The World Is Turning Away China’s Cash
Chinese Globetrotting vs. The World
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- At the risk of understatement, it is complicated to be a Chinese company with global ambitions. The tariff tiff with the U.S. has made business challenging. China’s government tends to whipsaw between support and censure for homegrown companies embarking on asset-buying binges outside of China.
And, more than ever, China’s companies are finding barriers thrown up in the developed world to their potential investments in everything from semiconductors to money transfer services.
President Donald Trump recently signed legislation that gives the U.S. government more leeway to block even minority and passive investments by foreign companies for reasons of national security. The new rules were widely believed to be aimed at discouraging Chinese companies from acquiring U.S. businesses that would strengthen that country's technological prowess. The problem, writes Nisha Gopalan, is that it’s tough for potential acquirers in China to know what might trigger a close U.S. review of deals involving companies that handle “personal data” or deal with critical infrastructure.
It’s not just the U.S., either, with its … umm … complicated relationship with foreign trade and investment. Nisha notes that this month, Germany’s ruling government vetoed for the first time a proposed takeover of a German company by a Chinese one. A controversial purchase two years ago of German robotics firm Kuka made that country reconsider the ability of Chinese companies to buy Germany’s industrial stars.
All this comes as China has sought to open up a bit to foreign investment in response to longstanding gripes from world governments. That may eventually be seen as the kind of reciprocal treatment Western governments want, Nisha writes. For now, though, the world’s doors are shutting to Chinese investments.
Another Typical, Completely Insane Day at Tesla
You might think a securities investigation sparked by a hastily considered tweet might make Elon Musk step back from Twitter. Nope. The Tesla Inc. CEO instead fired off a Twitter response to Arianna Huffington’s concern about Musk’s apparent lack of sleep — and linked his long hours to a hardly reassuring mention of Tesla not going bankrupt. Why is Musk still tweeting at all, Liam Denning wonders?
Tesla insanity must come in pairs, so there was also a report that Saudi Arabia’s government investment fund — the same fund on which Musk based his claim of “funding secured” for a Tesla take-private deal — is considering writing a big check to a different electric vehicle company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The funding for a Tesla deal looks less “secured” by the day. Click here to read the whole thing.
Out of the Grecian Frying Pan ...
The good news: Greece is exiting what is supposed to be the last of its three painful bailouts. Bad news, Bloomberg’s editors write: The country is emerging with a crushing debt burden. European Union creditors insist that the load is bearable, and estimate Greece’s debt will decline from an alarming 180 percent of gross domestic product, to a still-staggering 100 percent of GDP by the year 2060. That assumption is based on very optimistic scenarios, the editors say, and the obvious solution is for the EU to provide Greece with genuine debt relief.
You Can’t Blame This on Avocado Toast
People in many desirable cities from Auckland to Toronto are complaining that they can’t afford to buy a home, and the blame has even fallen on millennials’ love of avocados on bread. There are, of course, less ridiculous culprits for unaffordable housing: an unusually long stretch of low interest rates, driven by government monetary policies; restrictions on new building construction; and growing populations driving up home demand.
Chris Bryant also points his finger at another: overseas property buyers. They are the target of a new ban by New Zealand’s government, which is apparently sick of nonresident billionaires buying property in their country as a hedge against the end of the world. New Zealand’s new law is a crude tool, Chris says, but an understandable one as speculative international capital has helped inflate the global housing bubble.
U.S. gasoline prices are the highest in four years, despite prices for crude oil that remain about 40 percent below the level just before a 2014 crash. The dynamics could add up to cooling demand for oil, writes Julian Lee:
PepsiCo Inc.’s $3.2 billion deal for the fizzy-drink machine maker SodaStream comes six weeks before Pepsi’s CEO steps down, and after a nearly 50 percent jump in SodaStream’s stock price just this month. It will be up to Indra Nooyi’s successor to make sure the pricey deal doesn’t fall flat, says Chris Hughes.
Tim Culpan sniffs out weaknesses in Qutoutiao, one of many news aggregation apps in China, and the country’s latest technology firm to pursue an IPO in the U.S.
In Turkey, “the choice is between a short and sharp recession, or a longer and much more painful one.”– Marcus Ashworth
The U.K. investor who rescued the failing department store chain House of Fraser needs to maintain good relations with the luxury goods industry and other key suppliers. – Andrea Felsted
The 2020 U.S. presidential race has already started in Iowa. – Albert R. Hunt
The key to poor countries becoming rich might be governments pushing domestic manufacturers to export a lot. – Noah Smith
Nearly half of U.S. households headed by a person under 35 carried student debt. – Danielle DiMartino Booth
Sociologists would get more attention for important research if they, you know, made the research easily available to the public. – Justin Fox
The best way to curb a harmful fixation on short-term corporate financial results is to make companies report their financials even more frequently. – Barry Ritholtz
A New Zealand government minister rode her bicycle to the hospital to give birth.
People in London aren’t happy about this New York Times travel article that belatedly heralds the city’s culinary turn away from bland oatmeal and blah meat dishes.
Technical problems at London’s Gatwick Airport forced staff to write flight information on whiteboards.
Hospital emergency departments are seeing a rash of electric scooter-related injuries. (Important context: There are more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year related to motor vehicle crashes.)
Now we can start blaming things on Generation Z instead of on millennials.
A history in tweets of the 1970s great calculator wars.
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MESA – Two years ago, when she became a Mormon, Andrea Hunt faced opposition from her staunchly Catholic Guatemalan family.
“They’re very Catholic,” said Hunt, now 24.
Hunt, who is married to former Mormon missionary Ryan Hunt, said her Catholic family grew to accept her conversion once they witnessed her happiness. The Hunts are expecting their first child soon.
The Hunts recently attended Noche Hispana, an evening meant to honor Latino members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who attend a Spanish-speaking ward in Mesa.
At the Noche Hispana celebration, tables were covered with plates of ceviche, tostadas, pupusas, empanadas. A mariachi band played. Sounds of laughter filled the room. Performers wearing costumes native to their countries danced traditional dances. The ward has members from Brazil, Honduras, Argentina, Mexico and other countries.
The local effort to honor and include Latinos shines a light on the church’s successful efforts to recruit Hispanics. NBC News reports that Latinos make up the “fastest growing group” in the church worldwide.
Cronkite News called the Church of Latter-day Saints news department several times over the span of two weeks seeking numbers of Latino members in the church. Eric Hawkins, the church spokesman, was unavailable for comment.
The large influx of Latinos into the church has likely impacted the church’s stance on immigration, said Dr. Sujey Vega, an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University.
In 2010, the church supported the Utah Compact, which argued for federal control of immigration over state immigration laws.
Vega, who researches the historic locations and growth of the Phoenix Latino community in the LDS Church and the role of family in the church, theorized that the Utah Compact was a response to the large Latin American influx in the church coupled with concerns about legislation targeting undocumented immigrants.
“In the last 20 to 30 years there’s been a significant increase [Latinos in the Mormon Church] both in Latin America and in the U.S.,” and the growth is attributable in part to heavy recruitment by Mormon missionaries, she said.
Bishop Mark Neville, serves in the Spanish speaking ward in Mesa. He had been a missionary in Bolivia, Peru and Chile, speaks fluent Spanish. He said he is a retired Tempe police officer.
“The Hispanic community is very family-oriented, and they love to party- and as you can see they love being together,” Neville said. “It’s like one big family.”

