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Europe’s markets were mixed on Wednesday, with banking and autos sectors under pressure and investors waiting for further details on a potential U.S | ./ China trade deal.
The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.23% was flat on at 375.69, after finishing up 0.15% on Tuesday.
The German DAX DAX, -0.43% and France’s CAC 40 PX1, +0.20% both fell by 0.1%, dropping to 11,606.12 and 5,294.02, respectively.
But the FTSE 100 UKX, +0.85% rose by 0.1% to 7,190.46, Italy’s FTSE MIB index I945, -0.27% was up by 0.2% to 20,752.10 and Spain’s IBEX 35 IBEX, -0.57% lifted 0.1% to 9,268.30.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.0000% fell to $1.3147 from |
Months after she lost out on the job of public health executive director - a position new mayor Mongameli Bobani had been gunning for | her to get - Nombeko Nkomane is set to be back in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality as his chief of staff.
Nkomane was Bobani's advisor when he was deputy mayor and political head of the public health department.
Bobani confirmed yesterday that Nkomane would be appointed chief of staff. "[Ms Nkomane] worked with me a lot when I was the deputy mayor. When her paper work is concluded, she will be the chief of staff," Bobani said.
The fact that Nkomane was not appointed public health executive director in March last year, was one of the causes of the fall out between Bobani and former mayor Athol Trollip.
Bobani subsequently pulled out of the coalition with Trollip - at the time - and was ousted as a member of the mayoral committee and later deputy mayor.
But with him at the helm of the city now - unless the courts decide otherwise - Bobani |
Few forms of civil disobedience attract the same level of public attention as a hunger strike.
Visceral, agonizing, and striking at a | person’s most simple needs, the method of protest has been used the world over to galvanize popular support, unite a cause, and draw attention to issues that otherwise might go ignored.
Entirely reliant on how long the striker can hold out against his or her most basic instincts, hunger strikes don’t require placards or meeting halls or television cameras. It’s a means of dissent available to almost anyone, anywhere in the world.
President Obama vowed on Tuesday to make good on an old campaign promise and close Guantanamo Bay, where more than half of the terror suspects held at the prison camp are on a hunger strike to protest their living conditions and continued detention.
After being arrested for mounting a protest outside the House of Commons in July 1909, Wallace-Dunlop became the first British suffragette to take up a hunger strike. She held out for ninety-one hours before being released by authorities worried for her health. The tactic caught on in popularity |
Android tablet makers do everything they can to make products that compete with the top dog, iPad. That's fine and dandy but the iPad has | one advantage that Android cannot touch.
The iPad is the undisputed leader in the tablet race, and by a wide margin. This is especially true if you treat each Android tablet as a single competitor, which it is, instead of lumping them all together as an Android tablet army. Even if you do the lumping, the lion's share of tablet sales belong to the iPad. Try as they might to compete with Apple's iPad, Android tablet makers find one iPad advantage that leaves them in the dust and always will.
Most gadget buyers have a tendency to buy accessories for them, from simple cases to more exotic items that extend the usefulness of the device. I am as bad as anyone in this regard, the first thing I do after buying a new gadget is look at accessories to outfit the new toy.
I own an iPad 2 and several Android tablets, and one thing is clear -- there is no comparison to the wealth of third party iPad accessories when compared to those for Android tablets |
We see rises for Man Group, Kentz, and Range Resources.
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES | :^FTSE) picked up a bit yesterday afternoon after the European Central Bank cuts its benchmark interest rate from 0.75% to 0.5%, but there's little movement today, with the index of top U.K. shares up just 0.24% to 6,477 points as of 7:45 a.m. EDT. Despite the cut, there are still few signs of economic cheer across the eurozone, with manufacturing output having fallen in April.
But things are happier for some of our individual companies. Here are three that are perking up today.
Man Group saw its shares rise 9.4% to 116 pence this morning after the investment manager released a quarterly update telling us that its AHL Diversified program is up 4.2% for the quarter and up 10.4% for the year to date. But on the downside, the firm saw a net outflow of capital of $3.7 billion over the period, taking total funds under |
Jeremy Corbyn, a noted republican, will kneel before the Queen and kiss her hand to accept a position on the Privy Council.
The | new Labour leader, who has called for the monarchy to be abolished, on Monday accepted the Prime Minister’s invitation to join the ancient council.
It means he will now receive secret briefings on issues of national security.
Friends and aides of the Labour leader had raised doubts about Mr Corbyn agreeing to serve on the Privy Council because of his anti-monarchy views.
While MPs have to swear or affirm allegiance to the Queen, the oath required of Privy Council members is much fuller.
The current wording, which has been adhered to since Tudor times, states: “You will not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted, done or spoken against Her Majesty’s Person, Honour, Crown or Dignity Royal, but you will lett [sic] and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power, and either cause it to be revealed to Her Majesty Herself, or to such of Her Privy Council as shall advertise Her Majesty |
Edward D. “Ed” Kerchesky, 82, Northern Cambria, passed away Wednesday.
He was born in Oil City | , near Cassandra, son of Michael and Helen (Benjack) Kerchesky.
Surviving are his life partner of 40 years, Joseph R. Minarish; three nieces: Donna Canavan, Kim Furnari, Cheryl Hunter and their families; a sister-in-law, Marlene (Minarish) Strittmatter and husband, Glenn; nieces and nephews: Heather (Strittmatter) and Paul Avazier, Daniel Strittmatter, Corey and Amber (Wilkins) Strittmatter; and a great-nephew and great-niece, Jackson and Madelyn Avazier.
He was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother, Mildred “Millie” Kerchesky; and his “adopted” parents, Joseph G. and Florence Minarish.
After graduating from Portage High School, Ed worked 27 years for Portage Cleaners. In 1984, together |
Indebted Debenhams to raise up to 400m in rights issue | City A.M.
BRITAIN&rsquo | ;S second biggest high street retailer Debenhams is expected to announce today that it is raising up to £400m through a placing and open offer.<br /><br />The high street bellwether is hoping to raise between £300m and £400m to cut its £1bn debt pile. Debenhams was controversially floated in 2006 by private equity firms IPG and CVC Capital Partners, which own 12.8 per cent and 8.4 per cent of the retailer respectively. It is now understood that they are selling down their stakes, which were last night worth £104.4m and £73.4m respectively, after Debenhams closed down 1.34 per cent at 92.2p.<br /><br />Chief executive Rob Templeman last month reiterated his desire to take the company’s debt pile “off the agenda. |
Serena Williams has been handed a challenging draw in her quest for a record-equalling 24th grand slam title at the Australian Open, | starting with Germany's Tatjana Maria in the first round.
The American, seeded 16, is gunning to match Margaret Court's record of singles majors and claim an eighth Australian Open crown.
But Williams is in a tough half of the draw and could meet world No 1 Simona Halep in the fourth round, and if she gets through that Karolina Pliskova in the last eight.
Before those potential ties, either Chinese wildcard Peng Shui or Canadian Eugenie Bouchard would await Williams in the second round.
Halep, who enters the tournament having played just one game in four months after a back injury, was handed a chance to avenge Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, who beat her in the first round of the US Open in August.
If she comes through that dangerous opening showdown, she could meet Venus Williams in Round 3.
Defending champion and third seed Caroline Wozniacki starts against Alison Van Uytvan |
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's UN envoy on Thursday urged Belgrade and Pristina to stay | committed to promoting the normalization of bilateral relations through dialogue and consultation after the two sides halted negotiations last December.
Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ma Zhaoxu made the appeal at a Security Council meeting on Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 without the latter's recognition.
Ma said China respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia and understands its legitimate concerns regarding Kosovo.
All parties should reach a solution that is acceptable to all through dialogue and negotiation, he urged.
"Achieving reconciliation and common development is in the fundamental interests of all peoples," the Chinese envoy said, calling on all parties concerned to "put the well-being of their people first, protect the legitimate rights and interests of all communities, and promote the economic and social development of all ethnic groups."
Dominated by ethnic Albanians, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, an act not recognized by Belgrade.
The two sides committed to a European Union-mediated dialogue with the |
Hundreds of teachers across the Sacramento Unified School District walked out of their classrooms and onto picket lines Thursday morning for the first time in 30 years, | staging a one-day strike alleging unfair labor practices by the district.
The Sacramento City Teachers Association expected a majority of its 2,500 teachers to join the walkout.
The district, which serves 42,000 students, told parents in advance that schools would be open and classes would be appropriately staffed. A normal school day was scheduled, with regular attendance monitoring, bus service, meals and programs.
Rosa Parks Elementary School teacher John Brindley greeted his 6th grade students with fist bumps as they walked onto campus Thursday morning, but remained out front with a protest sign rather than join them in the classroom.
Amy Sheehan, a parent of two children at Theodore Judah Elementary School in East Sacramento, brought a megaphone to the picket lines.
The strike adds to the extreme pressure faced by Sacramento City Unified, which is under the threat of state takeover as it attempts to close a $35 million budget gap.
The teachers union, which was on the verge |
A common worry many adult children express about aging parents is that the parents are alone and it's time they got some help. The kids are worried | because of changes in the parent's health, mobility or memory problems. The aging parent may not agree that there is anything to worry about, and this, of course, leads to resistance. Assisted living is something adult children frequently mention as a solution to their worries. But is it? There are pros and cons to consider and the family needs to understand what assisted living is and what it isn't. On a personal note, I have a 96 year old mother-in-law in one and a disabled sibling in another. I have seen many of these places personally in the course of my work. Here's my list of things you need to know, developed at AgingParents.com after answering countless questions about our clients' aging parents over the last ten years.
1-Medicare does not cover assisted living, nor any part of the expense of this option. Nor does Medicaid pay for it except in a few rare experimental programs. It's largely an out of pocket expense.
2 |
Those Americans who support building a wall on the Mexican border edge out those who oppose it by a margin of 48 percent to 46 percent, according to | a Rasmussen Reports poll.
The percentage of those who oppose the wall has increased significantly, however, since Donald Trump first proposed the idea in August 2015, when 51 percent supported it and only 37 percent were against, while 12 percent were undecided.
• The wall is a sharply partisan issue, as 75 percent of Republicans want to build it, while 70 percent of Democrats oppose it. Among independents, 47 percent support the construction of the wall, while 44 percent are against it.
• Almost two-thirds of likely voters (64 percenet) believe illegal immigration is likely to be greatly reduced during Trump’s presidency, while only 33 percent say such a reduction is unlikely.
