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Because you're never too old to get creative with colour.
Prepare yourself to get lost in a magical world with this interactive activity book that
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takes you through a secret garden of incredible drawings by Johanna Basford.
A perfect gift for anyone who loves ink or is looking for inspiration for their next tattoo, this book is filled with enough unique designs to satisfy all fans of body art.
A colouring book filled with art so beautiful and intricate, you'll be hesitant to colour it in, even though your own shading only serves to enhance these amazing illustrations.
With its red and white colour scheme, this incredibly original clouring book is highly unique even before even adding your own twist of colour.
Created with the intention of allowing the reader's imagination to come alive, this activity book takes readers on a wonderful journey through the fantasy world created by its author and illustrator.
Containing a huge range of indie musicians, this one of a kind coloring book, includes mazes, connect the dots, and coloring pages, plus all the royalties going to charity. Win-win.
This surprisingly large book comes packed with 50
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How Many 'Easter Eggs' Can You Find in MLB 13 The Show's Latest Trailer?
Sony released this trailer today for MLB 13 The
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Show, and producer Ramone Russell vowed that "about 10 Easter Eggs are included in it."
• "So RttS and HRD now both have some "personal lock on ball" view with a ball trail."
• "Uniform editor possibly outside of [Diamond Dynasty]"
• A ton of speculation around "The Show Live" a new feature that's gone largely undescribed to now.
• Andrew McCutcheon (a cover candidate) picking grass and floating it in the air opened a few guesses. "Why? Is it because of a pre game player analysis? 3D grass?"
• This one is confirmed by Russell himself: "In season modes, when a player is traded or joins a new team in the offseason, if they have a real photo it will be replaced with the cap screen shot. So basically if you do a fantasy draft franchise every player on your team will be wearing the correct hats and jerseys."
MLB 13 The Show's voting
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The NBA has announced major changes for the 2018 All-Star Game, highlighted by captain-chosen rosters instead of the traditional format of Eastern Conference
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vs. Western Conference.
In a joint release, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced the captains will be the leading vote-getters in each conference, and the winning team will play for a charity selected before the game.
"I'm thrilled with what the players and the league have done to improve the All-Star Game, which has been a priority for all of us," NBPA president and Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul said in the statement. "We're looking forward to putting on an entertaining show in L.A."
Captains can choose any player voted to the All-Star Game as a starter or reserve, regardless of conference affiliation.
For example, if LeBron James is one of the captains, he can select Stephen Curry or Draymond Green if they are named to the game.
After the conferences combined for an All-Star Game-record 374 points in last season's showdown, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he wanted to see changes so players would
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WATCH: A dramatic turn of events for a Canadian couple being held in China, accused of stealing state secrets. Julia Garrett has been released from a
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government detention centre, but her husband has been moved to a high-security prison. Jacques Bourbeau has the details.
BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry says a Canadian woman detained with her husband on suspicion of stealing state secrets has been released on bail.
Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Thursday that Julia Garratt was released while the case remains under investigation.
She and her husband Kevin were detained on Aug. 4 by the state security bureau in China’s northeastern city of Dandong, which borders North Korea.
Hong said both have been charged with stealing secrets and spying and Kevin Garratt has been moved from residential surveillance to the more serious status of criminal detention.
The Vancouver couple have lived in China since 1984 and opened a popular coffee shop in Dandong in 2008.
John Babcock, a spokesman for Canada’s Foreign Affairs Department, said the decision to release Julia Garratt on bail is welcome, but that the Canadian government remains
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The Forum > General Discussion > Warning - If you have Winrar installed please read.
Warning - If you have Winrar installed please read.
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Last month a 19-year-old bug was discovered in WinRAR, the software many PC users use to extract.zip and other files on their computer. While the company was quick to patch the bug, that match requires users to update their software in order to be safe — and a lot of people haven’t yet.
WinRAR has always been known for its wide support of all popular compression formats. A recent report by Check Point Software revealed a potential security vulnerability in the UNACEV2.DLL library, which was used in former versions of WinRAR to decompress ACE archives. There haven’t been any reported attacks so far, but to provide WinRAR users with a stable and clean version, the final version of WinRAR 5.70 has been released. Since UNACEV2.DLL had not been updated since 2005 and access to its source code is not available, the decision was made to drop ACE archive support starting
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(CBS/AP) NEW ORLEANS - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected the appeals of four players suspended in connection with the league's bounty
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investigation of the New Orleans Saints.
In a ruling handed down on Tuesday, Goodell told Jonathan Vilma, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith and Scott Fujita that he retains "the inherent authority to reduce a suspension should facts be brought to my attention warranting the exercise of that discretion.
"The record confirms that each of you was given multiple chances to meet with me to present your side of the story," Goodell said. "You are each still welcome to do so."
Watch: Drew Brees calls Bountygate a "smear campaign"
Vilma is suspended for the entire 2012 season, while Smith will miss four games. Hargrove, now with Green Bay, was suspended eight games, while Fujita, now with Cleveland, was suspended three games.
The NFL Players Association issued a statement saying it will continue to pursue all options.
"The players are disappointed with the League's conduct during this process," the statement said. "We reiterate our concerns
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The
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company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, compelling growth in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
MAC's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 12.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 16.4%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
Net operating cash flow has increased to $107.54 million or 24.72% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of -14.23%.
MACERICH CO has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings
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Most weeks, "Friday Five" jumps all over the place in the world of religion.
This week, the biggest story (the only story
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?) is Wednesday's death of the Rev. Billy Graham at age 99.
By my count, this is GetReligion's sixth post on the subject. Spoiler alert: It won't be the last.
1. Religion story of the week: I won't even attempt to name a best story out of all the countless pieces that have been written on Graham's death and legacy. Honestly, I've had a chance to read only a fraction of what's been written so far.
But -- as an Oklahoma resident for much of the past three decades and someone who covered the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing -- I was touched by our own Terry Mattingly's tribute to Graham.
Tmatt's special column focuses on Graham's role and importance after the April 19, 1995, bombing, which resulted in the deaths of 168 people -- including 19 children. In his sermon, Graham was acting as "America's pastor" and as an evangelist, at the same time,
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Paderborn University (Germany) has selected a Cray CS500 cluster accelerated by FPGAs as the first phase of its Noctua multi
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-petaflop supercomputer.
The new supercomputer will be comprised of 272 compute nodes, connected by Intel’s 100 Gbps Omni-Path fabric. Each node will be equipped with two 20-core Xeon Gold (Skylake) processors, yielding a system core count of 10,880. The system will also come with 720 terabytes of flash-accelerated Lustre storage, supplied by a Cray ClusterStor L300N system.
The most unusual feature of the system is the presence of 32 FPGAs, in this case Intel Stratix 10 devices. According to Paderborn’s press announcement, the selected FPGA will have 5,760 variable-precision DSP blocks, which implies this is either the Stratix 10 GX or SX 2800. The SX comes with an embedded quad-core ARM processor, while the GX series does not. In either case, the 2800 is the top-of-the
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Welcome to the UB School of Social Work's Self Care site. The resources in these pages can be thought of as a "Self-Care
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Starter Kit" appropriate for both students in training and for professionals already working in the field. There are also additional resources that we trust will be helpful no matter where you are on your self-care journey.
The Self-Care Starter Kit was initially developed for UB Social Work students, but it is our hope that these resources will be useful for students and professionals alike. Although the kit does not address all that goes into developing the skills of self-care, it does begin the journey.
We recommend you start with Introduction to Self-Care, followed by Developing Your Self-Care Plan.
This very popular image is a great reminder for all social workers and those in helping-fields, that self-care is important.
You are welcome to use the Self-Care Starter Kit exercises/worksheets without revising them for personal and/or educational (non-commercial) purposes only. We ask that you read over the Creative Commons licensing agreement, let us know that you
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ALLEGATIONS this week by senior Turkish officials of an "Iranian connection" behind recent political killings in Turkey has provoked a crisis in relations
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between Ankara and Tehran.
The government of Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel, using cautious diplomatic language, has said that Iran is involved in Islamic terrorism in Turkey, but so far has refrained from directly accusing the Iranian government.
The Iranians then agreed to conduct a joint investigation with the Turks on the validity of these allegations - a move that was welcomed in Ankara.
"Iran may categorically deny this information, but there is evidence supporting it," Mr. Demirel told a parliamentary group on Tuesday. "If in fact the state [in Iran] is not involved, who is? Iran has an obligation to cooperate with us to unearth the facts.... Iran has a responsibility in this matter, if she does not want a deterioration in our relations."
In a similar message to Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani, Demirel urged Iran to investigate the activities said to be conducted inside Iran in support of Turkish militants, and warned that if this is not done
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Martin Laird suspected that four straight birdies early in the round and no bogeys had put him in the lead yesterday at The Barclays.
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When he finally glanced at a leader board, it gave him quite a jolt.
It was a not-so-subtle reminder that winning goes a long way in these playoffs, and Laird put himself in a great spot. He was at 12-under 201, three shots clear of Dustin Johnson and Jason Day with one round left at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J.
A victory for the 27-year-old Scot would move him to No. 1, assuring him a spot in all four majors next year and making him a serious contender for the $10 million FedEx Cup payoff.
Tiger Woods also has something at stake today, but it most likely won�t be a trophy. After missing only one fairway in each of the first two rounds, Woods hit his opening tee shot off the property and took triple bogey.
He couldn�t get those three shots back and shot 72, putting him nine shots behind. He
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THERESA May's top Brexit negotiator has told ministers there is "no chance" of a bespoke trade deal with the EU — meaning we risk
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remaining tied to single market rules like free movement.
Oliver Robbins - the PM's top mandarin in Brussels divorce talks - said secretaries of state have to be "realistic" about what they can achieve.
His comments, revealed by the Times, further threatens a backlash from Leave-backing cabinet colleagues and backbench MPs including Brexit flag-bearer Jacob Rees-Mogg.
He warned that Mrs May risks a Tory rebellion unless she stumps up on the type of clean-cut Brexit "she herself has promised", The Telegraph reported.
The potential climbdown on seeking a tailor-made trade deal with Europe risks tying the UK to current EU rules and regulations.
It could mean British businesses will have to abide by Brussels mantras if they want to sell their goods in the EU — and we could still be tied to free movement rules.
Ministers were given the warning at crunch government talks at the PM's Chequers country pile.
