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The Federal Reserve Board today announced a batch of final and interim rules designed to increase the transparency of the mortgage origination and disclosure processes. The Fed | is also proposing a number of rules to improve the clarity and accountability around reverse and jumbo mortgage origination.
John Walsh became acting comptroller of currency on Sunday, succeeding John Dugan as he completes his five-year term at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Dugan's departure from the OCC, unveiled earlier in July, was expected on August 14.
National home prices rose in June from the same time in 2009, marking the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year increases, according to the latest report from real estate services and data provider CoreLogic [stock CLGX][/stock]. National prices, including distressed sales, rose by 1.4% in June from a year earlier. The yearly appreciation slowed from the 3.7% increase in May from one year earlier. The May increase was revised up from the initial 2.9% estimate.
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The Obama administration is trying to keep the Syrian war simmering, hoping that Clinton will take office in 2017, said Jim Jatras, former | US diplomat. She’ll want to dig in with both feet in support of so-called ‘moderates’ against Assad, he added.
RT asked Jim Jatras, former US diplomat, whether it is possible that this incident with Syrian rebels threatening American soldiers could be a turning point in the country’s conflict.
“We have US Special Operations personnel accompanying the Turks – let’s call them ally Number 1 - in their incursion into Syria. We know that the primary target is not ISIS/ISIL/DAESH for the Turks, it’s the Kurds, who are also American allies – let’s call that ally Number 2. Now we have so-called ally Number 3 – the Free Syrian Army elements threatening these Americans, who are operating with ally Number 1, that they are going to slaughter them. They don’t want the Americans and Christians here. [The subgroup] that did this supposedly is |
It's part of a new program this year that allows students to earn college credit through a partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | . The Beaufort County School District is the second in the country to offer dual-enrollment courses with the university at a high school, according to Battery Creek aviation instructor Tony Petrucci.
Students will earn both a high school elective credit and three college credits for each course.
Col. Jack Snider of Battery Creek helped arrange the partnership.
The goal: Make students college- and career-ready for positions with employers such as Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Charleston's new Boeing plant and Gulfstream's Savannah operations.
"And at the same time, we're exposing them to critical math, science and engineering skills needed to be successful in many of today's career fields," Snider said.
The first course, management for aeronautical science, teaches students about aviation careers, flying and aviation safety.
The second course, project management in aviation operations, teaches them how to manage a project from start to finish, including construction of a small wooden aircraft.
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They are only 1,100 miles away. But to this city's millions, the Falkland Islands and the surging Anglo-Argentine crisis | over them might as well be light years away.
The possibility of expanding war over the islands remains unreal and improbable to most Argentines.
Yet over the weekend military authorities were telling the nation that a British attack on the Falklands can be expected momentarily.
The miltary junta was pulling out all stops to whip up war sentiment among the population.
For many Argentines there is, in some measure, a surrealistic touch to the war being waged in the cold waters of the South Atlantic.
A mid-autumn touch of warm Indian summer weather, with only an occasional whiff of cool winds to warn of winter's approach, brought hundreds of thousands of Portenos, as local residents are called, into the streets, the parks, and the playgrounds of this sprawling city on Saturday.
It rained heavily Sunday, however, keeping people indoors. Many complained that scheduled soccer matches, the national pastime, were being postponed.
Soccer stirs people here as |
Regular hot coffee can be out of the question as the temperatures climb into the triple digits. Thankfully, plenty of shops around town are putting thought into | their iced coffee options and serving more than just yesterday’s leftover brew. Cold-brewing is the most popular method, but there are also a few alternatives.
Here are a few of our favorite places in Austin to cool off while getting a caffeine jolt.
1010 East Cesar Chavez St.
This shop claims to be the first in town to offer nitrogenated coffee, favoring this method for storage purposes and preserving flavor. The microscopic bubbles apparently open up the palate to fully detect the coffee’s subtle nuances. Brewed with Cuvée, Cenote’s iced coffee is evocative of an acidic dark chocolate bar.
This café serves almost exclusively Stumptown coffee, but the Iced Vietnamese Coffee is an exception. A metal coffee filter is filled with Café du Monde coffee grounds with chicory and placed over a glass cupping a few tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. When the coffee is finished brewing, you stir it |
HOPEWELL — City Council will hold a special meeting Thursday evening to discuss candidates for city attorney.
Council is expected to convene and | then go into closed session to discuss who will succeed Stefan M. Calos as city attorney. Once the closed session is complete, councilors will reconvene into an open meeting and announce either they have an appointee or need to continue discussions on the position.
Calos, a Hopewell native, and his law firm, Sands Anderson, have a contract with Hopewell to serve as the city’s top legal adviser. Last year, Calos announced his intent to step down from that position, but he agreed to stay on until the city hired his successor. In his resignation letter that was submitted to the council in July of 2017, Calos cited several incidences that "made it untenable" for him to continue serving as the city attorney.
One of the main incidences was a disagreement between Calos and one of the councilors over the necessity of Hopewell issuing a request for proposal for legal services before retaining Calos for that position.
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At the beginning of this century there were 35 furniture manufacturers in Slovakia, employing more than 3,000 people and hauling their production in bulk to | western Europe and to the U.S. Some of these companies have carpentered a solid chassis for today's Slovak furniture industry.
While the industry branched out into some ten big-time furniture manufacturers, there is one single trunk that provides them with the lumber necessary for furniture production. It is Bučina (or beech forest in English) a.s., which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Based in Zvolen in central Slovakia, Bučina started as a landmark producer - literally. But from producing telegraphic posts and railway crossties, the company has gradually evolved into a dominant Slovak producer of semi-finished products for the furniture industry.
While fully supplying domestic producers, Bučina increasingly is branching out into the export market. Today, 35 percent of the company's production is exported, of which 17 percent goes to the EU, and the rest heads to neighboring central European countries, Latvia, Uzbekistan, or the |
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday morning that federal limits on the effects of air pollution across state boundaries are legal, striking down a challenge | from Texas and a number of other states and industry coalitions.
The state of Texas, which has fought the federal government over several environmental regulations, lost a major battle Tuesday, as U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled in a 6-2 vote to reinstate a regulation that aims to limit the effects of air pollution across state boundaries.
Texas was one of a number of states, joined by industry and labor groups, that had sued the Environmental Protection Agency over the Cross-State Pollution Rule in 2011.
Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling means that Texas and 26 other "upwind" states in the South, Midwest and Appalachia will have to reduce some of their emissions that contribute to air pollution in East Coast states like New York. Coal plants are among those likely be the most affected, particularly as they are already dealing with new limits on their carbon dioxide emissions.
"This is a big decision," said David Spence, a professor of business and law at the University |
In his short life, 10-year-old Tanner Denton inspired children and adults with his smile and positive attitude.
The Jefferson Elementary fourth | -grader died in December after a battle with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare kidney disease that slowly scars the kidneys to the point they can no longer function.
But Tanner's courageous attitude lives on through a CD that was started in January 2013 to help raise money for his kidney transplant. The CD, titled "Kid Needz," will be released Thursday, Jan. 23, in a party from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Newt's, 116 E. Warren St., Shelby. Songs from the CD will be performed by the musicians who wrote them, and Tanner's parents, Melanie and Travis, will be there.
"People in the community donated to have the CD produced," said Justin Harper, singer, songwriter and music teacher at Jefferson and James Love elementaries. "Music can help. We can all come together and meet the need of somebody with this project."
Harper said that Melanie shared with him that |
The Republicans continued a sharp assault today on Vice President Al Gore over the veracity of a statement he made last month saying his mother-in- | law paid a much higher price for a prescribed arthritis medication than he had to pay for the same drug when it was prescribed for his dog.
In response the Gore campaign released information that on close examination seems to suggest that there was little disparity in the price for similar dosages of the drugs.
Mr. Cheney was referring to news accounts that cast doubt on an anecdote Mr. Gore used last month when he told a group of elderly people in Florida that the arthritis medicine his mother-in-law took cost three times as much as the animal version of the same medicine taken by his dog, Shiloh.
The Boston Globe reported on Monday that Mr. Gore had made the assertion based on figures from a Congressional report, not on his family's actual drug bills.
Today, after enduring barbs on the issue from the Bush campaign for a day and a half, the Gore campaign said the report that Mr. Gore had cited put the wholesale price of Lodine, the arthritis drug for |
Stocks up in Asia, Europe after Fed chairman's speech. Futures point to higher open for US stocks.
Traders work at their | desks in front of the DAX index board at Frankfurt's stock exchange Aug. 29, 2011. European and Asian stocks climbed higher, tracking Wall Street's response to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech last week.
Global stocks jumped almost one percent on Monday while the dollar struggled after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke left the door open for further action to stimulate the U.S. economy and fight unemployment.
World shares rose 0.98 percent, with European and Asian markets tracking Friday's 1 percent rise on Wall Street following Bernanke's keynote speech in Jackson Hole.
As the same venue, IMF chief Christine Lagarde added to pressure for policymakers to do more to prop up a flagging global economy, telling officials they must "act now", including forcing European banks to bulk up their capital.
U.S. stock futures predicted a 1 percent rise when the market opens after Hurricane Irene, downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday, caused less damage than feared in the nation's |
Key to understanding the transit disaster in Atlanta is grasping the degree to which racial tensions have shaped the structure and reach of municipal government in the area. |
We don’t have that in Atlanta—we have a lot of small government, run by the counties. As a result of that, we’re in a lot of trouble.
And why does Atlanta lack control of its major roads and other transit arteries (to say nothing of the limited scope of the transit system in the area)?
The demographics of the area give us a bit of a clue. Cobb County, a suburban area that sits adjacent to the city and shares some its infrastructure, is 66 percent white. Atlanta proper, by contrast, is 54 percent black.
Coverage of transit debates in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed how deeply race mattered. In suburban Cobb County, the chairman of a local anti-tax organization declared that ‘MARTA-style mass transit would lead to an increase in crime and the construction of low-income housing in Cobb County’ (Atlanta Constitution, 1998).
It’s easy to see how the fragmented, |
HARRISBURG -- A Midwest rap music legend will perform in Harrisburg at 8 p.m. this Friday, and the Harrisburg | businessman bringing him here says this will be the first of several planned concerts.
