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Then take a public stand for Christ with your friends. Let them know you value their friendship, but that you now belong to Christ, and you value his friendship above all. Seek his approval, not the approval of the crowd.


Ant and Dec dropped by Suzuki following drink-driving charge | HELLO!
Suzuki has withdrawn its endorsement deal with Ant and Dec, following Ant McPartlin's horrific road collision last week. Ant was charged with drink-driving, which has resulted in the car company dropping its advertising campaign, reported to be worth £20million, on the presenters' Saturday Night Takeaway show. Suzuki GB Plc said in a statement: "Suzuki are withdrawing their advertising campaign with Ant & Dec. No further material featuring the duo will be aired and Suzuki's endorsement deal with the pair has come to an end."
It continued: "We agree with ITV and Ant & Dec that it was the correct decision not to broadcast Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend. As a car brand we recognise the seriousness of Ant's charge. We completely support Ant's decision to seek treatment.
"Suzuki will however continue to sponsor the last two episodes of this series of Saturday Night Takeaway with our current idents. Suzuki very much supports Dec and ITV's decision to broadcast the shows and as headline sponsors we also want to support the competition winners who have won places on the plane to Florida for the series finale."
Last Sunday, Ant was involved in a horrific three-vehicle road collision in Richmond. After failing a breathalyser test, he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taken to a police station. Ant returned home, but the following day he made the decision to re-enter rehab for treatment. On Wednesday, he was officially charged with drink-driving and will appear in court in April.
Meanwhile, Dec has confirmed that he will star in the last two episodes of Takeaway, which will resume on Easter weekend. It has been cancelled for this weekend. Dec, 42, also confirmed that the competition winners will go to Florida as planned.
Next week, Dec will be joined on the show by actor Stephen Merchant, who will act as the Star Guest Announcer, while Paloma Faith will take to the stage during the End Of The Show Show segment. The Script will feature in Singalong Live! and Stephen Mulhern's In For A Penny In For A Grand segment will take the star to Warrington, where he will help members of the public win cash.


Spool Pilot makes it possible to spool printouts from arbitrary applications in several popular graphic formats as easily as it is now to save them in a PDF file. From the point of view of the user, the procedure of saving printouts is very much the same. Mac OS X made PDF (Portable Document Format, invented by Adobe Corporation) into a kind of virtual electronic paper by allowing users to either directly print onto a printer or into a multi-page PDF file. With the help of Spool Pilot, users can now choose among several different sorts of virtual paper as additional ways to convert their output into: JPEG, JPEG-2000, TIFF, PNG. You should only choose any of "Print to ..." commands in the PDF Workflow menu, for instance, "Print to JPEG" and the document will be saved as separate JPEG files. If there is a format that we do not support, please let us know... Spool Pilot is modular, and support for many other formats may be added separately.


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Two members of Lancaster and Morecambe Athletics Club were selected to represent the Lancashire and four Cumbria at the English Schools Cross Country on Saturday at Witton Park, Blackburn.
First to race were the Inter-girls from school years 10 and 11 with Cumbria’s 15-year-old Scarlet Dale, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirby Lonsdale, finishing 21st.
Also running for Cumbria Heidi Murray, Queen Katherine School, Kendal, finished 174th.
In the Junior Girls’ race, years 8 and 9, Emma Whitaker, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirby Lonsdale, finished 62nd as part of the Cumbrian team.
Lancaster Girls Grammar School provided three of the seven Lancashire Senior Girls.
On Sunday, Lancaster and Morecambe athlete Isabelle Woodman was in action at the National Prep Schools’ Cross Country Championships were she finished sixth in the U13 Girls’ race representing Rossall School.
This fixture marked the end of the cross country season for the athletes who now move onto track meets and summer fell races.


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WINNIPEG — Winners of six of their last seven coming in, the Winnipeg Jets suffered a letdown on Tuesday night at the MTS Centre, losing 4-3 to the Nashville Predators.
As a battle between two divisional rivals fighting for points in the Western Conference playoff bubble, as well as a game against a physical Barry Trotz-coached team, the game was truly won and lost along the boards, or “in the trenches” as Jets head coach Paul Maurice dubbed it earlier in the day.
Nashville opened and closed periods well, scoring all their goals in the first or last four minutes of periods. The game-winner came 42 seconds into the third, as Mike Fisher was the beneficiary of a scrum in front of the Winnipeg goal — his punch-in was his 14th goal of the season.
The Predators also got goals from Seth Jones, Nick Spaling and Roman Josi. Winnipeg got an outstanding effort from young gun Mark Scheifele, who scored a goal, assisted on another, posted a +3, and generally was outstanding with the puck in just over 18 minutes of ice time.
The Jets also got goals from Blake Wheeler, his 22nd, as well as Chris Thorburn’s first of the year. Starting goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 21 saves, while Carter Hutton made 24 for Nashville.
Before fans could get their seats warm, the scoring was off and running. Nashville opened it up with Seth Jones, who fooled Pavelec on a wrap-around at 3:48 to bury his fifth. Just 40 seconds later, Winnipeg had the response, as a Mark Stuart point shot got through a handful of bodies, went off Thorburn’s stick, and into the back of the net to tie the game up. The MTS Centre paid off Thorburn’s first of the year.
“It felt good, but the team lost and you want to contribute to the team’s success in that case. Still, the first of the year feels good,” said Thorburn.
Scoring lulled until the second, when 42 seconds into the period, a marvellous display of Nashville passing (a tic-tac-toe plus one more) ended on the stick of Roman Josi, who beat a thoroughly fooled Pavelec. Late in the second, Nashville pushed the lead to two as Nick Spaling received a pass from the boards to the crease to make it 3-1.
The next three minutes were all Mark Scheifele — he scored at 18:13 on a patient shot that bounced off a Predators body and in. Moments later, he drew the Nashville defense and rifled a pass to Blake Wheeler, who tied the game at 18:40.
After Mike Fisher put his team on top to start the third, the Jets pushed hard for 19 minutes and generated a handful of good scoring chances, but were unable to find the back of the net.
The Jets will now take two days off, play the Canucks at home Friday night, then head out for four on the road starting in Montreal on Sunday afternoon.


A car accident on Grimes Canyon Road sent three to hospitals and blocked traffic between Moorpark and Fillmore Monday evening.
A car accident on Grimes Canyon Road sent three people to area hospitals and blocked traffic between Moorpark and Fillmore Monday evening, officials said.
The two-vehicle crash was reported around 5:10 p.m. on Grimes Canyon Road near San Marino Oil Company Road, south of Bardsdale, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Three male patients were taken by ambulance to hospitals, according to crews at the scene. One with major injuries to lower extremities was taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center, CHP officials said. Two others with complaints of pain were taken to other hospitals.
Grimes Canyon Road, also called Highway 23, was blocked in both directions for a time as emergency personnel cleared the scene. Shortly after 6 p.m., CHP officials said all lanes had been cleared and traffic was flowing in both directions.
Motorists were told to expect delays in the area.


Arianna Huffington says "a lot of people that voted for Obama, voted for Trump. It's not like they're a different breed of people." She hopes the nation can come together.


This is how long it took (in minutes and seconds) for the head of the Böögg - a fireworks-stuffed effigy that looks like a snowman - to explode during Zurich's traditional end-of-winter festival. It apparently means that the coming summer months will be mild but not exceptional.
The Swiss justice ministry says it has returned to Brazil CHF365 million ($365 million) in seized assets from a corporate corruption scandal. But some CHF330 million remains blocked as Brazil is trying to get to the bottom of the Petrobras-Odebrecht case.
Switzerland spent 0.44% of its Gross National Income on development assistance in 2018. That slightly down on the previous year and below the UN target of 0.7%.
Bankruptcies in Switzerland reached a record number last year, according to official statistics. The nearly 14,000 cases translate to overall financial losses of some CHF2 billion ($2 billion).
More than seven weeks ahead of a nationwide vote on Swiss gun laws, opponents clearly lag behind those who support the legal amendment, according to an opinion poll. The ballot box verdict is scheduled for May 19.
Exploding heads, corruption money and bankrupt businesses swissinfo.ch Apr 13, 2019 - 17:00 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up of some of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories. 17:45 This is how long it took (in minutes and seconds) for the head of the Böögg - a fireworks-stuffed effigy that looks like a snowman - to explode during Zurich's traditional end-of-winter festival. It apparently means that the coming summer months will be mild but not exceptional. 365 The Swiss justice ministry says it has returned to Brazil CHF365 million ($365 million) in seized assets from a corporate corruption scandal. But some CHF330 million remains blocked as Brazil is trying to get to the bottom of the Petrobras-Odebrecht case. 0.44 Switzerland spent 0.44% of its Gross National Income on development assistance in 2018. That slightly down on the previous year and below the UN target of 0.7%. 13,971 Bankruptcies in Switzerland reached a record number last year, according to official statistics. The nearly 14,000 cases translate to overall financial losses of some CHF2 billion ($2 billion). 51 More than seven weeks ahead of a nationwide vote on Swiss gun laws, opponents clearly lag behind those who support the legal amendment, according to an opinion poll. The ballot box verdict is scheduled for May 19.


