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A rare blend of tranquility and practicality if found in this post and beam three family compound. Great for investment or for your own family. | This former farmhouse property is comprised of a main house, a cottage and a series of out buildings. The gingerbread details and gorgeous wrap around porch invite you to enjoy an afternoon looking at the beautiful mountain views. The park like landscaping and sprawling yard is filled with well placed flowering surprises. The front house is a two family with lovely wood details and the back cottage also has a charming porch framed by birch trees. Everything is meticulously maintained and has been in the same family for decades. Separate building for storage and two car garage is rented separately and has separate electric. A unique opportunity as either a smart investment or a charming house or weekend retreat. The front two family could easily be converted back to a one family with a guest house in back for your visiting friends. Back cottage is the image of small house perfection with a gas stove and sliding glass doors leading back to a wrap around deck. Very close to restaurants and shops, as well as fishing and hiking. Main Street Margaretville offers |
Published: Sep 30, 2018 at 5:30 a.m.
6 a.m. – Wake up.
6:30 a | .m. – Head to his new business, Somerset Ice Cream Bar.
6:45 a.m. – Start cleaning, doing kitchen prep, payroll, etc.
8:45 a.m. – Attend Grade 11 classes at Kinkora Regional High School.
3 p.m. – Leave school, head back to ice cream bar.
4 p.m. – Open for business.
8 p.m. – Close shop and head home.
Despite his young age, Harrison, 16, has already thrown himself head-first into entrepreneurship.
The Kinkora resident is the owner/operator of Somerset Ice Cream Bar, located at 2 Somerset St.
The business opened in early July. The summer season was a trial by fire - or in this case ice cream - for the budding business owner.
“It’s awesome. I think we were very well set up and prepared for our first year. Sure, we had our odd |
Executives defend the high fees that their companies charge for terminating wireless services early.
LAS VEGAS--Executives from AT | &T and Verizon Communications defended early termination fees for wireless customers Tuesday, but said they wouldn't oppose Federal Communications Commission rules that required these fees to be "reasonable."
Jim Cicconi, AT&T senior executive and vice president for legislative affairs for AT&T, and Tom Tauke, executive vice president of public affairs and policy for Verizon, said following a panel discussion at the NxtComm tradeshow here, that their companies are justified in charging early termination fees for wireless contracts, which often top out at $200.
The battle over early termination fees is heating up as wireless operators face multimillion-dollar class action suits from consumers who say these fees are unfair and deter competition. So far, wireless operators seem to have the upper hand in the battle, as a California state jury ruled in favor of Sprint Nextel last week in the first of these class action lawsuits.
But now, the FCC is considering taking jurisdiction over early termination fees. And the agency is considering a proposal from |
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El Paso County — the state’s largest and home to more than 45,500 concealed-carry permits — plans to sue if a red-flag gun bill making its way through the Legislature becomes law, Sheriff Bill Elder said last week.
At least four other Colorado counties — Weld, Montezuma, Fremont and Custer — have declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in response to the proposal.
The red-flag bill, officially known as the Extreme Risk Protection Orders, would allow a judge to order the confiscation of firearms from someone found to be a danger to themselves or others.
Unlike the other counties, though, Elder said his deputies will enforce court orders if the bill, which already has passed the state House, is approved by the Senate and signed by the governor.
He said he hopes it doesn’t come to that.
“I want the constitutional question answered, and I suspect that what would happen |
Trump unleashes weekend tweet tirade. TRANSCRIPT: 3/18/19, Hardball w/ Chris Matthews.
Senator Cory Booker | is up next.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST: Have you no decency? Let`s play HARDBALL.
Arizona Senator John McCain succumbed to brain cancer.
passing the Christopher Steele dossier along to the FBI back in 2016.
working together failed as usual. Even the fake news refused this garbage.
dossier to the FBI in December of 2016, after the presidential election.
And there`s no evidence whatever he ever gave the dossier to the media.
Cory Booker, who spoke with me this morning in Iowa.
MATTHEWS: What was your instinctive reaction when you heard that?
vandalism and him just tearing at the fabric of this country.
the book to silence the majority of our country. Wow.
with his weird sort of attempt to assassinate a guy who`s already gone?
chance to undo Obamacare. I`m sure he`s never forgiven McCain for that.
back. |
Both sides are lining up, about to be welcomed by beautiful sunshine and screaming fans. They emerge, kick-off is not far away now. |
We are only ten minutes away from kick-off but the atmosphere is building inside the Cardiff City Stadium. If the home fans can roar their charges forward like they did against City last week, the Evertonians may be in need of ear plugs!
Everton get the game underway, kicking from right to left.
It's Cardiff who are getting stuck in first as Leon Osman is bundled over by Gunnarsson in the centre circle. Plenty of time for this game to settle.
CLOSE! The Toffees knock on the door, first and Mirallas is beaten to a loose ball at the back post by Taylor, who clears it behind. The away support are incensed when a goal kick is given. That looked like the Bluebirds ball, to me.
OUCH! It looks like Craig Bellamy's personal vendetta today is to get in Baines' face...literally. The Bluebirds captain punts an elbow into the England International's face in what looked |
Get ready for lots of openings this week, plus a breakfast menu at a River North favorite.
The Robey Hotel has added a rooftop, | poolside bar called Cabana Club (1616 N. Milwaukee Ave., Bucktown). While only guests are allowed to take a dip in the pool, anybody can sip a Mexican-themed cocktail whilst taking in the scene.
The recently renovated Talbott Hotel (20 E. Delaware Pl., Gold Coast) has a new dining option in 20 East—an American food restaurant and lounge that’s open from breakfast through dinner and operated by Four Corners Tavern Group (Steak Bar, Federales).
Fat Baby Tacos (109 W. Hubbard St., River North) is open and ready to sate Hubbard Street bargoers with tacos and burritos into the wee hours (until 5 a.m. Thursday to Saturday).
For those seeking a more authentic Mexican meal, West Loop newbie La Josie (740 W. Randolph St.)—a multilevel spot from a family that also operates a number of Mexican eateries on the South Side—may be the |
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman praised US President Donald Trump Tuesday, telling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that supporters of Israel owe him a “ | tremendous debt” for his historic changes to the US-Israel relationship.
Addressing close to 20,000 attendees at the 2018 AIPAC conference in Washington DC, Friedman hailed President Trump’s “historic” recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, adding that it capped off a year of “historic firsts”, including the first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem by a sitting US president.
"A few weeks later, I became the first US ambassador to Israel to attend the celebration of [Jerusalem Day], the 50th anniversary of the day Israel recaptured the Western Wall. Just the next day, President Trump became the first sitting president in American history to visit the... Western Wall.
"And by December of last year, we were, of course, in even greater historic territory, when President Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
“I am so proud of what the Trump administration has accomplished this |
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped PC World for advertising product on TV that it was unable to supply to customers because of lack of | stocks.
The UK retail chain, part of DSG International, has been told not to show the ad on TV again. This is the second time this year the ASA has chastised PC World on the same issue.
This time round, the ad featured an Advent 7000A notebook priced at £349. Three people who saw the ad told the ASA the product had already sold out in the local PC World stores before the spot had even been broadcast.
PC World said it had 2000 laptops available - a significant quantity and adequate to meet anticipated demand, the chain told the ASA. However, the ASA ruled that the complaints showed PC World "did not have adequate stock" of the product at the time the ad was broadcast.
The ASA rejected one complaint from a buyer who had claimed he was told the laptop was part of a more expensive bundle - he had simply been misinformed by local PC World staff, the chain said. Yes, that's rather poor customer service, but it is |
Brenda Lee Johnson, 53, of Keller, entered a plea of no contest in Accomack court.
A woman hired to care for | elderly family members entered an Alford plea in Accomack County Circuit Court on Thursday to each of seven counts of forgery, credit card fraud and larceny.
Brenda Lee Johnson, 53, of Keller, entered a plea of no-contest, which means she does not admit to the crime but knows the commonwealth has enough evidence for a conviction. Johnson worked as a caretaker for Lynn Sherwood’s mother.
The agreed upon rate for Johnson was $10 an hour, said Commonwealth’s Attorney Spencer Morgan. Johnson altered her paychecks by changing the written amount, he said.
One check written by Sherwood for $720 was changed to $820, Morgan said. Another check written for $890 was changed to $1,890.
There is a photo of the defendant presenting the checks at each of the banks, said Morgan. When confronted by police, Johnson denied altering the checks, he told the court.
A second |
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday his new coalition would focus on fighting anti-Semitism, after Israel made | it clear it would not work directly with any ministers from the far-right party now back in government.
Kurz, a 31-year-old conservative, was sworn in with the rest of his government on Monday after reaching a coalition deal that handed control of much of Austria’s security apparatus to the anti-Islam Freedom Party (FPO). The FPO came third in October’s parliamentary election with 26 percent of the vote.
Israel reacted to the inauguration by saying it would do business only with the “operational echelons” of government departments headed by an FPO minister. The FPO now controls the foreign, interior and defence ministries, though Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl is not officially a member of the party.
“Israel wishes to underline its total commitment to fighting anti-Semitism and commemorating the Holocaust,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a short statement on Monday in response to the Austrian government’s |
More Dividends on the Way?
According to recent trends, the answer is "yes."
After years of watching dividend yields shrink, | investors are beginning to see more companies either introducing or increasing dividend payments.
The reasoning behind this is simple: Investors have increased their preference for dividends.
A recent survey by Eaton Vance showed that "Among individual investors polled, a clear majority (57%) said they prefer quarterly dividends over stock buybacks (23%) or special dividends (8%)."
The increased demand for dividends, according to the survey, is a "significant shift" from the 1990s, when investors preferred stock buybacks, which fueled EPS growth for many of the favored stocks of the day.
Perhaps greater board oversight following Sarbanes-Oxley, or the reduced dividend tax rates introduced by the 2003 tax reforms, have something to do with the renewed interest in dividends. But, in any case, dividends are back in the spotlight.
The Eaton Vance survey also noted that "63.2% of S&P 500 companies increased or initiated a dividend during 2005." Included in this group is Applied Materials (NAS |
The quality of legal services for New York City's poor defendants continues to decline. The city has steadily reduced its contributions to the Legal Aid Society, | the main nonprofit agency providing representation for indigent defendants, even as caseloads have grown. A recent report from a court-appointed committee shows how desperate the situation has become.