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Behind another sterling performance from ace Kevin Goulette and contributions from everyone around him, the Mountain View baseball team made sure that it remained in control of its fate in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
“I felt we didn’t play our best, but different elements of our team stepped up to get the win,” Mountain View coach Gabe Stewart said.
The Spartans topped Milpitas 6-2 to win the season series over the Trojans, who fall to third place in the El Camino.
With a mounting pitch count, Goulette was pulled after five innings. He allowed one run and struck out 12 to improve to 5-0 on the season.
“Even when Kevin struggles, by his standards, that’s enough to win,” Steward said.
Mountain View (11-3, 5-2 El Camino) scored once in the second, twice in the third and three times in the fourth, with the key hit a two-run triple by Brandon Farley, who closed the game with a 1-2-3 seventh inning for his fourth save.
The Spartans host division-leading Fremont-Sunnyvale twice next week with a chance to move into first place. “If we handle our business, the picture will become a lot less muddled,” Stewart said.
“They’re the nucleus of our team,” Gunn coach Troy De Vincentis said.
On Thursday afternoon, Bowers and Rea each hit doubles and Rea had three hits and scored three runs as the Titans climbed back to .500 in the El Camino race. Nine different players had hits for an offense that has produced 21 runs in its past two games.
“We started hitting the ball about three games ago, just at people,” De Vincentis said. “And now more of the team is starting to make contact and put the ball in play.”
Junior Jack Hannan had two hits and three RBIs for Gunn (5-7-2, 3-3), which played flawless defense and got five innings out of sophomore Graham Fisher, who scattered three hits and struck out seven.
“I still see about 5 to 7 mph that we can get out of his fastball,” De Vincentis said of his pitcher. “So he’s still developing, but he does what it takes to be a good pitcher. He throws strikes.”
Gunn (9-8-1, 2-1 El Camino) managed six hits, with Claire Collins collecting a single and a double. Los Altos (5-10, 2-2) had seven hits, as shortstop Kelsey Ayers finished with a triple and two singles.
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A helicopter flew some of the boys to the nearby city of Chiang Rai where they were taken by ambulance to hospital.
A team of 13 global cave diving experts and five Thai divers entered the precarious cave system at 10am local time on Sunday, after attempts to drill through to them were abandoned.
"Now and in the next three or four days, the conditions are ideal [for evacuation] in terms of the water, the weather and the boys' health", said Narongsak, governor of the Chiang Rai province, where the caves are.
Authorities have been rushing to extract the boys, ages 11-16, and their coach from the cave as the annual monsoon bears down on the mountainous region in far northern Chiang Rai province.
Some took time on Sunday to pay tribute to Saman Gunan, a Thai Navy SEAL who died while trying to ensure the boys had enough oxygen.
Southgate, and England, reap reward for faith in Pickford
England prevailed 4-3 in the shootout, meaning it will go on to face Sweden in the quarter finals at midnight on Saturday. That's why I got a clean sheet tonight.
A source at the Chiang Rai hospital said that five emergency response doctors were awaiting the boys and a further 30 doctors were on stand-by. At the request of Thai authorities, Harris went into the cave yesterday to assess the boys and their coach before rescuers attempted the operation.
"The prime minister said that this kind of event should never happen again on Thai soil", Narongsak told reporters.
Water from heavy rains have flooded the cave, leaving the team trapped inside.
The boys were each being led by two divers as they went through 4km of pitch darkness, trudged through thick mud, clambered over slippery jagged rocks and dived through narrow passageways swirling with cold, strong currents.
The dramatic and risky rescue at the Tham Luang cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai was launched on Sunday and four boys were brought out that day.
The names of the four boys rescued from the caves last night have not been officially confirmed.
The four boys pulled from the cave Sunday in an urgent and risky operation that involved them diving through the cave's dark, tight and twisting passages were happy and in good health, authorities said.
Pompeo in Pyongyang to nail down details of North Korea agreement
However, the US department of state said this did not represent any easing on its stance toward denuclearization. This is Pompeo's third trip to North Korea in three months, last visiting in May ahead of the Trump-Kim summit.
The Wild Boars and their coach became trapped on June 23 when they set out to explore the vast cave complex after soccer practice, when a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels. Gen. Anupong said that process could take several hours.
A relative of one of the 12 boys, speaking to Kyodo News, compared Sunday's rescue to a miracle, adding that she wishes to see the remaining boys and coach get out soon.
It is still not clear how the boys will be rescued. They eventually found a dry landing spot, where they waited for nine days before being found by two British divers.
More rain is expected in the coming weeks.
"Football's Coming Home. First Wild Boars Out", a headline on one online Thai paper said on Monday, referring to a song chanted by English soccer fans at the World Cup now underway in Russian Federation. And many of them are experienced cave divers, which certainly helps because this is a very risky operation.
A frantic rescue mission was hatched in the week since they were found.
Hollywood ending in LA, as Lakers land LeBron
Once James committed to the Lakers, Stephenson was a top player on the team's priority list. If James goes to Los Angeles, it looks like he will be the first star to do so.


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It has been a long time that Power star Pawan Kalyan has mesmerized the fans after ‘Jalsa.’ His venture with SJ Suryah named ‘Komaram Puli’ has been in making from last two years and Producer Singanamala Ramesh and fans have kept too many hopes on this movie.
As per few reports from reliable sources, presently ‘Puli’ is busy in the re-shoot of few scenes and as soon as this schedule will be completed, patchwork will be commenced to make the movie ready in the month of March. Audio which has already few songs leaked on net may be releasing sometime in first week of March. AR Rahman is known to have offered some extra ordinary tunes to suit the image of Pawan Kalyan.
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Trial is still underway for the Canadian couple accused of allowing their toddler son to die of meningitis after they treated him with herbs instead of taking him to the hospital. David and Collet Stephan have pleaded not guilty, but the case is sparking a larger debate over whether naturopathic doctors should be permitted to treat children at all.
There were 2 reasons someone I know chose their pediatrician, and it was based on negative Yelp reviews:
- The pediatrician would not see any parents who had guns in the home.
- The pediatrician refused to serve parents who refused to vaccinate.
Sounded like a good criteria to me.


A grand jury has extended an investigation into whether to charge anyone with crimes in a Grand Rapid lawmaker's party switch.
Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is the lone grand juror in the probe that also involves the role of Republican House Speaker Jase Bolger. Her office on Wednesday released an order extending the investigation until August at the request of investigators.
Rep. Roy Schmidt's switch to the GOP last May came under scrutiny when he offered money to a political novice to run as a Democrat against him. Democrats say Bolger possibly conspired to obstruct justice, though a Kent County prosecutor said no crimes were committed.
Ingham County judges agreed to Democrats' grand jury request last August.
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SMALL markets will be established in Kitwe’s city centre where street vendors will be trading from instead of vending in the corridors, UPND Kitwe mayoral candidate Martin Mambwe has said.
And one of the Rainbow Party members who was among supporters of the party’s mayoral candidate, Felix Mwasuka, was handed over to the police when she was found with two voters’ cards belonging to other people.
After successfully filing his nomination papers for the position of mayor for Kitwe at the Civic Centre on Tuesday, Mr Mambwe said if elected he would ensure that small markets were constructed within the city centre from where vendors would be trading.
He said vendors were trading in the city corridors because they had no designated trading places.
And a Rainbow party member produced her National Registration Card with another person’s voters cards.
When she was asked to produce her voter’s card, she instead produced a voters card belonging to somebody else.
At this point she was handed over to the police who were maintaining law and order at the Kitwe Civic Centre where the filing of nominations for the position of mayor were taking place.
After being questioned for more than 10 minutes, she was taken to the Kitwe Central Police Station where police continued with their investigations regarding the issue.
Asked to comment on the matter, Mr Mwasuka said he had no full details regarding the arrest of one of his supporters.
He however promised to motivate council workers by ensuring that they were paid on time, unlike the current situation when they were always in arrears.
Mr Mwasuka said he would ensure the council always delivered quality services to the public if council workers were motivated to work harder.
“One of the things I want to work on once elected as Kitwe mayor is to motivate council workers to work harder and deliver quality services.
I will motivate them by ensuring that they are paid on time, unlike the situation now where they are always in arrears,” Mr Mwasuka said.
And Patriotic Front (PF) mayoral candidate for Kitwe Christopher Kangombe said if elected he would ensure that there was transparency in land allocation to gain confidence of the public.
He said under his leadership, the council would run an open-door policy where residents would be able to suggest better ways of running the council.
“The council exists because it wants to serve members of the public and so under my leadership, the council will run an open-door policy where people would be able to suggest better ways of running the council so that they are served effectively and efficiently,” Mr Kangombe said.


