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SAN FRANCISCO – The law that bars the University of California from considering race in student admissions violates the civil rights of black, Latino and
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Native American students who are underrepresented at the state's most prestigious campuses and blocked from seeking redress through the school's governing board, a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges.
The federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary. It challenges the constitutionality of Proposition 209, a ballot measure approved by California voters in 1996 that prohibited racial or gender preferences in public contracting, education and employment.
A federal appeals court and the California Supreme Court have rebuffed earlier efforts to overturn the 13-year-old law. But Shanta Driver, the group's lead counsel, said a renewed federal challenge is timely because the U.S. Supreme Court has since issued a pair of rulings upholding some school desegregation programs. The gap between Latino and black high school graduation rates and UC enrollment has grown since Proposition 209 was enacted.
"Thirteen years of a ban on affirmative action in the state of California has left,
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To run an advanced search, you must first select from one of four datasets: Investigations, Enforcement Actions, FCPA Matters and Entities.
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You can only search within one dataset at any given time. Each dataset includes a number of different data fields. When you select more than one option within a single data field, the search will insert "or" between the options. For example, if you select both "Basic Materials" and "Oil & Gas" within the Industry search field in the Investigations dataset, the search will look for all Investigations that involve either the Basic Materials industry or the Oil and Gas industry. When you query two different data fields, by contrast, the search will insert "and" between the fields. For example, if you select "Basic Materials" as the Industry and "Africa" as the Region of Alleged Misconduct in the Investigations dataset, then the search will return all Investigations involving both the Basic Materials industry and misconduct in Africa.
If you have questions about search functionality on the Clearinghouse website, please contact fcpac@law.stanford.edu.
The entities search includes information about
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today offered online shopping tips for consumers as retailers including Amazon and Walmart advertise extra online deals this week.
Thus
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far in 2015, the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section has received more than 300 complaints involving online shopping. Commonly cited problems include billing disputes, misrepresentation, and refund or cancellation issues. Complaints generally are handled through the office’s informal dispute resolution process, in which specialists work with consumers and businesses to resolve complaints.
Research deals. Compare prices among multiple retailers and websites. Also check reviews of products before making purchases.
Look for exclusions and limitations. Important exclusions and limitations of a deal should be posted clearly in close proximity to the offer. Also check the return policy, and determine if you will have to pay shipping costs to return an item.
Make sure you use a secure Internet connection. Before disclosing any financial or personal information online, look for the lock symbol and the “s” in “https” at the beginning of the website address. The “s” indicates a secure connection.
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The shocking, cold-blooded murder of two New York City police officers Saturday has raised fresh questions about whether prominent Democrats — New York City Mayor Bill
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de Blasio and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in particular — have gone too far in their criticism of law enforcement and, at least in part, caused this weekend’s brutal slayings.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki, for example, tweeted that Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Holder have used “divisive anti-cop rhetoric” and, in turn, helped inspire Saturday’s shooter.
The gunman, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, wrote on social media that he intended to kill cops and was deeply angry about the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, who were killed by police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York, respectively, earlier this year.
The incidents led to nationwide protests and personal interventions by both Mr. Holder and President Obama, both of whom have urged law enforcement to develop better relationships with the communities they serve and end any singling out of black Americans. Mr. Obama,
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“What is Mini feeding these people?” I thought to myself. I had just pulled into a parking lot in Sioux Falls, South
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Dakota to join hundreds of Mini owners for a breakfast/raffle/mingle and already ten impressively chipper individuals had introduced themselves before scurrying off to join the festivities.
This was my first introduction to Mini Takes The States (MTTS) 2016, a road rally that takes Mini owners (and often their dogs) across the U.S. in two weeks. The event has been scheduled every two years for the last ten, and it has grown from just 30 cars to over 700. I would be joining the herd for a stint from South Dakota to Utah – that much I knew. What I didn’t know was that I’d quickly be inducted into one of the most eclectic and friendly groups of people on the planet.
So how does MTTS work, why does it work, and who can participate?
From the outside looking in, it would appear that MTTS is simply a large-scale brand building opportunity. Round up a bunch
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Robbie Power could ride his first winner since returning from his shoulder injury when teaming up with course and distance winner Neverushacon at Killar
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ney.
Jessica Harrington's versatile seven-year-old returns to hurdles after a somewhat disappointing effort in the Galway Plate last time out and he gets the nod over Galway flat winner Nessun Dorma in the At The Races Hurdle.
Neverushacon won a similar race to this back in May having ran well at the Punchestown Festival. This is his first hurdle assignment since then and his mark of 129 still looks favourable as opposed to Nessun Dorma, who has failed to show the same level of ability in handicap hurdles as he has in competitive flat handicaps.
Gordon Elliott would be a frequent winner of three-year-old hurdles and just the second of the season looks like going his way with Elysian Plains.
The former Ger Lyons-trained runner would have cost Gigginstown a nice few quid after his Fairyhouse win and he was third in the first juvenile hurdle of the season at Roscommon last month. Hooded for
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Well before his gig as Fed Chairman, a young Randian economist named Alan Greenspan once postulated that the profit-seeking of big business �
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�is the unexcelled protector of the consumer.” Of course, it’s worth noting that Greenspan’s essay, entitled “The Assault on Integrity,” was published decades before the present-day fracking boom, which might well be putting unwitting Americans at risk all around the nation as drilling companies continue their relentless pursuit of skyrocketing profits.
As previously reported by Inquisitr, the U.S. Geological study recently published a report indicating that the continued rise in hydraulic fracturing — better known by its colloquial name “fracking” — is “almost certainly” behind spates of earthquakes in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
CNN reports that the Dallas, Texas area alone has experienced “almost 40 small earthquakes” in 2015, including a two-day stretch in early January in which 11 earthquakes were logged over the course of 24 hours. According to the Dallas
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Elections under what rules? Are all 50-plus candidates who were eligible to run the first time eligible again — implying another series of runoffs
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that prolong the installation of an elected government? If not, who gets to stay on the ballot? Will a new vote require re-registering potential voters? What authority does the interim government have to call for elections that extend well beyond its 120-day mandate?
And who’s going to pay for it?
The United States gave $33 million for last year’s legislative and presidential vote, which had a price tag of $80 million. Who can assure a tightfisted U.S. Congress that this time the money won’t be spent for naught?
The report now rests with the Provisional Electoral Council, which has the final say on electoral matters and wants to wait until June 6 to examine it and announce a new election calendar. That is not an unreasonable delay, given all that’s riding on its decision.
What is not reasonable is to go back to Square One, to start over again with new registration and a full slate
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While certain types of exercise increase bone density, the current debate is over the type of exercise that increases it most effectively. Several studies have demonstrated that
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five key exercises improve bone density in the hip and spine and therefore are effective in the battle against osteoporosis. These exercises are lunges, squats, chair raises, stepping and toe raises.
The phrase “weight-bearing exercise” has become an increasingly popular way to help people understand bone-building exercises, but it doesn't fully explain the type of stimulus bones need. To increase bone density, exercise must be different from and greater than daily activities. If you have been inactive and start a walking program or switch from walking to running, your bones will initially respond by improving density, but after a couple of weeks, the stimulus becomes normal and your bones no longer need to adapt. Bone density responds better to short bouts of increased mechanical loading. In other words, ongoing repetitive movements common to aerobic exercise are not effective at increasing bone density, even if they are weight-bearing activities. After the first minute or so of repetitive loading, the cellular response of bones switches off. On
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Registered nurse Jessica Tierney tests Dottie Kaminsky's blood pressure during a previous Senior Health Fair.
Although the name seems misleading, the
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Jan. 22 senior health fair is open to anyone of any age.
Sponsored by The Douglas County Senior Center, the 15th annual health fair is 8 a.m.-noon at the Carson Valley Inn.
"It's a great opportunity to get to know some local businesses and have free/low cost services provided," said Sheri Karosich, recreation specialist.
Around 30 vendors are expected to attend, including the Carson Valley Medical Center and FISH.
One local dentist office will be providing a free mouth cancer screening, and FISH will be handing out free winter coats.
"(The event) is a good chance for seniors, and a good thing for the community to get involved with," said Karosich.
Transportation to the event from the senior center will be provided by DART.
Only cash fees will be charged for any services that are not free.
Various types of blood work will be available for a low cost, some of which require fasting
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One of the most popular wall paper applications among iOS users – Pimp Your Screen from Apalon – has been upgraded to be compatible with the Ret
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ina Display.
Remember how all the hell broke loose with app developers when Apple suddenly came out with the ground breaking display on its new iPad? They had no option but to give the necessary revamp to their app interfaces to make most of the high res display space.
Certain early birds had hit the App Store close to the iPad release making most of the hype around the Retina Display compatible apps, but some like Apalon have just touched the line now.
Touted to be the best customization tool in the App Store for iOS devices, Pimp Your Screen now supports the Retina Display of the new iPad giving you better display icons, skins and wall papers.
The professional designer team at Apalon has packed visually appealing high-quality images and wallpapers with this upgrade. In order to offer maximum customization options, the company claims to constantly update these contents.
In addition to offering a collection of App Shelves, Icon Skins, Neon Combos and Home Screens, the
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I Dance the Way You Make Me Dance How Is the Puppet to Blame?
“Know Bangladesh Better” is a big promise to
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deliver, but a promise that we find to be very compelling. In our mostly Dhaka-centric lives, all that lies beyond the urban periphery tend to be chronically under-reported; unless of course the reporters are covering floods, cyclones, or other disasters. It was our strong belief that if we were to look, we would find stories of individual and communal triumph, tales of a wonderful people and culture, accounts brilliant initiatives and their remarkable rewards. We were convinced that we would find these stories, and that these stories needed to be told.
Star Insight is a product of this conviction. It has been four years since the journey began, and we have just about scratched the surface of this vast land and the stories it holds. Despite the cynicism that prevails, and comes so easily in these troubled times, with the Star Insight we have tried to take our readers beyond the confines of the city and introduce them to the positivity that abounds in every corner of Bangladesh.
Thus far
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The party is over and the curtain has come down on the World Cup for another four years. ITer Scott Davidson is coming home along with the
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thousands of other fans who travelled to Japan and South Korea. But Davidson won't be returning to a mountain of debt and no annual leave for the next three years - he managed wangle a seven-week business trip to Japan, writes Nathalie Towner.
Davidson was seconded from his role as a technical support engineer in Scotland to take a seven-week contract providing first-line telephone support for the 20 World Cup stadia and two international media centres.
