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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 13, 2015) – While summer is only a few weeks old in the northern hemisphere, it’s important to remember that there are only 165 shopping days left until Christmas!
Country Music Hall of Fame member and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, Kenny Rogers, will be releasing his first new Christmas album in seventeen years via Warner Music Nashville / Warner Bros. this fall. Titled Once Again It’s Christmas, the festive set will be Rogers’ first Christmas release since 1998’s Christmas From The Heart and his sixth Christmas release overall.
Several special guest stars join Rogers on Once Again It’s Christmas, including Alison Krauss, Jennifer Nettles, Home Free, Jim Brickman, and Winfield’s Locket.
“I can’t tell you how much fun it was recording a Christmas record again,” Rogers said. “I’m excited for people to hear it. I feel like this is a special group of songs — both old and new — and I was particularly lucky to be joined by many talented guest artists and musicians who each have something unique to say.”
Since the release of his first ever Christmas album, Christmas, in 1981, Rogers has embarked on an annual Christmas & Hits Tour, which continues this winter for the thirty-fourth straight year. It’s a holiday that holds special meaning for Rogers.
“Christmas is my favorite time of year. It’s a very important season for me, especially now that I have twin boys who just turned 11 years old. It’s reminded me of how you see it through different eyes when you’re a parent. It’s wonderful,” Rogers said.
Rogers’ Once Again It’s Christmas Tour featuring Linda Davis will include performances of holiday favorites and his No. 1 hits through concerts across the U.S. and Canada. The final schedule of dates will be announced soon.
Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2015 17:07
Rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide. What’s more, he has charted a single in each of the last seven decades—including 21 Billboard #1 country hits. According to the RIAA, he has one diamond album, 19 platinum albums, and 31 gold albums. He has earned three Grammys, six Country Music Association awards (including a 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award), eight Academy of Country Music awards—including Entertainer of the Year in 1978—and was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
The exhibit features dozens of artifacts including:
Costume pieces worn and used by Rogers in the five-part Gambler TV movie series, including a fedora and gun belt, a Western-cut jacket, shirt and brocade vest, and a cane with a brass knob
A Tony Alamo of Nashville denim outfit, embellished with rhinestones and studs, worn by Rogers as the front man for Kenny Rogers and The First Edition in the 1970s
Dolly Parton’s rhinestone-embellished velvet jacket and dress, which she wore during a performance of “Islands in the Stream” with Rogers on her TV show, Dolly
Dottie West’s Bob Mackie outfit with bugle beading and Dolcis pumps, worn in performance with Rogers
Assorted cameras used by Rogers, including two Polaroid models; a Calument Scientific Inc. 8" x 10" folding camera; and a Linhof Master Technika Classic camera, used by Rogers to capture the fifty-eight studio portraits of country artists in his third book of photos, Kenny Rogers: This Is My Country
Numerous awards, including the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award; Grammy statuettes; the Academy of Country Music’s Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award; and the Honorary Master of Photography award presented to Rogers by the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) at its annual conference; and more
Last Updated on Monday, 01 June 2015 15:27
Tickets for all concert dates are now on sale from Computicket.
Rogers has enjoyed great success during his storied career of five and a half decades. The enduring Country Music Hall of Fame member and pop superstar has endeared music lovers around the globe with his amazing songs, heartfelt performances, distinctive voice, gift for storytelling and universal appeal.
Rogers has played to millions of fans around the world, performing songs from his catalog of smash hits, including “The Gambler,” “Islands In The Stream,” “She Believes In Me,” “Lucille,” “Coward Of The County,” “Lady,” “Through The Years,” “Daytime Friends,” “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town,” “You Decorated My Life,” “We’ve Got Tonight,” and many more.
The first country artist to consistently sell out arenas, Rogers has played to millions of fans around the world and has charted a record within each of the last seven decades (’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000’s, 2010’s). He has recorded 24 Number One hits and sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, making him one of the Top Ten Best Selling Male Solo Artists of All Time, according to the RIAA. Rogers has won many awards for his music and charity work, including three GRAMMY Awards, 19 American Music Awards, 11 People’s Choice Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards and six Country Music Association Awards, including the CMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
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HANK WILLIAMS JR., THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, RANDY TRAVIS, GEORGE JONES, KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON ALL PART OF NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ACM AWARDS 50 YEARS
NASHVILLE, TN (March 10, 2015) – The final song selections for NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards 50 Years, the milestone anniversary collaboration between the Academy of Country Music and NOW That’s What I Call Music!, are being revealed in anticipation of the album’s release on Tuesday, March 31.
The collection of recordings will celebrate the ACM Awards’ 50-year history and will feature 2 discs as well as a digital collection of ACM award-winning songs. The first disc will feature recent contemporary hits while the second will include timeless classics.
The complete track listing for NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards 50 Years includes:
DISC ONE (1990-2015)
Jason Aldean (with Luke Bryan & Eric Church) The Only Way I Know 2012
Lee Brice I Drive Your Truck 2012
Luke Bryan Country Girl (Shake It For Me) 2011
Blake Shelton Honey Bee 2011
Taylor Swift Mean 2010
Lady Antebellum Need You Now 2010
Miranda Lambert The House That Built Me 2009
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban Start A Band 2008
Reba & Kelly Clarkson Because of You 2007
George Strait Give It Away 2006
Carrie Underwood Jesus, Take the Wheel 2005
Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying 2004
Kenny Chesney The Good Stuff 2002
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance 2000
Faith Hill This Kiss 1998
Alan Jackson Chattahoochee 1993
Brooks & Dunn Boot Scootin’ Boogie 1991
DISC TWO (1965-1989)
Clint Black Better Man 1989
Hank Williams Jr. There’s a Tear in My Beer 1989
Randy Travis Forever and Ever Amen 1987
The Highwaymen Highwayman 1985
The Judds Why Not Me 1984
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers Islands in the Stream 1983
Willie Nelson Always on My Mind 1982
Alabama Love in the First Degree 1981
The Oak Ridge Boys Elvira 1981
David Frizzell & Shelly West You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma 1980
George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today 1980
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Bros. All the Gold in California 1979
Don Williams Tulsa Time 1978
Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy 1975
Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors 1973
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty Lead Me On 1971
Merle Haggard Okie From Muskogee 1969
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 03:15
The band’s original lineup includes Rogers, Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Mary Miller, and Gene Lorenzo.
The First Edition was best-known for the singles “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In” (1967), and 1968′s “But You Know I Love You.” Later billed as Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, the group hit the Top 10 on the country charts with 1969′s “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town,” a tune penned by Mel Tillis.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:50
Nashville, Tenn. (November 11, 2014) – GRAMMY Award-winning country superstar and contemporary music icon, Kenny Rogers, will return Down Under in January and February for his Farewell Down Under Tour, which will include his final concerts in Australia and New Zealand ever.
The tour will begin in Sydney on January 23, 2015; followed by shows across the country in Tamworth, Newcastle, Melbourne, Launceston, Gold Coast, Townsville, Perth and Adelaide; then a concert in Christchurch, New Zealand before concluding the tour in Hamilton, New Zealand, on February 15, 2015.
While the concerts scheduled in January and February 2015 will be Rogers’ final performances in Australia and New Zealand, the legendary vocalist will continue to tour in other parts of the world.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 21:16


