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-{"id":"1484189203_1484121193","score":3.5,"sentence1":"DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police need help catching two crooks caught on camera at a Davie hardware store.\n\nThey said the men stole several took kits, nail guns, and other hardware supplies on separate occasions.\n\nThe crimes happened at a Lowe\u2019s near Interstate 95 and Hiatus Road in August and November.\n\nIf you have any information regarding the thefts, call police or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.\n\nCopyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.","sentence2":"DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A no-swim advisory has been lifted at the Deerfield Beach Pier.\n\nThe Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued the advisory on Friday after waters by the pier did not meet state requirements.\n\nOfficials lifted the advisory Tuesday after water samples they tested met state requirements.\n\nCopyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed."}
-{"id":"1484011097_1484011106","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Govt officials confirm Trump can block US companies from operating in China The US president has not made an order as yet, only requesting for US companies to move out of China.\n\nAn open database exposing records containing the sensitive data of hotel customers as well as US military personnel and officials has been disclosed by researchers.\n\nOn Monday, vpnMentor's cybersecurity team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, said the database belonged to Autoclerk, a service owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts group.\n\nAutoclerk is a reservations management system used by resorts to manage web bookings, revenue, loyalty programs, guest profiles, and payment processing.\n\nIn a report shared with ZDNet, the researchers said the open Elasticsearch database was discovered through vpnMentor's web mapping project. It was possible to access the database, given it had no encryption or security barriers whatsoever, and perform searches to examine the records contained within.\n\nThe team says that \"thousands\" of individuals were impacted, although due to ethical reasons it was not possible to examine every record in the leaking database to come up with a specific number.\n\nHundreds of thousands of booking reservations for guests were available to view and data including full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, dates and travel costs, some check-in times and room numbers, and masked credit card details were also exposed.\n\nSee also: Citizen Lab: WeChat's real-time censorship system uses hash indexes to filter content\n\nData breaches are a common occurrence and can end up compromising information belonging to thousands or millions of us in single cases of a successful cyberattack.\n\nWhat is more uncommon, however, is that the US government and military figures have also been involved in this security incident.\n\nIt appears that one of the platforms connected to Autoclerk exposed in the breach is a contractor of the US government that deals with travel arrangements.\n\nvpnMentor was able to view records relating to the travel arrangements of government and military personnel -- both past and future -- who are connected to the US government, military, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\n\nWithin the records, for example, were logs for US Army generals visiting Russia and Israel, among other countries.\n\nCNET: California proposes regulations to enforce new privacy law\n\nAutoclerk facilitates communication between different hospitality platforms, and it appears that a substantial portion of the data originated from external platforms. In total, the database -- hosted by AWS -- contained over 179GB of data.\n\nAt the time of writing it has not been possible to track the overall owner of the database due to the \"number of external origin points and sheer size of the data exposed,\" the team says.\n\nThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) was informed of the leak on September 13 but did not respond to the researcher's findings.\n\nvpnMentor then reached out to the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, and seven days later, the team contacted a representative of the Pentagon who promised swift action. Access to the database was revoked on October 2.\n\nTechRepublic: Financial industry spends millions to deal with breaches\n\n\"The greatest risk posed by this leak is to the US government and military,\" the team says. \"Significant amounts of sensitive employee and military personnel data could now be in the public domain. This gives invaluable insight into the operations and activities of the US government and military personnel. The national security implications for the US government and military are wide-ranging and serious.\"\n\nZDNet has reached out to US-CERT and affected parties and will update when we hear back.\n\nPrevious and related coverage\n\nHave a tip? Get in touch securely via WhatsApp | Signal at +447713 025 499, or over at Keybase: charlie0","sentence2":"The latest huge unsecured cloud storage find is in Autoclerk\u2014a service owned by Best Western. \u201cHundreds of thousands\u201d of hotel guest records containing sensitive personal data, all available on the internet with no authentication nor encryption.\n\nAnd, to make it worse, Autoclerk was also used for U.S. government travel. So terrorists could have tracked the movements of strategic staff.\n\nHere we go again. In today\u2019s SB Blogwatch, we d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu anew.\n\nYour humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Rollin\u2019.\n\nAWS Data Lake Leak\n\nWhat\u2019s the craic? Charlie Osborne reports\u2014\u201cDatabase leaked 179GB in customer, US government, and military records\u201d:\n\nAn open database exposing records containing the sensitive data of hotel customers as well as US military personnel and officials has been disclosed. \u2026 Autoclerk, a service owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts group \u2026 is a reservations management system used by resorts to manage web bookings, revenue, loyalty programs, guest profiles, and payment processing.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt had no encryption or security barriers whatsoever. \u2026 Hundreds of thousands of booking reservations for guests were available to view \u2026 including full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, dates and travel costs, some check-in times and room numbers.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt appears that one of the platforms connected to Autoclerk exposed in the breach is a contractor of the US government that deals with travel arrangements. \u2026 Within the records, for example, were logs for US Army generals visiting Russia and Israel, among other countries.\n\n\u2026\n\nThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) was informed of the leak on September 13 but did not respond.\n\nOuch. Lindsey O\u2019Donnell adds\u2014\u201cData Leaked By Autoclerk\u201d:\n\nAutoclerk \u2026 was acquired by the Best Western Hotel and Resorts Group in August. \u2026 Autoclerk software is used by third-party travel agencies [including] HAPI Cloud, OpenTravel and Synxis by Sabre Hospitality Solutions.\n\n\u2026\n\nBeyond the privacy implications of hackers getting their hands on PII of customers, researchers said that the reservation details of customers in the database could provide attackers with valuable clues to piece together fraud or phishing attacks. \u2026 The database could also have physically dangerous implications for victims \u2026 especially for potentially high-profile government or military personnel.\n\nWho found it? vpnMentor\u2019s Noam Rotem and Ran Locar\u2014\u201cTravel Reservations Platform Leaks\u201d:\n\nThe leak exposed sensitive personal data of users and hotel guests, along with a complete overview of their hotel and travel reservations \u2026 with millions of new records being added daily. \u2026 This represented a massive breach of security for the government agencies and departments impacted.\n\n\u2026\n\nWe have contacted the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT). We outlined the nature of the leak, and the government, military, and DHS data that was exposed. However, at the time of publishing, they have not replied to our email, ignoring our concerns.\n\n\u2026\n\nAll this information is incredibly valuable for criminal hackers and online thieves. \u2026 For the US government, alarm bells should be ringing. \u2026 Criminals could pose as hotels or booking engines used by guests, crafting convincing emails to easily fool them. The effects could be devastating, both financially and personally.\n\n\u2026\n\nThis represents a major flaw in the data security apparatus around such sensitive information. Any company concerned with the travel logistics of high-level military personnel should be adhering to the strictest data protection practices.\n\nAin\u2019t that the truth? e-sushi\u2014@originalesushi\u2014feels the shockwave:\n\nYou\u2019ve probably seen it in the movies: that short, silent moment between the detonation of a nuke, and the blast that sets in to wipe you off this planet.\n\n\n\nThat\u2019s how job security must feel when you were in charge of the security of that 179GB database.\n\nTime to prosecute the CEO? rtb61 curbs your enthusiasm:\n\nAhh padawan I see you do not understand, here is the lesson: lowest tender vs. safety and security. When you do it as cheap as you can, do not expect good outcomes\u2014they will not happen.\n\n\u2026\n\nProfit was the primary focus and costs are the enemy of profit, the blood enemy, the enemy to be ruthlessly, relentless attacked. And of course, the **** up turned into someone else\u2019s problem after you have wandered off with the profits and bonuses.\n\n\u2026\n\n[But] expect pretty rapid change after a CEO, board members and tech staff, receive years long custodial sentences. \u2026 You don\u2019t think they would ever give a **** about actual security do you? Only if there is a profit in it.\n\n\u2026\n\nThe system has been ****ed by psychopaths and will routinely fail.\n\nA slightly less sweary Dean of Pentacles\u2014@da_terry\u2014gets all wistful:\n\nRemember the 90s, when things needed to be hacked? Today, everything is just laying around on the internet.\n\nI know, right? Marlin Schwanke asks, \u201cWhy Even Bother Reporting Breaches?\u201d:\n\nWhy even bother to report this stuff anymore? We should all assume that every bit of our personal information is freely available online and get over it. The way business runs their IT it doesn\u2019t seem far off the mark.\n\n\n\nBusiness that amass and store consumer data in such a sloppy fashion should be shuttered. I won\u2019t be holding my breath.\n\nAnd Doctor Syntax is IN:\n\nYou\u2019d think by now that hotel chains would have learned that\n\n(a) they really need to do a thorough annual audit of their own security, and\n\n(b) do the same in spades for any business they\u2019re thinking of buying.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt\u2019s going to take a few more big fines and lawsuits, big enough for the board and investors to notice. Even then it seems doubtful that they\u2019ll manage to learn from the misfortunes of others.\n\nMeanwhile, Volatile_Memory randomly remembers:\n\nI stayed at a Best Western in Georgia (US) once and they had the username and password for their reservation system written on a note taped next to the computer. I told them about it and \u2026 was met with a bored stare.\n\nAnd Finally:\n\nThis is how we roll\n\nPreviously in And Finally\n\nYou have been reading SB Blogwatch by Richi Jennings. Richi curates the best bloggy bits, finest forums, and weirdest websites\u2026 so you don\u2019t have to. Hate mail may be directed to @RiCHi or sbbw@richi.uk. Ask your doctor before reading. Your mileage may vary. E&OE.\n\nImage source: Raysonho (cc:0)"}
-{"id":"1484039488_1484261803","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Ducks defenseman Erik Gudbranson, left, knocks the puck away from Golden Knights center Cody Glass during the second period of Tuesday\u2019s game in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch (89) celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights players celebrate after Alex Tuch (89) scored against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nSound The gallery will resume in seconds\n\nVegas Golden Knights players celebrate after right wing Mark Stone (61) scored against Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks defenseman Korbinian Holzer, left, celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch (89) scores on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg, center, celebrates after a teammate scored against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) attempts a shot on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Max Pacioretty, center, celebrates after Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) scored against Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) skates around Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith (19) skates around Anaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm (47) checks Vegas Golden Knights left wing William Carrier (28) into the boards during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Comtois (53) fights with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Comtois (53) attempts a shot on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) stops the puck against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Jones (49) vies for the puck with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Ondrej Kase (25) tries to skate through Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) attempts a shot on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault (81) celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) skates around Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\n\nLAS VEGAS \u2014 The Ducks didn\u2019t have a chance Tuesday afternoon because they didn\u2019t give themselves a chance. They tossed the puck around like it was toxic and paid the price for their carelessness with a 5-2 loss to the opportunistic Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.\n\nThe Golden Knights jumped the Ducks from the start, and it wasn\u2019t as if they needed help to build a commanding lead. But the Ducks gave it to them anyway, sandwiching two egregious turnovers around an own goal as Vegas skated away with a 3-1 advantage entering the third period.\n\nFunny thing, too.\n\nThe Ducks actually weathered an early Vegas onslaught to take a 1-0 lead on defenseman Korbinian Holzer\u2019s first goal of the season, a chip shot that found the back of the net 8:13 into the game. It was more or less, all downhill from there for the Ducks.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating when we come out and we\u2019re not ready to play,\u201d Ducks goaltender John Gibson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to play in the National Hockey League and it feels like some guys are starting to take it for granted and are just kind of happy to be here. We play a good game every now and then and we can\u2019t string it together, put two in a row, can\u2019t seem to get points.\u201d\n\nGibson turned away the Golden Knights again and again, but he was left to fend for himself far too often. Vegas outshot the Ducks by 43-28, including 22-5 in the first period.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find a way to be more consistent in our game,\u201d Holzer said. \u201cThere are stretches in the game where we play really well and there are stretches where we play absolutely terrible. We can\u2019t have \u2018Gibby\u2019 bail us out every night. It\u2019s not the way we should play. It\u2019s not a recipe for success.\u201d\n\nThe rest of the opening period unfolded in a nightmarish fashion of the Ducks\u2019 own making.\n\nDucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson lost control of the puck in front of his net. Mark Stone, who separated Sam Steel from the puck a nanosecond earlier, jumped on Gudbranson\u2019s misplay and beat Ducks goaltender Gibson for the tying goal at 14:36 of the first period.\n\nVegas then made it 2-1 in the closing seconds of the opening period. Or rather the Ducks did. Alex Tuch was credited with the tiebreaking goal at 19:40, when he swatted a loose puck beneath Gibson. The puck kept moving and then Ducks defenseman Josh Manson tapped it into his own net.\n\nThe Ducks complained that a whistle should have halted play, but to no avail. Gibson later said he watched the replay during the intermission and admitted the call was correct. He even skated out and spoke to referee Dean Morton before the second period began.\n\nRelated Articles Ducks goalie John Gibson credits break with improved play\n\nDucks right wing Jakob Silfverberg picked to play in All-Star Game\n\nDucks goalie John Gibson bemoans inconsistent play in OT loss to Flyers\n\nDucks captain Ryan Getzlaf finding new ways to lead\n\nDucks ride second-period flurry to victory over Golden Knights \u201cIt was just kind of sitting there,\u201d Gibson said of the loose puck that ended up squirting free before Manson mishandled it. \u201cI think Manson went to grab it and it went into the net. I was upset with it and then I looked at it and (Morton) made the right call.\u201d\n\nLate in the second period, after the Ducks had pushed back and actually began to generate sustained pressure in the Golden Knights\u2019 end, disaster struck again. Adam Henrique\u2019s clearing attempt sailed directly onto the stick of Vegas\u2019 Reilly Smith, who beat Gibson for a 3-1 lead at 17:55.\n\nIn the third, Jonathan Marchessault scored twice, including on a penalty shot that extended the Vegas lead to 4-1. Jakob Silfverberg\u2019s team-leading 14th goal cut the Ducks\u2019 deficit to 4-2, but Marchessault sealed it with an empty-net goal with 1:54 left.\n\n\u201cIt would be one thing if we had shown all year that we weren\u2019t able to play with teams like this, but we have shown that we can,\u201d Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. \u201cThat\u2019s where you kind of (hurt) yourself. It\u2019s like if you go out and run a four-minute mile and you show up every day after that and you run a seven-minute mile. Something\u2019s wrong because you showed you could do it.\u201d\n\n'Get that mentality that every night is going to be a hard working night, bear down, and hopefully we can string some games together'. Jakob Silfverberg is looking toward the new year with optimism! @AnaheimDucks are back in action Thursday vs the #Coyotes!#LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com\/Ehabq2aaZu \u2014 FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) December 31, 2019\n\nTHAT'S OUT ALL STAR\u2b50\ufe0f Silfvy finds the net in the third for the @AnaheimDucks!@jsilfverberg33 | #LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com\/6399g2ObG0 \u2014 FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) December 31, 2019","sentence2":"Woody Guthrie's 1943 New Year's Resolutions are a powerful reminder to \"Keep the hope machine running.\"\n\nI'd seen this before, but I was reminded of it when I saw Billy Bragg share a webcomic version of it on Facebook. But here are Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1943. While they were written in the throes of World War II, I think we'd all do well by following their example every day and every year, but especially right now.\n\n1. Work more and better\n\n2. Work by a schedule\n\n3. Wash teeth if any\n\n4. Shave\n\n5. Take bath\n\n6. Eat good \u2014 fruit \u2014 vegetables \u2014 milk\n\n7. Drink very scant if any\n\n8. Write a song a day\n\n9. Wear clean clothes \u2014 look good\n\n10. Shine shoes\n\n11. Change socks\n\n12. Change bed cloths often\n\n13. Read lots good books\n\n14. Listen to radio a lot\n\n15. Learn people better\n\n16. Keep rancho clean\n\n17. Dont get lonesome\n\n18. Stay glad\n\n19. Keep hoping machine running\n\n20. Dream good\n\n21. Bank all extra money\n\n22. Save dough\n\n23. Have company but dont waste time\n\n24. Send Mary and kids money\n\n25. Play and sing good\n\n26. Dance better\n\n27. Help win war \u2014 beat fascism\n\n28. Love mama\n\n29. Love papa\n\n30. Love Pete\n\n31. Love everybody\n\n32. Make up your mind\n\n33. Wake up and fight\n\nDance better. Beat fascism. Keep the hope machine running. I think that pretty much covers everything.\n\nWoody Guthrie\u2019s Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year\u2019s Resolutions From 1943"}
-{"id":"1484332324_1484796748","score":1.5,"sentence1":"The West Bengal government\u2019s proposal was rejected after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting. (File Photo\/PIB)\n\nWest Bengal Republic Day tableau: Twenty-two proposals, 16 from states and union territories and six from central ministries \u2014 out of a total 56 have been short-listed for this Republic Day parade, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.\n\nThe Ministry had received 32 tableau proposals from states and union territories and 24 from central ministries and departments.\n\n\u201cOut of these, 22 proposals, comprising 16 states\/UTs and 6 ministries\/departments, have finally been short-listed for participation in the Republic Day Parade 2020 after a series of five meetings,\u201d a statement by the ministry said.\n\nThe West Bengal government\u2019s proposal was rejected after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting, it said.\n\n\u201cThe tableau proposal of the West Bengal government was not taken forward for further consideration by the Expert Committee after deliberations in the second meeting.\n\n\u201cIt is pertinent to mention here that the tableau of the Government of West Bengal was short-listed for participation in the Republic Day Parade 2019 as an outcome of the same process,\u201d it added.\n\nThere is a well-established system for selection of tableau for participation in the Republic Day Parade. The Ministry of Defence invites proposals from all states, union territories, central ministries and departments.\n\nThe proposals are then evaluated in a series of meetings of the Expert Committee comprising eminent persons in the fields of art, culture, painting, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography, etc.\n\nThe Committee examines the proposals on the basis of theme, concept, design and its visual impact before making its recommendations, the statement said.\n\nDue to time constraints, only a limited number of tableau can be short-listed for participation in the parade. \u201cThe selection process in vogue, leads to participation of the best tableau in the parade,\u201d the statement added.","sentence2":"Mumbai: The NCP and Shiv Sena on Thursday targeted Centre for rejecting Maharashtra's tableau for the Republic Day parade, with the Sharad Pawar-led party dubbing the move an insult to the state. However, the state BJP said that in the past Maharashtra's tableau had not featured in the January 26 parade many times.\n\nRepublican Party of India leader and Union minister Ramdas Athawale said he would see to it that the state's tableau figured in the procession. NCP MP Supriya Sule claimed the Centre has denied permission to the tableaux from the non-BJP-ruled Maharashtra and West Bengal, adding the Modi government was behaving in a \"prejudiced\" manner.\n\nShe said the two states had played a key role in the freedom struggle and the decision to deny permission to their tableaux was an \"insult\" of the people. \"The Centre has rejected permissions to the tableaux of Maharashtra and West Bengal from parading on Republic Day.\n\nIt is a festival of the country and the Centre is expected to give representation to all the states,\" Sule tweeted. \"But the government is behaving in a prejudiced manner, giving step motherly treatment to the states being ruled by opposition parties,\" she added.\n\nThe Parliamentarian from Baramati also shared a news report that claims that the Defence Ministry has rejected West Bengal's tableau for the Republic Day parade (on January 26). \"You will have to explain why the tableaux of the two states were rejected. The chief minister of Maharashtra should probe the matter. It has to be found out who is responsible for this. Are there elements having loyalty to previous government? There may not be. But this has to be probed,\" Sena MP Sanjay Raut told a Marathi news channel.\n\nSule and Raut were responding to reports that the Ministry of Defence has selected 22 tableaux out of 56 proposals for the Republic Day parade. The selected tableau will feature 16 states and Union territories and six Central ministries.\n\nMaharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad said the decision to reject the tableau has hurt the \"asmita\" (self-respect) of people of the state. The state BJP, however, said that Sule and Raut were misleading the people.\n\n@BJP4Maharashtra, the state BJP's Twitter handle, pointed out that Maharashtra's tableau had not figured in the parade on many occasions in the past. \"Centre invites entries from 32 states of which 16 are selected rotation-wise. Along with it, eight central ministries are also selected...making the total count 24,\" it said.\n\n\"Maharashtra's tableau was not selected even earlier as well. In 1972, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2016 Maharashtra's tableau was not selected,\" the party said. \"Except two years, Congress was in power at the Centre as well as in the state during these years,\" the party added, asking why, then, the Narendra Modi government was being targeted.\n\nBJP ally and Union minister Ramdas Athawale said he will try to ensure that Maharashtra's tableau made it to the annual event. \"I have no information so far whether Maharashtra's tableau will be there for the Republic Day Parade or not...but I will try to see that the tableau is there. \"This is not a political issue,\" the Union Minister of State for Social Justice in a statement.\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time."}
-{"id":"1484012256_1484419682","score":4.0,"sentence1":"The video will start in 8 Cancel\n\nSign up to FREE daily email alerts from birminghammail - What's On Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nAs we enter a new decade, we take a look back at the bars and clubs we've loved and lost over the last 10 years.\n\nThere have been many changes in the city centre since 2010 with lots of our favourite venues closing their doors forever and other relocating to alternative areas.\n\nSome club bosses said they struggled as a result of ongoing roadworks in the city, others were forced to close after their licences were revoked by the council.\n\nHere are some of our memories of Brum's nightlife over the last decade - please do tell us yours.\n\nMechu\n\nMechu was one of Birmingham's most glamorous nightclubs, a popular celebrity hangout with private booths and VIP areas.\n\nIt opened in Summer Row in 2003 and enjoyed 14 successful years in the city.\n\nBut, in March 2017, the club, bar and restaurant hosted a farewell party then closed its doors, having struggled as a result of the disruption from the Paradise roadworks.\n\nIt reopened two months later as M Club , a sophisticated nightclub aimed at the over 30s.\n\n(Image: Emma Lee)\n\nApr\u00e8s Bar\n\nWithin months of the closure of Mechu, its neighbouring bar Apr\u00e8s closed too.\n\nApr\u00e8s Bar, which originally opened in 2002 with a 'Scandinavian lodge theme', screened major football and F1 fixtures on giant 3D plasmas.\n\nIt sat next door to Mechu and was owned by the same company, Town and Country Inns.\n\nSadly, it closed within months of its sister venue Mechu and was replaced with the Texan Sports Cafe Bar in August 2017 but this has since closed too.\n\n(Image: TripAdvisor)\n\nThe old Snobs\n\nThe original Paradise Circus site, near Fletcher's Walk, was home to Brum's legendary nightclub, best loved for its weekend and student Big Wednesdays, which cost just \u00a34 to enter with your NUS card.\n\nIt closed in September 2014 after 40 years in the same spot, opening just a couple of days later in Smallbrook Queensway following a \u00a32 million renovation project.\n\nThe new Snobs is just as popular but many Brummies still hold fond memories of the original venue, which hosted famous names such as Felicity Jones and the indie band Peace\n\nRemember the original 'face wall', the mirrored hallway and graffiti etched tables?\n\nVideo Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now\n\nBar Risa\n\nRemember when Bar Risa hosted a 'Halloween Ebola breakout party' in 2014?\n\nBosses were criticised for the event and staff apologised for 'huge error of judgement. In the same year, there were violent scenes when a man's throat was cut inside the venue and the bar hosted EDL supporters ahead of a rally in Centenary Square.\n\nIn May 2015, the bar was shut down after disorder erupted outside the venue and police ordered an urgent review. As a result, Birmingham City Council suspended the licence.\n\nLater that year, the nightspot was reborn as 6 On Broad Street after a \u00a31 million makeover then, in 2017, a further \u00a31 million was spent on the venue and it became Rosie's.\n\nGatecrasher\n\nInitially club brand Gatecrasher hosted nights at The Works on Broad Street then took over the entire club in September 2008.\n\nIt became the biggest nightclub in Brum, with a capacity of 2,400 (only eclipsed by Dome II which had already shut).\n\nHowever, the nightclub lost its licence in November 2015. In June 2016, it opened as PRYZM following a \u00a31.4 million relaunch.\n\nChameleon\n\nChameleon restaurant, cocktail bar and club opened in 2010 and described itself as \u201cthe place to be for sheer style and sophistication\u201d.\n\nIt was particularly popular as a place to party for the over-thirties, as had been its predecessor Henry's cafe bar.\n\nBut the venue, on the corner of Victoria Square and Hill Street, abruptly closed in February 2018 when a letter from law firm CMS, secured to the door, said tenant Suitable Ventures Ltd was in liquidation.\n\nIt reopened in November 2018 as Kongs , a late-night 1980s arcade gaming club, bar and nightclub where you can play Pac Man, ping pong and dance to 80s hip hop.\n\nTemple Street Social\n\n\u2018British-themed\u2019 restaurant Temple Street Social was part of the historic Somerset House in Temple Street.\n\nIt closed in the summer of 2015 and remained empty for a couple of years. Then, in August 2017, it was reopened by South American restaurant chain Las Iguanas,specialising in food with a Latin flavour.\n\nThe Bureau Bar\n\nThe Bureau Bar enjoyed rave reviews for its food and won Designmynight.com's Hidden Gem award when it launched in a stunning Grade II listed building on Colmore Row back in 2014.\n\nIt boasted a roof terrace which made it a popular choice for New Year's Eve revellers keen to watch fireworks in the city. But, in January 2019, it closed its doors , telling BirminghamLive: \"A lot of bars have folded in the area recently.\"\n\nThe venue reopened in November as Henman & Cooper , a cocktail bar named after the architects who designed the 1902 building.\n\nPrisma Bar\n\nPrisma Bar was known for its 'Fusion Fridays' full of house and garage tunes and 'Scandalous Saturdays' boasting RnB.\n\nBut the Bristol Street nightclub was closed down when Birmingham City Council revoked its licence over public safety fears in February 2018.\n\nThis came after a gun and knife were brandished inside the venue and a man was slashed across the face.\n\nA hearing heard that Prisma had been hosting an event called Soca Junkie in one room and a private 30th party in an event called We Pray in another room.\n\nRainbow Venues\n\nRainbow Venues announced it was to close all of its clubs down in January 2018 after its licence was revoked by Birmingham City Council following a drug-related death at Rainbow Warehouse in Lower Trinity Street.\n\nThe venue was ordered to shut down after student Michael Trueman, 19, was understood to have taken MDMA at a Halloween event and died in hospital the next day. The tragedy was the second drug-related death in two years at the Digbeth venue.\n\nThe nightclub announced the closure with an emotive video on its Facebook page featuring supporters, DJs including Birmingham's Hannah Wants and promoters.\n\nFlares\n\nFlares was the disco venue of Brum, particularly popular with hen parties and revellers in fancy dress.\n\nYou could expect plenty of ABBA and Gloria Gaynor songs at the popular Broad Street retro nightclub.\n\nHaving previously been known as The Church in the 90s, the venue was reinvented in 2014 when it became known as kitsch party venue Popworld.\n\nRococo and Mooch Bar\n\nLicensing chiefs slapped stringent conditions on Rococo on Broad Street following gang-related violence at the start of 2013.\n\nMooch Bar took over from Rococo in 2014, declaring itself as 'Birmingham's most stylish bar' with a glamorous and chic interior.\n\nWhen news broke that the venue was going to be turned into a Coyote Ugly Saloon there was much excitement in Brum. The new venue opened in August 2019.\n\nThe Sports Cafe\n\nThe Sports Cafe in Broad Street was, as the name suggests, a popular place to catch all the latest football screenings.\n\nIn 2011, it became Bliss nightclub and it was turned into Players Bar in 2014, which remains there today.","sentence2":"Jacksonville, FL - I'm not sure how we'll look back at film in the 2010s. Much of it already seems like a blur, leaving me asking questions like, \"Was that the Batman movie with Ben Affleck or Christian Bale?\" or \"Which of the five Spider-Man and five Star Wars movies did you like the best?\"\n\nTo put it another way, how are we supposed to really evaluate the 21 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies theatrically released in this decade? Even Marvel movies represent only about half of the total comic book-related films produced in the 2010s. It\u2019s just disorienting.\n\nIt's mostly the product of monopoly capitalism. Fewer giant corporations own most of the franchises and intellectual properties today than even ten years ago. In pursuit of profit, studios fall back on less risky, tried-and-true bankable stories and franchises. To that end, we\u2019ve seen an explosion of sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots, spinoffs and more in the last ten years.\n\nWe end up in absurd situations where Sony remakes Spider-Man every couple of years for no other reason than to stop their franchise rights from lapsing back to Marvel (owned by Disney). Now 20th Century Fox's Alien Queen is technically a Disney princess. Even movies that completely bombed in theaters but developed a cult following on home video, like Blade Runner, get treated like major franchises.\n\nThe other factor driving all of this is the Great Recession. For most of us, the economy never recovered from the 2008 crisis. All capitalism can offer us anymore - especially my generation - is this fake, totally banal nostalgia for a past that supposedly didn't suck so much (it did; we were just kids). In Capitalist America, you might not have the money to see a doctor, but you can watch Gargoyles, or Lizzy Maguire, or a brand new Star Wars TV show on Disney+ for $6.99 per month.\n\nIt\u2019s appropriate that the 1980s weighed so heavy on pop culture this decade. We continue to live in the hangover of Reaganomics, and the billionaire reality-TV psychopath who came to encompass the greediest excesses of that era now sits in the White House. Rest assured, a similarly exhausting wave of 90s cultural nostalgia is on the horizon for the 2020s. Let\u2019s hope that it\u2019s limited to movies and music and not politics or economics.\n\nAs less of us went to the movies in the aftermath of the recession, Hollywood increasingly came to rely on overseas audiences for ticket sales. This lends itself to studios producing bigger blockbusters, which are heavy on special effects and colorful characters but lighter on dialogue and story - since the latter, of course, has to get translated.\n\nBut it wasn't just blockbusters. Even the supposedly 'high-brow' cinema adored by the rich and famous mostly sucked. Take a look at this decade\u2019s Oscar winners and nominees: The King's Speech - a sendup to the British crown? The Artist - a silent film no one saw? Argo - thinly disguised propaganda for war with Iran? Birdman - an eye-rolling 'love letter' to rich yuppies in New York? All of these movies won Oscars for \u2018Best Picture.\u2019 Even on the off-chance that you saw them, does anybody really think these movies had anything important or lasting to say about the world?\n\nAll that said, the 2010s wasn't all cynical garbage. There were plenty of outstanding movies, including many not on my list. But in the interests of cutting through the haze, I've highlighted 20 movies from the last ten years that stood out:\n\n1. Free State of Jones (2016) - This isn't just the best Civil War movie ever - it's a revolutionary manifesto for organizing in the South. I wrote a full review back in 2016 for Fight Back!, which you can read here.\n\n2. Sorry to Bother You (2018) - It\u2019s the most pro-union, anti-capitalist movie made in the U.S. in several decades, delivering an original story and a legendary sci-fi plot twist worthy. Sorry to Bother You isn\u2019t just great political art. It perfectly speaks to the struggles facing the working-class youth of today in an age dominated by monopoly corporations like Amazon and flooded with social media, low wages, high rent and soul-crushing jobs.\n\n3. It Follows (2014) - Solidly one of the five best horror films I've seen, ever. Perfectly captures the dreadful inevitability of a nightmare.\n\n4. Arrival (2016) - The most aspirational sci-fi film of the decade, and one that lays out Nietzsche's problem of the eternal recurrence in a hopeful way. Arrival left me believing that humanity has a chance to stop our impending climate and war-driven apocalypse and live better than we ever have.\n\n5. Lincoln (2012) - Staggering and important portrayal of the political fight to abolish slavery in the United States. All the better because it's not an insipid biopic like the title might suggest.\n\n6. The First Purge (2018) - The apex for the best original franchise to emerge from the 2010s. Every couple of years, The Purge series offered the most biting and timely political commentary at the movies or on television. With its Black working-class protagonists battling for survival against rich neo-Nazis, The First Purge, technically the fourth installment, represented the series at its most class-conscious.\n\n7. Inception (2010) - I cooled on all of Christopher Nolan's movies over the last decade except for this one. Truly an exceptional mind-thriller that stunningly represents the way we perceive and construct ideas.\n\n8. First Reformed (2018) - What does it mean to accept that the capitalist system we live under will lead to certain doom for humanity and the earth, but also to set aside that terrible realization enough to do something about it? How do you stave off nihilistic despair and embrace a positive vision worth fighting for? Those questions asked in First Reformed bring to mind Huey Newton\u2019s writing about \u2018reactionary suicide\u2019 and \u2018revolutionary suicide\u2019 - something the film explores beautifully.\n\n9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - Without a doubt the best comic book movie of the decade. It's hard to even remember it's animated and not live-action.\n\n10. Get Out (2017) - Jordan Peele was the source of some of the best comedy in the 2010s, but he also penned the perfect horror movie about racism and wealthy liberals - one that I suspect will go down as an all-time great in the genre. Get Out has forever raised the bar for socially conscious horror films.\n\n11. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - A rare sequel\/reboot I didn't think we needed, but we did. Visually unparalleled, electrifying and revolutionary.\n\n12. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - Just a cut above practically every film in the Star Wars series. This is a movie that grapples seriously with guerrilla warfare and gives desperately needed texture to the Rebel Alliance\n\n13. Django Unchained (2012) - Tarantino's first and last great film of the decade, set in the antebellum U.S. South.\n\n14. El Libertador (2014) - Ignore that Netflix series. This staggering film about South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar\u2019s life is unparalleled. You can see the mark of the late great Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who helped finance the movie, all over it.\n\n15. 3 1\/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets (2015) - Having organized in 2014 to win justice for Jordan Davis, the 17-year-old African American murdered in his car for playing rap music, I'm still floored by Marc Silver\u2019s documentary on racist vigilante murder in Jacksonville, Florida. You can read my full review on Fight Back! News here.\n\n16. Carlos (2010) - The Godfather trilogy of 1970s Marxist guerrillas.\n\n17. Vox Lux (2018) - An underrated neoliberal dystopia about the fascist impulses of our popular culture, rooted right here in modern-day USA.\n\n18. Ex Machina (2014) - Truly insidious sci-fi horror that will only become more terrifying as we progress further down the automation and robotics rabbit hole.\n\n19. Inside Out (2015) - Delightful, insightful and soul-enriching for both young and old. It left an unforgettable mark on me like no Pixar movie has since I was a kid.\n\n20. Nightcrawler (2014) - Diabolical look at the twisted capitalist ethos that pervades television media in this country. Go to your local news Facebook comments section if you think Nightcrawler is just fiction."}
-{"id":"1484188974_1484299664","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Lex uses a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 4S, a third-generation iPad, a Kindle 3, a TiVo HD, and a treadmill desk, and loves them all. His latest book, a children's book parody for adults, is called \"The Kid in the Crib.\" Lex lives in New Jersey with his wife and three young kids. More by Lex Friedman\n\nWhen Apple introduced iCloud in 2011, it announced that every customer with an Apple ID would receive 5GB of iCloud storage space for free. You can add more storage at a rate of $2 per gigabyte per year, in 10GB, 20GB, or 50GB increments. But if you\u2019re not interested in ponying up extra cash for iCloud storage, that 5GB can quickly get tight.\n\nThat\u2019s especially true if you use your iCloud storage allotment to back up your iOS devices. Some Apple customers find that they\u2019re unable to back up both an iPad and iPhone to iCloud, because they don't have enough room. Does that mean you need to either pay for more storage or revert to old-fashioned iTunes backups?\n\nNot necessarily. Instead, it means you need to exercise a little extra manual control over how you send items\u2014and more specifically, what you send\u2014to iCloud for safekeeping.\n\nOnce more unto the Settings app\n\nTo start, open the Settings app on one of your iOS devices, and then tap iCloud. Scroll down and tap Storage & Backup. On the screen that appears, you\u2019ll see the total amount of storage space you have on iCloud (5GB, if you haven\u2019t upgraded), along with the amount of space that's still unused. Beneath that is a Manage Storage button. Tap it.\n\nAt the top of the subsequent Manage Storage screen, you\u2019ll see a list of all the iOS devices that you\u2019re backing up to iCloud, including the current device. Examine the list closely. If it claims that you\u2019re still backing up, say, the old iPhone 3GS that you haven\u2019t used since before House was cancelled, you\u2019ll want to delete its backup so that it stops gobbling up your precious storage space. Tap the unneeded device\u2019s name, and then tap the red Delete Backup button that appears.\n\nIf you instead tap the name of the device you\u2019re currently using, you reach a screen offering fine control over the precise items you\u2019re backing up for that device.\n\nThe role of the Camera Roll\n\nOn that screen, you\u2019ll see the current size of your device\u2019s backup, along with an estimate of how large your next backup will be. Below that, you'll see a list of apps that can back up their data to iCloud. With one exception, the list appears in descending order according to the amount of space each app requires to back up its data in iCloud. The one exception: Camera Roll is always first. It isn't always the biggest item on the list, but it often is; for example, my own iPhone\u2019s Camera Roll accounts for 1.1GB of the phone\u2019s 1.7GB backup.\n\nTapping to turn off the Camera Roll brings up an intimidating question: 'Do you want to turn off Camera Roll backups and delete the backup data from iCloud?' You can choose Turn Off & Delete or Cancel. That first option is scary. If you think it means you'll lose your precious photos and videos, don't worry: You won't\u2014or, rather, you probably won't.\n\nBy default, iCloud backs up your iOS devices\u2019 Camera Rolls. That way, if your iPhone croaks, chokes, or otherwise gives up the ghost, you can restore from iCloud and get all your photos and videos back. If you do tap Turn Off & Delete, then, you aren't deleting those visual memories from your device; rather, you\u2019re simply freeing up the iCloud backup space they consume, and removing the ability to restore those photos from iCloud should disaster strike your iOS device.\n\nThat isn't necessarily as risky a move as it sounds. Whenever you connect your iOS device to your Mac, you can back up its saved photos and videos to iPhoto. But even if you rarely\u2014or never\u2014sync your iOS devices over USB, you probably don\u2019t need iCloud to back up your photos, thanks to Photo Stream, which keeps up to 1000 of the last photos you snapped over the past 30 days. Since the iCloud Camera Roll backup is really there only in case of emergency, and you\u2019re likely to note a major emergency involving your iOS device in fewer than 30 days, you can generally trust that your photos are safe even if they\u2019re not backed up to iCloud directly. (Photo Stream photos don\u2019t count against your 5GB iCloud quota.)\n\nMerely turning off the Camera Roll backup will shave off a significant chunk of your iOS devices\u2019 backups. That may be enough to allow you to back up all of your iOS devices without busting the 5GB cap. But you can do even more.\n\nTrim the app fat\n\nDepending on how you use your iOS device, you likely will want to continue allowing some apps to back up their data to iCloud. If you frequently create documents in an iOS text editor, create songs in GarageBand, or generate any content at all, and you don\u2019t regularly back it up (or export it in some other fashion), you should use iCloud backup for those apps.\n\nBut you probably don\u2019t need to use iCloud to back up data from many other apps you use. And even if most of those apps account for only a few megabytes per backup per app, they can add up to a significant chunk of storage. For example, you might disable iBooks\u2019 iCloud backup, since you can always restore your iBooks purchases from directly within the iBookstore. You probably don\u2019t need to back up whatever data is stored by games for your kids, or games for yourself in which you don\u2019t care about in-game progress or customizations that you might have made. And for apps that sync and back up their data on the Web\u2014such as Instapaper\u2014backup might be unnecessary, too.\n\nCareful, though: Don\u2019t turn things off willy-nilly. For example, you might think, \u201cHey, I don\u2019t need to back up my data from the Cards app!\u201d And you may well be right. But if you were to learn that, after an iCloud restore, your old photo cards were now but a memory, you'd be crushed.\n\nDocuments, data, and mail\n\nAt long last, let\u2019s back up one level from that device-specific screen in iCloud\u2019s settings. (Remember, though, to configure the settings for Camera Roll and other apps on each iOS device you back up.) On the main Manage Storage screen, past the list of your devices, you\u2019ll see two other sections: Documents & Data and Mail.\n\nThe Documents & Data section refers not to the kind of content iCloud should back up, exactly; instead it refers to all those bits of data that iCloud syncs between your iOS devices (and, in some cases, your computer). This data counts against your iCloud storage allotment.\n\nInterestingly enough, this section of iCloud\u2019s settings can even refer to data that you saved only on your Mac. In my case, it revealed several megabytes' worth of content I\u2019d saved in Preview while exploring; deleting those old, unneeded documents freed up a little extra iCloud space.\n\nIn addition, this section lists synced data from iCloud-leveraging apps and games. On my iPhone, that list includes Pages, Passbook, Keynote, and The Incident. I want my progress in The Incident synced between devices, and the sync data consumes just a single kilobyte, so it survives the cut. But if, for example, you see that Pages is taking up many megs (or more), you can tap it to get a listing of each document saved there, along with the amount of space it\u2019s taking up. If you notice files you no longer need, clean \u2019em out.\n\nIf you use iCloud as your primary email account, you may have your work cut out for you: All that mail counts against your iCloud quota. If you don\u2019t regularly archive email offline, prune attachments, and delete what\u2019s deletable, Mail may gobble up an increasingly large percentage of your iCloud quota. I don\u2019t use iCloud Mail, but I found that it was\u2014at first\u2014claiming about 20MB of storage space. I logged in to iCloud.com and cleared out my initial welcome message and a few other test messages to whittle that number down, though it never hit zero: I do use my iCloud account for syncing Notes between devices, and that data counts against the Mail tally, too.\n\nFreedom can be free\n\nCombine these tricks\u2014disable Camera Roll backups, curate which apps get to back up their data to iCloud, limit what types of data you sync with iCloud, and prune unneeded iCloud mail\u2014and you can dramatically shrink the space required to back up your devices with iCloud.\n\nBut if you just can\u2019t trim enough iCloud-stored data to fit everything you need, Apple is always happy to let you pay for more space.","sentence2":"Every change begins with a leadership decision. Making the decision to institute changes is not always easy. Being prepared, planning well, and being surrounded by a good team will make that decision a lot easier. Begin by putting yourself in a positive frame of mind. You are likely to experience higher than normal levels of stress and knowing this beforehand will give you the ability to be prepared mentally and physically. You will be the anchorperson and foundation, and with your steady hand will guide your team through the stressful events. Be a reassuring and active force throughout the whole process.\n\nIt is impossible to prepare for every contingency, but planning for the known is a must. Add time or extra room to the schedule for the unknowns. When you encounter an unexpected event, your schedule should not be put off by much if you have built in some leeway. It will provide that buffer that gives you and your team the ability to deal with the unknowns and keep rolling with the change process\n\nSurround yourself with people that you can delegate to and be confident in their abilities and skills. Be precise and specific with your directions as when the change process begins you will be depending on these individuals and their talents. Communicating and providing feedback are the keys to successful delegation; make sure your team understands this. If communication fails or there is not accurate feedback the chances of a success are lessened.\n\nAn issue that sometimes arises when delegating is micro managing. Keep an eye out to not micro-manage as you can quickly lose track of events and it will take time away from your main duties. Delegating is a skill that takes time as you must first learn the strengths and weakness of your team and know what tasks you can and cannot hand out. It may not be possible to always delegate, but when it can be done it will provide a great resource.\n\nAlways be available during the change process. Before the change prepare your friends and family that you may not be available for social events. Reassure your team that you are there for them and you are here to provide them with the necessary resources to lead them through the change. Stress to them that you are available and focused on keeping the communications lines open.\n\nAlways be aware of rumors, they will happen before during and after the change. Do not ignore any rumor, put out honest and clear communication as soon as possible. Reassure your team that if they hear a rumor to seek out more information from a reliable source. Remind them that spreading rumors helps no one and will cause more harm than good.\n\nNot everyone will agree on the change. Keep in mind that these types of feelings are normal, as people generally do not enjoy change and are sometimes made nervous by it. You will likely encounter pushback and resistance by a number of team members. Provide facts and data to show why the change is happening and reassure them the need and benefits of the change. These types of individuals are best suited to be educated about the change with information.\n\nIf you are encountering an extreme case of pushback, provide them with some choices that still fall within the spectrum of the intended change. They should then feel more involved in the process and it will help alleviate the negative mindset they may be experiencing.It is vitally important to make sure that all stakeholders and employees are on board with a change.\n\nIn order to continue increasing awareness and to build desire to support the upcoming change; the change management team must reach out to the organization at large. The force field analysis, developed by German social psychologist Kurt Lewin helps a change management team to:\n\n\u2022 Identify pros and cons of an option prior to making a decision\n\n\u2022 Explore what is going right \u2014 and what is going wrong\n\n\u2022 Analyse any two opposing positions.\n\nIf concerns or issues arise, then steps must be taken to ensure awareness is continually raised and that desire to support the change is increased. Strategies that can help the change management team responsively address employees\u2019 concerns include:\n\n\u2022 Engaging employees, providing forums for people to express their questions and concerns\n\n\u2022 Equipping managers & supervisors to be effective change leaders and managers of resistance\n\n\u2022 Orchestrating opportunities for advocates of the change to contact those not yet on board\n\n\u2022 Aligning incentive and performance management systems to support the change.\n\nChange is not exempt from Murphy\u2019s Law. And even if something isn\u2019t going wrong, change management team members must constantly be observing, listening, and evaluating the progress and process during a change. Below are several tools to help the team accomplish this.\n\nA feedback form is used to gather information from those involved in a change to help shape the remaining course of the change project. Instead of a paper form, feedback can be obtained through online surveys (Zoomerang.com or Survey Monkey.com), an in-house questionnaire on the intranet, a few questions sent by email, or a focus group. The questions will vary depending upon the subject being queried.\n\nOpen Feedback include asking participants for suggestions and comments. The compiled results of the feedback forms can be used by the change management team members to modify the project plan and\/or the communication plan or to work with specific individuals or groups that may be providing roadblocks to success.\n\nOnce a change initiative is underway, it is critical to sustain the change with reinforcement. The leader must make sure that the project and communication plan remain on track. They need to identify, and explore any issues from employees or stakeholders that have emerged, and review and consider any feedback gathered to date.\n\nActing as a facilitator, the leader helps to bring about learning and productivity. Communication will be a byproduct of this by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, and supervision.He or she listens actively, asks questions, encourages diverse viewpoints, organizes information, helps the group reach consensus, and understands that the individual needs of team members will affect teamwork.\n\nThe LEAD model provides a simple methodology for facilitating a participative meeting:\n\n\u2022 Lead with objectives: When clear objectives are stated up front, group energy is channeled toward achieving an outcome. The objectives shape the content of the meeting.\n\n\u2022 Empower to participate: In the Lead model, the facilitator is empowered to encourage active participation.\n\n\u2022 Aim for consensus: Getting the team to consensus will have members more likely to support and carry out the decisions of the team.\n\n\u2022 Direct the process: How the meeting progresses will influence the quality of the decisions of the team, and influences the commitment of team members.\n\nLeaders must differentiate between process and content. Content includes the topics, subjects, or issues; process is about how the topics, subjects, or issues are addressed.\n\nBecause communications from managers and supervisors have been shown to have a significant impact on employees during a change initiative, it is appropriate that they be actively involved in celebrating success with employees as a result of positive performance. Celebrations can occur on three levels:\n\n1. One on one conversation: In a private meeting, a supervisor should attest to the fact that due to the employee\u2019s effort, a change was made, and how it is succeeding. He or she should extend verbal thanks to the employee.\n\n2. Public recognition: Public recognition officially acknowledges outstanding performance and points out a role model that helped make a successful change happen. Supervisors should carefully consider who receives recognition, and not alienate group members who participated in the change but who many not have distinguished themselves as significantly.\n\n3. Group celebrations: Fun or engaging activities are used to celebrate key milestones by a group. They include buffet or restaurant lunches, dinner events, or can include group outings to sports, amusement, or cultural events. It is important that these types of celebrations try to include the involvement of the primary change sponsor in some way.\n\nProfessor Akindotun Merino\n\nEmail: Info@africamentalhealth.net\n\nTwitter: @drakinmerino\n\nFb: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Africamentalhealth\/\n\nPhone: 08118048229"}
-{"id":"1484703270_1484167784","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee\n\nI have joined a club that is bigger than it should be and is certainly one that I definitely do not want to belong to. On Christmas Eve, my beautiful friend Sheila Green was murdered by her brother who suffered from psychosis. So now, I am one of the approximately 40% of Americans who know someone who was killed with a gun. That is an obscenely high number and is probably a low estimate as that study was done in 2015.\n\nMy wife, Sheryl, and I, met Sheila through mutual friends and through Sheryl\u2019s work, when we first moved to Madison in 1985, as Sheila was an ultrasound tech at the same hospital where Sheryl did her medical residency. It was easy to become friends with Sheila as she had an ever present smile that always made you feel good when you saw her.\n\nSheila was also a chocolate aficionado, purchasing only the finest chocolates and baking up scrumptious chocolate treats on a regular basis. She was kind enough to share her flourless chocolate torte recipe with my wife, who has made countless of them over the years, and we think of Sheila every time we eat one. Sadly now, we will fondly remember her with each future torte.\n\nSheila came from a large family, and she was close with her many siblings. She did her best to care for her troubled brother. Sheila knew he owned a gun, and in fact, he had a concealed carry permit. She insisted that he not bring it to her home. For reasons we may never know, her brother did not honor that request on Christmas eve, and brought his gun to her home and shot and killed her.\n\nSheila\u2019s friends and family are all grieving now for such a needless loss. It is especially needless because there are extreme risk protection laws in 17 states also known as red flag laws which are specifically designed to prevent murders by people who are known to be dangerous. These laws authorize courts to issue a protection order, allowing the police to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or to others.\n\nUsually, the request for the order will come from relatives or friends concerned about a loved one who owns one or more guns and has expressed suicidal thoughts or discussed shooting people. Wisconsin, however, is not one of those states. Yet, it could easily have had this law in place in time to protect Sheila from her brother, who was a known danger who legally possessed a gun.\n\nThis past October, Gov. Tony Evers called a special legislative session to consider two common sense gun control measures: universal background checks and red flag legislation. Despite the fact that 80% of Wisconsin residents support passage of these laws, Republican legislative leaders refused to vote on, or even debate these popular measures.\n\nIn an utter act of contempt for voters, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dismissed the Senate in 30 seconds and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos dismissed the Assembly in 15 seconds. Gov. Evers has considered calling another special session on these measures, but thus far, has not done so.\n\nOne would like to believe that as society grows and learns, it improves. Yet, when it comes to gun control, the United States continues to behave as if there is nothing we can do to prevent gun violence, leaving our nation stuck in a warped 21st Century Wild, Wild West.\n\nThis is my tenth gun control post on my blog in seven years, and while sometimes I feel like giving up, I persist, because too many innocent lives are being snuffed out on a daily basis. Sadly, this time, she was a friend.\n\nI grew up during the Vietnam War, and every Friday on the evening news, the anchorman would report the weekly body count of dead and wounded. My mother shared some wisdom with me at that time, that applies to every single gun death. She said that she wished that they did not publish the number of dead, because that made them anonymous and allowed people to forget that each life lost was a real human being with friends and family.\n\nThe same is true with America\u2019s out of control gun violence. I will not add the gruesome statistics to this post because I want every reader to read Sheila Green\u2019s name, look at her beautiful smiling face, that will smile no more \u2014 and then call or e-mail Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald and demand that they find some courage to pass a red flag law.\n\nIt is too late for Sheila, but it is not too late for the many lives who could be saved in the future.\n\nI sincerely hope that the loss of Sheila\u2019s life will gain some purpose if the Wisconsin legislature passes a red flag law. We could even call it Sheila\u2019s Law.\n\nReprinted with permission of Wisconsin Examiner.\n\nJeff Spitzer-Resnick is a nationally recognized attorney with over thirty-four years of experience in the fields of civil rights, disability and education law. He runs Systems Change Consulting, a consulting and training law firm with a focus is on making progressive systems change in the areas of civil rights, disability rights, general and special education, and combating abuse and neglect of vulnerable populations.","sentence2":"He said he's hopeful that this coming year will include a consensus surrounding the issue, though he lamented what he sees as the \"minimization of the problem\" of possible contamination of nitrates and so-called \"forever chemicals\" known as PFAS, which are found in firefighting foam and more.\n\n\"The concern I have is that we have folks already saying, 'Well we can't overregulate this issue, we can't do this around this issue, we can't we can't,'\" he said.\n\nAs a key figure among Wisconsin Democrats, Evers said takes both down-ticket races and the presidential match-up seriously. Maintaining Democratic numbers in the Legislature, he said, \"keeps my veto in place\" as both GOP-led chambers currently lack enough members to override Evers' actions \u2014 something he said is especially important because of the approaching census and redistricting round.\n\nAs for the presidential election, he stressed the need to get candidates to the state \"and have the people in Wisconsin understand the issues that each of them care about and we get a good turnout in the primary, good turnout next fall.\"\n\nShare your opinion on this topic by sending a letter to the editor to tctvoice@madison.com. Include your full name, hometown and phone number. Your name and town will be published. The phone number is for verification purposes only. Please keep your letter to 250 words or less.\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy."}
-{"id":"1484012638_1483801741","score":2.5,"sentence1":"Baku, January 1, AZERTAC\n\n\"Problems of the IDPs are being resolved. This year, new apartments and homes were built for more than 5,000 IDP families and about 800 martyr families,\" said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year.\n\n\"Thousands of homes have been built for the residents of Shamakhi, Ismayilli and Aghsu districts affected by the earthquake. The absolute majority of the consequences of this major earthquake were eliminated in just 10 months. This is also a unique issue because it demonstrates our intentions and strength. The Azerbaijani government and leadership demonstrated again that they are always with citizens,\" the head of state emphasized.","sentence2":"Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 1\n\nTrend:\n\n\"2019 will go down in history as a year of in-depth reforms. Political reforms, personnel reforms, structural reforms, economic, reforms in the political and social spheres have made us stronger. Our economy grew this year, the non-oil sector of the economy grew by more than 3 percent,\" said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year.\n\n\"Our foreign debt accounts for only 17 percent of the GDP. This is the ninth indicator in the world. In the following years, our foreign debt will decline further. Our foreign exchange reserves have grown by $4.5 billion this year, reaching a record high of $50 billion. Our currency reserves exceed our foreign debt more than five times. In other words, this shows the sustainability of the economic and financial opportunities of our country. Industrial production has increased, especially in the non-oil sector, by 14 percent. There is a 7 percent increase in agriculture. So the successful development of our country in all key areas is a reality,\" the head of state added.\n\nFollow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news"}
-{"id":"1483805592_1484139101","score":1.5,"sentence1":"The Quadrantids can shower around 50 to 100 meteors in an hour.\n\nThe start of 2020 is going to be with night sky lighting up with Quadrantid meteor shower on January 3 and 4. Stargazers in the UAE can expect to witness the spectacular starting Friday until predawn hours on Saturday when the meteor shower will be at peak.\n\nAccording to International Meteor Organization (IMO), the Quadrantids can shower around 50 to 100 meteors in an hour but have a narrow peak window compared to other meteor showers.\n\nHowever, the Quadrantids are considered to be one of the best because they are fireball meteors that come from larger particles of matter. Fireball meteors are much brighter, and their light and color lasts longer than your average meteor shower, according to Inverse.com.\n\nThe IMO predicts that the shower's peak will occur around 3am EST on January 4, and only last for about four hours.\n\nAccording to Dubai Astronomy Group, the best time to see it is before dawn, starting at 2 after midnight on the northeastern side. The group will be hosting a event at Al Qudra Lake from 10pm-3am.\n\nThe Quadrantids will take place in the northern part of the sky and hence it will visible better from the Northern Hemisphere.","sentence2":"If you haven\u2019t made any long drive or desert plans during these cooool winter months yet, well then now you have the PERFECT excuse to do so this Friday. *Insert bad space pun* Sirius-ly you guys!!\n\nGrab your squad and plan for a quick trip to the desert this Friday night to catch the EPIC Quadrantid meteor shower taking place late at night from January 3-4 in full swing. Issa Happy New Year indeeeed!\n\nThe Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak late night on Friday, January 3 until the dawn of Saturday, January 4."}
