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Davis has averaged 29.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game this season, but has missed the past four games with a sprained left index finger while the Pelicans have fallen to 22-28 heading into Tuesday night's game at Houston. |
In previous years, Davis had professed his affection for New Orleans. But Davis has also said that his NBA salary is secondary to winning — a clear sign to Pelicans management that they could not take re-signing him for granted if they failed to take concrete and successful steps to surround him with a cast of players ... |
When healthy, the Pelicans have looked formidable in short spurts, but injuries have exposed their lack of depth and cohesion as they've slipped near the bottom of the Western Conference through the first half of this season. |
The Pelicans have acknowledged Davis' preference to be traded and appear inclined to honor it rather than lose him for nothing. But a statement from the franchise made it clear that the Pelicans' brass are prepared to be patient while awaiting a deal done on their terms and timeline. |
When it comes to skateboarding games - you're pretty much glued to the board. Interestingly, this video shows us how in Skate 2 you will finally be able to get off the board and change things around in real time. Want to Evel Knievel 5 barrels? no problem. Get off your board and move the obstacles where you want them. ... |
Touring Europe is everyone's dream come true. If you are lucky enough to be able to embark on this adventure there are many ways to make it happen: trek through the continent's countries by train, hop a plane from one country to the next, sight-see through a car window, or hike through the luscious countryside. There's... |
Scenic Tours offers lengthy river cruises through multiple countries in Europe through its Jewels of Europe River Cruise. This 15-day cruise begins in Budapest, Hungary, and floats down the Danube River all the way to Amsterdam in The Netherlands. The company also offers shorter excursions along the Danube, as well as ... |
The tour makes a stop in Vienna, where visitors can explore the Ringstrasse or Hofburg Palace in the Austrian capital. Additional visits include the medieval German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg; a private beer-tasting at the Zehnthaus Brewery in Bamberg, a facility established in 1533; and a scenic tour of histor... |
Holland America Line offers a scenic cruise of the Mediterranean originating in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aboard the Eurodam. This transatlantic journey takes passengers to ports in Portugal, Spain, Monaco and Italy over the course of 16 days. |
Passengers will have the opportunity to explore Lisbon’s St. George's Castle, the golden beaches in Portimão, see flamenco dancers in Seville, gamble in the world-famous casinos in Monte Carlo, and visit the Sistine Chapel or the Colosseum in Rome. |
The seven-deck Eurodam serves as the floating city that hosts all of the passengers. The ship has numerous on-board amenities, including a theater, multiple dining options, a piano bar and sports bar, a casino, shopping and more. |
European Barging offers barge and river cruises in Europe, including a trip through the Burgundy region of France. The cruising vessel offers four spacious cabins, a dining room, sun deck and swimming pool for a truly intimate journey through the French countryside. |
The barge, known as the Amaryllis, leaves its port in Dole after passengers arrive via train from Paris. The cruise proceeds through the Burgundy and Franche-Comté ("free country") regions. An on-board guide conducts walking tours at various stops along the way, including Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône and St. Léger. |
Morgan, Lee. "Scenic Cruise Tours of Europe." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/scenic-cruise-tours-europe-25478.html. Accessed 24 April 2019. |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Monday it has warned 15 mining operations, including five in Kentucky, to clean up their health and safety practices or face stricter enforcement. |
The agency said the 13 coal mines, a dirt processing plant in California and a gold mine in Nevada have been cited repeatedly for "significant and substantial" violations that could have caused serious injuries or illnesses. |
"Hopefully, these operations will use this opportunity to incorporate needed improvements into their safety and health programs," said Michael Davis, MSHA deputy assistant secretary for operations, in a statement. |
The agency singled out Virginia-based James River Coal Co. about its Blue Diamond Coal Co.'s mine No. 77 in Kentucky. |
The Quakes got the first score in the new stadium when Chris Wondolowski lofted a chipped pass over defender Zach Scott and to sprinting Yannick Djalo who touched the ball wide of onrushing goalkeeper Stefan Frei. |
Wondolowski later came up big on the other end, blocking a Chad Barrett header in the 85th minute as the Sounders failed to score for the second consecutive match. |
That was just the best of several opportunities in the second half when the Sounders threatened the Quakes without quite breaking through. Seattle outshot San Jose, 19-13, and put nine of those shots on target, compared to four by the Quakes. |