The U.S. Solar Market Insight: Q1 2012, a report to be released tomorrow by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA®), finds that growth in solar photovoltaics (PV) markets in the U.S. is maintaining its breakneck pace from 2011.
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The U.S. market for solar panels is likely to double in 2012, thanks to government policies and falling prices, although new tariffs on panels imported from China could contribute to slower growth in 2013, according to a new study.
Solar installations in the United States jumped 85 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from the previous year, according to an industry report that prompted a research firm and a lobbying group to raise their capacity forecasts for the year.
Developers installed 85 percent more solar panels in the U.S. in the first quarter than a year earlier, led by strong growth in commercial projects and demand in New Jersey, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
On Tuesday this week, I officially began my term as Board Chair for the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). Established in 1974, SEIA represents the entire solar industry in the U.S. with over 1000 members that span manufacturing, installation, development, finance, service providers, and suppliers.
Maryland's solar sector recorded a hard-fought win this week, as legislation providing for a temporary acceleration of solar requirements in the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) cleared the State Senate by a vote of 37-9.
The solar thermal power plant business is all about big: Square miles of mirrors in the desert that surround 600-foot-tall towers to generate massive megawatts of electricity for multibillion- dollar price tags. Big Solar's ability to compete against fossil fuels, though, could come down to grains of salt.
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Trina Solar Limited, a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, presented Applied with its "Outstanding Contribution of the Year 2011 - World Purchasing Award" recently in Changzhou, China.
Monday's news that yet another solar company that received Energy Department backing is filing for bankruptcy protection at first looked like the Obama administration had funded another expensive loser.
The national Solar Energy Industries Association has ranked New Mexico No. 1 in the nation for installed solar power per state resident in 2011.


If all goes well, this could morph into a serious Ford Focus RS competitor.
Antitrust laws in the auto industry are the most heavily enforced rules around as evidenced by auto giants like Volkswagen or General Motors so it was only a matter of time until Korean car companies Kia and Hyundai merged together to help one of Asia's larger economies join the world as a major force in the industry. Now that the deal has taken place, Hyundai has taken over as the more luxurious and comfortable of the two brands while Kia is donning the hat of sportiness.
Most recently, our spy photogs caught the new Cee'd reinforcing this image. While the Detroit Auto Show saw the reveal of the Kia Stinger, which featured aggressive looks to match the rest of the Kia family, the new Cee'd appears sleek, modern, and determined even when covered in camouflage. Thin headlights and tail lamps help the hatchback look wider and more planted while the grille retains the automaker's signature "Tiger Nose" aesthetic. Based off the Hyundai i30, one can expect the C apostrophe D to share engines with its cousin, meaning the same array of gasoline and diesel engines as well as their turbocharged versions should be made available for every Cee'd application.
Our spy photographers also managed to snap some pictures of the interior of the car, which served to further cement Kia's new position as a sportier brand. That's because, unlike the i30, the Cee'd has a sparser interior that keeps things simple with air vents flanking the navigation screen rather than sitting under them as in the i30. Given the popular nature of hatchbacks in Europe where the Cee'd is sold, the five door version will be out first followed by a wagon six months later. While it may appear to be a mundane hatchback, there are a couple of reasons that we should be excited about the Cee'd aside from the fact that it used to be Top Gear's car for the star in a reasonably priced car.
One reason is that if things go well for the Korean car duo, we could one day see a high power Cee'd that, like the i30N, will bring the heat to cars like the Ford Focus RS. One can dream right?


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When students arrive on the Missouri State University campus for move-in this August, about 400 of them will live in a highly anticipated, brand-new residence hall at 811 S. Holland Ave.
Today, the Missouri State University Foundation announced the property’s name: Heitz House.
The university closed on the property, taking full ownership from Bryan Student Housing LLC, on July 15 for $24 million.
Bryan Magers, owner of Bryan Student Housing LLC, agreed to the below-appraisal selling price.
“We wanted to name the facility something meaningful to Bryan, since he was instrumental in this project,” said Brent Dunn, executive director of the Missouri State Foundation.
The residence hall is named after John A. Heitz, a Missouri State University graduate, donor and successful real estate broker and investor.
Heitz’s philanthropy has benefitted many Ozarks institutions, including Missouri State, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Springfield Public Schools Foundation and the Developmental Center of the Ozarks.
Heitz House is the first public-private partnership residence hall between Missouri State and Bryan Student Housing LLC.
“Through delays, shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic, we were always excited for this project to come to fruition,” said Missouri State President Clif Smart. “We can’t wait for our students to move-in and make it their home away from home.”
The university first entered into a contract with Bryan Student Housing LLC to build this residence hall in May 2018.

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Maestro Zubin Mehta and his Viennese forces give us one of the very best recordings of this Mahler masterpiece on Blu-ray Audio
One of the best ever recordings of Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” this Blu-ray Audio disc from Decca gives listeners a great experience
Maestro Claudio Abbado leads a young, but superbly gifted group of musicians through two masterpieces by Mahler and Schoenberg. Every Abbado concert is an outstanding musical event and this one is no exception.
Riccardo Chailly continues his traversal of the Mahler symphonic repertory with this uplifting and sensitive account of the Symphony No.4. The Accentus recording team turns in another beautifully executed Blu-ray Disc.
C Major offers a combination documentary on the life and career of storied conductor Mariss Jansons and a live performance of Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2. This is music-making at its best, not to be missed.
Claudio Abbado leads his hand-picked Lucerne Festival forces through an outstanding rendition of Mahler’s celestial Second Symphony.
Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony receives an extra-worldly performance by maestro Riccardo Chailly and his Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Soloists Oelze and Connolly are marvelous as is the entire audio and video proceedings captured at this international Mahler festival
Pierre Boulez leads one of his favorite orchestras in a superb all-Mahler concert from Cleveland. His vocal soloists are outstanding and are well supported by excellent audio and video recording
Claudio Abbado continues his Mahler wizardry with this luminescent performance of a less often heard Symphony No. 7, “Song of the Night.” In every respect, a top flight video which captures the essence of this enigmatic work.
Antoni Wit and his Warsaw forces give a stellar performance of Mahler’s imposing Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand.” Aided by HD surround sound, this disc should be considered essential listening for veteran and novice Mahler fans.


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Last Tuesday, January 23, 2018, the Centennial performing arts department held a showcase to advertise to middle schoolers from around the district. There were performances by Centennial’s theatre department, Treble and Madrigals choir, band, guitar class, and color guard.
The students from theatre performed a few monologues and scenes from their previous show, Macbeth, to give incoming freshman a taste of the art. All of these performances were amazing and well directed by the theatre teacher, Miss Stempinski.
The Centennial choirs, Treble and Madrigals, both performed two different songs directed by the choir director, Mr. deVries, with the piano accompaniment of Joel Tiu. Treble Choir performed “If You Could Hear My Voice” and gave a sneak peek at theatre’s musical production of The Sound of Music by performing the “Nun’s Processional,” sung at the beginning of the show. The Madrigals Choir performed the songs “Shenandoah” and “Dirait-on.” Three students from the guitar class under Mr. deVries also performed, with the song “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer.
Centennial’s band was represented by their Festival Winds group. The songs performed by Festival Winds were “King Cotton” and “Fanfare and Flourishes.” These performances were under the direction of the school’s band teacher, Mr. Gaughan. Alongside Festival Winds, the Centennial Color guard performed.

