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President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Twitter-driven controversy arises from his dashed-off call for jailing or stripping citizenship from protesters who | burn the American flag. As Philip Bump notes, this is hardly the first indicator that Trump is not what you would call a civil-liberties enthusiast. And as my colleague Jonathan Chait observes, this might be just another Trump distraction from the nasty stuff he is planning to do in the real world.
It is probably worth taking notice of the fact, however, that demagogic attacks on the First Amendment rights of people conservatives don’t like aren’t as broadly acceptable on the right as they used to be.
A SCOTUS justice with a more ambiguous relationship to conservatism, Anthony Kennedy, also sided with the majority in Texas v. Johnson, while conservative justices more attuned to the political branches of government, Rehnquist and O’Connor, went the other way. After a few years of regular fulmination against the SCOTUS precedent and regular House passage of constitutional amendments aimed at overturning the decision, the conservative passion for this particular form of hippie |
The new Congress is going to be a bit different than the old Congress. During an orientation week for new members of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio | -Cortez showed up at Nancy Pelosi’s office. This in itself would not be news, except that she was joining protestors demanding more urgent climate action.
Even before they took the House, national Democrats promised to do precious little on climate change. Since last week’s election, that needle has shifted slightly. Press reports have indicated that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi—who has said she expects to be elected speaker for the next Congress—would reinstate a select committee on climate change that could investigate the issue but not craft legislation. Which is, basically, good for nothing.
It’s against this backdrop that an estimated 200 protestors from the Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats, two progressive groups with the former pushing to get fossil fuel money out of politics, dropped in on Pelosi’s office on Tuesday morning. The groups are pushing a draft resolution that would give the select committee teeth to create a Green New Deal while also asking Democrats to reject fossil fuel donations and barring those |
Shannon Purser has revealed that discussions have already been held over a possible sequel to Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, but insisted that it is | up to Netflix and the amount of views the film ultimately gets.
As Sierra Burgess, an outcast at high school, Purser has to team up with Kristine Froseth’s Veronica, the most popular cheerleader, so that they can try and win over their crushes.
The rest of the article contains huge SPOILERS for “Sierra Burgess Is A Loser,” specifically when it comes to the end of the romantic-comedy.
So please don’t read ahead if you’re yet to watch the latest Netflix release. You have been warned.
Come the end of “Sierra Burgess” she ultimately lands Jamey (Noah Centineo), who had previously been contacting her under the impression that it was Veronica, as he realizes that he fell in love with their endless chats over the phone.
What time does Netflix release Sierra Burgess Is a Loser?
During our conversation I asked Purs |
Yet another of the "first generation" Hayes Valley businesses those that have been around since the neighborhood first began its current gentrification, after | the double-decker section of the Central Freeway that went over Hayes Street came down due to damage in the '89 earthquake, in 1992 is biting the dust, as Eater informs us. Momi Toby's Revolution Cafe and Art Bar is giving up the ghost after 23 years on Laguna Street, and via a liquor license transfer application, they learn that local restaurant PR person Jen Pelka is teaming up with a couple partners to open a Champagne bar in the space to be called The Riddler.
Momi Toby's owner Anthony Shou, who's only owned the business since 2013, told Hoodline a full year ago that he'd received nine offers to buy the place just in two years, but he seemed to be holding out for a buyer who'd keep the place going as the scrappy neighborhood cafe and bar that it had been for two decades. It sounds like Pelka finally made him an offer he couldn't turn down, however.
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MANILA, Philippines–Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC), operator of North Luzon Expressway, opened on March 19 a | 2.42-kilometer NLEx road section providing alternative access to Valenzuela City and the port area in Manila, a statement showed.
MNTC, a unit of Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp., said it had opened the so-called segment 9 of the Harbor Link, which would serve about 27,000 vehicles per day in its first year. The project, connecting NLEx from the Smart Connect Interchange to MacArthur Highway in Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, came at a cost of P1.6 billion, MNTC said.
“Vehicles going to Camanava (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela City) via NLEx can take the west-bound ramp at the Smart Connect Interchange, proceed through Segment 9 and take MacArthur Highway instead of exiting at the Valenzuela Interchange and passing through the congested |
Logo of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
SAARC regional cooperation and sub-regional cooperation were some of the issues | discussed during Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar’s visit to Bhutan and Bangladesh on March 1 and 2 as part of his SAARC Yatra. These issues have acquired importance following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘neighbourhoood first’ policy. At the 18th SAARC summit in Kathmandu Prime Minister Modi minced no words in describing the limited progress which the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has made in the last 30 years.
It is in this context that the experience of sub-regional cooperation in SAARC is being examined to understand whether it has facilitated the bonds to grow among the member countries. But before going any further it is important to understand – What is sub regional cooperation? The normal form of regional cooperation is institutional integration which is characterised by legal arrangements that promote preferential trade among members. Sub regional cooperation is considered as a less formal form of cooperation.
The focus is on border regions of the member countries and not the |
Growing up in this part of Tennessee, I never really saw a lot of men in the kitchen. Most of the cooking that was done in our | family was left to my female relatives, and they are greatly responsible for my extreme obsession of all things food related to this very day.
One exception to this was my father’s blackberry jelly. He made it every year, and that was the only time I can remember him getting near a stove. In fact, my mother was not a huge fan of letting anyone else grace her kitchen with their presence. Especially not an excessively chatty, constantly underfoot, prone-to-mischief-making little girl. That would be me.
After the blackberries were picked on our farm and the process of checking everyone for ticks and briars was complete, all bets were off. Mom would assemble the mounds of cheesecloth, the bags and bags of sugar, and every single stock pot in the house and then quickly evacuate the building because she couldn’t stand to look at the mess that was about to ensue.
Then I would have my daddy all to myself |
Guest post by Mark A.R. Kleiman, public policy professor at UCLA. Professor Kleiman regularly blogs at The Reality Based Community.
| I haven't seen any polling on this, but if Romney wants to make this election about whether we need more cops, firefighters, and teachers, Barack Obama ought to accept the invitation. At least Romney is more honest (or just more tone-deaf) than his co-partisans such as Scott Walker, who usually pretend we can cut taxes by eliminating "bureaucrats."
Of course the real hard-core Ayn Rand types think it's a good thing if a schoolteacher loses her job and has to become a stripper -- since, after all, by definition private-sector employment is productive while public-sector employment is unproductive -- but Mitt's welcome to that 25% of the vote.
It's true that there are ways of getting crime control, firefighting, and teaching done with fewer people. The police are only starting to adapt to social and technical facts (almost everyone walking around with a video camera connected to the Net) that could allow the " |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Tennessee Volunteers scrapped, pounded and grabbed.
They also survived. No coincidence in that.
The | second-seeded Volunteers mostly ditched the glamorous 3-pointer and got physical in Sunday’s second-round and moved on with a 76-71 overtime victory over Butler in the NCAA East Regional.
Tennessee (31-4) got a little assist from women’s coach Pat Summitt, who called her men’s counterpart a few hours before the game.
“She said, `Just tell those guys to rebound the basketball,’ ” Pearl said of his colleague, who has won seven national titles.
JaJuan Smith hit four consecutive free throws in the final 13.6 seconds of overtime to clinch it.
The Volunteers, who will play Louisville on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C., had five players with multiple fouls by halftime and made only two 3-pointers in the final 40 minutes against Butler (30-4).
The Volunteers scored six consecutive points inside after the Bulldogs took their first lead in the final two minutes |
Parents want action to cut speed on a busy road – after a car hit a fence yards from a Doncaster school.
The crash happened in | Everingham Road, Cantley, on Thursday, at about 3.05pm, just after pupils at nearby Hawthorn Primary School had finished for the day.
A red Ford Mondeo veered on to the pavement and crashed into a fence next to a clearing in woods on the school’s grounds, which is used as a walkway to and from school by many pupils and their parents.
The parents’ call comes as figures reveal more than two people a week die or seriously hurt on Doncaster’s roads each year.
Parents Laura Fitzpatrick and Lee Mulholland – who were walking their four children home from school when the crash happened – narrowly missed being struck.
Laura, 31, of Forest Grange, Cantley, said: “We were walking back through the woods later than normal, because I was late from work, but if we hadn’t been that car could easily have crashed into us.
“When we came |
Pasztor and local trainer Luke VanMoerkerke are offering a camp for high school aged players on July 2 from 9 a.m | . to 2 p.m. at the Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex.
"It’s a chance for us to be able to give back to the community and, hopefully, be able to teach the kids some fundamentals," said Pasztor, a 27-year-old offensive lineman from Langton in Norfolk County, who plays with the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons.
"And have a good time, as well."
Pasztor and VanMoerkerke ran a similar camp a couple of years ago in Tillsonburg – where they went to Glendale High School together – but on a much smaller scale. That camp gave the pair a blueprint for next month’s camp.
"We have the opportunity to give them some really solid fundamentals that will help them improve their game," said Pasztor.
"The other thing is we want to make it a lot of fun. I’ve set aside some time |
State Police in Harrisburg are investigating an armed home-invasion robbery in the 7200 block of Linglestown Road in West Hanover Township | , Dauphin County.
On Monday afternoon, the victim found an adult male wearing all black clothing and a black mask inside their residence. The male suspect pointed a small handgun at the victim and demanded money. The suspect fled the residence on foot with an undetermined amount of cash and a handgun, state police report.
The suspect was later identified as Vincent J. Crockenberg, 25, of Coal Township. He faces numerous charges including burglary, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, false imprisonment, harassment and firearms not be carried without license.
Police say Crockenberg has been at large since escaping from the Keystone Correctional Facility Feb. 18.
Several local schools, including Central Dauphin High and four elementary schools, were locked down for a brief period with troops searched the area for the suspect.
Anyone with information on Crockenberg's whereabouts is asked to contact the state police at Harrisburg at 717-671-7500. |
This picture illustrates part of a spectrum of a star obtained using the HARPS instrument on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at the | La Silla Observatory in Chile.
Astronomers searching for alien planets may be a step closer to finding true Earth-like worlds around sun-like stars, by using a new tool that promises to increase the accuracy of planet-hunting instruments tenfold, scientists say.
The laser frequency comb is a calibration tool specifically designed for large ground-based telescopes that search for alien planets through the "wobble method," which identifies extrasolar planets by the gravitational effect (the wobble) they have on their parent stars.