• Sixty percent of Republicans said illegal immigration was very important to their vote in the presidential election. Only 43 percent of independents and 19 percent of independents thought the same.
• Among voters who strongly approve of Trump’s job performance, 92 percent want to build the wall |
The word glowy carries more than one definition. For some, it’s simply dewy skin. For others, it’s | liquid makeup that looks luminous instead of greasy. Sometimes, it’s a mix of the two. However you choose to look at it, there’s no mistaking glowy skin when you see it… it just is. And while a healthy skin-care routine and makeup appropriate for your specific needs and concerns definitely help the cause, there are some finds that have achieved best-seller status because they can brighten your complexion in mere minutes.
Whether they’re new kids on the blocks or old pros that have been on store shelves for years, these are the top-rated products that’ll deliver the ultimate glow-up if your vitamin C serum isn’t working as quickly as you’d like.
Available in four shades—from pale pink to bronze—this liquid formula can be used as a base under your foundation or mixed in with your coverage to create a more radiant complexion. Apply all over or to wherever light directly hits the |
Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer repeated the claim that more than 7,000 Americans were killed by “climate change-fueled” | natural disasters last year in an attempt to tie burning fossil fuels with extreme weather.
The claim, however, is patently false, according to Politifact. It’s also a horribly misleading based on the data.
The misleading nature of Beyer’s claim goes even further; to the heart of the global warming debate. Democrats and environmentalists have been working hard to try and tie in nearly every natural disaster or severe weather event to global warming.
Indeed, Beyer himself argued that “[g]lobal temperature changes are causing prolonged droughts, extreme weather events and rising sea levels” adding that “[m]illions more are at risk unless we act to reverse the disastrous effects.” But such claims are dangerously misleading.
Not only has weather not been getting more “extreme” in the last century, mankind’s ability to withstand extreme weather events has increased globally. The International Disaster Database reports that more than 3.5 |
Consumers will be coughing up for all online media content by 2004 according to Factiva CEO Clare Hart--as online ads aren't paying all the | bills.
Consumers will be coughing up for all online media content by 2004, according to Factiva CEO Clare Hart, who sees a two-year turnaround for ISPs to get with the paid-for-content program.
Since the dot-com boom collapsed, it has become increasingly clear to publishers that online advertising isn’t going to drive as much revenue, and more and more online media moguls are charging for largely selective content.
“In order for publishers to continue to pay journalists they’re going to have to start charging, and that’s a good thing. Valuable information has a price,” Hart told ZDNet Australia on a recent visit to Sydney.
According to Hart, consumers do not want to pay for online content because they have been trained not to, whereas business users are used to putting their hands in their pockets for particular information.
“I think that the media has trained the online consumer that there is no value |
Today is the 45th anniversary of the day the first episode of Star Trek aired on CBS NBC. Over four decades later Star Trek and the movies | and shows it spawned are some of the most loved science fiction media properties in America, and perhaps the world. Today several sites have pointed out how many of today’s gadgets resemble, and were often inspired by, the tech on Trek. We’re living in a future with flip phones that act just like communicators, tablets that resemble PADDs, and holodeck dreams that may come true sooner than you think. But is today’s Trek tech as good as the devices envisioned by the writers and prop teams?
Geeks love an X vs. Y fight (Picard would SO beat Kirk, amirite?), so we’ve chosen 5 Trek technologies and their modern counterparts. You, dear readers, get to choose which ones are better. Welcome to the Trek Tech Showdown!
Federation ships had warp drive, endless corridors and tubes, and the most sophisticated computers in the galaxy. The computer (almost) always knew when a crewmember was talking |
Ford Motor Co made a profit in India for the first time in a decade in the last fiscal year, signaling that a strategy conceived two years ago | by the U.S. car manufacturer for one of the world's most competitive car markets is starting to show some success.
NEW DELHI: Ford Motor Co made a profit in India for the first time in a decade in the last fiscal year, signaling that a strategy conceived two years ago by the U.S. car manufacturer for one of the world's most competitive car markets is starting to show some success.
Over the past two decades, Ford has invested US$2 billion in India, which has become a major growth area for car manufacturers. Car sales rose 8 percent to 3.3 million last year and India is set to become the world's third-largest market by 2020 with sales of over 5 million cars, according to consultant IHS Markit.
Ford's new strategy gives greater autonomy to the local management team, and will contribute to a global restructuring plan to save US$11 billion over the next few years by cutting costs, forming partnerships and investing in new technologies. |
The Eastern garter snake is common and harmless.
Few things are as creepy as walking downstairs in the middle of the night for a glass of | water, turning on your kitchen light, and seeing a snake seemingly lurking in your kitchen. Or perhaps you see it slither across your path as your light flickers on. While only 20 native snake species in America are venomous, and most snakes would rather avoid you, knowing you have a snake in your house is still disconcerting. You want it out. You may just be able to do it yourself.
People react in one of two ways to snakes: Some people see any snake as "poisonous" -- although snakes aren't poisonous, but venomous -- and some have absolutely no fear. Whichever camp you fall into, make sure you identify the snake before you have a heart attack or get needlessly brave. If you're uncertain what kind of snake it is, use a snake identification book or website, or call a local agricultural extension or other wildlife expert.
Fortunately, most snakes found inside the house are relatively small. They wander in through small holes, cracks |
The former head of Operation Yewtree has admitted police “got some things wrong” during its investigation into child sexual abuse in the wake | of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Peter Spindler, a retired Metropolitan Police commander, said some detectives who worked with the probe “didn’t have the skills and knowledge” needed and the inquiry was not set up quickly enough.
Mr Spindler was speaking at the NSPCC’s headquarters in London during a debate on whether non-recent sexual abuse investigations had descended into “media witch-hunts”.
He said: “Yewtree is now a global brand. It’s embedded itself in the national psyche. It has empowered victims to come forward in the knowledge that they will be taken seriously.
“There have been many challenges along the way. We have learnt a lot in this type of investigation. We have got some things wrong.
“One of the things we didn’t get right was we completely underestimated what was going to happen.
“We didn’t have sufficient |
The principal of Kirklees College has attacked David Cameron over “painful” cuts to the institution’s budget, which amount to | a whopping £450,000.
Peter McCann wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister after the government slashed adult funding for English as a second language (Esol) provision and other adult skills training for the forthcoming academic year.
It is another blow to the college, attended by around 18,000 students from across the area, which has already had to grapple with more than £2m worth of cuts since the beginning of 2014.
There are concerns that this latest development will have a significant impact on integration between communities, at a time when the area when the area has fallen under the national spotlight after two local teenagers fled to Syria to join ISIS earlier this year.
Speaking to the Reporter Series this week, Mr McCann said that the announcement was a particular surprise given that on the same day the college received the news David Cameron made a speech on the importance of tackling extremism: “We (Kirklees) have had a problem in that we’ve become one of the most |
Time magazine named U.S. President-elect Donald Trump its "Person of the Year."
Time magazine named Donald Trump its “Person | of the Year” on Wednesday. The magazine called him “President of the Divided States of America” on its cover.
Trump is the president-elect. He will take office on January 20, 2017.
The magazine calls the U.S. “the Divided States” in part because Trump did not win the most votes in the election. He did, however, easily win enough electoral votes to defeat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
It said Wednesday that American presidents become “Person of the Year” about half the time in election years.
The last time someone other than a U.S. president won the title in an election year was 1996. That year, AIDS researcher David Ho won.
Time magazine ran its first “Man of the Year” issue in 1928. That year, the honors went to airplane pilot Charles Lindbergh.
Wallis Simpson was the first woman Time magazine chose for the yearly award. She was |
Vehicle Accident, No Injuries: Police responded to Silver Heights Chevron.
Unwanted Subject: St. Francis Newman Center on West | 13th Street notified police of a homeless male outside the church.
Welfare Check: A caller in the 1900 block of Little Walnut Road said he did not feel safe and felt someone was watching him. He called back, claiming someone was possibly trying to kill him.
Vehicle Accident, No Injuries: Police were called to Gila Regional Medical Center. Criminal Damage to Property: Single Socks on West College Avenue wanted police to document that someone had egged the west side windows of the business between 4 pm and 9 am.
Domestic Disturbance: A caller in the 1800 block of Little Walnut Road advised her ex was released from GCDC yesterday and was at her home, yelling at her, adding he was not allowed contact with her.
Harassment: A caller from the 1000 block of Pine Street requested communication with an officer.
Accident with Injuries: Police were dispatched to the 3200 block of East Highway 180 where EMS was called for a |
There is Finally Harmony in Harmony.
Everyone gets a happy ending as the book on Passions closes.
Kay zaps Father Lonigan to | the church and tells him she needs him to baptize Tabitha. He says, “There’s no way in Hell I will ever baptize that witch.” He admits Alistair told him that Tabitha is a witch and he has known for years. He thought he could fight her evil better if she never knew that he knew. Everyone tries to convince him to baptize Tabby or else they will all be dead before dawn. Father Lonigan thinks everyone is trying to trick him and Tabitha lashes out at Father Lonigan. He wonders how she could have been allowed in a church without bursting into flames. Esme fills him in on how Tabitha gave up her powers and Tabitha continues her tirade against the Father. Tabitha asks Endora to zap them out of there so they can leave these mortals to die because it’s what they deserve and she storms out of the room.
After the videotape |
Seb Coe believes middle-distance runner Laura Muir can win Olympic gold in Tokyo next year, with the head of British Athletics labelling | her “a phenomenon”.
Muir made history as the first person ever to win a ‘double-double’ of European indoor titles with two totally dominant performances in Glasgow last weekend, helping Britain secure a record haul of 12 medals.
With five European titles over the past two years, there is now no doubting the Scot's superiority at continental level, but she is yet to make a global outdoor podium having finished fifth and fourth at the last two World Championships and seventh at the Olympics.
Devastating bursts of speed at the climax of her 1500m and 3000m victories in Glasgow made light work of her rivals and suggested she has taken another step up in quality after completing her veterinary studies last year and concentrating full-time on her running career.
Asked if Muir is now capable of replicating his own feat of winning Olympic 1500m gold, Coe said: “Absolutely no question about it. She’s come on a bundle.
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KATIE Piper is the latest celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing, losing out to Charles Venn in tonight's dance off.
| Fans of the show were furious Katie, who celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday, was sent home while disgraced pair Seann Walsh and Katya Jones advanced following their drunken snog behind their partners' backs.
