Concrete is made ready for acclaimed director Ridley Scott who was immortalized in concrete when he placed his hand and foot prints in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Acclaimed director Ridley Scott shows off the concrete on his hands. Scott was immortalized in concrete when he placed his hand and foot prints in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
On Hollywood Boulevard, just past the man with the albino python wrapped around his neck, lies the TCL Chinese Theatre. Four years ago, the iconic landmark received a multimillion dollar makeover to revive its faded beauty, not unlike some of the aging actors who’ve placed their hands and feet in the theater’s cement courtyard.
But Thursday , the majestic movie theater will mark 90 years as the Grand Dame of Hollywood Boulevard, playing host to 20,000 visitors a day from around the globe.
“It’s just like it looks on TV,” marveled Jay and Nazira Momin, who were visiting from Atlanta.
These days it hosts more than 40 movie premieres a year, and it screens the blockbusters moviegoers can’t wait to see each weekend.
On Wednesday — a day before the theater’s birthday — Harrison Ford stopped by to watch his friend Ridley Scott, who directed him in the 1982 blockbuster “Blade Runner,” press his hands into wet cement. The filmmaker will be immortalized on the walk in front of the Chinese, along with the likes of Groucho Marx, Betty Grable and George Burns, who left an imprint of his famous cigar.
Scott noted how much the somewhat-seedy neighborhood has changed.
Built during the silent- film era, the movie house opened in 1927 as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, named after its founder, Sid Grauman. It became Mann’s Chinese Theatre in 1973, reverted back to its original name in 2001, then took on the moniker TCL Chinese Theatre after naming rights were purchased by the Chinese electronics firm, TCL Corp. in 2013.
Outside the theater Wednesday, tourists were excited to get a glimpse of the landmark and a few real-life movie stars.
“It’s incredible. I saw Harrison Ford just now,” said 14-year-old Eileen Befeler of Costa Rica as her father smiled.
She added that the movie palace was everything she imagined.
Now, Kushner, 35, reports that the TCL Chinese is the largest IMAX theater in the world.
She said she thinks founder Sid Grauman would appreciate the transformation.


Les Beaucamps school in Guernsey is currently being considered as one of the potential sites for the States' two-school model of secondary education.
The island's new President of Education, Deputy Matt Fallaize, said that with the purchase of additional land, it's being looked at as an option.
He also said Le Mare De Carteret and St Sampson's High School could be used.
His comments came in response to a question put to him by a sixth form student from Guernsey Grammar School.
Earlier this week, pupils quizzed politicians in a forum designed to engage young people about the workings of the government.


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January 23, 2018 (Spring Valley) - ECM traveled to Granite Hills on Tuesday night for a clash between the lady Eagles and the lady Wolf Pack on the court. Granite Hills has started their season a little lackluster, going 7-10 overall and 1-1 in league. The Wolf Pack sport the same 7-10 record, but are undefeated so far in league, going 2-0.
The Wolf Pack set the tone in the first quarter, but were held back in the second by a hungry Eagles offense who crept back into the game. West Hills managed to keep their lead going into the half by eight points, 18-10.
Not very many points were scored in the third, but West Hills senior Kerrie Daniels got the Pack to a double digit lead with a nice putback on the offensive board and the Pack led 23-13 after three.
There were only four points scored in the fourth, but one dagger bucket from junior Savanna Rinder was all the Wolf Pack needed to win this one 25-15 and remain undefeated in league play and move to 8-10 overall. The Eagles move to 1-2 in league and to 7-11 on the season.
The lady Eagles will next travel to Grossmont on Friday night. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. The Wolf Pack stay in the area and head to La Mesa to face Helix, also on Friday night at 5:30 p.m.


