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Creditors of the Network Ten will be eager for answers when they meet administrators today. It will be their first opportunity to ask about money they
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’re owed after the network was placed in voluntary administration almost two weeks ago.
Today’s creditor-only meeting is expected to be tense, with the future of Australia’s third ranking TV Network under a cloud.
Ten’s financial troubles came to a head when its largest shareholders – Lachlan Murdoch, Bruce Gordon and James Packer – refused to continue guaranteeing the company’s outstanding $200 million debt or any future debt facility.
When they pulled the plug, Ten’s board had no option but to place the network in administration.
Since then, Mr Gordon, who owns the regional Win TV Network, and Mr Murdoch, who is co-chair of New Corp, have joined their shareholdings so they can vote as a bloc with more than 22 percent of the company’s shares.
Ten’s troubles prompted the federal government to push ahead with reforms to media laws, which have been tabled but have been
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HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Medical services for inmates at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center cost Horry County
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$2.5 million in 2018.
The county contracted with Mediko, a private health care company, to provide everything from doctors’ visits to medications to coordinating outside specialty services and clinics.
The company provides 18 medical staff members as well as a 24-hour nurse at the center.
Johnson explained the center would have to pay the company additional fees if the inmate population exceeds 800.
Horry County paid Mediko $209,000 each month this year, according to its check registry.
Mediko began its contract in 2017. Prior to Mediko, Horry County paid around $154,000 a month to Southern Health Partners for similar services, according to the county’s check registry.
Johnson explained the center selected Mediko from submitted proposals based on the staffing it was willing to provide for the cost proposal.
Years ago, county staff members provided medical services.
The center is required by state law to provide and fund these services.
“We
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AN ELDERLY woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being mauled by three vicious dogs while trying to save her own pet.
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The Sydney woman, 78, was attacked at her Greendale home, police said.
Officers were told the woman was trying to save her pet pug who had been attacked by the other three animals, believed to be pet dingoes. The pug did not survive the attack.
The woman was treated at the scene and taken to Liverpool Hospital in a serious condition. She suffered serious injuries to her arms, legs and back, police said.
It is unclear whether the three offending dogs were pets, or if they had made their way onto the property from elsewhere.
The animals were seized by Liverpool council rangers on Tuesday before a decision is made on whether or not they will be put down.
The incident follows a fatal dog attack that took place in Canberra in October, and cost the life of Watson woman Tania Klemke.
Ms Klemke died in her home after her pet dog, Simba, a mixed breed believed to be similar to a pit bull
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PORT ANGELES — The Juan de Fuca Foundation will hold its annual Winter Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. Saturday featuring a
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performance by singer-songwriter Laura Love.
She will perform in a duo with guitarist Terry Hunt.
Tickets are $50 and are available for purchase online at jffa.org.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Red Lion ballroom, 221 N. Lincoln St.
The evening will include a salmon dinner buffet and open bar, according to a news release.
As the event is a foundation fundraiser, a silent auction will take place throughout the evening.
Victoria hotel stays, Coho ferry tickets, Juan de Fuca Festival passes and Port Angeles Symphony concerts will be among the items available to bid on.
Also planned is a raffle on an “eclectic assortment of wonderful wines.” The winner will be drawn before the end of the evening.
Last but not least, the foundation plans a “dessert dash.” An envelope will be placed on each table representing bids on dessert items like
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Since March 22, 2010, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) has returned 42 percent, including dividends paid. An
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impressive performance to be sure, but it is often said, and it is true, that sectors lead the broader market not the other way around.
On a related note, a frequently discussed topic in recent months has been what sectors are displaying leadership qualities. With consumer staples ranking high on that list, some investors, professional and retail, have doubted the viability of the broader market rally.
Interestingly, a case can be made that this has been a "risk off" rally for three years now. Using the nine Select Sector SPDRs as the barometers while going back to March 22, 2010, only one so-called risky ETF has offered noteworthy out-performance of those sector funds that are perceived to have less risk. That ETF is the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLY).
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR has returned 68.6 percent since March 22, 2010, meaning the ETF has been simply dominant over other sector funds such as the Materials
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It didn’t happen at the same ground in Nagpur, but we believe that hosts Vidarbha Cricket Association should have organised a token
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remembrance last Thursday for the victims of the wall collapse that took place exactly 20 years ago during the India vs New Zealand one-day international at the old VCA Stadium in the Orange City.
Indian and South African teams lining up to remember the nine dead and several injured would have been viewed as a nice touch. On the other hand, sensitivity was not lost on organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL).
Before the Mumbai City FC vs Kerala Blasters ISL match at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul the same day, both teams lined up for a minute’s silence to remember those who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks (see above picture). Well done, football. Where cricket is concerned, don’t forget to remember next time.
Kala Ghoda is as much about scrumptious food as it is about kitschy art and culture. And nobody seems to know this better than Nicole Mody, curator of
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People tend to eat more calories and fat on the days they also have alcoholic drinks, a new study suggests.
Researchers from the National Institute on
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Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that on average men took in about 400 more calories a day when they drank while women consumed an extra 300.
Possible explanations for the trend were that social events often involve less-healthy foods and people are more impulsive when they are under the influence.
She said the new information gives people an opportunity to be more aware of what they're eating on the days they imbibe.
In a previous study, Breslow found people who drink more tend to have poorer diets in general, compared to those who drink less.
For the current research, she and her colleagues looked at volunteers' diets on both the days they drank and the days they abstained.
The data came from a large U.S. health and lifestyle survey conducted in 2003 through 2008.
More than 1,800 people answered a diet questionnaire on two days within a ten-day span - one day when they drank and another when they did not.
When people did imb
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TSMC is ramping into 3nm as soon as possible, with the Taiwanese semiconductor giant spending $20 billion on a next-gen 3
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nm manufacturing plant, so that it can keep customers like Apple happy in the future.
Samsung and Intel have been in the fab game for a while now, but TSMC has been spending around $10 billion per year in order to keep up to, or exceed what their two main competitors are doing. TSMC has announced its building a next-gen 3nm technology plant in Southern Taiwan, but to put it into perspective... 1nm is one billionth of a meter, and measures the width of each transistor in the chip. It's an incredibly intricate process, with TSMC leading the world in many ways.
Morris Chang, founder of TSMC and 86-year-old ultimate boss of the company said: "By the time we're through, by the time we've built all the necessary capacity, I think we would have spent upwards of $15 billion. That's a conservative estimate. Maybe it's safer to say upwards of $20 billion". Don't worry, TS
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But Springfield's utility company said it would keep looking at renewable power opportunities.
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that Strata Solar
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LLC does not have a parent company.
City Utilities said Thursday that it will not move forward on a proposed second solar power farm near the Springfield-Branson National Airport.
A new solar farm would have been too expensive for customers, CU said in a recap of its Thursday board meeting. But CU said it will keep looking at renewable power opportunities for the future.
CU told the Springfield Business Journal on Friday that 15 energy companies submitted bids for the project, saying they would charge 5 cents to 12 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity.
Only one bidder, Sun Solar, was based in southern Missouri.
The proposal was a joint project between the airport and CU, according to previous reporting by the News-Leader.
In June, when the airport and CU decided to study whether it made sense to put in a second solar farm, they said the facility would take up 30 acres of land and would add capacity for about 3 more megawatts of energy. They did not set
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South Korea’s first President Syngman Rhee, left, General Douglas MacArthur, center, and Lieutenant General John Hodge attend a
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ceremony for the establishment of the Republic of Korea in Seoul on Aug. 15, 1948.
On Sept. 8, 1945, a fine autumn day, a lean-faced, fair-haired figure in starched fatigues stepped onto Korean soil at the port of Incheon. He was Lieutenant General John Hodge, United States Army, the man tasked with carrying out “Baker 40” ― the field order for the occupation of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
A professional soldier, Hodge had served with distinction in the greatest war in mankind’s history ― a war which had finished six days previously when Emperor Hirohito had surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri. Now, with the fighting over, there were some very messy loose ends whipping in the political winds gusting across East Asia. It would be left to the armed forces of the victorious allies ― the only instruments equipped and available for this very large, very complicated job, though not necessarily the best
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"That's not how we do things around here." How often have you heard that? And what does it really mean? It is said to
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stop someone from doing something new. It is no way to promote innovation, is it?
Organizations lock in on the things that helped them succeed early on. They perpetuate what worked last year. The Status Quo police make sure that happens.
Hierarchies make sure nobody runs off the reservation spending money on crazy, new ideas. "That's not your problem," you hear, or "The bosses won't go for it," or "That doesn't seem practical or necessary." AT&T's hierarchy was able to make sure the company didn't overspend on computer services, network services or cellphones as it carefully maintained its dedication to the sale and delivery of land-line long-distance service. AT&T was acquired by Southwestern Bell when it approached bankruptcy as its revenue growth and profits disappeared.
Commitment to the company's existing technology, product line, distribution system or customer base becomes a sacred cow. Microsoft's commitment to PC technology has kept it
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In close partnership with the Palestinian Authority and Food Security Sector partners, WFP’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategy focuses on building
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the resilience and capacity of the most vulnerable people and communities. WFP works on ensuring food security during disasters and increasing the government’s ability to respond to them while reducing risk and protecting and enhancing lives and livelihoods.
Disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness and response are central priorities for WFP in light of the profound impacts that disasters have on food-insecure and vulnerable populations worldwide. In 2010, more than 50 percent of WFP’s programmes addressed the risks of natural disasters and their impact on food security, reaching approximately 80 million people.
WFP’s role as the world’s largest humanitarian food assistance organization, combined with its deep field presence in the world’s hotspots, makes it one of the key experts in emergency preparedness and response.
Following the global Hyogo Framework, WFP’s strategy has four integrated pillars: 1) Enable the Environment, 2) Watch to Safeguard, 3) Prepare to Respond
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GoPro CEO Nick Woodman discusses how the U.S.-China trade dispute is affecting his business and what makes the Hero 7 so unique.
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GoPro is part a wave of tech companies that are having to shapeshift their manufacturing to deal with the trade dispute between the U.S and China.
In a First on FOX Business interview with Liz Claman, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said President Trump’s tariff concerns were the catalyst for moving its production out of China.
GoPro, which has sold 30 million plus of their action cameras, will continue to produce its product that are for non U.S. markets in China.