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The biggest players in Canada's oil and gas industry are urging Alberta's government to step up its environmental policies and introduce a carbon tax.
Alberta already has carbon pricing, but the program is limited and it will expire in the next few months.
Suncor CEO Steve Williams told a crowd in downtown Calgary on Friday that change is needed in Alberta to improve Canada's global reputation.
"We're trying to move Canada to a position of leadership, that's not how we are viewed around the world at the moment. We are viewed to be quite the opposite," said Williams.
Suncor, along with fellow Canadian energy company Cenovus, says the time is right for Alberta to address its environmental policies. But they also say if the province adopts a carbon tax, it should be broad based and apply to everyone.
That includes consumers. The idea is that industry will pay a carbon tax, but so too will the average person. That would include having to pay extra at the pumps and on their natural gas and electricity utility bills.
"Absolutely," said Williams. "A realization by the consumer is really important because if you want energy efficiency, if you want people to change their behaviours and affect the demand side, you have to get to those users."
Alberta's next premier, Rachel Notley, will be sworn in this weekend. She's already facing pressure to address the province's carbon emissions. Alberta produces 36 per cent of Canada's total emissions.
Former Finance Minister Jim Dinning says a carbon tax is a good idea, but the new NDP government should take its time to get the policy right.
"Employment is important, jobs are important and any action that's taken has to be considered against higher employment because we're trending the wrong way simply because of oil and gas prices," he said to reporters.
Alberta requires large industrial companies to reduce their energy intensity by 12 per cent a year. Companies that miss the target have to pay $15 a tonne into a technology fund.


ATLANTA, Sporting Alert — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Khris Middleton added 27 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-106 on Sunday.
Antetokounmpo, who is averaging over 37 points in wins this season, shot 14 of 21 from the field, grabbed 11 rebounds and five assists for the Bucks (4-2), who bounced back from the 96-89 defeat against the Boston Celtics.
Antetokounmpo, who leads the NBA in scoring this season with a 34.7 average, scored 13 of Milwaukee’s first 20 points.
According ESPN’s Stats and Information, Antetokounmpo entered the game with 175 points, 53 rebounds and 28 assists, which is the best start by a player in NBA history through the first five contest.
Middleton also had nine assists, seven rebounds and two steals, while Malcolm Brogdon finished with 16 points in the win.
John Henson had 12 points and nine rebounds and Rashad Vaughn scored 12 off the bench for Milwaukee, which shot 54.3 percent on 44 of 81 shooting from the floor as a team.
The Bucks also made 13 shots from 3-point range.
Dennis Schroder ended with 21 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Taurean Prince had 17 and five rebounds for Atlanta, which has lost six straight.
Kent Bazemore scored 15 points, but was only 2 of 9 from the field for the Hawks (1-6), who have lost six straight games.
Bazemore also dished out six assists.
Jason Collins finished with 14 points and seven boards and Mike Muscala scored 10 points for the Hawks, who never led and struggled with inside size and were outrebounded 43-31.


EXCLUSIVE: Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Eating Animals, the feature-length documentary from Christopher Quinn based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s book about the perils of factory farming. The author also produced the pic with Natalie Portman, who narrated, and it had its world premiere this month at the Telluride Film Festival.
Sundance Selects plans a 2018 release for the movie, which like Foer’s 2004 book starts out with a simple question: Where do our eggs, dairy and meat come from? Through the narratives of several farmers dedicated to bringing their trade – and the way we eat – back to its roots, the film explores the notion of stepping away from the practices of the past 40 years that have polluted our environment, endangered our health, and caused us all to be complicit in the inhumane treatment of animals.
Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone also produced along with Geralyn Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully and Wallis Annenberg, in association with Artemis Rising Foundation and The Neuman Family Foundation.
The deal was made by Sundance Selects/IFC Films EVP Arianna Bocco with CAA for the filmmakers.


The award one of the most prestigious in worldwide gastronomy, ITQI, and with Michelin guide stars, was delivered at a special ceremony in the framework of the Brussels Seafood Exposition to Cheryl Roberts, South Atlantic Squid and Igueldo Fisheries Director that supplies Marfrío with Falklands’ squid.
In their second year of entering for these awards Patagonian squid has managed to improve its rating and move from one to two stars.
Pedro Otaegui, Marfrío CEO, was chosen to receive the award for Floured squid, produced by Marfrío from Patagonian squid, and in its first time entering has also achieved the distinction of two stars.
The breaded squid strips (also awarded in 2012), paella and squid ring have been raised to one Superior Taste star.
The International Institute of Taste and Quality of Brussels (ITQI) makes its ratings in blind tasting with 60 restaurateurs of the most prestigious associations in Europe which evaluate criteria such as appearance, smell, texture and taste of the products, in this case the Patagonian squid.
Marfrío is once again the premier Galician and Spanish frozen fish company honoured by ITQI. The distinctions received helps to strengthen the loyalty of their customers, who a few months ago and for the second consecutive year, have put their trust in the breaded squid strips, floured squid and delicious battered seafood rings, rewarding them with the seal Taste of the Year 2013 award which reflects the high quality standard of all the company’s products.
With this professional recognition Marfrío gives added value to their products and sets them apart from their main competitors in an increasingly globalized market.
At this year’s fair Marfrío introduced for the first time their new breaded Swordfish snacks. This is a top quality product presented in a handy format that allows the consumer to prepare easy, healthy and tasty dishes in less than 10 minutes and soon to become part of Marfrío’s main product range. As in previous years, there were also samples of their main product range.
The Seafood Exposition in Brussels is considered the top fair in its field and reference in the European Union.
Tags: Beauchene Fishing Co Ltd, Brussels Seafood Exposition, Cheryl Roberts, Falkland Islands, Masfrio, Patagonian squid, Pedro Otaegui, squid.
Ha Ha Ha, one comment only.
What is fair aclarr is that it is: Ilex argentinus the real name of Argentine squid, thieves!.
Is that why CFK feels she can commit Eco-terrorism, licencing extra squid harvesting boats with the intention of wiping out the squid population to destroy the fishing industry of the Falklands?
Perhaps those squid stocks should be administered and regulated by the UN???