The opportunity came up because his employer Avaya was supplying the converged voice and data network that underpinned the competition. "I was approached by my boss and asked if I was interested. He knew of my keen interest in soccer. I support Glasgow Rangers and have followed them across Europe," says Davidson.
This was his first international assignment as well as his first trip to Japan and he has been making the most of it. "I went to Osaka for the day and had quite a few days out in Tokyo and
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At his V-Day anniversary parade in Beijing last year, Xi Jinping announced that the People’s Liberation Army would shed some 300,000
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personnel. The move was presented as a gesture of peace, but observers noted that it fit neatly into the ongoing program of streamlining and modernizing China’s bloated armed forces, which would still comprise around two million people. At the same time, Xi has moved to assert his authority over the PLA, garnering praise from U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton according to recently leaked speech excerpts.
The purpose of their demonstration was unclear. Protesters approached by The Associated Press declined to be interviewed, and censors blocked searches on social media about retired soldiers or the Chinese defense ministry.
Hundreds of police and plainclothes security officers surrounded the protesters, hemming them in with buses and police vehicles.
While Chinese authorities routinely suppress discussions about the military and soldiers’ issues, one human-rights activist, Huang Qi, told the AP that veterans have staged more than 50 protests this year alone. However, demonstrations on such a large scale are extremely rare in the center of the heavily polic
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Handle Branding’s work with NSW Health WSLHD on the Womens & Newborns Health Brand was awarded two Silvers
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and a Bronze Award at last night’s Transform Awards Asia-Pacific; a Silver for the Best Creative Strategy and Best Visual Identity in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Sector, and a Bronze for Best use of Typography.
The awards consistently set a stronger benchmark for work in brand development while reflecting the growing significance of brand in strategic corporate communications. The corporate brand – and its implementation, positioning and creativity – has become one of the most valuable assets a business owns.
With shortlisted companies from Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Cambodia, countries all across the continent of Asia, this evening has proven there is much to be celebrated in Asia-Pacific. The awards, held at Harbour Grand Hotel, was hosted by Vivek Mahbubani.
Michael Schepis, creative director of Handle Branding, says the awards are a huge honour considering the infancy of the company.
“We are more than honoured to even be considered for the awards let alone win three in one night. Handle
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Catherine Ballard is a partner at the law firm of Bricker & Eckler and vice-chair of its Health Care practice group. She works
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with clients in the areas of hospital/medical staff integration, medical staff and hospital-employed physician integration, quality assessment and performance improvement, and related peer review matters. She develops medical staff/advanced practice provider governing documents, and she provides advice on Medicare conditions of participation and private accreditation, provider scope of practice, physician recruitment/employment, and general patient care.
Catherine currently serves as the executive director for Bricker’s affiliated consulting company, The Quality Management Consulting Group, Ltd. (QMCG), which provides services in the areas of performance improvement, external peer review, community health needs assessments, and HIPAA compliance.
From 1985 to 1987, she served as a law clerk to Judge John D. Holschuh of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and also as an adjunct assistant professor in legal writing at The Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law. Catherine is a regular speaker for the Ohio Hospital Association and American Health Lawyers Association on a variety
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Has Bob Dylan run out of words? The man famous for putting them together in a way that has delighted millions of fans over the last 55 years
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is yet to offer any in recognition of his recent prize for literature. The Nobel Prize committee can’t even get a single syllable out of him.
Four days after the Swedish Academy awarded Dylan the prestigious prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” it said it’s given up trying to contact him about the accolade.
“Right now we are doing nothing. I have called and sent emails to his closest collaborator and received very friendly replies. For now, that is certainly enough,” the academy’s Sara Danius told Swedish radio this week.
Later the same day, Dylan played a live show in Las Vegas. Again, the singer-songwriter made no mention of the prize, though some commentators speculated as to whether his final song, a cover of Frank Sinatra’s Why Try To Change Me Now, may have been a supremely subtle nod to the news.
And on Friday
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Farewell to Sigtuna! A few last glimpses as I leave Sweden….
We’ve written about last week’
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s Sigtuna Literary Festival outside Stockholm. We’ve written about Syrian writer-in-residence Iman Al Ghafari and Danish poet Ulrikka Gernes and the Swedish poet (although he lives in Oslo) Håkan Sandell. Now it’s time – alas! – to say goodbye to the Sigtuna, where we were delighted to be a guest for a few days. What a better way than with a few random photos from the mansion where it all took place? Top to bottom (first photo provided by the festival; the rest by Humble Moi and cellphone).
1) I joined a panel on Eastern European poets and the poetry of exile with Swedish poet and novelist Malte Persson (left) and Prague-based Ukrainian poet and journalist Igor Pomerantsev (right). The lively and witty Ukrainian stole the show – a good thing, too; he had a lot to say. Please note the statuary on the
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From decrying illegal immigration to espousing an America First trade policy, from denouncing “angry mobs” to taking jabs at �
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�Crazy Maxine” and “Pocahontas,” few would disagree that when it comes to triggering lefties, President Trump is the ultimate Zen master. And given the president’s almost superhuman ability to drive the Left insane with the push of a few buttons to his Twitter account, one might be forgiven for being surprised that one seemingly ubiquitous Saturday tweet topped all or most of the rest, not by calling someone “Horseface” (although yeah, that was hilarious) or taking another well-deserved jab at Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt,” but by bringing a key issue to light that the Left desperately wants to hide.
Now if you’re a normal person reading this, you might think - ‘What’s the big deal? Isn’t Trump basically saying law enforcement will be looking out for, uh, those who, you know … BREAK THE LAW?’ And
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A villager who lives near one of the most dangerous roads in Britain has erected his own speed camera in a bid to slow motorists down.
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Gordon Crosbie said he was so fed up with drivers who hurtle along the narrow country road at speeds of up to 70mph that he built the replica Gatso using a plastic board and some reflective tape.
The 63-year-old oil worker, from Glentham, Lincolnshire, said the "camera" was so effective at slowing cars down that the villagers could once again move around the tiny village without fear of being mown down.
"It has had a 100 per cent success rate so far," Mr Crosbie said.
"You can see it working and if it saves just one child's life then it's more than worth it."
The notorious A631 Gainsborough to Market Rasen road, which runs through Glentham, is 17th in the AA's survey of Britain's most dangerous A roads.
With the number of serious and fatal accidents on the stretch being three times the national average, it is hailed as the worst road in the
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - A fifth-grade Walterboro student was being treated in Charleston for injuries she received during a
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fight at her school.
The Forest Hills Elementary School student, whose name was not released, was airlifted to MUSC in Charleston, according to a post on the school district’s Facebook page.
Colleton County School District spokesman Sean Gruber confirmed one student has been suspended as the matter is being investigated but he could not comment on any injuries.
Colleton County Sheriff’s spokesperson Shalane Lowes said deputies are investigating an assault between two students.
“The district asks that the community keep this student and her family in their thoughts,” a Facebook post from the school district stated.
The fight occurred Monday at the school. District officials say school administrators promptly secured the scene, ended the fight and called emergency medical services to the school.
“This really, really has affected me as an individual,” said William Bowman Jr., a Colleton County School Board Member."Me as a father. Me as a righteous human being. It
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Homepage Mobile Phones Asus ASUS ROG phone announced!
Gaming has been on a big rise recently, and the mobile industry is no stranger
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to that. We’ve already seen some tries from other companies regarding gaming. Some like OnePlus are making tweaks in the software to be better optimized when you’re gaming. Others are building fully fledged gaming smartphones. The Razer Phone is an example of that – a beefed up smartphone that was optimized for gaming. And now, ASUS wants to jump on the gaming train. Meet the ASUS Rog phone!
Starting with the design, you can see from miles away that this is a gaming phone. Part of it is sold by the bold curves and edges, while the other part is sold by the RGB logo on the back. It’s a look that is common across any gaming hardware, and it’s guaranteed to turn looks towards it. On the front, you will find the 6” AMOLED display with 2160 x 1080 resolution and HDR support. On the back, the regular package – a dual camera setup and the previously mentioned RGB logo. What
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SYDNEY — There isn't much you can buy for one lousy dollar anymore. Even a paddle pop will cost you more.
What you
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can buy though, is a stake in an airline, albeit struggling, as Virgin has just done in Australia.
Virgin Australia announced it is buying the remaining 40% of low-cost airline Tiger Australia for some shrapnel, after the airline lost $77 million before tax last financial year ending June 30. This transaction will give Virgin 100% ownership and total control of Tigerair, in which the company already owns 60%, which was purchased for $35 million in 2012.
Fear not, Australia, Tigerair will remain flying under the same brand and continue as a low-cost carrier. Virgin has also secured the brand rights to fly Tigerair to a number of short-haul international destinations.
“Given the ongoing subdued consumer demand in the Australian domestic market, the growth of the Tigerair Australia domestic fleet is likely to be reduced," Virgin Australia Chief Executive Officer, John Borghetti, said in a statement. “We remain committed to maintaining the airline’s low cost business model
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Posted on Sun, Apr 1, 2012 : 1:04 p.m.
Michigan football junior running back Fitz Toussaint firmly stamped
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his name on the starting halfback job a year ago.
In 2011, Toussaint became the first Wolverine running back to rush for at least 1,000 yards since Mike Hart eclipsed the number in 2007.
And, so far this spring, it appears Toussaint is picking up where he left off, as he ripped off a pair of lengthy runs Saturday during a closed team scrimmage at Al Glick Fieldhouse.
"I just give credit to my offensive line," Toussaint told MGoBlue.com after the closed scrimmage.
Other highlights from the scrimmage included a leaping catch and run by junior receiver Jeremy Gallon, a nice cutback scamper from sophomore running back Thomas Rawls and, of course, two dazzling downfield runs by senior quarterback Denard Robinson.
Tue, Apr 3, 2012 : 3:36 a.m.
Mon, Apr 2, 2012 : 7:06 p.m.
To be fair minded Ted
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Walking into the Roundhouse last night for the public information session on Paragon Development LTD.’s proposed mega-casino, I
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expected to see a motley crew of concerned citizens, dissenters and zoning wonks. This would quickly prove to be a naïve assumption.
Hosted by Vancouver city officials, the meeting was the latest event held in the run up to the February 17th public hearing on the rezoning of 777 Pacific Boulevard. If approved, the proposal will allow Paragon to relocate its current operations at the Edgewater into a new complex to be built on the southwest side of BC Place Stadium.
The Las Vegas-based Paragon recently ran an eight-page ad in the Vancouver Sun, claiming that the city of Vancouver will (hypothetically) receive $23 million per year if the plan goes ahead.
A number of city officials were in attendance, including senior social planner Mario Lee, who told the crowd that in addition to the profits to be wrought from the proposed casino, Paragon has agreed to hire ten percent of its new workers from the Downtown Eastside.