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CELEBRATE THE GREATNESS THAT IS WARIO WITH ONE OF NINTENDO'S BEST WII U GAMES EVER
Sound the trumpets! Unleash the doves! Let the parades begin! The moment people have been waiting for is finally here! No, Wario is not making his debut as an underwear model... he reached his Crowdfarter goal of 100 katrillion coins, which means his new game, Game & Wario, is now available on the Wii U console! Game & Wario is the world’s first action-platform-sketching-puzzle-shooting-design-rhythm-sports game and uses the Wii U GamePad controller in amazingly awesome ways. It was also designed by Wario himself … so how could it not be spectacular?
"SPOILER ALERT!" said Wario, a man known for spoiling many things. "MY GAME IS SO AMAZING THAT IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! WAHAHAHAHA!"
Game & Wario is composed of 16 unique games that demonstrate the creative power of second-screen gaming on Wii U. According to Wario, games that contain 16 games are scientifically proven to be 15 times better than games that only feature one game.* Players can enjoy Pirates, a game starring Wario dressed as a handsome pirate; Arrow, a game that uses arrows shaped like Wario's glorious nose; and a ton of other awesome games that are all packed into a box that has Wario’s face on it. Summary: This game is all about Wario so of course it is amazing.
These are only a few examples of the 16 games in Game & Wario. Imagine even more of these creative and fun games, plus dozens upon dozens of bonus prizes that you can get in the game's rewarding CLUCK-A-POP capsule dispenser – a chicken-shaped machine that dispenses some of the wackiest prizes that … wait, why are we even explaining what this is? It's a giant capsule machine shaped like a chicken – that's all that matters!
Each of the games in Game & Wario is presented in a beautiful art style and stars one of the many charming employees that work with Wario at WarioWare, Inc. Characters like Mona, Jimmy T, Dribble and Spitz make their debuts on the Wii U console. Each one is incredible in his or her own way. Not that we are suggesting anyone is more awesome than Wario.
Between the numerous games, the wild uses of the GamePad controller, the trademark humor the Wario games are known for and the fact that Wario’s handsome, chiseled, mustachioed face is on the box of the game, what's not to love about Game & Wario? The game is now available in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
For more information about Game & Wario, and to check out a bunch of pretty pictures, visit http://gameandwario.nintendo.com.
*Not based on actual scientific data.
About WarioWare, Inc.: Founded by genius entrepreneur Wario, WarioWare, Inc., is a game-design company that pretty much makes the best games ever. Since its launch in 2003, WarioWare, Inc., has produced such classics as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and WarioWare: Twisted! for the Game Boy Advance hand-held system, WarioWare: Smooth Moves for Wii and the Game & Wario game for Wii U. WarioWare, Inc., is based in Diamond City and employs a celebrated team of diverse employees, including a cat, a cyborg and an alien. Like we said: diverse. For more information about WarioWare, Inc., please refer to the word "awesome" in the dictionary.
Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies on Nintendo eShop
Starting on Nov 28th, you can follow the epic journey of your favorite Pokémon Trainer, Ash, in Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies on Nintendo eShop! Ten episodes from Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies, the Pokémon animated series, will be released on Nov 28th and then five more episodes will be released every week until Dec. 26, so be sure to visit the Nintendo eShop every Thursday to see what new adventures await Ash and his friends! Read more...
Coming Soon to the Nintendo eShop: Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and the Rest of the Louvre
Nintendo has come up with some Nintendo 3DS software artistic enough to make even a 16th-century icon smile. For more than a year, visitors to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris have been able to rent Nintendo 3DS systems loaded with software that serves as an interactive museum guide. Now Nintendo is making this software available to Nintendo 3DS owners everywhere. Read more...
Nintendo and Southwest Airlines bring friends, families and fun together for the holidays
Nintendo and Southwest Airlines surprised a full flight today, giving every single customer on board a free Wii U console. More than 100 passengers on flight 1883 from New Orleans to Dallas Love Field received Nintendo's HD video game system after they were greeted upon arrival by Mario himself. Mario surprised the customers with a special announcement during the flight, and Nintendo and Southwest Airlines representatives were on board to share in the fun. Read more...
Three Huge Franchises, One Epic Nintendo Launch Day
For any Nintendo fan, Nov. 22 is going to be one of the best days of the year. On Friday, three new games in three extraordinary franchises are launching on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems. Super Mario 3D World for Wii U, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems and Mario Party: Island Tour, also for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, are all launching in stores and in the Nintendo eShop. Read more...
Nintendo Bringing Nintendo Network ID and Miiverse to Nintendo 3DS
A December system update for the Nintendo 3DS portable system will allow users to combine their Nintendo eShop account balance for both Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Nintendo announced the news during a Nintendo Direct video released earlier today. Read more...

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"Naked" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the seventy-eighth episode overall. Written and directed by co-creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, respectively, it aired on Fox in the United States on January 31, 2013.
The Dalton Academy Warblers are exposed for using steroids for their participation in Sectionals, and New Directions is given another chance to compete in Regionals. To raise money for the bus, Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) successfully proposes they make a sexy "Men of McKinley" calendar with the male members of the New Directions.
Heathen is the twenty-second studio album by English rock musician David Bowie, released in 2002. It was considered a comeback for him in the US market; it was his highest charting album (number 14) since Tonight (1984), and earned some of his strongest reviews since Let's Dance (1983). Worldwide, it sold more than two million copies and experienced a four-month run on the UK charts. Although its production had started before the September 11 attacks in 2001, the album was finished after that date, which resulted in the influencing of its concept.
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Heathen marked the return of record producer Tony Visconti, who co-produced (with David Bowie himself) several of Bowie's classic albums. The last album Visconti had co-produced was Scary Monsters in 1980. This was the first album since Bowie's pre-Tin Machine work to not include guitarist Reeves Gabrels
Originally, Bowie had recorded the album Toy for release in 2000 or '01. This album was meant to feature some new songs and remakes of some his lesser-known songs from the 1960s. Although Toy remains officially unreleased, a few of its tracks—including "Afraid" and "Slip Away" (then titled "Uncle Floyd")—appear on Heathen. Some other re-recorded songs were included as B-sides to the singles from Heathen.

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With payday loan imprumuturi banis’ popularity growing over the last few years loan businesses have now begun to take risks using their customers’ credit ratings. There are lots of questions that have to be answered before a loan can be approved, and it is important to determine what the guidelines are.
Most payday loan companies need obligations to clean that the loans . They report each paycheck date in order that they may be reported in both or one of the following manners: paid in time, late, or refused. The credit reporting agencies will be the only entities who is able to do so, since payday loans are not normally reported as income.
The scores can be afflicted with late payments, but these have no effect on whether a borrower has a credit history that was bad or good. All of it depends the consumer waited between pay dates, and how long the loan has been pending.
Many payday lenders report your own credit score every six months approximately. This is sometimes great for creditors, because in the event you are approved for a loan your score is likely to be lower than if you submit an application for a loan. As lenders could be more generous to people who have credit scores that are higher with loans, as they can be more demanding with borrowers with low scores.
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In order to get qualified for a loan, you want to get a credit score. Lenders may require you to provide proof of employment to back your salary For those who have bad credit.
Ordinarily, a pay day loan is about $200, that is reimbursed over a period of four to fourteen days, usually for a small amount. Borrowers credit online spain have been offered a introductory speed, but some could also offer you a loan for a further fee.
The no-risk introductory rate is usually quite high and it has a very substantial rate of interest, sometimes well above 20 percent. This is true if you want a long term loan, such as more or six months. It’ll soon be a great deal more easy to pay as opposed to a no-risk loan, although the interest rate is substantially higher for a loan.
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It is possible to expect the APR to become higher in case you secure a loan by means of a loan company rather than the usual bank. The cost of a loan is high, therefore it is very important to bear in mind you will be paying a lot more money than you’d have on a credit card or other corresponding borrowing.
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Kentucky linebackers bonding with Titans
When Wesley Woodyard made one of his periodic visits back to his alma mater, the University of Kentucky, a young Wildcats linebacker asked him for advice.
"He asked me how I got to where I am in the NFL, and I told him, 'You have to be one of the best players on your team and be one of the most dominant players in your conference,' " said Woodyard, a veteran linebacker now with the Titans. "You have to be a great leader on the field and off the field. Do the right thing and lead by example."
That young linebacker, Avery Williamson, must have learned his lessons well. He piled up 102 tackles as a senior (tops on the team and fifth-best in the SEC) and the Titans made him a fifth-round draft pick.
Now that the two former Wildcats are teammates in Nashville, the Big Blue line of communication continues. But it's now a two-way street.
"He accepts all the coaching I give him, but one thing I also tell him is to coach me," Woodyard said. "If there's something I'm not doing right, I tell him to tell me, and I think that's a good way to keep him tuned in all the time."
Williamson, a Milan native, doesn't sound as if he's shy about critiquing Woodyard, who has six years of NFL experience.
"I feel pretty confident, so if he asks (for advice), I'll tell him," he said. "We're just trying to help each other be the best linebackers possible."
One aspect of the players' relationship remains more traditional between veteran and rookie.
"He's a little hard on me," Williamson said. "He always makes me carry the helmets off the field."


