The county would have to allow the developer to change an agreement to build rentals rather than owner-occupied homes.
A developer wants to put up an apartment complex on Bayshore Drive and rent out nearly half of its units as affordable housing.
The property, a vacant lot at the northeast corner of Bayshore and Thomasson drives, has been slated for affordable housing since 2005. But it has always been the county's plan for the East Naples site that the housing on it — either condominiums or single family homes — would be owned and not rented.
In a 2005 agreement with the owners of the property, called the Cirrus Pointe Planned Unit Development, the county gave developers permission to build more units than is typically allowed in exchange for keeping 44 of those condos or homes affordable.
But the property was never developed. Now more than a decade later, a new developer has offered to buy the land if county commissioners change the original agreement to allow the housing to be rented rather than owned.
There is a need here for more rentals, said Karen Bishop, who spoke on behalf of developer Vestcor Inc. to more than 20 neighbors Wednesday night.
"The site's been there since 2005," Bishop said. "I think what's needed is to give that flexibility to offer rentals."
If the sale goes through, Vestcor is tentatively planning to put up four buildings that are each three stories high, Bishop said.
The complex would offer a mix of one- to three-bedroom apartments. The size of the development wouldn't change from the original agreement. It would still build 108 total units, and 44 of those units would be designated for people who earn 40 to 60 percent of the area's median income. The rest could be rented at market rate.
The only change sought in the agreement is to allow for rentals.
County commissioners and housing officials — as well as the area's chamber of commerce, sheriff's office, school district and several of its largest employers — have all said that the county needs more affordable housing.
Rental vacancies in the county are practically nonexistent, typically at 1 to 2 percent, according to study this year from Urban Land Institute.
That has allowed management companies and owners of apartment complexes to raise rents by $100 to $200 a month every year for the last several years.
One in five households in the county is now spending more than half of their income on housing, the study found.
"I'm not sure what people think of when they hear 'low income,' " Bishop said. "These are bakers, surveyors, people like my kids, people who actually provide services here and need a place to live. This is something that's a plus, not a negative."
Nearby homeowners are skeptical, especially those who have lived on Bayshore Drive for decades.
The area has been a part of a community redevelopment agency for years, a special taxing district created to eliminate blight. The CRA has fought for years to eliminate problem areas, and some of the worst of those areas had been with rentals.
If the owners of the Cirrus Pointe land had come to the county in 2005 offering to build affordable rental units, rather than owned units, it never would have been approved, said Maurice Gutierrez, a member of the CRA's advisory board.
"The vision has always been ownership over rentals," Gutierrez said. "We've been down that road. We've had management companies that were enormous problems. If you're a longstanding resident and you see history start to repeat itself, it doesn't make you comfortable."
Apartments are never built to the same quality as owner-occupied homes, said Joe Adams, a longtime resident.
"This area is ripe for something different, something unique," Adams said. "I would just like to see it done right."
Developers will present their proposal to the county's planning commission Thursday. If approved there, the proposal will go before commissioners in September.


What will Sochi do with its infrastructure?
An incomplete corner of a hotel is seen at Gorky Gorod 900 prior to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Editor's Note: The following piece is from the perspective of Metro World News reporterAlexey Shunaev.
My elevator shuddered twice when I was going down to have breakfast. The light went off for a moment, the elevator stopped and the doors opened. I took one step out and suddenly I found myself almost doing the splits. The shiny tiled ground was bizarrely awash with water. I thought to myself, "Am I on the right hotel floor?"
With the wadding gait of a penguin, I crossed the pool and got out of the building, tiptoeing past half a dozen women drying the floor with big duster cloths.I asked the handyman about the faulty elevator, wondering if its woes were caused by the lake in the lobby.
“Listen, you got a bit of a shake, but not by the electricity, right? So don't worry. The elevator will behave like that until April, then they will do something about it,” the man said.
I protested, saying it’s already a recipe for a disaster, but the man retorted, “I’m just a sanitary engineer,” before muttering some offensive word about the Olympics.
After breakfast, I spoke to a couple of maintenance men hanging outside the hotel lobby. “Everything has been cleared and fixed,” one of them said.
I wanted to find out more of his thoughts. “What do you think they will do with all infrastructure?” I asked.


A senior European Union official on Monday called on Israel to end its policy of targeted assassinations of Palestinian fighters, calling the move "counter-productive".
to move forward with the "road map"
EU Commissioner Chris Patten said Israel has carried out this policy for a number of years.
Patten, who is in charge of the EU's external relations, said Israel needed to be careful "that extra-judicial killings don't make it much more difficult for the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority to get an agreement on a ceasefire with Hamas".
Patten was referring to Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas, who has been meeting Palestinian political groups in an effort to end the armed resistance against Israel's occupation.
Israel defiantly defended its assassination of top Hamas leader Abd Allah Qawasmeh, who was considered the top Hamas official in the occupied West Bank, in Hebron on Sunday.
Israel's killing of Qawasmeh prompted US Secretary of State Colin Powell to express concern.
"I regret we had an incident that could be an impediment to progress," said Powell, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Jordan.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Monday Israel was deliberately trying to torpedo the US-backed "road map" aimed at ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Arafat was speaking after Israeli tank shells killed four Palestinian fighters in the occupied Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun late on Sunday.
"This attack shows Israeli leaders are trying to destroy the peace process," said Arafat.
Palestinian medical sources said the four Palestinians were killed after an Israeli tank fired rounds at them while they were passing through a field in the town of Beit Hanoun.
Aljazeera reported the dead men were members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the armed wing of Arafat's Fatah movement.
The tank shells also wounded at least two others. Israeli military sources denied firing the rounds and claimed the four men were carrying explosives which detonated.
Arafat said talks between his administration and Palestinian resistance groups were ongoing.
Israeli tanks launched a raid into the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, demolishing at least one home. An Israeli soldier was injured in an exchange of fire, said Aljazeera's correspondent.
Meetings between Palestinian security officials and their Israeli counterparts to reach an end to the latest escalation in clashes were ongoing on Monday. Talks have focused on a US proposal for joint patrols in the Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli troops also shot dead a 27-year-old Palestinian woman near the Jewish settlement of Morag in central Gaza.
In other developments, the Israeli army killed a Palestinian man overnight near the Jewish settlement of Morag in the occupied Gaza Strip.
In a move likely to increase tensions, Jewish settlers torched Palestinian grain fields in the central and southern parts of the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.
The Islamic Association of Palestine reported sources as saying settlers set fire to dry grain near Ramallah in full view of the Israeli army.
The Israeli army revealed today it had charged a female soldier with forcing a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint to drink cleaning fluid.
The incident occured about four months ago in the Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers manning checkpoints regularly subject Palestinian civilians to abuse.
Many patients have died waiting at checkpoints after their journeys to hospitals were blocked by occcupation forces.


Sgt. Andrew Parmley couldn’t see who was firing at him and his platoon, but he’d been in Iraq long enough to know the AK-47 bullets whizzing around him weren’t just special effects.
“The only cover was a grove of date trees,” he said.
Parmley and his buddies scrambled behind the tree trunks for cover, and started returning fire in the general direction of the attack. They had no easy escape route.
“We had to stop the shooting before we could move,” he said.
Armed with an M-4 rifle, Parmley got on one knee beside a date palm and opened fire.
As the barrage continued, he felt his body forced backward and his left arm go numb.
His weapon remained strapped to his chest in firing position, but in a split second, Parmley’s role had shifted from fighting soldier and combat medic to battlefield casualty.
He looked down at his useless left arm.
“My whole sleeve was bloody,” he said.
It wasn’t easy to picture Parmley bleeding in that date grove outside Baghdad as he sat on an easy chair in the family room of his parents’ comfortable Summit Cove home and described his transition from Summit County teenager to U.S. Army infantryman.
A tiny woodpecker flitted through the snowy woods visible in the window behind his head while the soft-spoken 22 year-old told how he eventually ended up in the Iraqi town of Arab Jabour on that fateful morning.
The son of Lake Dillon Fire Rescue Authority Chief Dave Parmley and his wife Kathy, he might have had, on the surface at least, all that a Summit County childhood could offer.
It wasn’t enough, though, and Parmley disliked high school so much he left after two years ” eventually getting his diploma through an alternative route.
A self-described “adrenalin junkie,” he drove his snowmobile recklessly, skied at break-neck speeds, and partied.
Then the 2001 terrorist attacks changed everything.
“It really hit me at 9/11 that I wanted to do more than be here,” he said.
With his parents’ blessings, Parmley joined the Air Force hoping to see combat, but found himself pushing paper instead.
After three years, he took advantage of a downsizing period within the Air Force and transferred to the U.S. Army ” a decision he hasn’t regretted.
And last May, the former Summit County party boy finally got his wish.
Combat was always Parmley’s primary goal, but he credits exposure to his father’s firefighting world with influencing his decision to train as a medic.
“You’ve got to know how to save a life and shoot guns,” he said of the medic job.
As a combat medic in an active war, Parmley’s routine day at work included coming face to face with what weapons can do to the human body, and how little difference emergency medicine can make sometimes for victims of “improvised explosive devices” (IEDs).
“You do everything you can and it’s not enough,” he said.
Parmley’s voice grew softer as he described the first time he saw one of his buddies inadvertently detonate an IED.
“Boom! It happens, and they’re calling for the doc,” he said.
“I had four guys laying there, and they’re all really close to me.
On that occasion, despite his best efforts, one of the men did not survive.
Added to the nearly unimaginable stress of watching one’s friends be mortally wounded, the actual physical risk combat medics incur while on missions takes its own toll.
Being a medic is no protection against injury.
On leave, safe in Colorado’s ski country, Parmley acknowledged the psychological challenge of working in constant fear for one’s life.
On that late December morning, Parmley and his platoon had been on a routine mission in the farming community of Arab Jabour ” an area south of Baghdad plagued with pockets of Al Qaeda militants.
They’d set up camp in an empty schoolhouse for what was originally planned as a two- to three-day task, but, more than two weeks later, the soldiers were still there – without showers, hot meals, or real beds.
The houses in question varied in size, but even the most luxurious were nothing like the average Summit County house, he explained.
“Some had dirt floors,” he said.
Having started at 5 a.m., they accomplished the day’s mission before 9, which included checking the houses for doorways wired with explosives and possible bombs placed under carpets.
They were making their way back to the schoolhouse camp when they crossed the bridge into the date palm grove.
Once he was hit, Parmley’s first reaction was to shield his head behind a tree trunk and away from enemy fire.
Although the pain in his arm was “off the scale” and he wondered if it would eventually need to be amputated, he remembers feeling grateful to be alive.
“I knew it could’ve been a lot worse,” he said.
The bullet entered his upper arm and traveled through ” damaging his ulnar nerve but miraculously missing the bone.
As the platoon’s medic, Parmley carried all the necessary supplies in his 200-pound pack, but he only had one usable hand and he was trying not to look down at his bloody arm.
“I didn’t want to put myself into shock,” he said.
He verbally guided his buddies while they applied a tourniquet to the injured limb, gave him the morphine injection he’d managed to draw up with his good hand, and called for an evacuation helicopter.
Within a half hour, he was in flight, on his way to a combat support hospital in Baghdad, while his platoon subdued the source of the hostile fire.
When asked about what happened after he left the scene, Parmley hesitates for a moment.
In Baghdad, he had surgery almost immediately, received his Purple Heart while still in recovery, and was flown to Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Germany that night.
After several days in Germany, he spent some time at a military hospital in Georgia before returning to Fort Stewart outside Savannah, the stateside home of his unit.
The contrast between his experiences in Iraq and life in Summit County presented Parmley with some emotional challenges during his recent 21-day leave.
“It’s good to see old friends and it’s beautiful here, but I feel really disconnected,” he said.
He admits to occasional nightmares, but says he’s been told that’s normal for those returning from war.
Nearly two months after the firefight, Parmley’s arm is still not back to normal.
The outside edge of his left hand remains numb, and his grip isn’t strong enough yet to fire a gun.
As for the actual path of the bullet, both entrance and exit wounds have left soft mounds of pink scar tissue on either side of his triceps.
Healing is now his fulltime job, and, unless his recovery exceeds expectations, he doesn’t think he’ll be physically ready to go back to Iraq before July, when his unit is scheduled to return to Fort Stewart.
As it stands now, Parmley doesn’t intend to re-enlist after his tour is done next year.
Instead, he’d like to do something for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“There are over 30,000 soldiers with devastating injuries,” he said.
Despite the painful events of the last few weeks, and the intense stress of his months in Iraq, Parmley emphasizes he will always be grateful to the army for teaching him what he wasn’t able to learn in Summit County.
Harriet Hamilton can be reached at (970) 668-4651, or at hhamilton@summitdaily.com.