This incentive was in
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‘Pretty honest’, PM, but are you fair dinkum?
Well, Scott, as you like to say, �
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�‘Well it’s just fundamental economics 101.’’ Your mantra of Coalition ‘‘tax cuts’’ (targeting highly paid full-time workers) and flipside on Labor’s ‘‘high taxing’’ agenda just does not compute. The OECD regularly publish their member countries rate of total taxation as a percentage of GDP.
It is interesting how expert politicians become even in areas in which they have no training or experience.
Peter Hartcher characterises Labor’s proposed tax changes as ‘‘redistributive in the interests of greater fairness’’ (‘‘Shorten shows true grit. He’ll need it’’, February 2-3). Quite to the contrary, these changes would reduce fairness.
If an income earner pays too much PAYG tax through the year, the government refunds the excess. But if a dividend earner
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On Jan. 26, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, close companions of the Apostle Paul and bishops of
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the Catholic Church in its earliest days.
Both men received letters from St. Paul, which are included in the New Testament.
Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians also venerate the saints, but do not combine their commemorations. Instead, the Byzantine tradition remembers St. Titus on Aug. 25 and St. Timothy on Jan. 22.
The son of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father, Timothy came from Lystra in present-day Turkey. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are known to have joined the Church, and Timothy himself is described as a student of Sacred Scripture from his youth.
After St. Paul’s visit to Timothy’s home region of Lycaonia, around the year 51, the young man joined the apostle and accompanied him in his travels. After religious strife forced Paul to leave the city of Berea, Timothy remained to help the local church. Paul later sent him to Thessalonica to
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Eli Harold, Eric Reid, Marquise Goodwin, Louis Murphy | Photo: AP.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL Players Association
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filed a grievance with the league on Tuesday challenging its national anthem policy.
The union says that the new policy, which the league imposed without consultation with the NFLPA, is inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement and infringes on players' rights. The filing met a statute of limitations deadline and will be heard by an independent arbitrator, an NFLPA spokesman said.
In May, the NFL approved its national anthem policy at its owners meetings in Atlanta. The policy allows players to protest during the national anthem by staying in the locker room, but forbids them from sitting or taking a knee if they're on the field or the sidelines.
Teams will be subject to fines if players don't comply and will have the option of punishing players.
The NFL declined to comment about the union's action.
In 2016, then-49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick began protesting police brutality and social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem, and the demonstration spread to other players and teams. It became one
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Martin O'Neill says the Republic of Ireland "may have to comply" with Euro 2016 games being played behind closed doors if the ongoing terror threat
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meant that was the only alternative.
Uefa has no plans to keep fans out of games at the finals in France in the wake of Tuesday's attacks in Brussels.
However O'Neill said it will be up to security chiefs to find a solution to guarantee the safety of those involved.
"Anything that is agreed upon, we will fall in line," the manager said.
A spokesman for the Football Association of Ireland confirmed the organisation is engaged in an ongoing security process and would be guided by the experts.
Martin O'Neill says the security the Republic of Ireland are being provided with for Euro 2016 is "really excellent"
O'Neill said: "If someone wants to make an attack as happened yesterday, it's very, very difficult to deal with that.
"Overall the security that we're being provided with is really excellent.
"There's talk about matches being played behind closed doors.
"If that is an alternative and it's the only alternative,
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WR Group, one of the country's leading global wellness companies, is pleased to announce that its innovative FOLIGAIN® hair care collection is
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now available in select H-E-B stores across San Antonio and Houston, Texas. FOLIGAIN is a next generation hair care line dedicated to providing high-performance formulas to the millions of men and women looking to improve their hair health. Fusing the latest science and industry trends with clinically proven ingredients, Foligain's mission is to develop effective, transformative solutions for younger-looking, fuller-looking hair.
is pleased to announce that its innovative FOLIGAIN® hair care collection is now available in select H-E-B stores across San Antonio and Houston, Texas.
FOLIGAIN is a next generation hair care line dedicated to providing high-performance formulas to the millions of men and women looking to improve their hair health. Fusing the latest science and industry trends with clinically proven ingredients, Foligain's mission is to develop effective, transformative solutions for younger-looking, fuller-looking hair.
"We're thrilled to bring the Foligain collection
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Gates: Limited Damage From WikiLeaks Documents In an Aug. 16 letter, the defense secretary said an initial Pentagon review showed the documents did not reveal
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any significant national intelligence secrets. But he conceded that the disclosure of the names of Afghan civilians with possible ties to the U.S. could pose a risk.
The Pentagon says the documents leaked by the WikiLeaks website in July do not jeopardize any U.S. intelligence or sensitive military operations.
In an Aug. 16 letter released to NPR, Defense Secretary Robert Gates responded to questions about the WikiLeaks documents raised by Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Gates said an initial Pentagon review showed the documents focused mostly on day-to-day military operations and did not reveal any significant national intelligence secrets.
The letter confirmed that the documents name Afghan civilians who may have ties to the U.S. military operation, and the Taliban threats made against some of those named. That, Gates said, is something that could pose a risk to U.S. national security interests.
WikiLeaks, a self-described whistle-blower website
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WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals go for their seventh straight win when they host the New Jersey Devils on Friday night at Capital One Arena.
New Jersey
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(9-10-4) is streaking in the opposite direction having dropped three in a row (0-1-2).
The Capitals (14-7-3) could get boost Friday with the return of forward Evgeny Kuznetsov, who missed the last six games with a concussion. Kuznetsov was Washington’s leading scorer (nine goals, five assists in 18 games) at the time of his injury. He was a full participant in Thursday’s practice.
Forward T.J. Oshie, who got a concussion in the same game as Kuznetsov, has yet to resume skating.
Alex Ovechkin missed Thursday’s practice, gut the team said it was a maintenance day for an upper body injury and Reirden expects him to play.
The Capitals have outscored teams 24-13 during their winning streak. One reason is their improved penalty kill. After allowing at least on power play
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The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon have qualified for the semi-final of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) after a
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3-0 win over Algeria in their second Group A game on Tuesday.
After a 2-1 defeat of Mali, the Lionesses are top of the group with six points which has earned them a spot in the semis though with a match left against hosts, Ghana.
The Cameroonians were quick to see off their North African counterparts who had not scored a goal in two matches and obtaining zero shot on target at the Accra Sports Stadium.
With no player on either side booked, Gabrielle Onguene, who is the woman of the match, utilised one of the team's many chances, finding the back of the net 13 minutes after kick-off.
Team mate, Gaelle Enganamouit, made a double for the West Africans in the 54th minute and in quick succession, Ajara Nchout sealed the team's victory with a beautiful strike six minutes later.
It is the second goal for Nchout in the tournament after her first
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NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it has temporarily ceased all deportations to Haiti as a result of the political unrest
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in that French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
“The decision follows the temporary closure of The Bahamas Embassy in Port-au-Prince and the recall of all diplomatic and consular staff,” the government said in a statement.
It said in anticipation of a potential increase of illegal migration from Haiti, Bahamian security forces have been placed on high alert.
Bahamian officials have in the past called on Haitians not to undertake the dangerous voyage by sea to enter the country illegally. Earlier this month, 31 Haitians drowned when their vessel ran aground in waters off Abaco. The authorities said 18 others who had been rescued would be deported.
“The department’s policy in reference to the handling of the illegal migrants remains the same. There has been no change in regard to this policy,” the Department of Immigration said.
Opposition political parties in Haiti have been staging street demonstrations in support of their calls for President
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Pam Fletcher, who was nearly dropped from the United States Ski Team earlier this season, captured her first World Cup victory today, winning the final
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women's downhill of the season.
Switzerland's Maria Walliser, who finished third, claimed the season downhill title.
Miss Fletcher, who is 23 years old and from Acton, Mass., went nearly two years without a top-15 finish until placing 13th in a downhill in France in mid-January. She has had two seventh-place finishes in recent weeks. In today's race on Vail Mountain, after starting 30th, she was timed in 1 minute 54.28 seconds.
Canada's Laurie Graham was second in 1:54.60. Miss Walliser was timed in 1:55.08, followed by Canada's Liisa Savijarvi in 1:55.65.
Six Americans finished in the top 15 - the best performance by the American women in four years.
The race was the final downhill for Holly Flanders, the top American woman downhiller of the 1980's, who is retiring after nine seasons with the ski team.
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From its best angles, the Tramontana XTR looks like a crazy pod race car from a galaxy far far away, with a see
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-through canopy and two seats laid out in tandem like a fighter jet. From the side, the proportions are weirdly long, reminiscent of the wacky Youabian Puma, but weird is just what we need in these offensively inoffensive silver-beige times.
When I went to check out the Lane Motor Museum’s Microcar Mania exhibit earlier this year, I was left longing for the era when people used to build truly, wonderfully odd cars.
Thankfully, there’s a few niche automakers out there like Tramontana letting their freak flag fly to the tune of a gigantic Mercedes twin-turbo V12. I spent a little time poking around the XTR at the Circuit of the Americas track day hosted by Scuderia Society and McLaren Houston this weekend, speaking with representatives from the small Spanish marque’s American team about the car.
One very large twin-turbo Mercedes V12, perfectly color-coordinated with the rest
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The leaders don't have much in common, but each is fighting at home to engage in real diplomatic talks rather than military posturing.
Unless
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you’re someone who relishes the prospect of U.S.-Iran conflict, President Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday didn’t disappoint. Recognizing the opportunity presented by the new Iranian president, the speech marked a return to the conciliation of Obama’s first term, only this time backed up by several years’ worth of economic sanctions.
While it’s easy to dismiss Obama’s reiteration of America’s commitment to the United Nations at the top of the speech as the usual internationalist boilerplate, the importance of robust American participation in multilateral institutions is something that has underpinned his administration’s approach to foreign policy. (For a wide-angle view of the speech, read John Judis’s excellent take.) It’s this approach—pursuing U.S. goals within a broader multilateral framework—that has facilitated the ongoing international effort to pressure and c
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Fifteen months after Yousry Bissada took over as chief executive officer, it’s still a work in progress. The most
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visible scars from a crisis that pushed Home Capital to the brink of insolvency last year are beginning to fade. The bunker mentality that weighed on many employees – the ones who didn’t leave – has eased, and the alternative lender is turning a profit while gradually refilling its mortgage-business pipeline.
The company now faces a new array of challenges, including stiffer competition for clients and prospective homeowners who are already feeling increasing financial pressure from rising interest rates. Just as Home Capital looked to be recovering, some of the air pressure went out of major urban housing markets, and there are now more lenders battling for slices of a smaller pie.
