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There are plenty of question marks surrounding Kyler Murray as an NFL quarterback, but the way scouts view him is not nearly as important as the way
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team executives feel about the former Oklahoma star. For that reason, Murray still has a great shot at being taken in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Jason Cole of FanSided spoke with six NFL executives who believe there’s a good chance Murray will be a first-round pick. However, he will obviously have to commit to playing football before any team invests that much in him.
We’ve already heard that the majority of talent evaluators view Murray as a second- or third-round pick, but the opinion scouts have of players and where they end up getting drafted is not always aligned. That is particularly true with quarterbacks. Murray may have legitimate height concerns, but he’s only three inches shorter than Baker Mayfield. Mayfield came from the exact same college system as Murray and was the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft.
Murray has yet to commit to playing football and could still end up joining the Oakland A
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For the first time in over two decades, the No. 1 song in America is primarily in Spanish, and the significance of that accomplishment is not
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lost on the two artists who fronted the original version of the song. Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi, two of the biggest names in the Latin music world before their latest single was released, collaborated on the track "Despacito," which was working its way up the charts all across the planet and doing very well for a song in Spanish...and then Justin Bieber got his hands on it and added a verse, and the rest is history.
"Despacito"" wasted no time in bolting up the Hot 100, and it has now led the charge for two weeks in a row, and it's likely that more frames at the top are in store for the catchy tune.
I spoke with Daddy Yankee recently just before he went on stage to perform during the season finale of The Voice, and I don't think he could have sounded more excited about what's been going on over the past few months.
Hugh McIntyre: How did you and Luis Fonsi
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AMHERST - Award winning poet and professor Deborah Digges died Friday night of an apparent suicide at the McGuirk Alumni Stadium at the University
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of Massachusetts.
Digges, who was teaching at Tufts University in Medford, lived here for more than a decade. In 1996 she won the $50,000 Kingsley Tufts Award, the largest prize given nationally for a single piece of work, for her collection "Rough Music."
UMass spokesman Edward F. Blaguszewski said that the women's lacrosse team from Temple University was practicing Friday at the stadium when they noticed a woman "in the upper reaches of the stadium."
He said they didn't pay much attention, but as they were leaving the stadium they found a woman lying on the ground just outside.
Digges, 59, was taken to Cooley Dickinson hospital in Northampton where she was pronounced dead.
Police found her car near the stadium, Blaguszewski said. Given what was found, he said police believe it was an apparent suicide.
In a 1996 interview after wining the poetry prize, Digges talked about how
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OXFORD United have offered two contract extensions to highly-rated teenagers as boss Pep Clotet looks to the future.
Shandon Baptist
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e and Malachi Napa, who signed their first professional contracts earlier this year, have been rewarded for their progress.
Midfielder Baptiste, who was only given a six-month deal to prove himself after a shoulder injury, made his senior international debut for Grenada this week.
Napa has impressed as a winger on loan at Vanarama National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough.
Clotet, United’s manager, said: “They are very happy here and we told Shandon when he comes back (from Grenada) we’ll sit down again.
It comes a week after Josh Ruffels became the first senior player whose deal expires next summer to commit his future to United.
With other first-team regulars, including skipper Curtis Nelson, Rob Hall and Joe Rothwell, also in the final year of their contracts, Clotet is hopeful of further agreements soon.
For the U’s boss, establishing
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The mobile medical space better make some room – Panasonic, one of the kings in the rugged mobile pc space, is coming to play with the Tough
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book H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) sporting a digitizer by InPlay Technologies, GOBI-enabled broadband, and dual hot-swappable batteries. It will be available in January 2009 with a starting price of $2799. See this June 30 article on InPlay announcing a “major deal” with a Japanese rugged tablet pc OEM. Now we know who it was!
To better serve the growing demand for mobility in the healthcare environment, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic Toughbook ® mobile computers, today announced the Panasonic Toughbook H1, the first fully-rugged mobile clinical assistant (MCA) and the first device of its kind to integrate the low power Intel ® Atomâ„¢ processor. The new Toughbook H1 redefines performance and functionality for the MCA category with six hour battery life, dual hot—swappable batteries, standard daylight view
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The Department of History and Global Studies will offer African American History since 1865 as a course option for the first time in the spring.
The course
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, taught by Dr. Jeremy Elliott, assistant professor of language and literature, will cover emancipation and the civil rights movement.
The history department worked with Carl-Spain Center for Race Studies and Spiritual Action on a plan that launched at Summit in September.
Dr. Ron Morgan, professor of history and global studies and department chair, said the department is now working toward the creation of new curriculum and additional minor degree plans.
History of Mexico, taught by Dr. Ron Morgan, will be offered this spring for the first time in three years. Morgan said he plans a field trip for the class to visit the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, a library full of Latin American sources at the University of Texas at Austin.
“One thing I’m excited about is that I’ve reached out to Latino students at ACU who are interested in the subject, so I have lots of non-majors in the class,” Morgan said. “Probably
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Thomas H. Stimpson, son of the late Earl and Ellen Stimpson, was born on Dec. 11, 1916 and passed away in Ft
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. Myers, FL on Sunday, October 23, 2011, after a lengthy illness.
He was pre-deceased by his wife, Jane M. Stimpson; a daughter, Martha Jane Stimpson; a brother, James Stimpson, and sister, Ruth Stimpson Liechti.
Surviving are two children, Thomas Junior of Denver, CO and Judith Stimpson Haller of Beaver; a granddaughter, Megan Haller, and two grandsons, Brian Haller and Jarod (Erin) Stimpson, as well as a great-granddaughter, Natalie Stimpson.
A longtime resident of Beaver County, Thomas was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Rochester, where he served as treasurer and usher for many years. After retiring from Westinghouse, he retired to Lee County, FL with his wife of 27 years, Anna (Coonie) Bell Stimpson, her three children, Robert and James (Judith) Bell and Kathy Bell (
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A strong economy and price-slashing on after-Christmas goods prompted heavy consumer spending at major chain stores in January, boosting sales well above expectations
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In a month known for clearances, retail sales surged compared with January a year ago for discounters and specialty stores that performed well last year and for department store chains that have struggled against their lower-priced competitors.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw its biggest monthly gain since May, posting a 10.3 percent increase. Sales jumped 8.5 percent at Kmart Corp. and 9.6 percent at Dayton Hudson Corp. -- which runs department stores as well as the fast-growing Target chain. Specialty chains the Limited Inc. and the Gap Inc. saw hefty increases of 11 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
Sales rose 7.3 percent at Federated Department Stores Inc. The operator of Macy's and Bloomingdale's had seen its monthly sales decline during three consecutive months last fall.
Other chains -- among them American Eagle Outfitters -- continued to display an ability to adapt to the tastes of teen-agers and cater to a large group with part-time
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According to the Federal Reserve, the percentage of American families that own a small business is at the lowest level that has ever been recorded. In a
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report that was just released entitled “Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2010 to 2013: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances“, the Federal Reserve revealed that small business ownership in America “fell substantially” between 2010 and 2013. Even in the midst of this so-called “economic recovery”, small business ownership in America has now fallen to an all-time low. If the economy truly was healthy, this would not be happening. And it isn’t as if Americans are flooding the labor market either. As I detailed yesterday, the labor force participation rate in this country is at a 36 year low. That would not be happening if the economy was actually healthy either. The truth is that the middle class in America is dying, and this new report from the Federal Reserve is more evidence of this very harsh reality.
In order to build wealth, middle class Americans either need to have their own businesses or they need good jobs. Sadly
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A team of neuroscientists has published a paper claiming it has developed a mathematical calculation that could potentially predict the tipping point of any massive event --
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from a market crash to a brain seizure.
can be predicted if you have the right information. For instance, when a team of neuroscientists monitored the brain activity of a macaque while its hand was being touched in a recent study, the team could identify which chain reaction of electrical stimulation in the brain signified that sensation. By replicating the same pattern, the team could cause the macaque to "feel" that same sensation artificially. Now, in a study let by professors at the University of Sussex, along with colleagues working in psychology and physics, that kind of pattern hunting has been translated into a computer simulation that those behind it say could one day "predict calamitous events before they happen".
The team, also made up of professors from the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science and the Centre for Research in Complex Systems at Charles Sturt University in Australia, developed an equation that revealed the effects of information flow between multiple nodes. According to Lionel Barnett, lead author on the
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HOUSTON (AP) - James Harden scored 38 points and the Houston Rockets used a huge second quarter to build the lead and get an easy 112
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-85 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.
The Rockets trailed by as many as seven in the first quarter, but built a 62-44 lead at halftime behind a 40-point second quarter.
Houston was up by 22 at the start of the fourth and a 5-0 run, with a 3 from Harden, made it 102-78 with five minutes remaining. Coach Mike D'Antoni cleared the bench with 3 ½ to go after the Rockets extended that run to 10-0, with another 3-pointer from Harden.
The victory is Houston's third in four games as the Rockets bounced back from a 108-94 loss to Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
Harden, Eric Gordon and P.J. Tucker managed just two 3-pointers combined against the Bucks on a night Houston went 16 for 52 from long range. The Rockets took a few less on Thursday with 40, but the trio fared way better in the area. Harden made five, Gordon added four and
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A new study finds that married couples are more aggressive when they have low blood sugar.
A candy bar might do more than just satisfy a sweet
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tooth. It could actually make you “sweeter” when dealing with your spouse.
A new study found that hunger is often to blame for domestic arguments. According to Bloomberg, research released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that dieting, skipping a meal, or just being hungry can be a recipe for disaster when it comes to spousal interactions.
Brad Bushman, the lead study author, said the findings are some of the first to depict the relationship between low sugar levels and the propensity for marital discord, including arguments, simple confrontations and even domestic violence.
Self-control comes in part from the fuel we give our brains. This is one of the few physiological aspects we can control. People who are hungry are often very cranky.
Voodoo dolls. The couples measured their blood sugar levels each morning and night for 21 days. Each evening they would stick up to 51 pins in a voodoo doll, depending on how mad they were at
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He asserted that neither the party nor he himself have said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will
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be banned.
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath Monday said the BJP was "distorting" his party manifesto's reference to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to divert public attention. His statement comes a day after BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, party vice president Prabhat Jha and MP unit chief Rakesh Singh lashed out at the Congress for being "opposed to Lord Ram and the RSS".
"The BJP is intentionally fanning the RSS issue to divert people's attention from the public welfare issues mentioned in our 'Vachan Patra' (document of pledges). In our manifesto, we have not mentioned that the RSS would be banned, nor do we have any such intention," Nath told reporters here.