San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Modern skyscrapers stand next to Victorian-style buildings, every hill has a gorgeous vista, there are beautiful beaches. The city also respects its historically significant sites and structures, making sure that places such as Fort Point at the Golden Gate Bridge and Angel Island are preserved for future generations to enjoy. One such site is the Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco, which is both historically and architecturally meaningful.
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2004, the Swedenborgian Church is regarded as one of California’s first Arts and Crafts buildings. Completed in 1895, the church was born out of the vision of the Reverend Joseph Worcester, its first pastor, who bought the land on which it stands. A theologian and amateur architect and artist, Rev. Worcester collaborated with his friends, many of whom were artists, architects and painters, to realize his visionary idea for the structure of the church.
A. Page Brown, the designer of the San Francisco Ferry building, Bernard Maybeck, an architect of the Arts and Crafts Movement, A.C. Schweinfurth, a First Bay Tradition architect, Willis Polk, an architect, and Bruce Porter, an artist, each contributed to Rev. Worcester’s project. The result is a sanctuary that is warm and wooded, reflecting the Swedenborg’s central theme: the belief that all life is spiritual and all things reveal something essential of the divine.
Emanuel Swedenborg’s theological writings provided the spiritual foundation of the Swedenborgian Church. Born in 1688, Swedenborg was a polymath whom many described as a “Swedish Leonardo da Vinci.” He was a scientist and reforming theologian during the Age of Enlightenment. He believed deeply that the world was entering a new phase of spiritual potential. Almost two decades after his death in 1772, the first organized Swedenborgian church was established in England, based on his new Christian theology. By 1795 the Swedenborgian church had come to America, and by 1850 there were almost 100 churches throughout the eastern seaboard and Midwest.
Rev. Worcester wanted the Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco to represent the ideas of Swedenborg, and he succeeded. The church presents natural objects that have been incorporated into the building’s structure and the gardens. Rev. Worcester’s long friendship with John Muir can also be discerned in the elements of nature nestled throughout this house of worship.
Instead of an ornate entrance, it is simple, welcoming those from all walks of life into the church. Once inside the entrance, the garden offers visitors what some have called an “oasis of spiritual refreshment.” A sunken pool is surrounded by trees from all over the world: a Japanese maple, a Lebanese cedar, a Palestinian olive tree, a yew from Ireland, and two California Coastal Redwoods.
Rev. Worcester respected the Spanish Mission heritage of the area, so he used wrought-iron grillwork to cover the curved windows. Another homage is the Spanish thigh-tiles on the roof. A cross from the Mission San Miguel guards and protects the high-walled garden.
The chapel exterior is constructed of oven-fired bricks. Rev. Worcester wasn’t satisfied with the original bricklaying. He wanted the mortar to be “pointed” such that each brick would cast a distinct shadow, and did the “tuck-pointing” himself.
Inside the bell tower, visitors marvel at a column made of Italian Carrara marble. Beneath the tower sits a window of medieval glass from Westminster Abbey in London that was secured by Bruce Porter.
A great fireplace can be found inside the church, contributing to its warm atmosphere. The roof of the church is held up by eight madrone tree trunks (bark intact) that Rev. Worcester selected himself from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rev. Worcester insisted the bark not be removed from the trees so that they would convey the sense of peace and serenity found in a forest. Artist William Keith contributed four great paintings that hang on the north wall and are a favorite of all visitors.
This magnificent church and parsonage was completed in 1895. Thus began the reign of the Rev. Joseph Worcester at the helm of the Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco. His legacy is that of a devoted and creative genius, dedicated to his ministry, orphaned children, and former convicts.
Luckily, in 1929, the Rev. Othmar Tobisch arrived with his wife Margit. For 41 years, Rev. Tobisch was able to guide the congregation through the Great Depression, World War II, the booming 1950s and the turbulent 60s.
It was under the leadership of Rev. Tobisch that the ministry tripled the number of weddings that took place at the stunning church. Because of its unique beauty, the church had been sought out for weddings before, but with Rev. Tobisch at the helm, more than 200 couples a year celebrated their vows there.
At one time, the Swedenborgian Church was the second most popular church in the nation to be married in, the first being the Little Church Around the Corner in New York. The beautiful sanctuary offers couples an intimate and elegant space in which to make their sacred vows to each other. The church was one of the first in San Francisco to accept non-members to be married there, and was among several early congregations and synagogues in the Bay Area to allow gay and interracial marriages. Today, thousands have exchanged vows within the hallowed walls of the Swedenborgian Church. The couples who decide to marry there weave themselves into the history of both the church and the city of San Francisco.
In the modern era, under Rev. Junchol Lee, the church continues to thrive, with the beauty and spiritual vision of Rev. Worcester still intact. Over 10,000 spiritual services of different types have been held there, including meditation with Daoism.
With over 100 years of fascinating history, the Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco continues to serve the community in the open and loving way that Rev. Worcester nurtured. All those who are drawn to its beauty, tranquility, and grace are welcome.
To learn more about the Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco, visit www.sfswedenborgian.org. For more information about hosting your wedding at the church, call (415) 346-6468 or visit www.sfwedding.org.


ROSCOE — Mariner Girl Scout Ship 361 will host its 26th annual Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. April 20 at Cross & Crown Lutheran Church, 7404 Elevator Road.
Participants will receive a number when they arrive, which will match the egg they must find in order to receive a basket of goodies. Special gold and silver eggs will be hidden for special prizes.
Each hunt has 250 tickets. Proceeds will go to the organization’s Child Fund, which helps to support a Native American child.
Tickets: $2. Order forms are available at the event or in advance at the Roscoe and Rockton public libraries, Pietro's Pizzeria, Veterans of Foreign Wars Roscoe Post 2955 and GAR North. For information: ships361@yahoo.com.


THOUSANDS of women with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy if they were offered gene tests which show whether their disease is likely to spread, a major trial has found.
The British study suggests that up to 5,000 women a year could avoid the toxic treatment, which can cause nausea and fatigue, through wider use of genetic risk profiling.
Currently a test called Oncotype DX is offered to around 9,000 patients a year by the NHS when disease has not spread to the lymph nodes.


Her youngsters began their education at Didion Elementary School.
Realtor Steve Streng provided a print-out showing Didion School’s 8 (of 10) Great Schools rating. Others rated by Great Schools include Carole Wenzel Elementary, Sam Brannan Middle and John F. Kennedy High.
Both Rosenthal and Maxwell-Jolly enjoy walking in the area.
“For many years several of us in this neighborhood (myself and Julie included) got out and walked together early in the morning before we started our day. When we started doing this, our kids were in elementary school. We were still walking together when most of the kids were no longer living at home,” said Rosenthal, whose daughter was 6 when the family moved from Boston.
Maxwell-Jolly reminisced about being able to walk along the levee at the end of her street.
It’s closed now, but she hopes it will re-open with bike paths added.
Rosenthal likes the proximity of markets including Nugget and Grocery Outlet.
Realtor Streng said that many homeowners can walk or bike to stores and restaurants in Greenhaven-Pocket such as those at Lake Crest Village which has Nugget, Starbucks, Cold Stone Creamery, fast-foods, banks and services.
“It’s one of the most complete little centers I’ve seen,” he said.
Maxwell-Jolly likes to walk early in the morning even when it’s dark. It’s safe, she said.
She also likes the libraries.
Rosenthal and Maxwell-Jolly live fairly close to one another in Greenhaven’s Granger’s Dairy. There are several named neighborhoods in the area.
Greenhaven-Pocket was developed as primarily residential community and is part of the city of Sacramento, according to the Greenhaven-Pocket website. It’s shaped by a bend in the Sacramento River, which borders the Pocket area on all sides except the east.
The community was designed with pedestrian-friendly loop-shaped streets with a linear greenway, which the city owns. It enables children to walk to school and to parks without encountering traffic.
“One of the things that I continue to enjoy is having a refuge of quiet that is nevertheless a stone’s throw from the urban core,” Rosenthal said.
“The Little Pocket has lake access and a bike trail that’s ride-able to downtown,” Streng said.
There were 1,300 lots in the original Greenhaven, he said. Most were constructed by individual builders.
Residents like Greenhaven-Pocket because it’s close to midtown and downtown, the major freeways and the Delta, Streng said. They can easily commute to Elk Grove, West Sacramento, Davis and downtown.
They also like the character of the homes.
Currently there are nine homes for sale on the Metrolist and seven pending sales, Streng said.
The lowest price is $123,000 for two-bedroom, one-bath, 718-square-foot condominium; the highest is $630,000 for a 3,046-square-foot home. The median price for a single-family home is $365,000.
A total of 77 homes have been sold so far in 2016.
Inventory is 1.5 months with homes an average of 18 days on the market.
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The Costa Rica Blues Fest will return Saturday to rock the house at Club Cubano in the western San José suburb of Escazú.
Headlining this third incarnation of the event will be legendary blues guitarist Texas Johnny Brown and the Quality Blues Band, from the U.S. city of Houston. With a career spanning more than 60 years, Brown has won numerous awards and accolades, including Blues Artist of the Year at the Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton Blues Festival in Houston Sept. 22, 2001, which was subsequently declared Texas Johnny Brown Day in that city.
Joining Brown will be Robbie Clark and the Live Wire Blues Band of Austin, Texas, Electric Storm of Uruguay and a host of Costa Rican bands, including Sin Trucos, Calacas Blues, 3 for Blues, Autómata, The Known Associates, Blues Devils and The Blind Pigs Blues Band.
Tickets cost ¢ 13,000 (about $23) in advance or ¢ 16,000 ($29) at the door, and are available at the following locations: Club Cubano (2215-2001) and Chi-Chi´ s (2228-1173) in Escazú; Rock and Roll Bar and Grill (2282-9613) and Motorpsychos Bar (2203-8361) in Santa Ana, southwest of the capital; and Mac´s American Bar (2231-3145), Poás Bar (2223-8667) and Chicharronera Rancho Alegre (2233-0483) in San José, as well as at Bansbach music stores in Multiplaza Escazú and downtown San José (2522-7600).
The music is set to start at 11 a.m. Saturday at Club Cubano, 800 meters north of the Guachipelín exit off the highway to Santa Ana. Food and drink will be available throughout the event. For more information, visit www.crbluesfest.com.


Senegal’s Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Babacar Diagne?
Babacar Diagne presented his credentials as Senegal’s ambassador to the United States to President Barack Obama on November 18, 2014. It’s the second ambassadorial posting for Diagne.
Diagne was born April 16, 1951. In 1976, he received an arts degree from the University of Dakar. He then went to France, Senegal’s colonial power, where in 1978 he received an education degree from Paris’ École Normale Supérieure. Diagne then went to school in Lille, where he earned a journalism degree in 1981.
He returned to Africa and worked as a reporter and editor. In 2000, Diagne was named director of Le label de L’Ogooué communication company in Libreville, Gabon. He returned to Senegal in 2002 as communications advisor to then-President Abdoulaye Wade.
In 2006, Diagne was appointed director general of Senegal’s state radio and TV service, RTS. He encountered some opposition from journalists who said he was “too dedicated to the electioneering propaganda of PDS,” the ruling party of Wade. Diagne kept his post and in 2011 was even given an extension from mandatory retirement. Diagne’s legacy at RTS includes putting on popular shows such as a Senegalese show similar to “Good Morning America.” He also worked to ensure that the 2010 World Cup would be broadcast in his country.
In November 2012, Diagne left his position at RTS and was appointed ambassador to the Gambia, a nation almost entirely surrounded by Senegal. Much of his work involved advocating for Senegalese held in prison in that country, many of them facing death sentences. He also obtained a grant from Senegal’s government to support women’s projects in the Senegalese women’s community in the Gambia. He served there until being sent to Washington in 2014.
Diagne is married and has three children. He speaks French and English.