Taking to Twitter, they fumed: "Cannot believe ppl voted for the lying cheating scumbags. Ffs i have to put up with annoying seann again #Strictly.
"How the hell did seann and Katya get through in strictly wtf.
"OH NO WHY IS SEANN THROUGH #Strictly.
"Shut the flaming front door!!!! No way are Seann and Katya through?! 😳 #Strictly."
The judges’ scores were combined with the results of the viewers’ votes to decide the lowest scoring two couples facing the dance off.
Katie and Gorka Marquez performed their Jive to Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers while Charles |
Luton Town were held to a goalless draw at fellow promotion chasers Carlisle United this evening.
After a subdued first half, | the visitors did improve in the second period, and looked the more likely to score against a Cumbrians side low on confidence, but crucially couldn't create enough chances of a clear-cut nature to consistently test home keeper Mark Gillespie.
Hatters boss Nathan Jones made two changes from the 2-0 defeat to Stevenage, with Olly Lee back for his first league start since Boxing Day and Luke Gambin included as well for Scott Cuthbert and Jonathan Smith.
Alan Sheehan, on his 50th Luton appearance, put an early free kick over the top from 25 yards, as Danny Hylton saw an early yellow for his challenge on Danny Grainger.
Town then escaped from a muddle defensively to burst forward through Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, who held off a challenge and found Hylton, the striker dragging his shot wide.
Carlisle hosts had their first effort of note on 18 minutes, after Matty Macey uncom |
An object lesson involving a rope and an idiom perceived by some Leon County Schools employees as racially insensitive has resulted in the transportation director being reprimanded | for his actions.
An object lesson involving a rope and an idiom perceived by some Leon County Schools employees as racially insensitive has resulted in transportation director Manny Joanos being reprimanded for his actions.
Joanos came under review by Deana McAllister, the district’s director of employee and labor relations this week, after she received a complaint about language Joanos used during a meeting in January of his leadership team, the majority of them black.
In an effort to make his point that employees can get into trouble without proper supervision, Joanos brought a stretch of rope to the meeting, and quipped: “Sometimes, if you give people too much rope they'll hang themselves."
LCS spokesman Chris Petley said the employees found the language offensive.
Petley said it was determined Joanos used the rope as a prop to illustrate his message.
McAllister interviewed employees, as well as Joanos.
“Anytime Employee and Labor Relations looks into |
What we are witnessing in Venezuela is a Latin America policy that draws from the Cold War and the era of US interventions, when regard for democracy and | international law mattered little and anticommunism was the dominant motif. With John Bolton and Mike Pompeo leading the way, the targeting of Venezuela, along with Cuba and Nicaragua, has become an ideological struggle.
Nicolás Maduro’s government is first on Trump’s hit list.
For several months in 2017 the administration reportedly held discussions with dissident members of the Venezuelan military and security forces about supporting a coup or even an invasion (Julian Borger in The Guardian, July 5, 2018). In this instance Trump’s advisers consulted US diplomats, and they apparently urged the military not to act against Maduro.
Thus, regime change was coordinated with the Venezuelan opposition rather than having been a purely local affair. But this latest version of the “maximum pressure” doctrine applied to North Korea and Iran is entirely misplaced. The Maduro regime is surely undemocratic and corrupt, a one-man show that few Latin American governments recognize since his staged reelection at the |
Softball players Katie Weeks and Rebecca Rogers of Hamilton Central and Oriskany's Alyssa Balfe were Class D first-team all | -state selections for 2012.
The New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports released its all-state softball list last week.
Three area players were first-team picks – all in Class D – and two came from state semifinalist Hamilton Central. The Emerald Knights’ first-team selections were senior shortstop Katie Weeks and freshman pitcher Rebecca Rogers. They were joined on the first team by Oriskany senior catcher Alyssa Balfe.
Notre Dame senior catcher Delaney Buckley was a second-team selection in Class C.
The other Utica-area players to earn all-state recognition from NYSSCOGS were: Oneida’s Jenna Didio and Maria Rocco (Class A, fourth and fifth teams, respectively); Vernon-Verona-Sherrill’s Ashley Palmer (Class B, fifth team); New York Mills’ Corrin Flihan (Class D, third team); Or |
Police were searching Friday for the parents of 10 children who were left to fend for themselves in a crack house for three weeks with no running water, | heat or electricity.
The children, ages 2 to 16, apparently lived on canned vegetables and brought in buckets of water to use in a toilet.
Authorities also found a hole in the roof, bedspreads covering a back door, dog feces in a hallway and soggy floorboards ready to collapse.
The situation was discovered Thursday when a neighbor complained that the smell of kerosene was emanating from the two-story row house four blocks from the city's casino strip.
When authorities got closer, they also found the house smelled of drugs.
"As soon as you hit the top of the steps, all you could smell was crack," said Garry Alston, the city's chief code enforcement officer. There was evidence of drug use in the house, he said.
When authorities tried to question the children, an 11-year-old boy who appeared to be in charge told them not to talk, according to Hugh Gallagher, a city inspector.
The children were |
Mill memoriesIn 1904, William McGillivray's father, Dougal McGillivray, came from Canada to work at the Bloedel | Donovan Mill on Lake Whatcom. "There used to be a shack town for the millworkers right there at the mill," said the 94-year-old unofficial mayor of Silver Beach. "I had two sisters born over there."
McGillivray, "Mac" to his friends, sits in the house he built in 1931. Near the shores of Lake Whatcom, his home is half a mile away from Bloedel Donovan Park, former site of the mill. He points out the window to the house next door. "I was born right there in 1909," he said with a grin.
McGillivray finished eighth grade and became a shingle worker at Bloedel Donovan when he was 14. He shared the job with his younger brother, Ray.
"Flatcars would come in on the Milwaukee or the Northern Pacific line and take the shingles to the bay and they'd load 'em up," he said.
Mac |
There is a missing piece in the current Senate Bill 169 on Governor Hickenlooper’s desk: psychiatric care.
Being placed in | a hospital or a jail in the middle of a mental-health crisis tops any person’s worst-day-ever list. None of us hopes to reach that point, nor do we our family members or friends suffer through such a time without proper psychiatric care.
Much of the conversation surrounding SB169, which aims to broaden the location where a person can be held under an emergency mental-health procedure, focuses on redefining the hold location rather than on the type of treatment offered during a crisis. This focus is shortsighted and overlooks the fact that people in crisis need access to the right treatment at the right time. Psychiatric treatment, the missing piece of this conversation, is simply the right treatment to offer those when they need it most.
While SB169 offers some improvements over the current system, it does not ensure that those who need mental health treatment have adequate access to psychiatric care. The driver in this statewide problem is that we do not have enough psychiatric hospital beds, period. |
A Suffolk judge on Wednesday threw out the indictment charging a limo driver with the deaths of four young women in a Cutchogue crash last year | , ruling that the charges were the result of a flawed presentation that left grand jurors either too confused or unwilling to follow the law.
The judge’s ruling — which left the victims’ families feeling crushed and angry — means no one is now criminally responsible for the July 18, 2015, crash that killed Amy Grabina, 23, of Commack; Stephanie Belli, 23, of Kings Park; and Lauren Baruch, 24, and Brittney Schulman, 23, both of Smithtown. Four other women in the limousine were injured.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota said his office will appeal the decision by State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho. Prosecutors have said the driver created an unreasonable risk by turning in front of traffic without looking.
The limo driver, Carlos Pino, 59, of Old Bethpage, who had been charged with four counts of criminally negligent homicide, misdemeanor assault and traffic offenses, has been sued for wrongful death by |
Obama says US economy is improving but remains under "severe stress".
However, he cautioned that the US economy remained under "severe stress" and | said there was still "a lot of work" to do.
Among those attending the White House meeting were Timothy Geithner, the US treasury secretary, and Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Lawrence Summers, senior economic adviser to Obama, and Sheila Bair, head of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, were also present.
Obama was also briefed on the "stress tests" being conducted on around 20 of the nation's biggest banks, whereby the banks are being examined to see how they would fare in adverse economic conditions.
The results of the tests, due at the end of April, are highly anticipated by global markets anxious to see which firms are considered healthy and which firms may need more government assistance.
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said on Thursday he was unaware of any White House plans to reveal the results, but said the administration felt it was "important that there be some transparency around [the issue]."
The government would also use |
I grew up on a 1,100-acre ranch in Eastern Oklahoma, which taught me the importance of character and the benefits of hard work. | That was a lifetime ago, but I have never lost that influence on my life.
The love of sports began at an early age, culminating in playing football for Northeastern Oklahoma A&M junior college and again as a walk-on during my first year at the University of Arkansas where I would graduate in 1975. That love saw me play early-morning basketball games at the YMCA up to just a couple of years ago.
I began sensing God’s call to the ministry during my college years. I pursued a Master of Divinity degree at Oral Roberts School of Theology, at the time, a fully accredited United Methodist Seminary. In 1977, I began my first pastorate at a Free Methodist Church, which was a church plant in a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ten years later, I accepted an opportunity to pastor a small congregation in Brentwood, Tennessee: New Hope Community Church. At that time, there were 20 families who composed the core group of members |
Hank's brave stand, Walt's desperate play and Flynn's bold move pack the eventful episode.
The episode also featured plenty of lines | destined to become instant classics. Below we count down our five favorites.
Hank died the way he lived -- without compromise. This pretty much put the nail in the coffin for viewers holding out hope that Walt would be able to negotiate for Hank's life. But Hank knew he was a goner, telling Walt, "You want me to beg? You're the smartest guy I ever met, and you're too stupid to see -- he made up his mind 10 minutes ago."
This is an unspeakably cruel moment. Not only has Walt signed off on Jesse being tortured and killed by Todd, but he revisited the cruelest thing he's done to Jesse and used it to hurt him even more. It's also a callback to season three's "The Fly," when an addled Walt apologized to Jesse and nearly confessed his role in Jane's death. In that case, he was contrite, but here there is nothing but malice.
After seasons of dumping on Skyler |
Olympics: Bay Area veterans named to U.S….
Bay Area veterans Alex Morgan, Christen Press, Kelley O’H | ara and Julie Johnston have been named to the U.S. women’s soccer team Tuesday that is looking to become the first squad to win a World Cup and Olympic gold medal in consecutive years.
Coach Jill Ellis named 18 players to the Rio Games roster with the idea of grooming some newcomers for the 2019 World Cup. Morgan, 27, takes over at forward with the retirements of Abby Wambach and Amy Rodriguez.
