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In an event called “Car Week,” it shouldn’t come as surprise to anyone that there’s a lot to | see. There were so many incredible cars around, driving around the town of Carmel and checking the posh hotels nearby made for a whole car show in itself. You don’t even need to fork over a few hundred dollars for tickets to some fancy shows to see some interesting stuff.
During quieter days of Car Week, i.e. when there weren’t any big shows going on, I spent some time going to Carmel-by-the-sea and various hotels scattered around the area in search for some random cars around. As this was my first visit to Car Week I had no idea what to expect.
I do wonder if the residents of Carmel miss seeing all the crazy and interesting cars this week brings for the other 51 weeks of the year. When else do you see a Porsche 911 GT2 RS parked casually on a residential street?
Down the road was a white and black Bugatti combo with an EB110 SS and a Veyron Sup |
President Trump is “open” to the idea of visiting Moscow, but only if he receives a formal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, | the White House has said.
"He is open to visiting Moscow upon receiving a formal invitation," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday, adding that the President also looks forward to hosting Putin in the US next year.
Putin said on Friday that he has already invited Trump to Moscow, and that he is "ready to come to Washington" to meet with Trump.
Earlier this week, Trump postponed a Washington meeting between the two leaders until next year, citing political fallout over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing and still fruitless ‘Russiagate’ investigation.
The Kremlin had not formally agreed to a meeting, which had been slated to take place this fall. Aide Yuri Ushakov said that while a meeting should take place, “it would be wise to let the dust settle” first.
Trump was heavily criticized by Democrats, Republicans, and the US media for meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, earlier this month. They argued that |
ROUND OF THANKS: Handing over the money at last years golf tournament, from left, Kevin Porter (former GP), Richard Maltby | , Professor Giles Toogood, Simon Ambrose (retired bowel surgeon).
Cancer survivor Richard Maltby – who has raised £114,000 for charity over the past 14 years – is aiming to boost funds with his 15th annual golf challenge in July.
Richard, 67, a retired manager at BT, who lives in Aberford, was diagnosed with bowel and colorectal liver cancer in 2002.
At the time he was given a 40 per cent chance of surviving five years but after surgery and a six-month course of chemotherapy at Spire Leeds Hospital, followed by further treatment due to recurrence in 2004, he has now been clear of the disease for 13 years.
He was so grateful to the doctors for saving his life, that the golf fan challenged his surgeons to a tournament to raise funds for Rays of Hope Charity – the Yorkshire Liver Research Fund.
Together with his family and friends he set up the annual event at Wetherby Golf Club. The appeal |
Central Bank governor Philip Lane said that it is essential that, even if firms with significant exposure to Brexit are hoping for a “soft type� | � of UK exit from the EU, they are prepared for downside risks.
“While many firms are moving forward with Brexit preparation plans, the final impact on Ireland as a host for international trade in financial services will depend on the outcome of the EU27-UK negotiations, with the nature of the duration of the transition arrangements an important factor in determining the speed of adjustment,” Prof Lane told the European Financial Forum conference in Dublin on Wednesday.
He said that, as the negotiations move forward in the coming months, the Central Bank and wider European financial supervisory system will be “agile” in responding to the regulatory implications of a new trading relationship between the UK and EU.
The Central Bank governor reiterated that his institution’s view that Brexit will have a long-term negative effect on the Irish economy as it leads to “trading frictions” between the UK and remaining EU states as well as affects the UK’s long-term economic |
Tor Project speculates on how law enforcement agencies managed to locate black market websites using the Tor network in "Operation Onymous."
By now | , virtually anyone on the Internet should have heard that law enforcement agencies around the world in a concerted effort have taken down over 400 website pages belonging to around 27 services suspected of providing illicit services on November 5 and 6. What everyone knows is that "Operation Onymous" succeeded in arresting 17 suspects believed to be operating these illicit websites providing services ranging from selling drugs to hiring hit men.
These agencies also managed to seize drugs, gold, silver, and approximately $1 million worth of bitcoins. What no one seems to be able to confirm is how these agencies gained control of these Tor hidden services. There is now rampant speculation of FBI's new Tor-breaking technology and widespread compromise of the Tor network.
One popular theory is that rather than developing new, cutting-edge technology, agencies were able to locate these hidden services and perpetrators due to mistakes committed by the suspects themselves. It may just simply have been good, old-fashioned detective work. The feds may have been able to identify Blake B |
PLYMOUTH To learn more about the history of Plymouth, you can explore exhibits in a museum and search the archives and books at a | library. To learn about Plymouth's future however, ask your neighbors, the business owners and the people who come to visit. Plymouth residents, businesses and visitors are all encouraged to get on board and participate in the Wheel of Progress to set the course and direction for the overall image and message of Plymouth. Mayor Mark Senter together with Dan Tyree, superintendent of the Plymouth Public School Corp., and Mark Gidley, president of PIDCO, have spearheaded the beginning of what is being called the Wheel of Progress: 2010. Each group is committed to the economic growth and development of Plymouth and members all agree in the need to have a cohesive, unified vision of the city to properly represent the strengths of Plymouth online. The Wheel of Progress: 2010 is designed to reach out to the community and uncover the value points of what Plymouth as a whole is all about and what exactly attracts and retains its residents, businesses and visitors to the city. The Wheel of Progress will start with a survey that will be open |
Something known as "his package."
Perhaps it was the constant strain from working out so hard for the meaningless Olympics that forced the heart problem to | the surface.
Did u read his obit? The wife was the LAST one shown as a survivor....... Guess the obit was written by parents?
Athletes, no matter how so-called healthy they are, die just like the rest of us.....Whats the point of working out? We all die...so be it.
"Lenzi is the last American to win an Olympic gold medal in diving" – A very unfortunate loss, but, this needs to state that he is the last male diver to win Olympic Gold. Laura Wilkinson won in 2000.
The photo caption indicates the pic was taken in 1991 so NO, that was not the year before he won the gold medal in 1996. Check your math, CNN! Does anyone proof this stuff?
It's sad when anyone this young passes. What a terrible loss for his family and friends.
He was his gold medal in 1992 – 1996! Maybe you should take your time to read the article!
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You will overcome suffering and disappointment in your love life and with friends. You will begin to see the world with the eyes of a child and you | will once again marvel at the beauties of divine creation. Your social life expands and will offer you opportunities to be happy with someone who shares your interests. Lucky numbers: 28, 15, 33.
Take your time to do your own thing without anyone rushing you. Do not focus on disagreements with your family or partner. Keep in mind that in every relationship there are ups and downs. Follow your intuition in everything related to finance and love. Apply what has been learned in past experiences. Lucky numbers: 4, 32, 18.
You will begin to know yourself better. Take care of your spirit by feeding it with books of inspiration or mysticism, as well as practicing meditation and yoga. You will change your skin and begin a period of resurgence, resurrection and recycling. You will rise with new energy to overcome everything. Lucky numbers: 17, 22, 38.
Partnerships with foreigners or people of different ages will be of great help in your personal development. An excellent period has |
MEDFORD — Traditionally, the Halloween season is a busy one for the city and this year is no different with many activities for children of | all ages and their families joining in the celebration.
On Friday and Saturday, several popular events will kick off the festivities.
The annual Medford Chamber of Commerce Business Trick or Treat takes place in three major Medford squares: Medford Square, Haines Square and West on Friday from 3-5 p.m. All children are welcome to get an extra day of trick or treating by visiting the many Medford businesses participating in the event.
Haines Square: School of Oom Yung Doe, Fitness Together, Vicks Vape Shop, Brookline Bank, Century 21 Advance, Dunkin Donuts, Kelly’s Unique Kids and LaBella Hair.
Medford Square: Lonergan Insurance, Chamber of Commerce, Roland’s, Medford Public Library, CVS, Play Academy, Somerville Dental Associates, Medford Center for Orthodontics (Forest Street), Middlesex Federal Savings, Century Bank, Salvatore’ |
As a writer, it’s fair to say that I traffic in telling stories. The world is of infinite interest to me because at any | given moment there are hundreds of dramas unfolding all around. The way my brain is wired, I like to home in on these dramas, interpret them and recycle and reinvent them for use in stories that I will tell in the future. This requires, first and foremost, the ability to understand human nature, which comes from not only years of living but also a natural curiosity about people and really strong observational skills.
My friend and mentor, the late Trinidadian scholar Wayne Brown, was crucial in helping me hone those skills. He believed, as did I, that my writing reflected a truly visual component that would accommodate film format. He encouraged me, before he passed, to consider turning some of my stories into films. My spirit bore witness and ever since, I began looking out for opportunities to do so. Who could I get to develop screenplays for me? I kept racking my brain.
The answer came, as it so often does, in an unexpected form.
In March 2015 |
Sign of rage: Phil Stenzler, left, and Barbara Becker are so upset with the new hotel developement on E. 49th Street | in Mill Basin that they made a whole sign about it! Locals fear that the hotel’s developer plans to convert his “Comfort Inn” into a homeless shelter once construction is finished.
Checking inn on E. 49th Street!
A controversial hotel on E. 49th Street that local leaders and neighbors feared would become a homeless shelter or an hourly hot-sheet motel finally opened as a Days Inn a few weeks ago, and all appears to be kosher so far, said one woman who lives just a block away and protested the hotel’s construction back in 2015.
Becker and other locals questioned the location of the 46-room lodge, between Avenues N and O, with a Department of Sanitation garage on one side and an auto shop on the other. Many skeptics, including Councilman Alan Maisel (D–Mill Basin), were certain that once it opened the hotel wouldn’t attract overnight guests, but developers insisted the location is |
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| Step 1Pour milk into 8-quart or larger pot. Add sugar and stir with large wooden spoon until sugar dissolves and none is left at bottom.
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DREAMS DEFERRED: In what is becoming a depressing refrain of the Obama presidency, Senate Republicans again wielded their filibuster power to block a | vote on two critical legislative items—the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) and the DREAM Act, the latter of which would expedite the process for foreign-born students of good standing to obtain citizenship. Both were bundled as amendments to the 2010 defense authorization bill, marking the first time in forty-eight years that Congress left for recess without approving annual military funding.