There have been a lot of mentions about this stock on social media and in the media in general such as CNBC etc. I am not surprised as it’s been on a mission the last few weeks; however the recent peak could well have put in a significant peak, especially considering the media attention this stock has got recently.
Whenever a stock or market gets highlighted, it’s generally very close to a turn and usually close to high or low; in this case I can make a solid claim that there are enough gyrations to suggest the advance from the April 2018 lows has ended an impulse wave (5 wave rally).
To support the more bearish idea (Idea 1) and a large move lower to at least correct the advance from the April 2018 lows, then I would want to see a move below 24.90. The alternative idea that I am tracking (Idea 2), suggests the recent high is only that of a 3rd of 3rd wave and a few more gyrations as shown would be seen to extend the advance.
However if we see a big move below 24.90, then I feel the depth of the decline would not be fitting with the prior gyrations and is likely part of a move lower for Idea 1.
If you own the stock you might want to pay attention to the area around 25.90 – 26.00, in my opinion, any weakness should really find buyers if further upside is going to be seen for the alternative idea (Idea 2).
If history is a guide, then the recent high could be as significant as the prior 2 peaks.
Have a profitable week ahead.
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Those who never have done it can have no concept of what it`s like, and those who have done it can`t begin to describe it.
For those who do choose to travel in a car full of kids-and their numbers are growing at equal pace with two-career parenthood-the Embassy Suites hotel chain is offering a haven, at least on weekends.
Embassy Suites, which has acquired the Park Suites chain to raise the number of its hotels to 100, earlier this month unveiled a national ''family friendly'' program named after cartoon character Garfield, the company`s promotional ''spokescat'' since 1986.
Under terms of ''Garfield`s American Adventure,'' children checking into 1 of the 72 participating Embassy Suites hotels for weekends with their parents get a royal welcomed.
Gift packs at check-in time include T-shirts, ''Garfield'' magazines, playing cards, postcards, bookmarks, maps of area attractions, discount coupons on everything from toys to cruises and entertainment and a game card giving each child a shot at a $10,000 college scholarship.
Embassy Suites will publicize its program by distributing teaching guides for history and geography to 10,000 elementary schools nationwide, and next year with Garfield shows in more than 100 shopping malls.
At 25 of the hotels, including the Embassy Suites, 600 N. State St., Chicago, parents also are given a discount rental on a video camera with free tape to record their trip. As standard policy, made-to-order breakfasts are free for the whole family (as are evening cocktails for parents).
The ultimate service to the childbound is to be found at only three hotels-in New York, Palm Beach Shores, Fla. and on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
For children 3 to 13, New York, Palm Beach Shores and Maui also boast Kids Clubs, day-care centers equipped with arcade-caliber video games, indoor basketball, VCRs with tapes and activities designed to keep the children busy while Mom and Dad go shopping or to the theater. Rates are $5 an hour, capped at $20 for the whole day. The New York hotel rents cellular phones to parents so they can keep in touch with their children through the day.
Hotels in the chain are essentially autonomous and cannot be required to offer the Kids Club. But Mary Lee Broder, manager of program development for Embassy Suites, said at an press conference in New York Oct. 15 that the corporation will attempt to get all of them involved.
- The U.S. Travel Data Center in Washington, D.C., said the number of business trips-155.4 million-was down last year from 1989, but that the number of travelers was up, to more than 35 million adults.
Broder said travelers ''increasingly are taking their children along,'' a lifestyle change that makes the Kids Club concept a natural.
''Eighty percent of all vacations today involve at least one child, and last year as many as 6 million children went along on business trips,'' Broder said.
''Women business travelers now make up one-third of all business travelers, and (some) parents today take their children everywhere with them- in business, pleasure or both.
But will notoriously independent hotels in the chain have the will or the heart to take the plunge on childproof rooms and lavish day-care centers for their guests?
''We`re probably not going to get into that, at least for the next year,'' said Collette Radcliffe, general manager at Denver`s downtown Embassy Suites, which is participating in the ''American Adventure'' promotion.
An Arizona Embassy Suites executive, who asked not to be identified, declined to go that far.
''Families that come here on weekends are coming because we offer a much lower weekend rate than we do during the week, and `Garfield`s American Adventure` is priced so that to give away some of the things they`re giving away, you have to have a higher weekend rate,'' the executive said.
Travel Editor Alfred Borcover, whose column normally appears on this page, is on vacation.


St Georges Cathedral of First African Church, Ipaja Town has concluded plans to stage her centenary celebration from April 8-13 at the church cathedral in Ipaja, Lagos.
The chairman, planning committee and award, Prince Owen Adeniran, told reporters the event with the theme This God is our God features revival service, colloquium, bible teachings, drama, thanksgiving and award ceremony to individuals with immense contributions in the private and public sector.
The cathedral vicar, Venerable Moses Adeniran, urged the church to remain steadfast in all good works and the teaching of the scriptures so that the glory of this present age will be greater than that of the former.
Guests expected at the celebration include the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, Executive Chairman, Ayobo-Ipaja, Local Council Development Area, Hon Yusuf; traditional rulers, Primate of the Mission, Most Rev E. Koya, the Archbishop, Rev Paul Onanuga, and others.