Home Capital new chief executive Yousry Bissada is seen in Toronto in this July, 2017, file photo.
That’s partly a response to the vulnerability of Home Capital, which had been Canada’s clear leader in “near-prime” mortgage lending until last year’s troubles, and is now
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The inside of Spilled Grain Brewhouse.
The Best of Craft Beer Awards honored six Minnesota breweries last month for being among the country's best
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.
The competition, which includes 90 different categories for Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) members to decide on, was held during the weekend of Feb. 8-10 in Bend, Oregon.
A total of 162 breweries from 33 states took home medals in 2019.
One of the breweries walked away with more accolades than most. Spilled Grain Brewhouse in Annandale captured two golds and one silver over that weekend.
It won gold in the 'American-Style Barley Wine or Wheat Wine' category for its False Hope beer, and another gold in the 'Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer or Aged Beer' category for its 2017 False Hope.
The many awards won at Spilled Grain Brewhouse.
The winning beers at Third Street Brewhouse.
Courtesy of Third Street Brewhouse.
Hardware on display at Waconia Brewing.
Courtesy of Waconia Brewing Company.
Waconia Brewing employees are all smiles while showing
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Amidst a sea of humanity, thunderous drumbeats echo all over downtown Iloilo City to jumpstart the focal celebration. The climax
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rushes in when soot-painted performers wearing vibrant costumes energetically execute their warrior-like performances. The competing groups depict what only the pigment of the imagination can turn into a highly plausible scenario: The conversion of the native Ati tribe into Christianity.
This is what unfolds annually on the fourth Sunday of January, when the Dinagyang transforms Iloilo City from an urban jungle into a mega street party.
As a festival, the Dinagyang traces its roots in 1967 when an Augustinian priest from Cebu gave a replica image of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus) to a fellow Augustinian priest in Iloilo as a birthday gift. Since then, a novena mass was held every Friday at the San Jose Parish Church.
But “Dinagyang” became a household name almost a decade later when a radio broadcaster insisted using a local every word to distinguish the festival from the well-known Ati-Atihan of Kal
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It finally began to look like the end of Tom Brady’s dominance of Buffalo but the Bills are still incompetent on offense.
FOXB
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OROUGH, Mass. – Bills fans have been waiting for this to happen for years, and Sunday afternoon, it finally began to look like the end of Tom Brady’s dominance of the Bills, and the NFL, is upon us.
Brady is now 41 years old, and at various points this season, Gisele's husband has started to look his age.
Not that he’s Johnny Unitas playing out the string with the Chargers, a shell of his former greatness, because during New England’s 24-12 victory over Buffalo, Brady did surpass the 4,000-yard passing mark for the ninth time.
But at long last, the greatest quarterback in the history of the game is looking fallible, and his reign of terror over the Bills, Jets and Dolphins in the AFC East is nearing its conclusion. Really, I think it is.
Brady could not have been more average, dare I say below average, in this game.
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If everybody's wearing an electric sleep mask, why didn't we focus on finding the reason everybody needs an electric sleep mask?
So what is
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this Oculus Rift thing Facebook just purchased?
It's a virtual reality video game headset. It's like a very fancy Nintendo Virtual Boy. Completely cuts off your periphery and everything. If your stove is on fire while you're in there, it's going to remain that way for quite some time.
Is it, you know, impressive?
Yes. I tried a first person shooting game on it once. You get legitimately afraid when you're being shot at. I cried a little.
But is it $2 billion impressive?
I mean, I'd be throwing that money somewhere else.
Is that why people are so goddamn angry? People seem pretty goddamn angry.
They are. But the answer to your question is yes and no. It is, in the grand scheme of things, a monumental waste of time and money. It is a video game. But even video game people are upset.
Facebook has not really been a friend to the video game industry. Well
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THE development of a nation is measured not so much by its infrastructures alone but also by the development of its legislation (laws) and
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subsequent enforcement.
As a citizen of Solomon Islands, ask yourself how far have we come in terms of our development and what can you, as an individual citizen do?
Although as citizens, you and I do not have the power to make laws [our Constitution gave Parliament the power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Solomon Islands] there are avenues that we can use to give our views and/or contributions on new laws or proposed amendments to existing laws.
Submissions made to the Bills and Legislation Committee (“the Committee”) is one such avenue.
The Committee is responsible for reviewing draft Bills before they are introduced into Parliament. In its review process, the Committee calls for public submissions through newspaper advertisements or by contacting organisations and individuals with known interest in the Bill to appear before it in person.
Once consultations and inquiry into the Bills are complete, the Committee will make its report to Parliament containing the observation and recommendations arising from the consultations.
Currently
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Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $180 million to settle charges tied to two hedge funds that the SEC said were improperly marketed and sold
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by private bankers and Smith Barney brokers in the run-up to the financial crisis.
Citigroup's alternative investment unit and brokers at the firm misrepresented the two funds, the Falcon Strategies Fund and ASTA/MAT funds, as low-risk, safe bond substitutes to advisory clients, despite the fact that the funds' own marketing materials said they should not be used as bond substitutes.
From 2002 to 2007, the firm raised almost $3 billion from around 4,000 investors in both funds, which resulted in billions of dollars in losses when the funds collapsed in 2008, the SEC said.
A spokeswoman for Citigroup, Danielle Romero-Apsilos, said in an email the firm was “pleased to have resolved this matter.” The firm did not admit or deny the SEC's allegations.
The Smith Barney unit was acquired by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in 2009 as part of a joint venture. A spokeswoman for Morgan Stanley, Christine Jockle, declined
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Tightening security screws in the US serves the ultimate goal – to implant the atmosphere of fear in the American society. It serves to raise sales
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of security equipment, independent journalist Charlie McGrath told RT.
The latest initiative of the US Department of Homeland Security is to develop laser-based security scanners capable of identifying any chemical substance in human body. Independent journalist Charlie McGrath sees it as a further erosion of the basic human rights in favor of Military-Industrial Complex profits.
Officials insist the scanners will be used to detect explosives at airports and border crossings. They say that if a person has nothing to hide he won’t mind subjecting to the procedure.
But some experts are prompting concern for civil liberties in America.
“There is no threat of terror, that is a canard,” states categorically the founder of Wide Awake News Charlie McGrath. He explained that as an American he has a 662,000:1 chance of winning an Olympic medal. While taking a bath he has a 685,000:1 chance of drowning in that bath. Walking outside he has a 2
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In sports, business, politics, and life, the importance of self-confidence is repeated as one of the key components to success. Boston University
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School of Management Professors George Hollenbeck and Tim Hall define self-confidence as “our judgment as to whether or not we can do something.” They highlight that judgment is the result of our thinking and is based on our perceptions. In addition, they emphasize that self-confidence is task-specific. This aspect of self-confidence underscored by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in their Situational Leadership model, whereby a manager provides more direction to an employee with limited experience (and thus less confidence) for a specific task. In understanding self-confidence, Hollenbeck and Hall also show the importance that it can be changed over time.
How do hospitality managers build their self-confidence? Boston University School of Hospitality Administration seniors take a capstone course in leadership. Each semester, the seniors conduct field interviews to learn how these executives built their self-confidence. The following discussion reports findings from the student surveys collected since 2005. Students met with a wide range
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SINGAPORE - A disagreement between two Channel 8 actresses has rocked the local entertainment scene, with one ending their friendship and sending a text message
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to their mutual friends about it.
According to reports in Shin Min Daily News, Hong Huifang recently sent out a lengthy text message saying she is no longer friends with Pan Lingling.
The message, which was sent to fellow actors such as Chen Hanwei and Chen Xiuhuan, apparently detailed how Hong felt bullied by Pan on several occasions, and how Hong's son with fellow actor Zheng Geping, Calvert Tay, was also being subject to such treatment from Pan.
The straw that broke the camel's back seems to have happened at a gathering about a month ago, when Pan allegedly made some comments about Tay's personal life, which upset Hong.
When the daily reached out to Hong, she confirmed sending the message and replied with a Chinese saying which suggested that the ill feelings between the two actresses had been brewing for some time.
The publication also reached out to Pan, who replied in Chinese: "Let time water down everything."
Neither actress could be reached for
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What is climate change adaptation?
There are two main policy responses to climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation addresses the root causes, by
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reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while adaptation seeks to lower the risks posed by the consequences of climatic changes. Both approaches will be necessary, because even if emissions are dramatically decreased in the next decade, adaptation will still be needed to deal with the global changes that have already been set in motion.
Humans have been adapting to their environments throughout history by developing practices, cultures and livelihoods suited to local conditions – from the Mediterranean siesta to the Vietnamese practice of building homes on stilts to protect against monsoonal rains. However, climate change raises the possibility that existing societies will experience climatic shifts (in temperature, storm frequency, flooding and other factors) that previous experience has not prepared them for.
Adaptation measures may be planned in advance or put in place spontaneously in response to a local pressure. They include large-scale infrastructure changes – such as building defences to protect against sea-level rise or improving the quality of road surfaces to withstand hotter temperatures – as well behavioural shifts such as individuals
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LONDON (Reuters) - Fish and chips, scampi and prawn cocktail are all on the menu at chippie owner Daniel Sutton
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’s newest branch, with one caveat: “There’s no fish in our fish,” he says.
Sutton began serving “vegan fish and chips” at one of his east London chip shops as an experiment earlier this year, but did not expect such high demand.
“We thought we’d produce something vegan and see how it goes. It went really well, so we introduced a full menu,” Sutton said.
With orders for the new menu flooding in, Sutton opens the doors this week to London’s first dedicated vegan chippie.
The new branch will help cope with capacity, Sutton says, and allows the entire kitchen including the deep fat fryers to be meat and dairy free.
It is also a chance to profit from increasing demand for vegan and alternative restaurants, especially in trendy east London, he said.
The “vegan fish” is made from banana blossom mar
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Dark Souls is harder than a coffin nail, but it's a very successful video game. For that reason we're not too surprised to hear From
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Software confirm that it's not done with the series, but it's a relief nonetheless.
Masanori Takeuchi is the head of R & D at FromSoftware, he spoke to GameTrailers about the future of the studio.
"Of course, it's not over yet," said Takeuchi, discussing the future of the Demon's Souls/Dark Souls series. "You have to go back to our roots, which is King's Field. We've made many games in that series. We've always been enamored by dark fantasy action RPGs. That's just been our core DNA and I think we'll continue to utilize that."
The studio is also looking to move into other markets, and is considering creating some sort of game for mobile devices.
