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Highlights, ICC Under-19 World Cup Final 2018, India vs Australia, Full cricket score: IND clinch fourth title | After 22 overs,India Under-19 133/2 ( Manjot Kalra 62 , Harvik Desai 1) Uppal delivers a mighty fine over here. Gets Gill, concedes just two runs and beats the new man on the last ball. They need more of these.
After 23 overs,India Under-19 138/2 ( Manjot Kalra 66 , Harvik Desai (W) 2) Merlo to Kalra. Concedes a couple. Kalra looks in fine touch here. India would want him to carry on. Five runs from that over. Lot of time remaining in this match, important for India not to panic.
After 24 overs,India Under-19 141/2 ( Manjot Kalra 68 , Harvik Desai (W) 3) Uppal continues. Kalra blocks the first ball and takes a single on the next. Desai drives this stylishly to sweeper cover for a single. Less than 80 to get. Kalra drives this straight, and Uppal gets a hand to it. They take a single and Desai plays out two dots.
After 25 overs,India Under-19 144/2 ( Manjot Kalra 70 , Harvik Desai (W) 4) Hadley returns. Starts with a full toss and Kalra drills this through off-side, but mid-off makes a diving stop. They steal a a single nevertheless. Desai plays out two dots and late-cuts the next to third-man for a single. That's all they need. Short and wide outside off, and Kalra stands tall to hit it to sweeper. Another single there. Dot to end the over.
After 26 overs,India Under-19 145/2 ( Manjot Kalra 71 , Harvik Desai (W) 4) Uppal to Kalra. Starts with a full, flat ball that is blocked. Drops short, and Kalra cuts him to sweeper. Desai on strike, plays out three dots in a row. Pulls powerfully the last ball, but hits straight to midwicket. No run again.
FOUR! Short from Hadley, and Kalra hits this uppishly over point. India inching closer.
After 27 overs,India Under-19 151/2 ( Manjot Kalra 76 , Harvik Desai (W) 5) Hadley to Kalra. On length, and defended solidly. Short and some width, and Kalra hits this uppishly over point for four. He does play it well. Single on the fourth ball brings 150 for India. They are closing in, the Indians. Desai takes a single on the fifth ball off the inside edge. Kalra laces another cover drive, but short cover does well there. No runs.
FOUR! Uppal flights this outside off, and Desai goes hard at it. Outside-edges this for a boundary.
After 28 overs,India Under-19 156/2 ( Manjot Kalra 76 , Harvik Desai (W) 10) Here's Uppal again. Tosses up, and Desai collects a lucky boundary. He fails to breach the inner circle for next four balls, and call it pressure or whatever, Desai goes for an unnecessary slog sweep. The skier just about evades the fielder.
SIX! Full toss by Pope and Kalra muscles this way back over square leg. This boy has some power!
After 29 overs,India Under-19 165/2 ( Manjot Kalra 83 , Harvik Desai (W) 12) Pope is back. Starts with a single to sweeper cover to Desai. Tosses up to Kalra from over the stumps, who short-arms this to long-on. Two dots to Desai, followed by a single and a massive six. What a shot that.
After 30 overs,India Under-19 170/2 ( Manjot Kalra 85 , Harvik Desai (W) 15) Uppal continues. They milk him for five runs, India need less than 50 now. Closing in.
As uncomfortable as Harvik Desai has looked, he's still there, and that's what matters. Target below 50 now, and Kalra eyeing Unmukt Chand's record of being the only Indian to score a hundred in a World Cup final, in a ch
FOUR! He is the star of the final, Manjot Kalra. That was in his swinging arc, and he hits Merlo over extra cover.
After 31 overs,India Under-19 176/2 ( Manjot Kalra 89 , Harvik Desai (W) 16) Merlo back into attack. Desai drives him to sweeper cover first ball and they run an easy single. Manjot defends the next ball. He is on 85, deserves a hundred. And almost on cue, he hits a four over extra cover. India 41 away.
After 32 overs,India Under-19 178/2 ( Manjot Kalra 90 , Harvik Desai (W) 17) Uppal to Desai. Tossed up on middle and leg, and they collect a single to long on. Full to Kalra again, who checks his drive. They take a single to long-on. Desai plays out the remaining over. No rush.
After 33 overs,India Under-19 181/2 ( Manjot Kalra 92 , Harvik Desai (W) 18) Pope to Kalra. Short and sliding away, and Kalra pulls this past the bowler to log on for a single. Tossed up, does the next ball and Desai keeps it away. Some dip on the third ball and Desai defends. He drives the fourth ball to long off for a single. Single to end the over, and it also brings their 50-run partnership.
After 34 overs,India Under-19 188/2 ( Manjot Kalra 95 , Harvik Desai (W) 22) Uppal here. Round the wicket to Kalra, who opens up slightly to drive to sweeper cover for a single. Desai collects a couple on the next ball and follows it with a single. Darted in to Kalra's legs, and a push to long-on for a single follows. Another single to deep midwicket; that was a full toss. Tossed up, is the last ball, and Kalra drives straight with lot of power. Too harsh to call it a drop, but that may have grazed Uppal's fingers.
FOUR! Desai goes back to this Pope googly and places it to midwicket. Fine shot.
After 35 overs,India Under-19 196/2 ( Manjot Kalra 97 , Harvik Desai (W) 28) Just 29 more to get. 5 to Kalra's ton. Here's Pope. In the blockhole to Kalra.Some width outside off and Kalra cuts him to sweeper cover for a single. Desai reads that googly, and places it to midwicket fence. Three more singles to end the over.
FOUR! Full toss from Uppal and Desai dismisses this over midwicket.
After 36 overs,India Under-19 203/2 ( Manjot Kalra 98 , Harvik Desai (W) 34) Uppal to Desai, and there's the four first ball. Brings up India's 200. Three more singles in the over. India taking it slowly here.
FOUR! Short ball from Sutherland is pulled over the infield by Desai. India less than 10 runs away!
After 37 overs,India Under-19 211/2 ( Manjot Kalra 99 , Harvik Desai (W) 40) 14 needed, and Will Sutherland returns. Kalra needs two to his ton, he is not on strike though. Desai cuts first ball to sweeper for a single. Manjot hits next to midwicket; no run. Coolly tucks the next ball to square leg to get to 99. What an innings this. Sutherland bangs one in; it's called wide. Short again, and Desai pulls this over infield for a four. Single to end the over.
After 38 overs,India Under-19 212/2 ( Manjot Kalra 99 , Harvik Desai (W) 41) Uppal to Desai. And he is dropped! Desai hit it straight back to the bowler,who drops it. Finally takes a single on fourth ball. Manjot on strike. He is on 99. India need 5. He plays out two doubts.
India becomes the first time to win four ICC Under-19 World Cups! The dressing room is ready for eruption, by the way. Here's Sutherland, and Desai takes a single to third man. India a boundary away. Manjot dabs it to square leg to get his hundred, What an innings, young man! A hundred in World Cup final. He raised his arms as Indian team assembles at the ropes. Desai tries an ungainly swipe. They run a single. Kalra cuts for a single. 1 needed. Hugs all around in Indian camp...and there it is! Desai slices Sutherland over covers and that's the World Cup!
Amlost 4000 people applaud this effort. Majot Kalra take a bow. What a time for the innings of your life.
Lots of shouting going around, and rightfully so. The celebrations have just started at Bay Oval,and there's no stopping these boys. What a moment, what a win! Prithvi Shaw showed his class is for real, Manjot Kalra showed what rising to the occasion means, and Shubman Gill...well India may have found a new batting star in him.
It took India six years to win the U-19 World Cup again. What a win this has been. Coach Rahul Dravid is ecstatic, and his voice is all but drowned out by his screaming wards. Well done, boys!
For me the scene of the day is the entire bunch jumping behind Rahul Dravid while he is on air!! That’s some amount of space and freedom of expression in the young team! Kudos to Rahul for that.
Every Indian is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing himself to these young kids ,and a legend like him deserves to lay his hands on the WC. Only Fitting. #INDvAUS
Congratulations India by far the most dominant team in the @ICC #U19WorldCup #FutureStars @BCCI pic.twitter.com/SiqOyqZhHw
Rahul Dravid cracks me up. Speaks during interview about how embarrassed he is sometimes as coach of India U-19 because too much attention is put on him because of his stature rather than the players and support staff. Class act. World cricket needs more of him.
Congratulations India! Winners of the @ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018! Well done to all the teams, all the sponsors, and all the fans for a great World Cup! Crickets future is in strong hands! #U19CWC #FutureStars
The Kiwi all-rounder also the ambassador of the Under-19 World Cup 2018
Manjot Kalra, Player of the Match : It is a great feeling. I enjoyed a lot. The conditions were easy and the wicket was not difficult to bat; it was a flat wicket. There's great environment in the team, and we enjoyed a lot.
Shubman Gill is Player of the Tournament : Really proud of team. We are fortunate to have Rahul Dravid as our coach. He told me to express my game. Playing in New Zealand was a good experience, we had a good time. It's been a pretty exciting week, hope I do well in IPL too.
Jason Sangha, Australian Captain : I am so proud of the guys to come this far in the tournament. Credit to India. Best thing about today was the guys really grinded. Full credit to India. hopefully we can go back home and learn. As a captain I am proud of the guys. For us it is a massive learning. India played really well so good on them. Thank you to the crowd.
The Indian team collecting their winners' medal. What a moment for them! It's been six years since Unmukt Chand won the Under-19 World Cup for India. Here's the time to lift the trophy!! And before we forget, Rahul Dravid finally gets his hands on a World Cup trophy.
Prithvi Shaw, Indian captain : Really feeling great. Can't express myself, really proud of it. All credit to the support staff for supporting us through last two years. The boys and the coaching. Rahul sir is a legend the Wall we call him his experience counts. Crucial 100 from Manjot. Gill was batting so well. Both pacers, Kamlesh and Mavi, have been doing so well. Very well done to everyone. Thank you for coming out, wonderful playing here. Looking forward to going back home.
WITH GREAT TEAM WORK, BIG DREAMS WORK. Congratulations to our WORLD CHAMPIONS!! We are proud of you. A big congratulations to Rahul and Paras for their guidance. #ICCU19CWC #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/w0heorY8g6
The under-19 boys are taking the lap of honour, enjoying themselves, shouting and letting their voices go hoarse. Time to rejoice for the young Indian side.
The photos won't stop tonight. Lot of reasons to smile. Lot of smiles to share...
Autographs and selfies from the #U19CWC champions for the fantasic fans who cheered them to victory! 🤳 pic.twitter.com/CsVo0QKjWK
India U-19 coach Rahul Dravid: "Hopefully it's a memory they will cherish for a long, long time, but hopefully it's not a memory that defines them and they have more bigger and better memories that define them in their careers."
Congratulations Superstars!! It was definitely a result of a lot of hard work put together, no doubt. You guys were incredible from ball one of the tournament. Cherish these moments, celebrate hard, You guys deserved it 🤙🏆 IndVsAus #U19WorldCupFinal
One of the strongest U-19 teams we have ever seen. Outplaying every opponent they faced . They came, they saw, they conquered 🏆👌. Special mentions to #RahulDravid Sir for inspiring this solid bunch of youngsters 🙌 #Champions #U19WorldCupFinal #FutureStars
Karun Nair sums it up. "They came, they saw, they conquered".
There is the division of all the World Cup winners. India leading the way with 4 titles.
So that's that people. It was a crazy and fun few weeks bringing the World Cup to you. And what a campaign this has been for India. They have gone undefeated in this World Cup, which speaks a lot about their overall dominance. Accolades and fame will pour in for these boys, and not all may graduate to the next level, but today is the day to bask in their success. India slipped at the final hurdle in 2016, but there were no hiccups this time around. Hope you enjoyed our coverage of the ICC U-19 World Cup at Firstpost . Lots of sports action coming your way, so stay tuned. For now, it's goodbye.
Australia have won the toss and have elected to bat first
OUT! Spectacular catch by Harvik Desai! Kamlesh Nagarkoti strikes in his first over. India are on top with the wicket of Australian captain. Sangha looked to push it with hard hands got the edge and the ball flew rapidly towards Desai, who had to dive to his left to take the catch.
OUT! There is the wicket, India wanted. Anukul Roy is the man. Slower through the air and Uppal looked to turn it off his legs gets a leading edge back to the bowler, giving a simple catch. Soft dismissal. Uppal c and b Anukul Roy 34(58)
OUT! Australia lose their fifth, just when the partnership was building. Good return catch by Shiva Singh. McSweeney was trying to work it through onside but was slightly early in the shot, tried adjusting at the last minute but he could only hit it back to the bowler. Nathan McSweeney c and b Shiva Singh 23(29)
OUT! Tell you what, it is fantastic catch behind the stumps. Was the quicker one from Shiva Singh. Sutherland played outside the line of the ball, gets an inside edge and into Desai's gloves.
OUT! That's the end of Merlo. Anukul Roy was brought to do exactly that. Went for the reverse-sweep and got the bottom of the bat wih sweeper cover, Shiva Singh, taking a simple catch. Australia in deep trouble. Merlo c Shiva Singh b Anukul Roy 76(102)
OUT! That's a Nagarkoti special. Right at the bottom of the off stump. Aa perfect yorker, something we have seen him do this tournament. Evans had no answer, swayed his bat in hope and nothing more. Australia lose their 8th.
OUT! Terrific from Shiva Singh. First the diving effort as he went for the catch and then the quick recovery and a superb throw to the keeper. Holt's pull was not timed perfectly, Singh running from the deep threw himself to the ground but couldn't claim the catch, but got up and released a bullet throw to Desai, who whipped the bails off. Australia nine down now. Baxter J Holt run out (Shiva Singh) 13(13)
Mavi finishes things off. Hadley feathers it to Desai, he has had a busy day behind the stumps. I ndia need 217 to lift their fourth World Cup at the under-19 level. Ryan Hadley c Harvik Desai b Shivam Mavi 1(3)
OUT! Shaw is gone. Sutherland pitches it up and Shaw simply misses a straight ball. First blow for India.
OUT! There's the big wicket. Shubman Gill has fallen to Uppal's spin. Stepped out, beaten in flight and leaves the gate open for the ball to sneak in and hit the top of off-stump.
The dressing room is ready for eruption, by the way. Here's Sutherland, and Desai takes a single to third man. India a boundary away. Manjot dabs it to square leg to get his hundred, What an innings, young man! A hundred in World Cup final. He raised his arms as Indian team assembles at the ropes. Desai tries an ungainly swipe. They run a single. Kalra cuts for a single. 1 needed. Hugs all around in Indian camp...and there it is! Desai slices Sutherland over covers and that's the World Cup!
India becomes the first time to win four ICC Under-19 World Cups!
ICC U-19 World Cup Final LIVE Updates: Pope to Kalra. Short and sliding away, and Kalra pulls this past the bowler to log on for a single. Tossed up, does the next ball and Desai keeps it away. Some dip on the third ball and Desai defends. He drives the fourth ball to long off for a single. Single to end the over, and it also brings their 50-run partnership.
Preview: Unstoppable so far, India would be aiming to rewrite record books with a fourth title when the Rahul Dravid-coached side squares off against an equally formidable Australia in the final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Mount Maunganui on Saturday.
India and Australia are the two most successful teams in the history of the tournament having won the coveted trophy thrice each.
But come Saturday, Dravid's sprightly boys will be desperate to outwit their Australian counterparts and become the first team in the history of the event to lift the trophy for a record fourth time.
The promising Prithvi Shaw, already being seen as the next big thing in Indian cricket, will be eager to join the likes of Mohammad Kaif (2002), Virat Kohli (2008) and Unmukt Chand (2012) in leading the side to the U-19 World Cup title.
Going by current form, odds are heavily in favour of India. The Indians have put in some impressive performances to win all their five matches – including an emphatic 203-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the semifinal and a 100-run victory over Australia in their tournament-opener.
The massive win over Pakistan in the semifinal will do a world of good to India's confidence. After putting a total of 272 on the board, they dismissed the opposition for a paltry 69.
So far, it has been collective performance from Dravid's boys as every member of the squad has contributed to the team's success in one or the other way.
India's batting has been at its lethal best. While the openers -- Shaw and Manjot Kalra -- have given the team good starts throughout the tournament, Shubman Gill has been in phenomenal form at the number three position.
In fact, all eyes will be on Gill, who has been the most consistent batsman of the tournament. He scored a scintillating unbeaten century against Pakistan in the semis and would be eager to script one more impactful knock.
In the bowling department, Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti have been phenomenal, raking up speeds in excess of 140kmph at their will. But they will have their work cut out against a strong Australian batting line-up.
Abhishek Sharma is another important player in the squad to look up to and he along with fellow spinner Anukul Roy would look to exploit the Australian batsmen's weaknesses against spin.
Besides his spin, Abhishek is also a hard-hitting lower middle-order batsman, who can score some quick runs.
India's fielding has also been exemplary in the tournament so far.
India U-19 teams have had a legacy of producing future Indian stars and this group of players has the potential to make it big.
Australia, on the other hand, would be desperate for revenge after their big loss to the Indians in tournament opener.
After that one bad day in office, the Australians have bounced back strongly and won four games in a row to make it to the final.
The Jason Sangha-led side's last two performances signal that they have upped their game when it has mattered.
Australia's 31-run win over England in the quarterfinal, while defending 127-run total, and a six-wicket win over Afghanistan, who surprised everyone with their semifinal appearance, clearly indicate that they are here to give India a tough fight in the summit clash.
Teams (from):
India U-19: Prithvi Shaw (C), Shubman Gill, Manjot Kalra, Himanshu Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Harvik Desai, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ishan Porel, Anukul Roy, Shiva Singh, Aryan Juyal, Arshdeep Singh, Pankaj Yadav.
Australia U-19: Jason Sangha (C), Will Sutherland, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Jack Edwards, Zak Evans, Jarrod Freeman, Ryan Hadley, Baxter J Holt, Nathan McSweeney, Jonathan Merlo, Lloyd Pope, Param Uppal, Austin Waugh.
Match starts: 0630hrs (IST).
With inputs from PTI |
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Rockies' Zach Jemiola: Dropped from 40-man roster | Jemiola was designated for assignment by the Rockies on Tuesday.
Jemiola has yet to make an appearance in 2018. The 24-year-old was added to the Rockies' 40-man roster prior to the 2017 season, but he ended up struggling to a 6.83 ERA across 81.2 innings with Triple-A Albuquerque. He'll take a spin through waivers to determine where he'll report next. |
Charlottesville vice mayor Wes Bellamy blasts Donald Trump over response to rally | Dr Wes Bellamy ripped into the US leader after violence broke out at the rally in Virginia, scolding him for failing to “call out” white supremacists.
The politician spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme after the woman was killed on Saturday when a car rammed into a crowd protesting against the rally.
When asked if he had been assisted by the President, he replied: “No, I haven’t heard from 45, probably don’t expect to hear from 45.
“But I’m hoping that he comes out and he does a much better job of addressing this issue and calling out and denouncing these white supremacist acts.” |
Jaipur court sends alleged Islamic State financier to four-day police custody | ATS claimed that Iqbal has confessed to sending money to Islamic State through China. ATS claimed that Iqbal has confessed to sending money to Islamic State through China.