Today instruments such as the European Southern Observatory's High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) spectrograph on a telescope in Chile observe planets via the wobble method. But precision is key, and the hollow cathode lamps used to calibrate those spectrometers have their limitations, researchers said — they are not adjustable, can be difficult to gauge, and allow the spectrometers to track the wobble of a star only down to |
It was a historic day for recreational cricket as the inaugural Sussex Cricket League AGM was held at the 1st Central County Ground, Hove. |
The East Sussex, Mid Sussex and West Sussex Leagues all merged with the Sussex Premier Cricket League before last season, but still played under their own league rules.
The leagues are now represented under one banner - the Sussex Cricket League - and at the AGM tonight, the formats of the divisions were decided.
The Premier Division and Division 2 will continue to play a split season (nine win/lose/draw matches and nine limited overs matches).
Divisions 3 and 4 will play limited overs - 45 over a side - all season while Division 5 and below will play 40 over matches all season.
The start times will be: Premier Division 11.30am; Divisions 2, 3 and 4 12.30pm; Division 5 and below 1pm.
The league has a new twitter account - @SussexCricketLg - and the accounts for the West Sussex (@WSICL), East Sussex (@cricketescl) and Mid Sussex (@m |
One of the main candidates to become the new chair of Football Federation Australia has withdrawn from the race to replace Steven Lowy, with Judith Griggs | stepping out of the board elections.
In a letter penned to the FFA, Griggs confirmed she will no longer be in the running for the top job in Australian football due to her international business commitments.
In a letter seen by Fairfax Media, Griggs expressed a desire to continue assisting in Australian football but has ruled out being part of the new board, to be elected on November 19.
Griggs confirmed to Fairfax Media she would no longer contend for the board. "I felt after careful reflection that I might not be able to do proper justice from a time perspective to the role and responsibilities of director, if elected," she said.
Griggs previously headed the Congress Review Working Group which oversaw the governance reforms within Australian football. Lowy announced he would step down from his role in the wake-up of the reforms passed.
Griggs' previous roles include chief of the Australian Grand Prix.
The likes of media personality Craig Foster, former Capital Football boss Heather |
If you are a working mother, plagued with guilt that you aren't doing right by your children, there's some good news coming your way. | Thanks to a new study by the International Social Survey Program of 50,000 adults in 25 countries, it seems working moms are setting up their children — particularly their daughters — for success.
Daughters of working mothers completed more years of education, were more likely to be employed and in supervisory roles, and earned higher incomes. Across the globe, 69 percent of women who had a working mom were employed, and 22 percent were supervisors, compared to 66 percent and 22 percent, respectively, of women who had a stay-at-home mom.
It also showed that women in the US with moms who worked outside the home were paid a whopping 23 percent more than those raised by stay-at-home moms.
Whether a mom worked didn't have as much influence on the careers of sons, which researchers made sure to note was expected because men are historically expected to work. However, sons of working moms did spend more time at home, roughly seven and a half more hours on child care |
Will the iPhone 8 Not Have a Fingerprint Scanner?
Will the iPhone 8 Ditch the Fingerprint Scanner?
An ostensible | look at the iPhone 8, as rendered by iDropNews.
Which is why everyone is raising eyebrows at his prediction yesterday that Apple’s upcoming OLED flagship phone, the iPhone 8, won’t have a fingerprint scanner. The reason? Apple hasn’t been able to produce the tech needed to place a fingerprint scanner underneath the Apple 8’s screen, and there won’t be a physical home button to take its place. Qualcomm recently unveiled tech that would allow for on-screen fingerprint scanning, but it’s still slow and is unlikely to be rolled out in mass numbers for a while.
Of course, a fair number of phones have recently shrunk down their bezels, including Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and LG’s V20, and stuck a fingerprint scanner on the back, to mixed success. (Samsung’s isn’t great; LG’s is better.) But Kuo says Apple is not |
SOUTH KOREA made an explosive start in Group B as they cruised past disappointing Greece 2-0.
Goals from Lee | Jung-soo and Park Ji-sung early in each half gave the 2002 semi-finalists only their second World Cup win on foreign soil.
The Koreans defended solidly against the Euro 2004 champions – who have lost every World Cup finals game in which they have played without even scoring.
At the other end, European-based duo Cha Du-ri and Park Chu-young proved a real handful for the shaky Greek defence.
South Korea coach Huh Jung-moo said: “We played to win and our players worked really hard.
The Red Devils took the lead after seven minutes when Lee Young-pyo’s corner drifted past four defenders into the path of Lee Jung-soo, who volleyed in from close range.
Skipper Park Ji-sung, strangely quiet in the first half, burst into life by doubling his side’s lead in the 52nd minute to deal a killer blow to Greece.
He chased a poor ball from |
The Los Angeles Unified School District's student enrollment numbers have decreased again, and a new headcount shows this year's drop was slightly bigger than district | officials had anticipated.
Instead of losing around 10,000 students — as originally forecast — L.A. Unified's final enrollment count was down by 13,000 students compared to last year, the district's chief financial officer Scott Price said.
In the short term, district officials project the discrepancy will cost L.A. Unified an additional $17 million in revenues generated by student attendance — yet another hit to the district's $7.5 billion operating budget.
But in the longer term, the new headcount will do nothing to quell anxieties about whether L.A. Unified officials are doing enough to reverse a decade-and-a-half-long trend of enrollment decline.
"Besides asking people to have more children and fixing the housing crisis, what can we be doing?" school board member Nick Melvoin asked at a meeting last Tuesday.
In his statement, Melvoin hinted at the factors that are often raised to explain the decline of L.A |
Will Greece break the euro?
A make or break meeting on Saturday could determine whether or not Greece defaults on its debts. How damaging has Greece | 's debt crisis been for the euro and the idea of irreversible euro membership? Kirsty Basset reports.
Greeks protesting outside parliament, calling on their government to keep their country in the euro zone. The Greek government says it wants to stay in too. But with Greece due to pay the IMF 1.6 billion euros on Tuesday, time is running out. If a deal isn't drawn up on Saturday, the stage could be set for a Greek default - which could push the country closer to an exit from the euro zone. What would that look like? Reuters correspondent Jamie McGeever. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) REUTERS CORRESPONDENT JAMIE MCGEEVER SAYING: "There would be a huge collapse in the value of the currency. The price of imported goods, fuel, medicine, would go through the roof. Inflation would rise. There'd be all sorts of volatility and uncertainty." Some argue it would in the long |
This is one time you'll want to encourage kids to color inside the lines. Grown-ups, too.
Just before dinner, as | Mickey Mouse appears on large monitors around the room, our placemats are whisked away. While we eat (have you ever tried buttered popcorn soup?) we're treated to a montage of famous food-themed moments from Disney cartoons (think Lady and the Tramp sharing that strand of spaghetti). But the piece de resistance isn't dessert, though the warm chocolate lava cake certainly is yummy. It's the magic that has animated our rudimentary green stick drawings and brought them to life on the huge screens around the dining room. Your characters march and skip and dance with Mickey, Jiminy Cricket, Cinderella and Snow White.
Wow! Even the jaded 17 year olds I'm with are impressed. At the end of the show, each of our names -- as we signed them on our placemat -- is listed on the credits as "guest animator." We leave the dining room smiling, clutching our drawing that has been returned embossed with a gold seal proclaiming each of |
Prof. Trussell’s research program currently focuses on a number of important issues in evolutionary, community and ecosystem ecology. These interests are | being explored in a number of systems including rocky intertidal shores, old fields, and freshwater amphibian communities. In a nutshell, Prof. Trussell thinks interesting questions are far more important than interesting systems but, of course, if one can have both then things are that much better! Much of his current work emphasizes the evolutionary and ecological significance of predation risk, with an emphasis on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity and inducible defenses, the ecological significance of nonconsumptive predator effects, and the influence of trait-mediated indirect interactions on community dynamic and ecosystem function. However, he also spends a good amount of time on other topics including the factors influencing invasive and exotic plant diversity in terrestrial systems, the influence of species diversity on ecosystem function, and the impact of climate change on natural food webs.
Prof. Trussell’s research is highly collaborative and involves some outstanding colleagues including Oswald Schmitz (Yale University), Barney Luttbeg ( |
Looks like my wife’s house in Auckland won’t be swamped with a tsunami after all. Good news all around.
| Intelliworks, Inc., a vendor of CRM for higher education, has announced that it is launching a new version of its enterprise product specifically designed to meet the CRM needs of small to midsize schools as well as individual programs, and departments.
The new iRM Essentials product is being billed as providing the ability to set up and operate a full-fledged CRM system at a lower price point, in a shorter amount of time, and in a hosted environment.
According to Intelliworks officials, the key value proposition of the iRM Essentials product includes rapid deployment of CRM, speed to the point of value creation, a predictable budget via fixed-price acquisition, deployment, and support as well as reduced implementation complexity and hassle free hosting.
Advertised as having a zero footprint as a 100 percent web-based product, iRM Essentials provides such features as a common database with a 360° view, inbound and outbound communications, marketing and campaign |
The important questions: Are surprise parties ever a good idea?
Few good deeds are as misguided as throwing someone a surprise party.
One of | my favourite episodes of Mad Men proves this very point. At the beginning of Season 5, Don Draper’s new wife Megan plans him a surprise 40th birthday bash. Despite being warned by his colleagues that Don hates unexpected parties, the spunky, 26-year-old insists, “People are always glad” to be surprised in the end. The night ends the way most surprise parties do: with a messy house, a stained carpet and a vicious argument. Needless to say, Don and Megan’s marriage doesn’t last.
I learned to fear surprise parties from personal experience. When I was eight, my fellow third-graders and I planned an end-of-year shindig to thank our teacher for her work teaching us fractions and administering time-outs. We believed the party would be more meaningful if we planned the whole thing behind her back, so we we invested our parents’ hard-earned money on streamers and cake. On |
The Nobel prize won by Francis Crick in 1962 for his discovery of DNA was sold at auction on Thursday for more than $2m (£1 | .3m).
Heritage Auctions identified the buyer as Jack Wang, CEO of Biomobie, a regenerative medicine technology company located in Silicon Valley and Shanghai. The price surpassed the pre-sale estimate of $500,000 (£325,000).