"[A]s developers, we like to do new things and new challenges will help us mature and grow as a developer," said Takeuchi. "Smart phones and tablets are an interesting challenge for us."
"If
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“Fortunately, the victims were not struck, but at least two vehicles were damaged by gunfire,” the release stated.
The shooting
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occurred in a parking lot near where a carnival was shutting down, according to Capt. Mike Dixon.
On Saturday at about 12:08 a.m., the Madison County Sheriff’s Office received a call of shots fired at 306 St. Charles in Godfrey. Deputies found there was a house party underway at the home with many people in the area when they arrived. Deputies were told some people attending the party got into a fight with at least two other party-goers and shots were fired. Deputes were able to identify the armed subjects as Pearson and Cook.
While still at the scene, deputies received word that a 23-year-old Alton man was being treated at St. Anthony’s Hopsital for a gunshot wound to the arm. Investigators met with the man, who confirmed he was shot at the party. The man told detectives that shortly after arriving at the party, he was approached by Pearson, who threatened to kill him. Shortly after
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Zubair, who was a film producer, said the fact that he is related to Dawood has had adverse effects on his career and he
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wants to change the perception through "Bigg Boss".
Mumbai: Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar's son-in-law Zubair Khan, who will be seen in "Bigg Boss" as contestant, said he has no connection with the gangster.
"Since 2011 all the buyers, investors and others backed out (from his film projects) as they got to know that I am related to Dawood Ibrahim.
"People were scared of me. This ('Bigg Boss') is an opportunity for me to change the perspective of lot of people in the film industry," Zubair told news agency PTI.
He said he wants to fight against the antisocial elements and is not scared of anyone.
"Since the day I got married I have taken 'panga' (risk). I have been getting threatening calls since then. I don't care. I feel there is one life and death. Change is constant and death is permanent, I
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Residents have been urged to take shelter indoors as a bushfire threatens homes and lives south of Rosedale, in Victoria's Gippsland
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region.
Authorities issued an emergency warning shortly before 10:00pm on Friday for people in Fulham, Kilmany, Kilmany South and Pearsondale.
"The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately. It is too late to leave."
Firefighters were using 12 aircraft including two large airtankers and 26 fire trucks to fight the blaze, which had burned through more than 550 hectares.
A wind change caused the fire to change direction on Friday night, and it was burning in a north-easterly direction towards the Latrobe River and the Princes Highway.
An emergency warning issued for residents in the Stradbroke West, Willung and Willung South shortly before 5:30pm was downgraded to a Watch and Act message about 7:45pm.
The CFA and Victoria Police will investigate the cause of the fire.
A Watch and Act alert was also issued for Strathbogie in the state's north-east,
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Friday, April 10, 1998 | 11:37 a.m.
Las Vegas real estate agent Vitina Graham watched the Hollywood premiere of "
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Lost in Space" last weekend with more than just a passing interest.
More than 30 years ago, as actress Vitina Marcus, she played the endearing and enduring character of Athena The Green Lady on two episodes of the television series on which the movie was based.
When "Lost in Space" the movie knocked "Titanic" from the No. 1 box office spot after a record 15 weeks, she was not surprised.
"It was a fast-paced action-adventure, but the characters were totally different than those in the TV show," Graham, who today sells property for Medallion Realty, said.
"When I came out of the theater, there was a line around the block waiting to see the next show. I knew it had a chance to beat 'Titanic.'"
Asked if she would recommend the film, Graham said: "I think people would want to satisfy their curiosity and see it. The movie definitely is more high tech than we
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The Levitt Shell summer concert series opens Thursday evening, and the Memphis Italian Fest begins. IKEA shuns Nashville.
Two Memphis traditions
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return Thursday, with the Memphis Italian Festival opening its three-day run in the afternoon and the Levitt Shell's summer concert series beginning hours later.
Atop the list of civic celebrations that define the city's character would have to be the signature Memphis in May events, the conclusion of which we discussed in yesterday's 9:01. Riding close behind, near the top of the list of second-tier happenings, are shell concerts and the food/music that fill East Memphis' Marquette Park for one aromatic weekend each year.
The Italian Festival, which benefits Holy Rosary Parish, has had a sometimes-rocky relationship over the years with its Colonial Acres community. The event's success has come to flood Marquette, at the corner of Park and Mt. Moriah, with visitors and make it the bane of neighbors' existence for a few days.
For the most part, however, even inconvenienced neighbors have come to embrace the 29-year-old festival
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Cynthia David challenged herself to try a plant-based diet for a week and discovered a whole new world of alternative milk, grains and vegetables
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Lobbyists getting legislation passed to ensure consumers see a clear distinction between originals and alternatives.
In addition to several repeats, list reveals 24 new entries from coast to coast.
Cover the marinaded tofu and refrigerate for 8 hours to allow the flavours to develop.
Whole wheat penne gets dressed up with green beans, pancetta and walnuts.
Short of contacting the producer, it’s tough to know if animal products were used to make a wine.
After Baldwin St.’s Kon-nichi-wa closed in June 2017 due to a fire, the owners opened The Shozan Room, but Amy Pataki writes, they’ve departed from a lot of what made their original location great.
These crepes can be prepared quickly without compromising on flavour, writes Ricardo.
Salmon is the perfect protein to go with this tasty pasta, writes Ricardo.
After writing two slow cooker cookbooks, I know a little
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Of course, it never was going to last. Ramaphoria, I mean.
Ramaphoria is the warm, fuzzy feeling that washed
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over South Africa with the ascension of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency in December. With the departure of Jacob Zuma, the pall of gloom that had hung over the nation for almost a decade was lifted.
Suddenly all good things seemed possible again, in the “new dawn” that Ramaphosa proclaimed. The sun came out, the rand surged, optimism soared.
But Ramaphoria was never going to be the same high-octane potion as the Rainbow Nation mampoer that South Africans had got vrot on more than two decades ago. The Ramaphosa gilding of the ANC lily is already wearing off in patches, revealing the tacky, cracked plastic below.
The rand is in retreat. The public mood has soured and is again turning rancorous.
The degree to which corruption and looting has gutted the economy is only beginning to be apparent, with bankruptcies looming in both the corporate and state-owned sectors.
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GAZA • The Israel-Gaza border fell quiet yesterday under a de facto ceasefire after the most intense flare-up of hostilities between Palestinian militants and
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Israel since a 2014 war.
Militants from Hamas, the dominant group in Gaza, and Islamic Jihad fired dozens of rockets and mortar bombs at southern Israel throughout Tuesday and overnight, to which Israel responded with tank and air strikes on over 50 targets in the small, coastal enclave.
There were no reports of further attacks after Hamas announced early yesterday that it would cease fire if Israel did the same. Israel signalled it would halt its strikes if the rocket barrages stopped.
But even during the fighting, both sides appeared bent on avoiding wider conflict after weeks of violence along the fenced border. Hamas did not launch long-range rockets at Israel's heartland while Israeli forces targeted encampments that appeared to have been vacated in anticipation of an attack.
No deaths were reported by militant groups or by Israel, which said three of its soldiers were wounded by shrapnel from projectiles.
A Palestinian official said Egyptian mediation led to a ceasefire, and terms of the "understanding" did not
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The massive corporations taking part in Giving Tuesday aren’t anonymous. They want positive pr, and for that they deserve serious scrutiny.
It
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’s “Giving Tuesday” on December 3. Following Black Friday, on Giving Tuesday, people all across the United States will be kicking off the holiday season not with shopping, they say, but with giving.
In just its second year, Giving Tuesday is attracting thousands of participants large and small. Whenever haves help have-nots that’s worthy of praise. Still, when massive global corporations want praise too, I get a little queasy.
Don’t get me wrong, GRITtv is viewer-supported. We’re all for charitable giving, and every day, we’re reminded of just how much generosity is out there. This year, an anonymous donor enabled us to hire a third team member and start a podcast. We thank that donor daily.
But the massive corporations taking part in Giving Tuesday aren’t anonymous. They want positive PR, and for that they deserve serious scrutiny.
Take Verizon. For Giving
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Indonesian coffee businesspeople are now eyeing to increase its shares in the fast-growing coffee markets in China by exposing them to Indonesian coffees
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during a discussion with the Southern China-Indonesia Business Association (SCIBA) and Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia (SCAI) in Guangzhou, China, recently.
“We wanted to gather them so that we can formulate our efforts to increase coffee exports to China,” said Ratu Silvy Gayatri, the Indonesian Console General in Guangzhou, in Beijing on Monday as reported by Antara.
She explained coffee exports to China from January to September reached US$34.1 million. Indonesia is the second-largest coffee-exporter to China after Vietnam, whose coffee export value reached $368.8 million in the same period.
She expressed optimism that Indonesia would be able to increase its coffee market share to China because Indonesian coffee was competitive in the global market.
“Indonesia is one of the four largest coffee-exporting countries, together with Brazil, Vietnam and Cambodia,” he said, adding that the coffee market in
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Reign Clark, cultural resources director at Goshawk Environmental Consulting Inc., points out at a digging tool and other materials discovered at a historic burial
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site at the James Reese Career and Technical Center construction site in Sugar Land on Monday, July 16, 2018.
Sugar Land city council members recommended Tuesday that 95 human remains discovered at a Fort Bend ISD construction site be buried at the city's Old Imperial Farm Cemetery, despite a local task force vote to keep the remains at the school building site.
The latest development in the burial controversy comes as some members of the city's task force said they felt blindsided last week when they learned the school district and the city had formed an agreement, with one of the conditions being reburial of the remains at Old Imperial Farm Cemetery.
Some task force members said they were confused as to why the school district listed Old Imperial Farm Cemetery as the reburial place within its agreement with the city, even before task force members could vote on a burial option.
The school board on Oct. 15 approved the "interlocal" agreement. It is part of a memorandum of understanding between the city
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — The government of Indonesia aims to team up with a satellite operator to build, launch and operate a high-through
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put satellite to bring internet access to unreached parts of the island nation.
A representative of Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics said that the ministry intends to award a contract by the end of this year with the goal of having the satellite in orbit by 2022.
Indonesia, like Australia with its National Broadband Network and Brazil with its SGDC satellite, intends to use government satellite communications to ensure the availability of connectivity to citizens beyond the scope of existing infrastructure.
As things stand today, a 150 Gbps satellite — plus another 50 Gbps of capacity the government intends to lease from other satellites — would make Indonesia’s satellite program the highest capacity system designated purely for the purpose of closing a single nation’s digital divide.
Ismail said that Indonesia’s domestic telecom satellite operators — Telkom Indonesia, Pacific Satellite Nusantara, MCI, Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Indosat Ooredoo — provide less than
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Rise-N-Shine to Anderson Cooper: Lose the Gray and We’ll Pay!