-{"id":"1484188851_1483820477","score":4.0,"sentence1":"The Department of Foreign Affairs assisted 1,723 Irish citizens caught up in major incidents overseas last year.\n\nThese incidents included terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka and Kenya, protests in Hong Kong and political instability in South America.\n\nMedical emergencies were the most common cause of contact, with 270 people requiring assistance for that.\n\nOver 260 families required the support of the Department following the death of a loved one abroad, while 243 people needed help with overseas arrests.\n\nSome 112 people were victims of crime in another country, while72 families required help tracing a missing person.\n\nThe Department assisted these people through its consular office in Dublin, in its 80 embassies and consulates-general, and in the 94 honorary consuls around the world.\n\nOne of the most notable cases in which the Department provided assistance was that of teenager Nora Quoirin, whose body was found in a Malaysian rainforest after a 10-day search.\n\nIn April 2019 a series of terrorist attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka left 259 people dead, many of them tourists.\n\nThe Department of Foreign Affairs advised people to stay indoors and obey the curfew that was in place at the time, saying they could contact the Honorary Consul in Colombo for assistance if needed.\n\nCommenting on the figures, Minister Simon Coveney said:\n\n\u201cIrish citizens continue to travel more often and more widely than ever before - meaning a greater frequency and complexity of consular cases. This presents ever-growing challenges in providing assistance for Irish citizens who get into difficulty overseas.\n\n\u201cWhile most journeys overseas go smoothly, the 2019 statistics show that things can and do go wrong and that it is important to be prepared. As people consider travel plans for the year ahead, I urge them to get comprehensive travel insurance.\u201d","sentence2":"Forgive the obvious pun, but our vision for 2020 starts here.\n\nAs a news organization, it\u2019s AIN\u2019s job to stick to reporting on what has already happened. One exception is this time, every year. In the following segments, you\u2019ll read what we believe to be the outlook for key elements of our industry for the next 12 months\u2014views inevitably shaped by the past, but with an eye toward what we believe is just beyond the immediate horizon.\n\nYou\u2019ll get our take on the immediate future of eVTOL, not the lofty aspirations of the over-optimistic, but the cold reality; the bubbling cauldron of election-year politics as it impacts our industry; 2020\u2019s outlook for what\u2019s in line for the FBO industry; what\u2019s on tap for OEMs in an ever-volatile market; avionics in the wake of the ADS-B (soft?) deadline; and what you can expect to see on the shop floors\u2014and in the order books\u2014of MROs.\n\nSo, how did we do last year? Here are some samples of what we were projecting for 2019:\n\neVTOL: \u201cEven if eVTOLs win public acceptance and clear regulatory and technological hurdles, can OEMs and service providers deliver the technology at a price the general public can afford?\u201d That remains the biggest open question in aviation.\n\n\n\nTouchscreens: \u201cIt won\u2019t be a surprise to see more manufacturers adopting this technology, especially as younger tech-savvy pilots move up the flying food chain to more sophisticated aircraft.\u201d Twelve months later, that seems on track.\n\nSupersonics: \u201cThrough 2019, Aerion and its partners will be initiating the process of selecting Tier 1 suppliers for the next phase of development.\u201d This predated the February 2019 announcement of Boeing\u2019s investment and involvement in the AS2 project. Since then, the program has gone largely silent.\n\nCome January 2021, we\u2019ll take another look back at this year\u2019s look forward."}
-{"id":"1484188282_1484590384","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Mobile gaming is in an ugly spot, so a popular narrative goes, and that\u2019s why Apple tried to tidy up the situation with its curated Apple Arcade subscription service. And we\u2019re big fans of Apple Arcade! You should totally check out our list of the service\u2019s best games once you\u2019re done here.\n\nIt\u2019s a flawed narrative, though. Look beyond the chaff of flavor-of-the-moment, ad-riddled games and microtransaction-heavy \u201cfreemium\u201d titles, and you\u2019ll find games that are every bit as good as what you\u2019ll see on Apple Arcade. Some of them are even better. And this list doesn\u2019t even count many of the fun freemium games that dropped in 2019, which include Nintendo\u2019s Mario Kart Tour and Bethesda\u2019s The Elder Scrolls: Blades. You should check them out, too, but I find they\u2019re a little too eager to dig into your pocketbooks for this list.","sentence2":"Benefits of Hiring a Landscape Designer\n\nIn every homestead, the outlook of the landscape matters. This involves the generation of ideas to change the viewpoint of the environment. It may include the addition of some aspects as well as removing other obstructions. Thus people usually struggle to design their environment to attract people and to suit their desires. However, people can plan their landscapes. To achieve the best landscape designs in the market today, one may opt to hire an expert in the preparation of the view. Thus there are usually professionals offering the landscape design services. There are different platforms through which people can get the landscape designing service provider. However, there are several factors one need to consider to hire the best landscape designer. Several benefits have accrued from hiring landscape designers. This article will explain some of the benefits that homeowners have enjoyed from hiring professional landscape designers.\n\nFirst and foremost, the landscape designer articulates the generation of new ideas. These professionals have helped the property owners look into the latest designs of making their landscapes. The owners sometimes look into the most expensive designing of the landscape. Still, through hiring the professional designers\u2019 new ideas can be generated that can help the owner achieve the desired outlook as well as investing little amount.\n\nAdditionally, landscape designers can ease the budget of creation. For instance, the designer can model up the designing techniques that are cheaper and easier to work on. Some scenarios can be complicated and a lot more expensive, and a landscape designer can quickly identify some of the easiest and cheapest methods of designing. Every design desire the best articulation of ideas, and therefore, it is essential to consider the most affordable design methods that can be employed.\n\nSecondly, the designers usually come up with the best construction planning for the landscape. Sometimes the owners cannot ideally come up with the best design option. Thus, professional landscape designers help them to come up with the best designer construction methods. Landscape designers help the owners to analyse the site and perform the required level of corrections and analysis. Places may need prior preparations before the designing. Therefore the designers will guide the site owners to choose the best site preparation options.\n\nEntirely the landscape designers help the owner of the piece of land manage the entire project of designing. Designing the landscape requires time and commitment, and therefore the designer will help the client oversee through the whole period of the project. It is essential to, therefore, look into the training and profession of the landscape designers whether they can entirely oversee through the projects.\n\nHowever, despite these benefits, there are several factors the client need to consider before hiring the landscape designers. This includes the licensing of the company rendering the service as well as the price quoted. It is essential to know that there are several benefits alongside hiring, but there can be some limitations. Therefore, it is crucial to consider some of the factors such as the experience of the landscape designer. To achieve the best design one has to hire an experienced designer.\n\n5 Takeaways That I Learned About\n\n6 Facts About Everyone Thinks Are True"}
-{"id":"1484188158_1483926746","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from liverpoolecho - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nHolly Willoughby rang in the new year surrounded by her family - all while sharing a cryptic message.\n\nThe This Morning presenter has been enjoying time away from TV as she takes a Christmas break.\n\nRecently the host as been plagued by rumours of a feud with Phillip Schofield.\n\nEditor of This Morning Martin Frizell hit back at claims saying: \"We have the smartest viewers watching telly and believe me they would be the first to notice any issues \u2014 they haven\u2019t because there are none.\"\n\nThe Mirror reports that ITV also refuted any unrest, saying in a full statement: \u201cIt\u2019s deeply disappointing and unfair for Phillip to be the target of this sort of malicious gossip.\n\n\"Phillip is a much respected broadcaster and colleague and this is absolutely not a description of This Morning that we recognise.\n\n\"Holly and Phil are great friends both on and off screen and are popular among viewers and colleagues alike.\"\n\nHowever, Holly was keen to post a motivational and positive message for her fans to embrace in 2020.\n\nPosting a photo to Instagram, Holly could be seen with her three children and husband Dan.\n\n(Image: noholdenback\/Instagram)\n\nThey appeared to be waving at a burning 2020 sign whilst paddling in water.\n\nShe captioned the post: \"To kindness and love ... the things we need most... #ifyouknowyouknow.\"\n\nAlso sharing a cryptic message was Amanda Holden - who used to work alongside Phil on This Morning.\n\nSharing a collage of numerous snaps, she wrote: \"I started 2019 with great determination and a new headspace which was to suffer no fools, to put my energy into good people and honestly not give a damn about the rest!\n\n\"It's hard because I'm naturally a people pleaser .. but it's paid off and I have never felt stronger or happier.\n\n\"Most importantly I never forget how lucky I am to have such love and true friends surrounding me. Thank-you for your positivity and support!! Here's to an even bigger 2020! #newdecade.\"\n\nShe added: \"#2019 has turned out to be one of the best and most extraordinary years of my life. So many ambitions and dreams realised\n\n\"In the centre of it all my beautiful family. ..My anchor Chris.\"","sentence2":"America Ferrera has celebrated the new year by announcing she is expecting a second child with husband Ryan Piers Williams.\n\nThe Ugly Betty actress is already a mother to one-year-old son Sebastian."}
-{"id":"1484010864_1483950504","score":3.5,"sentence1":"By NEIL HARTNELL\n\nTribune Business Editor\n\nnhartnell@tribunemedia.net\n\nA well-known businessman yesterday voiced fears that the \u201coverwhelming majority\u201d of Nassau residents may not feel the benefits even with the capital\u2019s economy poised for \u201ca good inning\u201d in 2020.\n\nSir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that the increasing wealth gap between \u201cthe haves and have nots\u201d appeared to be \u201coff the radar\u201d where the government was concerned, even though \u201cfewer and fewer\u201d Bahamians were seeing their share of national income increase.\n\nHe argued that the cruise port\u2019s $250m transformation, together with other multi-million dollar developments such as Baha Mar\u2019s water-based theme park, The Pointe\u2019s completion, the Gold Wynn and Hurricane Hole projects, and continued investment by the likes of Albany would ensure New Providence\u2019s economy enjoys \u201ca good year\u201d - but only at the macroeconomic level.\n\n\u201cI believe New Providence is poised to have a good inning,\u201d the Arawak Homes and Sunshine Holdings chairman told this newspaper. \u201cI think there\u2019s a reasonable basis to think that New Providence will have a good year...\n\n\u201cHowever, you know, while I say New Providence should have a good inning, those are macroeconomic numbers. While the macroeconomic numbers may be favourable, the impact on the majority of people may not necessarily follow as the gap between the haves and have nots continues to widen.\n\n\u201cThe pot as a whole is getting bigger, but fewer and fewer people are getting a decent share. Even when I say New Providence will have a good inning, I\u2019m talking in macroeconomic terms which may not necessarily translate to the overwhelming majority of the population a year from now feeling any better off. The majority will not feel any better off.\u201d\n\nSir Franklyn said the government seemed to have forgotten the growing income inequality, and widening gap between rich and lower income Bahamians, given that none of its public statements or speeches had ever addressed the issue.\n\n\u201cI have yet to hear any government minister make any statement that they see this as an issue,\u201d he added. \u201cI cannot think of any statement a cabinet minister has made which specifically addresses the imbalance between the haves and the have nots as a key public policy issue. This is not even on the radar of the authorities.\u201d\n\nConcerns over income inequality, and a widening gap between rich and poor stemming from a middle class \u2018squeeze\u2019, have been voiced periodically ever since the 2008-2009 recession. Real per capita incomes took 10 years to recover to their pre-recession levels, hitting this mark only in 2017.\n\nSir Franklyn, meanwhile, suggested that K Peter Turnquest, deputy prime minister, may come under pressure from his Cabinet colleagues to loosen spending and other fiscal controls in a bid to shore up the Government\u2019s popularity just over half-way through its term in office.\n\nAsked about the Government\u2019s ability to avoid a further sovereign credit rating downgrade post-Dorian, he replied: \u201cMinster Turnquest, he is really giving it a good shot. He is trying. I\u2019m sure he will do his personal best to try and avoid it.\n\n\u201cI get the sense that there\u2019s some restlessness within the Cabinet. They sense the popularity of the Government is not trending in a favourable direction, so they will push the minister of finance to do things which may not be consistent with avoiding that downgrade. I think a lot truly depends on the extent to which the Minister of Finance can be strong in the face of pressure from his own Cabinet colleagues.\u201d\n\nThe Government previously revealed it will have to seek Parliamentary approval to borrow an extra $508m to finance post-Hurricane Dorian reconstruction, blowing out its projected 2019-2020 fiscal deficit to $677.5m from the initially projected $137m.\n\nIts Fiscal Strategy Report also shows it borrowing a further $499m in 2020-2021, and $301.2m in 2021-2022, meaning that the Minnis administration is forecasting it will need to borrow some $1.479bn over its final three years in office and taking the national debt to nearly $9.5bn.\n\nThe likes of Standard & Poor\u2019s (S&P) and Moody\u2019s have effectively taken a wait-and-see approach, though, seemingly preferring to assess how The Bahamas manages the post-Dorian fall-out and whether it can restrain any unnecessary spending before moving to again narrow the deficit.\n\nSir Franklyn yesterday urged Mr Turnquest to follow \u201cthe Paul Adderley model\u201d and \u201cput country before party\u201d in how he handles the public finances in the aftermath of the Category Five storm.\n\nHe added that it was \u201clikely to be significant\u201d that Mr Turnquest was finance minister, rather than the Prime Minister, which was the structure employed by all Dr Hubert Minnis\u2019 predecessors.\n\n\u201cThank God that we do not have that model where the Prime Minister is the de facto minister of finance,\u201d Sir Franklyn told Tribune Business. \u201cExperience has shown whether it was Pindling, Ingraham or Christie, it\u2019s hard under that model to resist pressure to open up the purse.\n\n\u201cThank God we don\u2019t have that model today. Hopefully, the deputy prime minister has the ability on his part to say: \u2018Man, let\u2019s not look at this thing in the short run\u2019. The late Paul Adderley increased taxes right before the 1992 general election. He had to know that what he was doing was good for the country even if it was bad for the party.\n\n\u201cI say to Mr Turnquest: \u2018Keep in mind the Paul Adderley model\u2019. Do the right thing. If you do the right thing for the country it may not be good for the party, but country first.\u201d","sentence2":"By NEIL HARTNELL\n\nTribune Business Editor\n\nnhartnell@tribunemedia.net\n\nBahamian insurers yesterday urged the prime minister to \u201ctreat the industry with the respect it deserves\u201d over its $2bn Dorian-related payout after he suggested it was \u201cholding back\u201d recovery efforts.\n\nAnton Saunders, RoyalStar Assurance\u2019s managing director, told Tribune Business that Dr Hubert Minnis and his officials knew where to reach the Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) and the industry\u2019s \u201cmajor players\u201d if they had any issues with their role following the category five storm.\n\nResponding after the prime minister was reported to have said that demolition of unsafe buildings on Abaco and Grand Bahama is being delayed while the insurance companies complete their claims assessments, Mr Saunders reiterated that the extent of Dorian\u2019s devastation was bound to make this process take slightly longer than in previous storms.\n\nHe also pointed out that the industry, and its loss adjusters, had been denied access to the worst-hit parts of Abaco for the immediate fortnight post-Dorian by the government as it sought to make the area safe.\n\n\u201cIf the prime minister has information, he or his representatives should come to the BIA, call us to a meeting and discuss it,\u201d Mr Saunders told Tribune Business. \u201cI don\u2019t know where he\u2019s getting his information from.\n\n\u201cIf you have an organisation that\u2019s spent $2bn, somebody needs to pick up the phone. The prime minister knows all the big players in the insurance industry; if he has legitimate concerns with the insurance industry he\u2019s the prime minister. He can summon us to a meeting and cure all this upset.\u201d\n\nDr Minnis had suggested, according to media reports, that the post-Dorian reconstruction and recovery effort was being \u201cheld back\u201d because the insurance companies were still completing their claims adjusting work.\n\n\u201cThe insurance companies have not yet completed their job in terms of assessing and compensating individuals,\u201d the prime minister said on Christmas Day. \u201cSo we are held back to some extent even by insurance companies... We cannot move buildings until they have been assessed by the insurance companies.\u201d\n\nAsked subsequently for clarification, Dr Minnis said: \u201cOne of the challenges we have with Abaco is you cannot do much, not even within the yards. You have to wait for clearance by the insurance companies - those who have insurance - because if you were to demolish them then insurance companies can always argue that the building was not as bad as said. So you have to work hand in hand with them.\u201d\n\nBahamian property and casualty insurers earlier this month told Tribune Business that the industry\u2019s total Dorian claims payouts are now estimated to come in at the upper end of the last $1.5bn to $2bn estimate, making the storm comfortably the largest ever loss event suffered by the sector and its reinsurance partners in this nation.\n\nMr Saunders yesterday said he wanted to avoid getting into any \u2018blame game\u2019 or finger-pointing in relation to the Prime Minister\u2019s comments, but revealed that he \u201cjust laughed\u201d when he saw them in the newspaper.\n\n\u201cTreat the insurance industry with the respect it deserves and call a meeting,\u201d the RoyalStar chief told Tribune Business. \u201cWe\u2019re all big boys. The industry didn\u2019t even get access to Abaco for the first two weeks because the Government, rightfully so, said they didn\u2019t want us there until they did what they had to do.\n\n\u201cIf the Prime Minister has a problem with the insurance industry he has all the resources to call a meeting with all its executives, some of whom he knows personally, and ask us what the hell is going on.\u201d\n\nSir Franklyn Wilson, RoyalStar Assurance\u2019s chairman, told Tribune Business he, too, was unsure what the Prime Minister meant by his remarks that the insurance industry\u2019s processes were \u201cholding back\u201d post-Dorian reconstruction.\n\n\u201cI see the Prime Minister making comments that the insurance industry is slow, but in the case of RoyalStar where I am chairman we\u2019ve done yeoman\u2019s work. I don\u2019t know what the Prime Minister is alluding to, but most of our adjusters were set to go home before Christmas because their work, their task was effectively done,\u201d Sir Franklyn added yesterday.\n\nMr Saunders had earlier this month told Tribune Business that RoyalStar had settled around 80 percent of its roughly 1,800 Dorian claims, while his Bahamas First counterpart, Patrick Ward, had revealed that 50 percent of its 2,000 claims had been paid out and agreed.\n\n\u201cThe industry has proven its weight and value,\u201d Mr Saunders said then, \u201cand doesn\u2019t get as much credit as it deserves for being an economic stabilising force in The Bahamas. Imagine if the insurance industry was not here. Who else is going to pay that additional $2bn.\n\n\u201cEvery claim we are responsible for internally, all of our reinsurers, all of our network partners, we have a gross reserve of $325m. All in we have a total of 1,800 claims, and of those 1,800 claims we have satisfied and settled 80 percent of those. We\u2019re slightly ahead of expected pace.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1484188569_1484201230","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from walesonline - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nA seven-year-old was among a handful of youngsters found carrying knives at school but could not be charged because they were below the age of criminal responsibility.\n\nFigures from Kent Police, obtained by the PA news agency, show 109 children were investigated for possessing, or threatening with, an offensive weapon or blade - or attempting to - in Kent from April 2017 to December 2019.\n\nThe law says children aged under 10 cannot currently be charged with a crime.\n\nTwo children, aged seven and nine, were prevented from being prosecuted for a knife-related offence because of their age, while a 10-year-old was also let off for the same reason, meaning he or she was likely suspected of committing an offence while still below the age of criminal responsibility.\n\n(Image: Mirror)\n\nData showed the most common age for suspects was 14 (23 incidents), while 13-year-olds were involved in 21 incidents, and 15-year-olds were suspected of 20 offences.\n\nFive adults, aged 45, 35, 31, 19 and 18, were also investigated for having knives on school premises.\n\nThree of them, the 35-year-old and the two teenagers, were later charged with an offence.\n\nIn total, 116 incidents were recorded by Kent Police during the two-and-a-half-year time frame.\n\nAll but three of them involved a knife.\n\nThere were 15 community resolutions, where police deal with low-level offences without resorting to formal criminal justice sanctions.\n\nSeven cases resulted in a youth caution, while \"evidential difficulties\" put an end to a potential prosecution in dozens of cases.\n\nOn other occasions, the incident was either passed on to another body to deal with away from the courts, or a prosecution was deemed not to be in the public interest.\n\nThe release of data by Kent Police follows similar disclosures by the majority of forces in England and Wales under FoI laws earlier in the year.\n\nA PA investigation in October found thousands of children had been caught carrying weapons in school, with suspects as young as four years old.\n\nPolice seized scores of knives, blades and other sharp instruments, while a 14-year-old was found in possession of a sword.\n\nThe total figure for England and Wales was expected to be much higher, considering a number of forces, including the Metropolitan Police, the largest in the country, did not provide data.e.","sentence2":"When the dog starts to smell like Eau de Garbage, his breath is bad enough to peel paint off the walls, and people think he is a brown dog when really he is white, I know it\u2019s time to give him a bath. Since I am the one who feeds, walks and cleans up after him, it has fallen to me to be the official dog bather as well. Naturally, there are many different books written on this subject, and many people who think they know the best way to bathe a dog, but I like to think that over the years, I have really perfected this particular duty of pet ownership. Having a vast amount of expertise in this area, I will share with you the procedure for the absolute best way to bathe a dog:\n\n1) Fill tub with warm water up to your dog\u2019s elbows.\n\n2) Carefully lift dog into tub.\n\n3) Chase dripping dog through house after he jumps out of the tub, out the bathroom, up the stairs, and onto your bed.\n\n4) Drag dog back downstairs and bring him back into the bathroom.\n\n5) THIS TIME, remember to close bathroom door behind you.\n\n6) Lift dog back into tub.\n\n7) Turn on water and shriek helplessly as hose attachment whips around spraying water everywhere.\n\n8) Clean up water that sprayed everywhere.\n\n9) THIS TIME, remember to switch off hose attachment before you run water.\n\n10) When the water is lukewarm, switch faucet back to hose, hold dog firmly with one hand and spray dog until fur is soaked through.\n\n11) Release dog to get shampoo that you left under the sink and shriek helplessly as dog shakes repeatedly and sprays water everywhere.\n\n12) Clean up water that sprayed everywhere.\n\n13) THIS TIME, remember to keep firm hold on dog as you apply dime-sized amount of dog shampoo to fur and work into a lather all over dog.\n\n14) Scream, \u201cNO, DON\u2019T OPEN THAT DOOR!!!\u201d when daughter opens bathroom door and comes in to see what you are doing.\n\n15) Chase very soapy dog through house after he jumps out of the tub, out the bathroom, up the stairs and back onto your bed.\n\n16) Make mental note to put \u201cDO NOT OPEN!!!\u201d sign on bathroom door next time you wash dog.\n\n17) Drag soapy dog back downstairs and lift him back into tub.\n\n18) Remember that floor is now quite slippery and take caution lifting dog.\n\n19) Abandon dog to get ice pack from freezer. Apply to forehead where you slipped and banged head on side of tub.\n\n20) Return to bathroom to find daughter, covered in dog hair and soap, in bathtub with dog.\n\n21) Abandon dog to go wash daughter.\n\n22) Realize you left bathroom door open when you went to wash daughter.\n\n23) Go get dog off wet and soapy bed.\n\n24) Drag dog back downstairs\n\n25) Put leash on dog and drive him to professional groomers.\n\nThis is a repeated Lost in Suburbia column, which has appeared in GateHouse Media newspapers since 2008. As Tracy Beckerman\u2019s main column is shifting focus - her kids are grown and she has moved back to the city - we are rerunning her earlier work for readers who may have missed these the first time around. You can follow her on Facebook at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LostinSuburbiaFanPage\/ and on Twitter at https:\/\/twitter.com\/tracybeckerman."}
-{"id":"1484188945_1484188562","score":3.3333333333,"sentence1":"INN turned to experts in the market to get a sense of what\u2019s in store for investors looking to plug into the gaming industry in the new year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGaming and the esports industry \u2014 characterized by massive video game tournaments \u2014 saw unprecedented growth in 2019 as investors recognized opportunity.\n\nNow, heading into 2020, the gaming sector is poised to further shift into a lucrative market as increased interest supports the growth of players in the space.\n\nHere the Investing News Network (INN) turns to experts in the market to get a sense of what\u2019s in store for investors looking to plug into the esports industry in the new year.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\nGaming outlook 2020: A closer look at the numbers\n\nThe esports industry is looking to capitalize on a successful 2019 moving into 2020 and beyond.\n\nIn its 2019 global games market report, gaming research firm Newzoo states that the international gaming market could be worth US$196 billion by 2022.\n\nMobile games in particular are projected to generate US$95.4 billion by 2022, driven primarily by smartphone activity. Cross-platform titles such as Mario Kart Tour on iOS and Android, a general increase in smartphone users and improvements to hardware and infrastructure are factors that will lead to the projected growth, according to the firm.\n\nThe console segment, on the other hand, is set to reach US$61.1 billion in 2022, Newzoo estimates, boosted by the upcoming generation of Xbox and PlayStation systems, created by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony (NYSE:SNE,TSE:6758), respectively.\n\nPC gaming will be a bit slower in the coming years, according to the researchers, though it is gaining traction and could be valued at US$39.5 billion over the next two year period.\n\nIn a previous interview with INN, Erik Dekker, senior vice president and portfolio manager with Dekker Hewett Group at Canaccord Genuity, said, \u201cGaming is bigger than film box offices, bigger than television, bigger than digital music. I think it\u2019s about a US$116 billion market at this time.\u201d\n\nGaming outlook 2020: The growth of team organizations\n\nIn esports, organizations like Team Liquid and OG are big generators of cash for the industry. Team Liquid, which has teams in many of the top esports leagues, currently has a merchandise collaboration with Marvel, and OG just announced a Counter Strike: Global Offensive team following its big Dota 2 win.\n\nTeam support and attachment have been reflected in the sheer amount of interest in gaming tournaments, another important revenue stream for esport companies.\n\nIn August, the Dota 2 The International 9 tournament had the world\u2019s largest prize pool in history at a whopping US$34.3 million in winnings, and OG took home the top prize.\n\nBut organizations are evolving to rely on more than just their athletes and tournaments \u2014 instead, they\u2019re taking a holistic approach to branding and maintaining a public image.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to ultimately come down to teams that can create brand lifestyles, create great content programming and diversify the revenue streams to find more profitability,\u201d Daniel Mitre, CEO of New Wave Esports (CSE:NWES), told INN via email.\n\nMitre said the impressive growth of the sector has already led heavy hitters in gaming to throw their hats into the ring. The executive explained that companies like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Riot Games, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Tencent (HKEX:0700), have carefully crafted plans attached to their esports franchises and leagues.\n\n\u201cNone of this movement around big games, AAA publishers and developers is coming to a slow,\u201d said Mitre. \u201cIn fact, it\u2019s just going to start picking up further.\u201d\n\nThis sentiment was shared by another expert in gaming who is optimistic about the market\u2019s trajectory.\n\nHaywood Securities investment banker Sean MacGillis said the skill of the gaming industry is in the flexibility of its revenue channels, which include everything from merchandise and ticket sales to advertising and sponsorship revenue.\n\n\u201cThe ability to monetize games is an order of magnitude larger than the ability to monetize traditional forms of content,\u201d MacGillis explained.\n\nGaming outlook 2020: Possible concerns in the new year\n\nSome experts have noted possible pitfalls for the industry, despite its recent levels of success.\n\nFor Nick Mersch, associate portfolio manager at Purpose Investments, the biggest risks for the space could come with the hypothetical collapse of the Overwatch League, one of the biggest leagues in the sector. Mersch said a downturn for the league could turn off existing and prospective investors.\n\n\u201cA lot of traditional sports owners wrote huge checks into teams in this league, and if they get burned here it will be difficult to attract capital back to the space,\u201d Mersch told INN.\n\nAccording to a report from Variety, viewers for the Overwatch League Grand Finals grew by 16 percent in 2019, with the event reaching 1.12 million average viewers.\n\nMersch said he\u2019s also keeping his eye on the overvaluation that has plagued esports, pointing to a recent Forbes list ranking \u201cthe most valuable companies in esports\u201d that still seems to exaggerate the values of some organizations on it, according to the expert.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\nOther concerns have larger political implications. The ongoing US-China trade war dampened the growth of the sector, according to Trevor Doerksen, CEO of ePlay Digital (CSE:EPY), and could continue to do so into 2020, especially given China\u2019s place as one of the world\u2019s largest hubs for gaming.\n\nIn 2019, it was projected that US$36.5 billion was spent on gaming in China, according to Newzoo.\n\n\u201cGeopolitical forces and the US-China trade war muted global collaboration and access to markets, and important data that would help better understand and grow esports in 2019,\u201d said Doerksen.\n\nThe executive said there could be better access to content, games and data across both markets if the relationship between the two countries improves in 2020.\n\nGaming outlook 2020: Investor takeaway\n\nMersch said moving forward, the most important factor for gaming will be the work done by data firm Nielsen, owned by The Nielsen Company (NYSE:NLSN), in its esports division, which works to get accurate information on engagement and viewership data.\n\nIn his view, Nielsen\u2019s work could help close the existing gap between how the industry is growing and how it\u2019s monetizing that growth, Mersch told INN.\n\n\u201cTo close this gap, Fortune 500 companies need actionable return of investment metrics in order to justify more (spending) in the space. Nielsen and other data analytic companies can provide this.\u201d\n\nIn terms of the overall health within the sector, Mitre told INN that the increasing popularity of gaming and its viewership will help in building a strong foundation for an interesting investment market.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve always had this propensity to watch people play better than us, whether it\u2019s standing at the arcade and watching someone play Street Fighter, or the emergence of a Twitch and YouTube influencer space watching other people play video games,\u201d said Mitre.\n\nDon\u2019t forget to follow us @INN_Technology for real-time news updates!\n\nSecurities Disclosure: I, Danielle Edwards, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.\n\nEditorial Disclosure: The Investing News Network does not guarantee the accuracy or thoroughness of the information reported in the interviews it conducts. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not reflect the opinions of the Investing News Network and do not constitute investment advice. All readers are encouraged to perform their own due diligence.","sentence2":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from walesonline - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nMore foldable smartphones and a new generation of games consoles are likely to be among the biggest new gadgets of 2020.\n\nHere is a look at what to expect over the coming 12 months in the world of technology.\n\nA 5G iPhone\n\nWhile some manufacturers have been quick to introduce 5G smartphones even as the network coverage only begins to appear, Apple is yet to bring the connectivity to the iPhone.\n\nMany believe this will change in 2020, with a 5G iPhone introduced alongside a number of other iPhone handsets.\n\nIt would be seen as a watershed moment for the technology by some - Apple's status as a brand means that innovation is not always considered mainstream until the Cupertino firm is involved.\n\nBy the time a 5G iPhone arrives - likely to be in September - 5G coverage should be far wider than it is currently - wide enough that Apple feels it is time to add the connectivity to its smartphone.\n\nThe new console wars\n\n2020 looks likely to be one of the biggest and most important years in the video games industry for some time.\n\nNot only is cloud streaming taking off, allowing console-standard gaming on mobile devices, but both Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation will launch their next-generation consoles in time for next Christmas.\n\nThe Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have both been confirmed, complete with high-end specs which both say will make them the most powerful consoles either firm has ever made.\n\nIt will be a redrawing of the battle lines for the two biggest names in gaming, as they compete to set the standard for the next generation of video games.\n\nMore foldable phones\n\nAs 2019 draws to a close, only Samsung of the major smartphone makers has a foldable device on sale in the UK - expect that to drastically change in 2020.\n\nSamsung itself has already hinted at new types of foldable phones which could be on the way, while Motorola's revamped, foldable Razr will also become available.\n\nHuawei's Mate X has gone on sale in China, but could 2020 see it or another Huawei foldable make it to Europe?\n\nA number of smaller firms are also likely to try and break the status quo too - some of which could choose to reveal themselves during the CES trade show in Las Vegas, early in the new year.\n\nMicrosoft's Surface Duo and Neo\n\nNot quite fully-fledged foldables, but Microsoft's Surface Duo and Surface Neo will make their debut in 2020, attempting to be a new type of mobile device.\n\nBoth gadgets have two screens bound together by a hinge and can fold into a number of positions. Both are due to go on sale at the end of 2020.\n\nThe Duo is smartphone-sized, while the Neo is closer to that of a laptop or tablet - however, Microsoft is adamant neither should be considered as part of those categories.\n\nIn much the same way the tech giant's Surface helped create the \"two-in-one\" category of tablet combined with laptop, Microsoft hopes the Duo and Neo can change how people use their devices every day."}
-{"id":"1484452733_1484215051","score":4.0,"sentence1":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 The City of Fort Lauderdale provided a New Year's Day update on the sewage main issues plaguing residents over the past month.\n\nTwo crews were seen by Local 10 News crews on Wednesday, working on the latest spills.\n\nAccording to officials, those crews were doing cleanup and remediation work on the latest damaged pipes, which have been patched up.\n\nA total of six sewage main breaks have happened in Fort Lauderdale since the beginning of December.\n\nRestoration and remediation work is expected to continue this month.\n\nThe gushing raw human waste flooded streets and properties, closing roads and contaminating waterways, like the Tarpon River and Himmarshee Canal.\n\nResidents now left wondering about the about the long term effects on their health and the health of the area\u2019s waterways.\n\nHector Park and Virginia Young Park have been closed due to the spills.\n\nThe City of Fort Lauderdale set up several websites so that residents can have access to the most updated information.\n\nFor updated information on sewage main repairs, click here.\n\nFor the latest traffic advisories and road closures, click here.\n\nFor any precautionary waterway advisories, click here.","sentence2":"SCOTT, La. (AP) \u2014 The improper disposal of fireworks led to a New Year's Day house fire in Scott, officials said.\n\nFirst responders were called to a home shortly after midnight, Wednesday., KATC-TV reported. Fire and smoke were coming from the home's roof by the time firefighters arrived, they made their way into the attic and quickly extinguished the flames.\n\nAll six of the people who were in the home were able to escape safely. Two pets were among the unharmed escapees.\n\nFirefighters said an investigation into the incident revealed that the fire was accidental. Apparently, a resident discarded used fireworks in an outside plastic trash bin that was placed next to the home. The fireworks were still smoldering when discarded and eventually, flames spread to one of the home's exterior walls before creeping into its attic.\n\nThe house sustained major damage to its attic and minor damage to a living area."}
-{"id":"1484189001_1483933084","score":4.0,"sentence1":"DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 26: A young fan reacts after getting the sneakers of Blake Griffin #23 of the Detroit Pistons after a game against the Washington Wizards on December 26, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and\/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Brian Sevald\/NBAE via Getty Images)\n\nWith the season heading in a direction that no one saw coming, when should Detroit Pistons fans accept what this team is?\n\nIt\u2019s a rather arbitrary thing to even profess but if the Detroit Pistons are going to continue to lose games, at some point should the fans become content with that? With a franchise that for the last decade has had trouble looking ahead to the future and instead focusing all their time on the present, being forced into a rebuild may not be such a bad thing.\n\nAfter all, it\u2019s overdue. As it stands, the Pistons are currently sitting on a 12-22 record and have lost eight of their last ten games. With the Lakers and Clippers on the horizon within the next three games, in all likelihood that record is going to continue to drop.\n\nWith the way this season has gone Detroit has played a majority of these last few months with a heavily depleted roster. Injuries continue to pile up which has played a major role in the woes. The silver lining to this \u2013 if one can be found \u2013 is that it\u2019s forced some of the Pistons younger players into elevated roles. Svi Mykhaililuk is a prime example, someone who was expected to see some time off of the bench, but was not expected to play 24 minutes per game like he has in his last six outings.\n\nBruce Brown has been bouncing back in forth between shooting guard and his new role as one of Detroit\u2019s point guards. Doing this has opened up an interesting wrinkle in his versatility and play making ability. His defense is ever improving and even his three-point shot is slowly starting to fall with more consistency.\n\nPrior to his injury even Luke Kennard was beginning to look noticeably more confident with the ball in his hands, and one can assume he\u2019s been given the green light to shoot whenever he feels comfortable. His development is more or less on par with fan expectations, but the others may be slightly quicker than anticipated.\n\nSo at some point, evaluating the current field of talent in the league versus what product is currently in Detroit \u2013 is it really the worst thing in the world if this team is forced to take a direction that they aren\u2019t comfortable taking? No, it isn\u2019t. Although this upcoming draft class currently feels slightly underwhelming, it\u2019s undoubtedly front loaded with some interesting prospects at the point guard position \u2013 something that Detroit would likely utilize with their first round pick.\n\nIt\u2019s never going to necessarily be fun watching a team begin to tank, but when it\u2019s inadvertently happening to begin with due to a lack of ability to compete \u2013 what\u2019s the difference? If nothing else fans can find solace in the fact that they have a chance to secure a top draft pick. The current front office in Detroit has done a commendable job with their drafting in their short tenure.\n\nAt the end of the day regardless of how many injuries are currently effecting the Pistons, it feels as if the decision should be clear to mail it in this season and at the very least \u2013 try to re-tool for next season. Blake Griffin\u2018s window is beginning to close so that doesn\u2019t leave much time to keep messing around.\n\nDetroit needs a fresh start and whether or not they accept it willingly, it may arrive all the same.","sentence2":"Two people were killed and six others were wounded when unknown suspects opened fire on a popular restaurant on 7th Street.\n\nAn eyewitness has described his version of events that lead to the shooting of eight people in Melville, Johannesburg, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.\n\nTwo people were killed and six others were wounded when unknown suspects opened fire on a popular restaurant on 7th Street.\n\nTwo of the injured are in a critical condition in hospital.\n\nGauteng police are calling for anyone with further information on the drive-by shooting to come forward.\n\nAn eyewitness says a fight ensued before people were shot at randomly.\n\n\u201cIt was not the first time that there was shooting randomly with a car that is unknown, unregistered, unmarked. It was just a fight, three coloured guys and one black guy. They fought and dispersed, went to Liquid Blue and the other clubs. The fight happened here. These guys came back here and shot randomly. They shot anyone and anybody that didn\u2019t know a thing,\u201d describes the eyewitness.\n\n\u2018Negative impact on business\u2019\n\nA business owner in Melville, Johannesburg has expressed shock over the shooting incident. Walter Niemand owns a Bed and Breakfast with his wife, not far from where the shooting took place.\n\nHe says he fears that the incident will have a negative impact on their business and it may also affect international tourism.\n\n\u201cWe are all affected and it\u2019s not just us as business people but it\u2019s also for Melville, Johannesburg and the country. At the moment, we have guests from Holland, obviously, it won\u2019t make a good impression and they will tell their family and friends in Holland what they had experienced here,\u201d explains Niemand.\n\n\u2018Residents terrified\u2019\n\nResidents of Melville say crime in their area has gotten out of hand and they are terrified. Some residents describe how they are feeling following the shooting.\n\n\u201cObviously we are shocked at what goes on around here. Melville is a really vibey area and it\u2019s full of these beautiful and fun restaurants. Why do people want to come with aggression and just grab guns and shoot others? This is what happens in Melville, certain places operate as restaurants and they do not have entertainment licenses but they have loud music and DJs up to 3 in the morning. I never imagined there would be killings and injuries down the road from where I live,\u201d residents say.\n\nWatch related video below:"}
-{"id":"1483737640_1484326372","score":2.5,"sentence1":"You\u2019ve finally secured a new job, and now you want to start off on the right foot, making a positive impression on your new boss and colleagues.\n\nYou want to be careful not to make any career-ending mistakes, says recruitment specialist, Glassdoor.\n\nSo, what should you never do when starting a new job?\n\nHere are 10 things to avoid:\n\n1. Don\u2019t show up late.\n\nYou learned this in first grade, when the teacher began keeping track of tardies: Being on time matters. Especially in a new job. In fact, showing up late on the first day (or even in the first few weeks) is guaranteed to make a negative impression.\n\nTo ensure you\u2019ll be on time, test drive the route to your new job before you start so you\u2019ll know how long it takes to get there. Factor in extra time if there\u2019s traffic, construction, or other reasons to expect a delay.\n\n2. Don\u2019t dress unprofessionally.\n\nBefore starting your job, talk with the hiring manager or human resources professional to make sure you understand what constitutes acceptable attire for your new workplace.\n\nThere\u2019s nothing more embarrassing than showing up in a getup that doesn\u2019t fly with your supervisors \u2014 and making an unprofessional first impression.\n\n3. Don\u2019t blow off orientation.\n\nMany companies require new employees to go through an orientation or training process before starting a new position. While it may be tempting to skip these sessions or treat them lightly, don\u2019t do it.\n\nEven if your training managers won\u2019t be your direct supervisors, they are watching you. Avoid any behavior that could prompt a training manager to report your behavior back to your boss and team members.\n\n4. Don\u2019t expect hand-holding.\n\nNo matter where you\u2019re working, there are certain processes, tools, and forms that make up the standard operating procedures of your company.\n\nYou may have been introduced to these through a very organized, systematic orientation, or you may feel like you\u2019re expected to absorb them by osmosis.\n\nIf you were formally informed, \u201cconsider yourself fortunate,\u201d writes Heather Huhman, Glassdoor career and workplace expert.\n\n\u201cIf not, don\u2019t feel shortchanged or frustrated. Instead, take initiative and master the basics on your own.\u201d\n\n5. Don\u2019t ask co-workers to do your work.\n\nIt\u2019s understandable that you may need help or guidance during your first few weeks at a new job, and asking co-workers for assistance or just to answer questions can be perfectly acceptable.\n\nBut there\u2019s no quicker way to make enemies than to ask or expect your new co-workers to do your job for you.\n\nRemember, you were hired because managers believed in your ability to get the job done. Ask for help if you need it, but believe in yourself and prove that you can do the work yourself.\n\n6. Don\u2019t take too many personal calls.\n\nThe time you spend at work is for, well, work. Your employer isn\u2019t paying you to chat with your girlfriend or even your kids\u2019 babysitter.\n\nIf friends or family members are prone to call you during working hours, remind them before you start your new job that you will now be working during certain hours and request that they avoid calling you during those hours.\n\nMake a personal policy of limiting personal phone calls and texts to your lunch break, except for during emergencies.\n\n7. Don\u2019t ask for more money.\n\nMost likely, you and your employer agreed to a certain salary during the hiring process. So don\u2019t change your mind before you even show up at work. If you agreed to the salary offered, be satisfied with that.\n\nDon\u2019t expect more money (and don\u2019t ask for more) until you\u2019ve worked long enough to prove your value to the employer.\n\n8. Don\u2019t try to change things.\n\nOf course you want to make a good impression as soon as you arrive at a new job, and show your new employer they made the right choice in hiring you.\n\nHowever, be cautious of suggesting new policies or strategies during your first few weeks, as it may not be the best way to demonstrate you are a team player. Plus, it could prompt some of your new co-workers to think twice about you as the right person for the job.\n\nAt first, take time to really understand and learn your job, then over time, you can make suggestions and changes as situations arise, and as your input and expertise is called upon.\n\n9. Don\u2019t be dishonest.\n\nIn a new job, there will always be a learning curve, and effective supervisors understand that. Inevitably, you\u2019ll be asked to do something or expected to know something that you don\u2019t yet know or know how to do. Rather than saying you can complete the task on your own, be honest. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to say, \u2018I don\u2019t know,\u2019\u201d Huhman writes.\n\n\u201cHonesty is a huge differentiator. Simply look people in the eye and say unabashedly and with confidence, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Let me find out and get back to you. Then do it.\u201d\n\n10. Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help.\n\nYou may be so eager to start your new job that you don\u2019t want to stop and ask questions. But by skipping even the most basic questions, you are setting yourself up for failure.\n\nRather than making a mistake that could cost the company time and money, ask questions about everything you need to know, from what your job responsibilities are to who can help you with Internet or phone problems, to how you get paid and much more.\n\nBy following these tips from Glassdoor, you\u2019ll be on your way to keeping your job and impressing your boss and co-workers.\n\nRead: Microsoft conducted a 4-day workweek experiment \u2013 here\u2019s what happened","sentence2":"New Years-fresh starts, clean slates and new resolutions. Every first of January, people set New Year\u2019s Resolutions in the hopes of improving themselves or their lives; but how best to make them stick?\n\nThe following are a few tips to help with keeping what we resolve to do-or not do in the new year, according to experts:\n\n1. Set intentions. An intention is a guiding principle for how you want to be, live, show up in the world and is the starting point to every goal.\n\n2. Ask yourself why the intention or goal you set matters to you-and if it is realistic. Expectations that are too high can cause you to be too overwhelmed to start or maintain your goals.\n\n3. Talk to people about your resolutions. This creates a support system as well as can hold you accountable.\n\n4. Make a list of plans. Big goals can seem daunting, break your plan up into little things you can do each day to help achieve your ultimate goal.\n\n5. Take the first step. Don\u2019t procrastinate. You don\u2019t need to wait until everything is just right. Get started now and make adjustments as you go along.\n\n6. Ditch deprivation. Try not to approach your New Year\u2019s resolutions from a place of deprivation, restriction or punishment.\n\n7. Try not to focus on the end result. When you commit to the process of the goal, rather than the result, it\u2019s easier to make it an enjoyable experience.\n\n8. Take breaks. A goal should not consume your every thought and life, after all, is meant to be lived.\n\n9. Plan for success. Instead of thinking about failing and what could go wrong, think of succeeding; put those positive thoughts out to the world. Worrying about failure is pointless and destructive.\n\n10. Reward yourself. Celebrate your achievements, no matter how small; you deserve it!"}
-{"id":"1484188930_1484152024","score":4.0,"sentence1":"New 2020 is almost upon us and it\u2019s going to be a landmark year for gaming. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are coming, some long-awaited titles like The Last of Us Part II and Final Fantasy VII Remake will finally arrive, and cloud gaming and other new ways to play will continue to make inroads. 2020 is going to be a year of transition and upheaval for our hobby, which means it\u2019s a great time for all good little gamers to turn over a new leaf. To make some New Year\u2019s resolutions that will improve your own situation and the gaming scene as a whole.\n\nOf course, sometimes it\u2019s tough to come up with good resolutions, so I\u2019m here to help! Here are a few 2020 gaming resolution suggestions to get your minds percolating\u2026\n\nThe Financial Year in Tech 2019: Highs, Lows, and Future Trends\n\nSlim Down Your Backlog in January and February\n\nIt\u2019s time to put your pile of shame on a diet. 2020 will eventually see some big releases, with March and April being particularly crazy, but the first two months of the year? Those are unusually barren, so it\u2019s time to finally finish up some of those games that have been lingering for weeks, months, or even years. Personally, I\u2019m finally going to see the end of Red Dead Redemption 2. It, uh, all turns out great, right?\n\nTruly Master at Least One Game\n\nWhile that aforementioned March-April period will be out of control (get ready for Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil 3, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and more within the span of weeks) but, overall, 2020 is a transition year. Things will probably be a bit slower than usual, particularly if you don\u2019t pick up a PS4 or Xbox Series X (we\u2019ll talk about that later). That means, instead of increasing your pile of shame, 2020 is a great year to really drill down and master something. Really become good at a fighting or action game or 100 percent that new RPG. It\u2019s more satisfying to master one game than half-finish a half dozen, and your bank account will thank you.\n\nStop Fighting Steam and Epic\u2019s Battles for Them\n\nThankfully, it already seems to be dying down a bit, but the Steam vs. Epic Games Store Wars were the most pointless thing we devoted our time to in 2019. These massively-profitable companies don\u2019t need you fighting their battles for them. Downloading an extra launcher is not a huge imposition, and we\u2019re finally starting to see some real, consumer-benefitting competition, with both Steam and Epic offering some great promotions this holiday season.\n\nArise: A Simple Story Review \u2013 A Good Life, A So-So Video Game\n\nI\u2019d say you should all give up your console and NVIDIA vs. AMD wars as well, but I\u2019m trying to keep these resolutions at least somewhat realistic.\n\nStay Vigilant About Monetization\n\n2019 was the year the loot box died (or least started writing up its Last Will and Testament) and it was regular players speaking up that forced the change. The big publishers certainly wouldn\u2019t have given them up on their own. That said, do keep an eye out for new monetization schemes, because you know certain publishers are diligently working on their next big money-grubbing innovation.\n\nDon\u2019t Buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X at Launch\n\nI won\u2019t be sticking to this resolution myself, but if you don\u2019t strictly need a next-gen console for your job like I do, wait a while to buy PS5 or Xbox Series X. Consoles are overpriced at launch and it takes a while before you know if a machine is going to be successful. Also, in most cases, the first great, truly next-gen games don\u2019t come out until about a year into a console\u2019s lifespan. Both the PS5 and XSX are probably going to be around for a while, so sit back, consider your options, and make an informed decision.\n\nDo Buy a Switch if You Haven\u2019t Already\n\nBut maybe you have some cash earmarked for a new console just burning a hole in your pocket? Well, if you haven\u2019t already, go ahead and grab yourself a Switch. Yes, it\u2019s not the most powerful machine on the market, but 2019 was the year Nintendo\u2019s little system definitively proved it was more than just a gimmick. The Switch boasts a fantastic library featuring top-notch Nintendo exclusives, the best indies of the past five years, and a handful of surprisingly-solid triple-A ports. I\u2019m a pretty platform-agnostic kind of guy, but this past year most of my gaming free time was spent on the Switch. You might be surprised to find the same thing happening to you.\n\nDon\u2019t Be Jerks to People Who Make the Games You Love\n\nWe\u2019re all passionate about his hobby, but that passion can turn into anger when a game or series does something you don\u2019t like. I totally get that, but that said, do keep in mind that games are made by real people, most of whom are just trying their best to make something that will entertain players, so don\u2019t lash out at them. Most of the decisions you\u2019re upset about were probably made by committee in fancy boardrooms, so reserve your anger for publishers, not the rank and file. Also, do try to support devs when stories of crunch or workplace toxicity come out. Happy devs make better games, so better workplace conditions benefit everyone.\n\nPlay More Games With Friends\n\nI\u2019ve always believed gaming is at its best when you\u2019re playing with someone close to you on the same couch, or, failing that, a real friend over the Internet. Unfortunately, it\u2019s all too easy to fall into the habit of just playing randoms online \u2013 to start thinking of the people you\u2019re playing strictly as adversaries instead of friends. A lot of modern games, particularly battle royale stuff, really encourages that. I can guarantee you\u2019ll feel a little better about the hobby, and have to absorb a lot less abuse from trolls, if you make the time to game with friends and family more often.\n\nTry Something New\u2026\n\nAs I\u2019ve said, 2020 is a transition year, so why not branch out with something new? Give a genre you\u2019ve never tried a spin, or give one you gave up on long ago another shot. Give that quirky indie a chance. A lot of 2019\u2019s best games were off the regular beaten path, and the same will probably hold true for 2020.\n\n\u2026But Don\u2019t Be Ashamed to Like What You Like\n\nThat said, while trying something new is worthwhile, don\u2019t be afraid to wear your quirky gaming tastes on your sleeve. You don\u2019t have to pretend to be into the next Call of Duty or Madden if you\u2019d rather be playing weird Japanese visual novels. Or dense PC strategy games. Or candy-colored rhythm games. Or Pokemon Go. Or whatever! If you genuinely love CoD, that\u2019s fine too. The gaming scene is more varied than ever, so you do you.\n\nSo, there you go, a few suggested New Year\u2019s resolutions for 2020. Of course, nobody\u2019s forcing you to take my advice! What gaming resolutions will you be making in the new year?","sentence2":"SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) \u2013 Ever notice your gym gets busier in January? Getting active is one of the top New Year\u2019s resolutions that people make.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to watch how many stick with it and are here in February and March. It\u2019s fun to watch them come and go and try and encourage people to do it,\u201d a gym member and Wilbraham resident, Sue Rigney said.\n\nThat\u2019s because fitness, in many surveys we saw, was the number one resolution for people in the new year.\n\nUnfortunately, many people end up abandoning the resolution only a few weeks in. According to U.S. News and World Report, the failure rate for resolutions is 80 percent.\n\n\u201cSome people set unrealistic expectations unfortunately sometimes. So it\u2019s good to have a good set one,\u201d Best Fitness front desk employee, Tyler Cote told 22News.\n\nGoogle Trends shows that searches related to exercise peak around January 1st every year. That\u2019s when gyms also typically see a spike in membership sign-ups.\n\nThe International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association says 12 percent of new gym memberships happen in January, the most out of any other month.\n\n\u201cI know we\u2019re going to start seeing a lot of new people coming in because you know everyone has their fitness resolutions and once the new year comes everyone\u2019s like let\u2019s get on it. It\u2019s the best time, new year new me,\u201d Cote continued.\n\nGym staff recommends starting a small goal that you can track for your New Year\u2019s fitness journey to avoid taking on too much, too fast.\n\n\u201cThe first step is to come in the door,\u201d Cote said."}
-{"id":"1484699049_1484327278","score":2.6666666667,"sentence1":"It's only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in 'sexy' stocks with a good story, even if those businesses lose money. But as Warren Buffett has mused, 'If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.' When they buy such story stocks, investors are all too often the patsy.\n\nSo if you're like me, you might be more interested in profitable, growing companies, like H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL). While that doesn't make the shares worth buying at any price, you can't deny that successful capitalism requires profit, eventually. In comparison, loss making companies act like a sponge for capital - but unlike such a sponge they do not always produce something when squeezed.\n\nView our latest analysis for H.B. Fuller\n\nH.B. Fuller's Earnings Per Share Are Growing.\n\nIf you believe that markets are even vaguely efficient, then over the long term you'd expect a company's share price to follow its earnings per share (EPS). That means EPS growth is considered a real positive by most successful long-term investors. H.B. Fuller managed to grow EPS by 7.7% per year, over three years. That might not be particularly high growth, but it does show that per-share earnings are moving steadily in the right direction.\n\nCareful consideration of revenue growth and earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) margins can help inform a view on the sustainability of the recent profit growth. It seems H.B. Fuller is pretty stable, since revenue and EBIT margins are pretty flat year on year. That's not bad, but it doesn't point to ongoing future growth, either.\n\nIn the chart below, you can see how the company has grown earnings, and revenue, over time. To see the actual numbers, click on the chart.\n\nNYSE:FUL Income Statement, December 31st 2019 More\n\nOf course the knack is to find stocks that have their best days in the future, not in the past. You could base your opinion on past performance, of course, but you may also want to check this interactive graph of professional analyst EPS forecasts for H.B. Fuller.\n\nAre H.B. Fuller Insiders Aligned With All Shareholders?\n\nIt makes me feel more secure owning shares in a company if insiders also own shares, thusly more closely aligning our interests. So it is good to see that H.B. Fuller insiders have a significant amount of capital invested in the stock. Indeed, they hold US$22m worth of its stock. That shows significant buy-in, and may indicate conviction in the business strategy. Even though that's only about 0.9% of the company, it's enough money to indicate alignment between the leaders of the business and ordinary shareholders.\n\nShould You Add H.B. Fuller To Your Watchlist?\n\nOne positive for H.B. Fuller is that it is growing EPS. That's nice to see. Just as polish makes silverware pop, the high level of insider ownership enhances my enthusiasm for this growth. That combination appeals to me, for one. So yes, I do think the stock is worth keeping an eye on. Of course, identifying quality businesses is only half the battle; investors need to know whether the stock is undervalued. So you might want to consider this free discounted cashflow valuation of H.B. Fuller.\n\nAlthough H.B. Fuller certainly looks good to me, I would like it more if insiders were buying up shares. If you like to see insider buying, too, then this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying, could be exactly what you're looking for.\n\nStory continues","sentence2":"Today, we'll introduce the concept of the P\/E ratio for those who are learning about investing. We'll look at Hotel Grand Central Limited's (SGX:H18) P\/E ratio and reflect on what it tells us about the company's share price. Hotel Grand Central has a price to earnings ratio of 38.26, based on the last twelve months. That corresponds to an earnings yield of approximately 2.6%.\n\nView our latest analysis for Hotel Grand Central\n\nHow Do I Calculate A Price To Earnings Ratio?\n\nThe formula for price to earnings is:\n\nPrice to Earnings Ratio = Price per Share \u00f7 Earnings per Share (EPS)\n\nOr for Hotel Grand Central:\n\nP\/E of 38.26 = SGD1.30 \u00f7 SGD0.03 (Based on the year to September 2019.)\n\nIs A High P\/E Ratio Good?\n\nA higher P\/E ratio implies that investors pay a higher price for the earning power of the business. All else being equal, it's better to pay a low price -- but as Warren Buffett said, 'It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price'.\n\nDoes Hotel Grand Central Have A Relatively High Or Low P\/E For Its Industry?\n\nWe can get an indication of market expectations by looking at the P\/E ratio. You can see in the image below that the average P\/E (26.6) for companies in the hospitality industry is lower than Hotel Grand Central's P\/E.\n\nSGX:H18 Price Estimation Relative to Market, January 2nd 2020 More\n\nHotel Grand Central's P\/E tells us that market participants think the company will perform better than its industry peers, going forward. Shareholders are clearly optimistic, but the future is always uncertain. So investors should always consider the P\/E ratio alongside other factors, such as whether company directors have been buying shares.\n\nHow Growth Rates Impact P\/E Ratios\n\nIf earnings fall then in the future the 'E' will be lower. That means unless the share price falls, the P\/E will increase in a few years. So while a stock may look cheap based on past earnings, it could be expensive based on future earnings.\n\nHotel Grand Central shrunk earnings per share by 24% over the last year. And EPS is down 20% a year, over the last 3 years. This might lead to low expectations.\n\nRemember: P\/E Ratios Don't Consider The Balance Sheet\n\nOne drawback of using a P\/E ratio is that it considers market capitalization, but not the balance sheet. Thus, the metric does not reflect cash or debt held by the company. In theory, a company can lower its future P\/E ratio by using cash or debt to invest in growth.\n\nSuch spending might be good or bad, overall, but the key point here is that you need to look at debt to understand the P\/E ratio in context.\n\nHotel Grand Central's Balance Sheet\n\nHotel Grand Central has net cash of S$147m. This is fairly high at 16% of its market capitalization. That might mean balance sheet strength is important to the business, but should also help push the P\/E a bit higher than it would otherwise be.\n\nThe Verdict On Hotel Grand Central's P\/E Ratio\n\nHotel Grand Central has a P\/E of 38.3. That's higher than the average in its market, which is 13.5. Falling earnings per share is probably keeping traditional value investors away, but the healthy balance sheet means the company retains potential for future growth. If fails to eventuate, the current high P\/E could prove to be temporary, as the share price falls.\n\nInvestors have an opportunity when market expectations about a stock are wrong. As value investor Benjamin Graham famously said, 'In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine. Although we don't have analyst forecasts you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow."}