The amendments’ failure came despite broad support across the political spectrum. Gallup reported in May that 70 percent of Americans favor a repeal of DADT, including 60 percent of Republicans. Even Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said repealing the policy is the right thing to do. But this consensus wasn’t enough for Senator Susan Collins, the Democrats’ fair-weather friend from Maine, whom Harry Reid had hoped to court. She joined the rest of her caucus—along with Arkansas Democrats Bl |
“I will never see telephone poles the same way,” Mary Ann Gwinn said, sotto voce. I nodded my ass | ent, reminded of how economically Biss had transformed that mundane object into something sinister.
Now Graywolf Press has reissued Biss’ penetrating essay collection — a wise and welcome decision. In a moment when geography seems to have a stranglehold on political sensibilities, “Notes From No Man’s Land” delivers nuanced regional dispatches from New York, California and the Midwest. And for both editions, a telephone pole stands sentinel on the cover.
Rutherford B. Hayes called the installation of a White House phone “one of the greatest events since creation.” But other citizens angrily chopped down telephone poles as intrusions. In Oshkosh, Wis., the mayor ordered the police chief and fire department to dismantle them.
In other spots – Belleville, Ill.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Purcell, Okla.; Springfield, Ohio – the new structures were adopted for lynching. Mobs and murderers lynched black men from telephone poles |
A 14-year-old student from West Shore Middle School is in stable condition at the trauma center at Yale-New Haven Hospital after being hit | by a car on Route 1 in Milford this morning, according to officials.
Fire officials said the boy was on his way to school and was trying to cross the road at Route 1, or Bridgeport Avenue, and Camden Street, at 7:25 a.m. when he was hit by a car. There is no crosswalk in this section of the busy road, according to officials.
"Being that it's during the rush hour period and with school being back in session, there’s a lot going on in that area," Battalion Chief Anthony Fabrizi with the Milford Fire Department said.
Paramedics began treating the boy, who sustained potentially serious but non-life threatening injuries, and more units were called in.
“We met with the student and his family at the hospital," Paul Cavanna, principal of West Shore Middle School, said in a statement to families. "The student is listed in stable condition and is being cared for by |
AFTER THE CRASH: The broken tablet.
In a telephone interview with the Arkansas Times, Michael Reed, who is charged with destroying the | Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol less than 24 hours after it was erected, said of driving his Dodge Dart into the granite tablet, "I meant to do it, fully well."
"I just couldn't help myself," Reed said. "I knew God told me I needed to run the car into it."
We talked to Reed on Friday, July 7, (not June as originally written) after sending a letter to Pulaski County Jail with the Arkansas Times phone number. Reed called and an interview was arranged. The approximately 20-minute conversation cost $20 in jail phone expenses, which we paid.
"I did it because I fully believe I'm the rider on the first white horse in Revelations," Reed said, among a longer explanation of his interpretation of Scripture and his communications with God. He said that he understands that he "sounds insane" and if properly evaluated could be considered mentally insane with "chemical imbalances galore."
"I'm legally |
The UK could face blackouts as soon as 2016, because the planned clean power projects aren't coming online fast enough. That's the blunt analysis | of the government's new energy adviser, according to the BBC. So what can the UK do to keep the lights from going off in a few short years?The problem has rarely been publicly addressed in the UK (though it's been reported on by the likes of the Economist)--and certainly not by government officials, who've all denied that they're heading for an energy gap. But the new energy adviser, David MacKay, says it comes down to one single thorny issue: the public keeps objecting to new energy projects.
Specifically, the public keeps shutting down proposals for wind farms and nuclear power plants, which is "creating a huge problem." Citizens object to the appearance of wind turbines in their communities--as they do in the US--and have repeatedly thwarted plans to build turbines across the country. So when the coal plants get phased out in 2016, as per the UK's climate plan, Mackay anticipates a severe lack of power capacity.
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I know Meisha is deserving of the next shot, but I'd rather see McMann get a rematch, that fight never got to live up | to what it could've been, Ronda struggled with the takedown then landed a good knee but I think it'd be a way different 2nd fight, Meisha will do the same as always try to make it a scrap get thrown 15 times wear down then get arm barred, granted Mcmann needs a few wins but I think style wise she could battle, or get knocked out has who knows.. But I'd like to see it go longer get to the ground and watch the Olympians really battle.
McMann got destroyed by Tate. Let Sara fix the holes in her game before she challenges again.
I'd like to see a rematch without Herb Dean there to spoil it.
Well if she beats Amanda Nunes, she's right back in the mix.
True a traditional wrestler doesn't have submissions like a judoka, but if Sara could get on top learn a few chokes and rolling armbars she could have a shot, I'm not saying she wins I just |
Cape Town – Throwing cigarette butts out of car windows should constitute attempted arson, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said on Friday.
| Presenting her State of the Province address in Cape Town, Zille outlined the threat fires presented to the economy of the Western Cape.
She said 10 years ago, they were dealing with 12 000 fires in one year.
“It was almost an unmanageable number. Now, more than 17 000 fires have already been recorded this fire season,” she said.
A lot of the fires were started by people, she said, whether by accident or ill intent.
She said they would support the authorities in using the full force of the law to deal with alleged arsonists.
Condemning the throwing of cigarette butts out of car windows, she said it merely took a spark on a dry patch of land to lead to an inferno.
She also detailed what the province was doing to deal with the current water shortages.
With the 3B water restrictions in Cape Town, the latest dam levels were at 34.8%, she said, down from 44 |
A Long Island high school senior who is the first-generation son of immigrants accomplished a feat few other students have even attempted -- getting accepted to all | eight Ivy League schools.
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania all sent acceptance letters to 17-year-old Kwasi Enin's home in Shirley.
"The yesses kept coming," Enin, a William Floyd High School student who wants to be a physician, told Newsday. He said he couldn't believe it.
Neither could Nancy Winkler, a guidance counselor at Enin's school.
"It's a big deal when we have students apply to one or two Ivies," Winkler told USA Today. "To get into one or two is huge. This is extraordinary."
Few students even apply to all eight ultra-selective universities, college counselors told USA Today, because each school looks for different qualities in their freshman classes. Each college accepts fewer than 15 percent of applicants.
Enin, a first-generation American whose parents emigrated from Ghana, scored 2,250 out of 2 |
An estimated 500 banks will work with medical marijuana companies, but the majority still won't.
Experts say the cannabis industry could be a front- | runner in adopting bitcoin as a safer alternative to cash.
The cannabis industry may offer clues to the future of bitcoin.
Although medical use marijuana is now legal in more than half the states and recreational use is in some others, the drug is still illegal on the federal level. As a result, most major banks shun the marijuana business.
The cannabis industry, projected to grow to $50 billion from $6 billion by 2026, has long been in need of a financial solution.
Many in the industry are hanging their hopes on cryptocurrencies.
Technology companies like SinglePoint and POSaBIT are working to generate a payment method for dispensaries and consumers using bitcoin. In recent years, some cryptocurrencies have cropped up specifically for cannabis transactions, like PotCoin and HempCoin.
Before bitcoin was dominating headlines with its spectacular runup, there were people using it to buy illegal drugs. But now, ironically, some people in the marijuana industry are hoping bitcoin will bolster its legitimacy.
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One out of every five residents in the Inland Empire – nearly 1 million people – is an immigrant, and that population is growing.
Yet | the region of Riverside and San Bernardino counties isn’t necessarily associated with immigration. Instead, it’s sometimes connected to white flight, or older communities where people flock for lower-priced housing.
A report released this week by UC Riverside’s newly created Center for Social Innovation is looking to change that. The 20-page report – billed as a first-ever detailed look at immigrants in the Inland Empire – offers demographic information that reveals a complex, growing world of immigrant communities in the two counties and contrasts those groups with similar immigrant populations throughout Southern California.
While most of the data comes from the 2016 American Community Survey, it also pulls together history and brief profiles of some community members, along with some comparisons to the rest of Southern California and the state. The report also identifies policy issues and includes recommendations.
A key takeaway is that the makeup of immigrant populations vary widely throughout the region.
While most of the Latinos in both regions are Mexican or of Mexican heritage, |
Nashville, Tenn. – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed 2013 third- | round draft pick Felix Girard to a three-year entry-level contract.
Girard, 19 (5/9/94), won the Guy Carbonneau Trophy as the QMJHL’s top defensive forward for the second consecutive season in 2013-14 after posting 43 points (11g-32a), 130 penalty minutes and a +30 rating while leading the league in face-off winning percentage for the second consecutive season (64.5 percent). In his fourth season with Baie-Comeau and second as team captain, the 5-11, 193-pound center helped the Drakkar win the QMJHL regular-season title and sweep their first two playoff series; they’ll host the winner of the Blainville-Boisbriand/Rimouski series in the QMJHL semifinals.
Nashville's third choice, 95th overall (fourth round), in the 2013 Entry Draft, Girard represented Team QMJ |
Investors in this hot tech IPO should notice the elephant in the room.
Cloud communications platform Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) went | public on June 23, raising $150 million and booking a first-day gain of over 90% from its IPO price of $15. The stock dipped slightly during the post-Brexit sell-off, but subsequently recovered and soared to the low $30s.
Twilio's platform enables developers to create apps that can interact with customers through messages, video, and voice. Major customers include Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) WhatsApp, Uber, and Airbnb. By connecting apps to mobile networks, Twilio's service lets WhatsApp users look up users through phone numbers, and enables Uber passengers to call or text their drivers. Thrivent Asset Management analyst David Rudow recently told the Wall Street Journal that Twilio "absolutely revolutionized" the way apps were built, since it would be tough and costly to build those services from scratch.
Twilio's growth indicates that excitement is justified. Revenue rose 78% to $88.8 million in 2014 and another 88% |
Marc Briganti is a Market Data Analyst at CNBC.
On a week where oil topped $73 per barrel for the first time in 8 months | before receding on Friday, treasury auctions moved the equity market, and GM and Citi were replaced in the Dow, the markets are flat to positive on the week, but the Dow manages to go positive year-to-date.
All major US indices finished in the black for the week, marking three weeks of consecutive gains, as improving economic data released this week boosted investors hopes of a recovery.
All major U.S. Indices ended the week in positive territory, led by a 4.46% gain in the NASDAQ Composite Index. Commodity prices continued to fall broadly across the board, with oil prices tumbling $9.90 this week.
On a down day for the markets and with the exception of the S&P 500, the month of July finished with the major US indices showing modest gains.
Dow performance for the first half of the year. How does 2008 stack up historically?