They were told
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WASHINGTON: A few weeks before the Republican primary in Florida in January, the billionaire owner of the NFL�s Miami Dolphins hosted a fundraiser for Mitt
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Romney at his oceanfront home in Palm Beach. The average voter wouldn�t know about the event at the home of Stephen Ross because Romney�s campaign doesn�t follow the practice of other major presidential candidates who have willingly identified big-money fundraisers and the amounts they collect.
A review by the Associated Press of campaign records and other documents reveals hints about the vast national network of business leaders bringing in millions to elect Romney. The same month that Ross invited friends and colleagues to his home, for example, Romney�s campaign received $317,000 from nearly 150 people who share Ross� exclusive ZIP code on Florida�s east coast, according to Federal Election Commission records. That mysterious surge of donations outpaced all contributions to Romney during the previous year from the wealthy Palm Beach area, when the campaign collected $270,000 over nine months. Romney got $21,000 more from residents there in February.
Unlike President Barack Obama, Romney�s campaign will not identify his major fundra
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SEATTLE, Oct. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., ("BardyDx"), a
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leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, announced today it was awarded an Innovative Technology contract with Vizient, Inc. for the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor ("CAM™"), the world's first P-wave centric™ ambulatory cardiac patch monitor and arrhythmia detection device. The contract resulted from the recommendation of hospital experts serving on one of Vizient's member-led councils. Vizient, the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the US, awards Innovative Technology contracts to companies with technologies that demonstrate an ability to enhance clinical care or patient safety, and those that improve an organization's care delivery and business model.
Debbie Archer, procurement director and leader of Vizient's Innovative Technology program for suppliers said, "Due to the number of products and services being released and marketed as 'innovative,' our member hospitals value the thorough review process in place at Vizient to help them identify products worth further evaluation at their own
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been talking very
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loudly about maximum governance and accountability, must break his silence on the ongoing controversy regarding External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj helping former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in securing the travel documents.
“First of all, the point is that they are very serious charges that have been raised against the Minister of External Affairs, but the prerogative of rule remain in the ministry or not is that of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and the BJP who has been talking very loudly about a new style of governance, minimum governance and maximum governance, accountability and that there has been no corruption in the last one year, all these have been issues of propaganda,” Yechury told the media here.
“But, when it actually comes to brass tacks, you have this incident where the Prime Minister is absolutely quiet and silent. We are asking the Prime Minister to tell us how this is going to be addressed and the matter be made accountable to both to the Parliament and the
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When Venturi got the Pritzker phone call, though, his surprised reaction was to ask: What about Denise? “Denise�
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� is Denise Scott Brown, who had been Venturi’s intellectual collaborator since the early nineteen-sixties, and a partner in the firm since 1969, deeply involved in everything it had done. Scott Brown was the one who’d been drawn to Las Vegas, who set in motion the project that culminated in “Learning from Las Vegas,” who created the studio class, which led to the book that influenced a generation of architecture students. (“Learning” was co-authored by Scott Brown, Venturi, and Steven Izenour.) More importantly, the ideas at the heart of Venturi, Scott Brown—the notions that bucked modernism and reconnected American architecture with older traditions—were developed by the two as a team, or, as Scott Brown has put it, as “a joint creativity.” But Scott Brown was a woman and, worse still, married to Venturi. (When it came to the perception of outsiders,
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Insurance industry-affiliated group, AIDS foundation balk at $1,000-a-pill price.
An innovative hepatitis C drug that was
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only recently hailed as a breakthrough treatment is facing skepticism from some health care providers, as they consider whether it is worth the $1,000-a-pill price set by manufacturer Gilead Sciences.
A panel of California medical experts voted Monday that Gilead's Sovaldi represents a "low value" treatment, considering its cost compared with older drugs for the blood-borne virus.
The vote was part of a broader review of new hepatitis C drugs by the California Technology Assessment Forum, an insurance industry-affiliated group that assesses the costs and effectiveness of new medical treatments. The group is expected to issue a final report next month on Sovaldi and another new hepatitis C drug, Olysio from Johnson & Johnson.
Doctors have long sought more effective, palatable treatments for hepatitis C, the liver-destroying virus carried by an estimated 3 million to 4 million Americans. Until late last year, the standard treatments required taking up to 12 pills a day, alongside injections that can
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OTT (over-the-top) video ad spending is expanding at the fastest rate of any major medium and will approach $4 billion this year
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and $5 billion next year, according to a revised advertising forecast from IPG Mediabrands Magna Intelligence unit.
“The media landscape is set to change in 2019 as OTT and VOD (video-on-demand) reach mass market and become more competitive with the launch of new services,” Vincent Letang, Magna executive vice president-global market intelligence, writes in the report, published this morning.
“This may prompt SVOD players (Netflix, Amazon) to explore hybrid, ad-supported business models, and thus provide new opportunities for advertisers to reach customers,” he continues. He fueled speculation that the video ad marketplace will expand, not contract, as more consumer time is spent on subscription services.
Based on Magna’s analysis, the U.S. OTT ad market expanded 54% in 2018 and will grow another 39% this year, making it the fastest-growing segment of the ad-supported media
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Helen Mark travels to the Berwyn Mountains in Wales. They're rich in wildlife, especially bird life, and form a transition between two distinct
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landscapes - the gentle hills of mid-Wales and the drama and challenging peaks of Snowdonia and North Wales. The mountains also separate two peoples - the English of Shropshire and the Welsh of Montgomeryshire. They've been home to ancient peoples from pre-history with evidence of an extensive sophisticated field system above Cwm Pennant dating from thousands of years ago.
Michael Harvey is a storyteller who has worked in schools throughout the Berwyns and he tells Helen some of the stories inspired by the mountains: tales of giants and dragons that have roamed the hills and caves.
Rev Linda Mary Edwards looks after the 12th century church in Pennant Melangell. The Melangell Centre takes its inspiration from the story of an Irish princess who created a sanctuary for wildlife by saving a hare form the clutches of Prince Brochwel, who was out hunting. The prince had a change of heart and granted her the land for a wildlife
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Art, Politics and Social Change at the Venice Biennale | Democracy Now!
VENICE, Italy — This historic city, famous for its
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canals and its sonorous gondoliers, its stunning museums brimming with art, where tens of thousands stroll the wide Piazza San Marco and wander its maze of narrow alleys, hosts the world’s oldest and most prestigious art biennial, the Venice Biennale. Every two years, artists from around the world showcase their work in scores of venues — some national pavilions sponsored by countries from around the globe; others international or independent exhibits. High art may seem a rarified field when the world is consumed by war, climate catastrophe, mass migrations and growing economic inequality. Art may seem a luxury as people of color are gunned down by police in American streets. This year’s Biennale, though, explodes these myths.
Okwui Enwezor of Nigeria is the Venice Biennale’s first African-born curator. Enwezor has been widely credited for bringing political art back to the 120-year
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IT pros may get a breather this Tuesday with Microsoft projecting just two "important" fixes in its upcoming security update for March.
The two
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important fixes will affect Windows and Microsoft Office and will have remote code execution considerations. This March patch release will mark the first time since July 2008 that no critical bulletins were included.
The first patch hits XP, Windows 7 and Vista operating systems. The second patch, for Office, will be more wide reaching, touching XP, Office 2003, 2007 Microsoft Office System and Office for Mac (both the 2004 and 2008 suites).
Microsoft described a few other products expected to get addressed with this patch, including Microsoft Office Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 file formats, plus Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Both of the patches in this month's rollout could require a restart.
Microsoft may just be tightening a few loose ends with this patch, although the company has been busy addressing other security issues in recent weeks.
For instance, at the RSA conference this week, Berend-Jan Wevera, a Google engineer presenting at the event, found
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Podemos ('We can') Party secretary general Pablo Iglesias delivers a speech during a party meeting in Valencia January 25, 2015.
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German consumer confidence hit the highest level in at least 13 years in February. GfK's confidence figure is now up to 9.7, the highest in at least 13 years. In January, the survey came in at 9.3, and economists had expected a score of 9.5 this month.
European confidence is coming. At 10 a.m, we'll get a bundle of figures on consumer confidence, as well as business sentiment broken down by sector (manufacturing and services) from the European Commission. Economists are expecting improvements across the board for February.
The SEC is investigating the way that several companies treat whistleblowers. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters to several companies asking for years of nondisclosure agreements, employment contracts and other documents to investigate whether companies are muzzling corporate whistleblowers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The west coast port strike could cut the US trade deficit. Shipping companies and a powerful dock workers' union in West Coast ports reached a
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Lawmakers approved $182-million reform bill, but no funding for it. A special session will be held beginning June 18 to consider funding.
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Key elements of the legislation include Lighthouse Schools Program, which would provide financial incentives and regulatory waivers for schools whose students show improved achievement; Impairment and Conservatorship Program, under which schools that failed to meet standards would be required to submit a plan to correct their faults; test of ungraded classes for students in grades 1 to 3; and provisions to make local decisionmaking in schools easier.
Measure also calls for promotion of increased parental involvement in schools, through an "Alliance for Families" program; developmental screening for 3- and 4-year-olds; adult-literacy programs; and a ban on driver's licenses for students who quit school before age 18.
Legislation would allow teachers to participate in state health-insurance plan.
Legislature overrode Governor's veto to enact major revision in school-funding formula, increasing share of school operating expenses paid by state to 45 percent from 23 percent.
New law put ceilings of from 4 percent
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Kyle Summerfield, right, laughs while talking with Albert Kurtyka, left, and Leora Kurtyka, center, Friday evening at
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Beach Bully Bbq in Virginia Beach. Albert Kurtyka received the heart of Summerfield’s father, William, 34, after he died in a car accident in January 2014.
Kyle Summerfield, left, listens as Albert Kurtyka, right, talks and shows a book of being in the hospital while receiving a heart transplant Friday evening at Beach Bully Bbq in Virginia Beach. Albert Kurtyka received the heart of Summerfield’s father, William, 34, after he died in a car accident in January 2014.
Kyle Summerfield, center, listens to the heart of Albert Kurtyka, left, Friday evening at Beach Bully Bbq in Virginia Beach. Kurtyka received the heart of Summerfield’s father, William, 34, after he died in a car accident in January 2014.
Newport News resident Albert Kurtyka recieved a heart transplant in 2014 after William Summerfield died in a car accident
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The heatwave is taking its toll on a colony of flying foxes with about 90 found dead on the ground in Adelaide's Botanic Park.