The Americans open group play Aug. 3 against New Zealand in Belo Horizonte. They also face France and Colombia before the quarterfinals.
Four-time All-American Foluke Akinradewo of Stanford and setter Carli Lloyd of Cal have been named to the U.S. women’s Olympic volleyball team, coach Karch Kiraly announced.
Lloyd, the 2010 college player of the year who led the Bears to the NCAA championship against Penn State, is the team’s third setter.
Rory |
Josh Beckett won�t work under any pitch limits when he returns from the disabled list tonight, but manager Terry Francona said he� | ll be cautious with him.
Beckett had his streak of victories in consecutive starts to start the season halted when he had to come out after four innings after tearing skin on the tip of the middle finger of his pitching hand on May 13.
It wasn�t the blister problem that had landed Beckett on the disabled list six times while he was with Florida, but it was at least a cousin to that condition.
Francona said Beckett could have pitched last week and avoided a trip to the DL, but the club wanted to take a cautious approach to make sure the finger was completely healed before putting him back on the mound. It will be interesting to see if Beckett shows any hesitancy to use his curveball, since he suffered his latest injury throwing that pitch.
Manny Delcarmen, who appeared in just one game since being recalled on May 21, was optioned to Pawtucket after last night�s game to make room for Beckett |
What could really help the working class? Paid leave.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to improve the lives of America’s working | class. Now he has the chance to deliver. Working class parents often face the unenviable choice between their jobs and spending time with their children, since the U.S. is the only advanced economy without a statutory right to paid parental leave.
During his campaign, Trump proposed 6 weeks of paid leave for mothers. This is the first time a Republican presidential candidate has included paid leave in his policy platform. So far, so good. But as usual, the policy design matters a lot.
America’s lack of family-friendly policies, including paid parental leave, is one reason the female labor force participation in the U.S. lags behind that of many other advanced nations. Guaranteeing access to paid parental leave would improve women’s employment prospects and future wages, encourage fathers to spend more time with their children, and benefit children’s health and development.
Include fathers. If the policy is to minimize the financial burdens of child care and improve |
SEOUL: North Korean state media said on Wednesday US President Donald Trump had agreed to lift sanctions against the North in addition to providing security guarantees | in the summit with the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, the previous day.
Trump was cited by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency as saying he made the promise after pledging to end joint military exercises with South Korea.
There was no immediate comment about sanctions from the US side.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected in Russia’s far-eastern port Vladivostok in the coming days, according to reports that have prompted excitement and concern among local residents.
Russian media were quick to report preparations were underway for the summit to take place in Vladivostok, home to Moscow’s Pacific Fleet.
The port lies only about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Russia’s short border with North Korea. This proximity is no doubt important for Kim, who is rumored to travel aboard his armored train.
The 35-year-old will be following in the footsteps of |
Gwyneth Goes Goopless at Tavern; Kirk and Michael Douglas Hit CrustaceanThe star goes to Suzanne Goin’s | place with an au naturale look.
Lil Wayne to Tour the Country With Nicki MinajAnd Travis Barker.
Travis Barker’s Solo Debut To Feature Hip Hop’s A-ListEminem, Drake and Lil Wayne among the contributors.
Travis Barker Flips on Photographer at Marmalade Cafe; Kim Kardashian Gets HerCelebrity dining drama goes down in the ‘burbs, but not the clubs.
Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Drake Nudge the Grammys Toward RelevanceBut where’s Kanye?
Anne Hathaway Stuffs Her ShortsAlso: Pink beefs with Kanye West.
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‘Gossip’ Girls Are Causing Mayhem in the Village!Blake walked her dog off the leash while Jessica ran up a $3 |
With many smartphone launches that we now see we get to hear about numerous specs leading up to the event that can turn out to be accurate, but | with the Micromax Canvas 4 we have been seeing a number of teases released by the company, and the device and its details including price have now been officially unveiled that disappoints many potential owners of the handset.
The company has finally unveiled the Micromax Canvas 4 at a launch event that has been dragging on for ages, and has come under a lot of criticism from many watchers on the company’s official Facebook Page.
It was revealed by the company that it took a total of 11,500 pre-bookings for the device with 4,000 made inside the first 24 hours and was with none of the specs or pricing officially known, but it has disappointed many that have seen the specs that include a 5-inch HD IPS display where many were hoping for a Full HD display.
The Micromax Canvas 4 is priced at Rs. 17,999 and will be available from this weekend, and other specifications of the device include a 1. |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday it would be a mistake if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates when it meets next week, | as it is expected to do, continuing his criticism of the U.S. central bank.
“I think that would be foolish, but what can I say?” Trump told Reuters in an interview.
“You have to understand, we’re fighting some trade battles and we’re winning. But I need accommodation too,” he said.
Trump named Jerome Powell as Fed chairman, but has repeatedly railed against him since he took over as head of the U.S. central bank last February. Trump in August told Reuters that he was not “thrilled” with Powell’s raising interest rates.
When asked whether he was concerned there might be a recession when he was running for re-election in 2020, Trump noted that other factors in the world could affect the economy, including Britain’s plans to leave the European Union, known as Brexit, and the unrest in France.
“Well, you |
One possible effect of standardization is that a company puts out a product that's reliably the same every time.
2 What Is Global Standardization | in Marketing?
Standardization is the process by which a company makes it methods, especially its production processes, uniform throughout its organization. Standardization helps cut costs by eliminating duplicated effort and allows a company to take advantage of economies of scale when purchasing supplies. However, some advantages may be lost when a company decided to standardize its operations.
If a company builds up a customer base that values its unique niche products, or if the company serves a specialized market, standardizing its processes may mean it loses some of its former customers. For example, if a restaurant builds its reputation on a varied and exotic menu, then changes to a standardized menu to provide a more predictable customer experience, its former customers may defect to competitors who provide more variety.
When a company expands into new markets, especially in foreign markets, standardization may work against the firm. While it may be cheaper for a restaurant to buy its trademark hamburgers in bulk, if it expands into a new market where people buy |
People queue to pay respects to Lech Kaczynski and wife following fatal plane crash.
"Hundreds of people are still here, it is | a normal working day but that hasn't stopped people coming," he said.
Parliament has held a special observance in memory of Kaczynski and the politicians killed in the disaster.
The bodies of the first couple are to lie in state in the Columned Hall of the Presidential Palace, where the president appointed and dismissed governments.
The couple are expected to be buried in Wawel castle in the southern city of Krakow on Sunday, Poland's PAP news agency said.
Kaczynski and his entourage had been travelling to mark the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers by Soviet secret police near Smolensk when his plane went down in thick fog.
So far, 87 bodies have been recovered and 40 of them identified, Andrzej Seremet, Poland's chief prosecutor said.
The body of the president's wife arrived at Warsaw's Okecie airport shortly after 10:30 local time on Tuesday.
It was |
ANAHEIM – John Lackey agreed to a $3.76 million, one-year contract with the Angels on Monday, bypassing salary | arbitration.
On Saturday, the AL West champions agreed to multi-year contracts with outfielder Juan Rivera and infielder-outfielder Chone Figgins. Both players had filed for arbitration.
Four Angels now remain eligible for arbitration: closer Francisco Rodriguez, reliever Scot Shields, reliever Brendan Donnelly and catcher Jose Molina.
Schuffenhauer and Jones were silver medalists four years ago, riding in Hays’ sled. This will be the fourth Olympic trip for Jones.
Francis, who missed two games, met with team officials on Monday.
The guard, averaging 16.6 points and 5.4 assists this season, is expected to play Wednesday night at home against Washington.
MIAMI – Dontrelle Willis avoided salary arbitration, agreeing to a $4.35 million, one-year contract with the Florida Marlins on Monday.
The 24-year-old left-hander led the major leagues in wins last year. He is 46-27 |
SOUTH BERWICK — The Compass Program at Marshwood Adult Education is accepting applications for the Spring 2013 semester. Compass is a free | college prep program for adults who are looking to improve their skills before applying to college. If interested please contact our office at 207-384-5703. For those thinking of entering an Allied Health Field, we are offering Algebra, Biology and Chemistry - visit www.marshwood.maineadulted.org to register for any of these courses. On January 1, 2014 there will be a new, online version of the GED. Anyone with incomplete scores needs to complete their GED in 2013 before their scores become invalid in 2014. Please contact our office at 207-384-5703 to make an appointment to come in and map out the best way to complete your GED.
To see a complete offering of Spring Courses visit www.marshwood.maineadult.org.
DOVER — Portsmouth Christian Academy is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year. There is an informational meeting and campus tour scheduled for parents interested in grades kindergarten through eight on |
North Queensland chief executive Peter Parr says he's been assured by the Roosters Willie Mason will be cleared to play for them after agreeing to | a one-year deal on Thursday night.
Mason though will not attend a Cowboys' fan day at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday with his new teammates including captain Johnathan Thurston.
Parr said once the Roosters sign off on all the paperwork to release Mason from his $400,000 a season contract at Bondi Junction he will join the Cowboys, probably early next week.
"(Sydney Roosters chief executive) Steve Noyce told me a little while ago he didn't expect any hiccups with Willie's release," said Parr in Townsville on Friday morning.
"We expect that release will be formalised in the very near future but Steve (Noyce) has given the go ahead to start preparing to get Willie to Townsville."
The Cowboys beat Newcastle to Mason's signature with the 29 year-old Origin and Test forward turning down more money and a longer deal from the Knights believing playing alongside Thurston would enhance his chances |
The Irish Government will deliver a multi-annual Action Plan for Jobs aiming to make Ireland the best small country to do business with in Europe, | with quarterly targets from each department.
The first annual Action Plan for Jobs will be published in January, containing numerous measures from across the entire range of government activity, which aims to be implemented during 2012.
All departments in the Government will be involved in the Action Plan. An implementation group consisting of representatives from the Department of the Taoiseach, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Forfás will be responsible for ensuring that these targets are met.
It will aim to improve competitiveness, support start-ups, develop employment initiatives and assist with business growth.
It also hopes to attract inward entrepreneurial start-ups, develop the impact of FDI and exploit opportunities within sectors such as ICT, gaming, life sciences, the green economy and cloud computing.
“The Government’s top priority is jobs and it was the sole focus of today’s Cabinet budget meeting,” said Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
“The challenge for all of us |
Yash Singh, head of human resource at a leading corporate house, is more than a tad disappointed in gold. He has been diligently buying one | 10 gram gold coin every month for over five years. “It has become a habit now,” says Singh. But in the last few months, his faith in the yellow metal has been shaken. Nowadays, he is constantly seeking advice from his financial planner and other friends on whether he should continue this habit.