-{"id":"1484191228_1483996933","score":3.0,"sentence1":"No Patrick Beverley. No Lou Williams. No Terance Mann.\n\nYes, Derrick Walton Jr.\n\nThe 6-foot point guard from Michigan \u2014 via the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas and Germany\u2019s Alba Berlin \u2014 finished 2019 by further ingratiating himself with Clippers\u2019 fandom and his teammates alike.\n\nWalton, 24, chalked up a career-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to buoy the short-handed Clippers on Tuesday in a convincing 105-87 victory over the Sacramento Kings.\n\n\u201cYessssir boyyy hooping,\u201d tweeted Beverley, who missed the first of what\u2019s expected to be a few games with a sprained right wrist.\n\nWalton was, indeed, hooping: He curled comfortably around a Montrezl Harrell screen and sank a jumper; he buried a wide-open rainbow 3-pointer from the top of the arc; he buried another in a defender\u2019s face; he recovered after being blocked by Bogdan Bogdanovic by popping up for another two points from the elbow \u2014 and looked exceedingly comfortable all the while.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s just solid, he knows he can score, he knows he can shoot the ball,\u201d coach Doc Rivers told reporters in Sacramento who asked about Walton, who once scored 41 points in a G League game for the Sioux Falls Skyforce.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s like the league doesn\u2019t know he can do that so they\u2019re going to keep leaving him open. He\u2019s not going to hesitate.\u201d\n\nWalton isn\u2019t the flinching type. During his televised postgame interview with Fox Sports\u2019 Kristina Pink, he answered a question about what he\u2019s looking forward to in the new year \u2014 which tips off for the Clippers (24-11) on Thursday against the 12-22 Detroit Pistons (7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Prime Ticket) and former Clippers star Blake Griffin, who\u2019s been nursing a sore knee.\n\n\u201cJust being a part of something special,\u201d Walton told Pink in response to her question. \u201cWe\u2019re preparing for something big. But you try to take it a day at a time\u2026\u201d\n\nAt that point, veteran forward Moe Harkless interrupted, draping a towel over Walton\u2019s head and giving the guard an affectionate noogie \u2014 which did not derail Walton\u2019s train of thought: \u201c\u2026 and know we got an end goal and just try to build blocks to make sure, at the end of the day, we\u2019re most prepared for what we\u2019re trying to get accomplished.\u201d\n\nBefore Walton was called up from Ontario to join the L.A. Clippers on Dec. 1, Walton was preparing for his current opportunity by stuffing stat sheets in the G League, with 13.4 points, 7.2 assists 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals in his five games with Agua Caliente.\n\nNow, in 17 contests with L.A., he\u2019s shooting an 55.6 percent from the field, 47.1 percent from 3-point range and is one of six regular Clippers with a positive \u2014 plus 1.2 \u2014 net plus-minus (the net point differential per 100 offensive and defensive possessions).\n\nJust before this season began, Walton offered a hint of what he believed he could contribute.\n\n\u201cI feel like I\u2019m always silently confident,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything about this situation is about fitting and opportunities.\u201d\n\nPISTONS AT CLIPPERSWhen: Thursday, 7:30 p.m.\n\nWhere: Staples Center, Los Angeles\n\nTV: Fox Sports Prime Ticket","sentence2":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Paul George and Kawhi Leonard had far more success passing the ball in the first half than they did shooting it \u2013 and the Clippers still put up nearly 60 points.\n\nThat, as Leonard pointed out afterward, bodes well for a franchise in serious pursuit of its first NBA championship.\n\nGeorge had 21 points with season highs of 11 rebounds and nine assists to shake off a slow start, and short-handed Los Angeles thumped the Sacramento Kings 105-87 on Tuesday.\n\nLeonard scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter to help the Clippers to their 14th consecutive win in Sacramento dating to 2013.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s what championship teams are about,\u201d said Leonard, who led Toronto to the title a year ago before signing with the Clippers in hopes of bringing a banner to Los Angeles.\n\n\u201cGoing through playoff runs, the best players aren\u2019t going to play great some nights. It might be somebody off the bench or somebody (else) starting that has a big game that propels us to win.\u201d\n\nIvica Zubac added eight points and 13 rebounds and Maurice Harkless scored 12 points for the Clippers. Los Angeles also got a big lift from Larry Shamet and Derrick Walton Jr., who combined for 19 points.\n\nThat was pivotal on a night when George shot 6 of 25 and Leonard was 8 of 21.\n\n\u201cWe just kind of hung in there,\u201d Los Angeles coach Doc Rivers said. \u201cWe went zone a little bit and changed our look. I just like our defense.\u201d\n\nThe Clippers played without Patrick Beverley and sixth man Lou Williams. Beverley is nursing a sprained right wrist he injured during Saturday night\u2019s loss in Utah, while Williams missed the game because of personal reasons.\n\nRichaun Holmes had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento. The Kings have lost eight straight.\n\n\u201cThey pushed us around out there and they had their way,\u201d Sacramento coach Luke Walton said. \u201cWe have to come together and we\u2019ve got to be mentally stronger, physically stronger and fight our way out of it. That\u2019s the only way to get out of this type of slump that we\u2019re in, and we\u2019ve done it before.\u201d\n\nThree days after a 13-point loss to Utah, Los Angeles took control in the first half despite both George and Leonard struggling offensively. The All-Stars missed 17 of their first 24 shots combined.\n\nBoth got going after the break.\n\nLeonard made five of seven shots in the third quarter, and George \u2013 who missed eight of his first nine shots beyond the arc \u2013 made a 3 to open the fourth. George added another 3-pointer later that put the Clippers ahead 103-86.\n\n\u201cI had the mindset of just go and attack, be aggressive, be physical,\u201d George said. \u201cI got the spots I wanted to. I got to the shots I wanted to. But it\u2019s just that stretch for me right now where the ball\u2019s not going down.\u201d\n\nEven with Leonard and George struggling most of the first half, the Clippers still built a big lead on the slumping Kings late in the second quarter. Shamet\u2019s 3-pointer gave Los Angeles a 57-40 halftime lead.\n\nLeonard got going in the third and the Clippers went on a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 19. Montrezl Harrell tipped in an offensive rebound then made a pair of free throws that made it 85-66.\n\nWIN, THEN LOSE, THEN WIN\n\nThe Clippers have alternated wins and losses over the past nine games. George said that\u2019s indicative of a team with new players still trying to adjust. \u201cWe\u2019ve probably got one game under our belt where everybody\u2019s been healthy,\u201d George said. \u201cWe\u2019re still learning each other. Our winning streak\u2019s going to come, sooner than later I believe.\u201d\n\nTIP-INS\n\nClippers: Beverley was injured Saturday against Utah. Although X-rays taken on his wrist were negative, Beverley is expected to miss a handful of games.\n\nKings: De\u2019Aaron Fox had nine points and six assists after sitting out most of two games because of back spasms. \u2026 Sacramento\u2019s losing streak is its longest since an eight-game stretch two seasons ago.\n\nUP NEXT\n\nClippers: Return to Los Angeles to play Detroit on Thursday.\n\nKings: Host Memphis on Thursday. Sacramento has won two straight home games against the Grizzlies but was beaten 119-115 on Dec. 21 in Memphis."}
-{"id":"1484190460_1483806119","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Privacy-focussed messaging app Telegram has released a new update for the new year.\n\nThe update brought along a number of new features, including:\n\nTheme Editor 2.0\n\nUsing the new theme editor in Chat Settings (or Appearance Settings on iOS), you can quickly tweak the style of elements in Telegram chats and add awesome gradients to both your messages and your background. Switch between tabs (Main Color, Background, My Messages) to see how deep this rabbit hole goes:\n\nOnce you\u2019re done editing, you can quickly share the result of your work with friends so that they can continue tuning your theme.\n\nTelegram bundled dozens of cool patterns to make it easy to get started and also a large number of predefined color schemes for Telegram\u2019s default themes.\n\nSend When Online\n\nTelegram has also added schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online. The option is only available if you are allowed to see your recipient\u2019s online status.\n\nImproved Venue Sharing\n\nLocation sharing has been updated to make finding venues easier. You can now tap a place directly on the map to select it, rather than scrolling through a list of all the available venues.\n\nView Search Results as a List\n\nThe Search function allows you to easily jump between messages containing a keyword \u2013 or sent by a particular person, or even from a certain day. Tapping the bottom bar will now switch to list view in case you want to see all the results on one page.\n\nOn iOS, you can now also select several messages without leaving Search Mode.\n\nPodcast and Audiobook Support\n\nYou\u2019ve always been able to share files of up to 1,5 GB, but podcasts and audiobooks now get special treatment. Telegram apps will remember your last position when resuming playback of audio files longer than 20 minutes.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to make podcasts get to the point a little faster, try the new 2x button (which you already know from voice messages) that eliminates voice chipmunking in 96.8% of cases.\n\nOn iOS, you can skip forward and back with high-precision scrubbing: just hold on the progress bar and slide your finger down, then left or right.\n\nNew On Android\n\nSwitch to Night Mode Faster\n\nTelegram has shielded your eyes in dark places with Night Mode since 2017. With the Night Mode Switch at the top of the menu you can tap the moon icon switch in and out of night mode faster.\n\nMaps now also support Night Mode, so you don\u2019t accidentally burn yourself while browsing locations late in the evening.\n\nOn iOS, dark maps turn on and off with the system dark mode. Speaking of which, we recently added the option to sync your Telegram theme with system dark mode on iOS 13. The app now also includes Sleek New Animations.\n\nSelect Parts of Messages\n\nFollowing in the footsteps of the iOS app, Android now also lets you select a portion of the message text to copy or share, instead of only the full text.\n\nMulti-sharing from Other Apps\n\nTelegram has made it easier than ever to share content from other apps with your friends. You can now tap and hold to select multiple recipients \u2013 and even add a comment.\n\nMark Archive as Read\n\nClear up those extra unread message counters in your archive by tapping and holding the archive folder and marking them all read.\n\nOther Android Goodies\n\nYou can choose video quality in a more intuitive way when sending videos.\n\nSending contacts now uses a simple, card-style interface that won\u2019t take up your whole screen (unless you pull up to expand it).\n\nWhen you\u2019re done listening to a voice message with your phone up to your ear, Telegram automatically records a reply \u2013 but now you can disable that by turning off Raise to Speak in your Chat Settings.\n\nThere is an additional 31 other fixes and improvements in the Android app.\n\nNew on iOS\n\nText Size, All the Way\n\nYou\u2019ve been able to adjust the size of message text on Telegram from the beginning, but now you can scale the font size throughout the app.\n\nChoose Your Browser\n\nExternal browsers are now supported for opening links \u2013 you can select your preferred app in Settings > Data and Storage > Other.\n\nShare Sheet Settings\n\nYour most popular Telegram chats were recently added to the iOS Share Sheet. In case you\u2018d like to control what can (or can\u2019t ) appear there, you can use the new toggles under Settings > Data and Storage > Other > Share Sheet.\n\nSwitch Accounts Faster\n\nYou can use Telegram with multiple accounts, switching between up to 3 phone numbers without logging out. You can now swiftly switch accounts right from your home screen on iOS 13. Simply hold down on the app icon any time you need to change costumes.\n\nStorage Usage At a Glance\n\nThe Storage Usage page has been redesigned to more quickly find the settings you\u2018re looking for. It also shows your device\u2019s storage status, and how much space all those other pesky apps are using compared to Telegram.\n\nCache-Clearing Shortcuts\n\nSelecting multiple messages in a group or channel gives you the option to clear the chat\u2019s cache.\n\nCheck out Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage for more options.\n\nMember Lists: The Shorter Scrolls\n\nLong member lists will collapse, so you can get to the \u2018Leave Group\u2019 button without scrolling.\n\nAlternatively, swiping on a group or channel from the chat list and selecting \u2018Delete\u2019 is even quicker.\n\nFind the latest download links at Telegram here.\n\nVia Neowin","sentence2":"tech2 News Staff\n\nEnd to end encrypted messaging app Telegram has announced a whole bunch of new features that will be seen on the app soon.\n\nThese features were announced in a blog post last night. Being a security focused app, Telegram will now let developers who make open source apps to independently verify their code on GitHub and ensure that it is the same code that was used to build the app they downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store.\n\nThe new features coming to Telegram have already started rolling out.\n\nHere are the major features.\n\nNew Theme Editor 2.0\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nYou will need to head to Chat Settings (Android) or Appearance Settings (iOS) to tweak how your Telegram interface looks. From changing the background to changing the chat window gradients, you can tweak the look to your heart's content. You also have predefined colour themes, where you can further tweak some things.\n\nSend When Online\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram already had a feature to schedule your messages when the recipient came online, provided you are allowed by the recipient to see when they are online. Now you can also schedule Stickers along with messages, with or without sound.\n\nView Search Results as a list\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nYou can use the universal search feature to search for a particular word or phrase in a Telegram chat. But earlier you had to click on the up\/down arrow to toggle between search results. The latest update shows you a list of search results thereby reducing the number of clicks required to go to your desired result.\n\nPodcast and Audiobook support\n\nThis is a boon for podcast addicts. If you have an audio file or a podcast longer than 20 mins, Telegram will be able to remember your last played position. There's also a 2x speed dial for podcasts.\n\nAndroid updates\n\nSwitch to Night Mode quicker\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram on Android has supported Night Mode since 2017, but activating that involved a lot of steps. Now with just a single tap, you can switch between regular and night mode. This applies to the Maps as well.\n\nNew ripple animations\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nSelect part of a message\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nThis feature has been there on iOS. Now the Android app will also let you select part of the message instead of the full text.\n\nMulti-sharing from other apps\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram on Android will now let you share stuff with your friends from multiple apps. You can send a photo from Instagram or a tweet from Twitter to multiple friends and will even get an option to add a comment accompanying it.\n\niOS updates\n\nChoose your browser\n\nExternal browser support has now been added for opening links. Head to Settings > Data and Storage > Other to select between in-app Safari, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera Touch among others.\n\nShare sheet settings\n\nYou can control what does or doesn't appear in your iOS Share Sheet (which generally adds your most popular Telegram chats). Head over to Settings >Data and Storage > Other > Share Sheet and toggle according to your preference.\n\nSwitch Accounts faster\n\nJust long hold on the Telegram icon and it will show you the other Telegram accounts. You can switch between up to three phone numbers without logging out.\n\nStorage usage at a glance\n\nYou can get a quick look at how Telegram is using your phone's storage now. You can see the Telegram Cache, Other apps and Free storage. There is a button to clear Telegram Cache with a single click as well. Head over to Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage for more options.\n\nFind latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison."}
-{"id":"1483801563_1484256518","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Payton places\n\nNorth Marion freshman finished fifth nationally in the Junior World Finals pole bending competitions held in Las Vegas\n\nNorth Marion High School freshman Payton Johnson notched her name at a national level, placing fifth in the 17-and-under pole bending category at the Junior World Finals held in Las Vegas Dec. 9-14.\n\nJohnson's three successive rides clocked 21.628, 21.522 and 20.475 for a 63.971 final. The first two qualified Johnson for the finale.\n\n\"The first two rounds are where everybody gets to go,\" Johnson said of the field of roughly 40 riders. \"Then the top 10 in the average get to go in the short round.\"\n\nJohnson stood at No. 6 going into the short round before improving with her final ride.\n\nCassidy Evans of Yuma, Colo., took the top spot at 60.383 (20.655, 19.775 and 19.953).\n\nJohnson, who lives in the Broadacres area, said she was happy with her performance in Las Vegas, and she looks forward to more competitions in the future.\n\n\"I think for my first time, it was pretty good,\" she said\n\nBut perhaps the most enjoyable part of the adventure was meeting people from all over the country.\n\n\"I got to meet a lot of different people from all kinds of places,\" Johnson said. \"There were some super-nice people from Mississippi, and pretty cool people from Texas. I met people from Pennsylvania and California. That was a lot of fun.\"\n\nJohnson, who turns 15 this month, is a member of the Oregon High School Rodeo where she competes as an all-around cowgirl in barrel racing, pole bending, team roping, breakaway roping and goat tying. She qualified for the Junior World Finals earlier in the year at a national rodeo held in Red Bluff, Calif.\n\nJunior World Finals\n\nPole Bending 17 and under results\n\n1. Cassidy Evans, Yuma, Colorado, 60.383; 2. Mollie Compton, Cleveland, Oklahoma, 60.834; 3. Cashen Turner, Edmond, Oklahoma, 61.834; 4. Brianna Sharp, Brentwood, Calif., 63.020; 5. Payton Johnson, Aurora, Ore., 63.971; 6. Jill Hines, Snohomish, Wash., 64.063; 7. Mesa Allen, Thermopolis, Wyo., 65.560; 8. Madison Comozzi, Petaluma, Calif., 65.794; 9. Emma Hulse, Snohomish, Wash., 69.103; 10. Saige Smith, Touchet, Wash., 75.186.\n\nYou count on us to stay informed and we depend on you to fund our efforts. Quality local journalism takes time and money. Please support us to protect the future of community journalism.","sentence2":"How these brands think they look:\n\nHow they actually look:\n\nThis is why you don\u2019t want a bunch of old men calling ALL the shots.\n\n1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.\n\n10.\n\n11.\n\n12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\n16.\n\n17.\n\nMore funny pics:"}
-{"id":"1484039144_1484039153","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Michonne is back for the second half of season 10 (Picture: AMC)\n\nThe Walking Dead fans were left scratching their heads over whether they had seen Dania Gurira\u2019s character Michonne bow out from the show for good, or whether her sword-wielding character could resurface in season 10.\n\nBut now all has been revealed because TV bosses have teased Michonne\u2019s return in the second half of season 10 as she and Virgil (Kevin Carroll) search for weapons on an island naval base.\n\nWith these weapons, the survivors will be able to end their war against the Whisperers and their walker herd, although we still are none the wiser about how many more episodes Gurira will appear before her planned departure.\n\nSpeaking about her exit, Gurira began: \u2018It was overwhelming.\n\n\u2018I mean, I haven\u2019t talked about it yet because we haven\u2019t really said I was done yet, so it was kinda just talking about it for the first time now but it was really overwhelming the love. They got me because I thought I was going home,\u2019 she told ComicBook.com.\n\nBut when will she leave? (Picture: AMC)\n\nKevin has hinted at a juicy storyline (Picture: Gene Page\/AMC)\n\nSpeaking to TV Insider, Kevin hinted that Virgil might not be all he seems, leading to an exciting storyline.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nHe explained: \u2018I just want to tell [fans] that in this world of The Walking Dead, anything is possible.\n\n\u2018At this point, I\u2019m just excited for Virgil to get on the map, and start to mix it up in this world.\n\n\u2018I am anxiously hoping that the fans can appreciate what this journey is about to be.\n\n\u2018For people who love Michonne, this will be a rewarding piece of the journey for her. I think they\u2019re going to have a good time with the twists and turns of this story.\u2019\n\nThe actor also teased that \u2018every facet of humanity is up for grabs because of everybody\u2019s need to survive.\u2019 So there\u2019s a chance we could see Virgil turn\u2026\n\nBut Kevin was keeping schtum on that, adding: \u2018I\u2019m going to leave it at that, and tell them to have a great time figuring it out.\u2019\n\nThe Walking Dead season 10 will return to AMC on 23 February.\n\nGot a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.\n\nMORE: Rick Grimes might lose his hand in solo The Walking Dead movie trilogy in nod to scrapped comic storyline\n\nMORE: The Walking Dead manages to get even bleaker with original cast photo ahead of season 10B","sentence2":"Kevin didn\u2019t specify which character it would be (Picture: Marvel Comics)\n\nMarvel boss Kevin Feige confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting their first transgender character.\n\nAfter pleas for Marvel to include more LGBTQ+ characters in their franchise, Kevin appears to have delivered in The Eternals.\n\nWhen asked at the New York Film Academy whether there were any plans to introduce more diverse characters, specifically transgender characters, the 46-year-old producer said: \u2018Yes, absolutely yes.\n\n\u2018Very soon, in a movie, we\u2019re shooting right now, yes.\u2019\n\nKevin never specified which movie the character will appear in, but The Eternals is currently the only project in the middle of filming.\n\nThe Eternals stars Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, and Salma Hayek.\n\nAccording to Kevin, The Eternals will also be getting a gay character, who is \u2018married, he\u2019s got a family, and that is just part of who he is.\u2019\n\nKevin revealed The Eternals also has a gay character (Picture: Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP, File)\n\nOn 7 December, a few lucky fans were treated to a first look at The Eternals, giving a glimpse at Angelina and Salma\u2019s characters.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nKevin hosted a panel at Comic-con in Sao Paolo where he unveiled a fresh look at Scarlett Johansson\u2019s Black Widow after the official trailer dropped last week.\n\nBut it was The Eternals preview which had everyone talking as it\u2019s been kept tightly under wraps since news of the movie broke earlier this year.\n\nAnd while the first look footage still isn\u2019t available for the wider public, a group of lucky Comic-Con attendees were able to watch a short clip.\n\nAccording to Deadline, the video showed a blonde Angelina \u2018kicking some major a*s\u2019 during a huge fight scene and, frankly, we wouldn\u2019t expect anything less.\n\nThe rest of the heroes are then shown in different parts of the world before the footage closes with Salma\u2019s character Ajak stating: \u2018This world has changed us. We must protect it.\u2019\n\nGot a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.\n\nMORE: Who is in the cast of Marvel\u2019s The Eternals with Angelina Jolie and when is the release date?\n\nMORE: Marvel\u2019s The Eternals\u2019 Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie evacuated after unexploded bomb found on set"}
-{"id":"1485366264_1483775099","score":3.3333333333,"sentence1":"Slim down. Drop a few pounds. Make my scale happy. Reverse my clothes shrinkage.\n\n\n\nHowever it's worded, weight loss is one of the most common New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Not surprisingly, a lot of these resolutions fail: Unrealistic goals and trendy weight programs lead to frustration and burnout with a return to original behaviors (and the same resolution the next year). Instead, the focus when trying to lose weight should be creating permanent healthy habits through realistic weight loss goals fueled by minor tweaks to everyday routines. Not only is this strategy easier to stick to but it also adds up over time and helps prevent setbacks from derailing your end goal.\n\nWhat is a reasonable goal and how do you set one? Simplified, weight loss occurs when you burn more energy (calories) through activity and normal body functions than you consume through eating. A healthy weight loss goal is between 0.5 to 2 pounds per week \u2014 this amounts to a calorie deficit of 1750 to 7000 calories per week or 250 to 1000 calories per day. This deficit can be achieved by either eating less (reduction of calories in), becoming more active (increase in calories out), or a combination of the two. To set a goal, first determine what you want the end result to be (lose 10 pounds), how you want to get there (diet and\/or exercise), and what your weekly goal is based on how likely you are to stick to a new plan (be honest, if cutting 1000 calories per day is impossible for you, start smaller and work your way up).\n\n\n\n\n\nTo enact your new weight loss plan, focus on small changes to your daily habits to reach your daily goals. Try not to focus on your weight as it may fluctuate by 5 pounds per day based on what and when you eat and drink, if and when you exercised, and your stress levels and sleep quality. If you choose a daily weight check, do it at the same time every day, such as first thing in the morning. Adding an activity to your routine would help you quickly reach your daily deficit.\n\nWork out or play a sport for 20 minutes.\n\nWalk briskly or jog for 20-40 minutes.\n\nDo some yardwork or chores for 40-60 minutes.\n\nTo burn 250 calories (these are estimates):\n\n\n\nOr decrease your caloric intake by 250 calories by making some easy food choices:\n\nKeep your caffeine fix by swapping a large frappe with a small cappuccino\n\nReplace a large order of fries with a small order\n\nSubstitute an apple or baby carrots for a protein bar.\n\n\n\n\n\nSo what tools can you use to help keep you on track with your weight loss plan? Health and fitness apps and other wearables can be very helpful as they can track activities and calculate energy burned; other apps log your food intake and calculate the calories you have eaten. HealthMetric is an all-in-one health and fitness app that personalizes your weight loss journey. With HealthMetric\u2019s weight loss program, you set your goal and select a strategy to meet your goal: diet, exercise, or a combination. The app provides daily feedback on your progress, shows how others with similar goals are doing, and predicts how you'll do tomorrow to keep you motivated. In addition, you can use voice commands to search and record food, drinks, and exercises from our large, curated nutritional and activity databases.\n\n\n\nWith HealthMetric, you control how to become: Healthier. Strong. Better. You.","sentence2":"Dear Dr. Roach \u2022 I\u2019m a 75-year-old male who can\u2019t remember whether or not he\u2019s had chickenpox as a child. This is somewhat important, as I\u2019m c\u2026"}
-{"id":"1484037432_1483909901","score":2.5,"sentence1":"KOTA KINABALU - The chief of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) who enjoys close ties with Umno leaders has said that Islam doesn't have the swearing of an oath as carried out by ex-premier Najib Razak recently, to deny his involvement in the murder of a Mongolian woman.\n\nPAS president Abdul Hadi Awang was quoted on Wednesday (Jan 1) by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) news site as saying there is only the \"li'an\" oath in Islam, which is sworn by a husband and his wife in cases of suspected adultery where legal proof is unavailable.\n\nDatuk Seri Hadi was answering a question by a member of an audience who wanted to know about Najib's oath, at a talk in the Sabah capital on Tuesday (Dec 31), FMT said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hadi, an influential ustaz (Islamic cleric) in his party, there are no other legal oaths in Islam, though there are no restrictions against anyone wanting to take whatever oath, FMT reported.\n\n\"But if the accused does not have any witnesses, it's best to keep quiet,\" he was quoted as saying.\n\nNajib on Dec 20 swore an oath in a mosque in Kuala Lumpur to deny an accusation that he gave the order to kill Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.\n\nThe accusation was made by former police commando Azilah Hadri, who was convicted in 2009 of the murder, in a recent statutory declaration (SD).\n\nAltantuya, 28, was shot and her body blown up with explosives in a gruesome murder in 2006.\n\nNajib carried out the controversial oath inside Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru after Friday prayers.\n\nMr Hadi - whose decision to get close to Najib, when the latter was Umno president, paved the way for close Umno-PAS ties today - warned against being too eager to take such oaths as it may incur Allah's displeasure, FMT said.\n\nThe solemn oath, called sumpah laknat in Malay, is rarely uttered by Muslims as it calls for divine retribution on the party who is lying.\n\nRelated Story Malaysia may reopen Mongolia murder case as Najib Razak vows innocence\n\nRelated Story Dozens to be questioned over claim Najib Razak gave Altantuya kill order: Malaysia police chief\n\nRelated Story Lurid tale of bribery and murder looms anew for Malaysia's Najib\n\nRelated Story Murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu's family want justice in Malaysia lawsuit\n\nThis was the second time that Najib has sworn using the sumpah laknat in dealing with the murder of Altantuya.\n\nNajib swore a similar oath in 2008 at the height of the controversy over Ms Altantuya's murder, in a mosque in Penang.\n\nWhen Najib made the second oath on Dec 20, retired military general Mohamed Arshad Raji was quoted as saying Najib should stop \"making a mockery of the Islamic religious oath\".\n\nMr Arshad, chief of the National Patriot Association said, as quoted by Malaysiakini: \"An allegation of murder is a very serious matter. It is not a trivial matter such as a chicken or a goat has gone missing in a kampung where the matter can be settled with a sumpah (oath)\".","sentence2":"KUALA LUMPUR - Some 300 Muslim students gathered on Wednesday (Jan 1) to protest against Chinese educationist group Dong Zong for opposing a Malaysian government's plan to introduce Jawi writing in Chinese and Tamil schools.\n\nThe peaceful gathering, organised by the Malaysian Muslim Students Coalition (Gamis), was held despite a warning by the police on Tuesday (Dec 31) that the organiser failed to obtained a permit from Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the police for the march.\n\nPolice did not interfere with the protest held outside a popular mall in downtown Kuala Lumur. The college students held up placards and banners while listening to speeches by several speakers.\n\nOne large banner in Jawi, complete with a clenched fist painted in red, read, 'People, rise to defend Jawi'. A placard read: 'Undergraduates rise to defend Jawi'.\n\nEarlier, some 150 students had assembled at the historic Masjid Jamek Kuala Lumpur mosque and were planning to march to the mall nearby. But they were advised against doing so by Gamis president Saifullah Baiduri, MalayMail online news reported, because holding a march without a proper permit is forbidden by a local law.\n\nEthnic tensions rose last week after Chinese education groups - the United Chinese Schools Teachers' Association (Jiao Zong) and the United Chinese School Committees' Association (Dong Zong) - planned to hold a protest congress against Jawi's introduction.\n\nThere are more than 1,200 Chinese and 523 Tamil primary schools in Malaysia that use either Mandarin or Tamil as the medium of instruction.\n\nIn August, the ministry surprised most people by saying it would include Jawi writing in the Year 4 (Primary 4) syllabus of Bahasa Melayu in the vernacular schools, raising concerns over creeping Islamisation.\n\nThese vernacular schools are run independently of national schools, and where the students, mainly Malays, are taught Jawi writing as part of Islamic studies.\n\nRelated Story Put teaching of Jawi in Chinese and Tamil schools on hold, urges National Jawi Congress\n\nRelated Story Tensions rise again over Jawi writing in Malaysia\n\nThe police obtained a court order to stop the congress planned by the Chinese education groups, but allowed a National Jawi Congress to proceed on Sunday.\n\nThe organisers of Sunday's congress that included prominent political activists urged the government to put on hold the teaching of a Jawi calligraphy module in the vernacular schools."}
-{"id":"1599137604_1484130548","score":4.0,"sentence1":"The SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum was developed in March 2020 to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. Grassroot Soccer (grassrootsoccer.org) and its team of curriculum advisors rapidly designed this sport-based tool as a way for coaches, educators, and parents to easily facilitate fun, simple, and effective sessions with young people (ages 9+).\n\nThe curriculum aims to increase comprehensive knowledge on COVID-19, promote healthy behaviors such as proper handwashing, provide skills for mental wellbeing during stressful times, and dispel common myths about the disease. Use this SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum to connect with young people either in schools or the classroom (if deemed safe by local health authorities) or remotely through video-conferencing and WhatsApp (where available). .\n\nParents and caregivers can also use this tool to provide COVID-19 education to children at home.\n\nGrassroot Soccer (GRS) is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in developing countries to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Since 2002, GRS has reached over 2 million young people in 50 countries with life-saving HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services.\n\nOther related documents are:","sentence2":"Laughing at Wall Street: How I Beat the Pros at Investing (by Reading Tabloids, Shopping at the Mall, and Connecting on Facebook) and How You Can, Too Chris Camillo\n\n(4.5\/5)\n\nFree"}
-{"id":"1484013325_1484306206","score":4.0,"sentence1":"The New Right Party is on the lookout for some new candidates to add to its electoral list for the upcoming elections who will boost its popularity, including some former members of the Zehut Party. New Right will possibly add one or two new candidates to its recent electoral lists, and may make some appointments based on the ability of such candidates to boost the party\u2019s electoral appeal in specific sectors of the population.To that end, party coleader and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett met in recent days with figures in the newly established New Liberal Party, including Libby Molad and Refael Minnes, who were both candidates in the Zehut Party\u2019s run for Knesset in the April elections.Zehut took 2.74% of the vote in that election, not enough to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold but enough to garner 118,000 votes, worth some three Knesset seats.Many of those ballot slips were likely cast by politically right-wing, economically liberal voters who could see New Right as a reasonable alternative to Zehut in the upcoming election, given the party\u2019s right-wing approach to diplomatic and security affairs and its economic, free market liberalism.Sources in New Right confirmed that there have been contacts between Bennett and the former Zehut figures, but said that any agreement would see the addition of only one individual in an obtainable spot on the party list, and that any notion that New Right would merge with another party is not realistic.The source added that no decision on new candidates for its electoral list is imminent, and that New Right is looking at potential new candidates from a spectrum of population sectors and smaller parties.Such candidates could come from the Anglophone, French or Ethiopian communities, or from the community of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.Additionally, the order of candidates on the New Right electoral list could be altered from its previous iterations, with the possibility that some candidates will be moved up or down.Molad said in response to the initial report about the contacts with New Right that the New Liberal Party is looking at \u201cdifferent connections with parties whose values overlap with the liberal values we bring with us,\u201d adding that New Right is \u201ccertainly a worthwhile option,\u201d but that \u201cwhen we reach this river we will cross it.\u201d","sentence2":"Living An Orange Dream\n\nOur CHEF for MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #36 is Temari 09.\n\nCHEF Temari challenges us to express the secret life of flowers...\n\n\u27a4 Your image must include one and only one flower though that same flower may be repeated up to 12 times.\n\n\u27a4 You must use a basically two-toned background with colors derived from your flower.\n\n\u27a4 Include at least one sphere or bubble.\n\n\u27a4 The image must have from two (min) to five (max) fairies and\/or butterflies and\/or bees.\n\n\u27a4 NO BIRDS.\n\nThe flower(s) and spheres are my photography. Butterflies are from Photoshop.\n\nThanks everyone for your views, awards, comments, invites and faves.\n\nDone"}
-{"id":"1484188414_1484207583","score":4.0,"sentence1":"(Image by jinxmcc at flickr.com\/people\/64443083@N00\/) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nBy the Solstice bonfire\n\nI pulled him aside and told him about the colors\n\nThe colors of spontaneous remission\n\nHe the adjuster of bones listened\n\n\n\nWhile the fire fed on the darkness\n\nOf our annual lost-and-foundness\n\nOur circle much enlarged\n\nAll of us were there for one thing\n\n\n\nAnd one thing only\n\nGazing into the fire\n\nSo long as I am you are we\n\nAre just like children here\n\n\n\nI'll tell you how it all got started\n\n(Have you noticed how that old tree\n\nPoised in the fire-glow seems to want\n\nTo be photographed and shared)\n\n\n\nThe reach of the fire is astounding\n\nThe flames come apart\n\nLike a wing separating from the body of a bird\n\nAs if flight were more important than life\n\n\n\nAnd as I told you my story\n\nOur faces were refreshed by the fire\n\nYou, joint-healer, bone-mender, husband and father\n\nMe the old poet dream-worker, husband, father, son of my father\n\n\n\nMe out of work can you believe it But no matter\n\nWe both know something that the other craved\n\nFor surely just as the fire reaches up\n\nA vortex spirals down\n\n\n\nAnd out of this elision of realities comes remission\n\nThe story starts when the old raven came to me\n\nWhen I was still partly raven myself\n\nJust when I was about to climb down into the human world\n\n\n\nIt was then he fixed his gaze upon me\n\nAnd then I got sick and forgot what he told me\n\nAnd later there were the colors and I found myself\n\nHolding a baby and weeping and I was well\n\n\n\nAnd I was human as ravens do not weep\n\nAnd my bones were no longer hollow\n\nAnd such a wonder has never happened since\n\nBut here we are and this too may never repeat","sentence2":"(Image by Isengardt at flickr.com\/people\/49840171@N08\/) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nOn day seven\n\nCreator grew restless\n\nAnd sadly contemplated\n\nAll He had made that must be undone\n\nAnd then He began to pack up thing within thing\n\nTime He reversed\n\nSo for a millisecond the whale\n\nWalked again\n\nAnd the primal mud\n\nWas once again Creator's pride and joy\n\n\n\nOn day six the rivers He stopped from flowing\n\nThe tides He stilled\n\nThe sea surge He quieted with a look\n\nThe wind He stopped it from blowing\n\nThe storm He calmed\n\nThe funnel He summoned it back\n\nInto the purple cloud\n\n\n\nOn day five He paused to watch the horses\n\nRunning across the plain\n\nHe laid His palm across their wildness\n\nAnd they collapsed and slept\n\nThe herd a heap\n\nAnd He saw that it wasn't good\n\n\n\nOn day four\n\nThe colors of the world He muted\n\nThe stars He blew out of the sky\n\nThe sun He extinguished\n\nThe mountains flattened\n\nThe sea He drank\n\nAnd all the waters of creation\n\nHe sucked them dry fountain and spring\n\nThe fires of the middle earth\n\nHe snuffed just like a candle\n\n\n\nDay three\n\nAll the creatures He had named\n\nHe orphaned them\n\nHe took their names back\n\nSo all of life was nameless\n\nThe sea and sky He joined back together\n\nSo the fish and birds of the sky\n\nLooked at each other in a long moment\n\nOf awkward recognition\n\nAnd two by two all living things\n\nFeathered, scaled, naked and creeping\n\nParaded from His memory\n\nLike fleeting images from a magic lantern\n\n\n\nDay two\n\nEnergy He withdrew from matter\n\nSo that wood and bone and metal and flesh\n\nWere all the same in His eye\n\nAnd spirit He removed from energy\n\nAnd He saw that it was not good\n\n\n\nOn day one\n\nHe stopped\n\nBecause all His work was undone\n\nHe allowed His sadness to spread into a great silence\n\nAnd into this silence\n\nInto this sadness He stole Himself away\n\nAnd was no more\n\n(Article changed on January 1, 2020 at 21:51)"}
-{"id":"1484189678_1483977135","score":2.5,"sentence1":"Leftover Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)\n\nUnexploded ordnance (UXO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded. The majority of UXO in Lao are cluster bombs.\n\nA cluster bomb is a small explosive submunition or bomblet that is delivered to its target in a large canister or shell.\n\nCluster bombs are indiscriminate. They cannot distinguish between civilian and military targets. Their wide-area coverage and poor targeting mechanisms nearly guarantee that unintended victims will die or be injured, even when the weapons function as designed.\n\nCluster munitions continue to kill long after a war ends because these weapons often fail to explode on impact as designed. (Source: Mennonite Central Committee)\n\nTo see how a cluster bomb works and how it is detected and detonated, view the Multimedia Interactive Center (MIC).","sentence2":"By Jonah DeChants\n\nBen Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news earlier this year for his statements about transgender people.\n\nIn a September meeting with HUD staff, Carson remarked that he was concerned about \"big, hairy men\" trying to use women's shelters. It is reported that his comments upset the HUD staff in attendance, causing one women to leave the room in protest.\n\nCarson later doubled down on his comments in a congressional hearing, declining to apologize and saying \"I think this whole concept of political correctness \u2013 you can say this, you can't say that, you can't repeat what someone said \u2013 is total foolishness.\"\n\nWhile his comments demonstrate a lack of understanding of the needs of transgender people, his agency's moves to remove protections represent a real threat for transgender Americans who need shelter.\n\nAs my research shows, transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services, exacerbating their already elevated rates of homelessness.\n\nDisproportionate Risk of Homelessness\n\nAccording to the 2017 U.S. Trans Survey, a survey of more than 27,000 transgender people across the U.S. conducted by the nonprofit National Center for Transgender Equality, 30% have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Twelve percent report at least one episode of homelessness in the last year.\n\nOnce they become homeless, transgender people are also likely to experience discrimination and harassment when seeking shelter services. A study by the Center for American Progress found that 21% of shelters refuse to serve transgender women.\n\nWhile in a shelter, 70% of U.S. Trans Survey respondents reported harassment, sexual or physical assault due to their transgender identity.\n\nThis discrimination makes transgender people hesitant to seek shelter \u2013 more than a quarter of respondents reported avoiding staying in shelter due to fear or mistreatment.\n\nBest Practices\n\nThere is a small but growing body of literature on the experiences and needs of transgender people living in homeless shelters.\n\nOrganizations that work on LGBTQ housing access, such as the National Center for Transgender Equality and True Colors United, recommend that shelters respect clients\u2019 self-identified gender as best practice for housing transgender clients.\n\nIn practice, this can include housing clients in the dorm of their self-identified gender; offering private living and bathing spaces; training shelter staff about transgender identities; and adopting inclusive language in administrative paperwork, such as intake forms.\n\nRecognizing both the high levels of need and the unique challenges faced by transgender people experiencing homelessness, the National Coalition for the Homeless adopted a nondiscrimination policy in 2003, which protects people on the basis of gender identity and expression.\n\nIn 2016, HUD implemented new regulations to protect transgender people from discrimination in housing services. The Gender Identity Rule clarified policies for single-gender shelter facilities with shared sleeping or living spaces.\n\nIt required all HUD funding recipients to respect the gender identity of transgender clients, housing them in facilities that align with their gender identity rather than their birth sex. It also removed a previous prohibition against asking about clients' gender identity, allowing providers to ask about gender identity and house clients accordingly.\n\nThe rule included extensive guidance of how to safely house transgender clients, including information about bathroom facilities and how to deal with concerns or harassment from other clients.\n\nWeakened Regulations\n\nWhile the Gender Identity Rule provided important protections, I also see significant weaknesses.\n\nThe nondiscrimination protections apply only to organizations which receive federal funding. Some shelters are run and funded by private, and often religious, organizations, and therefore do not have to follow this rule.\n\nEnforcement mechanisms are also weak. Individuals who have experienced discrimination may submit a complaint to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. However, people experiencing homelessness may not be aware of their rights or have the capacity to submit a complaint while struggling to meet their basic needs.\n\nWhat's more, the protections that this rule offers may soon be undone.\n\nIn May, HUD proposed a new rule that would give housing providers who get federal funding the right to establish their own policies regarding how to house transgender clients. The proposed rule states that organizations may use a client's sex to make decisions about where and how to house them, without providing any guidance about how to determine an individual's sex.\n\nThe proposed rule is now working its way through the regulatory process, with advocacy groups meeting with HUD to discuss its potential impact. It is also supposed to go through a period of public comment.\n\nHUD has also scaled back enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, which protects against discrimination in housing based on race, religion, sex, ability, and other protected classes, by freezing investigations into discriminatory practices. This freeze includes investigations into discrimination against parolees and former inmates, people with disabilities and racial or ethnic minorities.\n\nThe administration's decision to halt these investigations implies that they do not consider nondiscrimination protections to be a priority. That can further endanger transgender people experiencing discrimination in shelters and housing services.\n\nThis article was written by Jonah DeChants, postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University for The Conversation. It was originally published on Dec. 16 and has been republished with permission."}
-{"id":"1484009613_1483762075","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Robert Plant - Big Log\n\nPhil Collins played drums on this and 5 other tracks on the album. He also played drums on Plant's previous album Pictures At Eleven.\n\nThis was Robert Plant's first hit as a solo artist after the break up of Led Zeppelin.\n\nPlant's lyrics were often influenced by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Big Log is a mythical, extended metaphor for a lost love: \"My love is in league with the freeway... My love is the miles and the waiting.\"\n\nA Big Log is common lingo of tractor trailer drivers.\n\nIt is the book in which their road hours are logged, therefore the connection between the road and love and the countless hours we all log on both.\n\nMany of the videos to Plant's songs take place in desert settings.\n\nThe music video for the song was filmed on location in various areas around California and Nevada, including the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley Junction, California, the Calico Ghost Town in California, the Glass Pool Inn in Las Vegas, and in Crystal, Nye County, Nevada.\n\nThe guitar solo is by Robbie Blunt who was a member of Robert Plant\u2019s solo band at the time and got a co-writing credit on the song. 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These products are not just limited to women, but are also essential for every man out there. Men are also vain in many ways. They want to look their best on all occasions by having a nice haircut, sporting a clean beard, and having pearly white teeth. Men have every right to look attractive to the opposite sex, and they also deserve to age gracefully.\n\nInvesting in your physical appearance is always a significant advantage in everything that you do. Looking good will increase your chances of getting promoted for your dream job, it increases your self-esteem, and it makes it easier for you to meet the girl of your dreams. So if you are looking for hygiene products, here are the things that you should stock up on for your bathroom cabinet.\n\nBeard products\n\nIf you are sporting a beard, it is essential to keep it clean and dry at all times. Aside from applying shampoo and conditioner, it would help if you also used a few drops of essential oils and special balm to help moisturise the skin and the entire beard. Combing it once or twice a day will help get rid of all the dirt that has been stuck in it. You may want to check out the products from online stores like https:\/\/missionbeard.com for all your beard-related needs.\n\nHair conditioner\n\nRegardless of if you are sporting a clean-cut or long hair, using a hair conditioner should be included in your hygiene product list. Some shampoos tend to dry your hair and scalp; that is why applying some conditioner will help you replenish lost nutrients. With continuous use, it will also make your hair smoother and stronger. Besides, having dry hair makes you prone to split ends which is something that you do not want to have.\n\nSunscreen\n\nToo much sun exposure can lead to premature skin ageing and wrinkles. It is a must to use a sunscreen for your face and body to keep it protected all day. Choose a sunscreen with an SPF 30 or higher to prevent getting sunburned. Remember that UV rays are harmful to the skin and cause certain types of skin cancer.\n\nLip balm\n\nExtreme weather changes can cause your lips to become dry and chaffed. Even men should use a lip balm to keep their lips moisturised. Choose a product that is light, non-greasy and long-lasting on the lips. If you do not feel like using lip balm, you can use petroleum jelly.\n\nLotion\n\nThere are a lot of factors that can cause your skin to become dry and dull. Using a moisturising body cream can help improve your skin by making it soft and supple. For best results, you should apply lotion after taking a bath and before going to bed.\n\nLastly, do not forget to apply toner and moisturiser on your face as part of your nightly skincare routine. These products will help your skin look fresher.\n\nImage: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/soap-bathroom-products-candles-775267\/"}
-{"id":"1484033221_1483948522","score":4.0,"sentence1":"When it came to souping up Rihanna\u2019s Savage X Fenty lingerie for Valentine\u2019s Day 2020, the self-professed bad gal had one designer in mind: Adam Selman, aka the man whose Le Specs collaboration took the modelling world by storm. The Hadid sisters and Kendall Jenner are Selman fans, and RiRi \u2013 who gives seriously good sunglasses \u2013 has worn her friend\u2019s shades despite designing pairs herself over at Fenty.com. So, does Selman have the same magic touch when it comes to underwear?\n\n\u201cLingerie is something I\u2019ve always wanted to design,\u201d Selman tells Vogue. \u201cSo many of my collections have been influenced and inspired by the detailing and fabrics. It was an easy pairing because Rihanna and I share so many core beliefs: our brands make people feel confident, powerful and joyful.\u201d\n\nRead more: Rihanna Names Normani Savage X Fenty\u2019s First Ambassador As Victoria\u2019s Secret Cancels Show\n\nThe Xclusive 19-piece underwear edit is split into two categories: Locket Down and Down The Aisle. The former is a play on words, but is as literal as it gets, according to the collection notes. Available in a metallic Goji Berry Red and Black Caviar, the vinyl foil spandex sets feature heart-shaped locket and key charm zipper pulls and rose gold hardware for the \u201cbad ass babe\u201d.\n\nRead more: Rihanna\u2019s First Fenty Collaboration Is All About Big Boss Energy\n\nDown the Aisle, in contrast, is \u201cdeceivingly sweet\u201d, all delicate ruffles and heart trims. Designed to be layered, mixed and matched, the separates have a vintage look, as well as that girl next door aesthetic.\n\nEach set is packaged neatly into a Savage X Fenty Xtra VIP box with a bonus collectors\u2019 Rihanna phone ring. But it will be the campaign faces that sway you to click to buy, rather than the gift. Adesuwa Aighewi, Fiffany Luu, Joan Smalls and Paloma Elsesser are shot by Dennis Leupold in a wildly kitsch bedroom. \u201cI\u2019ve been really fortunate to have people from all different fields wear my brand,\u201d Selman muses of the Adam Selman effect (his sportswear is also seen in gym selfies across Instagram). \u201cI like that my brand is a community, and I think that\u2019s what makes it feel like a \u2018cult following\u2019.\u201d Add to that Rihanna\u2019s loyalists across the globe \u2013 \u201cShe is just miles ahead of the industry, and her dedication and passion is beyond,\u201d says Selman \u2013 and the duo is about to Fentify Valentine\u2019s Day.\n\nFor true bad gals who are allergic to the Hallmark holiday, the \u201cnaughty-but-nice\u201d knickers will be available to buy through spring via additional drops. \u201cRihanna is the best,\u201d Selman affirms. \u201cPeriod.\u201d\n\nThe Locket Down box, $59.95 (\u00a346), and Down the Aisle box, $39.95 (\u00a330), are available to buy now at Savagex.com\n\nMore from British Vogue:","sentence2":"The look of love (Picture: Getty)\n\nOh, pasta. Whether you\u2019re more of a linguini lover or mad for macaroni, there\u2019s really nothing like a hearty helping of the feel-good dish.\n\nYou might be prepared to give up a lot for veganuary 2020 \u2013 where people try to go vegan for a month \u2013 and you might think you can just get away with not sprinkling cheese on top of your beloved pasta, but what is pasta actually made from?\n\nBrace yourself and read on to find out whether or not vegans can eat pasta\u2026\n\nIs pasta vegan?\n\nLike so many things in life, there isn\u2019t a clear yes or no \u2013 it depends on the type of pasta you\u2019re eating.\n\nWhen it comes to pasta, there\u2019s usually two types: fresh pasta and pasta secca (aka dried pasta).\n\nHnnng (Picture: Getty)\n\nFresh pasta is usually made and cooked in the same setting and is usually not vegan because it can contain eggs, whereas dry pasta is nearly always vegan.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nIf you\u2019re making dry pasta for yourself at home, double-check the packaging but you\u2019re most likely not going to fail veganuary as a result.\n\nIf you\u2019re eating pasta out at a restaurant, ask if the fresh pasta was made with eggs or oil.\n\nGiving up fresh pasta might be worth it though \u2013 especially if you want to boost your erections.\n\nNetflix documentary The Game Changers tested athletes to try out a vegan diet, and by switching to a plant-based diet, their eggplants noticed the difference, standing tall for up to 500% longer in one case.\n\nHow is fresh pasta made?\n\nThe typical ingredients for fresh pasta include flour, water, salt, and eggs \u2013 note that some fresh pasta can be made with oil instead of eggs, but it\u2019s more likely than not to be made with eggs.\n\nFirst, the flour and salt are mixed together in a mixing bowl before a well is made in the middle of the flour.\n\nThis is when the eggs are normally added; they\u2019re cracked right inside the centre of the flour well.\n\nThe flour is mixed into the eggs until a dough forms.\n\nOnce that\u2019s done, the dough is cut into the pasta shape of choice.\n\nYou can buy vegan fresh pasta alternatives from most major supermarkets, including Waitrose\u2019s vegan ravioli and Sainsburys\u2019 non-egg spaghetti and shroomballs.\n\nHow is dried pasta made?\n\nThe majority of dried pasta, on the other hand, is vegan and made from just two ingredients.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nMost mass-produced dried pastas \u2013 which you can buy from supermarkets \u2013 contain just flour and semolina.\n\nSemolina, derived from a wheat product, is first mixed with water. This mixture then gets processed in bulk quantities by machines creating a sort of dough.\n\nThis dough is then pressed through pasta molds to get the intended shape.\n\nMORE: No, doing Veganuary won\u2019t turn you into a woman\n\nMORE: Is peanut butter vegan?\n\nAdvertisement Advertisement"}
-{"id":"1484034979_1483785560","score":3.5,"sentence1":"In November 2019, the Human Resource Development Ministry wrote to all institutes to ensure implementation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers\u2019 Cadre) Act.\n\nAll 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have requested the HRD Ministry to exempt them from reserving positions in the teaching staff for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The premier business schools, which currently do not offer reservation in teaching positions, have been asked by the Ministry to provide quota in faculty positions for SC, ST, OBC and EWS candidates.\n\nAccording to officials, the B-schools have made the request saying they adopt a fair recruitment process and give equal opportunities to all, including disadvantaged sections of society. The IIMs have so far been following the 1975-order of the Department of Personnel & Training that exempted scientific and technical posts from the reservation policy. IIM- Ahmedabad is caught in a battle on the issue in the high court. In November 2019, the Human Resource Development Ministry wrote to all institutes to ensure implementation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers\u2019 Cadre) Act.\n\nA separate communication was sent to all IIMs on Wednesday to ensure \u2018reservation of posts in direct recruitment\u2019, considering the institute as a unit\u2014as specified in the Act that came into effect on March 7, 2019.","sentence2":"The air quality recorded at 9.38 am was 433 in the \u201csevere\u201d category.\n\nDelhiites continued to remain in grip of cold conditions on Wednesday as the minimum temperature settled at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal, officials said.\n\nTwenty-nine trains were delayed for over two-nine hours due to weather conditions, they said.\n\n\u201cThe minimum temperature was recorded at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal,\u201d a MeT official said, adding, the humidity was 97 per cent.\n\nThe air quality recorded at 9.38 am was 433 in the \u201csevere\u201d category.\n\nAccording to the Meteorological department, it would be partly cloudly sky with moderate fog in the morning.\n\nThe maximum temperature in the national capital would hover around 16 degrees Celsius."}
-{"id":"1484804406_1484809369","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Conley Dr., 107-Adan Chavez Argueta and Mirella S. Chavez to Efren Serrano Hernandez, $250,000.\n\nFirst St., 408-Timothy M. Llewellyn and Janine Bowen to Paul W. Rankin and Debra J. Heibein, $959,900.\n\nJanwall Ct., 4-Rachel Roderick Clem to Jonathan R. Alexander, $255,000.\n\nAD\n\nPresident Point Dr., 7, No. B2-Beverlee M. and Donald H. Kohnken to Douglas M. Johnston Jr., $627,500.\n\nAD\n\nSecond St., 530-John C. Kelly to Marcus Jeffrey Collier and Angela Marie Kinsella, $1.27 million.\n\nSummerfield Dr., 87-Joseph C. and Leigh M. Stanger to Hector A. Gomez Escobar and Ana H. Posada Quijada, $316,000.\n\nANNAPOLIS-BROAD CREEK AREA\n\nAdmiral Dr., 607, No. 102-Chopra & Chopra Corp. to Crystal L. Bennett, $261,500.\n\nBurtons Cove Way, 653, No. 11-Lori Goodin Mackenzie to Robert and Susanne McCown, $274,000.\n\nCedar Park Rd., 1212-Ronald W. and Teresa B. Kaiser to Juliet Legear, $320,000.\n\nConduit St., 117-Joseph P. Manck to Eric G. Shea, $615,000.\n\nGingerview Lane, 2706-Patricia M. Podoley to Dennis and Donna Daniels, $555,000.\n\nAD\n\nHarbour Heights Dr., 14-John A. Logan to Daniel Testa and Jennifer Vieira, $269,000.\n\nHideaway Ct., 2140-Hans J. Otten to Casey Rudd, $320,000.\n\nPinewood Dr., 582B-Raymond F. and Mary B. Cooper to Diana Lynn Everline, $593,400.\n\nAD\n\nRiverview Ct., 516-Sally J. Rawls and estate of Melvin E. Rawls to Owen Christian Smith and Beth Ann Bigler, $305,000.\n\nVanguard Lane, 104-Kristin L. and Ryan J. Sylvester to Lauren N. Schmiegel and Nicholas B. Moore, $430,000.\n\nARNOLD AREA\n\nAndrew Hill Rd., 504-Richard H. and Lori E. Amos to Stephen A. Moynihan II and Sharon R. McNamara, $289,000.\n\nCandle Ridge Dr., 341-Ronnie J. and Debra M. Taylor to Emily Anne and Aleksandar Grujic, $455,000.\n\nAD\n\nGilbert Rd., 1426-Thomas P. Davis and Ann C. Boughton to Brandon L. and Katherine M. Fields, $390,000.\n\nMasters Dr., 1278-Sallie S. and Peter B. Sarelas to Craig A. and Lucinda M. Schamburg, $325,000.\n\nRidgeview Ct., 416-David J. and Mary Ann Barnes to John Richard and Amy Elisabeth Dodson, $435,000.\n\nSouthern Hills Dr., 602-Charles J. Pastore to Nathan Murray, $185,000.\n\nAD\n\nWhetstone Dr., 1215-Robert J. and Janet H. Knight to Steven W. and Mary Kay DeGeorge, $628,500.\n\nBROOKLYN AREA\n\nLiberty Terr., 5606-Barbara A. Lindemann and Janet A. List to Crysta Tasker, $230,000.\n\nSixth Ave., 111-Michele Jefferson and Michael F. Alt Jr. to Victor and Kathleen Battung, $275,000.\n\nAD\n\nCAPE ST. CLAIRE-SANDY POINT STATE PARK AREA\n\nBay Head Rd., 1330-Michael A. and Carmina M. Gomolisky to Brent Robert and Kearney Bergin Doherty, $1.2 million.\n\nDeep Creek View, 556-Thomas H. and Kareen K. Whiteley to Abigail Naomi Murray and Daren Sertima, $445,000.\n\nOak Tree Lane, 1048-Richard A. Greco to Kerry D. and Pamela Brithania McGee, $390,000.\n\nSaint Swithins Lane, 214-Ritu Sharma to Jeffrey W. and Heleana M. Burritt, $675,000.\n\nSloop Dr., 1616-Ira K. and Loretta O\u2019Neal to Ashley L. and Stephen R. Kurtinitis, $599,000.\n\nAD\n\nWindgate Dr., 758-Gregory Scott Daub to Joseph M. and Teresa A. Goodridge, $339,900.\n\nCHURCHTON AREA\n\nCarroll St., 5616-Morgan Hensley to Addison Klein, $259,900.\n\nAD\n\nGarret Ave., 1225-Bryan M. and Kaitlyn D. Akers to Matt B. Wadsworth, $325,000.\n\nCROFTON AREA\n\nBancroft Lane W., 1717-David Stewart to Melvin E. Cureton, $227,000.\n\nDana St., 1721-Daniel Thomas and Leigh Spencer McCarthy to Jules Michael Fritz, $335,000.\n\nFlatwood Ct., 1416-Raymond B. Harrison III and Marlene J. Robbins to Benjamin C. Abalos Jr., $245,000.\n\nForest Hill Lane, 2040-Shannon M. St. John and Janet L. Smith to Emily Greer Spicer, $298,000.\n\nNantucket Dr., 2330-Richard and Joan Evans to Jared P. and Kaileen N. Martin, $502,500.\n\nSandwich Ct., 2400-Steven W. Strong and Indira A. Dahan to Honey and Bryce Livingston, $385,000.\n\nCROWNSVILLE AREA\n\nAD\n\nMaple Hill Lane, 623-Elizabeth A. Barr and estate of Albion F. Bacon to Lilliam E. Mendoza Toro, $299,900.\n\nAD\n\nShelby Dale Lane, 1201-Karl H. and Kelli A. Calvo to Patrick D. and Michelle H. Herring, $725,000.\n\nWoodlands Rd., 1224-Penderbrooke Partnership to Mark A. Stump and Aun Kei Ariana Hong, $992,331.\n\nCURTIS BAY AREA\n\nRiver Rock Way, 7909-William J. Smith III to Wayne K. Walsh and Angela L. Stockham, $309,000.\n\nSwanhill Ct., 1192-Jessica M. and Nicholas R. Klug to Samantha Kay and Brien R. Derose, $265,000.\n\nDAVIDSONVILLE AREA\n\nRoyale Glen Ave., 3304-Glenn S. and Kelley P. Sullivan to Melissa and Elliott Long, $699,999.\n\nWayson Rd., 3839-Clayton S. Rogers to Donald Evan and Pamela Lee Smart, $1.29 million.\n\nEDGEWATER AREA\n\nBraxton Way, 284-Robert K. Jerome to Valyra Bacigalupi, $350,000.\n\nAD\n\nChesapeake Dr., 1733-Old Line Real Estate Investments Corp. to Larry W. Andrews, $321,500.\n\nAD\n\nHamlet Cir., 317-Robert Bole and Geraldine Wilkerson Smith to Jacqueline L. and Kenneth R. Yates, $457,750.\n\nMidland Rd., 1641-Branch Banking and Trust Co. to Dana and Kimberly Taylor, $65,000.\n\nRiverside Dr., 1511-Timothy E. and Susan B. Weddle to Phillip and Megan Grossmiller, $575,000.\n\nWilliams St., 938A-Donald L. Larson and Christine Lynn Carlson to David C. and Tambra M. Burke Leizear, $435,000.\n\nGAMBRILLS AREA\n\nCarbondale Way, 1039-Antoine D. and Melissa Lynn Richardson to Salikram and Goma Devi Dahal Niroula, $370,000.\n\nRed Harvest Rd., 1115-William R. Grimmett to Samuel J. and Shannon R. Grimard, $445,000.\n\nAD\n\nWitchhazel Cir., 1545-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to William Rodriguez Madera and Piria Rodriguez, $478,990.\n\nWitchhazel Cir., 1553-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to John Paul Mercado Sanchez and Chickie Marie Flores Sanchez, $494,135.\n\nAD\n\nGLEN BURNIE AREA\n\nBurwood Ave., 426-Gary S. and Julie S. Oswalt to Harold Burns Jr., $280,000.\n\nCory Dr., 1310-Danny Noonan Corp. to Roger Duque Colarte, $274,000.\n\nFerndale Rd., 323-Joyce A. and George R. Wetzel to Mary Barnette, $305,000.\n\nHeritage Hill Dr., 6459-Karen Arriaga to Kebin McLean, $190,000.\n\nLong Towne Ct., 475-Keith Paterno to Omar Ledezma, $205,000.\n\nMontfield Lane, 300-James Venezia Jr. and Cindy L. Dawley to Jose Luis Barrera and Rafaela Lopez, $310,000.\n\nRose Ave., 329-Ameri Star Homes Inc. to Zakery Ray and Samantha Jo Null, $359,629.\n\nShetlands Lane, 309-Home Selling Solutions Corp. to David Garret and Chelsea Rae Nelson Hintze, $369,900.\n\nGLEN BURNIE-MARLEY CREEK AREA\n\nAnnapolis Dr., 1566-Clare M. and Edward M. Connelly to Bailey E. Youse, $302,000.\n\nBriargrove Lane, 7514-Joy E. and Adam T. Eastlack to Austin Harclerode, $325,000.\n\nAD\n\nCrown Rd., 7215-Chelsea A. and Robert L. Gruss to Justin and Alexandria Barker, $300,000.\n\nElton St., 8066-Robert and Ashley Grizzle to Arianna J. and Contraze D. Isaac, $444,000.\n\nGatewater Ct., 360, No. C-Robert C. and Kathleen T. Cooper to Natashia A. Rhoden, $145,000.\n\nHollywood Ct., 224-Amy N. and Jeffrey Toloczko to Vickie Hamilton, $279,900.\n\nKuethe Rd. NE, 207-Travis Pham to Matt R. and Dominique Fenelon, $302,000.\n\nMorris Ct., 176-Miguel Antonio Pena and Patricia G. Martinez to Darryl and Justine Cooper, $295,000.\n\nNew Jersey Ave. NE, 318-Jacqueline Kay Riggin and Jana Lynne Raup to Mark Wingo and Emily Kuzmiw, $199,999.\n\nOverhill Rd., 7720-Single Source Homes Inc. to Cicilee A. Petersen, $299,000.\n\nStegman Pl., 1008-Garland Coleman to Gerald and Lesley A. Bright, $365,000.\n\nTimbercross Lane, 7663-Derik J. and Joni M. Wobbrock to Robert Antonio and Lorrie Marie Johnson, $320,000.\n\nHANOVER AREA\n\nAragorn Ct., 7728-William J. and Janice L. Kaifer to May Tun Saung and David Griffin Wholey, $373,510.\n\nCrystal Brook Way, 7869-Yun Fan Zhu and Min Yong Chung to Chandra and Gowrie Chandramouli, $418,000.\n\nFair Oak Dr., 1523-Esther and Pyung Kang Sharon Oh to Sharice Yvelle and Denvil Shirvin Ruan, $379,900.\n\nHoney Locust Lane, 7536-Christina E. and Gloria Butters to Richard T. Manipon, $378,000.\n\nRace Rd., 7400-Mountain One Realty Corp. to Elmer Ovidio Monroy Perez and Magaly Monroy, $327,000.\n\nLAUREL AREA\n\nBarbersville Rd., 418-Matthew W. and Sara Marie Phillips Sullivan to Luis E. Fuentes Martinez and Eva P. Fuentes, $325,000.\n\nGalaxy Way, 3160-Margaret L. Howard Gill and estate of Andrea Leonette Gill to Natasha Lashay Everett, $342,000.\n\nSpadderdock Ct., 3108-Marlene Torres to Valenti Duncan, $276,000.\n\nSudlersville S., 3320-Insource East Properties Inc. to Tuan Nguyen and Truc Tran, $245,000.\n\nLINTHICUM HEIGHTS AREA\n\nHammonds Ferry Rd. N., 419-George N. and Phyllis E. Potwin to Lauren Szech, $275,000.\n\nOak Grove Rd., 509-Daniel C. and Natalie G. Bos to Norvik Khachatourian, $330,000.\n\nLOTHIAN AREA\n\nLytham Ct., 4808-Casey Johnson and Crystal Waters to John E. and Patti L. Winterbottom, $610,000.\n\nTeton Dr., 645-Darcy Maloney to Robert F. Ogilvie III and Heather L. Yoder, $225,000.\n\nMILLERSVILLE AREA\n\nGartelman Farm Dr., 8373-Matthew Papillion and Mary E. Oh to William E. Morales Fernandez and Yaribel Mendez Gonzalez, $405,000.\n\nKeith Ct., 226-Hae Yong Yoon to Veronica Jean Williams, $250,000.\n\nNorwood Dr., 8365-Christina L. Cleveland to Shawn M. Wurtz, $182,500.\n\nNORTH BEACH AREA\n\nAlder Pl., 650-Chad and Anne M. Jernigan to Kyle A. Wood, $293,000.\n\nODENTON AREA\n\nBeechnut Pl., 2400-Eleanor L. Howell to Rachel Schmierer Davis, $315,000.\n\nBunker Hill Ct., 2002-Wesley D. and Jennifer Huff to Leo Trimble Jr., $480,000.\n\nCommissary Cir., 2255-Marcy A. Gouge to Travis J. and Austin M. Downey, $289,900.\n\nEagles Landing Ct., 317I-Luke M. and Mary Frances Tallent to Michael T. Suberu, $175,000.\n\nLisa Ave., 490-Daniel Loveless and Christine Polucha to Theodore A. and Nina B. Martinez, $500,000.\n\nNob Hill Way, 217-Yamilka Gordon and Aaron Bryant to Phillip D. Forsyth, $345,000.\n\nRita Dr., 537-Richard John Moran to Opubo T. Agiobenebo, $285,000.\n\nTrout Run Ct., 622-Zachariah and Virginia Renee Ragland to Allison Blatch, $388,000.\n\nWinding Stream Way, 689, No. 204-Michele Tornabene to Reanne Shields, $229,000.\n\nPASADENA-ROCK CREEK AREA\n\nAbbey Ct., 8040F-Angela Marie Comberiate and James Michael Garippa III to Jerett Thomas Campbell, $150,000.\n\nBayside Beach Rd., 1776-Jason and Johanna Gartside to Zachary J. Vito, $472,000.\n\nBridge Dr., 721-Christopher W. and Kimberly F. Herman to Christopher M. and Heather M. Mekins, $520,000.\n\nCarol Dr., 8395-Kevin Michael and Jessica Elizabeth Cook to Dustin Cook, $210,000.\n\nClear Blue Lane, 609-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to Frankie Lee Hadley, $416,790.\n\nDobbins Lane, 411-Craig and Cindy Gartzke to John Louis and Grace Marie Barry Franco, $820,000.\n\nFox Hollow Run, 1806-Sharon L. and Harold E. Stephan to Thomas K. and Jaclyn M. Hilton, $495,000.\n\nHandel Ct., 3625-Rebecca Hall Hagel to Daniel R. Collumb, $219,900.\n\nHillside Rd., 1244-Gerald C. and Caryn A. Canfield to Donna D. and Mark Facciani, $789,000.\n\nKings Bench Pl., 7839-Bryan Kernan to Jon Derick Hermann, $255,000.\n\nMallow Ct., 7816-U.S. Bank National Association and TBW MTG Backed Pass-Through Certificate to Matthew Inch, $233,500.\n\nOld Crown Dr., 3446-Miguel and Priscilla Ruiz Goya to Nabin K. and Anju Gurung, $342,500.\n\nRed Lion Way, 7861-Department of Veterans Affairs to Joshua John Roos and Meghan Alice Ryder, $215,000.\n\nSeneca Terr., 253-William L. McFarland to Malcolm E. and Rebecca L. Stennett, $253,000.\n\nWillowby Run, 762-Thomas K. and Jaclyn Hilton to Samantha K. Connaster and Sean A. Saunders, $250,000.