On Wednesday, a letter Crick wrote to his son describing the discovery sold at Christie's for $6m (£4m). It was a record for a letter, eclipsing a record price for an Abraham Lincoln letter that went for $3.4m (£2.2m) in 2008.
Crick was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine along with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins. He spent the latter decades of his career doing brain research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Califiornia. He died in 2004 at the age of 88.
The medal was among 11 artefacts Crick's heirs offered at the Heritage auction.
Wang said the medal and |
IT’S so frustrating to watch that you want to rip your hair out. But Rob Sitch says ABC’s Utopia has | become more reality than satire in season two.
From the creators of 'Frontline' and 'Hollowmen' comes a new comedy that takes a swipe at government.
UTOPIA may have won the Logie for best comedy this year, but co-creator and star Rob Sitch admits he’d lost faith in the project on more than one occasion.
A comedy about a bunch of bureaucrats at the Nation Building Authority who fail to achieve anything doesn’t necessarily scream “champagne comedy”.
When we spoke ahead of the program’s launch last year, Sitch sounded a little nervous about the public’s reaction to the show.
This is perhaps unsurprising: after years of creating comedy classics including Frontline and The Dish, the Working Dog team had hit a rough patch following a solid response to political satire The Hollowmen in 2008.
For a group that had rarely stumbled, facing failure was tough: first their $ |
A scheme to financially support small-scale solar energy generation in Irish homes will be rolled out this summer, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment | Denis Naughten has announced.
The grants will be for roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Initially, they will support “self consumption” of electricity in domestic properties – ie the energy generated will not be fed into the national grid.
However, it is envisaged the scheme will in time be rolled out to small businesses; community organisations, sports clubs and farmers – though a timetable for this has to be finalised.
“The reality is that bringing microgen onto a /[electricity supply]/ system designed for large generators is complicated. It impacts how we pay for the network, how we manage regulation and how we technically manage the system,” Mr Naughten told the 2018 Renewable Energy Summit this week.
Pat Smith, joint chairman of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation (MREF), welcomed the announcement but called for the pilot scheme to be quickly extended to businesses and farmers.
MREF represents |
The TV talking head will return to his post at Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick, a little over a month after he was accused of | sexual and emotional abuse by an ex-partner.
Chris Hardwick’s Hollywood exile has apparently come to an end. Just a few weeks after AMC paused its relationship with the omnipresent TV host after he was accused of sexual and emotional abuse by an ex-partner, it seems the network has had a change of heart. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hardwick will be reinstated as the host of Talking Dead, the Walking Dead-themed talk show he has hosted since 2011, and as the host of his series Talking with Chris Hardwick. His renewed tenure on Talking Dead will begin on August 12. It was previously reported that Yvette Nicole Brown would temporarily take over Hardwick’s position on that date, in addition to hosting a Walking Dead Season 9 preview special on August 5. Per E.W., she will still host the special, and will now be a guest on the August 12 Talking Dead episode.
Hardwick came under fire in June after his former girlfriend |
Misreading biblical prophecy can have terrible consequences.
When large groups of Zionist Jews first immigrated to Palestine around the turn of the 20th century | , many felt they were fulfilling the prophecies of Israel being restored to the Promised Land (for example, Isa. 14:1-3; Jer. 23:7-8; Ezek. 39:25-28).
They were wrong. In fact, the Jews are only one tribe (Judah) of the ancient nation of Israel. The fulfillment of those prophecies will include the other, “lost” tribes of Israel. In addition, they refer to a time after Jesus Christ’s Second Coming. So, many Jews were basing their modern “exodus” on an erroneous interpretation of Scripture.
Herbert Armstrong knew that and predicted, based on correct understanding of prophecy, that the mistake would cost the Jews dearly. He wrote this in the June 1948 Plain Truth, just days after the official establishment of the modern nation of Jews called “Israel”: “In God’s own due time the Jews are to be released |
A worker inspects solar panels at a solar Dunhuang, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September | 16, 2013. China is pumping investment into wind power, which is more cost-competitive than solar energy and partly able to compete with coal and gas. China is the world's biggest producer of CO2 emissions, but is also the world's leading generator of renewable electricity. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight during a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will meet in Stockholm from September 23-26.
Contrary to what the plaintiffs in the case were claiming, there was no "flooding" of any sort, according to the solar industry association in response to the court ruling. What Chinese exporters did was merely provide U.S. solar installations builders with the necessary materials—namely, cells and modules. In fact, the SEIA said, the plaintiffs were trying to blame Chinese cell and module makers for their own failure to turn in a profit because their products were subpar, while the Chinese suppliers were simply filling a critical gap amid booming demand |
After eight months of research and discussions, the town of Bluffton and the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce are set to | reveal a new branding of Bluffton campaign aimed at attracting tourists, new residents and businesses to the town.
Charleston-based marketing agency Rawle Murde will present the new brand to the public at noon Feb. 19 at Oscar Frazier Park. The chamber will then begin a four-month marketing campaign across the region. A more in-depth presentation will be held the same day at 9 a.m. at Town Hall.
Rawle Murde was selected to lead the branding project last year by a branding task force consisting of representatives from the town, chamber and other stakeholders in the community.
"We're very excited to be unveiling this and pleased with how the process went," said Susan Thomas, executive vice president of the chamber's visitor and convention bureau. "This was a thorough, transparent and collaborative effort, which is what all community branding projects should be."
The three-phase project, which consisted mainly of qualitative and quantitative research by Rawle Murde, the University |
A head injury can happen to anyone — from a slip on the ice or car crash. Head injuries caused by falls are especially common in children who | are learning about the world, to walk, or ride a bike.
Most injuries are minor, resulting in bumps or bruises. A mild brain injury that causes a concussion is more serious and can temporarily affect the way the brain processes information and controls the body. For children who have young developing brains and small necks, this is especially true. Thankfully, severe traumatic brain injuries that render a person unconscious for hours and days are rare.
As a physician who treats children and youth with traumatic brain injuries of all severities, I can’t stress enough how important it is to recognize a concussion and realize that every child’s concussion experience is unique.
Evaluating a child’s recovery from concussion must be personalized. We can best assess recovery if we have good information about them before the concussion.
Baseline Testing: Evidence in adult concussion care has proven the effectiveness of using baseline testing in ensuring that high-performance athletes return to competition safely. Up until now, there has |
The third floor of Voute Hall offers a combination of four-person apartments and large common areas for residents committed to speaking the same target language, | either French or Spanish. Like other spaces on campus, each apartment has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, and a bathroom.
La Casa Hispanica enables approximately 20 students interested in the Spanish language and culture to live together, and provides residents with the close personal guidance of a native-speaking graduate student. Laura Mir, the graduate student resident for La Casa Hispanica and GMCAS ’16, lives in one of the apartments on the floor and, in coordination with the undergraduate resident assistant, facilitates the planning and execution of activities designed to improve students’ language skills, enrich their knowledge of the Spanish culture, and generally contribute to their intellectual and personal development. Mir is responsible for the linguistic and intellectual functions of the program, and as such is available to the students as needed.
La Casa Hispanica’s mission statement is: learning a language through the culture. Residents commit to speaking Spanish on the floor and take an active part in the planning and |
Earlier this year engineer Dr Craig Labovitz testified before the US House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee on regulatory reform, commercial and antitrust law. Labov | itz is co-founder and chief executive of Deepfield, an outfit that sells software to enable companies to compile detailed analytics on traffic within their computer networks. The hearing was on the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable and the impact it was likely to have on competition in the video and broadband market. In the landscape of dysfunctional, viciously partisan US politics, this hearing was the equivalent of rustling in the undergrowth, and yet in the course of his testimony Labovitz said something that laid bare the new realities of our networked world.
To those of us who were accustomed to thinking of the internet as a glorious, distributed, anarchic, many-to-many communication network in which anyone could become a global publisher, corporate gatekeepers had lost their power and peer-to-peer sharing was becoming the liberating norm, Labovitz’s brusque summary comes as a rude shock. Why? Because what he was really saying is that the internet is well on |
This year, one of the oldest universities in Mongolia, the National University of Mongolia (NUM) is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The following interview | is with D. Tsolmon, who holds a Ph.D. and is a professor at the School of Foreign Relations of NUM. Translated from Zuunii Medee newspaper.
-You used to study at this school. When did you start teaching?
-I feel that I’m always somehow connected with NUM. I studied there and because of my high marks in classes, I earned my way to study at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1960. After I graduated, I came back to Mongolia and worked in many administrative offices, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Union of Parties.
Starting from the year 1990, I began my hourly lectures at both the NUM and the University of Humanities. The majority of my topics were on the foreign and domestic strategies of the US. That was because when I was at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, I was especially experienced in the international affairs of both South and North America. I travelled |
In this file photo, Vivint Solar employees install solar panels on a home.
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The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection filed a motion today to stay a regulatory order approved this week that reduces the value of credits NV Energy pays to solar customers who generate excess electricity.
A delay in the revised rate structure, which takes effect Jan. 1, would give NV Energy’s regulator, the Public Utilities Commission, time to respond to requests asking the panel to reconsider and clarify its decision.
After the three-member commission voted to pare back the value of so-called net metering credits on Tuesday, a chorus of solar advocates criticized the decision, saying it would cripple the industry. One of the country’s top rooftop solar providers, SolarCity, said it was halting sales and installations in Nevada.
The motion requests that the decision be delayed until the commission can hear petitions for reconsideration, clarification or a rehearing of the net metering rates. Petitions asking the commission to take such action are due within 10 business days, a deadline that |
Technology is supposed to make our working lives more efficient. Yet paradoxically many of us feel busier than ever before. The pressures of heavier workload | s, to-do lists that keep growing, and requests that demand an immediate response, are leaving some workers feeling overwhelmed.
Employers have a duty of care to their staff to ensure their health, wellbeing and safety. However, in a highly competitive job market, in which working hours are increasing, it can be hard to raise concerns about feeling overwhelmed with a manager: nobody wants their boss to think they are not up to the job.
The idea that productivity is a personal responsibility that can be solved through better time management is problematic, wrote Oliver Burkemen in a recent article. “The truth is that more often than not, techniques designed to enhance one’s personal productivity seem to exacerbate the very anxieties they were meant to allay,” he wrote.
How to tell your boss you are overwhelmed.