There are 42 instances where there was negative performance for the |
Zoiks! Online - The Very Best in Stand-Up And Music!: MUSIC NEWS: PIERCE THE VEIL & S | LEEPING WITH SIRENS ANNOUNCE LEG TWO OF "THE WORLD TOUR"
MUSIC NEWS: PIERCE THE VEIL & SLEEPING WITH SIRENS ANNOUNCE LEG TWO OF "THE WORLD TOUR"
With more than half of "The World Tour's" Leg One already sold out, Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce The Veil announce Leg Two of their five-month, multi-leg, co-headline global trek, and Rockstar Energy Drink is on board to present all dates. Leg Two launches on Friday, January 23, 2015 in Pierce The Veil's hometown of San Diego, CA, and follows the 19+ Leg One stops that play from November 5 through December 6 (all dates below). The 30 concerts will hit all four corners of the continent in early 2015, from Phoenix to Pittsburgh, Miami to Seattle, San Francisco to New York, and Dallas to Chicago. PTV and SWS will alternate the closing spot, and |
Even before the jubilation in Kuwait City died down -- indeed, even before the Gulf War ended in a decisive allied victory -- many who warned | that the war would go badly were warning that the war's aftermath would go badly. That is a safe prediction. No one has ever won a nickel betting on peace and harmony in the Middle East or gained a reputation for political clairvoyance by predicting that a war in the region would end its ancient conflicts.
But for all the postwar uncertainties, there ought to be no remaining doubt that the Gulf War was worth fighting and winning. In liberating Kuwait, we blocked the attempted murder of a country. In defeating Iraq, we averted the danger that an aggressive, militarist regime, hostile to liberty, might have continued to accumulate oil wealth, transform it into yet greater military force, intimidate and take over other nations in the region, and then -- as it acquired nuclear weapons -- reach a threshold of virtually impregnable power.
Preventing that concentration of self-reinforcing financial and military power in the hands of Saddam Hussein was the central, legitimate, national interest not just of |
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – December 13, 2012 – NBC’s reality competition series “Fashion Star” will premiere | its second season on Friday, March 8, 2013 (8-9 p.m. ET). This season, 13 talented designers from around the country, including a team of two competing together, will vie for the multi-million dollar prize of launching a clothing line in Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Express. As previously announced, celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos return to the show and Louise Roe joins this season as host.
This season’s contestants include: Los Angeles-based designer David Appel; Milan, Italy-based designer Silvia Arguello; New York City-based designer Hunter Bell; Austin-based designer Priscilla Barroso; Los Angeles-based designer Johana Hernandez; New York City-based designer Cassandra Hobbins; New York-based designer Tori Nichel; Austin (Texas)-based designer Amber Perley; Brooklyn-based designer Daniel Silverstein; Los Angeles-based designer Brandon |
After months of work, a mural depicting what its creators describe as "the way Greenwood looks in 2013" was unveiled last week at the Chamber of | Commerce.
The painted mural, 10 feet by 6 feet, adorns the outside of the chamber office on the north side of the Greenwood square. It depicts a map of the city, noting key points and features.
"It shows all of the steeples of the churches, all the parks system and all the subdivisions," chamber director Doris Tate said. "I feel like it adds a lot to downtown."
The Greenwood Art Guild began the mural in July. Tate said it was an idea she had considered for some time.
"I thought a mural would be great on the front of the building," she said. "I had no idea what the design would look like. I just turned it over to the art guild, and they did their magic."
Guild member Sharla Derry said she and the other artists "have always wanted to do a nice, big, noticeable mural in the town of Greenwood that people can see."
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Carabao Cup TV schedule: Which matches are being shown on Sky Sports this week?
CARABAO CUP action returns this week | with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea playing but who is being shown on TV?
The tie of the round will see Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday night.
The Reds will also take on the Blues in the Premier League this Saturday and will look to end Maurizio Sarri’s good start at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United will welcome Derby to Old Trafford while Manchester City face a tricky try to Oxford.
Meanwhile, Arsenal face Brentford and Tottenham play Watford at Stadium MK.
Carabao Cup: Which fixtures will be shown live on TV?
There will be two matches shown on Sky Sports this week.
Manchester United against Derby will be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football tomorrow night.
The game kicks off at 8pm as Jose Mourinho goes up against Frank Lampard.
The tie of the round though is Liverpool v Chelsea and the 7.45pm kick-off will again be on Sky Sports Main |
When buying a home, most people gravitate toward the flashy features, like a recently remodeled kitchen or hardwood floors. But if you� | �re in the market for a sweet deal, here are some overlooked features that you should be searching for.
The front door is the first thing you see when shopping for a new home, but most people give it little thought. Most exterior doors are hollow-core and made of wood. They offer adequate protection, but they aren’t nearly as safe as a steel security door. Not only are steel doors more secure, but they can also offer better insulation from the elements and dampen the sounds from a noisy street.
Most potential buyers do a quick scan of the backyard without realizing that a incredible time-saver could be lurking beneath the surface of the soil. An in-ground irrigation system can make gardening and lawn care a snap. With a few sprinklers scattered across the lawn, or a self-watering vegetable garden, you can put your greenery on an automated schedule and reap the harvest of this backyard upgrade.
Water heaters have changed little over the years |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State put coach Urban Meyer on paid administrative leave on Wednesday while the school tries to figure out what the coach knew | about domestic-violence allegations against former receivers coach Zach Smith.
Smith's ex-wife, Courtney, filed for an order of protection in late July. After that, information surfaced about multiple incidents in 2009 and 2015 involving the former coach, who was fired on July 23.
Meyer denied any knowledge of incidents from 2015. But reports from Wednesday suggest that he might have known, thus prompting the paid administrative leave.
So how did we get to this point?
We have to start at the beginning. Here's a timeline of Smith's connection to Meyer, including Meyer's relationship with Smith's grandfather, former OSU coach Earle Bruce.
2001: Urban Meyer took his first head coaching job at Bowling Green. Bruce was the one who encouraged Meyer to take the BG job.
2002: Smith walked on at Bowling Green, where Meyer was entering his second season as head coach.
2003: Meyer was hired at Utah. He went 22-2 as the head coach of |
Hurtling into award season it's easy to get lost in all the incredible cinema made by charismatic and compelling performers and insightful and provocative filmmakers. | But for all the art it may produce, moviemaking is always essentially a business.
While some on the list seem obvious calls, it's surprising to see Denzel Washington here. The modest successes of The Book of Eli, Unstoppable, and Safe House prove to Forbes that the two-time Oscar-winner demands too high a paycheck. (Note: Flight was not considered as its totals are not in yet.) The rest of the list is noticeably dominated with actors associated with broad comedies and actresses associated with wacky romantic-comedies. But it's Eddie Murphy that comes out on top as the least valuable star.
Not counting voice work, which Forbes did not, Murphy's last three starring vehicles were Imagine That, Tower Heist, and A Thousand Words. By Forbes count, Tower Heist, which was produced for $75 million and made $152 worldwide, barely turned a profit, while the other two—whose budgets combined come to about $95 million and earned only $ |
Basel III (or the Third Basel Accord or Basel Standards) is a global, voluntary regulatory capital and liquidity framework agreed upon by the | members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in 2010–11. It was scheduled to be introduced from 2013 until 2015; however, the implementation has been extended to March 31, 2019. Another round of changes was agreed upon in 2016 and 2017 (informally referred to as Basel IV) and the BCBS is proposing a nine-year implementation timetable, with a “phase-in” period to commence in 2022 and full implementation to be expected by 2027. Basel III was developed in response to the deficiencies in financial regulation that came to light after the financial crisis of 2007–08. Basel III is intended to strengthen banks’ capital requirements, liquidity, maturity profile, and leverage. It also introduced macroprudential elements and capital buffers designed to improve the banking sector’s ability to absorb shocks from financial and economic stress; and reduce spillover effects from the financial sector to the real economy. Basel is an “art |
This makes intuitive sense. Presidents have more leverage with Congress to shape legislation to their liking when their party controls one or both chambers, and congressional leaders | usually try to avoid showdowns with presidents of their own party. Conversely, a Congress run by the opposition may deliberately seek out confrontation — sending bills to the White House that are sure to get vetoed so as to sharpen political contrasts with the president.
By their nature, pocket vetoes can’t be overridden, since Congress isn’t in place to act. And while Congress can try to override a regular presidential veto, it doesn’t often succeed: Only 31 of the 194 vetoes referred to above (16%) were overridden. Override attempts failed in 74 cases (38%), and in the remaining 89 cases (46%) Congress accepted the vetoes with no attempt to override. Put another way: If the President vetoes a bill it has a better than 8-in-10 chance of staying vetoed.
The chances of a successful override improve when one or both houses of Congress are controlled by the party in opposition to the president’s. According |
NETBALL: Sunshine Coast assistant coach Kylee Byrne believes her side's ability to stay calm under pressure holds them in good stead for their preliminary final | clash with the Giants on Sunday.
The Lightning edged the Firebirds by a single goal amid tense scenes in enemy territory last weekend to keep their title defence alive.
And during the second half of this season, they've dropped just one of six close encounters.
"If you look at how we've won games it (generally) hasn't been by big margins but... we're actually really good at that. We know how to control those situations," Byrne said.
"We'd love to win by more, for our hearts more than anything, but we'll take one goal if we have to."
The Lightning showed composure under fire last time the two teams met, at Sippy Downs in June, when Caitlin Bassett found the hoop at the death to level the scores.
The Sunshine Coast players head to Sydney having proved a point this season, according to Byrne.
They won the national league title in their inaugural campaign in 2017 but she said they've emphasised |
Wait, They're Making A Theme Park Based On The Hunger Games?
Theme parks based on dangerous concepts tend to be terrible ideas. Just ask | the folks behind Jurassic Park, who apparently didn’t learn their lesson. So you’ll forgive us for not embracing the concept of a theme park based on The Hunger Games, because from what we remember about those first two Games movies, not a lot of people make it out of the arena alive.
Lionsgate, however, has started down the path to bring both a Hunger Games and a Step Up theme park to Dubai through a partnership with Dubai Parks and Recreation. THR reports that the Motiongate Dubai parks would open in October 2016, and feature attractions, retail shops and stage shows inspired by both the Hunger Games and Step Up movie franchises. See, one of those makes a lot of sense! Step Up is a high-octane dance franchise that could inspire several DIY showcases for global talent.