Twista, who once held the world record for being the world's fastest rapper, will perform along with DJ G-Love at Sk8 Country, 25 Veterans Drive.
"Whenever you think of legends, Twista is a legend in the Midwest," James Hayes, co-owner of Papaw's Pizza and JoJo's in Harrisburg, said. "East Coast had Biggie Smalls, West Coast had Tupac and Midwest has Twista."
Hayes said he and his brother, Nathan Hayes, the other co-owner of Papaw's and JoJo's, realized there was a lack of big-name entertainment venues in Harrisburg.
"My brother and myself were talking about there's nothing in this town, and we definitely need more entertainment in Harrisburg," James Hayes said. "You look all around at other places and they're booming with entertainment."
Hayes said he initially |
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel actress Rachel Brosnahan will narrate Bloomberg Philanthropies | /RadicalMedia's upcoming climate change documentary Paris to Pittsburgh, which will premiere on National Geographic Wednesday, Dec. 12th at 9PM ET/PT.
Actress Rachel Weisz and RadicalMedia founder Jon Kamen will receive two of the tribute honors at November’s IFP Gotham Awards, the unofficial kickoff to awards season.
The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, November 26, in its longtime home at Cipriani Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.
EXCLUSIVE: "I kept saying to myself, what has happened in America?" recalls a pained Rep. John Lewis of the 1968 assassination of the New York Senator in the new trailer above for Netflix's Bobby Kennedy For President.
Meredith Bennett, who was co-EP of The Colbert Report and moved with its host to CBS and became an EP of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has joined RadicalMedia as Executive in Charge of Operations, Media & Entertainment.
One day after his Netflix |
The mayor was suspended, the ump underwent surgery and a group of 7- and 8-year-old ballplayers got an unexpected lesson in | unsportsmanlike conduct.
Umpire Tim Nelson says Mayor Jay Farquhar of south suburban Monee broke his jaw in two places with a punch after calling him a drunk as Nelson officiated the kids' baseball game Saturday. Farquhar, who was coaching, said he was trying to defend himself after a "sarcastic" comment he made to Nelson about his game-calling led to a physical altercation.
Will County sheriff's police are investigating and will send their report to the state's attorney's office for review. But after conducting a review of its own, the Monee Baseball and Softball organization already has made its call. Farquhar has been "suspended indefinitely."
"He is not allowed to attend any softball or baseball games," said the group's vice president, Ray Willoughby. "We're there to protect the kids and the integrity of the organization. You can't put your hands on a ref or an umpire. |
Virginia Madsen was in her early teens when mother Elaine sat down the Midwest youngster and her siblings for a chat.
“She said she | wanted to leave the corporate world and become a writer full time. She wanted to follow her dream,” recalled Madsen, sitting in the presidential suite of a swank LoDo hotel, recently.
Despite her mother’s caveats, the 13-year-old was game.
Indeed. Madsen was in town, along with filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, to promote “The Astronaut Farmer.” And in a bit of scheduling kismet, she stars with Jim Carrey in the brooding thriller “The Number 23” also opening today.
The twin brothers’ movie is very much about a parent pursuing dreams and bringing the kids long for the exhilarating, if bumpy, ride.
And, their tale of Texas rancher Charles Farmer, played with gruff appeal and gentle nuance by Billy Bob Thornton, is the smartest kind of family fare. It speaks to parents and children, coddling neither.
On the movie� |
Back in the summer of 35,071 BC when the Homo erectus couple Ogg and Tiffany entertained, there weren't a lot of options | for food preparation: It was grilled or raw.
So while Ogg tied on his "Kiss the Chef" apron, Tiffany would whip up her legendary Charred Club-Beaten Fillet du Mastodon Kabobs avec Coulis of Forest-Fresh Fungi.
Today, when "The Hunt" has been reduced to searching for the car keys, Homo couchpotatus can pick up a T-bone steak by driving to the local market. But over the millennia, grilling has lost none of its spark. It is the most universal of cooking methods, and it's still a guy thing; "Where there's smoke, there's Dad."
In the United States, and our neighborhood in particular, grilling reached its architectural zenith in the 1950s.
Our block was a smoldering row of rather frightening towering infernos. Mr. Stepper (next door) built this monster altar to Prometheus that, in retrospect, could have served |
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Morning Cybersecurity newsletter will not publish on Monday, Oct. 8. Morning Cybersecurity will resume publication on | Tuesday, Oct. 9.
LET’S PLAY ‘BRAINSTORMING DETERRENCE’ — Some cybersecurity experts and lawmakers have long called for the U.S. to develop a deterrence strategy for cyberspace. But what would actually deter some of America’s top rivals?
CATEGORY: RUSSIA — Robert Johnston, who investigated the DNC hack during the 2016 campaign, told MC in a recent interview that the U.S. needs to do two things to back Russia off. First, pursue financial crimes charges against Russian oligarchs, who would respond to that pressure by lobbying President Vladimir Putin to tone it down. Johnston, now CEO of Adlumin, said the U.S. also needs to develop and use the kind of tools Russia exploits: moderately sophisticated attacks that maintain a patina of deniability if discovered. Most U.S. offensive cyber tools are kept ultra-secret and used for espionage, Johnston said. |
Antonio Blakeney play in the clutch helped the Chicago Bulls to a 111-110 victory over Memphis.
Former Oak Ridge standout Antonio | Blakeney has never lacked confidence in his ability to score the basketball. That paid off big in a Chicago Bulls NBA victory on Thursday night.
With time running out and the Bulls down by a point to Memphis, Blakeney called for the ball and clear-out, and drew a foul on a 3-point shot with 1.8 seconds to go. The 6-foot-4 guard made two of three free throws for a 111-110 victory.
Blakeney, in his 16th NBA appearance, scored 10 points in 25 minutes in the victory. He was averaging 7.4 points in 14.8 minutes going into a Saturday night game vs. Cleveland.
Blakeney, who was undrafted out of LSU, is on a two-way NBA/G-League contract that limited his time with the Bulls. He played seven games with Chicago in November and was called back up on Jan. 31 after tearing up the G-League with averages of 32 points, |
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is deliberating over how the state's public records law applies to justices, judges and court officials.
MADISON - | The state Supreme Court is deliberating over how the state's public records law applies to justices, judges and other court officials — setting off alarm bells with government transparency advocates.
It's unclear exactly what the justices are considering — the state's court system director said earlier this month the high court intended to decide whether the court system is subject to Wisconsin's public records law.
But on Monday, the Supreme Court spokesman indicated the court is weighing something narrower: whether email addresses for judges and justices should be released, potentially answering a long-debated question of whether unsolicited, direct communication from the public can disrupt the judicial process.
Supreme Court spokesman Tom Sheehan said publishing email addresses of judges and justices creates "a substantial risk" of opening the door for litigants to communicate with the judge overseeing their case outside the presence of an opposing attorney, which could lead to the disqualification of the judge.
"This could cause substantial disruption to the court system and the administration of justice |
A scene from the Houston Street stroll event, part of the San Antonio Cocktail Conference event, on Jan. 17.
A scene from Wald | orf on the Prairie, a San Antonio Cocktail Conference event, Jan. 16 at the St. Anthony Hotel.
Waldorf on the Prairie, a San Antonio Cocktail Conference event, provided a variety of libations and food Jan. 16 at the St. Anthony Hotel.
The San Antonio Cocktail Conference opening night event Jan. 15 at the Majestic Theater supplies an array of spirits and food to attendees. Musician Mayer Hawthorne provided the entertainment.
A scene from a Stroll on Houston Street, a San Antonio Cocktail Conference event, Jan. 17. Patrons enjoyed libations and fine dining samples, as well as live music, in the outdoor event.
Freetail Brewing Co., among other local and Texas craft breweries, provided samples of their products at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference craft beer break Jan. 17 at The Friendly Spot.
Nicole George with Saint Arnold Brewing Co. (left) pours a sample of the company's beer for a |
The probe by the Bengaluru police in coordination with the special cell of the Delhi police has revealed that the team of 10 persons from the Hark | at-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and the Lashkar-e-Tayiba had split into two groups to carry out a series of operations in Karnataka. The police had busted the module earlier in the day.
The journalist, Muthiur Rehman, Ejaz Mirza, a research scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and three others were assigned with the task of killing a few journalists in Bengaluru.
The other five who were arrested from Hubli were tasked with the job of killing politicians in Karnataka. A 9 mm pistol and a hard drive have been seized from the arrested.
The hard drive, which is still being examined by the police, is said to contain some important material and belongs to Rehman.
Sources say that the operation was being looked into by handlers in Saudi Arabia and these persons were in constant touch with them regarding the operation. Although their operation looks very Karnataka-specific at the moment, the |
The Supreme Court's definition of materiality could take precedence in the future, under a proposal by accounting rule makers.
The definition of what information | companies have a duty to share with investors could be changing.
U.S. accounting rule makers are considering throwing out their concept of “materiality”, or the information companies deem important enough for investors to know about, according to a proposal released Thursday. The proposed to align their rule with the definition set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board receives complaints from companies, investors and auditors stating that the materiality definition is sometimes confusing, or in conflict with the Supreme Court’s standard. Allegations that companies failed to disclose material information, are frequently at the center of securities fraud cases and class actions.
Under the FASB’s current rules, information is considered material if omitting or misstating it could influence investment decisions.
The FASB’s current rules are “inconsistent with the legal concept of materiality,” FASB Chairman Russell Golden said in a statement, adding |
Like vaping? If you’re a minor, this Pa. bill aims to make it harder for you to do it.
Minors | who use vaping devices or bring them on school grounds soon may be violating state law.
House Bill 97 unanimously passed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 25. The bill would make it illegal for people under 18 years old to purchase or use nicotine-based products, in addition to tobacco products.
It is already illegal for minors in the Commonwealth to buy or use tobacco products. The proposed bill, which still needs to be passed by the state Senate and signed by the governor before it becomes law, would add non-tobacco nicotine products to the listed of items illegal for minors to use.
It is currently illegal, under federal law, for stores to sell vaping products to minors. House Bill 97 would amend Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to make it illegal for electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS, to be sold, consumed or given to minors in Pennsylvania.