Legal Aid's troubles go back to a disastrous four-day strike in 1994 that prompted Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to retaliate by farming out some of the public-defender work to other nonprofit groups. Since then City Hall has steadily cut Legal Aid's funding from $79 million in 1994 to roughly $52 million this year, based on the assumption that the agency's workload would drop accordingly. But the decline did not materialize. Instead, the agency has been representing nearly the same number of clients for far fewer dollars.
Legal Aid's arrangement with the city requires it to represent poor criminal defendants for a fixed contract price. But Mr. Giuliani's vigorous pursuit of quality-of-life crimes has produced many more cases than expected. The average lawyer in the agency's Manhattan office is assigned some 650 criminal cases a year |
In the first game of its three-game series against Texas Tech, San Diego State baseball was able to hold the Red Raiders to just three runs | in a loss.
It was not the same story a day later, as the Raiders walloped the Aztecs 10-0 Saturday afternoon in Lubbock, Texas.
The loss put the Aztecs at 10-22 on the season, while the Red Raiders improve to 28-9.
SDSU once again struggled to keep the big inning from getting out of hand.
After the Aztecs’ starting pitcher, junior lefty Marcus Reyes, went 3 1/3 innings while giving up four runs, it wasn’t until the sixth when things got out of hand.
Junior right hander Adrian Orozco came into the game after Reyes, and started his appearance by giving up a leadoff home run. Two outs and five batters later, the Red Raiders’ lead was extended to 8-0 after a sacrifice fly was followed by another home run.
Freshman righty Jordan Wyke relieved Orozco, and gave up |
My story this week started when a friend invited me to his rural home in Mfang’ano Island, Homa Bay County - my | first ever visit to the iconic island surrounded by Lake Victoria.
I have this habit of looking for football-related snippets whenever I visit parts of Kenya with a history of football. That is how I penned up previous pieces from Turkana, Rabai, Freretown, Kitale, Eldoret, Nakuru, Lodwar, Berlin and Frankfurt, Kigali, Arusha and Juba in South Sudan.
Visiting the island is not for the fainthearted. The journey can be torturous and scary if you are not used to travelling on water and climbing rocky hills.
The place is inhabited by a community that confounds many - the Suba. Most speak Dholuo and when I asked for reasons, I was told they are unable to speak Suba because either one of their parents is pure Luo, or both father and mother, though Suba, always spoke to them in Dholuo. That although there have been instances when politicians have taken advantage to |
While kissing a slimy frog may not be the best route to finding your Prince Charming, frog slime has been suggested to protect against flu. | According to researchers from the Emory Vaccine Center and the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology in India, frog slime can destroy the H1 variety of influenza viruses.
Mucus secreted from the skin of the Hydrophylax bahuvistara frog may kill certain strains of the flu virus.
The discovery was published in Immunity and was led by senior author Joshy Jacob, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine.
Prof. Jacob and graduate student David Holthausen collaborated on the research project with M.R. Pillai, Ph.D., and Sanil George, Ph.D., from the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology.
Previous research has shown that frogs' skins secrete mucus that contains "host defense peptides," known to protect them from harmful bacteria. The new study reveals that the skin secretions from South Indian frogs act as |
Why Isn’t 2018 Album of the Year Nominee Lorde Performing at the Grammys?
For a Grammy nominee who isn | ’t performing at the Grammys, Lorde is certainly owning Grammy Week.
On Wednesday night she performed with Jack Antonoff at his fourth annual Ally Coalition benefit at New York’s Town Hall, where they played four songs: a sublime cover of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me,” an amusing one of Roy Orbison’s “You Got It,” and two from her 2017 sophomore set “Melodrama,” which happens to be nominated for the big prize, Grammy Album of the Year. (Antonoff also shouted down a heckler who criticized Lorde’s decision to cancel a concert in Israel over the country’s policies toward Palestinians, but that’s a different story.) On Thursday she attended an A-list birthday party for new Columbia chief Ron Perry (who A&R’ed “Melodrama”) with manager Jonathan Daniel. And |
While the Senate appears to have reached a deal on executive-branch appointments that heads off a showdown over filibuster rules, the fact that the confrontation | went as far as it did points up the increasingly polarized state of Congress. From immigration reform to food stamps to student loans, it almost seems as if congressional Republicans and Democrats inhabit different worlds.
In a way, they do. Not only are Republicans and Democrats elected from very different districts with distinct voter bases, but Congress reflects an America that has been growing further and further apart ideologically for decades.
In addition, as The New York Times illustrated recently, red and blue America have very different racial and ethnic makeups. House districts represented by Democrats are collectively just over half white, 16% black and nearly a quarter (22.5%) Hispanic; Republican-represented districts are nearly three-quarters white, 8.5% black and 11.1% Hispanic.
That’s in part because most House districts have been carefully drawn to be as “safe” for Republicans or Democrats as legally possible. Last year, 30 out of 435 House elections were decided by less than 5 percentage |
Let's enjoy one more year of flat tolls. Come 2020, Rockland-to-Westchester commuters can expect the toll bill to come | due, likely in a big way.
As 2019 dawns, we’re just a year away (maybe) from a much-anticipated, much-dreaded toll increase for the bridge across the Tappan Zee. How much will tolls rise? When? Who knows — well a few officials may, but we don't.
Tolls on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, are frozen until “at least” 2020, according to the New York State Thruway. Does that mean tolls could go up Jan. 1, 2020 or mid-2020 or maybe even not at all? Shrug.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo likes to talk a lot about his pet project and its "innovative" design-build construction method that should keep down costs and speed up completion. (We don't know the final details on either of those yet, really.) But the cost for commuters who rely on the crossing? The governor doesn't |
Exactly 110 years after the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, an Australian billionaire has recommitted himself to building a replica of the boat, complete with | the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has been working on the project billed as Titanic 2 since 2012, and only recently resumed construction on the project after work had to be suspended due to financial difficulties.
The boat is expected to be complete with a ballroom and Turkish baths, with reports also suggesting that passengers will be given period costumes to wear.
Titanic 2 will follow the same journey as its namesake had planned, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York.
But Mr Palmer said the ship will also sail the world ‘inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivaled attention, intrigue and mystery in every port she visits’ he told MSN.
The project has faced years of delays over payment disputes and lack of funding until a court ruling enabled Mr Palmer to re-start building.
Work had to be suspended in 2015 following a payment dispute between one of the businessman’s companies and Chinese company Cit |
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – Men who experience restless legs syndrome (RLS) may have a higher risk of dying earlier, | according to research that appears in the June 12, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The disorder is characterized by an irresistible urge to move the legs and often causes leg sensations of burning, creeping, and tugging, which are usually worse at night.
“RLS affects five to 10 percent of adults across the country,” said study author Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and the Channing division of network medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Gao is also a member of the American Academy of Neurology. “Our study highlights the importance of recognizing this common but underdiagnosed disease.” For the study, 18,425 men with an average age of 67 who did not have diabetes, arthritis or kidney failure were evaluated for RLS. A total of 690 of the men, or 3.7 percent, met the |
Standing Rock Special: Historian Says Dakota Access Co. Attack Came on Anniv. of Whitestone Massacre | Democracy Now!
Standing Rock Sioux | tribal historian.
While reporting from the standoff at Standing Rock in September, Democracy Now! sat down with Standing Rock Sioux tribal historian LaDonna Brave Bull Allard to speak about another attack against her tribe—this one on the same day 153 years before. On September 3, 1863, the U.S. Army massacred more than 300 members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in what became known as the Whitestone massacre. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is not only the tribal historian, she’s also one of the founders of the Sacred Stone Camp, launched on her land April 1, 2016, to resist the Dakota Access pipeline.
AMY GOODMAN: That day, September 3rd, we also sat down with Standing Rock Sioux tribal historian LaDonna Brave Bull Allard to speak about another attack against her tribe, this one on the same day 153 years before. It was on September 3rd, 1863, that the U.S. Army massacred more than 300 members |
Most teachers say they expect to contribute resources to their classrooms—bringing in everything from extra books for a classroom library to basic hygiene supplies like tissues and | hand sanitizer.
But teachers aren’t only putting up the cash themselves. In addition to old standbys like grants and bake sales, many are turning to other fundraising opportunities, including online crowdfunding platforms like DonorsChoose.
1. The rise of online crowdfunding sites like DonorsChoose has given teachers more options for raising money. Still, teachers are most likely to spend their own when they need something for their classroom.
Nearly all teachers—95 percent—said they had put out some cash themselves this past year when they needed resources other than what their district provided. Teachers said they spent a median amount of $338 of their own money over the past school year. (Estimates of how much teachers spend out of pocket vary. In the National Teacher and Principal Survey, teachers reported spending an average of $479 a year on their classrooms.) Only about 12 percent said they had crowdfunded online in the past year.
Teachers’ responses also suggested that they aren� |
Adam Levine has been pretty psyched about his married life, now that he has married Victoria Secret model Behati Prinsloo.
Adam | Levine is an American singer famous for his lead vocalist position in the band Maroon 5. He has received three Grammy Awards, and his new album V was recently released and is doing well on the charts. His wife Behati Prinsloo is a Namibian model who became a Victoria Secret Angel.
The two started dating in 2012, announced their engagement in July 2013, and then married in Mexico on July 19, 2014. Before Adam Levine, Prinsloo dated British model Jamie Strachan from 2005 to 2012.
According to another report from Inquisitr News, Adam Levine’s new marriage makes him feel for masculine. “I think it does change, but in a great way because… you feel like a man or something, it’s weird. The relationship doesn’t change, but you feel slightly more masculine. I feel like from a man’s perspective… at the end of the day, if you’re with |
Apparently, just adding a tincture of Tintri to your virtualised server-storage array pathway gets those VMs running like super- | charged rockets. The firm says a European customer is running 800 virtual machines off one Tintri box, leaving a NetApp array chastened in the background.
The unnamed customer makes things like railway carriages and power stations. It had virtualised a lot of infrastructure and file servers and its virtual machines (VMs) were stored on a NetApp array. But the VMs were not running fast enough and storage was fingered as the bottleneck.
A Tintri 540 VMstore product was purchased to sit inline between the servers and the file store and the VMs were vMotioned onto it. A 540 has eight 3TB disk drives and eight 300GB multi-level cell SSDs providing 26.4TB of raw storage and 13.5TB of usable capacity. Virtually all VM I/Os are serviced from the flash.