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Many of the creatures, which have travelled from the eastern states, have dropped from the trees either dead or dehydrated.
Trained and vaccinated volunteers are collecting the carcasses, which are mostly juveniles, and are caring for ones that are badly heat stressed.
Environment Department ecologist Jason van Weenen says about a tenth of the colony has died in the current heatwave.
He says the creatures cluster together during times of heat stress and suffocate each other.
"The clustering is quite a concern. They're really getting exhausted and starting to pile up on top of each other and then it makes it even more difficult for them to manage their temperature," he said.
"A total of 90 bats have died so far in this heatwave, but it's anticipated that as we are getting even hotter temperatures today, more will perish.
"The colony is exhibiting some really classic signs of heat stress. They're clumping, they're doing lots of fanning behaviour
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April 3, 2002, Grain Valley, MO ---- Jim Johnston, President of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) today said
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the continued blind emphasis on developing more stringent and more invasive methods of enforcement against truckers will not result in increased highway safety. OOIDA is the nation's largest trade organization of professional truckers, representing the interests of the country's 350,000 small business truckers.
Delivering a keynote address to the International Truck and Bus Safety Symposium at the University of Tennessee, Johnston said, "There is a price to pay for this philosophy of blindly pushing ahead with continuously increasing enforcement. Obviously the millions of dollars invested every year in this effort is a stiff price but even more significant is the rule of diminishing returns." Diminishing returns, according to Johnston, result from the negative impact the increasing levels of enforcement are having on professional drivers, influencing many of the best to exit the business.
Johnston said, "The exodus of thousands of good, hardworking professional drivers who are sick and tired of being treated as second class citizens or targeted for enforcement in every jurisdiction they pass through, is
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The United States will be short 120,000 doctors by the end of next decade, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges
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That shortage will become permanent unless medical schools make the path to becoming a doctor a bit less arduous.
Some medical schools seem to take pride in imposing a heavy emotional and physical toll on their students. Toughen up aspiring doctors early on, the thinking goes, so they’re prepared for long hours and high stress when they’re working in clinical settings.
That thinking is outmoded — and risks dissuading people who would make excellent physicians from considering careers in medicine. In order to graduate skilled doctors — and enough of them — med schools must invest more in their students’ mental and physical health.
It’s no secret medical school is challenging. It should be, of course. Students are learning to navigate matters of life and death. Classes and lab work demand long hours and significant intellectual effort. Students invest years of their time and significant sums of money.
Given these challenges, it stands to reason that med schools should do all they can
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Previous winner James Baker had to settle for fifth place in a high-quality Gosport Half Marathon on Sunday, run in dry but chilly conditions.
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Attracting more than 1600 runners, the event is one of the longest-established races in the autumn south-coast calendar and Sunday’s race certainly did not disappoint.
Baker had a west-country invasion to contend with, including winner Tom Merson from Exmouth, who set an impressive new course record of 67min 33sec.
The Chichester man did have the consolation of being the first over-40 home, so he did not came away empty-handed.
Four more Chichester club-mates were also in action with Justin Eggins 66th, and 15th veteran, in 1.21.28; Jason Snow, 205th and 48th veteran in 1.25.07 and Dan Bushere, 387th overall in 1.31.58 and a fine sixth in the over-60 category.
Sarah Morris finished in 13th place in in the senior women’s field and more importantly knocked nearly five minutes off her
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In the midst of what has already been a solid season, the Texas women’s track and field program produced another strong showing this weekend at
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Mike A. Myers Stadium at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
With three meet wins and a multitude of other medals, the Texas women represented the Longhorns with a list of accolades in country’s top track meets.
Sophomore distance runner Sandie Raines finished second in the open 1500 meters with a time of 4:20.63, beating out many professionals along the way, to start Texas’ day Saturday. Along with Raines, freshmen Caitland Smith and Shania Collins each took home medals as well, finishing second and third, respectively, in the women’s open 200 meters.
But junior Morolake Akinosun turned in the highlight of the Longhorns’ performance over the weekend. Akinosun, who was named the Texas Relays’ most outstanding college performer, was in three of the four first-place events for Texas, with senior Ryan Crouser collecting the other win for Texas.
The first win
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Last month, Lego opened its first US based Legoland Discovery Center in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg.
This large indoor venue is home
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to 8 Lego themed attractions, and should provide some Lego fun for visitors young and old. In the name of scientific research, I visited Legoland during their “soft opening” week at the end of July.
The location is right next to Woodfield Mall, and is in the middle of the Streets of Woodfield entertainment district. There is ample free parking. Schaumburg is about 20 miles from downtown Chicago, but there is no easy public transport system linking the two, unless you don’t mind a 45 minute CTA ride, a 30 minute bus ride and a 10 minute trolley ride.
This is the third Legoland Discovery center in the world; previous venues opened in Berlin and Duisburg in Germany. They are operated by the Merlin Entertainments group, who also own the Madame Tussauds wax museums.
The Chicago Legoland Discovery Center is quite easy to spot, partly thanks to the 30 foot giraffe built over the entrance. Once
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WhatsApp users in Sheffield are being warned about a new scam which could allow fraudsters to hack into their personal details.
Numerous Virgin
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Atlantic customers who use the mobile phone app have have been sent messages offering them two free flights with the airline.
The message encourages users to click on a link and claim their freebie as part of the company's 35th anniversary celebrations.
It appears to be coming from a fake Virgin website with the URL virginatlantic.com but with a full stop below the letter 'r'.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: "We’re aware of messages circulating on social media which promise free Virgin Atlantic tickets.
"This is not an official Virgin Atlantic competition and should be ignored."
The company added that official competitions will always be posted on their official social media accounts, which are highlighted with a blue tick on their page.
Other airlines have also been targeted by scammers.
Last year a scam emerged on Facebook promising free flights as part of Ryanair's 32nd anniversary.
And EasyJet issued a warning to customers last summer following a similar post that cropped up on the social
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COMING SUNDAY: Man your calculators, we have tax facts, tax news and tax tips.
INDIANAPOLIS - A
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highly respected health-care executive who was abruptly fired last spring was clearly more than just Wall Street's darling. In a series of lawsuits, the former chief financial officer of WellPoint Inc. is depicted as a corporate Casanova who romanced dozens of women simultaneously, made them extravagant promises and then went back on his word.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. sees rough economic times ahead in the U.S. but forecast strong sales and profit growth for 2008 on the strength of its international business and the benefits of a weak dollar. Caterpillar said its profit rose 11 percent in the fourth quarter and 4 percent for all of 2007, in spite of declines in North American sales.
LOS ANGELES - Investor concerns that Bank of America Corp. will pull out or force a lower price for its proposed buyout of Countrywide Financial Corp. could intensify next week when the troubled mortgage lender discloses its fourth-quarter financial results. After posting its first quarterly
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US and allied strikes against the Islamic State may have killed as many as 6000 civilians in 2017, as international forces pushed militants out of strongholds in
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Iraq and Syria, a watchdog group said Thursday.
"In 2017 the war against ISIS [Islamic State] moved into the most densely-populated urban centres controlled by the group, with dire results for civilians," Airwars said in a new report summarising its investigations for the year, which it called the "deadliest yet" for Iraqis and Syrians.
The terrorist group Islamic State drew Western nations into a new Middle Eastern conflict after it captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
Airwars, which investigates civilian casualty allegations using social media and other information, said that between 3923 and 6102 noncombatants were "likely killed" in air and artillery strikes by the United States and its partners in 2017.
While the Airwars data includes strikes by the United States and partner nations including Britain, Australia and France, most of the military activity has been conducted by American forces.
The group's estimate is vastly higher than the figure put forward by US Central
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The immaculate Palomar floor plan features 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms at approximately 2,618 heated square feet. Situated on
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a gorgeous lot, the curb appeal is exquisite! Easy -to -maintain vinyl siding, accented by stone or brick. All surrounded by a sodded front yard with a clean, classic landscape. The grand foyer welcomes you in, opening to the formal dining room - perfect for hosting those special occasions! The chef in the family is sure to fall in love with the kitchen! Open and spacious with an ample amount of cabinet and counter space, a bar for extra seating, stainless smooth-top range, microwave hood, and dishwasher. Enjoy your morning coffee in the breakfast nook. Also off the kitchen you will find a cozy keeping room with an electric fireplace, surrounded by marble and topped with a custom mantle. Gather everyone together for movie or game night in the family room. An expansive 18'x16', the family room boasts plenty of natural lighting, a ceiling fan, and an electric fireplace surrounded by marble topped with a custom mantle. The impressive master suite is
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March 5 (UPI) -- Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid expects to be in the lineup on Monday, two days removed from receiving 25
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stitches to close a wound in his neck after being cut by the skate of teammate David Backes.
McQuaid, who was cleared to play Sunday, did not reveal if he plans to wear equipment to protect the right side of his neck in Monday's game against the Ottawa Senators.
"Initially, when I didn't see any blood, I figured that I was OK," the 30-year-old McQuaid said of the incident. "They didn't blow the whistle, and (play) was still going on in an obviously important part of the game. I was pretty helpless without my stick, but I was just trying to be a body getting in the way."
"I don't think many guys saw it on the ice. Once I got to the bench, Colin Miller at first was like, 'Oh, you're OK.' Then, 'No, actually, you're cut. You might want to have it looked at.' "
McQuaid did precisely
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pain associated with osteoarthritis in superficial joints, including the knee, has been accepted for review by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
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(AGES) acting as the reference member state. Included in this decentralized extension procedure are the local health authorities in Italy, Greece and Portugal. This marks the first European Union submission of Pennsaid 2%.
About Pennsaid 2%Pennsaid 2% is a topical pain product that combines a DMSO-based transdermal carrier with 2% diclofenac sodium. It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating the pain of osteoarthritis of the knee(s). Pennsaid 2% is a viscous solution that is supplied in a metered dose pump bottle and approved by the FDA for twice daily dosing. Pennsaid 2% is protected by multiple U.S. patents that are listed in the FDA's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations database or Orange Book. Patents protecting Pennsaid 2% have been issued or are pending in multiple major international territories. Pennsaid 2
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With the American elections just a few days away, researchers are busy preparing last-minute opinion surveys.
The researchers hope to identify the next president
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of the United States by questioning likely voters.
But one businessman is using a completely different method to predict who will win the election. He is choosing the winner based on sales of presidential campaign-related products in his store.