Coping strategies for heavy workloads.
How managers can make sure they do not put too much pressure on staff.
The Q&A takes place |
It’s easy to debate whether the Vancouver Giants or the Spokane Chiefs come into the Western Hockey League’s Western Conference championship with the | most momentum.
Vancouver (48-15-3-2) won the regular season banner in the 10-team loop, powered by a 24-3-1-2 run after the Jan. 10 trade deadline. They needed six games to beat the wild card qualifying Seattle Thunderbirds (31-29-6-2) in the first round and then swept the No. 5 seeded Victoria Royals (34-30-2-2) in the semifinals.
Spokane (40-21-2-5) finished third in the conference, 14 points behind Vancouver. They were 10-2-0-0 in their final 12 games, including a 4-1 win at home over the Giants on March 8, and then they beat two teams in the playoffs with better records than the two teams Vancouver ousted, dumping the No. 4 seeded Portland Winterhawks (40-22-3-3) in five games and the No. 2 Everett Silvertips (47- |
The peer-to-peer lender announced a big commitment from National Bank of Canada, which buoyed shares of industry participants across the board.
| Shares of LendingClub Corp. (NYSE:LC) are up by about 17% as of 10:36 a.m. EDT on Monday. The company announced a sequential increase in originations and a new deal with National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA), in which the Canadian bank will purchase up to $1.3 billion of loans from its platform over the next 12 months through its U.S. consumer lending subsidiary.
Other online lenders and related businesses are also moving higher. Shares of Lendingtree Inc (NASDAQ:TREE) and On Deck Capital Inc (NYSE:ONDK) are also trading higher by 2%, and 3%, respectively. The former makes money referring customers to peer-to-peer platforms, while the latter competes more directly for online loans primarily issued to small-business owners.
LendingClub reported that originations grew to 1% from the sequential quarter, rising to $1.97 billion. Compared to the year-ago |
The Season of Sam will be suspended until further notice after we learned that the Jets rookie quarterback suffered a right foot strain at some unknown time during last | week’s 13-6 loss in Miami.
Although Todd Bowles maintained that Darnold is “day-to-day” after missing practice Wednesday and “it’s too early” to declare him out against the division rivals, the Jets training staff would have to accelerate the healing process to warp speed for the kid to have any shot of playing this weekend. (Spoiler: It’s not happening).
Besides, it makes absolutely no sense to rush back your franchise quarterback in the midst of a 3-6 campaign that includes a Week 11 BYE.
The Daily News reported that Gang Green is hopeful that Darnold will be healthy in time for a Week 12 showdown against Bill Belichick’s Evil Empire at MetLife Stadium, but there are folks on One Jets Drive who aren’t overly optimistic that it will happen. They’re keeping their fingers crossed, while not losing sight of the bigger, more important picture. |
As we get to the final stretch of Brazil's 2014 World Cup Soccer Tournament the euphoria and adrenalin that the sport commands is all consuming and | complete. For soccer (football) fans the world over the end-stage of the tournament is like being on steroids. It's that exciting an engaging.
But I would like to inject a note of sobriety in this entire fixation with the game and the peripheral issues that are just as germane and salient to it. Especially, the fact that its being played in a country riddled with mass protests, demonstrations, construction site fatalities, low wages for work and late completion of playing facilities and hotels.
Did Brazil bite off more than it could chew?
Perhaps, Brazil was set up to fail judging from the negative tabloid reporting and biased press coverage in rich, Western nations. It is as if they were applauding every failure, every setback and all of the pre-tournament snafus and blunders that the Brazilian government committed.
Perhaps the underlying issue is the perception by rich, European nations that soccer is "their thing" and that countries like South Africa and Brazil, |
FOOTBALL league chiefs today opened the door for Tottenham to play at a FOURTH venue this season.
Spurs will play their Car | abao Cup tie with Watford on September 26 at Stadium MK after their request was approved.
But incredibly, if they are drawn at home again if they beat the Hornets later this month, they can switch venues again.
League chiefs have prioritised Wembley as option one, White Hart Lane as option two and a neutral venue - to be decided - as option three.
The announcement was made on the EFL website, which read: "The rules of the Carabao Cup provide for the board of the EFL to consider the home club's request to play at neutral venues or to reverse the fixture.
"The decision to grant dispensation takes into account all relevant circumstances facing the home club at the time the fixture is scheduled to take place.
"The board fully considered Tottenham's request alongside strong representations from Watford - who formally asked the League to play the tie at Vicarage Road."
The League Two side's ground is 50 miles north of the Tottenham Hotspur |
Although videogames take place in fantasy realms, their characters reinforce real-world stereotypes.
Gamers come in all shapes and sizes. While the | hobby is typically perceived to be male-focused, women now make up about half of all players, and research has shown that a higher percentage of black and Latino individuals turn on their consoles daily than any other race. Despite that, few people from those groups see themselves represented on-screen—and, if they do, the characters often can’t be controlled by the player.
When marginalized figures show up in games, they tend to fall into broad groups. Women are most likely represented as oversexualized, narrative-devoid love interests or damsels in distress. Black and Hispanic characters are predominantly created for sports titles—but when they appear in action or shooter games, they typically surface as violent criminals or are sexually promiscuous. The default for hero figures, by contrast, is a light-skinned, heterosexual fit man.
With videogames offering a judgement-free world where individuals can explore different identities, it’s vital that titles create universes underpinned by diversity. |
The bold and beautiful Shruthy Menon has been engaged to Mumbai-based businessman Sahil Timbadia.
Shruthy | Menon became a familiar face in Kerala after she started hosting the show Vodafone Comedy Stars. By then, Malayali audience realised that this gorgeous woman is the same train-singer in the movie Mulla. She has been applauded for her strong characters in movies like Kismath and Mulla. Though Shruthy herself has made it official through her social media posts that she has got engaged, we would like to give all the curious fans out there a little more sneak peek into her wedding plans with the information she shared with us.
Shruthy is engaged to her beau Sahil Timbadia, a businessman in the hospitality sector, who runs a couple of restaurants in Mumbai. She informed that any decision regarding the wedding has not been taken yet and that she will let her fans know every detail through her social media page. Shruthy, who is very particular about choosing roles, firmly assures, “Wedding will never keep me |
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There's nothing to fear when it comes to cicadas.
You don't have to take any precautions. The experts have no tips to | help you deal with them.
Periodical cicadasDifferent species of these insects emerge every 13 years and every 17 years across parts of the eastern U.S.; in northern Illinois, they occur every 17 years.
Annual cicadasSome of these insects emerge from underground each year across the region.
The bottom line is this: They're unavoidable every summer, as one brood or another of annual cicadas emerges for four to six weeks, singing loud and proud as they mate and lay hundreds of eggs. And they're nearly harmless, both to our trees and to our ears, say experts in insects, the environment and the science of hearing.
Even every 17 years, when a much larger crop of periodical cicadas hits the region, the story's the same. Despite the atypically loud nature of their whirring-chirping-screeching sounds, cicadas are a natural part of life in northern Illinois. So, as |
Most Texas fans probably still remember the jaw-dropping hit Jefferson delivered on Josh Adams, Notre Dame running back, in the 2015 season opener against the | Fighting Irish in South Bend. The highly-touted recruit from Poteet had thrust himself onto the national stage in only his first college game and looked to be on his way to stardom. Jefferson no doubt has star potential, but an underwhelming sophomore season in 2016 now leaves the junior linebacker with plenty to prove. Jefferson’s strength is rushing the passer, but he hasn’t played much out on the edge thus far. Look for how defensive coordinator Todd Orlando decides to utilize Jefferson in the Longhorns’ new defense this season.
Warren injured his knee in the fourth game of last season against Oklahoma State and missed the rest of the year. The junior running back also injured his hamstring in March and missed the rest of spring practice. But it’s not as if Warren wasn’t a productive player before the knee injury. In just four games, Warren ran for 366 yards and three touchdowns. With D’Onta Foreman now in the |
China will soon become the world’s largest market for commercial telematics as government regulations and the nation’s supply-chain woes | drive technology adoption, according to a new study by C.J. Driscoll & Associates.
The research and consulting firm predicted that the number of tracking devices installed in China will surpass the U.S. market by 2019, but it could happen as soon as 2017, depending on how aggressively the Chinese government establishes and enforces technology mandates, said Clem Driscoll, the firm’s president.
There are currently more than 5 million tracking devices using GPS technology and China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to monitor commercial fleet vehicles, heavy equipment and other assets in China, the report found. That number will jump to more than 12 million by 2018, it said.
Despite China’s strong economic growth, the country continues to have “tremendous problems” with an inefficient transportation system, Driscoll said.
China’s logistics costs as a percentage of gross domestic product are more than twice the logistics costs in the United States |
From Jerusalem to Jamaica, feelgood video homages to Happy by Pharrell Williams have spread like a fit of giggles on social media – and | now British Muslims have their own version.
The Happy British Muslims video was put together by a group of young British Muslims called the Honesty Policy, with a very simple aim: to spread positivity and a bit of empowerment along the way.
Who exactly are the Honesty Policy? Well, we don't really know. They have chosen to remain anonymous. "Anonymity is a symbol of integrity, and integrity doesn't need a face," they state on their website. "We want to empower the previously disempowered individual. To give him/her the platform to feel as though he/she can positively plug into their community."
And what a plug it's been. Two days after the video was posted it has gained more than 570,000 views on YouTube, and counting. The responses have been overwhelmingly positive, with thousands of messages of support, though soured on occasion by the "Haram Squad" (Muslim killjoys who are quick to label everything as " |
Prosecutors in St. Louis, Missouri have dropped more than a dozen charges against three defendants accused of participating in a string of robberies in late 2013 on | the eve of a court hearing on the police department’s use of a controversial spy tool.
The “Stingray” spy tool used by police departments across the United States has sparked criticism by privacy advocates, and the sudden dismissal of charges this month in St. Louis is now further causing concern among critics.
An officer with the St. Louis Police Department’s Intelligence Unit had been scheduled to deliver a deposition under oath on April 9 concerning tactics that authorities relied on to identify and ultimately charge four suspects with 14 counts of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action regarding a 2013 crime spree. The city’s Post-Dispatch newspaper reported over the weekend that investigators had traced a cell phone stolen during the wave to a hotel room only one day after it was reported stolen. Soon after, law enforcement charged the four individuals.