The customer was pleased with how the 3U box performed. The firm moved more and more VMs to the Tintri box, |
There were 72 construction cranes visible over the centre of Dublin on June 1st from the seventh floor of The Irish Times building on Tara Street. |
This is a drop of six – or 8 per cent – on last month’s total of 78 and eight less than the 80 recorded on December 1st, 2017 – the highest score yet registered by the Irish Times Crane Count. June’s total, however, is still more than double the 31 recorded on February 1st, 2016, when the newspaper’s crane survey was launched.
There were 50 cranes recorded on the southside – a drop of eight from May – as construction nears completion on many sites. However, clearance work is now well-advanced on developer Marlet’s 1.7-acre site at Lime Street and Sir John Rogerson’s Quay in the south docklands.
This is the last significant site being developed in Dublin’s south docklands special development zone. Marlet plans to build 9,290sq m (100,000sq ft) of offices and 100 apartments on the site, which |
After I dropped off Carmen, at Seattle Humane last week, I took home a black beauty – Sweet Pea. Tyler and I decided to take | a break from fostering young kittens and try to help out an “older” cat that might demand less supervision. So we ended up with Sweet Pea. She is a 4-year-old, long haired female looking for love, protection and someone to trust.
Sweet Pea came out from under the bed to visit and playfully lay on the catnip scratching mat.
Her first few days here were a big adjustment for Sweet Pea. She came from a house with too many cats, and gave birth to a litter of kittens upon arrival at the Seattle Humane Society; not surprisingly, Sweet Pea has some trust issues, and needs more socialization – the two main reasons she is out in foster care Sweet Pea spent her first 2 days with us under the bed and behind the couch. But on day three she ventured out to meet our cat and dog, Lucifer and Glory.
During Sweet Pea’s first encounter with Lu, she was calm |
The two and a half month old Rajasthan cabinet was expanded with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inducting ten more ministers two of cabinet | rank and eight ministers of state.
The two and a half month old Rajasthan cabinet was expanded on Saturday with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inducting ten more ministers two of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state.
Governor S K Singh administered the oath of secrecy to the new ministers at a simple swearing in function at Raj Bhavan in the presence of Gehlot and his other cabinet colleagues, government officials and supporters of the newly anointed ministers.
Dr Jitendra Singh and Rajendra Pareek were sworn in as cabinet rank ministers while Ram Lal Jat, Bharosilal Jatav, Ashok Bairwa, Mangilal Gharasia, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Babulal Nagar, Ameen Khan and Gurmeet Kunnar were inducted as ministers of state.
With this expansion, the strength of the Gehlot ministry has gone up to 22. The Chief Minister was sworn in on December 13 |
A woman stands next to candles and flowers after a van attack that killed at least 14 people in Las Ramblas promenade, Spain, | Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
Julie Hanahan had just checked into the Citadines Las Ramblas, an apartment hotel along Barcelona's famous La Rambla pedestrian mall, when she heard shouting and sirens.
"People were running by and screaming," says Hanahan, who flew to Barcelona from Chicago last week with her husband and two children to board a Mediterranean cruise.
Only seconds before, a van had plowed through pedestrians on the tree-lined thoroughfare, killing 13 and injuring 100. Hanahan's daughter watched the aftermath from her hotel balcony. "We were on the back of the hotel, thankfully, so she did not witness the van going by," Hanahan says.
But then she, like many other visitors to a destination hit by a terrorist attack, wondered: "Now what? Do we stay in the hotel?" After a long transatlantic flight, her family was hungry, and the Citadines Las Ramblas didn't offer |
If you feel fed-up with criminal justice reform efforts touted by the Koch brothers that leave our prison industrial complex firmly in place, two new books | offer practical solutions to the longstanding dilemma of how to hold people accountable for violent crime without perpetuating mass incarceration.
In Until We Reckon, Danielle Sered draws on her work as founder and director of Brooklyn-based Common Justice — the first victim services and alternative-to-incarceration program that focuses on violent felony crimes like gunpoint robberies, shootings and assaults, — to show how restorative justice is a process of charting “a course for repair.” It helps survivors heal and makes us all safer, unlike the current criminal justice system.
In the examples Sered highlights, this process supports healing for survivors, provides an “avenue to dignity” to people who caused harm and fosters their intrinsic motivation not to be violent again. As she notes, “although we can sometimes escape the police, we can never escape ourselves.” This outcome seems much better than imprisonment, which she cautions shares the same core features that often drive violence in |
Jeremy Corbyn Says He Has A Plan To Put A Stop To "Forced Gentrification"
The policy could cause friction between the leadership and local | councils.
The Heygate estate, Elephant and Castle, south London, which has been demolished.
Jeremy Corbyn has said that housing regeneration is too often "forced gentrification and social cleansing" – and said that under a Labour government, councils would have to meet tough new tests to protect residents.
His announcement was met with wild applause at Labour's conference in Brighton but is likely to probably lead to tensions with his own councils, many of which have overseen controversial regeneration schemes in London.
Corbyn also pledged to control rents as he vowed to make sure that Labour's housing policy was on the side of local people and not private developers and property speculators.
"Regeneration is a much-abused word," Corbyn said. "Too often what it really means is forced gentrification and social cleansing, as private developers move in and tenants and leaseholders are moved out."
Councils would have to ensure that people who live on an estate being redeveloped "must get a home |
This is a strange week as far as team defenses are concerned in the NFL. It seems we either have team defenses with good matchups or with terrible | ones. I wouldn’t want to have to start any of the Top 14 here but would give it a go with any of the bottom 14. It’s unusual to have that kind of symmetry. I never truly panic about team defenses. Yeah, if I had Denver in any league I probably would’ve kept them, but other than that, if I didn’t have a dead spot on my roster, the team defense gets released when their bye comes up. I never like rostering two team defenses (assuming you’re in a standard league and not one that gives out an unusual number of points to team defenses). There are just too many solid team defenses and you can easily play the matchup game each week. Keep your depth.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sure the Bucs can score points, as that offense is finally starting to look dangerous, but they can also give them up early and often. Playing the Falcons in Atlanta may not be pretty. |
Just how bad are "power users" from both an IT and auditor standpoint? A fiairly good academic study of 3,744 | disclosure documents admitting error concludes that only about 8% of companies can do financial statements directly from their financial systems, with the rest massaging the data in spreadsheets - unauditable, uncontrolled, error prone spreadsheets presumably weilded by power users.
Do spreadsheets lead to compliance failures?
A full 92% of all US public companies use spreadsheets for critical accounting activities in their revenue reporting processes, according to a recent survey of financial executives. And that increases the likelihood of compliance failures and financial restatements. The research, which involved 685 companies, was conducted by www.RevenueRecognition.com and IDC and sponsored by Softrax Corp.
The reason for widespread spreadsheet use, says the survey, is that key revenue recognition and reporting tasks are still not automated in financial/ERP systems. Only 8% of all responding companies say they are able to complete their revenue reporting process without having to take data offline and into spreadsheets. The rest of the surveyed |
Terri-Lynne McClintic is transported from court for proceedings in the Michael Rafferty murder trial in London, Ontario, Wednesday, | March, 21, 2012.
The controversial decision to transfer convicted child-killer Terri-Lynne McClintic from prison to a healing lodge could be up for immediate reassessment.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on Wednesday announced new rules for how Correctional Service Canada approves and assesses inmate transfers to healing lodges in light of a report delivered to him by the departmental commissioner that was ordered after news of McClintic’s transfer from prison to a healing lodge kicked off weeks of political outcry.
The length of an offender’s sentence.
The time remaining before an offender is eligible for an unescorted temporary absence.
A requirement that long-term offenders be at least into the “preparation for release” phase of their correctional plan.
For those serving long sentences, institutional behaviour.
As well, any such transfers will need to be authorized by Correctional Services Canada’s deputy commissioner for women.
Goodale would not say |
In a season of firsts, the UW-Stout gymnastics team accomplished a few more firsts as they placed a best-ever second | at the 2019 NCGA Championship at UW-Oshkosh Saturday.
Two weeks after winning their first-ever conference title with a school record score, the Blue Devils jumped past that school record with a new mark of 190.275. Stout’s previous best finish at the national meet came in 1984, the first year of the meet when the program finished fourth.
Shadae Boone earned a national title on the vault. The sophomore, who was the final performer of the night on the vault, broke the previous school record with a mark of 9.825, winning the event by more than a tenth of a point. The second place finishers scored a 9.750. Boone is the second Blue Devil to win a national vault title. Naomi DeLara won the event in 2011.
As a team, each of the six Blue Devils on the vault hit their routines and Stout established a new school record on the event, their final event of the evening, with a 48 |
It looks like Rochester is getting closer to establishing a board that would oversee complaints against the Rochester Police Department.
The Rochester City Council released a draft | of what it thinks would work, but the community group working with the council says it doesn't go far enough.
The city council president says the council met with the police union, the Center for Dispute Settlement and it will meet again with the Police Accountability Board Alliance.
"It's not fair that people can come to your house and beat you up, or on the street or asking you for some identification and if you don't respond, they can beat you up," said Phyllis Harmon of Rochester.
Five years ago, Phyllis Harmon says she was beaten in her home by a then Rochester Police sergeant and an officer.
She says there was no reason for the beating.
The officers were there to take a report about some stolen items, but somehow managed to get inside her home before she arrived.
She says the beating started when she questioned why they were in her house.
Harmon says she sustained numerous injuries that give her trouble to this day. |
WHEN it seems there’s nothing in the cupboard, there’s always a can of tuna.
And when best- | selling author Joie Warner got her hands on the pantry staple, she went wild with can-tastic possibilities, coming up with a whole bookful, “Take a Tin of Tuna” (Chronicle Books, $19.95).
Tuna tapanade and crostini with lemon and capers led to deep-fried wontons with plum sauce, Thai tuna cakes with chili dip, chowder and even a souffle.
Sandwiches include “not your mother’s tuna melt,” made with artichoke salad. Even tuna noodle casserole gets a little classy with its lemon cream sauce.
We couldn’t resist trying tuna-eggplant caponata. It could hardly be easier to whip up this spread, a no-brainer blend of the flaky fish and jarred antipasto of eggplant, celery, capers and olives in tomato sauce. The results tasted OK |
Police are looking for this man who they believed shot and killed 34-year-old Christopher Pierce not far from his Webb Avenue home.