Schmid agreed that his team had chances, and he also felt referee Ismail Elfath should have done more about repetitive fouls on forwards Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins. |
Seattle played without central defender Chad Marshall, who missed his second match because of a back injury, and midfielder Lamar Neagle, who hurt his ankle Monday against Los Angeles. |
This second consecutive loss dropped the Sounders to 12-6-2, while a second consecutive win lifted San Jose to 6-8-5. |
The Sounders return to MLS play Aug. 10 when the Houston Dynamo visit CenturyLink Field. |
However, five players could be active before then. Rookie Sean Okoli has been named to the MLS Homegrown Team, which will play the Portland Timbers U-23s at 7 p.m. Monday at Providence Park in Portland. Meanwhile, Dempsey, Martins, Osvaldo Alonso and DeAndre Yedlin are part of the MLS All-Star team, which will face Ger... |
Michael Gove's limitations became all too apparent this week. |
Are we witnessing the tipping point in the drug debate? |
Flooding: whatever happened to 'keep calm and carry on'? |
There is something deeply un-British about our politicians' response to the floods. |
"Whether it's tomorrow or next week or next month, we'll just take our time and he'll eventually be there. As soon as he gets there, I know, give him an hour and a half and he'll have the offense down and running it like a clock. So we can wait on that." |
And to add insult to injury, Steve Blake, who missed the last three games, will miss another four games. For now Laker fans are going to have to be happy with second year guard Darius Morris and veteran backup Chris Duhon running the point. Not exactly what they had in mind when the season started. |
The Lakers are 6-5 and play the Sacramento Kings tonight. |
A 77-year-old German climber fell 80 metres to his death in an Alpine ravine on Tuesday. |
The man was climbing in Tirol, Austria with a group of five Germans when he fell near Nördlinger Hütte, close to Innsbruck. |
The Tiroler Tageszeitung reported that the group was making their way down the mountain at around 1.25pm when the 77-year-old slipped and fell over the edge. |
Police said he fell down a steep slope and then into a rocky gorge. A rescue helicopter came to his aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene. |
On 13 December, the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) organized and held the Award Ceremony of Georgia’s Responsible Business Award Meliora within the EU-funded project “Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” 2018. |
41 companies with 76 CSR projects/initiatives participated in Georgia’s Responsible Business Awards. The independent jury consisted of leading Georgian and international experts, among them eleven well-known international CSR experts from Great Britain, USA, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Norway, Slovakia and other countrie... |
The event was launched by Eka Urushadze, Executive Director of CSRDG followed by presentation of CSR awards by honorable guests. Overall the ceremony was attended by 250 persons, including representatives of the diplomatic corps, the Georgian Government, national and international experts in the field and members of th... |
Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Georgia Carlo Natale about Georgia’s Responsible Business Award Meliora: “Like elsewhere in the world, sharing corporate social responsibility is a very important part of economic, environmental and sustainable development of the society in Georgia. Therefore, publiciz... |
3) In the same category, the small and medium company TRC was awarded for the project “Do not dump what can be recycled” - the award was presented by Anna Bolt, international jury member of Meliora. |
4) Policy and Management Consulting Group PMCG was acknowledged in the category: Responsible Employer for its Employee Development Program - the award was presented by Tamila Barkalaia, Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. |
5) GPI Holding was named the best in the category: Responsibility in the Marketplace – for its support to small and medium businesses - the award was presented by Ekaterine Mikabadze, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. |
6) TBC Bank was awarded as the best company in the category: Supporting Community, with its project “Tsereqartulad” (Write in Georgian) - the awards was presented by H.E. Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia, Mr. Ulrik Tidestrome. |
7) Small and Medium Company ACT – was awarded in the same category for its support to social entrepreneurship - award was presented by director of Enterprise Georgia Mikheil Khidureli. |
8) In the category: Cross Sector Partnership – Shared Responsibility, Natakhtari was awarded for its “Care about Future” project - Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Stefano Crescenzi. |
9) Advertising company HOLMES&WATSON was acknowledged for the project #ARGAMBOLO in the best Creative CSR category - the award was presented by Pavel Hrica, Senior Manager of Pontis Foundation. |