Fourth Grade "A" Honor Roll: Christian Lasher, Alonzo Miles, Brady Neville, Elizabeth Rapp, Kennedy Shelton, Morgan Spiers, Alicia Thomas, Daisha Wyatt.
Fifth Grade "A" Honor Roll: Hatcher Bain, Ashley Eubank, Breanne Gill, Vadaysha Jefferson, Alexandra Stone, Caroline Webb.
Fourth Grade "A-B" Honor Roll: Brendan Bishop, Kayla Boothe, Blake Cadnum, Katie Chappell, Neal Chappell, Nash Costley, Cheyeanne Cousins, Rachel Eubank, Ky'Eisha Fields, Dylan Grindle, Ethan Jensen, Miranda Kaufman, Taylor McMahon, NyAjah Robinson, Jiren Roselle, Shafeeq Spence, Kya Taylor, Alexis Thomas, Dalton Tucker, Rachael Tucker, Jaylen Williams.
Fifth Grade "A-B" Honor Roll: Caleb Caudle, Jaylyn Cherry, Lauren Christopher, Kendaz Clanton, Kaytlin Durham, Ashley Fitts, James Herrin, Charlie Morgan, Josiah Roselle, Austin Smith, Troy Wagstaff, Jaidyn Winfield, Matthew Winnie, Lexi Wiseman.
PETERSBURG - The following students at Vernon Johns Junior High School were named to the Honor Roll for the first nine weeks.
Eighth Grade All "A" Honor Roll: Loren Dixon, Keiara Price, Zaria Talley.
Ninth Grade All "A" Honor Roll: Beosha Gregory, Jamal Jackson.
Eighth Grade "B" Honor Roll: Taleah Ampy, Raven Arcangel, Maria Avendano-Ramos, Brenton Baugh, Briana Bell, Branden Berkey, Gabriel Booker, Aja Boyd, Princess Brown, Corey Brown, Jr., Dasia Carreras-Myrick, Jasmine Coleman, Trishina Crawley, Cleveland Cunningham, Joshua Diaz, Aunye Dugger, Janyse Edmonds, Jasmine Fobbs, Darius Gaskins, Talayha Gilliam, Taliah Gilliam, Damondre Graves, Waltesha Green, Ashari Harris, Deonte Harrold, Christopher Hart, Melvin Hill III, Kwabena Hopkins, Sadia Iram, Gorman Jarratt, Kiara Juerakhan, Char'danette Julye, Flor Anthony Jumao-as, Camarii Martin, T'Quan Mason, Eliza Massey, Zahria McIntyre-Bassette, Krislina Mercer, Cierra Morman, Tanesha Murray, Daishja Parham, Jessica Presley, Ezekiel Price, Lameerah Rasheed, Ezra Reed, Kobi Rener, David Robinson, T'asia Robinson, James Smith, Jaquil Smith, Arkyo Taylor, Marissa Taylor-James, Lauren Thigpen, Jamaica Thomas, Latrina Thweatt, Jennifer Tucker, Tamia Walker, Angelica Watson, Jataya Wells, and April Winnegan.
Ninth Grade "B" Honor Roll: Malika Avent, Angel Baugh, Donte Berry, Toni Boyd, Anthony Bullock, David Bullock, Gary Bullock, Sereneti' Burden, Jerrell Clanton, Charisma Clark, Breana Coleman, Lakayla Coleman, Tamar Coleman, Jamika Crawley, Brandon Dabney, Jasmine Delarosa, Jordan Evans, Trashawn Finch, Shaquira Gonzalez-Martinez, Connell Hagans, Jasmine Harris, Dominique Hawley, Jasmine Jones, Ranita Jones, Jamarion Knight, Sharif Laney, Sha'ron Lewis, Modesty McGainey, Tre'von Monroe, Lanique Moore, Trejon Sherffield, Christian Stewart, T'Aira Vinson, Trevon Wahid, and Jasmine Wynn.
DINWIDDIE - The following students at Southside Elementary school were named to the Honor Roll for the first nine weeks.
Fourth Grade: Diamond Bland, Conner Boyd, Maleigha Booker, Daniel Callis, Tyrone Coleman, Gaylord Daniels, Brett Davidson, Christopher Fraher, Fa'Niece Giles, Charisma Glass, Megan Hammond, Terrance Hutt, Ariana Lane, Peyton Leighty, KaNasia Mason, Matthew Ming, Terrence Outlaw, Allison Reiter, Diwan Robertson, Tylon Robinson, Joaquin Smith, Kalizhah Smith, Bailey Traylor, Sch'Kyra Vaughan, Jasiah Williams, Caleb Winfield and Ti'Maun Winfield.
Fifth Grade: Jeryl Belaus, Casely Blankenship, Darren Brownley (All As), Amy Calhoun, Jermaine Davidson, Jasmine Fouts, Clayton Hartman, Tahanee Holmes, Arnold Jarvis, Jah'Ni Jones, David Lamm, Guillermo Lopez, Collin Mills (All As), Samuel Mustian, Michael Pfister, K'Vahzsa Roberts (All As), Keymoni Sakil-Slack, Shelby Stevens and Morgan Walker.
Abernethy, Caitlin R; Allen, Michael A; Bartruff, Christine; Beaver, Caitlin G; Cloud, Trae R; Cox, George C; Dudley, Cole W; Ellis, Ryan; Field, Brianna J; Files, Caleb D; Froggatt, Megan M; Gettier, Brianna R; Gillis, Tyasia; Grebas, Amanda K; Grebas, Brittany L; Humphrey, Brandon W; Iwanski, Katherine B; Johnson, Ayjah M; Johnson, Nasia Q; Kienzler, Maryia S; Kunkel, Jared L; Kvasnicka, Bain R; Lavalley, Megan E; Lipes, Diamond M; Little, Andrea E; Lundy, Devin T; Massie, Emily A; McNew, Ethan R; Newell, Anya R; Ozbat, Elijah; Parrish, Lauren M; Paul, Joseph W; Peves, Ryan J; Redling, Susanna E; Richardson, India N; Spates, Justin P; Sulc, Joshua A; Taylor, William O; Thompson, Laura S; Tilley, Eyana S; West, Courtney M; Whittington, Kayla R; Wolcott, Aaliyah M; Aldrich, Kayla J; Barker, Jacob P; Beaudet, Jessica A; Brockwell, Amelia C; Castillo, Darwin J; Crowder, David P; Eley, Robert E; Ellis, Ashleigh; England, Aiden W; Gifford, Parker R; Ginther, Sage G; Giraud, Jonathan J; Hazaymeh, Reman A; Hill, Whitney C; Hoch, Taylor L; Ivey, Cecelia E; Lawrence, Rhiannon L; Lee, Joseph M; Marks, Neil A; Mora-placencio, Victo; Nunes, Deauna M; Rackley, Breanna N; Radford, Emma J; Robinson, Isabel V; Schnabel, Alisa M; Shank, Trisha M; Shortell, Tess M; Starr, Kirsten E; Stegmann, Kyle P; Strawser, Allison P; Thweatt, Chance I; and Woodfin, Chandler F.
Those named to the 3.5 Honor Roll for first nine-weeks grading period are: Aaron, Austin G; Allen, Cameron J; Arbogast, Samantha L; Bailey, Kayla A; Balch, Chad A; Bassett, Tynan A; Bell, Aaron C; Bennett, Isabella N; Blakemore, Daniel; Blizzard, Raymone N; Brockwell, Phillip K; Brown, Sabrina M; Capers, Aaliyah E; Carden, Dylan N; Carden, Hunter T; Carmichael, Miranda; Carroll, Luke A; Cary, Akirah A; Cathers, Felicity D; Chastain, Chloe R; Coleman, Laurynn M; Coleman, Wayne W; Cook, Amanda E; Cooper, Shane M; Cordero-santa, Israel; Cureton, Trevor L; Dankenbring, Hannah; Deering, Jacob H; Delgado-castro, Gabri; Dennis, Patrick J; Ellis, D'mari; Exhem, Kayla M; Fortner, Chase; Foster, Madison E; Geske, John W; Glazier, Peyton A; Gonzalez, Alejandro; Gray, Amaiya N; Grimm, Candice K; Haliday, Kaylynn N; Hall, Teairra N; Hamlett, Caleb C; Hargrave, Jazmyne J; Harris, Treasure Y; Hauck, Conner N; Haydt, Logan W; Haynes, Jasmyn M; Haynes, Jeilyn M; Hazaymeh, Wessam A; Helm, Katie E; Hill, Jessica E; Hochschild, Taylor M; Howard, Anthony; Hunter, Anthony R; Iglio, Hayden D; Jabil, Jason R; James, A'lauren S; James, Jordyn L; Jefferson, Kierra J; Johnson, Rebecca; Jones, Justin M; Kennedy, Jakob A Kish, Ryan M; Knight, Bryant L; Larkin, Isaiah R; Lawson, Heather R; Lee, Skyler G; Liriano, Amanda I; Lively, Carlee R; Loving, Brooke E; Lucius, Benjamin C; Luna, Mariah-Rhiannon; Mallard, Anise P; Martin, Alyssa R; Martin, Skyler C; Mathiesen, Gordon L; McCann, Katarina E; McCluney, Morgan A; McCormick, Conor F; McGarvey, Zachary N; McMillan, Nneka L; Montgomery, Willie R; Moran, Brendon L; Myrick, Miles J; Nall, Nathan M; Newberg, Dillon J; Newbold, Elizabeth P; Newman, Austin G; Ogletree, Carlie N; Ortquist, Prince L; Paredes, Cristian O; Parker, Caitlin A; Patel, Richa D; Pendergrass, Jordan; Pilar, Bridgette A; Pitts, Rachel L; Pitts, Tamia A; Pleasant, Ashley L; Pomeroy-Spence, Lilli; Poppell, Caleb N; Potter, Jordan A; Powers, Abigail E; Preece, Samantha N; Quesenberry, Madison; Ray, Zachary D; Reavis, Tiyanah M; Robertson, James H; Rodriguez, Bianca M; Roessel, Caleb A Rowland, Ryann M; Samuel, Kai D; Scott, Cody D; Siemen, Ian J; Singletary, Holly B; Skelley, Tiffany M; Smith, Courtney A; South, Courtney N; Stevens, Parker W; Stevens, Taylor Z; Stoupa, Darin J; Summers, Naila M; Surley, Zhane N; Swords, Alyssa N; Sykes, Dylan A; Taylor, Brady T; Topian, Meredith B; Tyler, Trinity N; Tyson, Claire E; Tyson, Dontrell A; Vaughan, Carlie R; Waire, Michelle; Walton, Jonathan M; Wesson, Addison B; Wesson, Blakeney A; Westbrook, Trae W; Wilson, Zachary J; Wilson, Zachary C; Wiseman, Casey C; Allen, Ariyana E; Allin, Mackenzie N; Anderson, Shelton D; Baxley, Megan; Blanchard, Tyler I; Bland, Zakiyyah L; Bohatec, Ryan A; Bonilla, Nina M; Bowie, Emily E; Bowles, Emilee J; Boyd, Zya I;Brown, Keith R; Brown, Sarah M; Burns, Ryder S; Cardelino, Noah R; Charlotte, Alexis T; Collier, Peyton T; Covarrubias, Dafne J; Crawford, Tiana L; Eaton, Kendall P; Faith, Gabriella E; Finn, Abigail M; Gamoras, Victoria C; Goodwyn, Ayla A; Greenwell, Mary A; Guidry, Marley E; Gulick, Rachel P; Hankins, Hunter E; Harris, Khalayia A; Hopkins, Rosemarie J; Hughes, Rachel E; Jean-Louis, Ruth-Anne; Johnson, Venable R; Jones, Kaejhan D; Justice, Kaitlyn P; Kei, Morgan E; Kyle, Dakota W; Lawrence, Preston A; Lin, Eric; Love, Ryan C; Macalaguim, Anton Lou; Mansur, Kathryn G; McCormack, Maci G; McCullough, Da'quaris; McGlown, Nyra E; McMillian, Breajee R; Montgomery, Jakobi A; Mullen, Kristen A; Newton, Gabrielle K; Noblin, Austin M; Ogletree, Cassie R; Orr, Haley N; Owens, Alexandra C; Owens, Robert J; Pate, Alexandra P; Peade, Lane S; Pino, Francesco A; Polonia, Kayla A; Ramsey, Preston A; Rivera, Jake S; Roane, David J; Roberts, Ethan F; Roberts, Mackenzie L; Rouson, Jahnay T; Samuel, Al-tarik A; Sanders, William C; Schwalm, Cameron A; Seidel, William C; Semrau, Zuhura N; Shafer, Kayla N; Slate, Haley M; Slate, Tarah D; Smith, Christopher L; Smith, Hayleigh M; Snead, Emily N; Sodhi, Tanveer S; Springer, Bryce A; Sudol, Samantha A Sykora, Shawn B; Thweatt, Imani A; Turner, Ryan N; Vaughan, Katherine A; Vaughan, Victoria M; Vincent, David J; Watson, Makalia R; Webster, Jayla C; Wesson, Jady R; West, Troy M; Whirley, Tiara L; Wilkinson, Cassidy T; Williams, Dalton J; Wood, Aisha C; Wyatt, Bailee V.
CHURCH ROAD - The following Midway Elementary School students made the "A" Honor Roll for the first nine weeks.
Fourth Grade: Naomi Aguilar, Brooke Bishop, Christian Cole, Michele Hicks, Olivia Pintabona, Cheyanne Saunders, Christa Wells and Bailee Wilmoth.
Fifth Grade: Hannah Cook, Sarah Harris, Cody Harrison, Carson Harville, Hunter Stainback and Avery Welch.
The following students made the "A/B" Honor Roll for the first nine weeks.
Fourth Grade: Olivia Allen, Teagan Anspach, Dylan Archer, Ryan Barnett, Cara Bartle, Megan Bartle, Logan Carter, Miranda Clarke, Allison Halloway, Ashley Hamilton, Maegan Janosik, Savannah Kelley, Lauren Lindsay, Dean Mason, Alexa McBride, Maegan McQuiggan, Abby Nicholson, Tresali Parham, La'Najiah Perkins, Rachael Peterson, Berkley Ruddick, Colby Slade, Lauren Titmus, Marvin Torres-Perez, Brandon Washington, Bryce Wilmoth and Cheyenne Wray.
Fifth Grade: Tristan Bilyard, Dejah Boura, Shelby Brown, Alex Comer, Mandie Cox, Jessica Davis, Olivia Dunn, Asia Goode, Trent Henshaw, Roxy Hosey, Audra Jones, Preston Keeley, Tye Meadows, Seth Moore, Matthew Norwood, Faith Pollard, Madison Powell, RJ Rhodes, Jacob Rowland, Saralyn Smith, Gabrielle Whitt and Grace Young.