It | 's been a few days since the 50th Precinct recorded its fifth homicide of the year, but police believe they are zeroing in on someone who may have been involved with the shooting of 34-year-old Christopher Pierce on Monday.
Police are looking for a man described as a Hispanic male, last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater, black pants and black sneakers. They were not able to provide any futher details, however detectives did provide video of the man, which can be seen here.
Pierce, who lived on Webb Avenue in the University Heights area, was shot in the upper torso not far from his home at 124 Eames Place at about 9:30 Monday evening, police said. He was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he died.
Anyone with information can call the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-8477, or log into the Crime Stoppers website at NYPDCrimeStoppers.com |
Internet tax… a good idea?
Back in 1998 there was a moratorium placed on internet taxation. Simply put, lawmakers decided that they didn? | t want to come to a decision on the whole issue of Internet taxation just yet. On November 1st 2003, the moratorium expired, leaving states open to begin taxing however they see fit.
However, only a few state legislatures are in session at the moment. This is good news, as lawmakers won’t have much time to draft anything before the year is over. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is co-sponsor of a bill that would have broadened the ban on Internet taxes. It was killed just before the senate ended this year?s session. The bad news is, congress won’t be addressing this until they resume in 2004. This will give states additional time while congress drags its feet and senators change the language and drum up support for their potential cash cow.
One tactic that is being used is to define the Internet as a telecom based business. If this is successful, then states can tax the Internet using existing telecom laws and models. By doing so, |
Islamic State insurgents have threatened to turn the Gaza Strip into another of their Middle East fiefdoms, accusing Hamas, the organisation that rules the Palestinian | territory, of being insufficiently stringent about religious enforcement.
“We will uproot the state of the Jews [Israel] and you and Fatah, and all of the secularists are nothing and you will be overrun by our creeping multitudes,” said a masked Islamic State member in the message addressed to the “tyrants of Hamas”.
“The rule of sharia [Islamic law] will be implemented in Gaza, in spite of you. We swear that what is happening in the Levant today, and in particular the Yarmouk camp, will happen in Gaza,” he said, referring to Islamic State advances in Syria, including in a Damascus district founded by Palestinian refugees.
Islamic State has also taken over swaths of Iraq and has claimed attacks in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen.
Hamas is an Islamist movement that shares the jihadis’ hostility to Israel but not their quest for a global religious war, defining itself more within |
Okay, so once you get past the excitement and the "OMG!" factor, and process that this isn't Michael Jackson coming at you from | beyond the grave, you can fully absorb and enjoy 'Xscape.' It's the title track from the upcoming posthumous, contemporized release from the late King of Pop.
The album 'XSCAPE' is out May 13 via Epic Records and has received the full support of Jackson's estate.
The album will boast eight unreleased recordings that were fleshed out by the likes of Timbaland and other powerhouse producers. The label pledged to keep the integrity of Jackson's legacy and his work in tact with this release.
These are Jackson sourced recordings and the original sources will appear on the deluxe edition of the album.
The song 'Xscape' was gleaned from the 2001 sessions for the 'Invincible' album. It's super funkdafied and certainly sounds current, but it still retains that vintage, signature Michael Jackson sound, thanks to his inimitable voice and the healthy helping of his hallmark vocalization -- his "whoas."
It |
Maternal stress during the second trimester of pregnancy may influence the nervous system of the developing child, both before and after birth, and may have | subtle effects on temperament, resulting in less smiling and engagement, as well as diminished ability to regulate emotions.
In a study led by UC San Francisco, researchers looked at the stress levels of 151 low-to-middle-income women who were between 12 and 24 weeks pregnant. The study was published in the journal Development and Psychopathology on Nov. 22, 2017.
The researchers followed the women throughout pregnancy and after delivery, and conducted a test to compare their reported stress levels during pregnancy with objective levels of stress in their 6-month-old offspring. In the test, the infants’ cardiac function was monitored while the mothers were instructed to look at the infant’s face but not interact with or touch them for two minutes following a brief play session.
The mothers reported the number of stressful life events they had experienced during pregnancy, which included illness, relationship problems, housing difficulties and legal issues. The babies of mothers with the highest number of these stressful life events – 22 of |
Marwah Maasarani and her husband Omar Awad watching Donald Trump's RNC speech in their New Jersey livingroom on Thursday.
One | of the groups Donald Trump has been most vocal about is Muslims. Back in December, he called for a complete shutdown of Muslim immigration to America. So as he spoke at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, Muslims were watching closely.
In one house in New Jersey, Omar Awad and his wife, Marwah Maasarani, settled down to watch.
Awad and Maasarani live in a townhouse in the town of Lodi. They say all their neighbors are Muslim, mostly from Turkey. The couple’s families are from Egypt. Maasarani, 25, says she’s a devout Muslim — she wears a headscarf and follows the religious rules.
Awad was also born in New Jersey, though he lived in Egypt for 10 years when he was a kid. Awad worked in the field of biomedical engineering before leaving to become the president and CEO of the largest mosque in the area, the Islamic Center of Passaic County.
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Colombo, 01 July, (Asiantribune.com): Latest reports in the Eastern Front reveal that there are about 100 Tamil Tiger cadres | holed up in the jungles of Yala with limited supplies of food other and other items. Eastern sources have confirmed that their needs are supplied by an underground group Sinhala political activists in the region linked to the opposition political party; UNP. Military analysts say that it is in the interest of the UNP to keep the Tiger forces going in the east to discredit the Government’s claims of victories.
The role of the UNPers in the east is under suspicion as Ranil Wickremesinghe, the UNP leader, instigates his spokespersons, Lakshman Kiriella, Tissa Attanayake to belittle the achievements of the Security forces that had driven the Tigers out of their commanding position in the east. The Mangala-Sooriyapathi duo, now in an alliance with the UNP, too has joined the UNPers in running down the victories of the Security forces.
The Tiger cadres battling in the Yala |
Companies truly benefit from having a strong Human Resources (HR) department. But alas, not all businesses have gotten the memo. When your boss doesn | ’t listen (or the problem you’re having is with your boss), HR is supposed to be the place you can turn to for help. But when an HR department underperforms, it can leave employees in a tight spot. So what do you do when neither your boss or HR will listen? Read on for some alternative ideas.
The first step should always be to file a complaint with HR, even if you already have a sneaking suspicion they won’t listen to you. It’s usually better to give a person or department the benefit of the doubt, so allow them the chance to try and fix your grievance. In order to make that easier, PayScale recommends you document everything having to do with the complaint. Whether it’s an issue with another employee, your boss, or even a client, be sure to write down, date, and save as many screenshots, emails, texts, incidents, etc. as possible. This will help build |
McAfee Internet Security offers all expected suite features, antivirus, firewall, antispam, parental control, and more. But you get the | best of these features in McAfee's standalone antivirus, for quite a bit less.
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Upgrading to McAfee Internet Security gets you a clever password manager along with parental control and spam filtering that you may not need. You're better off paying $20 less for McAfee AntiVirus Plus.
McAfee packs an amazing number of useful features into its standalone antivirus product. This year's edition adds ransomware protection and a PC speed booster. You might think there's not much left to add to distinguish its security suite. Indeed, while the added features in McAfee Internet Security are welcome additions, they don't add value for everyone. Password management is a universal need, but McAfee's offering isn't one of |
Rolandan Finch ran for 243 yards and two touchdowns, and Boston College defeated Maryland, 28-17, yesterday for its first Atlantic Coast Conference | victory of the season.
The game featured the two teams with the worst overall records in the ACC, and it showed. The Eagles (2-6, 1-4) committed four turnovers, and the Terrapins (2-6, 1-4) gave the ball away twice and missed two short field goals.
The lackluster matchup, along with freezing temperatures and a surprise snowfall, caused thousands of fans to stay at home. Attendance was announced at 29,945, but there were fewer than 10,000 people in the seats when the second half started with Maryland trailing, 21-3.
Finch, a sophomore, never before broke the 100-yard mark and had run for 266 yards in six games before yesterday. He had 152 yards rushing at halftime, finished with a career-high 39 carries and had a team-leading two catches for 7 yards.
Finch is filling in for standout senior Montel Harris, who’s out for the |
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials are declining to give members of Congress documents related to accusations that outside businessmen are unduly influencing department policy, citing legal ongoing | disputes over the issue.
At issue are concerns raised by a ProPublica report this summer that identified three businessmen — Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter, primary care specialist Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, and attorney Marc Sherman — as key architects of a host of veterans policy decisions by Trump’s administration.
None of the men hold official government positions, but all three are confidants of Trump and members of his exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Documents released by the news organization show frequent contact between the men and top VA officials last year, including discussions on policy matters and personal favors.
Last month, at a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie told lawmakers he has only met with the men once, as a courtesy during a trip to Florida, and that they have no role in crafting department policy.
The claim appears to be connected to a lawsuit filed by the left-leaning advocacy group VoteVets, to block the men |
Shares of Hyundai Motors and its Kia Motors affiliate slumped on Thursday, after both companies said they are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and | SUVs in the United States to address a potentially faulty switch and a loose headliner, according to U.S. safety regulators.
Hyundai and Kia tumbled 5 percent and 4 percent respectively in early trade in Seoul.
Hyundai is recalling 1,059,824 cars and SUVs and Kia 623,658 vehicles from model years 2007 through 2011 to replace a switch that could increase the risk of a crash, according to documents filed with U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
A Kia spokesman in the United States said the company was not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the issue, and did not have any information on whether the recall was being done in other countries. Reuters could not immediately reach officials at Hyundai.
In addition, Hyundai is recalling another 186,254 Elantra cars from model years 2011 through 2013 to apply adhesive strips to the headliner to prevent that part from becoming displaced during a side curtain airbag deployment and increasing |
Nate Mason scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half to help Minnesota (22-7, 10-6) take control. Mason | also had 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Jordan Murphy finished with 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Golden Gophers.
Lynch, the Big Ten’s leading shot blocker, dominated on the defensive end without committing a foul.
With Penn State trying to make a late push, Lynch rejected a Shep Garner layup attempt to protect an 11-point lead. After a Lynch dunk, Akeem Springs hit a 3-pointer to give the Golden Gophers their largest lead of the game at 77-61 with 4:10 remaining.
Minnesota shot 55.6 percent from the field in the second half to close out the win. Dupree McBrayer scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half for the Golden Gophers, who extended their winning streak to seven games.
Lamar Stevens and Payton Banks each had 11 points for Penn State, and Garner added 10.