With returns from gold down over 5 per cent in the past three months, and more importantly, down over 7 per cent in the past five years, most die-hard fans of gold would be wondering if it is a good idea to keep this asset class in their portfolio.
Not disappointing over the long term: Yes, things have been tepid in the past few years, but over long periods gold has given good competition to equities. For example: Over a 10-year period, gold has returned 12.8 per cent a year whereas the Sensex has returned 10.5 per cent a year. Over the past 20-year period, the Sense |
InterTrust Technologies, which makes software that protects songs and videos from being illegally copied, said its president, David Ludvigson, has resigned | effective Nov. 1 to pursue other interests. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said it has appointed David Lockwood, the company's executive vice chairman and a board member, to replace Ludvigson. Prior to joining the digital rights management company, Lockwood worked for Reuters Greenhouse, a venture capital fund, as well as Goldman Sachs. In August, InterTrust said it would cut 12 percent of its work force in an effort to reduce costs.
InterTrust Technologies, which makes software that protects songs and videos from being illegally copied, said its president, David Ludvigson, has resigned effective Nov. 1 to pursue other interests. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said it has appointed David Lockwood, the company's executive vice chairman and a board member, to replace Ludvigson.
Prior to joining the digital rights management company, Lockwood worked for Reuters Greenhouse, a venture capital fund, as well as Goldman Sachs. In August, InterTrust |
What do you do when your life has come to a standstill? When you feel that there’s nothing much ahead of you and all | your stories centre around how bad it is now or how good it used to be?
There are usually triggers that shoot us into these places where we feel defeated, depressed and needing to live with a sour attitude. It’s common to happen somewhere near the end of one stage of life, when we haven’t started a new stage of life.
It can be like a person who goes to a play that has three acts but mistakenly leaves after the first act ends because they thought the play was over. They leave confused, unfulfilled, warning others not to go because they didn’t stay long enough to know that the end of the first act was not the end of the play.
Some natural triggers can be the death of a loved one, a suicide of a friend, a broken heart, childhood abuse, a divorce, a job loss or even retirement can send us into a helpless hopeless place where we feel lost.
The real question is not how did |
We're featuring several 4/20-related activities/desserts in this week's "The 7."
The 7: Things to do | this weekend including charming banter!
Hey, who wants to touch a truck?!?!?
The 7: Things to do this weekend, including the Mardi Gras that never ends!
From Literary Women to the closing of Hello, Welcome, there's plenty to do starting Thursday and throughout the weekend.
The 7: Things to do in Long Beach this weekend, including Mardi Gras parades!
Take a historic tour through Downtown, join the Mardi Gras festivities and learn all about dragon boat racing this weekend.
The 7: Things to do this weekend including… Nuns kicking it!
This week, "The 7" features great Americans, blasphemous rumors, wonderful causes, Lint Ladies and kicking nuns.
This week's "The 7" is jam-packed with live music events Thursday through Saturday and a couple chill Sunday happenings.
You may have noticed this column was written/hijacked by my dear friend and colleague Asia Morris last |
The UK government deficit widened unexpectedly in August, handing Philip Hammond disappointing news ahead of the autumn budget.
Public sector net borrowing last month, excluding | the nationalised banks, grew by £2.4bn to £6.8bn compared with August a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.
City economists expected the deficit, which is the gap between government spending and tax receipts, to improve by about £1bn. The figures showed slower-than-forecast growth in tax income of 1.6% compared with a year ago, exacerbated by an increase in spending across government departments of 5.4%.
What is the budget deficit and why does it matter?
The deficit is the shortfall between government income and spending as measured each month by the Office for National Statistics. Tax receipts make up the vast majority of income, while spending on welfare, schools, healthcare and pensions make up most of its outgoings.
Successive governments have racked up deficits since 2000-2001, the last time Britain recorded a budget surplus. The deficit ballooned after the financial crisis as the economy went into recession.
When the |
There are dozens of moons in Earth’s solar system, but not one of them is the same as the next. And because there is | so much variety, some of these moons are more important than others, especially for people who are trying to find aliens.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has learned a lot while observing Enceladus, as well as its parent planet Saturn and Saturn’s other moons. But Enceladus is special because the space agency recently announced it might be hosting alien life in an ocean beneath its icy surface. Below the surface there is also a source of heat and, scientists have just discovered, hydrogen that could serve as a source of energy to certain life forms.
We don’t have a spacecraft on this moon’s surface yet, but NASA is preparing for such a scenario. Its Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on a fleet of robots specifically geared toward crawling over and cutting into the thick surfaces of ice on bodies such as Enceladus. Those robots have tools such as heated prongs to melt ice, drills to dig down, buzz saws to power |
LEEDS made a rosy return to the top of the Championship table after easing past Norwich.
Marcelo Bielsa's team | weren't lacking in testosterone as they emerged from the newly-painted pink away dressing room at Carrow Road.
Mateusz Klich and Ezgjan Alioski struck in the first half before Pablo Hernandez added a third in the second to see Leeds return to form after a midweek draw with Swansea.
Norwich gave the visitors something to think about early on, but it was a fully deserved win for Leeds, who had briefly been toppled from the summit on Friday evening when Middlesbrough beat West Brom.
The Canaries meanwhile have taken just four points from their opening five games and were booed off at the end after looking distinctly second best for the majority of the match.
Norwich started the game well, and it needed an excellent block to deny from Pontus Jansson to thwart Teemu Pukki as the Finnish frontman bore down on goal.
But Leeds gradually started to take control and struck twice in five minutes midway through the opening period to take |
PINE KNOLL SHORES, (WITN) The Labor Day holiday is a busy day for law enforcement as many departments have | drinking and driving enforcements, and saturation patrols on the beach and water, making sure everyone stays safe.
In Pine Knoll Shores, police had an emphasis on making sure people walking to the beach can do so safely.
Pine Knoll Shores Sgt. Cory Bishop says, "This crosswalk that we're at today is one of our main beach accesses, so it's extremely important that all vehicles are paying attention to these crosswalks. Whenever a pedestrian is in the crosswalk, on the highway, crossing within a marked crosswalk, the driver has to yield for that pedestrian period."
NC DOT says our state ranks as one of the least safe states for pedestrians and bicyclists with more 3,800 being hit by cars each year.
The program Watch For Me NC, and local police departments like Pine Knoll Shores, are trying to reduce that number by talking to both drivers and those crossing the roadways about being safe.
Sgt. Bishop |
Alex Limoges is having fun.
Sitting at 48 points on the year, you would blame him if he wasn't enjoying a record | -setting year, now Penn State's new single-season points leader.
And coming off of a five-goal weekend against Wisconsin, it's hard to imagine a better way to start the postseason.
"Production, with the importance of those games I don't think I have," Limoges said earlier this week, trying to find a better performance in his career. "Maybe last year against Minnesota in the playoffs, I felt like my game stepped up. This is a fun time of year, it's fun to play in the playoffs and it's fun to be winning games in the playoffs."
It's fun to watch the sophomore too, his strength on the puck and ability to find teammates has given him points on seven different game-winning goals, and 27 games with at least a point in 37 of the Nittany Lions' outings.
"I think when things are going your way it feels good and the puck keeps coming back to you and it seems like al the |
BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Actifio, the Data-as-a-Service company, | today announces its partnership with ZE PowerGroup (ZE), a global leader in enterprise data management. ZE is using Actifio to virtualize its database, increase revenue, and accelerate testing by providing self-service and automation. Selecting and implementing Actifio has provided ZE all that the company needed, along with unexpected advantages that's helping to expand service offerings, gain new clients, and increase revenues.
Headquartered in Vancouver, ZE helps clients gain efficiency and reduce business risks through data automation and services. Its ZEMA Platform is a comprehensive data management and business process automation solution that provides data collection, analytics, data automation, and integration capabilities. ZE is growing globally, and so is the size of their databases. Application development had become increasingly complex, and frequent client requests for database refreshes made it difficult to keep pace with testing. From request to delivery, each refresh could stretch through an entire week. On top of that, each production backup or recovery would take days |
New York: Shares of International Business Machines Corp (IBM) are jumping 6.3 per cent in pre-market trading after the company� | �s 2019 forecast and fourth quarter results beat analysts’ estimates.
That was IBM’s “cleanest quarter in years,” Morgan Stanley analysts, including Katy Huberty, wrote in a note.
Results showed a stronger-than-expected rebound for software after a weak third quarter, though Morgan Stanley sees slower software growth in the first quarter.
IBM’s services “transformation” is also “bearing fruit,” Huberty wrote, as total services revenue grew 2 per cent.
Morgan Stanley is raising estimates for this year’s earnings-per-share due to better-than-anticipated organic software and services revenue growth and operating leverage, along with a gain-on-sale of assets that made up for lost profit and additional restructuring costs.
CIOs had ranked cloud computing, digital transformation, and BI/analytics as their top three priorities.
“IBM’s transformation has |
WWE relives the '90s as Goldberg defeats Lesnar at Survivor Series.
Normally I can't give you a full | play-by-play of a match, so I give you a few highlights. However, for the Brock Lesnar-Goldberg match at the WWE's Survivor Series on Sunday, I can give you the whole thing.
The match started with a staredown, with Lesnar almost having a bemused look on his face. Lesnar struck first, picking up Goldberg and driving him back into the corner. Goldberg, while moved, was unfazed, and shoved Lesnar to the mat with authority. Lesnar looked shocked, with his eyes darting between Goldberg and Paul Heyman. After a few seconds though, the shock turned to amusement, as he smiled and seemed to laugh as he got up. As he rose from the mat, he turned his back to Goldberg, and that was his downfall.
As he turned back around he was hit with a spear. Goldberg immediately moved to the corner, and when Lesnar eventually rose again, holding his ribs, Goldberg struck again with |
The destructive termites are being found in increasing numbers in Lousiana's capital city, LSU's Dr. Gregg Henderson told The Advocate.
| Formosan termites are being found in increasing numbers in Lousiana's capital city, LSU's Dr. Gregg Henderson told The Advocate.
According to the article, Henderson started looking for them in Baton Rouge in 2009. In May and June of that year, the total number of winged Formosan termites caught in light traps numbered just under 300. By 2014, the May and June counts from all the traps numbered 8,345. While a significant increase in Baton Rouge, those numbers are still considerably less than in New Orleans where, on average, there were 21,000 per trap in 2005 and 6,855 average per trap in 2008.