The Hunger Games, on the flip side, just sounds deadly. Will there be a giant cornucopia filled with weapons that visitors will have to run to at the start of |
No, the man who was busy assuring that he had no problems with Klan membership was one President Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR made the assurance | not to just anyone, either. He made it to Alabama progressive Democrat and senator Hugo Black — when Black had been nominated by FDR to, yes indeed, the Supreme Court of the United States. Black revealed the conversation decades later in his memoirs because, yes indeed, he, Black, had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan himself.
This episode really tells us much more about Roosevelt than Black. There appears to be little doubt that he knowingly appointed a member of the Ku Klux Klan to the Supreme Court and saw nothing wrong with it since he had many “friends and supporters” who were also members.
The point here is very simple. There is no umbrage in the Democratic Party today about FDR and his “friends and supporters” in the Klan because, in fact, then, now — and always — the Democrats have been the Party of Race. Ralph Northam is not some sort of exception — he is the rule. This is, recall, the |
Every fall, designers and curators (and the plain curious) descend on Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week. And more and more each | year, the post-industrial town plays host to a series of experimental design projects, the most impressive of which play with our perception of what materials are and what they can do.
There to take it all in was industrial designer Max Lipsey–who singled out for Co.Design the standout projects from both up-and-coming and established designers. His report includes the “mind-bending” concentric circle table from Eindhoven-based Akko Goldeneeld, and the “immaculately finished” workshop space of Dirk van der Koolj, from the town of Zaandam.
Refreshingly, the collection of work presented here is largely off-the-grid and tech-free. Designers dialed back on sensors and digital fabrication for 2013, preferring instead to give second life to tangible wares like denim shirts, or to invent new methods for painting tabletop china.
See Max Lipsey’s selections in |
"They kind of just like took over this neighborhood this morning."
BOISE -- A herd of goats caused a stir Friday morning after they escaped | their enclosure and went on a snacking tour through a West Boise neighborhood.
Residents say the 118 adult and baby goats first showed up on Summerwind Drive off of Five Mile Road at about 7 a.m.
Ben Dunn said he found out about the goat invasion when his mother rousted him from his bed.
"My mom was shaking me up like crazy, and she was like 'Ben, come outside!' and I was like 'what, what?'" he said. "I looked out, and I was like, 'oh dang.'"
The hungry herd moved from lawn to lawn, chewing down grass, munching on rosebushes and stripping low-hanging branches bare.
"Half the neighborhood's lawn has been cut - I mean, mowing for free!" Dunn said. "It's kind of funny to see them in the road a ton, like not even caring about the cars."
The goats quickly attracted a crowd, as neighbors emerged to snap |
So, on the 1-yard line, in the biggest game of your career, on the world’s biggest stage, with time running | out, will you be like Butler?
Leading up to this season, Malcolm Butler went undrafted by every team. He then remained unsigned after the first wave of undrafted pickups. Had he let this 33-yard reception get the better of his mind, it could have also been his ticket out of the NFL quickly – it would have defined his career, by ending it swiftly.
It’s almost as if Butler took a page from a basketball playbook of legends – that of Coach K at Duke. This esteemed, long-tenured coach has a ritual: he declares “Next Play” after every single play in all of his games. It’s his way of signifying to his team that no matter what happened previously – good or bad – it’s time to focus on the task at hand. When players allow their minds to wander to a previous action, their intensity wanes and performance plummets.
Same holds in business. We have ups. |
The Tonganoxie Police Department is at Sixth and Church streets.
Greg Lawson is the next Tonganoxie police chief.
City | officials announced his hire last week.
According to a pres release Lawson’s hire came after an extensive and competitive search that attracted 33 applicants.
Lawson was the top choice of two finalists after a tiered interview process that included final interviews conducted by two Blue Ribbon Committees, one comprised of public safety personnel and the other of community representatives.
Lawson’s commitment to public safety and the citizens of the community he serves made him a strong candidate for this position, the release said.
After earning his Associate’s degree in liberal arts from Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lawson went to work for the Kansas City Kansas Police Department.
Lawson grew up in Tonganoxie and is excited for the opportunity to use his 28 years of experience with the Kansas City Kansas Police Department here.
“I’m really anxious to serve a community made up of such great people, and to work at another incredible police agency,” he said. “ |
Officers called for a fatal overdose in an Easton home found evidence of a crack and marijuana dealing business inside, city police said.
Police said | they were called Nov. 12, 2017, to the home at 355 W. Nesquehoning St. for an unresponsive male and found a man dead of a possible overdose.
Malik Williams, 19, died of an accidental overdose of synthetic fentanyl and marijuana, Northampton County Coroner Zach Lysek said.
Do you know any of these priests accused of sexual assault? Tell us where they served.
Three of the five dioceses in New Jersey released information on where the priests "credibly accused" of sexually assaulting children served. The two others did not. Tell us if you know any of these names.
Detectives said there was a strong odor of marijuana in the home, as well as a digital scale, blunt wrappers and marijuana in a locked room that belonged to Taris Choice, who owns the property.
Police applied for a search warrant for the home, and said they later found amounts of crack and marijuana consistent with selling the drugs, |
A new report forecasts that online video viewing around the world will rise by one-fifth in 2017.
Zenith’s Online Video Fore | casts 2017 report estimates that consumers will spend an average of 47.4 minutes a day viewing online video this year -- up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. The report attributes the lift to the abundance of video content on platforms including Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and Facebook.
The report also projects that mobile video viewing will increase by 35% to 28.8 minutes per day in 2017, and will rise by 25% in 2018 and 29% in 2019. Viewing on PCs, laptops, and smart TVs is projected to increase by 2% to 20.3 minutes.
In addition, the report estimates that online video advertising will grow 23% to $27.2 billion. However, annual growth peaked at 37% in 2014. And by 2019, online video will account for 31% of total expenditures on digital display advertising, up from 28% in 2017, and 21% in 2012.
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Snapchat’s new video specs are going like hotcakes, showing promising signs it won’t be another Google Glass-like disappointment | . Yet, amid the Spectacles hype, privacy breach concerns seem to be underestimated.
It has been a full week since Snapchat-maker Snap, Inc. started selling its brand new $129 Spectacles from a vending machine – Snapbots – in Venice, California, right outside the company’s headquarters.
Snapbots are the only way to buy Spectacles, and they keep moving from spot to spot. Snap is doing a great job of keeping people on the edge of their seats with an interactive map on a dedicated webpage.
Snap’s idea of video-recording glasses is not a new one. Google pioneered it with its glasses in 2013, selling for over $1,500, but they did not last long. The company discontinued its “Glass experiment” in January 2015, in part because of safety and privacy concerns.
Snap has taken a more affable approach to pricing and tried to avoid a geeky look and safety worries. However, privacy and |
DARTMOUTH — Judiciously looking ahead to the not-so-far-away fall town meeting, Budget & Finance Director Gregory | Barnes gave the Select Board a heads up on likely warrant articles for the annual autumn session of town business.
In the financial arena, the second half of the fiscal year’s capital improvements plan will be the major funding request on the warrant. The numbers are being tweaked, but more than $1 million in town funding will be sought for road work for the first time in town history.
The town has made “significant progress in the past decade on rehabbing main roads and bringing them up to par,” he noted. Now, the problem is rebuilding the miles of aging side roads, Barnes confirmed, echoing points made by the Department of Public Works in a recent Chronicle story.
“A lot of the subdivisions are aging at the same time,” and will need some expensive attention in the near future, said Barnes, who has also been serving as co-interim town administrator since the departure earlier this year of David Cressman.
A hefty transfer |
VMware's updated virtualisation offering for Mac OS X.
Good as Apple computers are, there are times when even the most ardent Mac user | needs to [gulp] run Windows.
It might be due to a legacy app, or to try out a new version of Windows, or to provide support for employees using Microsoft-ware.
Enter the recently released VMware Fusion 6, which has now been released as a ‘Professional’ version on top of the more retail oriented Standard version, following the company’s strategy from the earlier version of the hypervisor.
With out IT admin hat on we set out to ask: Can Fusion deliver, in a virtual machine, a good enough Windows experience on a Mac that you can forego dual-boot?
After trying out Fusion 6, we’re inclined to say that the few cons of running a Windows client operating system in a hypervisor are easily weighed up by the pros of easy management and deployment. VMware has polished its offering considerably, making the user experience near-native.
Beyond a few edge-cases - games and graphics applications and the odd exotic |
Five outstanding women will be recognized for their work in the community.
The 2019 Women Impacting the Community Awards Banquet presented by the Hendersonville | Area Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Pest Protection will take place on Feb. 21 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club.
This event is dedicated to encouraging and empowering female business professionals to create heartfelt, meaningful relationships with one another that will in turn strengthen their communities. The event will be emceed by News Channel 4 anchor Holly Thompson and consist of a networking luncheon, guest speakers Ginger Jones of Jones Therapy Services and productivity coach Mridu Parikh, awards and a chance to "Kick Off Your Heels."
During the event, five outstanding women will be recognized for their work in the community. The categories are professional, education, nonprofit or civic organization, young professional, and healthcare. The chamber took nominations in each of five categories and these women were nominated by their peers.
Early Bird Tickets are now available and are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Yes, men are welcome |
Lawro's opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures are Creed stars Michael B Jordan & Tony Bellew.
Everton fan and professional | boxer Bellew plays 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan in the film, that sees Sylvester Stallone reprise his role as the former world heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa.
Balboa is trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson - played by Jordan - the son of his former rival Apollo Creed.
"At one point Ricky was going to be a Liverpool fan," Bellew told BBC Sport. "I said I can't play a Liverpool fan because, if I do that, I cannot go home.
"We got Everton involved instead and I am so happy because the club have given me so much - I have been around Europe watching them and I have supported them since I was a baby - so I feel I have given something back by getting their ground and the club's badge global exposure in this film."
California-born Jordan says listening to Bellew has made him a Toffees supporter too, and explained: "I am an honorary Evertonian now. I cannot speak in |
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner. It is the oldest existing trophy to be | awarded to a professional sports franchise, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". The trophy was commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup and is named after Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada who donated it as an award to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The entire Stanley family supported the sport, the sons and daughters all playing and promoting the game. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal Hockey Club, and winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, professional ice hockey organizations National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup. It was established as the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the de j |
Money Morning's oversold stock pick of the week is careers website provider Dice Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DHX).