Six weeks ago, WPP merged its VML and Y&R agencies to form VMLY&R, led by CEO Jon Cook, who had overseen VML.
Today, the agency announced further details regarding its senior creative team, which as disclosed earlier will be led by global Chief Creative Officer Debbi Vandeven, previously global CCO at VML. She’ll lead more than 2,000 creatives across the global network, reporting to Cook.
VML veterans John Godsey and Jason Xenopoulos have been appointed CCOs of VMLY&R North America and the latter will also serve as CEO VMLY&R New York.
Godsey served as North American CCO at VML since January 2017, having joined the agency in 2010.
Xenopoulos previously served as CCO, EMEA, based out of VML South Africa’s office in Cape Town. In 2010, Xenopoulos cofounded NATIVE, which became part of the VML global network in 2013. He previously served as CEO and CCO of VML South Africa.
The agency has confirmed that Tony Granger, global CCO at Y&R is retiring, while NA CCO Leslie Sims is leaving the agency for another position within WPP.
Jaime Mandelbaum has been named Regional CCO of Europe. He has served as CCO of Y&R Europe since January 2016.
Martin “Nino” Goldberg has been named regional CCO of LATAM. He will continue to serve as executive creative director for Telefónica and Movistar globally. In addition, he will continue his role as CCO of Dhélet VMLY&R, a creative boutique based in Argentina that serves both local and global WPP projects.
Paul Nagy has been named regional CCO of Australia and New Zealand. Previously, he served in a similar capacity at Y&R.
Ryan McManus has been named regional CCO, South Africa. He previously served in a similar capacity at VML.
Kalpesh Patankar has been named regional CCO, Middle East and North Africa. He previously served as regional executive creative director of Middle East and North Africa, Y&R.


New standards strip all tax liens from credit reports.
For some, scores could rise by as much as 30 points.
Effective immediately, some consumers may have a higher credit score.
Because of improved standards for utilizing new and existing public records, the three major credit reporting companies are now excluding all tax liens from credit reports. That means some scores will head higher, for some by as much as 30 points.
Credit scores, notably those from FICO, one of the largest credit scoring companies, usually range from 300 to 850. A good score generally is above 700, and those over 760 are considered excellent.
Credit reporting and scores play a key role in most Americans' daily life. The process can determine the interest rate a consumer is going to pay for credit cards, car loans and mortgages — or whether they will get a loan at all.
Last July, credit reporting companies removed nearly 100 percent of civil judgment data and about 50 percent of tax lien data from credit reports. Now they have removed the rest. The latest change took effect last month.
As a result, LexisNexis Risk Solutions predicts that about 11 percent of the population had a judgment or lien removed from their credit file, according to the company's own estimate.
Once that information is stripped out, credit scores could go up by as much as 30 points overall, LexisNexis found. LexisNexis also provides lenders with data to make decisions on consumer loans.
Other industry groups have said these changes will have less of an impact.
"Analyses conducted by the credit reporting agencies and credit score developers FICO and VantageScore show only modest credit scoring impacts," Eric Ellman, a senior vice president of the Consumer Data Industry Association, said in a statement when the changes were first announced. The association represents Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the three largest credit reporting companies.
A follow-up report by the CFPB found that only a small number of consumers who had civil judgments or tax liens removed from their reports in July experienced a jump significant enough to improve their credit profile.
For consumers who are not directly affected by the change, there could be consequences as well.
If banks are less able to differentiate a risky borrower from a nonrisky borrower, "lenders and servicers have to hedge for that risk," said Nick Larson, a business development manager for the financial services unit of LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
As a result, lenders will have to charge higher interest rates across the board, he said. "Overall, consumers actually get hurt."


POSITIVE: Kevin Gleeson has motor neurone disease. He communicates with the help of a tablet but says he’s one of the lucky ones.
KEVIN Gleeson has had symptoms of incurable motor neurone disease for eight years.
Most sufferers, however, survive only a few years.
The Tweed resident was officially diagnosed with the disease in February 2011.
In May, he'll march alongside family and friends to raise awareness of the condition.
Having experienced symptoms for more than eight years, Mr Gleeson is among a minority of people who survive beyond five years.
The condition affects everything from arm and leg function to speech, swallowing and breathing.
Mr Gleeson's first symptom was slurred speech, but he initially ruled it out as nerve damage after he had a non-malignant tumour on his face.
At the time, his doctor said the procedure could result in nerve damage and Mr Gleeson did not know much about motor neurone disease.
Today, Mr Gleeson communicates with the help of a tablet.
The Tweed man used to manage bakeries on the Gold Coast, until he was forced to give up his job.
"I'd planned to work to the age of 70," Mr Gleeson said.
Mr Gleeson said events organised by MND NSW were hugely significant to sufferers.
"It is a terrible disease and they help people like me know they are not alone."
Mr Gleeson said it's not just those who have MND who suffer; it's hard for family and friends as well.
However, Mr Gleeson is among a lucky few who have slow-progressing motor neurone disease.
There have been a number of similar cases throughout history, including Stephen Hawking, now 72, who was diagnosed at the age of 21.
Regional advisor for MND NSW Chris Carroll said 80% of their budget came from fundraising, which goes to client services and research into motor neurone disease.
JOIN IN: Walk to D'Feet MND is on next Sunday, 10am at Chris Cunningham Park. Pre-register online, mndnsw.asn.au.
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CORVALLIS — The No. 20 Oregon State gymnastics team had a season-high 197.450 points Saturday, but fell to No. 3 UCLA, which scored 197.900, in a Pac-12 Conference dual meet at Gill Coliseum.
The Beavers had season-high scores in each event in tying the sixth-best overall score in school history. Oregon State gymnasts had 12 career-best marks against the Bruins, including five on vault.
UCLA's Kyla Ross was the all-around winner with 39.650 points, including a 10 on uneven bars.
Oregon State's Mary Jacobsen and UCLA's Felicia Hano tied for the win on vault at 9.95. Kaitlyn Yanish won floor exercise with a 9.975 with teammates Isis Lowery (9.95) and Madi Dagen (9.95) second and third, respectively.
UCLA's Nia Dennis won balance beam with a 9.975.
Oregon State scored 49.275 points on vault and 49.225 on uneven bars to break the 49-point barrier in both events for the first time this year. The Beavers also had a 49.600 in floor exercise, just off the school record of 49.700, and a 49.350 on balance beam.