ENDS include electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, vape pens, or any electronic device |
Published: May 14, 2014 12:00 am Updated: May 14, 2014 10:09 a.m.
This Aug. 19, | 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks edged lower in early trading Wednesday, May 14, 2014, a day after the stock market closed at a record high.
NEW YORK — Stocks edged lower in early trading Wednesday, a day after the stock market closed at a record high.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,893 in the first hour of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 50 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,664. The Nasdaq composite fell nine points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,121.
TOUCHING A MILESTONE: The S&P 500 crossed 1,900 for the first time during trading Tuesday, but closed slightly below that level. Stocks have gained as most investors remain optimistic that the economy will start to accelerate this year following a cold winter that stymied growth |
RICHMOND, Va. -- A protest on Monument Avenue ended with no injuries and no arrests Sunday afternoon, according to Richmond Police, according | to CBS 6.
The rally was organized by the Virginia Task Force III% – Dixie Defenders at the Jefferson Davis statue and scheduled for noon until four Sunday. They were supported by the CSA II: The New Confederate States of America group from Tennessee, who have another rally planned in Richmond in September.
Chelsea Rarrick with Richmond Police said there were no arrests or incidents and the pro-Confederate group left around 3 p.m.
There were about 16 protesters compared to the dozens of counter-protesters who arrived earlier to organize at the base of the Davis statue.
The Confederate group's leader, a man who identifies as Boogie Man and the group's president commander, said their counterparts were misinformed of their intentions.
"This has nothing to do with race. It’s all has to do with heritage and history," he said.
The protest was organized after Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission recommended in July that the Davis statue |
The most significant policy issue in the deal struck between the Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party was that of climate policy.
Agreement between the | parties that a carbon price is paramount to tackling carbon pollution signals a restoration of a significant climate policy agenda in Australia, since earlier efforts were so carelessly abandoned by Kevin Rudd last April. The agreement on a carbon price is well overdue; given the overwhelming recognition that a carbon price is central to effective emissions reductions.
This has been the case since Sir Nicholas Stern's landmark report in 2006, which identified a carbon price as a key element to cutting emissions. And despite independent MP Bob Katter's poor opinion of Sir Nicholas (describing him as ''a lightweight''), Stern remains a pre-eminent expert on the economics of climate change.
Nothing has changed since his report in terms of the need for a carbon price; only the urgency of its application has increased.
Achieving this in Australia, however, has been difficult to date – the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was a miserable attempt at pricing carbon, and its flawed approach (rejected quite rightly by |
Making it harder to get opioids is cruel if we don't provide good alternatives.
Dustyn Thompson is a licensed massage therapist and advocate who sits | on the Non-Opioid Pain Management Subcommittee of the Addiction Action Committee.
As Massage Therapy Awareness Week progresses, it is important Delawareans have a conversation on the management of chronic pain in the First State.
Approximately 8 out of 10 Americans will experience back pain at some point in their life. With the soaring rates of opioid addiction across the nation, it is vital now more than ever to know what your options are in your journey to find relief.
The number one thing you can do to help with pain is to avoid the issues that lead to back pain to begin with. This means always using proper lifting techniques, setting up an ergonomic workstation at home and work, spending less time on laptops and tablets, and being sure to stretch throughout the day and after any strenuous activities. However, for many Delawareans it may be too late to avoid the issue, so what can be done now to help manage the pain?
A proper stretching routine is paramount to chronic |
NILES — A 6-year-old boy who was struck by an SUV Sunday evening has died, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol | .
The patrol said Isaiah Issa, 6, of Niles, was struck by a GMC Envoy at 6:18 p.m. on state Route 169 near Higley Avenue. The patrol said Issa was chasing a dog when he ran into the street and was struck by the SUV driven by Jeffrey L. Fleck of Niles, who was heading west.
Isaiah was initially taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, but he was later flown to Akron Children’s Hospital, where he died Monday morning, the patrol said. Fleck was not injured, and he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to the patrol.
The crash is still under investigation and the patrol is asking anyone who witnessed the crash to call 330-898-2311. The patrol does not expect charges to be filed.
Niles Schools Superintendent Ann Marie Thigpen said Monday that Isaiah was not registered in the school district.
Candles and flowers already |
Fork & Wrench in Canton calls itself a “boutique dive bar” on its website. But that description doesn� | �t really fit.
It’s much more of a restaurant after five years in operation. Even Andy Gruver, one of the owners with Jason Sanchez, agrees.
The restaurateurs, who also operate Modern Cook Shop in Fells Point, recently brought in a new executive chef, Corey Laub, to continue its food focus. Laub, a Columbia native, previously worked at Novo in Chicago and area restaurants like Aida Bistro & Wine Bar. He’s preparing creative New American fare that matches Fork & Wrench’s eclectic decor.
Fork & Wrench, the eclectic restaurant in Canton, has a new face at the head of its kitchen.
Corey Laub was named executive chef of the restaurant at 2322 Boston St.
The multilevel space, decked out in assorted knickknacks, drew applause for its quaint, retro look when it opened in 2012. But on a recent visit, I was |
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Kappa Alpha Order, a fraternity that traces its roots to southern heritage and Confederate General Robert | E. Lee, is discontinuing the use of the name "Old South" for its annual formal and week-long celebration.
The formal traditionally came with an antebellum theme attached and was often held at a plantation. In the past, members wore confederate uniforms and their dates wore antebellum hoop-skirt dresses.
"The real meaning behind it is the southern culture, especially during Robert E. Lee's days, our spiritual founder, and ultimately just to celebrate as brothers for a whole week," said McNeese KA president, Aaron Myers.
The tradition has stood since 1939, but for the first time, this year the fraternity will no longer use the name "Old South" or any similar name for their functions. Earlier this month, National KA Executives announced they would prohibit the use of the name and anything attributed to it. A letter to chapters reads, "All functions and activities must be conducted with restraint and dignity and without trappings |
LOS ANGELES � Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star | in the hit shows �Maude� and �The Golden Girls� and who won a Tony Award for the musical �Mame,� died Saturday. She was 86.
Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give details.
Arthur first appeared in the landmark comedy series �All in the Family� as Edith Bunker�s outspoken, liberal cousin, Maude Finley. She proved a perfect foil for blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O�Connor), and their blistering exchanges were so entertaining that producer Norman Lear fashioned Arthur�s own series.
�I was already 50 years old. I had done so much off-Broadway, on Broadway, but they said, �Who is that girl? Let�s give her her own series,�� Arthur said.
�Maude� scored with television viewers immediately on its CBS debut in September 1972 |
In cooperation with the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, this four-year, interdisciplinary public policy program prepares students for careers in government, | nonprofit and legal organizations, and research. After completing their first year of law school, students take one year of courses in Law and Public Policy (LPP) and then return to the regular course of law study. Students examine a full range of strategies for creating policy change, including legislation, litigation, the ballot box and civil action. Students engage in policy analysis and applied research that develops real-world solutions to public policy challenges.
Students pursuing dual degrees plan their schedules with the assistance of advisors from the law school and the LPP Program. Applicants to the School of Law interested in pursuing a concurrent degree do not need to duplicate each school’s request for letters of recommendation, transcripts and standardized test scores. Applicants should complete the law school application and note on it that they are applying to LPP and submit the LPP application form to LPP, noting on it that they are applying to the School of Law.
Ideally, students apply to the JD and the MS in |
Financial advisors, where have you gone?
The next time financial advisors sing the blues about falling life insurance premiums, ask them when they last reached | out to an African-American prospect. Chances are they probably haven’t. But they should.
Advisors ignore this market segment at their economic peril, according to the latest survey of the African-American Financial Experience released by Prudential.
It’s not so much that advisors are walking away from buying power that is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to some estimates — although that is a giant market to ignore. It’s that the African-American segment has a much higher predisposition for life and income protection products than the general population.
For advisors, this market segment practically has been handed to them. So why do African-Americans report that they lag behind the rest of the population when it comes to having been contacted by a financial advisor?
“They have been ignored. I think [the] reason for that is that there are these old myths playing in advisors’ minds on the return on what that would |
MTV is challenging fans of supernatural drama Teen Wolf to unlock a trailer for part two of season three by completing a GIF puzzle. The network, | which is aware that Teen Wolf has an active, engaging fan base on Tumblr, launched the challenge Wednesday.
Fans must go to TeenWolfTrailer.com and log in using Facebook to complete the puzzle, which consists of a series of GIFs that they must piece together in chronological order to view the trailer. GIFs will be released every hour within a four-hour span, starting at 3 p.m. ET.
Teen Wolf took a mid-season hiatus after episode 12 aired on Aug. 19. Season three returns Jan. 6. The trailer will also show up on TV and online Wednesday night, but this challenge allows fans to access it in advance. This is the first time MTV is releasing a trailer via a GIF challenge, and it likely won't be the last.
"The product itself was built to be extensible and reusable, so it'll definitely become a tool in our kit, but with each of our shows, we always look to build social campaigns that are |
A day after the death of Sun-Times Media Chairman James Tyree, who led the effort to save the local media company from liquidation 17 | months ago, the company's flagship Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday laid off several newsroom employees.
Sources said they believed the reduction affected at least four staff members, including media and marketing columnist and blogger Lewis Lazare.
"That was something that had been planned for a while. It certainly had nothing to do with yesterday's news," said Jeremy Halbreich, Sun-Times Media's chief executive officer.
Halbreich did not confirm an exact figure for the cuts, which he said were part of an ongoing effort to centralize certain operations among the company's many area publications.
"It's the continuation of our implementing our system and finding additional efficiencies in terms of being able to do things centrally rather than spread out in eight different directions," Halbreich said. "That's really the basis for it."
Tyree, 53, who was also chairman and CEO of Mesirow Financial, died Wednesday. He had battled health woes for decades, including two near |
DINWIDDIE - Like the old adage says an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Well, in Petersburg's Frank | Mason's case, draining a 3-pointer a game or more keeps the other team away.
Unlike the first half where Dinwiddie held the junior to four points, Mason unleashed and hit seven straight 3-pointers in the third quarter to guide the Crimson Wave to a 76-49 Central District victory over the Generals Tuesday.
This is Petersburg's fourth straight district win and its seventh consecutive overall.