The Nittany Lions shot 35.5 percent from the field for the game. |
With the Fourth of July fast approaching, I am reminded of the many benefits of independence, especially independent investment advice. You would think that independent advice | would be any adviser’s highest calling. Surely our mission should be to aggressively avoid direct or indirect conflicts of interest, so we can freely employ any funds or investments that best suit our clients’ needs.
Investors should expect this highest level of care from their adviser, and they should ignore recommendations made by any firm that won’t look at all the options available in the marketplace. Yet, I routinely see conflicts of interest from advisers that restrict their clients to a limited investment list.
When I was a broker during the 1990s, the firms I worked for encouraged us to sell their proprietary mutual funds. Many competing funds were more appropriate and lower cost, but we were told to recommend in-house funds first.
This sounds improper, but it is not a breach of the suitability standard that governs a broker’s advice. The liberal suitability standard allows a broker to sell in-house financial products as long as the broker can show that they are suitable for |
A poker-faced Jason Pierre-Paul is still not showing the Giants his hand.
As his teammates gathered Friday to start training camp, J | PP emerged Friday with his severely' damaged right hand swaddled in thick bandages — and none of his four remaining fingers visible.
The bearded Pierre-Paul sported a heavy black sling to support his even-more heavily wrapped arm in the exclusive photos taken in southern Florida and obtained by the Daily News.
His face betrayed no emotion, but the pictures seemed to dash expectations that the nine-fingered Pierre-Paul was returning to the Meadowlands anytime in the near future.
The 26-year-old star pass rusher has yet to allow anyone connected with the Giants to examine the disfiguring injuries suffered in a Fourth of July fireworks disaster that claimed his right index finger.
The suddenly reclusive JPP reportedly suffered a badly fractured thumb in the late-night blast, along with severe burns. The bandages extended well past his wrist before disappearing into the sling.
Pierre-Paul wandered outside Friday as a flatbed truck arrived to take away one of his cars. He |
At almost every Brazilian gathering you’ll find pão de queijo (pronounced pow-ge-kay-ju) on the | table: small golden cheese balls with a crunchy crust, a light, fluffy centre and a slightly tart flavour. They are similar to French gougère but are naturally gluten free.
Its culinary roots can almost certainly be traced back to the landlocked state of Minas Gerais in south-east Brazil. It’s thought that the indigenous Guaraní peoples pounded native cassava, otherwise known as yuca or manioc, to make basic bread long before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500. When the colonisers settled in Minas, bringing with them African slaves – the colonial capital Ouro Preto was at the heart of the Brazilian gold rush – they discovered that the land wasn’t suitable for cultivating grains like wheat, and turned to this hardy, starchy tuber.
Like bitter almonds, cassava root contains cyanide and rendering it edible was a laborious process; it had to be peeled, finely grated, soaked in water and dried |
A bright white smile can make a powerful first impression, but many people have smiles that are structurally healthy but unattractive. Porcelain v | eneers can correct a host of cosmetic dental issues. For April 2019, Savannah Dental Solutions is offering a free veneers consultation.
people have smiles that are structurally healthy but unattractive. Porcelain veneers can correct a host of cosmetic dental issues. For April 2019, Savannah Dental Solutions is offering a free veneers consultation.
How Long Do Porcelain Veneers Last? Although they will not last a lifetime, porcelain veneers are extremely strong. They can easily last for a decade or more with proper care. More stain-resistant than natural teeth, porcelain veneers are more durable than other cosmetic solutions such as dental bonding.
Do Porcelain Veneers Look Natural? Many people are concerned that they will end up with a fake "game show host" smile, but modern porcelain veneers actually look quite natural. They have a translucency and sheen that mimic those of natural teeth |
The European Chemicals Agency on Wednesday said glyphosate, the key chemical in Monsanto Co.'s flagship herbicide, doesn&ap | os;t cause cancer, but the agricultural giant is facing new questions over the safety of the weedkiller.
Emails among company employees, released this week as part of a continuing lawsuit over the herbicide, reflect what the plaintiffs' attorneys say was the company's inappropriate role in shaping research and a cozy relationship with regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Monsanto argued the emails were taken out of context.
Glyphosate, which Monsanto invented and has marketed since 1974 under the brand "Roundup," is the world's most widely used herbicide. Its use proliferated with the advent of corn and soybeans genetically engineered to survive the spray. It has been deployed to destroy everything from illegal coca crops in Colombia to weeds sprouting among railroad tracks. Monsanto generated $3.5 billion in sales last year from its agricultural-productivity division, which largely reflects its Roundup business.
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NEW YORK – Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins (search) was a unanimous pick for the American League Cy Young Award on Thursday, rewarded for | a stellar second half that helped his team win its third straight division title.
Santana went 20-6 and led the AL with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts, going 13-0 with a 1.21 ERA in 15 starts after the All-Star break.
He received all 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America (search), becoming the first unanimous Cy Young winner since Arizona's Randy Johnson two years ago and the first in the AL since Boston's Pedro Martinez in 2000. He is the 18th unanimous winner overall, the seventh in the AL.
Curt Schilling (search), 21-6 with a 3.26 ERA in his first season with the Red Sox, received 27 second-place votes and one third for 82 points. Voting was conducted before the start of the postseason, when Schilling pitched despite an injured ankle and helped Boston win the World Series for the first time |
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned a contempt hearing for its prime minister on Thursday ( | January 19), leaving a brewing political crisis over corruption cases, presidential immunity, and the possible fate of the government, unresolved. Yusuf Raza Gilani was in court to explain why he should not be charged with contempt for failing to re-open old corruption cases against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. The government maintains Zardari enjoys presidential immunity. The immediate battle is about Gilani, but the larger political crisis is about Zardari and the fate of his government, the longest-running civilian administration in Pakistan's coup-marred history. If Gilani is charged with contempt of court for failing to follow court orders, he could be disqualified from office and forced to resign. That would further increase the pressure on the unpopular civilian government and the risk of instability in the nuclear-armed ally in America's war on militancy. Thursday's adjournment did nothing to settle the issue, and was mainly to allow Gilani to explain his position. After the hearing, a |
Part 2 - WHO - The Pain Of "Uncertainty"
Part 3 - WHAT - Denniston's "Caviar" Of | Coal?
Introduction: One way or another it’s a fact that the past, present and future of Westport and the Buller District is inextricably linked to the ground-covered seams and coal-fields on the lofty cloud-draped plateaus directly outside the township’s front door. On the cusp of a weather bomb that hit New Zealand on June 20, Scoop Amplifier paid a 3-day visit to this enduring part of the nation to begin to gain some on-the-spot perspectives into just how steep a battle the majority of Coasters are facing to find ways to tell the story of their intertwined environmental and economic prospects.
New Zealand’s first settlers, the Maori, were aware of, and used, coal.
It is said that Tainui Maori (Waikato region) knew that waro (coal) had heating properties and used it for cooking.
The first European use was probably at Sh |
Sepsis is an inflammatory response to infection that can cause organ failure.
Most people think sepsis only happens in a hospital. Yet home | care nurses statewide are tackling the 80 percent of life-threatening sepsis cases that occur outside the hospital – with promising results.
HCR Home Care recently implemented a pioneering at-home sepsis screening tool developed by the state’s home care association through its “Stop Sepsis at Home” initiative. This effort is saving lives. Since implementing the tool, HCR Homecare has identified 120 patients suspected of sepsis and 120 other patients who met the criteria for severe sepsis, which is a veritable death sentence without immediate treatment.
Sepsis is an inflammatory response to infection that can cause organ failure. While this sounds straightforward, I know from personal experience the stealth of this medical condition, as both an RN and as a sepsis survivor.
My sepsis experience began on a day like any other. I arrived at work feeling a bit chilled but with a normal temperature. Eventually I began shaking to the point where I could no longer sit at |
Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 seems to be causing problems with Wi-Fi connectivity, according to reports. Also, iPhone 3GS users have | been complaining about poor battery life and, in some instances, overly hot mobile devices. iPhone OS 3.1 is expected to cure what ails the Apple smartphone.
The Apple iPhone OS 3.0's latest ailment seems to be a difficulty connecting to Wi-Fi, according to PC World, as well as hundreds of readers on the Apple discussion boards.
"After upgrading my 3G to 3.0 my Wi-Fi is not stable, particularly when syncing a large database using FMTouch," wrote one user. Another complained, "OK, I thought I would post my issues as Apple in the UK have been rubbish and I cannot contact them, and O2 are refusing to help saying it's a software issue provided by Apple."
"My Wi-Fi signal strength jumps all over the place, from five to zero bars every few seconds," wrote a third.
The reports of Wi-Fi issues follow recent complaints of some iPhone 3GS handsets overheating to |
HealthCare.gov, the troubled insurance-shopping website launched in October by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is | now working well for most users, officials said Sunday.
The HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has met a deadline set by officials in President Barack Obama's administration to have the site functioning well for the vast majority of users, said Jeffrey Zients, a former acting director at the White House Office of Management and Budget serving as a management consultant on the repairs to the site.
"HealthCare.gov on December 1 is night and day from where it was on October 1," Zients said during a press briefing Sunday. When it launched, the site had "an unacceptable user experience, marked by very slow response times, inexplicable user error messages and frequent website crashes and user outages," he added.
HealthCare.gov also suffered from management problems, "with slow decision-making and diffuse or unclear accountability," Zients added.
About 80 percent of shoppers who have the correct documentation are now able to complete their applications for insurance on the site, said Julie Bat |
Milk straight from the cow has become a new obsession of New York’s raw-food disciples, who believe that it works as a | “milk cure” for ailments as varied as hypertension, heart disease, chronic gastritis, and psoriasis. They dispute accusations (made by the F.D.A., among other dairy-industry stooges) that raw-milk products contain high levels of pathogens that can cause salmonella, brucellosis, and tuberculosis.
The raw-milk question goes way back, in these parts. In pre-Revolutionary Manhattan, the sale of milk seems to have been forbidden in public markets. In a letter to a newspaper in 1763, a dairy zealot channelled the voice of milk itself: “What can or may be the reasons that I am not admitted or ordered into the public markets? Tho’ that I am the support and only nourishment of almost every creature, the poorer sort of mankind are deprived of me, as they cannot bribe my bearers.” Over the years, the sale of raw milk |
If you're anything like me, the idea of following a diet is daunting — especially one that forces you to quit pretty much all of the things | you love — and therefore not something you're excited about diving into. That being said, I give serious credit to my OrangeTheory Fitness (OTF) trainers who got me excited to do a modified Whole 30 program, which helped me shed 10 pounds in 30 days.