'Depaving' project carves green space out of Ottawa street
Community has been working on Pontiac Street project for 3 years
A street in Ottawa's Kitchissippi ward is being "depaved" — in the hopes of creating a little more paradise.
Volunteers were out Saturday removing the asphalt on a short stretch of Pontiac Street, in order to seamlessly connect nearby Champlain Park with the National Capital Commission lands along the Ottawa River, as well as the Sir John A. Macdonald Winter Trail.
The road used to be open to vehicles, but had been blocked off by planters for the past year. The community has been working on the project to change the underused paved area to green space for about three years.
A fence separating the green spaces will also be removed.
Yesterday morning, volunteers removed asphalt by hand "as much as possible," said Jen Stelzer, manager of community sustainability programs with Ottawa non-profit EnviroCentre, which helped co-ordinate the project.
"A lot of the time, these big community projects can sort of just happen behind the scenes. But in this case, we actually have scored all of this asphalt ... and we'll be using pry bars to lift it out by hand. And the community will come together and really experience that many hands make light work," Stelzer said.
"It really brings ownership back to the spaces in our environment."
'Win-win' for community
EnviroCentre has carried out two other depaving projects in Ottawa this year at École élémentaire publique Marie-Curie and Elgin Street Public School, but this is the first involving a city street.
"It just makes sense to [reconnect] it back to nature," said Adrian Bradley, a volunteer with the Champlain Park Community Association.
For some time, the community association had been trying to find a way to connect the park with the nearby Champlain Woods. Bradley said depaving Pontiac Street also makes it easier for people to access the lands along the Ottawa River.
"It's a win-win for the whole community," he said. "Everybody can make a difference. Doesn't matter how small it is."
Will help with flooding
Kitchissippi ward Coun. Jeff Leiper said the project will also help improve drainage in the area as big infill projects take up permeable space.
"That's putting a strain on our stormwater system. As storms become more intense, as we see more things like flooding, having more green space to soak up some of that water is going to be critical," said Leiper.
Leiper called the redesigned stretch of Pontiac Street "a space for people rather than a space for vehicles."
"That's something we have to do more of, again, as we intensify our neighbourhoods," he said. "The quality of life that we have is going to be dependent on having great outdoor spaces."
About $25,000 from cash-in-lieu funds from Leiper's office went toward the Pontiac Street project, along with about $12,000 from EnviroCentre and Green Communities Canada through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
"I think it's wonderful," said volunteer Heather Dunlop, adding she hoped to see more depaving projects in the future.
"I think it makes a nice green space right down to the river that the kids and people who want to use the trails can access."


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Dr. Atholl Sutherland Brown, who served as British Columbia’s 8th Chief Geologist from 1975 to 1984, has died in Victoria at the age of 93. Atholl was born in Ottawa, but grew up mainly in Victoria. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and, as a member of the Royal Air Force in Burma, flew 48 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, Atholl attended the University of British Columbia and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in geology at Princeton. He joined the BC Geological Survey in 1951 and was involved in early mapping of the Cariboo and the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Atholl was an excellent scientist and wrote numerous papers on the geology and mineral deposits of British Columbia, especially porphyry copper and molybdenum deposits. This expertise lead to his editorship of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Special Volume No. 15 on “Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera”. Atholl also authored several books including two published by the Geological Association of Canada. The first was “British Columbia’s Geological Surveys 1895-1995: A Century of Science and Dedication”, which was a lively history of the BC Geological Survey and its gyrations published in 1998 to mark its 100th year anniversary. His most recent book “Searching for the Origins of Haida Gwaii - Adventures While Mapping the Geology of the Islands 1958-1962” was published in 2013 and is a testament to his incredible energy and fine intellect right to the end of his life.
Atholl was a natural leader always looking for ways to gave back to the geological community. He served as President of the Geological Association of Canada in 1980 and was a charter member of the Committee of Provincial and Territorial Geologists. The Committee remains instrumental in establishing closer relationships amongst the provincial, territorial and federal geological surveys.
Atholl was an active member of the Victoria geological community and could be counted on to show up at the Survey’s alumni golf tournament, Open House, and various social events. He was held in very high regard by the Canadian geological community and will be greatly missed.
A service will be held at the University of Victoria’s Interfaith Chapel on Jan. 19 at 12:30 p.m.
Stephen M. Rowins
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Jay Kent Taylor
Jay Kent Taylor June 21, 1946 - January 4, 2017 With profound sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved and loving husband, father and grandfather, Jay Kent Taylor, in his home in Birch Bay, Washington on January 4, 2017.Jay is survived by his wife, soul mate and joy of his life, Florence Taylor and children: Kevin (Cherie) Taylor; Denise Taylor (Ryan Chamness) and Trevor Taylor. He leaves behind, siblings Sherrill (Blaine) Nelson, Glenn (Janice) Taylor, Micheline (Will) McKay and Sidney (Catherine) Taylor. Cherished grandchildren: Spencer and Marissa (Taylor) and Ethan Chamness.Jay was born June 21, 1946 in Burnaby, BC, the eldest son of Sidney and Mavis Taylor. After spending most of his childhood years growing up in South Burnaby, Jay continued his post-secondary education completing professional degrees in geological and mining engineering at the University of British Columbia.Jay worked as a global pioneer in mining spanning the last 33 years of his career leading Placer Dome Inc. The challenges opened doors for both Jay and Florence to live abroad in Canada, Chile, South America, and The United States of America.After retiring, Jay continued his hobbies in classic car restoration, as well as travel with his many friends and family. He took pride in seeing all his family pursue their education and dreams. He had an enormous impact on all those who knew and worked with him. Most of all, Jay loved his wife, children and grandchildren and they will miss him immensely. The family will be confirming a future date for his celebration of life. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bellingham Peace Health Hospice Society.To leave a condolence for the family, please visit www.sigsfuneralservices.com.All my love forever.........