Jim Warlick owns and operates White House Gifts in Washington, D.C. His business is a short walk from the real White House.
Warlick has been selling presidential campaign buttons for the past 35 years. In August, 62 percent of the buttons he sold were for Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the Democratic Party. Buttons for Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate, totaled 38 percent. His unofficial survey was taken a short time after the parties held meetings to officially nominate the candidates.
Jim Warlick’s store sells a lot more than buttons. People can also buy T-shirts, bobbleheads, coffee mugs and magnets showing their favorite candidate.
As the long campaign season nears an end, some Americans might be
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A former footballer has completed a 150-mile cycle - little more than 10 months after losing both of his lower legs in a hit-and-
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run crash.
Shaun Whiter, 28, joined around 100 people on a two-day tour of Suffolk yesterday and today (May 14 and 15) using a specially built handcycle.
Shaun, who lives in Burrough Green, Cambridgeshire, was left for dead at the side of a road near Newmarket last summer after Jan Adamec, from Haverhill, crashed into him – pinning Shaun between his own BMW and another car.
After fleeing the scene, Adamec was caught and jailed for more than three years after he admitted to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The 150-mile ride is aimed at raising money for Ipswich Town’s adopted charity, Prostate Cancer UK, but cyclists have the option of choosing a different charity of their own instead.
Shaun has since made astonishing progress in his recovery, learning to walk on prosthetic legs only five months after the accident.
The former Newmarket FC footballer has
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Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis has been re-elected in Halifax Citadel-Sable Island.
Kousoulis won a second
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term with 41.3 per cent of the vote.
The riding was one to watch as name recognition had influence in the race. Public Service Commission Minister and Internal Services Minister Kousoulis was running against well-known Progressive Conservative candidate Rob Batherson, who is a longtime Tory and worked for former premier John Hamm.
Kousoulis was elected in 2013 with 47.66 per cent of the vote, defeating NDP incumbent Leonard Preyra. Prior to Kousoulis, Preyra was MLA for the riding since 2006 and served as communities, culture and heritage minister from 2012-13. Before Preyra’s election, the riding has gone to all three major parties but the longest hold was by the PCs from 1978 until 1997. The riding was also held by former Liberal leader Danny Graham.
The riding was created in 1967 and covers the southern half of the Halifax peninsula, including the downtown core, Citadel Hill and Point Pleasant Park, as well as S
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RODRIGO Alves has been given a final warning by Channel 5 bosses after saying the N-word twice.
The 25-
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year-old claimed he had only used racially offensive language because he was drunk, causing outrage amongst fans.
Rodrigo, who’s known as the Human Ken Doll, said the N-word to his housemates in conversation during scenes which aired this evening.
He was immediately pulled into the diary room and threatened with eviction.
Rodrigo, 25, claimed he’d only used the language because he was drunk.
He went on to say he was sorry and that he was hungover.
But Big Brother bosses were having none of it and told him his language was “unacceptable”.
Talking to him in the diary room, they added: “It is not an excuse, Rodrigo.
“BB regards it to be totally unacceptable.
After the episode ended, Big Brother bosses released a statement regarding their decision.
They said: “Big Brother does not tolerate the use of highly offensive, racially charged language in the
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Good morning! There is an absurd amount of sports to cover today, so let's get right to it.
Bracket challenge: Check how
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you're doing.
Ichiro Suzuki announced his retirement yesterday, concluding one of the most remarkable careers in not only the history of baseball, but the history of sports.
He was a superstar. An icon. The rare athlete who could arrive in a new country and completely change the way its fans watch, and appreciate, the sport they call their national pastime.
Mariners fans rooted for him, and later Yankees fans and Marlins fans. But if we're being honest, we all rooted for him. Because he loved baseball more than anything — and it showed.
What he means to America: "We expect foreign players to arrive attached to legends too good to check, but Ichiro created his own myths, even here, before our eyes and cameras and notepads," writes Deadspin's Barry Petchesky.
"How he was reliably a beast in batting practice and could've hit 40 home runs a year if he wanted to be that type of player. (B
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HE committed the worst atrocity in Norway since World War Two and his deeds still haunt the nation.
Here's what we know about neo-
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Nazi Anders Behring Breivik, whose horrifying slaughter is the subject of two new films.
Anders Behring Breivik, now 39, was born on February 13, 1979, in Oslo, Norway.
He was a rebellious teen who struggled with mental health issues after his parents divorced.
In July 2011 he killed 77 people in twin terror attacks on the same day.
He had written a chilling manifesto explaining his evil mission of slaughter.
Over 1,500 hate-filled pages, Breivik declared war on Muslims and vowed to bring down Western civilisation by the year 2083.
The next year he was convicted of mass murder and terrorism and sentenced to 21 years in jail.
If after that sentence he is still deemed a danger to society, Breivik could be handed more jail time.
The murderer has legally changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen while in prison.
He describes himself as a traditional neo-Nazi who prays to the Viking
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The National Identity Management Commission has extended its enrolment programme to the United Arab Emirate and the United Kingdom following the success recorded in the launch of
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the programme in South Africa earlier in March.
A statement by Mr Loveday Ogbonna, NIMC Head of Corporate Communication, disclosed that the commission’s Director General, Mr Aliyu Aziz, said the enrolment would be done in collaboration with agents.
“The extension is in line with NIMC’s mandate to ensure that all Nigerian citizens in Nigeria and the diaspora and Legal Residents in Nigeria are enrolled into the National Identity Database and issued the unique National Identification Number to applicants upon successful enrolment.
”The NIN enrolment in UAE and the UK is in collaboration with the Defcon Systems Limited and the National eAuthentication Limited, Nigerian Companies licensed by the NIMC to serve as its agents, and carry out enrolment services across the globe with a view to ensuring best-in-class services and inclusivity,” he said.
Ogbonna said that the exercise would involve the demographic
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Every week we feature a selection of our favourite properties on the market in Aberdeen.
Today we’ve picked these three properties, all available
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from just £99,000.
This two-bedroom flat offers generous accommodation with excellent storage facilities in a quiet residential setting.
There is an inviting hall with a walk-in cupboard, which can be used as a walk-in dressing room or a study, spacious lounge, fully equipped kitchen, two well-proportioned double bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Benefitting from the modern comforts of gas central heating, double glazing and secure door entry system, this one-bedroom top floor flat is ideal for first time buyers and buy to let investors.
The property has an inviting hall, fully fitted contemporary kitchen, spacious and comfortable lounge, double bedroom and a modern shower room.
Situated at the end of a quiet residential street within the city centre, this two-bedroom top floor flat benefits from a security entrance system, well maintained communal hallway and allocated parking space.
The property has a generously sized lounge, modern breakfasting kitchen, two good sized double bedrooms
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I’ll post notes here, this is also an open thread for the game in Mobile.
— The first big play of the game
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came from first round pick Marcus Davenport. He crushed Pittsburgh tackle Brian O’Neill, putting his blocker on skates and walking him back into Baker Mayfield for the sack. It was a perfect illustration of Davenport’s talents. He isn’t just a speed rusher who excelled against weaker opponents — he can win in multiple ways. It also highlighted how O’Neill is quite overrated. He has upside — but he’s raw and needs major work on his technique, hand use and set. It was an ugly rep for O’Neill. On the previous down Jaleel Scott (WR, New Mexico State) dropped an easy pass from Mayfield that was right on the money.
— Rashaad Penny made the first big play on offense. Ian Thomas (TE, Indiana) came across the line to make a key block on Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, the O-line all connected on their blocks
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The NEA's Washington staff identified House members critical to the outcome of the vote, including those playing key roles in the debate and those still undecided
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. The union then flew in "Congressional contact teams'' from their home districts--at the national union's expense.
No other education group has a lobbying network as extensive and aggressively employed the NEA's-- and other groups do not pay the amateurs' expenses. But they all recognize the value of having constituents contact lawmakers.
"We find that in any Congressional office where we are really successful and they really listen to us, it's because they have ties to administrators back home who come and see them regularly,'' says Bruce Hunter, director of government relations for the American Association of School Administrators.
Much of the lobbying done by association and union members takes place at home, where they keep in frequent contact with their representatives by telephoning them, visiting their district offices, inviting them to school functions, and directing letterwriting campaigns at them. But it is also important "to make that homeWashington connection,'' says the NEA's Edwards.
Some education groups bring members to Washington
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Walking next to Buffalo Gap full back David Mullins is a lot like walking next to a gentle giant.
BUFFALO GAP
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— Walking next to Buffalo Gap fullback David Mullins is a lot like walking next to a gentle giant.
At 6 feet, 220 pounds, he’s not your typical high school fullback.
When meeting him, the expectation is to meet someone fast and a little intimidating.
Instead, he comes off as a goofball who just loves the game and the guys he plays with.
And the notion that backs are typically closer to the ground with immense control over their center of gravity and have a 4-second 40-yard dash is one that Mullins doesn’t even come close to ascribing to.
His center of gravity is just as good as the next guy’s, but it’s his size that gives him more of an advantage than the average back.
His height lets him see over the line and downfield, and his size lets him play aggressive when punching through an opposing team’s line. He may not be the fastest guy
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Irish golfer Padraig Harrington is trying to rediscover the form that won him three Major championships. In what might seem insane to observers,
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he plans to make 2,000 practice swings a day in the close season.
On the practice range, they watched Padraig Harrington. Not fans, but a few golfers, looking on in bewildered wonder. Every ball he hit in Indonesia last week was prefaced by roughly eight practice swings. Like a man haunted by the act of rehearsal. He's world No. 264, he used to win Majors, he's 43, he's trying to find his perfect self.
He's also off his brilliant head.
Harrington wins in Indonesia and says he's going to try and make almost 100,000 swings in the off-season. Roughly 2,000 a day. For 49 days. Lam Chih Bing, the Singaporean pro, who on his toughest days hit 1,000 balls, shakes his head smilingly down the phone line. He was watching in Indonesia and says of Harrington's plan in a tone that is part awe and part disbelief: "
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Bummer. The Footsie is now in a correction.
Britain's FTSE 100 benchmark stock index fell to a new seven-month
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low on Thursday, taking it more than 10% below its record high in April.
That means the U.K. blue chip index has technically entered a correction.
All European markets were down Thursday, following a weak session in Asia. British markets have been hard hit by the market turmoil in China and the oil crash.
That's because the London index is heavily weighted towards mining and resource companies, which have been hit by the slowdown in commodities demand.