“As we looked into our options, we recognized that is actually smart business for us to move a percentage of our business outside of China,” Woodman.
The San Mateo, California-based company has yet to announce where it will move its US-bound production. Woodman, founder of the publicly-traded company, said part of his job as CEO is to field potential buyout offers and maximize return for its shareholders.
GoPro is showcasing
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President Donald Trump announces his decision on the Paris Climate Accord in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday.
Under the 2015 deal, the
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U.S. pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% below its 2005 levels in 2025.
Trump’s announcement may not simply be an in-or-out decision.
The president could actually decide to stay in the accord but adjust the U.S. targets. As the Associated Press notes, countries are permitted to change their goals and there isn’t punishment for missing the targets.
The backdrop to today’s announcement is Trump’s campaign pledge to abandon the deal, and failure to fully do so could alienate some supporters.
Yet even his own advisers are divided. On Wednesday, Trump said he was hearing from “a lot of people both ways.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson favors staying in; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt calls it a bad deal for the U.S.
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Gmail recently added the “undo” feature for its mobile users. Here’s how you can recall an email before it is
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sent.
Have you ever sent an email in a rush, only to regret the silly errors and typos a moment later? Gmail has had an “undo” feature for desktop users for a few years now, but they made it available for mobile users only earlier this month. The catch, however, is that you have just about 10 seconds to tap the undo button before it’s too late.
Gmail’s “undo” email feature is available for all iPhone, iPad and Android users. You can use the feature on a browser or the Gmail application on your phone. So, here’s how you can recall an email on Gmail.
After you have drafted the email and hit the sent button, you will see a notification on the left corner of your screen saying “sending” and “undo”. Quickly click on the undo button. Instead of getting sent, the email will appear on your screen as a
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Beach resorts on the Yucatan Peninsula are removed from the violence, author says.
Editor's Note: Robert Reid is Lonely Planet's
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New York-based U.S. travel editor and host of the 76-Second Travel Show.
New York (CNN) -- Mexico tourism is having a bit of a PR problem lately.
Reports of mass grave sites, daylight shootings and carjackings from the escalating drug war don't exactly build confidence for a family planning a week's holiday. And on April 22, the U.S. State Department upgraded its travel warnings to target 14 of Mexico's 31 states.
Now's not the time to visit our southerly neighbor, right? Well, wrong. Mexico is a lot safer than you may realize.
We tend to lump all of Mexico -- a country the size of Western Europe -- together. For example, a border incident resulted in the death of a Colorado tourist last year, and the Texas Department of Homeland Security recommended against travel to all of Mexico.
Yet it's in the 17 of 31 states not named in the newly expanded warnings where you'll find the most
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – When Iran welcomes leaders to a world gathering next week, few will get a grander reception than India
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's prime minister. As Tehran tries to offset the squeeze from Western oil sanctions, there is no greater priority than courting energy-hungry Asian markets.
The planned visit by Manmohan Singh, the first by an Indian prime minister in more than a decade, puts into sharp relief the sanctions-easing strategies by Iran — and the political complexities for Washington that limit its pressure on Asian powers needing Tehran's oil.
Oil purchases by India, China and South Korea — which decided this week to resume Iranian imports — have not covered Tehran's losses after it was tossed out of the European market in July. But they have given Iran a critical cushion that brings in tens of millions of dollars in revenue a day and means that Iran has dropped only one ranking, to stand as OPEC's third-largest producer.
The U.S. has pressed hard for Iran's top customers — China,
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Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Tuesday asking a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Alabama law that critics
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say will force the closure of three of the state’s five abortion clinics on July 1.
The new measure, signed into law in April, requires all physicians in the state who perform abortions to have staff privileges at a local hospital.
Abortion clinic officials in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile say they cannot comply with the requirement.
Lawyers say the new measure is a pretext to prevent abortions in Alabama. A similar provision that would have shut down the only abortion provider in Mississippi was recently blocked by a federal judge in that state.
“The purpose and effect of the requirement, which is wholly unnecessary and unreasonable, is to impose a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking abortion prior to viability,” the Alabama complaint says.
“It is an unreasonable health regulation, and it has the unlawful purpose and effect of imposing an undue burden on women’s right to choose abortion,” the lawsuit says.
But Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
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Host T&T will go into its final match against Suriname in the Caribbean Womens Under-17 First Round Group B Qual
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ification at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya from 7 pm tonight, needing only a draw to advance to the Concacaf Womens Under-17 Championship later this year.
This after, T&T led by four goals (4-0) to overcome a stubborn Grenada team on Saturday night, at the same venue in its second match to lead the four-team table with maximum six points from two matches after crushing St Kitts/Nevis 6-0 in its opener on Thursday.
Suriname, who battled to a 2-2 with Grenada in its first outing edged St Kitts/Nevis 2-1 in the first match on Saturday to keep its hope of qualification alive.
T&T ran all over the Grenadians with nearly the entire match being played in the Grenadian half of the field. The Young Soca Princesses scored once in the first half and three times in the second half much to the delight of the local supporters
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Korea Southern Power has built an independent power plant in Chile, the first by a Korean company, the company said Tuesday.
“The
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construction of the Kelar plant is meaningful in that it has provided the stepping stone to enter South America’s energy market,” said Yoon Jong-geun, president and CEO of Kospo.
According to Kospo, the construction on the Kelar plant in Chile is notable, as Chile’s energy market had previously been dominated by US-based companies.
The 517 megawatt Kelar plant has been built in the Mejillones region located in the port city of Antofagasta, northern Chile.
It will supply 25 percent of the energy for CDEC-SING, the operator of Chile’s northern grid.
According to Kospo, it expects the project to generate annual sales of $92 billion for the next 30 years.
The company touted the project as an exemplary collaboration of public and private businesses. Kospo provided the investment for the project in partnership with Samsung C&T, with a
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Boardman-Ellis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6977 would like to thank all who participated in this year's Memorial Day parade and ceremonies at
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the First Parish Cemetery.
Special thanks to the York Trolley Co. for its generous donation of a trolley for the parade, allowing our veterans to ride in comfort; York Police Department and its color guard; American Legion Color Guard; the 157th Air Refueling Wing; and all the men and women who performed the laying of wreaths at the seven memorials along the parade route.
The York Middle School and York High School bands, under the directorship of Mr. Sovetsky, were participants in the both the parade and ceremonies, along with the marching of the VFW, American Legion, York Fire Department, York Police, Rotary, Knights of Columbus, Elks, veteran Charles Pratt and his antique vehicles, and dozens of marching Cub, Girl and Boy scouts.
Special acknowledgements to Grand Marshal and World War II veteran John Primerano; benediction offered by the VFW's Edward Benoit; opening prayer by the Rev. David Affleck
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National Journal magazine has a storied history, and if you live and breathe policy and politics, then you know why. Scrupulously nonpartisan,
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intellectually honest, genuinely serious about government and about ideas, National Journal has always been a publication that everyone in D.C. could trust.
Those are the essential values that we wanted to take forward into the new National Journal. But we also knew that a lot about the magazine had to change. So many of the things that National Journal's print magazine was long known for are now being done on our highly successful website — in greater volume and with greater speed than the magazine ever could have managed.
Yet we didn't, and don't, think the Internet has made print obsolete. It has simply challenged magazine editors to ask themselves: What is print still for?
(Harry Campbell)We've come up with a few answers to that question. A print magazine, we believe, is for narrative writing that is beautifully crafted and deeply reported. It's for journalism that takes big ideas seriously. It's for long pieces that feel short because they're truly fun to read. It's for telling
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Twitter has announced a significant increase in its data security as it moves to protect users from attacks by the "apex predators" of the internet.
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An internal team of security engineers have spent several months implementing "perfect forward secrecy", which adds an extra layer of security to widely used HTTPS encryption deployed by online banking, retailers and, increasingly, consumer web services.
Google, Facebook, Dropbox and Tumblr have all implemented forward secrecy already, and LinkedIn is understood to be introducing it in 2014.
Users may not immediately notice any difference, other than a barely perceptible time lag as they use the service across desktop, mobile and through third party services, but for Twitter the move asserts its credentials as a company fiercely protective of its users' data.
That data includes not only messages that users choose to publish publicly, but also direct, private messages, protected tweets and data on what users say, who they comment on and who else they read. Collectively, large datasets, such as those of Twitter's 218 million users, can be analysed to identify connections between people, locations and interests.
Announcing the new implementation, which has been running
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Upsets and wild finishes have altered the NCAA Tournament landscape for No. 1 seeds
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Virginia and North Carolina in their bids for the Final Four.
Ten of the top 16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16, and seven of those are with fellow top seeds Oregon in the West Region or Kansas in the South. But the Midwest and East have lost several expected roadblocks for the Cavaliers and Tar Heels, respectively.
No one talked much about Virginia thanks to the presence of second-seeded Michigan State, which had ousted the higher-seeded Cavaliers the past two years.
Now the Cavaliers (28-7) have a favorable draw after the Spartans lost to 15-seed Middle Tennessee in the tournament’s biggest upset.
That task-at-hand focus is one of the reasons the Cavaliers are here, along with an efficient offense and a defense that seems to tighten its grip as the games go on.
KenPom’s top-ranked team meets No. 4 seed Iowa State (23-11) in Chicago on Friday. Win that,
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Sunderland are reportedly among a host of clubs set to miss out on a deal for Aberdeen midfielder Graeme Shinnie.
The Scottish international
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sees his current contract at Pittodire expire in the summer and, with the 27-year-old yet to sign a new deal, a host of clubs were alerted to his potential availability.
Reports north of the border linked the Black Cats with a swoop for Shinnie during the January transfer window - but they were just one of a host of clubs linked with a move.
Rangers, Luton Town and Wigan Athletic were all credited with an interest in the Aberdeen skipper after his stellar performances in the Scottish Premier League.
But the BBC now claim that Shinnie is in talks with Derby County over a move to the Championship outfit.
Rams' boss Frank Lampard watched Shinnie in action against Motherwell recently, and the midfielder was at Pride Park for yesterday for talks over a move - with suspension ruling him out of his current club's clash with Celtic this weekend.