Money Morning Chief Investment | Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald thinks Dice stock is misunderstood by Wall Street. He thinks DHX stock is well-positioned to gain from a particular trend developing in Europe.
Dice Holdings traces its roots to a company called Data Processing Independent Consultants Exchange, which launched in San Francisco in 1990. Originally it was a consulting firm for recruiters and technical contractors. In 1996 the company transitioned to the Internet and acquired the address "dice.com." Earthweb, which provided career development resources to IT professionals, acquired Dice in 1999. The deal moved the headquarters to New York. Two years later the parent company changed its name to Dice, Inc. The company went private in 2003, and started to acquire other job search companies. Dice became public again with an IPO in 2007. And it kept buying companies; it has made 11 acquisitions since 2004. Today Dice Holdings operates job web sites around the world that specialize in industries such as tech, financial services, security clearance, healthcare, hospitality |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Funding to battle the Zika virus faces a struggle in the U.S. Senate this week, with Democrats scornful of | a Republican proposal they say short-changes the challenge posed by the mosquito-borne virus as well as other health priorities.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved the Republican plan providing $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus. But the proposal drew a veto threat from the White House as it falls short of President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion funding request, and makes $750 million in budget cuts elsewhere.
A Senate procedural vote is expected Tuesday on the Republican plan. But with key minority Senate Democrats opposed, the bill may not clear the procedural hurdle, Senate Democratic aides said. This could delay any action to combat Zika until after next week's July 4th national holiday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, warned Democrats Monday against opposing the bill, saying that it "represents the last chance we will have to address Zika for weeks."
Democrats have been urging Republicans for months to agree to more Zika funding, and the Obama administration has already |
Hey! Rick Perlstein’s final (?) volume in his account of the rise of the modern conservative movement, The Invisible Bridge, is | coming out on August 5. How did I not know this until now?
In any case, this is good news. I’ll have something good to read in August. And so will you.
Just signed contract to write fourth and final volume taking story through 1980 election.
Hmmm. This is sounding very Game-of-Thrones-ish. It keeps expanding. When volume 4 is released, will we learn that Rick decided the 1980 election really deserved a book 5 all of its own?
In any case, I’ve long felt that that the 70s are one of the most underrated decades. An awful lot of what’s happened since was germinated in the froth of the 70s. It was a decade in which a lot of things—political, cultural, and economic—were in flux; and whether we knew it or not, we were making choices that determined which direction we were going to take over the next few decades. |
It seems Guitar Hero is going down the path of Singstar, Sims, Survivor...and releasing a new version right around every time Jung takes his | bi-monthly shower.
If you've watched Good Game for a while, you'll remember how much we hated the last few spin offs. But this time it's different. This time it's personal. This time...it's Metallica.
Yes, those formerly the enemy of the virtual revolution, are now embracing it, in an attempt to buy back their digital souls. And after an epic intro which sets the tone beautifully...I think it worked.
It's the first time I've actually looked up while playing to see what the graphics were doing, and James Hetfield's face even looks suitably strained when it should! They've achieved this by getting the band in for motion capturing and it really shows.
Certain songs have been kept a bit easier than you'd expect so everyone can enjoy them and this is good, such as Nothing Else Matters, Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam. But if you wanna pump Master of Puppets, or |
Earlier this week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Epic 4G will receive Sprint ID.
So far Sprint | ID (review) has been available on only a trio of Android phones, but CEO Dan Hesse announced at a Sprint developer conference early this week that Sprint ID is spreading to two more high profile devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Epic 4G.
In addition, Notre Dame University is a launch partner for the Galaxy Tab with Sprint ID, and will give the Samsung-made, Android-running tablet to students so they can access the university's Sprint ID Pack, according to Sprint's Hesse.
Sprint ID isn't ready to go on the duo of Samsung devices, and Hesse stressed that Sprint and Samsung are working together to make the Epic 4G smartphone and Galaxy Tab tablet Sprint ID-ready. CEO Hesse didn't specify if existing owners of the Galaxy Tab and Epic 4G will also have access to Sprint ID, or if the feature will only come preloaded on new units.
Either way, the spread of Sprint ID to two new devices, along with |
Britain is a sick country.
Economists have been saying that for years about the nation`s economic health, but now doctors are saying it | too, in a more literal sense.
Scotland in particular is among the world`s leaders in the incidence of heart disease, lung cancer and other ailments. England and Wales are not in great shape either. Medical men say this record is due to the fact Britons follow an unhealthy diet, smoke too much and exercise too little.
A recently published survey by the Geneva-based World Health Organization showed that men in Glasgow, Scotland`s largest city, have the highest incidence of lung cancer in the world.
One Glasgow man in 500 develops the disease each year, and a newborn Glaswegian baby stands a 1 in 6 chance of getting it in later life. Cases of male lung cancer run at 130.6 per 100,000 people and other Scottish cities are not far behind; Edinburgh has 103.2, Dundee 100 and Aberdeen 98.5.
The report said Scottish levels of male lung cancer are exceeded only by blacks in New Orleans, New Zealand Maoris and native Hawaiians. |
Daniel Farke savoured a ‘brilliant performance’ from Norwich City to inflict a first Championship defeat of the season on Middlesb | rough in a 1-0 success at Carrow Road.
Teemu Pukki’s sixth goal in 10 for club and country sealed a deserved three points against Tony Pulis’ promotion-chasing Teessiders.
City went into the game with Grant Hanley ruled out for six to eight weeks through injury to add to a growing casualty list, but Farke’s troops responded to fresh adversity.
“We knew we were playing a favourite for promotion. They had five clean sheets in a row. It is so difficult to play against a team with long balls and tall players. It was a brilliant performance,” he said. “We controlled the game, we controlled possession, we dominated the ball.
“We didn’t give away more than one chance in 70 minutes. Then we score and it is normal what can happen in the last 20 minutes. (Aden) Flint and (Dani) Ayala are |
The opposition fears that the government will move the Bills as money Bills, which would only require a vote in the Lok Sabha.
Jairam | Ramesh has drafted the petition.
A day after the Congress and other opposition parties asked the government not to classify two Bills — on the creation of Central GST (CGST) and Inter-State GST (IGST) — to roll out the Goods and Services Tax as money Bills, the main opposition party Thursday started a signature campaign to mount pressure on the government.
Sources said many top leaders of the opposition like NCP’s Sharad Pawar and CPM’s Sitaram Yechury had already signed the petition drafted by Jairam Ramesh. The letter, sources said, would be given to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as part of a joint opposition strategy.
Former finance minister P Chidambaram, Yechury and almost every other member of non-NDA parties had demanded an assurance from the Finance Minister during the discussion on the constitutional amendment Bill on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha. They wanted Jaitley to assure |
Susanne Aartun Sundfør (born 19 March 1986) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised | in Haugesund, Sundfør embarked on her musical career two years prior to the release of her eponymous debut album (2007), which reached number three on the Norwegian album chart. It was followed by Take One, a live album consisting of songs from her debut. Her second studio album, The Brothel, was released in 2010 to commercial success in Norway, peaking at number one and becoming the best-selling album of that year. The album saw a shift from the piano-driven pop of previous releases towards a more ambitious and electronic direction. In 2011, she released a live instrumental album composed solely of synthesizers, A Night at Salle Pleyel, serving as a commission piece.
Her third studio album, The Silicone Veil (2012) topped the Norwegian album chart and received critical acclaim. She had her international breakthrough in 2015 with her fourth studio album, Ten Love Songs, which saw Sundfør experimenting with an electronic dance pop sound. The album reached |
Nearly a dozen former Sea Dogs are among the Boston players honored at Fenway Park as 2018 World Series champions.
BOSTON — The kettle drums | were carried in. The Boston Pops set up in right field at Fenway Park, distinctive in their white jackets. The pageantry would soon begin, preceding a baseball game.
How many times do major league baseball player receive a World Series ring?
“It’s going to be a special day. We earned it,” said Cora, before the first home game of the 2019 season.
The 2018 World Series champions were a group worthy of celebration – even if this 2019 collection is off to a stumbling start.
The Red Sox have stumbled before, but the franchise also reminded their faithful of recent journeys to the apex. Tuesday’s celebration began with the titles from long ago, displayed on the Green Monster with modest banners for the championship years of 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916 and 1918.
Then the monster-sized banners for 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2018.
When the Pops broke into “We are the Champions,” |
The prospect that North Korea could fire missiles at its enemies has shed light on ways potential targets could defend themselves. And when it comes to missiles, | some say the best defense is more missiles.
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) seems like a natural antidote, and though these systems have been in use for some time—and some have even intercepted their targets—the security they promise could hardly be considered absolute.
The US began to pour money into ballistic missile defense systems (BMD) as soon as it showed the destructive power of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II.
BMD became a fixture of US defense planning throughout the Cold War, with investment peaking under President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative during the mid-1980s.
Eventually, the amount of money needed to counter advanced arsenals from countries like Russia and China was deemed unsustainable. So after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the focus on missile defense shifted to emerging, more limited threats from so-called rogue states like Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
Since 2002, the US has spent between $8 billion and $10 billion annually on |
The Ilyushin Il-112V tactical airlifter for the Russian air force will make its maiden flight in the summer of 2017, according | to Yuri Slyusar, president of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Russia selected the the Il-112V, being developed from the Il-114 airliner, rather than the Antonov An-140T, because of Russia’s poor relations with Ukraine. The new airlifter will replace Russia’s aging fleet of Antonov An-26s, in a program that was first defined in the late 1990s, as the LVTS (Russian acronym for Lightweight Military-Transport Aircraft).
Slyusar revealed the date during a visit to the Voronezh Aircraft Production Plant (Russian acronym VASO) in late October. VASO will build the Il-112 instead of the An-140T, including the prototypes—a task that traditionally was undertaken by the Ilyushin design bureau’s experimental plant in Moscow city. Ilyushin successfully completed wind-testing of scaled models of the Il-112 at the Central Aero-Hydra |
In case of IGST refunds for goods exported out of India, the percentage of amount of refund claims disposed by CBIC is lready more than | 90 per cent.
The ministry asked the exporters and export organisations to take benefit of this opportunity to get their pending refund claims processed.
NEW DELHI: The CBIC will organise the third tranche of its special fortnight drive from July 16 to 30 to fast track clearance of pending GST refunds of exporters.
In the previous two fortnights, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had cleared Rs 5,401 crore and Rs 7,635 crore refunds stuck with regard to Integrated GST (IGST) paid and input tax credit (ITC) claims.