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There appears to be only a slim chance that Colin Kaepernick ever makes his way onto an XFL roster. XFL commissioner Oliver Luck admitted that Kaepernick’s asking price was too high for teams in the new league to afford.
“I think his salary demands are way out of our ballpark,” Luck noted to The Tampa Bay Times. “He was never really a viable option.”
The average salary in the XFL is $55,000, per Pro Football Talk. The XFL noted prior to the season that top players could make as much as $250,000 per season, but that does not appear to be in the range that Kaepernick is looking for his next salary.
The XFL Talked With Kaepernick About Joining the League But the QB Reportedly Wanted a $20 Million Salary
Kaepernick did speak with the XFL about joining the new league, but the former NFL quarterback was seeking a $20 million salary, per Sporting News. Sportsbooks have released odds on Kaepernick joining the XFL. Kaepernick was given 20/1 odds to join the XFL first in a group that includes Johnny Manziel, Josh Gordon and Chad Johnson, per The Athletic’s John Machota.
Odds on first player to play in the XFL, via @betonline_ag:
Chad Johnson: 5/1
Pacman Jones: 7/1
Josh Gordon: 10/1
Johnny Manziel: 12/1
Randy Gregory: 12/1
Vontaze Burfict: 12/1
Colin Kaepernick: 20/1
Terrell Owens: 20/1
Dez Bryant: 33/1
Michael Vick: 50/1
Greg Hardy: 100/1
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Noted That the NFL Has “Moved On” From Kaepernick
Kaepernick’s standoff with the NFL continues with the latest dispute centering around a workout in front of NFL teams during the 2019 season. The NFL organized a workout for Kaepernick where interested teams could attend at the Falcons’ training facility just north of Atlanta.
Kaepernick’s representatives ended up pulling out of the workout and organizing their own at a different location that was more than an hour away from where scouts planned to watch the quarterback. When asked about Kaepernick, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell cited the workout as an “opportunity” noting the NFL had since “moved on” from the quarterback.
“This was … about creating an opportunity, which Colin’s representatives came out in early October and we created that opportunity,” Goodell said, per CNN.com. “It was a unique opportunity — an incredible opportunity and he chose not to take it. I understand that. And we’ve moved on here.”
Kaepernick Told NFL Teams to “Stop Being Scared” to Sign Him After His Recent Workout
Kaepernick’s revised workout was still attended by several NFL teams. After completing drills and throws, Kaepernick briefly met with reporters who were in attendance at the workout and had a message for NFL owners.
“Our biggest thing with everything today was making sure we had transparency with what went on,” Kaepernick said, per Sports Illustrated. “We weren’t getting that elsewhere so we came out here. I’ve been ready for three years. I’ve been denied for three years. We’re waiting for the 32 owners, 32 teams, Roger Goodell, all of them to stop running. To stop running from the truth. To stop running from the people. Around here we’re ready to play. We’re ready to go anywhere.”


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LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. – That the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs trailed for more than half of Thursday’s game was a fact almost completely lost in back-to-back innings that saw them score 11 and 10 runs on the way to a 22-3 win over the Adirondack Trail Blazers.
The DiamondDawgs set a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League-era franchise record for runs in the win and added one game to their lead in the Central Division standings. The first-place DiamondDawgs (24-17) lead by two games after Watertown (22-20) shut second-place Utica (23-20) out 7-0 behind Franklin & Marshall College’s Jack Buckley who was perfect into the fourth inning and did not allow a hit until the eighth. Watertown is 2 ½ games back and half a game behind Utica in the race for two playoff spots.
Ryan Toohers had his second six-RBI game of the season and hit a grand slam in the 11-run sixth inning to take sole possession of the PGCBL home run lead with his 10th.
Marist College’s Matt Rubayo homered in the top of the first inning for Adirondack (17-25) and Villanova University’s Ryan Toohers, the league’s RBI leader, singled and drove home the University of Massachusetts at Lowell’s Joseph Castellanos who had doubled in the bottom of the inning.
Adirondack added a run in the second inning when Jon Iadevaia from Adelphi University singled with two men on and nobody out, and Rubayo’s sacrifice fly gave the Trail Blazers a 3-1 lead in the fifth.
Anthony Stillwagon, Adirondack’s starting pitcher from Malone University, retired eight batters in a row after Toohers’ single and had allowed only three DiamondDawgs to reach base in the second through fifth innings. Castellanos started the sixth with a single, San Jacinto College-double Kyle Hernandez followed with a hit and Stillwagon walked Toohers for the second time to load the bases.
The game changed dramatically at that point.
Stillwagon walked Barry University’s Joel Alvarez to force one run home and the DiamondDawgs tied the game with a run when Iona College’s Stephen Furman grounded out for the first out of the inning. Two runs came home on a single by Canisius College’s Mark McKenna, giving the DiamondDawgs the lead for the first time in the game, Barry’s Alexis Monge-Rodriguez singled to re-load the bases, and two more runs scored when Stillwater threw the ball over the head of New Jersey Institute of Technology first baseman Nick Hussey on a dribbler to the left side off the bat of Villanova’s Tyler Bruno.
Siena College’s Josh DelSignore relieves Stillwagon with one out and Mohawk Valley leading 7-3. The DiamondDawgs quickly added a run on an error on a grounder hit by Manhattanville College’s Austin Pollack, completing the inning’s first pass through the lineup, before DelSignore walked Castellanos and hit Hernandez to load the bases again. He was one ball away from issuing another walk when Toohers sent his 3-1 pitch over the right field fence between the scoreboard and a utility pole for a grand slam.
DelSignore went through another walk-hit batsman combo before McKenna lined into a double play to end the inning.
George Washington University’s Jacob Meyers took the ball for the seventh inning and fared no better than the previous two pitchers had. The DiamondDawgs quickly loaded the bases and extended their lead to 13-2 with a run when Castellanos grounded to second for the first out of the inning. Toohers later walked with the bases loaded in his final plate appearance before leaving the game for a pinch hitter. Alvarez followed with another walk, Le Moyne College’s Drew Fureno singled in a run and McKenna walked a run home before Monge-Rodriguez cracked a two-run single. Bruno and Pollack each drove a run home ahead of another pitching change, and Castellanos capped a three-hit night with a run-scoring single against Franklin Pierce College’s Jack Wallace.
The University of California at Davis’s Ryan Rodriguez allowed seven hits through seven innings and won for the first time as a starter for the DiamondDawgs. Manhattanville’s Justin Proteau set the side down in order in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the win.
Monge-Rodriguez and Pollack matched Castellanos with three hits among Mohawk Valley’s 18, and Castellanos, Monge-Rodriguez and Bruno each scored three times. Toohers went 2-for-2 with three walks and raised his average to .404, second in the league behind Hernandez at .428. McKenna drove in three runs.
Including a trio of substitutions, 10 players drove in at least one run for the DiamondDawgs, 10 had hits, and 11 scored.
Leadoff hitter Lucas Stalman from Boston College singled, doubled and scored a run for Adirondack.
The DiamondDawgs’ previous scoring record was set earlier this season in a 19-15 win over Adirondack on the road June 15; Toohers also drove in six runs that day and the DiamondDawgs trailed 7-0 after three innings. Previously, they beat the Cooperstown Hawkeyes 18-13 at Doubleday Field July 2, 2012. They had scored 17 runs three times, in a 2016 win over the Oneonta Outlaws, and in 2014 against Adirondack and Utica. The most runs scored against the DiamondDawgs in the PGCBL are the 20 scored by the Amsterdam Mohawks in 2014; the team also allowed 19 in a 2012 game against Newark.
The 22 runs Adirondack allowed tied a franchise record set June 26, 2013, by the Newark Pilots in the Trail Blazers’ first year in the PGCBL and matched by Amsterdam July 9, 2017. The Trail Blazers have allowed 19 runs or more 12 times in the PGCBL, including eight times during the past two seasons with three 19-run games this year and a 21-3 loss to Watertown July 1.
The DiamondDawgs played in Elmira Friday with a magic number of two to eliminate both Utica and Watertown from the race for first place. Utica’s Blue Sox were rained out in Albany and will not make Friday’s game up; Watertown played at Geneva.
Mohawk Valley has home games Saturday against Utica and Sunday against Watertown. The DiamondDawgs finish the regular season Tuesday with a game in Boonville against the Trail Blazers.