Shares in Anglo American (AAUKF) have fallen 38% this year, while Rio Tinto (RIO) and Glencore (GLCNF) have fallen by 21% and 45% respectively.
Oil companies have also taken a hit: Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) is down 22%, and BP (BP) 11% so far this year.
The FTSE 100 has now lost nearly 3% so far in 2015.
The international nature of the companies in the index means its performance is not
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As part of Black History Month, the Smithville City Council honored its first African American fire chief by proclaiming Feb. 11, 2019, as Fire
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Chief James Elam Jr. Day.
Elam was born in Schulenburg and raised in Smithville. He said he always dreamed of being a firefighter, mainly to give back to his community.
He joined the Smithville fire department on Nov. 17, 1999, and rose through the ranks to be elected the department’s chief. He’s served as a firefighter, lieutenant, captain, assistant chief and chief.
According to the city’s proclamation, Elam became the Smithville fire department’s first black chief, and the first black fire chief in Bastrop County, in 2003. He served as chief from 2003 to 2006. He then served in different capacities in the department before being elected chief again in 2011.
In 2000, soon after joining the fire department, he was awarded a Purple Heart for saving a man’s life in a burning home that year. He helped lead the fire department through three major fires — 2009 Wilderness Ridge
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LSI Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:
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LYTS) today announced that it expects fiscal 2015 net sales will be between $307 million and $308 million, net income will be between $4.9 and $5.2 million, and diluted earnings per share will be between $0.20 and $0.21. For the prior fiscal year net sales were $299 million, net income was $0.93 million, and diluted earnings per share was $0.04.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, LSI Industries expects that net sales will be between $75.3 million and $76.3 million, net income between $1.4 million and $1.7 million, and diluted earnings per share between $0.06 and $0.07. For fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year, net sales were $73.9 million, the net loss was $(0.8) million, and the diluted loss per share was $(0.03).
LSI Industries expects to announce fiscal
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BEIJING — Attempts to block Beijing’s goal of bringing Taiwan under its control are like “stretching out an arm
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to block a car,” China said in its latest rhetorical broadside against the self-governing island republic’s independence-minded president.
The statement issued late Tuesday takes aim at Tsai Ing-wen's recent announcement of measures to counter China's "one country, two systems" framework for political unification with the island.
Spokesman for the Chinese Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office An Fengshan accused Tsai of harming relations between the sides and using the welfare of the Taiwanese people as a “poker chip” for the sake of electoral gains.
Such actions "stand in opposition to the interests and welfare of our Taiwan compatriots, and endeavor to block progress by compatriots on both sides to progress," An said. "All it is, is stretching out an arm to block a car," he said, using a common Chinese expression to describe a futile action.
Tsai of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party was elected in a 2016
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The Republican proposal totaled $35 million; Roy Cooper's plan involves $130 million for schools and school safety.
HUNTERSVILLE,
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N.C. -- Democratic Governor Roy Cooper defended his spending proposal for schools and school safety while condemning Republican plans unveiled Thursday.
“It’s just not enough,” Cooper said of the Republican proposal that totals $35 million.
Cooper, who made his remarks while touring J.M. Alexander Middle School, proposed spending $130 million on schools and school safety.
“These investments begin the process of providing our state the necessary resources to safeguard our children’s mental and physical health," said state representative John Torbett from Gaston County as he defended the Republican plan.
Cooper said the Republicans don’t have their priorities straight and favor cutting taxes for big businesses over education.
“They want to make sure that corporations get the breaks. I say we invest that in public education. I say we invest it in school safety,” Cooper said.
Asked how he could win a budget battle in the legislature where Republicans are in
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Staff writers Annie Martin and Tony Holt were eager for a lunchtime excursion, so they drove from The News-Journal's Palm Coast bureau across
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the bridge to Flagler Beach, where they stopped at the Salty Dog Lunch Spot.
The Salty Dog is a cozy, quirky place to stop for a bite that's an easy walk from the city's pier or the beach. If you want to sit outside, as we did, there's a handful of umbrella-covered tables. The place is small but eye-catching, with brightly colored walls adorned with beach-themed decorations like a set of swimming area dividers. Beachgoers who walk here in shorts and flip-flops will feel right at home. Service is leisurely, which made for a refreshing long lunch on a mild fall day.
You'll find a broad selection of sandwiches, wraps, salads and quesadillas here. Annie ordered the Lemon Pepper Chicken Caesar Salad, which comes with tender, flavorful grilled chicken and crispy homemade croutons. The lettuce was fresh and crisp, the foundation for a great salad. Tony ordered the Spicy Chicken and Cheddar
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An injured fireman and a resident were rescued from a fire that ripped up the front of a three-story Union Street home Wednesday afternoon.
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BOONTON — An injured firefighter and a resident were rescued from a fire that ripped up the front of a three-story Union Street home Wednesday afternoon.
The firefighter, who was stuck on the roof, was rescued by the Rapid Intervention Crew from the Lake Hiawatha Fire Department.
"They did a great job," Boonton Fire Department Chief Ed Robillard said. "They cut a hole in the roof, pulled him through, pulled him down three stories and out. He's being evaluated at the hospital for severe fatigue, but as of now, it appears he will be alright."
The female resident was evacuated out of the back of the home after attempting to get out through the front.
"She appears to be OK," said Robillard, who was unsure whether she was removed by police or firefighters..
Rocio Salinas, who lives a few doors down from the fire scene on Union Street, said she was outside walking with her children when they started
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Latest in "25 years on - lessons for Europe?"
The EU is advancing its image as a 'benevolent neighbour' and 'democracy
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promoter.' Is this a reflection of reality, or good public relations?
Islamophobia, a foreseeable consequence of ultra-liberalism?
Islamophobia does not result from a specific strategy to create the ideal scapegoat, but Muslims came in opportunely to fulfil this function within ultra-liberal European societies.
The joint editors of Europe – the very idea introduce the next stage of their project – a discussion inspired by the Czech philosopher and political dissident Jan Patočka. An invitation to discussion.
After 1989, within two decades, the hitherto ‘dormant’ authoritarian, leader-worshipping, order-obsessed right-wing mentality has gradually found its way to the surface. Its institutional shape is precisely impossible to define.
When much of the world pays no lip service to democratic values, it would be a great disaster if countries in the heart of Europe were to turn away.
The collapse of the USSR was the occasion for much rejoicing
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Garda officers at the scene of the shooting of Eddie Hutch on Poplar Row in Dublin’s North Strand. Two journalists at
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Independent News & Media hwho have been reporting on recent gang violence have had threats made on their lives, the group’s editor-in-chief said. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.
A newspaper editor has said it is frightening to think that journalists are having threats made on their lives some 20 years after the murder of Veronica Guerin.
Independent News & Media (INM) editor-in-chief Stephen Rae was speaking after it emerged that two of the group’s journalists had been threatened by criminal gangs following the recent gangland violence in Dublin.
David Byrne and Eddie Hutch were killed in shootings at the Regency Hotel and Popular Row respectively in the last week.
Mr Rae said gardaí visited the group’s headquarters to warn a journalist of a security threat against them. Days later, gardaí said the threat had been increased and extended to another colleague.
“It is a pernicious threat and the very fact that
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Leigh Ann Caldwell writes that Republicans are worried by the shift of the Koch network away from Trump.
The Washington Post writes on the growing concern
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that the United States isn’t ready to prevent Russian interference in the midterms.
Here’s the first round of candidates endorsed by Barack Obama.
CA-GOV: Gavin Newsom has been far outpacing John Cox in fundraising.
FL-GOV: ICYMI: Bernie Sanders endorsed Andrew Gillum.
MA-7: Mike Capuano is still leading in the closely-watched primary against Ayanna Pressley.
MI-GOV: Bernie Sanders will stump for Abdul El-Sayed.
OH-12: The latest Monmouth poll shows the race between Balderson and O’Connor in a dead heat days before Trump goes to the district to campaign.
And POLITICO notes that the race may end up being a referendum on Trump v. Pelosi.
TN-SEN: NBC’s Lauren Egan writes about how Marsha Blackburn is set to make history in Tennessee.
TX-SEN: New polling
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Tons of plastic waste are swamping Asia so quickly that many landfills could be overrun soon. Entrepreneurs and governments in Asia are willing
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to put money on technology that converts plastic back to its main component - oil - to save the environment.
In the North Pacific Ocean lies a large pool of plastic waste half the size of Texas, weighing 300 million tons, and a massive threat to marine life. The waste was transported by ocean currents from North Asia and North America.
Doug Woodring leads Project Kaisei, a small group of conservationists and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, London and California.
The United Nations recently recognized the group for its studies on how to capture the plastic in the Pacific and turn it into diesel fuel.
But recycling plastic is only the beginning of the project's mission. After all, scientists say 80 percent of all debris in the ocean comes from land.
"A lot of countries don't have a lot of landfill space [so they] either burn the trash or throw it into the water," Woodring said.
Landfills all over the world, like this one in Thailand's Ray
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Pennsylvania’s Legislature adopted a patently unconstitutional electoral district map following the 2010 census. Its rejection by the state Supreme Court resulted in an
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embarrassing two-year delay in setting new legislative and congressional districts — which remain badly gerrymandered.
Gerrymandering is the practice by which politicians craft voting districts based on political advantage, in effect selecting their own voters to preserve their own power. Lawmakers acted for their own benefit in 2011 even after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against gerrymandering in a Texas case that was decided in 2006. And, since 2011, the Pennsylvania Legislature has maintained the same redistricting system even though the Supreme Court and other federal courts have created a substantial catalog of rulings that favor fair redistricting over gerrymandering.
In the most recent ruling, last November, a federal district court in Wisconsin threw out a gerrymandered redistricting plan.
“We find that the discriminatory effect is not explained by the political geography of Wisconsin nor is it justified by a legitimate state interest,” the majority opinion said. The state government has appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Australia toughened oversight of politicians' expenses on Friday after a senior minister quit over the purchase of a luxury flat during a taxpayer-funded trip
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[SYDNEY] Australia toughened oversight of politicians' expenses on Friday after a senior minister quit over the purchase of a luxury flat during a taxpayer-funded trip.
Public outrage has been building over revelations Health Minister Sussan Ley bought a A$795,000 (S$849,000) apartment on the glitzy Gold Coast during an official work trip - which she claimed was an impulse buy.