"I've always told the guys that if a player is hot you better feed them. Frank is definitely special and you could see that he was getting emotional but what I thought was good was that Kevin Green was getting him the ball to set Frank up for the shot," said Petersburg coach Bill Lawson III. "I liked how [Green] got all of his teammates involved."
In the first quarter, Petersburg came out firing on all cylinders going on a 12-2 run with 4:58 before Dinwiddie went on to make a little run of its own.
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“Miami is the most international city in the entire United States,” Teresa King Kinney, CEO of the Miami Association of Realt | ors, told the gathering. Her proof: More than half the residents in Miami-Dade were born abroad.
If Miami-Dade doesn’t set another record year for residential sales in 2014, it will come close to doing so, buoyed by the strength of foreign demand, King Kinney told the meeting, which continues through Tuesday.
Despite tough economic conditions in much of Latin America and Europe, foreign buyers are continuing to invest in Miami, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Still, foreign sales accounted for a smaller share of sales than in 2013, when 35 percent of sales by Miami-Dade and Broward agents involved international clients.
South Florida’s foreign buyers tend to be big spenders: The mean price of a residence purchased by an international buyer was $444,052. That compared with a mean of $245,000 for all Florida home sales. Brazilians had the highest mean purchase price, $494, |
The city Housing Authority has repeatedly violated the state Open Meeting Law over the last few years by voting behind closed doors to hire outside counsel to fight off | allegations of mismanagement, race bias and cover-up, the Daily News has learned.
Those secret votes have approved payments of more than $27 million.
The Open Meeting Law allows public boards to hold non-public "executive sessions" to discuss topics such as labor negotiations and personnel issues, but requires that all votes to spend taxpayer money must take place in public.
Records obtained by The News reveal that since at least 2012, NYCHA's board has ignored that law a dozen times and voted during executive session to approve and then extend multi-million dollar contracts with four law firms: Wilmer Hale, Ballard Spahr, Jackson Lewis and Anderson Kill.
The firms have been paid to handle an in-depth federal probe into cover-up of its lead paint clean-up failures, to kill off a race bias case and to fend off a lawsuit by a private builder alleging NYCHA mismanagement fouled up a planned Brooklyn development.
This practice came to light after |
As we begin to wind down to the end of Hassan Rouhani’s term as president of the regime in Iran, it is time to take | a look back at the past four years. We all remember how the West joyfully welcomed his election -- read selection -- as a change of gear in Iran aimed at moderation. However, what the world witnessed ever since has been anything but. An atrocious rise in executions, continued public punishments and an escalating trend of oppression has been Rouhani’s report card during his tenure. With a new administration coming into town, Washington must make it crystal clear to Tehran that human rights violations will no longer be tolerated.
Despite pledging to hold the “key” to Iran’s problems, Rouhani has failed to provide even an iota of the freedoms the Iranian people crave and deserve. His record has revealed an unrelenting loyalty to the regime establishment in regards to social oppression and continued crackdowns. Iran sent 18 to the gallows last week alone, according to official reports.
As the international community continued its policy of appeasement, Rouhani and the entire regime used this opportunity to launch |
Anticipating greater usage of Ubuntu within the enterprise, Canonical has released a significant update to its Landscape Ubuntu system management tool.
" | We have really been cranking up the level of effort with Landscape over the past year or so," said Federico Lucifredi, Canonical's Landscape product manager. "Landscape is a very important piece of our enterprise strategy, and so Canonical's commitment has increased dramatically."
The new version of the software, Landscape 12.09, is designed to better manage systemwide software updates. It offers more compliance reporting. This version also exposes its API (application programming interface) so it can be connected with other system management tools, such as Puppet. Also, the for first time, the software allows administrators to install Ubuntu over a network, in a process called bare-metal provisioning.
Launched in 2008, Landscape is systems management software that administrators can use to centrally monitor and update a fleet of computers running either Canonical's desktop or server Linux distribution.
To better serve enterprise compliance efforts, Landscape offers a dashboard that shows which machines in a network |
Three suspects will appear in court in Kenya next week after six elephants, including four juveniles, were found shot dead in a private reserve in one of | the worst poaching incidents in several years.
A wildlife official said that it is thought that the killings were at least partly motivated by revenge against officials because the calves, not having tusks, had no value to poachers.
The poachers "would have no reason for killing juveniles. They are trying to hit back at the authorities," the official said.
The adult elephants had their tusks removed.
Kenya Wildlife Service said its rangers exchanged gunfire with poachers on Saturday evening.
Three suspects were arrested but others are thought to be still at large.
The wildlife service linked the killings to the recent arrest of poaching suspects.
"We arrested 15 poachers the previous week for killing an elephant in the same area," William Kiprono, the service's director was quoted as saying in the Daily Nation newspaper.
The animals were killed in a southwestern reserve on the edge of the Tsavo National Park.
Kenya is battling an upsurge |
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The campaign that would require developers of retail projects receiving taxpayer subsidies to pay a living wage -- $ | 10 with benefits and $11.50 without -- is heating up as advocates press for an April City Council hearing. Council Speaker Christine Quinn has said she would allow hearings on the bill, which has 29 supporters, including every Bronx member of the City Council except for James Vacca of the east Bronx. Vacca was very much on the minds and tongues of numerous speakers at a Living Wage NYC rally last week at the Bronx Pentecostal Deliverance Center on the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.
The legislation was introduced by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., (see the video above) who led the effort to defeat the city’s effort to build a mall at the Armory, mainly because the developer would not guarantee that retail workers be paid a living wage. Council Members Oliver Koppell (speaking in the video below) and Annabel Palma are leading the charge in the Council.
Oliver Koppell Speaks At Living |
The United States continues to be a nation of immigrants. An estimated 11 million undocumented people live in the U.S., and thousands more migrate legally | : Roughly 140,000 employment-based and 480,000 family-based visas are issued each year. Yet the tide of public opinion is turning against this swell of new residents. Nearly 70 percent of Americans say that immigrants are a taxpayer burden, 62 percent think they add to national crime and 59 percent believe they take jobs away from Americans, according a recent survey by CNN.
Amid calls to close the borders further, economist and journalist Philippe Legrain says the answer to immigration lies in more open borders and more people entering the U.S. legally: "Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right," he says, "and governments have no business telling us where we can live and where we can work."
According to Legrain, controls over freedom of movement violate the right to seek opportunity and employment, as well as to escape from circumstance of birth. Such controls also cost lives: "Each year thousands of people die because of border restrictions around the world, whether its Africans drowning trying to |
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn goodbye...
The gold standard of health insurance studies is the 1982 RAND study | , which was a randomized controlled study of health care usage. One of the surprising findings was that when you pushed the cost down, usage went up, but health didn't.
Of the 1,294 adult participants who were randomly assigned to the free plan, 5 participants (0.4 percent) left the experiment voluntarily during the observation period, while of the 2,664 who were assigned to any of the cost-sharing plans, 179 participants (6.7 percent) voluntarily left the experiment. This represented a greater than sixteenfold increase in the percentage of dropouts, a difference that was highly significant and a magnitude of response that was nowhere else duplicated in the experiment.
What explains this? The explanation that makes the most sense is that the dropouts were participants who had just been diagnosed with an illness that would require a costly hospital procedure. … If they dropped out, their coverage would automatically revert to their original insurance policies, which were likely to cover major medical expenses (such as |
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A team of economists from the Standard Chartered Bank yesterday ‘strongly recommended’ Sri Lanka continuing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF | ) programme and strengthening the country’s foreign reserve base to face turbulent times forecasted globally.
“We strongly recommend Sri Lanka to continue with the IMF reform plan. If the right monetary and fiscal policies are employed, Sri Lanka has huge potential,” Standard Chartered’s South Asia Economic Research head Anubuti Sahay told the media in Colombo.
Sri Lanka has entered into an extended fund facility amounting to US $ 1.5 billion with the IMF as the country’s finance ran into difficulties largely due to the populist policies adopted by the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration targeting a general election in August, 2015.
The country’s bloated public sector was given massive freebies and the Central Bank kept the interest rates artificially low, creating demand on cheap credit.
However this resulted in the erosion of the country’s foreign reserves and Sri Lanka sought IMF’s help to balance its books.
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There is currently a ban on public transportation operating on Shabbat in Israel. Photo: Wikipedia.
JNS.org – The illusion that | the Orthodox Jewish standard of Sabbath observance is kept by the majority of Israelis is fading away. This “status quo” that once existed has died. The time has come instead to move forward with a national-social Sabbath observance, giving up on the age-old dream of a full public Sabbath observance in the Jewish state.
The legal battle has been a continuous failure for decades. Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion’s promise to the Orthodox Agudath Israel party before the state of Israel’s founding — commonly known as the “status quo” letter — stated the Sabbath would be Israel’s official day of rest. It did not commit to Sabbath observance in the traditional meaning of the term, nor did it guarantee a law that would do so. Sabbath observance, which has relied on municipal legislation for its protection, has been eaten away by Supreme Court rulings. All attempts to legislate a Sabbath law that would obligate public |
Too, who owns the 10-acre farm situated a kilometre from Chepterit junction along the Kapsabet-Eldoret Road, | has been growing tomatoes in an 8 by 20m greenhouse since 2014.
In 2017, he learnt of an Asian tomato variety known as Shin Cheong Gang that is tolerant to bacteria wilt. The tomato plant grows up to 17 feet, has deep-root development as well as elongates the harvest time from usual three months to between nine to 10 months.
He notes that the variety produces tasty but smaller fruit sizes compared to new varieties such as the Anna F1. And to achieve desired size for his market, he grafts them.
Carol Mutua, a horticulture specialist from Egerton University, says Cheong Gang tomato variety originated from Asia through a breeding programme but is available from Seminis Seed Company.
Standing next to a tray with tiny tomato plants, Titus Tanui uproots one of them then picks a razor blade, slices it into half and then uproots another plant and repeats the process.
The 32-year-old then uses a plastic rope to bind the |
A couple of days ago, Bethesda officially confirmed the next installment in the Doom franchise in the form of DOOM Eternal. The game was announced for | multiple consoles which includes the Nintendo Switch, although given that the Switch isn’t as powerful in terms of hardware compared to other consoles, we’re sure some are wondering how the game holds up.