Yet charges against the three men were all dropped on April 8, the Post-Dispatch reported, presumably in lieu of having the cop be asked |
(JTA) — A local town board will allow the expansion of an eruv to encompass the towns of Quiogue and Westhampton | on Long Island, New York.
On Tuesday night, the Southampton town board announced that it will not appeal a June 30 decision by State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Farneti, who ruled that the ritual boundary — which allows observant Jews to perform certain activities in the public domain during Shabbat — would not violate the town’s signage rules.
An eruv was erected in nearby Westhampton Beach Village in August 2014. A group of local residents in 2007 sued the East End Eruv Association — which had teamed up with the Verizon telecommunications company and the Long Island Lighting Company to put up “lechis,” or plastic strips to designate the eruv. The lawsuit alleged that the boundary violated the separation of church and state. The group, which was called Jewish People for the Betterment of Westhampton Beach, lost the case in January.
The Southampton board’s decision will likely pave the way for an extension of the Westhampton Beach |
Hint: Berkshire Hathaway isn't one of them.
Warren Buffett has plenty to smile about so far in 2019. Unfortunately, Buffett's | own Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B) isn't performing all that great, with shares basically flat year to date. However, Berkshire's biggest single holding, Apple, has delivered solid gains this year.
But the three best-performing Warren Buffett stocks are well ahead of Apple. StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE), Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA), and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) have soared 40% or more so far this year. Here's why these Buffett stocks are such big winners -- and whether they're still smart picks for investors who aren't yet billionaires.
Shares of StoneCo are up a whopping 91% year to date. The Brazil-based financial technology company has been firing on all cylinders in 2019.
After a dismal performance last year following its initial public offering, StoneCo got off to a good start right out of the gate in January. The company announced some encouraging |
LIVERPOOL fans have welcomed Thomas Lemar to the club… after he was left out of Monaco’s starting XI for the second | game in a row.
Lemar has been linked with a move away from Monaco this month but the club insist he will stay put.
However the story has taken a turn after Lemar was left out of the squad for the match with Marseille today.
And Liverpool fans believe that to be a sign he is on his way to Anfield.
“WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL LEMAR!!! YNWA,” one fan wrote.
Lemar would act as a replacement for Philippe Coutinho who moved to Barcelona in a deal worth £142m earlier this month.
Lemar has also been linked with Arsenal after they tried to sign him on deadline day in the summer.
But their efforts have switched to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after doing the Henrikh Mkhitaryan-Alexis Sanche swap deal last week.
Lemar, 22, Has scored just twice and has five assists in L |
The Olympic Delivery Authority is to hold talks with PR agencies as part of a drive to sell 2,800 homes in the Olympic village following | the 2012 Games.
PRWeek has learned that representatives from the ODA are planning to meet agency bosses over the next two weeks to thrash out ideas.
A formal pitch process could follow.
After the Games, the athletes village will be converted into 2,800 new homes. Organisers hope to develop a ‘community feel’ in the area, with new parks, open space, transport links and community facilities including a state of the art school.
News of the PR talks come only days after the Mayor of Vancouver announced its winter Olympic village had been placed in receivership. Following Vancouver’s Games in February, developers tried to sell 1,018 units, but 454 remain unsold.
The ODA currently handles all comms around the Olympic village, including showing journalists the site when it is completed.
required to handle the PR after 2012.
An ODA spokesman confirmed: ‘All comms for the construction of the Olympic Park and venues, |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Stage 9 - Hutchinson, 9 S Main St, Hutchinson | . Tickets are $10, $15, or $20 at tickets.vendini.com. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 and 2 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18. Sally Brown, joins Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Snoopy in this charming revue of vignettes and songs in this performance based on the Peanuts characters, created by cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz. Recommended for all audiences.
Meet the Author Gerri Hilger: 7-8:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N. Main St. Hutchinson. "Our Duty" is a historical novel about the adventures of two nurses from Kansas and their buddies during World War II. It is a touching story based on Gerri’s mother and her mother’s best friend. Refreshments will be served.
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-Hey there, I'm Josh Goldman, Senior Editor with CNET and this is the look at the Nikon COOLPIX S9100 | . Now like all point-and-shoot makers, Nikon continues to push just how much lens will be jammed into a compact camera. This one is packing a 25 mm wide angle lens with an 18X zoom, that's longer and wider than most in this category. It's also using a 12 mega pixel backside-illuminated CMOS sensor that improves low-light photo quality and shooting performance and this camera is fast. There is almost no shutter lag and its shot-to-shot time is barely more than a second. The only time it really slows down is when you pop up the flash. Actually using the camera is nice too, Nikon S series cameras are geared for point-and-shoot use. So you wont fine any manual controls, be on changing exposure compensation, ISO, or white balance. What you will find are a lot of automatic modes to help you get the best results without worrying too much about settings and that includes some special effects that can help spice up otherwise |
TALLAHASSEE — The crowd packed into a committee room in the basement of the Florida House office building burst into applause last week after Rep | . Randy Fine finished delivering an impassioned speech about preventing sewage from spilling into waterways.
“If the sergeant would get the fire extinguisher, I think Rep. Fine’s on fire,” joked the committee chairman, Rep. Chuck Clemons.
The importance of the issue also brought out some emotion in Clemons, who said he is "apoplectic" about the sewage spills fouling waterways around the state. Clemons went further. Tapping his fingers on the desk to punctuate his point, he talked about how essential the work is this year of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, which approved some big environmental regulation bills last week.
Clemons mentioned a major sewage spill that recently fouled the Withlacoochee and Suwanee Rivers. Florida’s environmental treasures continue to be degraded, and Clemons said it’s time to act.
Whether it’s a sewage spill in the Suwannee, |
The Japanese began as favourites against Indonesia at Queen Elizabeth Stadium and lived up to expectations.
Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi | gave them a perfect start by winning their men’s doubles match.
The duo secured a 21-11, 21-18 win over Frengky Wijaya Putra and Sabar Karyaman Gutama.
Sayaka Takahashi put Japan on the brink of victory when she won the women’s singles 21-15, 21-15 against Ruselli Hartawan.
Despite losing the opening game of the men’s singles, Kanta Tsuneyama eventually secured a 15-21, 21-17, 21-16 win over Shesar Hiren Rhustavito to secure Japan’s place in the final.
The final two matches in the tie were not played.
China matched Japan’s effort as they secured a 3-0 victory over Hong Kong.
He Jiting and Du Yue battled to a 21-10, 20-22, 21-14 win over Tang Chun Man and Ng Tsz |
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been ordered to pay £5,000 each to four women for failing to investigate allegations of slavery. |
The women, who had arrived in London from Nigeria as children, said they were beaten and emotionally abused by families they were forced to work for.
The High Court said the force's "failure to investigate" breached the women's human rights.
The Met said it deeply regretted the women did not get the service expected.
The force had originally argued it could not carry out an investigation because the women would not co-operate.
But the court dismissed this claim as "untenable".
Mr Justice Wyn Williams said in his judgment the Met "did nothing to commence an effective investigation".
"Their names were known to the police, they wanted their complaints to be investigated.
"They were directly affected by the failure to carry out an effective investigation."
The court heard the women were brought to the UK when they were aged between 11 and 15.
The women, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said they were made to work for no pay in households |
The Washington Examiner is quickly becoming a formidible publication with a bevy of first rate writers.
At least $53 million in federal funds | have gone to ACORN activists since 1994, and the controversial group could get up to $8.5 billion more tax dollars despite being under investigation for voter registration fraud in a dozen states. The economic stimulus bill enacted in February contains $3 billion that the non-profit activist group (Snip) could receive, and 2010 federal budget contains another $5.5 billion that could also find its way into the group’s coffers.
Days ago ACORN workers were indicted in Nevada. Today they are charged with registration wrongdoing in Pennsylvania.
Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers were charged with falsifying voter registration forms, with six accused of doing so to meet the group's alleged quota system before last year's general election.District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said he's hoping the workers charged Thursday will help authorities determine whether Allegheny County ACORN officials will be charged with requiring the illegal quotas or otherwise directing that voter registrations be faked.[snip]Six suspects forged a total of |
A man accused of stabbing a schoolgirl to death on the top deck of a bus has been deemed unfit to plead until later this year.
| Tragic Christina Edkins, 16, was murdered as she made her way to school at 7.30am on March 7.
She died from a single stab wound to the heart in the apparently motiveless attack just seconds after sitting down on the number 9 bus in Birmingham city centre.
A court heard Phillip Simelane, 22, had been deemed unfit to plead or stand trial by doctors.
Simelane, from Walsall, West Mids., is accused of murdering Christina as she was travelling to her school Leasowes High School in Halesowen, West Mids.
He did not appear for the 15-minute hearing at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday morning.
Prosecutor Peter Grieve-Smith told the court further psychiatric assessments will be carried out and he expected Simelane to be able to enter a plea in two to four months.
Friends and family, including Christina’s dad Jason, were in court for the short hearing – wearing |
The Motorola Razr phone is making a comeback. The once-popular flip phone is being revived as a smartphone with a foldable screen and a | starting price of roughly $1,500, according to people familiar with the matter.
The phone’s maker, Lenovo Group Inc., is partnering with Verizon Communications Inc. on an exclusive deal to begin selling the new Razr devices in the U.S. as soon as February, the people said. The device is still being tested, and the timing of its release isn’t yet final and could change.
Lenovo, a Chinese computer maker that bought the Motorola Mobility handset business from Google in 2014, plans to manufacture about 200,000 of the new high-end phones, the people said.
The upgraded Razr is a sign of the wireless industry’s quest for niche products that will appeal to consumers increasingly content to hold on to their old smartphones longer as their functions become commoditized.
Motorola first released the ultrathin Razr V3 flip phone in 2004, and it became an overnight status symbol. Models of the phone were advertised by celebrities |
Taylor Swift’s newest music video coming off her multi-platinum album 1989 is “Wildest Dreams,” a retro- | inspired story whose accompanying lyrics detail the ever-tumultuous relationships we’ve come to expect from the predictable pop princess. And much like her redundant use of boy troubles and heartless cheaters as fodder for songwriting, it would seem as though Swift recycles elements of her music videos as well.