Khabib Nurmagomedov isn’t happy with the UFC.
WITH UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov's future hanging in the balance, he is claiming to have been approached by World Wrestling Entertainment.
The world's largest wrestling promotion has wasted no time in going after the in-demand Russian and wants him to become the latest UFC star to make the switch.
He would join Ronda Rousey and Brock Lesnar as fighters who have made the shock decision to change allegiances.
And he appeared to immediately set his sights on former UFC heavyweight king and ex-WWE Universal champion Lesnar.
Lesnar is one of the biggest drawcards in both UFC and WWE, but Nurmagomedov wants a piece of the man known as "The Beast Incarnate".
Lesnar is expected to return to the Octagon in 2019, after a much-hyped fight with current UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier later this year fell through.
Conor McGregor, beaten by Nurmagomedov last Sunday, has spoken of WWE's interest before and upset a series of the organisation's superstars when he taunted them two years ago, declaring the roster was full of "dweebs".
As the investigation into the ugly fallout from UFC 229 continues, the speculation surrounding Nurmagomedov's future will only intensify.
UFC 229 has been the biggest talking point in the world of sport for the past week, thanks to the ugly fallout from the main event.
McGregor and Nurmagomedov went toe-to-toe, but it was after the fight when the real action kicked off.
Khabib's rampage out of the cage, along with his teammates jumping McGregor inside the cage, set the UFC into meltdown.
The horrific moment captured the world's attention and left UFC boss Dana White "disgusted" about what had unfolded.
Both fighters were handed 10-day suspensions from the UFC, but one of Khabib's friends and teammates could be facing severe punishment.
Zubaira Tukhugov was revealed to be the man who jumped into the cage and sucker-punched McGregor while the Irishman was unawares.
White pulled the pin on Tukhugov's next fight, scheduled for October 27, before revealing he was considering banning him completely.
The move didn't sit too well with Russian champ Nurmagomedov, who threatened to quit the UFC if his teammate was removed.
Nurmagomedov is riding an 11-fight win streak and the ideal fight for the champion to defend his belt would be against Tony Ferguson.
Ferguson is ranked No.1 ranked contender and is also riding his own 11-win fight streak after dispatching Anthony Pettis prior to the UFC 229 main event.


Ipads, tablets and mobile phones worth tens of thousands of pounds were stolen from an O2 phone store.
Raiders broke into the South Street shop in Dewsbury at around 10.30pm on Friday.
The outlet, which is part of an award-winning franchise, is offering a £1,000 reward for information which leads to a criminal conviction.
Marketing manager Habib Khatib warned people to be on their guard if they offered new phones or tablets for a knock-down price.
“If anybody does get offered them, we would ask them to call the police,” said Mr Khatib.
Mr Khatib also called on people to come forward with information to prevent other businesses being hit.
“The guys who have done this are probably professionals,” he added.
The store is open as normal today.


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A grand jury also secretly indicted a Chillicothe woman in a separate incident where she allegedly tried to hit two people with a car.
CHILLICOTHE - A Jefferson Avenue woman was arrested this week on secret indictments related to a downtown arson fire last year and a separate incident where she allegedly tried to hit two people with a car.
Ashley B. Gibson, 33, is facing one count of aggravated arson and two counts of felonious assault, all second-degree felonies, after a grand jury secretly indicted her on Friday.
The arson charge relates to a Nov. 21, 2017, fire at 23 S. Paint St. which housed Paint. The Art of Hair and two apartments. There were people in the salon and in one apartment when the fire was set, but all were able to escape uninjured.
"(Investigators) basically had someone come forward and say Ashley was bragging about setting this fire," said Todd Bost, an investigator with the Ross County Prosecutors Office.
Gibson was identified as a potential suspect early on because her ex-boyfriend lived in one of the apartments and a neighbor reported hearing the two arguing a lot, Bost said.
A witness also reported seeing a truck pull up to the building shortly before the fire which was tracked to Jean Ann Clemmons, 45, of Anderson Station Road, Bost said. Clemmons, who investigators noted was Facebook friends with Gibson, also was indicted on Friday with a second-degree felony count of complicity to aggravated arson for allegedly driving Gibson that evening, Bost said.
The pair of felonious assault charges against Gibson relate to an incident with a different ex-boyfriend on Aug. 1. The ex was walking west on Main Street near Ross Street with a woman when Gibson allegedly yelled at them as she drove past and then made a u-turn, Bost said. A passenger with Gibson allegedly got out of the car and tried to get the ex to fight but he refused.
After the passenger got back in the car, Gibson allegedly squealed the car's tires, drove onto the sidewalk, and attempted to strike the ex and the woman he was with, Bost said. However, she stopped mere inches from hitting them due to a light post, Bost added.
Gibson and Clemmons are both set to appear for an initial pre-trial in the cases on Dec. 12.


GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan prosecutors and a United Nations-backed anti-graft commission sought for a third time Friday to have President Jimmy Morales' immunity of office lifted so they can investigate him for possible illicit electoral financing.
Maria Consuelo Porras, chief prosecutor and head of the Public Ministry, said the request was in relation to Morales' time as secretary-general of his political party, before his election in 2016.
Morales, who is suspected of receiving at least $1 million in undeclared campaign contributions from business interests in 2015, has denied wrongdoing in the past and said attempts to investigate him are politically motivated.
In a statement, his office said the president respects the rule of law and "reiterates his commitment to institutions in the country, to legal order and due process."
Twice last year prosecutors tried without success to have the president's immunity lifted. The first time, the Supreme Court allowed the request to progress to the congress where there were not sufficient votes to lift Morales' immunity. The second time, the court did not allow it to progress that far.
Those attempts happened on the watch of then-chief prosecutor Thelma Aldana, who was internationally recognized for her aggressive anti-corruption investigations in tandem with the U.N. commission, known as Cicig for its initials in Spanish.
The new request comes under the leadership of Porras, who was chosen by Morales to replace Aldana.
She said it was based on newly discovered evidence in the case.


Andy Van Slyke had words of praise for Cincinnati`s Paul O`Neill during the Pirates` brief workout here Saturday. Players from rival clubs, more often than not, have a healthy respect for each other, so Van Slyke`s laudatory comments about O`Neill were not unusual.
It was a pivotal play for the Reds and helped blunt a budding, sixth-inning Pittsburgh rally. Van Slyke had opened with a single to deep right, stopped at second on Bobby Bonilla`s single to left and then tagged up and tried to advance on Barry Bonds` fly to O`Neill.
Play doesn`t resume here with Game 3 until Monday afternoon. This best-of-seven series is tied at 1. It figured to be close, with neither team having a decisve edge. Still, it is somewhat remarkable that each team has scored the same number of runs-five. The Reds hit a collective .175 in the first two games, the Pirates .210.
Van Slyke made it clear he expects the Pirates` bats will come alive.
Insofar as contributing, the Reds` so-called ''Nasty Boys''-the bullpen triumvirate of Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers-have dominated thus far. Together, they have worked 6 2/3 innings and have given up only one run for a combined 1.35 earned-run average.
Of the three, only Dibble appeared in both games. He came on in the ninth inning of the first game and struck out the side. In the two games, he has faced eight batters and struck out five.
Still, there appears to be some unrest on Cincinnati. Dibble has a 95-m.p.h. fastball, an intimidator reminiscent of Goose Gossage. Since the All-Star break he has 66 strikeouts in 52 innings, a remarkable ratio, above and beyond Nolan Ryan Country.
But Dibble has been expressing unhappiness because manager Lou Piniella uses him as a set-up man for closer Randy Myers. As the finisher, Myers has the glamor role and gets the most of the saves. During the regular season, Myers had 31 saves, Dibble 11.
Dibble has been engrossed in a season-long salary drive. His 1990 pay is $200,000, a boost of $115,000 from the previous year but still a pittance in these days of the multimillion-dollar player. If he doesn`t break down, Dibble eventually will get his millions. But it won`t happen until after next season when he becomes eligible for salary arbitration.
And Dibble, of course, is aware the closers, not the middlemen, make the big dough, although his case could be the exception.
The Cubs, among other teams, could use Dibble. But Marge Schott, the Cincinnati owner, isn`t likely to let him go, and certainly not while she has him at a bargain basement price.


Beck performs at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
Jack White, Beck and Bon Iver will headline the 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington this Memorial Day Weekend. The festival will also include performances by the Shins, Feist, the Roots, Tune-Yards, Wild Flag, Spiritualized, St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Girl Talk, Tenacious D, Explosions in the Sky, Gary Clark Jr., Beirut, the Joy Formidable, the Civil Wars, Silversun Pickups, M. Ward and Blitzen Trapper. In addition to these and many other bands, the weekend will also feature comedy performances by the cast of Portlandia, Todd Barry, John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, Rob Delaney and others.
Beck’s appearance at the top of the bill will come as a surprise to many fans of the alt-rock icon, who has been almost entirely absent from the stage since 2009. This could be an indication that the songwriter is working on new material, which would be his first since Modern Guilt came out in the summer of 2008.
Jack White’s headlining slot is also noteworthy, as it is the first solo gig announced for the former White Stripes frontman, who will release Blunderbuss, his first album under his own name, in April.
You can watch a video announcement for the festival below.


The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said , that Israel is planning to implement a new settlement bloc project in the center of the West Bank toward Palestinian Valleys. The national bureau added that as the Israeli elections are taking place next April, Israeli parties began issuing racist statements, harming the Palestinian people in order to gain the satisfaction of settlers at the expense of the rights of the Palestinian people, of which most recently the call made by Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, Ophir Akunis to impose Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, to accelerating the pace of settlement construction in the West Bank and to increase the budget of the Israeli security forces operating in there. He pointed out that security and construction would bring more Jews to settle in the West Bank. Knowing that last year, the Likud Party approved by a large majority a draft resolution to impose Israeli law on settlements in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and to annex them under the Israeli sovereignty.
Within this context, the planning and building committees in the military government approved a project to expand several settlements in the West Bank to form a settlement bloc that reaches the Jordanian border and the King Hussein Bridge. The Ma’ale Mikhmas settlement and a number of surrounding outposts such as Mitzpeh Danny and Neve Erez will be the center of the bloc. Minister of Justice, the organizational committees in the military government, religious and settlement parties and the Yesha Council are doing their best before the upcoming Israeli elections to gain satisfaction and support of the settlers through seizing 40% of the West Bank -Area C- which constitutes 62% of it.
Not only Israel they are doing so, but the occupation authorities have for years implemented Judaization and change of the Palestinian character of the occupied West Bank’ Governorates through settlement expansion and roadblocks, while preventing Palestinians from building and/or expanding urban areas. Israel built a road called “Trans Samaria,” which connects Tel Aviv to the Jordan Valley, built dozens of settlements on its sides, and changes the features of the area. The road is located on the land of Salfit in the so-called Israeli “Ariel Finger,” which includes 15 settlements. It starts from the Palestinian town of Kafr Qasim inside the Green Line, passing through the towns of Salfit to Za’tara Junction to the south of Nablus towards the Palestinian Valleys.
Within the atmosphere that accompanies the Israeli legislative elections, the complicity of the Israeli Judicial System with the settlers can be easily felt. As the Jerusalem District Court convicted 9 Jewish youths of assaulting 2 Palestinian youths from the town of Beit Hanina in northern Jerusalem, causing 100% disability to one of them, the court did not sentence any of the attackers. Seven of the convicted filed a plea saying they are not involved, and the Judge, Moshe Drori agreed to release them, some of them were fined to pay NIS 2,000 – 5,000 to the victims, an eight-month imprisonment or work at the public service. Knowing that the prosecutor, Uri Goldstein ordered to be imprisoned for 18 months at least.
As for the ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of Palestinian citizens in most of the occupied areas “C”, and in and around Jerusalem and its surroundings in particular, the Israeli occupation authorities are continuing their arbitrary and racist measures to evacuate the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to change its historical legal and cultural features. The Israeli Department of Justice delivered an order to the Sabbagh family demanding that they have to evacuate the building, which homes about 35 Palestinian families, before Jan. 23, 2019, and to replace them with settlers. Moreover, the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which has been inhabited by more than 100 Palestinian families since the 1950s, the Settlement Associations has been working on their displacement in preparation for the construction of an 8-storey settlement, each of which consists of 12 floors, in a largest displacement process since the Nakba i.e. “the Palestinian Catastrophe”.
In a clear exploitation of the Arab and Islamic regional situation, and based on the Trump’ decision as he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the occupying state, a change is being made on the historical and legal situation of Jerusalem. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has sent letters to all countries that have official relations with Israel demanding them to transfer their embassies to Jerusalem.
On the other hand, the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Erdogan has written to Netanyahu requesting to end the mission of Temporary International Presence in Hebron, and not expel its workers, claiming that it harms soldiers stationed in Hebron and the 450 settlers in the city, adding it interferes with the work of the Israeli army and police, cooperates with extremist organizations and encourages the de-legitimization of Israel. He noted that the work of the international force in Hebron ends within 14 days and renewed every six months, calling not to renew for it.


Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal both bounced back from demoralising defeats to enjoy wins on New Year’s Day, with Spurs cruising to a 3-0 victory at Cardiff and the Gunners beating Fulham 4-1 at the Emirates.
Jamie Vardy was on target for Leicester City, who picked up an impressive 1-0 away win at Everton on Tuesday.
Tottenham had a point to prove after their title credentials were undermined by a poor home loss to Wolves on Saturday, and they delivered a composed display in South Wales to move back into second place in the Premier League.
Mauricio Pochettino's side took just three minutes to get in front when Harry Kane launched an attack, surging from deep, Kieran Trippier crossed, and the England forward had a simple tap-in after the ball ricocheted off Cardiff defender Sean Morrison.
Christian Eriksen made it 2-0 nine minutes later with a well-placed shot from the edge of the box after the Cardiff defenders had given him far too much room.
Spurs had firm control in the 26th minute when South Korean winger Son Heung-Min produced a clinical finish with a shot on the turn after being well set-up by Kane. Son has scored 11 goals in his last 12 starts.
"We all know how it felt losing at home, and we had to bounce back," said the impressive Eriksen.
"We were lucky with the first goal, and afterwards we had the ball for the rest of the game," he added.
Tottenham move above Manchester City into second place, six points behind leaders Liverpool, who face third-placed City on Thursday night.
City could reclaim second place, however, if they avoid defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal had been thrashed 5-1 at Liverpool on Saturday, but after surviving two early scares, when Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon missed two good chances, the Gunners got ahead in the 25th minute through a rare close-range goal from long-range specialist Granit Xhaka.
Alexandre Lacazette made it 2-0 in the 55th minute before Aboubakar Kamara pulled one back for Claudio Ranieri's Fulham in the 69th minute.
But Aaron Ramsey added a third for Arsenal, finding the target after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's effort came out off the post.
Aubameyang then wrapped up the points with a diagonal shot from the right which took a slight deflection.
The win was only the second in six games for Arsenal but, as Xhaka noted, it was a much-needed one after the torment of Saturday's loss.
"We needed to win today," said Arsenal manager Unai Emery.
"We are behind the first four teams in the table, but we want to continue to be close and maybe in the future we can be in the top four if we take our opportunities," said the Spaniard.
Fulham remain deep in relegation trouble in 19th place in the 20-team league, with just 14 points from 21 games.
Jamie Vardy's 58th-minute strike gave Leicester City a 1-0 win at Goodison Park and condemned the Merseysiders to their fourth defeat in five Premier League games.
After a poor first half, the game was decided by a mistake from Everton defender Michael Keane when he mis-controlled the ball and let it go to Leicester full-back Ricardo Pereira, who sent Vardy through.
The former England striker made no mistake with an angled shot past Jordan Pickford.


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Amazon.com’s third quarter financial results are out and it’s not looking good for the Seattle retailer.
The company said net sales rose 27 percent to $13.81 billion in the third quarter. However, Amazon posted a net loss of $274 million, or a loss of 60 cents per share. That compared to analyst expectations of a loss of 8 cents per share.
A large chunk of the loss, about $169 million or 37 cents per share, was due to losses experienced by LivingSocial, the daily deals service in which Amazon is an investor. Amazon invested $175 million in the Groupon competitor in December 2010. A 2011 filing showed $558 million in losses for LivingSocial.
Amazon’s stock is down five percent in after hours trading. The company posted profits in the three previous quarters.
CFO Tom Szkutak spoke on a conference call shortly after the earnings were released and said the losses can be attributed to investments in new geographical locations, new fulfillment centers and the Kindle business.
“We like the idea of selling our Kindle Fire and then being rewarded through purchases of content going forward,” Szkutak said.
Also noteworthy are Amazon’s fourth quarter net sales expectations of $20.25 billion to $22.75 billion. That’s below analyst estimates of $22.8 billion.
In July, Amazon reported earnings per share of one cent for the second quarter.
In Amazon’s release, the company compared its Kindle Fire HD to the iPad mini, a new chapter in the rivalry between the two giants. Amazon noted that users can watch HD movies and TV on the Kindle —not possible on the iPad — and toted better audio, more pixels and a lower cost.
CEO Jeff Bezos tried to put a positive spin on the results in his statement.


Veteran Fatah Central Committee member openly says his faction murdered Henkins in front of their children, as terror praise pours in.
The "armed wing" of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night's brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim.
Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, who is a member of the Fatah Central Committee, was revealed by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) as having announcing responsibility the night before on Facebook for the murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin outside Itamar in Samaria.
"The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah, accepted responsibility for the Itamar operation (i.e. the murder - ed.) carried out against settlers, leading to their deaths," wrote Al-Aloul in an open admission.
Al-Aloul is a senior Fatah figure; he was the PA governor of Shechem (Nablus) from 1995 before becoming part of the Fatah Central Committee in 2009. In 2012, he confirmed Fatah remains committed to terrorism, saying, "no one has dropped the armed resistance from his dictionary."
The Martyr Abdul-Qader al-Husseini Brigades is the particular faction of Fatah which claimed responsibility for the murder of the Henkin couple.
Fatah and Hamas officials have both praised the attack, and the praise of the murder by Palestinian Arab terror groups continued on Friday.
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said that alleged killings of Arabs by Jews "needed a painful response to settlers to stop their terrorism against our people in the West Bank," according to the Palestinian Arab Ma'an News Agency.
The spokesperson of the "military wing" of the PRC, the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, called the attack a "natural response" to Israeli "violations" at the Al-Aqsa Mosque - in other words, Israeli law enforcement against violent Arab riots at the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
“Resistance is the most effective way to stop Israel and its violations, and violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and against worshipers in Jerusalem calls upon the resistance forces to escalate its operations wherever there are settlers on Palestinian land," said the spokesperson.
Also getting in on the action was the Communist terror group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which spoke about the "right of defense."
The "military wing" of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National Resistance Brigades, rounded out the support of terrorism, calling for a "joint operation" by the various Arab terror groups against Israel.


We saw it last year, for example, with revelations of John Della Bosca’s affair with 26 year old Kate Neill. Della Bosca resigned as NSW Health Minister. And then of course, there was the not so private life of Tiger Woods. Campbell, Della Bosca and Woods betrayed their marriage vows but then, that’s a matter for their conscience and families, no one else.
You could say with politicians, it’s about betraying trust but that might be pushing it. After all, there has been no shortage of politicians, including Prime Ministers, who have been notorious pants men. Everyone knew it and it didn’t hurt their political careers. The interesting question is whether this is part of a more general trend where the line between what is public and what’s private are blurring.
Why are private lives turning public? No doubt a lot of it is because of the growth of media. Add to that sites like Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and reality TV. The lines are blurring because they can be blurred.
All this leaves me wondering about how much of this reflects a growing tension between private and professional lives. It is happening to many of us, not just the rich and famous. A few weeks ago, I did a blog entry on how we are all getting overloaded with people’s details about their private lives, everything from medical treatments to matters of hygiene. You can see it in some of the tweets and status updates on Facebook. Do I really want to know if someone is tired, hungry or having a bath? Do I really care what they’re eating?
Do you think the lines between public and private life is blurring? What’s causing it? Do you think the status updates and tweets are over the top? What about at your workplace? And what did you think of the Campbell and Akermanis incidents?


Wolves boss Mick McCarthy praised the fighting qualities of his players as they twice came from behind to rescue a precious point in a 2-2 home draw with Norwich.
The Canaries led through former Wolves player Andrew Surman and then substitute Simeon Jackson, but goals from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Ronald Zubar levelled matters for Mick McCarthy's side.
McCarthy said: "To come from behind twice, and the response they gave, I thought the players were great."
He added: "No-one has left anything on the pitch. They are a great bunch and we will march on and see what happens.
"We got off to the worse possible start, conceding a goal. They started well and had a couple more chances.
"When we got back into the game, we were on top at the end of the first half and continued that second half.
"They scored against the run of play and then at the end of it all, it was a bit crazy."
McCarthy took the bold decision to drop striker Kevin Doyle but Ebanks-Blake responded to his call-up in positive fashion.
He said: "Sylvan was great. He deserved to play. I'm sorry if I misled you all when I said I was putting my faith in Kevin Doyle (at the press conference).
"Sylvan already knew he was playing and it was the right decision. He played well and got his goal. It gives us healthy competition again for those spots up front."


John Oswald and Walt Churchill will swap places on Monday and Tuesday to promote local businesses and help Food for Thought charity.
TOLEDO (WTOL) - Appliance Center, now open for over 55 years in the local area, and Walt Churchill’s Market, which recently celebrated 100 years of business in Toledo, have teamed up for a charitable event unlike any other.
“It’s a partnership over 55 years in the making,” said John Oswald, president of Appliance Center.
“We have sold some pretty crazy stuff at Appliance Center over the years but this will be my first endeavor with groceries and I’m looking forward to it,” said John.
“I have shopped at Appliance Center for many years and I love the people there, I just hope John doesn’t try to get me to jump into any swimming pools like he does in his commercials,” said Walt Churchill.
They are doing this not only to promote local business but also to raise money for a local charity, Food For Thought. Everyone who comes in to see Walt at Appliance Center on Monday from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. or John at Churchill’s on Tuesday from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m., will have the chance to enter drawings for prizes from both stores.
To top it off, Appliance Center and Churchill’s will make a donation to Food For Thought on behalf of everyone who enters the prize drawings.
Food For Thought is a local charity that provides food for those in need, including 400 local families on average every month.
“There’s never been a more important time to buy local, it’s good for all us. This is just a great way for us to have fun and give back to the community that has been so incredibly supportive to both of our companies for many years,” Oswald said.
Customers are encouraged to come out and get some great deals, enter to win prizes, and support charity all at the same time.
Walt Churchill will work at the Appliance Center Illinois Avenue location in Maumee on Monday from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. and John Oswald will be working at Churchills Briarfield location in Maumee on Tuesday from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.


Ade Edmondson has reportedly joined Star Wars 8.
You read that right. The British comedian is said to have landed a part after impressing director Rian Johnson and The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams.
The Sun say although his role is being kept under wraps, we should expect it to be an ‘eccentric’ part given his comedy background.
And the move has already been called ‘one of the most unlikely castings in Star Wars history’ by film industry insiders.
Ade, who appeared in War And Peace earlier this year, is said to be keen on getting back to acting after being involved with a lot of reality TV.
A source said: ‘Ade is one of the most-loved comedy stars in the UK but even he would admit Star Wars is a surprise move for him.
‘While JJ Abrams isn’t directing, he is still heavily involved and he is really keen on British talent.
While the report is certainly surprising, Edmondson isn’t the first unusual bit of casting. Remember Daniel Craig’s cameo in Episode VII as a stormtrooper?
Filming on Episode 8 is already underway with stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Issac reprising their roles.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Edmondson’s representative to help us get to the Bottom of this.


WEST HAM Boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed he was on a scouting mission last weekend to check on the development of Swiss striker Josip Drmic.
The Hammers boss attended Wolfsburg's 4-1 win over Nuremberg, with the 21-year-old forward understood to be a target for the Upton Park outfit this summer.
But Allardyce revealed the flow of the game against the Old Master's meant his scouting mission didn't go quite according to plan.
"I was at Nuremberg versus Wolfsburg. The sausages were great!" joked Allardyce.
"They got beat quite comfortably so in terms of that particular player [Drmic], you wouldn't be able to judge him on that particular game because they got battered."
West Ham's Premier League rivals Everton and Liverpool are also interested in the starlet, who's scored 16 goals so far this term.
Drmic, a versatile forward who can play through the middle or out wide, is a man in demand after a brilliant first season in the Bundesliga.
He has carried Nuremberg and is the main reason they are currently on course to avoid relegation from Germany's top division.
The £8m rated starlet is also a summer target for Arsenal.