RICHMOND, Va. -- Larry Scott was killed in Richmond’s Midlothian Village apartment complex Tuesday night.
A year earlier, Scott had been charged with conspiracy in a killing in that same complex.
A vicious cycle of violence appears to have caught up with Scott. Crime Insider sources say he was found inside an apartment, shot execution-style.
Taylor knows a lot about the confines of prison walls.
“I was locked up for 23 years."
He's a convicted killer who's now trying to right his wrongdoing, hoping to inject his community with some common sense.
"It's a trend across the country, especially in urban communities. Black-on-black crime or violence period is at an all-time level,” said Taylor. “For me, someone who was once a part of it, I believe that I am one of the people, or people like myself who are returning home, it is incumbent upon us to get back out here and try to eradicate what we helped start."
Unfortunately, his wisdom wasn't passed on in time to Scott. When he was killed, he was facing a charge of conspiracy to commit the murder of 23-year-old Rashawn Brathwaite.
Scott becomes the city's 52nd murder in 2017.
On the streets where the mantra is “kill or be killed,” Paul Taylor says it's not too late to get into the middle, and stir things up and break the cycle of violence that's plagued his Southside community for years.
"My children followed me to prison, because I wasn’t there. Although I thought I was a great father. I wasn’t,” said Taylor.
for me is when my children followed me to prison,” Taylor said. “I knew I had to change it."
Both of Taylor's sons are serving time for murder.
This becomes the third homicide in the Midlothian Village Apartments. Two adults males were killed in April.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Major Crimes Detective J. Crewell at (804) 646-5324 or contact Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or at http://www.7801000.com.


LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative and effective therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced upcoming presentations at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 32 nd Annual Meeting and a presentation by Ali Fattey, CEO, as part of an analyst-moderated fireside chat at the Cowen IO NEXT Summit. The presentations will take place Nov. 10, 2017, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
In an oral presentation at the SITC Meeting, researchers will provide updated preliminary clinical trial data from the Phase 1 dose escalation stage of CA-170, an oral small molecule targeting the immune checkpoints PDL-1 and VISTA. In addition, preclinical data related to combination therapy with CA-327, an oral small molecule PDL-1, VISTA and TIM-3 immune checkpoint antagonist, will be provided in a poster presentation.