And while a move looks set to be a certainty come the summer, Aberdeen boss Derek McIn
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ERIE, Penn., Dec. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Liberty Counsel has now settled a lawsuit on behalf of Lighthouse Christian Center
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(Lighthouse) against the city of Titusville, Pennsylvania. The settlement allows Lighthouse to move to a downtown facility where it can operate its outreach program, which is expected to include a Christian bookstore, television ministry, outreach to teens, and church services. Liberty Counsel sued the city on behalf of Lighthouse in July, alleging that the city's "church-free" zoning ordinance violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
After Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit and following an emergency hearing, the city agreed to settle the case. The city agreed that Lighthouse can locate in the commercial space that it had previously been refused permission to occupy. Additionally, the city agreed to amend its zoning code to remove the distinction between secular and religious assemblies. The city also agreed to allow all public assemblies in the city's commercial areas and will pay attorney's fees and costs to Liberty Counsel.
Until this past summer, Lighthouse
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Current Malaysian citizenship laws were set by the Malaysian Constitution in 1964 in response to Malaysian independence from Britain in 1957. Because some of the requirements regarding the
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Malay language are inconsistently applied, expats looking to become naturalized citizens are often met with disappointment and delays when pursuing the citizenship process. If you wish to become a Malaysian citizen, study the requirements carefully and prepare to devote yourself to Malaysian allegiance in pursuit of the privilege of citizenship.
A child born in Malaysia or outside of Malaysia to Malaysian parents is a Malaysian citizen. If the child has one Malaysian parent and is born in Malaysia, the child is also a citizen. If a child is born outside of Malaysia to one Malaysian parent, he is not a citizen, but may become a permanent resident of Malaysia and later apply for citizenship. In all of these cases, citizenship is conferred by law, but the parents must still register the child at the Malaysian National Registration Office to officially obtain the child's Malaysian citizenship. An "elementary knowledge" of the Malay language is required to obtain citizenship by registration.
Naturalization is the method by which people with no Malay heritage may become citizens
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Wakefield Trinity's Bill Tupou was named the Betfred Super League's top metre maker at the 2018 Man of Steel Awards on Monday evening
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The 28-year-old New Zealander racked up 4114 metres in 30 appearances during a stellar season as he helped Wakefield to a second-consecutive fifth-placed finish.
His total of 4114 metres was 265 more than Wigan's Tom Davies who has made the second most metres in Super League this year with 3849.
Wakefield's Reece Lyne was fourth on the metres made chart with 3491, St Helens' Luke Thompson was third with 3633.
Tupou also received a raft of nominations for the Man of Steel award from Huddersfield Giants, Warrington Wolves and Hull FC.
Five Huddersfield players voted for the star centre as their 2018 Steve Prescott Man of Steel while four players from the Black and Whites had the 28-year-old as their number one pick.
England and Warrington prop Chris Hill had the Trinity centre as his number one choice, while two of his teammates also voted
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Who is playing well heading into the final weeks of the regular season?
Now that we’re about 10 games removed from the NHL trade
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deadline, we are getting a feel for how teams are playing heading into the final weeks of the regular season.
We will run through all of the numbers in this space in the annual playoff preview on a rolling 25-game basis, but consider this a checkpoint of sorts for that type of analysis. The general caveats apply: in smaller samples of games, teams have disparate strength of schedules and may be uniquely impacted by shorter-term injuries and the like. I have isolated to the 19 teams that are fighting for 16 spots.
Let’s start by just isolating for even strength play first. Here, you have each team’s performance by three measures – the percentage of goals in their favour (x axis), the percentage of shots in their favour (y axis), and the points they have accumulated per-game (size of the bubble).
A few of the Canadian teams stand out here for some obvious reasons.
Toronto is also noteworthy because for all of the guffaw
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Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a fourth man
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still awaits trial.The three, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström, were originally each sentenced to a year in prison, but the Svea Court of Appeals reduced their sentences on Friday: Neij must now serve 10 months, Sunde eight months and Lundström four.
However, the court raised the damages they must collectively pay, from 30 million Swedish kronor (US$3.6 million) to 46 million kronor.
The Pirate Bay is one of the most widely used torrent trackers for online sharers of music, movies and software. The defendants have stated that The Pirate Bay is a legal site containing a collection of Internet links, but the entertainment industry sees it differently.
A tracker doesn't host the files for download itself, but instead carries "torrent" files that point file-sharing applications such as BitTorrent to other computers that contain parts of the file to be downloaded.The original verdict against
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Most of the top scorers in the TEC graduated a year ago -- but that doesn't mean there's not plenty of talent to watch around
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the area.
RICHMOND, Ind. – Thirteen of last year’s top 15 scorers in the Tri-Eastern Conference have graduated, and just one returning player averaged double-figures.
Suddenly, Richmond has talent, and experience that makes them an interesting story line, but the unknowns from around the area make the TEC an interesting one to follow, as well. Five of the top players returning were freshmen a year ago.
Here are 18 players to watch entering the 2018-19 boys basketball season, listed in alphabetical order by last name.
One of two seniors that started as freshmen, Brenneke averaged 8.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game for the Cardinals.
The Tri-Village senior averaged about 13 points per game off the bench.
Frye didn't start playing basketball until he was 14 years old, but he credits Rick Wedlow for instilling
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NEW PHILADELPHIA As close as the battle between the Dover and New Philadelphia boys’ basketball teams was Friday night, it just
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had to come down to a final shot – with a sprinkle of controversy thrown in to spice things up even more, too.
New Phila senior Brandon Weekley scooped up a loose-ball rebound and fired up and nailed a shot from the 3-point area on the right side that just beat the buzzer, but was ruled a two-point basket, allowing the visiting Tornadoes to escape the Quaker gym with a thrilling 35-34 victory.
Just like the first game between the two schools – a 43-40 win by the Quakers last month – the leads by either team never were very big all night and the teams played tremendous defense on every possession.
The win gives the Tornadoes (17-2 overall) a record of 11-1 in the East Central Ohio League and a one-game lead on the Quakers (15-2, 10-2) with two league games left for each.
Dover also snapped New Phila’s
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A charity discovered one of their Doncaster volunteers' secret art talent - and now he is spearheading a campaign to improve children's teeth.
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Ben Bonser signed up as a volunteer at the Hill Top Centre in Edlngton three years ago, as he recovered from some health problems.
But officials who run the centre discovered he had been a keen amateur artist as a child, and have now used his skills to create a comic which will be used to encourage youngsters to visit their dentist.
And the creation he came up with has even been turned into a life-sized mascot costume that will be used to promote dental health.
The organisation is one of a number of groups including the NHS and public health officials who have put together a comic about a character called Mole R, which is being used in the comic.
Volunteer Ben was asked to create the character, which has now been printed and will be distributed all across the borough.
Former Don Valley High School pupil Ben, aged 35, is delighted to have had his talent put to use and says he would to make a career out of it.
He
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Synchronized, city-wide flushing will keep waste from accumulating and creating blocked sewers when the towns go without water.
A city
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in Zimbabwe has ordered citywide toilet flushing once every three days as they face a drought, complete with water shortages and dams that have been drying up. They're currently on strict water rations, but when the water's turned on, residents' first order of business is to flush their toilets. In unison.
The first synchronized flush took place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The reasoning behind this--and subsequent flushes which will take place every three days--is to keep waste from accumulating and creating blocked sewers when the towns go without water. The city council has asked its over 1 million residents to literally flush out their systems.
Notwithstanding the humor of a city-wide toilet flush, it is an important measure for public health reasons as well. If the sewage systems or not functioning properly, septic waste can seep into the streets, causing disease and infection. The solution seems reasonable, but is the problem only drought-related? According to Bulawayo
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AYMERIC LAPORTE has signed a new deal with Athletic Bilbao.
Laporte has been heavily linked with a
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move to Manchester City.
The Premier League club were reportedly ready to offer the defender a huge wage hike to lure him to the Etihad.
And he was told to make his mind up over his future by the end of the month.
But it seems the 22-year-old has decided to remain in Spain, putting pen-to-paper on a fresh contract that ties him to the La Liga outfit until 2020.
Bilbao confirmed the news via their official Twitter account, also revealing Laporte’s release clause is set to rise from €65m (£51m) to €70 (£55m).
It will come as a blow to City, with new boss Pep Guardiola understood to be a huge fan of the France Under-21 star.
Although Sky Sports claim they are relaxed about the apparent snub due to the player’s recent injury struggles.
Laporte missed the end of last season after suffering a serious ankle injury
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Homeland will soon come to an end, according to star Claire Danes.
Danes has portrayed CIA officer Carrie Mathison in the US
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spy thriller since 2011. The show is currently in its seventh season, with an eighth season already confirmed.
Appearing on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show on Wednesday (April 18), Danes claimed “that’s it” when asked about rumours that season 8 would be the final outing of the series.
Despite Danes’ comments, a Showtime representative has told The Hollywood Reporter that a decision has not yet been made beyond season 8.
The season 7 finale is set to air later this month on April 29, with season 8 expected to premiere in 2019.
In February, showrunner Alex Gansa said that season 8 is “definitely going to be my last year” and “will be designed to be the end of an eight-season story”.
Gansa added: “If Showtime, Fox, Claire and Mandy want to take the show further, that’s their decision, and we
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The topics covered ranged from the economic status of china to the militarization of outer space — which, according to Zhou, is something China will
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never take part in. The topic that generated the most questions and concerns, however, was the issue of Taiwanese independence.
Despite this firm stance, some students believed that he handled the question gently.
“I thought he handled [the Taiwan question] well, he didn’t seem too aggressive about it, he just said ‘this is what our stance is’,” Shannon Men ’07 said.
Other students thought that his response warranted suspicion of his motives regarding the statements.
“He seemed like he needed to pretend he was someone he was not in order to promote good relations between the two countries. Especially with the Taiwan issue, his response was ‘nice’, but you could tell from his reasoning that if a country were to go against China’s interests, they would become an enemy of China. It’s not completely apparent, it seems hidden, but that’s what I think,” said Yuan
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With the Celtics' loss to the Nets, the Pacers could've made up lost ground but had no answers for Aaron Gordon or Terrence Ross.
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INDIANAPOLIS – An off day can't come soon enough. Five games are left in the Indiana Pacers' regular season, and they can't continue to kick the can down the road.
More performances such as Saturday's 121-116 loss to the Orlando Magic -- their third defeat in a row -- and that's where the Pacers will be opening the playoffs.
With the Boston Celtics losing to the Brooklyn Nets, the Pacers had a chance to reclaim the No. 4 seed that they'd lost 24 hours earlier for home-court advantage in the first round the playoffs.