\n\n209th St., 808-Wilmington Trust National Association and Lehman XS Trust to Kristin N. Lowery, $310,000.\n\nRIVA AREA\n\nMeadow Rd., 104-David C. Deacon to Stacy Dale Krusberg, $225,000.\n\nSEVERN AREA\n\nBrookstone Ct., 8031-Antwan William Harrington to Taryn Elyse Lambert, $218,500.\n\nColdbrooke Dr., 7840-Leonard and Cynthia K. Campbell to Marcia L. Rider, $530,000.\n\nGolden Pine Cir., 7819-Susan Cimino to Ilya Victorovich and Angela Monique Polonchuk, $375,900.\n\nLexington Dr., 8227-Irvin C. and Andriana M. Tuthill to Joel Parker, $255,000.\n\nSevern Rd., 1802-William C. and Janet M. Johnson to Ligia C. Pereira, $234,000.\n\nTower Court Rd., 7941-Andrea and Sean Hinson to Shaun and Maureen McCoy, $350,000.\n\nWillow Branch Way, 1520-Toll VII Partnership to Pui Ngan Chan, $685,813.\n\nSEVERNA PARK AREA\n\nBellevista Ct., 1112-Pauline D. and Roy W. Valcich to Joshua and Laura E. Girton, $725,000.\n\nFairlane Ct., 432-Marysabel M. Nanney to Jeremy Allen and Laura Jane Keimig, $795,000.\n\nLynwood Ct., 457-Deborah B. and Kevin T. Moore to Robert Douglas and Barbara Clare Miller, $465,000.\n\nPawtucket Ct., 232-John Stephen Laferty and estate of Jean H. Laferty to Michael D. and Debra B. Ensor, $565,000.\n\nRio Lane, 1043-Jennifer Accinelli and Marnie Tomasello to Melanie Lynn Hilley, $900,000.\n\nStowaway Lane, 305-W. Terry Schoener to Kevin Michael Burdinski and Kendall Stacie Conder, $645,000.\n\nWiltshire Lane, 245-Robert S. and Kristin M. Hanley to Marysabel M. Nanney, $1.6 million.\n\nSHADY SIDE AREA\n\nFilbert St., 4948-Christopher M. and Melonie M. Chinn to Thomas E. Beall IV and Laura E. Smith, $295,000.\n\nShady Rest Rd., 1431-Whole Earth Properties Inc. to Nicholas Biello, $308,000.\n\nHoward County\n\nThese sales data recorded by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in August were provided by Black Knight Inc. For information about other residential real estate transactions, visit washingtonpost.com\/homesales.\n\nCENTENNIAL-BENSON AREA\n\nBlandford Way, 10210-Paul M. and Lynn P. Hottle to Jayson Beckman and Shahana Ahmed, $615,000.\n\nCarlee Run Ct., 3040-Christopher Rey Harvey to Erik G. and Allison B. Folkart, $820,000.\n\nCentury Dr., 10102-Katherine Mary Rigby to Scott Rudolph and Janice Adalia Apple, $625,000.\n\nDorsey Hall Dr., 4978, No. B4-Igloo Series III Reo Corp. to Kenneth R. and Christine A. Hendershot, $230,000.\n\nFirefly Way, 4053-Scott L. and Laurie A. Rasmussen to Thomas Albert Metzger and Karen Elise Wilson, $487,000.\n\nGolf Island Rd., 2609-Michelle Trabosh to John Michael and Deborah Jane Pearce, $900,000.\n\nGreenbriar Ct., 10301-Karen L. and Mark J. Aaby to Nino Dariush and Robin Myung Delossantos, $675,000.\n\nHillsmere Rd., 9725-Concetta M. Molica to Sabir Zaman and Sadia Sabir, $401,500.\n\nManordale Lane, 9001-Timothy Robert and Susan Rose Childers to Kwame Otibu and Grace Kena, $575,000.\n\nMount Hebron Ct., 2194-Amir D. and Irene Khaksari to Dongkee Lee and Keun Hee Kim, $479,000.\n\nQuarterfield Dr., 11609-Michael J. and Jennifer E. Lyons Keefe to Khizar A. Khan, $950,000.\n\nResort Rd., 10520, No. 310-Vantage Condominium Corp. to Jung Im Choi, $357,480.\n\nTerra Maria Way, 3066-Lawrence C. and Arlene J. Norford to Hannah and Anthony V. Zirrolli, $660,000.\n\nWindsor Moss, 11983, No. 67-Steve R. and Margaret Pierce to Glenn and Diane Severn, $615,000.\n\nCLARKSVILLE AREA\n\nGilbride Lane, 13651-Jerry and Sheryl Rosburg to Scott E. and Melanie Uebele, $1.68 million.\n\nLinden Chapel Rd., 11824-Howard and Jeri F. Hessan to David J. and Ann Lorraine Haag, $1.16 million.\n\nCOLUMBIA (EAST) AREA\n\nBanjo Ct., 7105-Heide K. Hood to Tamara S. Ray, $325,000.\n\nCarved Stone, 7314-Linda Lee Roberts to Kelvin Guevara, $285,000.\n\nDiamondback Dr., 9413-Steven A. and Rachel S. Dial to Eydi Sanchez Reyes and Sara Encarnacion Roa, $400,000.\n\nEmersons Reach, 9152-Bryan Bucio Salas and Roxana Bucio to Mary R. Levarity, $310,000.\n\nHappyheart Lane, 6858-Lois Agramonte to Eddy R. Carrera and Evelyn Jordan, $332,000.\n\nLightning View Rd., 5401-Floyd C. and Shardell Spriggs to Wilber Moreno Gutierrez and Dalila R. Hernandez, $370,000.\n\nMillrace Ct., 5930, No. F304-Flagstar Bank to Anne T. and Joshua D. Gugel, $175,500.\n\nPressed Gentian, 6531-Cassandra Foster to Wubalem Bekele Eshete, $212,500.\n\nScarlet Petal, 6380-E-Trade Bank to Mitchell Greenberg, $295,000.\n\nSilver Trumpet Dr., 8310-Nina Zabolotna to Maiko Yanome, $305,000.\n\nStag Horn Path, 7153-MTGLQ Investors to Anuj Patel, $224,000.\n\nThomas Williams Way, 8500-Patricia Gray and Destiny Thomas to Jaime Manuel Centeno and Marta Magdalena Carranza, $350,000.\n\nThunder Hill Rd., 5571-Ryan Pioquinto and Jennell L. Romero to Frankline F. and Solange Asah, $425,000.\n\nWatercress Pl., 5463-Lawrence V. and Irene R. Seastrum to John V. Runge, $410,000.\n\nWindharp Way, 6330-Grant and Charlene McDaniel to Joshua S. Edwards, $380,000.\n\nCOLUMBIA (WEST) AREA\n\nAshton Park Ct., 6205-John D. and Karen S. Vassar to Cody Marshall and Irina Allyn Henthorne, $525,000.\n\nBright Passage, 11784-Lee E. and Clarissa B. Thomas to Michael and Mi Young Coomes, $616,500.\n\nCedar Fern Ct., 5926-Imtiaz Chhatriwala and Nishreen Akolawala to Hai Tran, $325,000.\n\nGolden Hook, 6271-Amber M. Forrester and Adam B. Barkley to Lennox A. and Margaret A. Stephens, $375,000.\n\nLightfall Ct., 11729-Thomas and Lou Ann Gilmer to Christopher J. Wallace and Andrea G. Shadick, $644,900.\n\nSlender Sky, 6225-Steven G. and Alice R. Lilly to Mark L. and Emily K. Johnson, $405,000.\n\nSymphony Way, 10732, No. 202-Minh Chaunguyen and Dominic Patrick Lewis Kerchner to Annette W. Tucker, $305,000.\n\nTooks Way, 11316-Gwendolyn Dungy to Cynthia Lee Stewart, $532,500.\n\nTwin Rivers Rd., 10566, No. B2-Kelly J. Pike to Mary Melissa Simmens, $130,000.\n\nCOOKSVILLE AREA\n\nMonticello Dr., 14041-David R. and Cynthia A. Desrochers to John Edward Orbegoso, $547,357.\n\nELKRIDGE AREA\n\nArbor Way, 6319-Jason J. and Claudia S. Morrissey to Calvin Manduna and Natoya Rosemarie Reid, $370,000.\n\nCollingwood Ct., 7108-David M. and Patricia S. Wheeler to Jose Medona Franklin and Roney Mathew, $709,900.\n\nDowns Ridge Ct., 6174-Saikat and Brooke Dasgupta to Richard E. and Alyce L. Dassing, $412,000.\n\nElk Mar Dr., 7108-William G. and Lindsay M. Martin to Alice Liu and Ryan Scott Altenburg, $622,400.\n\nLatchlift Ct., 6222-Gail L. Hoffer to Edward W. Tracy and Elizabeth S. Culbertson, $600,000.\n\nMillstream Ct., 7975-Christine M. and Jesse James McGrath to Kedar Ghimire and Rebati Parajuli, $280,000.\n\nParadise Ave., 5759-Joaquin Paredes Rivera and Celia Gonzalez to Tyler and Megan R. Alokonis, $230,000.\n\nRowanberry Dr., 5959, No. 8-Sharon L. Leter to Thawng Hlei and Sung Thluai, $230,000.\n\nSingers Way, 7451-Dhananjay D. and Anshu Marathe to Angela D. Johnson, $399,000.\n\nWater Oak Rd., 7134, No. 246-Nicholas E. and Amanda Horowitz Bill to Tai Coker, $325,000.\n\nELLICOTT CITY AREA\n\nAutumn Field Ct., 5429-Thomas J. and Sharon C. Sonni to Stephen J. and Rachel A. Swatkoski, $619,000.\n\nBonnie Branch Rd., 4868-Marion A. and Francis E. Johnson to William and Jennifer Cooch, $363,000.\n\nBreakstone Ct., 7803-Edward R. and Nancy E. Croft to Harmanpreet Singh, $670,000.\n\nBurrows Lane, 2944-Junjie Song and Zhihua Geng to Ravichandra B. Muthoju and Thriveni Munaganti, $650,000.\n\nJerseybelle Ct., 5417-Irwin L. and Christine M. Morris to Samuel Brewer, $630,000.\n\nMintz Lane, 5119-Francis J. and Reda M. Meanor Duffy to Ritesh Seth, $825,000.\n\nMontgomery Run Rd., 8352, No. I-Chang J. and Nana C. Choi to Hwan Young and Alyssa Kim, $195,000.\n\nNormandy Dr., 2919-Stephen L. and Ruth R. Lauer to Jordan A. and Kacie M. Strausbaugh, $467,500.\n\nQuaker Brothers Dr., 8622, No. 27-Abhai and Rajita Tripathi to Johnson Somaram and Aruna D. Katikela, $320,000.\n\nSandstone Ct., 7701-Andra and Gary Distefano to Matthew and Jessica Degner, $595,000.\n\nStreambank Way, 8505-Alec Beningfield and Cherrie L. Evans to Stephen Ward and Tamara Pearman, $680,000.\n\nTyson Rd., 8202-Lilliam E. Mendoza Toro to Patrick C. Cohill, $515,000.\n\nWinding Ross Way, 8110-Mazhar Natour and Batoul Abbas to Sravanthi Nekkanti, $515,000.\n\nFULTON AREA\n\nGunston St., 8816-Aaron J. and Heather C. Jaffey to Jennifer Dayle Smith, $715,000.\n\nMulberry St., 7615-Ronald A. and Jennifer L. Butler to Jillian L. and William J. Lamont, $880,000.\n\nTerrace Lane, 11271-Deepa Kattail and Sameera Udipi to Bryian and Terry Tan, $709,000.\n\nGLENELG AREA\n\nBurntwoods Rd., 14010-Kerry H. and Robert C. Hite to Kristen Ashley Mandler, $485,000.\n\nPenn Cross Ct., 4004-Mitchell Louis and Susan Davis Coccia to Justin Charles and Kristen Meekins Liberto, $670,000.\n\nGLENWOOD AREA\n\nHunt Valley Dr., 2855-Thomas J. and Rebecca Taylor to Elizabeth C. and John D. Williams, $1.27 million.\n\nHANOVER AREA\n\nHanover Crossing Way, 6325-David Michael and Bonwyn Matarozza Preis to Patrick Joseph and Erin Rose Nyren, $435,000.\n\nPatuxent Quarter Rd., 6287-Linda Jo Byrd to Jamie L. and Angela M. Price, $510,000.\n\nJESSUP AREA\n\nOak Meade Way, 8412-Kevin A. Scheminant to Tianna Reeves, $304,999.\n\nKINGS CONTRIVANCE VILLAGE AREA\n\nBirdhouse Cir., 9446, No. 12-Martin F. Jackson to Ashar Zaman, $320,000.\n\nCopperwood Way, 7045-Carmen Rosa Gelavert to Steven A. Dial, $330,000.\n\nEden Brook Dr., 7323, No. E-28-Shannon Bisram to Melissa Ann Cisiewicz, $325,500.\n\nLittle Bird Path, 7313-Ronald R. and Sherri L. Capurso to Denise Giardina, $375,000.\n\nQuarry Bridge Ct., 9521-Ronnie S. Kurlander and Katy Pardoe to Zahida and Arreba Aslam, $280,000.\n\nSetting Sun Way, 7456-Gabriel and Megan E. Bellagamba to Markela and Matthew P. Murphy, $330,000.\n\nSummer Park Ct., 9710-Susan E. Fischer to Chinthaka G. Hewadikdeniyage and Tonisha C. Herath, $290,000.\n\nMULLINIX AREA\n\nNew Cut Rd., 18131-Richard H. Kolb Jr. to Nicholas Paul and Krystin Anne Locantore, $619,000.\n\nSAVAGE AREA\n\nSavage Guilford Rd., 8266-Douglas Carrol Slater to Wendy Lizette Castro Alvarado, $290,000.\n\nSCAGGSVILLE-LAUREL AREA\n\nBreamore Ct., 9385-Maury W. and Kelly F. Harris to Edy Asdrubal Ruano Osorio, $295,000.\n\nChurchill Way, 10419-Lee and Elizabeth Myers to Kimberly Maisel and Michael Stopek, $687,000.\n\nFennel Way, 10011-Kwang S. Sauer to Colin and Jacqueline Albaugh, $640,000.\n\nHadleigh Ct., 9632-Dana Wolfe Hesse to Yemisi O. Adesomo, $350,000.\n\nLight Moon Way, 8570-Colin B. and Jacqueline L. Albaugh to Robert Francisco and Lisa Anne Bote, $437,500.\n\nMelody Dr., 9014-Burkard Homes Corp. to Bishop J. Felix and James K. Modozie, $539,990.\n\nPeachtree Lane, 8715-Robert A. and Kimberly Grear Perone to Senait Murutse Desta and Daniel Tesfay Teklu, $610,000.\n\nRock Ripple Lane, 9388-Kishan and Ekta Kapadia to Jarom and Erin Voyles, $425,000.\n\nTimber Oak Lane, 8715-Sterling National Bank to Susan and Robert Pate, $459,900.\n\nSYKESVILLE AREA\n\nRiver Rd., 785-Jelles N. Fonda and Kathryn A. O\u2019Connell to Lin Wang, $810,000.\n\nWEST FRIENDSHIP AREA\n\nFox Valley Dr., 3141-American Intl Relocation Corp. and Daniel Murtha to Samuel K. and Emma P. Tweneboah, $790,000.\n\nWOODBINE AREA\n\nCattail Woods Lane, 1717-Gregory D. and Michelle D. Moore to Daniel and Elizabeth Dudley, $660,000.\n\nWoodbine Rd., 2070-Chad A. and Cory A. Zirk to Michele Marie and Shawn Alexander Gannon, $599,900.\n\nWOODSTOCK AREA\n\nChaucer Way, 2105-Douglas S. and Margaret M. Kapustin to Anumalasetty Veeranjaneyulu and Sudharani Anumalasetty, $605,000.\n\nFolkestone Way, 10730-Sang Kyun Ryu to Sameer Siddiqui and Gauri Mehta, $510,000.\n\nOld Frederick Rd., 10884-Rodney W. Williams and Judith A. Carrithers to Michael R. Walton Jr. and Jodie Keenan, $800,000.","sentence2":"Emory Lane, 16650-Patsy C. Herold to Julia Hernandez, $459,900.\n\nHornbeam Dr., 4712-Clinton D. and Shenita Y. White to Stephen J. Tapparo and Luz M. Redondo, $685,000.\n\nMorgal St., 4410-Jeremy A. Schiffer and Rachel Werner to Daniel F. Rogers and Jennifer L. Gordon, $470,000.\n\nAD\n\nVeirs Mill Rd., 12732, No. 1-101-Steven W. Watts and estate of Bradley Nolan Watts to Janys A. Cabrera Diaz, $190,000.\n\nBETHESDA AREA\n\nAlta Vista Rd., 5511-Ihor G. and Catherine Murashchyk to Marco and Carolyn Macchiavelli, $707,500.\n\nAD\n\nArrowood Rd., 7205-MSM Design Build Corp. to David Arash and Beth Javdan, $5.97 million.\n\nBells Mill Rd., 6400-Ivan S. Dimitrov and James Norris Platt to Molly A. Herrera and Juan C. Herrera Trejo, $656,000.\n\nBrixton Lane, 9903-Jeffrey M. and Sheryl E. Prieto to Gabriel I. Parra and Natalia Gudino, $745,000.\n\nBurdette Rd., 8300, No. 502-Donna G. Smith and estate of Charles H. Goldberg to Kenneth H., Francine and Richard Shure, $680,000.\n\nAD\n\nButtermere Lane, 6707-Irma Lee Westrell to Peter Glaser, $630,000.\n\nExeter Rd., 7515-Barry L. and Sigrun F. Haase to Carlton Ervin, $3.5 million.\n\nHarling Lane, 4517-Anthony B. and Frank Crisafulli to Carlyle P. Thorsen, $889,000.\n\nInglemere Dr., 9819-Masha Kruskal to Earle and Cynthia Ingalls, $830,000.\n\nMaple Ave., 4600-Richard Allen Lingle to Nathan K. Redmann and Bianca Elizabeth Bersani, $1.2 million.\n\nAD\n\nMcLean Dr., 5605-Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders Corp. to Edward and Lerna Chaglassian, $2.33 million.\n\nMillwood Rd., 7208-Richard Coghlan and Sang Me Lee to Roman and Katja Elisabeth Heini, $2.65 million.\n\nPelham Rd., 8507-George L. Richardson and Beatriz M. Romero Junquera to Huanhuan Deng and Bing Qi, $1.48 million.\n\nAD\n\nRannoch Rd., 6800-John L. Stodola to Katherine E. Pappas and Craig D. Goldstein, $1.3 million.\n\nSentinel Dr., 4970, No. 11-204-Kerry Lynn Edwards to Rae B. Wine, $564,000.\n\nStill Spring Ct., 8300-Eric Paul Hanson and Celia Noemi Cruz to Daniel P. Simon and Lisa Marie Yanni, $925,000.\n\nVendome Dr., 9232-John D. Gordon and H. Allison Smith to Brian S. Gold, $1.44 million.\n\nWalton Rd., 5816-Natalie A. Albina to Stephen T. Power and Claudia A. Laguzzi, $1.58 million.\n\nWhitley Park Terr., 5450, No. 305-Cheryl L. Maltz and estate of Adrienne K. Maltz to Mohanlal, Panna and Dipti Mistry, $389,250.\n\nAD\n\nWinterberry Ct., 5-Guillermo Jose Aviles Mendoza and Juliana Kruse De Andrade Maia to Maria L. Bruno Ruiz and Daniel F.B. Ruiz, $852,500.\n\nAD\n\nBOYDS AREA\n\nConrad Spring Rd., 15432-Rosemarie Borisow to James P. and Natacha C. Walsh, $765,000.\n\nShiloh Church Rd., 23210-Joe D. and Mary V. Pace to Sam and Rima Abuobaid, $925,000.\n\nBROOKEVILLE AREA\n\nBriars Rd., 3422-Mark B. and Gail A. Gunod Green to Maura Burns and James Landers Sullivan, $519,500.\n\nHoneystone Way, 2302-Peter and Christina Donath to Vincent and Nicole T. Walker, $725,000.\n\nSaint George Way, 2515-Laura Kane and estate of Richard V. Fazio to Michael and Yelena C. Roshal, $727,000.\n\nBURTONSVILLE AREA\n\nAldora Cir., 14119-Gary W. and Wendy Ann Whichard to Emmerson Nelson, $285,000.\n\nBentley Park Dr., 14517-Daniel and Laura Davis to Tariq Shahzad and Humera Tariq, $660,000.\n\nAD\n\nAD\n\nRegalwood Terr., 4313-Gordon H. Fry to Nina M. Keach and Lou Deutschman, $300,000.\n\nSorrento Ct., 14502-Tokozile and Rodwell Dlodlo to Akossiwa E. Atohoun, $290,000.\n\nCALVERTON-COLESVILLE AREA\n\nEnglish Turn Dr., 13015-Itea Investments Corp. to Meseret Ibsa, $750,000.\n\nLillian Lane, 111-Carol Delaney and Patrick J. Doyle to Mamoon Osman Hassan Saeed, $470,000.\n\nPeaceful Lane, 1415-Reginald L. Penny to Antoine D. Poole II and Marielys Montero, $435,000.\n\nStaley Manor Dr., 1743-Sarah M. Pevey to Harris Iqbal and Victoria Audrey Prevette, $310,000.\n\nWoodlake Dr., 3552, No. 19-Tara M. Royster to Titilayo O. Adigun, $365,000.\n\nCHEVY CHASE AREA\n\nClifford Ave., 8804-Nancy B. and Condit N. Eddy to Patricia M. Diaz and Marcelino N. Andrade, $730,000.\n\nAD\n\nFalstone Ave., 4723-Brandon H. and Anna J. Lee to Helene Safire, $1.25 million.\n\nAD\n\nInverness Dr., 3601-David J. Chorzempa to Brian P. and Cathleen D. Ciampa, $1.2 million.\n\nLevelle Dr., 9211-Steven D. and Kimberley C. Pearson to Rebecca S. and Daniel L. Weaver, $1.31 million.\n\nWisconsin Ave., 5600, No. 1407-Terry Holtzman and estate of Mary Holtzman to Joseph E. Schwartz and Anne Weiss, $1.32 million.\n\nWyndale Lane, 7404-Joy M. Leong to Robert A. Vricella, $975,000.\n\nCLARKSBURG AREA\n\nBasswood Hill Dr., 23114-Sun Kyung Yu to Mouhamed and Fatou Dioum, $430,400.\n\nEbenezer Chapel Dr., 13070-Third Try Corp. to Manoj Maheshwari and Nitu Pasari, $515,000.\n\nPond Pine Dr., 12109-Rui P. and Jessica Torres to Yong Guo and Shangwei Liu, $435,000.\n\nAD\n\nWinding Woods Way, 22002-Clarksburg Village Corp. to Jeffrey Glenn and Venita Yvette Scott, $601,395.\n\nCLOVERLY-EDNOR AREA\n\nCantrell Rd., 14400-Musawwir A. and Tasnuva Khan to Luis M. and Edgar C. Loayas Aguilar, $550,000.\n\nAD\n\nRedgate Ct., 2-Roger M. Brown and Karen Jayne Doswell to Deborah Y. Clark, $706,000.\n\nDAMASCUS AREA\n\nBiscayne Lane, 9904-Lawrence and Lindsay Haley to Jason and Amanda Oakes, $395,000.\n\nCanvasback Way, 9958-Jessica M. McLaughlin and Mark R. Nettling to Yamila Medina, $249,000.\n\nMiddleboro Dr., 10812-Susan M. Hensley to Junmin and Xiaoxiang Zhang, $550,000.\n\nValley Park Terr., 25732, No. H-2-Jesus Arturo Parrau and Nicole Jennifer Hartwick to Caitlin Ann Caffrey, $259,000.\n\nAD\n\nDERWOOD AREA\n\nCliffbourne Lane, 17817-Estate of Joan B. Carpenter to Kyle M. and Lynn E. Erickson, $515,000.\n\nGranby Rd., 6108-Florence M. Hallman and Patricia L. Boyer to Sonia Mundle Smith, $685,000.\n\nNutwood Ct., 7609-Alan J. Diamond and Carol Janus to Laddawan Thirachawalit, $375,000.\n\nWheat Fall Dr., 17521-John C. Vergelli and estate of Kathleen Ann Vergelli to Luis F. Retana and Betsy N. Lopez, $450,000.\n\nAD\n\nFOUR CORNERS-BURNT MILLS AREA\n\nBrewster Ct., 314-Andrew J. and Kristin A. Schrader to Cheryl Ann Hurwitz, $653,000.\n\nDryden St., 1107-Laurie A. Yengo to Jodi Ilene Charles, $500,000.\n\nGlenwild Rd., 10615-Arceli Bacsinila to Ashley Nicole Macon and Shauna Natasha Davis, $482,500.\n\nLowander Lane, 813-U.S. Bank and Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust to Yonas Nigatu Gurach, $440,000.\n\nSaybrook Ave., 9308-Laverne H. Havelka to Deanna L. Wright, $504,000.\n\nSutherland Rd., 10003-Jared E. and Jennifer L. Gigliotti to Robert H. and Ashley S. Burch, $615,000.\n\nGAITHERSBURG AREA\n\nBarn Swallow Terr., 18728-Matthew and Shanna Bahen to James Michael Whalen, $276,000.\n\nFertile Meadow Ct., 18023-Rajeev and Gunjan Jain to Maryonne A.C. Snow Smith, $350,000.\n\nGrosbeak Terr., 18632-Brian Williams to Dalicia Ashley Eschoe, $295,000.\n\nHummingbird Terr., 9235-JLG Investments Corp. to Marc D. and Brandon Riley Goldstein, $325,000.\n\nAD\n\nLindstrom Ct., 17615-Alan R. and Jan Briddell Stevens to Jaime Romeo Valiente Gallegos and Ruth Fransoli Valiente, $325,000.\n\nPearlbush Dr., 7900, No. 302-Edward J. Maynes to Christine R. Kim and Ricky M. Zatz, $129,999.\n\nTulip Dr., 110-Ashley J. White and Christopher A. Sibrizzi to Aaron K. and Anna K. Serrano, $400,000.\n\nGAITHERSBURG-NORTH POTOMAC AREA\n\nApple Blossom Way, 112-Wen I. Wear and Jack Pai Young Liu to Kannan Chinnasamy and Harita Kannan, $610,000.\n\nBoat House Ct., 14-Qisheng Li and Jinwen Chen to Dun Liang and Sutan Wu, $771,000.\n\nChestertown St., 122-Scott V. and Sharon L. Nystrom to Andrew and Jaclyn Nicoletta, $882,500.\n\nClover Knoll Rd., 11925-Inge J. Caldwell to Eric Endicott and Heather Leeper, $515,000.\n\nCurry Ford Lane, 208-Suntrust Bank to Francis Aning Boddom, $320,000.\n\nDiamondback Dr., 506, No. 241-C.F. Sept Owner Corp. to Lok Wong Samson, $489,900.\n\nFenceline Dr., 12-Maureen Q. Ponce to Umesh J. Rajani and Purvi R. Desai, $380,000.\n\nHelene St., 535-Blake E. and Ilene H. Godsey to Gary M. and Judith Lynn Katz, $809,900.\n\nKimberly Ct. W., 785-Perfect Homes Corp. to Summer G. Martinez and Daniel Francis Cumberland Jr., $535,000.\n\nLinslade St., 724-Verna W. and Jerry C. Van Wert Jr. to Christopher Michael and Courtney B.K. Knaus, $800,000.\n\nOrchard Hills Dr., 111-Mark A. and Joanna Green to Ebrahim Rajabtabar Darvish and Hanieh Ataei, $550,000.\n\nPhelps St., 477-Rajesh Kumar and Anju Goel to Yang Liu and Yu Zhang, $624,000.\n\nQuince Orchard Blvd., 882, No. 202-Xiaoyou Chen to Anisur Rahman Palash and Afia A. Jahan, $115,000.\n\nSylvan Glade Dr., 14440-Drew Evan and Ryann Leslie Morris to Shafiul and Mahabuba Alam Elahee, $1 million.\n\nWater Oak Dr., 15105-Jai Raj Narain and Tara B. Rajan to Chawan Elliot Barnes and Sadaf Afkhami, $620,000.\n\nGERMANTOWN AREA\n\nAmbassador Dr., 13600-Hao Ping Chai to Hwei Chun Chou, $259,900.\n\nChalet Dr., 18140, No. 7-101-Hsiu Ling Hsu to Annette Richards, $178,000.\n\nDairymaid Dr., 13139, No. 103-Fang Xu to Bowen Yang, $155,000.\n\nEsmond Ct., 27-Joseph Beall and Paul Yanoshik to Eric Robert and Keke Schuler, $308,900.\n\nLake Park Dr., 19918, No. 922-Sandra and Maria Pazmino to Augustina Boamah and Kwame Konadu, $310,000.\n\nLowfield Terr., 13413-Jasbir and Piari Singh to Mario and Janeth Andino, $345,000.\n\nMartins Landing Dr., 18700-Stephen P. Macloud to Michael L. Tash, $284,500.\n\nMoonwalk Ct., 18910-Chad and Amanda Berkhammer to Vitaly Avilov and Qi Zeng, $564,900.\n\nRayfield Dr., 19425-Juan A. and Isabel Galvez Salgado to Scott and Mignonette Petersen, $401,000.\n\nShipley Terr., 20209, No. 1-B-201-Hector A. and Jose Omar Andino Rivera to Hector Hermando Neira Herrera and Graciela Q. Neira, $180,000.\n\nSummer Oak Dr., 11527-Mark M. and Megan A. Jackowski to Timothy R. and Alena Lynn Carter, $305,000.\n\nWarrior Brook Dr., 19141-Zhengliang Bu and Lanlan Zhang to Robert Eugene and Danielle Ross Franklin, $409,900.\n\nWinding Creek Way, 12041-Francoise A. Andre and Apostol T. Vassilev to Jibran Misbah and Farah Reyaz, $322,000.\n\nKENSINGTON AREA\n\nBrunswick Ave., 10700-Roy E. and Herlyth B. Clark to Thomas G. and Madison Dickinson Hendren, $550,000.\n\nFlanders Ave., 5307-Silviu C. and Leana Cretu to Steven H. Ngo, $650,000.\n\nMidvale Rd., 11120-Jerome Rossignuolo and Chu Chu Lan to Timothy Jerome White Jr. and Ghazal Parsa, $769,000.\n\nSaul Rd., 4501-Jonathan George Mathis to Rosita Alyssa Baua Hermann, $699,000.\n\nLAYTONSVILLE AREA\n\nFlamingo Terr., 24340-James P. and Natacha C. Walsh to William Marshall Lee and Casey Christine Robertson, $380,000.\n\nLochaven Ct., 20924-Donna M. Marino to Michael Anthony and Leslie Susan Gladu, $625,000.\n\nWatkins Rd., 9631-Suzanne and Donald L. Diddle to Scott D. Parello, $480,000.\n\nWoodfield School Rd., 25130-Joseph Allen and Cheryl Peters Wyatt to Patricia and Terry Nichols, $635,000.\n\nMONTGOMERY VILLAGE AREA\n\nBrassie Way, 9620-Shannon Frye Robb to Richard Pineda and Alicia D. Valle Toledo, $199,900.\n\nCopps Hill Pl., 18124-Fabiana I. and Ismelda Gaona to Marco Antonio Uceda Juica, $225,000.\n\nHellingly Pl., 9728, No. 203-Anthony Malek to Nicolaas Johannes Van Staden, $114,000.\n\nMills Choice Rd., 19023, No. 4-James I. and Tuanhwa H. Cheng to Leo Stanley and Konika A. Rodriguese, $130,000.\n\nRavenglass Way, 8732-Patricia M. Benjamin to Nicolas E. Quinones, $195,000.\n\nSterncroft Ct., 20504-Jesus Huaman and Frida Mojonero to Ketty E. Peraza and Cristofer Adalverto Gonzalez, $238,500.\n\nTranshire Rd., 19551-John Charles Marshall to Laurel Foster, $240,000.\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE ESTATES-HILLANDALE AREA\n\nHedin Dr., 9809-Clifford H. and Sandra Ivery to Saleela and Shailesh Kumar Sharma, $416,500.\n\nNORBECK-LAYHILL AREA\n\nBel Pre Rd., 3750, No. 11-Andrew and Paulette M. Ladas to Marcos R. Tamayo Olivier and Carla A. Luis, $92,500.\n\nCamellia Dr., 12813-Gary and Elizabeth M. Gilliam to Erica S. St. Louis and Herbert Russell Frisby III, $475,000.\n\nEdelmar Terr., 3612, No. 127-A-Woodrow W. Hancock Jr. to Alice C. McGurty, $241,500.\n\nGreenery Lane, 2308, No. 302-13-Federal National Mortgage Association and BWW Law Group Corp. to Rasheda Akter and Nazifa Tazrian Munia, $189,900.\n\nInnsbruck Ct., 14420, No. 3-AB-Steve J. Chaney to Francisco N. Hernandez Savinon, $185,000.\n\nInterlachen Dr., 15101, No. 1-414-Estate of Barry Friedberg to Ann M. McDowell, $280,000.\n\nIsland Creek Ct., 3423, No. 132-A-Robert S. and Emilene Werner to Katherine L. and Thomas G. Bugenhagen, $468,000.\n\nLeisure World Blvd. N., 3200, No. 619-Cindy Ann Gilman and estate of Freeda S. Wolf to Gail Roe, $404,000.\n\nLeisure World Blvd. N., 3330, No. 5-915-Roger D. Feldman and estate of Gertrude Coburn Feldman to Val S. and Judith Sasmore, $152,500.\n\nLudham Dr., 3209, No. 193-A-Edward A. Perron to Sherry Lynne Stargel, $315,000.\n\nNordic Hill Cir., 1651-Kenneth Cutler and Wioleta Laska to Eugenio J. Aleman and Maria C. Vassallo, $494,000.\n\nRedspire Dr., 13302-Dale and Lilyan Kang to Hoang M. Nguyen and Mai X. Huynh, $825,000.\n\nWeller Rd., 2604-Luciano and Lidia DiFranco to Tena Gebretsadik and Hana Wondimu, $450,000.\n\nOLNEY AREA\n\nBuehler Rd., 17816, No. 1-B-2-Luis Anthony Jaramillo to Peter J. and Joseph Toller Leicht, $125,000.\n\nGelding Lane, 3811-Michelle R. Cascio to Paulina M. Kozorosky, $373,000.\n\nOverwood Dr., 17804-Maurice L. Vekeman Jr. to Nicholas Domenico Richards and Jennifer Steiger, $472,500.\n\nShadowridge Terr., 18606-Cynthia L. Dunn to Seble Abebe and Mulugeta T. Fisseha, $421,000.\n\nPOOLESVILLE AREA\n\nHughes Rd., 17300-Jeffrey Dayton and estate of Leona J. Nelson to Jesse Ryan and Jennifer Loznak, $443,500.\n\nSpurrier Ave., 19812-Randolph C. and Nancy L. Halphen to Stephen and Angela Amanda Trice, $430,000.\n\nPOTOMAC AREA\n\nBartonshire Way, 1294-Donna R. Foley to Laurence Wade and Sarah Maria Tivnan, $710,000.\n\nBetteker Lane, 9905-Patrick D. and Mariella V. Young to Yan Zhang, $680,000.\n\nBrushwood Way, 13149-Jennifer M. Whitlow to Jeffrey T. and Michele Molyn Napoliello, $1.73 million.\n\nCambridge Manor Ct., 9237-Kathleen J.S. and Stevan A. Varga to Sean Wesley Hiapo and Jill Renee Olson, $1.82 million.\n\nConestoga Way, 9708-RBL Ventures Corp. to Kevin Kyuhong and Yoojin Choi, $930,000.\n\nDemocracy Blvd., 10240-Barbara and Gerard P. Champaloux to Ejike Asiegbunam, $1.8 million.\n\nFallsmead Way, 1203-Wai Keen Chung and Junqing Liu to Colter Thomas and Alana Wase Bell, $753,000.\n\nInverness Ridge Rd., 8145-Donna F. Panagos to Xun Sun and Linnu Cao, $560,000.\n\nLloyd Rd., 10325-Mark B. and Donna Tasso Johnson to John K. Wilson and Katherine J. Scoville, $829,000.\n\nMilbern Dr., 11612-Sheshagiri Rao and Kusum A.R. Kalavar to James P. and Calie B. Lillis, $735,000.\n\nRiver Falls Dr., 8304-Edward J. and Elizabeth C. Hudson to Blair Alexander and Elizabeth Goergen Silver, $1.4 million.\n\nStratton Dr., 2001-Michelle L. Snyder and Jonathon S. Colton to Ira S. Miller and Allison Buchman, $775,000.\n\nTurnberry Dr., 9472-Paul A. and Susan L. Commander Samakow to Virun Lee, $880,000.\n\nWillowbrook Dr., 11137-Pei Ying and Diana H. Chen to Kevin P. and Angela R. Murphy, $1.09 million.\n\nROCKVILLE AREA\n\nAzalea Dr., 868, No. 21-Prashant and Quenie Thi Nguyen Goswami to Ehud Inbar, $350,000.\n\nBarbados Pl., 5916, No. 59-Trudy Bernstein to Ari Payes, $399,000.\n\nBoiling Brook Pkwy., 4722-Andrew J. Horos to Mohd Sulaiman and Moska Hakimzada, $390,000.\n\nBrentford Dr., 5109-Joseph C. Werner to Jimmy Su, $365,000.\n\nCharles St., 335-Leqin Shi to Patrick Jose Raminhos, $317,000.\n\nDundee Rd., 2002-Tian Zhou to Peipei Hu, $515,000.\n\nErtter Dr., 4904-Steven T. and Karon C. Martinez to Christopher A. Yen and Luyao Zhang, $590,000.\n\nGaither Rd., 1017-Morgan Chiu and Hsiaofang Yeh to Gregory and Dorothy Yahr, $525,000.\n\nGlenmore Terr., 2267-Lawrence G. Lazar and Leilei He to Natalia Komissarova, $765,000.\n\nLinden Square Ct., 5804, No. 41-Karla Olsen to Andrea Basdekian, $535,000.\n\nLuxberry Ct., 9, No. 4-Shulamith B. and Donald D. Weisman to Michael Anthony O\u2019Sullivan and Janet Rae Fox, $570,000.\n\nMonroe St., 114, No. 302-Yuri Berman to Gennadiy A. Pavlyukovets and Natallia S. Kotseneva, $235,000.\n\nOld Georgetown Rd., 11710, No. 1226-Scott Christopher and Alina Elizabeth Hotaling to Majid Majd, $325,000.\n\nPaulsboro Dr., 957-Heather A. Mulloy to Nurgul Gelic, $495,000.\n\nRolling House Rd., 11327-Ira B. Mirsky to Thomas and Ola Chen, $850,000.\n\nRose Ave., 930, No. 1906-Pike & Rose Condominium Inc. to Melony and Robert Muller, $479,900.\n\nStrathmore Park Ct., 10400, No. 303-Steven D. and Laurie J. Macht to Gerard E. and Germana B. Mitchell, $800,000.\n\nTopping Rd., 4704-Ryan M. and Angela H. Harper to Bradly M. Bauman and Kristen Elmezzi, $470,000.\n\nWarfield Dr., 618-Kevin Frederic and Cynthia Jo Brooks to Lucy Angela Carone Elliott, $650,000.\n\nWickshire Way, 11020, No. A-5-Corey and Emily Baker to John Carlos Wong, $625,000.\n\nSENECA PARK-CEDAR GROVE AREA\n\nAmber Ridge Cir., 12031-George A. and Traci D. Crawford to Adam Shuaib and Amanda Stegmiller, $350,000.\n\nBent Creek Terr., 11318-Jill R. Freund to Belinda B. Nyarko, $350,000.\n\nOwls Nest Cir., 21255, No. UN40-Seung H. and Hannah Weerae Lee to Fenton G. Dobard Jr. and Alicia R. Tellis, $355,000.\n\nRoyal Crown Dr., 12509-Brian and Irina Mitchell to Swayne J. Singh and Tigest Eyasu, $500,000.\n\nSojourn Ct., 21003, No. 33-Janice A. Thomas to Vernette V. Vernon, $280,000.\n\nSILVER SPRING AREA\n\nCassedy St., 2737-Melinda Campos and Gloria Zagorski to Daniel J. Zarin, $627,500.\n\nEasley St., 701-Gunnar Grodsky to Ahmed and Nihad Fawzy, $1.34 million.\n\nKingsbury Dr., 9105-Stanford D. Gillis to Gregory S. Avicola, $630,000.\n\nRussell Rd., 9411-Paul Skafte to Samuel R. Gilbert and Erica E. Eisenman, $665,000.\n\nWashington Ave., 2207, No. W-203-Amy T. and Jason R. Barnard to Beatriz Rodriguez, $280,000.\n\nSecond Ave., 8926-Tage Jacob Rainsford and Danielle Nichole Bird to Jason David Schellhardt, $735,000.\n\nTAKOMA PARK AREA\n\nCarroll Ave., 7342-Keith A. and Sara Mercedes Allen Sieverding to Alfred Clarence and Claire Joanna Bertrand, $715,000.\n\nHudson Ave., 601, No. 312-Leslie Charles and estate of Judith Ann Hobbs to Clara Ines Vargas, $175,000.\n\nTWINBROOK AREA\n\nDebeck Dr., 1004-Laura S. Johnson to Isabelle Raquin and Jonathan Honigman, $482,000.\n\nGilbert Rd., 1003-Richard and Debora Branthover to Jordan A. Stubbs and Carol Oser, $370,000.\n\nLemay Rd., 5935-Andrew J. Wilks and Edward H. Walker to Rajeev and Sandra Purohit, $448,402.\n\nRockcrest Cir., 30-Kevin William Green and Kimberly Pisabaj to Gibran Shaikh and Zuha Moin, $485,000.\n\nWHEATON AREA\n\nBluff Terr., 101-Benjamin Scott Sammon to Connie Lynn Bacon and John Patrick Andrews, $535,000.\n\nCone Lane, 11004-Dorothy S. and John J. Crnkovic to William Henry Washington Jr. and Keshni Naicker, $400,000.\n\nGeorgia Ave., 9806, No. 22-301-John Justin Gradowski to Deborah Meetze Hinton and James Reid Rowlett, $230,000.\n\nHardy Ave., 2814-Andreas P. Gelner and Adrienne J. Capkovic to Endalew K. Delegassa and Eleni G. Dinkalem, $366,000.\n\nImperial Dr., 1702-Laura L. Letson to Matthew O. Spencer and Greta Claire Harman, $499,000.\n\nLamberton Dr., 800-Robert H. and Angela C. Liberman to Moshe B. and Melissa Broder, $660,000.\n\nLovejoy St., 11803-Yossi Alkoby and Judith Meira Gershater to Scott Weinberg and Julia Ashkanazy, $522,500.\n\nWoodland Dr., 9900-Sara A. and Angelique J. Willis Hilbrich to Matthew G. Dean and Deborah A. Williams, $525,000.\n\nFrederick County\n\nThese sales data recorded by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in August were provided by Black Knight Inc. For information about other residential real estate transactions, visit washingtonpost.com\/homesales.\n\nADAMSTOWN AREA\n\nMount Ephraim Rd., 1888-Tom P. and Maureen T. Lapsa to Lindsay Turner Johnson, $725,000.\n\nBRUNSWICK AREA\n\nCrums Hollow Dr., 801-David M. Kilpatrick to Kenneth V. and Krisztina Baglyas Janosko, $413,000.\n\nOrndorff Dr. W., 134-Kelly A. Watson Huffer to Matthew and Cheyenne Smith, $170,000.\n\nVirginia Ave. N., 12-Jeff and Sam Edgin to Karen P. Orens, $280,000.\n\nBUCKEYSTOWN AREA\n\nKeller Lime Plant Rd., 6787-Charles M. and Julie N. McGuffin to Joseph Brooks Gatewood, $339,000.\n\nBURKITTSVILLE-JEFFERSON AREA\n\nCamden Dr., 4105-Larissa Lefebure to Joseph and Elizabeth Longo, $347,000.\n\nPecan Ct., 3445-Gerard J. and Shirley L. Long to Jonathan H. and Lori M. Paquin, $459,900.\n\nEMMITSBURG AREA\n\nHuntley Cir., 1325-Allen Ambush to Skylar D. Poole and Megan S. Degrange, $320,000.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-ADAMSTOWN VILLAGE AREA\n\nAvonshire Pl., 5620, No. D-Paul Werking to Lai Thang and Kippar Van, $183,000.\n\nBlack Creek Lane, 7203-Michael T. Malafarina to Rachael Hallyburton and Patrick Koogle, $278,000.\n\nClifton Rd. S., 6205-Eric Seth Epstein to Rusty J. and Nancy J. Mikulas, $235,000.\n\nDuke Ct., 5184-Taruan D. and Daphne S. Matthews to Damien Lamont Ricketts, $210,000.\n\nEssex Pl., 518-Marijka A. Grey to Mary Joe Bayley, $191,500.\n\nGranville Ct., 6638-Mandy Schall McAteer to Jason W. Brinkley, $285,000.\n\nHollyberry Way, 590-Eric J. Miller to Lasker N. Ahmed, $198,000.\n\nJefferson Blvd., 6624-Payton M. and Bethany L. Reid to Harry Russell and Sandra Sessa Lashley, $515,000.\n\nKilldeer Ct., 6737-Brett A. and Caitlin E. Vanorsdel to Ryan Hopkins, $245,000.\n\nMcGrath Pl., 6631-Calli Marie Rooney Lear to Nestor Arnoldo Nunez and Elizabeth A. Holden, $295,000.\n\nOld Swimming Pool Rd., 4902-Walter L. Hepker and Rebecca G. Full to Brian P. Howie, $314,900.\n\nRivendell Pl., 5583-Marc Aaron and Christine Apolito to Sheila R. Bonney, $282,000.\n\nSmall Gains Way, 4949-Steven C. and Jessi D. Barmoy to Luis Banoscare, $322,000.\n\nSweet Bay Ct., 5775-Katherine C. Kelley to Jennifer Lynn Buckley, $209,900.\n\nTimberwolf Dr., 1415-Linda Greenberg to Omar Adonay Mendez Carias and Tylyn A. Medrano, $368,500.\n\nWalcott Lane, 6511, No. 102-Jaime Thompson to Darla H. Alterescu, $226,900.\n\nWood Duck Ct., 6770-Nathan A. and Jessica R. Vanhouten to Jianyong and Xiuqin Gao, $224,400.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-LIBERTYTOWN AREA\n\nBaldridge Cir., 6140-Steven B. and Kendall Klosky Tiffany to Erica F. and Anthony N. Cooke, $282,000.\n\nBear Den Rd., 2563-Ronald L. Mallow and Robin N. Gordon to Todd and Gail Fineberg, $389,900.\n\nBridgewater Ct. W., 9402-Razvan A. and Jennifer Simonica to James and Lauren Ji Kim, $409,900.\n\nCatoctin Ave., 209-Joseph M. Shoemaker to James E. Rippeon II and Aimee Leigh Rider, $237,500.\n\nChurch St. E., 217-Katie A. Pribyl to Dianne Dain, $555,000.\n\nDerrs Ct., 1800-Jason R. and Kathleen A. Sepanic to Michael A. and Evelyne Anzick, $380,000.\n\nDogwood Dr., 1604-Daniel W. Trombetta to Paul Fritz, $305,000.\n\nEgret Way, 2625-Tracy Tucker and Kathleen Martin to Sean Gibson, $315,000.\n\nGreenleese Dr. N., 1801-Jeffrey T. and Kari B. Enama to Zachary Alan and Courtney Marie Davis, $424,000.\n\nHolden Rd., 832-Calatlantic Group Inc. to Joshua Adam and Sarah Anne Loftus, $497,473.\n\nJubal Way, 926-Phineas Cornell and Sharander Lakilia Jackson to Edmond D. Fuentes, $260,000.\n\nLamp Post Lane, 2213-Sean M. and Amanda M. McWilliams to Shayna L. Scott, $290,000.\n\nMcMurray St., 104-David W. and Kathryn L. Humphries to Jennifer A. Wilson and Lesley J. Vandever, $270,000.\n\nMill Island Pkwy., 3030, No. 310-Joseph A. Alexander to Judith Westbrook, $327,000.\n\nPalatine Dr., 3000-Wormald Development Co. to Joan T. Reilly, $473,900.\n\nQuay Ct., 7984-David H. Shiben to Jamaal Anwar Jones, $220,000.\n\nSherman Ave., 304-Tarah M. Zuniga and Edison Zuniga Sanchez to Amanda N. Barrientez, $216,000.\n\nSpringwater Ct., 6509, No. 6401-Jennifer Bolling Laggini Palmer to Annie Walker, $190,000.\n\nStoners Ford Way, 3025-Lorraine J. Stoltz and Marsha D. Flowers to David F. and Jeannie R. Knollman, $462,000.\n\nVillage Square Rd., 2231-Debra A. Bowman to Janet Jenkins, $333,500.\n\nWheyfield Dr., 1618-Michael G. and Linda J. Murray to Michelle Garrett, $286,000.\n\nFifth St. W., 235-Rachel E. Kavanagh to Brian Patrick Walsh, $239,000.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-MOUNTAINDALE AREA\n\nAndover Lane, 1636-Roberto Serpas Salmeron to Justin A. Mawdsley and Carol L. Paulson, $282,400.\n\nBoulder Rd., 9404-Sabrina Elizabeth Smith to Ivan and Kensy M. Alvarenga, $235,000.\n\nBuell Dr., 93-Anthony and Melinda Hite to Blyden Bonar Jr. and Nancy Kobe, $250,000.\n\nCatoctin Ct., 2500, No. 1-2B-Timothy L. and Terri J. Cannon to Chengkai Dai and Yishu He, $170,000.\n\nCoach House Way, 2508, No. 1C-Chris A. Turner and estate of Barbara A. Salt to Karen M. Cappolella, $185,000.\n\nDominion Dr., 2406, No. 2C-Daniel L. and Tama R. Plombon to Patricia A. Lawton, $176,500.\n\nEllsworth Way, 2408, No. 2A-Frank E. Warner to Amy Haggerty, $164,000.\n\nFox Hunt Lane, 8223-Thomas E. and Kathleen E. Igo to David Michael and Joli Naomi Chism, $441,500.\n\nHeather Ridge Dr., 416-Wayne Deyton to Joseph S. and Gillian A. Kulina, $125,000.\n\nJordan Valley Way, 8329-Richard W. and Linda S. Revolinsky to Edwin and Jackeline Cartagena, $470,000.\n\nLivingstone Terr., 9-Amanda M. and Joyce A. Zimmerman to Kenyan L. Summers, $219,900.\n\nMillstream Dr., 1844-Embrace Home Loans Inc. to Jasbir Singh Matharu, $205,000.\n\nRunny Ct., 7002-Anthony S. and Jennifer J. Kokoskie to David W. and Kathryn L. Humphries, $340,000.\n\nShelley Cir., 2508, No. 8-Mark and David Degirolamo to Elinor J. Rouff, $189,000.\n\nTimber View Ct., 244-L&A Holdings Corp. to Kyle L. Georgius and Lauren N. Hicks, $280,000.\n\nWilcox Valley Dr., 2053-Tiffany A. Glover and Tracy A. White to Michael R. and Ruthann McFadden, $409,000.\n\nGARFIELD AREA\n\nLoy Wolfe Rd., 13500-Richard M. Pryor to Trystin R. and David H. Alexander, $450,000.\n\nIJAMSVILLE AREA\n\nMelbourne Pl., 7503-Paul D. and Susan L. Manny to Michael A. Chlebda, $565,000.\n\nShel Mar Dr., 1907-Barry Edwin and Sharon Joy Wagman to Jose M. Cambron Espino, $510,000.\n\nLIBERTYTOWN AREA\n\nLiberty Rd., 11920, No. 204A-Richard Lee and Heather L. Rippeon to Brittney Nicole Rowse, $126,000.\n\nMIDDLETOWN AREA\n\nBoileau Ct., 3-Gary and Sharon Diane Gregoire to Connor R. and Brenda L. Smith, $225,000.\n\nFeldspar Rd., 4630-Brian T. and Lisa A. Edwards to Jason Robert and Allison Jacob Jachowski, $480,000.\n\nMyersville Rd., 8620-Arthur D. Tringali to Jason B. and Patricia M. Leffson Nalley, $355,000.\n\nSpringbrook Ct. E., 7311-David T. and Mary E. Sweeney to Anita L. Bright, $192,296.\n\nMULLINIX AREA\n\nAutumn Ridge Ct., 902-Robert H. and Terri L. King to John F. and Jessica E. Fisher, $452,500.\n\nFoggy Bottom Ct., 13887-Delores A. and Theodore L. Schwartzbeck to Virginia Elizabeth and James Arthur Lagger, $442,000.\n\nMitchell Ct., 13904-Luke Tanner and Beth Mitchell to William J. and Jessica M. Walker, $648,000.\n\nStreamview Ct., 6204-John and Barbara McIntee to Steve Kelbaugh and Suzanne Shipley, $499,900.\n\nMYERSVILLE AREA\n\nHunters Knl., 1007-Jay Eric Rhoderick to Jeffrey and Lisa K. Gottlieb, $610,000.\n\nNEW MARKET-LAKE LINGANORE AREA\n\nBeach Dr. E., 6617-Daniel B. and Kellie C. Ganoung to Charles J. Franco Jr. and Leslie Wang, $255,000.\n\nCountry Club Rd., 11233-Gary and Sharon Witt to Anthony Paul and Stefanie E. Lavin, $455,000.\n\nFox Chase Rd., 6925-Raymond J. and Cynthia A. Geraghty to Matthew and Shanna Bahen, $400,000.\n\nIsaac Russell St., 534-New Market Residential Corp. and Oak Hill Properties Corp. to Sean A. and Kristen L. Chaffman, $520,000.\n\nMeadowlake Rd., 6933-Lisa Hamlin and Brian St. John to Andrew Spangler and Jennifer Hake, $495,000.\n\nRichard Roberts St., 400-New Market Residential Corp. and Oak Hill Properties Corp. to Nila Via, $520,000.\n\nShalom Ct., 10003-MS Aspen North Corp. to Brad Michael and Courtney Renee Bahr, $500,990.\n\nNEW WINDSOR AREA\n\nWildrose Ct., 15610-Timothy L. and Deborah A. McQuay to Kenneth Eugene and Elizabeth Ann Lamb, $347,500.\n\nROCKY RIDGE-CREAGERSTOWN AREA\n\nMotters Station Rd., 14619-Bernard J. and Dawn Marie Hobbs to Zachery Bryan Fritz and Heather Michalena Pozzouli, $269,000.\n\nTHURMONT AREA\n\nMoser Cir., 224-William D. Shadle and Brooke N. Hildebrand to Minerva Carrasquillo and Alex Vazquez, $196,000.\n\nStoney Mine Ct., 3-Corey A. Totten to James R. McGrady, $299,900.\n\nUtica Ct., 10849-Thomas J. Ledwell to Brandon M. Smith and Ashley A. Brown, $475,000.\n\nURBANA AREA\n\nBartonsville Rd., 5817-Landmark Investment Properties Corp. to Michael Kevin Walsh and Sheryl Anderson Fast, $285,000.\n\nBelvedere Dr., 9099-Wilmington and Lehman XS Trust to Naseer Nayeem and Huma Hakim, $565,950.\n\nBuckeystown Pike, 4310-Jonathan M. and Elisabeth C. Clinton to Leslie Curtis and Mitchell R. Poe, $500,000.\n\nDunraven St., 9443-Greg A. and Elizabeth G. Warner to Dale Anthony and Linda Marie Urlacher, $400,000.\n\nHawk Ridge Rd., 5518-MS Gladhill Farm Corp. to John Austen and Corinne M. Carter, $484,960.\n\nKenway Lane, 9148-Damian and Eboni Williams to Adrian A. Dragulescu and Christina Masterman, $420,000.\n\nPine Bluff Rd., 8415-MS Gladhill Farm Corp. to Thomas D. and Eileen M. Lantzas, $470,000.\n\nSingleton Terr., 3717-Mihallaq and Brunilda Dhima to Melissa C. Altieri and Patrick J. Wenzler, $370,000.\n\nUrbana Pike., 3625-Robin Michael and Christine Rochelle Reeder to Shuang Guan, $350,000.\n\nWyndham Dr., 9752-William M. and Tina J. Cullum to Shawn I. and Juliet D. Hossain, $589,900.\n\nWALKERSVILLE AREA\n\nDiscovery Blvd., 8526-Healthy Homes Corp. to Stephen J. Green and Janet L. Brumer, $195,000.\n\nOld Island Ct., 202-James F. and Shelly L. Mullen to Sabrina E. Smith, $447,000.\n\nWOODSBORO AREA\n\nCoppermine Rd., 11207-Bradley W. and Amber L. Seiss to Anthony and Charlene Bishop, $615,000."}
-{"id":"1484189424_1483950282","score":4.0,"sentence1":"In August 2018, a tweet from Hopsquad Brewing hinted at the struggles the long-in-planning brewery was enduring to get up and running: \u201cWe\u2019ve had more delays than we can count so we stopped promising (opening) dates.\u201d\n\nBut Hopsquad hasn\u2019t let another year go by without opening its doors. In a section of North Austin that has become a hub for breweries, Hopsquad opened for the first time this weekend with four beers on draft in an airy, dog-friendly taproom.\n\nCousins Alex and Cesar Limon transformed a warehouse, the former site of an office furniture supply company, into Hopsquad \u2014 just about next door to Circle Brewing and a quick drive to other area breweries such as 4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Oskar Blues and Celis Brewery. The new beer maker is easily visible from Braker Lane thanks to a facade completely covered in art by David Rocha.\n\n>> RELATED: Central Machine Works opens as massive brewery, beer garden in East Austin\n\nHopsquad aims to stand out in a crowded local market by turning its brews into memorable characters such as the Lord Zanate IPA and Dutchess of Oltorf Holiday Roggenbier, both of which are on the opening beer list. All four current options are $5. Other beverages available include a cider from the neighboring Fairweather Cider and one red, white, ros\u00e9 and sparkling wine each.\n\nA food truck, Tsuke Honten, is permanently on-site as the Asian fusion vision of chef Michael Che, who previously worked at two stellar sushi spots in Austin, Soto and Kyoten Sushiko, according to his bio on the food truck\u2019s website.\n\nCheck out Hopsquad at 2307 Kramer Ln. during the current taproom hours: 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 12 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 6 p.m. Sunday. (Hopsquad is open this Tuesday only, 6 p.m. to midnight, for New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations.) The open hours may change as the North Austin brewery finds its footing.\n\nFor more information, visit hopsquad.com.","sentence2":".......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........\n\nALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 New Year\u2019s Eve revelers can expect a chilly end to 2019.\n\nBut no travel problems are expected \u2014 at least through much of New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nA storm system moving in from the northwest could make things a little slick New Year\u2019s night into Thursday. National Weather Service meteorologists said accumulating snow is expected in the western and central parts of the state, especially in the northern mountains. An accumulation of an inch or less is predicted for the Albuquerque metro on Thursday, with a little more than an inch expected in Santa Fe. A few additional inches are possible in the northern mountains. Rain mixed with snow is expected to spread across the eastern plains on Thursday.\n\nCold temperatures are expected to remain throughout the week, with a possible warming trend coming during the weekend. Temperatures are expected to be between 5 to 10 degrees below normal Tuesday into Wednesday. The weather service is urging residents to protect pipes, pets and plants over the next couple days. Highs in the 40s and lows in the mid and low 20s are expected through the remainder of the week in the Albuquerque metro. Low temperatures are expected to be in the teens or single digits in northern New Mexico.\n\nRoads are expected to be slick in the western part of the state and in the northern mountains Wednesday night into Thursday. Gusty winds could also make travel hazardous along the I-40 corridor in eastern New Mexico.\n\nCold, drier weather is expected Friday, with warmer temperatures Saturday and much of Sunday before another storm system moves across the state bringing more chances of snow late Sunday into Monday.\n\nADVERTISEMENTSkip\n\n................................................................"}
-{"id":"1484401805_1483962389","score":3.5,"sentence1":"Open this photo in gallery Former McDonald's worker Cody Bondarchuk was overwhelmed by the response after he tweeted: 'I worked at McDonald\u2019s for two and a half years and I put 11 nuggets in almost every 10-piece I made.' JASON FRANSON\/The Globe and Mail\n\nBefore he was a hero, a legend, \u201ca true angel\u201d and a national treasure \u2013 or, depending on your view, a communist, anarchist and unrepentant corporate thief \u2013 Cody Bondarchuk was just a man in Edmonton, about to have supper.\n\nIt was 5:27 p.m. on Nov. 15, a Friday evening. Mr. Bondarchuk, 26, had been tucking into a 10-piece order of Chicken McNuggets with sweet-and-sour sauce, when he recalled something he and his co-workers had done when he was a teenager working at McDonald\u2019s a decade earlier.\n\nAnd, as people do these days, he decided to share the thought on Twitter.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nMr. Bondarchuk wrote, \u201cI worked at McDonald\u2019s for two and a half years and I put 11 nuggets in almost every 10-piece I made.\u201d\n\nThen he clicked the little blue button to send his tweet.\n\n\u201cIn the first hour, I was like, \u2018Oh, this is going to get 100 likes and I\u2019m going to be really proud of myself for tweeting out a stupid thing,\u2019\u201d Mr. Bondarchuk said later. \u201cAnd then it just kept coming.\u201d\n\nBy morning, the tweet had 4,000 likes. When Mr. Bondarchuk took his lunch break that day, it had 100,000. Soon, the tweet was getting 10,000 or 15,000 new responses every minute, so many notifications his phone kept shutting off.\n\nPeople variously called him \u201ca Real American Hero\u201d (he\u2019s Canadian), \u201cthe extra nugget angel,\u201d \u201cthe hero we honestly didn\u2019t deserve,\u201d \u201cMr. Extra Nugget Giving Man,\u201d \u201cSt. Nuggets,\u201d and, the moniker that appears to have stuck: \u201cThe Robin Hood of Nuggets.\u201d (Or, less formally, \u201cThe Robin Hood of Nugz.\u201d)\n\nThere were those who blessed him, wished him good karma, thanked him for his service and told him he\u2019d restored their faith in humanity. As Twitter user @of_obvious wrote, about the experience of unexpectedly receiving 12 McNuggets in a 10-piece order, \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how much of a gift that feels like.\u201d\n\nThe tweet also prompted others to share their own random acts of fast-food philanthropy, from a Burger King employee who tucks onion rings at the bottom of fry boxes, to workers putting extra cheese on tacos, extra pepperoni on pizza, extra bacon on Baconators.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nThere was every imaginable meme for \u201chero\u201d or \u201cgratitude,\u201d and an oft-repeated reminder that \u201cnot all heroes wear capes.\u201d\n\nThe story of the viral tweet was picked up by news organizations around the world, including the New York Post, Today and Fox News, which speculated Mr. Bondarchuk \u201cmay have just become the most popular person on the internet.\u201d\n\nThe tweet was liked by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, then just days away from the launch of his controversial Cybertruck, and read aloud by Tom Hanks, just days after the release of his movie about Mr. Rogers, in a video celebrating \u201csome of the nicest tweets on the Internet.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat is a man who is not only being nice, but he\u2019s feeding the world a little bit better and bucking the corporate strategy,\u201d Mr. Hanks said after reading the tweet. \u201cBravo. That\u2019s a nice thing to do.\u201d\n\nOthers weren\u2019t so charitable. No small number of people called Mr. Bondarchuk a thief and questioned what would happen if every employee did what he had done.\n\nAs @DaianaT1 noted, \u201cThat\u2019s basically stealing, the nuggets weren\u2019t yours so it\u2019s not up to you deciding how many to put.\u201d\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nAsked by @North_Resists if there is a \u201cstatute of limitations on grand-theft-nuggets,\u201d Mr. Bondarchuk replied, \u201cI hope so because I calculated it and I would owe Ronald about $1,600.\u201d\n\nOthers called Mr. Bondarchuk a socialist, a communist, an anarchist and a rebel (either compliments or insults, depending on the tweeter), and a small collection of truthers questioned whether he really gave away any extra nuggets at all.\n\nAppearing on a radio show in Toronto, Mr. Bondarchuk found himself paired with a former McDonald\u2019s franchise owner who was adamant he should be arrested.\n\nBut while Mr. Bondarchuk notes he was 14 to 16 years old at the time of the McNugget activity and wouldn\u2019t do it now, he also isn\u2019t apologetic about randomly redistributing pieces of corporate poulet to the populus.\n\n\u201cWealth inequality is not getting any smaller and it just baffles me that people could look at this and find fault with it,\u201d he says.\n\nFor the moment, the viral tweet has levelled off at about 15,000 comments, 81,000 retweets and upward of one-million likes. Mr. Bondarchuk\u2019s followers on Twitter jumped to about 7,000 from 900, which he says has brought both additional expectation and scrutiny.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nFor now, Mr. Bondarchuk is using the moment to promote his podcast, Heart Half Full, and also hopes it could help his planned run for Edmonton city council in 2021.\n\n\u201cIt certainly gave me like a bit of a perspective into what exactly it means to suddenly be in the spotlight in a very big way,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought I loved attention, but even this was a limit for me.\u201d\n\nOur Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day\u2019s most important headlines. Sign up today.","sentence2":"A teenager is dead after a shooting in Brampton late Tuesday evening, Peel police say.\n\nPolice responded to reports of gunshots at Alderbury Crescent and Autumn Boulevard minutes before midnight, Const. Akhil Mooken told the Star.\n\nThe victim was identified by police as 17-year-old Jordan Henry. He was taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries.\n\nPolice reported a \u201cheavy police presence in the area,\u201d but have not disclosed any information regarding suspects. The Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau are investigating the incident.\n\nGet more of today's top stories in your inbox Sign up for the Star's Morning Headlines email newsletter for a briefing of the day's big news. Sign Up Now\n\nWith files from Tom Yun.\n\nRead more about:"}
-{"id":"1484033308_1484206926","score":4.0,"sentence1":"GREEN Senior citizens now have another choice for care as they age following the opening of the Village of Saint Edward.\n\nSt. Edward offers independent living, assisted living and memory care units. There are 50 independent, 48 assisted living and 28 memory care units. So far, 14 residents have moved in, but many more are expected in early 2020.\n\nAnnette Walters, director of Marketing for the Village of Saint Edward, said almost half of the independent units have been reserved. She said it is a good start considering the facility opened at the end of October.\n\nConstruction was completed two months ahead of schedule and Walters said they are thankful for Alpha Construction, DeHoff Development and the city for being good partners.\n\nSaint Edward just recently received its license from the state for assisted living and memory care so it could begin taking residents.\n\nThe facility offers plenty of common space areas for residents and their visitors. There are also several dining rooms, a pub, a library area, a fitness room, a beauty shop and a chapel where a service takes place three times per week.\n\nWalters said all the dining services are like a restaurant and there is a daily chef special. Residents can also order items a la carte. The facility has a private dining room for families if they want to host a gathering.\n\nSeveral different floor plans for each unit are available for residents including one and two-bedroom units. All independent rooms have a washer and dryer along with full kitchen appliances.\n\nThe memory care wing of the building has its own entrance for family members as Walters said family members are given key fobs so they can enter. The memory care wing also has its dining area including seating at a counter where residents can watch the food being prepared.\n\nThere is also a snoezelen room, which a sensory room where memory care residents can go to calm down.\n\nWalters said St. Edward\u2019s strives on helping residents if they need to transition from independent living to assisted living and they don\u2019t have to leave the facility.\n\nThe entire facility offers several areas to sit outside and plenty of areas to walk.\n\n\u201cThis is a beautiful piece of property,\u201d Walters said. \u201cYou want to take advantage of that.\u201d\n\nResidents also take occasional trips including to Cleveland and Amish Country, just to name a few.\n\nSaint Edward has hired 60 employees and once it is fully staffed that number will go to more than 100. Walters said St. Edward is sensitive to who they hire and wanted to hire staff who care.\n\nShe believes the fact the facility is faith-based and its quality staff makes it stand out from similar facilities in the area. Saint Edward is also a not-for-profit facility, so once someone\u2019s finances run out, they can remain at the facility on Medicare.\n\nIn 2020, Saint Edward plans to volunteer and give back more in the community, Walters said. They are also looking for volunteers who may want to come in and spend time with residents.\n\n\u201cWe have volunteers at all of our campuses,\u201d Walters said.\n\nSaint Edward also has a facility in Fairlawn and a facility in Wadsworth, which just opened in June. The Wadsworth facility is already 70 percent full and the Fairlawn location stays full, Walters said.\n\n\u201cWe took on two big challenges in one year,\u201d Walters said.","sentence2":"There are a lot of fun ways to ring in the New Year. Many of them involve goals, champagne, and fresh starts (minus the diet, OF COURSE). But one way we really enjoy welcoming in the new? With a themed workout!\n\nWe\u2019ve done this for a few years now (see here for a fun one), but here\u2019s the gist: we take the year and design a really fun full-body, no-equipment-needed workout around it. Since it\u2019s now 2020, you\u2019ll be doing 20 reps of the following 20 moves for one sweat-filled and heart-pumping workout!\n\nGrab a mat, some water, a towel, your favorite tunes (try these if you\u2019re looking for musical inspiration), and get to it! (And, yep, for all the moves that you do on each side of your body \u2014 like lunges and mountain climbers \u2014 doing them on both sides one time equals one rep.)\n\nFeeling saucy? Do the whole thing two times \u2026 or even three times through!\n\n\u2013Jenn"}
-{"id":"1484188965_1483876247","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Now that the 2020s are officially upon us, it's only natural to wonder what the next decade of PC gaming will bring. Better graphics and faster hardware are a given, but considering how blindsided we were by some of the past decade's biggest, weirdest surprises \u2014like loot boxes, Steam Early Access, and battle royales\u2014it's also a safe bet that 2020 will have some strange surprises of its own. So everyone at PC Gamer is dusting off their crystal balls to try and predict some of the biggest stories and trends that will happen over the next 10 years.\n\nRiot becomes the new Blizzard\n\nRobin: Blizzard\u2019s fortunes have seemed increasingly shaky over the last couple of years. Just when you thought the most unpopular thing they\u2019d do in the decade was announce a mobile game, they decided to spark an international incident. Stories from inside the studio are troubling, too, with reports implying that the company culture may have been changing for the worse for years. Meanwhile, Riot\u2019s made its play, announcing a billion games and an entire multi-media empire in one press conference. I don\u2019t think all its gambles will pay off, but I could easily see its star being more ascendant than ever over the next ten years, while Blizzard\u2019s increasingly dwindles.\n\nFraser: Riot\u2019s had even more issues that Blizzard, and while it\u2019s designing several games that will inevitably compete with Blizzard\u2019s, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever going to reach the same heights. It\u2019s arguably been squandered, but Blizzard\u2019s long legacy is part of the reason that, even now, it\u2019s beloved by a legion of fans, whereas Riot has one game that\u2019s infamous for its toxic community. I\u2019m not sure how Blizzard is going to come out of the next decade and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if its popularity did dwindle, but I\u2019m don\u2019t think anything will replace it.\n\nSteven: Sorry, Fraser. I'm with Robin on this one. That one game you mentioned also happens to be the world's most popular with a daily player count that probably beats every Blizzard game combined. Toxic community notwithstanding, I think Riot's aggressive expansion is similar to Marvel's Cinematic Universe and has all the potential to be just as popular.\n\n(Image credit: Electronic Arts)\n\nBioWare fades away\n\nJames: Dragon Age 4 sounds nice, but it can't land too short of Modern Classic if BioWare wants to bring back its former reputation as one of the better big-budget storytellers in games. With so many new vacancies left by longtime employees and the constant shuffling around of those who remain, my faith in BioWare's delivery is at an all time low. To be clear, I'm not hopeless, I'm just... not optimistic.\n\nSteven: I agree. I think this tail-end of the 2010s has shown that nothing gold can stay and sometimes beloved studios lose their way. With BioWare, I'm increasingly worried that they're no longer the studio I fell in love with 20 years ago. There's too much riding on Dragon Age 4, and that makes me worried that if BioWare cracks under the pressure again it'll be another Anthem-like disaster.\n\nVR finally breaks through\n\nTyler: VR won't replace screens\u2014that'd mean the death of popular genres, and be totally inaccessible for some\u2014but by 2030 it will be much more popular. All-in-one headsets with built-in tracking will accurately detect the movements of our feet, hands, and joints, as well as our facial expressions, making our Sonic meme avatars extremely lifelike.\n\nJames: I'm not convinced. I mean, I think it will be more affordable and accessible, but I think the inconveniences will quickly outweigh the novelty. Wearing a big headset, closing yourself off to your surroundings, holding a bright magnified image inches from your eyes\u2014the effect is astounding, for a while at least. And then it's exhausting. And then normal. The adoption rate will swell and deflate with every incremental update or 'killer app' until the promise of a virtual world isn't all that exciting anymore. Half-Life: Alyx will be great, though.\n\nChris: Maybe, but I think it's still going to give a lot of people motion sickness, which is something that might get even worse as the fidelity of VR gets better. That means a lot of people will still be slowly teleporting around inside games rather than using normal locomotion because it just messes with our brains and bodies in ways that no amount of technology can solve. Motion sickness is going to continue to keep VR a niche interest and a cool novelty rather than a breakout phenomenon.\n\n(Image credit: Mundfish)\n\nRay tracing and 4K become the new standard\n\nTyler: At the start of the '10s, people were complaining about not being able to read text on their SD TVs. In the decade that followed, 1080p became normal, and then 4K TVs became normal. Still, true 4K gaming (as in, no upscaling) is considered high-end today. This is a boring, conservative prediction, but I'm going to say that'll happen again: 4K fully replaces 1080p and 1440p sometime in the '20s, and by the end of the decade, 8K and up are the high-end choices.\n\nJames: I'm too dumb to nod my head at the ray-tracing bit, but I'm fairly certain 4K will be the new 1080p. Just 10 years ago, the most popular resolution was 1280x800 . We're on pace to make 4K the norm. But what then? 4K is enough, right? What then?\n\nPC hardware advances will slow way down\n\nJarred: I'm going to piggyback off Tyler here, but focus on processors and manufacturing technologies. The fun prediction would be to assume Moore's Law is alive and well and computers continue to progress in leaps and bounds. The reality: we're hitting a wall. Actually, we've been hitting walls for the past decade, but each new wall becomes taller and thicker. Ten years ago, a state-of-the-art CPU was manufactured on 45nm tech, and GPUs were on 55nm. We've gone through three or four transitions since then (32nm, 22nm, 14nm, and kind of 10nm for Intel; 40nm, 28nm, 16\/12nm, and 7nm for TSMC). Ten years from now, I expect three transitions at most (eg, 5nm, 4nm, and 3nm), but the real improvements from each process shrink will become less noticeable. A Core i9-9900K or Ryzen 9 3900X will still be doing okay, but your graphics card will have been upgraded several times, because 4K 144Hz gaming isn't happening on today's GPUs.\n\nJames: The time for smellovision is nigh.\n\n(Image credit: PUBG Corp)\n\nThe most popular game is from a genre we've never heard of\n\nTyler: Battle royale games didn't exist in 2010. Neither did autobattlers like Dota Auto Chess. Roguelikes were just starting to make a comeback as 'roguelites'. No one was using 'walking simulator' as a term of endearment or criticism. No one was searching for the term 'soulslike' until 2015. There were no 'strand games' that I can recall, because it's something Hideo Kojima made up. Only time will tell if he's on to something.\n\nJames: Like, what's going to be so new that Fortnite kids think it's too obtuse or naive to get into? I couldn't have predicted Fortnite, but I'm thinking whatever comes next will come from the increased scale and level of simulation new technologies will allow. Better graphics aren't the thing, I'm thinking about how the novelty of 100 people shooting each other on an island was enough to birth BR. Layer in way more and much deeper systems, be it weather, physics, building, lighting\u2014whatever really\u2014and the new ideas will spill out of the dev scene and onto the internet. That's my aspirational take. It'll actually be something that emerges from dumb luck.\n\nWe won't buy PC games anymore\n\nHarry: Ok, hear me out. I'm not saying we're all just going to up and put down our mouse and keyboards en masse, but by the end of 2030, individually buying games to keep will just seem weird. Services like Xbox Game Pass for PC will be joined by others looking for a lucrative slice of the subscription-service pie, and become ubiquitous. Just like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu did for the small screen, we'll be juggling various Game Pass-like products and never really own anything. Because we're millennials and don't deserve to.\n\nRachel: I don't think we'll buy PC games anymore because I feel a majority of games will choose to take the free-to-play route. Many of the biggest games right now are free-to-play and I reckon this style of business model will be an overwhelming majority in 2030. Fortnite's micropayments model has overwhelmingly proven that it's a viable route for gaming companies. Instead of buying games, the focus will turn more to buying in-game virtual goods and premium features.\n\n(Image credit: Bay 12 Games)\n\nDwarf Fortress simulates meta consciousness, dwarves realize they're inside the simulation\n\nDwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams has said he wants to simulate all the \"narratively interesting\" aspects of existence, and I'm betting that means we'll 100 percent have a Dwarf Fortress Truman Show moment sometime in the next decade. Dwarves already have complex mental and emotional states, so it's not a leap to imagine them becoming self-aware enough to realize they're fictional beings inside a massive simulation. The question is, what will the do when they find out?\n\nLoot boxes will be a thing of the past\n\nRobin: Though some of their stealthier forms might survive\u2014\u2018card packs\u2019, for example\u2014I think your run-of-the-mill loot boxes aren\u2019t long for this world. There\u2019s just too much scrutiny on them these days. If government regulation doesn\u2019t kill them, publisher skittishness will, and they\u2019ll end up banished to the same graveyard online passes got chucked in. The catch? I think they\u2019ll be replaced by something even more insidious.\n\nJames: Loot boxes will just get supplanted by data collection psyops. Destiny 2 is almost already there, a collection of feedback systems on a micro and macro level, from the recoil after pulling the trigger and the gas escaping from where the Cabal's head used to be to the little sound and animation that plays when turning in a bounty. Service based games are endless fonts of granular information, so the structures to tune player experiences to the individual will likely take shape. Attention will become a higher priority than how microtransactions are presented. We might see them disappear completely.\n\n(Image credit: Bethesda)\n\nBethesda will stop making singleplayer games altogether\n\nChris: Bethesda will release Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 at some point in the next decade, but after that? I wouldn't be completely surprised if we never saw another traditional singleplayer RPG developed by the studio. I don't much care for Fallout 76, and I'm not alone. But there must be tons of people still playing it because it keeps chugging along, and even the resoundingly unpopular Fallout 1st subscription has plenty members\u2014pop into a session and you're bound to come across a few. I expect Bethesda will get better at making online games this coming decade, and if they do the focus will drift away from singleplayer RPGS entirely.","sentence2":"Picking the best games of the decade is an increasingly tough task. The number of titles keeps expanding while the number of platforms has blossomed beyond consoles and PCs. Players encounter so much content that the job of winnowing all that down to a top-10 list is daunting.\n\nI haven\u2019t played all the critically acclaimed titles. Games such as \u201cUndertale\u201d have escaped my purview, but I\u2019ve played plenty of releases over the past 10 years. The list below isn\u2019t based on quality per se, but it\u2019s more personal. These are the games that had a lasting impact on me. They are the ones that I fondly remember or the titles that I still play today.\n\nThat\u2019s partly why titles such as \u201cMinecraft\u201d and \u201cFortnite\u201d aren\u2019t on that list. Although those are the two most important releases of the decade, they aren\u2019t ones that I played very much. With that said, here are the games that were the most important to me over the past decade.\n\n1 \u201cPokemon Go\u201d \u2014 This unconventional take on the popular franchise had a surreal level of popularity when it was released during the summer of 2016. That enthusiasm has died down but the game remains a force.\n\nOf all the games I played this decade, this has had the biggest impact on my life. That\u2019s because of the nature of Niantic\u2019s location-based game. It\u2019s a title that\u2019s played outside in the real world and encourages players to explore their neighborhood to find pocket monsters.\n\nThat pushes players to interact face to face and opens up opportunities to foster bonds between players. The magic of \u201cPokemon Go\u201d is how it manages to build community. It\u2019s a game that has led to real-life friendships and even a commitment to running. It\u2019s a mobile title that has enriched the lives of players because its a game that exists beyond the screen.\n\n2 \u201cHearthstone\u201d \u2014 I tried and failed to get into \u201cMagic: The Gathering\u201d as a teenager but I gave the collectible card game genre another chance with \u201cHearthstone.\u201d I wasn\u2019t disappointed. Part of the success of Blizzard\u2019s game is that the developers simplified the gameplay elements and put it on mobile platforms and tablets.\n\nIt opened up the game to a huge audience and the accessible gameplay made it easy to pick up. The combination of the two has made it hugely successful and turned \u201cHearthstone\u201d into a popular esport. The only black mark on its resume is the controversy over a Hong Kong protest this year.\n\n3 \u201cDark Souls 2\u201d \u2014 Those who love the Hidetaka Miyazaki\u2019s \u201cSouls\u201d game have a moment when his games just click for them. They look beyond the difficulty and appreciate the lessons contained within the adventure. No other title this decade taught me more about patience, persistence and perseverance than \u201cDark Souls 2.\u201d\n\nThis isn\u2019t the best game of the series, but it is the one that hooked me on to this style of gaming. Every encounter is fraught with danger and players feel the tension in every fight. Yes, the game is difficult and it can be obtuse at times, but it\u2019s also the most rewarding experience I\u2019ve had this decade.\n\n4. \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d \u2014 One of the most overlooked aspects of modern gaming has been the performances of voice actors. That has changed thanks in part thanks to the work of Naughty Dog, and the performances by actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson in this post-apocalyptic masterpiece.\n\nThe visuals are gorgeous for its time and the gameplay mechanics are solid with a mix action and stealth, but it\u2019s the world that Naughty Dog creates and the actors\u2019 performances that invest players in the characters and transformed how we appreciate games.\n\n5. \u201cRed Dead Redemption\u201d \u2014 This game kicked off the decade and set the bar for the open-world genre. The beautiful visuals coupled with an intriguing story and memorable protagonist in John Marston made this a game that fans enjoyed living with.\n\nIt\u2019s an adventure that used its environment to its advantage, creating a distinct take on the wild west. One that few games have been able to match.\n\n6. \u201cMass Effect 3\u201d \u2014 This title capped off arguably the best video game trilogy in years. It was also the culmination of years of storytelling as BioWare wrapped up a journey that began in 2007. What\u2019s notable about this project is how the choices players made over each chapter impacted the totality of the finale.\n\nThe ending itself was not without controversy and showed how games aren\u2019t just one-way streets from developers to players. It is a collaboration in which those who make the games must listen to their audience.\n\n7. \u201cThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\u201d \u2014 Nintendo\u2019s first foray into an open-world \u201cZelda\u201d was hugely successful and helped with the strong launch of the Nintendo Switch. \u201cBreath of the Wild\u201d was also the biggest departure from the series tried and true formula, but somehow it maintained the ethos of discovery and adventure. It was a series that needed a heavy dose of change and Eiji Aonuma and his team delivered.\n\n8. \u201cMonster Hunter World\u201d \u2014 The disparity between the popularity of the \u201cMonster Hunter\u201d franchise in Japan and the U.S. has always been wide, but it has significantly narrowed thanks to this entry in the series. Not only has Capcom produced one of its most visually striking games, but by streamlining the mechanics it made it more approachable and addictive. All of this creates one of the best entries and one that broke out in the United States in a big way.\n\n9. \u201cSid Meier\u2019s Civilization V: Brave New World\u201d \u2014 Every once in a while I have the urge to play a campaign of \u201cCivilization.\u201d Few franchises have had its hooks in me like that. The developer, Firaxis, has molded a successful franchise by launching a new chapter with improved visuals and mechanics, but over time, they have refined it through downloadable expansion packs. The process has made a great game perfect. The pinnacle of the series is \u201cBrave New World,\u201d where the team brings in ideas such as the World Congress, tourism and Great Works to add a new layer of depth to the late game. This game continues to be one I return to despite a solid sequel.\n\n10. \u201cOverwatch\u201d \u2014 The rise of esports has been one of the major stories of the decade, and one of the games that capitalized on that is \u201cOverwatch.\u201d Blizzard\u2019s team-based shooter was a hit because it allowed players of all skill levels to compete by allowing them to fulfill different roles. If someone doesn\u2019t great quick-twitch skills or accuracy, they may have a talent at tactics or healing. That makes it more accessible and rewarding. I\u2019ve spent hours playing with my brother and cousins and figuring out our own playstyles.\n\nBlizzard has done a great job at cultivating \u201cOverwatch\u201d as an esport, and with its Overwatch League moving its teams to local markets in 2020 and a sequel on the way, the future looks bright for the game."}