Thornley won the women's single scull 5km trials race in Boston, Lincolnshire in November, but there are doubts over her double sculls place.
She has been competing alongside Scotland's Katherine Grainger, having been in the women's eight at London 2012.
They are regarded as the fastest individuals, but questions have been raised over their double sculls combination, with the pair only finishing sixth at the World Championships in Aiguebelette this year.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, who won GB's first gold at London 2012, will continue in the pair for Rio.
However, Thornley believes continuing to impress in the build-up to the Games can secure her a place in Brazil.
"I will want to be in the boat with the best chance of winning a medal," she said.
"I was really pleased with the weekend. I won the trial in November so wanted to keep myself at the top of the team in the singles results.
"I did that and had a good margin over the second place."
She added: "Fundamentally it comes down to what the coaches feel they want to prioritise.
"But the better results you have, the more sway you might have over the decisions that are made."


Antoine Fuqua, the director of the remake of The Magnificent Seven, says he insisted on Denzel Washington playing the lead character in an attempt to present a more diverse and accurate view of America's cowboy past.
Oscar-winner Washington, 61, is one of Hollywood's most successful black actors and in the remake of the classic western he plays Sam Chisolm, a bounty hunter, and the leader of the Seven. Fuqua, 50, who directed Washington in Training Day, is in post-production for the hotly-anticipated film, which will be released in September.
Fuqua told AFP: "I said it needs to be an event and it needs to be something we haven't seen – and more diverse. I said Denzel should play the lead role."
Fuqua's film is a re-imagining of the 1960 western starring Steve McQueen and James Coburn – which in turn was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese-language epic Seven Samurai. The new version stars Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke, along with South Korea's Lee Byung-hun as Billy Rocks, one of the seven gunslingers who defend a community against murderous bandits.
The director believes that the true racial makeup of America's Wild West – a melting pot of Europeans, Chinese, Mexicans, Native American and blacks – remains one that has not always been accurately represented. He added: "Now it's just not the white cowboy, the white soldier, but it's all of us together. It's white, black, Asian, Indians. It doesn't matter anymore... We all have to come together to fight tyranny."
Black cowboys were working on ranches throughout Texas by the early 19th century, and many more were employed after the civil war to break horses and herd cattle across the rivers. Jim Austin, president of the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, told AFP: "What we found is that if you talk to some (modern) cowboys they'll say 80 per cent of the cowboys were actually people of colour."
Austin also points to the TV and film versions of The Lone Ranger, a character who battles outlaws along with his Native American sidekick Tonto, as an example of Hollywood compounding ignorance over race in the Old West.
The Lone Ranger is widely believed to have been inspired by Bass Reeves, a real-life black lawman who, legend has it, went through his entire career without being shot, despite bagging 3,000 outlaws. "Hollywood took Bass's story and they flipped it, from an African-American man – six feet two inches, black hat, black horse, sidekick a Native American, always got his man – and turned it into The Lone Ranger," Austin said.
The Oakland Black Cowboy Association stages an annual parade to raise awareness of the role of non-whites in settling the Old West.


The festive season is upon us.
Now is a good time to start reflecting on what the family will be feasting on during the many celebrations. This time reminds me of family, especially my favourite aunt - when all the women gather to prepare food for the occasion, usually to make the umqombothi and peel and chop the vegetables.
My favourite aunt would have same carrot in hand for at least three hours, animatedly sharing the latest (and heavily embellished) story of her exciting life, with us hanging on her every word. Between her and the scones and gemmer, we couldn't be more entertained.
In a pot dissolve the sugar with 2 cups of the water. Simmer the ginger, raisins, cream of tartar, pineapple skin and the rest of the water. Allow the pot to cool for an hour and add the yeast. Leave to stand overnight. Strain into a bottle and chill before serving.
Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease an oven tray. In a large bowl, sift flour, salt and baking powder. Using your hands, rub in the butter in the flour and add sugar. Beat the egg and cream together and make a well in the centre to add the cream mixture. Mix well with a knife, careful not to over mix. Pat out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of 2cm and use a cookie cutter to cut into rounds. Place on the greased baking tray and bake for 10-12 minutes.


Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world’s largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on the blackened ground.
the 21-year-old British-born Ghanaian, surveying the stretch of wasteland around him as dense plumes of smoke rise into the air.
Awuah-Darko and his university friends have ambitious plans for the sprawling Agbogbloshie dumping ground in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
“We are suffering here because the heat is there, the smoke, too, it disturbs us. If we find a good work we will go and join it and leave this place,” Mohammed Abdul Rahim, a dump site worker said.
Awuah-Darko’s first upcycled work is a grandfather clock, made from a galvanized car axle, aluminium and part of a discarded wall clock.
Two high-end hotels in Accra are currently vying to buy the unusual timepiece, he said, and with such interest he has plans to create more and expand operations.
He hopes that his initiative will not only improve lives but also the planet, as waste from the site is given another life.


The Ponton Plod is a challenge for both walkers and runners over either 12, 17 or 27 miles which starts and finishes at Great Ponton Village Hall.
All routes use footpaths, bridleways, tracks and minor roads towards the Vale of Belvoir, the longer routes passing through several picturesque villages including Harlaxton, Wyville and Harston. The 10th running of this event raised funds for CASY and the Besso Children’s Home in Hosur, India.
Grantham Running Club had a stellar line-up of endurance athletes for the longest event, leading the way despite it being his first attempt on this route was serial marathon runner Adam Wasiolka.
Although Adam has competed in almost 100 full marathons and regularly does a 26-mile workout along the canal, he was not as familiar with the route as his fellow runners in the lead pack and must have clocked up quite a few miles in excess of the planned 27.8 miles as he put speed in front of map reading. His time of 4hr 42min is sure to be bettered in 2019.
Next home was Paul Rushworth in ninth place with a time of 4:51. Paul is a former winner of this event and has been runner-up twice, so knows the route well.
The third of the GRC guys back was Robert McArdle in 10th position with a time of 4:58, pleased to get under the five hour mark again. The final runner home for the club was Nick Payne, a member of the 100 Marathon Club and a veteran of several 100-miles races, he was able to regard this as no more than a walk in the park as he strolled home in 5:14.
On the 17-mile route, GRC’s Nev Chamberlain was also able to use his experience of the course to finish in joint eighth with a time of 2:51. This year he was joined by Justyna Gill who completed the distance in 4:21.
The 12-mile route attracted six ladies from GRC. First back was Sinead McDonnell, running with her husband in a time of 2:06, just a few minutes slower than last year. Next in were Rachel Varela and Lucy Worthington, finishing in 2:32, with the final trio of Claire Pimlott, Lucinda Gamble and Claire Fritz coming home in 3:06, the latter two tackling the run for the second year in a row.


A beauty blogger from Sheffield, has shared her story of receiving negative comments about her disability, as part of a global campaign aimed at combating the issue of beauty cyberbullying.
Tess Daly from Sheffield Lane Top was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 at 18 months old, meaning she has to use a motorised wheelchair on a daily basis as she cannot walk or stand.
However, the fashion-mad beauty blogger has not let this hold her back, going on to build a ‘great community’ of nearly 150,000 followers who keep up to date with her on Instagram.
Despite this, she admits to facing hate comments linked to her disability, but thanks her parents and a great network of friends, who have helped her develop a thick skin from an early age.
She said: “At one point I filtered out words I didn’t want to see, ones that were consistent on my posts. It used to be more frequent, but personally I feel like people are becoming a lot more kinder.
“If I have a hate comment, I have people that will reply saying ‘why are you saying that, Tess is great’ or whatever. My followers are very respectful, I’m quite lucky they’re mature and level headed.
“My parents are really strong, and I've got a great network of friends, I think that moulds you into who you are. I have people asking me how to increase their confidence but I’ve never known any different.
Now, Tess has joined Rimmel in their #IWILLNOTBEDELETED campaign, taking part in the brand’s hero film to share her first hand experience of the negative effects of beauty cyberbullying in a bid to tackle the prejudice and discrimination that stand in the way of self expression.
The campaign forms an integral part of global beauty brand Coty’s ongoing commitment which also aims to celebrate and liberate the diversity of consumers’ beauty when it comes to things like gender, sexual orientation, disability and ethnicity.
Tess added: “It’s about being authentic to your self without living in fear of ‘I look too fat in that picture’ or ‘I look too disabled’, do what you want to do regardless of what people say.
“If you want to wear that bikini, it doesn’t matter if society says we’re too fat or too disabled you wear it. I actually posted my first bikini picture the other day, and normally my posts average around four to five thousands likes, but it got 15,000 and all the comments were so positive.
“I was in LA and I had a beautiful swimming pool, I thought no I’m not going to wear a polo, I’m in a position where I can normalise disabled bodies and if I’m going to get bad comments who cares.
The film, released today to coincide with the start of Anti-Bullying Week 2018, includes the accounts of young people from all corners of the globe who have been central to the development of the #IWILLNOTBEDELETED campaign.
Rimmel global brand ambassadors Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne also feature in the emotive film alongside other young people to share their own authentic stories of being on the receiving end of beauty cyberbullying.
For the campaign, Rimmel have partnered with the multi award-winning anti-cyberbullying non-profit organisation, The Cybersmile Foundation.
They will work with Cybersmile to tackle the societal issues that stop people of all ages from feeling unable to fully express themselves on social media due to fear of negative commentary or retribution.
As part of this long term partnership, Rimmel will work with Cybersmile to create The Cybersmile Assistant, a state-of-the-art AI-driven tool that will be available for all visitors to the Cybersmile website from across the globe.
Set to launch in next year, this ground-breaking virtual assistant will be rolled out in several languages and recommend approved local resources, helplines and organizations that can help those affected by beauty cyberbullying.
Sara Wolverson, Vice President of Rimmel Global Marketing, Coty, said: ‘The release of our film to mark the start of the global #IWILLNOTBEDELETED campaign is a hugely exciting moment for everyone that has been involved thus far.
“At Rimmel, we have a clear purpose as a brand to inspire people to experiment and express themselves through make-up. Beauty cyberbullying is on the rise and the white paper that we publish today includes some truly shocking findings.
Scott Freeman, CEO, The Cybersmile Foundation, added: “We’re very excited to be working with Rimmel as part of the #IWILLNOTBEDELETED campaign. The research has highlighted how big an issue beauty cyberbullying is among young women and we’re confident that The Cybersmile Assistant will play an active role in addressing these concerns."