Ms Ley stepped aside earlier this week amid an investigation and resigned Friday.
This and further revelations of other ministers claiming expenses to attend sporting events sparked the move by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to set up an independent agency to administer and oversee all claims by parliamentarians.
As part of the changes, expenses would be disclosed monthly and be accessible in an searchable database. Under the current system, expenses are disclosed twice a year.
"I am firmly of the view that transparency is the key. Sunlight is the best medicine," Mr Turnbull told reporters in
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Lazar Fleishman came to Stanford in 1985 after a distinguished career at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has also been a Visiting Professor
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at UC-Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, University of Texas at Austin, the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, Charles University in Prague and the University of Latvia in his native Riga. His major scholarly interests include 19th and 20th century Russian literature; Boris Pasternak; 20th century Russian emigre and Soviet culture and literary life; Russian avant-garde poetry and art; Russian-Jewish, Russian-Baltic and Russian-Polish cultural relationships; poetics; and archival research.
He co-edited a collection of articles, Pushkinskaia konferentsiia v Stenforde (The 1999 Pushkin Conference at Stanford), published in 2001 in Moscow. In winter 2002, he organized a series of lectures by visitors from Riga on Latvian culture. He is currently editing for our department's series of "Stanford Slavic Studies" a forthcoming collection of works by a Russian emigre, Solomon
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Vera Bradley Inc.'s stock could be in for a rough ride in premarket trade Wednesday, once a trading halt is
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lifted at 8:30 a.m Eastern, after the handbags and accessories seller missed profit and sales expectations and provided a downbeat outlook. For the quarter ended May 2, the company swung to a net loss of $4.1 million, or 10 cents a share, from $6.6 million, or 16 cents a share in the year-earlier period. Adjusted earnings, which exclude one-time severance and restructuring charges, were breakeven on a per-share basis, missing the FactSet consensus for earnings of 2 cents a share. Revenue fell to $101.1 million from $112.2 million, below the FactSet consensus of $105.3 million, amid disappointing direct segment sales and lower promotional activity. "We are not attracting enough new customers to the brand, and traffic and sales are still very challenging," said Chief Executive Robert Wallstrom. Looking ahead, the company expects fiscal second-quarter revenue of $116 million to $120 million and full
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Should Investors Buy Apple (AAPL) Stock?
HomeNewsShould Investors Buy Apple (AAPL) Stock?
Many Apple (
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NASDAQ:AAPL) investors have doubts about the company’s ability to keep high margins in a commoditized smartphone market as a way of regaining its trillion-dollar market cap status. On Jan. 3, Apple’s stock bottom fell out with the ticker printing a 52-week low of $142 per share. The plunge came after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned investors that Cupertino would fall notably short of its guidance for the first in time in 16 years. While AAPL has since climbed back – trading at $170.50 as of 11:09 am ET – many investors remain skeptical about the stock.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), however, disagrees.
In a research note, reported on by CNBC, the bank, after mentioning the tech giant’s “better than feared” March guidance, predicted that Apple shares could jump 27% to $211 this year based on the strength of the services division. Analyst Katy Huber
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FORT COLLINS — Colorado State on Monday reached an agreement to name Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo the Rams’ new football coach.
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Bobo, 40, will be introduced at a news conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Fort Collins. After making $575,000 at Georgia this season, Bobo’s five-year deal with CSU will include annual raises, and his base salary will average slightly more than $1.5 million.
Bobo will succeed Jim McElwain, who accepted the job at Florida after guiding the Rams to a 10-2 regular-season record in his third season at CSU.
With CSU president Tony Frank involved, final interviews of candidates were conducted Sunday in Las Vegas, the day after the Rams fell 45-10 to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl.
The hiring of Bobo, at least on the surface, is going back to a repeat formula — tapping a Southeastern Conference offensive coordinator — as CSU attempts to build on the Rams’ surprising season and move toward finalization of plans for construction of an on-campus stadium to
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 22 – For weeks the trial of US v. Latique Johnson et al has plodded along in
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the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Courtroom 318 in 40 Foley Square; on March 20 a defense lawyer was giving his summation, waving around a rifle before SDNY Judge Paul G. Gardephe. But on March 22 the courtroom was quiet with six in the audience and the defense lawyers - but not prosecutors - waiting. Inner City Press stopped in and waited, since neither the government nor administration will commit to announcing when the jury comes back. The public has spent much money on this prosecution; the government called it a proceeding of interest. But where are the exhibits? Where is the commitment to notice? What of general deterrence, if it comes to that? Back on March 20 the lawyer asked, Do you think you could stuff this rifle in your pants? And get in the back of a taxi? It's ludicrous. He also mocked a proffered jailhouse confession -- "who does that?" -- and emphasized that government witness Rosario had access to
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday banned all caste-based rallies and conferences in Uttar Pradesh — a state where politics is
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driven by caste. HT reports. Caste rallies and UP politics|VOTE: Do you agree with the HC's order staying caste based rallies?
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday banned caste-based rallies and conferences in Uttar Pradesh — a state where politics is driven by caste.
“We stay caste-based rallies throughout the state of UP,” the court said, issuing notices to the Centre and state government, the election commission, Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
A bench of justice Uma Nath Singh and justice Mahendra Dayal passed the order on a public interest litigation of filed by local lawyer Motilal Yadav, who had sought a ban on such rallies, saying they were against the basic concept of the Constitution.
In the last two decades, caste politics have played an increasingly crucial role in Uttar
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LAST WORDS: Doomed Tina Adovasio texted her husband, Edwin Coello (above), as he returned home late.
Prosecutors
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are hoping a woman’s texts from beyond the grave will put her husband away for murder.
The defendant in the unusual case in Bronx Supreme Court is Edwin Coello, a former NYPD cop with a record of allegedly abusing women.
He’s accused of beating and strangling his estranged wife and dumping her body off a Westchester parkway.
Prosecutors say Coello, 41, flew into a violent rage after his wife, Tina Adovasio, 40, told him in text messages that she wanted a divorce because she suspected him of cheating.
In one, she invited him to “live your life as a single guy,’’ take “your s–t’’ and get out.
The texts were read at a pretrial hearing on a defense motion to keep the jury from seeing them.
Adovasio, a nurse, vanished March 6, 2011, from her Bronx home.
Her beaten and strangled body was
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It is common knowledge that smart speakers are quite a big deal in the interactive marketplace, and now yet another study confirms that smart speakers are a significant
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component of the smart home.
About 53 million people in the U.S. now own a smart speaker -- including 14 million new owners in 2018 -- according to the study, comprising a telephone survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by National Public Radio and Edison Research.
Of speaker owners, the majority (52%) of consumers own two or more, with 30% of them owning three or more.
The growth of smart speakers in U.S. households grew 78% in a year, according to the survey.
The holidays also were good for smart speakers, with 8% of people in the U.S. getting smart speaker during that time.
Those smart speakers are not just sitting on a shelf. The majority (53%) of consumers use them nearly every day or several times a day.
A side benefit of smart speaker growth is awareness. Most (77%) of consumers are now aware of smart speakers.
That awareness is likely to lead to even more
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TORRINGTON >> The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is aiming to increase the percentage of recyclable materials the state is able to take
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in and process significantly by 2024, according to a presentation shared last week with the Northwest Hills Council of Governments.
At this time, the state generates 3.2 million tons of municipal solid waste per year, 800,000 of which are successfully recycled.
The agency hopes to improve practices to the point that it can divert 60 percent by 2024.
“It’s an ambitious goal, but we think it’s realistic,” said Lee Sawyer, who works for the DEEP Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance, and spoke before the council Thursday.
According to Sawyer, to speed progress toward this mark, DEEP is looking to “more closely coordinate state, regional and local planning,” find room under current regulations to allow new technologies to come into use, support market growth to drive the creation of useful infrastructure, increase public awareness and participation at the consumer level and strengthen enforcement of existing law at the state level.
A study to characterize state
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Universal has made an official press release regarding some new casting choices for their upcoming Russell Crowe Robin Hood project.
It was just two weeks ago
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when we found out that Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand and Allan Doyle would be playing some of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. In addition to those characters, the roles of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Sir Godfrey, French Princess Isabella and King John have now also been cast.
Joining Crowe and Blanchett for the film are Oscar® winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia, Atonement) as John and Richard’s mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; Mark Strong (Body of Lies, Stardust) as King John’s vicious henchman, Sir Godfrey; Oscar Isaac (Che, Body of Lies) as King John; and Léa Seydoux (13 French Street, upcoming Inglourious Basterds) as the woman who will become queen, French Princess Isabella. Playing key members of Robin’s band of men are Scott Grimes (television’s ER, American Dad)
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SINGAPORE - The former student named in a poison pen letter about Workers' Party candidate Daniel Goh said that her relationship with him was
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a professional one.
In a response to The Straits Times on Friday morning, she said: "Dr. Daniel Goh was a supervisor for my thesis at NUS. He also gave me advice on postgraduate studies. The relationship was a professional one."
Her remarks came hours after Dr Goh said he filed a police report over the letter alleging that he had an affair with a former student.
Dr Goh strongly refuted the allegations in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday night, and on Friday morning, he wrote that he had lodged a report in person at Serangoon Neighbourhood Police Centre, which is a short walk from his home.
"It felt so unreal walking down the familiar sidewalk, perhaps it was the slight haze from the burning of paper money," he said.
Dr Goh added: "I said during my speech at the Punggol East By-election rally that life is too short and special to be kiasu, kias
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HERE’S a line-up of lionesses to get England’s stars roaring for today’s big match.
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At the back in short shirts we have, from the left, The Sun’s Bust of Britain winner Lulu Cole, 22, Holly Peers, 30, and Sabine Jemeljanova, 26.
In front of them are Rosie Danvers, 23, Rhian Sugden and Dani Wells, both 31. They squeezed into their England strips ahead of today’s World Cup clash with Panama.
Just like the rest of the nation’s Three Lions fans they are putting their shirts on a win for Gareth Southgate’s team.
Rhian Sugden, 31, reckons England will be gunning for the South American minnows.
She said: “We should have enough in the locker to see off Panama – but we must stay composed.
Rosie Danvers and Dani Wells predict England will win to nil.
The Page 3 stunners will be all-eyes on Gareth Southgate’s men for the
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Royal news: This royal just paid the sweetest tribute to his wife and children - with a very modern accessory | HELLO!