-{"id":"1484035283_1484029825","score":2.5,"sentence1":"National-World\n\nDoctors are not optimistic one of the men stabbed at a New York Hanukkah celebration will regain consciousness, according to the victim\u2019s family.\n\nJosef Neumann, who was one of five people assaulted Saturday in the upstate hamlet of Monsey, suffered multiple stab wounds to his head, neck and arms, his family said in a statement posted to social media by the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council. Shoshana Bernstein, a spokeswoman for the Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, said the statement is accurate.\n\n\u201cDoctors are not optimistic about his chances to regain consciousness, and if our father does miraculously recover partially, doctors expect that he will have permanent damage to the brain; leaving him partially paralyzed and speech-impaired for the rest of his life,\u201d the statement said.\n\nThe family described Neumann\u2019s condition as dire and said a weapon \u201cpenetrated his skull directly into the brain.\u201d His right arm was shattered.\n\n\u201cOur father has seven children, many grandchildren, a great grandchild, and brothers and sisters,\u201d the statement said.\n\n\u201cWe shall not let this terrible hate-driven attack be forgotten, and let us all work to eradicate all sorts of hate.\u201d\n\nYisroel Kraus, who was a guest at the home of the rabbi where a man wounded the victims with a machete, described Neumann as a mentor and an \u201cincredibly kind human being.\u201d\n\n\u201cOne of the most selfless people I know,\u201d Kraus told CNN. \u201cSince I knew him he was a very poor man. He never had a dime to his name and always goes around collecting money for other poor families. It was never about himself.\u201d\n\nAnother survivor was hit in the side of the head by the suspect\u2019s machete and doctors had to use three staples to close his wounds, Rabbi Shmuel Gancz told CNN Tuesday.\n\nShloime Rottenberg, the son of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, had just finished the ceremony of lighting the menorah at his father\u2019s home when the attack started, Gancz said.\n\n\u201cThey are grateful for what they deem a minor injury considering where else the machete could have hit him, such as his eyes,\u201d Gancz said of Rottenberg and his family.\n\nAuthorities identified the suspect as Grafton Thomas, 37. He pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder Sunday. A day later, he was charged by federal agents with obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs involving an attempt to kill \u2014 a federal hate crime. A judge ordered him to be detained.\n\nFederal prosecutors said Thomas entered the rabbi\u2019s home in Monsey, north of Manhattan, on Saturday night and told the dozens of people there \u201cno one is leaving.\u201d He attacked them with an 18-inch machete, with at least five victims suffering injuries ranging from slash wounds to a severed finger and a skull fracture, federal prosecutors said.","sentence2":"The family of one of the men wounded in the stabbing rampage in Rockland County has released a photograph of his devastating injuries \u2013 showing him on a respirator with a heavily sutured, bloodied head.\n\n\u201cThis is the visual state of Josef Neumann who has been stabbed at the Hanukkah celebration Saturday night in the Forshay area of #Monsey,\u201d the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council in Hudson Valley said in a Twitter post, along with the hashtag #MeJew.\n\nThe 70-year-old father of seven was in critical condition after suffering a skull fracture and undergoing surgery on Sunday, his daughter previously told The Post.\n\nNeumann was stabbed multiple times, when alleged machete-wielding madman Thomas Grafton stormed the Monsey house of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg on Saturday, injuring five Hasidic Jews.\n\n\u201cThe knife penetrated his skull directly into the brain,\u201d said his family, adding that he may never wake up. He also was cut three times on the head, once on the neck and his right arm was \u201cshattered.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur father\u2019s status is so dire that no surgery has yet been performed on the right arm,\u201d the family\u2019s statement said.\n\nThe four other victims \u2014 including the rabbi\u2019s 25-year-old son \u2014 had been treated and were released from the hospital by Sunday.\n\nFederal prosecutors say the accused assailant kept journals filled with anti-Semitic writing and used a cellphone to search for \u201cZionist Temples,\u201d including on Staten Island.\n\nGrafton, 37, faces five state counts of attempted murder and five counts of federal hate crimes."}
-{"id":"1484401456_1484073158","score":3.5,"sentence1":"MUMBAI: The much-awaited redevelopment of the Bombay Development Directorate (BDD) chawls at NM Joshi Marg will begin only after the draw of lots for rehab buildings, said an official with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), on condition of anonymity. The state housing authority plans to conduct the draw of lots in a month\u2019s time. However, the authority will finalise the date only once the ministry portfolios are distributed.\n\nThe official asserted that as cabinet expansion has taken place on December 30, the portfolios accumulated with the six cabinet ministers, who took oath along with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the first round, will now be distributed. Currently, NCP\u2019s Jayant Patil is in charge of the housing ministry. Though a meeting was conducted with Minister Patil, only after portfolios are confirmed a detailed presentation about the BDD chawls\u2019 redevelopment project will be made and the date for the draw of lots decided, explained the official.\n\nInterestingly, the NM Joshi Marg BDD Chawls Phase-1 project construction work was expected to begin last year after Diwali. However, unable to vacate the first 10 chawls the project missed the deadline, and the plan failed to take off.\n\nThis paper had reported that in a bid to expedite the shifting of tenants, the MHADA has come up with an offer asking tenants to shift to transit houses wherein on first come first basis they will get an opportunity to participate in the lottery draw. By conducting this lottery draw, the participant tenants will know which floors of the new buildings their houses will be located. The lottery for rehab houses will be held from the top floors of the 22-storeyed building.\n\nBesides, MHADA will also sign an agreement with the lottery winners, giving a surety that they will get their houses back, unlike the city\u2019s other stuck redevelopment projects undertaken mostly by the private developers.\n\nMHADA is drawing the lottery of top floor houses after tenants even after repeated appeals were not willing to leave their houses and shift to the provided alternative places. Following which, this offer was made in a bid to lure residents of getting houses on the top floors of the buildings once ready. So far, 252 families have shifted to the transit houses, informed the official.\n\nAt NM Joshi, the authority as per the approved plans will construct seven towers comprising 22 floors each in phase-1, which will house 1,200 tenements. To construct the seven new towers, 10 existing chawls are required to be demolished first.\n\nThe tenants of NM Joshi Marg, including Dadar-Naigaon BDD Chawl tenants, are provided alternative accommodation in mill buildings. Ruby Mill, Jubilee Mill, Prakash Cotton Mill, Western India Mill, Century Mill, and Bharat Mill are the six mills that have been identified and have a total of 1,127 transit houses, according to the MHADA.\n\nThe then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had performed the ground-breaking ceremony in April 2017. However, till date, not a single brick has been laid. MHADA, on the other end, is still convincing residents to support the redevelopment of century-old BDD chawls, which have been planned costing of Rs 17,000 crore approximately. If successfully completed, about 16,000 families living in BDD chawls at NM Joshi, Naigaon and Worli will get new 500 square feet of flats free of cost.","sentence2":"Uddhav Thackeray (R) and Ajit Pawar (ANI photo)\n\nNo differences on portfolio allocation: Jayant Patil\n\nMUMBAI: Amid murmurs of resentment over distribution of ministries between alliance partners Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, leaders of the three parties held marathon meetings on Wednesday to finalise the allocation of portfolios.The cabinet was expanded on Monday with induction of 36 ministers which took its strength to 43, including chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.The leaders held several rounds of talks with Uddhav Thackeray during the day, sources said.\"Allocation of ministries has been almost finalized. All issues have been resolved. The allocation is expected to be announced by tomorrow,\" a source said.District guardian ministers and sitting arrangement of ministers at cabinet meetings were finalised on Wednesday, they said.Ashok Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar and Nitin Raut from the Congress, Jayant Patil and Ajit Pawar from the NCP and Eknath Shinde from the Shiv Sena met Thackeray to discuss allocation of ministries.According to Congress sources, the party is upset that it was not given any of the ministries which have a bearing on rural areas, such as agriculture and cooperation.\"We can swap portfolios with other two parties. We are not demanding increase in the number of ministries,\" sources added.All three parties are facing disgruntlement of leaders who were not inducted in the cabinet.Among such MLAs are Congress's Sangram Thopte, whose supporters vandalised Pune Congress office on Tuesday, and NCP's Prakash Solanke. Both the parties claimed that they have been mollified.Shiv Sena's Tanaji Sawant is also unhappy over being ignored in the cabinet expansion, sources said.Bhaskar Jadhav, who had joined the Sena on the eve of assembly polls, claimed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray had made certain commitments to him, so he was confident that he would be made minister and the exclusion left him shocked.About a dozen Sena legislators are said to be upset over not getting place in the cabinet.On the other hand, the 12 Congress ministers visited Delhi after the swearing-in on Monday.Congress leaders, sources said, feel that the party has not got agriculture, co-operation, housing and rural development ministries which are concerned with rural parts of the state.Rural development, co-operation and housing are with the NCP and agriculture with the Shiv Sena, and the Congress is keen on getting at least two of these four departments.The Congress has been allocated revenue, PWD and energy, among other ministries.The NCP has 12 cabinet ministers and four ministers of state, the Shiv Sena has 10 cabinet ministers and four MoS while Congress has 10 cabinet ministers and two MoS.The NCP has bagged important portfolios of home and finance.Meanwhile, Maharashtra cabinet minister Jayant Patil has said that there were no differences between the allies Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress over the allocation of portfolios.Patil, who heads state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party, was speaking to reporters at Mantralaya, the state secretariat here.\"There are no differences between us,\" Patil told reporters when asked about reports of friction between the allies over portfolio allocation."}
-{"id":"1484011767_1484041344","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Vision:\n\n\n\nBuild long-standing institutional affiliations that promote democracy with nations currently developing democratic civilian and military institutions.\n\nMission:\n\nThe Office of International Affairs provides the Adjutant General and Joint Forces Headquarters staff advice and policy recommendations on international initiatives for the California National Guard. This includes the Security Cooperation components of the National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy aspects of international relations activities conducted by the California National Guard.\n\n\n\nThe Office of International Affairs manages the State Partnership Program (SPP) with Ukraine. The SPP deploys California National Guard teams to Ukraine and brings Ukrainians to the United States for information sharing to assist Armed Forces of Ukraine in re-structuring, modernizing its forces, and strengthening principles of democracy and free market economies. Exchanges include information about the processes underpinning US military structures that result in subordination to civilian control, consensus building, methodologies for achieving objectives, and interagency coordination of civil\/military issues. Future missions for International Relations will include partnerships with other countries to bring the same philosophy to these regions of the world as has been done successfully in the Baltics.\n\n\n\nAlong with California many other state National Guards are providing bilateral engagement partnerships with their partnered nation. As the program evolves, it is becoming a sophisticated security cooperation tool of US National Security Strategy which brings together civilian expertise, multi-level government agencies, NATO, non-government organizations and commercial interests to address social, economic, military and political issues such as border security, base conversion, emergency response, interagency cooperation, civil-military relations and security cooperation.\n\n\n\nNumerous future reciprocal events will continue to strengthen the cooperation and understanding that both governments now enjoy. Of the several benefits SPP provides, one major contribution will continue to be the security and welfare of both our citizens.","sentence2":"Two close associates of President Trump\u2019s personal lawyer have been charged with funnelling foreign cash into a campaign backing his election.\n\nLev Parnas and Igor Fruman, American citizens born in the Soviet Union, and described as aides of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on Wednesday at Washington international airport as they prepared to leave the United States on a one-way ticket. They had been scheduled to speak to the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday and today.\n\nA federal indictment alleges that they channelled $325,000 to a pro-Trump fund, America First Action, through a front company to disguise the origin of the money, which was from a person described in the indictment as \u201cForeign National-1\u201d. It is illegal for foreign citizens to fund US politicians.\n\nProsecutors\u2026"}
-{"id":"1484190302_1484113071","score":4.0,"sentence1":"FILE \u2013 In a Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 file photo, youngsters line up to see the Hershey\u2019s Kissmobile during its stop in Berlin, Vt. The Hershey Company has confirmed that their small fleet of Kissmobiles won\u2019t be hitting the road again in 2020. The decision, said Hershey Company spokesperson Jeff Beckman, was made due to the aging conditions of the vehicles. One of the vehicles will be taking up permanent residence at the AACA Museum, just down the road from Hershey\u2019s main offices in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Toby Talbot, File)\n\nHERSHEY, Pa. (AP) \u2014 The Hershey Co. will soon retire its vehicles that are shaped like its Hershey\u2019s Kisses.\n\nThe Hershey Kissmobiles, which are each made up of three massive Kisses candies, have traveled across the country since 1997. The chocolate company has confirmed that the 26-foot-long vehicles won\u2019t return in 2020.\n\nThe company decided to pull the aging Kissmobiles out of safety concerns for employees and the public, Hershey Co. spokesman Jeff Beckman said. It has also become more difficult to find replacement parts for the custom vehicles.\n\nOne of the Kissmobiles will be available for public viewing at the AACA Museum in Hershey.","sentence2":"ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) \u2014 A fire at a northern New Jersey rooming house that displaced more than two dozen residents on Wednesday apparently was sparked by fireworks being shot off outside the building.\n\nThe fire at the three-story house on Westfield Avenue in Elizabeth broke out around 4 a.m. and quickly spread through the building, sending heavy flames and thick smoke spewing from the house. No serious injuries were reported in the fire, authorities said, but at least 25 people who lived in the house were displaced by the blaze.\n\nA preliminary investigation found the fire was apparently sparked by fireworks, but it's not yet known who was setting them off or what type of fireworks were involved."}
-{"id":"1484013404_1484147362","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Debaucherous evening last night? You\u2019re probably dealing with veisalgia right now.\n\nMore commonly known as a hangover, this unpleasant phenomenon has been dogging humanity since our ancestors first happened upon fermentation.\n\nThose nasty vertigo-inducing, cold sweat-promoting and vomit-producing sensations after a raucous night out are all part of your body\u2019s attempt to protect itself from injury after you overindulge in alcoholic beverages. Your liver is working to break down the alcohol you consumed so your kidneys can clear it out ASAP. But in the process, your body\u2019s inflammatory and metabolic reactions are going to lay you low with a hangover.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nAs long as people have suffered from hangovers, they\u2019ve searched in vain for a cure. Revelers have access to a variety of compounds, products and devices that purport to ease the pain. But there\u2019s a lot of purporting and not a lot of proof. Most have not been backed up well by science in terms of usefulness for hangover treatment, and often their effects don\u2019t seem like they\u2019d match up with what scientists know about the biology of the hangover.\n\nWorking overtime to clear out the booze\n\nHangovers are virtually guaranteed when you drink too much. That amount varies from person to person based on genetic factors as well as whether there are other compounds that formed along with ethanol in the fermentation process.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nOver the course of a night of heavy drinking, your blood alcohol level continues to rise. Your body labors to break down the alcohol \u2014 consumed as ethanol in beer, wine or spirits \u2014 forming damaging oxygen free radicals and acetaldehyde, itself a harmful compound. The longer ethanol and acetaldehyde stick around, the more damage they can do to your cellular membranes, proteins and DNA, so your body\u2019s enzymes work quickly to metabolize acetaldehyde to a less toxic compound, acetate.\n\nOver time, your ethanol levels drop through this natural metabolic process. Depending on how much you consumed, you\u2019re likely to experience a hangover as the level of ethanol in your blood slowly returns to zero. Your body is withdrawing from high levels of circulating alcohol, while at the same time trying to protect itself from the effects of alcohol.\n\nScientists have limited knowledge of the leading causes of the hangover. But they do know that the body\u2019s responses include changes in hormone levels to reduce dehydration and cellular stress. Alcohol consumption also affects a variety of neurotransmitter systems in the brain, including glutamate, dopamine and serotonin. Inflammation increases in the body\u2019s tissues, and the healthy gut bacteria in your digestive system take a hit too, promoting leaky gut.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nAltogether, the combination of all these reactions and protective mechanisms activated by your system gives rise to the experience of a hangover, which can last up to 48 hours.\n\nYour misery likely has company\n\nDrinking and socializing are cultural acts, and most hangovers do not happen in isolation. Human beings are social creatures, and there\u2019s a high likelihood that at least one other individual feels the same as you the morning after the night before.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nEach society has different rules regarding alcohol use, which can affect how people view alcohol consumption within those cultures. Drinking is often valued for its relaxing effect and for promoting sociability. So it\u2019s common to see alcohol provided at celebratory events, social gatherings and holiday parties.\n\nIn the United States, drinking alcohol is largely embraced by mainstream culture, which may even promote behaviors involving excessive drinking. It should be no surprise that overindulgence goes hand in hand with these celebratory social events \u2014 and leads to hangover regrets a few hours later.\n\nYour body\u2019s reactions to high alcohol intake and the sobering-up period can influence mood, too. The combination of fatigue that you experience from sleep deprivation and hormonal stress reactions, in turn, affect your neurobiological responses and behavior. As your body is attempting to repair itself, you\u2019re more likely to be easily irritated, exhausted and want nothing more than to be left alone. Of course, your work productivity takes a dramatic hit the day after an evening of heavy drinking.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nWhen all is said and done, you\u2019re the cause of your own hangover pain, and you\u2019re the one who must pay for all the fun of the night before. But in short order, you\u2019ll forget how excruciating your last hangover was. And you may very soon talk yourself into doing the things you swore you\u2019d never do again.\n\nSpeeding up recovery\n\nWhile pharmacologists like us understand a bit about how hangovers work, we still lack a true remedy.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nCountless articles describe a variety of foods, caffeine, ion replenishment, energy drinks, herbal supplements including thyme and ginger, vitamins and the \u201chair of the dog\u201d as ways to prevent and treat hangovers. But the evidence isn\u2019t really there that any of these work effectively. They\u2019re just not scientifically validated or well reproduced.\n\nFor example, Kudzu root (Pueraria lobata), a popular choice for hangover remedies, has primarily been investigated for its effects in reducing alcohol-mediated stress and hangover. But at the same time, Kudzu root appears to inhibit the enzymes that break down acetaldehyde \u2014 not good news since you want to clear that acetaldehyde from your system quickly.\n\nTo fill this knowledge gap, our lab is working with colleagues to see if we can find scientific evidence for or against potential hangover remedies. We\u2019ve focused on the benefits of dihydromyricetin, a Chinese herbal medicine that is currently available and formulated as a dietary supplement for hangover reduction or prevention.\n\nDihydromyricetin appears to work its magic by enhancing alcohol metabolism and reducing its toxic byproduct, acetaldehyde. From our findings in mice models, we are collecting data that support the usefulness of dihydromyricetin in increasing the expression and activity of enzymes responsible for ethanol and acetaldehyde metabolism in the liver, where ethanol is primarily broken down. These findings explain one of the several ways dihydromyricetin protects the body against alcohol stress and hangover symptoms.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nWe are also studying how this enhancement of alcohol metabolism results in changes in alcohol drinking behaviors. Previously, dihydromyricetin was found to counteract the relaxation affect of drinking alcohol by interfering with particular neuroreceptors in the brain; rodents didn\u2019t become as intoxicated and consequently reduced their ethanol intake. Through this combination of mechanisms, we hope to illustrate how DHM might reduce the downsides of excessive drinking beyond the temporary hangover, and potentially reduce drinking behavior and damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption.\n\nOf course, limiting alcohol intake and substituting water for many of those drinks during an evening out is probably the best method to avoid a painful hangover. However, for those times when one alcoholic beverage leads to more than a few more, be sure to stay hydrated and catch up on rest. Your best bet for a smoother recovery is probably some combination of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen, Netflix and a little downtime.\n\nDaryl Davies, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Joshua Silva, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Southern California, and Terry David Church, Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences, University of Southern California\n\nThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.","sentence2":"Hangovers are a multifactorial equation that may be a little hard to understand, but the solution is always the same: misery. ArturVerkhovetskiy via Deposit Photos\n\nHoliday parties, birthdays, reunions. These are all beautiful occasions to gather with our friends and loved ones, celebrate all the good things in our lives, raise our glasses to the bad ones, and drink for what\u2019s to come. It\u2019d be nice if we could do all that without a horrible, head-wracking hangover.\n\nBefore you start scheduling hangover recovery time on your holiday calendar, know there are things you can do to make that bottle-ache a bit milder. And that\u2019s the best-case scenario, because we\u2019re sorry to tell you one cold, hard fact: there is no cure for hangovers. Like, none. Zero.\n\nWhat do you mean there\u2019s no cure for hangovers?\n\nExactly that, actually. For starters, science still doesn\u2019t quite know what causes a hangover. Literature on the subject has identified three possible culprits: the direct effect of alcohol on the brain and other organs, the effects of alcohol withdrawal from these organs; and other non-alcoholic factors, such as the physiological effects of compounds created when the body processes alcohol, like methanol.\n\nIt\u2019s also challenging to define what a hangover is. The definition researchers generally agree upon is that it\u2019s a condition characterized by a feeling of misery that can last up to 24 hours after the amount of alcohol in your blood drops to zero. As anyone who\u2019s ever experienced a hangover will tell you, symptoms can vary both in nature and intensity, going from headache, nausea, and fatigue, to muscle aches, vomiting, lack of concentration, and anxiety.\n\nThe symptoms you experience after a night of drinking will depend on multiple factors, like how much you drank, for how long, what it was, if you ate, what kind of food you devoured, if you danced, or smoked, and more. And that\u2019s not even taking into account genetic predisposition to hangovers or family history regarding alcohol addiction.\n\nConsidering these effects vary widely from person to person\u2014and even from one hangover to another\u2014it is very hard to study them, which makes hangovers a tough nut to crack. And then there\u2019s the morality of curing them.\n\n\u201cA possible explanation for the lack of scientific interest is that many physicians and researchers regard the alcohol hangover as an adequate punishment for unwanted behavior,\u201d Utrecht University researchers Joris C. Verster and Renske Penning wrote in their 2010 paper Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Hangover.\n\nAccording to them, it is possible that part of the scientific community may not want to find a cure for hangovers because doing so would make binge drinking that much easier.\n\nOk, so how do I deal with a hangover?\n\nIt's definitely easier to avoid a hangover than to cure it. ArturVerkhovetskiy via Deposit Photos\n\nSince we don\u2019t know what causes hangovers, there\u2019s no drug or homemade remedy that will get rid of one entirely. In fact, the only scientifically proven method to avoid a hangover is moderate alcohol consumption or good old abstinence.\n\nBut since it is likely you will eventually have to deal with at least one hangover, it\u2019s a good idea to know there are things you can do to make the day after a party a little less miserable.\n\nRehydrate\n\nDehydration is one of the main symptoms of hangovers. Alcohol inhibits the production of antidiuretic hormone, preventing the kidneys from reabsorbing water and resulting in the overproduction of urine. Add that to sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea (all possible hangover symptoms), and you end up with a sure case of dehydration.\n\nDrinking one glass of water for every alcoholic beverage you consume is a great way to prevent a bad hangover. If that ship has already sailed and you\u2019re experiencing hangover-induced dehydration, you can always opt for a sports drink or make your own oral rehydration salts. All you need to do is mix two tablespoons of sugar and a 3\/4 teaspoon of salt in four cups of water. Doing so will not only help you get that precious water back into your body, but will also restore your electrolytes.\n\nBeware of congeners\n\nIf you\u2019ve ever experienced a red wine-induced hangover, you know they\u2019re some of the worst you can get, and congeners are to blame. These are the biologically active compounds that give alcoholic beverages their distinct taste, smell, and color. Research shows a higher concentration of congeners may have something to do with more severe hangovers, whereas drinking distilled spirits containing purer ethanol, such as vodka or gin, will result in milder or fewer hangover effects.\n\nWhen it comes to avoiding hangovers, the lighter the color, the better\u2014stay away from rum, whiskey, tequila and red wine, which are among the alcoholic drinks with higher amounts of congeners.\n\nSleep well\n\nFatigue and muscle aches are two of the most common hangover symptoms, and you don\u2019t have to be a doctor to know the best way to treat them: rest. But alcohol consumption disrupts sleep patterns, resulting in both less and worse sleep. Drinking also alters your circadian rhythm, which raises cortisol levels and causes a feeling similar to jet lag.\n\nIt might be difficult, but a good way to combat a hangover is just to sleep. Give yourself the time to get some rest and bounce back. And if you made the horrible decision of making plans for early the next day, God help you.\n\nBe careful when taking Aspirin or paracetamol\n\nWhen you\u2019re suffering from a hangover that features an intense headache, your first instinct may be to take Aspirin or paracetamol. Studies have shown alcohol can cause an inflammatory response in the body, so anti-inflammatory drugs such as these could have a positive effect."}
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-{"id":"1484763304_1484720560","score":3.5,"sentence1":"After Idli in Chai, Video of Chicken Tikka Soaked in Tea Has Left Netizens in Splits\n\nIn the 25 seconds long video clip the user can be seen pouring a cup of tea over a bowl full of chunks of chicken tikka.\n\nTrending Desk Updated: January 2, 2020, 6:24 PM IST\n\n(Image credit: Reddit \/ @ u\/pocoschick )\n\nThe person who recently created a storm on social media by dunking an Idli in tea, has now shared a video clip wherein chunks \u201cChicken Tikka\u201d have been soaked in tea.\n\nThe person who goes by username, u\/pocoschick on Reddit shared the video with caption, \u201cHey, Guys! When I posted the tea & idli video, u\/wromit suggested that I should try \"tandoori leg\" with tea. I couldn't find a leg piece, but I found what they call \u201cTikka.\u201d At first, I wasn't too sure about it, but after I tried it, I'm really digging the flavor. The after-taste was decent\u201d\n\nIn the 25 seconds long video clip the user can be seen pouring a cup of tea over a bowl full of chunks of chicken tikka. After the bowl is filled with tea, she mixes chicken and tea and eats the mix.\n\nIt is not surprising that this combination did not go down very well with netizens, as a result most of the comments on the post are negative in nature. Some users commented on the absurdity of the combination, while some called this act disturbing.\n\nA user, who goes by the name DrAj111199991 on Reddit commented, \u201cWhy do you keep terrorising us like so? Who has paid you? ISI? How can they tolerate this either? Why you do this to me?\u201d\n\nAnother user which goes by the name RevengeOfPorolok on the portal wrote, \u201cPoor chicken, got butchered twice.\u201d\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time.","sentence2":"Researchers have found that combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs may reduce breast tumour development.\n\nAccording to the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the offspring of mice at high risk of the disease because of the high fat diet fed to their mothers during pregnancy.\n\n\"We believe that our research is the first to show that we can reverse some aspects of increased breast cancer risk found in offspring of mouse mothers fed a high fat diet during pregnancy,\" said study researcher Leena A Hilakivi-Clarke from the Georgetown University in the US.\n\n\"This finding may have important implications in people because exposures in the womb to certain chemicals, or a mother's high fat diet, or being obese, can subsequently increase a daughter's breast cancer risk,\" Hilakivi-Clarke.\n\nAccording to the researchers, the key drug in the study regimen was valproic acid which, among several targets, inhibits histone deacetylase (HDAC), an important epigenetic silencer of genes.\n\nIn contrast to mutations that permanently disrupt the normal functions of genes, epigenetic modifications are reversible.\n\nValproic acid was combined with the blood pressure medication hydralazine that inhibits another critical epigenetic regulator, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT).\n\nEarly treatment studies in people have shown that these two drugs can work in tandem to disrupt tumour growth.\n\nThese research findings demonstrate how impactful an epigenetic methyl group addition or subtraction from DNA can be.\n\nCompounds that reduce methylation of tumour suppressor genes that are excessively methylated (hypermethylated) can be beneficial.\n\nHowever, these drugs can have the opposite effect if tumour suppressor genes are not hypermethylated; they may remove methyl groups from cancer-causing genes, making these genes more active and potentially leading to more aggressive cancers.\n\nThe other key aspect of this finding involves the potential impact of diet on cancer risk. Many fruits and vegetables have compounds (such as flavones) that chemically react in the same ways as the HDAC- and DNMT-inhibiting drugs in this study.\n\nSome compounds in these foods, especially folic acid, have opposite effects.\n\nThis research suggests that exposure to a high fat diet or endocrine disrupting chemicals in the womb might be reversed by the consumption of foods high in DNMT and HDAC inhibitors, while those who have not had such exposures might also gain a cancer protective benefit from consuming foods high in folic acid.\n\nThe scientists noted, however, that their findings, particularly as they relate to diet, need to be studied in people.\n\n\"Our next step will be to try to identify biomarkers in humans that indicate an exposure in the womb to diets or endocrine disrupting chemicals that could increase breast cancer risk later in life,\" said Hilakivi-Clarke.\n\nFollow @News18Lifestyle for more\u200b\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time."}
-{"id":"1483803584_1484221623","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Over 25 missions planned in 2020: Isro chief\n\n01 Jan 2020, 12:50PM IST\n\nSource: Times Now\n\nThe space agency has already begun work on Chandrayaan-3, and Isro chairman K Sivan said it will cost Rs 250 crore (for lander, rover and propulsion module) and Rs 365 crore for launch. The total cost: Rs 615 crore. \"Chandrayaan-3 will have a lander, rover and a propulsion module. The government has approved the project and we have formed the project team. Work is going on smoothly,\" Sivan said. \"...We are targeting the launch for this year, but it may spillover to the next year,\" Sivan said, while sources reiterated that the internal target set for launch is November 2020. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which failed to land a probe on Moon in its first attempt in September 2019 (Chandrayaan-2) has its eyes still set on Earth\u2019s natural satellite.","sentence2":"This story is from January 1, 2020\n\n(ANI)\n\nNo stress on resources\n\nSSLV & Desi GPS\n\nDownload The Times of India News App for Latest India News\n\nSubscribe Start Your Daily Mornings with Times of India Newspaper! Order Now\n\nBENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which failed to land a probe on Moon in its first attempt in September 2019 (Chandrayaan-2), is set to launch Chandrayaan-3 this year. The third Moon mission is estimated to cost more than Rs 600 crore.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Isro chairman K Sivan said: \u201cWe are looking at a launch this year, but it may spillover to early next year. Chandrayaan-3 will have a lander, rover and a propulsion module given that the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is fully functional. The government has approved the project and we have formed the project team.\u201dBreaking up the cost, Sivan said that the lander, rover and propulsion module will cost Rs 250 crore, while launch service will cost another Rs 365 crore. \u201cTogether the cost would be Rs 615 crore,\u201d he said, while another official told TOI that the internal target set for the crucial launch is November 2020. On Tuesday, agencies quoted Union minister Jitendra Singh saying that the launch will take place this year.TOI was the first to report that Isro had begun work on Chandrayaan-3 and M Vanitha, the project director of Chandrayaan-2 has been transferred making way for P Veeramuthuvel.Confirming this, Sivan said: \u201cIt is an Isro team, everybody is from our organisation. Yes, Veeramuthuvel has been identified as the project director. He was also associated with the Chandrayaan-2 mission.\u201dAllaying concerns that big-ticket projects like Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan and Aditya (Sun mission) will hamper other missions the space agency has in its pipeline, Sivan said that there is no stress on Isro resources and that work will happen simultaneously.\u201cWe are looking at more than 25 missions this year and are confident that each project work will happen simultaneously,\u201d Sivan said.Sivan had, in January 2019, set a target of about 30 missions for the year, but Isro managed only 13. \u201cIt was not because we were doing Chandrayaan, but because there was a delay in the supply of equipment needed for satellite missions,\u201d Sivan added.Another senior official said that the Indian industry must improve the quality of electronic equipment to meet the agency\u2019s current demand. \u201cEarlier, we never spoke of numbers, but now we can assure that, and yet, we don\u2019t have a good response from the industry,\u201d the official said.Isro has demanded Rs 14,000 crore in the next budget (2020-21), Sivan said, and added that among the big projects in 2020 are: \u201cLand acquisition for the second spaceport in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Kulasekarapattinam in Tuticorin ... We will need about 2,300 acres for this.\u201dIsro has already requested for Rs 120 crore for a new launchpad for SSLV (small satellite launch vehicle), which will be part of this proposed spaceport. Tamil Nadu government will acquire the land and transfer it to Isro. Sivan also said the first experimental flight of SSLV will happen this year at Sriharikota, while Aditya mission is scheduled for mid-2020.\u201cWe\u2019ve also made progress with letting private players build PSLV, and we will enhance their participation even with SSLV,\u201d he said.He added that the international agency regulating use of GPS-like systems in mobile phones has approved NaVIC \u2014 India\u2019s own version of GPS \u2014 for use in mobiles.\u201cNaVIC will soon be available for mobile phones. US chipmaker Qualcomm has collaborated with Isro on this,\u201d Sivan said.In Video: Over 25 missions planned in 2020: Isro chief"}
-{"id":"1484013838_1484084603","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Here\u2019s how Marvel fans can watch Guardians Of The Galaxy online, including whether the movie is available to stream via Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime. Today Guardians Of The Galaxy is hailed as one of the best movies that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has spawned, but before its 2014 release, it was considered one of Marvel\u2019s riskiest endeavors. Not only was it arguably a lot weirder than anything the MCU had attempted before, but Guardians Of The Galaxy was also adapted from a relatively obscure comic book series about a relatively unknown team of superheroes.\n\nLuckily for Marvel, Peter Quill and his motley crew proved a big hit with audiences and Guardians Of The Galaxy went on to rank as 2014\u2019s third highest-grossing film. The James Gunn-directed movie got a sequel \u2013 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 \u2013 in 2017 and since then the GOTG team has appeared in other MCU movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Is Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 On Netflix?\n\nWith a third Guardians Of The Galaxy film right around the corner, no doubt those new or old to the MCU will want to re-watch the first movie but is it available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime? Unfortunately, Netflix and Hulu members are out of luck as Guardians Of The Galaxy isn\u2019t available via either streaming service. The movie is, however, on Amazon Prime to rent or buy and currently priced between $2.99 and $19.99 to watch in standard definition or HD.\n\nThe reason behind Guardians Of The Galaxy\u2019s absence on Netflix is the launch of the House of Mouse\u2019s new streaming service Disney+ in November 2019. Disney has been steadily removing its Marvel movies from Netflix in anticipation of the Disney+ launch for the past couple of years. So, while Guardians Of The Galaxy isn\u2019t available on Netflix it is on Disney+ alongside its sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 and a ton of other Marvel titles including Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel. Other options for watching Guardians Of The Galaxy include YouTube Movies, Google Play, iTunes and the Microsoft Store where the film is easily available to rent or buy.\n\nWhile Guardians Of The Galaxy may be unavailable for Netflix and Hulu subscribers, there\u2019s still the upcoming release of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3. to look forward to. The sequel is set to commence production once director James Gunn has finished working on the DCEU movie The Suicide Squad and is currently scheduled for release in 2021.\n\nNext: The Marvel\/DC War is Over, Thanks to James Gunn\n\nShare Tweet Email","sentence2":"Thanos was finally dispatched (twice!) over the course of Avengers: Endgame, leaving long-time fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe pondering how future films in this series would fill the antagonist role he occupied. Thanos' defeat leaves the door open for another big Marvel villain to take his place; however, this formidable character is an enormously difficult act to follow. Thanos had been set up for six years as the primary foe of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ever since he turned around to deliver a grin during the credits of the first Avengers. Since then, his powerful nature in-universe had been made abundantly clear, especially after he actually pulled off his evil plan at the end of Avengers: Infinity War.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nAfter all of that hype and subsequent mayhem caused by Thanos, how exactly can the MCU deliver future villains that can measure up to this iconic foe? Well, the very defeat of that character could help open up the door for subsequent powerful adversaries to emerge over future Marvel Cinematic Universe titles. Considering things from the perspective of in-universe supervillains, a powerful figure like Thanos being completely off the table now leaves an opening for new foes to take his place. Nefarious individuals previously petrified to deal with Thanos and his gauntlet now have their chance to step out of the shadows and conquer the world.\n\nRelated: Marvel Provides More Evidence Thanos Is Alive After Endgame\n\nThe writers crafting the next wave of MCU storylines need to look at Thanos as a figure whose power kept equally formidable antagonists at bay. His defeat has left a power vacuum in the universe. Dormammu, The Mandarin, and even Doctor Doom (who Marvel again has the film rights to), can all now step-up to the plate as towering villainous forces because they don't have to contend with Thanos and all of his might. Marvel superheroes like Thor couldn't have been the only ones intimidated by Thanos \u2014 whose to say previously-unseen supervillains weren't also terrified of this purple beast?\n\nMCU Villains That Could Follow Thanos\n\nOf course, such fear has now been removed from the hearts of supervillains all across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Avengers taking out Thanos took out one threat, but it's easy to see that victory opening up the door for a whole avalanche of new threats to emerge. One could easily see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness featuring a version of Dormammu that, in the wake of Thanos being defeated, sees a chance for himself to garner heretofore unknown levels of power. Similarly, there's a whole slew of powerful villains whose film rights were previously owned exclusively by 20th Century Fox, such as the Fantastic Four property, that could emerge in the wake of Thanos' demise.\n\nWouldn't it be a logical extension of Thanos being taken down for Galactus, now having to face one less challenger, to emerge as a multi-film baddie whose power dwarfs even those utilized by Thanos? The sheer power possessed by Thanos, as well as his pop-culture ubiquity, puts a great level of pressure on those tasked with creating future powerful villains for members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face. But every ending is somebody else's beginning, and it's easy to see an outcome where the demise of Thanos at the end of Avengers: Endgame is an impetus for even greater supervillains to follow.\n\nNext: The Human Torch Exists In The MCU (But Not The Fantastic 4 Version)\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nStar Trek Picard: How The New Series Can Avoid Voyager\u2019s Mistakes"}
-{"id":"1484189278_1484233982","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Want a different and majority elected, president in 2020? Trump has a MagaHatty cadre of street fascists who can disrupt Town Hall candidate meetings, his billionaires. and Putin, his Internet Hacking Agency, and Russo-American \"Businessmen Corrupters.\" Winning against it will require that the Democratic party get at least 3 \"battleground states\" to adopt ranked-choice voting! The race is likely to come down to only five \"toss up\" states: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Voters get to rank candidates in order of choice. If a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, they win, just like any other election. If not, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who picked that candidate as 'number 1' will have their votes count for their next choice. This process continues until a candidate wins with more than half of the votes. This process is guaranteed to end with the most preferred candidate among all the votes as the winner candidate in our state situation it will produce a 270 vote electoral college. Second, rank and file democrats must, for this election only, abandon their self damaging diversity \/ identity theme, pitting women and minorities against each other! Make American values the main issue this time! Trumps' values are Vulgarian, from Slobovia and Skankostan! When Sanders says \"I'm a socialist\" only news media stupid talking heads claim it makes him un electable. Nobody sees Sanders virtue signaling this way as other than an expression of steadfastness, principle. Nobody thinks he alone, as President could make America a socialist nation. Furthermore, It would be stupid to scoff at the idea of another Hollywood actor running, like Ronald Reagan. Many of us did not like some of the values he stood for or some of his decisions. But no one could argue that he was ineffective, like Trump. A number of very prominent actors fit these qualities very well. Draft an actor who is a Democrat such as Tom Hanks! Hanks has exemplified good American values, in splendid films like Saving Private Ryan, Sully, Apollo 13, The Green Mile, Captain Phillips, Mark Felt, and A Beautiful Day Yes, even as Mr. Rogers! Try to draft Kevin Costner, who showed courage and other American values in Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood, JFK, A Perfect World, The Postman, Thirteen Days (about the Cuban Missile Crisis), The Guardian, and Hidden Figures. Or consider George Clooney who played in Three Kings, Syriana, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night and Good Luck, The Ides of March and The Monuments Men. Even the writers of West Wing or Madame Secretary could do better and Tea Leoni would make a better President than Trump! Maybe even Pence, even for a caretaker year.","sentence2":"Police have arrested a 38-year-old black man from Orange Country, NY, for stabbing five Jews in the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey on the seventh night of Hanukkah. If you\u2019re a New Yorker or a Jew or both, you\u2019re asking why. Why has yet another African-American attacked Jews? Why has black-on-Jewish assault become a continuous feature of life in and around New York? Why now?\n\nThe answer: Because the country is seized by the politics of victimhood, and there\u2019s nothing that self-pitying \u201cvictims\u201d find easier than blaming Jews for their misery.\n\nThe names given to the bogeymen of today\u2019s populism are all historical code words for Jews. On the populist right, this means the elite, the globalists and the media. On the populist left, it\u2019s Wall Street, the wealthy and the 1 percent. If that isn\u2019t enough, the left has also decided that Jews \u2014 a minority who make up 2.2 percent of the American population \u2014 are \u201chyper-white\u201d and, in Marxist terms, actually part of the power structure that keeps minorities down.\n\nIt\u2019s no secret that right-wing populism has facilitated a violent, sometimes deadly, rise in Jew-hatred, but it\u2019s forbidden to draw similar conclusions about the populist left. At least in public. There are two reasons for this: First, pointing out the problem on the right is a means of attacking President Trump. Second, addressing the problem on the left would mean facing the outsize role that black Americans have played in recent attacks against Jews.\n\nOn the first point, it is not only wrong to blame Trump for right-wing anti-Semitism, it\u2019s perverse. How anyone gets away with claiming that the president doesn\u2019t condemn Jew-hatred is beyond me. He condemns it at every turn. He devoted an unprecedentedly large chunk of his last State of the Union address to denouncing anti-Semitism and vowing to fight it wherever it may arise.\n\nTrump recently moved to crack down against anti-Semitism on college campuses (and was denounced for it as a racist by the left). For his commitment to fighting Jew-hatred and his unfaltering support of Israel, he has earned the enmity of far-right anti-Semites.\n\nOn the second point, the facts speak for themselves. Throughout 2019, African-Americans attacked Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn on a more-or-less weekly basis, and it barely ever made the mainstream news. It wasn\u2019t until two members of the Black Hebrew Israelites shot up a kosher market in Jersey City in early December that the media was forced into acknowledging reality.\n\nThe left\u2019s leading populists have fetishized the victim status of certain minorities, including African Americans. They have made slavery and its legacy the focal points of American life. They have determined, without evidence, that police are on a campaign to kill unarmed blacks. And they speak generally as if we have suddenly been transported to a pre-civil-rights-movement America.\n\nWhat\u2019s more, unlike Trump, some of the left\u2019s leading populists have gone out of their way to steer their followers toward blaming the Jews. The stand-out figures here are Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Their public record of blaming Jewish money for corrupting American politics is so well-known that it needs no rehearsing here. And it has either been ignored or defended by the larger left. If you called either of them out on their anti-Semitism, you were charged with racism and misogyny. Omar so petrified Democratic leaders that they couldn\u2019t even pass a House resolution condemning her blatant anti-Semitic remarks.\n\nBut the problem on the left goes beyond Omar and Tlaib. And it goes beyond the rest of the Squad, who engage in constant anti-Israel theatrics. It stretches to the identitarian populism of most of the 2020 Democratic candidates for president, to the liberal garment-rending over the defeat of the anti-Semitic Jeremy Corbyn, to the intersectional gobbledygook that divides college campuses by ethnicity, to the Women\u2019s March activists who embrace Louis Farrakhan and down to the community level, where, for example, the NAACP\u2019s Passaic branch posts Facebook rants blaming tainted water supplies on the Jews.\n\nHistorically, indulged victims have needed no encouragement in pointing their finger at Jews. Telling them that others are responsible for their woes has usually been enough to get them headed in that direction. But some on today\u2019s left have given Jew-hatred an extra nudge. Their winks, dog-whistles and outright calumnies have served as a noxious propaganda campaign and led to a surge of minority anti-Semitism. With the attempted murders in Monsey, this can no longer be kept a secret, and maybe those who have facilitated it will begin to know a little shame.\n\nAbe Greenwald is senior editor of Commentary, from which this column was adapted."}
-{"id":"1484702889_1484167784","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee\n\nThe Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked again Monday on what to do next after a circuit court judge ordered the state to purge more than 200,000 names from Wisconsin\u2019s voter registration list.\n\nIt\u2019s the second time in less than a month that the commission, which is split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, has been unable to agree on how to address the court order by a circuit court judge.\n\nThat original order has since been appealed and a new lawsuit has been filed in federal court attempting to block it.\n\nElections Commissioner Mark Thomsen, one of the panel\u2019s Democrats, said those lawsuits should be allowed to play out before the voting rolls are changed.\n\n\u201cIt would seem to me premature and wrongheaded for the commission to jump ahead,\u201d Thompson said\n\nEarlier this month, Ozaukee County Circuit Judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty , known as WILL. They argued that the Wisconsin Elections Commission was violating state law by not removing thousands of people from voting rolls who were suspected to have moved.\n\nThe voters were identified by what\u2019s known as the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonprofit, multi-state system that helps member states keep their voter registration lists current. ERIC identifies people who may have moved after they file official paperwork with another government agency like the Department of Motor Vehicles.\n\nThe Elections Commission voted earlier this year to send a mailing to more than 230,000 voters stating that they\u2019d been flagged as having moved. But the commission\u2019s original mailing also told voters that they would not be automatically removed from the state\u2019s registration rolls until 2021.\n\nAt the time, the Elections Commission argued that state law gave it discretion on whether to immediately rescind a voter\u2019s registration. It said that discretion was necessary given the state\u2019s previous experiences with the ERIC system in 2017, when voters who had not moved were mistakenly tossed off the rolls.\n\nMalloy rejected that argument, ruling on Dec. 13 that the state must remove the names from Wisconsin\u2019s voter rolls immediately.\n\nWisconsin\u2019s Elections Commission met just days later, voting 3-3 on Dec. 16 on a motion that would have immediately purged the state\u2019s voter rolls. With the commission\u2019s even split, a bipartisan vote is required to accomplish anything.\n\nThe Wisconsin Department of Justice, led by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul, appealed the initial ruling in state court, and WILL asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly.\n\nAt the same time, the Wisconsin League of Women Voters filed a new lawsuit in federal court in an attempt to block the initial ruling.\n\nRepublican Dean Knudson, a former GOP state lawmaker who chairs the Elections Commission, said Monday that he felt it was important for the commission to take action following the court order by Malloy.\n\n\u201cWe are under a court order from the circuit court in Ozaukee County to follow the law,\u201d Knudson said. \u201cI wish the law was clearer. But I feel like we need to do our best to follow the law.\u201d\n\nBut the commission\u2019s Democrats, like Ann Jacobs, said the system used to flag voter names was flawed and it was unclear if the state even had the authority to remove people.\n\n\u201cThe right to vote is of such power that the idea that we\u2019re going to simply kick people off the rolls because of a poor data match is astonishing,\u201d Jacobs said.\n\nThe case is being closely watched because of Wisconsin\u2019s potentially pivotal role in the 2020 election and its recent history of close finishes.\n\nFor example, the 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court race and the 2016 race for president were both decided by margins of less than 1 percent, and the 2018 race for governor was decided by just over 1 percent.\n\nState Election Panel Deadlocks Again On How To Address Ruling On Voter List Purge was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.","sentence2":"He said he's hopeful that this coming year will include a consensus surrounding the issue, though he lamented what he sees as the \"minimization of the problem\" of possible contamination of nitrates and so-called \"forever chemicals\" known as PFAS, which are found in firefighting foam and more.\n\n\"The concern I have is that we have folks already saying, 'Well we can't overregulate this issue, we can't do this around this issue, we can't we can't,'\" he said.\n\nAs a key figure among Wisconsin Democrats, Evers said takes both down-ticket races and the presidential match-up seriously. Maintaining Democratic numbers in the Legislature, he said, \"keeps my veto in place\" as both GOP-led chambers currently lack enough members to override Evers' actions \u2014 something he said is especially important because of the approaching census and redistricting round.\n\nAs for the presidential election, he stressed the need to get candidates to the state \"and have the people in Wisconsin understand the issues that each of them care about and we get a good turnout in the primary, good turnout next fall.\"\n\nShare your opinion on this topic by sending a letter to the editor to tctvoice@madison.com. Include your full name, hometown and phone number. Your name and town will be published. The phone number is for verification purposes only. Please keep your letter to 250 words or less.\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy."}
-{"id":"1484037143_1484201620","score":1.5,"sentence1":"BRIGHTON, England (AP) \u2014 Alireza Jahanbakhsh\u2019s acrobatic overhead kick gave Brighton a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League on New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nThe Iran striker\u2019s bicycle kick in the 84th minute punished Frank Lampard\u2019s wasteful Chelsea, which relied on goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga\u2019s late save against Neal Maupay to avoid losing.\n\nJahanbakhsh started 2020 in style after only breaking a 20-match league goal drought in the 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThe goal on Wednesday canceled out the tap-in from Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta in the 10th minute.\n\nChristian Pulisic will look at three wasted openings that ultimately stopped Chelsea cementing their dominance, denying the fourth-place side another away victory after Sunday\u2019s 2-1 win at Arsenal.\n\nThe American dragged a shot wide from a well-worked and promising position.\n\nThe forward had tormented Martin Montoya throughout the first half and outfoxed him twice in quick succession after the break, but he failed to find the target on both occasions.\n\n___\n\nMore AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/Soccer and https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Sports","sentence2":"Apparently US national team star Christian Pulisic's hamstring knock wasn't a major one.\n\nPulisic was back in Chelsea manager Frank Lampard's XI for the Premier League's first match of 2020, the Blues' 1-1 away draw at Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.\n\n\ud83d\udd35\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc40Christian Pulisic watch: How did #USMNT star perform on his return to the Chelsea starting lineup v. Brighton? @JPW_NBCSports has minute-by-minute analysis on the #CFC winger \u2935\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/Cl3pFbsys6 pic.twitter.com\/qGM0y2MfMX \u2014 NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) January 1, 2020\n\nDeployed wide left in Lampard's 4-2-3-1, Pulisic went 66 minutes and left the game with his side in the lead on Cesar Aspilicueta's 10th-minute goal. Brighton eventually leveled the match through Alireza Jahanbaksh's spectacular equalizer, an overhead kick from range.\n\nLampard had ruled Pulisic out of Chelsea's previous match, a 2-1 come-from-behind win away at London rivals Arsenal, and there appeared to be concerns that a hamstring or groin ailment could keep the winger out several weeks.\n\n100% healthy but thank you guys for the concern \u2014 Christian Pulisic (@cpulisic_10) December 30, 2019\n\nHowever, Pulisic took to Twitter to reveal, at the very least, those concerns were overblown.\n\nWednesday's draw marked Chelsea's fourth match and the end of a typically busy league stretch over the holiday season. Their next match comes Sunday home to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round before returning to league play on Jan. 11 at home against Burnley."}