A Jaipur court on Tuesday sent alleged Islamic State (IS) financier Mohammad Iqbal, 32, in four-day police custody. Iqbal was arrested from Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border on February 4. Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Umesh Mishra claimed that Iqbal has confessed to sending money to Islamic State through China.
“How he used to send it is a part of the investigation. He had a hawala network and was also involved with gold and currency smuggling rackets in various countries, including India, Myanmar and Bangladesh,’’ he said. “He was a frequent flyer.’’
Iqbal had allegedly used Western Union to transfer money as well. Mishra claimed that the IS’s ideology had influenced Iqbal through social media and that he had contacted them on his own in 2014. He added that Iqbal was interested to be a part of IS with his family at one point.
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But it is unclear if he shared his plans with his wife and two children or if they knew about his activities. ATS Inspector General Biju George Joseph claimed that Iqbal was in touch with Islamic State fighters Abu Saad al-Sudani, who was killed in Syrian airstrikes in April last year, and Abu Usamah Somali. He said that Iqbal had tried to enter Turkey by obtaining Schengen visa but could not succeed.
ATS officials claimed that Iqbal had expressed his interest to send money to IS. But Sudani purportedly asked him not to do so directly but to send it through Jameel Ahmed, who was arrested from Sikar in November last year. The agencies came to know about Iqbal after Ahmed’s arrest and have since been trying to locate him. Ahmed did not know much about Iqbal beyond his social media presence.
“Iqbal could not be identified for quite some time. When Ahmed was caught, he had revealed that he came in contact with an Indian. But he, too, did know the real name of this person, who went by names of ‘Travel Haq’ and ‘Travel to Haq’ on social media, including Kik,” Mishra said. Ahmed never met Iqbal or knew his name. But Iqbal had transferred money to him for the IS cause.
Mishra added that they overcame language hurdle and highly technical” nature of investigation with the help of Tamil Nadu Police and central agencies to nab Iqbal. The ATS said that Iqbal was smuggling gold from Myanmar and had entered the Northeast by road from where he took a flight to Kolkata and then to Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.
He was on his way to Chennai when he was arrested along with 20 gold bricks weighing 3.5 kg. Officials said that Iqbal is well-educated and lived in a posh colony. He had a mobile business before taking up smuggling. |
Special anti-polio drive kicks off in southwestern Pakistan | A Pakistani health official says a special five-day anti-polio drive is being launched in the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province after traces of polio virus were found in the sewer system. Syed Faisal Ahmed, the coordinator for Emergency Operation Centre in Quetta, said Monday that some 400,000 children under age five will be immunized against the deadly virus.
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Lyme disease symptoms in humans: Infection to SPREAD across UK | An expert has said there will be a spike in cases in the UK which, he warned, could be problematic as there is currently not a vaccine for the condition. In the USA, public health experts estimate 300,000 Americans contract Lyme disease each year. Public Health England said the disease causes 2,000 to 3,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales each year. Howard Carter, a leading bite prevention expert, said: “At the same time as the current US outbreaks, Lyme disease is developing fast in the UK and Europe and the NHS isn’t helping the situation. “Poor diagnosis and climate change are the main culprits; globally there’s been an explosive growth of ticks (along with many other biting insects), which are also coming out earlier in the year and consequently there is a longer season for them to bite. “People still don’t understand how you can catch Lyme diseas
GETTY Lyme disease symptoms: An expert has warned the disease could spread
“300,000 people are registered carriers in the US, so the real figures are more likely to be towards half a million. “And in the UK Caudwell LymeCo charity and Lyme Disease UK estimate that there could be up to 45,000 new cases of Lyme disease per year in the UK." Howard said part of the reason for the hidden epidemic is that Lyme is very hard to diagnose, arguing only ‘a third of people who have contracted Lyme actually present with the classic bulls-eye rash’. “Symptoms can also be very misleading for doctors; for example, patients can also be diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME – it can look like many illnesses,” he added. The expert also said GPs are not asking the right questions to help diagnose patients who could be suffering with lyme disease. Howard said: “Antibodies to Lyme disease take a few weeks to form – if you have an early test and you’ve got a puncture mark or have removed the tick yourself you can get a false re-assurance, so you really need to wait for six weeks before requesting a blood test.
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Antibodies to Lyme disease take a few weeks to form Howard Carter
“If you do test positive for Lyme, a course of antibiotics will stop it dead if caught soon enough.” He said half of patients who may have the condition will need a blood test to detect the bacteria in the blood. Howard said: “If it’s caught late it can be very debilitating. “Initial symptoms can include flu-like symptoms, aches and fever, then later inflammation, short term memory loss, facial palsy, and heart problems. “But there’s only one tick laboratory you can go to in the UK for a test, at the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL), although there are private tests you can take. “There should certainly be more awareness of this disease which might lead to the NHS funding more than just one lab.” SYMPTOMS OF LYME DISEASE
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Coronation Street's Pat Phelan points GUN at terrified victims then leaves horrified fans fearing he'll kidnap newborn baby | Get soaps updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Pat Phelan proved he simply cannot be beaten on tonight's Coronation Street when he turned the tables on Gary Windass.
The Corrie villain pointed a GUN at his terrified victims, then left fans fearing he will kidnap a newborn baby.
It seemed all was lost in tonight's explosive post-watershed episode when Gary managed to stop Jack Webster letting Pat free.
The serial killer's plan failed when Gary and Sarah Platt turn up to the store room just in time, then paid Kevin's son more money to keep quiet.
Not one to give up easily, Pat started goading his nemesis about Anna and claimed she was "gagging for it" when he raped her.
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(Image: ITV)
Incensed Gary lost his temper and whacked Pat over the head with a plank of wood.
But after being lifted back up, Pat managed to break free from his ties and smashed the chair on Gary's head.
Sarah screamed as the murderer stormed out of the store room and hid in the builder's yard.
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(Image: ITV)
Hesitant Sarah and Gary tried to work out where he was, but were horrified when he reemerged with a gun in his hand.
“It seems the local constabulary didn’t find my hiding place after all. How about that," said Pat with a disconcerting grin on his face.
Gary wouldn't comply with his demands, so he pointed the weapon at Sarah to make him come around.
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The decision to tell Pat that Nicola had given birth to baby Zack proved foolish as he demanded to see his grandson,
He told Sarah to phone Nicola straight away so that he could meet his newborn heir.
Threatening to use the gun, Pat said: "Tell her to get over here immediately. And make sure she brings my grandson."
Is Phelan planning to kidnap the newborn baby?
Corrie viewers took to Twitter after watching the frightening scenes.
A third said: "NOOOO NOT THE BABY UGHHHHH PAT PHELAN I SWEAR TO GOD"
Another added: "He’s so going to kidnap the baby and then there will be a big chase of finding and catching him"
A third said: "Poor Pat’s gonna kill Baby Zack because Pat’s jealous that Zack has more hair than him!"
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Antiques dealer who strangled daughter, 7, said 'sorry' before carrying out killing he 'planned for weeks' | Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
An antiques dealer who strangled his seven-year-old daughter admitted he said "sorry" to her before carrying out the killing he had 'planned for weeks', a court heard.
Robert Peters, 56, used a dressing gown cord to end Sophia's life on November 3 last year.
He admitted she gave him no cause to dislike her, going on to explain how he killed his daughter the day before she was due to return to a £5,000-a-year boarding school.
Peters said Sophie was not getting on well at school, adding: “That’s partly down to her ability.
“Maybe I thought when it started she would improve. It wasn’t an annoyance particularly. It was everything - the whole scenario of my debt.”
A video of his police interview was shown to the Old Bailey jury, in which he confessed he had been planning the killing for weeks.
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(Image: central news)
Peters, from south west London, said: “I have been depressed for a long time.
“I planned on killing my daughter because I just couldn’t bear going on with life.
“Over the last year I have been slowly going bankrupt. Not yet bankrupt, but that’s the way it has been going.
“I haven’t been in control of anything. That was the fact. My life was impossible to live.”
He added: “I went into her bedroom and I strangled her.”
Peters said he had a two-and-a-half year affair with a married woman he met online who worked for the Home Office.
He left the family home six months ago, but later returned.
Describing the affair, he said: “She had a hold over me.
(Image: central news)
“I tried to end the relationship a number of times but she couldn’t let me go. I kept on going back.”
His wife found out a year ago, but “forgave me sort of, asking me questions” since he returned home.
Sitting with his arms crossed, Peters added: “But that wasn’t the real pressure. The pressure was that I was going bankrupt and unable to cope.
“I did seek some help but it wasn’t help. They gave me different pills at times.”
He explained how he tried to commit suicide twice in the previous months, and had tried 20 years ago.
Asked if his business was doing okay, he replied: “Not really. It’s slowly going under in my mind. Just losing money, not being able to cope with it.
(Image: central news)
“I was drowning in my business, and it didn’t matter what they gave me. I was in a hopeless situation.”
He said he had a “fear of being homeless and on the streets - that was losing everything”.
Peters calmly added: “I just felt trapped. Continuously trapped.”
He said he had not been a “good father”, and Sophia had not been loved the way she “should have been”, adding: “It’s just me and my personality.
“Why that turned to murder is hard to fathom.”
On what he thought the outcome would be, he said: “I would spend the rest of my life in jail, which is probably so.”
Asked why he had not taken his own life, Peters said: “I tried.”
(Image: central news)
Peters went on: “I went into the room and strangled her. I just put it round her neck and tightened it. She woke up.”
Asked what he said to her, Peters told police: “Just sorry.”
He said it took 20 to 30 minutes before he felt she had died.
Asked when he stopped, Peters replied: “When she was lifeless.”
He said she fought it “a little bit, until she became lifeless”, and then “I left it tied hard around her neck and went to call the police”.
Peters went on: “I was too tormented with myself. It’s hard to fathom, hard for everyone to understand.”
Police told him he seemed to have no money difficulties, which he said were the cause of his breakdown.
(Image: central news)
He replied: “I knew eventually everything was running out. It was draining. I was powerless to control it.
“I knew I wasn’t able to get out or just to change. I just couldn’t downsize or move on or do anything about it.
“A disaster waiting to happen. Slowly but surely.”
He said he was still making maintenance payments to an ex-wife which was one of the causes why his money was “draining”.
On why he had chosen to kill Sophia on that day, he said: “It was the last day before she was going to go back to school.
“I thought about doing this all week, or weeks.”
Peters, of Raynes Park, south west London, denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The trial continues. |
'Hot criminal' Jeremy Meeks poses in front of luxury mansion and £120K sports car after turning life around | Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
An ex-con dubbed the 'most handsome felon in the world' has turned his life around since being released from prison .
And the good looking criminal is now raking in millions after his newfound fame launched him into a successful modelling career.
Jeremy Meeks hit headlines around the world when his 'dreamy' police mugshot was posted online and went viral, sending everyone's hearts a-flutter.
Since he's been released from prison, the sexy 32-year-old has been keeping fans up to date through his social media feeds.
And snaps on Instagram reveal that he's living the high life.
(Photo: Instagram/Jeremy Meeks)
Pictured posing in front of a massive mansion and beaming as he stands at the wheel of a £120,000 Maserati, Meeks looks the picture of happiness in the tell-all images.
He captioned the snaps: "Good to be home" and: "God is good."
Candid snaps also show his happiness at being reunited with his family.
One image shows him hanging out in a plush kitchen with his young son, who he affectionately terms 'mini-me' , and another shows him with his partner as they celebrate their anniversary.
"Celebrating our 8 year anniversary today and 50 more to go," he captioned the snap.
(Photo: Instagram/Jeremy Meeks)
Meeks has also been keeping his fans up to date with a series of gorgeous topless shots, showing off his tattooed torso and muscled arms.
"I LOVE this picture!" one fan commented on one of his shirt-less snaps.
"No matter what you did always remember, "every saint has a past, and every "sinner" has a future".
They added: "You DESERVE this second chance!"
Another posted: "Dude your life is dope now. Keep up the great work!"
"You're a real life example of bad things turning to be great things," a different fan wrote. |
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India's Bharti Airtel Q4 profit slumps 78 pct | April 24 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel Ltd posted a 77.8 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as pricing pressure in the telecoms sector after the entry of an upstart rival continued to hurt India’s top mobile carrier.
Profit came in at 829 million rupees ($12.49 million) in the quarter ended March 31, lower than 3.73 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said here
Revenue fell 10.5 percent to 196.34 billion rupees, hit by the telecom regulator’s decision to cut international termination charges. ($1 = 66.3750 Indian rupees) |
I have been disgusted for the past few months: Justice Lodha | Anurag Thakur Anurag Thakur
On the day the Supreme Court ordered the removal of BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke, Justice RM Lodha, the man who headed the panel that recommended reforms, sounded relieved. Speaking to The Indian Express, he spoke about his displeasure over BCCI’s stubborn stand over the last few months and expressed optimism about the future of Indian cricket.
So finally, now do you think your assignment is over?
I wish it is over. The last few months have been disgusting for us (the Lodha committee). We thought that once the Supreme Court passed the order, it would get implemented. Now, that the final order is passed and Mr Fali Nariman and Mr Gopal Subramaniam have been given the task of suggesting names of administrators, I guess our task is over. I haven’t read the order, but I am guessing our role is over.
Why do you say the committee was disgusted?
See, once the CJI passes an order, there is no way anyone can defy it. For the past few months, we have witnessed how BCCI wasn’t doing what the SC asked in the order. No citizen or institute can go against the order of the country’s highest court.
Do you think the BCCI was trying to delay things?
When we made the recommendations, we expected opposition from the BCCI. When we submitted our report, it was recommendatory.
Thereafter, the court heard the BCCI. They for months argued the matter. After an elaborate and detailed hearing, the SC pronounced their verdict on July 18, 2016. Once the verdict was pronounced, the report got merged into the verdict, it got a seal of approval from the SC. BCCI had a battery of lawyers, so I was surprised the way they were reacting.
Don’t you think it will be very difficult to implement the reforms in all state units? Do you think there can still be impediments for the new panel?
After SC’s terse order today, I hope every unit will implement the SC order.
Do you think the fans should breathe easy, is their game in right hands?
It is a good day for cricket in the country. The fans don’t need to worry. |
Man 'agreed' he committed terrorism offences linked to Syria, trial told | A Northern Ireland man accused of terrorism charges linked to the Syrian civil war "agreed" that he committed the offences, a prosecutor told his trial. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/man-agreed-he-committed-terrorism-offences-linked-to-syria-trial-told-35450697.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article35450696.ece/52fec/AUTOCROP/h342/PANews%20BT_P-7f7233d5-cbb7-47be-a0bc-80cfe904912c_I1.jpg A Northern Ireland man accused of terrorism charges linked to the Syrian civil war "agreed" that he committed the offences, a prosecutor told his trial.
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US STOCKS-S&P, Dow flat after explosion at New York commuter hub | * Bluebird Bio-Celgene CAR-T drug receives positive response
* Cryptocurrency related stocks bounce after bitcoin futures debut
* Xerox up after Icahn nominates four directors
* Indexes up: Dow 0.04 pct, S&P 0.04 pct, Nasdaq 0.28 pct (Updates to open)
By Sruthi Shankar and Rama Venkat Raman
Dec 11 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow were flat in early morning trading on Monday after an explosion rocked New York’s Port Authority, one of the city’s busiest commuter hubs.
Police confirmed one suspect is in custody but were yet to identify the device used. Local news channel WABC cited police sources as saying a possible pipe bomb detonated in a passageway below ground at Port Authority.
“When you see one of these events in a major city, you get a little cautious tone. But it’s never enough to really rout a stock market intraday,” said Michael Antonelli, managing director, institutional sales trading at Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee.
At 9:37 a.m. ET (1437 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 8.85 points, or 0.04 percent, at 24,320.31, the S&P 500 was up 1.14 points, or 0.04 percent, at 2,652.64 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 18.81 points, or 0.28 percent, at 6,858.89.
Technology stocks led the gainers on the S&P 500, rising 0.41 percent, while financial stocks were the biggest losers. Energy stocks also rose on the back of rise in oil prices after the explosion.
Interest in the surge in bitcoin and opening of futures trading continued to fuel bets on crypotcurrency related stocks, many of which have risen exponentially in value in the past three months.
Shares of Marathon Patent, Riot Blockchain , Overstock.com and Xunei were up between 10 percent and 24 percent.
Bitcoin futures jumped more than 20 percent in the U.S. debut on Sunday, which backers hope will encourage wider use and give legitimacy to cryptocurrency.
Market expectations of an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve later this week firmed up after a jobs report showed that the economy added 228,000 jobs in November.
However, a sluggish wage growth have raise doubts about the central bank’s plan to raise interest rates thrice in 2018.
“We’ve got the Fed meeting where it’s pretty much factored in that the Fed is going to be raising rates. The concern is what they are going to say about going forward,” said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Bluebird Bio shares rose about 19.2 percent after its experimental gene-modifying immunotherapy drug co-developed with Celgene received positive responses in early stage study. Celgene was up 2.4 percent.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by 1,487 to 1,046. On the Nasdaq, 1,502 issues rose and 894 fell. |
Russian tycoon Deripaska's En+ says 2016 core earnings $2.3 bln | MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - En+ Group, which manages Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska's aluminium and hydro power businesses, reported 2016 adjusted core earnings of $2.3 billion on Tuesday, in its first public disclosure of financial results in two years.
En+, owner of a 48 percent stake in aluminium giant Rusal , is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in 2017, financial market sources told Reuters previously.
En+'s 2016 adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) reached $2.3 billion. Rusal accounted for $1.5 billion of that sum, and EN+'s other businesses - power operations, coal mining and logistics - accounted for $822 million.
"These results reflect positive trends which we have seen continuing into 2017, notably stronger aluminium pricing and growing demand for electricity in Siberia," Maxim Sokov, En+ chief executive, said in a statement.
En+'s performance was supported by an accelerated schedule for power capacity liberalisation and increased hydro power generation in Siberia. Sokov also said that he expected stronger aluminium pricing to continue in 2017 and to have a positive impact on the group's top and bottom line.
Hong Kong-listed Rusal, the world's second largest aluminium producer, is the major consumer of hydroelectricity produced by En+'s generating assets.
En+'s 2016 consolidated revenue totalled $9.8 billion, the group said. It did not disclose its results for 2015. It is the first public set of financial results from EN+ since it disclosed its 2014 revenues and adjusted EBITDA.
En+ Group is aiming to raise $2 billion by selling 20 percent of its shares during an IPO in London and possibly in Moscow, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported in April, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The group picked VTB Capital, which holds a 4.35 percent in En+, as one of the arrangers for the possible sale along with U.S. banks Citi and JP Morgan and Russia's Sberbank CIB, financial market sources have told Reuters.
VTB Capital, the investment banking arm of Russia's second biggest bank VTB, bought its stake in En+ for $500 million in 2011, valuing the entire group at $11.5 billion. ($1 = 7.7748 Hong Kong dollars) (Reporting by Polina Devitt and Anastasia Lyrchikova; editing by Jane Merriman) |
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Montgomery gets 1st win, Yanks beat White Sox for 8th in row | New York Yankees Jordan Montgomery deliver the ball to the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 17, 2017, at Yankee Stadium in New York. New York Yankees Jordan Montgomery deliver the ball to the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 17, 2017, at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place | WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court is keeping in place a revised map of Pennsylvania's congressional districts, turning down a request from Republican leaders in the state Legislature.