Directed by Joseph Kahn, “Wildest Dreams” is a romance novel-turned music video whose impeccable 1950s-era costume design and stunning camera work evokes an appetite for adventure in the Serengeti. Despite its indisputable high-quality visuals and evident aesthetic success, Swift’s newest video falls flat thanks to its lack of ingenuity and uncanny resemblance to virtually all of her other music videos to date.
From montages of lightning bolts to majestic footage of animals in motion, “Wildest Dreams” is as glamorous and captivating as the woman who sings the song. However, it is certainly something we have all seen before. |
On Tuesday, the ACLU of Ohio released a timeline tracing the decline of the country’s first privately- owned prison. Ohio Governor John Kasich | first proposed privatizing prisons in March of 2011 as a way to climb out of an $8 billion budget deficit. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction boasted $3 million in savings “for Ohio taxpayers compared to similar state facilities.” However, since being purchased for $72.7 million from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison corporation in the United States, the prison has racked up countless violations.
In an audit last October, the CCA was slapped with 47 violations including having smaller-than-state standard housing units: “all housing units prove less than the requirement of 25 feet of unencumbered space per occupant.” Later that same year, the CCA failed yet another inspection. And now, according to Think Progress, the CCA’s Lake Erie prison “is reportedly overcrowded at 130% capacity, with single-person cells holding 3 inmates each, according to internal documents obtained by the ACLU.” |
A 53-year-old man was beaten by as many as five assailants and then stabbed to death Wednesday evening, Los Angeles Police Department officials said | .
The man, who was not immediately identified, staggered into the C & C Market in the 1100 block of 6th Street about 6:30 p.m. Witnesses told detectives they saw the victim attacked and beaten by five men on the sidewalk near 7th and Ceres Streets in downtown Los Angeles, according to LAPD Lt. Jim Gavin.
The man told the clerk to call 911, then collapsed on the floor. He had been stabbed at least once in the chest. He was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital.
Detectives were continuing to gather evidence and interview witnesses Wednesday night, and officials stressed that the investigation was in its very early stages with little evidence to go on.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Central Homicide Unit at (213) 972-1254 or give information anonymously to Crimestoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E- |
Eight years. Eight long years. When Grant Davies and Nick Kovac started Endgame Studios in 2003 they couldn’t have imagined how long | it would take to release their dream project. Broken promises, regrets, sacrifice. This is Fractured Soul, the cursed project. The game that history couldn’t contain.
It was only when the numbers were placed on the spreadsheet that the intensity of the stakes became clearly defined.
Grant Davies and Nick Kovac left secure jobs at Torus Games in Melbourne with the kind of enthusiasm some would describe as youthful arrogance. They wanted to make new video games. They wanted the freedom and flexibility their day jobs couldn’t provide. But it was only then, battle hardened — broken down by the meetings, the crushing disappointments, the broken promises, the frown lines on their foreheads — that the difficult truth became apparent.
“We were in so much debt,” says Grant.
And not just the kind of debt that sinks companies, or debt that makes corporate, professional life difficult. The kind of debt that had the potential to sink both of them personally. |
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s brother-in-law Sanjay Singh Masani joined the Congress on Saturday | , saying the state needs the party chief Kamal Nath not Chouhan as the CM.
Masani is the brother of Chouhan’s wife Sadhna Singh.
He joined the Congress in the presence of its Madhya Pradesh unit president Kamal Nath and another senior state leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and said the state needs a leader like Nath not Chouhan.
“Madhya Pradesh does not need Shivraj but Nath. We all know how Chhindwara has been developed and is identified with Kamal Nath. The state also needs to be identified with him,” Masani said. Kamal Nath represents Chhindwara in the Lok Sabha.
While he lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for ignoring “kaamdars” (those who toil) at the cost of “naamdars” (big names), he said he should not be projected as a family |
The unlucky wedding party that suffered the worst of a nationwide black-out in 2013 has managed to win compensation after wedding hall Castello Dei Bar | oni, of Wardija, failed to restore back-up power.
On 20 September 2013, Malta was struck by a nationwide power cut – for most meaning an evening without air conditioning but, for some, an outage that caused considerably greater outrage.
Roberta Cutajar, whose wedding reception was brought to a halt when the lights could not be restored after the venue’s generator failed, demanded she be refunded the money she had paid in a consumer complaint to the court.
“You can imagine my disappointment, to say the least, of my wedding ending in such a way,” Cutajar said in her complaint.
Castello Dei Baroni Limited, who had hosted the reception, argued that the outcome could not be attributed to themselves, blaming the persons responsible for the supply of electricity, and refusing to grant a refund of approximately €3,000 which the couple had paid before the incident occurred.
Cutajar added that the venue became dangerous |
1. West De Pere (9-0): Held Bay Port to a season-low point total Friday. Last ranking: 1.
2 | . Wrightstown (8-1): Showed resilience during a four-overtime loss to unbeaten Melrose-Mindoro last Tuesday. Last ranking: 2.
3. Bay Port (7-3): Pulled even atop the FRCC by beating De Pere Thursday. Last ranking: 7.
4. De Pere (8-2): Will be looking to bounce back from first conference loss. Last ranking: 3.
5. Ashwaubenon (7-2): Balanced squad with three players averaging double-digit points. Last ranking: 4.
6. Luxemburg-Casco (8-1): Riding seven-game winning streak since loss to Wrightstown. Last ranking: 8.
7. Pulaski (6-3): Shooting 32.9 percent from 3-point range and has four players with at least 10 treys. Last ranking: 6.
8. Kewaunee (8-2): Hung tough in loss to |
The Axe is coming back to Stanford.
The No. 6 Cardinal football team won Stanford’s annual rivalry game handily, defeating California | by a final score of 48-14. Stanford (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10) scored 31 points in the first half to zero for the Golden Bears (5-6, 3-5), playing a strong game on both sides of the ball throughout.
Tension between the two teams bubbled to the surface early in the game, as both benches emptied during the coin toss and faced each other down at the center of the field. The players exchanged taunts and provocations, and both teams were flagged with personal foul penalties. Stanford sophomore wideout Jamal-Rashad Patterson was ejected after aiming a blow at Cal defensive back C.J. Moncrease, who provoked Patterson by spitting at him.
Stanford set the tone early in the game, on Cal’s first drive. On the third play of the game, Cal quarterback Brock Mansion fumbled the ball and it was pounced on by redshirt junior defensive end Matt Masifilo to |
That led to an 11-0 run, with Bell muscling in one shot and dunking another, for a 60-46 lead. With | Los Banos sagging on Bell, Wasden nailed a 3-pointer from the right side to cap the run with 4:20 left.
Los Banos didn't back away from the taller Eagles, instead attacking them.
That spirit was illustrated by guard Javelle Beasley at the end of the first quarter. Despite giving up a foot to Enochs' frontcourt, he sliced to the hoop and banked in a layup at the buzzer for a 16-16 tie.
Enochs couldn't handle Andrae Jones (22 points) in the first half. He had 16 first-half points and LB led 30-27 at halftime.
But once Enochs committed to going inside in the second half, it gained the lead.
Bell (19 points), Robertson (14), LB's Rubal Sangha, Davis' Brian Jones, Oakdale's Robert Stout and Calaveras' Devin White were all-tourney selections. |
District 35 Superintendent Catherine Wang (left) and Amy Holaday, director of curriculum and instruction, listen to another speaker at the Feb. 7, | 2019, school board meeting.
The brutally cold temperatures that engulfed the Chicago area late last month meant Glencoe School District 35 schools were closed for two days.
But instead of having the day off, students and teachers took part in remote learning days.
At the Feb. 7 school board meeting, Superintendent Catherine Wang detailed the educational initiative that had students working away from their classrooms. With the days classified as “remote learning”, the district will not have to make them up later in the year.
“The staff members rallied to consider what kind of tasks they could push out to children and parents so that we could actually say it was a remote learning day and some version of learning was occurring,” Wang told the board.
In kindergarten through second grade, students could take part in a series of activities including writing a thank you note to a postal carrier and counting the spoons and forks in their kitchen. Fourth grade students could read, learn the state capitals in the |
Sara hits 3 home runs against South County on May 9.
West Potomac sophomore Jamie Sara, right, is greeted at home plate | by teammates Billy Lescher (22) and Rocky Iboleon (15) after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning against West Springfield on May 13. Photo by Craig Sterbutzel.
Earlier in the 2014 season, West Potomac sophomore Jamie Sara was a part-time player with a propensity for striking out.
When the Wolverines hosted Annandale on May 8, Sara played in the field, but head coach Jim Sullivan replaced Sara in the lineup with a designated hitter. The following evening, Sara had what he described as a “terrible” batting-practice session prior to West Potomac’s game against South County. Sara would bat in the No. 8 spot in the order against the Stallions, a spot not usually occupied by hitters with prodigious power.
Whatever adjustments Sara made during the game proved successful as the 6-foot-3, 180-pounder smacked three home runs during a 6-0 victory |
Update 10:25 p.m.: CHP reports only minor injury in this accident, which is now cleared.
February 18, 2011 ( | San Diego’s East County) – A Ford vehicle has plunged 200 feet over the side and rolled down into a canyon after losing control on rain-slicked I-8 just east of Highway 79. According to California Highway Patrol’s website, at least one person is trapped inside.
A rescue effort is in progress, involving 200 feet of cable down the steep side of the canyon.
February 15, 2011 (Jamul) – A SIG ALERT has been used for an accident that has shut down eastbound Highway 94 at Rancho Jamul Road just east of Jamul Estates. The crash involves a big-rig truck and another vehicle, Incident Page Network reports.
February 11, 2011 (San Diego) -- A jack-knifed semi truck on I-15 north of Rancho Bernardo Road continues to clog traffic during rush hour. The accident, which occurred shortyl after 3 p.m. today, spilled more than 100 gallons of diesel |
Bruno Mars is just days away from headlining the Super Bowl halftime show -- whether he's ready for it or not.
"I | 've never had to do a press conference before I perform, so it just got real, I guess!" he joked at a press conference at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City on Thursday.
When asked how he felt about accepting the invitation to headline the halftime show -- by Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, reporting for omg! Insider, no less -- Mars told her, "We were all watching you as a band last year when you performed with Beyonce, and we wondering just like, what if one day we get the call to do that," he said, later noting that his favorite halftime acts to date also include Prince, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen. "It definitely came soon."