-{"id":"1484010775_1483828218","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The message to foreign women thinking of booking a holiday in Cyprus could hardly be more stark: if you are attacked don\u2019t expect the authorities to help you. On the contrary, reporting a rape carries a significant risk that it won\u2019t be properly investigated, as appears to have happened to the 19-year-old British woman who went to the police in Ayia Napa in July saying she had been gang-raped. Moreover, you might end up deprived of your own liberty.\n\nThe teenager found herself convicted on Monday with inventing the whole thing, and faces a potential prison sentence when she appears at the Famagusta district court next week. Predatory young men, on the other hand, might easily come to the conclusion that they have nothing to fear.\n\nThe case now has all the ingredients of an international incident, following a highly unusual intervention from the Foreign Office. A spokesman has described events in Cyprus as \u201cdeeply distressing\u201d and says that the UK is \u201cseriously concerned\u201d about the young woman\u2019s right to a fair trial. While limiting damage to the tourist industry may have been the primary concern of the Cypriot authorities, it has backfired spectacularly. The UK is also an important ally and has military bases on the island. Whatever is being said publicly, it\u2019s likely that frantic discussions are taking place behind the scenes, seeking a way out of what is fast becoming a public relations disaster.\n\nIt simply defies belief that more than 55,000 British women are lying about being raped every year\n\nWhile some elements in this shocking case are particular to Cyprus, it highlights a culture of disbelief towards victims that is almost universal. That distrust expresses itself in different ways, depending on the jurisdiction, and it appears that the investigation in Ayia Napa was flawed from the outset. In the UK, victims often complain about the length of time a rape inquiry takes, but the Cypriot investigation was over in just 12 days. How can a thorough investigation into an alleged rape with multiple perpetrators be carried out in such a short space of time? Yet all the accused boys were released and allowed to return home to Israel.\n\nThe young woman\u2019s legal team claim that local police failed to collect evidence from the hotel room where the incident took place, didn\u2019t secure the crime scene and showed no understanding of the impact of traumatic events on the complainant\u2019s memory.\n\nInstead of treating her as a young and vulnerable witness, they interviewed her on her own late at night, with neither a lawyer nor a family member present. The Cypriot police do not record interviews, so there is no independent record of what happened during the seven hours before the teenager signed a \u201cretraction\u201d, which she says she did under duress.\n\nThis sequence of events is a stain on the Cypriot justice system, but what lies behind it is a hugely disproportionate anxiety about false accusations. Indeed it is one of the principal myths that undermine rape investigations, even though the idea that there are high levels of false allegations is unsupported by evidence. In the UK, a handful of widely publicised cases that ended in acquittals or a decision not to proceed to trial has tainted the entire system for investigating rape. Many people do not understand that a decision not to prosecute reflects an assessment of the available evidence, and does not mean the victim was lying.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service denies the accusation that it has become \u201crisk averse\u201d, but there has been a 52% drop in the number of rape cases prosecuted since 2016, despite an increase of 43% in complaints to the police. According to the latest figures for the year ending in March 2019, there were 58,657 allegations of rape in England and Wales but only 1,925 successful prosecutions. Unless you are a dyed-in-the-wool misogynist, it simply defies belief that more than 55,000 women are lying about being raped every year.\n\nUnbelievable \u2013 at last, a rape drama that gives victims a voice | Fiona Sturges Read more\n\nThe truth is actually much worse: a habit of treating women as untrustworthy witnesses has imbued our own criminal justice system with a corrosive degree of suspicion. It\u2019s far from unusual for victims to face intrusive demands for personal information, including school and medical records. They are made to feel as though they, rather than their alleged attackers, have shameful secrets in their past.\n\nThese developments have not gone unchallenged. The Centre for Women\u2019s Justice is seeking a judicial review of the way the CPS makes decisions in rape cases, while the information commissioner is investigating a complaint from myself, the London victims\u2019 commissioner and women\u2019s groups about excessive demands for complainants\u2019 private data.\n\nIn the meantime there can be no doubt that thousands of sexual predators are going free. Some of them, no doubt, will attack again. And while we rightly shudder at the treatment a British teenager has received in Cyprus, we should not forget that our own criminal justice system is in crisis \u2013 or that it lets down rape victims every day.\n\n\u2022 Joan Smith is chair of the Mayor of London\u2019s Violence Against Women and Girls Board","sentence2":"Mother of woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped says Ayia Napa resort is unsafe\n\nThe mother of a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has backed calls for a tourism boycott of the country.\n\nThe woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme that she supported the campaign and that she believed the resort town of Ayia Napa was unsafe.\n\n\u201cThe place isn\u2019t safe \u2013 it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that\u2019s happened to you, you\u2019re either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what\u2019s happened to my daughter may happen,\u201d she said.\n\nThe teenager said she was raped by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in Ayia Napa on 17 July.\n\nBut she was charged and the dozen young men, aged between 15 and 20, who were arrested over the incident, were freed after she signed a retraction statement 10 days later.\n\nThe woman said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hallucinations, and sleeping for up to 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\n\u201cShe needs to get back to the UK to get that treated \u2013 that\u2019s my absolute primary focus. She can\u2019t be treated here because hearing foreign men speaking loudly will trigger an episode \u2026\n\n\u201cIt needs resolving otherwise she\u2019s going to carry on having this for the rest of her life,\u201d the woman said.\n\nShe said her daughter had planned to go to university this year after being accepted for the courses she applied for and being offered a bursary at one institute.\n\n\u201cSo, no question, she would have gone to university, but it was in a career that she wouldn\u2019t be able to do with this \u2018public mischief\u2019 verdict, so \u2013 again, life-changing for her \u2013 she needs to totally rethink her options.\u201d\n\nA crowdfunding appeal to raise money for legal support for her daughter has passed \u00a380,000.\n\nThe \u201chelp teen victim get justice in Cyprus\u201d GoFundMe page was set up in August by the British lawyer John Hobbs to raise cash for the 19-year-old\u2019s legal representation.\n\nThe teenager claimed in court she was raped but forced to change her account under pressure from Cypriot police.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the UK was \u201cseriously concerned\u201d about the fairness of the woman\u2019s trial and it is understood officials have raised the \u201cdeeply distressing case\u201d with the Cypriot authorities.\n\nLawyers and campaigners criticised the justice system after the woman was convicted of public mischief at Famagusta district court, in Paralimni, on Monday.\n\nThe psychologist who assessed the woman as part of her defence case, Dr Christine Tizzard, said she was concerned the trial had not fully considered that she had been diagnosed with PTSD.\n\nShe told the Guardian: \u201cThe salient point is that she was diagnosed with PTSD. That\u2019s a standalone diagnosis. It\u2019s a valid diagnosis and it hasn\u2019t really been fully represented.\n\n\u201cAside the fact it hasn\u2019t been fully represented, it means she\u2019s been unable to get the treatment she so sorely needs and every day she\u2019s not having treatment the worse it gets.\u201d\n\nThe government of Cyprus has said it has \u201cfull confidence in the justice system and the courts\u201d.\n\nCyprus\u2019s attorney general said on Tuesday he could not suspend the trial because the woman had levelled \u201cgrave accusations\u201d against police investigators that had to be adjudicated in court.\n\nHe said her allegation that police coerced her into retracting her rape claim \u201ccould not have been left to linger\u201d so he could not move to suspend the trial.\n\nIn a statement, Costas Clerides added: \u201cAny intervention on the part of the attorney general, either for reasons of public interest or any other reasons, would have constituted nothing more than an obstacle to ascertaining the true facts of the case, as well as interference in the judiciary\u2019s work.\u201d\n\nJudge Michalis Papathanasiou said he believed the woman had made false allegations because she felt \u201cembarrassed\u201d after realising she had been filmed having sex in a video found on some of the Israelis\u2019 mobile phones.\n\nThe woman has been on bail since the end of August, after spending a month in prison, and could face up to a year in jail and a \u20ac1,700 (\u00a31,500) fine when she is sentenced on 7 January."}
-{"id":"1483804064_1484350449","score":4.0,"sentence1":"One thing is for sure, children love author Mo Willems in Jamaica Plain. Incredibly Willems had the 10 most popular kids books in terms of circulation for the JP Library Branch.\n\n\n\nThe following lists were provided by the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.\n\nThe following are the top 10 most borrowed children's books, all by Willems.\n\nShould I share my ice cream? My new friend is so fun! The thank you book I love my new toy! I broke my trunk! I really like slop! I will surprise my friend Listen to my trumpet! Are you ready to play outside? Can I play too?\n\nHere's a list of the top 10 adult books, ranked by how much they went out. Only two of the 10 titles above are nonfiction: Becoming and Educated.\n\nLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Becoming by Michelle Obama Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Witch Elm by Tana French Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty","sentence2":"You can see the whole Earth from the Moon!\n\nHome\n\nThis entry was posted on January 1, 2020 at 1:06 pm and filed under Demons,Exorcism,FLASHLIGHT on the OCCULT,GOD,GOSSIP!,Satan,Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed.\n\nTags: \u2018ASTONISHING\u2019 SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR EXORCISMS - Joshua Gill - dailycaller.com, \u201cJesus\u2019 command was to heal the sick and to cast out demons\", Catholic Church Reports Spike in \u2018Demonic Activity\u2019 - Requests for Exorcists Have \u2018Tripled\u2019 - Thomas D. Williams PH.D - breitbart.com, Demonic Possession claims have tripled in recent years and attributed the rise in demonic activity to an increased use of fortune tellers and tarot cards, Exorcists Condemn Children\u2019s Book on Summoning Demons - Thomas D. Williams PH.D. - breitbart.com, Report: Catholics Face \u2018Mushrooming Demand for Exorcisms\u2019 - Thomas D. Williams PH.D - Breitbart.com, The top 10 most evil demonic but TRUE events of 2019 that indicate the rise of Satanism - Ethan Huff - liberalmob.com, Vatican trains exorcists as demonic possession claims rise - cruxnow.com, Walmart - Target and Amazon all sell books that teach children as young as five how to summon Demons - Ethan Huff - naturalnews.com\n\nYou can leave a response , or trackback from your own site."}
-{"id":"1484189651_1485410569","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Status\n\n\n\nStatus: Vetoed on December 20 2019 - 100% progression\n\nAction: 2019-12-20 - VETOED MEMO.284\n\nText: Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)Status: Vetoed on December 20 2019 - 100% progressionAction: 2019-12-20 - VETOED MEMO.284Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]\n\nSummary\n\nExpands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.\n\nTracking Information Register now for our free OneVote public service or GAITS Professional trial account and you can begin tracking this and other legislation, all driven by the real-time data of the LegiScan API. Providing tools allowing you to research pending legislation, stay informed with email alerts, content feeds, and share dynamic reports. Use our new PolitiCorps to join with friends and collegaues to monitor & discuss bills through the process.\n\n\n\nMonitor Legislation or view this same bill number from multiple sessions or take advantage of our national legislative search.\n\nTitle\n\nExpands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.\n\nSponsors\n\nRoll Calls\n\nHistory\n\nDate Chamber Action 2019-12-20 Assembly VETOED MEMO.284 2019-12-20 Senate DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 2019-06-18 Assembly returned to senate 2019-06-18 Assembly passed assembly 2019-06-18 Assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.299 2019-06-18 Assembly substituted for a8031a 2019-06-13 Assembly referred to judiciary 2019-06-13 Senate DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 2019-06-13 Senate PASSED SENATE 2019-06-13 Senate ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1372 2019-06-06 Senate PRINT NUMBER 6330A 2019-06-06 Senate AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 2019-06-05 Senate REFERRED TO RULES\n\nSame As\/Similar To\n\n\n\nA08031 (Same As) 2019-06-18 - substituted by s6330a\n\nNew York State Sources\n\nType Source Summary https:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y Text https:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06330 Text https:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06330A Roll Call https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2019\/S6330#SF1 Roll Call https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2019\/S6330#SC1 Roll Call https:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1\n\nBill Comments","sentence2":"Very easy to run, affordable, quickly and quiet, these are the basic great things about electric tricycles. An tricycles is sort of a tricycles that driven by battery and you will drive it merely like driving a tricycles. In addition to, electric tricycles enable you to improve your health and will not contaminate the surroundings, so that they are beneficial for equally on your own and also the setting. As tricycles have so many positive aspects, a lot of businessmen choose promote them and a number of them have put in place websites to market electrical tricycles.\n\nGenerally speaking, some people do not rely on shopping online simply because they generally learn that the merchandise they actually get can be distinct from whatever they seem on the web site. It can be unquestionable that this type of circumstance does exist. Nevertheless, we ought to also admit that you have several great and skilled web shops that offer you high quality products. In the following paragraphs I would like to give you some tips on choosing dependable online tricycles sellers. Before purchasing electrical tricycles on-line, you need to very first make sure that the tricycle you would like to buy are created to match your country tricycles situations. Typically discussing, you may not need to have a certificate or insurance coverage to trip a power tricycles when it is thought to be a typical tricycles under your countrysides legislation or restrictions. Consequently, you should turn this into point clear to avert being cheated by some deceitful retailers.\n\nThen, you must learn that no matter if this electric cycle retailer provide a free of charge check drive or otherwise not. An excellent and skilled tricycles vendor constantly provides buyers a totally free check drive prior to buying. A no cost test trip permits you to begin to see the true tricycles, contact it and trip it. All of these help you know the true information in the tricycles, like the real style, the product quality and the efficiency. Nonetheless, not every on-line retailer provides this specific service. My guidance is basically that you possessed greater pick a excellent seller who is able to ensure you a free examination drive."}
-{"id":"1483806302_1483770632","score":1.0,"sentence1":"ATLANTA, GA \u2014 Long-time Atlanta Congressman and civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis, 79, said Sunday that he has been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Doctors have told Lewis that he has a chance to beat the disease, and he plans to return to Washington, D.C., soon to begin treatment and return to work on Capitol Hill.\n\nLewis recently learned from doctors following a routine medical visit, and subsequent tests, that he has cancer.\n\n\"I have been in some kind of fight \u2013 for freedom, equality, basic human rights \u2013 for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,\" Lewis said. \"While I am clear-eyed about the prognosis, doctors have told me that recent medical advances have made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, that treatment options are no longer as debilitating as they once were, and that I have a fighting chance.\n\n\"So I have decided to do what I know to do and do what I have always done: I am going to fight it and keep fighting for the beloved community. We still have many bridges to cross.\"\n\nPrayers, well-wishes and encouragement for Lewis as he faces cancer were shared by state and national Democratic leaders, along with entertainment luminaries.\n\nIf there's one thing I love about @RepJohnLewis, it's his incomparable will to fight. I know he's got a lot more of that left in him. Praying for you, my friend.\n\n\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 30, 2019\n\n.@repjohnlewis is America's conscience and Georgia's heart. We stand with him as he fights one more battle - to defeat pancreatic cancer. As he wages that war, he continues to do the people's work, buoyed by the prayers and good will of millions. God bless you, my friend.\n\n\u2014 Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) December 30, 2019\n\nSen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, said, \"John Lewis is one of the strongest people I know. He already beat Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan\u2014cancer is next. Please join me in lifting him and his family in prayer.\"\n\nAnd actor Mark Hamill, star of the \"Star Wars\" films, tweeted, \"I'm hoping with all my soul that civil-rights icon, conscience of our country & national treasure @repjohnlewis kicks cancer's ASS!\"\n\nLewis, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump for several years, recently gained attention for his impassioned comments urging his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to vote to impeach the president.\n\n\n\nThe impeachment proceedings were a sad day in American history, he said. \"It's a sad day, it is not a day of joy. \u2026For some this vote may be hard. But we have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history,\" Lewis said.\n\n\n\nIn January 2017 Lewis said that Trump's presidential election wasn't legitimate, making claims of Russian influence in the vote.\n\nIn response, Trump had harsh words to say about Lewis' Fifth Congressional District, which includes downtown Atlanta, along with surrounding communities \u2014 some impoverished, others affluent. Saying the congressman should spend more time helping his district, Trump referred to the area as being \"in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested).\"\n\n\n\nGeorgia's Fifth Congressional District includes parts of Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton counties, including most of the City of Atlanta. Other cities included in the Fifth District are Brookhaven, Decatur, and South Fulton.\n\n\n\nLewis is a member of the Democratic Party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and has served as a chief deputy whip since 1991 and senior chief deputy whip since 2003. He has been awarded many honorary degrees, including the highest civilian honor of the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\n\n\n\nLewis said he will return to Washington in coming days to continue his work and begin a treatment plan, which will occur over the next several weeks. The Congressman said he may miss a few votes during this period, but \"with God's grace I will be back on the front lines soon.\"\n\n\"Please keep me in your prayers as I begin this journey,\" his statement concluded.\n\nLewis was born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, outside of Troy, Alabama. He grew up on his family's farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, Alabama. As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which he heard on radio broadcasts.\n\nAs a student at Fisk University, John Lewis organized sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1961, he volunteered to participate in the Freedom Rides, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South. Lewis risked his life on those rides many times by sitting in seats reserved for white patrons. He was also beaten severely by angry mobs and arrested by police for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow segregation in the South, his biography says.\n\nFrom 1963 to 1966, Lewis was named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which he helped form, to organize student activism, including sit-ins and other activities.\n\nAt the age of 23, he was an architect of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963.\n\nIn 1964, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize voter registration drives and community action programs during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.\n\nThe following year, Lewis helped spearhead the protest march for voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers in a brutal confrontation that became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" News broadcasts and photographs showing the violence helped hasten the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, his office said.","sentence2":"Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of several books, most recently \"Stokely: A Life.\" The views expressed here are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.\n\n(CNN) The news that John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer represents a sobering reminder. This legendary man now faces a mighty challenge -- and the sad news of his illness reminds us of the fortitude so many brought to the civil rights struggle and the somber reality that we are slowly losing the generation that defeated Jim Crow segregation in America.\n\nPeniel Joseph\n\nEvery generation that passes into history takes with it vital institutional memory that indelibly shapes contemporary notions of citizenship, freedom and democracy. Lewis' generation has done this in momentous ways. Beyond the quest for voting rights and struggles to end Jim Crow in public schools and neighborhoods lay the undiscovered country of full citizenship for everyone from semi-literate sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta to the unjustly incarcerated in big cities across America.\n\nThe life and legacy of John Lewis encompasses the complex relationship between race and citizenship in America. The outpouring of love, support and concern that greeted the news of the congressman's medical diagnosis should be refracted though the lens of our own tumultuous time: an era marked by racial divisions, a democracy in peril and the alarming frequency of violence such as mass shootings and police killings of unarmed black people.\n\nIn the age of Donald Trump, the possible loss of a statesman such as John Lewis matters more than ever. In that sense the nation now finds itself lamenting the potential loss of its best self, the side of the national character purposeful enough to believe that sacrifice inevitably led to democratic renewal and reinvigorated moral purpose.\n\nJUST WATCHED Rep. John Lewis on crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge (2018) Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Rep. John Lewis on crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge (2018) 01:11\n\nJohn Lewis, through non-violent sit-ins, protests and demonstrations, helped to shape a generation of Americans who sought to transform a political reality long based on racial segregation, poverty and violence. As a Freedom Rider in Anniston, Alabama, in May 1961, Lewis experienced a brutal attack by a white mob that nearly killed him. Four years later, as the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis faced off against mounted Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, emerging as one of the heroes of \"Bloody Sunday\" and experiencing another beating that left him with permanent physical scars, wounds that helped to heal America's political soul.\n\nRead More"}
-{"id":"1484011225_1484050855","score":4.0,"sentence1":"An industry desperately looking for clarity. India\u2019s ecommerce industry, estimated to be worth over $ 50 billion, remains enmeshed in regulatory flux. With the final word yet to be said on the National Ecommerce Policy, separate guidelines have been drafted by different ministries on issues such as consumer protection and data privacy confounding an industry in search of regulatory clarity.Hopes of a stable policy framework had gained ground in June, when commerce minister Piyush Goyal said India would have a comprehensive ecommerce policy within a year.This followed months of upheaval triggered by new rules specifying that FDI-funded marketplaces could only lend their platforms to third-party sellers and barred such entities from holding any stocks or selling their own goods directly to customers. Morgan Stanley estimated the regulations would drive up business costs and uncertainty, including for industry leaders Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart . So much so, that its estimate of when India\u2019s ecommerce would touch $200 billion was pushed forward by a year to 2027.Now, as Ministry for Electronics, Telecom and IT drafts rules that will govern non-personal data, and norms for consumer protection are drawn up by a separate ministry, online commerce could be left to battle on multiple fronts.","sentence2":"Our team is dedicated to finding and telling you more about the products and deals we love. If you love them too and decide to purchase through the links below, we may receive a commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change.\n\nAs we head into a fresh decade, new life choices and resolutions abound. From getting into shape to getting more organized, there are no wrong resolutions here!\n\nBut after a decade of climate change conversations and a year that was defined by events like the Global Climate Strike, we have a feeling that many people will be going into 2020 looking to be more environmentally friendly and sustainable.\n\nSo if you are one of those people looking to make a few changes for the good of Mother Earth, don't get overwhelmed -- being more eco-friendly doesn't have to be intimidating or difficult. For starters, you can make a few quick swaps at home! Think: stop using single-use water bottles in favor of a reusable one, begin to use silicone food bags instead of plastic baggies for your snacks and add multi-use makeup remover pads to your beauty routine as opposed to disposable wipes. Now if you're thinking that these changes may seem small and inconsequential, a drop in the ocean creates a ripple, right?\n\nShop 7 eco-friendly products we love below and start off 2020 doing some good for the earth."}
-{"id":"1484007654_1483932672","score":4.0,"sentence1":"New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held telephonic conversations with top leaders of Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives, conveying New Year greetings and emphasising India's commitment to regional peace and security as well as 'neighbourhood first' policy.\n\nModi spoke to King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.\n\nThe prime minister also spoke to his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.\n\n\"The prime minister conveyed to the leaders his New Year greetings and good wishes on behalf of the people of India and on his own behalf,\" the PMO said in a release.\n\nIt said Modi emphasised India's commitment to 'neighbourhood first' policy and the vision of shared peace, security, prosperity and progress for all of India's friends and partners in the region.\n\nIn his conversation with Hasina, Modi congratulated her on being re-elected as the president of the Awami League for the next three years.\n\nThe prime minister also expressed his condolence on the untimely demise of former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India Syed Muazzem Ali.\n\n\"He also stated that the upcoming birth centenary of Bangbandhu and 50 years of the liberation of Bangladesh and establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties provided important milestones to further progress of the close India-Bangladesh ties, which is a priority of his government,\" the PMO said.\n\nIn his conversation with the Bhutanese King, Modi highlighted important achievements of the last year which have led to further consolidation of special ties between India and Bhutan.\n\nThe prime minister also mentioned that he was looking forward to the forthcoming visit of the King to India.\n\nIn his talks with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Modi expressed confidence that India and Sri Lanka would further enhance their friendly ties in the year 2020.\n\nSpeaking to Prime Minister Oli, Modi expressed satisfaction over the progress in India-Nepal relations in 2019 with the completion of several projects.\n\n\"He specifically noted the completion of Motihari (India)- Amlekhgunj (Nepal) petroleum products pipeline in a record time,\" the PMO said.\n\n\"Both the leaders also agreed to an early inauguration of the Integrated Check Post in Biratnagar and the housing reconstruction project in Nepal through video conference,\" it said.\n\nIn his conversation with the prime minister of Sri Lanka, Modi reiterated India's commitment to further expand the close and extensive cooperation with the island nation.\n\nModi also wished the President of the Maldives Solih.\n\n\"President Solih warmly reciprocated prime minister's wishes and expressed his keen desire to further deepen and strengthen the ties with India by enhancing the existing bilateral cooperation and exploring newer areas for working together,\" the release said.\n\nHe, however, missed out Pakistan PM Imran Khan.","sentence2":"New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here at South Block on Wednesday.\n\nDuring the meet, the Defence Minister extended his best wishes to General Rawat for a successful tenure ahead.\n\nOn Tuesday, General Rawat received the guard of honour from all the three forces after demitting office on retirement as Chief of Indian Army.\n\nEarlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated former Army chief Rawat for taking over as the first CDS and called him an \"outstanding officer\" who has served India with great zeal.\n\n\"I am delighted that as we begin the New Year and new decade, India gets its first Chief of Defence Staff in General Bipin Rawat. I congratulate him and wish him the very best for this responsibility. He is an outstanding officer who has served India with great zeal,\" Prime Minister Modi said in a series of tweets.\n\nGeneral Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on Tuesday, succeeding General Bipin Rawat who has become India's first CDS.\n\nGeneral Naravane previously served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. He has taken over the reins of the Army amid prevailing tensions between India and Pakistan due to provocations by Islamabad through terror activities. (ANI)"}
-{"id":"1484008955_1483900456","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Problems with the water supply at Salford Royal Hospital have been now resolved.\n\nA number of wards at the Ladywell Building were without running water on New Year\u2019s Eve.\n\nHospital bosses said the issue was affecting a number of patients staying on the wards.\n\nBottled water was used on site and a temporary fix was put in place overnight, a spokesperson for Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust said.\n\nThe issue was permanently resolved by 10am on New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nIt is understood that engineers from United Utilities provided a temporary water supply overnight.\n\nThe Ladywell Building houses a number of wards, the radiology unit and the ultrasound unit.\n\nFollow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news. We are also on Instagram .\n\nIf you are on the go, the M.E.N. app helps bring you closer to the latest news where you live. Available on iPhone and Android , the app can be tailor-made to bring you the latest on what matters to you.\n\nBreaking news, the latest on your football club, the pick of the week\u2019s events and the latest travel - you can tailor the app to suit you. Our push notifications help highlight the biggest stories to you first.","sentence2":"NEW Year's Eve fireworks and lanterns are feared to have sparked a horror blaze at a German zoo which killed 30 animals when it tore through its 'ape house'.\n\nKrefeld Zoo - located north of Dusseldorf and near the Dutch border - said its \"worst fears have become reality\" in the wake of this morning's shocking fire.\n\n7 Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans were killed in the horror blaze Credit: AP:Associated Press\n\n7 The zoo said it's worst fears had become a reality in the wake of the inferno Credit: Alamy Live News\n\nIn a post on Facebook, it said: \"An unfathomable tragedy hit us shortly after midnight. Our ape building burned down to the foundation.\"\n\nChimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans are among those that burned alive. Fruit bats, birds and other animals were also killed.\n\nHowever, two chimps called Bally and Limbo were saved from the flames by firefighters who heard their screams.\n\nBoth suffered minor burns and the zoo director described their last minute rescue as nothing short of \"a miracle\".\n\nBosses also revealed the nearby Gorilla Garden - home to one of its most famous residents - escaped the ferocious flames. 7 Orangutans at the zoo (seen above) are reportedly among the dead Credit: Getty - Contributor 7 Police officers are now investigating the exact cause of the deadly blaze Credit: Alamy Live News\n\n'Gorilla Kidogo and his family are alive', the zoo wrote on Facebook in the early hours of today. Both the zoo and city officials said that they didn't know the exact cause of the fire and that police are investigating. They would not confirm reports by local media that New Year's fireworks could have sparked the killer blaze. However, reports from the scene claim three banned sky lanterns were found in the charred remains of the enclosure.\n\nMOST READ IN NEWS 'THEY'RE DEAD' Couple stabbed to death 'by ex in 4am knife rampage as witnesses screamed' BLOODY RIDDLE Caroline Flack\u2019s boyfriend claims it\u2019s NOT his blood on her bed in horror pic BEER WE GO! Boozy Brits celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve with a VERY wild night on the town Exclusive BEDROOM BLOODBATH Shocking pic shows Caroline Flack's blood-soaked bed after 'lamp attack' Exclusive HALF WAYNE LINE Wayne Rooney builds full-size footie pitch at his \u00a320m 'Morrisons Mansion'\n\nThe Zoo said it was thankful for the many offers of help, but added: \"We are still in shock and cannot yet say exactly if and where help is needed.\"\n\nThe greenhouse-style building - which opened in 1975 - burned to the ground within a couple of hours, say reports.\n\nOrangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, marmosets, epaulet fruit bats and birds were inside at the time.\n\n7 The zoo will remain closed throughout the next 24 hours Credit: Alamy Live News\n\n7 However the zoo's famous gorilla Kidogo escaped the blaze Credit: EPA"}
-{"id":"1484187941_1484074975","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Monkey vs Monkey Man vs Man - Capitalism is SOCIAL DARWINISM\n\n(Image by photographymontreal) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nThe power structure that now dominates the globe is a logical extension of the project for colonizing Africa, Oceania, and the Americas that the European imperialist powers began over five centuries ago. From the start of this project, it's been a constant rule for those in the colonizing powers that one's society is at war with a weaker enemy. The indigenous people, who have been portrayed as not capable of running things, have had to be brought under the colonial boot according to the ideology of imperial conquest. And in accordance with the global rise of capitalism that colonialism precipitated, the same dynamic of subjugation has existed between the poor and the rich.\n\nThroughout their efforts to defeat their enemies, the imperialist powers of the last millennium and the empires that came before them have constantly been fighting against adversaries that can't be totally subdued, even after they've been greatly weakened by slavery and mass extermination. The ethnic and religious groups that have been subjugated by imperialism have virtually all been able to survive, and have continued their cultures and their collective will to find self-determination. So they've constantly posed a challenge to the power of imperialism even as imperialism has ruled supreme, much like the existence of the proletariat has constantly put the rule of the bourgeoisie into question. The same tension has ultimately existed during every other unjust hierarchy.\n\nTo maintain their control over this constant threat from the oppressed, the ruling class in the age of imperialism has used unprecedentedly powerful tools of warfare against groups which have stood in their way. Covert CIA operations alone are estimated to have killed at least six million people. The U.S. has used vast bombing campaigns, starvation sanctions, and most recently drone warfare to kill tens of millions of people since World War II. These methods of genocide have been replicated to great extents by Israel during its war against the Palestinians, and by Saudi Arabia during its war against the Yemenis. This all is added onto the millions of deaths that occur annually because of the poverty that's sustained by global capitalism, and to the frequent killings of poor people by the ever-deadlier police states throughout the capitalist world.\n\nDespite these methods of warfare, imperialism and corporate power continue to be challenged. American hegemony is declining amid frayings of alliances among the NATO powers, failures from the U.S. to carry out its foreign policy goals in countries like Syria, and the rise of Chinese influence. Massive protests have broken out in neoliberal Third World countries like Chile and Honduras, and worker struggles are intensifying in places like France. Those in the global underclass are fighting as hard as ever, and in places like the DPRK and Venezuela they've already gained dominance through proletarian democracy. A power struggle is still in motion.\n\nIt's in motion because of the contradictions of capitalism, which have become heightened during the era of capitalist imperialism. By subjecting entire nations to invasions, severe poverty, and apartheid, imperialism makes the oppressive dynamics of capitalism so pronounced that revolts from the colonized people become inevitable. Added onto the conflict between bourgeoisie and proletariat that's inherent to all capitalist societies, this self-destructive aspect of imperialism has led to vast decolonization movements and successful socialist revolutions throughout the last century.\n\nAs the U.S. empire weakens, this liberation movement is naturally gathering strength. The recent resurgence of Third World revolutionary energy is present even in Bolivia, where strong socialist and indigenous strains threaten to overtake the fascist regime that's been installed in the country. But there's still a way that the bourgeoisie can remain dominant in an era after the fall of the U.S. empire, and even in an era after the climate has collapsed.\n\nThis transition can be accomplished by making the means for wielding political and social power-such as steady access to electricity, the ability to use weaponry, and reliable nourishment and shelter-available only to the rich. In the developed world, capitalism has sustained itself by letting most of the population share in the technological and economic gains that the system creates, however unequally they're distributed. The United States and most other core imperialist nations have never experienced a socialist revolution because conditions for the broad masses haven't deteriorated enough to provoke an effective class uprising. Many bourgeois leaders have deliberately tried to maintain this balance by allowing the welfare state to be expanded, which has deterred the proletariat from pursuing revolution. But faced with the collapse of the climate, the ruling class has overwhelmingly decided to keep making society ever more unequal instead of reducing inequality.\n\nEven in more progressive capitalist countries like Iceland, the prevailing decision within the political establishment has been to continue neoliberalism and not try to alleviate the wealth gap. Austerity has increased throughout almost the entire capitalist world since the 2008 financial crisis, wages have kept falling, and the power of the big banks and corporations is greater than ever. And the collapse of the climate hasn't driven capitalist governments to resist corporate power, it's caused there to be more privatization of services and more capitalist efforts to profit from crises. 2005's Hurricane Katrina and 2017's Hurricane Irma both caused there to be a wave of privatizations in the impacted areas, and the U.S. army and private military contractors used both disasters to increase the militarization of society.\n\nA recurring part of these responses to climate change has been an effort to more clearly define boundaries between the wealthy areas and the poorer areas. The lines between the wealthy areas (called the green zones) and the poor areas (called the red zones) was how the U.S. decided to distribute resources in Iraq during its post-invasion efforts to reconstruct the country. The green zone\/red zone dichotomy, despite not usually being defined with such explicit language, is being increasingly applied to how resources are distributed around the globe. The homes and neighborhoods of the rich are protected from the threats of climate change-like was the case during 2018's California fires-while poor communities are the ones that suffer.\n\nThere's a political purpose behind this environmentally created inequality, one that's understood by the billionaires who've prepared for a later stage of the climate crisis by creating luxury survival compounds for themselves. It's to deprive those outside the wealthy enclaves of the resources that they'll need to survive, or at least to live with modern comforts, as the climate deteriorates. The logical conclusion of climate apartheid, as this 21st century class divide has been called, is a new kind of despotism that's emerging while capitalism collapses. In a world that's no longer climatically stable, and where resources have become scarce, the capitalist class will only be able to maintain their status and lifestyle by concentrating wealth at the very top. In other words, by replacing capitalism with a nakedly oppressive system that has virtually no social mobility.\n\nNow that capitalism has reached the long-anticipated point where it consumes too much of nature to be able to sustain itself, the elites are creating a new system which is much more centralized and tightly controlled than the one that preceded it. Since the Industrial Revolution, bourgeois societies have typically been liberal, with freedom of expression usually being legal and the proletariat being able to heavily consume and make a living when the economy was doing well. But now democracy is deteriorating around the capitalist world, and the neoliberal economies are in a perpetual state of decline that makes economic participation harder for the proletariat.\n\nWhereas capitalist markets overall grew massively in the 20th century, in the 21st century they've been shrinking. Trade and economic growth are slowing down, and the post-recession economic expansion has been dependent on financial bubbles and beneficial mainly for those in the upper strata. In the U.S., unemployment and underemployment still haven't recovered from their pre-recession levels, and the global economy becomes more unequal every year. The next financial crash will create a situation far worse, one that's exacerbated by the decline of the dollar and by the irreversible economic damage of climate change.\n\nAll of these destabilizing factors within capitalist markets are naturally causing capitalist political systems to become less free, and capitalist economies to be more controlled by the state and its partnered corporate monopolies. Economic and climatic disruptions have caused a global rise in reactionary politics and a subsequent decline in democracy throughout much of the capitalist world. And the 2008 crash has caused the U.S. government to transfer many trillions of dollars to the biggest banks, enabling these private financial institutions to become larger than ever.\n\nSimilar trends will follow as the collapse of capitalism continues. Power, both political and economic, will become consolidated as the system eats itself. The capitalist class will remain capitalists in the traditional sense only when they're profiting in some way from the world's disasters, or when they manage to profit from the labor of the few proletarians who manage to get jobs within the isolated societies of the rich. Otherwise they won't exploit the proletariat nearly to the extent that they used to, because society won't even be functional enough for labor and commerce to be robust. Most of the people in the world will be driven into poverty, become climate refugees, or simply die off, leaving the bourgeoisie with no choice but to shrink their business operations and retreat to their green zones.\n\nIn such a situation, the ruling class will still be the dominant group, and they could expand their power in new areas. They could pursue capitalist development in eventually hospitable places like Greenland and Antarctica, they could colonize Mars, and they could even build cities that float on the ocean. But they'll still need to stop the world's underclass from overthrowing them, which will be harder than ever after the climate and economy have collapsed. Whether the bourgeoisie can retain its dominance amid the riots, vast influxes of refugees, and massive organized rebellions will depend on whether the bourgeoisie or the proletariat gain the upper hand over political and military power.\n\nNext Page 1 | 2","sentence2":"We have come to the end of yet another year in the 21st century. You, like many, may believe that the decade ends on December 31, 2019. There are those who believe that the proper ending is December 31, 2020 and that the third decade in the 21st century rightly starts on January 1, 2021, but we will not allow that to detain us here. What we know for sure is that 2019 has ended.\n\nWhat we can say with great certainty and clarity is that the first two decades of this century have been as momentous as they have been tragic; as hopeful as they have been filled with despair for countless millions of people; as filled with opportunities for humankind as they have registered disappointments and missed expectations for many.\n\nAround the world 2019 was a year of political ferment. The British have had to face an election to end the wearying issue of Brexit. With the results of the last election favouring the Brexiters, there is greater confidence that Britain will leave the European Union, but with no clear prognosis of what the future holds.\n\nThe Middle East, home of the birth of the three major religions \u2014 Judaism, Christianity and Islam \u2014 continued to be a cauldron of hate and dislocation for millions of people. I have become convinced that there would be better prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians if they were left to work out their difficulties without interference from external parties such as America and Russia. But that is a subject for deeper analysis.\n\nFires have burned in Chile, France, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of the world as people register their protests against the excesses of their leaders, or as they rail against corruption in their societies. The evil forces of hatred, bigotry, and racism werre evident in parts of the world. The incivility in social discourse, spurred on by the Internet, continued apace.\n\nAmericans, for the third time, have impeached a sitting president with all that this implies for peace and stability in the country. That nation's major institutions \u2014 the presidency, the Congress, intelligence agencies, and judiciary \u2014 have been severely tested by the intemperance and immorality of a president who lives by his own rules and who demonstrates proclivities of governance that would make Genghis Khan look like a good Sunday school teacher. In a year when the economy appears to be humming, the growing income inequality in that country has ensured that close to 60 per cent of Americans cannot find uS$400 to pay a bill without going into debt. Something is wrong with this glaring contradiction in the American economy. What hope is there that this problem will be redressed in 2020, a presidential election year, at a time when the country has never been more divided?\n\nHere in Jamaica we have managed to kill close to 450 of our fellow citizens in wreckages on the roads. In what seems to have now become gruesomely normative, we have murdered over 1,300 of our fellow citizens mainly by the gun. In fact, we have averaged over 1,000 murders in Jamaica over the past 20 years. A small country with such violent crime statistics cannot escape the inevitable shredding of its social fabric with all the negative psychological consequences attached.\n\nYet, despite these frightening statistics and the growing gap between the rich and the poor, it would be foolish to write a political, social, or economic obituary for the country. The inconvenient and uncomfortable truth is that crime is where it is because, collectively, as a nation, we have allowed it to be so. Strong resolve on our part as citizens can hold our political representatives accountable in putting resources and sound thinking to the issue. It is not beyond us to contain the murderous few who derive pleasure from slaughtering others.\n\nWe must not just sit on our verandahs or in our rum bars and jabber about corruption. We must become actively engaged in a movement to ferret out the corrupt among us \u2014 who, incidentally, are not just politicians) \u2014 and to insist on workable mechanisms of accountability to arrest the problem.\n\nAs we enter a new year \u2014 and for some a new decade \u2014 the challenges will be no less than what we faced in the preceding ones. In fact, they might have become more urgent. But we are a resilient people and the country can sail to new horizons of achievement if we bend our collective will to the task. What we do know is that problems do not end because a new year starts. But a new year presents opportunities to look at old problems through, perhaps, better, and less jaded lenses.\n\nIn keeping with the Socratic philosophy of the unexamined life not worth the living, personal resolutions will be made for self-improvement and relational enhancement among others. We must examine carefully what we resolve to do or not to do in the new year. What I know of resolutions that people make at the beginning of a year is that they tend to remain largely unfulfilled at the end of the year. For some people, their resolve begins to buckle or fade by March. A large part of the problem is that goals we set were never attainable in the first place. There was no strength of will attached to achieving them. Perhaps they were too audacious in the first place. Jim Collins and Jerry I Porras, in their still important book on business, Built to Last, coined the phrase \u201cbig, hairy, audacious goal\u201d (BHAG) which encourages companies and individuals to aim high and to stretch their imagination in achieving success. All of this is good, but any goal we set must be tempered with reality and a heavy dose of common sense.\n\nSo, I would advise what I do for myself. Yes, keep your resolutions big, hairy and audacious, but don't get ahead of yourself. I would urge simple, manageable, incremental steps towards one goal. Focus on what you intend to achieve like a laser beam and avoid toxicity in your personal space by not being in the company of the scornful and the envious. You can never achieve your goals by approaching life with the same habits, mindset, and attitudes that hobbled you in the preceding year. Change will not happen unless you manage it in small, incremental, manageable steps.\n\nA truly productive and healthy new year to you.\n\nDr Raulston Nembhard is a priest and social commentator. Send comments to the Observer or stead6655@aol.com."}
-{"id":"1484006948_1484117411","score":2.3333333333,"sentence1":"Warning: SPOILERS for Thor #1\n\nThe War of the Realms ravaged Thor's homeland, but by the end of the event, Odin the All-Father stepped down and crowned Thor as the new King of Asgard. Now, months after the end of the war, Thor has rebuilt his home. Gone are the shimmering golden palaces of his father's creation, with the seat of the king remade in wood and stone. But now what was once a golden paradise, remade into a medieval city, shaped by hammers... has just been rocked by the arrival of Galactus in Marvel's shocking Thor #1.\n\nAs Thor readies himself to give his first speech to the Asgardians gathered around their new king -- a message readers can only assume would have reflected the same message sent by the remade land itself, Galactus comes plummeting down from the sky, smashing directly into city's inhabitants, and Thor instantly realizing that scores of his people will never get the chance to hear a speech ever again.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Thor Takes His Hammer To Galactus in New Comic Cover\n\nThe sight of Galactus wrapped in machine armor, decimating the crowd is a horrifying one, to be sure. Screams are heard, as bolts of lightning mark Thor's leap into the fight, prepared to kill Galactus for this invasion of his people's new home. Thankfully Thor has the presence of mind to stop before then, stopping short as Galactus pleads with Thor to understand the reason for his arrival. He has come to Asgard for help, since Thor is the only one who can stop the Great Black Winter. The newest unknown threat to Thor (and all life in the universe), and one that can only be stopped if Thor becomes the newest herald of Galactus.\n\nRight on cue the mourning rains of Asgard begin to fall, carrying on for weeks. The city officials of Asgard work, busying themselves with counting the dead and calculating the cost of Galactus's 'arrival.' And while they may try to ignore the silence of their new king, it is evident more than just Asgard's people died the day Galactus fell. Galactus' impact also means that Yggdrasil, the tree of life, has begun to die. How will thor possibly manage to correct these tragedies, and return to his brighter vision for Asgard's future? To have those questions answered, readers will need to pick up Thor #1! Find the full details below.\n\nTHOR #1\n\nWritten by: Donny Cates\n\nArt by: Nic Klein\n\nCover Art by: Olivier Coipel\n\nA BRAND-NEW, SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM TAKES THE KING OF ASGARD TO NEW REALMS OF GLORY! The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm will be powerless before it.\n\nThor #1 is available now from your local comic book shop, or direct from Marvel Comics.\n\nNext: Marvel Reveals The Next Galactus Will Be [SPOILER]\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nThe King of Marvel's Universe is Finally Claiming His Throne","sentence2":"This article contains spoilers for Thor #1!\n\nThor has just become more powerful than ever before. Jason Aaron's years-long Thor run has come to a dramatic close, and it's time for a fresh beginning for the God of Thunder. Aaron ended with Thor regaining his enchanted hammer, Mjolnir, and taking the throne of the All-Father of Asgard.\n\nStep forward Donny Cates, who's becoming one of Marvel's most prolific writers and the architect of all their cosmic plots. The first issue of Cates' Thor relaunch sees the God of Thunder prepare to give a speech to his people, one that's interrupted by the untimely arrival of Galactus, dying after exposure to a cosmic force known as the Great Black Winter.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Thor's Shocking First Issue Makes Marvel's Asgard A Ruin\n\nAccording to Galactus, the Great Black Winter has revealed that Thor is destined to be his death. As a result, operating under the principle of \"keep your friends close, and your enemies closer,\" Galactus appoints Thor Odinson as his new Herald, transforming him with the Power Cosmic. In the Directors' Cut, Cates describes the transformation like this:\n\nThor rises, and he has been remade. His arm is back, as is his eye, and his hair is now LONG. Like down to his butt long. Like the nineties Thor that I love. He's also wearing a slick new costume, very sci-fi and slick. Mostly black and bright white. The white on his costume should be glowing like lightning. And the black should be made of a star field. His eyes glow as well. Crackling with energy. His hammer, a solid Mjolnir-shaped bolt of lightning. He has become cosmic-Zeus! His run sigil emblazoned on his chest. Smoke pouring off him.\n\nThis is easily the most phenomenal power-up Thor has ever received. He's never exactly been a weakling, but now he possesses all the power of the God of Thunder; wields an enchanted hammer containing a God Tempest that can destroy entire star systems; has been granted the power of the All-Father himself; and also wields the Power Cosmic, meaning he should have all the powers of any other Herald of Galactus. He's officially the strongest Avenger, the mightiest god in any of Marvel's Pantheons, and the greatest Herald ever to serve Galactus.\n\nDonny Cates is a smart writer. That means he wouldn't have given Thor this level of power if he didn't have a story in mind that would demand it. What's more, in interviews Cates has insisted he still sees Thor as a young god, a flawed man given to fits of temper and in danger of being overcome by his own ego and pride. Galactus' prophecy - foretelling that the God of Thunder will, in fact, be the one responsible for his own destruction - suggests that Thor Odinson may well not be able to handle the vast, unfathomable powers that are now at his disposal. Will absolute power corrupt absolutely?\n\nThor #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.\n\nMore: THOR Confirms Superman & Wonder Woman Have Used Mjolnir\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nDeadpool 3: Marvel Villains That Could Appear"}
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-{"id":"1484188832_1483936561","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Ards and North Down council celebrating its Green Flag awards\n\nCOUNCILS across Northern Ireland have spent more than \u00a3130,000 of ratepayers' cash in recent years entering themselves into awards competitions.\n\nThe spending included entering awards to recognise well-managed public parks, gongs to celebrate publicity and marketing, and the \"Loo of the Year Awards\".\n\nLocal authorities in the north have paid a total of \u00a3136,091.56 to enter 70 awards contests since 2017, records obtained by The Irish News reveal.\n\nA further \u00a313,082.78 was spent attending ceremonies for those awards in which they paid an entry fee and subsequently received nominations.\n\nPublic spending campaigners accused councils of misusing ratepayers' funds in \"forking out for these trivial trophies\".\n\nBut councils defended the costs, saying that such gongs are an \"important part of maintaining motivation\" among staff.\n\nThe figures were obtained through a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.\n\nCauseway Coast and Glens was the only one of the north's 11 councils to refuse to disclose the information, saying it would exceed FOI legislative cost limits.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey council spent the most on entering awards competitions at \u00a334,508.25, followed by Belfast City Council at \u00a331,931.\n\nBelfast spent \u00a33,732 entering the Loo of the Year Awards in 2017 and 2018 and a further \u00a3196.39 on travel to attend the ceremony in 2018.\n\nArds and North Down Borough Council also entered the Loo of the Year Awards in each of the past three years, costing ratepayers \u00a31,592.\n\nAmong the awards Antrim and Newtownabbey entered was the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) Northern Ireland \"PRide Awards\", which cost \u00a32,120 in the past three years.\n\nIn 2019 it won a gold award in the \"Best Use of Social Media\" category and two silvers in the categories \"Best Use of Content\" and \"Best Use of Influencer Relations\" for a recycling campaign.\n\nMuch of the spending among the councils went towards entering the Green Flag Awards, in which well-managed public parks and green spaces are awarded the accolade. The scheme is managed in the north by environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.\n\nJames Roberts, political director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, criticised the spending on awards competitions.\n\n\"Town hall bosses should not be misusing ratepayers' money in a pointless attempt to get some gongs,\" he said.\n\n\"While going for grants and private sponsorship can bring cash prizes to the local area, these awards are a waste of time and simply see council officers patting themselves on the back at ratepayers' expense.\n\n\"Local residents are the real judges of council performance, so perhaps authorities should focus on winning their approval instead of forking out for these trivial trophies.\"\n\nBelfast City Council, the north's largest local authority, defended the spending.\n\n\"Our staff are committed to serving the interests and needs of all local residents to the best of their ability, as well as fulfilling the ambitions of the Belfast Agenda,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"As part of this, it is important to show appreciation for the invaluable contribution made by individuals and teams, where staff have demonstrated exceptional levels of service provision and effort, which in many cases, go well beyond the call of duty.\n\n\"Reward and recognition is an important part of maintaining motivation and ensuring continued strength in overall performance, city leadership and the delivery of services for our ratepayers.\"\n\nIn relation to the Green Flag Award, he said this is a \"non-profit international accreditation scheme that recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces\".\n\n--------------------\n\n:: Council spending on entering awards contests:\n\nNumber of awards contests councils paid to enter since 2017, and overall cost of applying for these awards.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey (6) \u00a334,508.25\n\nBelfast (12) \u00a331,931\n\nArds and North Down (13) \u00a329,123\n\nNewry, Mourne and Down (9) \u00a313,278\n\nDerry and Strabane (5) \u00a37,640.31\n\nLisburn and Castlereagh (6) \u00a37,095\n\nMid Ulster (12) \u00a36,141\n\nArmagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (3) \u00a35,220\n\nFermanagh and Omagh (3) \u00a3810\n\nMid and East Antrim (1) \u00a3345\n\nCauseway Coast and Glens (refused to disclose information)\n\nTOTAL (70) \u00a3136,091.56\n\n(Figures based on details disclosed by councils through Freedom of Information requests)","sentence2":"302.9k SHARES Share Tweet\n\nWhile \u2018Joker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\u2019 is billed as the original motion picture soundtrack, you need to be aware of what your buying here. It is the musical score of the movie composed by Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir and does not include the many other songs played in the movie. You will have to go looking elsewhere for those.\n\nNow that we have covered what the CD is not, let\u2019s talk about what it actually is. Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir has opted for a classical style orchestra for this soundtrack, although there are occasionally some sound effects thrown in amongst the traditional strings, percussion and woodwind instruments. The accompanying material says that the composition \u2018features the cello as the centerpiece of the score, leading string-based melodies played by a symphony orchestra of 90 musicians\u2019.\n\nAs you can see from the track listing below most tracks are quite short. The two longest tracks are probably pivotal moments in the film and possibly Joker\u2019s life.\n\n1 Hoyt\u2019s Office 01:24\n\n2 Defeated Clown 02:39\n\n3 Following Sophie 01:33\n\n4 Penny in the Hospital 01:18\n\n5 Young Penny 02:01\n\n6 Meeting Bruce Wayne 04:35\n\n7 Hiding in the Fridge 01:23\n\n8 A Bad Comedian 01:28\n\n9 Arthur Comes to Sophie 01:39\n\n10 Looking for Answers 00:51\n\n11 Penny Taken to the Hospital 01:49\n\n12 Subway 03:33\n\n13 Bathroom Dance 02:08\n\n14 Learning How to Act Normal 01:17\n\n15 Confession 01:29\n\n16 Escape from the Train 02:31\n\n17 Call Me Joker 04:48\n\nAll told we have 17 tracks giving a running time of only 37 minutes which seems a little short to me.\n\nI should have said that the tone of the score is somewhere between sombre, melancholy and ominous depending on which track your listening to. One of the things you can\u2019t say about it is \u2018it\u2019s a jolly little tune\u2019. I have to say though that I thought it was very well done given the subject matter of the film.\n\nThat last sentence brings me to point out that to get the very best out of this soundtrack you really need to see the film. It will give you goosebumps. The \u2018Subway\u2019 track always makes me nervous. Perhaps that\u2019s why the CD is short on running time, any longer could lead to a breakdown.\n\nThis is the first of Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir\u2019s work that I have actually listened to and I am very impressed. For any fan of the film who is not of a nervous disposition, then you really should treat yourself and get a copy. You can get the CD or Vinyl picture disc or even a coloured vinyl configuration whatever that is.\n\nAndy Whitaker\n\nDecember 2019\n\n(pub: WaterTower Music, 2019. 1 CD 17 tracks 37 minutes. Price: \u00a315.56 (UK). ASIN: B07YMGJL58)\n\ncheck out website: www.watertower-music.com\/\n\nShare this: Pinterest\n\nLinkedIn\n\nTwitter\n\nFacebook\n\n\n\nRelated\n\nCategory: Music\/Audio, Superheroes"}
-{"id":"1484010973_1492157938","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Managing Director of Mount Gay Distilleries Raphael Grisoni is welcoming the start of breathalyzer testing in Barbados on January 1, 2020.\n\nHe told members of the media during a recent interview that breathalyzer testing was long overdue in Barbados, and indicated that, as a rum producer, Mount Gay wanted its products to be enjoyed responsibly.\n\nGrisoni said it was always hurtful to see people drinking irresponsibly.\n\n\u201cWe are also a member of an organization called the Barbados Alcohol Industry Association and what we like to see is our product being [used] responsibly and I think the breathalyzer is a good tool. . .,\u201d he said.\n\nIn November 2019, Minister of Transport and Works Dr William Duguid announced that come January, motorists driving under the influence of alcohol will do so at the risk of being subjected to breathalyzer testing.\n\nAs he delivered remarks during a service for the United Nations\u2019 Day of Remembrance for Road Safety Victims, Dr Duguid said his Ministry was at an advanced stage with respect to the use of breathalyzer testing on drivers.\n\nThe Minister said the introduction of such testing would go a long way in ensuring the safety of the travelling public.\n\nGrisoni said he was not concerned that the introduction of breathalyzer testing would have a negative effect on sales for the rum-producing company.\n\n\u201cI think that it\u2019s a question of habits. As we are exporting rum, we have a kind of visibility of what\u2019s happening in other countries in Europe or even in the United States.\n\n\u201cSo there will probably be a time of adaptation, but in many parts of our region, people are drinking and not driving; they are taking taxis and I think it is a good opportunity for transportation services,\u201d he said.","sentence2":"SNc Channels:\n\n\n\nSearch\n\nAbout Salem-News.com\n\n\n\nJan-01-2020 17:03 TweetFollow @OregonNews How Transcription Services Can Boost Your Business Gain a wider audience, improve your SEO ranking, and more.\n\nImage: pixabay.com\n\n(SALEM, Ore.) - Whether you are running a small-time business or a stable company, it is vital to set up goals. Through your employees' collaborative efforts, you can easily hit and even exceed your key performance indicators that can take your business to the next level. 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If you are about to start a substantial project, you should begin soliciting ideas and concepts ahead of time. Gather your team for a weekly brainstorming session to keep their creative juices flowing throughout the discussion. Instead of writing down all of their ideas into a piece of paper, why not have it recorded and hire someone to convert it from voice to text. You will be more confident that you now have all the necessary information to proceed with your next project. Lastly, hiring a transcription service company will help you save a lot of time and effort when it comes to proper documentation. Employees no longer need to render overtime to transcribe. All you need to do is record the entire conversation and send it for conversion, and you will have your file in a short time. Source: Salem-News.com Special Features Dept. _________________________________________\n\nBusiness | Technology | Most Commented on\n\n\n\n\n\nArticles for December 31, 2019 | Articles for January 1, 2020 |"}
-{"id":"1555949251_1553931407","score":3.0,"sentence1":"The South African government is enforcing stringent preventative measures to try to limit the reach of the coronavirus, particularly in the country\u2019s more remote areas, which are already strained by ailing state health facilities and insufficient water supply.\n\nAfter the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 rose to 150 on March 19 2020, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille identified 37 sites across all nine provinces to be used as isolation and quarantine facilities. There were 202 confirmed cases the following day.\n\nThe government plans to erect a 40km-long fence at the Beitbridge border post within the next month to prevent undocumented or infected people from crossing the border into South Africa from Zimbabwe and vice versa. De Lille said the project will cost about R37.2-million.\n\nHaving already shut down all sporting and cultural events, state officials are now scrambling to try to limit disruptions to the legislative bodies that oversee the administration of the country.\n\nMunicipal disruption\n\nWhile these bodies review ways to keep the country up and running, continued social restrictions might pose a threat to local municipal budgets. Councils have until May 30 to pass their budgets, but officials say the government\u2019s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people may prevent them from sitting to table their budgets.\n\nCouncil members have a grace period of 30 days, until the end of June each year, to comply with the budget deadline. Otherwise they risk being dissolved, forcing political parties to participate in by-elections.\n\nThe Metsimaholo local municipality in the northern Free State had to hold by-elections in 2017 when its coalition council failed to approve its 2017-2018 budget in time, resulting in the council\u2019s dissolution.\n\nFree State Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements spokesperson Zolile Lobe conceded that the coronavirus pandemic is going to disrupt council meetings. \u201cWe are concerned that the pandemic might disrupt the tabling of budgets, but we will assess the situation as it unfolds,\u201d Lobe said, stressing that contact between officials will be minimal in line with the national government\u2019s directive on social distancing.\n\nResidents of municipalities already in crisis, such as Maluti-a-Phofung in the eastern Free State and Makana in the Eastern Cape, are at the mercy of municipal officials to supply much-needed water to counter the spread of the virus.\n\nDespite a cancelled plenary sitting of the National Assembly on March 17, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) met on March 19 to endorse Gauteng Premier David Makhura\u2019s decision two weeks ago to invoke Section 139 of the Constitution and dissolve the Tshwane council. The metro has been running without a mayor or municipal manager as several attempts to elect a new mayor have descended into chaos.\n\nParliamentary spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said \u201cevery activity, public hearings and committee meetings included, are suspended\u201d in line with government measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe NCOP cancelled public meetings in three Gauteng municipalities that formed part of the three-day report-back session of the council\u2019s flagship programme, Taking Parliament to the People.\n\nThe North West provincial legislature has shut its doors to the public. \u201cAll outreach programmes of the legislature are suspended with immediate effect and will be resuscitated after 14 April 2020,\u201d it said.\n\nLobe said on March 19 that Thembeni Nxangisa, a Free State member of the executive council for cooperative governance and traditional affairs, was heading to QwaQwa to find ways to make water available to residents to improve hygiene. It has taken a life-threatening pandemic to get the government to respond to the area\u2019s 10-year-long dry spell.\n\nThe government plans to release water from Maluti-a-Phofung\u2019s main water source, the Fika-Patso Dam, to give residents a fighting chance, said Lobe. \u201cFrom today, Thursday to Sunday, the municipality is opening water to the people for hygiene purposes to curb Covid-19. We will also increase water tankers.\u201d\n\nAdhere, or face charges\n\nOn March 19, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma stressed the importance of adhering to the Covid-19 regulations the government has put in place. She added that the government will be taking action against those who refuse medical treatment or take part in mass gatherings and intentionally infect others with Covid-19.\n\nMinister of Police Bheki Cele has vowed to clamp down on alcohol consumers and traders who do not adhere to the new restrictions Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted, which limit trading hours and customer numbers.\n\nPolitical parties are also taking heed of social restrictions. The Economic Freedom Fighters and the ANC have cancelled major gatherings and events, and the Democratic Alliance\u2019s federal executive has postponed its policy conference that was scheduled to take place on April 4 and 5.\n\nThis article was first published by New Frame.","sentence2":"South Africa has decided to build a border wall with its southern African neighbour, Zimbabwe.\n\nAccording to authorities of the rainbow nation, the border wall is expected to keep undocumented migrants and individuals Infected with the Coronavirus from entering the country.\n\nAccording to South African public works minister, Patricia de Lille, construction of the border wall is a part of the emergency procedures adopted by the Cyril Ramaphosa led government to tackle the Coronavirus epidemic currently spreading across South Africa.\n\nSouth African President, Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of emergency on Sunday due to the Coronavirus epidemic.\n\nAccording to the public works Minister, Ramaphosa ordered that border crossings into south Africa be closed but the measure will not be effective if the fences on the border are not secure.\n\nThe ministers said further that;\n\n\u201cA 1.8m (5ft 11in) high fence, stretching for 20km (12.4 miles), would be built on either side of the Beitbridge border, the main crossing between the two nations.\u201d\n\nSouth Africa currently has 150 individuals Infected with the Coronavirus.\n\nThousand of Zimbabwean citizens currently live in South Africa, many of them fleeing hard economic conditions and political violence in their home country.\n\nSouth Africa has tried to reduce migration from Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa in the past.\n\nZimbabwe has no case of the Coronavirus so far although President Mnangagwa has ordered all schools to be shut from Tuesday as a precautionary measure.\n\nRelated"}