The court's order Monday declining to put on hold the revised map comes as incumbents and potential challengers are circulating petitions to get on the May primary ballot.
The court is declining to halt a series of decisions by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that threw out a 2011 Republican-crafted map and established a new map of the state's 18 districts.
Pennsylvania's 2011 map is generally considered among the most gerrymandered in the nation, and Democrats hope new district lines will boost their chances of reclaiming majority control of the U.S. House. |
Judge admonishes victims’ father who charged at Larry Nassar in court | Randall Margreaves later apologized, saying he had lost control. (Source: AP) Randall Margreaves later apologized, saying he had lost control. (Source: AP)
A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom Friday after a judge rejected his request to confront the “demon” in a locked room, a stunning rush that reflected the anguish felt by parents who trusted him with their children.
Randall Margraves was blocked by an attorney, tackled by sheriff’s deputies and hauled out of court. He later apologized, saying he had lost control. Eaton County Judge Janice Cunningham said there was “no way” she would fine him or send him to jail under her contempt-of-court powers.
“I don’t know what it would be like to stand there as a father and know that three of your girls were injured physically and emotionally by somebody sitting in a courtroom. I can’t imagine that,” the judge said.
Nonetheless, she added, it’s “not acceptable that we combat assault with assault.”
“I cannot tolerate or condone vigilantism or any other type of action that basically comes down to an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” Cunningham said.
The incident occurred during the third and final sentencing hearing for Nassar, who has admitted to sexually assaulting women and girls under the guise of medical treatment. This case focuses on his work at Twistars, an elite gymnastics club southwest of Lansing. It follows a hearing last week where Nassar, 54, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for assaults at Michigan State University and his home.
Nassar pleaded guilty to molesting nine victims in Eaton and Ingham counties, but the courts have been open to anyone who says they were assaulted during Nassar’s decades of work at Michigan State, Twistars and USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. More than 200 accusers so far have spoken or submitted statements in the two counties, and 80 percent have agreed to be publicly identified.
Margraves’ dramatic move occurred after he listened to two of his daughters speak in court for 10 minutes. Lauren Margraves, a college student, said her parents were “filled with regret” because they took three daughters to see Nassar for sports injuries.
“I see the look in their faces and I know they want to be able to do something but they can’t,” she told Nassar. “The guilt they have will never go away. All this is because of you.”
Her father then stepped up and asked the judge if she would grant him “five minutes in a locked room with this demon.” Cunningham declined and also turned down his request for “one minute.” That’s when Randall Margraves rushed toward Nassar.
There were gasps and tears in the courtroom. Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis turned to the gallery and told families to “use your words,” not violence.
“This is letting him have this power over us,” she said. “We cannot behave like this.”
During a return to court, Margraves told the judge that he just snapped. He said he hadn’t known what exactly his daughters were going to say about their abuse.
“I look over here and Larry Nassar’s shaking his head, no, like it didn’t happen. … I’m embarrassed,” Margraves said of his conduct. “I’m not here to upstage my daughters. I’m here to help them heal.”
About 30 more people spoke after the incident. The case will end Monday with final remarks from the prosecutor, defense and Nassar, followed by the judge’s sentence. Nassar faces a minimum of 25 to 40 years in prison in this case.
Outside court, Melissa Alexander Vigogne, who traveled from France to speak, said she was surprised that an attack hadn’t been attempted earlier.
“It’s not that that’s how we should respond. But it’s truly understandable _ the amount of pain that we’ve all gone through,” Vigogne said of Margraves’ actions.
Sheriff Tom Reich said his officers will investigate what happened in court and send a report to the local prosecutor.
The judge started the day by addressing comments made by a Nassar lawyer who said she had doubts about the large number of women and girls who say they were assaulted by Nassar. Cunningham called Shannon Smith’s remarks “unfortunate” and said Nassar didn’t authorize them.
Smith told Detroit radio station WWJ that it’s “really unfortunate” if some people stepped forward only because of all the recent attention. Nassar released a statement saying Smith’s comments were a distraction and that his accusers’ remarks “have pierced my soul.”
Many of Nassar’s accusers have blamed Michigan State, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee for not doing more earlier to stop him. The USOC announced Friday that it hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation. And the coordinator of the women’s national team for USA Gymnastics, Valeri Liukin, said he was stepping down.
Nassar soon will be under three prison sentences. His first, 60 years in a federal prison, was ordered in December for child pornography crimes.
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Halfpenny stars as dominant Wales thrash Scotland | Feb 3, (Reuters) - Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries as Wales opened their Six Nations campaign with a dominant 34-7 victory against much-fancied Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday.
In an entertaining start to the tournament, Wales banished memories of their defeat to Scotland in last year´s fixture with a commanding victory courtesy of tries from Gareth Davies and Steff Evans and Halfpenny´s double.
The experienced fullback added 14 points from the boot for a personal tally of 24.
Scotland had not won in Cardiff since 2002 but arrived in the Welsh capital buoyed up by a superb spell in November that saw them thump Australia and fall agonisingly short of a famous victory against the world champion All Blacks.
Wales, however -- without six British & Irish Lions stars -- started in inspired fashion at a fervent Principality Stadium with Davies intercepting a pass from opposite number Ali Price to canter over from 60 metres.
The visitors barely had time to settle in a breathless opening 15 minutes before Halfpenny dived over for his first Wales try since 2013 -- 38 games ago.
Scotland, one of the most dynamic and unpredictable attacking sides, were guilty of overplaying at times and found it difficult to build cohesion or put pressure on the Welsh defence.
Fielding a number of inexperienced players due to injury, Scotland made it to the break without falling further behind but any hopes of a second-half comeback were hampered by Halfpenny, who twice punished Scottish infringements to extend the lead.
Halfpenny then strolled over for his second on the hour mark and Evans scampered down the touchline to finish acrobatically in the closing stages, before two sweetly-struck conversions extended the fullback´s perfect record from the tee to six from six.
The only negative on a brilliant afternoon for Wales was Peter Horne´s late consolation try.
Wales finished above only Italy in last year´s championship but expertly marshalled the final 30 minutes and will be full of confidence when they travel to back-to-back champions England next Saturday.
Scotland -- tipped by many pundits to upset the dominance of tournament favourites England and Ireland -- host an unpredictable France in their next outing on Feb. 11. (Reporting by Tom Hayward; Editing by Clare Fallon) |
Pimco shutters RAE Worldwide Fundamental Advantage PLUS Fund | NEW YORK, April 28 Pacific Investment Management Co on Friday liquidated its RAE Worldwide Fundamental Advantage PLUS Fund, a global-neutral fund which had reached more than $4 billion in assets under management in 2014, according to the Newport Beach, Calif's website.
The portfolio's strategy included long exposure to a portfolio of stocks through the "RAE Fundamental U.S. Large Model Portfolio" and short exposure to the S&P 500 Index, while overlaying this equity market neutral exposure with absolute return bond alpha strategy through "AR Bond Alpha Strategy".
The RAE Fundamental U.S. Large Model Portfolio stocks are selected by Pimco's long-time subadviser, Research Affiliates, LLC, which was founded and chaired by Rob Arnott, known on Wall Street as the "godfather of smart beta."
"We constantly review our suite of strategies and may liquidate a fund from time to time if we feel it no longer serves our clients needs," Michael Reid, spokesman for Pimco, said in a statement to Reuters. "We are committed to RAE and will be expanding RA relationship in equities with (the) upcoming launch of RAFI Multi-Factor ETFs."
Pimco, a unit of Munich-based insurer Allianz SE, had $1.51 trillion in assets, has collaborated with Arnott's firm Research Affiliates for more than a decade.
In 2015, Pimco expanded Pimco's RAE Fundamental lineup, which uses Research Affiliates' "smart beta," or "fundamental indexation," strategy of selecting, weighting and rebalancing holdings on the basis of characteristics other than market capitalization.
Two years ago, Pimco introduced a slate of six new equity funds in collaboration with Research Affiliates to cover U.S. large, U.S. small, international, global, global excluding U.S. and emerging markets. (Editing by Bernadette Baum) |
2018 NFL Draft: How to watch and stream, seven-round draft order, times, dates, location | Which quarterback will the Browns take with the first pick? For that matter, what will the Browns do with the fourth pick? Will the Giants go defense at No. 2, or dynamic running back, or QB of the future?
It won't be long before we'll know the answer to those questions and many more, and it all begins when the commissioner goes on stage for the start of this year's annual selection process saying the words:
"With the first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft ... "
Beginning with the first round Thursday and running through Saturday, the future of the NFL will come into focus. We don't know what will happen in April's big prime-time event (this statement applies every year), but we're ready to rock in case our endless supply of mock drafts, prospect rankings and team previews didn't already make that clear.
When and where is the draft, though? How can you watch it? And what about the order of picks for all seven rounds?
Good thing you ended up here, because we've got it all covered.
When is the 2018 NFL Draft?
The draft officially begins on Thursday, April 26, and runs through Saturday, April 28.
The event's seven rounds are split up and broadcast as follows:
Thursday: Round 1
Friday: Rounds 2-3
Saturday: Rounds 4-7
What time is the 2018 NFL Draft?
Here's a breakdown of when each day of draft coverage begins:
Thursday: 8 p.m.
Friday: 7 p.m.
Saturday: 12 p.m.
Note: All times Eastern.
Where is the 2018 NFL Draft?
After stops in Chicago and Philadelphia, the draft will be hosted by Dallas -- specifically, inside the Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Long held at New York's Radio City Music Hall, the event is expected to attract a record number of fans in Texas, where the NFL is trying to enable "the largest live audience ever to view" the draft as part of the event's first stop at an actual NFL team's stadium.
As our own John Breech detailed, the setup of this year's extravaganza features sections for each team's fan base and has the draft stage, where Commissioner Roger Goodell greets each selection, positioned directly on the AT&T Stadium turf.
How to watch the NFL Draft
Here's a breakdown of who will be airing live broadcasts of this year's draft:
Thursday: NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Friday: NFL Network, FOX Sports, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Saturday: NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free).
2018 NFL Draft order
Behold the entire seven-round order of this year's draft:
First round
1. Cleveland Browns
2. New York Giants
3. New York Jets (from Indianapolis Colts)
4. Cleveland Browns (from Houston Texans)
5. Denver Broncos
6. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets)
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8. Chicago Bears
9. San Francisco 49ers
10. Oakland Raiders
11. Miami Dolphins
12. Buffalo Bills (from Cincinnati Bengals)
13. Washington Redskins
14. Green Bay Packers
15. Arizona Cardinals
16. Baltimore Ravens
17. Los Angeles Chargers
18. Seattle Seahawks
19. Dallas Cowboys
20. Detroit Lions
21. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo Bills)
22. Buffalo Bills (from Kansas City Chiefs)
23. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams)
24. Carolina Panthers
25. Tennessee Titans
26. Atlanta Falcons
27. New Orleans Saints
28. Pittsburgh Steelers
29. Jacksonville Jaguars
30. Minnesota Vikings
31. New England Patriots
32. Philadelphia Eagles
Second round
33. Cleveland Browns
34. New York Giants
35. Cleveland Browns (from Houston Texans)
36. Indianapolis Colts
37. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets)
38. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
39. Chicago Bears
40. Denver Broncos
41. Oakland Raiders
42. Miami Dolphins
43. New England Patriots (from San Francisco 49ers)
44. Washington Redskins
45. Green Bay Packers
46. Cincinnati Bengals
47. Arizona Cardinals
48. Los Angeles Chargers
49. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets through Seattle Seahawks)
50. Dallas Cowboys
51. Detroit Lions
52. Baltimore Ravens
53. Buffalo Bills
54. Kansas City Chiefs
55. Carolina Panthers
56. Buffalo Bills (from Los Angeles Rams)
57. Tennessee Titans
58. Atlanta Falcons
59. San Francisco 49ers (from New Orleans Saints)
60. Pittsburgh Steelers
61. Jacksonville Jaguars
62. Minnesota Vikints
63. New England Patriots
64. Cleveland Browns (from Philadelphia Eagles)
Third round
65. Buffalo Bills (from Cleveland Browns)
66. New York Giants
67. Indianapolis Colts
68. Houston Texans
69. New York Giants (from Buffalo Bills)
70. San Francisco 49ers (from Chicago Bears)
71. Denver Broncos
72. New York Jets
73. Miami Dolphins
74. San Francisco 49ers
75. Oakland Raiders
76. Green Bay Packers
77. Cincinnati Bengals
78. Kansas City Chiefs (from Washington Redskins)
79. Arizona Cardinals
80. Houston Texans (from Seattle Seahawks)
81. Dallas Cowboys
82. Detroit Lions
83. Baltimore Ravens
84. Los Angeles Chargers
85. Carolina Panthers (from Buffalo Bills)
86. Kansas City Chiefs
87. Los Angeles Rams
88. Carolina Panthers
89. Tennessee Titans
90. Atlanta Falcons
91. New Orleans Saints
92. Pittsburgh Steelers
93. Jacksonville Jaguars
94. Minnesota Vikings
95. New England Patriots
96. Buffalo Bills (from Philadelphia Eagles)
97. Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory)
98. Houston Texans (Compensatory)
99. Denver Broncos (Compensatory)
100. Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory)
Fourth round
101. Green Bay Packers (from Cleveland Browns)
102. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
103. Houston Texans
104. Indianapolis Colts
105. Chicago Bears
106. Denver Broncos
107. New York Jets
108. New York Giants
109. Denver Broncos (from San Francisco 49ers)
110. Oakland Raiders
111. Los Angeles Rams (from Miami Dolphins)
112. Cincinnati Bengals
113. Washington Redskis
114. Cleveland Browns (from Green Bay Packers)
115. Chicago Bears (from Arizona Cardinals)
116. Dallas Cowboys
117. Detroit Lions
118. Baltimore Ravens
119. Los Angeles Chargers
120. Seattle Seahawks
121. Buffalo Bills
122. Kansas City Chiefs
123. Miami Dolphins (from Cleveland Browns through Carolina Panthers)
124. Kansas City Chiefs (from Los Angeles Rams)
125. Tennessee Titans
126. Atlanta Falcons
127. New Orleans Saints
128. San Francisco 49ers (from Pittsburgh Steelers)
129. Jacksonville Jaguars
130. Philadelphia Eagles (from Minnsota Vikings)
131. Miami Dolphins (from New England Patriots through Philadelphia Eagles)
132. Philadelphia Eagles
133. Green Bay Pacers (Compensatory)
134. Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory)
135. Los Angeles Rams (from New York Giants–Compensatory)
136. Los Angeles Rams (from New England Patriots–Compensatory)
137. Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory)
Fifth round
138. Green Bay Packers (from Cleveland Browns)
139. New York Giants
140. Indianapolis Colts
141. Seattle Seahawks (from Houston Texans)
142. Washington Redskins (from Denver Broncos)
143. San Francisco 49ers (from New York Jets)
144. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
145. Chicago Bears
146. Seattle Seahawks (from Oakland Raiders)
147. New Orleans Saints (from Miami Dolphins)
148. Pittsburgh Steelers (from San Francisco 49ers)
149. Denver Broncos (from Washington Redskins)
150. Cleveland Browns (from Green Bay Packers)
151. Cincinnati Bengals
152. Arizona Cardinals
153. Detroit Lions
154. Baltimore Ravens
155. Los Angeles Chargers
156. Seattle Seahawks (from Philadelphia Eagles through Seahawks)
157. New York Jets (from Dallas Cowboys)
158. Cincinnati Bengals (from Buffalo Bills)
159. Oakland Raiders (from New England Patriots from Cleveland Browns through Kansas City Chiefs)
160. Denver Broncos (from Los Angeles Rams)
161. Carolina Pantherss
162. Tennessee Titans
163. Washington Redskins (from Denver Broncos through Atlanta Falcons)
164. New Orleans Saints
165. Pittsburgh Steelers
166. Buffalo Bills (from Jacksonville Jaguars)
167. Minnesota Vikings
168. Seattle Seahawks (from New England Patriots)
169. Philadelphia Eagles
170. Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory)
171. Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory)
172. Green Bay Packers (Compensatory)
173. Oakland Raiders (from Dallas Cowboys) (Compensatory)
174. Green Bay Packers (Compensatory)
Sixth round
175. Cleveland Browns
176. Los Angels Rams (from New York Giants)
177. Houston Texans
178. Indianapolis Colts
179. New York Jets
180. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
181. Chicago Bears
182. Arizona Cardinals (from Denver Broncos)
183. Los Angeles Rams (from Miami Dolphins)
184. San Francisco 49ers
185. Oakland Raiders
186. Green Bay Packers
187. Buffalo Bills (from Cincinnati Bengals)
188. Cleveland Browns (from Washington Redskins)
189. New Orleans Saints (from Arizona Cardinals)
190. Baltimore Ravens
191. Los Angeles Chargers
192. Dallas Cowboys (from Oakland Raiders through Seattle Seahawks)
193. Dallas Cowboys
194. Los Angeles Rams (from Detroit Lions)
195. Los Angeles Rams (from Buffalo Bills)
196. Kansas City Chiefs
197. Carolina Panthres
198. New England Patriots (from Los Angeles Rams)
199. Tennessee Titans
200. Atlanta Falcons
201. New Orleans Saints
202. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Pittsburgh Steelers)
203. Jacksonville Jaguars
204. Minnesota Vikings
205. Washington Redskins (from Cleveland Browns through New England Patriots)
206. Philadelphia Eagles
207. Green Bay Packers (Compensatory)
208. Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory)
209. Miami Dolphins (from Los Angeles Rams through Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory)
210. New England Patriots (from Oakland Raiders) (Compensatory)
211. Houston Texans (Compensatory)
212. Oakland Raiders (Compensatory)
213. Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory)
214. Houston Texans (Compensatory)
215. Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory)
216. Oakland Raiders (Compensatory)
217. Oakland Raiders (Compensatory)
218. Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory)
Seventh round
219. New England Patriots (from Cleveland Browns)
220. Pittsburgh Steelers (from New York Giants)
221. Indianapolis Colts
222. Houston Texans
223. San Francisco 49ers (from Miami Dolphins through Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
224. Chicago Bears
225. Minnesota Vikings (from Denver Broncos)
226. Seattle Seahawks (from New York Jets)
227. Miami Dolphins (from San Francisco 49ers)
228. Oakland Raiders
229. Miami Dolphins
230. Jacksonville Jaguars (Cincinnati Bengals)
231. Washington Redskins
232. Green Bay Packers
233. Kansas City Chiefs (from Arizona Cardinals)
234. Carolina Panthers (Los Angeles Chargers through Buffalo Bills)
235. New York Jets (from Seattle Seahawks)
236. Dallas Cowboys
237. Detroit Lions
238. Baltimore Ravens
239. Green Bay Packers (from Buffalo Bills)
240. San Francisco 49ers (Kansas City Chiefs)
241. Washington Redskins (from Los Angeles Rams)
242. Carolina Panthers
243. Kansas City Chiefs (from Tennessee Titans)
244. Atlanta Falcons
245. New Orleans Saints
246. Pittsburgh Steelers
247. Jacksonville Jaguars
248. Seattle Seahawks (from Minnesota Vikings)
249. Cincinnati Bengals (from New England Patriots)
250. Philadelphia Eagles (from Seattle Seahawks through Eagles, Seahawks and New England Patriots)
251. Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory)
252. Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory)
253. Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory)
254. Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory)
255. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Compensatory)
256. Atlanta Falcons (Compensatory) |
BRIEF-Leonovus Announces Strategic Partnership With Apexit | Dec 11 (Reuters) - Leonovus Inc:
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Brexit news: Nigel Farage MOCKS 'one glimmer of hope' in EU agreement | Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU negotiator Michel Barnier outlined a “decisive step” that will lead “orderly withdrawal” of the UK during their transition agreement on Monday. Nigel Farage mocked the European Union for “allowing” Britain to negotiate trade deals during the implementation period. Speaking on his LBC show, the former Ukip leader outlined the positives and negatives in Britain’s agreement with Brussels. He said: “To the transition deal. Back to, as I see it, the complete sell-out on fisheries and continued free of movement.