Prince Daniel
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of Sweden made an adorable tribute to his family on Sunday, when he stepped out for the inaugural Race and Sports Day in Stockholm alongside his wife Princess Victoria and children Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar. In one photograph, Daniel was spotted chatting on his mobile, showing that he has a sweet personalised phone case that features a never-before-seen shot of his wife and two children. The snap, which sees Victoria with her arms around six-year-old Estelle and two-year-old Oscar, is thought to have been taken at Estelle's sixth birthday photo-shoot. Aw!
The photographs were taken at an exciting time for Daniel, who has spearheaded the new Race and Sports Day to encourage more young people to take part in sport, and to emphasise the importance of health for children and young people. The Swedish Royal Court's website reads: "It is hoped that the day will spur on children who do not currently participate in sport, and to encourage them to get involved
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The Department of Public Enterprises and National Treasury awarded global management consultancy firm Bain & Company a tender worth R12.1m, Parliament has heard.
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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said in a written reply to a question from Member of Parliament for the Economic Freedom Fighters Mzingisi Dlamini that the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and National Treasury had participated in awarding the tender to Bain following a tender evaluation.
The tender was for work to be done at state-owned airlines, said Gordhan.
Dlamini wrote to Gordhan after the firm landed in hot water when its name came up during Judge Robert Nugent’s Commission into the South African Revenue Service, and evidence emerged of its role in changing the operating model at SARS in 2015 under the watch of now suspended Commissioner Tom Moyane.
Most recently, Business Leadership South Africa cut ties with the consultancy firm over the imbroglio.
Bain also pledged R164m as prescribed by the Nugent Commission of Inquiry or – in the absence of such prescription – for the benefit of South Africa.
"The two departments entered into
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Sonakshi Sinha is really excited about the year ahead and says the audience will see her narrating different stories in 2019.
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I’m really excited... Doing all these interesting films, narrating such different stories and playing characters so far apart from each other is what made me opt for these projects when the offers came my way,” she said in a statement.
The actress will be seen in Abhishek Varman’s period drama ‘Kalank’, and then in India’s first space film ‘Mission Mangal’.
She is currently shooting for a yet-untitled film in Amritsar. Directed by Shilpi Dasgupta and jointly produced by T-Series and Mrighdeep Lamba, the film is scheduled to release in August this year.
She will end the year with ‘Dabangg 3’.
The actress said the “prep and head space for each character has been very individualistic and the process of unlearning and relearning has been a constant”.
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KOLKATA, INDIA Oct (IPS) - Flush after a court order lifting a ban on one of her many controversial books and
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sitting in the company of her Indian friends in this eastern city, Taslima Nasreen had every reason to look smug.
"This is the victory of people who believe in freedom of speech," said Nasreen, referring to a Calcutta High Court order, last month, that quashed a ban imposed on the third volume of her seven-part autobiography "Dwikhandito" (Split in Two) by the Leftist government of West Bengal state.
"When I was hearing the verdict of the Calcutta High Court on Friday, I was not too excited or overcome with emotion - it was expected. It was a vedict for democracy in a democratic nation," Nasreen told IPS.
The swanky rented apartment in the city's upmarket Rawdon Street, complete with avant-garde paintings and ethnic furniture, is a far cry from the cheap hotel rooms that she favoured some years back and bears testimony to the relative stability that seems to have come into
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There's been much talk about the need for more women in leadership roles, the possibility of formal quotas to guarantee equal representation for women in top political
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and business echelons, and the need to teach women the skills they need to succeed up top while they are still little girls.
Although women comprise 45.9 per cent of all employees in Australia, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, they account for less less than 20 per cent of the Australian ICT workforce. The lack of female representation at senior levels is even greater, according to professional services firm Deloitte.
Reason to celebrate... companies are reporting good results from their gender diversity policies.
Some companies want to redress the imbalance. For example, Westpac has set an aspirational target of 50 per cent female representation within leadership roles by 2017.
Here IT Pro continues the conversation about legislated female quotas and the need to attract more schoolgirls into technology careers with a look at gender diversity policies that are working for companies employing women both in technology and other leadership roles and with tips on how to avoid it all going pear shaped.
If you want to see more
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1917 was a democratic revolution!
Labour Party: the sham of "one member, one vote"
Chapter 4: Superstition or
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struggle?
Was advocating extra-parliamentary direct action to bring down the elected Thatcher government anti-democratic? Are 'by democratic means' and 'by parliamentary means' identical concepts?
The 1917 revolution was one of the greatest democratic moments in history.
The Bolshevik Party, which is now lyingly identified in both outright bourgeois and hypocritical Labour Party- style anti-socialist propaganda, as an enemy of democracy, was, above all else, the great force for democracy in the Russia of 1917. It was a force, moreover, without which the workers and peasants of the former Tsarist empire would have been crushed and their drive for democratic self-rule drowned in blood. These are the truths propounded and convincingly argued for by Max Shachtman.
By James P Cannon. This is an extract from Cannon's reply to a criticism of his court evidence in 1941.
Comrade Munis is dissatisfied with our assertions at the trial that “we submit to the majority
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Most small businesses I have worked with spend the majority of their new business development time marketing. Hey, branding, and building awareness is critical, but
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the fact of the matter is marketing can learn invaluable lessons from selling skills.
u The most successful sales reps are the ones who are effective listeners. They do not try to push their product or service, but rather solve problems and address concerns. They sincerely want to help the prospect become more successful and eliminate the frustrations and stress they are experiencing. What are you offering in your marketing communications that will give prospects what they currently are not getting? A "me too" rarely convinces a prospect to switch suppliers. Give them a good reason to want to do business with you.
u Successful sales reps are the ones who are unashamed to ask for the order. They are not shy or bashful as they believe they provide the best solution for their prospect's needs. They cannot effectively pull this off if they haven't listened first. When you develop your website and e-mail communications, they must project a need for the reader to take action now. Let's face it; people do
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The performances conjure up the moves of stellar silver screen dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “Diamond
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s Are A Girl’s Best Friend” number in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Jane Russell and Debbie Reynolds and the films The Band Wagon, Cover Girl, Singin’ in the Rain and An American in Paris also serve as inspiration for the Gucci Spring-Summer 2019 #GucciShowtime campaign that “delivers maximum glitz and glamour…the mood is playful, knowing and evokes the joyful outlook of the famous musical films of the ‘40s and ‘50s,” says a press statement from the Italian luxury fashion house helmed by creative director Alessandro Michele.
The campaign was shot and directed by Brooklyn-based photographer and long-time Gucci collaborator Glen Luchford (who frequents Los Angeles as co-owner of the Rose Hotel in Venice).
Last September, Gucci presented the Spring-Summer 2019 collection in Paris at Le Palace
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If you’re anything like me, you’re probably regularly imagining the next room makeover you’re going to do in
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your home -- and sometimes all you need to make a space feel fresh is a brand-new paint job.
It all starts with choosing the perfect paint. Only thing is, with so many colors and finishes to choose from, that decision can get intimidating.
You want a look that isn’t going to go out of style in half a second. I get it. So I talked to the pros -- interior designers who shared the hottest wall colors and finishes their clients are requesting. These hues will make your walls feel fashion forward.
But first, a word of warning: “While a homeowner can get wrapped up in trends, remember to create a space that works for your whole family and honors the integrity of your home,” says Jessica Davis, principal interior designer at JL Design Nashville.
In other words, you’re going to have to take in all of these trends, think about how they’d look in your space, and consider which
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We have shown a lot of transformer beds on TreeHugger, including others that rise into the ceiling. The idea is so sensible; a bed
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takes up a lot of space, why not have it go away when you don't need it? Murphy beds that fold up are problematic; you have to make the bed and often strap the mattress. You have to lift it up. That's work; if you want a bed to hideaway for your pied-a-terre in the Marais or Hyde Park, you have people to lift. The Liftbed solves the problem; you don't have to make the bed, or tell your new darling to hide in the closet, you just press a button and the whole thing rises up into the ceiling.
The bed cantilevers off two columns at the head of the bed; the mechanism is hidden inside. There must be a lot of steel in there; the bed is rated for a metric tonne of load (2200 pounds). On a cantilever that long, that is a lot of moment; imagine what it would take to lift with thirteen people sitting on it.
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Alabama's beach properties appear small compared to neighboring Florida's, but what Mobile lacks in acreage, it makes up for in availability and charm.
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Beaches near the Mobile area enjoy a longer vacation season than some regions because of the sub-tropical temperatures and higher humidity. Because Mobile is located near two bodies of water -- Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico -- travelers have a few beach choices.
Access Dauphin Island, located in southernmost Mobile County, by crossing the island's only bridge. On the east side of the island, campers will find the Dauphin Island Campground (dauphinisland.org) complete with water and electrical hookups. The beach on this end of the island is small and quiet, but, because anglers like fishing from the nearby jetties, do not expect much privacy. Many beach visitors enjoy stopping by the east end's Sea Lab and Estuarium (disl.org).
For sunbathing and beach sports, visit the island's west end to access the two public beaches. Book a room at the Harbor Lights Inn (no website;
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SAUDI ARABIA. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), represented by Badir program for technology
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incubators and accelerators, disclosed that the number of Saudi women entrepreneur-owned technology startups incubated in the Program during the past year increased by 144%.
Out of the number, 44 companies are active in the fields of communications, software, e-commerce and smart device applications.
Badir forecast an increase in the establishment of Saudi startups and a promotion of technical innovation and development in these companies as the government sees a prominent role of this sector in the future economy.
Nawaf Al Sahhaf, CEO of Badir Program for Technology Incubators, described the growth rate of women's projects incubated by the program as "good" compared to the past five years, stressing that the program has contributed to supporting the ambitious and innovative initiatives and ideas of Saudi women entrepreneurs and providing them with an appropriate work environment through the offices specialized in the preparation, habilitation, training and workshops, enabling them to run their businesses efficiently and effectively and helping them to participate in local and regional
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The cast of "Game of Thrones" at the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
A Lannister always pays his debts, and so
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it seems does "Game of Thrones."
The HBO fantasy series is reportedly increasing the salaries of its lead stars Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), according to Deadline. The actors will make more than $500,000 per episode in season seven and the potential eighth season.
However, the negotiations do not guarantee that all five actors' characters will survive through the end of the series.