Two people were hospitalized Friday night after a motorcycle crash, as well as a two-vehicle collision, on U.S. Highway 85 near Weld 394, also known as Weld 52.
According to Colorado State Patrol spokesman Gary Cutler, troopers responded about 6:30 p.m. to the report, and after arriving on the scene they found a motorcyclist who had been injured when his motorcycle exited the roadway and rolled. Troopers performed CPR on the motorcyclist and he was transported to North Colorado Medical Center with severe bodily injury.
Troopers also arrested one of the drivers involved in the two-vehicle crash — which appeared to be caused by one car rear-ending the other — on suspicion of driving under the influence. The suspect is a 23-year-old male from Merino.
The driver of the other vehicle was transported to NCMC after complaining of injury.
It was unclear from the initial report whether the two crashes were related or separate incidents. Colorado State Patrol continues to investigate both crashes.


BEIJING—China owes a great debt to the African continent. This cannot be denied.
In 1971, when the People’s Republic of China’s United Nations status was put to a vote, it was newly independent African countries that provided the crucial majority and ensured China was able to take its rightful seat on the UN Security Council. Thanks to the goodwill of its “African brothers,” as Chairman Mao Zedong called them, China could finally join the global family of nations. With that vote, an unbreakable bond between China and Africa was forged.
And while there have been rocky moments over the decades since—the less said about alignment with U.S. forces in Angola and elsewhere, the better—relations between Africa and China have remained fundamentally strong. Which is why it should come as no surprise the continent plays an important role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. This enormous project includes $60 billion in development aid, geared toward sorely needed infrastructure. The aim of the BRI is to give a leg up to historically exploited regions of the world and bring them into the global economy through new trade and supply routes.
But ever since the initiative was announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013, there has been an ongoing campaign to paint it as a nefarious scheme to trap developing countries in China’s web of influence. In an irony so deep it borders on the cosmic, former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned of China becoming a “new imperialist power…reminiscent of European colonialism.” Putting aside the gall of a U.S. representative accusing anyone else of imperialism, such claims mischaracterize China’s foreign relations and are part of a transparent effort to break up geopolitical alliances that disadvantage the United States.
There was even more sputtering condemnation during the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation which took place in Beijing this month. Keyboards clacked away in the latest anti-China media blitz. Ignored in these fiery missives was what Africans themselves think of the relationship; polling shows favorability toward China is high, and African international students now prefer a Chinese higher education over one from any other country, with the exception of France. Strangely, the African people and their governments don’t seem to think they’re being colonized. You’d figure they would know what it looks like.
The simple fact is trustworthy judgments about colonialism don’t come from colonizers. The people of Africa deserve the right to choose their own development path, and having experienced crisis and stagnation despite “assistance” from the West, they are now taking a different approach with China’s help. China knows all too well what it’s like to be under the yoke of an oppressor, and builds foreign aid packages with that brutal, recent history in mind.
Strangely, the African people and their governments don’t seem to think they’re being colonized. You’d figure they would know what it looks like.
But this isn’t a brand new strategy—it goes back decades. In 1964, then-Premier Zhou Enlai announced China’s “Eight Principles for Economic Aid” during a visit to Ghana. The principles lay out the country’s philosophy plainly; topping the list is a commitment to “equality and mutual benefit” when providing aid.
With that being said, terms for Chinese aid tend to be similar to that of other countries; repayment periods are long, interest rates vary but err on the low or nonexistent side, while debt forgiveness and grace periods are common. Even in situations where an asset is purchased as part of a debt restructuring deal—the widely publicized acquisition of the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka comes to mind—the long-term goal is to return the asset once the project bears fruit.
In the case of the Sri Lankan port, media focused on the initial 70 percent ownership stake sold to China Merchants Port. But what went left out conveniently was the fine print: After 10 years, Sri Lanka Port Authority can buy back an equal partnership stake, and after 80 years a majority stake for $1. CMPort also agreed to invest over $1 billion into Hambantota, to build it up even further. This deal wiped clean Sri Lanka’s debt and created a path back to full ownership at minimal cost. Yet none of these specifics were included in the high-profile reporting on the agreement.
At first glance, Chinese aid to Africa lags behind international bodies like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. These are organizations who’ve earned a reputation for low interest rates and heavily concessional lending. But with those creditors, there’s a catch—a big, economy-crashing catch.
As lenders of last resort, the IMF and World Bank are able to impose a litany of conditions on any would-be borrowers. These conditions include privatization of pension funds, shrinking the state sector, and the reduction or elimination of subsidies for staple goods. Essentially, if a country wants money from these multinational organizations, it is forced to undergo an austerity regime that smothers development in the crib and leaves its people languishing in poverty—exactly where it was before, only now with a heavy debt burden and an economy fully open to exploitation by neocolonial powers.
It’s hardly a coincidence that from 1984 to 1990, a period when these “structural adjustment programs” were at their peak, the “Third World” transferred an estimated $178 billion in wealth to Western commercial banks. Wholesale looting of entire continents was made possible by this policy; the key difference between development aid from the West and China is China imposes no such conditions on its lending. Countries are able to continue governing themselves as before, and if they choose to reform they do so freely. “No strings attached” assistance has been a centerpiece of Xi’s rhetoric in state visits to Africa, and that promise is undoubtedly a big reason why Africa trusts China. Not coincidentally, aid without conditions is Zhou’s second principle.
China’s recent history also presents an appealing route for African countries looking to clamber their way out of underdevelopment. Through its system of state-led reform and strict controls on foreign entry, China has been able to use markets as a mechanism for growth while deploying resources with the kind of efficiency only feasible through central planning. This has led to a stratospheric rise in GDP and wages across the board, culminating with China taking its current position as the world’s second-largest economy.
Africa doesn’t have to follow the Chinese example to the letter, but it would be foolish to think China’s historic poverty reduction and rapid infrastructure building aren’t attractive to nations who’ve spent decades trying to advance their economies and improve living standards. I defy anyone who has taken a ride on a Chinese high-speed rail not to want a similar network in their country.
Media figures in the West will squawk about “colonialism” while denying their own countries’ roles in Africa’s subjugation. Better not to pay them any mind; the results speak for themselves. China is helping the continent toward a better future, while each new statement from the White House shows the U.S. is little more than a fair-weather friend. After all, would a true ally say the kinds of unprintable things President Donald Trump has about the African continent?


The FlyAway airport shuttle started making stops again at the original Union Station stop in the Patsaouras Bus Plaza, after the stop was relocated to make way for renovation work.
The plaza will be reopening with some changes, according to a spokesman. Cars will no longer be allowed in the plaza area with the buses, and are restricted to a separate underground garage that can be entered on Vignes Street.
The Union Station FlyAway shuttle operates every 20 minutes from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., every half hour from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., and hourly from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
One-way fares are $9, with free admission for up to two children ages five and younger. Union Station garage parking is $8 per day, up to a maximum stay of 30 days.
FlyAway shuttles also pick-up and drop-off LAX passengers at stops in Hollywood, Long Beach, Metro Orange Line station in the San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, and Westwood.
A man who opened fire inside a Los Angeles International Airport terminal in 2013, killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three other people, pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and other charges.
The plea agreement between Paul Ciancia, 26, and federal prosecutors will spare him the death penalty, but he still faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing was set for Nov. 7.
Ciancia pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts stemming from the Nov. 1, 2013, shootings in the airport’s Terminal 3, including the murder of TSA Officer Gerardo I. Hernandez.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty, but the murder charge to which Ciancia pleaded carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Weapons charges carry another mandatory 60 years in prison, in addition to several years behind bars for other charges.
Members of the victims’ families filled the downtown Los Angeles courtroom, many weeping throughout the proceeding.
Marshall McClain, director of the union that represents airport police officers, said he hoped Hernandez’s family members would find some relief as a result of the plea.
“We hope the plea agreement will help Officer Gerardo Hernandez’s family heal and brings some closure to them from this horrific tragedy,” he said.
Ciancia purchased his weapon almost seven months prior to the attack and concealed it on the day of the shooting by tying two pieces of luggage together to create a carrying case, according to court records.
To his sister, Ciancia wrote that he had to “stand up to these tyrants,” and asked her not to let the media distort his actions.
After he shot Hernandez at a passenger ID checkpoint and the officer fell to the ground, Ciancia got on an escalator heading into the terminal, prosecutors said. When he saw Hernandez still moving, Ciancia went back and shot the officer repeatedly, prosecutors said. Hernandez was shot a total of 12 times.
Moving back into the terminal, Ciancia shot TSA Officers Tony Leroy Grigsby and James Maurice Speer, along with a civilian, Brian Ludmer, according to court records.
Ciancia continued into the terminal but was shot in the neck and leg during a gun battle with airport police. He spent two weeks recovering at a hospital before he was transferred to a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles, where he remains in custody.
The City Council temporarily put the brakes Wednesday on a plan to allow ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers from LAX so the city can further scrutinize passenger safety, disability access and other issues.
The council voted 11-2 to assert authority over an Airport Commission decision last month to allow ride-hailing companies to make pick-ups alongside taxis, shuttle vans and other transportation services at Los Angeles International Airport, which would become the largest airport in the country to permit such operations.
The move to halt the plan was spearheaded by Councilman Paul Krekorian and backed by five council colleagues who claimed “significant questions remain” as to “the propriety of mandating background checks, clean fleet requirements, non-discrimination and equality of access,” among other issues.
Council members Mike Bonin, whose district includes the airport, and David Ryu voted against the action.
The city’s Transportation, Commerce and Technology Committee will discuss the issue Aug. 18 before the matter returns to the full council.
Krekorian said the Airport Commission “wholly ignored” concerns he raised along with fellow Councilman Paul Koretz about whether ride-hailing companies are adequately regulated to ensure the safety of passengers.
Krekorian and Koretz sent a joint letter to the commission last month saying they would not support an agreement that lacked certain safety regulations that is “substantially similar” to one imposed on taxi companies, including provisions addressing disability access, insurance, environmental requirements and other issues.
Uber drivers clad in blue and pink-shirted Lyft drivers filled the council chamber to speak against the action, while a contingent of taxi drivers — many of whom have complained ride-hailing companies skirt city regulations and have an unfair competitive advantage — also made a showing, though only a few spoke publicly on the issue.
Ride-hailing drivers said pick-ups at LAX are among the top requests made by passengers, who they say enjoy the low cost, payment methods and the ability to book trips on their phones.
Many said passengers often arrange to be picked up at a location near LAX, since ride-hailing companies are not currently allowed to pick up passengers directly from the airport.
“It’s kind of like, everybody wants a cheeseburger from McDonald’s — everybody wants it. It’s just something that needs to happen. I think a lot of people like the convenience of it,” Lyft driver Brandon Bailey told City News Service.
Bailey said Lyft does background checks that flag a driver’s criminal history, and the company operates a mentorship program to ensure the quality of drivers.
Despite the council’s action Wednesday, Uber spokesman Michael Amodeo said the company is hoping to see ride-hailing services incorporated at LAX by the end of summer.
“Riders and driver-partners across Los Angeles have voiced their strong support for more safe, affordable transportation options like uberX at LAX,” Amodeo said.
Koretz said that no matter what he feels about ride-hailing companies, “they are going to wind up at the airport,” but he noted that the Airport Commission-adopted agreement is a rare opportunity for city leaders to consider stronger regulations for such companies.
The city is otherwise powerless to improve upon regulation adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission, which has jurisdiction on the companies.
The CPUC “put in the most minuscule level of regulations and prevented cities from going further for reasons that are not apparent to me,” according to Koretz.
Koretz’s position received a boost Wednesday, with the Los Angeles Times reporting that at least four men who received citations from Airport Police while driving for Uber have criminal convictions that would bar them from operating a taxi in Los Angeles.
The drivers were convicted of child exploitation, identity theft, manslaughter and driving under the influence, according to court records cited by The Times.
Ride-hailing companies are allowed to drop people off at LAX, but only transportation companies with permits can legally make pickups.
To obtain a permit under the Airport Commission-approved agreement, ride-hailing companies would need to have an active permit from the California Public Utilities Commission, sufficient insurance coverage, pay a $4-per-trip fee and a monthly licensing fee and follow other requirements.
Garcetti announced in his State of the City speech in April that he intended to allow ride-hailing companies to pick up passengers at LAX. The ride-hailing agreement approved by the Airport Commission is “part of my agenda to make getting around L.A. easier, faster and more affordable,” Garcetti said after the panel’s vote.
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce agrees with Mayor Garcetti that the City of Los Angeles should sell Ontario International Airport (ONT). The business community believes that there is no strategic reason for the City of L.A. to continue to own and operate ONT, as long as the City of Ontario, or some other appropriate entity, continues to operate the facility as a commercial service airport for our region.
The City of L.A. took over the management, development and operation of ONT at the request of the City of Ontario in 1967. During the last 48 years, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has increased the size of the airport from 485 acres to 1680 acres and invested more than $500 million in facility improvements. LAWA currently holds about $63 million in bond obligations on these improvements.
The major item that has not been resolved is price. ONT breaks even financially and is a valuable asset. LAWA had two unsolicited offers to purchase ONT in the last two years; both of which would have netted LAWA well over $350 million after paying off the bonded indebtedness. Because there are $7 billion worth of improvements underway at LAX and another $4 billion on the drawing board, the money from a fairly valued sale of ONT could be put to great use by LAWA and the City of L.A.
We encourage Mayor Garcetti and the City of Ontario to conclude negotiations in 2015. Likewise, we encourage Mayor Garcetti, the L.A. City Council and the Board of Airport Commissioners to continue to move forward as briskly as possible with the planned improvements at LAX. All of us look forward to celebrating LAX as one of the finest airports in the world – as it was 30 years ago for the 1984 Olympics. The sale of ONT could help accomplish that goal.