Speaking to Eurogamer, the game’s executive producer Marty Stratton revealed that the game will run at 30fps on the Switch. Eurogamer asked Stratton to clarify this as prior to this, it was said that the game would run at 60fps, but Stratton has since confirmed that for the Switch, it will run at 30fps, while other consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One will run at 60fps, or at least that’s the goal.
Stratton also highlights how the 2016 port of DOOM onto the Switch ran at 30fps, so if you were fine with those frame rates then DOOM Eternal shouldn’t be a problem either. As for a launch date, it seems that no specifics have been mentioned yet as it appears |
29.8.2017 - Freshwater is under threat because of pollution, natural disasters, climate change, increasing food and energy production and resource extraction | , to name but a few.
As World Water Week kicked off in Stockholm on 28 August under the theme “Water and waste: reduce and reuse", General Assembly President Peter Thomson underscored that when it comes to the environment, everything is connected. By 2030, water demand is expected to increase by 50%, making wastewater management crucial. Today, over 80 % of waste water is released untreated back into nature.
Combined with the Paris Agreement on lowering the impact of climate change, the SDGs represent “the best chance our species has to achieve a sustainable way of life on planet earth before it is too late,” Mr. Thomson said.
He commended World Water Week for bringing together more than 3,000 participants from nearly the entire world. Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges of |
Today, Richard Rudolph has early-onset memory loss.
In the future, he'll probably have Alzheimer's disease, but he's not | dwelling on the likelihood.
He's trying to live his life now and share it with his wife of 30 years, Alvalaine.
Richard is 61 - he'll be 62 in September - and has known at least since October that something isn't right with his brain.
"I was back to school again here at the junior college (Pueblo Community College). I don't recall all the details. I was emotional, I was confused, I had a hard time finding my way to school."
Richard refers to that day as the turning point, but Alvalaine, 70, remembers that he'd been having trouble concentrating and was stressed by writing, studying and anticipating a test at school.
"As he began to tell me about different things, I could understand it was scary for him."
Richard's confusion continued and he forgot how to reach familiar destinations like the post office. He kept talking to his wife, but as his confusion grew, he talked less because he |
Police have criticised'mindless time-wasters' for leaving a crude fake bomb in the street.
The package was discovered by a member | of the public in Paignton who reported a box covered in black tape, which had been hidden.
Inside there were five tubes with wires attached, a clock, and a note which read 'boom'.
After alerting experts, the 'device' was deemed to be not viable. It's believed instead it was a geocaching object.
The package was examined by suitably trained officers and it was established that the device was not viable. Inside the cylinders were small pictures of a bomb and the words "boom!"
I suspect the device may be a geocaching object but let's be frank, it's a pretty silly idea.
Kingsbridge Police published details of the'silly idea' on its Facebook page after being called out on Monday evening (Aug 20).
The device was quickly criticised by members of the public, who described the call-out as'mindless time-wasting'.
Rob McMahon said: "In this day and age |
The number of takeaways should be limited in poor areas and where there is a problem with obese children, a county councillor said.
Coun Charles | Edwards spoke after it was revealed Blackpool, which has some of the most deprived areas in England and an issue with childhood obesity, is the takeaway capital of England.
Coun Edwards, who is the authority’s health boss, wants to ban takeaways within 400m of high schools, refuse applications to open up shop in areas where more than 15 per cent of Year Six pupils and 10 per cent of reception youngsters are obese, and to lower the amount of eateries in deprived neighbourhoods.
Councils are allowed to limit the proliferation of certain types of outlet in order to create a healthier environment.
In Blackpool, 21.1 per cent of Year Six children are obese, Public Health England figures revealed in February. In Wyre the figure drops to 16.8 per cent, and in Fylde it drops to 15.6 per cent.
Measures to tackle childhood obesity in Blackpool are making an impact with figures showing the number of 10 and 11-year-olds |
Newspaper staffs across the commonwealth work tirelessly, day in and day out, to deliver fact-based news and information.
It | is the pledge of dedicated journalists, who are also fellow members of the community, to report real, honest and credible news.
In an era of misinformation and fake news dissemination, it’s even more important to know that newspapers are a reliable resource that deliver accurate, fair and unbiased reporting from which you may form your own opinions.
Although we are not perfect, we are quick to correct our mistakes, and do our best to avoid releasing incomplete information.
With 24/7 access to information, some media outlets rush to tell a story and often make mistakes. That’s misinformation — inaccurate, but not necessarily malicious.
Fake news, however, is deliberate. Fake news harms. It erodes our trust in public institutions and our fellow citizens.
The results of the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer survey found that 63 percent of respondents believe that the average person does not know how to tell good journalism from rumor or falsehoods.
Thankfully, newspaper journalists employ the fundamentals of |
Meb Keflezighi won the 2014 Boston Marathon.
Four days before Ted Williams belted the first of his 521 major- | league home runs, another memorable event occurred at the 1939 Boston Marathon. The race began under a dark sky because of a storm and a partial eclipse of the sun. Two-time champion Ellison “Tarzan’’ Brown set a then-course record, finishing in 2:28:51.
An event roughly 2,500 miles away affected the race in 2010. Eyjafjallajökull, a volcano in Iceland, erupted twice in the weeks leading to the marathon, interrupting air travel. Hundreds of grounded entrants missed the race but were given the option of deferring their race until 2011.
The first running of the Boston Marathon in 1897 actually wasn’t. It was called the American Marathon then and included a grand total of 15 entrants. (Monday’s marathon has an expected field of 30,000.) Only 10 made it to the finish line, then 24.5 miles away. New Yorker John McDermott crossed first in 2: |
City Council directed its staff this week to look into claims from a Glendale man who says he was stopped and interrogated by police four times in the | past six months for a vehicle infraction for which he was never cited.
Phillip Herndon addressed councilmembers Tuesday during their weekly meeting, saying that he has "gotten sick" of being repeatedly pulled over by police for a broken tail light, and asked a series of questions about his whereabouts, whether he was on parole and how much time he has done.
"To me, it's offensive," he said. "It's frightening to be stopped at night by the police, knowing how these incidents often turn into something ugly for people in my situation."
Herndon's claims drew immediate interest from Councilwoman Laura Friedman and Councilman Zareh Sinanyan who requested to access the audio and video recordings of the traffic stops.
"I don't want to jump to conclusions, but it doesn't sound healthy," Sinanyan said.
Mayor Dave Weaver also assured Herndon and his friend, who also appeared at the meeting to speak about the incidents, that |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christine Todd Whitman in a July 25 letter to Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) discussed cost | and pre-buy issues related to EPA's Oct. 1 deadline for lower emissions from diesel engines.
LaHood and other legislators recently asked the agency to delay the deadline, citing concerns about engine performance, maintenance and cost.
"I want to clarify that EPA does not have the authority to delay the October deadline date," Whitman said. "The consent decrees (which stipulated the October date) are binding legal orders which can only be altered by the court." Both Caterpillar Inc., which is in LaHood's district, and Detroit Diesel Corp., have asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to delay the deadline.
Whitman also took issue with claims that "non-conformance penalties" (NCPs) for companies not meeting the deadline would have a devastating impact on the trucking industry.
"There have been reports in the press that the per-engine NCP will be $15,000. These reports are simply not true... |
"We are overwhelmed and truly believe it is a miracle that we can finally broadcast on Türksat," said Melih Ekener, Executive | Director of SAT-7 TÜRK (below right). "We have hoped, dreamed and prayerfully anticipated this launch since the station began airing on SAT-7 ARABIC in 2006. It is really a miracle and we are very thankful to God for what he has been doing."
The first full schedule began on Monday 16 February, some six weeks after test transmissions, prompting responses like this from a viewer in Antep: "We are very surprised and glad to watch SAT-7 TÜRK on TV. You are on satellite: this is awesome."
Until now, SAT-7 TÜRK has only shared satellite time on other SAT-7 channels and, more recently broadcast 24/7 on the internet – reaching a quite limited audience.
"Türksat 4A is the most popular satellite with the largest audience in Turkey reaching more than 50 million viewers and wider audiences in Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East," enth |
In a first-of-its-kind trial in the United States, researchers are testing a stem cell-derived natural killer cell immunotherapy in | people with incurable cancer.
Natural killer cells can detect and destroy cancer cells.
Cancer follows heart disease as the second biggest killer worldwide. In the United States, an estimated 606,880 people will die due to cancer in 2019.
With the advent of immunotherapy, researchers hoped to boost a person's immune system to fight and destroy tumors effectively. Although this type of therapy has completely changed the treatment landscape for cancers such as melanoma, there remain a significant number of people whose tumors can evade their immune system.
Joining the likes of adoptive cell transfer and checkpoint inhibitors on the list of immunotherapies are natural killer (NK) cells. These specialized white blood cells come equipped with a potent armory of tools to make short work of cancer cells.
Now, researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego School of Medicine are running a clinical trial with industrial collaborator Fate Therapeutics to investigate NK cells both alone and in combination with checkpoint inhibitors in people |
The past six weeks have been among the busiest of the past year…and the least productive. Perhaps I would take pleasure in noting the irony if | I were less frustrated and tired, and my bank account less in need of checks from paid writing assignments.
Between school events, driving my kids around, and volunteer tasks, I’ve managed to purchase groceries, pay bills, fix meals, do enough light cleaning to keep the worst chaos at bay, and care for pets. But not to write. When I’m not writing, I feel lazy and unproductive (even though I’m fulfilling more than my share of other responsibilities), poor (even though the money I make from writing is paltry at best), and afraid (one of my biggest fears is that I’ll fail to live up to my potential as a writer—in other words, that I’ll die without having written what I’m capable of writing).
I keep a notebook with me in which to jot down ideas, images, and sentences. But in busy times like these—when a 30-minute change to |
Rain showers this morning with overcast skies during the afternoon hours. High 64F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 | %..
Partly cloudy skies. Low near 45F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Helena author Joan Bird has a Ph.D. in zoology, and her career has been dedicated to the natural world, including work for the Montana Environmental Information Center, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and the Nature Conservancy.
In her new book, she makes her case for the existence of phenomena born far from the Treasure State’s terra firma: extraterrestrial lifeforms.
