, the Everton anthem Johnny Todd - the theme from the vintage TV police drama Z Cars - was played for the first time at Anfield as Liverpool's players left the tunnel before their Champions League home tie against Toulouse.
The crowd applauded in tribute to Rhys, and the Liverpool players wore black armbands.
RICHMOND, Va. — The GRTC Transit System told passengers to “prepare for significant service delays and potential detours in addition to planned snow routes” as Richmond continues to dig out from Sunday’s snow.
GRTC planned to continue limited service Monday until 9 p.m on snow routes.
To learn about GRTC Snow Route, click here.
The GRTC Customer Service Call Center can be reached at 804-358-GRTC.
Student-athletes can receive cost-of-living stipends... Now what?
Paul Hodges, head of Corporate Sponsorships for Regions Bank. He works closely with the Southeastern Conference on sponsorships and education opportunities.
By Paul Hodges, head of Corporate Sponsorships for Regions Bank. He works closely with the Southeastern Conference on sponsorships and education opportunities. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University. For more information on financial education resources available to students, visit www.regions.com/schoolyears...
Thanks to new NCAA legislation, student-athletes at the Division I level now receive annual cost-of-attendance stipends. This helps with the extra expenses scholarships don't cover.
For many struggling with basic necessities, the extra money is a great help. Still, spending the money wisely can be a challenge.
Often, students who are just starting out in life may lack the money-management or budgeting skills needed to cover their current expenses while also saving money and planning ahead for future financial needs. That's where a coach - and a trusted financial resource - can help.
At Regions Bank, our expertise is in managing money. And Eric Smith is a Financial Literacy Coach who works in conjunction with Regions to teach athletes good-sense money management. Recently, we connected him with 350 student-athletes at the University of Alabama where he delivered a frank talk about financial basics.
For Regions, this is a natural partnership because of our existing relationship with schools throughout the Southeastern Conference and because of our role as the official bank of the SEC for over 20 years. We want those we serve to understand today's economic realities, and that goes not only for the student-athletes,...
How will SEC football players use the extra money they'll get? They'll buy everything from Chick fil A to toothpaste, according to the players we surveyed.
Smith's appearance in Tuscaloosa is just the latest example. Regions-led financial education kicked off at the University of Mississippi in time for the fall semester with a Reality Fair, a fun and fast-paced introduction to life economics with help from participating Regions associates from the surrounding area.
Freshman students entering a room were given a card with a monthly salary. The next step: Navigate life's expected and unexpected turns.
"It's so different when you're on your own," said Shannon Ferguson, Oxford, Miss., Branch Manager for Regions. "Whether it is housing, whether it is car payments or utilities and food, the students get to make all these life decisions like they would in real life."
Back at Alabama, local Regions bankers helped students work on balancing expenses from their actual cost-of-attendance stipends with reality fair stations for housing, utilities, auto, cell phone and groceries. The exercise gave the students a glimpse into real-word expenses.
The issue is not whether you should have a backup plan. It's to have a long term plan, period, one that could or could not include a career in sports.
"This was a first," said Jessie Gardner, director of Student-Athlete Enhancement at the University of Alabama. "Financial education is something we wanted to put more emphasis on, so we brought in Regions to do a presentation with our freshmen. The way they did this was engaging and interactive. Let's be honest, there'...
"As a result, this was so much more effective."
At Alabama, the Reality Fair is the first of four components.
Regions has plans to teach about how cost-of-attendance changes impact students. Other components include an off-campus housing workshop and advanced-level budgeting to prepare for life after college.
Regions also connected Smith, the Financial Literacy Coach, with students at Mississippi State, Missouri and Vanderbilt. The financial education program at Mississippi State included 100 members of the football team. At Missouri, three consecutive sessions with student-athletes were completed for 329 members of Missour...
Smith's up-tempo presentation covered topics including budgeting, saving money, mutual funds and compound interest. In the weeks ahead, Smith is scheduled for presentations at five other schools, including universities that are part of Regions' partnership with HBCUs.
Missouri's Kim Bishop, Associate Athletic Director of Student Athlete Development, said Regions has been a big help teaching student-athletes how to manage money. In fact, financial education has become a critical first step as soon as students arrive on campus.
"My biggest takeaway from the event was that it confirmed for me that student-athletes need consistent financial literacy education," Bishop added. "They are so focused on their academics and sports that they often overlook the basics of budgeting, saving and the impact this has on their futures."
Smith's rapport has also made a positive impact.
"Eric Smith has a very unique way of relating to the student-athletes and connecting with them immediately. His program is creative, but basic enough for the student-athletes to understand. He talks on their level and in terms that they can relate to," Bishop told us.
At Regions, we are working with our local bankers from our Birmingham headquarters as we expand financial education to other SEC institutions. Jelicia Mallory of Corporate Sponsorships at Regions was tasked with finding these financial education opportunities specifically aimed at student-athletes. Combining Regions' i...
"At Regions, we feel that it is our responsibility to promote financial literacy in the communities we serve, so we plan to continue building on this key initiative," Mallory said. "The money-management skills these student-athletes are learning will benefit them not only while they're in college, but also for years to...
This morning as I was heading for Westminster’s Magistrates Court in London to attend my trial I passed a full rubbish bin with a black silk cushion with a large imitation diamond stitched in the middle lying on the top. It was brand new, still with its label attached, only slightly dirty at one corner on the back. I b...
I turned up at the allotted time of 9.30 at I went through the scanner check and then a look at the lists on the walls to see which court I was in. There it was – Michael Dickinson, court 5, 10.10. The ‘crime’ wasn’t listed next to the name of the accused like it used to be in the old days. “Theft,” drunk and disorderl...
After I’d finished the grapes I had to go through the scanner ceremony again. It was fairly busy with prospective convicts arriving. A notice inside warned about the compulsory handing over of knives. I went up to the second floor and sat down outside Court 5 to wait. The young bespectacled black woman with the straigh...
Daniel, the other attorney expecting to be my defendant, took me to a consultation room and told me the same story when he arrived. He recommended that I accept the dismissal. If I wanted I could demand that the case continue, but he didn’t think it was a good idea. Suing the police might be considered later, but I sho...
As I led her to the consultation room where Daniel was waiting, I asked her name.
“Ms Jordan,” she smiled. I left them to talk, slightly huffed that she hadn’t given me her personal name. After they had confabbed for a while, Daniel came out and said he was leaving the case to his rival.
“She’s arranged Legal Defense, and she needs it more than me,” he said before he left . Ms Jordan and I talked briefly before we were called into the court. She said she hoped that the case would be dismissed, but it depended on whether the magistrates would agree with the CPS prosecutor who demanded that it should con...
Ms Jordan was happy and so was I. She told me her name was Nandi, and that she hoped to see a production of my play ‘The Rich Young Man’ if I managed to get one produced while I’m here in London. Before she said goodbye she gave me a cassette copy of the recorded interview I had made with police at the station when I w...

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