"We need to mentally and physically get some rest and regroup," said Pacers coach Nate McMillan, whose team lost 114-112 in Boston on Friday night. "We need to get ourselves ready for Monday."
The Pacers (45-32) have consecutive games ahead vs. the Detroit Pistons at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and on the road against them on Wednesday.
Similar to the Magic
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pink for approximately 5-7 minutes. Make sure to turn shrimp repeatedly during the cooking process. Remove kabobs and keep them warm while
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preparing the next step.
Place the bacon in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp. Using tongs, transfer to a large paper-towel-lined plate and set aside. Add the avocado oil to the fat in the pan and heat over medium-high heat until shimmering and just starting to smoke. Add the okra and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to brown around the edges, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the okra to the plate with the bacon and set aside. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the bell pepper, onion, garlic, jalapeño, thyme, and cayenne to the remaining oil and fat in the pan, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened, about 5 minutes. Next, add the corn, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the corn is crisp-tender
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CBS Films, Lionsgate and eOne have opened the first door into Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, the latest horror offering from Oscar
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winner Guillermo del Toro (a producer here) that will hit theaters August 9. André Øvredal is directing the pic, which Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman penned based on a screen story by del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan.
Based on the book series by Alvin Schwartz, the pic is set in 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley, where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying home. Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil
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A 16-year-old boy was attacked and robbed in North Riverdale at 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, according to police
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. The victim was walking in front of 5550 Riverdale Ave. when two assailants approached him from behind and tackled him. The victim said both perpetrators had knives pointed at him and took his phone before fleeing the scene. The first suspect was described as a 15-year-old black male, and the second as a Hispanic male with no age description but about 5 feet 9 inches tall. Police say there were no cameras in the area, but that the case is still open to investigation.
A deliveryman was attacked while working on Saturday at 9:25 p.m, according to police. The man, 40, was walking at the corner of West 197th Street and Sedgwick Avenue when two suspects, described as 14 and 15 years old, attacked the victim and hit him over the head with a stick. Police arrested the two suspects and they have been charged with felony assault in the second degree.
A blue 2013 Subaru Outback was stolen on Mar. 15, sometime between 12
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Investors in Asia were scrambling back into technology shares after an overnight report from IBM that its profits were on target. Further inspiration came from Nasdaq
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's strong performance, which has raised hopes in Asian markets that the worst is over for high-tech stocks.
Foreign funds provided much of the drive as they went bargain-hunting among the region's chipmakers, sparking rises of up to 5% among the region's technology leaders. Tokyo enjoyed its fifth day of gains, powered by a weakening yen, which hoisted stocks of exporters, and expectations that a government market support strategy is about to be unveiled.
The Nikkei 225 Average climbed more than 1.5%, adding 187.63 points to 13,855.26, led by chips giant NEC and electronic consumer goods group Sony. Bank stocks were also being snapped up on expectations that a government share support scheme would take the pressure off their balance sheets, which are stuffed with stocks.
Hong Kong stocks accelerated and the Hang Seng climbed 218.64 to 15,480.12. Technology stocks were lifted by Nasdaq's performance but buyers were also snapping up interest-
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Accurate, efficient vibration testing is vital for effective helicopter maintenance operations.
EuroTec Canada, located outside Toronto, Ontario, provides sales and
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service for trusted MicroVib II vibration analysis products from Dynamic Solutions Systems, Inc. (DSS) and is DSS’ appointed representative for Canada.
DSS and Eurotec Canada have been working together since 2014, and EuroTec staff will be available to discuss MicroVib II products during the upcoming Helicopter Association of Canada annual trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia.
DSS’ MicroBase Professional Vibration Data Management Software is bundled with the MicroVib II Helicopter Vibration Control System and incorporates powerful data storage with precise analysis and smooth output.
The system allows operators to save time and engine starts with accurate results for quick and easy component adjustments.
EuroTec also reports other exciting developments in aviation products, as Vertical Flight Solutions by EuroTec is in the final design and development phase of integrating high-capacity True Blue Power TB17 for the AS350 series of helicopters and the latest TB44 (46 amp-hour) Advanced Lithium
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Cleveland, OH and Rochester, MN, May 1, 2013 – Bravo Wellness and Mayo Clinic announced today their collaborative effort to provide a
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seamless, turnkey solution that will help mitigate employers’ health care costs while rewarding employees for healthier lifestyles.
Through this new relationship, Bravo Wellness clients will now have access to Mayo Clinic’s suite of population health solutions. In turn, Mayo Clinic will be able to offer clients robust, outcomes-based incentive options. Recognized for their industry-leading expertise and involvement in the field of outcomes-based incentive programs, Bravo provides clients with seamless administration, creative plan designs, and compliant programs that meet an organization’s culture and needs. Bravo brings expertise and state-of-the-art technology to manage the appeals and “reasonable alternatives” process. Bravo’s unique ability to track progress toward personalized goals, established for each individual, offers a fair approach embraced by employees and employers alike. In addition, Bravo’s strong history of demonstrated return on investment provides the funding employers may need to engage enhanced intervention tools, such as those offered by Mayo Clinic.
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Mitchell Plumbing & Heating In is located at the address 118 2nd Ave in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15122. They can be contacted via
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phone at (412) 653-1855 for pricing, hours and directions. Mitchell Plumbing & Heating In specializes in Coolers, Smoke Damage, Ballasts.
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Last August, McDonald's decided to create a group of bloggers, which now has 400 members, to give them access to information on food, nutrition
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, and more.
Last August, McDonald's decided to create a group of bloggers, which now has 400 members, to give them access to information on food, nutrition, and more. It isn't the fast-food giant's first blogger campaign, but the company is receiving criticism for giving online writers free gifts and parties.
McDonald's PR consultant Josh Ainsfeld said the initiative was created as a way to “teach” people how to become brand ambassadors through social media. However, one reason the firm is seeing a backlash is because most of the bloggers chosen for the program were already McDonald's fans.
In 2010, McDonald's held a campaign for 15 bloggers, inviting all of them and their families to the company's headquarters in Illinois and paying for everything from food to car rides to the hotel stay. Some critics said the trip was a way of getting the bloggers to write positive stories about the company, but Rick Wion, director of social media for McDonald's
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Some of those seeking to scrub their histories from the Web under Europe’s “right to be forgotten” rule are being economical with
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the truth when making their requests, Google said Thursday.
Part of the problem is that Google must often rely on information submitted by the requester in granting or rejecting a request.
For example, it said, someone might want to remove an old article about crimes they committed when they were a teenager—without revealing they’d been convicted of similar crimes as an adult.
As a result, Google might not be aware of information that would support leaving the search result intact.
Google has criticized the ruling in the past but said it’s working to comply with it nonetheless. Its letter Thursday was in response to a questionnaire from regulators seeking more details about how it handles the requests.
As of July 18, Google had received more than 91,000 requests involving more than 328,000 URLs. On Thursday it said it had removed around 53 percent, or just over half, of those URLs. It declined to remove about a third of them, and requested more information in 15 percent
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Saudis Impatient For King's Promised 'Reforms' Months ago, Saudi King Abdullah promised changes in what analysts say was a bid
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to quiet growing frustrations in the desert kingdom. But now, much of the king's words are ringing hollow, with many Saudis saying they see little change.
: Saudi Arabia. A couple of months ago, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah unveiled a multi-billion dollar package of economic reforms. The package focused attention on problems the kingdom rarely talks about, unemployment, a housing shortage, and corruption. Many Saudis believe the decrees were meant to quiet dissent that's been stirred up by the popular uprisings taking place across the Middle East. Saudi critics dismiss the package as a payoff. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and filed this report.
SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON: Here at Kingdom Mall in Riyadh, shoppers asked about King Abdullah's decrees voiced their approval - like 30-year-old Noura Ataybi.
NOURA ATAYBI: This is good, but you know, he's thinking for
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Kung-fu football: Patrick Wleh challenging Kedah goalkeeper Mohd Ifwat Akmal Chek Kassim during the Malaysia Cup
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final at the Shah Alam Stadium on Oct 30.
GEORGE TOWN: Liberian striker Patrick Wleh has been warned not to put self interest ahead of the team when he rejoins PKNS FC.
The flamboyant 25-year-old had featured for the Red Ants from 2013-15 before engineering a loan move to Super League side Selangor last season.
He scored nine league goals as the Red Giants finished fifth in the top flight and was on target six times to help them reach the Malaysia Cup final.
For 2017, Wleh will return to PKNS, who were promoted to the top flight after finishing runners-up in the Premier League.
And coach E. Elavarasan wants Wleh to toe the line when he joins the rest of the team for pre-season next week.
“I expect nothing less than full commitment from Patrick in the coming season. No more self-marketing or using PK
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Just guessing from some of the messages that have reached me overnight, that a few of the good folks out there are now rattled. A number of
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readers are asking the unknowable, such as "Where is the bottom?" or "When will it end?" Gang, I've got some news for you. I don't know the answers to questions like this. I do however... know how to show up for a fight.
For those looking for actual guidance, I do know more than that. Environments like this hurt. We all know that the central bank has caused a lot of harm to both the economy as well as the marketplace. I have warned on that for months. Now, that is the condition. We can not look to the committee for help. They are not doing their homework. In addition, the probability of an escalation in the trade war with China is now being more fully priced into the tech sector, and even names with nearly no overseas exposure are being badly impacted on no news. Passive investment... anything but passive in nature. Technical support levels have failed as the "Buy the dip" crowd has taken a walk.
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In case you need an excuse to drink wine, Feb. 18 is National Drink Wine Day.
In case you need another excuse, red wine
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in moderation could be good for you, according to research and the Blue Zones Project.
A glass of wine or two each day with friends and food contributes to longevity, according to Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones Project.
Peter Rizzo, the owner of Natural Wines in Naples, advises wine lovers to pursue healthy wines produced with a combination of green farming and natural yeasts.
“Seek out wines that are unfiltered, because that is where the good stuff resides for heart,” Rizzo said.
There is a worldwide movement of clean farming with wine-making, similar to how wine was made before World War II without additives or chemicals, Rizzo said. His store, at 4949 U.S. 41 N., Unit 102, carries 250 wines and ships to customers, and his website, www.naturalwinesnaples.com, contains articles on the health benefits of natural wines.