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Amazon Conservation’s Wayqecha Research Station and Conservation Hub, the only cloud forest research station in Peru, officially opened its doors in 2006. Located at 2,900 m of elevation in the cloud forest region of Cusco and just 175 km from our Los Amigos Conservation Hub in the Amazonian lowlands, these research sites together provide a full panorama of the biodiversity and climate changes in the Andes-Amazon region.
Wayqecha Research Station protects the cloud forest’s biodiversity and facilitates research that leads to a better understanding of this ecosystem. Cloud forests receive hundreds of inches of rain every year and their trees, mosses and soil work as giant sponges capturing the abundant rainfall and then releasing it slowly into a network of small streams and creeks that represent the smallest tributaries of the vast Amazon drainage.
Cloud forests are of critical conservation value for many reasons, including containing a vast storehouse of species, many of them narrowly endemic, and also serve as natural corridors for plant and animal species pushed uphill by global warming.
Additionally, three years after opening, we added the first-ever canopy walkway in an Amazonian highland cloud forest. The canopy walkway provides access to the upper parts of the forest, which is where a lot of natural activity is, including an amazing diversity of bromeliad, orchids, birds and butterflies. It consists of four aluminum towers connected by a 146-meter-long network of suspension bridges that pass under, through, and above the forest canopy. Another important feature of the canopy walkway is a rigid truss bridge through a small rock canyon that leads to the base of a waterfall passing through an area with a completely distinct climate and Cloud Forest Canopy. Other bridges lead visitors across forested slopes that cover eight distinct eco-zones, providing a view from more than 10,000 feet in elevation down to the Amazon basin.
This is part of a series commemorating our 20th anniversary protecting the Amazon. We’re celebrating this milestone with a look back at our 20 biggest conservation wins over the past 20 years. Click here to support protected areas and research stations around the Amazon.

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Researchers are hailing the new work as a watershed moment for cryptography
As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, Amit Sahai was fascinated by the strange notion of a “zero-knowledge” proof, a type of mathematical protocol for convincing someone that something is true without revealing any details of why it is true. As Sahai mulled over this counterintuitive concept, it led him to consider an even more daring notion: What if it were possible to mask the inner workings not just of a proof, but of a computer program, so that people could use the program without being able to figure out how it worked?
The idea of “obfuscating” a program had been around for decades, but no one had ever developed a rigorous mathematical framework for the concept, let alone created an unassailable obfuscation scheme. Over the years, commercial software companies have engineered various techniques for garbling a computer program so that it will be harder to understand while still performing the same function. But hackers have defeated every attempt. At best, these commercial obfuscators offer a “speed bump,” said Sahai, now a computer science professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “An attacker might need a few days to unlock the secrets hidden in your software, instead of a few minutes.”
Secure program obfuscation would be useful for many applications, such as protecting software patches, obscuring the workings of the chips that read encrypted DVDs, or encrypting the software controlling military drones. More futuristically, it would allow people to create autonomous virtual agents that they could send out into the computing “cloud” to act on their behalf. If, for example, you were heading to a remote cabin in the woods for a vacation, you could create and then obfuscate a computer program that would inform your boss about emails you received from an important client, or alert your sister if your bank balance dropped too low. Your passwords and other secrets inside the program would be safe.
“You could send that agent into the computing wild, including onto untrusted computers,” Sahai said. “It could be captured by the enemy, interrogated, and disassembled, but it couldn’t be forced to reveal your secrets.”
As Sahai pondered program obfuscation, however, he and several colleagues quickly realized that its potential far surpassed any specific applications. If a program obfuscator could be created, it could solve many of the problems that have driven cryptography for the past 40 years — problems about how to conduct secure interactions with people at, say, the other end of an Internet connection, whom you may not know or trust.
“A program obfuscator would be a powerful tool for finding plausible constructions for just about any cryptographic task you could conceive of,” said Yuval Ishai, of the Technion in Haifa, Israel.
Precisely because of obfuscation’s power, many computer scientists, including Sahai and his colleagues, thought it was impossible. “We were convinced it was too powerful to exist,” he said. Their earliest research findings seemed to confirm this, showing that the most natural form of obfuscation is indeed impossible to achieve for all programs.
Then, on July 20, 2013, Sahai and five co-authors posted a paper on the Cryptology ePrint Archive demonstrating a candidate protocol for a kind of obfuscation known as “indistinguishability obfuscation.” Two days later, Sahai and one of his co-authors, Brent Waters, of the University of Texas, Austin, posted a second paper that suggested, together with the first paper, that this somewhat arcane form of obfuscation may possess much of the power cryptographers have dreamed of.
“This is the first serious positive result” when it comes to trying to find a universal obfuscator, said Boaz Barak, of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass. “The cryptography community is very excited.” In the six months since the original paper was posted, more papers have appeared on the ePrint archive with “obfuscation” in the title than in the previous 17 years.
However, the new obfuscation scheme is far from ready for commercial applications. The technique turns short, simple programs into giant, unwieldy albatrosses. And the scheme’s security rests on a new mathematical approach that has not yet been thoroughly vetted by the cryptography community. It has, however, already withstood the first attempts to break it.
Researchers are hailing the new work as a watershed moment for cryptography. For many cryptographers, the conversation has shifted from whether obfuscation is possible to how to achieve it.
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Uncle Bobs Self Storage, the operating brand of Sovran Self Storage Inc., will award one football fan the Ultimate Fancave prize pack at Reliant Stadium on Dec. 23 to coincide with the Houston Texans Fan Appreciation game, which is also the Texan's final home game. The winner will be chosen before kickoff.
To award the winner, Uncle Bobs will park a moving truck at the stadium containing the Fancave prizes. Each of the five final contestants will be given a key to open the truck. One finalists key will unlock the truck containing the prizes, which include an HDTV and other Texans-themed gifts.
The contest is part of Uncle Bob's weekly trivia contest, in which fans have been participating via Twitter. Throughout the football season, they've been responding to questions tweeted by the Texans each Tuesday using the hashtag #UncleBobsStorage.
The response to the contest has been incredible, said Peter Carmichael, area manager for Uncle Bobs Houston-area stores. The questions havent been easy; its remarkable how well fans know this team.
A winner is chosen every week and receives a Texans-themed prize such as an autographed photo or mini helmet. Of the 17 weekly winners, five finalists will be chosen at random for a chance to win the Ultimate Fancave prize package.
The weekly trivia contest ends Dec. 14. Fans can enter by visiting twitter.com/HoustonTexans and responding to the weeks trivia question.
Fan Appreciation Day is one of the most important games of the year for our organization, and we are excited to team with Uncle Bobs to reward one lucky fan with such an amazing prize at the game, said Greg Grissom, vice president of corporate development for the Houston Texans. All of the finalists for the Ultimate Fancave won our weekly Texans Trivia contest, which means that the winner is going to be someone who is truly passionate about the team.
Sovran is a real estate investment trust that operates more than 440 self-storage facilities in 25 states, with a large presence in Texas.


Confederate monument fight returns to state Capitol Wednesday
The fight over Confederate monuments in North Carolina returns to the state Capitol Wednesday, about 48 hours after protesters toppled a statue to Confederate veterans on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The State Historical Commission will meet beginning at 10 to decide whether to grant Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to move three Confederate statues off state Capitol grounds.
It was not immediately clear whether the commission has the power to grant that request.
In 2015, state lawmakers voted to make it illegal to move any historical monument unless it’s for reasons of historical preservation or public safety. North Carolina State University professor Dr. Susanna Lee takes her students on a tour of the monuments as part of her course.
North Carolina State University professor Dr. Susanna Lee takes her students on a tour of the monuments as part of her course.
The Capitol Confederate monument from 1895, with the seal of the Confederate states of America, the Henry Lawson Wyatt statue, a 1912 tribute to the first North Carolina Confederate soldier killed in the Civil War, and the 1914 Women of the Confederacy monument are on her list.
But Lee thinks the monuments should be moved elsewhere because, she says, they aren’t about veterans.
“The monuments placed in Confederate cemeteries in the late 1860s and early 1870s, those are about mourning the Confederate dead. These monuments are an assertion of white supremacy,” she said.
The three statues were erected during the period of racial violence at the turn of the 20th century in North Carolina, including the white supremacy campaign and the Wilmington Riots of 1898.
“So, these monuments are a great deal more problematic, I think, in our present context because they’re outside of these sites of governmental power,” Lee said.
Some of Lee’s students believe the Civil War was a noble fight about states’ rights, not slavery. Lee says that was a rewriting of history by southern leaders after their loss to Union forces.
“Growing up in the south, we’ve inherited these ideas. And so people have learned them and to suddenly learn and to see evidence to the contrary can be destabilizing,” she said. “I think people feel as though they’ve been insulted. Well, it’s not about taking offense or being defensive or feeling guilty. It’s about understanding the past and what really happened. ”
Wednesday’s proceedings begin at 10 a.m. in the first-floor auditorium of the Archives and History/State Library Building. The meeting is open to the public and doors open at 9 a.m.
A heavy police presence is expected.