-{"id":"1498839345_1552623974","score":3.0,"sentence1":"A Rexburg Police Log stated that a BYU-Idaho student had $900.16 taken out from their student account in a Pell Grant and transferred into an account not belonging to the student. The theft was reported to police on Jan. 16.\n\nThe University first reported to the police on Jan. 13 that less than 100 student accounts were compromised. School officials got in touch with the students to change their passwords.\n\n\u201cBYU-Idaho understands the importance of its data security and protecting the information we maintain for our students,\u201d BYU-I said in a statement. \u201cWe recently became aware of a security incident involving a small number of student financial accounts. The university immediately notified those students impacted directly and has been working with them on a case-by-case basis. With the assistance of a leading forensic firm, BYU-Idaho has launched an investigation; law enforcement personnel have been notified. If any additional accounts are identified, we will immediately notify the students and work with them to respond as necessary. As the university works to complete the investigation, we will look for opportunities to further enhance our existing security measures.\u201d","sentence2":"BYU-Idaho has released a statement about Spring Semester 2020:\n\n\u201cWith the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, Spring Semester 2020 courses at BYU-Idaho will be held remotely and online. Students will be able to complete courses wherever they reside. It is anticipated that campus will continue to be open and functioning.\n\nThis change may require some adjustments in currently planned courses. Lab courses that cannot be adapted for remote delivery will be cancelled. Students may find it necessary to adjust their schedules as a result of these changes and can do so through the registration portal at my.BYUI.edu. Information regarding course changes will be available to students before the end of Winter Semester.\n\nFor current and official BYU-Idaho communication regarding COVID-19, visit the I-Prepare website.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1500069470_1499936687","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Sudan allows private traders to export gold in bid to boost revenues\n\nSudan has begun allowing private traders to export gold, a move expected to crack down on smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country\u2019s cash-strapped treasury. Until January 1st 2020, when the decision was made, Sudan\u2019s Central Bank had been the sole body legally allowed to buy and export gold and set up centers to buy the metal from small-scale miners. Hajooj Kuka, Analyst and Activist joins CNBC Africa for more on what the country is doing to revive the economy.","sentence2":"More SAA directors on the way out as airliner awaits R2bn bailout\n\nSAA, the debt-ridden state-owned airliner is still looking for a R2 billion bailout from government. The airliner, which made its last profit in 2011, is also playing a game of musical chairs in the boardroom after the resignation of one of its directors, Martin Kingston. What does this mean for SAA and could we see job losses in the future? Aviation Analyst, Desmond Latham and Head of Trade Union Solidarity's Research Institute, Connie Mulder join CNBC Africa to give insight."}
-{"id":"1559959067_1529952152","score":3.0,"sentence1":"The Sweet 16 is set in our mythical men\u2019s college basketball tournament, and all four of the No. 1 seeds survived.\n\nMore accurately, all four of the No. 1 seeds waltzed into the third round of the Big Dance, one of them at the expense of the Bay Area\u2019s only entry in the field, Saint Mary\u2019s. The Gaels were crushed Sunday 87-56 by Baylor, the top seed in the South Regional.\n\nGonzaga also breezed, beating Oklahoma 88-70 to join Kansas and Dayton, both of which advanced Saturday. The four top seeds won by an average of 20.5 points.\n\nOnly one Cinderella remains in the field \u2014 10th-seeded Utah State, which won Saturday against No. 2 Florida State \u2014 but the Aggies almost got company Sunday. East Tennessee State, a 14-seed that had knocked off Seton Hall in the first round, gave BYU all it could handle before falling 100-97.\n\nTwo 7-seeds advanced Sunday as Arizona and Providence ended the dreams of UC-Irvine and North Dakota State, respectively, a pair of 15th-seeded bracket busters who had knocked out San Diego State and Kentucky on Thursday.\n\nThe Providence victory gave the Big East three teams in the Sweet 16. Five leagues have two; Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC and the West Coast Conference. Rounding out the field are the SEC (Auburn), the Atlantic-10 (Dayton), and the Mountain West (Utah State).\n\nHere\u2019s the Day 4 roundup of games:\n\nSOUTH REGIONAL\n\nNo. 1 Baylor 87, No. 8 Saint Mary\u2019s 56>> The Gaels\u2019 season came to an agonizingly slow end. They fell behind early, trailed by 18 at half and by 33 with 11:44 to play. It was their worst loss since a 94-46 embarrassment at Gonzaga in February 2019. Butler (28-4) was led in scoring, as it has been all season, by its trio of guards. Davion Mitchell 20 points), MaCio Teague (17) and Jared Butler (15), none of whom had shot better than 42% during the regular season, all shot better than 50%.\n\nJordan Ford, wrapping up a four-year career that could put his No. 3 in the rafters at Saint Mary\u2019s, scored 24 points, but nobody else was in double figures. Malik Fitts, who made seven 3-pointers in the first-round victory over Rutgers, had only seven points. The Gaels (27-9) shot poorly from everywhere: 3 of 16 from behind the arc, nine of 15 from the free throw line, and 36.7% overall. (We did not attempt to reach coach Randy Bennett after this one.)\n\nNo. 6 Virginia 63, No. 3 Michigan State 59>> The Cavaliers, who run-and-gunned their way to a season-high 82 points in the opening round (25 points over their season average) returned to character. With its slow-paced offense and smothering defense, Virginia held MSU to 25 first-half points, limiting the Spartans to 19 shots, seven of which they blocked, and forcing seven turnovers. Still, the Spartans had a chance to tie the game with 11 seconds left, but Rocket Watts missed a wide-open three from the corner and Virginia sealed the outcome with two free throws from Jay Huff. Mamadi Diakite had 21 points and eight rebounds for the UVA (25-7) and Braxton Key added 13 points and 13 rebounds. MSU (23-10) was led by three players with 11 points, including Xavier Tillman, who also had 11 rebounds.\n\nNo. 2 Creighton 76, No. 7 Illinois 69 >>- The Bluejays, the only surviving 2-seed in the tournament, trailed by 11 points in the second half and were down 65-59 with 4:16 to play. But they closed the game on a 17-4 run during which they held Illinois scoreless on eight consecutive possessions. Denzel Mahoney came off the bench for 17 points to lead Creighton (26-7). Damien Jefferson had 15 and Ty-Shon Alexander and Marcus Zegarowski added 12 apiece. Kofi Cockburn had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Illinois (22-10).\n\nWEST REGIONAL\n\nNo. 1 Gonzaga 88, No. 9 Oklahoma 70>> Cory Kispert led six players in double figures and the Zags broke open a close game midway through the second half. An 8-2 run \u2014 the first six points coming from Joel Ayayi \u2013turned a 50-45 lead into an 11-point lead and the Sooners never got back within 10. Kispert had 17 points, Filip Petrusev had 12, and four others had 11, including Ayayi. Austin Reaves scored 17 to lead Oklahoma (20-13).\n\nNo. 6 BYU 100, No. 14 Eastern Washington 97>> Zac Seljaas\u2019 3-point shot from the right wing broke a 93-93 tie with 1:37 to play, Andy Toolson followed with another three and the Cougars escaped the upset-minded Eagles from the Big Sky Conference. BYU made 13 of 22 three-point attempts (59.1%) and shot almost 60% overall (40 of 67) and then held its collective breath as a last-second shot by EWU circled the rim twice before spinning out. TJ Haws (26 points, 12 assists) and Yoeli Childs (26 points, 11 rebounds) led the way for BYU. Jacob Davison had 29 points for EWU (24-9).\n\nNo. 7 Arizona 89, No. 15 UC-Irvine 66>> Zeke Nnaji had 18 points and 17 rebounds as the Wildcats put an early end to the Anteaters\u2019 hope of pulling another upset. UC-Irvine, which shocked No. 2 seed San Diego State on Friday, led 17-16 after a 3-pointer by Jeron Artest (son of Ron Artest). But Arizona answered with a bucket and two free throws from Max Hazzard (grandson of the late Walt Hazzard) and the Wildcats led the rest of the way. Tony Rutherford had 15 points for UCI (22-11). Arizona\u2019s Nico Mannion led all scorers with 19.\n\nMIDWEST REGIONAL\n\nNo. 3 Duke 98, No. 14 East Tennessee State 89>> The upstarts from the Southern Conference, who had stunned Seton Hall in the opener, jumped out to a 7-1 lead. And that\u2019s where Duke put a stop to things. The Blue Devils caught the Eagles at 16, passed them on a tip-in by Javin DuLaurier and never trailed after a 10-0 run put them ahead 49-39. ETU, winners of 13 straight, pulled within 78-75, but then went cold for almost six minutes as Duke rebuilt its lead to 13 and coasted into Sweet 16 for the 16th time in 20 years. Vernon Carey led the Blue Devils with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tre Jones, playing amid rumors that he will apply for the NBA draft, had 16 points, eight assists, and six rebounds. Cassius Stanley also had 16 points. Patrick Good had 22 for ETU, which finished the season 31-4.\n\nNo. 7 Providence 104, No. 15 North Dakota State 57>> The Friars jumped on the team that had KO\u2019d Kentucky two days earlier, scoring the first seven points en route to a 20-5 lead. Providence led 51-33 at halftime and didn\u2019t let up, outscoring the Bison 53-24 in the second half. Luwane Pipkins led six Friars in double figures with 19 points, hitting 5 of 7 treys. Alpha Diallo added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Rocky Kreuser had 16 to lead North Dakota State (26-9), which had won 13 of its previous 14 games.","sentence2":"LAWRENCE, Kan. \u2014 Kansas is back on top of the college basketball world after knocking off Baylor in a matchup of Big 12 heavyweights, while the Bears dropped to No. 2 in The Associated Press men\u2019s poll Monday after their nip-and-tuck loss in Waco.\n\nThe Jayhawks (24-3, 13-1 Big 12) received 62 of 64 first-place votes from the national media panel to take over the No. 1 ranking for the second time this season. Kansas also was atop the poll for one week in December, when it seemed as if just about every school that ascended to No. 1 promptly lost in a topsy-turvy start to the season.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re a silent team that can make a run late in March,\u201d Jayhawks guard Devon Dotson said after the 64-61 victory on Saturday. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to get complacent from this one. We\u2019re going to build off of it.\u201d\n\nBaylor (24-2, 13-1) received two first-place votes and fell to second after its 23-game winning streak came to an end. Gonzaga was No. 3 after a loss to BYU, and Dayton jumped San Diego State for No. 4 after the Aztecs lost for the first time in a week when every team in the top 10 found itself in a new position from last week.\n\nThe most notable change, of course, came at the top.\n\n\u201cBaylor is the best team that we\u2019ve played against since I\u2019ve been in the league the last 17 years,\u201d said Jayhawks coach Bill Self, whose team begins its four-game finishing stretch against Oklahoma State on Monday night. \u201cYou could look at Oklahoma State in \u201904 and you could look at (Texas) Tech in \u201919, but I think Baylor has played better than both those teams at the same stage. I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to finish, but I certainly feel strongly about that.\u201d\n\nBaylor coach Scott Drew, whose team spent five weeks at No. 1, was equally effusive in his praise for the Jayhawks.\n\n\u201cKansas has really progressed since the last time we faced them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had a heck of a run. I never thought I\u2019d see anyone do what we did. The Big 12 is so tough. Six straight years we\u2019ve been the number one conference for a reason.\u201d\n\nBaylor wasn\u2019t the only team to take its lumps during an upset-filled weekend.\n\nThe Cougars continued their climb to No. 17 after they knocked off Gonzaga on Saturday night, while UNLV ended the Aztecs\u2019 perfect start with a 66-63 victory. Two more top-10 teams went down in a Big Ten shakeup Sunday when Maryland lost to Ohio State and Penn State lost to Indiana for its second defeat of the week.\n\n\u201cWe lost, and it\u2019s the first time it\u2019s happened (this season), so it doesn\u2019t feel good,\u201d San Diego State guard Malachi Flynn said. \u201cWe were all just trying to win the game, and it\u2019s just played out the way it played out.\u201d\n\nThe Flyers (25-2) have won 16 straight to reach their highest standing in the poll since finishing third during the 1955-56 season, while the Aztecs (26-1) remain the nation\u2019s only one-loss Division I team. They were followed by Florida State, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland and Creighton in rounding out the top 10.\n\nThe Seminoles climbed two spots ahead of their high-profile ACC showdown with No. 11 Louisville on Monday night. Related Articles Pac-12 recap: UCLA, ASU surge while Oregon collects key win\n\nCU Buffs women\u2019s basketball upsets No. 11 Arizona\n\nLate UCLA run gives CU Buffs big disappointment in home finale\n\nKeeler: Are Tad Boyle\u2019s CU Buffs the best in school history?\n\nNo. 18 CU Buffs hold off USC\n\n\u201cFlorida State is just a team, they\u2019re all really big, really long and really athletic,\u201d Cardinals star Jordan Nwora said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to pressure them, use the lane, and I feel pretty confident going into this game.\u201d\n\nRISING AND FALLING\n\nThe Blue Jays climbed from No. 15 into the top 10 for the first time since the 2016-17 season after beating then-No. 19 Marquette and then-No. 21 Butler last week. Their streak has moved them to within a game of Seton Hall \u2014 which climbed from No. 16 to No. 13 this week \u2014 in what has become an intrigue race for the Big East title.\n\nThe biggest jump this week came from BYU, which followed a victory over Santa Clara with a resounding 91-78 win over Gonzaga. The Cougars climbed six spots to No. 17 with their eighth straight victory.\n\nPenn State took the biggest tumble from ninth to No. 16 after losses to Illinois and Indiana, while West Virginia fell three spots to No. 20 and Colorado dropped three spots to No. 21.\n\nIN AND OUT\n\nMichigan shot back into the Top 25 at No. 19 this week after the Wolverines ran their winning streak to five straight and seven of eight with victories at Purdue and Rutgers. Texas Tech and Michigan State also returned to the poll with the Red Raiders at No. 22 and the Spartans at No. 24.\n\nMarquette tumbled from No. 19 all the way out after losing to Creighton and unranked Providence. Butler fell out from No. 21 and Arizona from No. 24 after the Wildcats lost in overtime to Oregon on Saturday.\n\nAP college basketball poll\n\nTeam Record Points Pvs. 1. Kansas 24-3 1,598 3 2. Baylor 24-2 1,532 1 3. Gonzaga 27-2 1,442 2 4. Dayton 25-2 1,413 5 5. San Diego State 26-1 1,287 4 6. Florida State 23-4 1,247 8 7. Duke 23-4 1,186 6 8. Kentucky 22-5 1,130 10 9. Maryland 22-5 1,124 7 10. Creighton 22-6 986 15 11. Louisville 23-5 966 11 12. Villanova 21-6 928 12 13. Seton Hall 20-7 842 16 14. Oregon 21-7 653 14 15. Auburn 23-4 643 13 16. Penn State 20-7 618 9 17. BYU 23-7 598 23 18. Iowa 19-8 489 20 19. Michigan 18-9 329 \u2013 20. West Virginia 19-8 313 17 21. Colorado 21-7 291 18 22. Texas Tech 18-9 226 \u2013 23. Ohio State 18-9 210 25 24. Michigan State 18-9 160 \u2013 25. Houston 21-7 102 22 Dropped out of rankings: Marquette (19), Butler (21), Arizona (24). Others receiving votes: Arizona State 95, Illinois 82, Arizona 71, Butler 51, Virginia 50, Marquette 41, Stephen F. Austin 29, LSU 24, East Tennessee State 13, Utah State 9, Florida 8, Wisconsin 7, New Mexico State 2, Northern Iowa 2, Liberty 2, UCLA 1.\n\nLove sports? Subscribe to our Denver Sports Omelette newsletter to get the latest news sent straight to your inbox."}
-{"id":"1498735717_1502409341","score":1.0,"sentence1":"In news that has absolutely destroyed my brain, OG reality TV star Paris Hilton just revealed she\u2019s been playing a character up until now.\n\nYes, Hilton has been laughing all the way to the fucking bank because her character on The Simple Life, and just her general persona has all been an act.\n\nI. AM. SCREAMING.\n\nJust days after we all collectively lost our minds over her Cooking With Paris video, the entrepreneur and socialite has revealed that her upcoming YouTube documentary This Is Paris will be the first time we get to see the real deal.\n\nDuring an interview at the Television Critics Association press tour, Paris revealed that her upcoming YouTube documentary is \u201ccompletely different than anything [she\u2019s] ever done before.\u201d\n\n\u201cEverything I\u2019ve ever done before was more me playing that character again,\u201d The Simple Life star said. \u201cBut with this, I really just wanted to pull the curtain back and show my real life \u2014 talk about things that are very hard to talk about and things that I\u2019ve experienced in life but never discussed before.\u201d\n\nSo she\u2019s pretty much saying that The World According To Paris and The Simple Life was acting. Give this woman a fucking Golden Globe.\n\n\u201cI was having fun with it. I think, you know. I was in on the joke,\u201d Paris said of the 2003 hit show The Simple Life, which she was pitched as \u201cGreen Acres meets Clueless.\u201d\n\nBut the 38-year-old heiress is finally reading to show us the real Paris Hilton is her new YouTube documentary.\n\n\u201cIn this film I discuss things I\u2019ve never discussed before. I hope that people are going to see who I truly am,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cIt follows me in my real life, everything I\u2019ve done before was me playing a character. I was talking about things that are very hard to talk about. It was an amazing experience but it was very scary. I was freaking out.\u201d\n\nWe really shouldn\u2019t be surprised. She comes from a long list of uber-rich billionaire businessmen. The woman has simply mastered the art of branding.\n\n\u201cAt the same time, I built a huge brand off doing it,\u201d she told PEOPLE at the event. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t really regret it and I\u2019m happy that people are going to finally see this film.\u201d\n\nThis Is Paris premieres on YouTube in May 2020.","sentence2":"Depending on how old you are and when you came of age, the name Paris Hilton might mean a few different things to you.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nHotel megabrand heiress, reality TV star, singer \u2014 she\u2019s kind of done it all. Now Paris is the focus of a brand new YouTube documentary, This Is Paris.\n\nAs you might suspect, the documentary focuses on Paris herself as she grapples with establishing a new identity and brand for herself while accepting how many in the public see her. Paris is most notoriously known as one of the stars of The Simple Life, a reality show that first aired in 2003. Costarring Nicole Richie, the show followed the two children of celebrities as they navigated rural life.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nOn her role in the show, Paris explained to People, \u201cI knew what I was doing but the whole world didn\u2019t, so it was kind of frustrating to me to be perceived in that way because it\u2019s not who I am at all. But it was such an amazing and entertaining show that I would just think of it as entertainment.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1497426521_1552013041","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Marvel star Mark Ruffalo took part in the Instagram game that tells you which character from the Avengers you are.\n\nThe app\u2019s new filter, which went viral soon after it was launched earlier this month, has been used by a number of celebrities \u2013 but Ruffalo seems to be the first actual Avengers: Endgame actor to post his result online.\n\nFor those who don\u2019t know, the filter flits through several choices before allocating you a character and telling you which character you are.\n\nDownload the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines\n\nObviously, it all means nothing, but it\u2019s a bit of fun to pass the time \u2013 and Ruffalo, who plays Hulk in the record-breaking Avengers series, gave it a go.\n\nThe actor couldn\u2019t feign his surprise when the Instagram app randomly allocated him... Hulk! (We\u2019re going to hope he\u2019s being genuine and this was the first time he tried).\n\nShape Created with Sketch. Marvel films \u2013 ranked worst to best Show all 23 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Marvel films \u2013 ranked worst to best 1\/23 Iron Man 2 23. Iron Man 2 barely holds together. Rather than act as a straight sequel to the surprisingly successful Iron Man, Marvel Studios decided to overstuff the film with universe-building references (Black Widow, Nick Fury and SHIELD\u2019s Agent Coulson all make appearances) and two-dimensional villains (played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke). The result is a film without any direction that serves as a Trojan horse set-up for the Avengers. Marvel\/Disney 2\/23 Thor: The Dark World 22. When the Thor franchise lost its director Kenneth Branagh between the first and second films, it also had to kiss goodbye to the Shakespearean theatrics that had lent it a sense of goofy charm. Directed by Game of Thrones\u2019s Alan Taylor, The Dark World prioritises its VFX effects above all else. It\u2019s a dull affair: Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Malekith is (by far) Marvel\u2019s worst villain, being a pile of prosthetics with zero personality, while Chris Hemsworth\u2019s Thor completes one of the most unrealistic London Tube journeys in all of cinematic history. Marvel\/Disney 3\/23 The Incredible Hulk 21. Edward Norton\u2019s version of the smashing Hulk often gets forgotten by Marvel fans \u2013 and for good reason. Whereas Mark Ruffalo\u2019s bumbling interpretation of the character has a gravitational charm, Norton\u2019s moping monster is void of any charisma. With Liv Tyler phoning in her performance as love interest, Betty Ross, the film falls emotionally flat and serves only as a by-the-numbers origins story. Marvel\/Disney 4\/23 Avengers: Age of Ultron 20. Just in case we\u2019d forgotten that the Disney corporation is an all-consuming titan that owns half of Hollywood, the sequel to 2012\u2019s Avengers decided to sneak in a little corporate synergy: when Iron Man accidentally creates a sentient robot (voiced by James Spader) who decides the earth\u2019s only salvation is through the destruction of humanity, he announces his grim plans with accompaniment of a little citation of the classic \u201cI\u2019ve Got No Strings\u201d from 1940\u2019s Pinocchio. It\u2019s a moment that exemplifies how Ultron feels like a cold, calculated operation from Marvel Studios. It\u2019s merely tick list of obligations to move us on to the next chapter of the MCU. Marvel\/Disney 5\/23 Thor 19. Although Kenneth Branagh\u2019s introductory outing for Marvel\u2019s God of Thunder fared perfectly well on release, it\u2019s suffered massively from the MCU\u2019s dramatic sense of progression over the years. Certainly, Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki is a strong, well-crafted character right out of the gate, and his plot against his adoptive father (Anthony Hopkins) is delightfully heightened. Yet, it arguably took until Thor: Ragnarok for Chris Hemsworth\u2019s hero to develop much sense of character beyond the initial \u201cfish out of water\u201d trope. Marvel\/Disney 6\/23 Doctor Strange 18. A self-centred wealthy white man ventures to a distant land and realises his superhero potential \u2013 sound familiar? That\u2019s because Doctor Strange and Iron Man are basically the same story, except one uses magic and the other explosives. Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s Marveldebut impresses with kaleidoscope visuals but lacks the heart of Robert Downey Jr\u2019s hero, leading to a film that wastes the talents of both Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen. Marvel\/Disney 7\/23 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 17. The first Guardians of the Galaxy was a risky Star Wars-inspired romp through space, following a bunch of a-holes who form an unlikely familiar bond. For the second film, James Gunn decided to turn everything up to 11, cramming half a dozen interweaving storylines, leading to Chris Pratt\u2019s gaunt Star Lord getting side-lined. The sequel did, however, introduce the now beloved line \u201cI\u2019m Mary Poppins, y\u2019all\u201d, shouted by Yondu as he gracefully falls from the sky. A wonderfully comedic moment in a film that misses on another half-dozen punches. Marvel\/Disney 8\/23 The Avengers 16. Marvel\u2019s first crossover film was an unparalleled cinematic event \u2013 one that arguably changed Hollywood filmmaking forever, now that every major studio seems to be attempting the \u201cshared universe\u201d approach to franchises. Although the MCU has refined the template since, The Avengers still established the focus on humour, character, and heart that would come to define the success story of Marvel Studios. It\u2019s a blockbuster that feels large on all fronts, delivering thrills not only in the \u201cBattle of New York\u201d finale, but in the creation of a team of characters that feel perfectly balanced and complementary. Marvel\/Disney 9\/23 Captain America: Civil War 15. Despite Captain America: Civil War (AKA Avengers 2.5) featuring Iron Man, Black Widow, and Ant-Man (as well as introducing Black Panther and Spider-Man), the film remains first and foremost about Captain America. And that\u2019s perhaps why the stuffed blockbuster works \u2013 were it not for a central focus, Civil War could have fallen into the trappings of other Marvel sequels in being too convoluted. The Russo Brothers also direct one of the best actions scenes in Marvel history so far, the airport scene, which looks as if it leapt straight out of a comic book. Marvel\/Disney 10\/23 Ant-Man and the Wasp 14. While the first Ant Man was a mirror image of its star Paul Rudd, essentially delivering a studio comedy dressed in spandex, the second found a new trick up its sleeve in the form of Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne \u2013 a smart, capable female hero who didn\u2019t simply exist to serve as a caretaker for the male characters. Marvel\/Disney 11\/23 Spider-Man: Far From Home 13. What comes after the end? It\u2019s the question that was hanging over the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since the release of Avengers: Endgame was sold to us as the ultimate, cumulative chapter in a series of 22 interconnected films. And yet, while Far From Home is distinctly mid-level Marvel fare, there\u2019s a lot to be said for the fact it isn\u2019t crushed under the weight of its own ambitions. It feels comfortably like the end of a chapter, the beginning of a new one, an epilogue, and a palate cleanser all at once. It also works perfectly well as a film about Spider-Man. AP 12\/23 Ant-Man 12. Ant-Man should not have worked as a film. Just look at the title! Ridiculous to think a movie about a man with ant powers should work \u2013 let alone be a blockbuster success and part of the biggest cinematic universe going. Yet, despite production problems (Edgar Wright was initially meant to helm the film), Peyton Reed directs this hilarious heist film with aplomb, taking the Marvel world a little less seriously than others. Marvel\/Disney 13\/23 Avengers: Infinity War 11. Marvel redefined cinematic narratives once more in 2018, creating a single culmination to a decade\u2019s worth of films. While it plays as total nonsense to anyone who\u2019s a newcomer to the franchise (if that\u2019s possible), it was, for fans, an unmatched emotional release. The Russo brothers faced the monumental task of making each crossover \u2013 from the Guardians of the Galaxy to the kingdom of Wakanda \u2013 work in a way that feels natural, while also ushering the MCU\u2019s biggest villain, Thanos, into centre stage. Epic both in its sense of scale and stakes, Infinity War also stages one of the most memorable finales in blockbuster history. Marvel\/Disney 14\/23 Captain America: The First Avenger 10. With or without the beard, Steve Rogers aka Captain America has now become the brooding centre of the Avengers, but there was once a time when he was all about the old-fashioned heroics. Director Joe Johnston stayed true to the film\u2019s 1940s setting in a film that embraces that pulpiness of early comic book history, as Steve punches Nazis and romances military officer Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), although her character is thankfully never relegated to the role of damsel in distress. Marvel\/Disney 15\/23 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9. Despite centring on a super-powered American nationalist, the Captain America trilogy has the most consistent quality in the MCU. Its crowning moment comes with The Winter Soldier \u2013 an adrenaline-fuelled conspiracy thriller that features a spectacular twist and provokes questions regarding modern day surveillance. However, given The Russo Brothers root the rest of the movie in realism, the bombastic CGI-heavy ending is a little ridiculous. Marvel\/Disney 16\/23 Captain Marvel 8. Brie Larson gives a superpowered performance as Carol Danvers, the actor playing a hero that's both relatable and aspirational, strong but vulnerable. While Captain Marvel may not revolutionise the studio\u2019s formula, the superhero's debut outing provides a platform to show off her Thanos-annihilating powers. Thanks to a smart script, it also offers some of the very best character development in the MCU. Marvel\/Disney 17\/23 Spider-Man: Homecoming 7. While Spider-Man\u2019s miraculous arrival in the MCU came with Captain America: Civil War, it was not until Homecoming that we truly got to know Peter Parker. Tom Holland\u2019s incarnation swings past Andrew Garfield\u2019s version, thanks to the film\u2019s lower-stakes high school story allowing for intimate moments with the character. Along with including some great comic performances (Jacob Batalon as Ned stands out), Michael Keaton\u2019s Vulture makes for a terrifying villain, and the twist is superbly done. Marvel\/Disney 18\/23 Iron Man 3 6. While divisive among Marvel fans, Shane Black\u2019s superhero outing \u2013 with the writer\/director\u2019s sharp, stinging dialogue \u2013 brings Tony Stark's story arc to an end (or what should have been its end) with humour and heart aplenty. As Robert Downey Jr\u2019s genius, billionaire philanthropist deals with PTSD and struggles with his robotic creations, we see an actor giving his all. While Civil War and the Avengers films dragged him back into action, fingers are crossed Avengers: Endgame will give the character a similar emotionally satisfying send-off. Marvel\/Disney 19\/23 Avengers: Endgame 5. It\u2019s a film that\u2019s hard to place within the MCU canon, simply because the majority of its emotional pay-offs only work due to the groundwork laid by over a decade of filmmaking. Avengers: Endgame is less about individual storytelling and so much more about the collective experience of cinema itself. This exists to be consumed in the dark, surrounded by loved ones, as you all cheer, gasp, and cry in unison. The fan service at work may, at times, feel a little outrageous in just how bold it feels, but Endgame earns the right to indulge. This, above all, is a celebration of these movies and their impact on the world. AP 20\/23 Thor: Ragnarok 4. Completely transforming the Thor franchise in a single, effortless move, director Taika Waititi injected new energy into the MCU. Ragnarok is perfectly balanced both as a standard Marvel movie, with all the right heroics and world-building intact, and as a work belonging exclusively to Waititi, filled with the humour and charm he\u2019d previously displayed in What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. By finding a way to incorporate individual voices into its massive franchise machine, Marvel found the secret to true long-term success. Marvel\/Disney 21\/23 Iron Man 3. Where it all started. Iron Man subverted expectations by not only reintroducing Robert Downey Jr to the world, but by showing that a relatively unknown B-character could be at the centre of a blockbuster. Other cinematic universes fail because they attempt to introduce too much (a mistake made in Iron Man 2). The first Iron Man, though, had a self-contained story that only hinted at a bigger world \u2013 a world that would eventually become a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Marvel\/Disney 22\/23 Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Blasting the Marvel universe into space for an adventure with a truly ragtag group of heroes, including both a talking racoon and a sentient tree-creature, Guardians of the Galaxy is arguably the biggest risk the franchise ever took. And it paid off in spectacular fashion, with director James Gunn giving the superhero genre a light coat of B-movie glee. It also transformed Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt into the major box office draw he is today. Marvel\/Disney 23\/23 Black Panther 1. Although Black Panther still dutifully fulfils all the requirements of a Marvel film, providing a bridge to films both past and future plus ending in a cinematic battle filled with CGI trickery, Ryan Coogler\u2019s achievement as a director is to use a familiar framework to tell a radical story within mainstream filmmaking. In the strife between Chadwick Boseman\u2019s T\u2019Challa, the ruler of Wakanda, and Michael B Jordan\u2019s Killmonger, he provided a nuanced, layered commentary on colonialism and black identity. It\u2019s a film that triumphs both within its genre, bringing new perspectives to the superhero story, and outside of it, satisfying purely as a piece of narrative drama. Marvel\/Disney 1\/23 Iron Man 2 23. Iron Man 2 barely holds together. Rather than act as a straight sequel to the surprisingly successful Iron Man, Marvel Studios decided to overstuff the film with universe-building references (Black Widow, Nick Fury and SHIELD\u2019s Agent Coulson all make appearances) and two-dimensional villains (played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke). The result is a film without any direction that serves as a Trojan horse set-up for the Avengers. Marvel\/Disney 2\/23 Thor: The Dark World 22. When the Thor franchise lost its director Kenneth Branagh between the first and second films, it also had to kiss goodbye to the Shakespearean theatrics that had lent it a sense of goofy charm. Directed by Game of Thrones\u2019s Alan Taylor, The Dark World prioritises its VFX effects above all else. It\u2019s a dull affair: Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Malekith is (by far) Marvel\u2019s worst villain, being a pile of prosthetics with zero personality, while Chris Hemsworth\u2019s Thor completes one of the most unrealistic London Tube journeys in all of cinematic history. Marvel\/Disney 3\/23 The Incredible Hulk 21. Edward Norton\u2019s version of the smashing Hulk often gets forgotten by Marvel fans \u2013 and for good reason. Whereas Mark Ruffalo\u2019s bumbling interpretation of the character has a gravitational charm, Norton\u2019s moping monster is void of any charisma. With Liv Tyler phoning in her performance as love interest, Betty Ross, the film falls emotionally flat and serves only as a by-the-numbers origins story. Marvel\/Disney 4\/23 Avengers: Age of Ultron 20. Just in case we\u2019d forgotten that the Disney corporation is an all-consuming titan that owns half of Hollywood, the sequel to 2012\u2019s Avengers decided to sneak in a little corporate synergy: when Iron Man accidentally creates a sentient robot (voiced by James Spader) who decides the earth\u2019s only salvation is through the destruction of humanity, he announces his grim plans with accompaniment of a little citation of the classic \u201cI\u2019ve Got No Strings\u201d from 1940\u2019s Pinocchio. It\u2019s a moment that exemplifies how Ultron feels like a cold, calculated operation from Marvel Studios. It\u2019s merely tick list of obligations to move us on to the next chapter of the MCU. Marvel\/Disney 5\/23 Thor 19. Although Kenneth Branagh\u2019s introductory outing for Marvel\u2019s God of Thunder fared perfectly well on release, it\u2019s suffered massively from the MCU\u2019s dramatic sense of progression over the years. Certainly, Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki is a strong, well-crafted character right out of the gate, and his plot against his adoptive father (Anthony Hopkins) is delightfully heightened. Yet, it arguably took until Thor: Ragnarok for Chris Hemsworth\u2019s hero to develop much sense of character beyond the initial \u201cfish out of water\u201d trope. Marvel\/Disney 6\/23 Doctor Strange 18. A self-centred wealthy white man ventures to a distant land and realises his superhero potential \u2013 sound familiar? That\u2019s because Doctor Strange and Iron Man are basically the same story, except one uses magic and the other explosives. Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s Marveldebut impresses with kaleidoscope visuals but lacks the heart of Robert Downey Jr\u2019s hero, leading to a film that wastes the talents of both Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen. Marvel\/Disney 7\/23 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 17. The first Guardians of the Galaxy was a risky Star Wars-inspired romp through space, following a bunch of a-holes who form an unlikely familiar bond. For the second film, James Gunn decided to turn everything up to 11, cramming half a dozen interweaving storylines, leading to Chris Pratt\u2019s gaunt Star Lord getting side-lined. The sequel did, however, introduce the now beloved line \u201cI\u2019m Mary Poppins, y\u2019all\u201d, shouted by Yondu as he gracefully falls from the sky. A wonderfully comedic moment in a film that misses on another half-dozen punches. Marvel\/Disney 8\/23 The Avengers 16. Marvel\u2019s first crossover film was an unparalleled cinematic event \u2013 one that arguably changed Hollywood filmmaking forever, now that every major studio seems to be attempting the \u201cshared universe\u201d approach to franchises. Although the MCU has refined the template since, The Avengers still established the focus on humour, character, and heart that would come to define the success story of Marvel Studios. It\u2019s a blockbuster that feels large on all fronts, delivering thrills not only in the \u201cBattle of New York\u201d finale, but in the creation of a team of characters that feel perfectly balanced and complementary. Marvel\/Disney 9\/23 Captain America: Civil War 15. Despite Captain America: Civil War (AKA Avengers 2.5) featuring Iron Man, Black Widow, and Ant-Man (as well as introducing Black Panther and Spider-Man), the film remains first and foremost about Captain America. And that\u2019s perhaps why the stuffed blockbuster works \u2013 were it not for a central focus, Civil War could have fallen into the trappings of other Marvel sequels in being too convoluted. The Russo Brothers also direct one of the best actions scenes in Marvel history so far, the airport scene, which looks as if it leapt straight out of a comic book. Marvel\/Disney 10\/23 Ant-Man and the Wasp 14. While the first Ant Man was a mirror image of its star Paul Rudd, essentially delivering a studio comedy dressed in spandex, the second found a new trick up its sleeve in the form of Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne \u2013 a smart, capable female hero who didn\u2019t simply exist to serve as a caretaker for the male characters. Marvel\/Disney 11\/23 Spider-Man: Far From Home 13. What comes after the end? It\u2019s the question that was hanging over the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since the release of Avengers: Endgame was sold to us as the ultimate, cumulative chapter in a series of 22 interconnected films. And yet, while Far From Home is distinctly mid-level Marvel fare, there\u2019s a lot to be said for the fact it isn\u2019t crushed under the weight of its own ambitions. It feels comfortably like the end of a chapter, the beginning of a new one, an epilogue, and a palate cleanser all at once. It also works perfectly well as a film about Spider-Man. AP 12\/23 Ant-Man 12. Ant-Man should not have worked as a film. Just look at the title! Ridiculous to think a movie about a man with ant powers should work \u2013 let alone be a blockbuster success and part of the biggest cinematic universe going. Yet, despite production problems (Edgar Wright was initially meant to helm the film), Peyton Reed directs this hilarious heist film with aplomb, taking the Marvel world a little less seriously than others. Marvel\/Disney 13\/23 Avengers: Infinity War 11. Marvel redefined cinematic narratives once more in 2018, creating a single culmination to a decade\u2019s worth of films. While it plays as total nonsense to anyone who\u2019s a newcomer to the franchise (if that\u2019s possible), it was, for fans, an unmatched emotional release. The Russo brothers faced the monumental task of making each crossover \u2013 from the Guardians of the Galaxy to the kingdom of Wakanda \u2013 work in a way that feels natural, while also ushering the MCU\u2019s biggest villain, Thanos, into centre stage. Epic both in its sense of scale and stakes, Infinity War also stages one of the most memorable finales in blockbuster history. Marvel\/Disney 14\/23 Captain America: The First Avenger 10. With or without the beard, Steve Rogers aka Captain America has now become the brooding centre of the Avengers, but there was once a time when he was all about the old-fashioned heroics. Director Joe Johnston stayed true to the film\u2019s 1940s setting in a film that embraces that pulpiness of early comic book history, as Steve punches Nazis and romances military officer Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), although her character is thankfully never relegated to the role of damsel in distress. Marvel\/Disney 15\/23 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9. Despite centring on a super-powered American nationalist, the Captain America trilogy has the most consistent quality in the MCU. Its crowning moment comes with The Winter Soldier \u2013 an adrenaline-fuelled conspiracy thriller that features a spectacular twist and provokes questions regarding modern day surveillance. However, given The Russo Brothers root the rest of the movie in realism, the bombastic CGI-heavy ending is a little ridiculous. Marvel\/Disney 16\/23 Captain Marvel 8. Brie Larson gives a superpowered performance as Carol Danvers, the actor playing a hero that's both relatable and aspirational, strong but vulnerable. While Captain Marvel may not revolutionise the studio\u2019s formula, the superhero's debut outing provides a platform to show off her Thanos-annihilating powers. Thanks to a smart script, it also offers some of the very best character development in the MCU. Marvel\/Disney 17\/23 Spider-Man: Homecoming 7. While Spider-Man\u2019s miraculous arrival in the MCU came with Captain America: Civil War, it was not until Homecoming that we truly got to know Peter Parker. Tom Holland\u2019s incarnation swings past Andrew Garfield\u2019s version, thanks to the film\u2019s lower-stakes high school story allowing for intimate moments with the character. Along with including some great comic performances (Jacob Batalon as Ned stands out), Michael Keaton\u2019s Vulture makes for a terrifying villain, and the twist is superbly done. Marvel\/Disney 18\/23 Iron Man 3 6. While divisive among Marvel fans, Shane Black\u2019s superhero outing \u2013 with the writer\/director\u2019s sharp, stinging dialogue \u2013 brings Tony Stark's story arc to an end (or what should have been its end) with humour and heart aplenty. As Robert Downey Jr\u2019s genius, billionaire philanthropist deals with PTSD and struggles with his robotic creations, we see an actor giving his all. While Civil War and the Avengers films dragged him back into action, fingers are crossed Avengers: Endgame will give the character a similar emotionally satisfying send-off. Marvel\/Disney 19\/23 Avengers: Endgame 5. It\u2019s a film that\u2019s hard to place within the MCU canon, simply because the majority of its emotional pay-offs only work due to the groundwork laid by over a decade of filmmaking. Avengers: Endgame is less about individual storytelling and so much more about the collective experience of cinema itself. This exists to be consumed in the dark, surrounded by loved ones, as you all cheer, gasp, and cry in unison. The fan service at work may, at times, feel a little outrageous in just how bold it feels, but Endgame earns the right to indulge. This, above all, is a celebration of these movies and their impact on the world. AP 20\/23 Thor: Ragnarok 4. Completely transforming the Thor franchise in a single, effortless move, director Taika Waititi injected new energy into the MCU. Ragnarok is perfectly balanced both as a standard Marvel movie, with all the right heroics and world-building intact, and as a work belonging exclusively to Waititi, filled with the humour and charm he\u2019d previously displayed in What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. By finding a way to incorporate individual voices into its massive franchise machine, Marvel found the secret to true long-term success. Marvel\/Disney 21\/23 Iron Man 3. Where it all started. Iron Man subverted expectations by not only reintroducing Robert Downey Jr to the world, but by showing that a relatively unknown B-character could be at the centre of a blockbuster. Other cinematic universes fail because they attempt to introduce too much (a mistake made in Iron Man 2). The first Iron Man, though, had a self-contained story that only hinted at a bigger world \u2013 a world that would eventually become a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Marvel\/Disney 22\/23 Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Blasting the Marvel universe into space for an adventure with a truly ragtag group of heroes, including both a talking racoon and a sentient tree-creature, Guardians of the Galaxy is arguably the biggest risk the franchise ever took. And it paid off in spectacular fashion, with director James Gunn giving the superhero genre a light coat of B-movie glee. It also transformed Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt into the major box office draw he is today. Marvel\/Disney 23\/23 Black Panther 1. Although Black Panther still dutifully fulfils all the requirements of a Marvel film, providing a bridge to films both past and future plus ending in a cinematic battle filled with CGI trickery, Ryan Coogler\u2019s achievement as a director is to use a familiar framework to tell a radical story within mainstream filmmaking. In the strife between Chadwick Boseman\u2019s T\u2019Challa, the ruler of Wakanda, and Michael B Jordan\u2019s Killmonger, he provided a nuanced, layered commentary on colonialism and black identity. It\u2019s a film that triumphs both within its genre, bringing new perspectives to the superhero story, and outside of it, satisfying purely as a piece of narrative drama. Marvel\/Disney\n\n\u201cWhich #Avenger am I? You won\u2019t believe the SHOCKING result,\u201d Ruffalo wrote before posting the video.\n\nRuffalo will next return as Bruce Banner\/Hulk in Disney+ animated series, What If\u2026?, but there is currently no word on when the character will next appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.\n\nThe actor is currently promoting Todd Haynes film Dark Waters, which will be released in the UK on 28 February.\n\nNext up on the Marvel agenda is Black Widow, which will be released on 1 May.","sentence2":"The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is by all-accounts the current juggernaut of Hollywood. Since its inception in 2008 with The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, the MCU has been on a steady incline as its popularity spreads across the globe and its box-offices continue to rise.\n\nTo this day, the MCU has amassed an unbelievable $22.5 billion at the box-office with the average per film being a remarkable $980.5 million. While there is a spectrum regarding the 'success' of each of the MCU films, there has yet to be a flop or a 'box-office bomb'. No MCU film has had a 'rotten' rating according to Rotten Tomatoes and even the least commercially successful film still brought in a respectable $260 million. (Worldwide box office presented in parentheses.)\n\n23 The Incredible Hulk ($263,427,551)\n\nvia ew.com\n\nWhile its MCU-integration is fairly questionable, 2008\u2019s The Incredible Hulk is technically considered one of the first MCU film. Starring the talented Edward Norton, the film was a decent showing of Bruce Banner\u2019s struggle with his other angrier and destructive half and helped to kick-off one of the most successful film studios of all-time.\n\n22 Captain America: The First Avenger ($370,569,774)\n\nVia: hollywoodreporter.com\n\nThe first Captain America film was a breath of fresh air, jumping back in time and being a period piece set during the second world war. This origin story of Cap consequently has a distinct tone compared to other MCU films, and was a strong foundational piece in the story of Cap and the burgeoning MCU.\n\n21 Thor ($449,326,618)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nAnother more \u2018out-there\u2019 MCU entry, the first Thor film went for a more Shakespearean feel for its Norse mythological tale. While its mix of elements of godlike royalty and rural USA didn\u2019t always mesh well, the film still did well in establishing the Thunder God\u2019s core plight and cast of supporting characters.\n\n20 Ant-Man ($519,311,965)\n\nvia The Verge\n\nAnt-Man has never been the most popular Marvel hero, however the studio did wise in narrowing the scope of his first solo film, creating an insular heist-like MCU movie based around the ever-charismatic Paul Rudd as Scott Lang. Pairing him with Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Pena helped to make Ant-Man a still-decent success.\n\n19 Ant-Man And The Wasp ($622,674,139)\n\nvia Time\n\nEven if it\u2019s not by a wide margin, it\u2019s always a good sign when a sequel does better and not worse than its predecessor. Ant-Man and the Wasp ever so slightly expanded on Scott Lang\u2019s world, now bringing Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne (aka the Wasp) in as his superhero partner. Plus, with additions in Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne, this sequel suddenly had a lot going for it.\n\n18 Iron Man ($585,174,222)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nThe film that truly kickstarted the MCU, 2008\u2019s Iron Man really was a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s perfect casting and portrayal of the charismatic yet deeply-flawed Tony Stark set a new precedent for superheroes and comic book movies alike. Many still see this film as the best of the MCU to-date.\n\nRelated: 20 Actors Who Would've Been Great In These MCU Roles\n\n17 Thor: The Dark World ($644,571,402)\n\nvia amazon.com\n\nThor\u2019s sequel film is generally regarded as one of the weaker MCU instalments. However, as is the case here, sequels still often do better than their predecessors thanks to a growing fanbase for the franchise\/characters. The Dark World still had some good action and eventually would play an important early role in the lead up to the Infinity Stone saga.\n\n16 Doctor Strange ($677,718,395)\n\nvia twitter.com\n\nThe Sorcerer Supreme\u2019s film was one of the significant character debuts of MCU\u2019s Phase Three. Doctor Strange introduced the mystical side of Marvel that, in combination with the ever-great Benedict Cumberbatch, led to a strong debut for Doctor Strange. Fans have been waiting a long time now for the doctor\u2019s second outing.\n\n15 Iron Man 2 ($623,933,331)\n\nVia Collider.com\n\nIron Man has always been one of the largest MCU box-office draws. While his second film was not altogether the best, the film still ratcheted up the action and the stakes enough to surpass the revenue of the first film. Adding another Iron Man (War Machine) and some memorable villains was enough to make Iron Man 2 a resounding success.\n\n14 Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,264,267)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nThe Winter Soldier was the MCU\u2019s attempt at a semi-political thriller \u2013 a somewhat risky move for a studio making superhero films. However, this film ended up receiving rave reviews and is generally regarded as one of the best films of the entire MCU. With a co-starring role for Black Widow, Fury, Falcon, and the new enigmatic & dangerous Winter Soldier, Cap\u2019s second film did remarkably well.\n\n13 Guardians Of The Galaxy ($773,328,629)\n\nvia: denofgeek.com\n\nGuardians of the Galaxy was the first major risk for Marvel. They banked an entire film on a pretty much unknown group of characters and set it in space where the film would have more-or-less no connections to the rest of the MCU. However, writer\/director James Gunn ended up with a grand slam, instantly rocketing the Guardians family into stardom thanks to this action-packed, hilarious, and heartfelt film.\n\n12 Thor: Ragnarok ($853,977,126)\n\nVia TheVerge.com\n\nAfter the poorly received The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok changed up the formula of the Thor franchise drastically. Bringing on the eccentric Taika Waititi, Ragnarok ended up being a zany sci-fi adventure for the God of Thunder and his angry buddy, the Hulk, as they became trapped on a distant gladiatorial planet. The film was a massive success both commercially and with the critics.\n\n11 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($863,756,051)\n\nvia: marvel.com\n\nGuardians Vol. 2 didn\u2019t shake things up much from the first volume, but simply carried on the adventures of this spacefaring team. Luckily, the old mantra of \u201cdon\u2019t fix what ain\u2019t broken\u201d served the film well, and the Guardians' now-enormous fanbase flocked out for this bigger and better sequel.\n\nRelated: 15 Marvel Characters The MCU Completely Ruined\n\n10 Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880,166,924)\n\nvia Moviedash\n\nThere probably isn\u2019t a person alive who doesn\u2019t know the name \u2018Spider-Man\u2019. The old wallcrawler is arguably Marvel\u2019s most recognizable & profitable character and so it was bound to be big news (and big money) when Sony finally agreed to terms to allow Spidey to enter the MCU. With a high school based story, the great Michael Keaton as the Vulture, and relative newcomer Tom Holland as Peter Parker, the film was a massive success.\n\n9 Captain Marvel ($1,128,275,794)\n\nvia BGR\n\nIt took far too long for Marvel to come out with its first female-led superhero film. Luckily, it did eventually happen with the powerful Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, at the helm. Played by Academy Award winner Brie Larson, the film was successful on every front and incredibly cracked the $1 billion box-office mark.\n\n8 Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,131,927,996)\n\nvia vox.com\n\nMore Spider-Man = more money. The most recent MCU film has continued the studio\u2019s upward trend of increased box-office. Far From Home continued from where Homecoming left off with Peter\u2019s class going on a European school trip where Spidey finds himself face-to-face with Mysterio played by Jake Gyllenhaal.\n\n7 Captain America: Civil War ($1,153,304,495)\n\nVia: youtube.com\n\nCivil War was, in all respects, pretty much an Avengers film. Containing almost all of the core members (minus Thor and Hulk), this film had the massive fan draw of seeing our Marvel heroes finally go toe-to-toe with one another. If that wasn\u2019t enough, it also introduced the likes of both Spider-Man and Black Panther into the MCU. Now, really, who wouldn\u2019t pay to see that?\n\n6 Iron Man 3 ($1,214,811,252)\n\nVia PopSugar.com\n\nThe box-office increase from Iron Man 2 to 3 is quite remarkable with Iron Man\u2019s final solo film more-or-less doubling its predecessor. While the film had some criticisms for its red herring portrayal of infamous Iron Man villain, The Mandarin, it was still an exciting film and steps above the dismal Iron Man 2.\n\n5 Black Panther ($1,346,913,161)\n\nvia Vox\n\nLike Captain Marvel, Black Panther was a necessary addition to the MCU and one that helped to address issues of representation within the franchise. On top of that important facet, Black Panther was, in almost every way, a fantastic film and it currently holds the highest MCU rotten tomatoes rating of 97%. This is another film whose sequel is highly anticipated.\n\n4 Avengers: Age Of Ultron ($1,405,403,694)\n\nvia reddit.com\n\nIf there\u2019s one thing that\u2019s going to make big money at the box office, it\u2019s having a film with \u2018Avengers\u2019 in its name. The first Avengers sequel maintained the momentum of the original with the same core team and writer\/director, Joss Whedon, albeit with a few new additions in Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision, and the villainous Ultron. While it wasn\u2019t nearly as popular with the critics, it still definitely made the big bucks.\n\n3 The Avengers ($1,518,812,988)\n\nvia medium.com\n\nThe original MCU team-up and a pivotal moment in film history. The film that was the culmination of multiple years of set up, bringing together characters from various franchises in a way that likely hadn\u2019t been seen since the 1930\u2019s Universal monster films. The Avengers was a momentous success and cemented the MCU as the film-powerhouse that it is today.\n\n2 Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754)\n\nvia vox.com\n\nInfinity War was the first half of the gigantic climax of the first three Phases of the MCU. It was like the original Avengers on steroids with its culmination of a decade\u2019s worth of films, pulling together characters from every MCU film while also introducing new ones like Thanos and his Black Order. This was the beginning of a film event like never before seen.\n\n1 Avengers: Endgame ($2,797,800,564)\n\nVia rollingstone.com\n\nThe big kahuna! Endgame \u2013 the film that broke every film record in existence. Not only was Endgame the final chapter in MCU\u2019s first \u2018lifespan\u2019 but it was also a rollercoaster of a film with major twists, action, and ramifications for the numerous MCU heroes within. The film also provided a tangible gut punch for fans as they had to say goodbye to some of the now-most famous and beloved film heroes of all-time. Endgame truly had it all!\n\nNext: Ranking Our 20 Favorite MCU Characters By Who We'd Want To Be\n\nShare Tweet Email Share\n\nNext 15 Things We Know About John Wick 4 So Far"}
-{"id":"1514668152_1514755280","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Want to enjoy 'Zen' reading - with no ads and just the article? Subscribe today\n\nBack to page","sentence2":"WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court in Washington has dismissed one of several ongoing lawsuits charging that President Donald Trump has illegally profited off the presidency.\n\nThe lawsuit the court dismissed Friday was filed by Democratic members of Congress in 2017.\n\nThe court was not ruling on whether Trump violated the law. It just said that the approximately 200 members of Congress who brought the lawsuit lack the ability to sue.\n\nThe lawsuit had charged that the president violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause by accepting benefits to his businesses from foreign governments without congressional approval."}
-{"id":"1491260698_1522758176","score":4.0,"sentence1":"At least eight people in Germany who died of encephalitis likely contracted a rare virus from shrews, a small mole-like animal, that led to the fatal brain-swelling condition often caused by a viral infection.\n\nResearchers looked at brain tissue from 56 people who developed encephalitis between 1999 and 2019. Samples revealed that at least eight people who died of encephalitis were infected with Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1), Scientific American reported, citing a study recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.\n\nMYSTERIOUS VIRAL PNEUMONIA OUTBREAK IN CHINA LIKELY CAUSED BY NEW VIRUS, SCIENTISTS SAY\n\nBorna disease (BD), spread by the bicolored white-toothed shrew, is a fatal neurological disease that typically affects horses and sheep and is named after the city in eastern Germany where it first killed hundreds of horses in the 19th century. The findings published in the medical journal \u201cconfirm that the virus can infect humans and cause deadly encephalitis,\u201d Scientific American reported.\n\nAll eight of those who were infected with BD lived in rural areas and spent a lot of time outdoors. Many of the affected people had been around cats, which are known shrew catchers, as well. Researchers suspect the patients were exposed to the pathogen when the cats presented the dead shrews to their owners. They may have also inhaled dust that contained dried shrew urine (horses and sheep typically are infected after the small mammal urinates in hay.) However, exactly how the virus was transmitted to the patients is not yet known.\n\nAs of now, there is no known treatment for the rare virus, which \u201ctriggers the host\u2019s immune system to attack brain tissue,\u201d as per Scientific American, and typically causes headache, fever and confusion, which is later followed by \u201cdeep coma\" and death. That said, certain antiviral treatments are being considered.\n\nThe findings \u201cprovide additional material for a better understanding of the disease,\u201d Martin Beer, head of the Institute of Diagnostic Virology at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Germany and co-senior author of the study, told the publication. He noted that the risk of infection in humans is \u201cpretty low.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\nMoving forward, the researchers urged medical professionals to test for BD in patients with an \u201cunclear cause\u201d of encephalitis.\n\n\u201cBoDV-1 infection has to be considered as a potentially lethal zoonosis in endemic regions with reported spillover infections in horses and sheep. BoDV-1 infection can result in fatal encephalitis in immunocompromised and apparently healthy people. Consequently, all severe encephalitis cases of unclear cause should be tested for bornaviruses especially in endemic regions,\u201d they wrote.","sentence2":"Brides can make a lot of demands when it comes to their wedding day, but this might be taking things a little too far.\n\nWhen a woman started getting wedding RSVPs to someone else\u2019s wedding in her email\u2019s inbox, she was initially confused. Things got complicated, however, when the bride-to-be messaged her with a strange request.\n\nReddit user ClockworkMoose shared their story to the site\u2019s forums. She explained that after getting several RSVPs to a stranger\u2019s wedding, she received an email from the bride-to-be, who shared the same first name as her. The bride-to-be said ClockworkMoose would have to give up her email account.\n\nThe story continues, \u201cI reply to that, no, and also, why? I get an email back in about 10 minutes. She says that she's got the same first name as me, and is getting married to a guy (with the same last name as ClockworkMoose). They've picked (ClockworkMoose\u2019s real name) as their email account for RSVPs. She didn't realize I made the account, so I can either give my password to her or I can reset it and she can create a new one, whichever works for me!\u201d\n\nBRIDE, GROOM EXPECT GUESTS TO SIT THROUGH TIMESHARE PRESENTATION AS PART OF DESTINATION WEDDING\n\nWhen the post\u2019s author says she declined to give up her email account, the bride-to-be responded angrily and claimed that ClockworkMoose was ruining her life and wedding.\n\nClockworkMoose says she eventually figured out that the bride-to-be sent out her wedding invitations with the email address on them, unaware it was already taken. Unable to recall all of the invitations, the bride-to-be seemed determined to take over the email account.\n\nAfter several angry emails, ClockworkMoose says she responded and offered to forward the RSVPs to the bride\u2019s actual email address. \u201cShe sends back a nasty email full of expletives and name-calling again demanding my password or nothing,\u201d she wrote.\n\nCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER\n\nSince then, a seemingly fed up ClockworkMoose says she\u2019s been responding to RSVPs by telling people they\u2019re not invited to her wedding. \u201cThis has the benefit of being 100 percent true, albeit deceptive,\u201d she wrote.\n\nSurprisingly, this doesn\u2019t seem to be an isolated incident. Several commenters responded by sharing similar stories that they had to deal with.\n\nFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS\n\nOne user wrote, \u201cConsidering that something similar to the original poster\u2019s story has happened to me not once but thrice, it's somewhat surprising how common this attitude is.\u201d\n\n\u201cI had a similar encounter with an Instagram account,\u201d replied another user. \u201c\u2019FirstnameMiddlename\u2019 and some idiot had the nerve to DM me and ask me to change mine so she could have it. At least this one was a kid\/teen so I brushed her off but it baffles me when grown adults do this.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\nAnother user chimed in, \u201cI got it on Twitter once. It was some person that basically said I stole their identity by having the handle I had, and I had to give it to them. I pointed out I had been on Twitter a lot longer than them, and I wasn't changing. Has to be kids thinking they can just demand something they want.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1499090284_1498367084","score":1.0,"sentence1":"More detail has emerged about how a six-year-old boy who was missing for nine hours came to be found curled up asleep by the side of the M1 in roadworks.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim had been on a school trip when he vanished from Newport Pagnell services, near Milton Keynes, early on Friday evening.\n\nFollowing a police appeal, more than 1,000 people joined officers and fire crews searching through the night for the young lad from Nottingham.\n\nHis father Umair Rahim said on Sunday that the boy was \"perfectly fine\" and added: \"Police told me he was sleeping when they found him.\"\n\nAadil was discovered near roadworks by the northbound carriageway of the motorway at around 4.15am on Saturday.\n\n\"I have no idea if he was outside for the whole nine hours,\" his dad told the BBC.\n\nHis son and his classmates had been visiting museums in London and had stopped at the services for a comfort break when Aadil became separated from them.\n\nHe expressed his gratitude to the emergency services and members of the public who \"sacrificed their evening to assist with the search for our son\".\n\nThere were 54 searchers from four regions, three dogs and a boat also involved. The National Police Air Service was also drafted in.\n\nIt was initially believed that Aadil was hiding somewhere in the service station, but as the hours passed concerns about his wellbeing grew.\n\nWhen Aadil was found, he was checked over in hospital but was found to be well, despite nine hours in the cold without a coat.\n\nAl Goffey, of Buckinghamshire Search and Rescue, described it as \"a very cold Friday night\" as temperatures hovered above freezing.\n\nThe searchers were dispatched in all directions to find him.\n\nCCTV images showed Aadil running towards a car park but the camera did not pick up which direction he then headed.\n\nThe Thames Valley Police helicopter was used during the search for Aadil, which began at around 7.15pm on Friday.\n\nMr Goffey said Aadil had somehow \"managed to walk through some fields\" and was discovered near a footbridge close to Newbolt Close.\n\nSuperintendent Amy Clements said the search had been a \"challenging operation in difficult circumstances,\" but she was heartened by \"the community response was immense\".\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\"\n\nGet breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day with the MEN email newsletter - subscribe here . And you can follow us on Facebook here .","sentence2":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Liverpool Echo - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email\n\nA six-year-old boy who sparked a mass search when he went missing while at a motorway service station has been found overnight.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim disappeared at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1 motorway on Friday evening, reportedly while on a school trip from Nottingham to London.\n\nThames Valley Police began a search at around 7.15pm and announced Aadil had been found nine hours later, shortly after 4am on Saturday.\n\nThe force said a large number of officers were involved in the search, as well as a helicopter from the National Police Air Service.\n\nAfter Aadil was found, his father Umair Rahim wrote: \"My son has arrived and he is safe now. Thanks for the prayers. Shukar to Allah.\n\n\"Thank to Thames Valley Police helicopter services fire department and safe and rescue department who worked tirelessly for 9 hours and found him safe.\n\n\"There was more than a 1,000 people looking for him I'm thankful to everyone.\"\n\nThames Valley Police Superintendent Amy Clements thanked the officers and members of the public involved in the overnight search.\n\nShe said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\"\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\"\n\nSuperintendent Amy Clements said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\n\n\"Also, I'd like to thank those who have co-operated with police during this time.\n\n\"This was a large operation in difficult conditions, so I'd like to also publicly thank the search and rescue teams who assisted in the search and the large number of officers involved.\n\n\"We are so very glad that he has been found and are thankful to everyone involved in assisting that.\"\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\""}