The Congress manifesto, released on Saturday, under a head titled 'administration reforms' reads, "The holding of RSS shakhas in government premises would be banned and the order regarding relaxation given to public servants to attend them
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What is going on with the city of Rifle? “They” are wanting to tear down city hall and build a new four-story
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building. Who would occupy the top two stories of this new monstrosity?
The city of Rifle wants to get into the real estate business by having the top two floors be “affordable housing.” Is the city of Rifle going to take over all the real estate business in this town? Are we becoming a socialist regime akin to communism?
City Hall only needs a bit of maintenance to be in excellent condition. We don’t need a new “Trump Tower” here. The city is already grossly over budget on projects and the taxes are going higher and higher. Flushing your toilet, washing your clothes, or taking a shower is high fee for using the sewer pipes.
What is the “life expectancy” of a city manager? This is the person who is qualified to advise about finances and projects. We have had two city managers and three pro-tem managers in the last short period of time.
When advertising for a city manager it
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I was pitched headfirst into the world of e-books in 2002 when I took a job with Palm Digital Media. The company, originally called
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Peanut Press, was founded in 1998 with a simple plan: publish books in electronic form. As it turns out, that simple plan leads directly into a technological, economic, and political hornet's nest. But thanks to some good initial decisions (more on those later), little Peanut Press did pretty well for itself in those first few years, eventually having a legitimate claim to its self-declared title of "the world's largest e-book store."
Unfortunately, despite starting the company near the peak of the original dot-com bubble, the founders of Peanut Press lost control of the company very early on. In retrospect, this signaled an important truth that persists to this day: people don't get e-books.
A succession of increasingly disengaged and (later) incompetent owners effectively killed Peanut Press, first flattening its growth curve, then abandoning all of the original employees by moving the company several hundred miles away. In January of 2008, what remained of the once
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Follow along for live updates from Tampa, where the UConn women cap the 2016-17 regular season against USF.
2Q | Bulls
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are HOT. Flores finds Nagy on the run then she finds Pujol for a 3. USF brings it to 49-34.
HAVE A NIGHT LAIA FLORES!!!!???????????????????? She's got 12 points.
UConn shooting 50% from long range (7-of-14) and have 21 points already from 6-1 sophomore Napheesa Collier.
HALF | At the break, No. 1 UConn leads USF 56-38.
Halftime show interpretive dance with Tori Amos' "Home on the Range" playing. More intense than the dog-and-Frisbee show at Gampel Saturday.
.@UHCougarWBB and @SMUBasketballW will be underway in minutes on the @American_DN!
Alliya Butts drains a three as time expires to put Temple on top by nine!
3Q | USF Starting???? on the floor.
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Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Monday called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office said
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that the two leaders discussed matters related to mutual interest, and Ambassador Jing reiterated his government's desire to work closely with the new government.
Qureshi, on the other hand, praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision for China's socio-economic development. He said Pakistan could learn a lot from China's experience in the sector, especially in the field of agriculture.
The foreign minister also expressed his eagerness to welcome State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Pakistan in September.
The foreign minister looked forward to an in-depth exchange of views with his Chinese counterpart on all matters of mutual interest, the statement added.
Welcome to the club and the clubhouse of your second home. Keep it up and hang on tough.
In my view, because of strong Pakistan's and China's relationship, our neighbours and international community is jealous and concerns about peace and prosperity in the region. And they will never succeed in their evil plans.
Chinese started putting pressure on Govt not
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Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson, who made major league baseball history as the first African-American manager, is in poor health.
Corrections
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and clarifications: In an earlier version of this story, an extra World Series championship was included among Frank Robinson's accomplishments. Robinson won two World Series, both with the Baltimore Orioles.
Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson, who made major league baseball history as the first African-American manager, is in poor health, close friends of Robinson told USA TODAY Sports.
The friends were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly as the family has requested privacy.
Robinson, 83, has been in hospice care for several months in Southern California.
Robinson, a 14-time All-Star, had a legendary career. He was the Rookie of the Year in 1956 when he hit a rookie-record 38 homers for the Cincinnati Reds, won the Triple Crown in 1966 with the Baltimore Orioles, and remains the only player to win an MVP award in each league -- with the Reds in 1961 and the Orioles in 1966. He also led his teams to two World Series titles,
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Facebook is a model of offering incredible, nuanced privacy protections to its users, allowing them to configure exactly how much of their data they want to share
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and how they want it to be used -- Facebook offers these protections, it just doesn't deliver them. Every Facebook privacy setting seems to be an empty checkbox, not hooked up to anything that alters its data-collection.
Aleksandra Korolova took several steps to tell Facebook not to track her location: she turned off Facebook's access to her Iphone's location data in the relevant Ios control panel, and cleared and switched off "Location History." She does not list her city in her Facebook profile and does not post photos. She turned off location access and declined to state a location for Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram. She doesn't tag her location in Facebook posts and doesn't check in to locations when she gets there.
But Korolova still sees ads for businesses near her home and work, and the places she travels to, which are labeled as being shown to her because she was "recently near their business."
Korolova cares about
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ARM, whose chips power more than 90 percent of all mobile devices worldwide, plans to demonstrate a prototype mobile phone running Android's mobile operating system stack
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next week at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
A Google spokesperson told eWEEK Feb. 7 that ARM will be demonstrating Android on an early prototype device to show how the platform works on an ARM processor.
The spokesperson added that a number of other companies will be "demonstrating Android on their hardware in various forms at Mobile World Congress," but declined to say which firms or what forms their products would take.
Google released the open-source-based Android software in November to great fanfare-and a fair amount of skepticism from analysts, who said cracking into the mobile operating system market is every bit as challenging as writing reliable software.
Google's stated goal for Android is to create a mobile platform that makes surfing the Web from a smart phone as painless as surfing it from a PC. Android is expected to challenge the Symbian, Microsoft, Linux, Apple and Research In Motion operating systems, which command more than 90 percent of the worldwide market.
To support the
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Speaking to religious conservatives, the Kentucky senator invoked Christ and tied anti-war beliefs to his opposition to abortion.
Once again, Senator Rand Paul
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is confounding the normal categories into which we place politicians. A Southern, pro-life Republican, he took his anti-war message to a Values Voters Summit, telling the socially conservative audience -- usually regarded as antagonistic to libertarians -- that Jesus Christ wouldn't approve of most wars, perhaps even wars of self-defense.
I'm not a pacifist. But I do think it unacceptable not to hate war. I'm dismissive of those who champion war as sport, and show no reluctance to engage in war. Any leader who shows glee or eagerness for war should not be leading any nation. I believe truly great leaders are reluctant to go to war, and trying mightily to avoid war. Though I detest violence, I would kill someone who injured or threatened my family. Though I hate war, I could commit a nation to war. But only reluctantly and constitutionally, and after great deliberation. I believe that while some would find this a contradiction in terms, that there is such
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PORTSMOUTH — A Heath�s Mobil clerk phoned police Thursday to report that a man who soiled himself bought beer and put
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it in a truck where he had more beer stored.
The clerk�s description, including the truck�s vanity plates, matches Paul Ryden, 45, who was arrested one day earlier after allegedly driving through a McDonald�s drive-through window while �highly intoxicated,� passing vomit-covered cash to a clerk, hitting a pole, then driving to the back restaurant parking lot.
Wednesday�s incident was the second consecutive day Ryden was alleged to have driven while intoxicated at the Lafayette Rd. McDonald�s, according to witness statements.
The Mobil clerk said she read the Herald�s report about Lyden�s McDonald�s arrest, before someone matching his description came into her store Thursday and gave clerks �a hard time.� After noticing he had soiled himself, she said, she instructed her co-worker to call police.
That truck is registered to Ryden using the 600 Lafayette Rd. address for the Cross Roads House homeless shelter and was filled with empty
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - American teenager Katie Ledecky set a world record to win the women's 800 meters freestyle
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gold medal at the world championships on Saturday and complete a rare treble of distance titles.
The 16-year-old, who smashed the 1,500 meters world best to win gold on Tuesday and also won Sunday's 400 meters, clocked a time of eight minutes 13.86 seconds at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
She was inside the previous best of 8:14.10 set by Rebecca Adlington to win gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
It was her fourth title of the week - she also swam in the winning U.S. 4x200 freestyle relay team - and she is only the second woman to win all three distance freestyle titles at a single world championships.
Dane Lotte Friis, who finished second to Ledecky in the 1,500, took 800 silver in 8:16.32 and Lauren Boyle of New Zealand, also third in the 400 and 1,500, won the bronze in a
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Colorado is rolling out new regulations for retail marijuana packaging sold within the state.
Starting on October 1, all marijuana edibles sold at dispensaries will
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be marked with a new "universal symbol" warning buyers that the edibles contain THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, reports The Cannabist.
Edible manufacturers will also be banned from using the word "candy" on their packaging. Kid-friendly shapes, like gummy bears and worms, will also be banned.
The new rules were created as a reaction to the increase in the number of children admitted to Colorado hospitals for consuming marijuana edibles.
Only 8 children were admitted to the Children's Hospital Colorado emergency department for marijuana consumption between 2005 and 2013, prior to recreational sales beginning in the state, Michael DiStefano, the hospital's medical director, told The Denver Post.
In the first half of 2016, 9 children between the ages of 3 and 7 were admitted to the hospital for marijuana consumption, The Denver Pos t reported in June.
Candy bars marked with Colorado's new required diamond-shaped stamp noting that the product contains marijuana are shown in the
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NEW YORK – It doesn't match the impact of "Schindler's List" (search) or
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"The Pianist" (search) — and what portrayals of the Nazi era reach such Academy Award-winning heights?
But the Hallmark Channel's must-see presentation on Pope John Paul II's (search) life carries a special double whammy all its own. Poland's young pontiff-to-be and his colleagues are liberated from the unspeakable terror of Nazism only to be subjected to the mirthless tyranny of communism.
These twin oppressions are given equal time in the four-hour biopic, "A Man Who Became Pope" (search) (8 p.m. EDT Monday, repeated 9 a.m. Aug. 21).
A showbiz cliche says it's far harder to hold an audience with virtue than with vice, which underscores the achievement of Poland's Piotr Adamczyk, who heads the international cast.
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Sen. Ben Cardin Benjamin (Ben) Louis CardinOnly four Dem senators have endorsed 2020 candidates Senate Dem: Trump 'using immigrants as pawn
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s' Bottom Line MORE (D-Md.) said Sunday that the U.S. needs to make sure those involved in the murder of reporter Jamal Khashoggi are held accountable, but that the strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia should be maintained.