10) Palitra Media Holding project “Makuliteratura” was awarded in the special category of Waste Management Initiative - the award was presented by Ms. Lauren K.Russell the Deputy Director of Economic Growth Office at USAID Georgia. |
The Contest was supported by international and local business associations and Government of Georgia, including: Academy of the Ministry of Finance; Committee of European Integration of Parliament of Georgia; Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Ge... |
The special “Waste Management” category of Georgia’s Responsible Business Awards was supported by USAID-funded Waste Management Technologies in Regions Program (Phase II) implemented by CENN and the special category of “Creative CSR” was endorsed by Association of Communication Agencies of Georgia (ACAG). |
Georgia’s Responsible Business Awards Meliora sponsors: Dugladze Wine company; Micro Business Capital, Sarajishvili, Tep, Holo and Holliday Inn. The Awards Ceremony was hosted and supported by Hotel Biltmore Tbilisi. |
About the project ‘Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative’: Starting from January 2017 a consortium led by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in partnership with Georgian civil society organizations: Center for Strategic Research and Development (CSRDG), Civil Society Institute (CSI), Center for Training and Consultanc... |
About implementing organizations: Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia which was established in 1995 has successful multi-year experience in the field of civil sector development in Tbilisi as well as in the regions of Georgia. CSRDG has been focused on results that can improve the lives of individu... |
The official coalition partners want the United Democratic Movement (UDM) to remain part of the deal reached after the 2016 local elections to form governments in hung councils. |
A meeting was held on Thursday in Cape Town between the DA, the Freedom Front Plus, Congress of the People (Cope) and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) on the UDM’s role in the coalition. |
The national coalition took immense strain after the UDM teamed up with the ANC and EFF in Nelson Mandela Bay last week to oust the DA’s Athol Trollip as mayor. The UDM’s Mongameli Bobani was voted in as mayor the same day. |
Keeping the UDM in the coalition is crucial, especially in Nelson Mandela Bay, as it makes the difference between the coalition governing with a narrow majority, or handing the metro to the ANC. |
The working agreement between the coalition partners is also seen to be important ahead of the 2019 national elections, when coalitions may be crucial as opposition parties hope to push the ANC below 50% of the vote, especially in SA’s economic centre Gauteng. |
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, however, did not attend Thursday’s meeting. He said in a letter to the coalition partners that the onus was on them to convince the UDM to remain in "what has turned out to be nothing else but a coalition of thugs and liars". |
It is understood, from two people with knowledge of the meeting, that the consensus between the rest of the partners was that they wanted the UDM to remain part of the agreement. Some believed the disagreements between the parties could be ironed out. |
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said Holomisa must "come and deliberate on the issue. It does not change the fact that he is in a coalition with the ANC and the EFF. So this is about the maturity required to sit in a room rather than insult leaders in the media." |
It is understood that a letter will now be sent to Holomisa to request a meeting to discuss the issue in person. |
Meanwhile, the Treasury has written to Nelson Mandela Bay’s city manager Johann Mettler for details following media reports that some councillors have tried to interfere in tenders and jobs in the city. |
The Herald reported that senior managers were instructed by their political heads to place a moratorium on the filling of vacancies and tenders. |
The swarm of tornadoes that swept across south-central Mississippi on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring 117 others, reminded me of something that happened to me back in Ohio in the early 1930s. |
The August afternoon was hot and sultry. As the day wore on the very air, stirred by a faint breeze, seemed to be coming directly from a boiling cauldron. |
We lived in a rural community and had no telephone. That afternoon it became necessary for me to drive to the little country store a few miles away to make a phone call. As Laddie, my faithful German shepherd, and I got into the car, my husband came to the door of the barn where he was working and said, "Take care but ... |
Once on the highway we had a stretch of level road, part of which was in a wooded picnic area, then crossed a small stream and went up a long, steep, narrow road. At the crest of the hill the road leveled out again through the small village and we were soon at the store. |
It took only a few minutes to complete my call, make a small purchase and return to the car. What a change had taken place. Black clouds hung all around, and there were occasional flashes of lightning but no rain. I hesitated for a moment, then, knowing my husband would worry about me, I started home. |