New research shows that this RNA segment sends signals that stop the activity of the gene that produces glutamine, an amino acid. Previous research has linked a shortage of glutamine in the gut with the seepage of toxins and bacteria through the intestinal wall, irritating nerves and creating disease symptoms.
Scientists say that trying to generate glutamine in the disordered bowel by silencing this RNA segment could open up a whole new way of thinking about treating the diarrhea-predominant type of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In the meantime, they are making plans to conduct a clinical trial to see if glutamine supplements could also reduce common IBS symptoms.
This form of the disorder is characterized by diarrhea and bloating as well as chronic abdominal pain that is difficult to treat. About a third of IBS patients have the diarrhea-predominant type, another third experience consistent constipation, and the rest experience alternating bouts of diarrhea and constipation.
In the Ohio State University study, researchers observed that in human tissue samples, the presence of this small piece of RNA was associated with reduced activity by the gene that produces glutamine. Lower levels of glutamine were seen only in tissue samples from patients with the diarrhea-predominant type of IBS.
A group of these patients also had a condition called increased intestinal permeability, which allows toxins and bacteria into the colon that typically can’t get in. The resulting irritation to nerves in the colon is believed to contribute to diarrhea and abdominal pain. The finding suggests that the glutamine deficiency is connected to the increased intestinal permeability, which dramatically increases the likelihood that diarrhea-predominant IBS symptoms will follow.
The researchers say that manipulating that tiny piece of RNA, known as microRNA-29a, has potential as a novel treatment for IBS. “We’ve known about characteristics of this disease, but we didn’t know the reasons behind them. This study helps us connect everything together. Maybe if we can modulate the microRNA, we can heal the disease. That is our whole hypothesis,” said QiQi Zhou, assistant professor of internal medicine at Ohio State and lead author of the study.
The research is published in a recent issue of the journal Gut.
While testing the effectiveness of glutamine supplementation in IBS patients could lead to a viable treatment for symptoms, the researchers say it is important to continue to pursue the underlying cause of IBS.
“We treat the disorder, but we still don’t understand it completely,” said study senior co-author G. Nicholas Verne, professor of internal medicine and director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Ohio State. “We often have to use multiple therapies to attack the symptoms, but the pain is by far the most difficult to treat. For some patients, the pain responds only to escalating doses of narcotics or tricyclic antidepressants.
Zhou, Verne and colleagues are the first group of scientists to report on a link between microRNAs, glutamine deficiency and IBS. Most studies of microRNAs have identified their role in the development of cancer.
RNA in cells is responsible for using instructions carried in the DNA to make proteins, but microRNAs are small segments of RNA that, when they become overactive themselves, can block the protein-building process. Each microRNA can target numerous genes, but Zhou concentrated on microRNA-29a and its connection to the production of glutamine in this study because of glutamine’s established connection to intestinal permeability.
The researchers collected intestinal tissue and blood samples from three groups: IBS patients with increased intestinal permeability, IBS patients with normal intestinal permeability and control participants with no bowel disease.
The samples showed that microRNA-29a levels were four times higher in the tissues of IBS patients with increased intestinal permeability than were levels seen in IBS patients with normal intestinal permeability conditions and in participants with no bowel disease.
The scientists further tested this relationship by manipulating the microRNA-29a in experiments. When the microRNA-29a levels were driven up, the function of the gene that produces glutamine was prevented and intestinal membrane permeability increased, as well. When the microRNA-29a was artificially silenced, gene function was active, glutamine was produced and the intestinal membrane permeability was closer to normal.
The study also sought to determine how much related genetic information was contained in blood microvesicles, which are tiny blood vessel membrane fragments. Because the heightened expression of microRNA-29a was also detected in microvesicles from IBS patients with increased permeability in this study, the scientists believe a specially handled blood sample could provide as much disease information as a tissue sample for diagnostic purposes.
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Medical Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Co-authors, both from Ohio State, include Wiley Souba, dean of the College of Medicine; and Carlo Croce, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics. Verne and Zhou also are affiliated with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center Research Service.


Pinterest wants investors to know it's not like Snapchat. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, left, and Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann.
Pinterest's IPO team wants investors to see the company as a visual search engine in line with Google, according to a source familiar with the pitch.
The team has also taken pains to dispel the notion the Pinterest is a social media site or comparable to the photo-sharing app Snapchat, which has sunk in value since it went public in 2017, the person said.
Pinterest is expected to go start trading on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "PINS."
Pinterest wants investors to know it's not like Snapchat.
During recent meetings with investors ahead of its upcoming IPO, Pinterest's team has gone to pains to position the company as a visual discovery tool. A key part of the sales pitch during Snap's recent IPO roadshow, according to a source familiar with the matter, is that the company has more in common with the early days of Google's search engine business than with the photosharing teen sensation Snapchat.
Establishing that identity is crucial as Pinterest prepares to begin trading on Thursday, in an $11 billion tech IPO clouded by some unfortunate comparisons.
The most recent high-profile social media company to go public, Snap priced its shares $17 a pop in its 2017 IPO only to watch them sink below $5 by the end of 2018. Snap's pitiful performance in the public markets was on investors' minds as Pinterest made the rounds, the person told Business Insider.
And of course, there's been the recent price fluctuations for Lyft, which went public on March 29 above its price range only to fall far below in the following weeks of trading.
Pinterest founder and CEO Ben Silbermann has played an important role in efforts to make a good impression with investors and to stand apart from Snap, whose CEO Evan Spiegel has had a rocky relationship with Wall Street, the person said.
As founders, both Spiegel and Silbermann have dual class structures which empower them to maintain voting control over the company, even if they sell much of their stakes. So a good first impression from Silbermann could go far with investors as they weigh whether to invest in a company where their shares don't enable them to impact decisions.
Despite its rejection of the social media label, some of Pinterest's underwriters compared the company to Twitter and Facebook, in part because of business models which rely on advertising, the person said.
Some investors were concerned about the difficulty of advertising on Pinterest, compared to a company like Facebook, the person said. In response, Pinterest's team argued that the nine-year-old company was still very early in building out its advertising business.
It's still to be seen how these concerns will impact where the stock prices.
On April 8, the company set a price range of $15 to $17 a share for a high valuation of $11.3 billion — a down round for the company which was last valued at $12.3 billion on the private markets.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the company could price above this range. The company is expected to set a price on Wednesday night and to start trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "PINS".
Pinterest generated $755.9 million in revenue in 2018, up 60% from $472.9 million in 2017. The company lost $63 million in 2018, down from $130 million in losses in .2017.
Pinterest also uses average revenue per user as a metric for measuring growth, a common metric for companies that rely on advertising revenue. In 2018, Pinterest's global ARPU was $3.14, up 25% from 2017. In the US, its 2018 ARPU was $9.04, and internationally it was just $0.25.


According to the numerous books, blogs, and webinars on personal productivity, work/life balance is the magical Zen that is the key to a satisfying life. Countless productivity experts pound their fists while preaching the virtues of their favorite rules for achieving this bliss: Don’t ever work weekends! Don’t work past 5PM! Always wake up at 6AM!
Yet for all their noise and chatter, they are missing the real point. Work/life balance should be about optimal productivity: How can you work in a way that doesn’t stress you out, leads you to success, and keeps your personal life in check? It’s not happiness vs. productivity; it’s what level of productivity optimizes your happiness. A concept I call work life calibration.
For me it’s working six days per week. Not five, not seven. Six.
Typically I’ll wake up Monday-Friday at 7:30AM, work till 6:30PM, exercise, have dinner with friends and family, and then continue working from 9PM-1AM. Saturdays, I catch-up on sleep and relax. Sunday might as well be a Wednesday, except I typically find a cozier place to work.
Some would say I’m crazy, that I’m asking to get burnt out. Other would question why I even take Saturday off. But I’ve been able to keep this routine for years and feel the best I’ve ever felt.
Why? It’s simple. It’s a routine I can maintain.
Burning out is, at its core, the process of falling out of routine. The real trauma of a burn-out is not the crash, it’s the effort it takes to get back from zero productivity to normal productivity.
To understand your work life calibration, think about what routines make you tired. Is it working on the weekend? Is it working late at night? Does reengaging with a project after a pause tire you out?
Next, think about what makes you happy. For many people, working on interesting problems and projects is key. For others, spending time with a significant other is the sole source of happiness. For most, it’s a mix of many things. Try figuring out your marginal happiness from each hour spent working, sleeping, reading, hanging out with friends, exercising, etc. Often happiness is only realized over a period of time. That’s fine. But by looking to maximize your happiness over a longer time horizon, you will quickly find your work life calibration.
This could be misconstrued as merely defining a set of “priorities.” If your calibration is to work a significant amount, does that mean you don’t love your family enough? No. Rather for you, you need to feel productive in your work or you won’t feel happy. Conversely, if family is an overwhelming source of your happiness and you can’t make time for them, you will be unhappy and will find it impossible to maintain a routine.
Work life calibration means that everyone has a sustainable amount of working hours to calibrate their life around. For example, if you are an entrepreneur with a lower tolerance for work you need to build your company in a way that supports and reinforces your calibration. You’ll need to delegate and be more productive during the hours you do work. If you have a higher tolerance you need to make sure that you build a culture that is supportive of long hours and makes that a comfortable and positive experience.
Your work life calibration has a significant impact on your life. If you ignore it, you end up doing things that make you unhappy and stressed. In a normative sense, there is nothing wrong with someone who has a 40 hours per week calibration point, nor is there anything wrong with someone who has a 90 hours per week calibration point. The only thing wrong is not understanding your work life calibration and failing to optimize your life to accommodate it.
The message of work life calibration is that there is no single answer to work/life balance. Rather, you have to be self-aware and identify your ideal productivity level. Once you understand this, it is then your responsibility to shape your life around this number. That could mean finding a new job that fits you better, or finding new friends who have similar time needs as you. Once you understand its ramifications, work life calibration is a tool to maximize your happiness — even if it means working 90 hours per week.


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Oct. 8 - Immigrants gather for a rally on the National Mall, urging Congress to pass immigration reform legislation. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Hundreds of immigrants crowded on to the National Mall on Tuesday in a rally to support immigration reform legislation introduced on Capitol Hill. The rally coincided with the introduction of legislation that supporters hope could chart a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents. Politicians, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, spoke to audience members who waved American flags and held up signs reading "Citizenship for 11 million." "Si, se puede," Pelosi chanted from the stage. Applause erupted from the crowd as the popular Mexican group "Los Tigres del Norte" began their performance. The "Camino Americano: March for Immigration Reform" was allowed to proceed despite a government shutdown that has closed national parks across the country. Veterans who entered the World War II Memorial last week also received permission to access the site from the National Park Service.