In Baton Rouge, May numbers of the winged version of the termite - known as alates - captured in traps grew from 3,467 in 2015 to 7,288 in 2016, Henderson said.
PCT’s Distance Learning Center continues to expand with the addition of a label training module for AMVAC's |
East Carolina's Jake Verity (9) kicks against Houston at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium last season.
Operation time by the East | Carolina football specialists was put to the test Friday.
From long snappers to traditional offensive linemen and field goal holder Jonn Young and starting kicker Jake Verity, the Pirates have pressured that group this week, especially Friday. Coach Mike Houston said the group succeeded under the circumstances.
“I was real pleased at the end with how we competed with our field goal and field goal block, when it was live,” Houston said of Friday morning’s workout for ECU to complete a full week of five spring practices. “I was disappointed with the way we went after it Wednesday, because what we are trying to teach them is to go after each other and if our defense does not come after that kick hard, then our protection is not being tested.
Another kicker in spring camp is Patrick Nations, who signed with East Carolina in December out of Walhalla (S.C.) High School. He is expected to redshirt behind rising senior Verity.
In addition |
A consortium of some of the Internet's most visited websites, including reddit, Imgur, Wordpress, and Mozilla, will prominently display a spinning | red loading icon on Wednesday, September 10, in a protest against planned FCC rules changes that would undermine the principals of net neutrality.
Visitors to participating sites will also see information directing them to contact lawmakers to express their concern over net neutrality issues.
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The goal of the protest, which was organized by the advocacy group Fight for the Future, is to highlight the two-tiered Internet that opponents say the new FCC rules would create. Weakening provisions that bar ISPs from discriminating against different types of traffic, they say, would open the door to a wide range of practices that would serve only to inflate the cable industry's bottom line, at the expense of consumers and businesses alike.
The sites organized under Fight for the Future's umbrella want the FCC to reclassify broadband providers as common carriers under Title II of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which would subject those companies to much more |
HOUSTON - March 23, 2017 - PRLog -- Some of the smartest Teens in Texas will be donating a portion of their Fast Food money | to Charity, in order to chow down on some Gourmet BBQ. This coming Sunday March 26, the Houston, TX. Chapters of Our Children Our Future (OCOF) and Great Inspirations For Teens (GIFT) will present "#GYMM- GIFT Your McFastFood Money. The event will feature Chef Mick Brown, Host of BBQ RESCUES! TV and a Grill Master Champion of Food Network's "Cutthroat Kitchen". He was also seen on last year's season finale of "Vanderpump Rules" ( Bravo TV) catering the Barbecue Engagement Party. Celeb couple Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz held their cookout at the famous Villa Rosa estate of "Housewives of Beverly Hills'", star Lisa Vanderpump.
The Houston event starts on Sunday afternoon with a BBQ Bootcamp, where the Chef Mick will teach a select group of Teen Volunteers how to set up for a Food Fundraiser. Then Guests will arrive at 4: |
Cancun, Mexico, draws vacationers to the shores of the Caribbean for a tropical beach vacation. The city has over 25,000 hotel | rooms, according to TravelYucatan.com, with thousands more just outside the city limits in towns like Puerto Morelos. Fodor's indicates that the city's most lavish resorts sit along the Zona Hotelera, a stretch of white sand beaches along the Caribbean, while more affordable options may be found in the Centro region.
The Ritz-Carlton Cancun earned the full five diamonds from AAA and three out of three stars from Frommer's. Guests choose from guestrooms with ocean views or suites with separate bedrooms and living rooms. The Ocean View guestrooms include private balconies or terraces overlooking the Caribbean. Guests enjoy in-room amenities like a rainforest shower head, separate soaking tub, fully stocked refreshment center, plush terry robes and goose down pillows. The Ritz-Carlton's Beach Club sits on the largest private beach in Cancun, and you have access to beach villas and hammocks while visiting the 17,000- |
Election, digital, and content creation were the buzzwords of 2012, but as the new year approaches, what trends, companies, agencies, | and people will dominate?
Election, digital, and content creation were the buzzwords of 2012, but as the new year approaches, what trends will dominate the changing state of comms?
Many people breathed huge sighs of relief at 11:15pm on Tuesday, November 6, when TV networks called the election for President Barack Obama, not because they were particularly partial to either side, rather because it signaled the end of an interminable process that dominated the whole year.
The politics were a tedious but necessary demonstration of the democratic process in action. But the result highlighted several issues that marketers and communicators already know too well. Mitt Romney may not have noticed, but America has changed. The 2011 Census showed the increasing influence of the fast-growing US Hispanic population, which was then, unsurprisingly, mirrored in the election. And no marketer would ever underestimate the influence of women in selling popular “products” such as soap, automobiles, or a new president.
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Every time Trump tweets, he can count on an instantaneous reaction. His tweet fixation fuels a parasitic economy in which people compete to ride his digital co | attails. Reporters, Democratic politicians, and social media influencers fall for it every time. They obsessively retweet, analyze and attack. This helps Trump tremendously.
First, they ensure that he dominates the airwaves – and the brainwaves. By focusing massive attention on Trump’s antics, they make him seem larger than life. This produces a cognitive effect called the “focusing illusion,” and it helps explain how Trump ascended from political clown to the presidency. He turned the media into a Twitter news service.
Second, they spread his message. Constant repetition of Trump’s words allows him to set the agenda. Like clockwork, his fellow tweet addicts – including his opponents – repeat every word. They enable him to embed his ideas and images into millions of brains, even yours. For example, which former presidential candidate comes to mind when you see the word “Crooked”? Trump got into your brain.
Third, the continual anti |
The Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign organisation, Senator Jonathan Zwingina, on Monday, said the SDP members who served | in the Gen. Sani Abacha government all had the permission of Abiola.
Zwingina, who ran the campaign tagged ‘Hope ’93,’ said Abacha deceived them into working with him.
The former lawmaker said this during a live breakfast show on Channels Television on Monday.
He said, “I have been the secretary of most of the meetings on the June 12 campaign and I can tell you some facts that we sat in a meeting chaired by MKO Abiola and agreed as a team to work with the government of Abacha in anticipation of declaring June 12 after about six or 12 months.
He defended the likes of Kingibe, a former Lagos State governor, Lateef Jakande and Olu Onagoruwa (SAN), who all agreed to serve in the Abacha government.
Zwingina said he was in possession of the minutes of the meeting where the decision was taken by Abiola and others to serve in Ab |
New documents released by US Senate offer new window into 2016 meeting with Russians close to the Kremlin.
The Senate Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages of | documents on a Trump Tower meeting between members of the incoming US administration and Russian officials.
The congressional testimony, totalling 1,800 pages, provided rare insight on Wednesday into the June 9, 2016, meeting attended by Donald Trump Jr and the US president's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
Senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, also partook in a meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who has close ties to the Kremlin.
Trump Jr admitted in testimony to Congress to seeking to obtain compromising material on then-Democratic Party frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
The meeting sparked a media storm and became of keen interest to investigators probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The 40-year-old son of the president told Congress he does not remember informing his father of the meeting before it was reported by The New York Times a year later.
"Obviously he's aware of it now because he's read it, it's been in the |
KANSAS CITY, MO—Sadly watching from the dugout as the lone spectator refused to abandon the game, the players of the Kansas City | Royals confirmed this week that they were concerned about a fan who stuck out a three-hour rain delay. “I hope he’s okay, I mean, we appreciate the support, but it’s coming down in sheets and this game has absolutely zero playoff implications,” said third-baseman Mike Moustakas, who expressed concern that the fan had seemingly nothing better to do for an entire evening than wait for a mid-season baseball game to restart while sitting through a torrential downpour. “He’s all the way up in the 400 level—he doesn’t even have good seats. I mean, it’s the middle of the week, shouldn’t he have a family or someone to go home to? Maybe we should send up a security guard to ask if he’s okay?” At press time, the fan had gotten up to leave after being unable to endure an interminably long eighth |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - There have been a number of water main breaks in Roswell, but the city is | working to repair them as soon as possible.
“We hired a contractor to come in to fix the leak on the 36-inch water line. The problem we have now is the one of plumbing caps that he’s done,” said Louis Najar, who is the city engineer.
Najar said it wasn’t sealed completely, which caused a small leak to occur.
“The replacement parts have been ordered, so the contractor is owning up to the repair, and he will fix it, with no additional costs to the city,” Najar said.
However, the closures of McGaffey St. and Union are impacting several businesses.
“It causes quite a lot of problems, but there’s people now actually trying to remove the signs to get around, because they are anxious to get through here, quickly, “said Julie Corbell owner of The Wrap Studio.
The city is working on a water |
The first of the three fathers that Nicky Loutit remembers is Robert Kee. He had been a fighter pilot and prisoner of war, and | later became a writer, broadcaster and member of the “famous five” who founded TV-am. He was handsome, charismatic and angry.
Aged two-and-a-half, Nicky was put in a children’s home by her mother, Janetta, who is now 95. “She said to me recently that she knew I didn’t like that home, but she was so mad about Robert that she put me there for my own protection,” says Nicky. “She felt she was saving me. I remember crying and crying and crying. Still now, it makes me cry. If I’d talked about it 10 years ago, I probably wouldn’t have cried.” Getting older, says Nicky, now 73, she “feels more tender”.
Nicky is a painter who has produced a unique and haunting memoir, in pictures and words, of her extraordinary childhood. It |
• Visit Ħal Millieri medieval chapel, l/o Żurrieq, during the open day from 9am to 6pm | . Mass at 10am. Tours at 11.15am, and 4pm.
• Visit the Fort Manoel open day from 9am to 4pm. Tours start at 11am.
• Visit the annual exhibition of Malta’s model makers association at the Catholic Institute, Floriana, from 9am to 5pm.
• Visit Piscopo Gardens’ Herb Weekend, Burmarrad, from 9am to 6pm.
• Take your kids to the Let’s Read Together show at the Eden Cinemas, Paceville, from 10am to noon. Ages 3+. edencinemas.com.mt.
• Listen to a Georgian Sinfonietta string orchestra concert at the MCC, Valletta, at 6pm. For tickets, 2559 5750 or visit www.mcc.com.mt.
• Attend the concert of 16th century music by the Controarco Consort and ten |
There should be no doubts about the U.S.’ decisive role behind the now-crumbling military coup in Honduras. As commander and | chief of the U.S. armed forces, the blame for this intervention lies solely on President Obama.