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Last session, the supplemental budget bill was vetoed by Governor Dayton because many proposals were included within the bill that he found objectionable. The issues that were left unresolved include broadband funding, and line item appropriations for businesses from the Minnesota Investment Fund. Additionally, policy changes that were approved by the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council were not adopted.
What has happened in this issue area since last session?
A tightening labor market is the main challenges the business community is talking about relative to this budget area. The number of unemployed Minnesotans has reached its lowest level since the recession. The labor market is tight, proposals to help businesses fill positions will likely be the focus of this committee. Paid sick and family leave will also be an issue that will garner some attention as it has been made a priority by the Walz Administration.
What is expected to happen this session?
Funding for broadband will likely be provided, as well as resources for job training. The incoming administration will also make paid sick and family leave a priority.
Employers across the state are having difficult filling their vacancies. DEED has reported that job vacancies increased to about 142,000 in the second quarter of 2018, a 16% change over the second quarter of 2017. The November Forecast outlined the workforce conditions as follows, “…the tight labor market is being felt across Minnesota. For the first time in the data series, both the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota have a ratio of less than one unemployed persons to every job vacancy. The ratio is 0.5 in the Twin Cities and 0.7 in Greater Minnesota.”
Additionally, paid sick and family leave is a priority for the incoming administration. As communities continue to age it will put more stress on families to meet the care demands that occurring within their families. Additionally, allowing parents to spend time with their newborns or adopted children is critical to their child’s development. The state has not been able to find agreement on this important issue, which is why many communities are developing their own rules regarding pay and benefits at the local level.
The inability of employers to find workers is hampering growth. Approximately 58% of the job vacancies were in the metropolitan area, leaving 42% in Greater Minnesota. The November Forecast states Minnesota labor participation rate is high, “As of October 2018 the proportion of the population age 16 and older that is employed was 68%, highest among U.S. states, and 7.4 age points above the national rate. Similarly, the overall labor force participation rate (the share of the over-16 population that is either working or looking for work) was 70%, 7.1 percentage points higher than the national average and also the highest among U.S. states.”
To meet the employment demands of businesses, Minnesota will need an all-hands-on-deck approach to the workforce shortage gap. To address this issue, bills may look to continue to address disparities and provide additional educational opportunities for Minnesotans, including retraining opportunities.
Nearly all workers need to take time away from work at some point to deal with a family illness or to care for a new child. Whether it is caring for a parent, grandparent, sibling, or newborn the pressure of care is increasingly falling on loved ones who need to care for their loved ones. This pressure will only continue to grow with the state’s ageing population.
Governor-elect Walz and Lt. Governor-elect Flanagan have made paid sick and family leave a priority. In talking to a statewide business group Lt. Governor-elect Flanagan highlighted paid leave as a priority for their administration and hoped to work with business groups in crafting a common-sense solution for the betterment of all Minnesotans.
While preemption has mostly been associated with some local units of government raising the minimum wage under its jurisdiction, has expanded to styrofoam food containers and local building regulations. A push to preempt local units of government from acting on proposals that impact businesses will likely continue as local units of government move forward with changes that create friction with local businesses.


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You may find a variety of film genres once you watch free motion pictures online. What most individuals not within the movie or video industry do not realize is that film and video editing is an art kind. Modifying is arguably the most important element of movie or video production. It’s in the modifying, the artwork of arranging photos and dialog and sounds, that a finished film product is ready to communicate a story first envisioned by its writer, and subsequently by a director and producer to its intended audience. Days, weeks even months of shots captured on movie or video should be studied, interpreted analyzed and at last distilled right into a story lasting a fraction of the time it took to capture all of it.
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Genmab A/S, a biotechnology company, develops antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer in Denmark and internationally. The company markets Arzerra, a human monoclonal antibody for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CCL); and DARZALEX, a human IgG1k monoclonal antibody for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Its products under development include Ofatumumab to treat CLL and follicular lymphoma; Ofatumumab (OMB157) for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; and Daratumumab to treat MM, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and solid tumors, as well as natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. The companys products under development also comprise Tisotumab vedotin for treating solid cancers; HuMax-AXL-ADC for solid cancers; Teprotumumab for the treatment of Graves' orbitopathy; AMG 714 for celiac disease; ADCT-301 (HuMax-TAC-ADC) to treat lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or acute lymphoblastic leukemia; JNJ-61186372 for non-small-cell lung cancer; and NJ-63709178 for the treatment of AML. In addition, it has approximately 20 active pre-clinical programs, including naked, bispecific, and immune effector function enhanced antibodies. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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At the base of the statue of Rainey T. Wells, the founder of Murray State University, is a proclamation written by Dr. C. S. Lowry, a renowned scholar and faculty member. He wrote of the influence Wells had on the University, “His dedicated service as its second President (1926-1932) endowed it with its fierce pride and undaunted spirit.”
The history of Murray State basketball is inseparable from the history of the university itself. Both are the result of the determination of people, despite the odds against them, to do their best and to become the best they are capable of becoming. Coach John Wooden referred to it as “Achieving Competitive Greatness.”
The university's history began with a story that has become legendary. Rainey T. Wells, Murray lawyer, state legislator, and chairman of the powerful Kentucky State Tax Commission led a spirited group of Calloway County citizens in 1922 in raising $100,000 to assure that the new Normal School was located in the then small town of Murray, Kentucky. The commission determining the college site had announced that the town receiving the Normal School would be required to raise $100,000 which would be used to construct the first building on the campus. This was a large sum of money in 1922. Rainey T. Wells presented Murray’s case before the commission and in an impressive ending said to the members, “others have told you what they intend to do; but Murray and Calloway County have already done it.” Then he dramatically laid two certified checks on the table before the Commission totaling $100,000.
Wells' dogged determination to bring the Normal School to Murray did not end with the commission’s decision. He later told his grandson Wells Lovett, “I didn’t want Murray to be just any teachers college. I wanted it to be equal to the great colleges of the country.” He continued his mission by seeking the best educational leader he could find for the school's first president. In the end he chose Dr. John Wesley Carr, a nationally recognized scholar who was a native of Indiana and a graduate of Columbia University, to become the first leader of the Normal School.
The two men worked together with incredible efficiency to make the college what it is today. Dr. Carr said, “Rainey and I agreed that I would take care of the college and he would take care of the funding and the politics.”
Knowing that institutions are only as good as the people who lead them, both Carr and Wells searched diligently for the best faculty and the best coaches they could find. Politics was not a part of the selection process. They wanted the very best they could get.
In the 1930's, speech and debate were extremely competitive endeavors, and young men coming out of high school were often skilled debaters. A debate team was soon established at Murray, and Rainey Wells later told Lovett, “I did not want Murray to have a second rate debate team. I wanted them to have the best and to compete against the best.”
According to the Murray State yearbook, The Shield, the Murray team debated a squad from Cambridge in 1931, “Before the largest debate audience (2000) ever, the Murray Debaters met Cambridge, England in the most interesting debate of the year. At the request of the English speakers, no decision was given.”
In 1932 the Murray debaters defeated Oxford College of England, the University of Kentucky, the University of North Carolina, and the University of South Carolina. They were one of the top four teams in the 32 team Southern Debate Tournament.
Murray State had only been in existence nine years, and they were competing and winning against the best in the country.
In 1933 the country was mired in the Great Depression. Murray State and Western Kentucky were natural rivals. Before Murray was founded, most people from far western Kentucky seeking a college education went to Western. It had been founded in 1906 and was an established institution when Murray began offering classes in 1923.
The two schools quickly developed a heated rivalry in basketball, football, and baseball. In 1932 Western came to Murray and won the football game 6 - 0 before 4,000 fans. At the time, the football field was immediately north of the auditorium. Murray had just beaten Louisville 105 - 0, and the loss hurt.
Murray had most of its players back in 1933, and it was undefeated going into the game at Western. Newspapers, including the Louisville Courier Journal, chronicled the game as one of the great rivalries of the decade. Governor of Kentucky Ruby Laffoon was in attendance, joining 6000 fans for Western’s homecoming.
Rainey Wells had retired as President, but he still had a fiery determination to make Murray the best. He arranged for a special train to carry the team, cheerleaders, and fans to Western from Murray. It was a festive day, and the Murray fan base was hungry for a victory. So was Dr. Rainey Wells.
During the first half of the game Wells sat in the stands in a prominent seat by his friend, the governor. At halftime he decided he could take it no longer. He had to go to the sidelines and do anything he could to help Murray win the game. The story of Rainey T. Wells walking the sidelines and exhorting his Thoroughbreds during the second half has been told countless times.
Wells Lovett remembers the Louisville Courier Journal report, “Murray’s goal line stand has never before been equaled in the history of the state. Some of the Murray players would have died in their tracks if necessary to stop Western.”
“Granddaddy always spoke of that day with great pride.” Lovett said. Murray came away with a hard fought 20 – 6 victory.