In the era of misinformation and accusations, there is an appetite for reliable news sources. Traditional news sources are getting called out by politicians on both sides of the aisle. Where do you the real deal scoop on politicians and policy issues that come straight from the source, the actual people who are affected by these regulations? Twitter? Yes but there are drawbacks. "Robo" dialing? Good luck getting a Millennial to pick-up a phone call from an unidentified number. The next twenty years are going to be very interesting and incredibly disruptive if political parties don't get it right now.
Politicians are going to need a new weapon in their arsenal if they want to reach the people. Unsolicited texts carry a hefty fine, and even Facebook is going to clamp down on political messages. Traditional campaigning as we know it is dying. Mailers and going to door to door doesn't make sense when the amount of time online is going up and up. Digital natives are now in their mid-20s and up as a digital presence is essential for political survival, not just to get in office, but to stay there and reach the people effectively.
The recent gun-related tragedy in Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school has shown that the youth have a voice and are ready to move on specific issues. A trend many (including myself) expect to exponentially increase as the 'old guard' see their ranks decrease. Although traditional funding from Political Action Committees (PACs), politicians are wary of accepting money from special interest groups. Watchdog groups and technology make the political process transparent which will force politicos to raise money directly from the people. There are many apps out there that assist with fundraising for political campaigns as micro-contributions will eventually eclipse the deep pockets of corporations, hence cutting down on influence peddling.
Allyus.org is new tech startup looking to provide a non-partisan platform for voting on issues, putting together petitions and even calling people out on fake news. Afraid of sharing your beliefs publicly? The platform allows you to vote anonymously (a feature that will polarise many). By being able to mobilize your local support immediately, demonstrations can be put together in hours and petitions will get the attention they deserve as you really can't argue with large numbers. Allyus.org have also partnered with Civic Technologies (an ID Blockchain) to prevent fake sign-ups.
Benjamin Shahin: Founder and CEO, Allyus: "Currently there are sites/apps out there but they are generally partisan and clearly lead one way. This is a non-partisan platform where citizens can vote, enter or sign a petition anonymously or publicly. Once the petition reaches a certain level, it can be sent to the right legislator. We are backed by Blockchain technology, therefore, offering a truly decentralized technology that can provide the paradigm for the current and future political process. Allyus.org is truly a transparent platform when it comes to the issues and blockchain technology ensures that there is no foul play."
There are hundreds of apps and new websites covering politics and, despite recent elections, TV still reigns for spend and effectivity (depending on who you talk to). Increasingly, even with new rules and stipulations from the likes of Twitter and Facebook, digital will become a guiding force in the future of politics. Apps like Allyus will become important to fight the misinformation In 2018 the screens are smaller, attention spans are shorter and the time adoption of a digital-first strategy is now, emerging technologies not only will drive cars but will also shape and influence our local and global political process.


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Minister Sommaruga at the conference in Geneva on Tuesday, 26 February.
Switzerland has pledged a total of CHF13.5 million ($13.49 million) in humanitarian aid this year for Yemen, whose citizens continue to suffer under fighting and famine.
The contribution was announced by Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga on Tuesday in Geneva, at the opening of a donor event co-hosted by Switzerland and Sweden.
In total, states pledged to donate $2.6 billion, a sizeable amount but far short of the $4.3 billion estimated by the UN to be necessary in 2019.
We don’t have the right to ignore Yemen as it faces up to the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, Sommaruga said as she urged countries present “not to forget” the struggling state and to make donations.
A civil war between factions controlled by an exiled government and Houthi rebels has devastated Yemen for four years. Some 10,000 victims are estimated to have lost their lives.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, also present at the Geneva conference, said that almost 25 million Yemenis – some 80% of the total population – are in need of humanitarian aid.
In 2018, humanitarian projects piloted by the UN succeeded in raising CHF2.6 billion, 83% of what was estimated to be necessary.
Along with its humanitarian pledge on Tuesday, which will funnel into projects to provide water, protect civilians, and secure food supplies, Switzerland will also offer CHF1 million to support the efforts of UN special envoy Martin Griffiths, who is working to broker a peace deal.
A recent agreement between both sides of the conflict to withdraw fighters from the crucial port city of Hodeïda was welcomed as a “crucial step” by Sommaruga. Switzerland also remains ready to provide good officesexternal link, she said.
Geneva donor conference aims to drum up aid for Yemen Feb 26, 2019 - 14:45 Switzerland has pledged a total of CHF13.5 million ($13.49 million) in humanitarian aid this year for Yemen, whose citizens continue to suffer under fighting and famine. The contribution was announced by Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga on Tuesday in Geneva, at the opening of a donor event co-hosted by Switzerland and Sweden. In total, states pledged to donate $2.6 billion, a sizeable amount but far short of the $4.3 billion estimated by the UN to be necessary in 2019. We don’t have the right to ignore Yemen as it faces up to the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, Sommaruga said as she urged countries present “not to forget” the struggling state and to make donations. A civil war between factions controlled by an exiled government and Houthi rebels has devastated Yemen for four years. Some 10,000 victims are estimated to have lost their lives. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, also present at the Geneva conference, said that almost 25 million Yemenis – some 80% of the total population – are in need of humanitarian aid. In 2018, humanitarian projects piloted by the UN succeeded in raising CHF2.6 billion, 83% of what was estimated to be necessary. Along with its humanitarian pledge on Tuesday, which will funnel into projects to provide water, protect civilians, and secure food supplies, Switzerland will also offer CHF1 million to support the efforts of UN special envoy Martin Griffiths, who is working to broker a peace deal. A recent agreement between both sides of the conflict to withdraw fighters from the crucial port city of Hodeïda was welcomed as a “crucial step” by Sommaruga. Switzerland also remains ready to provide good offices, she said.
Continuing conflicts Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?
How has the brutal conflict in Syria been allowed to drag on for seven years, and what has happened to traditional diplomacy, asks Imogen Foulkes.


Before every game, Klay Thompson sits at his locker and reads the newspaper, devouring the sports section, keeping up on current events and skimming through the movie reviews and financial reports.
It’s a little-known ritual for someone who is much more inquisitive than his public perception would suggest, and that’s just the way the Warriors’ shooting guard would have preferred it to remain.
“He hides a lot of things, I think,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
Thompson doesn’t particularly like being in the spotlight, but he’s finding it increasingly difficult to avoid the attention while putting together what has been probably the NBA’s best 2016 postseason.
A two-time All-Star, Thompson, 26, averaged 27.2 points through the first two playoff rounds — just 0.2 of a point shy of postseason leader Kevin Durant — on 47.4 percent shooting and a league-best 4.7 three-pointers per game.
In the Warriors’ clinching game against Portland on Wednesday, Thompson had his fourth 30-point performance of the postseason and connected on six three-pointers. His seven straight games with at least five three-pointers is an NBA-best playoff streak, and his 28 three-pointers were the most ever in a five-game series.
“I will have to say one thing: You’ve got to talk about Klay Thompson,” Warriors point guard Stephen Curry said in an unprompted speech after a 12-minute postgame interview Wednesday. “That dude had the best series I think I’ve ever seen him play on both ends of the floor.
Thompson would be more than happy to continue hiding in Curry’s prodigious shadow and uses every forced media session to riff about his backcourt mate’s unmatched ball-handling and shot-making and his other teammates’ screen-setting.
But with Curry missing six of the Warriors’ 10 postseason games with ankle and knee injuries, Thompson excelled as the team’s No. 1 scoring option. On top of lighting up the stat sheet, Thompson made life miserable for Houston’s James Harden and Portland’s Damian Lillard.
With Steph Curry out because of an ankle injury, fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson carried the Warriors with 34 points in a win over the Rockets in game 2 of their opening round playoff series.
Thompson used his unrelenting stamina and 6-foot-9 wingspan to force the high-scoring guards into a combined 38.3 percent shooting — 4.7 percentage points less than their regular-season numbers.
The Warriors will need a similar performance in the Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook, a ferocious competitor who might be the league’s fastest player. The Warriors limited the All-Star to 34.7 percent shooting from the floor and 16.7 percent shooting from three-point range in a three-game, regular-season-series sweep.
“You can never let your guard down” against Westbrook, Curry said. “You’ve got to try to think one step ahead, get back in transition, not let him get a head of steam and make him play in a crowd.
Those are the types of things that were being said about Thompson in the first two rounds, when Kerr told his sweet-shooting wing to channel his inner Reggie Miller.
Thompson said he’s long had great endurance — he ran an average of 2.61 miles per game (1.46 miles on offense and 1.15 miles on defense) in the first two rounds — and his hatred of allowing an opponent to score adds fuel to his fire.
The fifth-year guard spent Thursday’s off day strolling through a dog park with his beloved English bulldog, Rocco, watching the deciding Game 6 of the Thunder-Spurs series and having a light dinner.
He rewarded himself after a Game 4 victory in Portland with a cheeseburger from a favorite childhood restaurant, Burgerville — but was quick to point out that he didn’t add the usual milkshake.
“I agree,” Thompson said when asked about Curry saying the Portland series was Thompson’s best. “My energy on both offense and defense never really withered. For me, I think I was locked in for five straight games.
That’s about the most crowing you’ll get from Thompson, who rarely talks, less often shows off his dry sense of humor and even more infrequently displays emotion on the court.
Thompson said he’s always been a “stoic competitor,” something he got from his father and his Bahamian roots. It’s nearly impossible to tell from Thompson’s reaction whether he just made or missed a jumper, and he almost never complains about foul calls.
“Klay just wants to go about his business and does everything sort of below the radar,” Kerr said. “… He’s jubilant inside. Every once in a while, when he gets really hot and makes five in a row, he’ll gesture to the crowd to stand up or something like that.
Thompson prefers to just retreat to the tranquility of his locker and quietly read his newspaper.
But he can’t avoid seeing his name in the headlines a lot more often these days.