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MERIDA /Mexico/, March 12. /TASS/. Early voting in the Russian presidential election ended in Mexico on Sunday. It was held in nine Mexican cities on March 10-11. Over 40 people were able to cast their ballots per day in Merida, the capital of the state of Yucatan, Andrey Pakhomov, a representative of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation, who oversaw the work of the polling station in Merida, informed TASS.
This city is hosting the FILEY-2018 International Book Fair. Russia has become its guest of honor. One of the small pavilions of the Russian delegation was used as a polling station. "More than 40 people cast their ballots. Those were mostly members of the delegation that arrived in Mexico and about 15 Russian citizens living in the city of Merida," Pakhomov said. "People came with pleasure, cast their ballots, the atmosphere was friendly." No incidents were reported during the voting, Merida’s police were involved in efforts to maintain security.
The Russian-speaking community in Mexico includes from 17,000 to 20,000 people. On March 18, the election day, the polling station will be working in the Russian Embassy in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
Eight contenders are vying for the presidential office. They are incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin who is seeking another presidential term as an independent candidate for Russia’s highest public office, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, businessman Pavel Grudinin running as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation’s candidate, Yabloko party co-founder Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the Party of Growth and business ombudsman Boris Titov, head of the Russian People’s Union party Sergey Baburin, TV personality and socialite Ksenia Sobchak (nominated by Civil Initiative) and leader of the Communists of Russia Maxim Suraikin.


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In the government document submitted to LegCo today, the latest cost of the Shatin Central Link (SCL) has been revised to HK$82.99 billion, which is an increase of HK$12.17 billion from the original estimation of HK$70.82 billion. The government has to apply for an additional funding of HK$10.06 billion in cost overruns.
DAB Legislative Councillor Ben Chan responded: “the DAB and the general public do not wish to see the SCL lay unfinished due to lack of funds, especially after the commission of the phase 1 of the Tuan Ma Line this month which provides greater convenience for commuters.”
Ben Chan mentioned that even though the cost is HK$5.7 billion less than the estimated HK$16.5 billion in 2017, the government still needs to pay an additional cost of HK$10.06 billion which is a huge amount. The LegCo should hold a careful examination and discussion on this funding. Meanwhile, the insufficient oversight of the MTRC has resulted in the problems in construction quality and thus the delay of the opening of the SCL and the public has to suffer the consequences. The government should reexamine, cut down on and explain the details of this additional funding.
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And home buyers must set realistic expectations.
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) revealed that over 3,000 rental tenants have purchased their first flat in the Build-To-Order (BTO) or Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercises since 2011, reported Channel NewsAsia. Around 19 percent of them purchased a flat under the Tenants Priority Scheme (TPS), said the HDB in a statement. Read more here.
Recent declines in the Singapore stock market could signal a further property price correction in the coming months, according to JLL. This comes as stock market movement typically leads property market movement by one to two quarters. “Looking back into the past, the residential market for example, corrected by four to six percent a quarter in some instances,” said Dr Chua Yang Liang, JLL’s Research Head for South East Asia. Find out more here.
While the government will continue to help Singaporeans own homes and have put measures in place to protect first-time buyers from a hot housing market, “they must have a realistic pathway to achieving their aspirations”, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam. Read more here.
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Church officials announced plans last month to close 45 elementary schools and four high schools in response to rising costs and declining enrollment. But church officials said they were revising the plan and now 33 elementary school buildings are slated to close.
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dougstanton wrote:OnPointTony wrote:thrillrideseeker wrote:So since this is Cedar Point related I thought you guys might like to see! I came across this photo on facebook. It was taken yesterday... But no one can figure it out! Any ideas?
This photo was apparently taken in the fall, not recently. We placed a car on the track to install a new trim brake. Did I mention we have a new water ride this year? It's pretty sweet.
Can you fill me in on exactly where that is on the ride? The angle the picture was taken from is throwing me off. It looks to be in the same spot where there are already trims. Is it a new trim brake for the old location or a new trim on a different spot in the ride? Thanks Tony.
Looks like the same location the old trims are in...just probably a new brake, as they wear out after a while also, just like your car when it needs new brakes. They just needed something to test it with and reassure it works efficiently, I'm guessing.