"There’s no doubt in my mind that the crown prince knew what was going on in Turkey and was very much involved in that," Cardin told "Fox News Sunday," referencing the murder of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October.
"We cannot allow that type of conduct to go unchallenged," he said. "The United States needs to have a pretty strong position on it and we have to demand that there be accountability."
"That does not mean that we can’t continue to have a strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia," he said, but added that the U.S. is in the stronger position in the relationship. "They need America."
U.S.
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The European rail network makes train travel between countries efficient, affordable and comfortable. Instead of flying from Amsterdam to a destination in Italy, consider taking a
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high-speed train. The trip may take a bit longer, but you will have the opportunity to enjoy scenery you would not see from the air.
Train travel from Amsterdam to Italy takes you through several different countries, so keep your passport accessible, because you may be asked to produce it. You will not have to show your passport before boarding the train in Amsterdam or departing the station in Italy. Visas are not required in Amsterdam or in Italy if your entire trip to Europe will be less than 90 days.
There is no single train line that travels directly from Amsterdam to points in Italy, so you must break up your trip. For example, you might by a ticket from Amsterdam to Brussels or Zurich, and then catch a train from there to Florence. You also can buy rail passes for a specific number of countries. Options include first- or second-class travel, and you can book a sleeper car if you plan to travel overnight. Purchase tickets online, through a travel agent or by
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 14, 2018 ) Global Commercial Vehicle Starter & Alternator Market report is replete with detailed analysis from
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a thorough research, especially on questions that border on market size, development environment, futuristic developments, operation situation, pathways and trend of Commercial Vehicle Starter & Alternator. All these are offshoots of understanding the current situation that the industry is in, especially in 2018. The will chart the course for a more comprehensive organization and discernment of the competition situation in the Commercial Vehicle Starter & Alternator market. As this will help manufacturers and investors alike, to have a better understanding of the direction in which the Commercial Vehicle Starter & Alternator Market is headed.
With this Commercial Vehicle Starter & Alternator Market report, one is sure to keep up with information on the dogged competition for market share and control, between elite manufacturers. It also features, price, production, and revenue. It is where you will understand the politics and tussle of gaining control of a huge chunk of the market share. As long as you are in search of key Industry data and information that can readily be accessed, you
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“I agree completely with the idea that we have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana.. . . We
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have a huge population in our prisons for nonviolent, low-level offenses that are primarily due to marijuana,” the front-running former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, chimed in.
Undeniably, the population of state prisons (which house the vast majority of offenders) grew from 294,000 in 1980 to 1,362,000 in 2009 — a stunning 363 percent increase — though it has been on a downward trajectory since the latter date.
Reviewing data admittedly drawn mostly from Northern “blue” states, Pfaff determined that “the median stay in prison for a drug offender is generally about a year,” and that “relatively few people appear to be in prison on marijuana charges” — fewer still for simple possession.
Republicans and Democrats alike are propounding the crowd-pleasing notion that we can have less incarceration — saving the country billions of dollars and international shame — without risking an increase in violent crime, or other
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I just love saying this over and over and over again!
Super Bowl Baby! Let's do this. Blitz for sixxxxxx!
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Tom Brady? He was very average in that game. The celebration should be for the running game. Sony Michel had 20 carries in the first half alone. Tom Brady was not that great at throwing the ball until the Chief's changed their defense from a balance set to more 8 man fronts in order to stifle the run. Some people will look at the ridiculous roughing the passer call on Tom Brady. Granted the game should not have came that far because when the Patriots had the ball on 1st and 4 in the red zone, Burkhead should have dropped at the 1 yard line to milk the clock. The patriots were out coached most of the game. Tom Brady seemed tired and old in that game.
The Chiefs would have probably been dominated if they didn't shift to stop the running game which made Tom Brady look better than he was because of the stacked man and cover 2 zone coverage the defense was playing because they were scared of the run.
I'm not a big fan of
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Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Varonis Systems Inc (NASDAQ: VRNS) from Hold to Buy. Varonis Systems shares rose
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0.89 percent to close at $28.45 on Wednesday.
UBS upgraded Encana Corp (USA) (NYSE: ECA) from Neutral to Buy. Encana shares gained 0.66 percent to $10.62 in pre-market trading.
RBC Capital upgraded SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE: SVU) from Sector Perform to Outperform. SUPERVALU shares rose 0.30 percent to close at $3.34 on Tuesday.
Analysts at RBC Capital upgraded Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) from Sector Perform to Outperform. Kroger shares rose 2.04 percent to $29.55 in pre-market trading.
Goldman Sachs upgraded FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE) from Sell to Buy. FireEye shares rose 8.79 percent to $12.50 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at UBS upgraded Energen Corporation (NYSE: EGN) from Neutral to Buy
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Nearly 17,000 truck drivers entering the Port of Los Angeles will be required to become employees of licensed motor carriers by 2012 as part of the final
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element of the Clean Trucks Program approved today by the Board of Harbor Commissioners.
After more than three hours of debate and public testimony, the commission unanimously agreed to gradually ban independent truckers from entering the port as part of the much-disputed employee mandate portion of the Clean Trucks Program, which aims to reduce big rig diesel emissions by 80 percent within five years.
The new rule also requires trucking companies to purchase and maintain big rigs that meet 2007 federal emissions standards by January 2012.
The employee mandate is supported by a coalition of environmentalists and labor unions.
The plan now goes to the Los Angeles City Council for final consideration.
Opponents say the new employee mandate will violate federal free trade laws by banning independent owner-operator truck drivers from the port. Trucking companies have warned that increased labor costs may be handed down to consumers.
The American Trucking Association has already threatened a lawsuit against Los Angeles for approving the employee mandates. Despite that, port officials have said that
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Rudimental feel very grateful to have their careers in music, but have worked hard for their success.
Rudimental say playing live is
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the best part of their career.
The British drum and bass group - comprised of Piers Agget, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden and DJ Locksmith - love performing at festivals and their own shows as it has allowed them to achieve so much.
The Rolling Stones, Kasabian, Cee Lo Green and others pay homage as the world mourns the loss of legendary soul singer.
Tributes from the entertainment world flooded in for the late soul singer Bobby Womack, who died on Friday (27 June), aged 70.
Womack, whose career spanned almost six decades, had worked with artists ranging from Sam Cooke and Ray Charles to Damon Albarn and Gorrilaz. As a musician, he played guitar on seminal records by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield.
The Rolling Stones have paid tribute to Bobby Womack.
The Rolling Stones have paid tribute to the late soul legend Bobby Womack after his
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Four times a year, when Numeris releases its quarterly ratings report, each radio station cherry-picks the results to find some way to
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proclaim itself No. 1. in Montreal, even though 11 of the 13 commercial radio stations that subscribe to Numeris’s ratings system are owned by either Bell Media or Cogeco Diffusion.
Last Thursday, as they do every quarter, Cogeco’s The Beat 92.5 and Bell’s Virgin Radio 96 proudly proclaimed to be the “number one” top-rated radio station in Montreal. Neither of them is, though, by a long shot. The French stations do better because of the larger number of francophones (though both stations are ahead of CKOI and NRJ overall). And even among anglophones, CJAD has the largest market share (26 per cent).
Still, one station had more reason to celebrate than the others. The Beat had a 19.9 per cent rating overall, more than a point better than it has ever had since it launched out of the ashes of the former Q92 in
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Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) could earn $402 billion of net oil export revenues in 2009 and about $530
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bn in 2010, a US government agency has said in its latest update.
US official energy forecaster Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its report this would be a 59-per cent drop for Opec from that of last year's revenues.
The fall, in real terms, would mean that Opec could make the same earnings that it made four years earlier in 2004, EIA data showed. Opec's earning in 2008 was a 42-per cent increase from that of 2007.
The report is based on expected spot prices across throughout the year. EIA estimates the average oil price for 2009 at $43.14 a barrel. It expects the price to rise to $55 a barrel in 2010.
"World oil consumption is projected to fall by 1.2m barrels per day in 2009, representing an additional decline of 400,000 barrels from the last month's outlook," the EIA report said
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Sard Verbinnen retained its position as the agency that handled the highest value of M&A deals globally in 2018, with the WPP
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alliance of Finsbury, Hering Schuppener, and Glover Park - which topped the table at the half-year stage - in third place.
That’s according to new research from media analysis and data company Mergermarket, which found Sard Verbinnen last year worked on 264 deals with a total value of US$476.3bn. In 2017 the New York-headquartered agency handled 252 deals worth $406.3bn.
Brunswick returned to second spot in the deals-by-value table – the value rose 26.2 per cent to $389.2bn.
The combined entry of Finsbury, Hering Schuppener, and Glover Park topped the table by value of deals at the half-year stage. However, it slipped to third in the full-year table, despite growing deal value 20.7 per cent to $376bn across 2018.
All but two agencies in the top 10 saw an increase the value
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A £1,000 reward has been issued for the safe return of Pepper, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier who’s search has gone
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global.
But almost two months since Pepper vanished, owner Denise Jaffray fears the worst for the dog she says is more like a daughter to her.
As such she’s offering the hefty reward as she clutches onto hope that she’ll one day be reunited with her beloved Pepper.
“I would give every last penny to get her back,” said the 39-year-old.
It was on May 28 when Pepper bolted out the front door of Denise’s home in Cinderwood, Thorntree.
Friends put posters up around the streets, while on Facebook, the search for Pepper went Viral, with thousands of shared posts in the hunt to bring her home.
She’s had messages from as far as Australia from supporters, but despite scores of ‘sightings’ locally, Denise is convinced the only two true sightings were on the day she left home.
“Sometimes I think she may
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Mario E. Jaramillo has served as ambassador of Panama to the United States since February 2011.
Jaramillo attended college at Louisiana State
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University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in business management with emphasis in marketing. He earned a master’s degree in business management from INCAE Business School in Costa Rica, an academic institution founded by the Harvard Business School, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Central American private sector.
From 1993–1999, Jaramillo served as director for the national secretariat of science and technology.
Jaramillo has spent the bulk of his career in the private sector, where he was chairman of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives and vice chairman of the National Council of Private Enterprise. He also has been a member of the boards of directors of Panama’s Chamber of Commerce for the past 14 years; the Private Sector Council for Educational Assistance; and the Foundation for Sustainable Development, among others.