In case of IGST refunds for goods exported out of India, the percentage of amount of refund claims disposed by CBIC is lready more than 90 per cent, a finance ministry statement said.
"In order to liquidate pendency further, and to handhold/ guide the trade for applying for the refund claims in a proper manner, it has been decided to observe another refund fortnight |
Malicious hackers are exploiting a privilege escalation vulnerability in a copy protection application to launch malware attacks against Windows users.
Malware authors are actively exploiting | a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in a copy protection application installed by default in Windows XP and Windows 2003, according to a warning from anti-virus vendor Symantec.
The unpatched vulnerability, confirmed in the Macrovision SafeDisc (secdrv.sys) DRM scheme for online games, can be exploited overwrite arbitrary kernel memory and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
This facilitates the complete compromise of affected computers.
Buffer overflow in Macrovision SafeDisc secdrv.sys, as shipped in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted argument to a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL.
Symantec researcher Elia Florio stumbled upon the flaw while reverse engineering an in-the-wild malware sample and successfully tested the exploit against fully patched Windows XP-SP2 and Windows 2003-SP1 machines. Windows Vista does not seem to be affected by the problem, Florio said. |
Reichard won the junior kayak class with a 155 second score.
Henrie won the singles canoe class with a 139 second score and | went on to win the open canoe class with a 190 second time. He also grabbed a third place in the kayak cadet U-14 class in 132 seconds.
Nikaelin Pacella won the junior-16 women's kayak class in 170 seconds. She then teamed with Blakeslee to win the mixed doubles canoe class in 289 seconds.
The race turned out to be a competition against two youth teams, the Mach One youths and those from the Potomac Whitewater Team of Bethesda, Md The Potomac Team brought up 9 youth of various age classes and put on a great show of strength and skill. They are coached by Dana Chladek, a bronze medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The Potomac group won 4 classes. Taylor Pittman won the Cadet U-14 class in 127 seconds with team mate Joshua Joseph taking second in 132 seconds. Mach One's Alden Henrie tied Joseph in their better runs, but Joseph won |
The Volkswagen NILS commuter concept.
With the trend towards smaller cars spreading across the world, eccentric concept house Rinspeed has turned the movement | on its head by unveiling the compact car that grows.
The Dock + Go concept, designed by Rinspeed founder Frank M. Rinderknecht, allows drivers to add a high-tech 'trailer' to the back of their vehicles which serves a variety of purposes.
Designed for the rapidly-growing number of tiny city cars on the road, where space is at a premium, the system is described as a 'backpack on wheels' for vehicles and can be adapted to handle whatever 'extension' is needed for the situation.
Demonstrating the dock with a Smart Fortwo model, for instance, Rinderknecht envisions an integrated heated box for pizza delivery drivers or a separate toolbox pack for workmen, to hDetatchable trunk can make your compact car biggerold what wouldn't fit in the vehicle.
In the biggest nod to the changing way we drive, Rinspeed says that the Dock + Go could also be used |
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested dozens of political activists as the government braces for two major political protests in the next | week.
The detentions follow calls from both protest leaders this week for the government to resign.
Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation of 180 million people, has a history of coups and protests. Massive national street demonstrations forced the last military ruler to resign in 2008 and ushered in the current phase of civilian rule.
The current protests are smaller but some in the ruling party have suggested they are secretly backed by elements in the country’s powerful military, which has had an uneasy relationship with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Arrests of activists began on Wednesday. The law minister for Punjab province, Rana Mashhood Ahmad, told Reuters that 32 supporters of activist cleric Tahir ul-Qadri had been arrested.
Qadri has called for a demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday. He has demanded that the government resign by the end of the month following deadly clashes with his supporters in June.
The arrests follow Qadri’ |
Nielsen has just announced a new form of television ratings. The Nielsen Twitter TV Rating will tell us all how socially engaging a given program is, | based on Twitter users’ conversations and updates.
It’s one small step for Twitter, one giant leap for the legitimacy of second-screen data for marketing.
With a new agreement between the two entities, Nielsen will have data from Twitter that will allow it to create a “syndicated-standard metric around the reach of the TV conversation on Twitter.” Both parties say the new metric should be ready for the beginning of the new television season in the fall of 2013.
“Ultimately, we have one goal for this new metric: to make watching TV with Twitter even better for you, the TV fan,” Twitter media chief Chloe Sladden wrote today on the company blog.
For its part, Nielsen said in a statement that it considers Twitter the best source of real-time social data on TV shows. Most importantly, the vast majority of tweets are public rather than private, meaning Twitter data is easier to access than data from just about any other |
Vulnerable people left with “nowhere else to turn” after experiencing problems with universal credit helped fuel a big increase in food bank use | over the past year, according to the Trussell Trust.
The UK’s biggest food bank network, whose annual figures provide a broad index of social hardship, gave out a record 1.3m food parcels to an estimated 666,000 people in 2017-18, up 13% on the previous year.
However, food banks in areas where the full universal credit service had been in place for 12 months or more were four times as busy, recording an average 52% increase in the number of three-day emergency food packages distributed.
The trust said many universal credit claimants had come to food banks after long waits for payment and administrative problems pushed them into debt, ill health and rent arrears.
“This completely unacceptable. We need to move towards a UK where no one needs a food bank’s help, not a country where charity provision is the only defence from utter destitution,” said Emma Revie, the trust’s chief executive |
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian stocks stumbled Thursday over concerns about global central-bank action to boost flagging economic growth, | as well as caution surrounding upcoming jobs data and earnings reports.
Canada’s resource-heavy benchmark equities index ($ISPTX) sank 0.81% to settle at 11,816.91. Leading the index lower, the materials sector (TTMT) — which includes several large gold miners — fell 0.77%.
Faring even worse, the health-care sector (TTHC) lost 1.15%.
A leading decliner in the sector was SXC Health Solutions Corp. (SXC) SXCI whose shares fell 5.6% despite Credit Suisse raising its target price on the parent company to $111 from $109.
The market was pressured as China’s central bank cut interest rates for the second time in about a month. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank slashed rates to their lowest level ever and the Bank of England extended the size of its quantitative-easing program.
“There may have been some disappointment |
From left, Vice President and General Manager at Keystone Resort Geoff Buchheister, Lauren Gearhart and Shawna Gogolen of Mountain Mentors | , and John Buhler, vice president at Breckenridge Ski Resort pose for a photo Tuesday after Mountain Mentors was awarded Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise Kids Grant Award, an honor that comes with $5,000 in extra funding.
Keystone and Breckenridge ski resorts awarded more than $2.3 million worth of cash grants and donations to 52 nonprofits based in Summit and Lake counties for the upcoming season and beyond, according to the resorts.
The EpicPromise grants offered by both resorts parent company, Vail Resorts, were announced Tuesday at Breckenridge Ski Resort. According to a news release, the grants this year will support programs that ensure people in need have access to healthy meals, boost early childhood education and provide access to dental care for children living in Summit and Lake counties.
The release says officials at Breckenridge and Keystone want to make sure their contributions are relevant and that they are “at the table� |
Thousands of spectators, bundled up against the brisk winds, lined the banks of the Charles River yesterday to witness one of New England’s most | loved sporting traditions.
This weekend marks the 46th year of the Head of the Charles Regatta that every year draws men and women in crew teams from Massachusetts and around the country.
The crowds walked their dogs, had picnics, and browsed among the countless number of tents offering everything from event information and food to high-end clothing and purses. Brooks Brothers donated event jackets to the approximately 1,400 volunteers working the event.
Some sat close to the edge of the river bank, scanning passing boats for a familiar face. Meredith Kleine of Brookline was there to support her boyfriend, who was competing in the Club Men Eights division.
“I’m being his cheerleader, it’s like high school all over again,’’ she said.
Others made a significantly longer journey to attend, such as Skyler Rueb, a University of Kansas student participating in the Collegiate Women’s Fours. Sitting with |
The Joint Base Andrews Installation Voter Assistance Office is here to help members and their families fulfill their civic duty to choose their leaders.
Monday 8: | 30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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To vote in U.S. elections, citizens must have a legal voting residence address in a State or territory. The issue of voting residence can be complex, depending on individual circumstances. Even in States where laws clearly define criteria for determining voting residence, the final determination is generally up to each local election office.
For voting purposes, "legal voting residence" can be the state or territory where the citizen last resided prior to entering military service OR the state or territory that the citizen has since claimed as their legal residence. Even though the citizen may no longer maintain formal ties to that residence, the address determines their proper voting jurisdiction.
To claim a new legal residence, the |
Lovie Smith dropped the ball by not dropping the flag.
The Chicago Bears coach, in a rare admission of error when it comes to football | strategy, admitted Monday that his failure to challenge a fumble by Jay Cutler on a quarterback sneak Sunday at Soldier Field was a critical element in the team’s 17-14 loss to the Washington Redskins.
It was the third loss in four games for the Bears (4-3), who opened the season 3-0.
Smith had failed with the red flag on the previous play when wide receiver Earl Bennett was tackled on the one-yard line after a 48-yard gain. Smith challenged that Bennett got into the end zone, but a replay review clearly showed Bennett’s left knee was down before he reached the goalline.
Following the timeout, the Bears came out in a jumbo set and Cutler got upright quickly after taking the snap and jumped, extending the ball over the pile. He was hit by Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and then linebacker London Fletcher jarred the ball loose. Washington recovered.
Replays showed the ball crossed the plane of the go |
A female-only bus service has been launched during rush hour to protect women from sexual harassment and facilitate trips for pregnant women and breastfeeding moms in Zheng | zhou City, Henan Province in central China, the Dahe Daily reported.
Two buses on the 22-km-long Route 906 will start running daily at 7:30 a.m. and 16:30 p.m. from the terminus between April 26 to August 7. A normal bus will follow the female-only one to avoid delaying trips for male passengers.
The service has been welcomed by most female passengers. With summer approaching, many women began to wear thin, short dresses, and female-only service during rush hour would effectively stop sexual harassment, said a female passenger surnamed Zhou.
Another female passenger surnamed Fang said that the service enabled her to breastfeed her three-month-old baby on the bus without feeling awkward and impolite in front of a crowd of male passengers.
However, male passengers have different views on this service. While some think it's understandable, others feel it is discrimination against men.