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Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Series 5 with a slew of fancy features that make the world’s best smartwatch even better.
Arguably the most important new capability is an Always-On Retina display that allows the time and important information to remain visible at all times. Each watch face has been optimized for the new display and to preserve battery life, with the screen intelligently dimming when a user’s wrist is down and returning to full brightness with a raise or a tap.
The new technologies used to make this happen include the industry’s only low-temperature polysilicon and oxide display (LTPO), ultra-low power display driver, efficient power management integrated circuit and new ambient light sensor. As a result, Apple Watch Series 5 can work for up to 18 hours on a single charge.
Another new feature of the Series 5 is the built-in compass that, together with the updated Maps app, allows users to see which way they are facing. This, in turn, lets users see heading, incline, latitude, longitude and current elevation. Additionally, there is an option to add one of three new Compass complications to the watch face to see direction at a glance.
Furthermore, the new Apple Watch with cellular connectivity includes support for international emergency calls. This capability works in tandem with fall detection to automatically place an emergency call if Apple Watch senses the user has taken a hard fall and remains motionless for about a minute.
The announcement wasn’t complete without an update to the watchOS platform which is now in version 6, adding new health and fitness features to the mix. Among them are the new Cycle Tracking and Noise apps, and Activity Trends on iPhone which provides a long-term view of user’s activity patterns. Also included are “dynamic new watch faces” such as Meridian, Modular Compact and Solar Dial.
“We’ve seen Apple Watch have a meaningful impact on our customers’ lives and we’re excited to deliver even more capabilities with Apple Watch Series 5 and watchOS 6,” Jeff Williams, Apple’s COO, said in a statement. “The seamless integration of new hardware and software delivers an enhanced experience that makes it even easier to stay active and connected to the people and information users care about.”
The Apple Watch Series 5 comes in a box made out of a few different materials, including classic stainless steel, and new titanium and ceramic. The “Nike version” of the Watch has been announced as well as the Apple Watch Hermès edition.
Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $399 and Apple Watch Series 5 with cellular connectivity starts at $499. The popular Watch Series 3 (GPS) with built-in GPS optical heart rate sensor and water resistance, starts at a new low price of $199 and Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) is $299.
Apple Watch Series 5 (GPS) is available to order today from apple.com and in the Apple Store app, with availability beginning Friday, September 20 in the US, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and 38 other countries and regions. The cellular version will be available in the US, Puerto Rico and 20 other countries and regions.
As for the Apple Watch Nike, it too can be ordered today, with availability beginning Friday, October 4 in the US, Puerto Rico and more than 51 other countries and regions.
watchOS 6 will be available for Apple Watch Series 3 and later on September 19 and for Apple Watch Series 1 and 2 later this fall.


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2012: a rollercoaster year in cartoons
Thank goodness for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee; 2012 has, as Peter Brookes says, “been a hell of a rollercoaster of a year”.
There were, he said, “really depressing things like Syria and Afghanistan, which have been ever so slightly offset — in terms of mood — by the Olympics, the Jubilee and the American election”.
In choosing his cartoons of the year, he had little hesitation in picking out the one that he did at the time of the Thames pageant of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in a pedalo in the rain. “The Diamond Jubilee was noted for its outpouring of monarchist feeling — and its pouring,” Brookes said. There is a gentle mockery in the cartoon, but what does he think of


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Music is such a large part of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, methods of playing tunes find themselves as central plot points. In the first film, Peter Quill’s (Chris Pratt) primary source of music was the old Walkman player his mother left him. Fast forward to the closing moments of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and the legendary Star-Lord is gifted a Zune, a popular MP3 player used for just a few years in the mid-2000s.
Discontinued by Microsoft over 10 years ago, the tech giant is now giving away a wrapped Zune it found in storage somewhere in celebration of the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Monday, the Redmond-based conglomeration announce a giveaway for the MP3 player, asking fans to like and retweet the company’s tweet to be entered to win.
In honor of @MarvelStudios’ #GotGVol3 we’re giving away this never opened Microsoft Zune. We have no idea if it works. Like and RT for a chance to win! US 18+. Ends 5/17/23. Rules: https://t.co/Mdr2C4z9aY. #ZuneSweepstakes pic.twitter.com/SOR6IMCKqB
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) May 15, 2023
Why is a Zune in Guardians of the Galaxy?
In short, it’s simply a choice from filmmaker James Gunn. Regardless, Gunn once revealed Microsoft nearly didn’t allow he or Marvel Studios to use the product in Vol. 2.
“At the end of the film, Peter Quill gets this Zune from Yondu, and he sits down to play it. And he’s going to have a self-reflective moment for himself — like he did at the end of the first movie with his mother. The first movie is about mothers. The second movie is about fathers. And as he starts to listen to the music. Instead of it being a moment that is selfish, Baby Groot crawls into his lap, and as we see Peter Quill looking down at Baby Groot, we see a father’s love for his son. And it is a very unselfish moment on the part of Peter Quill,” Gunn said in a 2017 Q&A on Facebook.
He added, “A moment that was completely about him and his relationship to his father, now becomes about his son and passing it on to the next generation and being a part of that. And that’s why that moment is so important to me in the movie, and why it is so important to the development of Peter Quill.”
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Cast
The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 synopsis reads, “Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own. If the mission is not completely successful, it could possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.”
James Gunn wrote and directed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The movie stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Zoe Saldaña as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, with Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot and Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Chukwudi Iwuji as The High Evolutionary, Will Poulter as Adam Warlock, and Maria Bakalova as the voice of Cosmo.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now playing in movie theaters.