In July 2010, Jaramillo was chosen to become the executive secretary of the National Coalition for Development, a dialogue forum between the government, political parties
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Police said they found drug residue in the woman's martini glass.
A Florida neurologist was arrested on Monday, accused of drugging a
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woman while out on a dinner date.
Mircea Morariu, 50, of Boca Raton, was arrested on charges of poisoning food or water with intent to kill or cause injury after he allegedly placed crushed Xanax and Ambien into the woman's drink on Sept. 10, according to police.
A customer at the Ouzo Bay restaurant reported the incident, telling officers Morariu had placed a white powder-like substance into the woman's drink while she was in the bathroom, according to a police report.
(Google Maps) Dr. Mircea Morariu is accused of drugging a woman's drink at Ouzo Bay restaurant in Boca Raton, Fla. He was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.
Officers said they spoke with Morariu as he exited the bathroom and he denied the allegations. Police found a clear plastic bag in the bathroom trash can containing traces of zolpidem and alprazolam
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"I think this is a really key point, the idea that the candidates who are in the front are at risk in a debate, and the
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candidates who are not in front have an opportunity," Williamson, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told host Jamal Simmons on "What America's Thinking" on Monday.
Olsen, a columnist at The Washington Post, said that Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernard (Bernie) SandersElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Gillibrand 'not worried' about being 'discounted' in 2020 race Biden's sloppy launch may cost him MORE (I-Vt.) will face a big test facing other progressives on the debate stage this summer.
"I look at Bernie Sanders and think this is a guy who's never been seriously challenged in his life, and now he's got people for the first time who are going to try to be more progressive," he said. "How is he going to react when somebody actually challenges him on stage live? Will he be presidential? Or will he make a gaffe?"
The first Democratic primary debate is slated for
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When Mounia Dimane missed a very important meeting because of traffic she noticed that she was not alone. “I looked at the traffic
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jam and noticed that most of the cars were being used by one person; the driver himself. The high occupancy rate of vehicles made me thinking of why we couldn’t place more people in the same car; this would reduce traffic, save fuel and time.” Mounia a computer science engineer shared her idea with her colleague Zakaria Alkabbab and together they thought of starting a carpooling website called “Markoub”.
With the increased fuel prices, congestion and limited parking spaces now more than ever is there a pressing need for alternative transportation solutions says Mounia. Markoub is a location-based social network of collaborative transportation. In addition to carpooling and alternative package/parcel delivery, Markoub users can create and organize private or public events (forums, exhibitions, sports competitions, festivals, etc.) and invite the members of the community to join them. Users can also make ride sharing groups, by theme (e.g. Mountain
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DOVER — In Dover Youth Football action on Sept. 30, the Jaguars and Oyster River hooked up in thrilling House League game that went down
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to the wire with the Jaguars eking out a 8-6 victory in subpar conditions, The Raiders defeated the Giants in a closely contested battle 20-14. In SJFL action, the Dover A and B teams were scheduled to host their first home games of the season but were postponed.
Oyster River knocked off the Jaguars in a battle of unbeatens by the score of 8-6 on September 30th. With slippery field conditions, the game turned into a defensive battle. The Jags struck first with some good running plays from Brayden Fracassa and Brody Neubauer, while Andrew Wertz finished the drive with a nice pass to Bailey Beakes for a touchdown. With some tough defense, a fumble recovery from Derek Grimes, and a touchdown saving tackle from Matthew Smith, the Jags finished the first half with a 6 to 0 lead. In the third quarter, Oyster River scored a running TD and the two point conversion to take an 8 to
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"The Voice's" final three included, from left, Jake Worthington, Josh Kaufman and Christina Grimmie.
(CNN) --
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"The Voice's" new winner has put Usher on the scoreboard.
On Tuesday night's "The Voice" finale, the R&B singer's mentee, Josh Kaufman, was crowned the winner of Season 6. Kaufman's victory came in spite of a technical glitch that made it difficult for fans to show their support of him on iTunes, where his performance from Monday night's show was available for download.
"The Voice" lets its viewers vote for their favorite singer through phone, e-mail, text and by downloading songs from the show on iTunes. However, as Kaufman warned his fans on Twitter, his cover of Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" from Monday's show wasn't showing up where viewers expected.
As a result, "The Voice" host Carson Daly said at the start of Tuesday's finale that all of the iTunes downloads from Monday night's show were being tossed out, but the glitch didn't impact the final results.
Kaufman
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2017 has been the year of the bonkers beauty trends and we've seen all manner of barmy eyebrow crazes sweep Instagram in recent months
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We've seen feathered hairs, braided brows and Christmassy arches - but this look really does take the crown.
Crown brows are ruling Instagram right now - and it's all thanks to an 18-year-old girl.
Sofie Petersen, an aspiring makeup artist from Denmark, was the creator of the quirky trend.
For the regal look, she used some Vaseline and clear brow gel to spike up her hairs.
To top things off, she stuck some silver rhinestones onto the tips.
More than 11,000 people have liked Sofie's photo since she it was posted online yesterday.
Even though the eyebrows are very out there, they've received a positive reaction.
One Instagram user remarked that Sofie looked "flawless", with another adding: "eyebrows on fleek!"
As well as this, some makeup fans have been replicating the look for themselves.
A model,
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SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The American SIDS Institute and the Aaron Matthew SIDS Research Guild of
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Seattle Children's Hospital ("the Guild") will launch an online video campaign, "First Steps for SIDS," on October 1. The campaign will raise public awareness and funds to support research into the causes of, and ultimately preventative measures for, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
John Kahan, founder of the Aaron Matthew SIDS Research Guild of Seattle Children's Hospital, introduces the "First Steps" for SIDS online video campaign.
"People in the U.S. may be surprised to learn that, among developed nations, we have one of the highest infant mortality rates – ranked 32nd among 36 nations. Moreover, the number of unexpected and unexplained deaths has not gone down since the mid-1990s," said John Kahan, founder of the Aaron Matthew SIDS Research Guild of Seattle Children's Hospital. "We need to take action, and the 'First Steps for SIDS' campaign is a powerful way for any individual to make a difference."
The
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Philippe Val, publisher of the Charlie Hebdo, says the trial is about freedom of speech.
Politicians, intellectuals, secular Muslims and left
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-wing pressure groups have lined up behind Charlie Hebdo, arguing that Muslim groups have no right to call for limits on free speech.
"I just cannot imagine the consequences not only for France but for Denmark and Europe if they lose the case," Fleming Rose, the Danish editor who first published the cartoons, told a news conference with Charlie Hebdo publisher Philippe Val.
"It would turn back the clock decades, ages."
The cartoons, originally published in 2005 in the Danish daily Jyllens-Posten, led to protests in the Muslim world that left 50 people dead.
Several European publications reprinted them as an affirmation of the right to free speech.
In an act of solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, French newspaper Liberation printed the contested cartoons once more on Wednesday.
"It is not words which wound, or pictures that kill. It is bombs," the daily said, calling the trial "idiotic".
A televised debate between Charlie Hebdo publisher Philippe Val and Dalil Boubakeur
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Florida’s 29 electoral votes have been cast for Donald J. Trump. For the first time in recent memory, protestors tried to convince some
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Electors to change their vote, but in the end, Florida Electors chose the man they had pledged to support.
Hundreds of letters arrived at Elector Brian Ballard’s office over the weekend. More last week. Most if not all ask him to vote for Hillary Clinton or anyone but Donald trump. Their efforts were wasted. Ballard is as staunch a Trump supporter as they come.
“He had the will of the people of Florida, He won Florida. I voted for him, I supported him, I raised money for him. I represent him” said Ballard before the vote.
Among the mail, copies of the Federalist papers in which Alexander Hamilton says the electoral college is a good thing for America.
It was Alexander Hamilton’s essay on the electoral college the inspired protestors Like Pam Bergsma of Lake Worth to try and change the electors minds.
“This is about giving our electoral voters an opportunity to vote their conscious and maybe save our
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The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas is sometimes considered the prime hotel in the city. This AAA five-diamond award-winning hotel features
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nearly 4,000 rooms; therefore, choosing the best room from so many options can be a chore. A number of different types of suites, guest rooms and villas are available at the hotel, and even the smallest rooms in the hotel -- the Bellagio King and Bellagio Queen rooms -- are more than 500 square feet. However, the best rooms are much larger.
You should keep in mind that the villas are not for everyone, primarily because they are reserved by invitation only and available only on a very limited basis. The Bellagio features a 6,500-square-foot villa as well as an 8,000-square-foot villa. Each villa includes a workout facility, a massage room, a hair salon, 24-hour butler service, a formal dining room, a fireplace and a private terrace that features a garden pool and a whirlpool. The 6,500-square-foot villa features two bedrooms and five bathrooms
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Italian group Leonardo has opened a research and technology centre in Naples as part of an effort to boost the aerostructures business.
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Tech Campus, the new facility at Leonardo's plant in Pomigliano d'Arco, is set to become the aerostructures division's technological innovation hub and conduct projects in collaboration with the University of Naples Federico II.
Leonardo says that researchers, developers and "new entrepreneurial teams" will be located at the facility to develop technologies and processes aimed at "ensuring and consolidating Leonardo's market leadership in the [aerostructures] field".
In parallel to opening the campus, Leonardo has launched a "transformation programme" at the Pomigliano d'Arco site, with an objective of "improving production engineering processes".
Group chief executive Alessandro Profumo views Leonardo's aerostructures activities in the Campania region – of which Naples is the capital – as a central pillar of Italy's industrial prosperity.
"The challenge for Italy's future is linked to its technological skills and the growth of the [country's] southern regions," he states
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Bengaluru: Samsung India, the local arm of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, announced the launch of its first Internet
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of Things or IoT-enabled washer-dryer on Friday.
The new product, called FlexWash, will be available at Samsung outlets and other major retailers from 15 August and will be priced at Rs1.45 lakh.
The FlexWash comes with two drums—a 3.5kg top load and a 21kg drum at the bottom—to give consumers the flexibility to choose different wash cycles simultaneously.
It also uses three concepts that Samsung has created called EcoBubble, Bubble Soak and Vibration Reduction Technology. While the first two make the machine more effective in creating foam for faster and more effective cleaning, the last one is aimed at making it noiseless.
Samsung’s new machines can also be operated remotely using its Smart Control app since they are IoT enabled. The firm is ready to adopt IoT across its product portfolio, it said in a statement.
“This is an all-in-one washing machine which gives you
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Bob Baffert and John Ward Jr. stood in their respective corners at Pimlico yesterday and talked about the rematch.