More than a million people were driven off the road last year by the cost of fuel and the recession, a study claims.
Some 1.3 million people have given up driving over the past 12 months, research by Sainsbury's Car Insurance claims.
The average car owner is spending around £1,720 per year to fuel their vehicle, which is almost a third increase on the year before.
Three-quarters of motorists have changed their driving habits in the past 12 months, including driving more slowly.
The research comes amid challenging conditions for consumers as the rising cost of living and muted wage growth stifle spending power. The average cost of petrol is 136p a litre, according to the AA, down 0.86p on the mid-May average but higher than the 135.75p a litre figure on June 5.
Elsewhere, households are feeling the pressure from rising food prices and utility bill increases.
Some changes to motoring habits identified by the research include stopping filling up tanks fully, which 26 per cent admit to doing, and purchasing specific values of fuel.
Some 45 per cent of motorists – 16.5 million people – are now driving less and seven per cent have started to car share, the research revealed. A further 10 per cent – 3.53 million – have downgraded their car for one that is cheaper to run.
The AA survey found that three quarters of drivers have cut down on their journey times and their expenditure on cars.
Patrols have also reported that congestion is down and people are driving at lower speeds to conserve fuel.
Edmund King, the president of the AA, said: "The high price of fuel is having a dramatic effect and for the first time taking the train is becoming cheaper than driving.
"I think that more than a million actually giving up driving seems very high but more than that are cutting back on their use of a car. This in turn will have an effect on high street and supermarket sales."


CorePower Yoga founder Trevor Tice, who helped bring fitness-oriented yoga to the masses, was found dead Monday in his San Diego home.
Police say the 48-year-old entrepreneur’s death is considered suspicious, but have provided few details.
CorePower Yoga founder, Trevor Tice.
Tice, a Telluride native, was found dead about 12:15 p.m. Monday by San Diego police officers. They were called to the yoga pioneer’s expansive home in the city’s posh Sunset Cliffs neighborhood by a friend who had gone to the house earlier to check on Tice because he wasn’t answering his phone. Police said the friend looked inside and found what they described as concerning circumstances.
Tice got hooked on yoga after a serious climbing accident left him with six permanent screws in his shattered ankle, according to a CorePower biography.
“Traveling for his technology business, Trevor practiced a variety of yoga disciplines at yoga studios across the country and found an opportunity to make yoga dynamic, challenging and convenient,” the biography reads.
Tice opened the first CorePower Yoga studio on Grant Street in Denver in 2002, where he offered heated yoga classes in spa-like studios. With six teachers, including Tice, teaching four classes per day, it took several months before classes began to fill up, the company said.
“But they did. And it wasn’t long before people were talking,” the biography reads.
CorePower, known for its workout-centric, sweat-inducing approach to yoga, now has more than 150 studios across the U.S. Earlier this year, the company announced it will open its first New York City studio in early 2017. There are more than 20 CorePower locations in Colorado.
The company’s headquarters is in the Industry building in Denver’s River North Art District. In 2015, Tice told a national business publication that he envisioned the company eventually going public and operating more than 500 studios nationwide.
Before he founded CorePower, Tice owned TechPartners International, an IT company he sold in 2001 to a U.K. firm for $60 million. He studied business at the University of Colorado.
Tice purchased the home where he was found dead in January for $3 million, according to real-estate broker Coldwell Banker. Investigators believe he was the only person living at the home, which appeared to be undergoing a remodel.
San Diego police say an autopsy should be completed within the next day.


Reports of more people killed at Venezuela's border with Brazil as protesters fight in a showdown over aid.
The number of people who have been killed in violent confrontations along Venezuela's border with Brazil is reportedly higher than previously thought.
At least 25 people are now thought to have died in the town of Santa Elena, as Venezuelan forces tried to prevent opposition supporters from bringing foreign aid into the country.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Pacaraima in Brazil, on the border with Venezuela.


Mr. & Mrs. Foster celebrate his promotion in his firm by going to a night club. Mrs. Foster was in a party mood, but he was in a difficult mood. When he finally saw a young Jewish couple on the dance floor he became outraged. Their celebration ended in a quarrel.


Lena Dunham heads to Iowa in "Girls" season 4.
In the newly released trailer for the hit HBO series, Dunham's character, Hannah Horvath, begins a new life away from her New York City friends and boyfriend, Adam Sackler, played by Adam Driver.
"I'm telling you, Iowa's incredible," she tells Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams) during a video chat at the beginning of the nearly two-minute clip. "We should all move here and start the revolution."
"No one is moving to Iowa ever, but I'm so, so glad you're happy," Michaels responds.
But while she's no longer in the same area code as her crew, Hannah remains intertwined in a world filled with discovery, new beginnings and old ways.
"You don't even have the bravery to break up with Adam," Jessa Johnson, played by Jemima Kirke, tells Hannah over the phone.
At the end of season three, Hannah's relationship with Adam was left with a questionable conclusion as to what their future would be like.
He stayed in the Big Apple to pursue his dream of acting on Broadway, while she trekked to Iowa to further her studies as a writer.
The trailer indicates they're still trying to keep their love going as Adam toasts to her new life.
"To Hannah," he says at a meal with her parents, "taking the next step in a series of random steps."
And what random steps they are.
From Hannah's return to college life, Marnie's love affair with a taken man, Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) still trying to win her man back, and Jessa continuing on the road to making sense of her existence, the new season, which debuts Jan. 11, 2015, is sure to carry all the drama that's attracted viewers to the last three.


Wed., Aug. 15, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Spokane 7, Everett 3: Curtis Terry and Jax Biggers hit two-run home runs and the Indians (11-8) beat the visiting AquaSox (9-10).
Tri-City 4, Vancouver 1: Dwanya Williams-Sutton homered and the visiting Dust Devils (7-12) defeated the Canadians (12-7). Henry Henry gave up one run on five hits with no walks and four strikeouts for Tr-City.
Boise 9, Salem-Keizer 5: LJ Hatch went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and the Hawks (7-12) outlasted the visiting Volcanoes (9-10). Cade Harris homered and walked three times for Boise, while Hidekel Gonzalez drove in three.
Hillsboro 6, Eugene 4: Andy Yerzy hit a three-run triple in the seventh and the visiting Hops (12-7) topped the Emeralds (9-10). William Gorman added a solo home run for Hillsboro.
Top 30 prospect ranks in parenthesis.
Nashville 8, Round Rock (AAA) 4: Franklin Barreto went 2 for 3 with hit 14th homer of the season and the Sounds (66-55) beat the Express (53-68). Christian Lopes hit his 11th homer for Round Rock. Chris Tillman lasted 11 pitches and gave up three runs on two hits before exiting with a groin strain.
Arkansas 3, Frisco (AA) 0: Ashton Goudeau tossed seven shutout innings and the Travelers (61-59) blanked the RoughRiders (52-69). Goudeau allowed four hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Wei-Chieh Huang struck out five over two innings for Frisco.
Down East (High-A) 8, Carolina 0: Joe Palumbo gave up two hits and three walks with nine strikeouts over 5.1 innings and the Wood Ducks (51-70) beat the visiting Mudcats (57-62). Andretty Cordero went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Brendon Davis added a solo home run for Down East.
Published: Aug. 15, 2018, 5:55 a.m.