Mars noted that he began rehearsing two nights ago, and was faced with the reality of the New Jersey/New York winter elements. "There was a lot of things that happened -- the microphone turns into a popsicle!" he explained. I'm grabbing the mic and it's |
This time in October is when volunteer leaders honor the power of pro bono, a global campaign that celebrates and activates pro bono service across all | professions that use their talents to make a difference. Organized by Taproot, the leading national advocate for pro bono service, and inspired by the American Bar Association's National Celebration of Pro Bono, Pro Bono Week is an opportunity to highlight the global network of pro bono champions who mobilize volunteers around the world.
Since Pro Bono Week was first launched three years ago, the popularity of this form of service has risen to the point where it’s become the fastest-growing employee-volunteering program. According to Daryl Brewster, CEO of CECP, a coalition of 150 CEOs of the world’s largest companies focused on societal engagement, the percentage of companies offering pro bono service increased from 40 percent in 2012 to more than half last year.
This year, the focus of Pro Bono Week is on the innovative ways that pro bono service builds new communities. By drawing business professionals and corporations into causes they would otherwise not be exposed to, |
Colorado transportation officials have faced a flurry of legal challenges over the massive proposed project to widen Interstate 70 through northeast Denver — and they acknowledged Thursday that the | plan likely will face new court challenges.
But after 14 years, officials finally have a long-sought document in hand: a federal “Record of Decision” that ends a thorough environmental impact study and gives the Colorado Department of Transportation an official green light to plow forward with the $1.2 billion project.
“When you talk about a marathon — this is a marathon,” said Commerce City Councilman René Bullock, a project supporter who joined local, state and federal officials at a news conference at CDOT headquarters.
On the horizon, as soon as early next year, is the start of four or five years of construction along 10 miles of I-70, from Brighton Boulevard to Chambers Road in Aurora. The CDOT-dubbed Central 70 project will gobble up 56 homes and 17 businesses — mostly in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea, where added lanes and new frontage roads will triple I-70’ |
For the entire summer there has been one constant discussion raging on when it comes to Fortnite and the PS4: Why doesn't the game | support cross-play? The typical response from Sony was that it was security related, but Microsoft didn't buy that excuse, especially since it was the PlayStation Network that suffered one of the biggest security breaches during last gen. And that's not to mention that the PS4 allows cross-play with PC gamers, even though PC gaming is known for hacks and cheats. However, after a lot of cajoling and lots of feedback from gamers, Sony finally decided to acquiesce and give the people what they wanted by enabling the one feature that PS4 gamers playing Fortnite have been begging for: cross-play compatibility.
Over on the PlayStation Blog the president and global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, John Kodera, made a post explaining that there will be a cross-play compatibility beta test for Fortnite. In fact, the beta test has already begun!
Yes, starting today the open beta for the Fortnite cross-play compatibility has been enabled, allowing PlayStation 4 |
British tourists heading for Mediterranean hotspots could be at risk from tropical diseases that are moving north from Africa, scientists are warning.
Climate change means | Mediterranean Europe harbours disease-carrying insects such as the tiger mosquito and is ‘now a part-time tropical region’, the scientists will tell a conference today.
The past decade has seen isolated outbreaks of dengue fever in France and Croatia, chikungunya virus in Italy and France, and malaria in Greece.
But experts say as temperatures slowly rise, these outbreaks could become more common.
Dengue and chikungunya have been largely confined to tropical and sub-tropical regions because freezing weather kills the eggs of the tiger mosquito, which carries the viruses that cause them.
But global warming is letting the insect penetrate further north, and it could even move into southern Britain, say scientists attending the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Amsterdam.
Ticks which carry Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) are advancing north too, in part due to rising temperatures, said Professor Jan Semen |
We refer to the letters by Mr Tan Kar Quan and Mr Kelvin Hong (Time for minimum wage pilot tests; and With economic growth, why aren | 't low-wage workers earning more?; both Dec 7).
A broad spectrum of Singaporean workers has benefited from wage growth in the last decade. Between 2012 and 2017, wages at the 20th percentile grew at 4.2 per cent per annum, faster than the median wage growth of 3.4 per cent in real terms.
The topic of minimum wage is not new. After decades of debate, economists remain divided.
Introduced in 2007, Workfare reflects Singapore's approach of going beyond this debate to find a solution that works for our society. Workfare took inspiration from the Earned Income Tax Credit, which was implemented in the United States and is regarded by some quarters as one of the more effective programmes to uplift low-wage workers.
Workfare payouts are targeted at those with limited household support, with more going to older workers. For example, a 65-year-old worker earning $1,200 monthly would receive $300 more through Workfare each |
Ariana Grande has admitted she is planning on flying solo for the next year at least.
The 25-year-old pop star recently took | to Twitter to shoot down any rumours she is dating anyone, joking she'll be alone forever.
Responding to a fan, who asked: "Who is Ariana dating NOW?!", the 'No Tears Left to Cry' hitmaker replied: "spoiler for the rest of this year / probably my life: it's no one. please refer back to this tweet for future questions. (sic)"
The brunette beauty endured a particularly turbulent time in 2018, including her high-profile split from 'Saturday Night Live' star Pete Davidson and the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller in September.
Taking to the micro-blogging site recently, she wrote: "Farewell 2018.
"I hope this new year brings you all much laughter, clarity and healing."
On New Year's Eve, the 'Dangerous Woman' singer encouraged her 59.9 million followers to "continue to take care" of themselves and others, adding that she values her |
Carlmont Junior Soha Said has been struggling with severe injuries throughout her whole soccer career, but she refuses to let that stop her.
In | addition to injuries, Said has been dealing with a chronic medical condition since she was born.
“I found out that I had severe scoliosis in the third grade,” said Said. Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side.
In the seventh grade the doctor suggested Said wear a back brace until she stopped growing to refrain her spine from getting any worse.
Said wore her back brace until her doctor confirmed that she had finished growing by freshman year.
Unfortunately, the pain in Said’s back hasn’t subsided, but she has become accustomed to it and is able to play through it.
“I love the sport so much and I didn’t want to become one of those people who just gives up. It was hard but, I wasn’t going to let any injury or condition get in the way of something I was passionate about,” said Said |
You might think there is little more to add here. But a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, by Troy Campbell and Aaron | Kay of the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, teases out a key factor that, while not inconsistent with many of the above explanations, definitely helps us better understand what is going on. Namely, the researchers show that Republicans reject climate science a lot more when they perceive it to support ideologically inconvenient policy solutions (like, say, the EPA's Clean Power Plan) than when they don't. In other words, the authors argue, this "solution aversion" feeds back into conservatives' perception of science itself.
The paper shows the significance of “solution aversion” through a series of four experiments -- the final of which also catches liberals engaging in the behavior. But first, let's look at this phenomenon as it manifests on the right.
In one of the paper's experiments, politically diverse research subjects were separated into two groups, one of whose members read about a climate change solution that involved regulatory action to reduce emissions (much like the EPA's approach), while the |
Recruiters spend countless hours reviewing resumes and screening candidates. In fact, they spend so much time scanning resumes, they can often do it in | one minute or less.
As disappointing as that may be given all the hard work you put into your resume, it's the unfortunate reality…and with such a small amount of time to make an impression, it's no wonder they occasionally get it wrong. You may have been the perfect person for the position, but because you failed to successfully package yourself, your resume and your chances end up meeting their demise with the click of a mouse. Read on to learn the top four reasons your resume may end up in recycle bin or folder.
1. The length: Have you ever read a magazine article, short story, blog, etc. and remember thinking "Get to the point already?" Well, recruiters have this same thought when they read over a three-page resume. Nine times out of 10 they will probably just move it to the rejection stack.
Your resume is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every job you've ever held, every award you have ever received, and |
A group of supporters of the Matador Ballroom believe the historic night club can be saved yet, and has proposed a community-driven bond purchasing | scheme which has helped similar spaces live on in the city.
The Matador, which has lain dormant since it closed eight years ago, was expected to soon re-open its doors following a lengthy bureaucratic odyssey. After finally having its application accepted by the city to be rezoned so as to allow it to host musical performances, it appeared the Matador, once an infamous after-hours bar, was on track to be reborn as a year-round events space and restaurant, starting next spring.
Then in mid-October, co-owner Paul McCaughey announced he was departing the project and the building where the Matador is housed, at 466 Dovercourt Rd., will be put up for sale. It’s since been listed for $4.9 million.
Despite a history in the community dating back more than 100 years, McCaughey admitted ‘investor fatigue’ had played a role in the seemingly untimely end of the Mat |
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Here is what Mavericks looks like when you first run it—an empty desktop with a | distracting picture and the familiar dock. You’ll probably want to use System Preferences to change the background to a solid color.
The Finder in full-screen view, showing all usable files. Note the multiple tabs, now available in the Finder for the first time.
Safari’s improved sidebar now lets you scroll through every page in your reading list simply by swiping downward on the trackpad. Here the second page on the list is scrolling into view as I finished reading the first page.
Mavericks’ Maps has most of the features you expect, including turn-by-turn directions for driving and walking, but not the public-transport instructions available in Google Maps.
A simple menu lets you report problems in the Maps app, as in this view where the satellite image doesn’t align correctly with the map.
Street addresses in the Contacts app include a link to Maps. Note the new, clean interface in Contacts, without |
Craig Branch of the Apologetics Resource Center notes Clear differences.
Scientology's moral code is based on self-preservation.
" | Scientology subscribes to the idea that the end justifies the means," says Branch. "And their end is to overcome the world with Scientology."
Branch believes this contributes to a warped view of ethics in which anything that advances the goals of Scientology is permissible.
Scientology attacks opponents and former members.
One Scientology policy, Fair Game, says a "suppressive" person who is an enemy of the church "may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. [A suppressive] may be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed" (High Command Office Policy Letter, Oct. 18, 1967). Although Scientologists deny that they still openly follow some of Hubbard's more punitive policies, such as Fair Game, many court cases have found that Scientologists still operate under Hubbard's principles of aggression, Branch says.
According to The Daily Appellate Reporter, the California Supreme Court found Scientology guilty of intentional and negligent inflic |
Craig Campbell's "Outskirts of Heaven" is a powerful song, but even the singer is surprised by some of the ways his fans | have attached themselves to it. In one case, the ballad literally saved a life.