LBC•GETTY Brexit news: Nigel Farage mocked Michel Barnier over the terms of the transition agreement
“But the one little glimmer I suppose of hope is they are allowing us the world’s fifth largest nation, that will have left the European Union next year, they are allowing us to go out a negotiate trade deals. “Oh thank you, Mr Barnier, very nice of you Mr Barnier, three bags full, Mr Barnier.” He added: “The upside is we will be able to talk to other countries during that period of time and talk about future trade relationships. “But what are the downsides? The downsides are that the Prime Minister has agreed that Northern Ireland will have full regulatory alignment as a backstop, so if they can’t reach an agreement on the Irish border… we will have full regulatory alignment which effectively means Northern Ireland would stay part of the single market and customs union. Something that Theresa May told the House of Commons no British Prime Minister could accept. “And, anybody that arrives at the end of Article 50 right through to the end of 2020 from the European Union will have the same rights as those who came before Brexit. It means free movement will continue.
Oh thank you Mr Barnier, very nice of you Mr Barnier, three bags full, Mr Barnier Nigel Farage
“Here is the one that has really got me going, we will not be taking back our territorial fishing waters or the control or management of them, but we will be able to consult. That’s nice isn’t it.” Speaking on Monday David Davis said the transition period offers Britain a platform to build its future relationship. Mr Davis added: “The United Kingdom will be able to step out, sign and ratify new trade deals with old friends and new allies around the globe for the first time in more than 40 years. “These will come into force when the implementation period is over, providing new opportunities for businesses across the United Kingdom and seizing one of Brexit’s greatest opportunities. “During this period we’ve agreed those international agreements which arise from our European Union membership continue to apply as now.” The agreement between the UK and EU comes just two weeks after Prime Minister Theresa May dismissed the EU’s draft agreement.
Brexit latest: David Davis meets EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier Mon, March 19, 2018 David Davis meets EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels ahead of a crunch meeting of European Union leaders later this week Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 10 British Brexit minister David Davis (L) and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier meet at the European Commission in Brussels |
Chandigarh: New municipal commissioner suspends cycle-to-work order | Vehicles parked at the MCC office on Wednesday. (Sahil Walia) Vehicles parked at the MCC office on Wednesday. (Sahil Walia)
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION employees will no longer have to come to work on a bicycle every Wednesday as the ‘cycle to work’ order stands suspended temporarily. New MC Commissioner KK Yadav told officials at a meeting on Tuesday evening that because of the extreme weather, it would not be mandatory to come on bicycle to office and the practice would be revived once the weather was okay.
On Wednesday, the Municipal Corporation building at Sector 17 was packed with vehicles that were even banned from entering this day. Most of the employees came on two-wheelers and four-wheelers. The then MC Commissioner Jitender Yadav, who relinquished charge last week, had made it mandatory for every employee to come to the MC office by cycle or public transport.
Also, no councillor, who had to come to the MC office on Wednesday, was allowed to even park his car at the MC office. After two to three weeks of introducing this order, even otherwise, the cycle-to-work practice had begun to fizzle out. Only senior officials would come on cycle while other staff would park their vehicles at a distance and then walk to the MC office or use public transport to report for duty. On Wednesday, officers, who would use bicycles to come on Wednesdays, too, used their government vehicles.
Talking to Chandigarh Newsline, K K Yadav said, “Once the weather gets fine, we will revive this practice. In fact, the officials asked me at the meeting whether they need to follow this rule. So, I told them that it won’t be mandatory from my side and if anyone wants to use a bicycle, he can. Since I don’t want any of our employees to fall sick during these extreme hot conditions, we will revive this practice after some time.”
Then MC Commissioner Jitender Yadav told Newsline that even he has now been given charge of other departments and does not serve the MC anymore, he would pedal his way to office. Yadav is now the Managing Director of CITCO apart from departments of sports, rural development and panchayats, animal husbandry and fisheries, printing and stationery, statistics and UT Secretariat Establishment.
“I will continue to go to my office – UT Secretariat – on bicycle every Wednesday,” said the former commissioner.
During Jitender Yadav’s term, some officials, on the first day, had put forth the point that because of summer, it would be difficult to use a cycle to reach office. To that, the then commissioner had stated that “body required some Vitamin D also and moreover at 9 am and 5 pm, it wasn’t that sunny”.
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Giants' Jarrett Parker: Heads to bench Monday | Parker is not in the lineup Monday against the Marlins, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Parker went 0-for-9 during Sunday's doubleheader, so he'll get the day off to clear his head as Gorkys Hernandez takes over in left field for the contest. The 28-year-old should still see a majority of reps in the outfield moving forward given the Giants' lack of other options. |
PCA takes down Broaddus, Pack handles Conroe - KTRE.com | Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas | The basketball season is wrapping up with teams fighting for playoff spots.
Boys Scores:
PCA 62, Broaddus 48
Lufkin 74, Conroe 61
Huntington 42, Diboll 35
Jasper 53, Hudson 47
Lovelady 69, Centerville 59
Centerville 53, Apple Springs 50
Central Heights 71, Corrigan 35
Tenaha 79, Shelbyville 49
Martinsville 86, Burkeville 9
Girls Scores:
Conroe 62, Lufkin 59
Lovelady 40, Centerville 35
Hudson 50, Jasper 30
Centerville 48, Apple Springs 19
Central Heights 51, Corrigan 32
Diboll 50, Huntington 30
Martinsville 58, Burkeville 17
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Alibaba to invest additional $2 bln in Lazada, replaces CEO | BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will invest an additional $2 billion in Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada Group as part of the Chinese firm’s push into new markets.
Following the investment, Lucy Peng, who currently serves as Lazada Group chairwoman, will take over the role of chief executive officer, replacing founder Max Bittner, who will become a senior advisor to Alibaba.
Alibaba has previously invested $2 billion in the Singapore-based firm, bringing its total investment to $4 billion. (Reporting by Cate Cadell Editing by Stephen Coates) |
Bank of England confirms new £10 note WILL have animal fat too | Get money updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
The new polymer £10 note will also have animal fat in it, the Bank of England confirmed today.
The Bank of England has said it will also continue to produce polymer £5 notes laced with animal fat for some time to come - because it would cost the taxpayer up to £10million to replace them.
In a statement today, the Bank said it recognised the concerns raised about the discovery of traces of tallow used in the production of its £5 polymer notes.
The Bank did, however, confirm that paper money is entirely animal-product free (although some is used in their production).
It said consultation will now begin on how to new print notes without tallow, but for now fivers and tenners will continue to include it.
(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
The Bank previously said it was not aware of the presence of animal-derived products when it signed the contract with its supplier for the £5 and £10 banknote polymer last November.
It later discovered an "extremely small amount" of tallow being used during the production process of polymer pellets, which are then used to create the base substrate for the £5 note.
A statement said: "The Bank is continuing to work closely with banknote polymer suppliers to determine what alternatives might be available."
It also warned a U-turn on the current polymer £5 notes in circulation could set taxpayers back as much as £10 million.
In reaching its decision, the Bank said it had given careful consideration to the possible alternative options for the current £5 note and the Jane Austen £10 polymer note.
It said: "The Bank has considered: its responsibility to issue and maintain the supply of high quality and secure banknotes, its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, the concerns raised about the use of animal-derived products, the impact of any changes on firms that process and handle cash, the potential impact on our suppliers, and value for money for the taxpayer."
"Given the public interest in banknotes, and the complex issues involved, the Bank is seeking further opinions on the use of animal-derived products and plant-based alternatives before making any decisions on the polymer used in future production runs of £5 and £10 polymer notes and the new £20 polymer note."
The new £20 polymer note is due to be issued by 2020 and production has not yet begun.
The Bank says it has delayed the signing of the relevant contracts for supply of materials for the £20 polymer until it has decided the best way forward weighing all the considerations.
It will launch a full consultation on 30 March 2017 about the content of polymer substrate to be used in its future banknotes. The consultation paper will set out the key issues and invite views from the public. |
UK election will determine future direction of Scotland - Sturgeon | LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - An early general election will help determine the future direction of Scotland, first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday, as she seized on Theresa May's announcement to build her case for a second independence referendum.
British Prime Minister May unexpectedly announced a June 8 election in a statement outside her Downing Street office on Tuesday.
"This election will be very much an election about what kind of country we want Scotland to be, and who determines the future direction of Scotland," Sturgeon told broadcasters.
Scotland voted in 2014 to stay part of the United Kingdom, but Sturgeon's party wants a new referendum within the next two years, arguing that the UK's vote to leave the European Union changes circumstances fundamentally.
May has resisted these calls, saying that now was not the time for a new Scottish independence referendum.
Sturgeon said that another vote on Scottish independence should be held when the time was right for Scotland, and it was not for May's Conservative government to determine Scotland's future. (Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Kate Holton) |
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MLB hot stove freeze reaches a dangerous boiling point | If THIS baseball offseason gets any uglier, we might yearn for the good faith and honest dealings of Capitol Hill.
Spring-training boycotts? Collusion accusations? Good grief. Ever see an implosion before? The Players Association is laying the dynamite around itself as we speak.
This historically slow free-agent market reached a boiling point of sorts Friday, when Brodie Van Wagenen, one of the game’s most accomplished and respected player representatives, published a statement on Twitter that threatened a mass spurning of spring training “if behavior doesn’t change” and noted team owners’ behavior “feels coordinated, rightly or wrongly.”
“There is a rising tide among players for radical change,” Van Wagenen wrote. “A fight is brewing.”
A second player representative, Joshua Kusnick, backed up Van Wagenen with a tweet of his own: “[It] has certainly felt like an external force has held things up.”
What in the name of Marvin Miller is going on here? What gets accomplished by this saber-rattling?
First of all, don’t bet your house, or even a roll of toilet paper in your house, on a spring-training boycott, which would represent a historically outrageous violation of the collective bargaining agreement. Suffice it to say not every agent — and hence not every player — is on board with this anger. So let’s shrug off the imminent threat and pivot to the animosity, fueled further by pace-of-play negotiations, which could pose a long-term headache.
Any unionized industry functions best when both sides are run competently, and baseball’s routine work stoppages of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s can be attributed 99 percent to the stick-in-the-mud owners who wanted to destroy the Players Association rather than welcome it as a
partner.
Now, with Van Wagenen writing of a player population “uniting in a way that has not been seen since 1994,” the ineptitude has swung 180 degrees. It is the union that signed off on the CBA that rewarded tanking and penalized clubs that spent too much. As veteran Oakland outfielder/first baseman Brandon Moss told the MLB Network this past week: “Sooner or later, you have to take responsibility for a system you created for yourself. It’s our fault.”
MLB, with that reality in mind, opted not to comment in response to Friday’s Jerry Maguire-esque outbursts. Tony Clark, the union’s executive director, released a statement that read, in part: “Each time [free agency] has been attacked, Players, their representatives and the Association have united to defend it. That will never change.”
That seems only right of Clark to support his agents, since Van Wagenen took pains in his words not to blame Clark.
Van Wagenen’s firm, CAA, boasts nearly 200 clients in the major and minor leagues who collected more than $350 million in salaries last year. The Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard all use CAA. Van Wagenen arguably has attained this level of success because he is not one to get emotional or write checks his body can’t cash. That Van Wagenen would act so out of character — in a telephone conversation, he reiterated the sentiments in his statement, although he agreed with my thought he shouldn’t have referred to the players as “1,200 alpha males” — speaks to the environment’s heightened tension. CAA still has a fleet of unsigned free agents, headlined by former Yankee Todd Frazier.
Look, if the union can prove collusion, an offense far more threatening to the game’s integrity than illegal performance-enhancing drug usage, that would be awesome. Yet I’m highly skeptical because we’ve seen this trend of late signings for multiple offseasons — remember the rush of February contracts last year? — and because no collusion is necessary to see that 1) many blockbuster contracts turn disastrous; and 2) players over 30 represent a bad lengthy investment.
Kusnick ended his statement with the famous quote, “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” He was referring to players’ strikes of decades ago. Too bad he didn’t present that to his own union in November 2016, when it declined to fight for better financial terms. He would have spared baseball fans of (famous quote alert) this current sound and fury, signifying nothing. |
Powell faces early test of policy view as tax cuts near approval | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, chosen by U.S. President Donald Trump to keep the recovery humming, appears set to let an expected trillion=dollar tax cut run its course through the economy as weak wage growth and inflation buttress his view that the economy remains underpowered.
Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.
New data added evidence to that view on Friday. Employment in November grew faster than expected, but wage growth remained muted. The share of working age adults with jobs continued a steady, six-year recovery that is approaching its pre-crisis peak.
Even with the unemployment rate at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, “there’s no sense of an overheating economy or a particularly tight labor market,” Powell told members of the Senate Banking Committee, saying that the Fed should raise rates only gradually.
Debate among Powell’s colleagues, meanwhile, has highlighted other risks if the Fed speeds its pace of rate increases.
Some policymakers feel the central bank has already undercut its credibility by raising interest rates while inflation remains so weak. Others have noted that if the Fed continues raising short-term rates while long-term rates remain stalled, it could turn the shape of the bond yield curve upside down, a typical signal of recession.
“If the Fed gets its paradigm wrong and sees inflation that ultimately doesn’t materialize, and they take rates too far, then markets would feel aggrieved,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago, and a former senior risk official at the Fed Board.
Other analysts are starting to see a potential dovish surprise when Powell takes over in February, the tax cuts could kick in, and the Fed stands aside.
“MORE DOVISH FED”
With a background as an investment banker rather than as an economist rooted in a particular analytical framework, Powell will lead “a more data-driven Fed, which at the current juncture means a more dovish Fed,” until and if inflation recovers, said Robin Brooks, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance.
He expects the Fed under Powell to only raise rates twice next year.
Policymakers will give an initial reading on the impact of the Republican tax plan when they meet next week. They are expected to raise interest rates for the third time this year. They will also update their economic and interest rate projections for 2018 and beyond, the first such forecasts since the outlines of the tax overhaul became clear.
Top Republicans from the House and the Senate are rushing to complete negotiations to push the tax plan into law.
Though Janet Yellen remains Fed chair until February, her final scheduled press conference on Wednesday afternoon will set the policy backdrop Powell inherits. The 64-year-old lawyer will attend the meeting as a sitting governor, and help shape the statement issued that day by the Federal Open Market Committee.
It is a group struggling with a fundamental issue.
The economy is arguably as much as a half a percentage point below full employment, a condition in which prices and wages should be rising. Yet both remain weak.
Into that mix, the tax cut legislation would put tens of billions of dollars back in the hands of corporations and households.
If there is still “slack” in the economy, that could produce faster real growth as spending and investment increase, and more workers are hired. However, if the economy is near or above its potential, as some measures indicate, it may merely cause faster-than-desired price increases, or a jump in stock and other asset values that raise concerns of a bubble.
As the tax plan advanced in Congress, forecasting shops at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and others penciled in a faster pace of Fed rate increases - essentially expecting the Fed would need to lean against the inflationary outcome.
The tax package is “ultimately worth almost two additional Fed hikes” in coming years, Goldman Sachs economists David Mericle and Alec Phillips wrote in a recent analysis.
But the new chair’s own public speeches and comments throughout the past year have shown an evolving faith that the Fed’s go-slow approach can continue, giving more time for workers to rebound from the 2007-2009 crisis without creating other economic risks.
“Accommodative policy did not generate high inflation or excessive credit growth; rather, it helped restore full employment,” Powell said in June in his last extensive speech on monetary policy before he emerged as a contender for the top Fed job.
His outlook is consistent with positions Trump and current chair Janet Yellen have taken, and the depth of his commitment to that view will be a critical part of the Fed’s debate about whether and how to react to the tax plan.
At his confirmation hearing, Powell avoided any direct critique or endorsement of the pending legislation, telling lawmakers fiscal policy was their domain.
But when asked about Fed staff research that challenged a key Republican premise that corporate tax cuts generate jobs, Powell kept his distance.
“It’s just someone’s research,” Powell told senators. “Don’t associate that with a position of the board.” |
Fire in two-car garage causes total loss in southeast Fresno | Fire battalion chief Thomas Cope said the fire was contained to a detached garage at a home at 429 S. Chestnut Ave. Two cars that were inside when the fire started just after 7:30 p.m. sat wet and scorched as firefighters inspected the building. Nobody was inside the garage, nor were the residents of the home around when the fire started, Cope said.
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Burns Street bridge replacement planned in Wadesboro - | Hugh James, town public services director, asked the Wadesboro town council for permission during the council's meeting Monday evening to begin replacing the bridge. The bridge is obsolete and has a 29 percent efficiency rating, according to James.
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Iulia Vantur’s gives Salman Khan a special Valentine’s Day gift, a twist to his song ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’. Watch video | Salman Khan’s song Main Hoon Hero Tera got a twist by Iulia Vantur, this Valentine’s Day. Salman Khan’s song Main Hoon Hero Tera got a twist by Iulia Vantur, this Valentine’s Day.
Iulia Vantur is completely in awe of Salman Khan, who keeps inspiring his rumoured girlfriend time and again. This Romanian beauty, who has moved to India and is trying her luck as a singer, shared a special song on her Instagram. The track is a recreated version of “Main Hoon Hero Tera” which was originally sung by the Sultan actor himself. Iulia has recorded the number reportedly under Salman’s supervision.
Iulia shared the video with the caption, “Happy Valentine’s Day! My gift for u ❤ Sing it to your Valentine, share it to whom deserves to know #happy #valentines #mainhoonherotera #song #hero #love #share #athyiashetty #soorajpancholi #.”
A few days back, Iulia also took to Instagram to share a picture where we see her flaunting a Being Human necklace. She wrote along with the picture, “The best thing to wear #everyday #love #share #care #joy #help #hope #beinghuman #tag #jeweleries #hot #trend #like #.”