The Blue
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About 10 years ago, residents in the La Loma area began dreaming about what they could do to make their neighborhood safer. The vision included working
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with law enforcement and city and county officials, but more importantly, they asked around to find out what assets their neighbors could offer.
These efforts are spreading throughout the city as similar neighborhood groups develop. As they grow, so do the feelings of connection and safety.
Today, a neighborhood business can amplify this sense of community, security and connection for those living nearby. A good business is also a good neighbor.
Together, they create a thriving, vital sense of community.
From the success of the La Loma residents’ work, a nonprofit called Modesto Neighborhoods Inc. (MNI) was formed to support the development of new neighborhood groups and connect with existing groups to create a hub where all neighborhoods can find mutual support and encourage each other.
▪ Develop a sense of well-being for individuals and collectively through shared goals and interests.
The mission and vision of Modesto Neighborhoods Inc. is “Making Modesto Better, One Neighborhood at a Time.
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No one could imitate Patrice O'Neal, Gregg "Opie" Hughes of "The Opie & Anthony Show" said ahead of a
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marathon satellite-radio weekend memorial for the late stand-up comic. Fortunately for fans, O'Neal himself was set to release new material, the sale of which will benefit the mother, sister, wife and child who survive him.
"Patrice was working on a CD, getting ready to release, everything was complete," the Sirius XM host said Friday. "This is something he wanted out there."
Veteran New York-based comic O'Neal, who suffered a stroke on Oct. 19, died Tuesday. He was 41.
The show was the first to play "Hate People Touching Me," a new O'Neal clip, which will air throughout the weekend as part of a marathon tribute broadcast by Opie, Anthony and Jim Norton, and other comedy folks, as they celebrate O'Neal's life and work on the Opie & Anthony Channel, XM 105/Sirius 206.
The upcoming album "Mr. P," unlike other posthum
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Bangalore's performance space Ranga Shankara does not believe in restricting theater to the auditorium.
In the Ranga Shankara Theatre Fest
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'11, Bangaloreans will not only get to watch plays by city theatre groups but also have students from various colleges in the city put up street performances on social and political issues that touch our lives in contemporary society.
One such is the Kananda play Kattepurana (Story of a donkey that will be presented by students of National College, Basavangudi. "It is a 20-minute long story about the present political scenario.
Through the story of a donkey, we see how the politicians, chief ministers and various leaders try to mould society and create pressure on public," says Professor Venugopal, the director of Kattepurana.
Venugopal shares that the play revolves around a donkey which goes to a city with his master. The donkey helps the master earn money but in turn is made to stand at one corner of the city without food and water.
Ultimately the donkey runs away and after a lot of search it is found dead. The donkey
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Whatever it was, it didn't come from two area military bases.
A mystery that riled the Tri-State Monday night had been solved
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– or so we thought.
When large, storm-like blips flashed across radar in Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, the National Weather Service was stunned – because it wasn’t raining a drop.
ll kinds of bizarre guesses flared up on social media: a flock of birds; aliens; residue the government uses to control the weather, etc.
But a tweet from Eyewitness News meteorologist Wayne Hart on Tuesday morning seemingly cleared the fog.
Citing an unnamed pilot, he said Evansville air traffic control claimed a military C-130 released a stream of chaff – radar-jamming material sometimes used during training exercises – a few miles northwest of Evansville.
A story from the Courier & Press pointed out that military bases sat near the areas where the blips appeared: Fort Campbell in Kentucky and Scott Air Force Base in Western Illinois.
But if this was a case of military chaff, and it did come from a C-130, that plane didn�
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Flagstaff officers were deemed justified for fatally shooting a 29-year-old-man suffering from depression who fired at police Oct. 12, officials
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said.
Flagstaff police officers were deemed justified this week for fatally shooting a 29-year-old-man reportedly suffering from depression who fired at officers Oct. 12 in a Walmart parking lot.
In a written announcement Wednesday, Navajo County Attorney Brad Carlyon provided new insight into what preceded the death of Sean Brady. The incident was caught on body-mounted cameras, and the Navajo County Attorney's Office reviewed the shooting at the request of the Coconino County Attorney's Office.
Brady and his son moved to Flagstaff from California, and they were living with one of Brady's sisters. Before the shooting, Brady asked if the child's mother, who lives out of state, would take custody of the boy. She apparently declined, investigators wrote.
On Oct. 12, Brady took his son unannounced to a babysitter and "indicated he was upset and having a hard time with life," Carlyon wrote in his report.
Later that night, he parked his
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Lehigh Acres Post office has once again experienced thievery. For some odd reason, a female Miskovy duck decided to nest and
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lay eggs in the garden by the bicycle rack at the entrance to the post office. She laid 14 eggs. I was hoping that people would enjoy seeing them, but leave them alone. Well, 14 eggs went down to 12, which I am certain other animals got to. But, as it got closer to the time for the eggs to hatch, and overnight, it went from 12 eggs to five! I am pretty sure this had nothing to do with animal predators, as, like last time, there was evidence. i.e. the shell.
Last Thursday, March 15, two chicks were hatched, leaving three more to still hatch. All was good. Friday morning, I checked on them, there were still two chicks and three eggs. By noon on Friday, both the mother and two chicks were gone! I thought maybe she took them for a walk, so wasn't too worried.. Friday, still no sign of chicks or mother, but three eggs still in the nest..Saturday
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Immigrants have created some of America’s most valuable privately held companies. Several of these companies are soon to become publicly traded and available to
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any American who wants to invest in these billion-dollar startups.
The news of potential initial public offerings (IPOs) for many immigrant-founded companies comes at a time when a study from the National Foundation for American Policy finds that 55%, or 50 of 91, of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at least one immigrant founder. Many of these immigrant-founded companies are valuable. “The collective value of the 50 immigrant-founded companies is $248 billon, which is more than the value of all the companies listed on the stock market of many countries, including Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Portugal and Ireland,” according to the research. The $248 billion figure likely underestimates the underlying value of these 50 companies.
Uber, cofounded by Canadian immigrant Garrett Camp, is the most valuable U.S. billion-dollar company with at least one immigrant founder, with a valuation of $72 billion. However, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that
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FORT COLLINS – Fort Collins police cited a Windsor teen Thursday in connection with a July crash that took the life of his younger brother.
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Michael Agnew, 17, was cited for careless driving and for not wearing a seat belt. Careless driving that results in a death is a Class 1 traffic misdemeanor, according to a Fort Collins police press release.
The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. July 2 when a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by Agnew was westbound on Harmony Road and made a left turn at Lady Moon Drive. A Chevrolet Tahoe, in the left lane of eastbound Harmony, avoided a collision with the Corolla, but a 2004 Jeep Cherokee traveling in the right lane of eastbound Harmony collided with the passenger side of the Corolla.
The driver of the Cherokee, James Kriewall, 68, of Fort Collins, suffered minor injuries. His wife, Nancy Kriewall, 66, was seriously injured. Both were taken to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, where they were treated and released.
Agnew’s brother Mitchell Agnew, 16
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LAPD APOLOGIZES TO BIGGIE'S FAMILY OVER AUTOPSY REPORT!
(AllHipHop News) Representatives
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for the Los Angeles Police Department have issued an apology to the family of the Notorious B.I.G., over the unexpected release of the slain rapper's autopsy report.
Captain Billy Hayes issued a statement in regards to the autopsy, which revealed that B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was shot four times, with one of the bullets ripping through his colon, left lung and heart.
B.I.G. was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in full cardiac arrest and despite attempts to revolve the rapper, he died shortly after arriving at the hospital on March 9, 1997.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the autopsy was released prematurely due to "an administrative error," the LAPD said in the statement.
"Our detectives personally spoke with the Wallace family (Friday) night, and apologized for not notifying them prior to the release" said Captain Billy Hayes, head of the Robbery/Homicide Division. "Obviously this has been a challenging case for
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Max Melanson says he cannot wait to get started at his new club Stowmarket Town this summer, writes Alex Moss.
The 20-
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year-old joined the Old Gold and Blacks on a two-year deal last week, making the switch from Stow’s Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division rivals Thetford Town.
The central midfielder scored an impressive 28 goals in 50 appearances across all competitions last season, and the former Yeovil Town trainee is hoping he can take his goalscoring form from 2017-18 into the next campaign.
“Rick (Andrews, Stow manager) got in contact with me and told me about the direction the club wants to go in,” Melanson said.
“He told me about what they want to do, the improvements happening to the pitch and when you add everything up it’s something I wanted to be a part of.
“I’m only 20-years-old and hopefully I can get a long term thing going here and be successful.
“I’ve heard great things about
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BEST supplements for weight loss: Shedding the pounds is no easy feat, and while diet and exercise are two things you should prioritise to
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achieve your goal, some experts have shown taking an amino acid based supplement can offer some assistance.
Weight loss is best achieved by making long-term changes to diet and exercise. A healthy balanced diet consists of at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day, fibre, some dairy, some protein, and small amounts of unsaturated oils and spreads. The exercise guidelines for adults aged 19 to 64 is 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity a week or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week, both mixed with strength exercises on two or more days a week.
But many researchers have dedicated time looking into other weight loss aids.
A 1998 study carried out on 20 people found those who took 5-HTP consumed fewer calories from carbohydrates and fat than those taking a placebo.
5-HTP, its full name 5-Hydroxytryptophan, is a naturally occurring amino acid found in foods like turkey, salmon, seeds and eggs.
Holland &
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The El Paso County and Denver bar associations have three free events coming up open to people affected by the wildfire, says EPCBA executive director Claire
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Anderson.
“We are saddened to see our community again face a devastating wildfire," she says in a press release, "but we hope to offer clarity and guidance for those who have been impacted by the Black Forest Fire."
Ask-A-Lawyer—The El Paso County Bar Association will host Ask-A-Lawyer for victims of the Black Forest Fire from noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at the Disaster Assistance Center at the Citizens Service Center, located at 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Road. No appointment is required.
Lawline 9—The Denver Bar Association will dedicate its Lawline 9, a call-in program at 9News, to answering legal questions related to the wildfires. The Lawline 9 will run from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19. Callers can reach attorneys at 303-698-0999.
Call-A-Lawyer—The EPCBA will also
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Shea Patterson is coming to Michigan.
The former five-star prospect and No. 1-ranked quarterback in the class of 2016 announced his
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decision to transfer from Ole Miss to Michigan on Monday via Twitter.