A crash between a train and a dump truck east of Seymour leaves a father and son dead. The Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Gary Lee from Seymour and 34-year-old Chad Lee from Ava were in a truck that belonged to the Seymour Special Road district. Stephanie Hickey from Seymour says she got out to help after the crash, but there was nothing she could do.
The Highway Patrol says the driver of the truck failed to stop at the tracks on Oaklawn Road off Highway 60. Troopers say the crossing has a stop sign, but does not have a stop arm or flashing lights.
Affiliate KTTS contributed to this report.


Pakistan and Indian sides agreed on some technical aspects/details and expressed the hope to finalize the other modalities at the earliest.
Pakistan, India hope to finalize the other modalities at the earliest.
ISLAMABAD: The meeting between technical experts of Pakistan and India was held today (Tuesday) at the Zero Point of the Kartarpur Corridor.
The meeting was held in a positive and constructive environment.
Both sides jointly surveyed the coordinates of the Zero Point and discussed the technical details, including Finished Road Level, High Flood level etc.
The two sides agreed on some technical aspects/details and expressed the hope to finalize the other modalities at the earliest.
The next meeting on operationalisation of the corridor will be held at Wagah on 2 April 2019.


With experience in event planning, Kahler felt inspired to pursue an array of creative endeavors to promote the area such as founding the Downtown Phoenix Journal and serving as president of Artlink, a nonprofit that helps coordinate First Fridays.
She also owns her own marketing company, Urban Affair, which publishes the Downtown Phoenix Journal and is appropriately named after her love for the city.
At Arizona State University in the 90s, Kahler felt apathetic toward her classes, rotating from history to teaching to liberal arts unaware of how she would apply what she learned to a future career.
Above all, she learned how vital the arts were to the growth of the city. “It just became part of that natural thought process that you couldn’t separate the arts and culture from the success of downtown,” Kahler says.
In 2010, she reached out to Artlink to help produce their map for First Friday, a monthly nighttime art walk attracting visitors from around the Valley. She has worked for them since and now serves as president. Albeit not an artist herself, Kahler’s appreciation for the arts is evident.
Artlink is currently planning Art Detour 29 – the 29th anniversary of the event that helped launch First Fridays on March 16-19. The event differs from First Friday in that it takes place annually in the spring and gives visitors an opportunity to tour several artists’ studio spaces.
“To see the space where the artist is inspired, and creative and create works that we sometimes just see on a wall or a pedestal, to see where these things are born, is special,” Kahler says.
Kahler works out of the Coe House, a 121-year-old home in the heart of downtown Phoenix that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Art receptions are held in the downstairs living room and an array of tenants, ranging from a chiropractor to graphic designer, enhance the collaborative environment of the building.
Courtney McCune, managing editor of the Downtown Phoenix Journal, says her favorite project she worked on with Kahler was recent. Inspired by Netflix’s “Gilmore Girls” revival and their resemblance to the characters, the two wrote a piece likening downtown Phoenix to Stars Hollow – the town from the series.
To dwindle Kahler’s sizable workload, Leslie Criger helps by coordinating with “articipants” for upcoming events and keeping local businesses updated with Phoenix Urban Guide, an intuitive online database Kahler developed.
Kahler and Criger have known each other for 15 years and have worked together for the past three years. Criger admires Kahler’s ability to conceptualize projects with precision from start to finish.
“She’s very thoughtful in the things that she does and why she does the things that she does,” Criger says.
Reach the reporter at Hailey.Mensik@asu.edu or follow @HaileyMensik on Twitter.


Gladwin County Sheriff deputies investigated a traffic crash at North M-18 and Pratt Lake Road late Tuesday. The extent of injuries were not immediately known.
Many passing by agreed the crash looked bad. One woman said both vehicles were on their sides. Dispatch reported there was a minivan and an SUV involved. Investigators were on scene and unavailable for immediate comment.
There have been other crashes in that same area. Gladwin resident Mari Battjes was in a crash at the location in 2011. She said news of the crash caused memories of the crash to come flooding back.
It was March 5, 2011, the roads were slushy and a van sideswiped Battjes.
“Most of my husband’s door was pushed to the back passenger (part), Battjes said. “My husband was driving. My then 6-year-old had to be pulled out through the little window of the back-passenger door. She was unresponsive at first and had blood all over her face.
“There was an officer behind the person driving the van and an off-duty EMT at the scene,” she added.
Battjes said that winter brought so much snow, which had it not filled the ditch, her child would probably not be alive.
Battjes said she is among the many praying for those involved in tonight's crash.


MILTON, GA, March 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Attis Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ATIS) (the "Company" or "Attis"), a diversified innovation and technology holding company, announced that it will be attending and presenting at the Biorenewable Deployment Consortium ("BDC") today in Jacksonville, FL.
This will be the fourth time that Attis has attended the BDC and the third time as a presenter. Attis is looking forward to providing an update on its various projects and technologies to a very well attended conference that focuses primarily on the valorization of biomass across multiple markets. Attis plans to provide an update on its recently announced planned acquisition of the Sunoco LP corn ethanol plant in Fulton, NY as well as its biorefinery project in Barnesville, GA.
The BDC is the perfect opportunity for Attis to discuss its suite of biomass conversion technologies, specific project updates and end product market development. Year after year, the BDC continues to draw some of the industry's most influential minds with regards to the valorization of biomass and its various constituents. Attis welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with industry experts and looks forward to receiving input and new perspectives from the attendees.
"We are always eager to participate in conferences like the Biorenewable Deployment Consortium," stated Jeff Cosman, Attis Industries CEO. "Conferences like the BDC are a fantastic opportunity to partake in discussions that directly impact one of Attis' core business segments. The conference format and level of competency of its attendees presents a great chance for Attis to gather alternative perspectives and network with numerous potential customers and partners."
Presenting at the conference will be Attis' VP of Marketing, Chris Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy is a 15-year veteran of the renewable fuels industry and works closely with senior management on the development of Attis' various biorefinery projects and end product market development.
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ELMIRA, N.Y., May 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chemung Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CHMG) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share, payable on July 1, 2014 to common stock shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 17, 2014.
Chemung Financial Corporation is a $1.5 billion financial services holding company headquartered in Elmira, New York and operates 34 retail offices through its principal subsidiary, Chemung Canal Trust Company, a full-service community bank with full trust powers. Established in 1833, Chemung Canal Trust Company is the oldest locally-owned and managed community bank in New York State. Chemung Financial Corporation is also the parent of CFS Group, Inc., a financial services subsidiary offering non-traditional services including mutual funds, annuities, brokerage services, tax preparation services and insurance. CFS Group, Inc. was founded in 2001.
This press release may be found at www.chemungcanal.com.


The article “Who earns what” (Sept. 29) asks us to compare our incomes with those of featured persons mentioned in the piece. I am a retiree living on CPP and another small income, totalling $21,000 per year. Assuming there are 250 actual working days in a calendar year, that would represent $84/day.


Total cash compensation for outside directors at the nation's 100 largest industrial corporations averaged 17 percent higher than compensation for their counterparts at 100 service corporations.
Of 200 companies surveyed by Handy HRM Corporation, a consulting firm, outside directors at industrial companies were paid an average of $42,935 in 1990, while their peers at service firms received $36,827.
Obamacare beset by new 'discrepancies': What are they and how serious?