Offering female-only |
The crew mans the rails to honor the men that lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
10,435 nautical miles to Pearl | Harbor. 6 months at sea. “Fox” surely demonstrates Norway’s will to support USA in their areas of interest.
A long way from home: HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen sailed 10,435 nautical miles from Bergen, Norway, to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
It is also home of HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, a multi-role frigate which has participated in several operations since it was commissioned in 2007. But what does it take to get a warship from the Arctic areas in Europe, to tropical Hawaii?
For our crew, the exercise started when we left our homeport in Norway the 12th of May, but for those working with the logistics it had begun months before. We started planning RIMPAC 14 when we were deployed in OP RECSYR (removal of chemical agents from Syria). When we deployed for an undecided time on with three-days’ notice to Syria, we |
Grow your own fresh carrots at home.
2 How Long Does it Take for Carrots to Mature?
Carrots (Daucus | carota) are one of the easiest vegetables to grow for backyard gardeners. Originally from the Mediterranean, carrots can be grown throughout U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 10. When you're ready to enjoy the fruits of your labor, knowing how to tell if the carrots are ripe and mature enough to harvest is key to enjoying this vegetable when it looks and tastes its best. If your carrots show all the signs of ripeness, pull them in the cool of the morning for the best quality.
In general, most carrots are ripe and ready for harvesting after approximately 90 days have passed from the date that the carrot seeds were first sown. When planting your carrots, mark the specific date on your gardening calendar. Once 90 days have passed, you can then check the carrots for other signs of ripeness and maturity. Timeline is crucial not just for knowing when to start checking for signs of ripeness but also to prevent you from forgetting to harvest your carrots. Carrots |
NEW YORK The release of Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy has been a punch line for about 17 years. Axl Rose’ | s erratic behavior, as well as his penchant for rock perfection, has served as a smile-inducing subplot for music fans for nearly two decades. Now thanks in part to Dr Pepper’s poor judgment, he’s got the No. 3 album in America, per Billboard.com.
Here’s the quick back-story: While former Guns n’ Roses guitarist Slash went on to continue his rule as a rock god with Velvet Revolver, Rose cemented his reputation as a rock clown. Whether it was his refusal to release Chinese Democracy or his incompatibility with band mates including someone named Buckethead (because he wears a bucket on his head), the entire project had become a running joke.
In fact, the belief among many was that Rose was so crazy that he would never release the album at all. Dr Pepper obviously shared this belief. In March it sent out a snarky press release in which a spokesperson, named Jaxie Alt, said |
Exelon Corp., the second-biggest U.S. utility owner, may abandon three power plants near Boston unless creditors agree to waive | terms that would put the projects in default Friday for failing to be completed on time.
Because of contractor delays, the plants will not be finished by the deadline set in credit agreements, Chief Financial Officer Robert Shapard said at a Deutsche Bank AG investor conference in New York.
Exelon wants 19 lenders to extend the deadline or waive defaults so the utility owner does not risk investing more money only to have the units seized, he said.
The three plants' debt is guaranteed by the projects, not by Exelon, Shapard said. Two of the plants have begun generating power, and a third is being tested.
The unit building the plants has $1.1 billion outstanding on a $1.25 billion credit line, Exelon said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We could walk away from this project," Shapard said. "In the financing agreement, there is a walk-away payment, less than $50 |
VINCENT KOMPANY and Rio Ferdinand last night led the support for AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, who yesterday walked off | the field in protest at racist abuse during a friendly in Italy.
Ghanaian Boateng, 25, who had spells in England with both Tottenham and Portsmouth, was followed by his team-mates and the match was abandoned. The game against Pro Patria – who are in Italy’s fourth tier – was being played in Busto Arsizio, a town north of Milan.
The flashpoint came in the 26th minute when Boateng, above, picked up the ball and smashed it towards the stand behind him.
He tore off his shirt and walked from the field. On his way, he applauded the other sections of the crowd, who then appeared to react angrily towards the corner of the ground from which the chants came.
Boateng said on twitter: “Shame that these things still happen?...?Stop Racism for ever”. Support came from around the world.
Pro Patria’s Dario Alberto Polverini attempted |
Over half of all companies doing business in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors have experienced data breaches that potentially exposed their intellectual property or customer information, | a new research report shows.
According to the report, published by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, not only have many technology providers been hit with the same sorts of data losses that have recently plagued other industries, but a large number of the firms have also failed to make sufficient investments in security technologies aimed at preventing future incidents.
Deloitte researchers said that security has long been "neglected" by technology, media and telecommunications companies despite their dependence on digital information to run their businesses.
The consulting company surveyed executives at 150 such companies and found that even in the face of public embarrassment, financial losses and potential litigation linked to data breaches, many of the businesses have yet to make necessary investments to more adequately protect their information.
According to the report, more than 50 percent of the companies surveyed admitted to having a data loss within the last 12 months, with roughly one-third of those incidents directly resulting in financial losses.
Half of the companies reporting data breaches said the incidents |
Can’t wait to meet the new Doctor? You’re in luck, because the BBC has released a scene from tonight’ | s Doctor Who Christmas special, in which Peter Capaldi’s Time Lord regenerates into new lead Jodie Whittaker.
In the video, the Twelfth Doctor waxes poetic around the TARDIS — “Well, I suppose one more lifetime won’t kill anyone… well, except me,” he says — before transforming into the franchise’s first female Doctor. But there’s nary a moment to appreciate the wonder before Whittaker’s character finds herself in trouble.
In addition to bidding goodbye to Capaldi, the installment is also showrunner Steven Moffat’s swan song. Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) will take the reins beginning with next season.
The special, titled “Twice Upon a Time,” airs tonight at 9/8c on BBC America. It will be followed by the retrospective Doctor Who: Farewell to Peter Capaldi.
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As the largest annual single-night fundraiser in the world, Charity Preview has raised more than $111 million, including Friday night's $5. | 2 million, for Southeast Michigan children's charities since the Detroit Auto Dealers Association established the gala 41 years ago.
The North American Car of the Year - the Chevrolet Bolt EV - is on display during the 2017 North American International Auto Show Charity Preview on Jan. 13 at Cobo Center in Detroit.
Tara Aldea of St. Clair Shores gets comfortable in a Chevrolet Camaro during the 2017 North American International Auto Show Charity Preview on Jan. 13 at Cobo Center in Detroit.
Showgoers take photos with the Cadillac Escala Concept on, Jan. 13 during the Charity Preview at the 2017 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit.
General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Mary Barra (left) is interviewed by WXYZ-TV's Alicia Smith in front of the North American Car of the Year - the Chevrolet Bolt EV - on Jan. 13, during the Charity Preview at the 2017 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit |
SAVANNAH - About 32 workers were busy constructing the new arched bridge along the Diamond Causeway in Savannah to Skidaway Island | Thursday after about a six-month delay.
About 80 feet above the shimmering surface of the intracoastal waterway, workers on the main span installed rebar to prepare the structure to be covered in concrete.
Work resumed early last week after coming to a halt in early August when it was discovered that some girders put in place did not meet design requirements.
United Contractors project manager Donald Anderson said the major issues have been resolved, and the bridge is expected to be open to traffic in June.
The bridge initially was scheduled to be open to traffic by Nov. 30, and the contractor has been paying $1,000 a day in damages since then for failing to meet the deadline.
To address some of the issues, revisions had to be made to the original plans, including the use of lightweight concrete in some areas and a change of the span's profile.
The approved changes will not impact the quality of the bridge, and it will maintain its original |
A man walks through an area damaged by severe weather in the Wednesday storm in Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 7, 2015.
Oklahoma City | endured an approximately eight-hour nonstop onslaught of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday into early Thursday morning, leaving the metropolitan area strewn with debris and impassable roadways.
As tornadoes descended upon the city's southern suburbs on Wednesday night, a woman in the 16500 block of South Midwest Boulevard entered her storm shelter, as instructed by meteorologists.
However, she did not emerge alive. What's remarkable is that she was killed by flooding, not a tornado, according to KFOR-TV and the Oklahoma City Police Department.
In multiple instances, underground storm shelters — which provide vital protection against powerful tornadoes that frequently target this city in the heart of Tornado Alley — were forced from the ground by the storms late Wednesday and early Thursday.
The amount of rainfall was unprecedented for any day in May and exceeded the average monthly total. The flash flooding prompted the National Weather Service forecast office in Norman, Oklahoma to issue its first-ever "flash flood emergency" for the city, |
As markets here continued to tumble, negotiators for South Korea and the International Monetary Fund worked overnight Monday to hammer out details of the terms for a massive | financial bailout package for the country's troubled economy. The rescue plan will require Seoul to liquidate overextended financial companies, known here as merchant banks, and sharply lower its economic growth target for next year, state-owned television reported today.
Struggling to shore up its ailing economy, South Korea suspended five more shaky finance companies and announced measures to induce foreign investment. "The government expects that the measures will help ease spreading concern in the financial market," Finance Minister Lim Chang Yuel said. But analysts said the measures, expected for days, may fall short of expectations.
A South Korean civic organization's blacklist of 164 candidates in April elections has spurred a legal and political showdown that analysts say could fundamentally alter the face of this country's young democracy. When U.S. nonprofit groups cite candidates they dislike, few take notice. But a citizens movement launched here this month to expand voter oversight, fight corruption and, in effect, "throw the bums out" has rude |
The Supreme Court on December 12 adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by Malayalam actor Dileep, who is a key accused in | hatching the conspiracy of the abduction and assault of the actress in 2017, seeking visuals of the alleged sexual assault on an actress, to January 23, 2019.
Dileep has approached the SC seeking access to the memory card containing visual evidence of the crime. In his plea, Dileep claimed that he has the right to access the images, considered to be the crucial evidence in the case.
The key accused had alleged that these images have been doctored ‘to trap’ him.
The top court added that the trial court will not frame charges against the actor till it decides the issue.
Dileep’s plea was moved in top court by Ranjeeta Rohatgi, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s junior.
In defense of his client’s plea, Ranjeeta Rohatgi had told the court that Dileep was not named in the original charge sheet and he was framed by the alleged victim as |
Most of the growth came from retirees moving to the community located northwest of Orlando, and 99 percent of the migration was from people who already live in | the United States, according to the Census figures.