Patterson, who was on campus for an official visit this weekend, threw for 2,259 yards (63.8 percent completion rate), 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions at Ole Miss last season. His season was cut short after seven games.
Whether or not Patterson will be allowed to play for the Wolverines in 2018 is unclear.
Ole Miss was handed NCAA sanctions due to recruiting infractions recently and the NCAA has permitted the program's senior players to transfer without having to sit out a season. Patterson is a sophomore.
However, a handful of Ole Miss players have alleged they were misled by now former Rebel coach Hugh Freeze and the athletic department during their recruitment about the severity of violations and potential punishment the program was facing.
Ole Miss safety Deontay Anderson, who is also considering a transfer to Michigan, and several other Ole Miss players have retained legal counsel and have petitioned to Ole Miss, the S
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US authorities must alleviate the harsh pre-trial detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking information to Wikileaks.
The US army private
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, 23, has been held for 23 hours a day in a sparsely furnished solitary cell and deprived of a pillow, sheets, and personal possessions since July 2010.
Amnesty International last week wrote to the US Defence secretary, Robert Gates, calling for the restrictions on Bradley Manning to be reviewed. In the same week, the soldier suffered several days of increased restrictions by being temporarily categorized as a ‘suicide risk’.
We’re concerned that the conditions inflicted on Bradley Manning are unnecessarily severe and amount to inhumane treatment by the US authorities. Manning has not been convicted of any offense, but military authorities appear to be using all available means to punish him while in detention. This undermines the United States’ commitment to the principle of the presumption of innocence.
Last Tuesday, Manning was placed on ‘suicide risk’, which resulted in him being stripped of his clothes apart from underwear, and the confiscation of his prescription glasses for most of the day,
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Congress may not have declared outright that pizza is a vegetable, but the whole debate over pizza sauce in public schools was still quite foolish.
It
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was about as foolish as saying pizza qualifies as a veggie in any way, shape or form.
How much pizza sauce does it take to equal a serving of vegetables? Essentially that was the question being asked.
According to Reuters, Congress was debating changes to a spending bill that would have eliminated pizza's status as a vegetable and limited how often French fries could be served in federally subsidized school lunches.
It all stemmed from a 2010 child nutrition law that wanted to influence schools to improve the nutrition in lunches served to almost 32 million US school children.
The obesity warriors in the U.S. were disappointed when the changes were shot down, pizza and French fries will continue to be served at the current rate. These items are currently served at a rate of everyday, which is probably too often.
The Washington Post made sure to let everyone know that the government did not declare that pizza is a vegetable. Their defenses of the government’s attempts to control school children’
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A country boy with a punk-rock heart, Cory Branan fires twin barrels of barroom boogie woogie and honky-tonk
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twang on “You Make Me,” the kickoff track from his upcoming release, The No-Hit Wonder.
Like most of his music, “You Make Me” is a left-of-center tune regardless of where you’re standing. It’s too rockin’ for country and too drawling for rock & roll, shot through with a guitar riff stolen from Ron Wood’s mid-Seventies wheelhouse and a piano solo steeped in the Old West vibe of a border town saloon. In other words, the song is thoroughly Cory Branan, a rootsy rave-up tailored to the shape of someone who’s made a habit of shrugging off most normal outfits. To sweeten the deal, Jason Isbell stops by for a cameo, harmonizing with Branan’s boozy baritone during each refrain.
The No-Hit Wonder, Branan’s second release for
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The future of Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet is set to become a major election issue this week amid concern that billions of pounds is being spent
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on a successor before parliament has approved an upgrade.
MPs will not vote on Trident’s replacement, the largest UK submarine project in a generation, until 2016. But a Ministry of Defence report, slipped out over Christmas, reveals that spending on the project’s “assessment phase” is to increase by a further £261m this year. Of this money, which will be drawn down from the project’s future budget, £206m will be spent on new facilities at the BAE Systems shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness.
On Tuesday the SNP and Plaid Cymru will force a debate on the Trident upgrade, which is expected to cost £20bn in total.
Angus Robertson, the SNP’s Westminster leader and defence spokesman, said: “When Labour MPs have voted with the Tories for another £30bn of austerity cuts, it is frankly scandalous that a further quarter of a billion pounds
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Microsoft has released Social Share, a free plug-in for PowerPoint that lets you share your slides to Facebook and Twitter as images or video.
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The tool lets you share individual slides as images and your entire presentation as a photo album.
If you like, you can package your entire deck as a video. This keeps your transitions and other animations intact.
The plug-in also adds a pane to PowerPoint, where you can see comments people leave on your shared presentations without leaving the app.
In addition, Social Share automatically uploads your presentation to OneDrive so you can share a link to download the file.
If you’re in a conference, you could post your PowerPoint to Twitter and present to an audience and then you could look up the comments in the social activity pane and address them during the Q&A part of the session.
Social Share is the latest product to come out of Microsoft Garage, the company’s program for inventive employees to launch experimental projects.
It has previously released Arrow, an Android launcher, a lock screen replacement app as well as Home Team, a Windows Phone service to recommend maintenance
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HONOLULU, May 30 (Reuters) - Molten rock from several lava-spewing fissures opened by Kila
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uea Volcano crept toward clusters of homes and vacation rentals on the eastern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island on Wednesday, as authorities ushered residents from the area as a precaution.
On Tuesday, a lava stream crossed a larger east-west route, Highway 132, as it advanced toward Kapoho. A separate flow of red-hot molten rock was headed in the direction of the Vacationland Hawaii community to the south.
Civil defense officials also cited the problem of widespread communication outages in the area due to downed power and phone lines, reinforcing the decision to proceed with evacuation plans immediately rather than wait for a potential emergency.
Residents of the area, part of the Island of Hawaii’s Puna district, were urged to stay tuned to local radio stations for further updates.
The numbers of people and homes affected by the evacuation were not immediately known. They join some 2,000 residents displaced due to lava flows and toxic sulfur dioxide gas emissions at the outset of the eruption nearly
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EAST LANSING — East Lansing's growth spurt might not be over.
The East Lansing City Council approved an ordinance last week on
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a 3-2 vote that allows for an additional 20 feet of height on some buildings along Grand River Avenue.
The decision bumped height limits in parts of downtown to 160 feet, about 14 stories. That means future developments could be two stories taller than the tallest building currently under construction downtown.
“I’m comfortable with 160 feet because I'm comfortable with 140 feet," East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.
The ordinance makes downtown more flexible for future growth, he said.
The new rules follow a flurry of new development downtown. The council has approved three high-rise apartment projects since October of 2017, all of them along Grand River Avenue. All told, they'll add 930 apartments and 867 parking spaces to downtown East Lansing.
Meadows said the development underway has already enticed people to look into buying property downtown, although he said he's not aware of any specific development proposals in the works.
“The value of that extra two stories is what
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San Antonio, TX – Tim Duncan scored a game-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs cooled down the Toronto
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Raptors with a 100-80 decision at AT&T Center.
Manu Ginobili followed with 14 points, while Tony Parker added 13 and seven assists for San Antonio, which won its third straight game.
Alan Anderson and Amir Johnson each netted 12 points to pace the Raptors, who had their season-high five-game win streak snapped.
Terrence Ross and John Lucas III scored 11 points apiece off the bench in a losing effort.
"That is probably the best team in the NBA right now. They're playing well together," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said about the Spurs. "The few days of good practice they had and we took days off showed."
San Antonio connected on four of its first six shots from the floor while the Raptors went just 1-for-6 from the field to give the Spurs an early 9-3 lead.
Toronto netted the next five points to close its gap to one, but the Raptors would get no closer
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* Teen STEPS is now open to the public, no access code needed! Visit Teen STEPS @ www.TeenSTEPS.org.
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That’s the theory behind STEPS – Screening, Treatment, and Education to Promote Strength – a first-of-its-kind virtual mental health initiative for teens and their parents.
Created by New York University’s Christopher P. Lucas, an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, STEPS aims to reduce risk of suicide and school violence through online education, self-help and screening. The voluntary, school-based program features a Web site for both teens and parents accessible at school or at home. On each site, visitors can find scientific information, chat around the clock with online clinicians and with each other, and participate in a confidential suicide questionnaire.
Since its launch last fall in two New York high schools, STEPS is already showing signs of success – with membership numbers nearly doubling. Lucas says he hopes the program will attract at-risk teens not only with its wealth of information, but also with its edgy style and interactive features.
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Earth Day is April 22. To celebrate, Cornell Cooperative Extension- Yates County will partner with Two Can Dan’s Redemption Center to again host
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a recycling and Earth Day educational event Tuesday, April 23.
Two Can Dan’s will once again accept household appliances, electronics (no box TV’s), and all metal, large appliances for recycling (anything with a coolant requires a $10 fee) at their location, 137 Benham St., Penn Yan.
Small boxes of personal papers for recycling may be brought to the CCE- Yates event in the rear of the First Baptist Churchparking lot. There will also be locked bins at the CCE- Yates site for shredding confidential documents. (Please ensure that all paper/binder clips are removed. If bringing five or more boxes, please call the CCE-Yates office ahead of time) This event is free and open to the public. CCE workers will be handing out free reusable silicone drinking straws, yard waste bags and native shrubs at the event.
Two Can Dan’s, owned by Dan and Melissa Gurba
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That building has won over everything.
but what are they for?
wherever your suns take you.
between the horizon and the
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lice.
We’re off to the sea, someone said.
minute, stone so simple the next.
Past the gaga experiments to ginger high school thriller days I wheel fragile issues: a fight on there, bulbous antennae, a herald carved alone in the archer position—sweet! We had a few people over to celebrate the monotony of the new place.
In the republic of other things when we live in a bathroom, weird issues short out what sense orders for us. Like a tired research assistant, you chose to flap around, prompted by hunger, not being sure that the crate of plums arrived.
Than a hare paused amid the gorse and trembling bellflowers and said its prayer to the rainbow through the spider’s web. Oh the precious stones that were hiding,—the flowers that were already peeking out. Stalls were erected in the dirty main street, and boats were towed toward the sea, which rose
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In Europe an estimated 60 million live trees are bought, decorated and dumped; it’s around 30 million in America. The majority of real
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trees are grown specifically for Christmas so forests are not being depleted, but after the festivities most real trees are thrown away and as they decompose, methane (a greenhouse gas) is produced. Artificial trees leave their own carbon footprint due to their production and transportation. Most are made in China and amass a great many polluting air miles on route to their Western destination, and when discarded end up in landfill sites. In order to make up for the amount of energy used in its production, according to The Woodland Trust, a plastic tree would need to be reused every Christmas for twenty years. Under the tree, of course, is to be found the Festive Icons – the presents. Worldwide, adults are said to spend on average $475 on gifts, half of which are unwanted, but in this throwaway world of ours, instead of returning them, most of these rejected trinkets are dumped in the rubbish bin and end up in a landfill site.