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U.S. Housing Starts Surged Last Month to Highest in 13 Years
(Bloomberg) -- Groundbreakings on new U.S. homes surged in December to a 13-year high, giving the housing market momentum heading into the new year amid low mortgage rates, solid job growth and optimistic buyers and builders.
Residential starts rose 16.9% to a 1.61 million annualized rate after an upwardly revised 1.375 million pace in the prior month, according to government figures released Friday. The gain was the biggest in three years and well above all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Permits, a proxy for future construction, fell 3.9% to 1.42 million.
Shares in homebuilding companies rose at the open of New York trading, with the index climbing to the highest since August 2005.
- The data indicate residential construction added to fourth-quarter growth after contributing in the previous quarter for the first time since the end of 2017. While the spike may not be immediately sustained at these levels, demand has been fueled by mortgage rates near a three-year low as the job market remains resilient and wage gains help put money into the pockets of potential homebuyers.
- Construction of single-family homes rose 11.2% to the highest since mid-2007, while permits for those dwellings decreased 0.5%. Groundbreakings for the multifamily category, which tends to be more volatile and includes apartment buildings and condominiums, jumped 29.8% to the highest since 1986.
- The full-year gain was more subdued, as new-home construction rose 3.2% following 3.9% in 2018. Permits were up 3.9% in 2019.
- Even so, the strong overall reading on starts corroborates a jump in developers’ confidence. U.S. homebuilder sentiment posted the highest back-to-back readings since 1999 in December and January amid a jump in prospective buyers and a bump in the sales outlook.
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While there are reasons to be optimistic about the housing sector, December’s stellar performance appears to be mainly the result of unseasonably warm weather generating a pickup in construction activity amid heightened demand. Seasonal activity usually slows in the winter; housing starts typically decline in December.
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- The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for starts to rise to a 1.38 million pace. Estimates ranged as high as 1.48 million.
- All four regions posted a gain in starts, with the Midwest, South and West showing the best pace since 2006. Starts in the Northeast were the highest since August.
- About 179,000 homes were authorized but not yet started in December, down 6.3% from the prior month.
- The report, produced jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has a wide margin of error, with a 90% chance that the headline housing starts figure was between a 4.1% and 29.7% gain.
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A new independent regulator will be given powers to step in and resolve football’s financial row, according to a report.
The regulator will also oversee a more robust owners’ and directors’ test to ensure club bosses are properly vetted, and introduce a licensing system paid for by the clubs to ensure they are being run sustainably, The Sun reported.
The newspaper says it has seen a blueprint of the Government’s White Paper in response to the recommendations of the fan-led review, which was due to be published next week.
The report refers to the regulator being handed “Robin Hood-style powers” to “take money from the mega-rich Premier League to distribute funds across lower leagues”.
The fan-led review had called for the regulator to be given backstop powers to impose a financial distribution settlement if one could not be agreed between the Premier League, EFL and the Football Association.
The three organisations are meeting regularly to discuss the so-called ‘New Deal For Football’ which includes cash distribution from the Premier League to the rest of the pyramid.
The EFL’s chairman Rick Parry has called for a 25 per cent share in all broadcast revenues for his organisation, something the Premier League’s chief executive Richard Masters had said would be a “disaster”.
Parry has admitted his organisation has “virtually no leverage” in the talks and had called for a new regulator to be given backstop powers.
The report does not mention anything in the White Paper regarding a transfer levy of up to 10 per cent to further support the pyramid, which had been one of the recommendations of the fan-led review.
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Home » In Pursuit of Truer Pastures? The Myths About Investing in Agriculture You Need to Uproot
Whether you realize it or not, society relies on agriculture. Food, clothing, and shelter all have roots in farming. However, farmers need money to manage their farms and deliver crops to the necessary stores.
As populations grow, farmers have to feed more people with a fixed amount of land. By investing in agriculture, we can still accommodate the expanding food demand of future generations without becoming farmers ourselves.
Here are some common myths about investing in agriculture that you should weed out during your research process.
There is no such thing as a risk-free investment. If you stumble upon one, you’re probably the victim of a scam. However, the agriculture industry is not inherently more risky than any other. One advantage to an agricultural investment is that it does not rely on the stock market, meaning you can garner more sizable returns than other assets. Furthermore, it does not sway as much from inflation.
Some companies back your investment with land, such as FarmFolio. With resources like these on your side, you own plots of farmland to support the agriculture industry. Though the land may be susceptible to damage from pests, fire, disease, and droughts, you can subscribe to crop insurance and diversify your commodities to protect yourself if a natural disaster occurs.
To further safeguard yourself from risk, try to invest in multiple farms in different locations. Diversifying geographically can protect you financially and support several agriculture industry sectors.
Overall, farmland is a relatively stable investment. The value of farmland has nearly consistently risen since 1988, though the precise worth depends on the region. It is less volatile than commercial land investments, and it helps diversify your portfolio.
Farmland value will continue to rise with the population and demand for food. Also, conservation efforts, urbanization, and climate change limit the amount of land available for farming. All in all, it’s hard to go wrong with a farmland investment.
Agriculture is not a growing industry
Agriculture may be one of the oldest industries, but it continues to grow and evolve. Financial experts predict that the agriculture market will continue to expand between 2021 and 2026. Innovative technologies will expand the number of people that one farmer feeds by making it easier to grow crops in bulk.
For example, AppHarvest operates indoor farms that grow nutritious, affordable, non-GMO, and pesticide-free produce. AppHarvest farmers use 90% less water than standard agriculture. The only water used comes from recycled sources, lending to its sustainable business model. Since farming occurs indoors, it does not suffer from environmental damages like open-field processes.
GPS devices can operate tractors remotely, drones can check on animals at any time of day, and robots can carry out many farming activities. The expansion of the technology sector has led to simultaneous innovations in the agriculture industry.
You need to know agriculture to invest in it
Chances are you do not know much about agriculture, despite it being the backbone of modern society. However, this massive industry covers many different topics apart from farmers, such as:
Nurseries and florists that grow plants for sale
Biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms interested in plants
Biofuel production facilities
Regardless of what one classifies as agriculture, you do not need to understand zoology, biology, or agricultural science to invest in it. You can put your money in agriculture as you would with any stock. The most fundamental aspects of agricultural investments are the geographical location, market conditions, and the manager’s experience.
If you wish to invest in farmland and have a direct hand in it, you should learn a thing or two about agriculture. However, most investors are simply looking to diversify their portfolio when considering an agricultural investment. Those in the latter boat can treat it like any other stock. After all, you don’t need to know how to produce a television show to invest in Netflix.
Elites control the agriculture industry
Farmland is not all owned by big corporations. From a historical standpoint, people could not invest in agriculture unless they wanted to run a farm. Past inabilities to own farmland had to do with lack of access since many farms stay within families. These days, families still own most of the United States’ farmland.
However, young people are not as interested in farming as they used to be. This transition will open more farmland to investors interested in owning land. Furthermore, technological advancements make running a farm with minimal agricultural knowledge possible.
Many plots cost a lot of money to purchase. If you look around, you can find investment opportunities that cost less than $5,000. Overall, you will need more capital than you would if you plan on dabbling in stocks to invest in farmland. However, you do not need to spend your life savings on some land.
Alternative agriculture investments like timber and livestock operations do not have as steep an upfront cost as purchasing a massive farm. You can even invest in agricultural engineering stocks to support the industry for a lower price.
It takes decades to earn the principal back
As with most investments, you won’t see your money back immediately. However, it may only take a few years to earn back your principal. For the most part, you would get your dividends annually during the harvest.
Some farms have several harvests each year, so they pay out more frequently. Other farmers may agree to deals that pay you throughout the year.
If you want to increase the frequency and quantity of payments, consider diversifying your portfolio. Aim to support crops that grow in different seasons and global locations.
If you want to support the agriculture industry, you should prioritize investing in farmland and agricultural stocks. You do not need to know everything about the field to get started, and you can spend a relatively small amount. Don’t let these myths about the agricultural industry prevent you from planting the seeds of a life-changing investment.


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By Chef Judi Gallagher.
For me, there’s nothing like grilling in the summer. It is truly the American way to celebrate the Fourth of July with grilled ribs, burgers and yes, the quintessential hot dog. After all, there’s nothing that proclaims summer like barbecue sauce or a perfectly grilled steak, right?
True lovers of barbecue know that barbecued meat is cooked low (temperature) and slow (time) and that wood smoke is absolutely essential. Barbecue is an all-day, or even multiple-day, affair — it’s all about the
unhurried development of flavors. Beyond that, barbecue can be intensely personal and that’s one of my favorite things about it: you can make barbecue 100-hundred-percent your own.
One of the biggest trends in barbecue right now is the incorporation of global flavors. I’m an Asian-food junkie so this is thrilling for me — spicy Korean ribs sound amazing, as does Mexican-chili-infused chicken and garlicky Argentinean anything. Try working coconut milk, lemongrass or other flavors you love into your ‘cue’ and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Grilling, meanwhile, is a different but equally summer-appropriate culinary option. While barbecue is typically associated with meat, you can throw anything on the grill from juicy, thick pineapple slices sprinkled with brown sugar and a splash of apricot brandy to corn on-the-cob brushed with sundried
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Try incorporating Indian spices into your meats, or for corn or vegetables, herb flavored butters or oils. If you don’t have an outdoor grill, no problem — I love my grill pan for stovetop grilling. And best of all, grilling is quick. Your food will be ready in no time, sometimes in as little as 15 minutes.
This summer, step outside your comfort zone and add and experiment with new flavors at the grill station. Add a crisp summer salad, some homemade pie or cobbler, and an icy, thirst-quenching drink — maybe sweet tea or lemonade, a flavorful margarita, or your favorite beer — and call your friends and family, because after all, the best thing about both barbecuing and grilling is the sharing of flavors with your favorite people.
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2. Use a round grill pan with handle. My favorite is from the Companion Group catalog. I even toss and grill chicken breasts and drizzle with a little teriyaki glaze for a grilled stir fry.
3. Rub your porterhouse steaks with a generous portion of truffle salt and let rest at room temperature for 20 minutes before grilling. Trust me on this one — you’ll never go back to plain salt again.
4. Grilling pineapple or peaches makes for a lovely summer dessert. Top the fruit with a scoop of ice cream and some toasted coconut or a drizzle of spiced rum.
5. When you’re grilling ribs, make sure you serve a side dish of extra barbecue sauce and mini-biscuits or chunks of cornbread for dipping. Often, guests prefer extra barbecue sauce but don’t feel comfortable having to ask for it. Anticipate that need, pass around a pretty dish of sauce and dipping biscuits. Bonus – the leftover biscuits (if you’re lucky enough to have any) are perfect for mini-barbecued rib sandwiches the next day.
Grilled Peach Cobbler with Blueberries and Caramel Sauce
(Adapted from Chef Bobby Flay)
6 ripe peaches, halved, pit removed
1 pint blueberries
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted cold butter, melted, plus more if needed,
8 tablespoons light brown sugar, divided
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
1/2 cup granola
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup caramel sauce, heated
Heat the grill to medium. Place the peaches cut side down on the grill until browned. Remove from the grill, cut into wedges and place into a gratin dish. To the peaches add half the butter, half the brown sugar and half the cinnamon, and toss. Add the remaining butter, sugar and cinnamon to the granola in a small bowl and toss until combined, adding more butter if needed. Top the peaches with the granola mixture and place the gratin dish onto the grill. Close and bake until the peaches and granola are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Glazed Pork Chops
We tend to follow our mother’s advice and over cook pork. A perfect pork chop is a mere 12-13 minutes away and should be served medium, not well done. Juicy and best on the bone to seal in extra flavor, I prefer to grill thick cut pork chops outside, however a heavy cast iron skillet works well inside.
Since I am so busy, I find steps to “cheat”, like buying baked stuffed potatoes already prepared that need only to go into the oven for 15 minutes. I also found okra chips at Fresh Market – a fun and creative way to garnish your dish and quite tasty. And all your guests will comment on them because who ever heard of okra chips? You did by going outside of your usual grilling-meal comfort zone. Good for you!
¼ cup lime juice
¼ cup ketchup
¼ cup packed light brown sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
4 pork rib chops, 1 inch thick
¼ cup olive oil
2 teaspoons black pepper
Montreal steak seasoning
Dehydrated okra for garnish
The sweet glaze is the reason for finishing these chops over indirect heat. Brown sugar in the glaze easily will burn if left over direct heat. Cover the grill during grilling to retain the heat. Prepare grill for indirect grilling, heating one side to medium-high heat and keeping the other side unlit. Combine lime juice, ketchup, brown sugar, honey, and red pepper flakes for the glaze in a bowl; set aside half the glaze for serving and use remaining half during grilling. Rub pork chops with oil and season with salt and pepper.
Grill chops, covered, over heated side of grill for 3 minutes. Rotate chops 90 degrees and cook for another 3 minutes. Flip chops and place over unlit side of grill for 3 minutes. Brush chops generously with glaze. Cook chops until meat reaches an internal temperature of 155 degrees, 6–8 minutes. Serve with baked stuffed potato and okra garnish.
(Special thanks to Fresh Market for providing the wonderful ingredients for this photo shoot. Photographs by Rod Millington.)