Paying celebrities to pimp your
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product is nothing new. From Gillette courting ZZ Top front men to shave (they declined), to Weight Watchers convincing Sarah Ferguson to endorse their slim-down system (she did), marketing gurus have long used star power to shine some light on their own products.
The newest target: CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his gray hair.
New Jersey-based Rise-N-Shine has reportedly offered the newsman $1 million to take their “Go Away Gray” pills for 60 days and use Twitter and Facebook to share his experience. That’s about one-third the price for a 30-second Super Bowl ad, but with even more impact.
Unlike Super Bowl ads, which you can fast forward, Anderson’s head of closely cropped gray hair cannot be skipped. Or even ignored. Every time viewers watch him during those 60 days they’ll be watching his hair and whether it’s turning brown. Think of the video mont
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NEW owners could be taking over care at 250 Southern Cross homes by the end of September.
The move comes after landlords within the company, which
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owns two homes in Hinckley, pulled out of restructuring talks and left the group, which has been facing a financial crisis for weeks.
By the end of October, the responsibility of all of the remaining 500 homes should be transferred back to landlords or to other new owners.
Southern Cross has also confirmed that plans released in June to make 3,000 members of staff redundant and change their contracts will not go ahead, good news for staff at the Hinckley Park and The Willows care homes in the town.
But despite the situation moving forward, the GMB union which represents staff at the healthcare company said it is “completely unacceptable” that other interested parties are not being involved in the decisions.
Justin Bowden, GMB national officer, said: “The current plan that only two parties, the landlords and the outgoing management as signatories to the proposed Business Purchase Agreement, will have a say in what should happen next at each home is completely unacceptable.
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THE O'Molloy Clan Association is sponsoring a worldwide clan reunion in Tullamore, Co. Offaly on August 12 and 13
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, 2011. The reunion will include lectures by guest speakers, access to local genealogical records, tours of O’Molloy castles, homes and burial sites in the ancient ancestral territory, music, dance and story telling, and dinner at Charlevelle Castle.
You don’t have to be an “O’Molloy” to attend. Variant spellings include O’Maolmhuaidh, Molloy, O’Molloye, O’Mulloye, Mulloy, Milloy, Meloy, O’Meloy, Maloy, Malloy, Miley, Millea, O’Molwye and O’Molley.
For additional information contact Thomas Molloy at info@omolloy.com or John Malloy johnpmalloy@comcast.net. Further details may be found at http://www.omolloy.
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Laboratory Equipment: What are some of the newest instrumentations and tools that will help propel sustainable crop production and agriculture in the future? Peiy
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u Zeng and Lynda McMaster-Schuyler: It is more about how we are using the tools, and for what purposes, than it is the newness of the tools. I would suspect many labs our size are using PCR thermocyclers, fluorescent cell imagers and spectrophotometers. We are too. But how we use those tools in our work is progressing. We would love to have a fluorescent cell imager, which would instantly become our gateway into looking at gene expression. As we move from crop to crop in our research it is one tool on which we would rely to determine the success of genetic transformation in our cultures of switchgrass, hemp and hops.
LE: What trends do you expect to see in the crop science research industry in the coming months and years?
to withstand more devastating droughts.
LE: What kind of monitoring equipment is used in crop/agriculture research?
PZ and LM-S: Tools that enable
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Step 1In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, cream together the butter
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and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the vanilla and salt, and beat until fully combined. Slowly add the flour while beating, until all of the flour is fully incorporated, careful not to overbeat (overbeating will toughen the cookies).
Step 2Stir in the almonds, cashews and cherries by hand, making sure the nuts and fruit are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Step 3Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Press firmly to make sure the dough is holding together with the fruit and nuts. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Step 4Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cut the logs into slices approximately one-fourth inch thick. Bake until the edges are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool the cookies on a rack.
My friend Fi shared this delicious red and green cherry with cashew cookie recipe that was
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A proposed class action against Uber on behalf of taxi and limousine licence holders and drivers will be extended to Queensland.
Maurice Blackburn
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has been investigating plans for a multimillion-dollar class action against ride-sharing giant Uber in Victoria.
The law firm was due to announce on Wednesday that it would extend its proposed class action to include Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
However, while arguing Uber should be held to account, the Taxi Council of Queensland stopped short of advising its members to join the class action at this stage.
Taxi Council of Queensland chief executive Blair Davies said members should take their time to fully consider all elements of the class action before deciding whether to join.
"Today's announcement by Maurice Blackburn gives Queensland taxi licence owners and operators an opportunity that wasn't available yesterday," he said.
"However, our advice to members would be to take the time to weigh up their options carefully before committing to join this class action."
Mr Davies said TCQ had been helping Maurice Blackburn for more than 10 months and had provided information about Uber's operations in Queensland between April 2014 and September 2016 when
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Abstract: Despite decades of repeated failure, President Obama and Congress continue to promote the myth that government can spend its way out of recession. Heritage Foundation
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economic policy expert Brian Riedl dispels the stimulus myth, lays out the evidence that government spending does not end recessions--and presents the evidence for what does end recessions. Hint: It's not another "stimulus package."
Proponents of President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill continue to insist that the massive government bailout played a decisive role in moving the economy out of the recession. Yet assuming no destructive government actions, the economy's self-correction mechanism was widely expected to move the economy out of recession in 2009 anyway. With a parade of "stimulus" bills the past two years (going back to President George W. Bush's tax rebate in early 2008), it was entirely predictable that some would link the expected end of the recession to whichever stimulus bill happened to come last.
During the 1930s, New Deal lawmakers doubled federal spending--yet unemployment remained above 20 percent until World War II.
Japan responded to a 1990 recession by passing 10 stimulus spending
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The LW-Mononofu robot is a dream come true for Japanese engineer Masaaki Nagumo, who had fantasised aboutsuiting
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up as a robot from Mobile Suit Gundam, his favourite animation series while growing up.
The 8.5m-tall, two-legged robot was developed with the the help of Sakakibara Kikai, a maker of farming machinery, and looks as if it walked straight out of a science fiction universe.
Weighing more than seven tonnes, it has a cockpit with monitors and levers for a pilot to control the robot's arms and legs. The machine can move its fingers and turn its upper body, and walk forward and backward - though only at a speed of 1 kmh.
But what it lacks in pace, it makes up for with power: The bazooka-like airgun on its right arm shoots sponge balls at around 140 kmh.
The maker, Sakakibara Kikai, has developed other robots, which it rents out for birthday parties and other entertainment. But the mighty Mononofu towers over the company's previous designs.
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Soft tacos seem to get all the love in Austin, so we're spotlighting the oft-overlooked crispy taco. Here are seven top
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Austin spots to satisfy your craving for the crunchy classic.
Amaya's tasty Village Tacos aren't your standard crispy fare. These puffy corn creations are fried until golden and crispy; stuffed with shredded chicken, beef, or fajitas; and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Locations in North and South Austin mean you can get your fill no matter where you live.
The casual offshoot of Eastside Cafe has a very limited menu often lauded for its dessert lineup. But we suggest the savory pulled pork taco, a delicious bite served in a thick, crunchy shell with fresh pico de gallo. Order queso, salsa, or ceviche as an appetizer too.
This quaint, cash-only eatery on Oltorf Street has a filling selection of Mexican and Tex-Mex food, and most of the combo plates come with crispy beef tacos on the side. Check out the lunch special on Monday: two crispy tacos with rice
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In an about-face, banking giant Goldman Sachs announced it will build its $2 billion headquarters near Ground Zero in New York, the site of
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the former World Trade Center, after all. Earlier this year, the company said it did not want the location because of security concerns and a proposed underground tunnel that would have brought vehicular traffic past its front entrance. But the tunnel plan ultimately was dropped and Goldman Sachs was granted more than $100 million in incentives by the state and the city to remain in downtown Manhattan. Construction for the new 43-story headquarters is expected to begin later this year, the company said. When ready for occupancy in 2009, it will bring together roughly 9,000 employees who currently are scattered among numerous Manhattan office buildings.
For the first time in four years, the Nikkei stock index closed above 12,500 in Tokyo Wednesday, buoyed by speculation that Japan's economy is on course to full recovery. The index, one of the world's most widely watched, finished up 29.33 points to end the session at 12,502, its best close since July 4, 2001. Experts said the rally was
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When I first stepped inside 2 Quail, an attractive sandstone terraced house in the heart of town, I thought that its owner might be
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a little old lady whose home had become a perfect time warp, for it is neat as a pin and soberly furnished in a way that says ‘Edwardian’ or ‘40s’ or somewhere in between.
An attractive sandstone terraced house in Castle Street, in the centre of historic Dornoch with its traditional open Scottish Square, where Pipe Bands march, its Castle, Cathedral and famous Golf Club overlooking the Dornoch Firth.
When I first stepped inside 2 Quail, an attractive sandstone terraced house in the heart of town, I thought that its owner might be a little old lady whose home had become a perfect time warp, for it is neat as a pin and soberly furnished in a way that says ‘Edwardian’ or ‘40s’ or somewhere in between. Contemporary it isn’t; idiosyncratic, consistent, well executed and refreshingly different from the norm it is. And it�
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CHICAGO — It began in a way gun advocates have suggested would curtail violence. A gun comes out. Shots are fired. A �
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�good guy with a gun” steps in to help before police can respond.
The tidy theoretical doesn’t account for the chaotic unknowns when police arrive and can’t tell a “good guy” with a gun from a “bad guy” with a gun.
The theory turned to grim reality at Manny’s Blue Room Bar in Robbins, Ill., outside Chicago early Sunday.
Police shot and killed the good guy. Jemel Roberson, 26, was working security.
“Everybody was screaming out, ‘He was a security guard,’ and they basically saw a black man with a gun and killed him,” witness Adam Harris told WGN.
That debate has gained urgency during the past year, as President Trump and others have repeatedly said security guards — specifically armed ones — could have prevented the nation’s mass shootings; earlier this year, Trump tweeted his support for the controversial idea of arming teachers
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Preliminary artist rendering of what Guelph's Baker District redevelopment could look like once developed.
The City of Guelph is looking
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for feedback on the services and programs planned for Guelph’s new central library.
A survey has been posted online and residents have until March 3 to fill it out.
The City said the input they receive will be used to help create the final building program and functional plan.
“Whether you’re a regular library user or not, we need your insight and ideas to make sure our new central library delivers the programs and services that will meet our community’s needs through to 2040,” said Steve Kraft, CEO of Guelph Public Library.