Christmas and rubbish are synonymous
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Onaga was the very embodiment of a politician and every negative connotation that goes with that word. He never put Okinawa or its people first;
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it was always about him, his backers and getting reelected. Through the years he changed his stripes so many times he could have painted a whole heard of zebras. These changes were not about a maturing philosophy, he just flip-flopped to suit whatever got him in front of the media, money and elected to office. The man’s ego always proceeded him and he preened in media attention, which the Okinawa “bought and paid for” TV stations, such as RBC were willing to provide. A good example of his conceit and arrogance was his wearing of that monstrosity helmet wig. He continued to refuse to admit he was bald when he became ill, he insisted on wearing a hat to cover his baldness. When he found the golden goose in opposing the US military bases, Okinawa’s bigger and more pressing problems were pushed so far down the list to be ignored while he railed on getting rid of the US military. I
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When Iowa state Sen. Matt McCoy learned Donald Trump had appointed Matthew Whitaker to be acting attorney general of the United States, he was agh
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ast -- he believes Whitaker was behind a politically motivated prosecution that was personally "devastating" to him.
It started in 2007, when McCoy was a rising Democrat in state politics, and the state's first openly gay lawmaker. Whitaker was the US attorney for Iowa's Southern District at the time.
A grand jury indictment accused McCoy of using his elected office to try to extort $2,000 from a Des Moines home security company where McCoy was a consultant. The charges came after an elaborate undercover investigation in which the FBI had McCoy's business partner wear a recording device. McCoy demanded money he says he was owed for his consulting work.
In an interview with CNN this week, McCoy said Whitaker "certainly tried to prove that I had done something really awful when, in fact, it was a garden variety business dispute that should have been handled in small claims court, if anywhere."
The trial lasted more than a week, with prosecutors trying to prove the business partner
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When Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, it underlined the need for the wider world to understand exactly what was going on
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politically in the major superpower.
The London School of Economics’ United States Centre responded by launching the State of the States, a free, apolitical online resource giving in-depth information about each of the 50 US states, along with up-to-date information about policies and political developments drawn from local news sources and blogs.
It developed from the centre’s US American Politics and Policy blog, where academics posted daily articles and book reviews on all aspects of US governance, economics, culture, politics and society. With Trump’s victory relying on narrow margins in a handful of states, they felt that an understanding of trends in specific US states was needed to help predict future developments.
Using digital agency Soak to build the interactive aspects of the website, the team began data-gathering, bringing together more than 2,500 pieces of information and producing a prototype of the site, with the aim of making it as user-friendly as possible for those with no knowledge of
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About 50 children enjoy a hot lunch from the summer parks program in 2010. Burbank has cut the program this summer.
Local families dependent on
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free and reduced-price school meals could find it harder to keep their children fed this summer.
The city of Burbank will not be offering its summer parks program and complimentary free meals due to budget cuts, officials said. In the past, the program has operated at four sites, including McKinley and Miller elementary schools and Lundigan and Maxam parks, serving more than 8,500 meals.
Roughly one-third of Burbank Unified's 16,670 students qualify for free and reduced-price meals, which are subsidized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Technically, nutritional support continues during summer school, but for the third consecutive year, the district will offer a heavily scaled-back program due to budget constraints.
Burbank school officials and social service agency representatives say they are trying to fill in where the city has left off. Burbank Unified will provide meals at McKinley Elementary School from June 11 to June 28 and July 16 to July 26, Monday
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Businessman Eike Batista is a man whose rise and fall mirrors that of his country's economy.
Brazil's Eike Batista was
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worth about $30bn over a year ago, and confidently declared that he was on his way to becoming the world's richest man, surpassing Carlos Slim and Bill Gates.
Backing this up was his belief that he was sitting on oil fields off the coast of Brazil valued at $1tn. But four of the five fields were shut down after proving to be little more than duds, and Batista's oil and gas company OGX has now filed for bankruptcy protection.
On its own, Batista's is an interesting story. But it also speaks volumes about Brazil, and its economy as a whole.
Brazil saw protests earlier in the year, which demonstrated that people felt the last decade of economic growth had been wasted, with little investment made in infrastructure and education.
Back in 2010, its economy expanded by 7.5 percent - thanks in large part to foreign investors and a credit and consumption boom. But now, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its
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Regional courts in Africa should be allowed to prosecute international crimes as a way of strengthening complementarity on the Continent, Chief Justice Hassan Jallow of
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The Gambia has suggested.
“I remain convinced that complementarity can and should be taken a notch higher by vesting African regional courts such as the ECOWAS Court and the East African Court of Justice with the mandate to prosecute international crimes,” Mr Jallow said at the recent West African Stakeholders’ Consultation on Emerging Trends on Complementarity in Banjul.
This would help in burden sharing where the task was too great for the country of primary jurisdiction and ensure that the process of accountability occurred not far from the community directly affected, while respecting the principle of complementarity, he said.
The programme was organised by Africa Legal Aid (AFLA), a flagship non-governmental organisation on justice and accountability based in The Hague, in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Chambers and the Ministry of Justice of The Gambia, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights in Sweden.
Members of the Judiciary, prosecutors, civil societies,
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There’s no better time to talk about how to get out of the rough than U.S. Open week. As the best players
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in the world deal with the thick rough at Erin Hills, we figured you could use a few tips on how to handle the rough at your course. Bill Schmedes III, one of our Golf Digest Best Young Teachers out of Fiddler’s Elbow in N.J. says that he sees players make two major mistakes when they’re hitting out of thick rough.
First, he sees players try to hit more club than they should. It’s a common mistake that people justify by saying the rough is going to take yardage off their shot, so they need to club up. Schmedes says what they don’t realize is that they’re leaving themselves with a club that doesn’t have enough loft to get the ball out.
Instead of trying to lift the ball out of the rough, Schmedes says to think about these swing motions instead. “Limit any lateral movement off the ball. To do this, think
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The Asian Art Museum's opening gala for the latest exhibit, China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy, took place on
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February 20, 2013. Guests enjoyed entertainment, cocktails and a first look at the ancient Terracotta Army.
Marissa Mayer at the opening gala for the Asian Art Museum's Terracotta Warrior exhibition. The Asian Art Museum's opening gala for the latest exhibit, China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy, took place on February 20, 2013. Guests enjoyed entertainment, cocktails and a first look at the ancient Terracotta Army.
Yuan Yuan Tan and Marissa Mayer at the Asian Art Museum's opening gala for the Terracotta Warriors exhibit.
Rosina Sun and Rebecca-sen Chan at the opening gala for the Asian Art Museum's Terracotta Warrior exhibition on February 20, 2013.
Willie Brown with Sonya Molodetskaya at the opening gala for the Asian Art Museum's Terracotta Warrior exhibition on February 20, 2013.
San Francisco Ballet principal Yuan Yuan Tan at the opening gala for the
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Fluorescence micrograph of a human kidney stone from the Mayo Clinic.
Mayandi Sivaguru, Jessica Saw from Bruce Fouke
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Lab, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, U. of I.
Recent research found that kidney stones have many more similarities with real stones than anyone previously thought. The team of both medical students and geologists were able to piece together how kidney stones form, their changes through time, and how they can record the health of a person's kidney.
The research, published in Scientific Reports, upends our understanding of how kidney stones grow. Kidney stones grow much like coral reefs or stalagmites grow, adding sequential calcium carbonate layers on top of each other. In between growth cycles, kidney stones can also dissolve slightly, leaving gaps in their structure.
In geology, rocks can unlock clues to the environments they were exposed to. For example, a stalagmite grows in size by the slow drip of mineral-rich water in a cave. Each water droplet contains dissolved minerals, which precipitate out to add a tiny amount rock to a stalag
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In-form Tranmere goalkeeper Owain fon Williams is ready to make his first start for Wales on Friday.
Williams is the only
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one of the three goalkeepers in Wales manager Chris Coleman's squad currently playing regular first team football.
The 25-year-old has kept six clean sheets in the 11 game unbeaten run which has put Rovers four points clear at the top of League One.
"I'm going thinking I'm going to play," he told BBC Radio Merseyside.
Wales play World Cup qualifiers against Scotland in Cardiff this Friday and against Croatia in Osijek the following Tuesday.
Gareth Bale, Joe Ledley and Adam Matthews all missed Wales training on the Tuesday ahead of the visit of the Scots to the Cardiff City Stadium.
The goalkeeping position has developed into a problem for Coleman since first-choice Wayne Hennessey ruptured his cruciate knee ligament in April.
Hennessey's usual deputy, Boaz Myhill of West Bromwich Albion, is also unavailable following surgery to his thumb.
Neither of the other two goalkeepers in Coleman's squad,
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Angela Wimmer was at red light, blocks from home, when a truck plowed into her car and killed her. The man accused in
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the crash, Todd Grudznske, had six prior DUI convictions.
Editor’s Note: All this week on 9NEWS and 9news.com is an in-depth look at repeat drunken drivers, the tragedies they’ve been blamed for, and how a new state law intended to crack down on them is – or isn’t – working.
KUSA - Randy and Linda Wimmer had 200 miles to go, cutting across U.S. 287 outside Memphis, Texas, when the phone buzzed and their lives were altered forever.
It was Sept. 30, 2018, and they were on their way home after visiting their son in Albuquerque. The call was about their 25-year-old daughter, Angela, a technician at an optical center in Lakewood.
“The policemen said that she'd been in a car accident, that she was in surgery and she was having brain surgery,” Linda Wimmer said as she and Randy
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MADISON COUNTY Ala. -- Fewer and fewer young people are learning trades or going into the skilled labor workforce. Construction companies say they can
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't find new employees. Manufacturing firms say they can't find skilled workers.
"I've always had college in mind, that I wanted to go to college," said 17-year-old Matt Dailey, a Huntsville High School student.
"I think my parents kind of expect me to go to college, and get the kind of jobs that they have," said 19-year-old Will Freeman.