This year U.S. aide to Honduras was $43 million.
It is utterly unimaginable that the Honduran military would act against the wishes of the hemisphere’s military and economic superpower.
In fact, the chief military leader of the Honduran coup — Joint Chief of Staff Romeo Orlando Vasquez Velasquez — lived and was trained at the notorious School of Americas (SOA), a U.S. military base that trains Latin American military officers to act in the best interests of United State’s corporations. It is no coincidence that another coup leader — Air Force head Gen. Luis Javier Prince Suazo — is also an SOA graduate.
When Honduran President Manuel Zelaya realized that Vasquez was acting against him, he was fired — the rest of the military chiefs resigned in protest; and the coup was on.
The highly conservative Honduran Supreme |
MEXICO CITY — The latest round of NAFTA talks has begun without any substantive negotiating on key sticking points in a low-key meeting contrasting markedly | with the previous round filled with bombshell demands and public scoldings.
Sources said it was unlikely any major counter-demands would be tabled as negotiating teams began meeting on Saturday in key topic areas that figured in the acrimony of the previous round.
Agriculture and rules-of-origin groups began four days of talks but people familiar with the negotiations downplayed the likelihood that Canada would offer a response to American requests on dairy and auto parts at this round.
At the outset of a round projected to be a status-quo affair on the most contentious files, there was a similar lack of movement on Buy American rules, as attempts to get the U.S. to budge yielded nothing.
Canadian officials said they do expect progress on a number of less-controversial files, to get those completed before the harder issues get tackled in future rounds. The three countries are scheduled to continue talking through at least March, after extending their timeframe.
“Progress |
The longtime UN peacekeeping operation in Lebanon was extended Wednesday with new directions to conduct more patrols with Lebanese forces and report when peacekeepers run into road | blocks in Hezbollah strongholds in the country's south.
The UN Security Council unanimously approved the plan for the mission known as UNIFIL, extending it another year after a flurry of negotiations over U.S. and Israeli desires to do more to keep Hezbollah from gathering illegal weapons.
The two countries sought a more muscular approach for UNIFIL to tackle what they say is a blatant, unauthorized arms buildup by the militant group in southern Lebanon. Some other nations, including Lebanon, didn't want major changes in a peacekeeping force seen as playing an important role in the area's decade of relative stability.
In the end, the U.S. and Israel emerged pleased with what they saw as important changes, while other nations noted that the mission's overall mandate hadn't changed.
"The status quo for UNIFIL was not acceptable, and we did not accept it," said U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who has made a priority of scrutinizing the effectiveness and expense of |
“We all knew that at some point we’d have to deal with losing castmembers and friends, but not this soon. Not | at 52. Not in such an abrupt way," the 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actor said on last Thursday's episode of his podcast.
Brian Austin Green has finally spoken out about the death of his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Luke Perry.
Green was the last of the major Beverly Hills, 90210 stars to pay tribute to Perry, who died March 4 at the age of 52 after suffering a stroke in late February.
"Luke was one of those people nobody had a bad story about. He was just a great guy," Green continued in the podcast. "And he was Luke no matter where you saw him, no matter when you saw him, no matter what he was going through. He was a rock."
Green also revealed that he sent Perry a text following his passing. "I texted him after he passed, knowing obviously that he can’t text me back but on some level, hoping that he would text me back |
Clint Eastwood insisted on Monday that his Chrysler Super Bowl commercial was not some kind of political, pro-Obama ad.
In the two | -minute ad Eastwood said it is "halftime in America," and talked about the comeback the city of Detroit and the auto industry has staged.
Critics, though, said it echoes Obama's policies.
"I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising," Karl Rove said on Fox News.
But Eastwood told the network, "I just want to say that the spin stops with you guys, and there is no spin in that ad. On this I am certain. l am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. It was meant to be a message about just about job growth and the spirit of America. I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit |
Bowing to fan pressure, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue on Thursday relaxed penalties against players who high-five fans and throw footballs into | stands.
Players still will be ''subject to'' a $1,000 fine for sending footballs into the crowd, but neither that act nor shaking hands with fans will cost a team a five-yard penalty.
Excessive, prolonged or provocative demonstrations on the field or in the end zone still will result in a five-yard penalty. Taunting is still a 15-yard penalty.
The league received more than 70 letters of protest after Denver quarterback John Elway was fined and the Broncos penalized for flipping a ball to a fan in a wheelchair during the first week of play. From now on, Elway still would be subject to the $1,000 fine, but the team wouldn`t be penalized. While the league will continue to police the throwing of footballs, Tagliabue urged individual clubs to enforce their own rules regarding other interplay with fans. He said it is a crowd control issue that officials should not have to police because it has no bearing |
Michigan and South Carolina will play in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 in Tampa, Fla.
Matchup: Michigan (8-4 | ) vs. South Carolina (8-4) in the Outback Bowl.
Where: Raymond James Stadium; Tampa, Fla.
TV/radio: ESPN2; WWJ-AM (950), WTKA-AM (1050).
Know the foe: Michigan gets an Outback Bowl rematch with South Carolina after suffering a 33-28 last-minute loss to the Gamecocks back in 2012. Things are quite a bit different now. Steve Spurrier is gone. So is Brady Hoke. It'll be Jim Harbaugh vs. Will Muschamp in Tampa on New Year's Day as the Wolverines will battle one of the SEC's worst offenses, as the Gamecocks finished 12th in the league at 340.2 yards per game. Defensively, South Carolina was a bit better, allowing 374.6 yards per game.
The QB: South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley has had an up and down year with turnovers (11 interceptions), but he has throw for |
A big deal in Sathosa Motors where Access Engineering acquired 60% control, buying out Japan’s Itochu Corporation for Rs. | 846 million paying Rs.235 a share, dominated trading on the Colombo bourse yesterday.
The market posted a turnover of nearly Rs.1.7 billion, down from the previous day’s Rs.5.86 billion, with both indices moving up – the All Share by 26.42 points (0.49%) while the Milanka was up 25.41 points (0.54%) with 121 gainers outpacing 92 losers.
In addition to the deal in Sathosa Motors, there were substantial trading in Lanka Lubricants closing Rs.3.60 up at Rs.175, JKH gaining 50 cents to close at Rs.175.50 on over 0.2 million shares, Lion up Rs.2.10 to Rs.199.90 on over 0.1 million shares and Aitken Spence down 50 cents to Rs.115 on nearly 0.2 million shares.
"Over Rs.1 billion of the day� |
Multiple listing service software vendor FBS is planning to roll out a platform that will allow software developers to create products for brokers and MLSs using standardized | data from more than two dozen MLSs representing more than 230,000 brokers and agents.
FBS says the Spark Platform will feature an online store for the products created, the Spark Store, which the company says will be "an app store for real estate software."
The Spark Platform is currently in alpha testing and is slated for a soft launch in July and a full launch in September.
FBS — provider of the flexmls Web MLS system — says at least 26 MLSs have signed on as charter members. Participants include several of the nation’s largest MLSs: California Regional MLS, Midwest Real Estate Data LLC (MRED), and Metrolist. The latest MLS to sign a letter of intent to become a charter member of the platform is Boston area-based MLS PIN, which has nearly 30,000 members.
"Together, the Spark Platform brings together MLSs, brokers, agents and software developers to create an ecosystem for innovation in real estate software," said |
Why the Wizards need to part ways with Andray Blatche sooner rather than later.
Andray Blatche, shown here with a sprained | shoulder during a Wizards-Bucks game last March. Photograph by Flickr user Keith Allison.
If you squint hard, you can start to see what the 2014 Wizards will look like.
They’re an athletic and aggressive playoff team (stop laughing and squint, dammit) in the mold of their franchise point guard. They generate plenty of turnovers, and they like to get out and run. Trevor Booker, Chris Singleton, and Jan Vesely have developed into excellent complementary players alongside John Wall and the first pick of the 2012 draft. Meanwhile, Andray Blatche is nowhere to be seen.
And how could he be? Blatche—the recipient of a regrettable contract extension from Ernie Grunfeld at the outset of this rebuilding project—doesn’t have a place on a team like this. His presence runs contrary to everything these new Wizards are trying to become. His game, while oftentimes effective, is lethargic.
Even when |
WASHINGTON — In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy exhorted the youth of America to ask what they could do for their country. In his | inaugural budget, President Trump wants the government largely out of the national service business.
Mr. Trump’s budget proposal would eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service, and with it, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Vista, one of Kennedy’s first national service programs.
He would zero out a popular loan forgiveness program for graduates who choose public service jobs, and he would cut the Peace Corps by 15 percent. The cuts would extend to other programs that encourage young Americans to teach in at-risk schools, become police officers or take careers in social work.
The Trump administration has said the proposals are part of the larger effort to balance the nation’s budget, emphasize national security and spend taxpayer dollars on programs that are efficient and effective.
But since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps, which helped the country recover from the Great Depression, presidents have used service programs to engage Americans in tackling issues such as poverty, housing and disaster relief |
Chef Seamus Mullen shares six winning strategies for making healthy food a feast for the senses and your stomach.
I’m a | firm believer that first and foremost, food needs to be delicious. There is simply nothing very inspiring about a bland bowl of flavorless quinoa. Yeah, perhaps it might be “healthy,” but who really wants to eat it? Where is the joy? Where is the pleasure? As a professional chef, I’ve watched from a distance as the Internet has exploded with endless recipes for healthy food. And while there are a lot of great ideas and great dishes circulating, I find that the little tricks of the trade that we chefs learn growing up in kitchens are often overlooked. Armed with a little bit of savvy and a well-tuned palate, you can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
One of the most common mistakes home cooks make is not being assertive enough when it comes to seasoning. Often, a little extra salt and pepper or even some lightly chopped herbs will go a long way to bringing out the natural flavors of a dish. Just imagine a roast chicken without |
A grand London townhouse which was once the home of Mary Poppins star Julie Andrews has been put up for sale for £24 million. |
The famous singer and actress, who played Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music, lived at the grand property on Chester Square with director husband Blake Edwards in the 1970s.
Chester Square, which is named after the Duke of Westminster's ancestral home, is one of the finest addresses in Belgravia, central London.
Over the years the square has been home to Roman Abramovich, Margaret Thatcher, Nigella Lawson, Mick Jagger and various foreign Royals.