Baff
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ert, trainer of Preakness winner Point Given, and Ward, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos, held court the morning after the Preakness at their opposite corners of the Pimlico stakes barn. Both said that as long as their horses remain healthy and sound, they will run in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks at Belmont Park.
Said Baffert: "That question will be answered on Belmont Day when they both come down the stretch."
Said Ward: "It's even-up, with a long season to go."
Monarchos won the Kentucky Derby with a motorcycle-like charge in the second-fastest time ever run in the race. Only Secretariat's was faster. Point Given won the Preakness on Saturday with a grinding, dominating attack.
Oddly, Baffert blames Churchill Downs' racing surface for Point Given's defeat in the Derby, and Ward blames Pimlico's surface for Monarch
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is set to introduce 50c bond coins on Tuesday to further boost price competitiveness, central bank boss John
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Mangudya has said.
The new coins will join the 1c, 5c, 10c and 25c that were introduced in December last year.
Mangudya said the bond coins are indexed at par or one to one with the US cents and will circulate side by side with all the currencies under the multiple currency system.
“The introduction of the 50c bond coins is aimed at completing the series of small denomination coins which have helped to tame prices within the economy,” Mangudya said.
Of late, prices of basic commodities have fallen due to the availability of the small denomination coins. Bakers have reduced the price of bread to about 90 cents from $1 in response to government’s call to re-align prices.
In his monetary policy statement in January, Mangudya said the bonded coins were meant to boost competitiveness through instilling or promoting a proper pricing system for goods and services in the country under the multiple currency system. Compet
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Bring your Tigers football and basketball questions, and talk to Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter in a live chat starting at 11 a.m.
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Thursday.
Breaking news on the football staff: Missouri has hired David Gibbs as a defensive assistant. No specific job title yet. Most recently he was the defensive coordinator at Texas Tech the last four years. Former DBs coach for the Chiefs & Broncos.
Dave - Could you remind me how the off season works with the players and coaches before spring practice begins? Will they have a plan for Kelly Bryant to start working with the wide receivers ASAP to start building chemistry - for him and for them? I think we have a nice group of young receivers coming back.
Throughout January they have morning mat drill sessions that aren't football practices per se, but more based around conditioning. Then players are allowed to spend X amount of time with coaches in non-practice workouts. No full pads or anything like that. They'll have plenty of "voluntary" workouts between QBs and receivers from now until the start of the season. That'll be ongoing.
Dave - Do we know who will be
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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Shreveport police have launched a homicide investigation into the deaths of a man and woman
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found dead in a car that caught fire at an abandoned home late Thursday night. Police believe the couple had given a ride to a man earlier in the evening.
According to the Shreveport Police Department, a witness called officers and explained that someone approached her father and step-mother outside Mall St. Vincent. The suspect used the couple’s cell phone to call a cab before they decided to give them a ride.
The couple was found inside a burning car at the home near the intersection of Penick Street and San Jacinto Avenue, approximately three miles from the mall. Firefighters were called to the scene just before midnight.
Police say no arrests have been made. The investigation into how the couple died is underway.
Overnight, a family member called KSLA News 12 and stated two people went missing from the mall. The caller stated the couple was at the mall with their children when a man approached them asking for a ride. The couple asked their children to go
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State Rep. Debbie Deere is being challenged by David French in the race for the 40th District of the Kansas House of Representatives. The 40
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th District includes Lansing and a portion of the city of Leavenworth. Election Day is Nov. 6. The two candidates answered the same questions submitted by the Leavenworth Times.
1. Why are you the best candidate for the 40th District?
Deere: I am a sixth generation Kansan, having grown up on a farm in northeast Kansas. I have lived in District 40 for the past 30 years. My husband, Kyle, and I have raised our three children here, worked, owned a business and are proud to call this our home. My experiences, involvement and commitment to this community and the state of Kansas help me make a difference in the Kansas Legislature. I am dedicated to listening to my constituents and being your voice.
French: I am a true conservative who believes in reduced government interference in our lives and in lower taxes to keep more money for our needs and not the government’s ever expanding spending programs. I believe all Americans are exceptional people with
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"Stop and watch the ants..."
Instead of the old saying, "Stop and smell the roses."
Why ants? How does this relate
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to being part of the military world?
Back in the day, when I was in the Army, I kept myself awake on field exercises by watching the ants. They spend their days collecting food, building and re-building their homes, taking care of each other, etc. It's actually quite fascinating, to me, anyway, to watch them "do what they do."
Yesterday, about 30 minutes after I returned home from SpouseBuzz Live at Camp Pendleton (which was awesome, by the way!), I was on the phone with 9-1-1.
Our 14-year-old neighbor flipped his bike and suffered a compound fracture of his right wrist. Within seconds I was on the phone and many of the adults in the neighborhood were by his side. His parents weren't home, but we managed to get in touch with them.
For some reason this experience reminded me of watching the ants. The ants work together to survive, and the military families in our neighborhood
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6:37 AM, 7:06 AM and 7:45 AM: Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions is off to a
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phenomenal start at the box office with a preview gross of $6.2M. It’s already breaking records as it marks the biggest late night result for an animated film. It opened at 6 PM last night in 2,985 theaters, so it’s really a full half day of movie going. In comparison, Despicable Me 2, which debuted at 7 PM in previews in 2013 took $4.7M and went onto gross $83.5M. The little critters bow tonight in what is expected to be in 4,301 theaters and there is no question it will pull in well over $100M, stripping away audiences from its nearest competitor, Disney/Pixars’ Inside Out which has been No. 1 the entire week right above Universal’s other powerhouse Jurassic World.
It may end up the highest animated opener of all time. That record currently is held by 2007’s Shrek The Third which grabbed $121.6
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George Peat stated that he heard a section of the Rangers supporters singing this song during Saturday's match against Hamilton. Mr Peat said he would
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be meeting with officials of the Scottish Premier league and the police to plan a way forward on this issue.
"At the minute, we've left it in the hands of the SPL to look into things and try to eradicate it," he told BBC Sport.
"Obviously, it's got to be stamped out and we'll be having a meeting soon with the SPL and the police to see what we can do about it."
Mr Peat's comments come only a few days after Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh called Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin to write to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond about the song and, in particular, the racist abuse directed at Hamilton and Ireland footballer James McCarthy.
"I have asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs to request that the Scottish authorities take action against those Glasgow Rangers supporters who sing the song.
"The racist abuse to which James McCarthy is being subjected on the terraces at some SPL venues this season because of his declaration for Ireland is hurt
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The last week of April was one for the record books, as they say. The Treasury Department announced that April 24th was the single-day
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record for collection of personal income taxes, at $48.7 billion. On top of that, on both Wednesday and Thursday the Dow Industrials closed at back-to-back record highs. It seems that the Bush tax cuts might not have been so reckless after all.
Even though we now have an entire industry of professional doomsayers—whether it’s the ozone hole, carbon emissions, subprime loans, or outsourcing—the simple fact is that the current U.S. economy is the wealthiest and most productive that has ever existed in the history of mankind. People one hundred years ago weren’t worried about rolling over in an SUV, they were worried about getting stomped by a horse.
Looking at human progress over the last few centuries, many people attribute the steady increase in standards of living to new inventions. But that simply begs the question: What type of economic system needs to be in place in order for those inventions to do any good? After all
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Shares of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CZR) were trading down -2.13 or -28.29 percent to $5.
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40 in Monday’s premarket after news broke Friday after the market close that a judge had ruled the company must face lawsuits from the Caesars bondholders. Caesars Entertainment stock closed at $7.53, down -0.03 or -0.40 percent in Friday’s regular trading session.
Paradise, Nevada based Caesars Entertainment Corporation was originally founded as Harrah’s Inc. by Bill Harrah in 1937.
The company changed its name to Harrah’s Entertainment in 1995, changing it to Caesars Entertainment Corp. in 2010. The company is a U.S. gaming corporation that operates more than 50 casinos and hotels, as well as seven golf courses under a variety of brands such as Caesars, Horseshoe Palace, Total Rewards, World Series of Poker and London Clubs International to name only a few.
The company is the fourth largest gaming company in the world and is majority owned by
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Banks contend that few, if any, people have been wrongfully kicked out of their homes as a result of illegal foreclosures. A
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number of judges around New York City would beg to differ.
In millions of cases across the United States, local judges have wide latitude to impose sanctions on banks, free homeowners from their mortgage debts or allow the companies to proceed with flawed foreclosures. Ultimately, the industry is likely to face a messy scenario -- different resolutions by courts in all 50 states.
Such developments highlight another reality -- if homeowners are to get due process in this affair, it will likely be at the local, not federal, level. All 50 state attorneys general are investigating the widespread reports of missing and falsified foreclosure documents. By contrast, the Obama administration has soft-pedaled the "robo-signing" scandal.
Congress, too, is proceeding cautiously (surprise!). Hearings are scheduled. Dudgeon is set on high. But the issue is already losing political luster in Washington, which has turned its attention to the joys of co-habitation. Somehow, I don't expect presumptive
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Is the Recession Really Over?
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch published a provocative report this week declaring that the recession is over. After
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six quarters of negative growth it would be about time. The evidence, however, isn't uniformly positive and suggests that the downturn still has some distance to run. Here are some of the main points on both sides.
"Our global economists believe that the global recession ended in [the second quarter] of 2009 and a fragile recovery has begun in the third quarter," the BofA report said. "We are revising growth forecasts up virtually across the globe, but most notably in the U.S. and China."
The bank raised its growth forecast to 2.7 percent for the second half of 2009 and to 2.6 percent for 2010. Global GDP growth was set to grow 3.7 percent, the bank said, while emerging markets experience a 5.5 percent rise, the bank said.
Before you break out the champagne, it is good to remember that the Federal Reserve issued its own forecast that 2009 GDP would shrink between 1-1.5 percent, an improvement over
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Although he later apologised for his reaction, McInnes said he hoped all aspects of the incident would be included in the delegate’s report
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and that others would also be sanctioned for what occured in a game that was watched by SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell and president Alan McRae.
But Aberdeen keeper Lewis, who described the sectarianism that blights Scottish football as a “completely alien culture” to him, is not confident that the authorities at Hampden will take any meaningful action.
The Suffolk born and raised 31-year-old added: “I don’t get it. I don’t understand it and I am glad I don’t understand it. It is completely alien to me.
Lewis believes nothing went right for Aberdeen on Sunday. The Pittodrie side ended the semi-final encounter with nine men after Dom Ball and Lewis Ferguson were shown red cards by referee Craig Thomson, while management duo McInnes and his assistant Tony Docherty were banished to the stand.