"I've always had college in mind too. It's not been an option to do something else," said 18-year-old Kyle Jansen, a Huntsville High School student.
While college is the right path for many high school students, employers say it is not the only one. They say there are trades to learn and a skilled labor market in need of new workers, like construction.
"A lot of our superintendents and foreman are retiring. And there's not a lot of workforce coming into the industry," said Stephanie O'Melia
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Two dozen migrant and anti-racist groups have penned a letter demanding that German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer change his stance on migration or leave
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office following his comments in the wake of protests in Chemnitz.
“An interior minister for everyone should not divide the society any further but instead clearly take a stand for the core values of our country,” read an open letter titled “Not our interior minister.” It was signed by more than 20 groups, including several associations of Turkish, Polish and Serbian communities, as well as pro-migration, pro-diversity and anti-fascist groups.
It called out Seehofer particularly over statements he made following massive protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz in the wake of the murder of a German man, which was allegedly committed by two asylum seekers. Clashes between right-wing protesters and leftists resulted in some 20 people being injured, according to the police. At that time, Seehofer said he would join the protesters if he was not a minister.
Another point of contention was Seehofer’s support for Hans-Georg
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If you want a great hangover cure, look no further than international breakfast foods. Down a French croque madame — a ham and gru
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yere-stuffed sandwich topped with an egg — after throwing a few back, and you’re golden the next morning. Kill a full Irish breakfast, including black pudding (which is not really pudding, but blood sausage), and you’re also probably going to feel better. And so it goes.
On that note, one of my favorite international breakfast hangover cures is the Filipino “silog” plate, a plate of toasted garlic rice, a fried egg and different cured meats. It’s like a Filipino version of DIY Chinese fried rice or Korean bibimbap. The meat choices are endless: There’s bacsilog (which includes bacon), chiksilog (which includes fried chicken) and even hotsilog (which includes, yep, hot dog).
My favorite is tosilog, aka silog with cured pork belly, which is usually crispy on the outside, silky on the inside and coated
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Animal welfare groups, industry officials and political leaders are renewing their calls for stricter federal oversight of thoroughbred horse racing, after a series of reports
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by the News4 I-Team.
Supporters of two different pieces of legislation have cited the I-Team’s findings in championing their proposals for change.
The I-Team investigation in August revealed at least 160 horse deaths at the Charles Town Races track in West Virginia since 2014. Though the rate of horse deaths at Charles Town is nearly average the rate of thoroughbred breakdowns nationwide, the investigation also detailed dozens of positive drug tests by horses at Charles Town and an ongoing dispute over the positioning of race stewards at the track by the West Virginia Racing Commission.
The I-Team’s report raises questions about whether the feds should order the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to provide nationwide oversight of the use of medications in the industry, U.S. Humane Society Chief Executive Officer Wayne Pacelle said.
The Humane Society is part of a coalition advocating for a new federal law. The coalition includes former Maryland Jockey Club Chief Executive Officer Joe DeFrancis
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Britain's Prince Harry has prompted romance speculation with his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy.
The couple dated on and off for seven years,
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calling time on the relationship in 2010 with rumours circulating that Chelsy didn't want to lead the life of a princess. However they've remained friends and after reports that Chelsy has split with her boyfriend of a year Charles Goode, many think a reconciliation is on the cards.
"Harry and Chelsy are talking nearly every day. They have always had amazing chemistry, so it's no wonder they've been drawn back together," an insider told British magazine Grazia.
"Harry and Chelsy's closeness definitely had an impact on her split with Charles. They have amazing banter as well as chemistry. They've always got on so well and everybody can see it."
Since their 2010 split, Harry enjoyed a highly publicised relationship with Cressida Bonas. Many thought the pair would marry, but they went their separate ways in 2014 after two years together.
After seeing Chelsy at a memorial service for their mutual friend Henry van Straubenzee in December, Harry
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Louisiana voters on Tuesday decided that unanimous jury verdicts should be required in order to convict someone of a felony for crimes that take place after 2018
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By approving the state constitutional amendment, voters helped end a Jim-Crow era law that has long influenced Louisiana’s legal system, NOLA.com reported.
Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states in the country where a person can be sent to prison by juries that aren’t unanimous.
Democratic state Sen. J.P. Morrell reportedly celebrated the victory at a gathering on Tuesday.
Jee Pak, who heads the Innocence Project New Orleans, told the publication he hopes the decision will lead to fewer convictions in the state and more thoughtful jury deliberations.
“I’m hoping if they have to deliberate to a full consensus, they would have to be more mindful of having to discuss whether the state proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Pak said.
According to NOLA.com, Louisiana was the only state in the country where someone could get a life sentence without parole on a jury ruling
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His mother made him famous through her popular children's books. Now all grown up, Alex Viorst lives a less public life, making loans
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that help build city neighborhoods and passing on the tales of his youth to his own children.
Alexander has come a long way from his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Alex Viorst, whose mother, Judith Viorst, immortalized him in a series of children's books, is now 38, married, a banker, and about to become a father for the third time.
The real Alex grew up in DC's Cleveland Park, the youngest of three brothers. The trials and tribulations his mother describes in the best-selling Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday and other books were exaggerated to deliver the message that all children have mishaps, he says.
How does the adult Alex feel about being singled out? "My mother wrote about all of us," he says. "It was just my turn at the trough."
Nicholas Viorst, 42
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Packed bookstores may be old hat for author Nick Hornby, but the bestselling "High Fidelity" scribe is the first to admit
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that songwriting is not.
“I’m extremely happy that even though I’ve written a love song for my wife it has the word ‘urinal’ in it,” Hornby told a full house -- mostly standing, a few balcony-dangling -- last night at Housing Works Bookstore in Soho.
Hornby took the stage with beloved nerd-musician Ben Folds to promote "Lonely Avenue," their newly released collaborative album for which the British author wrote the lyrics and Folds provided the music.
This event was the latest installment of SPIN’s Liner Notes, which pairs authors and musicians “to see what happens,” according to curator Emily Zemler. Past creative couplings include Augusten Burroughs and Tegan Quin, as well as Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer. All proceeds benefit Housing Works, the nonprofit organization for the homeless and individuals living with AIDS/HIV
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Includes item on money for fishermen, tribes pushing for casino, data breach and home sales.
The federal government dealt New England's fishing industry another
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blow by rejecting economic disaster declaration requests from Gov. Deval Patrick and two other governors. Regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ruled that the economic hardship that many commercial fishermen are facing isn't severe enough to be considered a disaster. Fortunately for them, Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry are still trying to get a bill to provide up to $15 million of federal aid through Congress.
2 tribes join to push for casino in Mass.
The Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha's Vineyard has hooked up with the Seneca Nation of New York to pursue a casino development in Massachusetts if the Legislature approves casino gaming here. The tribe would prefer to build in Southeastern Massachusetts - potentially putting it in competition with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which wants to put a casino in Middleboro. But the Aquinnah tribe is also open to developing one in Western Massachusetts.
It turns out that the data breach at TJX Cos. may have been
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Cooper walked into the locker room and didn't get the sense Lightning players were down in the dumps about losing the first
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two games of the Eastern Conference final.
"It was more kind of like an anger of like we want to get back -- like let's get Game 3 going here," Tampa Bay's coach said.
Game 3 on Tuesday night in Washington can't come soon enough for the Lightning, who are in a historically difficult spot after losing twice at home to open the series.
Of the 41 previous times a team lost the first two games in the conference finals, 39 went on to lose the series -- including every team that lost its first two at home.
"For us, it's all about resetting everything," defenseman Victor Hedman said Monday. "There's no panic. We're obviously not happy with losing two games on home ice, but that is not something that goes into our locker room.
"We've got the experience. We've got the guys that are in the playoffs for the first time, guys have been through this, and we're capable of handling that."
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A reunion in the works, almost a century old in the making, continues on Guam for descendants of Hermann Woitschek from Germany.
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A glorious family reunion — one that solved mysteries, answered questions and made for many tearful embraces — continues Saturday at Ypao beach.
At the root of the reunion is the late Hermann Woitschek, who lived out his life in Germany before he died in 1968. But as a young man, Woitschek was once a medical assistant sent to assist the German administration established in Saipan. He arrived in 1899.
In short: Woitschek married a local woman, Soledad Cepeda, and they had a son Juan Cepeda. They eventually split, and Woitschek then married Antonia Palacios Cabrera, with whom he had three children: Asuncion Cabrera Blanco, Rosa Cabrera Tudela and August Cabrera. Woitschek was forced to leave his family behind when Germany recalled its nationals, whose Pacific presence was being threatened at the time by Japan.
In Germany, Woitschek remar
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Hereford cattle being judged at Otley Show. Pictures by Gary Longbottom.
After a long, hard winter farmers are now finally starting to
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get their businesses back on track and so the opening fixture of the Yorkshire show season today came as a well-earned fillip.
The country’s oldest one-day agricultural show, falling so early in the annual running order, does not always enjoy scorching sunny weather but the thousands of visitors and exhibitors at Otley Show were certainly treated to summer-like conditions for the event’s 209th year.
Ben Potter with Camilla, a Steller Sea Eagle at Otley Show where he was giving a demonstration of his birds of prey.
Long queues formed throughout the day at ice cream kiosks and visitors soaked in the rays on the banks of the lake at the top of the showground.
Such scenes were a sharp contrast to those of just a few months ago.
Janet Raw, the show secretary, said: “It’s been a difficult spring for farmers. A lot have struggled through. They haven’t been able to
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University prepared to handle larger-than-predicted class.
Administrators across the University are prepared for issues that may arise from an increase in
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student enrollment this year of about 800 to 1,000 students.
The entering class of 2016 is expected to be between 8,000 and 8,500 students. The University expected 46 to 47 percent of students offered admissions to accept for fall 2012, but 51 percent are currently planning to attend.
Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, said the admissions office was predicting 7,400 to 7,600 students to accept enrollment. In the last five years, freshmen fall admission numbers were approximately between 7500 and 7900. But historically, from 1998 to 2002, the freshman admission numbers were more than 8000 — the University admitted 8788 in 2000.
“A 4 to 5 percent increase this year was a tremendous jump,” Ishop said.
Ishop said the University admits too many students similar to the way airlines overbook passengers — because it knows a certain number of students will decline. This allows UT to use a small waitlist, unlike other
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