See Iulia Vantur’s version of Main Hoon Hero Tera:
Also see Iulia Vantur’s another recent post:
Iulia seems to be completely soaked in love, and this song seems to be a dedication to his ‘Valentine’ Salman. Though there has been no confirmation from Salman about his current relationship status, something has remained the much-talked about question in Bollywood for years now. Most probably, Salman’s answer will be – ‘it is complicated.’
Also read | Before Valentine’s Day, Iulia Vantur reveals how Salman Khan is inspiring her to stay in love. See pic
Lately, Romanian actor-model Iulia also performed on superstar Salman Khan’s hit song “Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai” at an event. But this version of “Main Hoon Hero Tera” by Iulia is much more special. And if you want to compare the same with Salman Khan’s version of ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’, here it is:
What a special Valentine’s Day gift by Iulia. She has surely given many, relationship goals.
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Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Image 1 of 8 Pittsburgh Penguins' Jake Guentzel, celebrates his goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Penguins won 8-5. Pittsburgh Penguins' Jake Guentzel, celebrates his goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Penguins won 8-5. Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 2 of 8 Pittsburgh Penguins', from the left, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Kris Letang, celebrate Guentzels' goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Penguins won 8-5. less Pittsburgh Penguins', from the left, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Kris Letang, celebrate Guentzels' goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Sunday, April 22, 2018, ... more Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 3 of 8 Pittsburgh Penguins', from the left, Riley Sheahan, Kris Letang and Jake Guentzel, join to celebrate Guentzel's goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Penguins won 8-5. less Pittsburgh Penguins', from the left, Riley Sheahan, Kris Letang and Jake Guentzel, join to celebrate Guentzel's goal during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the ... more Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 4 of 8 Pittsburgh Penguins' Patric Hornqvist, left, and Sidney Crosby celebrate in the final minute of the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. less Pittsburgh Penguins' Patric Hornqvist, left, and Sidney Crosby celebrate in the final minute of the third period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, ... more Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 5 of 8 Image 6 of 8 Philadelphia Flyers' Scott Laughton jumps against the glass to the cheers of the fans after scoring a goal on a breakaway during the second period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. less Philadelphia Flyers' Scott Laughton jumps against the glass to the cheers of the fans after scoring a goal on a breakaway during the second period in Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against ... more Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 7 of 8 Philadelphia Flyers' Sean Couturier reacts after scoring his second goal of Game 6 during the second period of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Philadelphia. less Philadelphia Flyers' Sean Couturier reacts after scoring his second goal of Game 6 during the second period of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday, April 22, 2018, in ... more Photo: Tom Mihalek, AP Image 8 of 8 Guentzel scores 4 goals to lead Penguins to Game 6 clinch 1 / 8 Back to Gallery
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jake Guentzel dropped to his right knee and slid on the ice in celebration, not only for his second career postseason hat trick, but for the goal that assured Pittsburgh was moving on in the playoffs.
He has established his playoff pedigree as a sensational scorer in just two seasons and helped keep a third straight championship in sight for the Penguins.
Guentzel scored four straight goals to help send the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins into the next round with an 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 on Sunday.
The Penguins play the winner of the Washington-Columbus series in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Washington leads that series 3-2.
Guentzel scored six goals in the series and added another hat trick to pair with the one he had as a rookie in a first-round series last season against the Blue Jackets.
"He has the ability to play his best when the stakes are the highest. We have a team that does that," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "They embrace adversity. They embrace the struggle. Our team doesn't get rattled. They embrace the challenge."
Guentzel had the third four-goal playoff game in team history, joining Mario Lemieux in 1989 and Kevin Stevens in 1991.
"This is what you want to play in," Guentzel said. "You grow up dreaming about this and this is definitely fun. When the bounces start going your way, you just try and run with it."
Sean Couturier had the 24th playoff hat trick for the Flyers, who haven't won a Stanley Cup since 1975. Couturier said he played with a torn right MCL suffered in a collision with a teammate at practice last week.
"I couldn't move that well, so I just tried to be well-positioned, have good sticks," he said.
Guentzel, not Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel or the injured Evgeni Malkin, won the game for the Penguins with goals off costly Flyers turnovers, leading them to their ninth straight playoff series win.
He tied the game at 4 with 54 seconds left in the second period off a Flyers turnover. He scored 30 seconds into the third for the lead off another giveaway, and sealed one more lopsided win over the Flyers with two goals 10 seconds apart late in the period.
It was 2-2 after one period, 4-4 after two, and nothing was decided in the fiercest game of the series between the longstanding rivals until Guentzel took control.
The Flyers, who survived a 10-game losing streak just to make the playoffs, lost all three games at home and not even a solid start could help them get out of the first round for the first time since 2012.
Couturier had been the Flyers' postseason savior, returning from a serious leg injury to score the Game 5 winner and then open Game 6 with his third goal of the series just 2:15 into the game.
The Penguins, who won Games 3 and 4 in Philly, took aim on the road sweep with two straight goals. Crosby, naturally, tied the game when he knocked in a rebound off Kris Letang's point shot for his whopping sixth goal of the series. His goal was still being announced when Carl Hagelin made it 2-1 when he was left all alone in front of the net for the easy goal.
Philly's defense was nonexistent and the Flyers had no bodies on Crosby and especially Hagelin on the gimme goals against Michal Neuvirth.
Andrew MacDonald tied it 2-all on a sizzling shot. The defenseman briefly gave his team the spark needed to go toe-to-toe with the Penguins. Couturier scored his second of the game on a beautiful breakaway to open the second period and Scott Laughton scored on a long wrister and nearly pulled off a Lambeau Leap over the boards in celebration.
Matt Murray should have stopped the goal — the kind of bad goal usually allowed by the Flyers — and the crowd derisively chanted his name.
Patric Hornqvist scored his second of the series to pull the Penguins to 4-3.
The series had been more cordial than confrontational but both teams cranked up the nastiness levels in Game 6. Penguins forward Carter Rowney cross-checked Travis Konecny and roughed him up on the ice while the officials just watched. Konecny jumped up and — like a wrestling heel smacking his opponent with a steel chair — cracked Sheary in the back with his stick and was whistled for roughing. Flyers coach Dave Hakstol gave the refs an earful while the fans howled as the hits were shown on replay.
But that was about the last crowd-pleasing play by the Flyers. The Flyers failed to take a shot on goal until nearly 12 minutes into the third period and Couturier capped his three-goal game with 2:53 left to play.
Bryan Rust scored an empty-netter with 30 seconds left to ensure the Penguins got all four of their wins by at least three goals.
Hart Trophy candidate Claude Giroux scored only one goal in the series for the Flyers.
"I know for a fact that we got better as the season went on. Look at our team last year and look at our team this year," he said.
NOTES: Malkin was scratched with a leg injury. ... The so-called home ice edge in Philly lost some shine with large pockets of empty seats for a must-win Game 6. ... The Penguins scored five-plus goals against the Flyers eight times in 10 games this season.
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J.J. Watt named Walter Payton Man of the Year for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts | MINNEAPOLIS -- In what might have been the most obvious choice for an award, Texans defensive J.J. Watt received the 2017 Walter Payton Man of the Year award at NFL Honors on Saturday for all his work with the Houston following the flood from Hurricane Harvey.
Watt raised millions and millions of dollars to help Houston after the city was flooded. It all started with Watt posting a video asking people to help him generate money that could be used to help with hurricane relief in Houston.
Recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey will be massive.
We must come together to help rebuild our communities.https://t.co/SR6DmnNbyM pic.twitter.com/iiMsG2i4dl — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) August 27, 2017
He was just trying to get to $200,000, a number he quickly blew past. He started getting huge donations from people around the NFL and within a day he was targeting $10 million as his new donation amount.
Watt's plan was to try and distribute the money in smart and slow fashion, making sure that it was used on quality charitable efforts. All told, Watt got over $37 million in donations for relief efforts. |
Norris Cole: Will head to Euroleague | Cole has signed a one-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Euroleague, international writer David Pick reports.
Cole opened the 2016-17 campaign playing in the Chinese Basketball Association, but following the completion of that season, he ended up joining the Thunder for the final month of their schedule. He took part in just 13 games, posting averages of 3.3 points and 1.1 assists across 9.6 minutes. Once again, Cole struggled to field interest during free agency this offseason and will now head to Maccabi Tel Aviv. That said, there's a chance he ends up coming back to the States following the completion of their season once again, so it wouldn't be surprising if he ultimately attempted to latch on with a contender in February. |
Police in Maryland report 3 dead in gang-related violence | BALTIMORE (AP) - Three bodies, the victims of gang-related violence, have been found in the county that surrounds Maryland's capital, and several arrests have been made in the case, police said.
Those were the only details Anne Arundel County Police Chief Timothy Altomare offered about the crimes at a news conference he conducted Friday, which he said at the beginning might be "an exercise in frustration."
But the chief repeatedly urged that anyone who is in fear of gangs, which he said are present in each Anne Arundel community, should contact police immediately.
"If you're in fear, if you think a gang wants to hurt you, I beg you to come talk to us," Altomare said. "We will move heaven and earth to get you the help you need."
Altomare refused to answer most questions about the crimes, such as who the victims were, when and where they were found, and how they were killed. "I can't talk about case information, geography, dates, names, no concrete numbers."
The chief said that giving more information would increase the chances of someone getting hurt.
Altomare urged anyone with any information about gang activity in the county to come forward. A reporter asked if police would be checking on the immigration status of anyone who came forward; the chief said, "I couldn't care less about people's status."
There's a gang presence in each Anne Arundel community, but police won't let gangs take over, Altomare said.
Annapolis is Anne Arundel's county seat and the capital of Maryland. |
NFL Week 14 Celebration Grades: Jack Doyle's pathetic snow angel gets an 'F' | We've got yet another Monday on our hands, which means we're fresh off another slate of NFL action filled with player celebrations that are just begging for over-analytical breakdowns. It's time for our weekly celebration grades, so let's get to work.
Jack Doyle's snow angel
Sunday's Colts-Bills game was a hilarious spectacle thanks to a big ol' blizzard moving through the area during the contest. Although the heavy snow limited the offensive production a bit, Indianapolis tight end Jack Doyle decided to use it to his advantage after scoring a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. At least that was his plan.
Unfortunately, the execution on Doyle's snow angel was pretty pathetic. He hit the deck and did just a single snow angel motion before getting up and heading to the sideline. That's a disgrace to the classic art of snow angels. If you're going to get in the snow, you've got to commit and put in the work, Jack. Doyle should be ashamed of himself...what a quitter.
Grade: F
Ride 'em, cowboy
Leonard Fournette has been the Jaguars' workhorse on offense for much of this season and, this Sunday, he played the role of actual horse after Keelan Cole's touchdown catch. Cole hopped on Fournette's back and held on tight as Fournette galloped through the end zone. It was a fun little celebration but I'd like to see more enthusiasm out of Cole to sell the routine a bit more. Maybe he was just winded after scoring a 75-yard TD, but he appeared awfully sedated and that will cost him style points.
Grade: C-
Funchess works on his short game
Devin Funchess broke out an imaginary putter and put in a little work on his short game after his touchdown against the Vikings on Sunday. Some people speculated that Funchess was celebrating the recent resurgence of Tiger Woods, but I hope not because his impression needs a little work, especially when it comes to the fist pump. Maybe Funchess was just celebrating the fact that the Panthers, who came away with a huge win against Minnesota, are looking like they may get to put off real golfing for a while.
Grade: C
Cleveland Browns star receiver Josh Gordon had a promising performance in his season debut (and first game in over 1000 days) last week, and he followed that up with another solid showing on Sunday against the Packers. Gordon caught his first touchdown of the year in the opening quarter and he celebrated by heading to the sidelines and rocking a pair of "hater blockas", presumably to remind everyone who doubted him that his star still shines pretty bright. Sure, it's a pretty cocky move, but Gordon isn't really known for subtlety and his talent allows him to get away with it. Plus, you sort of need to own hater blockas if you play for the Factory of Sadness that is the Cleveland Browns.
Grade: C+
After scoring the first TD of his comeback, the future is bright for Josh Gordon 😎 pic.twitter.com/bXJuzBQgb3 — The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) December 10, 2017
Dead fish
If you've ever messed around with EA Sports' FIFA video games, you'll likely recognize this celebration from Baltimore's Chris Moore. The wide receiver combined two celebrations featured in FIFA -- the windmill arm celebration into the dead fish flop -- and he hit them both pretty excellently. We now have a pretty good idea how he spends his free time.
Grade: B
Chris Moore with the FIFA Dead Fish Celebration 😂 #NFLCelebrations pic.twitter.com/G21JBzeQ0X — The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) December 11, 2017
Eagles' Flying V
The Eagles have had great team celebrations all year long and they showed off another on Sunday in Los Angeles. After a Brent Celek touchdown in the first quarter, the tight end led a "Flying V" through the end zone and it was a pretty great idea for the birds of Philly. The execution could have been a little tighter, which will cost them some points here. It appears that nobody included the offensive linemen in the planning of the celebration, as a couple of them looked quite lost and it threw off the formation a little bit. Also, Alshon Jeffery's flight path led him to collide with an official in the end zone and he's gotta have better awareness than that.
Grade: B+
Westbrook's wind-up toy
Jacksonville Jaguars rookie wideout Dede Westbrook scored his first NFL touchdown on Sunday and he had quite the celebration at the ready. The former Oklahoma Sooner took the form of a wind-up toy, cranking his arm and then setting off a wild sequence of leg kicks that turned him into some sort of running man. Points go to Marqise Lee for trying to join in but there's no way he anticipated Westbrook's celebration to be so hilariously weird. Instead, Lee just transitioned into a hype man on the fly and it kinda worked. Congratulations to Westbrook for setting the bar pretty high.
Grade: A-
This is one hell of a celebration pic.twitter.com/frzsFfgXvf — Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) December 10, 2017
The Bills win in OT
While I believe you have to be a little bit insane to sit through an aggressive snow storm to watch the Bills take on the Colts, we already know Bills Mafia are a special kind of breed. They're loyal almost to a fault, but their faith ultimately paid off on Sunday when Buffalo managed to win late in overtime on a Shady McCoy touchdown run. After the game-winning score, the Bills headed over to the stands and many of them celebrated with the fans, which was pretty awesome to see. There may not have been any choreographed dance or organized celebration, but an OT celebration that rewards the fierce loyalty of fans is more memorable than almost any pre-planned celly. The Bills and the Buffalo fans did good on Sunday.
Grade: A |
Devilettes turn back Lady Wave | The Devilettes led 13-10 following the first quarter.
But Gallatin made a charge in the second period, going up 18-17 on LaMonica Mintlow’s foul-line jumper with 2:05 left. The Lady Wave opened a three-point lead before Anne Marie Heidebreicht beat the halftime buzzer with a pullup jumper to draw the Devilettes within 20-19.
Allissa Mulaski and Lindsey Freeman led a Lebanon third-quarter charge as they scored all 13 Devilette points to put the home team back in front 32-25.
The Devilettes dropped in just half of their 24 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter. But that was enough to maintain the lead as they improved to 18-9 for the season and 10-2 in District 9-AAA.
Mulaski came off the bench to score all 11 of her points in the second half, sinking all six of her free throws. Freeman finished with 10, eight of which came after halftime. Hendebreicht had eight while Aaryn Grace Lester and Christaney Brookshire each flipped in five, Addie Grace Porter four and Akiraona Steverson two.
Mintlow scored eight of her 12 in the second quarter for Gallatin while Ja’Neca Talley tossed in nine of her 11 in the second half, including seven in the fourth period, as the Lady Wave fell to 9-14, 1-11.
Lebanon will travel to Beech at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Devilettes trail the Lady Buccaneers by a game at the top of the district standings. An LHS win would results in a split of the season series.
Maki’s 23 leads Lady ‘Cats to road win
GALLATIN — Senior Julia Maki stepped up with 23 points Friday night to lead Wilson Central past Station Camp 59-50.
Maki’s total included four three-pointers, three of which came during the third quarter as the Lady Wildcats turned a 32-24 halftime lead into a 48-38 margin as they improved to 15-10 for the season and pulled even at 6-6 in District 9-AAA.
The Lady Wildcats led 16-15 following the first quarter.
Sophomore Nicole Brill sank 7 of 9 free throws on her way to 17 points for Central while freshman Sydnee Richetto racked up 10 on two triples and 4-of-4 from the foul line. Bailey Kaposy canned a three while Kathryn Bean, Jasmin Angel and Taylor Tucker each tossed in two.
Jane Deason sank six triples to lead the Lady Bison with 24 points as Station Camp slipped to 12-12, 6-6. The teams split the season series.
Wilson Central will travel to Portland at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Tigerettes topped by Livingston
WATERTOWN — Livingston Academy gradually pulled away to a 45-27 triumph over Watertown on Friday night.
The Lady Wildcats led 7-5 following the first quarter, 17-12 at halftime and 32-18 through three periods.
Leah Parker popped in a pair of three-pointers to lead Livingston with 12 points.
Ashlea Dickens drained a pair of triples to lead Watertown with nine points while Emma Edwards scored six, Brittni Allison five, McKenna George four, Brenna Luttrell two and Saranda Woodson a free throw.
Watertown will travel to Woodbury to take on Cannon County at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Friendship rolls to season-ending win
Friendship Christian wrapped up its Middle Region District 2-A schedule Friday night by wearing out visiting Davidson Academy 62-28 at the Bay Family Sportsplex.
Ashlyn Pittman poured in 21 points for the Lady Commanders, who finished 13-3 in the district and 22-6 overall. They will open district tournament play Tuesday night at the Sportsplex where a win would advance them to the semifinals at Goodpasture.
Autumn Groves added 18 for Friendship while Hannah Alexander scored seven, Sydney McCormick six, Rachel Pippin five, Hailey Pittman three and Brooke Jones two.
No one scored in double figures for Davidson Academy.
Lady Bears hit stride against Hendersonville behind Petty’s 23
MT. JULIET — Mt. Juliet appears to be rounding into form as the season heads into its final week. The Lady Bears wore out Hendersonville 66-40 Friday night.
The Lady Bears bolted to a 17-3 first-quarter lead, were up 32-19 at halftime and 54-30 through three periods as they improved to 16-7 for the season and 8-4 in District 9-AAA.
Shelby Petty poured in three 3-pointers to lead the Lady Bears with 23 points and three steals while Nevaeh Majors added 18 points, including two triples. Emma Palmer posted 14 points and eight rebounds. Ryleigh Osborne sank a pair of treys for her six while Kiki Jervis threw in a three and Tondrianna Davis two.
Mt. Juliet will play host to Station Camp at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. |
Is CBB's Sarah Harding getting 'special treatment'? Trisha Paytas claims Girls Aloud singer is given preferential care - here's what it could be | Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Celebrities' riders have long been used to flag up which stars are the biggest divas in their industry – think Mariah Carey's demands that her backstage dressing room contains 'no harsh lighting', or Justin Bieber's refusal to travel by road on his recent India tour.
And while our homegrown celebrities might not seem quite so bad in comparison, there are still plenty of demands British stars make during the course of their work.
But it's not the likes of Prince Harry or Emma Watson hitting the headlines for their out-there requirements - but the stars of Celebrity Big Brother .
Recently exited housemate Trisha Paytas dropped a big hint over the weekend that Sarah Harding was getting "special treatment" inside the house.