The goalkeeper questioned the first caution given to Ball, for a foul on Jonny Hayes,
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For the record, I want it noted that I have been raving about Lee Pace since 2003, when he starred in Soldier’s Girl
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, a made-for-Showtime movie in which he played a transgendered nightclub performer. He was so beautiful and so feminine that I couldn’t believe how handsome and masculine he actually is as himself.
I also want it noted for the record that if all the people last autumn who were telling me that I “need to be watching Pushing Daisies” had told me that Lee Pace was starring it, I would have made more of an effort to find some time for it.
Anyway: Is this the most adorable show ever, or what? The first season of Pushing Daisies is just out on Region 1 DVD (it’s been out in Region 2 for a while), and it’s only nine episodes (production was cut short by the writers’ strike; it’ll be back for a full second season starting October 1), but it is nine episodes of sweet-and-snarky perfection. It�
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A SMALL band of Queensland crossbenchers has sworn to block the sale of state assets and tear strips off the LNP at the next election
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Nicklin MP Peter Wellington was one of the state's seven independent and minor party members who signed an accord to formalise the plan on Thursday.
He said the LNP had undermined confidence in Queensland investment and voting for independents was the only way forward.
"It happens around the world... it's the cornerstone of local government," he said.
"There's no reason why we cannot have that same style of co-operative working together in our State Government."
Mr Wellington's fellow independents Liz Cunningham, Dr Alex Douglas and Carl Judge joined the loose alliance with Katter's Australia Party members Rob Katter, Ray Hopper and Shane Knuth.
The yet-unnamed partnership has 50 policy-aligned independent candidates on its books for the next election, mostly local government councillors.
Condamine MP Ray Hopper said Katter's Australia Party would only run 10 candidates at the next election, none of whom would contest seats held by policy-aligned independents.
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Today, Timberland launches a new collection in partnership with Thread, a Certified B Corporation that transforms plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti
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into responsible fabric while creating vital jobs. The Timberland X Thread collection of shoes, t-shirts and bags made with Thread™ Ground to Good™ fabric is available now in Timberland® stores and on www.timberland.com (Photo: Business Wire).
STRATHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today launched the Timberland X Thread collection in partnership with Thread, a Certified B Corporation that transforms plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti into what Thread calls “the most responsible fabric on the planet.” The collection goes beyond environmental sustainability, creating social value and impact in the form of cleaner neighborhoods and meaningful new job opportunities. The new Timberland X Thread shoes, t-shirts and bags are available in Timberland® stores and at www.timberland.com.
The new products build upon Timberland’s longstanding commitment to be Earthkeepers – to innovate and operate their business in an
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Kirby looks back while preparing for the future.
From left are Dave Parker, Sue Yamashita and Pete Kirby in the late 1980
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s. Photo by Bonnie Hobbs.
From left: Dave Parker and Sue Yamashita give a Lifetime Achievement Award to Pete Kirby on Saturday.
Charlie Singleton (left), former Vienna VFD chief, gives Pete Kirby a plaque honoring him in the Congressional Record.
Centreville During Pete Kirby’s retirement celebration Saturday night, a video highlighting his career was shown. He then received several awards.
Dave Parker and Sue Yamashita, who rode with Kirby when he drove an ambulance for Centreville’s volunteer fire department, presented Kirby with a Lifetime Achievement Award. “No one made me laugh like Pete,” said Parker.
Then, addressing the crowd, Kirby said, “I never expected anything like this. I look around this room and see parts of my life, and I can’t express how much you all mean to me.” He said how heartwarming it was, not just to see family and friends
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China's stress on improved relations with Western Europe follows the recent warming trend in its relations with the United States and Japan. During his just-com
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pleted tour of France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang repeatedly explained China's ''open door'' policy and its eagerness to increase trade and investment, especially joint ventures with foreign companies.
His appeals during the 18-day visit were almost identical to those made in the recent past to government officials and businessmen in Japan and the United States.
''I told them that China wants to cooperate with foreign countries -- not only in major construction projects such as energy, transportation, and telecommunications, but also in the wide-ranging technical transformation of its existing enterprises....
''We are not only willing to expand commodity trade with foreign countries, we also attach great importance to importing advanced technology and making use of foreign funds,'' he told the New China News Agency on the flight back to China.
Zhao's hopes for increased trade with Europe are also linked to China's disappointment with the relatively meager economic results from its Washington connection, a Western
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CHRISTMAS is more than three weeks off, but the half-price sale is already going on.
It is stocks that are on sale
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; to wit, the Nasdaq variety. At the low yesterday, the Nasdaq composite was down 51 percent from the giddy highs it reached during trading on March 10, when Internet fever peaked.
In fact, if you're looking for deeply discounted merchandise, that statistic makes the supply seem smaller than it is. Half the Nasdaq stocks in the computer and telecommunications sectors are down more than 75 percent since March 10. Fewer than 5 percent have risen.
Those brutal facts are not news to many investors, and they help to explain why this Christmas will not be nearly as joyful for retailers as might be expected given the low unemployment rate. But the broader question is whether the Nasdaq collapse portends bad economic times.
Most of Wall Street thinks not. The consensus is that the economy is making a soft landing that will leave the annual growth rate around 2.5 percent for a while. The Nasdaq decline is viewed as a correction of overinflated valuations, plus perhaps
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Forrester Research Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) George Colony on his first visit to Hanover, Germany, stepped on familiar territory,
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proclaiming Web services will be the next big thing in IT.
A new "technology thunderstorm hits every five to nine years and we are due one now," Colony said in a keynote address Monday at the ICT World Forum, a conference preceding the CeBIT technology tradeshow.
The storm upon us is a big, three-part one, according to Colony. With Web services at the core, it will spawn the "XInternet," an executable and extended Internet, and "Organic IT," easily linkable IT systems, he said.
To cut confusion about Web services, Colony provided a definition: "Web services are not the Web and not services, but Internet middleware enabling you to link to customers, partners and operating groups."
The XInternet is an Internet that does not send back "dead pages" when a user makes a request, but sends an executable that allows a user to interact with a Web site. For example, when a user looks for information on how to
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THE UNDERTAKER stole the show at WrestleMania 33 despite losing to Roman Reigns in Florida as the Deadman appeared to retire as the crowd
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were reduced to tears.
Whilst the Hardy Boyz returned to WWE in spectacular fashion and shocked fans to win the Tag Team Championship.
Brock Lesnar finally got payback on Goldberg in an explosive match after John Cena had proposed to Nikki Bella after their win.
Randy Orton also came out on top in a bizarre match against old leader Bray Wyatt in a match that saw maggots, cockroaches and worms projected onto the ring.
Triple H then got embarrassed as he lost to Seth Rollins - who pedigreed The Game - as Triple H also knocked his wife Stephanie McMahon through a table.
Kevin Owens piled more misery on his old pal Chris Jericho as he defeated him to claim the United States Championship.
The unforgettable night of wrestling also saw the return of legendary commentator Jim Ross as he watched the Undertaker's gruelling battle against Reigns.
Whilst AJ Styles saw off Shane McMahon in a tough test which incredibly saw the SmackDown
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Telstra is to embark on a major overhaul of its billing systems, switching to a predominantly Intel-based, open-source architecture in an attempt
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to rationalise the number of systems and platforms the telco currently operates, Telstra CIO Jeff Smith has revealed at an analyst briefing in Sydney on cost reductions.
Smith told Computerworld that outsourcer Electronic Data Systems (EDS) is already heavily engaged in work on the project, which will see a move away from current proprietary systems in an effort to dramatically reduce the operational expenditure confronting Australia's largest telco.
"The switch will be on the software side. The cost dynamics from a proprietary [system] to the Intel switch are around [a] 90% [reduction in operating costs]," Smith told Computerworld, adding that cost-efficient large enterprises were now engaged in a "big standardisation on platforms for Linux — that's the trend".
Telstra's director of productivity Hayden Kelly was left to reveal the full horror of the monstrosity that Telstra's 156 billing systems had become and repudiate the bad old ways.
"We have taken a silo
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SMITHVILLE -- Mary E. Stoller, 93, of Smithville, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at the Apostolic Christian
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Home.She was born on April 6, 1914, in Akron, to Charles and Mary (Brown) Wormald and lived in Smithville since 1959.She was a homemaker and a member of the Rittman Apostolic Christian Church for 71 years. She married Lawrence E. Stoller on June 2, 1934, and he survives.Also surviving are children, Harlan (Jean) Stoller of Sterling, Linda Stoller and Judy Stoller, both of Smithville; son-in-law, Dale (Carolyn) Hartzler of Rittman; eight grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.A daughter, Joyce Hartzler, and three brothers and four sisters, also died previously.Services will be held Friday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Rittman Apostolic Christian Church with ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be at the Apostolic Cemetery in Rittman.
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With momentum seeming to swing toward one candidate, an expert isn’t sure what’s going to happen with the Missouri Senate race.
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Democrat Jason Kander has polled ahead of incumbent Republican Roy Blunt in the last two surveys. Meanwhile, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to hold a steady lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Blunt seems to have chosen an indirect embrace of the embattled nominee at the top of the Republican ticket. He was noticeably annoyed when asked about sexual assault accusations against Trump in the days after revelation about the billionaire became public.
The Missouri Senator separated himself from Trump at a recent press conference in Jefferson City. “You know, I think it’s pretty hard to confuse me with Donald Trump” said Blunt.
Blunt is one of the few down ballot Republicans underperforming Trump in the polls. Many candidates in other states fear the embattled GOP presidential nominee will poison their campaigns.
After holding a slim lead since early August, Blunts been edged out by Democratic challenger Jason Kander in recent polling. The poll analysis firm Five-Thirty-Eight now gives Kander a nearly
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Could You Get an Abortion From Your Doctor If You Needed One?
If you were seeking an abortion, where would you go? Would you
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be able to get one from your primary care physician or your OB-GYN? And if you couldn’t get an abortion from either, how would you proceed?
Here is a scary fact: According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2014, people seeking abortion in the U.S. often had to drive between 180 and 330 miles to access the procedure. Business Insider reports that the number of clinics in the country has decreased from 851 in 2008 to 788 in 2014, and five states have only a single clinic.
Not surprisingly, the number of abortion providers is woeful as well — according to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2014, 90 percent of U.S. counties do not have one, so if you live in one of those counties, you have to figure out how you’re getting to a county or a state that does have one, and that’s going to increase both the time it takes to access the abortion and
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“Stanford Scientists Cast Doubt on Advantages of Organic Meat and Produce” (news article, Sept. 4) misses
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the point.