Bird writes in the introduction to “Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials” that, although she’s a scientist, she is comfortable with the notion that there are some things science just can’t explain. She’s also had a lifelong fascination with bits of information that don’t seem to belong. “Unidentified flying objects,” or UFOs, certainly fall into that category.
Montana, it turns |
The University of Wisconsin is among the top 10 schools when it comes to athletic department donations last year.
It’s no secret that colleges | with big sports programs make a lot of money off their teams. There are ticket sales, TV deals, merchandise, not to mention the rah-rah atmosphere they encourage on campus.
But at least one source of college sports-related revenue could be curtailed thanks to changes in the tax code taking effect this year.
In the past, schools could offer donors the opportunity to buy access to preferential seating at athletic events and up to 80% of the cost of these so-called seat licenses was tax deductible. But the Tax and Jobs Act, passed late last year, gets rid of that deduction.
What’s at stake isn’t chump change. Last year, the 10 schools who received the most money in athletic donations took in between $32 and $55 million per school, according to data released Tuesday by the Council for Aid to Education. Though those numbers reflect all donations to the schools’ athletic departments — not just those that give donors access to preferential seating |
Lots of news to catch up with and comment on today.
• An RBG sighting! After weeks of being out of public view and prompting | a ton of rumors, Justice Ruth Buzzie Ginsburg appeared—in person—at the Supreme Court yesterday, just in time to hand down today’s unanimous ruling that the 8th Amendments’s “excessive fines” clause applies to the states through “incorporation” of the due process clause. This ruling will greatly reduce the use of “civil asset forfeiture” by state and local governments.
But more significant may be two small features of the ruling. First, Justice Ginsburg’s opinion cites as its key precedent the McDonald v. City of Chicago gun control case from 2011 (a solid win for the 2nd Amendment), which suggests the durability of both that case and the Heller case that greatly bolstered gun rights before McDonald. Second, Justices Thomas and Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion that they would have anchored the decision not in the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, but in the “privileges and immunities |
On Monday, July 9, President Donald Trump issued a firm accusation against all other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, explaining that the United States | of America spends more on collective defense than the other 28 nations involved combined.
The president’s accusations seemed to single out Germany in particular, though, which had reportedly spent only 1.24 percent of its total 2017 economic output on defense, nearly a third of the United State’s reported 3.57 percent overall spending on defense in 2017.
Trump then went on to connect these issues with trade policies, mentioning that the European Union has a “trade surplus” with the United States and how that is affecting relations in these particular delegations.
Despite this, his argument does, of course, have fallacies, as the commander in chief tweeted that the United States is “paying for 90 percent of NATO” when in actuality figures go to show us having a 22 percent overall stake in financial contributions. Indirect spending, the money spent solely on defense, is at a reported 66 percent.
The president will be departing for Europe on Tuesday, July 10 |
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EAST LANSING — One of the biggest tweaks Michigan State football made going into Saturday’s upset of Penn State was shortening its | offensive line group.
Along with simplifying his team’s blocking scheme, coach Mark Dantonio and assistant Mark Staten’s decision to play five guys predominantly in the game was one of the big reasons they were able to run the ball for 123 yards.
It helped the Spartans prevent the Nittany Lions from focusing their defensive energy to solely stopping the passing game in MSU's victory.
It may not have resulted in a season-high yardage total — MSU has run for more in three other games this season.
However, it helped La’Darius Jefferson, Connor Heyward and Brian Lewerke find more room between the tackles than the Spartans had in those other games. Jefferson gained 27 yards on one play — a season-long by an MSU running back — by going through a big hole up the middle and bouncing to the outside once he hit the second level of PSU’s defense. He also had a 1-yard TD |
Cerebral palsyAva loves Rachel House: As we get near we can hear a scream of joy from the back seatSCOTLAND | 'S first children's hospice, Rachel House, is getting ready to celebrate 20 years - we've been meeting one of its biggest fans, 8-year-old Ava Young.
Hearts FCHearts star Sam Nicholson on setting Tynecastle alight and avoiding trouble on nights out in EdinburghNICHOLSON, a boyhood Jambo, has friends and family who are both Hibs and Hearts fans and admits it's all about handling the banter when out in Edinburgh.
GEMMA and Scott Dutton have organised a fundraising event for the Simpsons Special Care Babies charity to raise money for a Vapotherm machine which helps to regulate babies’ breathing.
THE Ken Buchanan Cup was believed to be lost until one-time winner Jim McIntosh rediscovered the slightly rusty prize in his sister’s garden shed.
CAPTAIN Dunlop's daughter had been born in September during his four month stint in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Mr Donald Trump's one-time presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in a court filing on Tuesday (Jan 8) that | he provided polling data from the campaign to a Russian with ties to intelligence during the 2016 US presidential race.
Manafort denied allegations from the Russian collusion investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he had lied about his dealings with Mr Konstantin Kilimnik, arguing that he merely forgot details during the hectic election campaign.
The specifics of the Mueller allegations were not previously known publicly, having been blacked out in a heavily redacted Dec 7 filing by the Russia collusion prosecutor's team.
It showed that Mr Mueller had questioned Manafort on his discussions with Mr Kilimnik in 2016 on a possible peace plan for Ukraine - where the two had worked together several years earlier for a pro-Russia political party.
That could be significant, because Manafort is believed to have played a role in changing the Republican platform position on Ukraine during 2016 to a more Moscow-friendly stance.
Manafort's legal team argued in the filing that his client had been intensely busy managing Mr Trump's White House campaign, |
The Mpumalanga provincial government last week defended its decision to splurge R22-million on a musical commemorating the 50th | anniversary of the potato boycott, to be produced by controversial theatre practitioner Mbongeni Ngema.
Sammy Mpatlanyane, spokesperson for the Mpumalanga department of culture, sports and recreation, said government “was not apologetic” about the big budget production, entitled Lion of the East: Gert Sibande and the Potato Boycott, because it would act as a “huge springboard” for local theatre talent while preserving and promoting local history and culture.
“It is the department’s mandate to protect, preserve and showcase the traditions of the province — Gert Sibande is not just a local hero, but also a national one who advanced our struggle. If we don’t tell the story, who will?” said Mpatlanyane.
Sibande, who went by the moniker “Lion of the East”, was a Bethal-born ANC activist who drew |
HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba extended the term of its current leadership to April on Thursday, signaling a two-month delay | in the historic handover from Raul Castro to a new president, while announcing tighter regulations on the non-state sector.
Castro, 86, was originally set to step down in February after two consecutive terms, ending nearly 60 years of Castro brothers’ rule and marking a transition from the leaders of the 1959 revolution to a new, younger generation.
The National Assembly, however, said that devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma in September had caused a delay to the start of the political cycle in which voters and electoral commissions pick delegates of municipal, provincial and national assemblies who then select a Council of State and president.
As a result, the assembly, which is holding one of its twice-yearly meetings, extended its term through to April 19.
“When the National Assembly is constituted, I will have concluded my second and last mandate, and Cuba will have a new president,” Castro said, according to state-run media.
“All that is left for |
VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced the new MGES-7000 4K/UHD | /HD HEVC and H.264 eight-input IPTV (News - Alert) encoding blade in booth SL6005 at the 2019 NAB Show. Setting a new benchmark in processing density, the MGES-7000 offers real-time hardware encoding of four 4Kp60 or eight 3G/HD/SD input ports for live sources of SDI, HDMI, or IP (SMPTE ST 2110) video with advanced features such as secondary channel, integrated resolution and frame-rate scaling, AES 256/128-bit encryption, and low latency mode.
Featuring the highest density available on the market, the MGES-7000 4K/UHD/HD HEVC and H.264 IPTV encoding blade is the industry's premier encoder for input flexibility. With the increased density of blade-server configurations, it is an ideal multichannel blade encoder for a variety of applications - including in-house broadcast; real-time highquality sport |
FERNE McCann recently launched her own beauty collection with Poundland.
Former The Only Way Is Essex stars Ferne McCann and Mario Falcone recently | released their own collection of cosmetics in high-street bargain store Poundland.
Ferne’s range included some of her own designs of eyelashes, which have been a huge hit with her social media followers.
However, many fans of the mum of one have been left gutted, after being unable to find the lashes in their nearby stores.
The reality TV star took to Instagram to show her 2 million followers exactly how she applies her false lashes, insisting her designs are "so damn good" for just £1.
Explaining she had opted for the style named Astrid, Ferne quickly demonstrated how she effortlessly applies the lash-enhancing products.
While most of her fans were quick to reply to the video, agreeing the lashes are "amazing", many revealed they haven’t yet got their hands on the product as they "can’t find them in store".
"I’ve been to every Poundland where I live and |
The move, initiated by the Union government to primarily curb vehicle theft, will also lead to uniformity in the number plates.
From April, | all vehicles manufactured in Mumbai will be pre-fitted with tamper-proof high-security registration plates (HSRP).
The move, initiated by the Union government to primarily curb vehicle theft, will also lead to uniformity in the number plates. “It will discourage people from using illegal number plates,” said a Regional Transport Office (RTO) official, who did not wish to be named.
Existing vehicles, too, will have to mandatorily get HSRP fitted on them.
While, as per amended rules, automobile dealers can install the plates on existing vehicles, the state government is yet to decide on it. Thus, the tendering process has been put on hold and the final decision is expected only after the Lok Sabha elections.
On Monday, the state transport commissioner’s office issued a circular directing all 50 Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) to ensure proper implementation of the rule.
According to RTO officials, vehicle owners |
New York-based co-working company WeWork is giving entrepreneurial Bostonians an innovative new space to practice its motto - "do what you love | ."
A New York-based co-working company is giving entrepreneurial Bostonians an innovative new space to practice its motto - "do what you love."
Last week, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh cut the ribbon for the entrepreneurial eco-system known as WeWork, which once completely up and running, will be home to 2,200 desks for 600 local companies, all cashing in on the future-friendly idea of shared office spaces.
The company has locations on Melcher Street in the Innovation District, and Atlantic Avenue, across from South Station.
Strolling through WeWork's Atlantic Avenue office is sure to evoke envy from any cubicle dwelling office worker. The community kitchenette comes equipped with microbrew on tap and fruit infused purified water. Tenants also have access to a game lounge, uniquely designed conference rooms, private phone booths, indoor bike storage and a host of other amenities.