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In a YouTube video posted to her channel over the weekend, Trisha blasted the Girls Aloud singer and threatened to 'expose' her.
Speaking in her video, Trisha said: "By the way it hasn't been...you know what I won't even say. Something hasn't been revealed on the show that I know about Sarah Harding. Nothing too personal but all I know is she's in for a rude awakening when she comes out of that house."
She went on: "I have so much inside information on her. I'm not going to say it, because they don't expose it.
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"The s*** they do in that house is shady as f*** and they cater toward Sarah and it's some shady-ass s*** that would not fly in America, that's all I'm going to say about that."
A CBB spokesperson declined to comment when approached, but it wouldn't be the first time a housemate has rubbed their co-stars' noses in it by being given certain allowances.
Katie Price, for example, was reportedly allowed to sneak in her personal hairdresser to give her wash and blowdries multiple times a week, when the cameras in the Diary Room would be turned off to give her some privacy.
(Image: Channel 5)
(Image: Channel 5)
And Patsy Kensit - who was reportedly given spray tans during her time in the house - alluded to the stars' special treatment in her exit interview, telling the audience: "We all had things that we could do. Everyone had a little bit of a rider.
"I wasn't the only one who had something done to them."
Meanwhile, Chloe Ferry was allowed to leave the house before her eviction for a previously scheduled work commitment - namely filming scenes for Geordie Shore, something former housemate Nicola McLean blasted earlier this year.
(Image: Channel 5)
(Image: Channel 5)
"Chloe got to leave because she'd already committed to filming Geordie Shore," Nicola said.
"I must admit, after a couple of glasses, a few of us were fuming because, regardless if you tell us you're not getting anything from the outside world, you are."
Nicola also claimed that Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag were treated differently from the rest by being given posh bedding and first dibs at mealtimes.
(Image: Channel 5)
(Image: Channel 5)
"Spencer Pratt got special cotton sheets, and insisted on him and Heidi being served food before the rest of us, so that no one else touched it," Nicola explained.
As yet there's no suggestion that Sarah is being treated better than the other housemates.
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5. |
Sara Ali Khan, Jhanvi Kapoor ditch rivalry rumours as they spend time together. See photos | Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor went for a girls day out together. Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor went for a girls day out together.
Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor no longer need their parent’s name for an introduction. The two star kids who have grown into gorgeous ladies have been turning heads and have already become a favourite of the younger generation. While both Sara and Jhanvi are set to make their Bollywood debut, the comparison between the newbies will not come as a surprise to anyone. But it appears as if these comparisons will have zero effect on the beautiful girls as they are busy defying the infamous belief that Bollywood actresses can never be friends. Sara and Jhanvi who were expected to be at loggerheads are setting some friendship goals for their contemporaries in the industry.
Both Sara and Jhanvi are more often than not spotted hanging out with each other. From going shopping to having salon sessions and lunch and dinner dates together, the two girls never miss a chance to spend some quality time together. Recently, the two stars were clicked outside a Mumbai salon after having a relaxing session there. The glow and the radiance were much evident on their faces as Jhanvi looked pretty in her Lakhnavi suit while Sara was a delight to watch in her casual short dress.
See pictures of Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor together.
A few days back, Sara made it to the headlines when she went on a late night dinner with Raabta actor, Sushant Singh Rajput. Sara and Sushant are reported to be working together in Rock On director Abhishek Kapoor’s next. On the other hand, Jhanvi Kapoor’s dad Boney Kapoor confirmed the news of her starring in Karan Johar’s next project.
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Motor racing-Timberlake follows Swift as F1 Austin crowd-puller | LONDON, March 29 Singer Justin Timberlake has been confirmed as the headline act for this year's U.S. Formula One Grand Prix at Austin's Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in October.
Last year's event ended a run of disappointing attendances for the race by pulling in a record crowd of 269,000, partly down to singer Taylor Swift's appearance drawing 80,000 fans.
Race organisers are hopeful the appearance of multiple-Grammy winner Timberlake after qualifying on Oct. 21 will build on that success.
"Last year did what we hoped it would do, which is not only enhance an already great event but also give us the chance to expose a lot of new people to the sport," COTA chairman Bobby Epstein told Reuters. "And it worked.
"I think where we saw a big change was in the average number of tickets sold per transaction, which told me that families were buying. And so I think we’ll see that continue."
The 2017 F1 season, which began in Melbourne last weekend, is the first with the sport being run by American company Liberty Media, after they bought it from Bernie Ecclestone in January this year.
F1 has long struggled to get a foothold in the American market, so hopes are high that Timberlake's performance can build on last year's successful race weekend.
The 2015 race suffered financially after the weekend was significantly disrupted by torrential rain.
As a result, COTA have said they would refund 105 percent of the value of any three-day reserved seat ticket purchased by July 4 if more than two inches of rain falls in the 24-hour period before the start of the race.
In addition, the ticket would still be good for the race. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Julian Shea) |
Griffin sharp in return to Oakland as Rangers top A's 7-0 | A.J. Griffin pitched six scoreless innings in his return to the Oakland Coliseum, Nomar Mazara had two hits and three RBIS, and the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 7-0 on Monday night. Griffin spent his first two seasons in the majors with the A's before being released near the end of 2015 after Tommy John surgery a year earlier.
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Latin America falling behind in tech: U.N. regional head | Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), gestures during the World Congress of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in Mexico City, Mexico, June 19, 2017.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin America is falling behind other parts of the world in developing new technology, with a lack of urgency from its governments holding it back, the head of the region's economic arm for the United Nations said.
Most countries had failed to jump on the wagon of fast-moving technological progress in areas such as nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said in an interview late Thursday.
"The region's governments lack a sense of urgency in the sense that technology is a train that has left the station and this region is far behind," said Barcena for the Reuters Latin American Investment Summit at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.
"A leap is needed so that you don't just end up exporting raw materials as they are, but with added value."
There were exceptions, such as digital innovation in Uruguay and renewable energy investment in Chile and Mexico, which are growing fast and likely to spread to other parts of the region, she said.
But Latin America's economy overall remains highly dependent on natural resources exports, which make it vulnerable to downturns in the commodities cycle.
Recent years have seen low economic growth or contractions for the region as a whole, dragged down by recession in Brazil and economic woes in Argentina and Venezuela in particular.
However, Barcena said she was optimistic of more rapid economic expansion in 2018 - around 2 percent for the region as a whole, up from 1.1 percent this year - as commodities prices improved and global growth picked up.
"Almost all the (Latin American) economies are entering a rhythm of positive growth," she said, adding that the larger economies of Brazil, Mexico and Argentina were likely to be leading the improvement.
"Fiscal policy as well as monetary policy should generate better conditions to incentivize investment." |
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Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino rues costly Big Six away form as they chase just his second win in 19 | Get football updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Mauricio Pochettino admits his Tottenham side’s away from against their biggest rivals may have cost them the title in the last two seasons.
Spurs have the best recent record at home in Big Six clashes since Pochettino’s 2014 appointment, but the worst on their travels.
They have won just one out of 18 (see below) — a 2-1 win at Manchester City in February 2016 — collecting nine points on the road, compared to Sunday hosts Liverpool’s 22 in the same period.
Spurs have come up just short in the last two title races, finishing third and then second.
POCHETTINO'S SPURS AWAY RECORD VS THE TOP SIX
DATE TEAM RESULT SCORE Sept 27 2014 Arsenal D 1-1 Oct 14 2014 Man City L 4-1 Dec 3 2014 Chelsea L 3-0 Feb 10 2015 Liverpool L 3-2 Mar 15 2015 Man United L 3-0 Aug 8 2015 Man United L 1-0 Nov 15 2015 Arsenal D 1-1 Feb 14 2016 Man City W 2-1 April 2 2016 Liverpool D 1-1 May 2 2016 Chelsea D 2-2 Nov 6 2016 Arsenal D 1-1 Nov 26 2016 Chelsea L 2-1 Dec 11 2016 Man United L 1-0 Jan 21 2017 Man City D 2-2 Feb 11 2017 Liverpool L 2-0 Oct 28 2017 Man United L 1-0 Nov 18 2017 Arsenal L 2-0 Dec 16 2017 Man City L 4-1
And ahead of their next big away date, at Liverpool on Sunday, Pochettino said: “That [record] is why maybe we miss a title, why we don’t win the Premier League.
“We finished second last season, third the season before, and of course if in the case we win more games away from home, I’m sure that we would win the title but we miss something to achieve that.
‘Maybe it is because we are the younger team in the Premier League, maybe we need time to mature. There are many reasons why this happens that we cannot win most of the games that we play away from home.”
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But Pochettino was keen to point out Spurs are not the only ones who have travel troubles in the big six clashes.
He said: “In 19 games away from home in the top six, there have been only four victories for the teams away — for everyone, it is a problem.”
There are few grounds where Spurs have found it harder to win than Anfield, recording just two victories in 25 Premier League visits — in 1993 and 2011.
Pochettino said: “It’s always difficult to play away from home with a top side like Liverpool.
“Liverpool is one of the best squads in England and Europe, with a great manager and coaching staff, and the atmosphere will be amazing. They are so tough to play at Anfield. It will be a very, very difficult game for us.
“For me, Anfield is one of the most enjoyable 90 minutes. The fans are amazing, and the crowd and everything is very good. Of course, the atmosphere will be tough. But these are the types of games that you love to play.”
Pochettino blasted his sloppy side after they lost 2-0 at Liverpool last year, having arrived on the back of an 11-game unbeaten run.
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Almost a year on, they return to the scene of the crime having not lost any of their last nine.
Pochettino, whose side were convincing 2-0 home winners over Manchester United on Wednesday, added: “I think the team is more mature and we improve from the previous season.
“The game will be tough, but we arrive in a good moment after the victory against Manchester United.” |
Suspect arrested more than 30 years after deadly stabbing | ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a 75-year-old retiree more than three decades ago in Southern California.
Police in Escondido say technology led to new analysis of fingerprints from the apartment where Richard Finney was stabbed 31 times in 1986.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Monday that Nathan Eugene Mathis faces a charge of murder and an allegation that he used a knife in the attack. The 62-year-old retired security guard pleaded not guilty last week.
Investigators haven’t named a possible motive or said whether the defendant and the victim knew each other.
Gina Turi Curry, Finney’s granddaughter, tells the newspaper she burst into tears when police informed her of the arrest. |
Italy watchdog fines Pop Vicenza over alleged misconduct of former top management | MILAN May 3 Italian market watchdog Consob said it had fined ailing regional lender Banca Popolare di Vicenza 9.14 million euros ($10 million) due to the alleged misconduct of its top management between April 2011 and April 2015.
Consob said in a statement the measures targeted the bank's board and auditors in charge at the time, who would be banned from holding office in listed companies for a total of 76 months.
Popolare di Vicenza and rival Veneto Banca have requested state aid to avoid being wound down only a year after being rescued by state-sponsored, privately-funded bank bailout fund Atlante.
Small shareholders in both unlisted banks have seen their investment all but wiped out. Former top executives are under probe by magistrates for alleged market manipulation and obstruction of regulators.
"Following an inspection between April 2014 and May 2015, Consob ascertained that the bank violated rules over conduct towards clients, sale of products to the public and corporate information.
The misconduct appears to stem from decisions ... taken at the bank's top echelons." ($1 = 0.9161 euros) (Reporting by Valentina Za) |
Ada Limon's 'State Bird' and the Two-Body Problem | "Confession: I did not want to live here," begins Ada LimA3n in her poem " State Bird ." "Not among the goldenrod, wild onions or the dropseed, not waist high in the barrel- / aged brown corn water," describing the land around the old tobacco weigh station in Kentucky where her speaker lives now with someone she loves.
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Gritty Paris suburb revels in a local hero, Les Bleus... | By Maya Barkin
BONDY, France, July 4 (Reuters) - Teenage French striker Kylian Mbappe has been setting the World Cup alight with his searing pace and goal-scoring prowess, marking him out as a NextGen superstar of the sport.
Back in his hometown of Bondy, on the gritty northeast outskirts of Paris, there is immense pride at his exploits, but not that much surprise -- they always knew he'd make it big.
The 19-year-old, who scored twice in France's come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Argentina, sending Les Bleus into the quarter-finals, is a well-known figure in the suburb, where he grew up playing at local club AS Bondy.
"Kylian was ahead of everybody," recalls Jean-Marc Goue, 28, a friend of Mbappe's older brother and a special education teacher in the neighbourhood, which has a large population of migrants from central and north Africa.
"At age five, he used to listen to his father (an AS Bondy coach) speaking in the locker rooms and his bedroom was plastered with pictures of Zidane and Ronaldo," he said.
But the young sensation, who joined AS Monaco at the age of 14, never lost touch with his roots or let success go to his head -- even after he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in 2018 for a reported 145 million euro fee.
His father, originally from Cameroon, and his mother, a handball player from Algeria, instilled in him a drive to give back to the community, which sits between two highways amid several decayed housing projects. In France the area is often referred to dismissively by its department number -- 93.
"It is fairly easy for fame and money to get to your head, but Kylian is different," said Goue. "He knows where he comes from thanks to his family. He is a source of pride to the kids in Bondy, a role-model."
Last month, Mbappe helped finance a trip to Russia for a group of students from a local school, College Jean Renoir.
During their 10-day trip, the 25 teenagers visited Moscow and attended the Morocco vs Portugal and France vs Denmark matches, including meeting Mbappe during the visit.
For Nassyn, a 13-year-old who was on the trip, the soccer star is living proof that "anything is possible" despite coming from a suburb that is often stigmatized because of its large migrant population and high level of unemployment.
While Mbappe is discreet about his charitable giving, and hasn't sought to play up French media reports that he has waived his match fees at the World Cup, giving the money a charity instead, those in Bondy feel his impact.
Mickael Ichkhanian, the former groundskeeper at the Leo Lagrande stadium, where Mbappe made his debut, said the community was fortunate to have such a son, one who displays a maturity beyond his years on and off the pitch.
"The fact that he comes from the 93, which is often negatively portrayed by the media, just makes us even more proud," he said. (Editing by Luke Baker and Matthew Mpoke Bigg) |
Leeds and Reading Festival organisers ban fireworks, weapons and one VERY peculiar item | Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Organisers have banned one very unusual item from Leeds and Reading Festivals this year.
The list of things not allowed inside includes fireworks and weapons, for obvious reasons, and one particularly peculiar thing.
People heading to the events will NOT be allowed to take pineapples inside with them.
Carrying the exotic fruit is a nod to Oxford band, Glass Animals, who will be performing this year.
Fans tens to take hundreds of pineapples along to gigs in tribute to the song Pork Soda, which includes the lyrics, "pineapples in my head".
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And now, drummer Joe Seaward has suggested that it'll be a "challenge" for fans to get a pineapple inside.
He said: "Anyone who wasn't bringing a pineapple definitely is now.
"It's fruitist. Watermelons are fine, but not pineapples?"
The stage at Glastonbury was decorated with pineapples when the band played in June, and many fans attended dressed as the fruit.
Drones and glass are also banned from the festival.
A spokesman for Reading and Leeds Festivals told the BBC : "Organisers were a little concerned about hundreds of pineapples turning up on site so decided to ask fans not to bring them along."
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He added: "The tongue may be slightly in cheek on this one."
The list of items banned from the arena include:
gas cannisters
animals - other than registered hearing or guide dogs
items that may be considered as weapons
paper lanterns
fireworks or flares
large bags (bigger than A4 size)
pineapples
The festival runs in Reading and Leeds from August 25 to 27. |
Martin Guptill to miss start of South Africa series with hamstring strain | Martin Guptill was ruled out of the Australia series because of an injury on his left leg. (Source: File) Martin Guptill was ruled out of the Australia series because of an injury on his left leg. (Source: File)
New Zealand will be without Martin Guptill for the one-off Twenty20 international against South Africa and the start of the one-day series as he recovers from another hamstring strain.
Guptill injured his right hamstring during training, a separate injury to the one on his left leg that ruled the opening batsman out of the Bangladesh T20 series in January and one-day matches against Australia earlier this month.
Auckland wicketkeeper-batsman Glenn Phillips will make his international debut as Guptill’s replacement for Friday’s T20 match at Eden Park, the team said on Wednesday.
Dean Brownlie takes Guptill’s place in the ODI squad for the first two fixtures of the five-game series.
Selector Gavin Larsen said the 20-year-old Phillips earned his selection on the strength of his domestic form.
“Glenn was outstanding for Auckland at the top of the order … and proved an extremely exciting player,” he said in a media release.
“He bats with power; has shown he can clear the rope, and gets a deserved opportunity to showcase his skills on the international stage.
“Glenn will play as a specialist batsman only, with Luke Ronchi still taking the gloves. Playing in his home city, it will certainly be a big occasion for Glenn.” |
BRIEF-Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure posts Q2 earnings $0.01/ Class A share | Aug 14 (Reuters) - Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc
* Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc announces second quarter 2017 results
* Q2 revenue $13.4 million versus I/B/E/S view $12.3 million
* Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc qtrly earnings per share of Class A common stock $0.01
* Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc - expects to end year with a system count between 68 to 72 systems, up from previous outlook of 60 to 64 systems
* Q2 earnings per share view $0.08 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
EU must look at regulating bitcoin, ECB's Nowotny says | VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Union needs to consider regulating bitcoin, European Central Bank ratesetter Ewald Nowotny said on Monday, citing the risk of money laundering.
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and OeNB governor Ewald Nowotny addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
The cryptocurrency has surged from $1,000 at the start of the year to above $16,000, and its futures jumped more than 20 percent to a high of $18,700 in their U.S. debut on Sunday night.
The steep gains have prompted many to question its real value and ask whether a bubble has emerged, and central bankers are worried they will be blamed if the as yet unregulated market crashes.
“Simply because of the scale, it is certainly increasingly necessary to discuss whether and in what form regulations are needed here,” said Nowotny, who is also Austria’s central bank governor.
“A particular aspect that needs to be discussed ...is the question of how far the regulations on money laundering ...are relevant here,” he told a news conference.
While even small lenders were subject to strict controls on money laundering, it made no sense that even large bitcoin transactions could proceed without similar checks, he said, though this was a matter for the European Union rather than the ECB.
The still relatively small scale of the market in relation to traditional currencies also meant the problem was not that it threatened the current monetary system, he said.
Although there was no solid data, Austria appeared to be attracting companies selling bitcoin because it was perceived to be relatively easy to get a license to operate there, Nowotny told reporters.
“We now have indications that we here in Austria have a more lax, a simpler regulation than in Germany... and we therefore also see a trend that such granting (of licenses) is increasingly shifting to Austria. And we have absolutely no interest in that,” he said.
Austria should at least match German regulations, he said, adding: “Ultimately we must settle this at the European level.” |
Jack Wilshere could be target for Pep Guardiola - Xavi | Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola could make a summer move for Jack Wilshere, having been a long-term admirer of the Arsenal midfielder, Barcelona legend Xavi has said.
The 25-year-old is currently on loan at Bournemouth after persistent fitness problems limited his game time under Arsene Wenger.
Before being forced off during City's 2-0 win at the Vitality Stadium on Monday, Wilshere had enjoyed an injury-free run of games for Eddie Howe's side.