The first sentence suggests that people eat organic food with the hope of getting more vitamins per serving. I choose organic food because it contains fewer pesticides, and is grown more naturally.
Furthermore, the article contradicts the implications of the headline; it provides evidence that organic food contains fewer chemicals, and cites several examples that validate the reality that organic food is in fact healthier.
The fact that nonorganic food also contains pesticide levels below the standards of the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t indicate that organic and nonorganic foods are actually equally healthy.
Finally, the article acknowledges that this study ignores food’s taste, and doesn’t mention other factors, including support of independent farmers, healthier conditions for workers, biodiversity and reduced environmental degradation.
It is clearly obvious that the scientists did not take taste into account in determining differences between organic and nonorganic produce. There is a world of difference between the delectable, mouthwatering taste of organic tomatoes and strawberries and
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FIREFIGHTERS from Hinckley station say that their lives could be put at risk by arsonists at the old greyhound track.
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Squatters have moved onto the site and have been seen living in a wooden shack next to the clubhouse.
Police have even been called out to the derelict house on the site, when a special needs child went missing. He was found hidden in the ground floor.
And Ez Millett, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service’s district manager for the Hinckley and Bosworth area said the revelation meant that crews would treat fires at the site differently.
“It is causing me a problem,” Mr Millett said. “But now I know that the buildings are unstable, and people may be in there, it’s putting our lives in danger.
“We can liaise with the council, and between us we can put pressure on the owners to do something about the land.
“We are having a spate of malicious calls from the old greyhound track, which is obviously causing concern.
“We are trying
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I EXERCISED US-based stock options last October through my American employer and paid income tax on the difference between the exercise price and the
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original grant price. I kept some shares but they fell dramatically in price. As I didn't realise any 'income' from these unsold shares, is there any way I can recoup this tax to the Revenue other than through future capital gains allowance? It is inequitable that the IR expect income tax on money which has never been income! Is anyone lobbying the Government for a change in this outrageous tax? PB, Farnham.
Maurice Fitzpatrick, a tax director at Tenon says: Now that stock markets are falling there may well be many others in your position but I have not heard of any campaigns to change it.
There are no other ways you can recoup your loss except by using it to offset any future capital gains. Note that you CAN get income tax relief for losses on new shares that you have subscribed to in unquoted companies (including AIM and OFEX companies) but this applies to UK companies only. Had your company been UK-based you might
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Scores of protesters amassed in front of the headquarters of the Guangdong-based Southern Weekend to support media freedom after it emerged that the prominent
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publication’s New Year’s editorial was doctored by a local Chinese Communist official.
Some experts believe it is one of the most important incidents to raise public awareness about China’s beleaguered media environment in some time.
“Get rid of censorship. The Chinese people want freedom,” wrote one user on Twitter.
The protest came after the Southern Weekend’s editorial staff went on strike over the weekend, a rare public demonstration in support of media freedom in China, one of the most tightly censored countries in the world.
The South China Morning Post reported that the editorial staff went on strike–the first such strike at a major newspaper in several decades.
The decision to strike was made after the paper’s management took control over the editorial department’s microblog account, and said that its New Year’s statement was written by staff and not the provincial propaganda chief Tuo Zhen, who formerly headed Xinhua.
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A new Brooklyn dining spot devoted to wood-smoked meat and 75 kinds of whiskey? You have our attention.
Coming to Brooklyn: A
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smokehouse with a gobsmacking array of whiskies.
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens is a little more sparse - okay, a lot more sparse -- in terms of dining scene than nearby neighborhoods like Park Slope or Clinton Hill, so it absolutely, positively deserves a big fat gift of a restaurant like Whiskey Sunday.
The place isn't open yet at this writing (and is keeping mum about a debut date), but we're already drooling at Time Out's tipoff: There's a wood-smoker for 500 lbs. of meat, "spice-rubbed slabs" of beef (including cheeks - ahh, cheeks), and a veritable smorgasbord of whiskey types - 75, says TONY. After the late Lookout Hill Smokehouse closed last fall (and took its epic bourbon selection with it), we're excited for a new meat-and-rye destination. 49 Lincoln Rd. between Flatbush and Ocean A
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All musical notation is a kind of compression, which is to say a compromise between ease of transmission and depth of reception.
The notes on a
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score tell you a lot about a song, but not everything. The same goes for guitar tabs, which tell you where to put your fingers, not what the notes are.
So, if you want to learn a song, it's best to hear someone playing it decompressed, while using the notation as an aide-mémoire.
This isn't an easy thing to do, especially in the repetitive way that's necessary to learn a song.
Or it wasn't until Adrian Holovaty and PJ Macklin created Soundslice, a beautiful HTML5 app that syncs professional studio recordings with sheet music and guitar tablature. Soundslice debuted in late 2012, but they released a new version of the software for sheet music yesterday, and it's wonderful. You can check out the functions in the video below.
But really, go play around with the app. There's a nice version of "Auld Lang Syne." Do it on any device.
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Patrick Giles was appointed to the Hopedale Historical Commission last week. It is the first time in many years all seven membership slots on the commission
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have been filled.
HOPEDALE – Retired educator Patrick Giles was appointed to the town’s Historical Commission last week, filling out the seven-member board for the first time in many years.
“With Pat’s appointment that would bring us to the full seven-member commission, which I don’t even know how long it's been, if ever, that the commission has been fortunate enough to have a membership of seven,” Historical Commission Co-Chairman Sue Ciaramicoli said at last week’s Board of Selectmen meeting.
Giles is no stranger to state and local history as he specialized in teaching and developing curriculum in those two areas during his nearly 40-year career in education. He also volunteers at the Little Red Shop Museum. Giles was aiming to do more for the community's history and applied for an open position on the commission. He was appointed by selectmen last week.
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Could be Donald Trump is clueless about health care policy. But that could mean he hasn't embraced some bad conservative ideas.
The general consensus from
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Thursday night’s CNN/Telemundo debate is that Marco Rubio “trapped” Donald Trump into a discussion of health policy that exposed Trump’s embarrassing lack of knowledge and sketchy plans. (Ted Cruz went after Trump for his past support for a single-payer system, which is another issue entirely.) In fact, most of the commentary afterward was not about what Trump actually proposes to do in the way of a repeal-and-replace-Obamacare scheme but devoted to Rubio’s turning-the-tables mockery of the mogul for robotically repeating lines (lines about “state lines,” as it happens) instead of answering questions.
To the extent observers looked deeper than this stylistic gotcha, they generally agreed that Trump wasn’t offering anything like a real health-care plan, particularly as compared to Rubio’s complicated and problematic but word-heavy scheme involving tax credits and HSAs and other conservative health-policy
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HBO is moving forward with Who Fears Death, an upcoming drama series in development that will be executive produced by author George R.R.
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Martin of Game of Thrones fame and former HBO President Michael Lombard. It was announced a couple of months ago that HBO was in the early stages of developing Who Fears Death with Martin, now we can confirm that HBO has sealed the deal and the series will be moving forward.
The series is based off the sci-fi/fantasy novel by Nnedi Okorafo, which was published in 2010 by DAW. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic future version of Sudan, North Africa, where the light-skinned Nuru oppress the dark-skinned Okeke leading to a society divided by tone of skin. The protagonist, Onyesonwu, is the child of an Okeke woman who was sexually assaulted by a Nuru man and must go on a quest to defeat her sorcerer father using her magical powers when she reaches maturity while fighting to master the powers growing inside of her.
According to a new report by Deadline, the project will reun
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New Zealand shares dropped as investors picked a weaker outlook for Air New Zealand and Ebos. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp and Auckland International Airport gained
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on expectations for continuing strong earnings growth.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 22.47 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 9,139.87. Within the index, 26 stocks fell, 20 rose and four were unchanged. Turnover was $115.4 million.
Leading the index lower was Air New Zealand, down 4.3 per cent to $3.265. It lifted full-year pre-tax earnings 2.5 per cent to $540m despite significantly higher fuel prices, but the airline is slightly more downbeat about the current financial year as those costs continue to push higher.
The company had expected to improve on 2017's $527m earnings based on an average jet fuel price of US$60 per barrel. The price, however, increased 25 per cent to US$75 per barrel.
"After having been very strong for the last few days, and perhaps surprisingly strong given the known fuel cost and currency head
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FOUR Weddings and a Funeral actress Charlotte Coleman could have been saved by revolutionary treatment which could be put into practice at Winsford Rock
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Salt Mine, claim protesters.
The talented actress, who played Hugh Grant's flat-mate in the box office smash hit film, died of a severe asthma attack last week.
But had she been given an alternative form of natural therapy which relies on the quality of air in salt caverns like the one in Winsford, Charlotte could still be alive today, claims protest group RAMP.
Charlotte was named in the public inquiry into whether Minosus should be allowed to dump toxic waste in the mine.
RAMP - Residents Against Mine Pollution - believes the atmosphere of the mine would be perfect for the revolutionary treatment Speleotherapy.
But should the plan to create Britain's first underground toxic waste dump be given the go-ahead, the opportunity to ease the lot of asthma sufferers and potentially save lives would be lost, say members.
RAMP spokesman Julian Ross, of Moulton, told the inquiry into the
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What if a regional salmon plan was supported by three Northwest governors, six Indian tribes and the Obama administration? What if the plan had undergone rigorous review
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by some of the most respected scientists in the nation, who all agreed it was a sound plan well grounded in the best science? And what if it had bipartisan support across a wide spectrum of the Northwest's diverse political interests?
Well, there is such a plan. It's called a biological opinion for the operation of the Columbia River's economically vital federal hydroelectric system. And the plan is being aggressively implemented by four federal agencies in the Northwest with the active support of most of the region's states and tribes.
But there are some who disagree. And their disagreements are prolonging a court case that has ground on for more than a decade. The ongoing litigation is creating uncertainty for the region that will have short- and long-term consequences for salmon, Northwest ratepayers and the hydroelectric system. Instead of working to implement a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, broadly agreed-upon solution, we are spending precious federal resources in the courtroom.
The plaintiffs in this case argue that Columbia Basin salmon
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Egyptian authorities today hanged three prisoners convicted of killing a police officer during clashes that erupted in the weeks following the deadly Rabaa massacre. The executions
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have brought the total number of executions in Egypt to six in two weeks.
"These executions, which come just days after three other people were put to death in separate cases, mark an alarming escalation in executions so far this year.