I did a trial class at OTF, and it was love at first splat. About a month after I joined, my trainers posted a sign-up sheet for an Orange 30 Challenge but refused to give out any details. So naturally I signed up. They didn't tell us until the night before the challenge started exactly what we were in for; we would essentially be hitting an internal reset button by eliminating foods that have a negative impact on our health. It was a modified (i.e. less restrictive) version of the Whole 30 program that they dubbed the Orange 30. I was mildly terrified, but I had signed up and was going to crush this challenge (OTF brought out a competitive side of me |
On 21 February 2017, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova commended the French and Canadian governments for endorsing the Safe Schools Declaration, an international | political commitment to protect students, teachers, schools and universities from attack in times of armed conflict. This brings the number of signatories to 59 countries. France is the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to sign the Declaration.
The Declaration was developed through consultations with States in a process led by Norway and Argentina in Geneva in early 2015 and was opened for endorsement at the Oslo Conference on Safe Schools on May 29, 2015. During the 38th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in November 2015, the Director-General and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway participated in an event to raise awareness about the Declaration. In 2014, together with Ms Leila Zerrougui, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Protect Children in Armed Conflict, Ms Bokova launched the Guidance Note on Attacks against schools and hospitals, to build on UN Security Council Resolution 1998 (2011). UNESCO is a member of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack.
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Mitch Maguire almost hung up the phone when the person on the other end introduced themselves as the Sydney Swans list manager. It had | to be a prank.
The Canberra Demons midfielder is glad he didn't - because it was in fact Swans list guru Kinnear Beatson on the line, inviting Maguire and his NEAFL teammate Angus Baker to train with the AFL powerhouse.
The Demons stars will spend the bulk of the next fortnight training full-time with the Swans as the club considers picking the duo in the AFL rookie draft.
The pair have been brought to Moore Park alongside towering UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs ruckman Jack Blair to press their claims ahead of the rookie draft at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on November 23.
A chance in the big smoke has Maguire far removed from the 300-acre farm just a few hundred metres out of Mirrool he grew up on, and a phone call "out of nowhere" has seen the NEAFL Rising Star winner scrambling to make other arrangement in the midst of his university exam period.
"I thought it was a |
Turkey will start a military operation east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria in a "few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. |
"It is time to realize our decision to wipe out terror groups east of the Euphrates," Erdoğan said in a speech at the Turkish Defense Industry Summit held at the presidential complex in Ankara on Dec. 12.
The Pentagon had announced on Dec. 11 that American observation posts in northern Syria, meant to prevent altercations between the Turkish army and US-supported YPG, have been erected, despite Ankara’s request to scrap the move.
"There is no Daesh threat in Syria any longer," Erdoğan said Dec. 12, accusing the U.S. of "delaying tactics" regarding its promise to clear the northeastern Syrian town of Manbij from YPG members.
"It is clear that the purpose of U.S. observation points in Syria is not to protect our country from terrorists but protect terrorists from Turkey," he noted.
“We do not see them as well-intentioned approaches," the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman |
Get ready to witness the yearly calendar like never before, which features divas from the tinsel town. These TV actresses have set new worldwide norms | through Amit Khanna's focal point. This calendar photoshoot displayed divas of Indian TV actresses at their boldest best. The rundown highlights young ladies like Karishma Sharma, Tina Dutta, Diandra Soares, Suzanna Mukherjee, Iris Maity, Sony Kaur and Quetee Nagpal among others. “I am extremely pleased to work with these 12 lovely girls. I respect their confidence and talent. This calendar is a step forward that is all set to burn your screens,” said the photographer Amita Khanna while talking about this sensuous & unusual concept.
TV diva Karishma Sharma is grabbing all attention for her bold and sultry photoshoot for 2018 Calendar shot by photographer Amit Khanna. Karishma is considered probably one the hottest Indian TV actresses thanks to the glamorous photos she posts on her Instagram account.
Remember Diandra Soares, the Ex-Bigg Boss contestant is gaining headlines on social media |
The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in the Satyam accounting fraud case involving thousands of crores of rupees against company's founder B | Ramalinga Raju and eight others.
The 76-page chargesheet was filed before the special court in Hyderabad under various sections of Indian penal code for cheating and forgery.
Besides Raju, those named in the chargesheet include his brother and former managing director of the company Rama Raju, Satyam former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, and the two sacked auditors of PriceWaterhouse, S Gopalkrishnan and Talluri Srinivas.
Others named in the chargesheet include Satyam employees G Ramakrishna (Vice President- Finance), D Venkatpathi Raju and Srisailam, both in the finance department of the company.
Raju's another brother Suryanarayna Raju, a director with SRSR Advisory Services is the ninth person named in the chargesheet.
Except Suryanarayana Raju, others are at present in the judicial custody |
It was a baking Friday evening, and tensions were quickly boiling over at the Peterborough Telegraph’s election hustings last week.
Cand | idates for the Peterborough seat fronted up to an audience who were in no mood to give them an easy ride, with questions on terrorism and Brexit prompting a fierce reaction from spectators.
The two-hour hustings was held at Peterborough Regional College’s Park Crescent campus, and the tone of the opening hour appeared to surprise some of the watching students, with compere Mark Edwards having to ask for calm on more than one occasion so the candidates could finish their points.
Fronting up for the event were Conservative Stewart Jackson, Labour’s Fiona Onasanya, Liberal Democrat Beki Sellick and Fiona Radic of the Green Party.
Unsurprisingly the first question reflected on last week’s Manchester terror attack, and Ms Radic began by saying: “In many cases the UK has sold weapons or got involve in battles abroad that have caused distress.
Ms Sellick said: “The main issue here is about people feeling engaged,” before |
Located in the lovely Kings Grant neighborhood, this great stucco home features over 3,000 square feet with a open floor plan. A welcoming | foyer greets you as you enter and the formal dining room is to your left. The large family room is located in the center of the home with 10' ceilings, a wall of windows that overlooks a large deck and the partially wooded back yard. The kitchen has all the upgrades today's buyer expects; granite, white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and a breakfast area with a great a awesome view of a farm enjoying views of ducks, horses and a pond. This ideal floor plan has the master on main with the master bath featuring two sinks, walk in closet, two sinks, separate shower and a jetted tub. On the 2nd level you have two bedrooms and another full bath. Hardwood floors are found through the home as well as being in the finished basement. The 24 x 16 rec room in basement is perfect for family gatherings and a walk out door to more outdoor space. There are 10' ceilings are in rec room. Fourth bedroom and another full bath are steps away |
Living with eczema can be annoying at best. Itchy, thickened and dry patches of skin caused by eczema not only irrit | ate, but can also embarrass sufferers of this problematic disorder. While numerous doctor visits and prescribed medication are usually effective at treating eczema, those who desire a more natural treatment need look no further than the refrigerator. Though it has not been scientifically proven, apple cider vinegar has been touted as a great way to relieve eczema symptoms.
Taking 1 or 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water once a day has been said to help treat eczema. A little honey can be mixed into the water as well to fix any taste issues. Vinegar has a very strong flavor that few people enjoy when not mixed with something else.
In addition to helping treat eczema, cider vinegar also contains a small amount of potassium, a mineral many eczema sufferers lack.
Use 1/2 of a cup of cider vinegar and 1/3 of a cup of cold-compressed safflower or sunflower oil added to a bath make a great soak |
MUKHTARA, Lebanon, July 29 -- From his hilltop citadel, Walid Jumblatt was a worried man Saturday. | In Lebanon's Byzantine, ever-shifting politics, the leader of the country's Druze community has emerged as one of Hezbollah's harshest critics. But a savvy veteran, he understood the arithmetic of the Middle East these days: In war, survival often means victory. And after 18 days of the conflict with Israel, he was bracing for what Hezbollah's survival would mean for a country seized with volatile uncertainty.
Lebanon's survival, he said, was now in the hands of Hezbollah and its leader, Hasan Nasrallah.
"We have to acknowledge that they have defeated the Israelis. It's not a question of gaining one more village or losing one more village. They have defeated the Israelis," he said. "But the question now is to whom Nasrallah will offer this victory."
In contrast to the first days of the war, with ambitious U.S. and Israeli vows to dismantle the Lebanese group's militia, hardly anyone now expects Hezbollah to fade from |
Actress Megan Fox stars alongside Shia LaBeouf in the highly-anticipated mega-sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
While | on the final leg of a whirlwind, international press tour to publicize her starring role (opposite Hollywood young turk Shia LaBeouf) in the highly-anticipated, CGI-dominated, blockbuster-to-be, mega-sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Megan Fox has been busy answering questions about drug use.
When the gorgeous, 23-year-old Fox isn’t signing thousands of autographs, answering countless ridiculous media inquiries and smiling for the cameras while strolling down the red carpet, she's had to address questions after her confession to British GQ (Gentleman’s Quarterly) about her regular use of recreational drugs. According to Fox, her quote, taken from a lengthy interview for the publication, was misconstrued, taken out of context and was completely misunderstood.
Fox’s seemingly overnight success, brought on by the worldwide success of Transformers — director Michael Bay’s live-action adaptation of the animated cartoon series about |
Embattled but critically praised Shift magazine has been sold to a group of employees.
Normal Net, a New York company that has invested in e | -commerce, sold out to the employees after a sale to technology publisher Ziff-Davis fell through.
Shift chronicles the Internet culture. The Toronto-based magazine has been widely praised but has lost millions of dollars.
It dropped $30.6 million last year, according to the Calgary Herald.
Published reports also say it has missed payments to suppliers and freelance writers this summer, and that employees are looking for work elsewhere.
Founder Andrew Heintzman will return as president of Shift Multimedia.
He said the magazine will continue to be distributed in the U.S. and in Canada. He will also proceed with plans for ShiftTV and Shift Online.
Shift TV has already produced 13 shows based on the magazine. The shows have been sold to stations in Canada, Australia and Israel.
The employee buyout does not mean the magazine’s money troubles are over.
“We will be spending the coming months finding financial and strategic partners that can help |
Amazon is taking aggressive action to counter seller scams occurring on its marketplace, The Wall Street Journal reports. This includes deleting thousands of suspect reviews, firing | employees suspected of supplying merchants with inside information, and restricting employee access to customer data on its website.