Jack Wilshere could be on Pep Guardiola's radar this summer, according to Xavi
Ahead of that defeat Guardiola had hailed Wilshere's quality, claiming: 'He's lucky to play regularly for one season and he is going to be back to being one of the best midfield players in England by far.'
GUARDIOLA ONCE SAID WILSHERE WOULD ONLY GET INTO BARCA'S B TEAM! Guardiola and Wilshere at the Camp Nou Xavi believes Pep Guardiola would give 'serious consideration' to signing Jack Wilshere. But here's what the manager made of the England international in 2011: 'He can be a great player for Arsenal and England. 'But we have many types of player like him in the second team. 'He's lucky, as Arsenal have time. There is not the pressure to win titles as quickly as possible. '
And Xavi, who was the fulcrum of Guardiola's all-conquering Barcelona team, believes the England international is the type of midfielder the Manchester City manager would consider signing if the opportunity arose.
'Technically he is the sort of player that Pep loves - his only problem has been injuries,' he told Fox Latin America.
'If it wasn't for the issues he has had with injuries I am sure he would be one of the best midfield players in the world.
'At the moment he seems to be doing well with his fitness - and if there is a chance to sign him in the summer I am sure Pep will give it real consideration.'
At only 19, Wilshere enjoyed a breakthrough performance against Guardiola's Barcelona side in the Champions League in 2011.
Xavi played in the 2-1 defeat at the Emirates and claimed Wilshere's performance impressed his team-mates and manager.
Though Guardiola later claimed the midfielder was only good enough for Barcelona's second team, Xavi believes the England international's first-leg display lived long in the memory of the current Manchester City manager.
Wilshere battles with Xavi on a night when he 'impressed' the Spain and Barcelona legend
Arsenal won 2-1 at the Emirates but were beaten 4-3 on the tie after the second leg in Spain
'I know Pep has always had a lot of respect for Wilshere - he impressed so many of the Barcelona team when we played Arsenal in 2011,' Xavi said.
'He impressed me a lot that night, I know he also did Pep and it will be a player that he would have been following ever since.
'We have talked about him, it was not a performance you forget easily.' |
Barcelona transfer news LIVE: Antoine Griezmann makes shock U-turn; Man Utd could benefit | Man Utd transfer news: Antoine Griezmann has turned down a move to Barcelona
Barcelona transfer news LIVE updates: All the latest from the Nou Camp
Wednesday May 30
Antoine Griezmann snub
Manchester United could sign Antoine Griezmann after the forward rejected Barcelona, according to reports.
Barcelona have appeared frontrunners in the race for his signature.
The Catalan giants are ready to offload Ousmane Dembele, who has toiled ever since his arrival last summer.
However, Spanish outlet Don Balon say Griezmann has snubbed a move to Barcelona, and the France international is now supposedly ready to consider a stunning move to Manchester United instead.
The Red Devils were hellbent on securing the player’s signature 12 months ago.
But, when Atletico were slapped with a transfer ban and Griezmann chose to stay, they ended up landing Romelu Lukaku instead.
However, with Manchester City and Chelsea taking the major trophies last term, Jose Mourinho knows more is required, and Don Balon say Griezmann is now ready to join United - or City. |
What ambition gap? Women as ambitious as men unless companies block them - study | LONDON, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women are just as ambitious as men at the start of their careers but this falters if companies fail to encourage them, according to a study released on Wednesday that sought to dispel the myth of a gender ambition gap.
A survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of 200,000 employees, including 141,000 women from 189 countries, found women just as ambitious as men at the outset and companies were at fault for stopping this, not family status or motherhood.
Researchers at the global management consultancy found among employees aged under 30, there was little difference in ambition at first and ambition waned in both sexes over time, but women's ambition eroded faster than men's at companies lagging on gender diversity.
The ambition gap between women and men aged 30 to 40 was 17 percent at firms that employees felt were least progressive on gender diversity and at these firms only 66 percent of women sought promotion compared with 83 percent of men.
But there was almost no ambition gap between women and men aged 30 to 40 at firms where employees felt gender diversity was improving with 85 percent of women seeking promotion compared with 87 percent of men.
"Both genders are equally ambitious and equally rational," said Matt Krentz, a BCG senior partner and coauthor of the report, in a statement.
"Ambition is not a fixed trait; it is an attribute that can be nurtured or damaged over time through the daily interactions and opportunities employees experience at work."
The report comes after a World Economic Forum study last year said efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years.
Data from the International Labour Organization shows that the gender wage gap globally is estimated at 23 percent, meaning on average women earn 77 percent of what men earn.
Krentz said the BCG study showed that when companies create a positive culture and attitude regarding gender diversity, all women — mothers included — were eager to advance.
The BCG proposed a four step plan to close the ambition gap: build gender-diverse leadership teams, make the workplace suitable for both sexes, make and promote structural changes like flexible work, and track progress.
"By creating the right culture, companies can foster women's ambition and tap into the wider pool of talent needed to win in the future," said Katie Abouzahr, a health care principal at BCG and co-author of the report. (Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change. Visit news.trust.org to see more stories) |
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Rams' Trumaine Johnson: Suffers stinger Sunday | Johnson sustained a stinger in Sunday's loss to the Eagles and did not return to the game, Myles Simmons of the Rams' official site reports.
The team initially reported that Johnson had entered the concussion protocol, but head coach Sean McVay indicated that was a communication issue on his part. It's good news for the Rams, who just placed starting cornerback Kayvon Webster on injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles. |
Manchester child taken into care over eating too much | Social services removed an obese youngster from their parents' care because they 'let the child eat too much'.
The child, from Manchester, was removed from its parents over fears for the youngster's health and was just one of 32,810 children taken into care in 2016/17.
The number equivalent to 90 a day, is the biggest rise in seven years and includes children as young as two.
The child, from Manchester, was removed from its parents over fears for the youngster's health and was just one of 32,810 children taken into care in 2016/17 (stock image)
A Freedom of Information request revealed that children across the country have been removed for reasons including parents failing to get them to brush their teeth, letting them spend too much time in front of the television and smoking around their offspring.
Child protection expert Claude Knights, of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, told The Sun: 'Many people may find it astounding to remove a child due to obesity or bad teeth, but they could be indicators of bigger problems.'
More than four million British children are too fat, according to an international study.
It found that four in ten youngsters aged five to 19 were medically obese or overweight.
Researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation said the total was up from 2.66million in 1975 to 4.53million last year.
The experts warned of an ‘absolute crisis’ in child health leading to heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
‘These worrying trends reflect the impact of food marketing and policies across the globe, with healthy nutritious foods too expensive for poor families and communities,’ said Majid Ezzati, the Imperial professor who led the study.
‘The trend predicts a generation of children and adolescents growing up obese. We need ways to make healthy, nutritious food more available at home and school, especially in poor families and communities, and regulations and taxes to protect children from unhealthy foods.
‘Most high-income countries have been reluctant to use taxes and industry regulations to change eating and drinking behaviours.’
The British Association of Social Workers said its members only act if a young person is at risk of 'significant harm'. |
After fire at Uruli Devachi depot: Garbage piles up across city, PMC says monitoring situation | Piled-up garbage at Shanivarpeth. Arul Horizon Piled-up garbage at Shanivarpeth. Arul Horizon
The last week’s fire at the garbage depot in Uruli Devachi, along with the non-functional processing plants, have turned the city into a huge dumping ground, with heaps of garbage in every corner.
The civic administration, however, claims to have the situation under control. “We are working hard to get the city clean by collecting and disposing the waste at the bins across city. There is a backlog of 500 tons of waste,” said Suresh Jagtap, joint municipal commissioner and incharge of solid waste management department.
He added that the civic administration has already started segregation of the waste collected at the bins for easier disposal. “The wet garbage is being sent to the bio-gas plants, while dry waste is being disposed off in the facilities available,” he said.
Pointing out that there are various areas across the city, from where waste still needs to be lifted, he said, “The civic staff would work round the clock to ensure the waste does not spill over in open and on streets.”
Meanwhile, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials said the fire that broke out at dumping site Uruli Devachi is being brought under control and all possible steps are being taken to ensure that it does not happen again. “The civic administration have deployed fire tenders at the site. The fire has been brought under control, but smoke continues to emanate from the site,” said a civic official.
Recently, the residents of Uruli Devachi village had protested against the civic body for continuing disposal of waste at the dumping site in the village, despite promising to stop it. They had also sought construction of two water tanks in the village. However, none of their demands have been met till now.
The civic body had, a few years ago, released funds for construction of roads and other development works in the village, which included laying a water pipeline. The pipeline project was proposed after it was found that the village ground water has been polluted by the dumping depot. However, villagers claimed that nothing constructive has been done yet.
The state government had also recommended inclusion of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages within the civic jurisdiction, which the villagers had opposed.
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Flood Warning until 9:45PM CDT for southern Kankakee and north-central Iroquo... | Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. * Some locations that will experience flooding include Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Momence, Herscher, St. Anne, Chebanse, Aroma Park, Hopkins Park, Sun River Terrace, Bonfield, Beaverville, Papineau and Irwin.
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Shenandoah County Teachers Receive Moore Grants | North Fork Middle School sixth-grade science teacher John Woods adjusts solar panels outside the school's Net-Zero Classroom on Thursday in Quicksburg. Woods recently won a $14,000 Moore grant to help complete the classroom.
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Antoine Griezmann to Barcelona: Sky Sports journalist reveals summer transfer agreement | There were suggestions that the La Liga leaders made an approach for Griezmann in January transfer window.
However, they were forced to deny those claims in an official statement after Atletico Madrid reported them to FIFA.
Barcelona had already spent £142million on Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho last month but still wanted to add another striker to their ranks.
And Sky Sports journalist Guillem Balague believes that Griezmann will move to the Nou Camp in the summer for around €100million (£88.2m). |
Three Capital Region communities selected for anti-blight... | Albany, Schenectady and Saratoga Springs are among the 18 communities that will receive funding to combat blight through through smarter use of data as part of the first phase of the Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement grant awards, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman 's office announced Monday. The program is intended to transform vacant or poorly maintained problem properties through the use of housing and community data from various state agencies.
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I have been an athlete since childhood: Urvashi | The “Sanam Re” actress says she does a lot of sports activities to remain fit. (Source: File Photo) The “Sanam Re” actress says she does a lot of sports activities to remain fit. (Source: File Photo)
Actress Urvashi Rautela says fitness is very important for her to achieve goals in life. She also says that she has been an athlete since childhood and she loves running.
“Physical fitness is extremely important to me. Only if you are fit will you be able to achieve whatever you want to achieve in life, you will be able to pursue your dreams, your ambition, you goals and the things you love,” Urvashi told IANS.
“Running is one such thing that I love because I have been an athlete since my childhood. Running is something that I have been doing from a long time and hence it is very important to me.”
Urvashi, who represented India at Miss Universe 2015, was part of the eighth edition of “Skechers Performance Goa River Marathon”, organised by Vasco Sports Club here. The event is held every year in December.
The “Sanam Re” actress says she does a lot of sports activities to remain fit.
“Besides being a national level basketball champion, I have played a lot of other sports like volleyball, badminton, kho-kho and kabbadi,” she said.
She said that running in marathon was an exercise for her.
“I used to take part in a lot of marathons. After entering Bollywood, this is my first marathon,” she said.
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BRIEF-Temasek Holdings cuts share stake Alibaba, Univar, Synchrony Financial | Feb 14 Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd
* Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd cuts share stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd by 10.3 percent to 35.5 million ADS
* Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd cuts share stake in Synchrony Financial by 83.0 percent to 1.1 million shares - SEC filing
* Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd cuts share stake in Univar Inc by 19.8 percent to 18.2 million shares
* Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd - Change in holdings are as of Dec 31, 2016 and compared with the previous quarter ended as of Sept 30, 2016 Source text for quarter ended Dec 31, 2016: bit.ly/2lLaYJL Source text for quarter ended Sept 30, 2016: bit.ly/2g728HI |
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Outgoing RBS CFO among favourites to succeed HSBC Finance Director - The Times | May 31 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc has interviewed outgoing Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Finance Officer Ewen Stevenson to replace HSBC Finance Director Iain Mackay, The Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker has spoken to several candidates in recent weeks with Stevenson among the favourites to succeed Mackay, the report added. bit.ly/2sfWoPt
RBS and HSBC did not respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
Stevenson, a former investment banker, quit unexpectedly in a surprise exit from RBS on Wednesday, casting doubt on the timing of a possible sale of some of the British government’s controlling stake in the bank.
Having joined RBS in May 2014 after 25 years at Credit Suisse Group AG, Stevenson has led turnaround efforts with the bank’s Chief Executive Ross McEwan, who arrived six months earlier.
In February, Stuart Gulliver stepped down as HSBC CEO after the bank reported a smaller-than-expected rise in annual profits and unveiled plans to raise up to $7 billion to bolster its capital. |
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Epping inching closer to winning his first Brier | HUNTSVILLE, Ont. — John Epping isn’t letting any time go to waste.
Late Friday afternoon, after the final game on the ice had finished and the crowd headed out of the Canada Summit Centre and into a Muskoka night, Epping and his team stayed on the ice and snuck in a 20-minute practice.
“It was a pretty busy day having to play two extra games,” Epping said. “I have to be honest. I’m pretty well spent.”
The popular Toronto skip learned the reality of the new triple-knockout format at the Ontario men’s curling championships. After losing the A-event final to Glenn Howard on Thursday, Epping moved to the B event. Epping spent the morning beating Joe Frans of Oakville 9-6. Then in the afternoon, he defeated Mark Kean of Woodstock 8-5 to advance to Saturday’s Page 1-2 game.
“It’s nice to get the night off and we don’t have to play in the afternoon. So we get to relax a bit.” Epping said.
Epping, third Matt Camm, second Patrick Janssen, and lead Tim March from Toronto’s Leaside Curling Club, started taking control in the fifth end, holding Kean to one. In the sixth, Kean missed a freeze attempt, allowing Epping a hit for three and a 5-3 lead. Epping would steal one in the seventh then after allowing Kean to steal one in the ninth, he scored two in the tenth to seal the win.
“We took control after they had the hammer and got two,” he said. “I was pretty happy with the afternoon.”
A regular on the Grand Slam circuit, Epping is hoping to finally get past the Ontario Tankard hump and get to the Brier in his 12th try. His team has struggled this season. That was evident at the Olympic Trials in Ottawa in December where he finished with a 2-6 record.
“We just had so much focus on the Olympic trials but we weren’t at our best,” he said. “We’re just grinding things out.”
His reward for winning both of his games yesterday is a second game against Howard, who got the entire Friday off by winning his first three games.
“I expected that we might have to play three times this week,” he said.
Kean, who defeated Mark Bice earlier in the day, lost 7-5 to Cody Maus in one of the C event finals. Maus, from the Highland Country Club in
London, took control with steals in the fifth and sixth ends.
In the other C final, Sebastien Robillard of Ottawa defeated Bice 5-3. Robillard scored two in the fourth and held on. Maus and Robillard will meet in the Page 3-4 game on Saturday. |
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich: Zidane discusses Bale's replacement | Zinedine Zidane’s men take on Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu tonight in the second-leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Madrid hold a 2-1 advantage over their German opponents but they will be without star man Gareth Bale this evening. The Welshman suffered a calf problem in last week’s trip to the Allianz Arena and Zidane now faces the difficult task in choosing his replacement.
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Isco has been tipped to take up the position in the starting XI but Zidane hasn’t revealed who will fill Bale’s boots. Asked if Isco had earned his place, Zidane said: “Like all of the others, he's ready. We are prepared to play this game. I will decide who will play. "I have already decided but I can't say any more than that. All of the players are doing great. I have to choose one.
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Roll over, Beethoven | The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven is a larger-than-life figure in musical history and popular culture. He's the archetypal tortured genius, the stuff compelling music bios are made of.
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Coronation Street Spoiler: Bethany Platt will get revenge on rapist policeman Neil for her grooming ordeal | Get soaps updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
The tables are set to turn in Coronation Street as Bethany Platt finally comes to terms with being groomed and seeks revenge on those who abused her as the dark sex ring storyline comes to a head.
The schoolgirl will target her rage at pervert policeman Neil Clifton, who raped her in earlier shocking scenes.
Viewers were horrified to discover that one of Bethany's attackers was actually a police officer.
Neil, who is a friend of Bethany's groomer Nathan Curtis, first appeared in the soap to rape Bethany - and then returned to screens in a uniform.
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Bethany's unsuspecting Mum Sarah called police following an argument, unaware that she was actually welcoming her daughter's abuser into their home.
Now the policeman will finally get the punishment he deserves when Bethany uncovers Nathan's vile plan to sell her abroad.
Speaking about the upcoming scenes Lucy Fallon revealed: " “Even though what Nathan has done to her is horrible.
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“I think for Bethany what Neil has done is worse because he raped her and I think for her that was the first time she was experiencing something like that and it’s something she will never ever forget.
“I think for her that’s so important that she takes him down,” the actress told The Sun .
After what's been a hellish year for the schoolgirl, this week Bethany discovers Nathan's evil plan to sell as a sex slave abroad.
The teen was under the impression they were running a way together, but when she realises the sick truth she finally decides to fight back.
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Speaking to The Sun , Chris Harper, who plays Nathan, said the "clock is ticking" for his character.
"Bethany will show a lot of courage and do something very difficult.
"She is actually very clever. I think it's the moment everyone has been waiting for. Bethany jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire, but the end of Nathan's evil control is in sight."
He added: "Nathan is going to leave Bethany high and dry with a 'friend' of his. He is going to wash his hands of her and move on. She's been a lot of trouble and this is his last chance to cash in on her.
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"As ever, Nathan lies to her about his desire to be together and the strength of his love, telling her that they're eloping to the continent. But he doesn't do a very thorough job, and takes her compliance for granted.
"Nathan is trying to control Bethany through both flattery and fear, but now the clock is against him too. He thinks he's clever enough to play this game, but things are starting to get very sticky.
"He thinks if he keeps tightening his grip on Bethany she will comply, but it starts to have the opposite effect. It's his arrogance that leads her to start to question him – he stops listening to her."
*Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on ITV |
Gauteng pays for protesters at dagga trial | The Gauteng Department of Social Development is paying for the transport and T-shirts for protesters from various anti-drug groups demonstrating outside court at the dagga trial in Pretoria.
It provides the protesters with T-shirts with the word cannabis misspelt as "cannibis".
Some of the protestors were dancing in the road and getting in the way of cars on Monday afternoon.
Some people took to twitter to complain about the use of taxpayers’ money for demonstrators.
Members of the department are also protesting‚ it confirmed in a media statement it had sent staff from its office to protest. A TimesLIVE journalist also chatted to some government workers from the department attending the protests.
Spokesman Mbanga Xaba said the department was paying for transport and T-shirts for the protesters.
About 100 to 200 protesters were at the court for the whole of last week and protests are continuing this week‚ with demonstrations planned until next week.
Different individuals come each day to show that a wide range of people oppose the ban.
Most say that dagga is the "gateway drug" and leads to use of more addictive substances like Tik and Nyoape.