Persistent weakness in the eurozone economy will cause imports and exports through North Europe ports to decline this year, a new report predicts.
“We are seeing weak consumer demand and a consequent impact on the carriers who persist in continuing to provide far too much capacity, resulting in exceptionally low freight rates. 2015 could be as bad for carriers as 2009 was,” said Ben Hackett of Hackett Associates.
The dour outlook in the latest edition of the North Europe Global Port Tracker, produced by Hackett Associates and the Bremen-based Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, comes as Asia-Europe spot rates are struggling to recover from a steep fall this year.
The Port Tracker report forecasts containerized imports to North Europe ports will contract 0.8 percent, to 14.89 million 20-foot-equivalent units. Exports from the ports are forecast to drop 1.7 percent, to 11.74 million TEUs. Last month’s report forecast growth of 0.4 percent in imports and 0.2 percent for exports.
Declines in volumes at North Europe ports are expected to be offset by increased volume at Mediterranean and Black Sea ports, where imports are forecast to rise 6.6 percent, to 8.54 million TEUs, while exports are predicted to increase 11.1 percent, to 7.17 million TEUs.
Total European exports are forecast to rise 1.8 percent, to 23.43 million TEUs while exports are expected to increase 2.8 percent, to 18.91 million TEUs.
Hackett said upbeat forecasts of a strong eurozone recovery from the Greek crisis are wrong. He said consumer demand in Europe’s three largest economies, the U.K., France and Germany, is expected to be weak and be primarily for services and vacations.
“Despite the improvement in some of the basic econometric data, trade demand does not reflect the same growth,” he said.
The report noted shifts in market share among North European ports. The opening of the Maasvlakte II terminal has enabled Rotterdam to increase its share of the market to above 30 percent. Despite fears it would lose market share, Antwerp’s share rose to 23 percent in the first quarter from 21.4 percent in the third quarter of 2014, the Port Tracker report said.
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Welcome back to “ATWT” fan fiction, where we are writing stories about the characters we miss from Springfield. We hope you enjoy us bringing these beloved characters back to life. Please feel free to read our last ATWT fan fiction story before reading on.
Jeffrey hides unknown in a closet in the estate that he tracked Edmund to in San Cristobel. He wonders if it was Tammy he saw, or some trick that Edmund is trying to pull. Jeffrey knows he has to get inside the room to see for himself. He waits in the dark until he hears Edmund and the nurse leave. Jeffrey quietly walks into the room where he saw Tammy sleeping. As he approaches her bedside, the young woman sleeping appears to be Tammy, at least in looks. Her eyes begin to flutter and before he can escape, her eyes open and look directly at him. “Tammy,” is all he can muster up to say. Tammy smiles and says, “Richard.” Jeffrey gets closer and takes her hand. “Are you here to rescue me,” a groggy Tammy asks. He smiles and confirms he is, but asks her to keep it a secret from Edmund. Tammy promises she will and can’t wait to get back home to Springfield to see her family. Jeffrey tells her Jonathan will be overjoyed beyond belief to see her. Tammy wonders who Jonathan is, and Jeffrey knows he must act quickly and get Tammy proper medical treatment. He doesn’t want to give up his cover and sends Jonathan a text for help.
As Jonathan is wrapping up lunch with Sarah, he is pleasantly surprised when a familiar voice booms through the door. “I’m back!” announces Reva. Jonathan laughs as his mom saunters into the kitchen at Cross Creek. Reva wants all the details of everything going on in Springfield. Jonathan doesn’t have any news to share and informs her it has been business as usual. “Good thing I came back to liven things up,” Reva laughs. Reva fills her son and granddaughter in on all of the places she, Josh and Colin traveled to on their trip, complete with a visit to Marah. Jonathan is happy to hear that they intend on staying in Springfield for awhile. As Reva begins to question Jonathan about his love life, he becomes distracted with a text. He asks Reva if she can watch Sarah while he makes a phone call. Stepping outside, Jonathan calls Jeffrey and tells him he doesn’t have long to talk.
Josh arrives at Company and surprises Shane, Billy and Bill, who are all having lunch together. The Lewis men all have a group hug, and then Billy launches in to ribbing Josh about leaving the rest of them behind to go on a love jaunt. Josh tells Shane that he and Reva can’t wait to meet their new granddaughter. Billy pulls Josh aside and tells him he has some concerns to share with him, but wants to discuss it all with him in private later. Josh agrees and privately worries what all has been happening while he has been away.
Danny returns home to find Michelle helping Robbie and Hope with their homework. The two make small talk about his day at work. He sees an envelope on the bar that says, "Reardon." Danny announces that it is bedtime and sends the kids away so he can talk to Michelle privately. "Why in the world would you leave something like this laying around in plain view," asks a pensive Danny. Michelle wants to tell Rick the truth, but Danny believes it is too risky. He doubts Rick could keep such a secret from his wife, Mindy, let alone anyone else. Michelle points out that the truth is eventually going to come out, especially since Blake has been snooping around.
Dinah and Mallet share a croissant at a French café in Paris. Mallet wonders where in Europe she would like to bounce to next. As Dinah is mulling over their next destination, she becomes distracted by some familiar faces. "It can’t be," she says as her jaw drops. Mallet looks around but doesn’t see anything. He asks what she sees. "I don’t even know how this is possible, but I know for a fact that I see Roger Thorpe and Maureen Bauer at that table together!" she exclaims. Mallet laughs, "Roger, as in the old dude you used to hook up with?" He stops laughing when he realizes she is serious.
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Accra, July 20, GNA - The management of Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) on Tuesday presented the last batch of 28 Hyundai cars to winners of its "90 days 90 cars Promotion".
Mr Clement Asante, General Manager, Marketing MTN, said the promotion signified 90 minutes of football play time and rewarded their customers.
The recipients expressed appreciation to management of MTN for the gesture.
The vehicles were presented to the winners by Mr Shaibu Haruna, General Manager Sales and Promotion, MTN, Mr Jihad Jihazi, Managing Director, Hyundai Auto Plaza and Mr Dudjo Nyawodzi, General Manager V. Mobile.