"The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and its use is appalling under any circumstances, but it is even more so given that all six execution victims were sentenced based on confessions they said were extracted under torture.
"The shocking flaws in Egypt's justice system have seen hundreds sentenced to death after grossly unfair trials in recent years.
"The Egyptian authorities should stop all further executions and immediately establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty completely."
Today (13 February), the Egyptian authorities executed three people who were convicted of killing a police officer in Kerdasa, Giza, on 19 September 2013. One of the three men convicted was forcibly disappeared for three days before appearing before a prosecutor and being charged
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Stewart Alonzo Morley, 87, of Provo, Utah, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2013 in Provo, Utah
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Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stewart served in many capacities and leadership positions.
Father, Dad, Grandpa was an example to all by his willingness to tackle any project and see it through to the end. His quiet strength and loving devotion to his family has given solace to many in times of need and crisis. We'll all miss nibbling on the fruits of his labor in his legendary bounteous vegetable garden. He was bit by the fishing bug, a passion that has been robustly embraced by later generations.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Edgemont 2nd Ward Chapel, 555 East 3230 North, Provo, Utah. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Friday from 6-8:00 p.m. and at the church Saturday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Inter
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Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in
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the study of air pollution, combustion and catalytic processes.
Holography, like photography, is a way to record the world around us. Both use light to make recordings, but instead of two-dimensional photos, holograms reproduce three-dimensional shapes. The shape is inferred from the patterns that form after light ricochets off an object and interferes with another light wave that serves as a reference.
When created with X-ray light, holography can be an extremely useful method for capturing high-resolution images of a nanoscale object—something that is so small, its size is measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter.
So far, X-ray holography has been restricted to objects that form crystals or relied on careful positioning of the sample on a surface. However, many nano-sized particles are non-crystalline, short-lived and very fragile. They may also suffer changes or damage during an experiment when positioned
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Paul LaPolice is heading back to Winnipeg.
The former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach has been hired by the team as its new offensive co
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-ordinator. TSN CFL Insider Gary Lawless reports the deal will take LaPolice through the 2017 season.
The Blue Bombers tweeted a 19-second video Monday night depicting LaPolice and head coach Mike O'Shea signing a contract and shaking hands.
"Fire it up," LaPolice says in the video after being introduced as the new offensive co-ordinator by O'Shea.
The 45-year-old LaPolice served as Winnipeg's head coach from 2010 to 2012. He compiled a 16-28 record during that time.
He will replace Marcel Bellefeuille, whose contract was not renewed by the Bombers following the 2015 season.
LaPolice first broke into the CFL as a receivers coach with the Toronto Argonauts in 2000 before joining the Bombers as an offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks, receivers and running backs coach two years later. He also worked as a receivers coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Well-publicized security breaches in the wireless local area networking standard have plagued the market, but leading vendors insist the problems are surmountable.
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Concern about wireless LAN security swelled when researchers at the University of California at Berkeley published a report detailing weaknesses of the wired equivalent privacy (WEP) algorithm built into the wireless LAN standard. That report was quickly followed by another report, published by researchers at the University of Maryland.
Just as the response died down, another report emerged, written by a well-known security expert and revealing a far simpler way to break into a wireless LAN network by discovering the encryption key.
However, product vendors contend that the weaknesses of WEP have long been known, and that they have what they need to patch holes and build secure networks. "It was always believed that WEP was for base-level protection only," said David Cohen, solutions line business manager of 3Coms wireless connectivity division, and founder and chairman of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. Cohen and others said WEP was never designed to be a complete security solution.
Security issues shouldnt prevent an enterprise from deploying a wireless
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BOWLING GREEN — Boone County's Sydney Moss knew a lot of eyes would be on her during her state tournament debut at Diddle Arena
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on Thursday.
Moss, a 5-foot-11 sophomore daughter of NFL star Randy Moss, didn't disappoint, scoring 28 points and grabbing 16 rebounds to lead the sixth-ranked Lady Rebels to a hard-fought 48-44 win over No. 3 Bowling Green in the Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls Sweet Sixteen.
"It's a lot of pressure," Moss said. "I just knew I had to come out and play well."
Junior forward Alex McKenzie is wearing a bulky mask to protect a broken nose she sustained in the 11th Region championship game last week.
On the third play of the game against Franklin County, McKenzie went up for a rebound and felt the elbow of an opposing player come down on the bridge of her nose.
"I heard it crunch," she said. "But didn't say anything till the next day. After it happened, I was like, 'Ah. I think she broke my nose.'"
McK
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SWANSEA suffered a gut-wrenching defeat in Napoli as their hopes of reaching the last-16 of the Europa League were crushed
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in Italy.
Jonathan De Guzman’s goal, which cancelled out Lorenzo Insigne’s early opener, had put the Welsh club on course to stun Rafa Benitez’s star-studded Serie A side.
But Gonzalo Higuain struck a ferocious volley to put Napoli back in front, before Gokhan Inler got a third on the break at the death.
The result will have hurt head coach Garry Monk and his players, but, aside from making a clear statement of his ability to replace Michael Laudrup in the long term, he will know more performances of this standard will see them escape the relegation battle with something to spare.
Not that it was any consolation for the 34-year-old as a poor week for Premier League sides in Europe continued.
“I am gutted for the players, but they can hold their heads high and be proud, I feel for them,” he said.
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Following an IDF incursion into Gaza in search of tunnels, and the firing of rockets and mortars by Palestinian militants, Israel fully closed the Gaza
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crossings on 5 November.This intensified to an unprecedented level the blockade on the Gaza Strip that was imposed in June 2007.These developments directly contribute to reducing people’s lives to a daily struggle of obtaining clean running water, fuel for cooking, and fresh foods to maintain their families. The prolonged duration of the blockade is causing a deep crisis of human dignity, along with the de-development and collapse of basic services and infrastructure, in one of the most densely populated regions in the world.
The severe closure imposed since 5 November halted the delivery of basic supplies, fuel and humanitarian assistance, to the Gaza Strip. Gaza crossings were opened only on six days following the 5 November closure, constraining imports to limited amounts of food, medical supplies, industrial fuel, animal feed and a few other basic items. While any easing of the closure is a welcome measure, the constant disruption of the openings is significantly affecting not only the provision of basic social services, such as electricity and water, but also humanitarian operations
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I have been reading through articles documenting how ‘Plain Language’ came to be a standard by which legal communications are judged — and which
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courts, firms, and companies are willing to invest money and time in. From my limited research, I’ve been able to trace the rise of ‘Plain Language’ as a standard from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, when it became much discussed in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia-New Zealand. Government commissions began to investigate what Plain Language would look like in practice, how much it would offer to the end user of legal documents, and if it was worth investing in.
The conclusion seems to have been a resounding ‘yes’, as Plain Language became a dominant metric against which legal writing, explanations, outreach, and work product is judged. President Clinton mandated that federal agencies author their work using Plain Language techniques. Courts, self-help centers & legal aid groups hire plain language companies to ensure the text they release out to the public meets the Plain Language standard. And firms and corporations put an emphasis on how they offer clarity
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NEW YORK – In a judicial nod to public interest in the Martha Stewart (search) criminal trial, a judge warned Friday that prospective jurors and their
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families are off limits to anyone reporting about the case.
The selection process begins Tuesday when prospective jurors receive questionnaires at U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where Stewart faces charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements.
On Jan. 20, the trial begins in earnest when the 62-year-old home decorating diva is introduced to prospective jurors, some of whom will be interviewed in greater detail about their background, beliefs and ability to be fair and impartial.
In a three-page order issued Friday, Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum said prospective jurors will be instructed not to speak to anyone about the case or to read or hear about it in the media.
Noting that the trial will be subject to "widespread and intense press coverage," the judge said it was necessary to restrict contact between potential jurors and the print, broadcast and Internet media along with sketch artists, photographers, freelance journalists, authors and other writers.
She said no
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Despite mounting evidence that he probably doesn't have a say in the matter, Dallas city manager A.C. Gonzalez announced he would make a decision
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on the disposition of the Love Field gates by Friday. Gonzalez's pronouncement followed a contentious May 7 City Council briefing on the issue, most of which occurred behind closed doors.
As part of the American Airlines/US Airways merger settlement, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded two Love Field gates to Virgin America last month. Delta and Southwest Airlines also submitted bids but were not selected. The deal is currently awaiting approval from the City of Dallas.
"Contrary to what may have been reported in any media outlet, I have not thrown my weight behind any particular entity," council member Vonciel Jones Hill said.
On Wednesday, council member Phillip Kingston tried to introduce a motion to prevent the council from going into executive session about the gates, but Mayor Mike Rawlings wasn't having it. "We are going into executive session," Rawlings said forcefully, talking over an exasperated Kingston.
"It's unbelievable that we can't hear this motion, Mr. Mayor.
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Marcus Kaasik at a Town Board special meeting earlier this year on seagrass management.
Are conservation moorings protecting or ruining
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the environment?
The debate continues among Islanders with many baymen arguing that the moorings meant to protect seagrasses on bay bottoms end up tearing the grass from its roots as the moorings work their way out of the ground over time. They also worried it could ruin their equipment.
But Soren Dahl, of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission told the baymen at a recent meeting that the technology has improved during the past few years and the conservation moorings have proven to be very successful in New England waters.
Still, the baymen are skeptical, saying that out of conservation moorings installed four or five years ago, three of nine failed to work correctly.
Councilman Jim Colligan reported the dispute to his Town Board colleagues at the October 30 work session.
But Mr. Dahl and Elizabeth Hornstein of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, a nonprofit interstate agency, said they believed a pilot program has merit. Ms. Horn
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Two major breaches last year of U.S. government databases holding personnel records and security-clearance files exposed sensitive information about at least 22.
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1 million people, including not only federal employees and contractors but their families and friends, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The total vastly exceeds all previous estimates, and marks the most detailed accounting by the Office of Personnel Management of how many people were affected by cyber intrusions that U.S. officials have privately said were traced to the Chinese government.
But even beyond the rising number of apparent victims, U.S. officials said the breaches rank among the most potentially damaging cyber heists in U.S. government history because of the abundant detail in the files. Officials said hackers accessed not only personnel records of current and former employees but also extensive information about friends, relatives and others listed as references in applications for security clearances for some of the most sensitive jobs in government.
Other U.S. officials said that a foreign intelligence service could use the information to identify U.S. intelligence operatives, and that China is suspected of stealing large amounts of data on Americans as part of
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