Weekly Writ for Mar. 27: Alberta NDP leadership race bombshell
New polling on the leadership contest as well as where the federal Conservatives stand in Manitoba. Is Winnipeg bucking the trend?
Welcome to the Weekly Writ, a round-up of the latest federal and provincial polls, election news and political history that lands in your inbox every Wednesday morning.
Yesterday, the Alberta NDP leadership race was shaken up by the withdrawal of Rakhi Pancholi from the contest and her endorsement of former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi.
I’ll get into the implications of what this signals for the leadership campaign in a minute, but first let’s delve into some fresh new polling from Abacus Data.
The numbers suggest two things. First, that Nenshi gives the NDP the best chance to be competitive with the United Conservatives today (but ask me again in 2027). Second, that Nenshi does not guarantee the NDP a ticket back into the premier’s office.
The poll shows a wide gap between the UCP and the NDP, wider than we saw in recent surveys published by Pallas Data and Léger. It gives the UCP the lead with 55%, 15 points ahead of the New Democrats. Another 4% goes to smaller parties.
That gap is nearly twice the UCP’s winning margin of 8.6 points in last year’s provincial election.
Regionally, the NDP leads by 11 points in Edmonton while the UCP leads by eight points in Calgary and 38 points in the rest of the province. It adds up to another easy majority victory for Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives.
But what if we substitute the names of the NDP leadership contestants in for Rachel Notley, still officially the leader of the party?
It doesn’t get much better.
Abacus found that nearly every candidate does worse. The one who doesn’t make the margin worse between the UCP and the NDP is Naheed Nenshi.
With Nenshi as leader, the New Democrats would still lose by 15 points (but support for other parties more than doubles to 9%, suggesting some soft support that could be gotten from that direction).
Sarah Hoffman loses by 22 points, Rakhi Pancholi loses by 28 points, Kathleen Ganley loses by 27 points and Gil McGowan loses by 30 points.
Now, these are hypotheticals and the other contestants aren’t nearly as well known as Nenshi. But it’s clear that the NDP would have some ground to make up if they chose someone other than the former Calgary mayor.
Broken down by region, Nenshi improves the party’s position in his home city, cutting the current eight-point deficit by seven points. The situation worsens with the other contestants, however. Hoffman widens the gap to 14 points while Ganley increases it to 16 points.
Outside of the two big cities, Nenshi keeps the NDP’s support stable. The others preside over a drop of at least seven points.
Edmonton is a different story, however.
All of the tested candidates cause the NDP’s support to drop. The 11-point lead currently enjoyed by Notley slides to a one-point lead for Hoffman, a one-point deficit for Nenshi and a four-point deficit for Ganley.
This is worse news for Nenshi than it is the others, though. Nenshi is already well-known and Edmontonians have an opinion of him. He doesn’t boost the party, and probably loses it several seats on the suburban edges and in the so-called donut around the city. Hoffman and Ganley (and the others) cost the NDP support, but much of that can likely be attributed to their low name recognition. Edmonton is NDP-friendly, and Hoffman and Ganley are rather typical New Democrats. Their chances of working themselves back into a position similar to Notley’s in Edmonton are good — Nenshi might struggle more.
That is the risk and reward with Nenshi. Poll after poll suggests that Nenshi helps the New Democrats in Calgary and could boost them beyond their performance in 2023. They don’t suggest he has much of an impact on their prospects outside of the two big cities, but those prospects were dim anyway. He could lose them support in Edmonton. Would he lose enough to cancel out potential gains in Calgary?
And, more importantly, does he have what it takes to maintain his positive ratings straight through to the next campaign?
He starts out in a relatively better position than Smith. More Albertans have a positive impression of Smith (38%) than they do Nenshi (31%), but Nenshi’s negative scores (23%) are almost half of Smith’s (40%). If he can keep his ratings positive, that alone would be an improvement on how Albertans viewed Rachel Notley in 2023.
Now, to what is in this week’s instalment of the Weekly Writ:
News on the bombshell development in the Alberta NDP leadership race.
Lots of federal polls, with special spotlights on Manitoba, Quebec and British Columbia. We also have some provincial numbers for those three, as well as in Ontario, and nationally on the carbon tax.
Fewer than 70 seats for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals if the election were held today.
Two familiar faces contest a Saskatchewan seat in this week’s riding profile.
The 1930 Alberta Liberal leadership contest in the #EveryElectionProject.


THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: VIOLENCE; Dozens of Iraqi Police Still Missing Days After Night Ambush
By KIRK SEMPLE; Ali Adeeb and Michael Moss contributed reporting from Baghdad for this article, and Iraqi employees of The New York Times from Najaf, Basra and Kirkuk.
Published: April 16, 2006
Dozens of Iraqi police officers caught in a deadly ambush north of Baghdad on Thursday were still missing on Saturday, and their colleagues feared that some had been captured by insurgents or killed, police officials said.
The American military command said 9 police officers were killed and 7 wounded in the attack, which began after nightfall as a convoy of more than 100 police officers was returning to Najaf from an American base in Taji, a trip of about 110 miles. The Iraqis had visited the base to pick up several vehicles.
A major in the Najaf police force, who was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters, said Saturday that Iraqi authorities had accounted for only about 60 officers, including 1 dead, 18 wounded and more than 40 survivors who had returned safely to police headquarters.
The rest were missing and presumed to be kidnapped, dead, hiding or to have not yet reported for duty in Najaf, officials said.
Police officials at the Najaf headquarters said that when they tried calling the cellphone of one of the missing officers, an unidentified man answered, laughed chillingly and said, ''If you are brave, come and get him.''
The convoy was attacked while it was passing through a predominantly Sunni Arab area just north of Baghdad, where Iraqi security forces have conducted numerous raids on suspected insurgent strongholds and come under frequent attack.
The Iraqi police, accompanied by an American military police unit for protection, had gone to Taji to retrieve 10 vehicles from the Americans, the authorities said.
According to Maj. Gen. Abbas Maadal, chief of police in Najaf, the Iraqis had requested permission to stay overnight on the base because of the hazards of traveling at night. They were denied, General Maadal said, and were sent back to Najaf. The American military police escort also left the base, though ahead of the Iraqis, officials said.
Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, an American military spokesman in Baghdad, disputed General Maadal's account, telling The Associated Press that the police had never asked to stay on the base.
Clarifying an earlier report, Maj. Steven Stover, another military spokesman in Baghdad, said Saturday that the American escorts had planned to rest overnight in Rustamiya, south of Baghdad, not Taji. He added that he had no knowledge of the Iraqis' plans and could not speak for the Iraqi police force.
Ann Bertucci, a spokeswoman for the American military's police training program, said the Iraqis never planned to stay the night at Taji. ''It was always planned as a day trip,'' she said. ''They arrived, fueled up and left.''
The American command referred all further inquiries to the Iraqi authorities. General Maadal declined to comment further on Saturday. The governor of Najaf, Asad Abu Goulal, also declined to reveal further details of the case.
Iraq's political leaders continued their scrum over a new government, as members of the leading Shiite bloc met to debate whether Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari should remain the government's top official.
An independent member of the bloc said Saturday that the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani sent a communiqu?o the Shiites on Friday. Though the contents of the letter were not made public, another senior member of the bloc, Ridha Rawad Taki, seemed to be referring to the document when he said in an interview on Al Iraqiya television that the bloc had received ''instructions'' from Mr. Sistani ''that everybody should submit concessions to solve this issue.''
Iraq's political leaders are under extraordinary pressure to resolve the impasse. Parliament is scheduled to convene Monday. In addition, Iraqi and American political leaders assert that lawlessness has thrived and government bureaucracies have slowed to a crawl in the absence of a permanent government.
''There will be a change soon, and the crisis will be solved,'' said Jalal Edeen al-Sagheer, a senior member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a Shiite party that has opposed Mr. Jaafari's nomination. ''If things move as they are right now, we will reach a solution in 24 hours.''
The American military command said Saturday that a marine died in a vehicle accident in Anbar Province on Saturday.
In Basra, gunmen killed Lt. Col. Ali Muhammad Abdul Latif, the chief of the city's traffic police, and wounded his driver, the police said.
An official from Basra's riot police division, Saleh Abdul Karim al-Asadi, was also killed by gunmen, police officials said, adding that Mr. Asadi's bullet-riddled body was found Saturday under a bridge.
In Baghdad, a homemade bomb detonated near an Iraqi Army convoy in Dora, killing three Iraqi soldiers and wounding eight, an Interior Ministry official said.
Photo: A funeral procession for a slain policeman yesterday in Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani/Associated Press)