Craig Campbell added some twang to the Adele hit, "Rolling in the Deep," to put a country spin on the pop tune.
Craig Campbell's young daughter, Preslee, is a star in the making.
Craig Campbell has a very important platform to stand on this election season — but he’s not actually running for office.
Craig Campbell covers Alanis Morissette's fiery 1996 hit "Ironic."
Before he got his break as a solo artist, Craig Campbell toured as part of Luke Bryan's band as his piano player, and while he was on the road, he took the opportunity to mine the singer's experience for any gems of wisdom for an up-and-comer.
Craig Campbell's newest single, "Outskirts of Heaven," is his how he envisions Heaven. The singer further explained how he pictures those pearly white |
The following articles and reports may be of use to anyone seeking to positively affect diversity in his or her community.
Banks, J. A | ., Cookson, P., Gay, G. G., Hawley, W. D., Irvine, J. J., Nieto, S., Schofield, J. W., & Stephan, W. G. (2001). Diversity within unity: Essential principles for teaching and learning in a multicultural society. Phi Delta Kappan, 191–203.
Cunningham, F. (2007). The university and social justice. Journal of Academic Ethics, 5(2-4), 153–162.
Henriksen, R. C., & Trusty, J. (2005). Ethics and values as major factors related to multicultural aspects of counselor preparation. Counseling and Values, 49(3), 1–11.
Hensley, M. (2005). Empowering parents of multicultural backgrounds. In M. Hensley, N. Gonzalez, L. C. Moll, & C. Amanti (Eds.), Funds of knowledge: Theorizing |
TeamTalk Limited (NZX: TTK) will sell its remaining 30 percent stake in BayCity Communications — which trades as Farmside — | to Vodafone for $3.0 million.
TeamTalk Limited (NZX: TTK) will sell its remaining 30 percent stake in BayCity Communications — which trades as Farmside — to Vodafone for $3.0 million.
In March 2017 TeamTalk sold 70 percent of Farmside to Vodafone for $10 million in cash, with the option to sell the remaining 30 percent at any time. That move dashed Spark’s hopes of acquiring the business, despite the fact that it had offered $22.7m for 100 percent of the business.
In the run up the shareholder vote on the deal with Vodafone TeamTalk said there were considerable synergies with Vodafone. TeamTalk was one of Vodafone’s largest wholesalers of RBI through Farmside and TeamTalk also provided last mile connectivity to Vodafone enabling it to serve a major corporate rural customer.
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A switch in Taliban tactics to use increasingly sophisticated home-made bombs has made this year the bloodiest for British forces since the Falklands War in | 1982.
About three-quarters of the 100 UK deaths in Afghanistan in 2009 are thought to have been caused by insurgent-improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
This represents a conscious shift by the militants away from taking on Nato troops in pitched gun battles, which were invariably won by the better equipped and trained foreign forces.
When they come under fire from insurgents, UK soldiers can limit casualty numbers by calling in air support, but IEDs strike suddenly and without warning.
British troops have been hit particularly hard because nearly all of them are based in Helmand, a Taliban stronghold and major centre of opium production which is the most dangerous province in the country.
One expert said the growing complexity of the IEDs used in Afghanistan suggested that the Taliban were getting help from either state sponsors or - more likely - experienced Islamist insurgents who have fought in places like Iraq or Chechnya.
Dr Tim Bird, a lecturer in the defence studies department of King's College London, |
Even the term "Daesh" fights Daesh, as a pejorative acronym for the so-called Islamic State, as well as a reminder | that the fight is not just on a military level.
It is clear that Daesh is a threat that will not go away soon. Now, in addition to its forces in Syria and Iraq, forces in Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan have pledged themselves to Daesh. And beyond the armed groups is the threat of radicalized individuals, such as Omar Mateen whose recent rampage in Orlando killed some 49 people.
Military efforts have forced Daesh to surrender large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, greatly reduced the influx of new fighters traveling to Syria and encouraged desertions by those already there. Nevertheless, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency stresses that Daesh remains a significant threat as it expands an interconnected global network tied to a sophisticated internet system. This appeals particularly to marginalized Muslims with a core theme that the West is fighting to suppress Islam.
So military efforts against Daesh have two effects: they reduce the territory it holds but validate its larger picture of a West hostile to Islam |
The European Central Bank delivered a fresh round of monetary stimulus in a bid to shore up the weakening economy as it cut its growth forecast by the most | since the advent of its quantitative-easing program four years ago.
ECB President Mario Draghi said the eurozone economy will now expand only 1.1% this year, a drop of 0.6 percentage point from forecasts just three months ago. A package of assistance from new loans for banks to a longer pledge on record-low rates is intended to expand existing stimulus, he said.
"The persistence of uncertainties related to geopolitical factors, the threat of protectionism and vulnerabilities in emerging markets appears to be leaving marks on economic sentiment," Mr. Draghi told journalists Thursday in Frankfurt. "The risks surrounding the euro-area growth outlook are still tilted to the downside."
The euro fell for a fifth day, dropping 0.6% to $1.12, while government bonds rose, pushing the German 10-year yield to the lowest since 2016.
But bank stocks dropped as the new loans will have less favorable terms than the ECB's previous operation. There may also be concern |
MORE than 100 families living near Phnom Penh International Airport who are involved in an ongoing land dispute will take their protest to the steps of City | Hall, representatives said Wednesday.
Families living along Russian Boulevard in Choam Chao commune received their first eviction notice from authorities in April. The final eviction notice was given out last Thursday, when Dangkor district Governor Kroch Phan informed residents that they had until December 11 to voluntarily dismantle their homes.
Kroch Phan said their removal is necessary for airport expansion and the construction of a public park. The families submitted a letter to City Hall on Monday but say they have yet to receive a reply.
“Now we are preparing to protest in front of City Hall because we want to have a meeting,” said resident representative Uth Teng Sakhorn, noting that no date for the protest had been set.
Fellow representative Chea Vuth said the families have always acted according to the law and will continue to do so by consulting with their lawyer first before staging a demonstration.
“We only want to find justice because they did |
Phenytoin belongs to the group of medications known as anti-epileptics. Phenytoin is used to manage and prevent | certain types of seizures, as well as to prevent and treat seizures that occur during or following neurosurgery. It works on the brain to reduce the number and severity of seizures.
Each Coni-Snap white capsule with orange cap, imprinted "Parke-Davis" and "P-D 100" in black ink, contains 100 mg of extended phenytoin sodium. Nonmedicinal ingredients: lactose, magnesium stearate, sugar, and talc; capsule shell: FD&C Yellow No. 6, gelatin, and titanium dioxide.
Each flavoured, triangle shaped, grooved tablet contains 50 mg of phenytoin (free acid form). Nonmedicinal ingredients: alcohol, magnesium stearate, spearmint oil, sugar, and talc.
Each 5 mL of flavoured, red-coloured suspension contains 30 mg of phenytoin (free acid form). Nonmedicinal ingredients: alcohol, banana oil, |
Once Removed: According to the Holmes & Rahe Stress Scale, the three most stressful experiences in life are the death of a spouse, divorce, | and imprisonment. Moving house is only 32nd on the list. But anything could happen in the last ten minutes. Or the first 10 minutes.
A terrified Linda finds herself out of her depth as DI Donoghue questions her on suspicion of murdering her husband Micky. With their friend facing the possibility of life in prison, Gail and Sue desperately try to help her before it’s too late. But they find out there’s more to Carole than meets the eye.
The series returns to follow life on board for the staff and passengers who live, work and play on the vessel. In the second episode, the Royal Princess continues its busy summer season while Europe swelters in the record high temperatures of Heatwave Lucifer.
New six-part comedy from acclaimed writer Lisa McGee who mines her own experiences to create a candid, one-of-a-kind, family-centred comedy set against the spectre of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The |
Pew breadwinners poll: Do marriage and parenthood make you conservative about women and families?
Do marriage and parenthood make people more | conservative about women and families?
A mother folding clothes in her son’s playroom.
Are Americans becoming more liberal about marriage, parenthood, and working women? A survey released last week by the Pew Research Center suggests we are. The survey showed big gaps between younger and older Americans on several questions: whether working moms make it harder to sustain successful marriages and raise children, whether kids are better off if their mothers stay home, and whether the increasing number of unwed mothers is a big problem.
The superficial interpretation of these findings is that the country will become more relaxed about family structure as the new generation replaces its elders. But on closer inspection, the picture is more complicated. What makes older people more conservative isn’t just age. It’s marital and parental experience. Yes, the population has become more liberal. But many of today’s young people will turn more conservative as they become moms and dads.
The Pew report cites previous polls that indicate |
A new policy recommendation made by the CIO Council would give federal employees greater liberty to use computers and other equipment for personal reasons but also could open | the door to disputes between employees and management.
The recommendation, issued March 10, would allow federal workers to use government office equipment for non-government purposes "when such use involves minimal additional expense to the government, is performed on the employee's nonwork time, does not interfere with the mission or operations of a department or agency and does not violate the standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch."
The rationale for this policy change is commendable. The CIO Council believes that giving employees limited personal use of office equipment will enhance the quality of the workplace and help retain valued workers.
But the policy could create confusion. For example, it would allow you to come to the office after work hours and use your computer to access Internet sites. If the sites you visited were a bit tawdry, you wouldn't run afoul of this policy unless someone saw what you did and reported it to your supervisor. Even then, it might not be clear whether you actually had violated the |
FILE - A Syrian man weeps as he cradles the body of his daughter who was killed following reported shelling in the town of Khan Sheikh | un in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province, Feb. 26, 2019.
Peace has not returned to Syria, and it is neither safe nor sustainable for Syria's nearly 12 million refugees and internally displaced people to return to their homes, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria warns.
Syria is entering its ninth year of conflict this week and, while Syrian government forces and their Russian allies have pacified large swathes of territory, the war has not been won.
Chair of the Independent Commission, Paulo Pinheiro, says scores of civilians are killed and maimed in Idlib and western Aleppo by pro-government forces, as well as by the Syrian Democratic Forces and international coalition fighting to regain control of Islamic State's last stronghold in Dayr al-Zawr.
FILE - Paulo Pinheiro, chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, attends a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 6, 2017.
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