A failure to scan outsourced medical records has caused an approximate three- to five-month backlog at the Memphis Veteran Administration Medical Center, The Daily Caller has learned.
TheDC was exclusively given a photo snapped of the medical records room on June 12, 2014. In the photo, hundreds of unprocessed medical records sit idly, causing delays of up to five months.
According to a whistle-blower who wished to remain anonymous because they are still employed by the Memphis VA Medical Center, the medical records room is for entering test results and other medical data that occurs after a patient is outsourced for medical tests or procedures.
A recent audit by the VA flagged the Memphis VA Medical Center after it found the facility had an average wait time for the initial appointment of fifty days.
The medical records shown in the photo are generated when the VA refers a patient to another hospital for further medical procedures. Medical tests like colonoscopies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and X-rays, are among the tests that can be performed by an outside hospital, said the whistle-blower.
The outside hospital then sends their results back to the Memphis VA Medical Center, and those results are supposed to be scanned into the VA system.
Instead of being scanned in, the results are piling up, said the whistle-blower, causing further delays beyond the initial wait times.
“If you’re waiting for the results of a colonoscopy, [the added wait time is] the difference between life and death,” the whistle-blower told TheDC.
According to this whistle-blower, about an hour after TheDC sent VA communications officer Sandra Glover an email listing these charges, the medical records were moved from the medical records room and into the office of Rebecca England, the chief of Medical Records. Glover is a communications officer for the Veteran Integrated Services Network 9, which includes the Memphis VA Medical Center.
The Memphis VA Medical Center is now scrambling, asking dozens to work over-time in order to clear up the back log, and the VA police are investigating the source of the leak to TheDC, the whistle-blower noted.
The Memphis VA Medical Center cares deeply for every veteran we are privileged to serve. Our goal is to provide the best quality care in a safe environment, as quickly and effectively as we can. After receiving the photograph you sent, we checked with the Memphis VA Medical Center to determine its validity and, if warranted, what actions could be taken to process those medical records as quickly as possible.
It was determined that the record — forwarded from the facility’s outpatient clinics — should have been processed, and subsequently the facility took the appropriate actions to scan them in to the electronic patient record. Memphis VA Medical Center hired a new supervisor two months ago in the patient records area and the consult process has been redesigned to better monitor timeliness. We continue to take action to strengthen oversight mechanisms to prevent delays.
While we regret that the files weren’t processed in a more timely fashion, this is an administrative function that did not impact patient outcomes. Critical clinical information was previously communicated with treating clinicians. In the end, these files have been addressed – which is what we want for the sake of all our patients. Thank you for your concern for our nation’s veterans and for bringing this to our attention.
TheDC spoke with a veteran who was likely affected by this backlog. Jesse Blakely served in the military in the early 1970s.
In November 2013, he walked into the Memphis VA Medical Center complaining of chest pains. After waiting several hours in the emergency room with no help, Blakely left and was treated at nearby Methodist Hospital.
Blakely said Methodist Hospital ran several tests as part of his treatment, but his follow-up appointment at the Memphis VA Medical Center didn’t occur until the beginning of June — more than six months later.
Blakely told TheDC that to add insult to injury, even though he was initially assured by the VA that his medical bills would be covered, he’s since been charged for his trip to the Methodist Hospital emergency room.
Earlier in June, TheDC broke exclusively that in 2010, the same Memphis VA Medical Center approved over $1 million in bonuses while closing a therapy pool just a few months later citing a lack of funds. Bill O’Reilly used that report as the basis of his “Is it Legal” segment the next day.
A staffer at the House Veteran Affairs Committee told TheDC the committee was unaware of any other VA hospitals where outsourced medical tests were causing back logs.


Cracking down on thieving retailers is of course a good idea, but, really? Going after SNAP beneficiaries who try to convert their meager benefits to an even more meager amount of cash? I imagine some people who do this are using the money for Things We Officially Frown Upon, but some are probably trying to pay their damn bills.
My guess is that this crackdown is hardly a huge program, so it’s not as if loads of resources are being diverted to make life more difficult for the poor. Beyond that, though, Obama seems to instinctively get something that the rest of us lefties probably ought to appreciate more: like it or not, if you want the public to support government programs, you need to make sure they’re administered effectively. That’s doubly or triply true of social welfare programs, which are easily demagogued even in the best of times. If anything, liberals who support these programs ought to be more concerned about rooting out fraud and improving efficiency than conservatives, who’d be just as happy to see them simply go away.
This is fundamentally a Charlie Peters-ish neoliberal insight, and neoliberalism has obviously taken a lot of lumps over the past decade. Some of them were deserved, some weren’t. Either way, this particular insight is one worth holding onto.


The first teaser trailer has been unveiled for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales film.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is due for release on May 26, 2017. It will see Johnny Depp return as Jack Sparrow, alongside Orlando Bloom, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Skins star Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites and a cameo from Paul McCartney.
Depp doesn’t appear in this new trailer but the clip does introduce Thwaites as new character Henry Turner. Watch below.
It was recently reported that Paul McCartney would appear in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Filming had apparently already concluded on the fifth movie in the franchise, when The Beatles bassist was added to the cast.