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Welcome to Singapore! You will be welcomed on arrival at Singapore Changi Airport and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day getting your bearings and exploring the neighbourhood. Later in the evening we proceed to Singapore Night Safari. Night Safari is the world's first nocturnal zoo and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Singapore. Night Safari, the world’s first nocturnal wildlife park, is a 13-time winner of the Best Attraction category awarded by Singapore Tourism Board. Close to 900 animals from approximately 100 species (of which almost 41 per cent are threatened) inhabit the 35-hectare park.
After breakfast at the hotel, you begin your tour of the city. Your half day tour of Singapore will include all major attractions such as Merlion Park, Fountain of Wealth, Chinatown, Little India, City Hall and Parliament House. Shop for souvenirs at the Chinatown street market and try the uniquely Singaporean Roti Prata at Little India. Your city tour ends in the afternoon and you have the rest of the evening free to indulge in some retail therapy.
Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at the hotel and in the afternoon travel to Sentosa Island by cable car. One of Singapore’s biggest tourist draws, Sentosa has something for everyone. Visit Luge & Sky Ride, Skyline Luge is a unique, wheeled, gravity ride that provides riders full control over their descent on purpose-built tracks. Visit the mesmerizing SEA aquarium that houses over 100,000 marine animals, including bottlenose dolphins and manta rays, and was once the largest oceanarium in the world. You will also visit the fascinating Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom End your day with Wings of Time, a spectacular night show set against the open sea with water displays, laser lights, fire effects and music.
Today we set out for a 4 Hours Shopping Experience in Singapore. You have option to Stroll down Orchard Road, lauded as one of the best places to shop in Singapore. Spanning almost 2.2km, this bustling belt is home to a delectable range of retail, dining and entertainment choices. Department stores and shopping malls in this busting district include ION Orchard, TANGS and Design Orchard OR set off to explore VivoCity, the largest mall in Singapore. The mall features a plethora of shopping options that are suitable for the whole family, as well as stores unique to VivoCity, such as Superdry. If you are tight on a budget then we recommend some of the below options. Mustafa Centre: Mustafa Centre in Little India stocks just about everything, from children's toys to DVDs, gold jewellery and even television sets. This massive complex is open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, seven days a week so should you feel like going value shopping at 3am, this is the place to hit. City Plaza: City Plaza is known to locals as the place to get blogshop-sold items at half the price. Why? Because lots of the shops here are actually the ones that supply some of Singapore's biggest boutique online stores! This shopping mall is also great if you love wallet-friendly second hand items like dresses and shoes. Refash stocks such items and prices range anywhere from S$5-S$15. Don't be surprised to find labels like Topshop and Zara in the clothes pile. IMM: IMM at Jurong has over 80 outlet stores if outlet shopping is your cup of tea. Not only will you find local brands like Charles & Keith, but also big international labels like Coach, DKNY and Sacoor. There’s also quite a number of home furnishing shops for your interior design needs and dining options for a quick meal. Queensway Shopping Centre: Queensway Shopping Centre is a favourite spot for sporting goods with countless rows of stores selling sneakers and apparel from past seasons and collections. Fitness junkies, you’ll be glad to know gym equipment can also be found here.
Enjoy your last morning in Singapore before checking out and being transferred to the airport, where you will depart for your destination with bags full of souvenirs and happy memories.

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Sells at-home blood-test kits for women to monitor their fertility.
After a stint in private equity, where she did due diligence on in vitro fertilization clinics, Afton Vechery knew why infertility rates are rising: Women are choosing to have children later. The problem, she thought, was women didn't get relevant fertility data until it was too late. So she envisioned a company that gives women a snapshot of their fertility while speaking like "an ob-gyn who also happens to be your best friend." (For that voice, she needed co-founder Carly Leahy, a branding whiz who helped launch Uber Eats.) In 2017, they launched Modern Fertility, which charges $159 for at-home blood tests that help women assess, say, how many eggs they have and how close they may be to menopause. Customers receive a full report along with a free one-on-one consultation with a nurse; similar tests at a clinic can run as high as $1,500 if they're not covered by insurance. "I wish there was a magic test to tell women exactly when they should have kids," says Vechery. Until there is, her company will democratize that data. --Lindsay Blakely
Offers graduate nursing students matchmaking services to secure clinical rotations.
Prior to NPHub, Chopra founded a company called United Medical Rotations, which specialized in matching medical students who received their degrees in the Caribbean with clinical rotations in the United States. Through that venture, Chopra realized that nursing students in the U.S. also needed help finding clinical rotations. He backed his way into a significant problem: U.S. universities don't always offer formal medical rotations for nursing-degree candidates. Nor are nursing educators paid for taking these students on. That gave rise to NPHub, which today works with 340 instructors across 23 states. While the company has helped place roughly 2,000 nursing students with instructors to date, the goal is to work directly with universities and expand to all 50 states. --Malak Saleh
A maker of software that offers version control and tracking capabilities for data scientists.
Companies today need to distill massive amounts of data--say, a bank’s withdrawals or deposits--to find trends and make predictions. Consider how a bank knows when to raise red flags if odd purchase behavior gets registered. Businesses hire data scientists to turn copious amounts of data into actual knowledge that they can make decisions with. That’s where Pachyderm’s open-source software comes in. It offers version control and gives users a snapshot of how data looked at any given time--an especially valuable tool in today’s GDPR age, when citizens increasingly have the right to ask how their data is being used.
Although the core package is open source and free to use, many businesses pay for the enterprise edition of the software, purchased with a yearly plan, which provides increased security features, as well as advanced analytics and support from the Pachyderm team. Joey Zwicker and Joe Doliner, Pachyderm’s co-founders, have raised more than $12 million from investors like Benchmark, Blumberg Capital and Susa Ventures. -- Talib Visram
A maker of virtual environments where autonomous vehicles can refine their driving algorithms with no risk to humans.
Maker of sustainably sourced, cruelty-free, organic hair care products.
When Shelby Wild was working as a stylist in New York City, she was constantly spending money on hair care products that never fulfilled the promise of healthy looking hair. Wild was using as many as six products at a time to conceive a wavy hairdo. "The products that were effective were incredibly toxic, and the more natural variations didn’t really work," Wild says. That's when she realized there needed to be a simpler solution to achieving effortlessly healthy looking hair--so she made it herself. Her company, Playa, produces a product line that includes shampoos and conditioners that are toxins free. She adds that all Playa goods are made with organic herbal ingredients that are never tested on animals. Currently, Playa products are sold internationally in the United States, Germany, Canada, and Australia through the company's online website as well as through its dominant retailer, Sephora. Playa expects to book $6.5 million in revenue by the end of 2019. -- Malak Saleh


The HUFFLER Motor Sailer or Motor Yacht from Peter Nicholls - Diagrams of Huffler 35 and 40 are shown below:
Drawing of HUFFLER 35 Motor Sailer with extra berths forward and cockpit well over double berth in the stern.
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Drawing of the original HUFFLER 35 Motor Sailer from 1992.
A Peter Nicholls HUFFLER 40 Motor Yacht which completed construction
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Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 74 migrants and their human smugglers following an incident involving two RV travel trailers. The agents teamed up with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to apprehend an additional vehicle involved in the attempt.
Sierra Blanca Station agents assigned to an interior immigration checkpoint in Interstate 10 observed a vehicle pulling a fifth-wheel travel trailer approaching for inspection. A Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the possible presence of drug or human cargo inside the trailer, according to information provided by Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents.
United States Border Patrol agents and @TXDPS encountered two vehicles pulling travel trailers attempting to smuggle 74 undocumented non-citizens. Two United States Citizens are being prosecuted for their role in the smuggling scheme. https://t.co/TK3V4pIxt8 pic.twitter.com/Nsb6AHAuWo
— Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin (@USBPChiefBBT) July 15, 2021
The agents directed the driver to pull the trailer to a secondary inspection station where non-intrusive imaging equipment revealed multiple migrants packed inside the trailer.
While the agents carried out the secondary inspection, a second vehicle towing another travel trailer pulled through the inspection station. When the agents discovered the contents of the first trailer, they contacted Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to carry out a traffic stop on the second vehicle.
A search of that vehicle revealed additional migrants being smuggled into the U.S. interior.
Agents arrested a total of 74 migrants who were illegally present in the United States, officials stated. They also detained three U.S. citizens connected to the failed smuggling operation. The two adults were placed into the custody of the Texas DPS troopers. The juvenile U.S. citizen was released.
Officials said the 74 migrants came to the U.S. from Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. The agents processed the migrants under Big Bend Sector guidelines.
“The coordination and collaboration between the agents and Texas Department of Public Safety resulted in multiple migrants being rescued from a very dangerous situation,” Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin stated. “Transnational criminal organizations recruit United States Citizens to facilitate their smuggling schemes, they continue to place lives in danger with little regard for their safety and well-being.”
During May, the last month with available apprehension statistics from the Biden administration, Big Bend Sector agents experienced an increase of 704 percent over May 2020 apprehensions.