As I neared the crest of the hill I heard an ominous roar. As I paused for a moment, I saw a rolling, thundering mass of black clouds, spewing out branches, trees and other debris as it came rolling like a spiral across the open field on the opposite hill. In an instant it had engulfed a labor camp built there and soon... |
My thought was to get away as I started down the hill, automatically shifting into low and braking as I began the descent. As I neared a bend in the road, I saw another twister that had broken off from the parent storm, rolling and swirling down the valley at the foot of the hill. It was not as large as the other one b... |
I had been silently praying all the way down the hill, but now my prayer was audible: "Dear God, help me. I cannot make it alone." |
Laddie was so frightened he crept close to me and put his head in my lap. |
The rain had started and was coming down in torrents, so blinding I could scarcely see the road. By the time I reached the bottom of the hill the twister had passed but the road was covered with trees and branches. Because there was nowhere to go but follow the road, I began to pick my way between the fallen trees. |
In my own strength I could not have made it, but it seemed as if a strong hand closed over mine; as we came to each obstruction a path opened up around it, and we got through. |
As I came to the open road the rain suddenly stopped and the sun began to peep through the clouds. By the time I reached our driveway, to find a very distraught husband waiting for me, a rainbow had appeared in the sky. How very thankful I was to be safe home again. |
CONCORD — Wholesalers say connoisseurs thirst for it. |
Substance abuse advocates warn underaged teens could become too easily addicted to it. |
"It" is high octane beer. |
New Hampshire is joining a growing number of states whose lawmakers in recent years have grappled with whether to adjust their alcohol content laws to usher in new products. |
Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge, said the state should unleash market forces to permit these beers to be sold here and raise the legal alcohol level to 18 percent. |
"Let's not get crazy to think that specialty beer is going to turn someone into an alcoholic. This is about choice," Hunt said. |
Two-thirds of the states do not have any limit on the alcohol content of beer sold to the public. Since 1998, New Hampshire's limit on beer has been 12 percent. |
Supporters insist this gourmet beer is not for the casual drinker as it can cost $12 a six-pack, twice the average cost of some beers. |
Rep. James Martin, R-Sanbornville, said the state would be sending the wrong message if it approved a 50 percent increase of alcohol content in beer. |
Martin said he doesn't fault beer wholesalers for pushing to introduce these products. |
The House Commerce Committee struggled to form an opinion on the issue last week. The panel voted, 8-7, initially to approve the bill but then by the same count decided to hold the bill back and regroup. |
On Tuesday, however, a compromise was reached that gives the State Liquor Commission the power to approve the sale of so-called specialty beer above 12 percent on an individual basis. |
"This allows the state of New Hampshire to maintain its proper scrutiny of the industry but at the same time achieve economic success in the alcohol selling business,'' said Eddie Edwards, law enforcement chief with the SLC. |
Law enforcement and substance abuse advocates agreed to the deal because the House decided not to bump up the alcohol content of flavored malt beverages that don't taste like beer but are heavily marketed to children and especially young females. |
With little controversy, the Senate had added these fruity tasting drinks in with specialty beers allowing them to be sold with 14 percent alcohol. Currently, such drinks can have no more than 6 percent alcohol. |
The amended bill that won House committee approval would instead create a study into the sale and distribution of flavored malt beverages. |
"This seemed to be enough of a compromise that people could live with it,'' said Rep. Lee Quandt, R-Exeter. "Frankly, I don't see what the fuss was all about. We actively promote the sale of alcohol on the one hand but won't support letting products sold elsewhere to be on the shelves here. It makes little sense to me.... |
Clark Corson, a lobbyist for the New Hampshire Association of Beer Wholesalers, said the industry supports the compromise in part due to the recent naming of Mark Bodi to the three-member State Liquor Commission. |
Before taking that seat, Bodi's advertising firm did work for the commission and Corson believes the commission will have a "pro-marketing and pro-business'' approach to this new business. |
"We look forward to working with a very centrist State Liquor Commission,'' Corson said. |
Joseph Bellavance of Bellavance Beverage of Nashua said the industry also agreed to add that any specialty beer above 12 percent must prominently label its alcohol content. |
"We don't have any problem with that. It may have to be brought in line with federal regulations but all the major sellers already label their products,'' Bellavance said. |
If the House approves the compromise as expected, the Senate must follow suit. |
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