The City has already posted a long list of programs that are planned, which includes topics on computer skills, fitness and exercise, language learning, cooking, gardening and crafts.
The City wants to know if other programs should be offered, as well as input on how multi-use and outdoor spaces planned for the library should be used as well.
Guelph’s 10-year
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The Bush administration announced it has decided to exercise its authority to auction off the statutory limit of five million barrels of oil a month from the nation`
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s 590-million-barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve.... The world`s nations use tens of millions of barrels of oil every day, so an extra five million monthly from our SPR-or even 15 million barrels, the proposed new ceiling being discussed-is far too small an amount to have a significant impact on world oil markets.
Besides, although prices have jumped... since Iraq`s invasion of Kuwait two months ago, this increase has been due to anticipated rather than actual shortages. The embargo on Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil has diminished world supplies by about 120 million barrels monthly, but two-thirds of that shortfall has already been made up....
Then why begin drawing oil from the SPR? Secretary of Energy James Watkins told Congress that the main objective is to test the process involved in deploying the strategic reserve system, which was created in 1975 but has never been used. Obviously, it is better to make repairs now than wait until we are in the midst
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Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry, a Democrat, said his office will seek justice on behalf of families; not because of immigration status.
Inside
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a courtroom Wednesday, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry's office filed criminal charges against the twice-deported man arrested in a drunken-driving crash that killed two men, including an Indianapolis Colts player.
Outside, Curry issued a statement blasting President Donald Trump.
“We are disheartened that ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary has politicized this tragedy," said Curry, a Democrat. "Much of such commentary, including tweets by the president, fails to acknowledge that both Edwin Jackson and Jeffrey Monroe lost their lives on Sunday."
Friends and family of Jackson and Monroe have echoed similar sentiments.
On Tuesday, Trump used Twitter to say: "This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border, and with illegal immigration, FAST!"
He also tweeted a message of support to Jackson's family.
Manuel Orrego-Savala, a 37-year-old Guatemalan citizen, was arrested early Sunday morning
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The upgrade of a former Soviet aircraft carrier for service in the Indian Navy and a project to build a helicopter carrier jointly with France are nearing complication,
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company officials said.
The state-owned ship building holding is under new management following a move to put Vladimir Shmakov in the role of general director— a post he assumed at the end of May.
Shmakov said during a meeting with Putin at that time that he sees "unconditional fulfillment" of military orders among his primary tasks.
The former president of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Andrei Dyachkov, was dismissed in early May after coming under increased pressure from Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin for his lackluster performance. Rogozin oversees the defense industry.
The long awaited aircraft carrier, now named INS Vikramaditya—which translates from the Hindi as Brave as the Sun— is undergoing final testing. Though rescheduled several times, the most recently announced delivery date was November 2013.
Originally built in 1987 for the Soviet Navy and christened the Admiral Gorshkov, the craft has been undergoing modernization since 2004 when a contract worth $
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So you’ve seen “Captain Marvel” and now you have a bunch of questions about Brie Larson’s Carol Dan
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vers, her history — and wait who was Marvel… or was it Mar-Vell? And what about Monica Rambeau.
Like every other film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Captain Marvel” only loosely adapts from the comic books, streamlining a hell of a lot. It does a fine job of bringing together characters who are only loosely-connected in the comics, and it boasts a strong, diverse cast to boot. But what is the actual history of Captain Marvel?
That’s a huge question. The answer involves not only characters like Mar-Vell and Carol Danvers, but a cosmic badass partly inspired by actress Pam Grier, some extremely convoluted alien relations, and the first Muslim character to headline a Marvel comic book. Strap in because it’s complicated, weird as hell (this is a good thing), and occasionally ahead of its time.
To start, in the comics Carol Danvers isn’t the first
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Slices, hooks, tops, duffs, chunks, shanks, cranks, bombs, sallys, whiffs, pushes
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and pulls are all terms used to describe a "bad shot" in golf.
To eradicate these bad shots, golfers could spend hundreds of dollars on many lessons, new clubs, new golf balls, driving range buckets and aspirin.
Or, golfers could check www.poconorecord.com/golf every week for the latest tips as part of the 12-week, Pocono Record's Summer Golf Tips Video series.
"I think it (the video series) is a great idea," said Jeff Pietracatella, Head Golf Professional at Water Gap Country Club. "I think people will get a lot out of it. You're getting all the tips from PGA professionals."
Pietracatella, 38, and nicknamed "Peach", will host the first four lessons, while other local PGA professionals will host the remaining weeks.
The lessons will cover every aspect of the golf swing, and the numerous types of swings, from pre-
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Alpha strikes again. Spoiler Alert: Stop reading NOW if you haven't watched Sunday's new episode.
Heads literally rolled on "The Walking
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Dead" Sunday night, as Alpha claimed not one, not two, but 10 new victims.
Echoing the comic books, the HBIC of The Whisperers infiltrated the big fair, kidnapped a number of its attendees and then decapitated them in brutal fashion. She then stuck their zombified heads on spikes, which marked the edges of her group's territory.
Alpha's victims: Ozzy and Alek (The Highwaymen), DJ, Frankie, Tammy, teenagers Adeline and Rodney, Enid, Tara and Henry. This list deviates from the source material, where Ezekiel and a pregnant Rosita were among the dead.
But while they were killed off in grisly fashion, they were last seen on screen in moments of heroism, as Siddiq explained how each of them joined together to fight off their attackers just before their deaths.
TooFab caught up with Enid herself, Katelyn Nacon, as she revealed when she found out her character
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Continuing their tradition of fantasy vacations and Roc diamond hand signs, The Carters jet off to Cambodia!
Let's stop what we're all
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doing right now and try to brighten up our post-holiday blues by living vicariously through Beyoncé's vacation pics, because they're far more fabulous than anything any of us are doing right now.
On the latest stop of the ultimate "Bey-cation," the Carters find themselves in Cambodia, and lucky for us, Queen B decided to share some of her sightseeing pics with her Beyhive.
Beyonce took in the sites, visiting some historic spots and mingling with locals.
She also looked positively regal posing at the Angkor Wat, one of the largest religious monuments in the world.
Fans caught Beyonce and Jay Z in action as they were spotted at the monument over the weekend acting like true tourists, taking pics, climbing stairs, and, of course throwing up those diamonds.
While in Thailand, they also went for a Vespa ride and hit up the beach, probably to warm themselves up from their recent stop in Iceland where
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Owners and insurers of a now-bankrupt Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak have agreed to pay more than $100 million
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to compensate victims, families of victims and creditors.
The preliminary settlement announced on Monday, which requires court approval, would resolve many claims arising from tainted steroid injections linked to New England Compounding Pharmacy Inc of Framingham, Massachusetts.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 64 people died and 751 were sickened in 20 U.S. states by injections of methylprednisolone acetate, a drug typically used to ease back pain.
The outbreak occurred after NECC shipped tainted vials of the steroid to medical facilities throughout the United States.
NECC filed for bankruptcy protection Dec. 21, 2012, two months after shutting down as the outbreak began.
NECC’s owners, bankruptcy trustee Paul Moore and lawyers for a committee of unsecured NECC creditors also confirmed the settlement in a joint statement. The owners denied liability or wrongdoing.
Settlement funds are expected to come from the owners, insurers, tax refunds and
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The public is ready to engage in a serious discussion regarding marijuana policy. It's unfortunate that their elected officials are not. The recent defeat of House
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Bill 103 on the Louisiana Senate floor epitomizes this divide between public sentiment and political action. Senators narrowly voted down this moderate reform measure, which sought to lessen criminal sentences for marijuana possession convictions from five years in jail to two (for second offenders) and from 20 years in jail to five (for third-time offenders).
Further, prior to voting down the measure, several senators in the chamber could be heard "inhaling and exhaling," according to media reports. Others chuckled and rolled their eyes.
While such juvenile behavior might be expected in the halls of junior high schools across America, we should expect better from our elected officials. Yet lawmakers' schizophrenic attitude toward pot and the public policies that punish the plant's users are, unfortunately, par for the course.
On the one hand, lawmakers act as if it is perfectly appropriate to publicly roll their eyes and crack jokes about cannabis on the Senate floor. Apparently, in their minds, marijuana -- and the criminal prosecution and jail
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MVNOs will not have to provide roaming info until 2019, while other telcos must allow customers to opt out of receiving such information under
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the ACMA's changes.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has amended the Telecommunications (International Mobile Roaming) Industry Standard 2013, taking into account the roaming products that are now available and the consequent drop in complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO).
The changes will allow telcos the option of delivering on-arrival roaming pricing in a single text message, rather than multiple messages; allow customers to opt out of receiving usage alerts while roaming; and postpone the requirement for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) having to provide roaming spend-management information to customers until January 1, 2019.
If a customer does decline to receive roaming information, their telco must confirm this via SMS and advise the customer that they may request to receive notifications again at no cost at any time, with the telco to comply with such a request "as soon as is reasonably practicable".
In February, the ACMA had opened up its proposed changes to submissions
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The deputy mayor of Howell sold his home last week, but has not said where he's living.
HOWELL - Carmen Sandiego was
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easier to find.
Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro's home was sold last week, raising questions about where the longtime official is living.
Nicastro, whose council term is up at the end of December, hasn't responded to at least three phone calls and voicemails over four days from the Asbury Park Press.
Real estate records show the sale of his home on Stream Bank Drive for $640,000 was finalized Oct. 18. When the Press knocked on the door, the new owners were occupying the house.
Municipal officials are required to live in the town they serve in, which generally means they need to vote there, get mail there and have their driver's license registered there, said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
"These things don't come up very often, and sometimes people have to move for different reasons," Pfeiffer said. "If
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Rail Road Flat and NCLB, a place and an idea that created the perfect storm—a lost community adopts “drill and
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kill” as a means to an end [and] test scores as the sole indicator of school success [“One-Track Minds,” August/September]. I wonder what kind of lifelong learners these children will become because of this self- admitted grind? Who will then be blamed? The taxpayers and teachers in Rail Road Flat, the California Department of Education, or the students themselves?
If it is purely a financial matter, there are two options for this community: Take all of the money being spent on the school now and just give it to the children as a form of welfare, or close the school and “save” the money.
Learning is not an academics versus character education proposition. Its main function is to enable children to become citizens—requiring basic skills, a work ethic, and a sense of community, fun, and humanity. Robots that can fill in circles on a test answer sheet may satisfy NCLB, but will they grow up to
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GSU University Players, under the direction of Dr. W. Keith Tims, accompanied by GSU faculty musicians will stage Igor Stravinsky
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's histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) on the occasion of this seminal work's 100th anniversary.