SYNLAB Nigeria has formally launched its new laboratory facility in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for quality laboratory tests and support for doctors.
The new facility is meant to provide quality laboratory tests, support doctors with accurate test results and improve the quality of healthcare in Cross River State and its environs.
Speaking during the launch, the Executive Director, Operations, SYNLAB Nigeria, Dr Tolulope Adewole, said SYNLAB will continue to provide quality services to Nigerians.
He said: “As a company, we are committed to making investments that will deliver first-world healthcare service to Nigerians. With more than 5,000 tests on offer, SYNLAB Nigeria has the most comprehensive test offering in Africa.
Located inside the premises of the renowned Calabar Women and Children Hospital, the SYNLAB facility further aims at delivering top quality, state-of-the-art medical diagnostic services for health professionals and residents of Calabar.
The SYNLAB Management has announced that a special package awaits the first five customers, every day for the next one week, at the new facility in Calabar.
Meanwhile, those present at the commissioning included: Professor of Histopathology, Imaobong Ekanem; host of the event and former First Lady of Cross River State, Mrs Onari Duke; representative of the Commissioner for Health, Cross Rivers, Dr Udeme Asibong.
Others are: Dr Simon Sunday and Mrs Briggs from NNPC Hospital; Dr Ayuk A.E, NMA Chairman, Calabar; Dr Jenkins Ukaga, Nigeria Police Hospital and Dr Ukweh Ikechukwu, CMD, Arubah Specialist Hospital, among others.


The black community in every city is a natural left constituency. If Washington is right that Chicago points to a new black politics, it means the same for the left.
This “coming into political maturity” of minority groups that, as Washington says, once thought simple street protests were enough took a giant leap forward on April 12 when a sizable majority of Hispanic voters and enough left and liberal whites joined the overwhelming majority of blacks to give Chicago its first black mayor.
This was a victory for the left, both in the sense that the natural left constituencies—blacks, Hispanics and the labor movement—were its basis and in the sense that organizational support for Washington outside the black community came from left groups ranging from unions like AFSCME to the National Organization for Women to the Democratic Socialists of America. And it was a victory over racism in the most highly segregated of American cities, even though the election also demonstrated how deeply divided Chicago's working people are by race.
The growing maturity of which Washington speaks was demonstrated in the high degree of organization in the black community—organization that brought close to 90 percent of the eligible voters in black wards to the polls, thereby continuing the reversal that began last November of the traditional pattern of low black turnouts. But it was also demonstrated in the aldermanic races, which indicated that this was not only an effort put a black man in office, but also an attempt to get a new kind of representation.
Machine incumbents were defeated in five black wards, as was a machine-backed candidate in one other ward where there was no incumbent running. (Machine candidates also lost in three predominantly white wards where Washington averaged 13 percent of the vote.) The defeat of these machine candidates was a result of the large turnout, which brought voters with more independent tendencies into the electorate and has created the potential for a new kind of politics in Chicago.
We have frequently argued that the American people, unlike Europeans, do not usually vote in large numbers because they are normally presented with meaningless alternatives. On April 12, the alternatives were real and the turnout was of record proportions. It was heaviest among the blacks who understand what they have to gain, but it was also heavy among white ethnics, especially older ones, who mistakenly believed that they had a great deal to lose by the election of a black mayor. On election night Washington insisted that he would do everything within his power to assuage these fears, which were based on the false idea that Chicago's blacks want more than their fair share of services and opportunities.
We believe that these fears will diminish as people see that having a black mayor will not destroy their neighborhoods, though just how far Washington can go in neutralizing his white opposition depends on how well he can deal with the city's serious problems. It won't be easy, but Washington's strong commitment to the labor movement and to the interests of working people may enable him to erode racist fears and hostility toward him among working-class ethnics.
But the problems facing Chicago, like those facing all of the old industrial cities, are immense, and the resources available for solving these problems are inadequate and shrinking. In this context, any mayor —conservative, liberal or socialist—must help maintain or create a climate attractive to business. Washington has made it clear that he understands this and has indicated that he will attempt to do this by eliminating political corruption, increasing the efficiency of municipal workers and providing better educational opportunities, health care and public housing and transit—reforms that are in the interest of all community groups.
In running any city, the pressures to capitulate and subordinate other interests to those of the business community are great. And the temptation to settle for personal aggrandizement, of money and power, are ever-present. It is here that Washington's base in the black community operates both to give him support in living up to his best instincts and to prevent him from abandoning his principles —or to destroy him if he does. For in cities with a black minority, black mayors are attractive to the business interests with which they share power only so long as they have the trust and strong support of their electoral bases.
The black community in every city is a natural left constituency. This is true not only for municipal politics, but also nationally. It explains why the only consistently left presence in the mainstream of American political life is the Congressional Black Caucus—of which Washington has been a member. Black Caucus members like Washington, John Conyers (D-Mich.) and George Crockett (D-Mich.) —all of whom have overwhelmingly black districts—can take left positions on any issue and can publicly identify with various left organizations and still count on getting upward of 90 percent of the vote every two years. Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) is equally outspoken on the left, but because only some 35 percent of his constituents are black. That is why Dellums' district is not “safe.” But, like Washington's Chicago-wide constituency, Dellums base is a successful coalition on the left.
If Washington and other black leaders throughout the nation are correct in their belief that Chicago is pointing the way for a new black politics, then there is now also a possibility for a new left politics.
In other words, the left, including its socialist wing, can now begin to enter the mainstream of American life along with blacks. For while a fully mobilized black community can provide the solid core of victory, as it did in Chicago, in many places blacks can be successful only in coalition with Hispanics, labor and the left.
In short, in an as yet undetermined number of places, the possibility of a new kind of coalition politics has emerged—a politics based on black leadership of fully mobilized black communities.
In a sense, of course, this is not a new idea. The left—especially the socialist left —has long talked about coalitions of labor, blacks, women and others. But while such coalitions have frequently been assembled on paper, and occasionally around demonstrations and protests, they have rarely, if ever, been effective in electing our own people, either black or white, to office. And then, too, these past left coalitions have been based, at least in theory, on labor, with blacks and others acting as secondary allies. But the new reality is that the coalitions, if they come into being at all, will be based on mobilized black communities and, therefore, will most likely be led by blacks.
In Chicago, we have now seen that such a coalition can take office. What we don't know is how much can be accomplished in the face of the truly formidable obstacles imposed by the current recession and the Reagan administration cutbacks. Prudently, Washington is promising no miracles. But he is promising, within the limitations imposed upon him by forces over which he has no control, to provide all groups in the community their fair share of the city's resources. That promise alone, if carried out, would be a giant step forward.


Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni.
Dudu Myeni could face a summons if she once again fails to appear before the parliamentary inquiry into state capture next week.
Myeni is to be subpoenaed to appear before the inquiry into the alleged capture of Eskom by the Guptas after she snubbed the hearings on Wednesday.
Myeni was expected to appear before the public enterprises committee that is probing allegations of corruption and mismanagement at Eskom‚ but made a no-show despite being called to testify more than a week ago.
The committee wanted to hear Myeni’s version of events about her alleged influence in Eskom affairs after she was implicated in November last year by former Eskom board chairperson Zola Tsotsi‚ who told the committee that Myeni had dictated at a meeting in Durban in March 2015 which Eskom executives needed to be suspended at the time.
Tsotsi alleged that then-president Jacob Zuma had been present at that meeting. The former president and Myeni are said to be close friends.
Tsotsi said he was given an instruction by Myeni to suspend three senior Eskom executives‚ including former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona.
ANC MP and chairperson of the Eskom inquiry Zukiswa Rantho told the committee on Wednesday that Myeni only sent an SMS to the committee’s secretary yesterday that she was not ready to testify before the inquiry because her lawyer had not yet been able to advise her on the legal implications of her appearance before the committee.
“It’s only from yesterday that the lawyer became aware that she has to come to the inquiry. They will look at the legalities of coming to the inquiry and then she will revert to us by writing a letter when they’ve done their work with her lawyers‚ then she apologised in the SMS for being unavailable.
“So up to now we have an SMS‚ not a formal letter. Parliament has written a formal letter inviting her and we did not invite her yesterday or today‚ we have given her enough time to respond‚” said Rantho.
It revealed that Myeni‚ a close friend of President Jacob Zuma‚ has been brought in from the cold.
Committee members were divided over whether Myeni should be immediately issued with a summons or whether she should be given one more opportunity to appear voluntarily‚ failing which a summons would be issued to force her to do so.
Rantho said the issue would be discussed with evidence leader Ntuthuzelo Vanara and the legal team to decide on the way to proceed.
ACDP MP Steve Swart said Myeni’s explanation was nothing but an “unacceptable delaying tactic“.
“It’s unacceptable that on the day of the inquiry‚ witnesses are telling us they need more time… we would suggest that we issue a subpoena which we are entitled to do in terms of the act‚” he said.
DA MP Natasha Mazzone also called for Myeni to be summonsed. “When we ask people to come and testify here‚ we’re asking them to do their country duty and it’s most unfortunate that we have to summon someone.
“Given the fact that someone is playing a little game over here… If we want things done legally‚ as per Ms Dudu Myeni‚ let’s do it completely legally and let’s summon her to appear before the committee‚” she said.
Another ANC MP‚ Zukile Luyenge‚ said they proposed that a fresh letter be issued to Myeni telling her to appear before the committee next Tuesday or Wednesday‚ failing which she would be summonsed.