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Cats don’t understand or sense time in the same ways as humans, but they interpret the passage of time based on things like their internal body clocks, hunger, and observation of your activities. They can also accurately judge the time between events that regularly occur around them, allowing cats to determine when it’s time for you to get up based on cues from the sun and regular observations of your morning routine.
How Cats Tell Time
Cats understand time primarily based on what happens around them and collect reference points from several sources, including your routine and their own feline circadian rhythms, to create a pattern used to understand and anticipate what’s supposed to happen at various times of the day.
Cats associate various times with particular activities, such as eating, playing, and cuddling. They also internalize the order in which activities occur and understand that their human usually wakes up, makes breakfast, and then feeds them. And they also have a good sense of the length of time between activities, like the neighbor pulling into their driveway and you arriving home.
Internal Body Clocks
Cats have internal body clocks that anchor their daily rhythms around their preferred hunting times— dusk and dawn. Their biological clocks trigger them to wake up around dawn and become energetic again just before and after sunset. This reliance on the sun explains why cats don’t adjust well to Daylight Savings Time.
Felines rely on hunger cues to know when it’s time for breakfast and dinner, which gives them further reference points for the passage of the day. So, while kitties may not be able to tell time accurately in human terms, they experience the passage of time and expect certain activities to occur in patterns. But cats probably don’t know what day it is automatically, as evidenced by the feline tendency to ignore its owner’s weekend sleeping patterns.
Do Cats Get Lonely?
Absolutely! Cats in one scientific study initiated contact more frequently and engaged with their owners in affectionate ways more often after being separated. Cats often form attachments to their people that resemble those between human parents and children. However some veterinarians suggest that cats don’t have a deep-seated need to bond with humans but instead choose to become attached to specific people based on how they’re treated and that particular cat’s level of socialization.
Cats can suffer separation anxiety when left to fend for themselves for too long. Solo, indoor female cats tend to be diagnosed with the condition more often than other pets. Common indications of a cat suffering from separation anxiety include excessive meowing, litter box issues, excessive licking, and destructive behavior.
Reach out to your veterinarian if you suspect your cat is suffering from anxiety for any reason. Some physical conditions can cause similar behavior, so your veterinarian may want to rule those out before diagnosing your pet as suffering from separation anxiety.
How Long Can Cats Be Left Alone?
Most healthy adult cats can be left alone for 8 hours or so. While cats sleep much of the time when their humans are away, most benefit from having toys, games, and food puzzles to keep them entertained during those hours when they’re home alone.
Some cats, including Siamese and Abyssinian kitties, have high socialization needs and often require a fair amount of attention to thrive. These sensitive cats often do fine on their own if they have enough activities to keep them entertained. Senior cats often require more attention, particularly if they’re not feeling well or have difficulty getting around. Kittens should only be left alone for a few hours, although they can stay by themselves for more extended periods as they grow.
Healthy adult cats can be left for around 24 hours if you provide sufficient food and water. Timed dispensers make it possible to ensure your pet eats at their regular time if you’re going to be away for a night. And they also prevent cats from eating all their food at once!
You can hire a pet sitter to come and give your cat a bit of love if you’re going to be gone for longer than one night. Not only will a visit or two help keep your pet from getting bored and lonely, but the sitter can also make sure everything is going as planned, double-check to ensure your pet’s feeder is working properly and clean your cat’s litter.
Cats can tell time, but they do so in a different way than humans! Kitties use the environment to determine what’s supposed to be happening and when. Their internal clocks wake them up and encourage them to be more active around sunrise and sunset.
They also rely on regular household activities and patterns to learn how your family’s days generally unfold. They’re good at gauging the time between events, such as you arriving home and giving them dinner, and they also use hunger signals as clues to help them determine the time.
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DURHAM N.H. — To an outsider, the Oct. 23 match between the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Wildcats (5-7-2, 3-3-1) and Binghamton University, is just a pivotal match in the America East. A win for the Wildcats would all but clinch a playoff spot, while a loss would make their road to the postseason all the more difficult.
But, for the seven seniors on the Wildcats’ roster, Oct. 23 is a goodbye to a stadium they’ve called home for years. This is especially true for three senior captains, Casey Peterson, Francesca Picicci and Cat Sheppard, who are grappling with the fact they’re leaving a sport they’ve loved dating back to their youth.
All three found soccer thanks to their fathers. For Peterson and Picicci, their fathers were their first coaches and nurtured a love that still lingers today.
“I started playing soccer when I was three. My dad was the coach, so he was always pushing for me to play, and I loved it. I loved every second of it,” Picicci said.
For Sheppard, her father hailed from England and brought his love for the game to America. Sunday mornings were spent nestled in front of the television watching the Tottenham Hotspurs play across the Atlantic. Thanks to her father, Sheppard also found her way in front of the net.
“I originally played the field then I tried out for my travel team and my Dad said, ‘Oh just bring gloves just so you can play goalie’,” she said. “I was like ‘Okay fine,’ and I have been a goalie ever since.”
Their love was only matched by their talent. All three moved away from their school teams to club teams during their teenage years. Their play there brought the attention of colleges, including UNH head coach Steve Welham.
When recruiting, Welham looks for three things: A good person, a good student, and a good soccer player. Following a disappointing loss to the University of Maine in the America East tournament in 2015, Welham said the team needed to change if they were going to succeed moving forward. Peterson and Picicci were a part of that change.
“We knew that we needed to change the cultural dynamics of our program. And the two that really came to the forefront in the 2017 recruiting class was Francesca Picicci and Casey Peterson,” Welham said.
Welham’s attention shocked both Peterson, a Virginia native, and Picicci, a New York native. Mainly because they didn’t know the school even existed.
“I heard my club coach bring something up about UNH and how Steve was interested and I kind of remember thinking I don’t even know where New Hampshire is,” Peterson said.
Once they arrived on campus for their first official visits, though, neither player could get the school out of their head or their heart.
“I remember walking around, and meeting some of the girls and I just turned to my Mom and saying this is where I want to go to school,” Peterson said.
It was also on that first official visit, Peterson and Picicci opened the first chapter in a book they hope to write together during their lifetime.
“That was the first time we ever met, before freshman year, and we instantly clicked. We haven’t left each other’s side since that moment,” Picicci said.
“I definitely would not be the person I am without her today, and she’s probably made the biggest impact on my life,” Peterson said about their friendship. “I know that in college you find friendships and you stick together, but like she and I are in for the long run.”
A year later, Welham found himself in Hamdon, Connecticut at a scouting event. At around five o’clock that evening, after nine hours of watching players run up and down the field, he was debating leaving. Then he saw a young goalkeeper walk out in a Tottenham Hotspur jersey wearing number 35 with “Cat” on the back.
“I’m like, alright, I’ll go stay for one more game,” Welham said. He ended up staying until eight o’clock that night, with the hopes of bringing Sheppard to the team.
Like Peterson, Sheppard fell in love with the campus at first sight, “I mean I know it’s corny, but you kind of get this feeling and you’re like, oh I need to be here.”
During their run with the Wildcats, the three have become mainstays in the lineup. Peterson has appeared in 64 games over the last five seasons. While she’s only tallied five points in her career she’s been a consistent, stabilizing force for the team. Picicci is just short of that mark herself, appearing in 60 games over the last five years. This latest and final season has been her best yet as she leads the team with five goals and eleven points, both career bests.
Likewise, Sheppard has been a dynamo dating back to her sophomore year when she earned the starting goalkeeper job. Through 31 starts, Sheppard has collected 14 shutouts, which ties her for the fourth-most in school history, 129 saves, and a 0.806 save percentage. In addition to that, her 0.99 career goals-against-average, is currently the best in the program’s 36-year history. A feat even she wasn’t aware of.
“I didn’t know that,” Sheppard said between a laugh. “Yeah, that’s awesome. I’m going to knock on wood too. I mean I couldn’t do goals against anything without the backline in front of me, so I’m glad Steve Welham recruited a very solid and strong backline in front of me to help me with that.”
Their individual feats have earned them honors off the field, as well. Peterson was named a captain in 2019, and has held onto the title for three years now; another first in the program’s history. Starting in the abbreviated spring 2021 season, Picicci joined her as a co-captain, a nod she’s carried over to this fall season. Sheppard joined the duo this fall, solidifying a triumvirate that’s led a young team comprised of 16 underclassmen.
“The things that happen off the field, in the locker room during training sessions, Casey, [Picicci] and Cat are just instrumental leaders in that department with this really young team,” Welham said.
While their Wildcat careers may come to a close at the end of the month, the three said there are lessons they’ll carry with them past Durham.
All three have learned to appreciate the moment; to tackle every practice as if it were their last. This realization can be thanked in part to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic pushed the 2020 season to the spring of 2021 and deprived Peterson and Picicci of a traditional senior season. If not for the NCAA’s decision to grant seniors an extra year of eligibility, their March 28, 2020 match against Binghamton would’ve been the last game of their collegiate careers unbeknownst to them.
Picicci said the decision to return wasn’t a question.
“I love the girls, I love the team, I love the school, it was a no-brainer to just come back and play one more year. I was given the opportunity to do it, and I don’t regret it at all. I love it.”
Due to a job offer from a company she interned with over the summer, the decision wasn’t as easy for Peterson, who had to choose whether to start her work career or conclude her collegiate career. Luckily she was able to find a middle ground that allowed her to work part-time and return to the soccer pitch.
“I always knew I would regret it later in life if I didn’t come back and finish what I wanted to do,” Peterson said. “Everything just kind of worked out, and I’m able to do it all, which is kind of what I wanted.”
Welham himself is glad the two got to write their own endings. Not just for the team’s benefit, but for their benefit.
“That’s the biggest thing. For them to come back to finish on their terms, has been huge,” he said. “Now it’s up to us how we want to drive this thing home, and we control our own destiny. To be able to see that and know how much it means to them, it’s been wonderful.”
As senior day approaches, Picicci admitted she hasn’t considered this is the end of the line. That finality will not creep into the back of her mind until there’s nothing left on the schedule except empty days without the sport that’s defined her life.
“It’s probably not going to cross my mind until two weeks after our last game, whenever that may be. I don’t think I’ll process it until I’m sitting in my room doing nothing, and not going into practice, and it’ll probably hit,” Picicci said.
Overall, Peterson alongside her co-captains wouldn’t change anything about their journey with the team.
“It’s meant the world [to be a Wildcat]. I couldn’t imagine going to any other school and having had an impact at this school and people have had on me,” Peterson said. “I think it’s probably the best decision that I’ve ever made. I’m so grateful to have picked this school and have the people that have helped me throughout the last five years.”
Photos courtesy of UNH Athletics and Dave O’Brien


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Food safety is a complex problem. In today’s world, food’s journey from meadow to meal or hook to cook can include multiple steps, many vehicles, and several transformations. As demand for food increases, food is increasingly making longer and more complicated journeys with more companies participating in its production and delivery. As a result, the opportunities for the introduction and spread of contamination increase. Tackling this takes an organized, coordinated approach—across borders, governments, and industry—to ensure the safety of the world’s food.
Who We Are
The Global Food Safety Partnership is a unique public-private initiative dedicated to improving the safety of food in middle-income and developing countries.
We bring together fishers and farmers, business and industry, governments, regulatory bodies, international development organizations, and civil society to drive a globally-coordinated and locally-driven food safety approach.
What We Do
We combine food safety training and technical support so developing countries can improve their food safety systems and benefit from better compliance with food safety standards.
Tailored to the specific needs of individual countries and segmented to reach all the way up, down and across the food value chain, the Partnership benefits small farmers, food processors, retailers, supervisory and regulatory agencies, and policy-makers, among others.
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Food safety is critical to food security, poverty alleviation, and economic growth. But middle-income and developing countries may lack the capacity to address gaps in their food safety systems, or to educate producers and processors on safe food handling behaviors that could reduce the risks.
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Revell 1978 Chevy Blazer Pulled Pork Pulldozer Competition Truck 1:24 14532
Due in 3/24.
- High-performance Chevy small block V-8 engine
- Massive off-road Tires
- Raised 4-wheel-drive suspension
- Competition-ready equipment including racing drivers seat, roll bar, and eight suitcase weights.
- All-new decal sheet with American county fair “Pulled Pork” graphics.
- Molded in white and clear with chrome plated parts and black vinyl tires.