Leaving false reviews. This can take a few forms, including inflating one's own products with positive reviews from fake accounts, leaving a lot of negative reviews on competing listings, or even leaving gushingly positive reviews that appear suspect to shoppers on competitors' products. Amazon is working to counter this process by deleting thousands of reviews. Although this can help minimize suspicious reviews, some legitimate ones are also being removed, sellers and a person familiar with the matter told The WSJ.
Purchasing Amazon sales data from corrupt employees. In exchange for bribes, some Amazon employees, particularly in China and India, have been selling data to merchants through intermediaries, giving those sellers a competitive edge. To constrain this practice, Amazon has been limiting employees' ability to look at private company information, such as trending keywords or the performance of specific products. Some employees in India are also no longer able |
Campaign against full body security scanners kicks off on the year's busiest travel weekend.
An online campaign against new airport body scans - dubbed "p | ornoscans" by some critics - is expected to see protesters turn up in security lineups at US airports over the busy Thanksgiving weekend.
The head of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says authorities are prepared to deal with any delays brought on by protests over full body scans.
At the same time, John Pistole told a US television show on Wednesday that he hopes angry passengers will not engage in a boycott of the full body scan, which he said would cause disruptions in long lines of passengers awaiting clearance for their flights.
Pistole says TSA screeners "just want to get you through"' the safety checkpoints and are doing the jobs expected of them.
Asked about the boycott plan, he said, "There are some unknowns" as passengers arrive at airports. But Pistole also said, "That's one of the variables that we are prepared to deal with."
NBC reporter Kristen Dahlgren, reporting from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, told |
2011's "Batman: Arkham City" went on to become Game of the Year.
Good news Batfans, there's a sequel game | to "Batman: Arkham City" on its way. The better news? It's out later this year.
Timer Warner confirmed yesterday that a sequel will be released to 2011's Game of the Year sometime in 2013.
"Arkham City" sold 2 million units in its first week and shipped six million units as of February 2012 compared to the original 2009 game, "Arkham Asylum" which sold 4.3 million copies overall.
Though there's no word on the title of the next game, Fusible found 15 domain registrations from Warner Bros.
Key words included in the domains reveal "Arkham Legend," "Arkham Universe," and our favorite, "Arkham Rises."
Variety has reported the game will see the return of the Joker in a prequel revealing the villain's first encounter with the Bat.
Last year, the final installment of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy earned $1.5 billion from theaters worldwide.
It's a |
Despite persitent harassment and even imprisonment, Poland and Czechoslovakia are upholding their tradition as the East Bloc countries with the most active dissidents. |
In Czechoslovakia, the human-rights movement has beefed itself up after its principal activists were jailed last fall. It has enlarged its committee in Prague and added members from four provincial centers.
Three of its spokesmen behind bars -- dramatist Vaclav Havel, journalist Jiri Dienstbier, and scientist Vaclav Benda -- managed to get an appeal smuggled from their Moravian jail to the Paris meeting April 28 and 29 of European communist parties. But the meeting was attended only by pro-Soviet parties, and their message fell on deal ears.
The three were among six activists jailed last fall.
And in Poland, five prominent writers have made a public protest over the March arrest of Miroslaw Chojecki that, in effect, challenges both the state's censorship and the regime's exclusive control of the publishing and printing industry.
Their protest won't result in reversal of the arrest. But their ability to make such a point without official repr |
Veteran Mark Sahady of Boston speaks while counter-protesters (reflected in his glasses) try to drown him out at a free speech | rally in support of 2nd amendment rights at the State House on Saturday, June 2, 2018.
Miguel Gomez of Westfield, with wife Audrey Harrison, left, waves a flag at a free speech rally in support of 2nd amendment rights at the State House on Saturday, June 2, 2018.
It was a showdown at high noon outside the State House yesterday as gun rights advocates faced off with counterprotesters.
Army combat veteran Mark Sahady, 42, of Boston said he and other members of the Resist Marxism group want to make sure gun control bills before the Legislature are not arbitrary.
“We know that there was March for Our Lives, so we just want to show that there’s people in Massachusetts that are interested in defending the Second Amendment and we want people to know that we’re here,” Sahady said.
Resist Marxism member Michael Moura, 24, of Stoughton said there should be no restrictions to the |
Audience members in the sold-out Carrier Theater gave a strong affirmative vote in the form of a standing ovation for the Jan. 21 world | premier of "Pushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage." Told in a series of vignettes, the two-act opera sheds light on the pivotal role Central New Yorker Matilda Joslyn Gage played in winning suffrage for American women. The opera has been commissioned and produced by Society for New Music, and it is a triumph for the 46-year-old institution.
With a stellar local cast weaving together a tapestry of historical characters, mezzo-soprano Danan Tsan is the cord that holds the entire fabric together. Her clear, expressive voice, nuanced gestures and graceful stage presence make it easy to suspend disbelief and become caught up with her in the dramatic events and civil rights struggles of the 19th century.
Having been one of the original suffragist triumvirate, with Susan B. Anthony (Juliane Price) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Laura Enslin), to spearhead the women's movement, Gage was later |
Riverdale went retro this week with a throwback night at Pop’s diner… but I’m a lot more worried about the | town’s future, actually.
Pop’s is now a ghost town, thanks to Fred’s shooting; vandals have even spray-painted “DEATH DINER” on the walls. (Hey, Fred didn’t die! Fact-check your graffiti, people!) And Archie’s still on edge, chugging energy drinks and pressing Sheriff Keller about finding the masked gunman. He goes further off the rails when he learns of Miss Grundy’s death, and is convinced her killer is the same guy who popped Fred at Pop’s. He even asks Reggie to hook him up with some of that sweet “jingle-jangle” so he can stay vigilant.
The coroner declares Miss Grundy’s death a “crime of passion,” but Archie freaks out when he learns the murder weapon was the cello bow he gave her. To him, it� |
Betty Brock, 66, of Memphis died Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Hughs Funeral Home, Memphis.
Joshua Irvin Buchanan | , 31, of Amarillo died Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Billie Gean Elton, 81, of Amarillo died Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Clefton L. Lynch, 100, of Guymon, Okla., died Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Henson-Novak Funeral Directors, Guymon.
Brenda Bailey, 66, of Amarillo died Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in South Georgia Baptist Church. Rector Funeral Home, Osage Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St.
Raymond Lewis Bates, 56, of Amarillo died Monday, March 19, 2012. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in St. John Baptist Church. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, |
For a while now, Israeli startups and researchers have been among the forerunners in the development of lab-grown meat and meat alternatives. Companies such | as Future Meat Technologies, SuperMeat, and Aleph Farms combine cutting-edge technology with innovative new concepts aspiring to transform the future of meat production. Venture capitalists and angel investors within as well as outside of Israel have quickly recognized the economic potential of engineered meat and plant-based substitutes. Last year, Future Meat Technologies and SuperMeat respectively, raised $2.2 million and $3 million in seed funding. In 2017, both companies already struck a $300 million deal with China, over lab-grown meat imports from Israel.
Recently, two Israeli teams were among the 14 winners of a research grant that was awarded by the Good Food Institute (GIF). Each team received $250.000 in funding to support their efforts in plant-based and cell-based meat research.
However, it is not just businesses and research that are trying to make a change; Israel as a whole is slowly beginning to cut loose from meat consumption. Tel Aviv is often cited as one of the World� |
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.—We hadn’t heard much since August from BIG, the Broadcast Industry Group. Its formation then | by several equipment manufacturers set off a flurry of speculation from other companies about what the new entity would be, exactly, and how its members would cooperate.
Now comes word from three member companies that Jeff Clarine of Jampro will fill the role of its U.S. TV sales engineer. “It will be a synergistic endeavor as we represent these fine companies,” Clarine was quoted in the statement.
The three are founding members of BIG, which also include DaySequerra, BW Broadcast and StreamGuys. The six formed the mutually owned entity with a purpose to “promote the consolidation of key manufacturers and service providers in the broadcast industry.” Its first goal, it said, was to consolidate sales, marketing and promotions, with BIG planning a united presence at trade shows, SBE activities and other events.
Clarine is based in Minnesota and has also worked for Phillips, LARCAN and Rohde & Schwarz. He is a former |
One of the major threats to free speech today is not censorship. It’s harassment.
Here’s how it works. People | join or give money to groups that support causes they believe in. Those groups attract the ire of government officials when they criticize them or take a position they oppose. Unable to ban the group from speaking, an angry bureaucrat does the next best thing: launch an investigation into how the group operates and who supports it.
The best part for the government? It doesn’t matter how the investigation turns out or if no charges are ever pressed. The investigation ties up the group’s resources and scares away supporters. The process is the punishment for speaking.
This scenario has played out countless times at both the federal and state level. For years, the IRS slow-walked applications for nonprofit status from conservative groups, and subjected them to much greater scrutiny than others. In Wisconsin, members of groups that supported collective bargaining reforms were subjected to an illegal investigation that included pre-dawn raids of their homes.
Thanks to victims who were willing to speak out, these abuses became national news |
The Hairy Bikers walk you through the simple steps to a gourmet lamb Sunday roast with all the trimmings.
For the lamb | jus, first make some lamb stock. Put the lamb bones into a large saucepan with a little oil and fry over a medium to high heat for 8-10 minutes, until lightly browned all over. Add the onion, celery, carrot, thyme and bay leaf to the pan.
Pour over the water and bring the mixture to the boil. Reduce the heat until the stock is simmering, then continue to simmer for 45 minutes, skimming the foam from the surface of the liquid at regular intervals.
Remove the stock from the heat and strain through a fine sieve into a clean jug or bowl; set aside to cool. Once cooled, spoon off any fat that has risen to the surface of the liquid.
While the stock is simmering, make the stuffing. Heat two tbsp of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a low to medium heat. Add the bread cubes, in batches if necessary, and fry for 3-4 minutes |
WHISKY entrepreneur Billy Walker yesterday hinted at further acquisitions for the BenRiach distillery business he heads after it announced record results and revealed | plans to invest more than £25 million.
BenRiach, which also owns the GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh single malt whisky brands, said pre-tax profits rose by 24 per cent to £11.1 million last year on the back on a 17.6 per cent rise in turnover to £41.5m.
Growth in sales across markets such as Taiwan, Germany, Africa and the US helped drive the strong performance of the Newbridge business.