The last salary negotiations for the quintet took place in October 2014 and landed them each $300,000 per episode. That 2014 deal put the "Game of Thrones" actors among the highest-paid actors on cable TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Even the new negotiations still are nowhere near the deals "The Big Bang Theory" actors Jim Parsons,
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Association for Mother’s Milk Donation and MDA to begin operating first National Mother's Milk Bank in Israel for Premature and Sick Bab
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ies.
In April of 2018 the first national Mother's Milk Bank is set to open in Israel. The service will be established by Magen David Adom in collaboration with the Association for Mother’s Milk Donation. The organization will allow nursing women to donate excess mother's milk to babies whose mothers are not available or able to nurse. The Bank will be established in the MDA Jerusalem station, and the facility's operation will be funded mostly by MDA and partially by the Health Ministry.
Mother's milk offers many benefits, including providing antibodies that defend babies against diseases and enable immune development, a process of utmost importance among premature and sick babies. Baby food formulas and substitutes do not offer the same advantages.
Breast milk, similar to blood units, is a human secretion containing stem cells and white blood cells – an irreplaceable composition. Research conducted in the field by Dr. Sharon Bransburg Zabary has affirmed this unique benefit. Bransburg Zabary is
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The Accord is a partnership between the government and construction industry, which commits to achieving a more productive, capable and resilient sector. It includes a strong
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focus on health, safety and wellbeing.
"The construction industry consistently accounts for a high proportion of work related fatalities, injuries and ill health in New Zealand," says WorkSafe’s Director of Strategic Engagement and Implementation, Paula Knaap.
"If we want to see a strong, resilient sector we must focus on health and safety. It is great to see the government and industry really stepping up to lead and work together to make it a priority.
"We know from past experience the building blocks to achieve great health and safety outcomes are the same pillars we need to support strong, resilient and sustainable industry."
WorkSafe’s data shows that in 2018 there were six fatalities in the construction area and in the first six months of the year, 2,746 workers suffered from illness or injury.
The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter was developed by WorkSafe to improve health and safety outcomes in the construction sector following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
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The internet has reacted in disgust, amusement and confusion after Ikea launched an ad encouraging women to pee on it. If they're pregnant, a
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discounted price for a crib magically appears.
The retailer revealed the ad, which features in the store's Swedish catalog, in a video released on Tuesday. The clip was aptly titled "Pee on this ad."
"This ad can change your life as you know it," the opening sentence states. "Follow the instructions and simply pee on the marked area," the video continues.
If the person peeing on the ad is pregnant, a "family price" will appear, allowing them to purchase a Sundvik crib at a large discount. The ad, which is currently available only in the Swedish catalogue, has unsurprisingly solicited a strong response from people who are intrigued, disgusted and everything in between.
Many tweeted that Ikea was "literally taking the piss."
One person reacted with a simple - but probably fair - "what the f**k, Ikea?"
Another noted the point that Ikea probably didn't run the promotion by their employees, as cashiers are apparently
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Tim Gideon Sony MDR-NC300D If you want to effectively block outside noise, but bulky headphones aren't your thing, Sony's M
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DR-NC300D is a solid in-ear noise-cancellation solution. But you'll have to sacrifice some audio quality in the bargain.
Top-notch, adjustable noise cancellation. Five ear tip sizes provide a secure fit. Selectable listening modes optimize bass or movie dialogue. Useful Monitor mode mutes music and eliminates noise cancellation.
Audio performance is lacking for the price. Runs on AA battery (not included). No passive mode for listening.
If you want to effectively block outside noise, but bulky headphones aren't your thing, Sony's MDR-NC300D is a solid in-ear noise-cancellation solution. But you'll have to sacrifice some audio quality in the bargain.
Sony has included embedded noise-cancellation in some of its Walkman portable media players, like the X Series ($299.00, ), for a while now. The company moves the circuitry out of the player and into the earphones with its
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When members of the Jefferson swim and dive team discovered that their school would be placed in Virginia’s 5A North region ahead of this school
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year, there was disappointment.
Swimming has traditionally been one of the science and technology-oriented magnet school’s best sports, and not being able to compete against traditional regional powerhouses, now 6A schools, was disheartening to a team that boasts the D.C. area’s best male swimmer in junior Andrew Seliskar and a group of boys that can compete with the best in any league.
That disappointment was all but forgotten on Friday night at George Mason’s Freedom Aquatic Center as the boys’ team cheered, joked and posted some of their fastest times of the season on their way to the 5A North region title — their first in 12 seasons. The girls finished second, behind Albemarle.
The Colonials opened the meet with back-to-back victories in the boys’ and girls’ 200-yard medley relays, sending a clear message from the outset.
Seliskar, a
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Aides to US President expect him to release his Israel-PA peace plan once Netanyahu forms a government coalition.
Aides to US President Donald
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Trump expect the president to release his peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) once Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu forms a coalition, Reuters reported on Wednesday, a day after Netanyahu’s election victory.
Officials said that despite criticism of the administration’s moves to date, the plan will demand compromises from both sides.
The contents of the Middle East peace plan, authored by President Donald Trump’s advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, have remained a secret thus far.
Kushner and Greenblatt have limited the plan’s distribution over the two years they have been crafting it. It has been kept secret “to ensure people approach it with an open mind” when it is released, a senior administration official told Reuters.
Only four people have regular access - Kushner, Greenblatt, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Kushner aide Avi Berkowitz, the official said.
Trump is briefed regularly on the contents but
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The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association issued a statement Monday saying it was “astounded” that the National Football League has rejected its request that
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the Dallas Cowboys football team wear commemorative decals on helmets to honor the five Dallas police officers killed by a sniper in July.
The Association says that the NFL denied the request because of a policy regarding uniform regulations. Dallas Cowboy executive vice president Stephen Jones told Sports Day that he respects the NFL’s decision.
“Everyone has to be uniform with the league and the other 31 teams,” Jones said.
The associations’ national President Nathan Catura is asking the NFL to reconsider.
“When the Dallas Cowboys opened their training camp by walking arm-in-arm with members of the slain Dallas police officers’ families, FLEOA’s membership was overwhelmed with pride.
“However, we were astounded to find that the NFL denied permission for this important gesture. In the past, the NFL has allowed exceptions to their strict uniform rules to bring attention to breast cancer prevention and national memorials.
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One of Scotland’s most famous couples are expecting - and nature lovers will be watching the entire drama unfold on camera.
They suffered lightning
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strikes, camera outages and pine marten attacks during the last nesting season.
A north-east animal rescue centre has been quarantined after an osprey showed potential signs of a deadly avian condition.
A “tragic error” resulted in a baby bird of prey dying while a wildlife charity attempted to tag it.
Watch this cheeky pine marten checking out an osprey nest in the early hours of Friday morning.
Louis the osprey continues to entertain as he gets to work on building his nest - but struggles to manoeuvre a huge stick.
Holidaymakers are not the only north-east residents off to warmer climes this month - four osprey chicks are also off to sunny Spain.
These striking photos show a rare glimpse of a lucky osprey catching a bite to eat from the River Don in Aberdeen.
One of only two female Welsh ospreys breeding successfully in the UK has hatched two chicks in a
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The Jubilee Debt Campaign has called for all of Egypt and Tunisia’s ‘unjust debts’ to be cancelled unconditionally,
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ahead of a G8 discussion on north Africa.
MPs have voted for a bill to restrict 'vulture funds' – companies that buy up poor country debts cheaply, and then sue for massive profits. However, the Conservative Party has been criticised for slowing down the Bill's progress.
As well as responding to the devastating earthquake in Haiti with immediate relief, Christian Aid are calling for the full cancellation of Haiti's debt of US$890 million.
Debt campaigners welcome the decision of the Paris Club of creditors to cancel US$347 million of Togo's debt and impose a moratorium on remaining payments to these creditors until 2011.
For Zambia to be secure from the risk of high debts and poor management of debt resources, a comprehensive debt management strategy should be enforced a new report has said.
A new report from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund has revealed that ‘vulture funds’ and other commercial creditors are chasing a staggering $1.8 billion from some
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Nonica Datta: You were born in Amritsar. What did you understand about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as
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a child?
VN Datta: It was horrible… Our house was a 10-minute walk from Jallianwala Bagh at Katra Sher Singh in the walled city of Amritsar. My elder sister told me that she heard the bullets and that my mother began to beat her chest thinking that my father was dead. When I was about six years’ old, I used to walk in the Bagh and observe the bullet marks on the walls. Because of my family memory, I, too, became an indirect witness to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Later, I wrote extensively on the subject. My book, Jallianwala Bagh, appeared in 1969.
ND:Why do you think Brigadier General Reginald Dyer did what he did?
VND: You have to think of the circumstances which led to Dyer’s action. After the victory in World War I, British confidence was at
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Like most everyone who lived in the zip code that designated the Paradise ridge, I’ve been getting solicitations from lawyers inviting me to join
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the lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric. I haven’t responded to any of those invitations to sue yet, though I’m intrigued by the prospect of being compensated by that company for losses caused by their negligence. Like most PG&E customers, I’ve had issues with them for decades, often recognizing that they were gouging rate payers and that we all were held captive by a “public” utility that was a private enterprise, based on profit and the need to satisfy shareholders with ever greater return on their investments. Those profits came at the expense of people who often couldn’t afford the rate increases that were always being assessed. Then, too, the lock PG&E had on politicians and the Public Utilities Commission made consumers feel powerless because there was only one source of gas and electric power, at least for most people.
In the course of my life, I’ve lived in places where it wasn’t necessary for me to be
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तिरुचेंदूर - तिरुनलवेली पैसेन्जर (56035) departs from तिरुचेंदूर Railway Station at 09:15.
How much time TCN-TEN PASSR take to reach तिरुनलवेली Railway Station?
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By JOSEPH MURAYA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – The Council of Governors has now formed a 15-member
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steering committee to kick-start the process of pushing for a referendum.
The committee will in consultation with a technical committee lead consultation meetings across the country on a 10-point agenda that they say will boost devolution.
In a statement presented by Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua on Friday, the council said their quest for a referendum was meant to strengthen devolution, refuting claims that it was politically motivated.
“The call for a constitutional amendment by the Council of Governors did not start last week. It dates to April 2013 immediately the county governments took over office,” he stated.
Consultation meetings will kick off at the ward level next week.
Among the issues they want addressed include increase of county funds to 45 percent of latest Exchequer accounts, empowerment of the Senate and amendment of 23 laws they say negatively affect devolution.
Gachagua also said that they want separate gazettement of laws between the national and
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