"It seemed natural to open in Boston," said Hunter Perry, city lead of WeWork Boston |
Rio de Janeiro's Nilton Santos stadium - one of the showpiece venues for next year's Olympic Games - is currently without running water and | electricity due to unpaid bills.
The stadium has racked up about 225,000 US dollars in outstanding utility bills in the past two months, according to the Globoesporte news portal.
Images published by the portal show the venue in a state of neglect with the turf overgrown and discolored by a lack of water.
Known locally as the Engenhao, the Nilton Santos stadium is slated to host athletics events at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The stadium has been closed since March 2013 after it was found the roof could collapse due to structural defects.
The cost of the repair work has been the focus of a bitter legal dispute between Rio's city government, which owns the venue, and Botafogo football club - which administrates it under a long-term lease agreement.
"We have to look at who is responsible (for the unpaid bills) and will have an answer on Monday," Botafogo president Carlos Eduardo Pereira said |
LONDON: This weekend’s World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan will address “new platforms of cooperation” for the Arab world, | organizers said on Wednesday.
The 17th World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa is set to take place at the Dead Sea on April 6-7, and bring together more than 1,000 leaders of government, business, civil society, faith and academia.
Speakers include King Abdullah of Jordan, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih and Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN.
“The meeting will focus on four transformational imperatives: Shaping a new economic and social model for the region; environmental stewardship in the Arab world; finding common ground in a multiconceptual world; and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Arab world,” organizers said.
Mirek Dusek, deputy head of the Center for Geopolitical and Regional Affairs and Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum, said the meeting comes at an important time for the region.
“At this meeting, we will hold several |
Neil J. Rubenking PC Pandora 7.0 PC Pandora 7.0 monitors tons of specific actions on your child's computer, including key | stroke logging and periodic screenshots and webcam shots. It's changed very little since the last version, though, and the remote configuration and log viewing option remains unduly expensive.
Installs in stealth mode, monitors all computer and Internet activity. New ability to schedule computer and Internet access. Can send periodic email reports. Optional remote viewing and configuration. Optional category-based website blocking.
Remote viewing and configuration requires expensive monthly subscription. Access scheduling awkward, non-stealthy, and easily fooled. Remote configuration fails when PC's system time changed. Little progress since previous edition.
PC Pandora 7.0 monitors tons of specific actions on your child's computer, including keystroke logging and periodic screenshots and webcam shots. It's changed very little since the last version, though, and the remote configuration and log viewing option remains unduly expensive.
Giving your child an Internet-capable computer opens up access to a whole world of content and connections, including nasty content and dangerous connections. Parental |
In theory, plug-in hybrid cars are the perfect stepping stone to shifting from internal combustion engines to fully electric cars, getting us all used to | the idea of plugging in our rides instead of filling them up. But a recent report from the BBC suggests that a lot of hybrid sales in the UK came from large tax incentives, and then people just never bothered charging them.
Back in 2011, the UK passed a grant meant to incentivize people to buy plug-in hybrid vehicles by knocking £4,500, or roughly $5,740, off the sticker price and steeply undercutting the cost of most comparable diesel cars.
The incentive program worked, and over the years the UK has become the biggest market for plug-in hybrid cars. But the catch, as reported by the BBC this week, is that people and businesses weren’t buying the cars because they were hybrids, but instead because they were getting thousands of dollars off on a new car.
Mileage records from 1,500 models, including Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Volvo vehicles, showed an average real-world mpg of 39.27 |
A hotel clerk was caught on video calling a black customer a monkey. He’s been fired.
An employee at a Virginia hotel was | fired this week after he was recorded on video using an expletive and a racial slur during a confrontation with a black customer.
The video shows the unnamed hotel clerk angrily walking from behind the reception desk, opening the door leading to the lobby and screaming at the customer to “get off my property” as he points his right arm in one direction.
“Why?” the customer asks, while recording the encounter.
“Because you are rude!” the clerk yells. As he walks back toward the door to the reception desk, he tells the customer again to get his family and leave. There’s more back-and-forth arguing between the guest and the clerk.
The incident happened Friday at the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson in Newport News, a coastal Virginia city 170 miles southeast of Washington. The hotel’s general manager, Lisa Little, said the employee was fired on Monday.
“I want to apologize |
The Nintendo Switch Online will cost $20 a year and include features like cloud saves and access to a library of classic NES games with added online functionality | when the service launches in September, Nintendo announced Monday night. The paid service will also be required to play Nintendo Switch games online.
Nintendo didn’t further detail how the service will roll out or the exact release date, though it did break down pricing. Individual membership for the service will cost $3.99 a month, $7.99 for three months or $19.99 for a year. A family membership, which allows up to eight Nintendo Account holders to use the Nintendo Switch Online service, even on different systems, will cost $34.99 a year.
Here’s the rest of what Nintendo detailed Monday night.
Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online: Subscribers will have access to NES – Nintendo Switch Online, a compilation of classic NES games. The collection will initially include 20 games, with more added on a regular basis. At launch, previously announced games “Balloon Fight,” “Dr. Mario” and “ |
As Socker midfielder Jean Willrich says in the team's "One For The Thumb" video, it was "unbelievable." |
On their way to an amazing come-from-behind 8-5 victory against the Tacoma Stars Wednesday night, the Sockers scored four goals within a span of 4 minutes and 59 seconds at the start of the fourth quarter to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 lead.
Brian Quinn scored two goals and Juli Veee had one to tie the score at 5-5.
Defender Brian Schmetzer, who became a father Tuesday, scored his first goal of the playoffs on a left-footed blast from the left wing to give the Sockers a 6-5 lead.
With the Stars playing with six attackers and no goalkeeper, Fernando Clavijo and Jacques Ladouceur added goals in the final two minutes to make it 8-5. The six goals scored by the Sockers in the final quarter tied a Major Indoor Soccer League playoff record held by five other teams.
With the victory, San Diego wins the |
German lawmakers voted Friday to send troops and six aging reconnaissance planes to support the campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, approving a measure that avoided any | mention of war in a proudly pacifist country still wary of combat more than seven decades after World War II.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government cast off a long-standing refusal to provide military support for the U.S.-led coalition air war against Islamic State, which has seized large swaths of land in Syria and Iraq. The move was seen as an act of solidarity with France following the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
Germany's role in the campaign so far has been limited to northern Iraq, where about 100 of its soldiers are training forces opposed to Islamic State and supplying them with weapons.
Despite her own misgivings about joining the fight against Islamic State, Merkel first had her cabinet approve the deployment Tuesday and watched in silence as deputies from her coalition pushed the measure through parliament Friday. It was approved 445 votes to 146, with seven abstentions.
"We've turned our backs on this region for years and I'd think we'd |
The Chinese solar company reports earnings on Monday.
Next Monday, JA Solar (NASDAQ:JASO) will release its latest quarterly results | . The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. That way, you'll be less likely to make an uninformed knee-jerk reaction to news that turns out to be exactly the wrong move.
The Chinese solar industry has suffered from terrible market conditions for years, and JA Solar has had a lot of trouble in its efforts to make profits from the solar business. Lately, defaults from other companies in the industry have raised concerns about whether a long-awaited shakeout is finally here. Let's take an early look at what's been happening with JA Solar over the past quarter and what we're likely to see in its quarterly report.
Will JA Solar survive a shakedown in Chinese solar?
Analysts have had mixed views on JA Solar's earnings estimates lately, although they all involve plenty of red ink. Consensus estimates for the first quarter have |
In a smoke-filled and cardamom coffee-infused cafe in Gaza City all the talk is of this week's violence.
" | Why is Palestinian blood cheaper than Israeli blood?" asks Wael Abu Awema, a 40-year-old father of five.
There have been Israeli attacks on Gaza every day this week. At least 10 Palestinians have been killed, including at least four civilians, two of them children. More than 30 Palestinians have been injured.
"Of course we are worried. My kids are wetting themselves at night when they hear the Israeli air strikes," says Mr Abu Awema.
His eyes are bloodshot and red, as if he also might be losing sleep.
Every day too, Palestinian militants have fired rockets and mortars into Israel, causing danger, fear and anxiety for communities living in range of the strikes.
There is concern on both sides that there could be a further escalation after Wednesday's bomb attack in Jerusalem in which a British tourist was killed and more than 30 people were injured.
No militant group - including Hamas's military wing the Al Qassam Brigades - has |
Nia Vardalos was so creatively inspired by her marriage to non-Greek actor Ian Gomez that she wrote"My Big Fat Greek Wedding." | The marriage has ended after nearly 25 years with a divorce filing.
Her 1993 nuptials inspired the hit movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," and the marriage lasted for nearly 25 years.
But on Friday, Nia Vardalos, 55, filed for divorce from husband Ian Gomez, 53, citing irreconcilable differences.
In a joint statement obtained by USA TODAY Tuesday, the couple called the split a joint decision which comes after more than a year of separation.
After the couple's Sept. 1993 wedding, Vardolos wrote the one-woman play "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," partially based on her own experiences. She starred in the 2002 hit movie playing Toula Portokalos, who falls in love with non-Greek Ian Miller (John Corbett). Gomez played Corbett's best man, Mike.
Vardalos and Gomez adopted their daughter Illaria, an experience the actress detailed in her book, "Instant Mom."
Vard |
(Reuters) — Network gear maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc said on Monday it would buy Ruckus Wireless Inc in a cash and stock deal | worth about $1.5 billion to add Ruckus’s Wi-Fi products to its enterprise networking business.
Based on Friday’s closing prices, the deal values Sunnyvale, California-based Ruckus at $14.43 per share, a premium of 44 percent.
Ruckus’s shares jumped to $13.18 in premarket trading on Monday, while Brocade’s stock dropped 12.6 percent to $9.30.
Ruckus stockholders will get $6.45 in cash and 0.75 share of Brocade common stock for each share held.
Net of Ruckus’s cash on hand, the deal value is about $1.2 billion, the companies said.
The cash portion of the deal will be funded with cash on hand and a new loan, they said.
San Jose, California-based Brocade also raised its share buyback program by $800 million, |
Two groups seeking state contracts to run struggling North Carolina schools have professional ties to the man who may ultimately steer the decision to hire them, N. | C. Policy Watch has learned.