The Soldier's Tale is a theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" by three actors, dancer(s), and accompanied by a septet of instruments. The piece was conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer C. F. Ramuz and is based on a Russian folk tale The Runaway Soldier and the Devil. The libretto relates the parable of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for unlimited economic gain. The music is scored for a violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, and percussion, and the story is told by three actors: the soldier, the devil, and a narrator, who also takes on the roles of minor characters. A dancer plays the non-speaking role of the princess, and there are additional ensemble dancers. Igor Stravinsky
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Leah Block compared the show's diverse cast to Vh1's "Love and Hip Hop"
Rachel Lindsay doesn't do drama.
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As "The Bachelorette" was airing Monday night, former Bachelor contestant Leah Block — who first appeared on Ben Higgins' season in 2016 and who later competed in Season 3 of "Bachelor in Paradise" — made a joke regarding the current season's diverse cast.
"I'm sitting here watching @BacheloretteABC and my roommate just sat down on the couch and said, 'What is this? @LoveAndHipHop_?' DEAD," Block wrote, referring to the Vh1 reality show's predominately black cast.
It didn't take long for Bachelor Nation to swoop in and call Block out for the insensitive joke. Astrid Loch, who competed on Nick Viall's season of "The Bachelor," even mentioned one of Lindsay's suitors, Lee Garrett, whose racist tweets recently came to light. "Are you watching with Lee?" she asked. Lindsay replied to her friend's tweet, writing, "#army."
The Dallas-based
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When UK Brexit negotiators rejected proposals for a Northern Ireland-only customs arrangement backstop in favour of a deal that would involve continued all-UK membership
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of a customs union they tacitly accepted that the UK’s long term future would be in a customs union.
This is the case whether or not they acknowledged it publicly, and whether or not it meant crossing one of their own red lines.
That temporary all-UK customs arrangement is now a central element in the draft withdrawal agreement that is being pored over in London and across Europe.
The move, the UK argued, was necessary to prevent the emergence of a border in the Irish Sea, in effect to minimise the economic and customs barriers that would be necessary between Northern Ireland and the UK to safeguard the integrity of EU’s single market and the frictionless Border in Ireland. But that decision came at a price.
In the Commission’s original plans, the backstop mechanism would kick in after transition “unless and until” a “future relationship” deal provided better protection for the frictionless border. If that deal was not agreed or
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The Baltimore County Council voted Monday to accept the donation of the Short Line Railroad property from the Catonsville Rails to Trails, ensuring that county will
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sustain the former railroad as a walking and biking trail for years to come.
"That's been a long-term goal of ours, and the County Council vote really is sealing that for us," said Tom Aljuni, president of Catonsville Rails to Trails. "I'd view us as stewards and custodians of the trail (for the next 10 years)."
Under the agreement, Baltimore County will accept the 22.5-acres as a donation and take over maintenance of the trail in 10 years. In the interim, Catonsville Rails to Trails will complete construction on the 2.2-mile trail and maintain it until the 10-year period is up.
The 2.2-mile trail, which begins near the city-county line and extends west through Catonsville to the Bloomsbury Community Center, has been under construction since Catonsville Rails to Trails began leasing the property from the Caton and Loudon Railway Co. in 2006.
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ST. BERNARD – There’s a special never-ending bond between twins.
It’s a link that endures
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. Twins Chris and Harmonie Kugele know how unbreakable that bond is.
The Roger Bacon High School seniors have accomplished many things in the last four years. Harmonie’s played volleyball, basketball and softball, while Chris competed in football, basketball and baseball.
What they accomplished together, though, means the most, even if Harmonie had to carry her younger (by five minutes) brother to get there.
“The record that we have, she has 96 percent of that,” laughed Chris, who’s committed to play football next season at Urbana University.
According to the school, no other brother-sister duo has hit more home runs than the Kugeles in Roger Bacon history.
Harmonie, who’s headed to the University of Cincinnati, broke two school records this season. First, she belted her 20th career home run, which broke the school’s all-
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Barack and Michelle Obama have broken their silence on the sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, issuing a statement on Tuesday that they’re �
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�disgusted” by the reports.
Weinstein was a major Democratic donor, holding fundraisers for several prominent politicians on the left, some of which Barack Obama attended while he was president. The Obamas’ daughter, Malia, also interned for the Weinstein Co., which Harvey Weinstein was forced out of on Sunday.
The Obamas are only the latest Democrats to denounce Weinstein. Most recently, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton released a statement saying that she’s “shocked and appalled” by the allegations against Weinstein, hours after the New Yorker published a report alleging that the movie mogul sexually assaulted multiple women.
Democratic politicians have steadily come out against Weinstein ever since last Thursday, when the New York Times published an article detailing dozens of sexual harassment allegations against him. In the immediate aftermath, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and
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Ease your holiday eve burdens with food, attractions, shopping, and cherry picking all in Jerusalem's historic 'First Station' promenade!
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In Jerusalem for Rosh Hashana? Are you a native, or just visiting? Sure, there are a ton of bases to cover, and you’re probably looking for some ways to relax and enjoy the environment ahead of the important day. Let’s cover some logistical and spiritual tips that will make your life easier.
We know how it is. One parent at home, the other outside with the kids. What’s open on Erev Rosh Hashana? The First Station promenade (known locally as the Tachana Rishona) has food, attractions, and shopping for the whole family. Entrance is free. If you can drive a bit, there is cherry picking at nearby Kibbutz Ramat Rachel… fun and yum!
New year, same result: Rosh Hashana is so monumental and inspiring. You think to yourself, “This year will be different.” That might be true, but when
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Tornado watch in effect for all counties, parishes south of I-20 until 7 p.m.
Today is a First Alert
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Weather Day for the threat of widespread severe weather throughout the day. A Tornado Watch has now been issued for all counties & parishes south of I-20 until 7 p.m. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues for the northern portions of NW Louisiana, the southern counties of SW Arkansas and portions of NE. Texas until 3pm. Strong storm chances continue to increase throughout the morning hours, make sure you have a way to receive weather alerts.
A warm front will be lifting up to the I-20 corridor throughout the afternoon and low pressure system from the west will also be building in. These combined will create enough stability for the threat of widespread severe weather. The Moderate Risk was shifted to the southeastern portions of NW Louisiana and far southeast Texas. Shreveport-Bossier is not under the Enhanced Risk. No matter what severe weather risk you are under today, stay weather aware. Storms could form in any portion of our area today. Make sure to stay indoors, especially this afternoon
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A budget is an important tool for first-time homebuyers and current homeowners. Throw out any negative feeling you may have toward budgeting.
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We're here to tell you that budgeting is a great exercise, and can free your financial mind! A budget is meant to be a guide to where you should spend your monthly income.
Budgeting can mean guilt-free fun. By making and sticking to your budget, you can spend money knowing exactly how much you need to set aside for necessities, and how much you can spend on other activities! Budgets are an important tool for the first-time homebuyer because it can help you make your move into a home with a payment that fits your lifestyle and circumstances. For existing homeowners, budgets can help you achieve or maintain financial freedom.
Budgeting can be done by anyone — it just takes time initially to set it up correctly. Gather paychecks, bills and bank statements to get started. You can write down all this information or use a budget tool. Start by calculating your monthly income, which includes not only the amount you may get from a regular paycheck,
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If you’re a BB&T customer your bank will eventually have a new name. BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks Inc.
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announced they have agreed on a combined all-stock merger of equals valued at approximately $66 billion. BB&T entered central Pennsylvania a few years ago when it acquired Susquehanna Bank, and now with the pending merger it says it will become part of the sixth largest bank in the country.
Customers at BB&T will see a new name on the banks because the combined company will operate under a new name and brand, which will be determined prior to closing. The combined company’s board of directors and executive management team will be evenly split between the two institutions. A new corporate headquarters will be established in Charlotte, North Carolina. The combined company will maintain the offices in the two hometowns of the banks -- Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Atlanta, Ga.
“This is a true merger of equals, combining the best of both companies to create the premier financial institution of the future,” BB&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kelly S. King
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The 28 year old steelworker is placing addressing corruption in the state legislature at the forefront of his campaign.
The former VP leads by nearly 20
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points over the next closest Democratic 2020 hopeful.
Our readers gave the nod to Raja by 9 votes.
In this suburban Pittsburgh swing district, the Democrat touts her background in the Navy while the Republican embraces his immigrant story. When it comes to policy, the party line is they key to special election turnout.
Both candidates for the special election in SD37 make their final pitch to voters before tomorrow’s election. Here is the Playbook.
The PA Democratic Party endorsed a pair of Superior Court candidates, new polls capture headlines throughout the state, and a new wedge issue presents itself in the Philadelphia Mayoral race. All of that and more are in this week’s Ups and Downs.
A new Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows positive numbers for Gov. Tom Wolf, while voters have mixed feelings on President Trump. Here is the Playbook.
The District Scheduler for Rep. Mike Kelly touted her pro-life stance, support for the 2nd Amendment,
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Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a long-awaited regulation banning “bump stocks,” devices that allows semi-automatic rifles
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to shoot like a machine gun.
Connecticut banned the sale, possession or manufacture of bump stocks as of Oct. 1. Now the owners of bump stocks in the state will also face federal prosecution if they possess the devices.
The new federal regulation, signed by acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Tuesday, gives gun owners until late March to turn in or destroy the devices. After that, it will be illegal to possess them under the same federal laws that prohibit machine guns.
Bump stocks became the focus of debate after they were used during the massacre in Las Vegas in October of 2017, where a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country music concert, killing 58 and injuring hundreds more.
Gun control advocates hailed the Trump administration move, but some said it took too long.
The new regulations reverse a 2010 ATF decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that found bump stocks are not like machine guns and could not be regulated unless Congress acted to regulate or ban them
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Northampton alternative quartet The Keepers are gearing up for their first headline gig at the Roadmender on Friday.
The band released their
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latest single You're All I Need in October which also featured the B-side No Man's Land and they already have a busy 2019 ahead of them with more gigs and a trip to Marburg in March to represent the town at the Mano Musik Festival.
Speaking about their forthcoming Roadmender gig, singer and guitarist Jordan Jones said: “It's a massively important show for us.
Jones is joined in The Keepers by lead guitarist Liam Taylor, drummer Steve Smith and bassist Oli Rumens.
You’re All I Need was written by Jordan after being fed up with politics and aspects of modern society.
He said: “I wanted to write a happy love song as a reaction and use it as a bit of an escapism.
“The B-side is different. I do a lot of traveling on trains. It's actually about Preston train station and how nothing is ever on time. You’re literally stuck in
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