The expansion of the BenRiach business since Walker and his two South African business partners purchased it a decade ago has been accelerated through acquisitions of the GlenDronach distillery in 2008 and the Glenglassaugh distillery in 2013, and Walker yesterday said that further deals were possible.
“We’re open-minded and if something came up adding value and balance to the business, we would certainly consider it,” he said.
Walker, the firm’ |
New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) | Class 10 and Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class 12 annual exams, will declare the results in May, officials said.
The results will be declared online and can be accessed from the official CISCE website cisce.org.
Click on the live link 'ISC' on the website. When a new window opens, the candidates have to go to "Reports" and then on "Results" tab to check their scores. The candidates should take a print out of the scorecard for future reference.
Last year the results for ICSE and ISC exams were declared on May 18. Over 1.5 lakh students had appeared for both the exams in 2015.
Total number of boys who passed Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Class 10 in 2015 was 86,551, while their number was 36,830 in Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class 12.
The pass percentage for ICSE 2015 was 98.49 and for ISC 2015 it was 96.28 percent. |
What Haunts Us: This Emmy-nominated documentarywhich examines why many boys who graduated from the Porter-Gaud School | in Charleston, South Carolina, committed suicide after becoming adultswill haunt you. Filmmaker Paige Goldberg Tolmach, who also attended the school, takes an unflinching look at a monsterand a culture that allowed said monster to go on a rampage.
Skydeck at Willis Tower ( theskydeck.com/ ): The prospect of stepping outside the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere ( 1,353 feet ) can be daunting to almost anyonebut the reward is definitely worth it. But you can do more than see four states ( Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan ) and strike cool poses on the ledges: There's the Pie in the Sky dinner experience, complete with pizza, and Selfies with Santa on Dec. 20-23, 12-5 p.m.
Glamping at Raised ( RaisedBarChicago.com/events.html ): This past summer, The Gwen offered an extravagant glamping experience. |
HOUSTON - If you've tried to buy a house lately, or even driven on any of our Houston roadways, you know there are more | people out there than ever. In fact, the population of Houston is exploding at an alarming rate.
If construction downtown is any indication, Houston is growing. The U.S. Census agrees. It shows Houston is ahead of every other city in Texas when it comes to adding residents. Across the country, we are second only to New York City.
"Houston is a fun city. It is very, very diverse," said Michelle Cooper.
Cooper lives in Houston and works in the oil and gas industry. She sees the growth.
"It's growing fast with the development all over town. No matter where you go, you see beautiful new development," she said.
From July 1 of 2012 to July of 2013, the government shows Houston added more than 35,000 residents. That's more than equal to the entire population of Rosenberg.
"Our cost of living is relatively low compared to other parts of the country," said Eric Gage, realtor at Re/ |
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto described Pakistan on Saturday as a pressure cooker about to explode, as President Pervez Musharraf� | �s government tightened screws on media by ordering out three British journalists.
Having invoked emergency powers a week ago, Musharraf has sacked most of the country’s judges, put senior ones under house arrest and ordered police to round up most of the opposition leadership and anyone else deemed troublesome.
He has also placed curbs on media. Private news channels are off the air and transmissions of BBC and CNN have been blocked, though newspapers are publishing freely.
On Saturday, three journalists from Britain’s Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph were expelled for “foul and abusive” language about the Pakistani leadership that officials said appeared in an editorial run on November 9.
A spokesperson for the newspaper group in London declined to comment.
Bhutto, the Pakistani politician most capable of rousing mass protests, was stopped from leaving her Islamabad residence on Friday to lead a rally in neighbouring Rawalpindi, where police used tear gas to disperse her followers.
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Following a dramatic series of events that lasted till the wee hours of Wednesday, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was reelected to the Rajya Sabha from | Gujarat along with BJP president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani. Patel polled 44 votes, while Shah and Irani received 46 votes each.
Following a dramatic series of events that lasted till the wee hours of Wednesday, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was reelected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat along with BJP president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani. Patel polled 44 votes, the required number to cross the line after the Election Commission declared two votes cast by rebel Congress legislators invalid. Shah and Irani received 46 votes each. Congress turncoat Balwantsinh Rajput registered only 38 votes.
So, what happened last night?
Polling in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections were conducted on Tuesday with four candidates in the fray. From the BJP camp, party president Amit Shah, Smriti Irani and former Congress MLA Balwantsinh Rajput who switched over to the BJP were nominated while the Congress put up Ahmed Patel as its candidate. |
Nicaragua was anything but uninteresting this year. Even in difficult moments, this place never lost its brilliant sense of humor and irony – intangible | elements that help make Nicaragua such a wonderful and unique place, where hope springs eternal. Below is a sampling of reporter’s notebook highlights gathered from throughout the year, quotes from newsmakers that help to explain a country that sometimes seems beyond all description.
Montealegre, as he got off the bus in Managua.
stole 17 rare and endangered birds.
president and mayor of Managua.
–Pray for us, Virgin Marty.
loonier than the news he’s lampooning.
–President Daniel Ortega in a speech May 15.
Ortega’s first year in office.
when asked about his relationship to the FSLN.
–This photo, with a caption stating that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has a son who works in Managua’s On the Run Metrocentro, was circulated among email groups in December. The photo, however, was |
A Gallup poll of voter intention for the Colombian presidential election in May finds that a majority of people plan to vote for conservative-leaning candidates Juan Manuel | Santos or Noemi Sanin.
Partido de la U candidate, and former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos led the pack with 34.7% of Colombians planning to vote for him in the first round of elections, followed by Conservative candidate Noemi Sanin, with 23.3%.
Trailing the two leaders in order of percentage of the vote received were Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus (10.4%), Polo Democratico candidate Gustavo Petro (6.4%), Cambio Radical nominee German Vargas (6.2%), independent Sergio Fajardo (6.1%), and Liberal party candidate Rafael Pardo (5.1%).
With no candidate in the poll receiving the required 50% of the vote necessary to be declared president in the first round, a runoff election would then be required between the top two candidates alone.
In a scenario where Santos and Sanin run against each other in the second round of elections, the result was a dead heat, with Santos |
Iran pushed back Saturday against demands by the Trump administration for changes to the country's nuclear deal, a subject expected to be high on the agenda as | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his Saudi Arabian counterpart at the start of the Middle Eastern leg of his maiden trip as America's top diplomat.
President Trump has said he will decide by May 12 whether to pull out of the landmark accord and reimpose U.S. sanctions that were lifted after Iran agreed to restrict its nuclear program in 2015.
Speaking on the sidelines of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Brussels Friday, Pompeo said Trump was unlikely to stay in the deal unless European leaders negotiate a "substantial fix."
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was in Moscow Saturday for talks about the conflict in Syria, accused the Trump administration of reneging on its obligations, saying demands for changes to the deal signed by the U.S. and five other world powers were "unacceptable."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also emphasized the "inviolability" of the deal. "Otherwise, there will be no platform for continuing contacts and for |
SPAIN head coach Vicente del Bosque admits he was forced to drop Diego Costa from his squad due to fitness issues.
The Chelsea star | was expected to miss out on the upcoming friendlies with Italy and Romania following his behaviour during the defeat at Everton.
The controversial striker was sent off after a confrontation with Gareth Barry and could receive a three-match ban following an improper conduct charge over his reaction.
But Del Bosque insists Costa is not being punished and says he has every chance to make his Euro 2016 squad should he prove his fitness.
He said: "[He is not in the squad] mainly for health reasons. Against Paris Saint-Germain, Diego was replaced with a muscle injury.
"Four days after he surprisingly played (in the FA Cup against Everton) because Chelsea had a lot of to play in that game. They forced him to play and ended with little niggles.
"It looks like their doctors had claimed he is improving but we have decided not to include him in the squad. Those are the main reasons."
But Spanish football expert Guillem Balague said on the matter |
The UK’s Metropolitan Police obtained the “telecommunications data” of the political editor of the Sun. They did this without his | consent, and possibly even without his knowledge. They also did this without any warrant or other court order. And this intrusion has caused a media sensation.
The revelation was buried in the “Operation Alice” report of the Metropolitan Police into the so-called “Plebgate” affair about what was said (and not said) by the then chief whip of the government, Andrew Mitchell, at the gates of Downing Street in September 2012. This incident led to a senior ministerial resignation, and to four police officers losing their jobs with one also being prosecuted. There are accusations and counter-accusations, and an ongoing libel case. The published report set out part of the Metropolitan Police’s own investigation; on whether Mr Mitchell called the police “plebs” the report is inconclusive.
The telecommunications data in respect of Tom Newton Dunn was applied for and evidenced.
This blog looks at law and policy, and it also looks at the media representation |
"It's a Piece of Cake" is available for $12.99 at Minnetrista's Orchard Shop, and also from Amazon | .
MUNCIE – When Brittani Gothard sits down to create art, there's not a pen or a paintbrush in sight.
"I couldn't live without these in my art," she said with a laugh, the tweezers held aloft as she momentarily tweezed empty air.
She also has paper, lots and lots of paper, filling wooden storage boxes on the work table in her airy front-room studio, and more in flat plastic boxes stacked four deep on the floor.
"All forms of paper are used," she said. "It all depends on the texture I want to achieve."
As she spoke, the attractive 26-year-old Californian's friendly dog, a Goldendoodle named Rusty, sat calmly on the floor, its rust-colored hair a soft mass of thick curly locks. A Type 1 diabetic, Gothard is training the dog as a service animal, one that paws at her when it senses she needs |
The Franklin man whose lemon law case against luxury electric car maker Tesla drew national attention has now made a public offer to settle the case.
Robert | Montgomery will dismiss his case, with prejudice, and return his white Model S if Tesla refunds $108,600 and pays attorney fees as set by a court. Montgomery will not agree to any confidentiality provision as part of any settlement.
His attorney, Vince Megna, made the settlement offer public in response to Tesla's comments about the suit on a company blog last week.
"It is disturbing that Tesla Motors, without basis in law or fact, accuses its customer of tampering with a fuse in order to gain advantage under the Wisconsin Lemon Law," Megna wrote in the "offer of settlement."
"This tactic is effective in social media where my client’s character has been brutally attacked. However, in the courtroom, meritless allegations will be replaced by Tesla’s own confirmation of vehicle problems and 66 days in the repair shop."
Megna wrote that he's used to being attacked for being an aggressive lawyer. "But when my client – a medical doctor who cared for |
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