According to documents obtained by Policy Watch, AMIKids Inc. and Communities in Schools (CIS) of Robeson County are two of eight organizations that have filed notices of intent to apply for contracts in the Innovative School District (ISD), a controversial reform program that could allow for-profit school operators to assume control of operations and staffing in lagging public schools for at least five years.
Until he accepted the role of ISD superintendent this year, Hall was the president and CEO of Communities in Schools of N.C., the state affiliate for CIS of Robeson County, an organization that specializes in dropout prevention with struggling kids. Before that, Hall also worked for more than seven years as national director for AMIKids, a Florida-based nonprofit that works with at-risk youth and non-traditional schools in a number of southern states.
Hall, who could not be reached for comment Thursday, is expected to make recommendations to the |
Exclusive Allegations of bizarre and potentially illegal conduct within the World Intellectual Property Organisation have raised serious questions, after The Register obtained access to an internal | report indicating reasonable grounds to suspect serious misconduct within the UN agency.
The report, published exclusively by The Register today, outlines serious allegations against WIPO chief Francis Gurry. The organisation's staff council has also demanded a prompt and independent investigation.
Gurry was re-elected director-general of WIPO last month despite questions over the alleged illegal DNA testing of staff, the shipping of computer equipment deemed useful for military purposes to Iran and North Korea and the award of a large IT contract to a company run by an acquaintance of the WIPO chief.
It is alleged that Gurry ordered the illegal collection of staff DNA in order to find out who sent anonymous letters of complaint to him and other directors.
The US State Department and South Korean officials have both asked for an independent investigation into the allegations, but instead WIPO appointed its own committee to decide if further action was required. This committee was allegedly implicated in the original, secret DNA testing of senior staff.
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CHICO — The Butte County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will sponsor a course for families dealing with loved ones with mental illness | .
The free, 12-week course starts today and will continue Wednesdays through Nov. 9 at Enloe Conference Center, 1528 The Esplanade. Classes will go 6:30-9 p.m.
The course, the Family-to-Family Education Program, is provided by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and lead by trained volunteers within the local chapter.
Information will include facts on schizophrenia, mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depression), panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, coping skills such as handling crisis and relapse; and basic information about medications, listening and communication techniques. It also helps family members with information on problem-solving skills, recovery and rehabilitation and self-care around worry and stress.
The course is designed specifically for parents, siblings, spouses, teenage and adult sons and daughters, partners, and significant others who are caregivers of people with severe and persistent mental illness.
Registration must be done before the class by calling instructors Cathy |
CBS and the Recording Academy expanded the lineup for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, adding the legendary rock band U2 along with Kendrick Lamar and Sam | Smith.
U2 has claimed a whopping 22 Grammys. Lamar is a seven-time Grammy winner, and Smith has four Grammys. Lamar also has seven nominations this year: Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video (“Humble.”), Album of the Year and Best Rap Album (Damn.), and Best Rap/Sung Performance (“Loyalty,” featuring Rihanna).
The broadcast will be hosted by James Corden and will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, Jan. 28 (7:30-11:00 PM, live ET/4:30-8:00 PM, live PT) on CBS.
“In addition, in what is sure to become a memorable Grammy moment, previous Grammy nominee Miley Cyrus will take the stage with five-time Grammy winner Elton John to perform one of John’s classic hits just two days ahead of � |
A Russian Orthodox bishop has lowered a "holy memorial capsule" into the sea at the North Pole in an attempt to "consecrate" the | Arctic and reassert Moscow's claims to the territory.
The service was held by Bishop Iakov on the ice alongside the nuclear icebreaker Rossiya during a polar expedition titled "Arctic-2012", organised by the country's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
The metal capsule carried the blessings of the church's leader, bearing the inscription: "With the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the consecration of the North Pole marks 1150 years of Russian Statehood."
The Kremlin is keen to claim the hydrocarbon riches off its northern coast despite territorial claims from other governments, and is gradually re-militarising the area.
A conservative Moscow think-tank suggested in July that the Arctic Ocean should be renamed the "Russian Ocean" and this week it was announced that MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft will be based in the region by the end of the year.
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, |
When coming to Moscow to work, top business executives, administrative and HR directors of large companies, as well as assistants, run into the problem of | finding a place of residence in the capital.
surrounding infrastructure (such as kindergartens, schools, athletic centers, stores, recreational centers, etc.).
An HR director has different requirements: for him the image and experience of the commercial real estate company is important (whether it is a real estate agency or a private realtor), as well as transparency of contractual obligations (duration, conditions for termination, included services in the price), legal and accounting services provided, among other preferences, and simple intuition.
By the preferences of the expat and HR director, a list of potential housing arrangements are made. The choice is usually made between three options — an apartment, a hotel, and an "apart-hotel."
Apartment living, the first option, has many virtues. Among these are the ability to meet a set budget and the variety of different places to choose from. Amount of rent for an apartment is determined by area, not by how many people live in it |
President Joachim Gauck on Tuesday warned Germans against drawing a line under the Holocaust as the Bundestag (parliament) opened a day | of commemorations on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
"There is no German identity without Auschwitz," Gauck said before the packed chamber, where survivors of the death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland sat watching MPs, government ministers and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"The memory of the Holocaust remains a matter for every citizen who lives in Germany. It belongs to the history of this country."
He said the "moral duty" for Germany was not only to remember the past but also what he termed the "mission" to protect and preserve humanity and every individual's rights.
"We say that precisely in times when, we in Germany, again have to agree on cooperation between different cultures and religions.
"The community in which we all want to live will only thrive where the dignity of the individual is respected and where solidarity is alive," Gauck added.
President (Speaker) of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert said that Auschwitz had become a synonym |
While most schools have moved away from segregating special education students, Pasadena relies on a separate campus for some students with disabilities.
The lawsuit argues | that California's public school funding system should be driven by how much college readiness costs.
United Teachers Los Angeles could use millions of dollars from a new member-dues increase to challenge pro-charter school school board members.
Is LAUSD unfairly rejecting charter school applications?
Charter school supporters said LAUSD's school board approved 89 percent of the charter petitions it received in 2013 while that approval rate fell by half this year.
The group Parent Revolution has helped parents at six LAUSD schools use California's parent trigger law to make changes at their schools.
State legislators unveiled three proposals on Tuesday aimed at better recruiting and supporting new teachers to help address a shortage.
California officials now match social welfare data with student data to automatically enroll students in free lunch programs.
Mentorship, advocates say, is the biggest challenge to success for California's American Indian youth. A new media project tries to help.
People who've studied dance or theater in college must earn credentials in PE |
Madison, Wis. -- The grandfather of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead said Saturday that | the family has no connection to the suspect and doesn't understand why he targeted her, deepening a mystery that has captivated the state for months.
Someone blasted open the door of James and Denise Closs' home near Barron with a shotgun in October, gunned the couple down and made off with their 13-year-old daughter, Jayme Closs.
Jayme had been missing for nearly three months Thursday when she approached a stranger near the small, isolated north woods town of Gordon and pleaded for help. Officers arrested 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson minutes later based on Jayme's description of his vehicle. He was jailed on suspicion of kidnapping and homicide.
Investigators have said Patterson's goal was to kidnap Jayme, but he appears to have no connection to the family. Jayme's grandfather Robert Naiberg said in a telephone interview Saturday that the only thing the family knows for sure is that no one knew Patterson. He said Jayme told FBI agents she didn't know |
How Abiy handles his relationship with Abdi Iley, the powerful leader of Ethiopia's Somali Region, has implications for the country's fragile system | of ethnic federalism.
Somali Regional State (SRS), Ethiopia’s second-largest region and home to its third most populous ethnic group, is at a crossroads. The secessionist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) had been almost entirely defeated, but SRS is still, in the eyes of many Ethiopians, a byword for violence and lawlessness. “From the centre, Somali Region is seen as a wilderness,” says Fekadu Adugna, an academic at Addis Ababa University (AAU).
Last year, SRS’s long-standing tensions with the neighbouring region of Oromia, home to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, erupted on an unprecedented scale. Amidst fighting between regional security forces, hundreds lost their lives and approximately one million civilians fled their homes. In the SRS capital of Jijiga, thousands of Oromos were her |
ISLAMABAD: Following the orders of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, the | federal government on Wednesday notified Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali as president and Justice Nazar Akbar as judge of the Special Court, that would try former military dictator Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf in high treason case.
Justice Nazar Akbar will replace Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, who had recused himself from the bench on March 29, 2018. On the last hearing of the case, the counsel for Musharraf had alleged that Justice Afridi had been representing former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in a case against the November 3, 2007, emergency, promulgated by former dictator. Yahya Afridi became head of Special Court when Peshawar High Court’s Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, was elevated to Supreme Court on December 30, 2016. Before his elevation to the apex court, Justice Miank |
Update (11:25 EDT): The Stevens opinion in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, along with the Scalia concurrence and the dissents | by Justices Souter and Breyer can be found here.
This morning the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling upholding Indiana's voter ID law. That law requires voters to present photo identification prior to voting in order to curb voter fraud.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.
In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana's strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to deter fraud.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court cleared the way today for executions to resume across the nation, ruling that lethal injections, if properly carried out, are a "humane" means of ending a condemned individual's life.
The court upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injections by a surprisingly large 7-2 vote.
NYT Court |
Past research has relied on two theoretical models---importation and prisonization---to explain staff member's attitudes, behaviors, and social distance from offenders | in the correctional work environment. Tests of these models have shown partial support for both models. However, missing in the literature has been a clear understanding and examination of how these attitudes and behaviors vary across custody levels within a given correctional facility. The purpose of this study is: (1) to include a more comprehensive test of the prisonization and importation models by including more of the variables utilized in past research; (2) to develop and test a causal model that separates exogenous from intervening prisonization variables; (3) to test this causal model using custody levels within a correctional facility; (4) to measure social distance from offenders separately from staff members' correctional orientations; (5) to include other correctional workers in addition to the correctional and treatment staff members that have been the subjects in past studies; (6) to examine the effects of correctional staff members' attitudes on disciplinary behavior through the use of critical incident scenarios. Using data collected from two correctional facilities in the Midwest, a path analysis |
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