Government sponsored posters include: "High on life not dagga"‚ "The masses have spoken"‚ "No to dagga in SA" and "SA has enough challenges". |
Reds' Tucker Barnhart: Day off Tuesday | Barnhart is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Braves.
Devin Mesoraco will receive his seventh start of the season in Barnhart's place. Barnhart is hitting a solid .250/.348/.417 with two homers in his first 70 plate appearances. |
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Big Little Lies season 2: Writer breaks silence on future of the show | David E. Kelley - who also serves as a writer on the hit drama - said that it was “conceived as a one-off” and a follow up was never planned. However, following the phenomenal success of the series starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley, things have now changed. In a recent interview, the 61-year-old US TV writer and producer said it was “possible” Big Little Lies would be returning for a second outing.
He explained: “There’s a lot of talk and thought being put into it now, but it was not something we planned on.” Kelley went on to tell Variety‘s A Night in the Writers’ Room event yesterday: “We didn’t have to conceive of future storylines and protect characters and make sure that they could be redeeming in any kind of perpetuity. “We could be true to the story and true to the characters…The irony is the reason we assumed it would be a one-off, because of all this major talent, they’re at the forefront now of wanting that second season.”
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The interview comes as Kidman, 49, dropped a big hint about the show, saying that if the series did return that the storyline would have to be “powerful and compelling”. While the fate of Big Little Lies is still uncertain, author Liane Moriarty - who wrote the 2014 novel that the HBO drama is based on - suggested that she is working on a follow-up to the TV series. Moriarty, 50, told The Sydney Morning Herald earlier this year: "I have started to think about ways this could continue.”
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Republic of Ireland 2-0 Moldova: Boys in Green set up Cardiff shootout against Wales with victory in Dublin | Get football updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Daryl Murphy booked the Republic of Ireland a World Cup qualifier showdown against Wales with a brace in a 2-0 victory over Moldova.
Murphy, who had only one senior international goal to his name before kick-off, struck after two and 20 minutes to give Ireland what proved to be an unassailable lead and keep alive their hopes of clinching one of the top two spots in Group D.
The Republic might have won even more comfortably had Shane Long been able to find his touch in front of goal, although goalkeeper Darren Randolph had to make a fine first-half save from Sergiu Platica, who saw team-mate Alexandru Gatcan dismissed in stoppage time.
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The game slipped into something of a lull as both sides started to accept that the result was effectively beyond doubt, with the notable exception of Hoolahan.
His 76th-minute pass allowed Christie to trick his way past his marker and drill the ball to the near post, where Cebanu got there just ahead of Murphy.
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Murphy and Hoolahan left the pitch to rapturous applause when they were replaced by Harry Arter and Aiden McGeady with 12 minutes remaining.
Moldova's evening ended in disgrace when midfielder Alexandru Gatcan was dismissed for thrusting his head at Arter amid an angry stoppage-time exchange. |
Illinois Governor’s Race Heats Up | CHICAGO (CBS) — After a pointed and pricey campaign, it come down to three Democratic front-runners in the race for Illinois governor.
Billionaire hotel heir J.B. Pritzker, Chris Kennedy, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss.
All three are making their final push for votes Monday.
Pritzker made a stop in Rockford to chat with union electrical workers before hitting DeKalb, Peoria and Springfield.
He plans to visit commuters at several CTA stops around Chicago Tuesday morning.
Kennedy also made the central and downstate swing today, drumming up votes in Bartonville and Cahokia.
He promised new jobs and quality education.
On the Republican side, Governor Bruce Rauner is accusing Democrats of butting into the GOP primary to try to influence the outcome.
His challenger Jeanne Ives calls the charge “an act of desperation.”
CBS 2 political reporter Derrick Blakley has more.
A political ad from the Democratic Governors Association seems to critizes Ives.
But Governor Rauner claims it’s really a dog whistle to Illinois conservatives, encouraging them to vote for Ives.
“They want people to be misled and have Republican primary voters vote for Ives because they know they can beat her in November,” says Rauner.
But Ives seems more upset by Rauner’s commercials falsely linking her to powerful Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan.
“He can’t talk about his record, so he wants to bash who I am and lie about me,” says Ives.
Commercials that suggest Ives is controlled by Madigan.
“We know they’re having an effect. Because we’re calling around the state from our call centers and people are saying ‘I can’t vote for her. She’s tied to Madigan.'”
Still, polls suggest Ives has been surging.
Seven points behind Rauner.
With many Republicans still undecided.
“Jeanne Ives is going to be looking downstate to see if she can put a coalition of those Trump voters together that will help put her over the top,” says GOP political analyst Lance Trover.
Governor Rauner will be keeping close eye on the vote-rich Chicago suburbs.
Hoping that moderate Republicans turn out for him. |
Motorcyclists block the road to help an elderly woman cross the street | Not all heroes wear capes and in this particular case, they were wearing helmets instead.
In a heart-warming video posted on Sunday, three bikers stop traffic to give an older woman plenty of time to cross the street in Phoenix, Arizona.
The clip begins with the three speeding down a slightly busy road.
In a heart-warming video posted on Sunday, three bikers stop traffic to give an older woman plenty of time to cross the street in Phoenix, Arizona
The motorcyclist filming spots the woman and immediately signals for his pals to help her out.
The trio proceed to turn around and head back to where the woman is walking.
The motorcyclist filming spots the woman and immediately signals for his pals to help her out
The woman - clad in a light green blouse and grey pants - waves at the bikers offering her thanks for their help
Two bikes go in front of the woman and block traffic, with a vehicle only able to make a left turn.
The woman - clad in a light green blouse and grey pants - waves at the bikers offering her thanks for their help.
And as she makes her way to the other sidewalk, the motorcycle rev up their engines and ride off. |
Proud Queen has unseen picture of Harry and Meghan in prime spot in Buckingham Palace | PA The photograph is on top of a table in the Queen's Audience Room
The framed picture has been seen for the first time besides the fire place of the living room, where the monarch hosts her weekly audience. It is thought the stunning picture has never previously been seen by the public, and royal fans believe it shows that the former Suits actress is truly a part of the family now. The photo shows the new-found importance of Meghan Markle to the entire royal family and it can be found beside the Queen’s other favourite pictures of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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The photo shows the new-found importance of Meghan Markle to the entire royal family
Although it is not possible to see exactly what the couple are wearing, Prince Harry appears to be wearing a suit and the Duchess of Sussex a long dress. The Duchess is posing with her hands on her new-husband’s chest and the couple both have beaming smiles. The lavish Audience Room also has mantelpiece ornaments, such as an 18th Century English porcelain pheasants and a bronze clock.
There is speculation that the picture was taken by the couple’s wedding photographer, Alexi Lubomirski, during their engagement shoot in December. Other pictures in the adorned room are of Zara and Mike Tindall on their wedding day and a picture of Prince Harry with his brother, William, in military uniform. The new picture was spotted when the Queen welcomed the Australian High Commission to the UK. Honourable George Brandis, at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
PA The glamorous pair pose in the never before seen picture |
Supreme Court approves NDMA’s disaster management policy for schools | The Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court of India.
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday produced in the Supreme Court the draft communication on safety policy and adherence of guidelines on disaster management for schools, which would be sent by it to all state governments. The NDMA placed the draft letter, which would be sent to the chief secretaries and the secretaries incharge of education departments of all states, before a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud, which approved it and expressed satisfaction on the steps taken.
The apex court directed that the guidelines and policy spelt out by the NDMA in the letter should be implemented by all the concerned authorities in the states.
“We are satisfied with the draft letter to be sent by the NDMA to all the chief secretaries and secretary incharge of the education department of all states. We hereby direct that the same will be implemented by all concerned authorities,” the bench said while disposing of the petition.
The bench was dealing with a PIL filed one Avinash Mehrotra seeking safety guidelines for school after the Dabwali fire incident in Haryana and the Kumbakonam tragedy in Tamil Nadu.
In the draft letter placed before the court, the NDMA has said that guidelines on school safety policy 2016 prepared by it were statutory in nature and statutorily required to be complied with “scrupulously without any deviation”.
“Special attention should be paid to fire safety. All the requirements to ensure safety of children in schools mentioned in the said policy of 2016 are statutory in nature and everyone involved in the process of ensuring safety of children are statutorily bound by the same,” the letter said.
It further asked the states that the district education officer of each district “shall be declared to be a nodal officer with responsibility, liablity and obligation” as well as powers and functions to ensure strict compliance with the national disaster management guidelines (school safety policy) 2016 within the district of his jurisdiction.
“It is observed that the CBSE schools, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan do not fall within the jurisdiction of the state administration or district education officer of each district in a state. For the purpose of administration of these schools, the central government can directly monitor them.
“However so far as the implementation of national disaster management guidelines (school safety policy) 2016 is concerned, it is imperative that a nodal officer is earmarked who can ensure adherence and compliance to the said policy by all above referred schools and who is functioning at local district level,” it said.
The NDMA has further said that it would be the duty of district disaster management authority to ensure compliance with the guidelines on the school safety policy and monitor its compliance.
“The chief secretary of each state will satisfy himself about the due discharge of functions by the district disaster management authority as well as district education officer as a nodal officer and would send a report containing compilation of quarterly reports received by him from the district level authorities/nodal officer to the department of school education and literacy, Ministry of HRD as well as NDMA,” it said.
It said that department of school education and literacy, Ministry of Human Resources and Development and the NDMA would jointly monitor the implementation of the guidelines at the national level through periodical meetings for each state and periodical reviews.
The apex court had earlier pulled up the union government for not coming up with guidelines on disaster mangement to make schools safer even after the death of a large number of children in fire incidents in Dabwali and Kumbakonam. It had then asked NDMA to come up with comprehensive guidelines to prevent such incidents.
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Bollywood celebrities are adding glamour and charm to the Lakme Fashion Week 2018. After Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput set couple goals on Day 1 of the gala event, it is filmmaker Karan Johar who has got all eyes set on him on the third day. Karan walked the ramp with his Welcome To New York co-actor Sonakshi Sinha and the duo looked every bit stylish. The words "Forever Famous" on Karan's suit spoke volume about his popularity in the Bollywood circuit and how can we forget he is the 'movie mafia' of the film industry. |
Love Island 2018: Dani Dyer dealt brutal blow after Jack Fincham love twist | While most of the relationships within Love Island are constantly changing, fans have become accustomed to the constant drama that surrounds them. But one couple has stolen the hearts of the nation. Dani and Jack Fincham found romance early on in the villa and it has continued to blossom throughout the show so far. Although they hit a road bump last month when Ellie Jones - Jack’s ex-girlfriend - arrived on the scene. Despite the show’s producers sending Dani a video of Jack realising his girlfriend entered the villa, the couple stayed strong when the two villas were reunited.
However the popular couple may be dipping in popularity, as data has emerged surrounding the amount of tweets sent during the show. Data from company We Are The Romans revealed the most tweeted about islanders during last night’s episode. And it looks like Dani has slipped in popularity as she comes up ninth on the list. Above only Hayley Hughes, Dani’s endearing relationship with Jack may have left fans wanting more from the pair. With Dani’s popularity waning, is her position in the show in danger in the weeks to come?
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Meanwhile Dr. Alex George still tops the board as the most popular. This could be due to his struggle to gain a consistent partner in the villa. But will his new partnership with Grace Wardle be the start of a new relationship? Meanwhile Megan Barton and Adam Collard take the third and fourth spots in tweeting popularity respectively. This follows Adam’s fleeting relationships which have left a multitude of women feeling cheated by him.
ITV Love Island 2018: Dani and Jack recently told each other they loved one another
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Charlottesville attacker's mom called 911 on him as a teen | The mother of the suspected Charlottesville attacker called 911 on him several times when he was a teen, a new report has revealed.
Samantha Bloom called police at least three times in 2010 and 2011 because of her violent son, according to 911 records obtained by TMZ.
Fields, who is now 20, would have been 13 and 14 at the time of the calls, which were made in Kentucky, where the mother and son used to live before moving to Ohio.
In one of the cases, a friend of wheelchair-bound Bloom called police, saying that Fields had threatened his mother, spit in her face, and stood behind her with a 12-inch knife.
Bloom reportedly told police that she wanted him taken away, and they followed suit by arresting him and taking him to a juvenile detention facility.
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Samantha Bloom (right) the mother of suspected Charlottesville attacker James Fields (left) called 911 on her son at least three times when they lived in Kentucky
Bloom (pictured), said in an interview Saturday night: 'I just knew he was going to a rally. I mean, I try to stay out of his political views. You know, we don't, I don't really get too involved, I moved him out to his own apartment, so I'm watching his cat'
In another case, Bloom personally called 911 and said that her son exploded in anger at her when she told him to stop playing video games. She claimed that he hit her in the head and put his hand over her mouth. She locked herself in a bathroom and then called police for help. She told the emergency dispatcher that her son was on medication to treat his anger issues.
And in the third case, Bloom called police saying her son was being threatening toward her and she was scared.
All of this is a sea change to Bloom's statements after her son's arrest on Saturday, when she was shocked to learn about what he had done.
Bloom told reporters that she thought her son was going to a Donald Trump rally, not a white supremacist march.
'I just knew he was going to a rally. I mean, I try to stay out of his political views. You know, we don't, I don't really get too involved, I moved him out to his own apartment, so I'm watching his cat.
'I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump's not a white supremacist,' she said.
Fields was arrested on Saturday after plowing his Dodge Challenger through dozens protesting the alt-right rally he had taken part in earlier in the day. One woman died in the incident and 19 others were injured.
Alt-right groups have been protesting the planned removal of a Robert E Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia. But hundreds of others turned out to make a statement against the white supremacists.
Horrifying video from the scene of the attack showed the silver muscle car speeding towards a group of fleeing anti-fascist protesters
In an interview with The Toledo Blade, Bloom said that her son texted her Friday to say he had dropped his cat off at her apartment so he could go to an 'alt-right' rally in Virginia.
'I told him to be careful,' Bloom said. '[And] if they're going to rally to make sure he's doing it peacefully.'
She had returned from dinner Saturday evening unaware that her son was involved and had not yet been contacted by police.
He told her about the rally last week, but didn't offer details about it. 'I thought it had something to do with Trump,' she said.
Fields is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail without bail
Bloom said she was surprised with the deadly outcome. 'Yeah, that he would run his car into a group of people for... I'm really not clear on...'
When pressed by the reporter about what Bloom was told by her son, it does appear that he had indicated it was an alt-right gathering.
'Like I said, I don't really talk to him about his political views,' she said. 'He just -- so I don't really understand what the rally was about or anything, so... I just know there was -- he did mention it was 'albright'?'
The reporter then interrupts her, asking, 'Alt-right?'
Bloom responds: 'Albright'
The reporter then corrects her, saying: 'No, alt-right. It's like alternative right.'
Bloom said she and her son had just moved to the Toledo area from the northern Kentucky city of Florence. She said that's where Fields grew up. She relocated to Ohio for work.
Fields is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
Photos that recently emerged showed Fields marching with a racist, right-wing group known as Vanguard America.
The white supremacist group opposes multiculturalism and believes America is an exclusively white nation.
Vanguard America has released a statement claiming that Fields was not an official member.
It said: 'The driver of the vehicle that hit counter protesters today was, in no way, a member of Vanguard America. All our members had been safely evacuated by the time of the incident. The shields seen do not denote membership, nor does the white shirt. The shields were freely handed out to anyone in attendance, All our members are safe and accounted for, with no arrests or charges.'
Photos of Fields (far left with glasses) at the march showed him marching with racist right-wing group Vanguard America
Shortly after Fields was charged, the FBI and federal prosecutors announced a civil rights investigation, following Texas Sen Ted Cruz's call for the Justice Department to launch a 'domestic terrorism' probe into the deadly crash.
The FBI's Richmond field office, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia said they have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
Video of the Dodge Challenger, which is registered to Fields, showed the driver accelerating into the crowd throwing bodies into the air as people scream before reversing at high speed.
The incident killed a 32-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released by authorities pending her family's notification.
Witnesses his car (pictured) was traveling up to 40mph when it hit and reversed before ramming into the crowd again and speeding off with someone's shoe attached to its bumper
Fields was apprehended and arrested a few blocks away from the bloody scene.
According to the jail's superintendent, Martin Kumer, Fields was also booked on suspicion of malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run.
Kumer said Fields is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
The deadly crash came after violent clashes erupted as hundreds of white supremacists including armed militias marched into Charlottesville sparking violent confrontations with counter-protesters.
Police cleared the scene with tear gas but the violence continued. Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas said a total of 35 people had been treated for injuries, 14 of those were from individual engagements on the streets.
Horrifying video from the scene of the attack showed the silver muscle car speeding towards a group of fleeing anti-fascist protesters.
Several residents gathered on Saturday night to hold a candlelight vigil for the woman who was tragically killed and the 19 others who were injured
Photos showed candles spread out near the scene where the woman was killed as the mourners joined hands in a circle
Another clip showed the vehicle ramming into the crowd at high speed and victims crying out in pain as they desperately sought medical help.
Witnesses said the car was traveling up to 40mph when it hit and reversed before ramming into the crowd again and speeding off with someone's shoe attached to its bumper.
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe strongly condemned all of the so-called 'patriotic' white nationalists during a press conference Saturday evening.
'Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth,' McAuliffe proclaimed. 'You are not patriots. You came here today to hurt people and that is not patriotic,' McAuliffe added.
President Donald Trump admonished the day's tragic events, saying in a press conference: 'We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, violence, on many sides... The hate and division must stop, and must stop right now.'
Several residents gathered on Saturday night to hold a candlelight vigil for the woman who was tragically killed and the 19 others who were injured.
Photos showed candles spread out near the scene where the woman was killed as the mourners joined hands in a circle. |
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Met Department warns of heatwave-like conditions in Telangana | With temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of Telangana, the IMD has warned of heatwave like conditions to prevail in all the districts of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mahabubnagar, Khammam and Hyderabad city witnessed heatwave conditions on Monday. “The maximum temperatures are likely to be above normal by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius. The mercury is expected to be above 42 degrees Celsius at isolated places in North Telangana and above 40 degrees Celsius at many places in the state on Tuesday and Wednesday,” an IMD report said.
Mahabubnagar recorded the highest temperature of 44.5 degrees Celsius in the state yesterday, according to the MeT department. Adilabad sizzled at 44 degrees Celsius, followed by Medak (43.3), Hyderabad (43) and Nalgonda (42.6). Khammam and Ramagundam recorded 42.4 degrees Celsius each.
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European parliament aims for general deal on future ties with Britain in 2 years | Guy Verhofstadt, European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, sits for an interview with Reuters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2017 while promoting his book ''Europe's Last Chance''. REUTERS/Daniel Bases
BRUSSELS The two-year Brexit negotiations should produce a divorce deal as well as an "agreement on general terms" of the future relationship between the EU of 27 and London, the European Parliament's chief negotiator said on Wednesday.
While a detailed trade agreement between Britain and the EU would not be possible in such a short time, a "general framework", giving an idea of what a more detailed deal could look like, was something the EU would pursue, he said.
"What is needed in the framework of these two years is the withdrawal agreement plus also an agreement on the general terms of the future relationship," the parliament's chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt told a news conference.
(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska) |
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