Until recently, Julie Andrews' old property was home to a wealthy Argentinian family but it has just been fully refurbished and modernised.
It boasts six bedrooms, large entertaining rooms, lift, cinema and a health spa with gym, jacuzzi, steam room and sauna.
There is also a separate mews house - ideal for a nanny - with a media room, living room/study, rooftop terrace and garage.
Chester Square is a beautiful and leafy residential |
James Palmer Jr. scored a game-high 21 points, leading the East squad to a 110-105 victory over the West in the Reese's | NABC College All-Star Game at US Bank Stadium on Friday.
Palmer, a 6-foot-6 guard from Upper Marlboro, Md., hit 8-of-14 shots from the floor and went 4-of-4 from the foul line, including a pair of free throws with 3.5 seconds to ice the win for the East. Palmer, who also had four rebounds, a block and a steal, was one of seven players in double figures for the East squad, as the squad overcame a 10-point first-half deficit.
Palmer became the fifth player to play in the Reese’s College All-Star Game and first since Aleks Maric in 2008.
This past season, he averaged 19.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, ranking third in the Big Ten in scoring and fourth in steals. A third-team All-Big Ten selection and a first-team |
Upon voter approval in November for the Lee County School District half cent sales tax referendum, the district voted this week to increase spending from $8, | 159,801 to $57.4 million on safety measures.
The school board placed the referendum on the General Election ballot in February. The surtax, if passed, would be in effect for 10 years, and would be used for financing the construction of new schools, renovations and additions to existing schools and upgrades and equipping of schools for safety and technology.
Chairman Cathleen O'Daniel Morgan said the average family of four making $50,000 a year would pay an additional $64 a year in sales tax, or 18 cents a day.
Food, gasoline and medicine would not be subject to the half-penny tax. which would be capped for high-end purchases.
"The surtax tops out at $5,000 for a single purchase," Morgan said.
The school district, in a 5-1 vote approved a $57.4 million list that will keep students safe. Melisa Giovannelli opposed.
"The reason why people are |
LOS ANGELES -- Sherlock Holmes is facing his worst enemy: declining crowds at theaters, as this year's domestic movie attendance dips to the lowest in | 16 years.
After two previous weekends that were Hollywood's worst of the year, overall business was down again, about 12 percent lower than the same weekend in 2010, as Hollywood struggles to interest audiences in its big year-end releases.
That would be the lowest attendance since 1995, when admissions totaled 1.26 billion. Domestic attendance in modern times peaked at 1.6 billion in 2002 and has generally been on a decline since.
Tom Cruise and Paramount had a spot of good news. Their action sequel "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol" got off to a healthy start at No. 3 with a $13 million weekend playing exclusively at huge-screen IMAX theaters and some other large-format cinemas.
Hollywood still can go out with a bang. Along with the new "Mission: Impossible," the holidays bring two more big thrillers Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" and David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tatt |
Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyah Medini was born in Jerusalem on the seventh day of Cheshvan, in the year 5593 | (1833), or perhaps a year or two later. Originally he had only one first name Chizkiyah, but when he was once gravely ill, the name "Chaim" ("Life") was added to his name, as is customary in such a case.
He was born into a distinguished Sephardic family. His father's name was Rabbi Rafael Eliyahu, and his mother's Kalu Vida. The boy showed extraordinary qualities of character and intelligence from his earliest youth. He studied Torah with unusual diligence and devotion. His brilliant mind and memory helped him absorb knowledge with ease. His teachers were some of the most outstanding Rabbis of Jerusalem, particularly the Rishon Mion (Sephardic Chief Rabbi) Yitzchak Kubo and Rabbi Joseph Nissim. Burla, Head of the Beth Din of Jerusalem.
In the year 5613 (1853) Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyah's father passed away. The burden of supporting |
'Two-faced' politicians have opened the door to an EU superstate by giving up on democracy, Václav Klaus, the veteran | Czech statesman, tells Bruno Waterfield.
The new push for a European Union federation, complete with its own head of state and army, is the "final phase" of the destruction of democracy and the nation state, the president of the Czech Republic has warned.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Václav Klaus warns that "two-faced" politicians, including the Conservatives, have opened the door to an EU superstate by giving up on democracy, in a flight from accountability and responsibility to their voters.
"We need to think about how to restore our statehood and our sovereignty. That is impossible in a federation. The EU should move in an opposite direction," he said.
Last week, Germany, France and nine other of Europe's largest countries called for an end to national vetoes over defence policy as Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister, urged the creation of a directly elected EU president "who personally appoints the members of his European |
Like Jon Snow making the trek back to Winterfell, “Game of Thrones” returned home Friday night to Belfast, the Northern Ireland city | that has been the series’ main production base for most of the past decade.
For the first (and last) time in eight seasons, the HBO series held its European premiere at Waterfront Hall overlooking the River Lagan.
While the event was more modest than the one at Radio City Music Hall in New York City last week, it held a special sentimental value for the cast — particularly locals such as actors Conleth Hill and Richard Dormer — and several hundred crew members in attendance.
“We feel honored and fortunate to call Belfast our home and we are forever joyful to be a member of the mighty Belfast family,” said executive producer Bernadette Caulfield before the screening.
Caulfield oversaw production out of Titanic Studios — in the same massive space where the doomed ship was built — and in dozens of picturesque locations around the countryside.
With its scope, ambition, meticulous craftsmanship and eye-popping budget, the series has been |
The City of Lights is bracing for darker times.
In a Feb. 9 press conference, Paris’s deputy mayor Jean-Fran | çois Martins unveiled a proposal to build a permanent bulletproof glass wall around the base of the Eiffel Tower to protect France’s most popular tourist attraction from terrorist attacks. The “aesthetic perimeter,” as Martins called it, will replace unsightly metal fences the city erected as preventive measures when it hosted the Euro football tournament last year.
“Sadly, the risk of terrorism hasn’t gone away,” said Martins.
Measuring 8 ft (2.4 m) high, the glass wall will protect the 128-year old landmark as well as two adjacent ponds. Tourists can only access the areas after clearing security checkpoints, which are quickly becoming standard fixtures in cultural attractions around the world.
The mayor’s office will seek design proposals through an official tender process. Like New York officials who commissioned sculptural bollards to protect downtown Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks, Paris is actively seeking counter-terrorism |
Why justification by faith alone is still our defining doctrine.
Evangelicals who visit Rome cannot help but enjoy the stately buildings and stirring sense | of history. A few like it so much they never leave. Such is the case with Francis Beckwith, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society. In April, the Baylor University philosopher rejoined the Roman Catholic Church.
Such defections always provoke a little evangelical soul-searching, in this case about the classic doctrine of justification. Beckwith found the Protestant view, which assumes that sanctification follows justification, inadequate.
"As an evangelical, even when I talked about sanctification and wanted to practice it, it seemed as if I didn't have a good enough incentive to do so," Beckwith told Christianity Today. "Now [in Catholicism] there's a kind of theological framework, and it doesn't say my salvation depends on me, but it says my virtue counts for something."
Beckwith, in describing his confusion, has done us a favor, giving us an opportunity to explore a question that frankly many Christians ask: Why be good?
July 2007, Vol |
It's hard to define who plays what instrument in the band, as performers tend to swap instruments from song to song.
Vocalist, | banjo and fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens is a native of the North Carolina Piedmont. She's been trained in opera and Celtic music, but decided to get back to the roots of music from her local area.
Also a fiddler, vocalist and banjo player, Justin Robinson, who grew up in Gastonia, was trained in classical violin as a young man. Dom Flemons, originally from Arizona, plays guitar, banjo, harmonica, jug, snare drum and sings.
Their music has been described as country, folk and old-time, but would be best defined as traditional Piedmont string band music.
In this music, the banjo is the lead instrument and the fiddle serves as backup or accompaniment, rather than serving as lead instrument as it would in Appalachian string music.
North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson, now in his 90s, has helped mentor the group. Thompson has been called a living legend |
United States' Erin Hamlin and home hope Wolfgang Kindl each claimed surprise sprint gold medals today as the International Luge Federation (FIL) World | Championships began in Igls.
Hamlin, who had claimed an equally unexpected non-sprint world title at Lake Placid in 2009, clocked a time of 30.074sec in the shortened format in the Austrian resort.
This proved enough for her to get the better of defending champion Martina Kocher of Switzerland.
Kocher finished 0.009 behind as Tatjiana Huefner of Germany took bronze a further thousandth of a second back.
“This is incredible, I wasn’t expecting it at all," said the winner.
Local hero Kindl delighted the home crowd with his win in the corresponding men's event.
He clocked a time of 32.467 to win by 12 thousandths over Russia's Roman Repilov.
Italy's Dominik Fiscgnaller was a comparatively distant third in 32.590.
“I knew I could win here,” said Kindl afterwards. |
The producers responsible for a recall of some 550 million potentially tainted eggs have found another outlet for the inventory that just keeps coming: They’ll | turn them into liquid eggs used in everything from cookies and cakes to egg substitutes and pet food.
Eggs from the two Iowa farms at the heart of a salmonella scare could still make it into your shopping basket — but not in the way you'd think.
Patricia El-Hinnawy, a spokeswoman for the federal Food and Drug Administration, confirmed Wednesday that Wright County Eggs and Hillandale Farms will send recalled eggs and ongoing inventories of eggs to so-called "breaking plants" to be processed and sold.
FDA and Animal science experts say the eggs will be pasteurized, a process that indisputably kills the salmonella bacteria responsible for infections that have sickened at least 1,300 people.
And officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture say that lots of the eggs suspected in the outbreak will be segregated from other eggs and subjected to a new, second inspection to ensure that no salmonella remains.
Still, experts |
The transaction management team at Clayton Holdings led by Vicki Beal doesn’t deal in small potatoes. This year alone, they provided independent | third-party review due diligence services to 16 nonagency residential mortgage-backed securities deals.
Since 2009, the year after the crash and as lending ground to a virtual halt, they have provided the service to practically every major RMBS deal. The senior vice president is a member of the transaction and credit risk management leader’s securitization group, the hub of Clayton’s approach to RMBS due diligence. The company considers Beal key to its success.
She is the primary ratings agency contact for Clayton and has had input on securitization standards adopted by the American Securitization Forum as well as being used in the current ratings process. Beal, who has more than 38 years of mortgage banking industry experience, acts as the go-to person at Clayton on the subject matter of due diligence, being considered an expert on all elements of the origination, collection, servicing, regulatory and vendor sides of the mortgage business.
“She is the |
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