Kelly, who moved to the area in 1988, remembers when the area didn’t even have a stop light, most people found jobs in other communities miles away and agriculture dominated the area. Now, the community has major chain restaurants, a hospital and locals can find work nearby. The area also has plenty of stoplights now for cars and golf carts, which are a dominant form of transportation in the golf-course saturated The Villages.
Two other Florida metro areas were among the 10 fastest-growing cities in the United States in the past year. Cape Coral-Fort Myers had a growth rate of 3.3 percent, and Punta Gorda grew by 2.8 percent.
More than an eighth of the growth from migration in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area came from outside the United States, and the rest came from domestic migration. The metro area now stands at 702,000 residents.
Ninety-five percent |
Any of us, he said, can affect a certain kind of religiosity without sincerity; any of us can be tempted to put on the tra | ppings of faith without the interior disposition. Any of us can be tempted to give the appearance of love when, in truth, we do not love.
Real faith grows when we have the humility and the honesty to profess what we really believe, to speak what we really know, and to stand before God and one another as we really are.
Jesus transforms us, Newman taught, when we come before him as we are.
That lesson resonates with many Catholics this year. The past six months have proven difficult. The Church faces a crisis that does not need ongoing enumeration. But it is a crisis in which sincerity has come into question, in which trust has been eroded, and in which many Catholics are no longer certain who they can believe and what they can trust.
And, for at least some Catholics, it has occasioned a crisis of faith itself.
Advent is the spiritual remedy to that crisis.
Christ came into the world because sin is real and because he |
She shot to fame playing the hot-blooded Colombian wife of Ed O'Neill on ABC's hit Modern Family and just received the SAG Award | along with the rest of the show's cast for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Here are five things you probably don't know about scene stealer Sofia Vergara!
1. Was discovered as a teen in her hometown in Colombia when someone casting a Pepsi commercial spotted her in a bikini walking on a beach.
2. Before her acting took off, she attended school to become a dentist.
3.Says her regular food splurge is cake -- all kinds of it. "I love it," she told Shape magazine. "Vanilla cake, angel food cake, chocolate cake. For me and my son, buying cake at the grocery store is like buying milk. We always have it in the house."
4. At one point considered getting breast-reduction surgery, but says her mother talked her out of it, saying: "God is going to punish you if you cut them."
5. Made a full recovery from thyroid cancer after a |
An article about school violence has been circulating through e-mail for several weeks and has caused quite a buzz in the African-American community online. |
In "School Shootings and White Denial," Tim Wise asserts that whites have ignored problems of dysfunction and violence in their own communities for years. Yet after each school shooting, there is an echo of the same refrain: "Things like this just don't happen here."
The article, published in AlterNet.org, asserts that whites have been "lulled into a false sense of security." This, despite the high-profile shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado – as well as others in Kentucky, Oregon and, most recently, two in California.
"We ignore the warning signs, because in our minds the warning signs don't live in our neighborhood, but across town, in that place where we lock our car doors on the rare occasion we have to drive there," Wise writes.
A follow-up piece by Akilah Monifa points out that this opinion is something that people of color have been "quietly thinking and surreptit |
Sniper Azad Cudi fought with the Kurdish forces against ISIS and claims he killed hundreds of the jihadis as he helped to stem their advance | in his new book.
A sniper who fought with the Kurdish forces against ISIS has claimed he killed hundreds of the jihadis as he helped to stem their advance.
Azad Cudi traveled to Syria in 2013 to fight with the YPG forces after they came into conflict with ISIS following the outbreak of civil war in the country.
The 34-year-old has now written a book giving his account of how the Kurdish forces’ snipers held the bloodthirsty terrorists at bay against impossible odds.
‘Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Snipers Who Broke ISIS’ focuses on the battle for the town Kobani, in northern Syria.
Cudi originally went to Syria to help as a social worker but soon volunteered to fight with the YPG.
In an extract released by his publisher, he writes that around 12,000 ISIS fighters attacked Kobani in 2014 and were faced by just 2,500 men and women of the YPG.
The YPG are renowned for |
CARSON, Los Angeles County -- If falling behind 21-0 in the first quarter wasn't difficult enough to overcome, try adding four turnovers - | against a 15-0 team.
Despite it all, Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton's football team put itself in a position to win the CIF State Division III Bowl game Saturday against Corona del Mar-Newport Beach at the StubHub Center.
But ultimately, as coach Pete Lavorato said after a 27-15 defeat, "We just couldn't quite get it done."
"It was frustrating," he said. "We'd get down near the end zone and something would happen, whether a penalty or turnover or something.... As I told the kids afterward, some things don't go your way. That said, they played better than we did. They deserved to win."
Corona del Mar got 128 yards rushing from Cole Martin, two first-quarter touchdown passes by Luke Napolitano and a 58-yard interception return for a score by Barrett Barbato.
The Gators (13-2) got their scoring on an interception return by linebacker Andrew Robinson |
Rich Tosches has kept tabs on our biggest stories, like homeless camping.
Dammit to hell, Rich Tosches. Why have you put | me in this position, doing your dirty work for you?
How is it that I have to inform your readers this way about your departure as a columnist for the Independent?
What will it take to change the circumstances, erase the chalkboard, call this whole deal an April Fool's joke (since April 1 is your birthday), and start over once again with another clean slate?
We know that answer. It's too late to turn back. So here goes.
Richard M. Tosches, who came to this town 21 years ago looking for a good place to raise his kids — Los Angeles wasn't, though writing columns and features at the L.A. Times was a good gig — probably has written his last regular column for a Colorado Springs newspaper.
"Ranger Rich" actually wrote that final piece for the Indy's Jan. 15 issue, giving no hint that it might be his swan song. He took some shots at his latest favorite target, Mayor Steve Bach |
Liam Neeson’s son Michael Richardson has landed a major TV role.
Michael, 23, has joined a new TV project | called The Two Wolves, and will star opposite British acting heavyweights Sir Derek Jacobi and Frances Barber.
The young actor was spotted filming a scene where he arrives at a stately home on a vintage scooter, and embraces his mum, played by Barber.
He also filmed scenes with Jacobi’s character before shooting with Scott Wright by a private jet at Durham Tees Airport.
An onlooker said he was ‘totally at ease’ on set, looking every bit the natural his dad Liam is.
The Two Wolves is about two brothers who are at war with each other over their father’s inheritance.
Including flashback to Ancient Rome, it has been likened to Game Of Thrones.
The drama is set to air in 2019.
Ahead of launching his acting career, Michael changed his surname to Richardson, in favour of his late mother who died when he was just 14-years-old.
Natasha Richardson died from a head |
Image caption Thathas ag amas air a' choille air cùl baile Loch Charrann a leasachadh | a chum maith na coimhearsnachd.
Fhuair Bunaid Choimhearsnachd Ghriomasaigh taic-mhaoineachaidh de cha-mhòr £140,000 bho Stòras an Fhearainn airson seann eaglais san eilean a leasachadh mar ionad coimhearsnachd.
'S ann leis an Eaglais Shaoir a bha an togalach ann an Scoitbheinn bho thùs.
Tha e air a' mhargaidh an dèidh a leasachadh mar thaigh.
Tha a' Chomhairle Coimhearsnachd an dùil a leasachadh mar oifis phuist, cafaidh agus àite cruinneachaidh |
Pay-TV service Dish has agreed to a new long-term carriage agreement with Univision, returning the Spanish-language programmer’s channels | to 12.3 million subscribers after a nine-month blackout.
The deal announced Tuesday ends a standoff that began June 30 and became a major factor in recent steep subscriber losses for Dish.
Univision’s channels will also be returned to Dish’s Sling TV streaming video services, which were also affected by the blackout.
Terms of the new agreement — which restored the channels to customers Tuesday — were not disclosed. But pending litigation between the two companies was settled as part of the pact.
The blackout affected Univision-owned broadcast stations, including two in Los Angeles: KMEX-TV Channel 34 and UniMás station KFTR-TV Channel 46.
Cable channels Galavisión, Tlnovelas and FOROtv were also included in the outage. Sling TV customers also lost access to those channels as well as Univision’s sports channel.
Univision has been seeking higher fees to bring its channels |
Ashlie Layman and Brielle Jungblut have been friends for about seven years. They've played basketball and softball together at Thomas | Heyward and have developed a rapport.
So it's no surprise that they each believe this season's girls basketball team is good enough to win a SCISA Class AA state championship.
"We'd be disappointed in ourselves if we didn't," Layman said. "We really think we should go far."
"We are a really good team," Jungblut said.
The Rebels are confident because they return eight players from last season's team, which went 11-11 and lost in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs. The playoff appearance was the school's first since 2006.
Since the team did not lose any players to graduation and has moved down in class, the Rebels began the season with high expectations, which is fine with them.
"If we are all playing our best game we can beat anybody," Jamie Malphrus said.
Malphrus, a 5-foot-10 sophomore forward, helped Thomas Heyward get off to a 5- |
The next time you think about passing your preschooler a smartphone or tablet at the dinner table to keep them entertained, you might want to think twice | .
A new study out of the University of Alberta has found that by the age of 5, children who spent two hours or more looking at a screen each day were 7.7 times more likely to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when compared to children who spent 30 minutes or less each day on a screen.
The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends limiting screen use to a maximum of one hour a day of high-quality programming for preschool children ages 2 to 5, and encourages parents to watch with their children and guide them through the experience.
The current study was conducted by gathering information from parents about their children’s screen time during their 3- and 5-year follow-ups. The research team also collected comprehensive behavioral assessments at the 5-year visit.
The researchers found that children with reported screen time in excess of two hours a day were more likely to exhibit behavioral problems by the time they turned 5, particularly poorer attention |
2017 was a big year for Tamika Mallory.
A lifelong social justice activist, she also happens to be one of the four women who | created the Facebook event which would eventually become the epic Women's March and later evolve into a movement in and of itself. In June, Mallory took the stage at the BET Awards to receive the Shine a Light Award for her fearlessness, and presenter Solange Knowles praised her for all the work that she's done in drawing attention to essential causes and for raising the voices of women of color around the world.
But Mallory is just getting started. Her next project, #NRA2DOJ, will take her to Washington on July 14 to protest the NRA. The effort is a direct response to a viral — and frankly, despicable — marketing campaign from the gun rights advocacy group, but gun control has been an issue close to Mallory's heart for a long time. She's been active in changing the policy and discussion around guns since the death of her son's father by shooting in 2001, and this new project seeks to bring even more national attention to an issue which has reached |
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