-{"id":"1517090369_1539022268","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Dear Editor,\n\nOn behalf of the vulnerable and seemingly voiceless, opinion-less youth of Saba, most of whom have been subjected to many injustices during their course of primary education on Saba, I request immediate action by those in authority, against the functioning of the Sacred Heart School.\n\nI am very dissatisfied with the quality of education at the Sacred Heart School and the unobtrusive, unintelligent and uninformed decisions that continue to be made by the current administration. Calls to the school board to address the below mentioned issues remain unaddressed and I have lost all confidence in the management of this school.\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has come into direct violation of multiple rights of the child as per the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The information below gives an accurate illustration of this, as well as cases and occurrences that can be found edible, if investigated. However, for fear of victimization, the sources and other sensitive information shall not be named.\n\nArticle 3 \u2014 All organizations concerned with children should work towards what is best for each child\u201d\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has failed many students of this school by individuals pushing their personal agendas, engaging in unethical teaching practices. Many children at this school voice their concerns, worries and discontentment. In the same breath, they are swiftly dismissed. Many children are unhappy and unmotivated to actively participate in their school experience; this is currently known among the Principal and her staff at the Sacred Heart School.\n\nArticle 12 \u2014 Children have the right to say what they think should happen when adults are making decisions that affect them and to have their opinions taken into account.\u201d\n\nThe students of the Sacred Heart School continue to be shut down and dismissed repeatedly when they try to voice their opinions on matters that concern and directly affect them. Students continue to be blamed for the shortcomings of the management and staff; the adults of this institution do not hold themselves accountable for many incidents involving students, but rather, it is the child\u2019s and parent\u2019s fault. The students of this school have expressed no confidence and no trust in voicing their school-related concerns.\n\nArticle 16 \u2014 Children have the tight to privacy. The law should protect them from attacks against their way of life, their good name, their family and their home.\u201d\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has acted unprofessionally, unethically and biased on numerous occasions in creating a vulnerability among the students by exposing their personal information, be it school- or home-based, to individuals outside of the school. This has been done via popular social media platforms and also in verbal conversations.\n\nArticle 23 \u2014 Children, who have any kind of disability should receive special care and support so that they can live a full and independent life.\u201d\n\nThe principal, acting on behalf of the Sacred Heart School, has on more than one occasion expressed that the school is unable to accommodate students with special education needs, which leaves these students without any access to primary education. To date, there is no plan to address this educational gap. There is no differentiated learning taking place at the Sacred Heart School; the different levels of cognitive abilities and learning styles are not being catered to \u2014 \u201cone shoe must fit all\u201d.\n\nArticle 28 \u2014 Children have the right to an education. Discipline in schools should respect children\u2019s human dignity. Primary education should be free. Wealthier countries should help poorer countries achieve this.\u201d\n\nParents have been forced to seek alternative options to the Sacred Heart School within the last academic year, two of which have been confirmed to have left the island, because of the incompetence in working on a more holistic and much-needed educational approach that includes children of different cultures, background and cognitive capacities.\n\nArticle 5 \u2014 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.\u201d\n\nThe students of this school have been subjected to physical punishment, emotional abuse and educational neglect; a direct result of the failure to lead and protect each child under charge of the management of this school. The Sacred Heart School, has directly violated the Human Rights of their students, as per the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\n\nThe methods of discipline in the Sacred Heart School are not all \u201cconscious\u201d as they preach and the principal is well aware of this. There is evidence to support claims that students are regularly physically punished (and injured), placed out of classrooms, made to stand in the direct sunshine and deprived of their break times and food. Students have been verbally lambasted in front of entire classrooms, through degrading and derogatory comments by their teachers.\n\nThe Government of the Netherlands states, \u201cIn 2010 Leiden University and TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) carried out a study into the scope and nature of child abuse. Every year an estimated 119,000 children experience some type of abuse.\u201d There are five general types of child abuse, four of which the Sacred Heart School continues to demonstrate.\n\nPhysical abuse: all forms of physical violence;\n\nEmotional or psychological abuse: an adult regularly berates the child, acts in a dismissive and hostile manner towards the child or intentionally scares the child;\n\nPhysical neglect: the child does not receive the care and nurturing that it needs;\n\nEmotional or psychological neglect: continuous lack of positive attention for the child;\n\nIgnoring the child\u2019s need for love, warmth and security.\n\nThe UNICEF Situation Analysis of children in the Caribbean Netherlands (2019) notes the following about the common quality of education, factors that are specific to the shortcomings of the Sacred Heart School. Suitable education:\n\nCases of exclusion and challenges with behavior problems; to which the Sacred Heart School has no plan of action.\n\nParticipation at schools fragmented activities; not institutionalized.\n\nFurthermore, I am not confident that the current Principal, who, in my opinion, has shown a dire lack of administrative skills, organizational skills and professional vision and knowledge, is capable of promoting the Second Educational Agenda, which covers the years 2017 up to and including 2020, one of the main objectives of this education agenda being \u2018Ensuring that students in the Caribbean Netherlands receive education in 2020 that is of adequate quality.\u201d By her inability to:\n\nhire and retain qualified and experienced staff,\n\nprovide a structure and school climate that is conducive to learning,\n\nbe an advocate for all students of the Sacred Heart School,\n\nmotivate and inspire staff members,\n\nbe a team player,\n\nreflect on and admit to her professional shortcomings,\n\ncommunicate effectively with parents, teachers and other stakeholders,\n\nbe transparent in all her professional undertakings, I do not think this is the type of administrator that the Sacred Heart School needs and deserves at this point in time.\n\nI believe that our children deserve better, better than what is currently being procured for the Sacred Heart School.\n\nAs previously stated, I am not confident in the board\u2019s ability to act impartially, as they have been made privy to many issues at this school and continue to ignore them. Therefore, I am calling on the Executive Council or anyone in The Netherlands, who may read this letter, on behalf of the people of Saba, to act in the best interest of our future generations. Despite the fabricated reports that paint a different story, the truth is that our children have been and continue to be victimized, ill-treated and imperiled to a less than adequate primary education.\n\nEnough is enough!\n\nConcerned Saban\n\n(Name withheld at the author\u2019s request)\n\nNote of the Editor:\n\nThe letter was signed by an individual. The original text has been adapted to reflect this.","sentence2":"Sustainable fisheries plan for Caribbean Netherlands\n\nA means of existence under threat.\n\nBONAIRE--A 2019 policy brief was just released, outlining requirements for sustainably managing fisheries within the Caribbean Netherlands. Using five different studies, a four-phase roadmap was created to bring local stakeholders and government legislators together to secure the future of local fish stocks.\n\nWithout action, a collapse of important fish species could be right around the corner, stated the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA).\n\n\u201cMaintaining healthy coral reef and fish populations is fundamental in sustaining both the traditional way of life and ever-increasing tourism throughout the Caribbean. Although fisheries within this region are better managed today than they were in previous decades, the Caribbean is still facing an overall decrease in fish stocks.\n\n\u201cManaging the remaining fish populations requires balancing local cultural traditions with the reality of today's environmental conditions. Therefore, this must be a collaborative effort between residents, local and national governments, NGOs and buyers.\u201d\n\nAccording to the release, to better define the challenges and needs of local fisheries five different studies were conducted on historical fisheries, market analyses, communication and awareness, social mapping and co-management. The goal was to provide insight into how these local fisheries can be improved and sustained for years to come.\n\nAlthough the final outcome of two of these studies are not yet available, preliminary results have been released to support the upcoming Sustainable Fisheries Plan by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality LNV. Mac & Field consultants, in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) NL, used these to produce a policy brief to help in the creation of the Sustainable Fisheries Plan.\n\nA common finding throughout each of these studies was that sustainable fishing practices are mostly lacking throughout the Caribbean Netherlands. This has led to an overexploitation or full exploitation of almost all commercial fish stocks.\n\nAlthough the Ministry of LNV is responsible for fisheries management, implementation and regulation is not possible without the support from all stakeholders. This requires that enough resources are dedicated to this process (e.g. fisheries staff and budget within the local public entities) and open communication between stakeholders providing a feedback loop to meet the evolving needs of each island.\n\n\u201cEmphasising a co-management approach ensures the unique needs and desires of local stakeholders are considered in the design and implementation of a Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan. Fishermen must be included throughout each step of this process to maximise the likelihood that these regulations are implemented and complied with. Furthermore, new and non-traditional fishing activities (such as foreign fishing operations) should be considered within the management plan as well,\u201d added DCNA.\n\n\u201cIf left unmanaged, a collapse of certain local fish species is likely. As fish stocks continue to decrease, local and foreign demand continues to increase while coral reefs essential for healthy fisheries continue to decline. By working together, a truly Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan can and should be created and implemented ensuring fish stocks are available to local fishermen for many years to come.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1537499410_1513052490","score":3.0,"sentence1":"VIENNA, 23 May 2018 \u2013 The importance of nuclear security was emphasized by speakers at today\u2019s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia\u2019s Chairmanship. The meeting was a follow-up to the OSCE Decision on the Update of the OSCE Principles Governing Non-proliferation, which designates the FSC as a forum for discussions on issues relating to the effective security of all nuclear materials and nuclear facilities in the OSCE area.\n\nAmbassador Andrej Benedej\u010di\u010d, Chairperson of the Forum and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the OSCE, opened the discussion by noting that two-thirds of all nuclear power plants in the world are located in the OSCE participating States. He added that OSCE participating States also account for 20 out of 30 countries with fully-fledged civilian nuclear programmes.\n\nAmbassador Benedej\u010di\u010d emphasized the importance of managing radioactive sources, which must not fall into the wrong hands. \"Many terrorist organizations pose a potential threat to civilian nuclear facilities and subsequently to the peaceful use of nuclear technology and its applications,\" he said.\n\nAndrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Administration, noted the importance of co-operation between power plant operators, the police and the military. He highlighted the lessons learned from a recent unannounced force-on-force exercise on the premises of the Kr\u0161ko nuclear power plant, and described the arrangements the country currently has in place for the event of an airplane crash or a cyber security attack. \"Strengthening co-operation between civil and military authorities represents the main challenge,\" he said.\n\nJuan Carlos Lentijo, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) highlighted some of the Agency\u2019s activities in this field. He discussed the IAEA's central role in strengthening the nuclear security framework, including the assistance it provides in work related to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment and UN Security Council Resolution 1540. \"Like the OSCE, we promote international co-operation, which we see as an effective way to bolster nuclear security globally,\" he said.\n\nElena K. Sokova, Deputy Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said: \"The OSCE participating States own and host the lion's share of global nuclear facilities, materials and radioactive sources. Despite significant progress in strengthening nuclear security over the past 20 years, many challenges and vulnerabilities remain.\" She added that the OSCE participating States are at the forefront of emerging technologies that could have both negative and positive impacts on nuclear security and countering terrorism.\n\n\"The OSCE\u2019s ongoing work to counter terrorism, secure borders, combat trafficking in arms and human beings, and protect against cybercrime are integral elements in addressing nuclear security challenges,\" she said. \"Both the individual participating States and the Organization itself are well positioned to contribute to policy changes and work with various branches of government, industry and the professional community to enhance nuclear security.\"\n\nRoger Howsley, Executive Director of the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS), spoke of the need for personnel with responsibilities for nuclear security to be demonstrably competent. He called on OSCE participating States to support the development of comparable, certified professional training courses for nuclear security as already exist for aviation security, and to encourage the IAEA to take a lead role.\n\nHe also said that WINS has become a member of the International Gender Champions Initiative and intends to identify and overcome the barriers to women's greater participation in nuclear security. \"It is a fact that we need greater diversity to address the evolving threats,\" he said.","sentence2":"Much more must be done to make radiotherapy treatment available worldwide, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a video message to mark World Cancer Day.\n\n\u201cWe need to do much more than we ever thought it was possible,\u201d Mr Grossi said in the message recorded as part of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) 20 Leaders Campaign to mark the day. \u201cWith radiotherapy we kill tumors, with radiotherapy we ease pain, but in one-third of low- and middle-income countries there is a lack of radiotherapy treatment. Twenty-eight countries in Africa lack a single radiotherapy unit. In these countries a cancer diagnosis is often almost as a death sentence. This must change.\u201d\n\nRadiotherapy is one of the most widely used therapies for cancer treatment, but access to this cost-effective treatment option is limited, or non-existent, in many parts of the world. With a growing cancer incidence worldwide, the need to make radiation medicine more widely available is pressing, particularly in the developing world.\n\n\u201cTake breast or cervical cancer, these are easily treatable and curable in rich, industrialized nations,\u201d Mr Grossi said in his message, highlighting that this not the case in poor countries, where 300,000 women die of cervical cancer every year. \u201cThis is a scandal. This must stop. The IAEA is ready to make radiotherapy treatment available in more countries,\u201d he said.\n\nThe IAEA helps countries establish nuclear and radiation medicine services, from resource mobilization to the procurement of equipment and training of medical professionals.\n\nThe Agency will mark World Cancer Day at its headquarters with an event on Friday, 7 February, focusing on the role of nuclear and radiation medicine in the fight against cervical cancer. The event, which will be livestreamed, will feature prominent medical experts and high-level panelists and take place at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna."}
-{"id":"1503261488_1501087493","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Q: My tenant wants to purchase the home he recently rented with the help of my real estate agent. I checked the listing agreement I signed with the agent and noticed that it states that if I sell the property to the tenant, I need to pay the agent an additional sales commission. I already pa\u2026","sentence2":"The latest is in on millennials' delayed entry into homeownership, and it tells a grim story.\n\nMillennials only own 4% of American real estate by value - a lot less than the 32% of real estate value baby boomers owned at their age, according to new Fed Reserve data examined in the Economist.\n\nIt's worth noting that there's a small gap in the median age of millennials and baby boomers in these two data points - 31 in 2019 for millennials compared to 35 for baby boomers in 1990. But, while it's likely millennials could narrow the real estate value gap within the next four years, reported Christopher Ingraham for The Washington Post, it's unlikely they'll even reach 20% of the housing market.\n\nCrippled with student debt and financially behind due to the fallout of the recession, it's difficult for millennials to save for the skyrocketing cost of housing. First-time homebuyers will pay 39% more than first-time homebuyers did nearly 40 years ago.\n\nBut there's more to millennials' slow path to homeownership than rising costs and saving difficulties.\n\nA shortage of starter homes and a surplus of boomer homes\n\nAmerica is facing a shortage of starter homes. While millennials are expected to drive the housing market in 2020, most newly constructed homes in 2019 were devoted to \"upper-tier housing\" (homes costing at least $500,000), according to a Realtor.com report.\n\nIt doesn't help that many of the starter homes that are available are being bought up by real-estate investors with all-cash offers.\n\nThat's not to say there's an outright shortage of homes available: As baby boomers age, nine million homes across the US are expected to hit the market between 2017 and 2027, Laura Kusisto wrote for The Wall Street Journal. However, millennials just aren't interested in these homes.\n\nThat disinterest can be tied to a variety of factors. For one, baby boomers' suburban houses are located in unappealing locations to younger generations, who prefer metro areas. They're also outdated and oversized for millennials, who prefer smaller homes with more modern designs. It makes sense, then, that some millennials prefer to rent instead of buying or would rather wait for the right home to appear.\n\nUltimately, millennials either can't yet afford the investment of homeownership or don't think it's an investment worth making."}
-{"id":"1519905832_1519229318","score":1.0,"sentence1":"San Francisco: Apple has launched Swift Playgrounds app for Mac as part of company\u2019s Catalyst app initiative, designed to help bridge the software gap between its macOS and iOS platforms.\n\nThe app requires no coding knowledge to use and is ideal for students who are just starting out with coding.\n\n\u201cSwift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that makes learning Swift interactive and fun. It requires no coding knowledge, so it\u2019s perfect for students just starting out. Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift \u2014 a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today\u2019s most popular apps,\u201d the company said in a statement.\n\nSwift Playgrounds is built around a collection of Apple-created lessons, using puzzles and an interactive 3D world.\n\n\u201cNow you can make robots do incredible things with code you write yourself. Learn to program-connected devices like the Sphero SPRK+, LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, and drones by Parrot, and watch them come alive right before your eyes,\u201d the company added.\n\nSwift Playgrounds for Mac is available from the Mac App Store and it is a free download.","sentence2":"Apple has today released Swift Playgrounds for the Mac. This marks the first time the app has made the jump from iPad to Apple\u2019s desktop platform.\n\nThe app is based on its iPad counterpart and is built using Catalyst. That doesn\u2019t mean that users should expect the app to look and feel like a straight port, though. Apple says that there is plenty in there to make sure this is a real Mac app.\n\nSwift Playgrounds for Mac is a truly native macOS app with great performance, built using the powerful Mac Catalyst technology in macOS Catalina. This brings many of the same features users love from Swift Playgrounds on iPad, to the Mac. In addition, the Mac app adds unique features and user experiences that take advantage of diverse screen sizes and physical keyboard.\n\nThe app itself offers the same proposition as the Mac version. People won\u2019t need any coding knowledge in order to try working with Swift Playgrounds, with the app walking them through some simple tasks and guides as they learn.\n\nSwift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for Mac and iPad that makes it fun to learn and experiment with code. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided \u201cLearn to Code\u201d lessons to master the basics of coding, or experiment with a wide range of challenges that let you explore many unique coding experiences. Swift Playgrounds requires no coding knowledge, so it\u2019s perfect for students just starting out, from twelve to one-hundred-and-twelve. The whole time you are learning Swift, a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by professionals to build many of today\u2019s most popular apps. Code you write works seamlessly as you move between Mac and iPad.\n\nSwift Playgrounds has been hugely popular on the iPad and people have been using it to learn how to code, just as Apple had intended. The arrival of a Mac version opens up additional possibilities for those wanting to learn. Not least for those who simply don\u2019t have an iPad to install Swift Playgrounds onto.\n\nYou can download Swift Playgrounds now, for free, from the Mac App Store. You\u2019ll need macOS Catalina 10.15.3 to run it.\n\n(Download: Swift Playgrounds for Mac on the App Store)\n\nYou may also like to check out:\n\nYou can follow us on Twitter, or Instagram, and even like our Facebook page to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google, Apple, and the Web.\n\nRelated Stories"}
-{"id":"1511073859_1519506254","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Local budget carrier Scoot will suspend all flights between Singapore and mainland China from Feb 8, amid the growing severity of the Wuhan virus outbreak.\n\nScoot had said early on Friday (Jan 31) that it would suspend flights to 11 cities and reduce flights to eight other cities, but had stepped up its precautionary measures in line with those announced by the Government later in the day.\n\nMeasures that the authorities announced to limit the spread of the Wuhan virus include the barring of all travellers arriving from mainland China who had been there in the past 14 days from entry or transit in Singapore.\n\nScoot currently operates 100 weekly flights to 18 points in China, excluding Wuhan.\n\nIt said that before Feb 8, some flights to China, such as those to Guangzhou and Qingdao, will be operating on reduced frequencies before the suspension kicks in till late March.\n\nBetween Feb 2 and Feb 7, the flights operating to and from China will have limited in-flight services with no sales of food and beverage items.\n\nAll customers will be provided with a food pack, including water.\n\nCustomers booked on flights affected by the schedule change will receive a refund, said Scoot.\n\nThe operator added: \"Scoot will continue to closely monitor the coronavirus situation as the health and safety of our passengers and employees are our highest priority.\n\n\"For now, Scoot flights between Singapore and all mainland China destinations after the above-stated suspension period will continue to operate as scheduled.\"\n\nScoot is a member of the Singapore Airlines Group, which also includes Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.\n\nThe two latter carriers also announced earlier on Friday that it will reduce the number of flights to mainland China in February, subject to regulatory approvals.\n\nIn a Facebook post on Friday, SIA said that the airline as well as SilkAir would be cancelling some flights between Singapore and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu and Chongqing.\n\n[Travel Advisory] SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND SILKAIR FLIGHTS TO MAINLAND CHINA Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will further... Posted by Singapore Airlines on Thursday, 30 January 2020\n\nAffected customers will be notified and rebooked on other flights, SIA said.\n\nSIA currently operates 56 weekly flights to Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, while SilkAir operates 36 weekly flights to Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenzhen and Xiamen.\n\nFor the latest updates on the Wuhan virus, visit here.\n\nThis article was first published in The Straits Times. Permission required for reproduction.","sentence2":"SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its regional wing SilkAir will suspend some flights to China after fears over the novel coronavirus outbreak affected demand \"significantly\", Singapore's national carrier said on Monday (Feb 10).\n\n\"Minimum connectivity\" to several key cities will be maintained, SIA said.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe move comes after demand for air travel between Singapore and China declined significantly as a result of the outbreak, said SIA on its website.\n\nAs a result, services to some Chinese destinations will be \"temporarily suspended until the situation improves\", it added.\n\nSeveral SIA flights between Singapore and Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will be suspended between Feb 4 and Mar 29.\n\nSome SilkAir flights between Singapore and Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu and Chongqing will be halted during that period.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSIA said that the group will maintain some connectivity to key cities.\n\nIn response to queries, SIA told CNA that following the reduced frequencies, it will operate seven flights each to Beijing and Shanghai weekly, thrice a week to Guangzhou and once a week to Chongqing.\n\n\"There are still many Singaporeans working and living in China now, many of whom will still require connectivity between Singapore and China,\" said SIA.\n\n\"As the national carrier, we will continue to maintain minimum connectivity to the key cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing for now despite the reduced demand,\" added SIA.\n\nSIA had said on Jan 31 said it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic.\n\nSIA's low-cost carrier Scoot also suspended flights to 11 Chinese cities from early February until the end of March and reduced frequencies to eight other Chinese destinations.\n\nSingapore on Friday raised the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level to Orange, after several cases of coronavirus without travel history to mainland China or links to previous cases.\n\nThe virus has infected 43 people in Singapore as of Sunday, six of whom have been discharged.\n\nDownload our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on the Wuhan virus outbreak: https:\/\/cna.asia\/telegram"}
-{"id":"1579575481_1559122432","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Fort Bend County Health & Human Services reports 7 additional cases of COVID-19 in Fort Bend County residents, bringing the county\u2019s total to 19.\n\nThe 7 new cases are:\n\nA woman in her 40s with international travel who has moderate symptoms and is in isolation at home\n\nA woman in her 50s with domestic travel to a region with widespread local disease. She has moderate symptoms and is in isolation at home\n\nA man in his 40s with domestic travel and mild to moderate symptoms, He is in isolation at home\n\nA minor child with domestic travel and mild symptoms who is in isolation at home\n\nA man in his 40s with domestic travel and moderate symptoms who is in isolation at home\n\nA woman in her 30s with domestic travel and moderate symptoms who is in isolation at home.\n\nA man in his 30s with moderate symptoms who is recovering in isolation at home.\n\n\u201cCommunity spread is occurring thoughout the Houston region. Community members need to follow the social distancing ordinances issued by local, regional, and state leaders seriously. They are in place to help keep our most vulnerable residents safe and to minimize the impact on our healthcare system,\u201d said Dr. Minter, Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Director and Local Health Authority. \u201cIf you are not sick, you do not need to be tested. If you are sick and your symptoms are mild, please stay home and manage your systems as if you would for the flu.\u201d\n\nThe public can help:\n\nDo not go to the emergency room unless essential.Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, contact your regular doctor first. If you are in good health and have mild illness, stay home, and take care of yourself like you would for the flu. If symptoms worsen, call your doctor. Your doctor will help make the decision whether you should get tested for COVID-19\n\nPractice healthy hygiene habits every day to help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, such as: Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.\n\nAvoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.\n\nAvoid close contact with people who are sick.\n\nStay home when you are sick.\n\nCover your coughs and sneezes. If you don\u2019t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. Remember to wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.\n\nClean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe Stay informed. Information is changing frequently. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@FortBendHealth) and check our website for regular updates (fbchealth.org\/ncov)\n\nPrivacy protection laws only permit the release of limited patient information. The health department is unable to release any additional patient information.\n\n###","sentence2":"Monroe County Health Department received notification through the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) of our first confirmed case of COVID-19 by positive lab test.\n\nThe individual is a male in his 50s, who has had no known exposure via travel or contact with a confirmed case. The individual is isolating at home and will continue to do so based on WI Department of Health Services guidelines.\n\nA Monroe County public health nurse has spoken with the individual. The health department is actively identifying contacts that the individual may have had and will follow up with anyone who may have been exposed to provide appropriate guidance.\n\n\u201cThere is no need for the public to panic,\u201d said Sharon Nelson, Director\/Health Officer. \u201cWe have been preparing for a case of COVID-19 in Monroe County.\u201d\n\nMonroe County Health Department wants everyone to know that you do not need a test to know what to do and to take the following steps to stop the spread of COVID-19:\n\n? Stay home. Avoid social gatherings with people of all ages (including playdates and sleepovers, parties, large family dinners, visitors in your home, non-essential workers in your house);\n\n? Practice good hygiene\n\no Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.\n\no Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow.\n\no Avoid touching your face\n\n? If you are having symptoms-fever, cough, difficulty breathing-call your doctor before going in.\n\nFor more information, contact Monroe County Health Department at 608-269-8666 or look to reliable sources such as:\n\n? Monroe County\u2019s COVID-19 website: https:\/\/healthymonroeco.org\/covid-19\n\n? WI DHS COVID-19: https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/disease\/covid-19.htm\n\n? CDC COVID-19: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html"}
-{"id":"1564673890_1564536521","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Goats in a ghost town - animals take over deserted Welsh resort\n\nA goat is seen in Llandudno as the spread of coronavirus continues Llandudno, Wales, UK, March 31, 2020. [Reuters]\n\nA herd of Kashmir goats have invaded a Welsh seaside resort after the coronavirus lockdown left the streets deserted.The animals, who normally roam free on a nearby headland jutting out into the Irish Sea, have instead wandered into Llandudno where they have spent the past three days feasting on garden hedges and flowers. Like other countries affected by the global coronavirus crisis, the United Kingdom has imposed strict social distancing measures including shop and school closures, and the authorities are asking everyone to stay at home except for essential travel. With the streets of Llandudno unnaturally quiet, the goats have been free to wander the streets undisturbed. Town councillor Carol Marubbi said the goats didn\u2019t normally come into town unless the weather was awful, but on this occasion she said they probably realized something unusual was going on because there were so few people around. \u201cI think they\u2019re probably feeling a bit lonely and they have come down to have a look around,\u201d she told Reuters by telephone. Kashmir goats have lived on the Great Orme promontory near Llandudno since the days of Queen Victoria, when the species became popular in Britain due to a fashion for shawls made from their soft cashmere wool.\n\nFor More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. Read Now \u00bb\n\nMarubbi said the herd of about 150 goats, some of whom had kids in February, were a well-known local attraction and most residents did not mind having their hedges nibbled by them. \u201cI\u2019m a big fan,\u201d she said. \u201cI love them because they are characters.\u201d With millions of people stuck at home sharing light-hearted content online to alleviate the tedium of the lockdown, images and video of the goats roving around the streets were a hit on social media, with #goats and #Llandudno trending on Twitter. \u201cJust love this. Looks like they are definitely in charge,\u201d wrote Welsh Twitter user Sue Foster, a former primary school heart-ache. \u201cWho we gonna call? Goat busters.\u201d\n\nAre you suspecting that you have coronavirus? Before you rush to the hospital, do this quick easy self-assessment test. #StayHome #WashYourHands HERE.","sentence2":"Send this page to someone via email\n\nThe ramvolution has begun.\n\nA pack of wild goats is horning in on a tiny human community in Wales where the streets have been largely deserted due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe seaside resort town of Llandudno is typically rammed with tourists each summer, but the COVID-19 outbreak has forced everyone indoors and left plenty of room for visitors of another kind.\n\nREAD MORE: Coronavirus clears beach for endangered sea turtle hatchlings in Brazil\n\nLocals have posted several photos and videos online of roughly a dozen wild Kashmiri mountain goats wandering around downtown Llandudno, where they could be seen hopping on benches and capering around on the pavement over several days.\n\nA goat is seen in Llandudno as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues, Llandudno, Wales, Britain, March 31, 2020. REUTERS\/Carl Recine\n\nOne video shows the goats treating a retaining wall like a cliff face, standing precariously on the edge while munching on the scruffy grass growing between the stones.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nAnother video shows the goats wandering through a deserted downtown roundabout intersection.\n\n0:35 Mountain goats spotted on the streets of Llandudno, Wales Mountain goats spotted on the streets of Llandudno, Wales\n\n\u201cThey are curious, goats are,\u201d town Coun. Carol Marubbi told the BBC. \u201cI think they are wondering what\u2019s going on like everybody else.\u201d\n\n[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]\n\nLocal reporter and self-described \u201cgoat correspondent\u201d Andrew Stuart has been breathlessly covering the story since Saturday through various Twitter yarns threads.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re still here,\u201d he tweeted along with a photo on Tuesday. \u201cThey live here now I think.\u201d\n\nI think I am now the man who stares at goats (in the middle of the road) pic.twitter.com\/Ptzh0zY5UC \u2014 Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) March 30, 2020\n\n\u201cI, for one, welcome our new goat overlords,\u201d Stuart wrote on Monday, in a reference to The Simpsons.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nThey run Llandudno now and we just have to accept that as fact. Shenkin must be giving them tips from the Royal Welsh. pic.twitter.com\/RaABUtWrDa \u2014 Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) March 30, 2020\n\nThe goats typically live on the nearby Great Orme reserve, but they have been known to seek shelter in town during bad weather, Marubbi told the Evening Standard.\n\nThe goats are said to have been introduced to the area back in 1907 after Queen Victoria received them as a gift from the Shah of Persia.\n\nMarubbi says the animals are well-regarded in the community, and there are no plans to call in a goatbuster.\n\nIn fact, when it comes to distractions from COVID-19, this one might be the GOAT (greatest of all time) for residents of Llandudno.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\n\u201cThere isn\u2019t anyone else around,\u201d Marubbi said. \u201cSo they probably decided they may as well take over.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nQuestions about COVID-19? Here are some things you need to know:\n\nHealth officials caution against all international travel. Returning travellers are legally obligated to self-isolate for 14 days, beginning March 26, in case they develop symptoms and to prevent spreading the virus to others. Some provinces and territories have also implemented additional recommendations or enforcement measures to ensure those returning to the area self-isolate.\n\nSymptoms can include fever, cough and difficulty breathing \u2014 very similar to a cold or flu. Some people can develop a more severe illness. People most at risk of this include older adults and people with severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung or kidney disease. If you develop symptoms, contact public health authorities.\n\nTo prevent the virus from spreading, experts recommend frequent handwashing and coughing into your sleeve. They also recommend minimizing contact with others, staying home as much as possible and maintaining a distance of two metres from other people if you go out.\n\nFor full COVID-19 coverage from Global News, click here.\n\nStory continues below advertisement"}
-{"id":"1517717775_1528608110","score":4.0,"sentence1":"news, local-news, Ken little, fruit and vegetable, port macquarie, business\n\nStraight-talking. Big-hearted. Decent. Those are some of the words used by others to describe Ken Little. He is best known for owning a long-standing fruit and vegetable store in Port Macquarie. But he is also widely respected for the huge amount of community work he does. Recently he was named our senior citizen of the year. But how much do you really know about him? What formed him and what makes him tick? Ken Little grew up on a farm at Ben Lomond near Glen Innes. He was the youngest child of 13. When he was born his father Benjamin was 67-years-old, his mother Ada only 38. His father had been left a widow with eight children with a farm to manage when his first wife died of cancer in the early 1940s. Ken's mother (who had two children of her own) was hired to work on the farm, manage the house and look after the younger children. Before long the two had fallen in love and had three more children, Jan, Benjamin and little Kenny. It was a simple childhood. On the farm he learnt the value of hard work. \"From an early age before I went to school I would milk the cows, ride or walk 5km to school,\" he recalls. \"Then after school I would round the cows up and separate the calves from their mothers so there would be milk for the next day. I also herded sheep.\" The family moved to Port Macquarie when Mr Little was 10. He attended Port Primary School and Port Macquarie High School. By his own admission he was an \"average student\". But what he lacked academically he made up with other skills. \"I was always really active and independent, I played a lot of sport, fished a lot, played football,\" he said. The family didn't have a lot of money. His parents were on the old age pension. \"All the money I got I had earned from the time I was eight or nine,\" Mr Little said. \"My parents never gave me anything because they couldn't afford to.\" When he was not playing sport or surfing he spent his weekends picking fruit to earn money. Towards the end of school he also began to notice girls. Mr Little met his wife Judy at the Kempsey showground when he was only 17. \"I liked her straight away, she smiled a lot, we got on,\" he said. He acknowledges it was easier to meet a partner back then but they were fortunate to find each other. When he left school he headed for Sydney like most young people. He had hoped to be a property evaluator but it didn't work out. He didn't like the city and missed the beach too much. Before long he was back in Port Macquarie, working in the fruit and veg department at Woolworths. Ironically, it was with one of his main competitors that his passion for the trade started. He set up Ken Little's Fruit and Veg in 1983. The small business originally run out of the Colonial Arcade. Disaster struck when Port Central was built. The road closures in Hay Street, loss of parking and heavy vehicle use in the area proved disastrous. \"We lost 85 per cent of our trade in a year,\" he said. \"I was stunned and devastated. I wondered if I could keep the business going and rebuild.\" The business almost went bust and Judy went back to nursing to keep the family afloat. Difficult decisions were made but eventually they moved the business to Munster Street in 1996. The business started thriving but then in 2007 disaster hit again when a deliberately lit fire ripped through the store. \"Again I was thinking can I rebuild?\" he said. \"After lots of soul searching we decided to keep the business going for ourselves as we had put so much into it over the years, our staff and loyal customers,\" he said. \"We were able to gradually build the business up again and pay our bills.\" The business now employs 45 staff and focuses on \"giving customers what they want\". His marriage to Judy has sustained him during difficult times. \"Like any marriage we have our ups and downs,\" he said. \"But we enjoy each other's company and we end up working things out. \"Sometimes you just need time and patience. We are different in a lot of ways, she is very artistic, and I love to watch and play sport. We don't try and change each other and the differences work.\" He is proud but humble about his children's achievements. All have followed their passions. Eldest son Nigel holds a PhD in history and works for the Office of National Intelligence in Canberra. His second son Daniel is a talented former photographer. He is Ken's right hand man in the store. Daughter Naomi has travelled the world and currently lives in Denmark with her daughter working in marketing and design for an IT company. \"Do you know what the cloud is?\" he asks The Port News quizzically. Life can be difficult so how has Ken Little survived with such a sunny attitude? \"I've had a good life,\" he said. \"I try to enjoy all the simple things in life, I feel as though I live in paradise, I don't take anything or anyone for granted.\" He holds fast to some principles his father taught him: \"Do unto others as you do unto yourself and if you have nothing nice to say about someone say nothing.\" He is involved in a range of sporting and community groups, he has been a mentor, coach, fundraiser. What advice does he give the many young people he encounters? \"Try and stay positive,\" he said. \"When you fall down pick yourself up, remember every problem has a solution no matter how bad it is. \"Be a doer not a gonna, there are a lot of people in this world who make a loud noise that they are going to do this and going to do that but do nothing.\" The Port News series is called In My Life. We meet people of the Hastings and ask them what they have learnt in their lives. If you have a suggestion for the series email carla.mascarenhas@portnews.com.au While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE. If you value local journalism, continue to support us and consider taking out a subscription. CLICK HERE for a 30-day free trial.\n\nhttps:\/\/nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net\/transform\/v1\/crop\/frm\/carla.mascarenhas\/7e66f5ab-e522-411d-8a8e-07c7d92cec00.jpg\/r3_0_1277_720_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg","sentence2":"news, local-news,\n\nSince the age of 10 Sam Willis knew he wanted to be a paramedic but he never imagined he would become a successful lecturer, author, editor teaching paramedicine in two countries. The English born and raised senior lecturer has now been in Port Macquarie over a year and said he loves what he does. \"When I was about 10 I witnessed a car crash and watching the paramedics work I knew that was what I wanted to do when I grew up,\" Sam said. \"The paramedics I saw that day instinctively knew what to do and I thought they had all the answers to help the people who were hurt and I knew then I wanted to do the same thing when I got older. \"It hasn't always been an easy path to get where I wanted to go but I believe with passion and determination then you can get there. \"When I started as a paramedic in England I never thought I would go on to teach at universities in two countries or be an author but that is my life.\" Mr Willis is a senior lecturer in paramedicine at Charles Sturt University based in Port macquarie, Mr Willis has a masters degree and is currently working towards a PhD in paramedicine, and said growing up his life wasn't easy but with a goal of where he wanted to end up his passion and drive got him there. \"I didn't get the marks at school to go and study what I wanted to right away so I had to go to college before going to university,\" he said. \"It wasn't easy and I had to make a lot of sacrifices but knowing what I wanted made it worth it. In the beginning I worked as an ambulance dispatcher and i didn't get into paramedicine the first time so it was challenging. \"I did question what I wanted and if it really was what I wanted but deep down I knew it was.\" As a lecturer Mr Willis said he does sympathise with students who are struggling and prides himself on trying to help them. \"When I was studying the course was challenging which did make it hard at times but I am a big believer in even if something is hard you should go for it.\" Mr Willis is the co-author and a contributor to a second edition of Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice, an accessible and comprehensive introduction to paramedic science and pre-hospital care, providing expert and up-to-date guidance on the essential theories and real-world practice of this dynamic area of emergency medicine. \"The book came about because there aren't a lot of new books coming about about paramedicine and I wanted to change that. \"The book has a large number of fantastic contributors who have ensured the book is relevant and up to date.\" The book is being launch at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie on March 10. Please register to attend here While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE. If you value local journalism, continue to support us and consider taking out a subscription. CLICK HERE for a 30-day free trial.\n\nhttps:\/\/nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net\/transform\/v1\/crop\/frm\/laura.telford\/66d4e684-21ad-459f-aff5-13e994c3043d.jpg\/r0_108_4032_2386_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg"}
-{"id":"1564327182_1510627862","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Stream this playlist via Spotify or Apple Music.\n\nMusic affords an escape, takes us back in time to reflect on the present, mirrors our aches and joys and offers serenity. As relentless news about the coronavirus continues, these songs were gifts during difficult times.\n\nThis month, that included one of many disco bops from Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, an industrial-metal anthem by Code Orange and Kelsea Ballerini's thoughtful country ballad about a divided America.\n\nBelow you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 20 songs of March 2020. Be sure to check out our top 11 albums from the month, too.\n\nClem Snide, \"Roger Ebert\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nEef Barzelay's stirring remembrance of the late film critic Roger Ebert suggests this mysterious human experience \u2013 this mortal world \u2013 is not what it appears to be. \u2014 Robin Hilton\n\nCode Orange, \"The Easy Way\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nIndustrial electronics glitch and pulse in this soaring, metallic anthem calling out those who take the past most-traveled. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nDua Lipa, \"Good in Bed\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nWith fun and unexpected flourishes, Dua Lipa reimagines the mid-2000s piano-pop jaunt with a wink towards saucy jazz standards. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nHAIM, \"The Steps\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nLove is messy and so is this dusty garage-rocker from LA's sunny sisters. Danielle Haim leans into that baaaaby like her life depends on it. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nHayley Williams, \"Roses\/Lotus\/Violet\/Iris\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nHayley Williams' skittering, botanical tribute to choosing cooperation and self-love over external comparison sagely enlists the help of boygenius, a supergroup whose very existence echoes the same thesis. \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nJacaszek, \"November Early\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nWith its clipped opening \u2013 like a distant radio signal crackling \u2013 \"November Early\" slowly intensifies with strings, keys and treatments, offering another spectacular fever dream from Poland's premiere electro-acoustic composer. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nKelsea Ballerini, \"Half of My Hometown (feat. Kenny Chesney)\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nAmerica feels divided in so many ways; this tender ballad from one of country's most thoughtful young stars considers how those divisions play out within one person's heart, and how to bear them. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nKenny Barron\/Dave Holland Trio, \"Without Deception\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nTwo NEA Jazz Masters \u2014 Barron, a pianist, and Holland, a bassist \u2014 bring easy erudition to Without Deception. Barron's title track is a smart, Monk-ish swinger. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nKim Jinmook, \"Misty Mountain\/Sarod Sanjo\"\n\n\u266c BANDCAMP\n\nIn the early '90s, Kim Jinmook spearheaded a series of collaborations between traditional Korean and Indian musicians, discovering that a distinct, uncanny valley of expression lay between the two practices; ineffable, deep and arresting. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nLakecia Benjamin, \"Om Shanti\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nAn Alice Coltrane chant turned Afrofuturist soul jam, with Benjamin's saxophone and Meshell Ndegeocello's bass backing Georgia Anne Muldrow's authoritative vocal. Peace, meet Power. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nLucinda Williams, \"You Can't Rule Me\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nPowered by Stuart Mathis' gutbucket guitar, this politicized declaration of independence from Americana music's leather-jacketed queen is the Rolling Stones song we didn't know we needed. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nMeredith Monk & Bang on a Can All-Stars, \"Memory Song\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nPropelled by tinkling chimes and gentle oscillations, this ode to remembering planet earth (\"trees,\" \"coffee,\" \"candlelight\"), from Monk's dystopian opera The Games, strikes a surprisingly pleasant tone, closing with a cacophony of caterwauling animals. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nMickey Guyton, \"What Are You Gonna Tell Her?\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nThe most powerful feminist and anti-racist song by a country artist in recent years is a cry of the heart by a remarkable singer and writer who deserves to be a full-on superstar. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nR.A.P. Ferreira, \"Noncipher\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nThe Wire and OutKast's Aquemeni get tangled up in a jumbled jazz, boom-bap non-sequitur that somehow rings true when little else does right now. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nRoger Eno & Brian Eno, \"Spring Frost\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\n\"Spring Frost\" opens brothers Roger and Brian Eno's Mixing Colours, an ambient album perfect for these times. \u2014 Bob Boilen\n\nRosal\u00eda, \"Dolerme\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nSelf-quarantine allows a lot of time for thinking about old wounds, as in \"Dolerme,\" a long exhale grieving the loss of an old flame's equal investment in love and pain. \u2014 Stefanie Fern\u00e1ndez\n\nSwamp Dogg, \"Billy\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nStill in great, soulful voice, the 77-year-old Jerry Williams Jr. offers a heartrending country-soul weeper about a father mourning his lost wife. If you like classics like \"Patches,\" you'll love this. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nTineke Postma, \"In the Light of Reverence\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nDutch saxophonist Tineke Postma has a modern ear, and on this flowing ballad she brings out the best in peers like pianist Kris Davis and trumpeter Ralph Alessi. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nWaxahatchee, \"St. Cloud\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nIn a flurry of turning pages, Katie Crutchfield chooses forgiveness, delicately preserving an image of her past self as a young woman ablaze with promise. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nYael Naim, \"Daddy\"\n\n\u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nOn this delicate and heartbreaking lullaby, the Israeli-French artist reflects on her father's death. \"I'm trying my best,\" she sings, as the tears begin to fall. \u2014 Robin Hilton","sentence2":"Stream this playlist via Spotify or Apple Music.\n\nWhen Phony Ppl and Megan Thee Stallion debuted \"Fkn Around\" live at the Tiny Desk, we just knew it was going to be an instant hit. Now the studio version is out and, of course, it's made NPR Music's best songs of the month, along with new tracks from Thundercat, Waxahatchee and Marcus King.\n\nBelow you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 20 songs of January 2020. Be sure to check out our top 10 albums from the month as well.\n\nCable Ties, \"Sandcastles\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nMission-driven Australian trio stages a hypothetical argument with self-righteous naysayers by first listening to complaints (\"I partly agree\"), then by locating a message worth repeating until it builds to a roar. \u2014 Jacob Ganz\n\nDan Deacon, \"Become a Mountain\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nDan Deacon shows an unusually vulnerable side of himself and expresses that with a more stripped-down sound. \"I was feeling emotionally very raw,\" Dan says, \"and I wanted the music I was writing to reflect that.\" \u2014 Bob Boilen\n\nFACS, \"Teenage Hive\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nIf FACS' first record was a bold step through the door, and its second a pensive, deep breath, then the third is shaping up to be the spittle-scream that followed. Chaos in a bottle. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nForest Drive West, \"Parallel Space\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nA full-time dad and computer science teacher, the artist behind Forest Drive West blends old-school breakbeat with the spirit of Aphex Twin ambience for a new, never ending groove. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nHayley Williams, \"Simmer\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nParamore's powerhouse singer sheds her skin for something darker and stranger; her dynamism bleeds through an ominous cloud. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nKasa Overall, \"Show Me a Prison\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nListening to the powerful tribal-like trance pulsating through this meditation on injustice in the U.S. prison system feels like being on lock down, until activist Angela Davis, at the end, offers a ray of hope. \u2014 Suraya Mohamed\n\nMarcus King, \"Beautiful Stranger\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nSouth Carolina's 23-year-old guitar slinger reveals himself as a love man who truly understands Al Green's legacy on this worthy throwback to the soul greats. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nOded Tzur, \"Here Be Dragons\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nThis, the title and opening track of Tzur's upcoming debut for the highly regarded label ECM, is a beautiful (and lovingly recorded) introduction to the Israeli saxophonist's curious whispers. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nPhony Ppl, \"Fkn Around (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nWhile you decorate your desk with Megan's mantras for independence, beware: the secret sauce of this infectious single \u2014 that bubbling bass and Elbee Thrie's smooth hook \u2014 will seep into your brain. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nRafiq Bhatia, \"The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (feat. C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant)\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nFrom his fascinating project reinventing jazz standards, this duet shows how one of the most sublime pop hits ever was always a call to prayer. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nRosal\u00eda, \"Juro Que\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nThe global pop star was in festival mode last year, leaning into beats and collabs. \"Juro Que\" re-centers the flamenco at the heart of Rosal\u00eda's music. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nSoccer Mommy, \"Circle the Drain\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nHumans have been writing about hearts for ages: breaking, aching, eclipsing, soaring. Soccer Mommy coins a new one on this dreamy, bummer-rock romp. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nThundercat, \"Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington)\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nSomewhere deep in a P-Funk wormhole, our cat-obsessed bass guru got very worried about his Instagram and wrote this brilliant bounce of a tune. \u2014 Mano Sundaresan\n\nT\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits, \"Tears-Fantasy\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nA supremely lyrical sensualist, Estonian composer T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits makes the orchestra sing in wistful sighs and luminous, falling figures while channeling England's Renaissance lutenist John Dowland. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nToo Free, \"ATM\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nArthur Russell-inspired, avant-disco realness hits the ballroom floor in a minimalist bop that both flirts with that cutie across the dance floor and elevates visibility, \"to be seen by you.\" \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nTorres, \"Good Grief\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nIn the middle of Torres' heady album about fear and desire comes this blistering avowal of the right to sullenness (which also serves as a reminder of Mackenzie Scott's forceful skill as a guitarist). \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nUltra\u00edsta, \"Tin King\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nNigel Godrich and Joey Waronker work up a hypnotic groove here, but singer Laura Bettinson remains Ultra\u00edsta's secret weapon, cramming tons of personality into a deadpan, texture-first performance with just a few notes. \u2014 Daoud Tyler-Ameen\n\nWaxahatchee, \"Fire\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nWritten on a drive over the Mississippi River, the first single from Waxahatchee's forthcoming Saint Cloud pulses with palpable warmth and radiates self-acceptance. \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nWilma Archer, \"Last Sniff (feat. MF Doom)\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nArcher wraps a classic turn from MF Doom in a joyful, funky, rich, orchestral soul. And this is just one of the standouts from his brilliant upcoming album, A Western Circular. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nYoshinori Hayashi, \"Bit of Garden (Prins Thomas Remix)\" \u266c APPLE \/ SPOTIFY\n\nOne of Japan's most exciting auteurs of dance, reinterpreted by one of Norway's. Both play in the disco sandbox, and here Thomas helps Hayashi's somewhat sleepy original become a montage-worthy driver. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan"}
-{"id":"1542269334_1600371047","score":3.5,"sentence1":"\"To fight for, to die for\" \"To fight for, to die for\"\n\nIt was the late Senator Dominador Aytona, who before being elected to the Senate, was the chief budget officer of the Republic, and briefly Central Bank governor, who defined the General Appropriations Act or the national budget as \u201cthe economic program of the country in pesos and centavos.\u201d As such, it can be argued that passing the budget is the most important piece of legislation for Congress to enact each year. It was during the martial law period that the Budget Commission was re-engineered into the Ministry of Budget and Management through the Budget Reform Decree issued by President Ferdinand Marcos, which strengthened the planning, programming and budgeting linkages of the office, with monitoring offices in every administrative region of the country. At the time, the legislature, Batasang Pambansa, was a mere rubber stamp of the Executive, further neutered by Amendment No. 6 of a Constitution \u201cratified\u201d by the people under authoritarian rule. But with the re-birth of a system of checks and balances as provided for in the 1987 Constitution, congressional power of the budgetary system returned, and the House Committee on Appropriations, with its counterpart Finance Committee in the Senate, became the most highly-prized committees in Congress. Essentially, the budget process begins each year with the Development Budget Coordination Committee issuing guidelines to the different agencies of government as early as the last quarter of the preceding year. For the first three to four months of the year, agencies submit their proposed expenditure programs, which are then synthesized into what is called the National Expenditure Program. The proposed program of expenditures along with sources of financing, then goes to the President for final approval before presentation to the legislature. Submitted right after the President\u2019s State of the Nation Address, Congress then reviews and goes through the process of enacting the General Appropriations Act based on what is referred to as \u201cThe President\u2019s Budget.\u201d It has the power to reduce and re-align the items in the President\u2019s Budget. From the House, the appropriations bill goes to the Senate, even if simultaneous hearings on the expenditure program are held by both chambers to be able to enact the law within the year. Conflicting versions are reconciled in a bicameral conference committee where both houses meet to hammer out a final version, which is then passed by their respective chambers to become the General Appropriations Act for the succeeding year. The bicameral conference committee is thus labelled the \u201cthird house\u201d of Congress. It is becoming increasingly clear, or in the parlance of the lawyers, abundantly clear, that the brouhaha in the lower House last week, which resulted in the surgical removal of the appropriations committee chairman, Isidro Ungab, replaced by a neophyte party list congressman, was all about control of the budget for the next fiscal year\u20142021. From the very beginning of his ascent to the speakership, Alan Peter Cayetano named 24 deputy speakers, many of them ceremonial, but for some who exercise \u201coversight\u201d powers super-imposed over regular committee chairs. One such deputy speaker is the gentleman from Camarines Sur, who was also its former governor, and whose son is the current provincial chief executive\u2014LRay Villafuerte, who I refer to as El Rey.El Rey is one of the more innovative local government officials under whose nine-year reign Camarines Sur displayed tremendous progress. He represents a new breed of dynamic local executives whose governance practices are anchored on vision rather than mere re-election. Because they produce results, the Villafuertes have been re-elected continuously from grandpa Luis to El Rey to Migz, the current governor who is El Rey\u2019s son. But he can also be quite acerbic in language, \u201cpalaban\u201d in the native patois, which he has been amply displaying in interviews now that he is a congressman. That made for interesting \u201csabong\u201d coverage of the events of the last week in the HoR. Because of the importance of the appropriations committee, its chairmen are normally given presidential nihil obstat before the Speaker gets his House to approve of their designation. That the first committee chair in the present Congress is a veteran legislator from Davao City was thus presumably with palace blessings, or at the least, without objection. Little is known about the new appropriations committee chairman, who, while a businessman from the same southern city, is a newbie in legislation if not in government service altogether. But the fact that he was chosen clearly means that he should be able to work well with the Speaker and his alter ego on budgetary matters, El Rey. The other perspective one needs to scrutinize when the Magellan formula takes shape is the date of reckoning. The Lord Allan camp simply says it is October this year, a scant seven months from now. The Alan Peter camp strictly defines the timeline as beginning from July 22, 2019, the day Congress elected him. Fifteen months should therefore mean October 21, 2020, which is under normal timetable just a week before Congress adjourns for the Dia de Los Muertos holidays, and by which time, the House shall have passed its version of the GAA. Which means the Alan Peter camp shall have control of the most important piece of legislation prior to the presidential and national elections of 2022. If it had been an even split of the 36 months of the 18th Congress, then clearly Speaker Alan would helm the House until the end of 2021. But one could surmise that the Lord Allan faction wanted to have a major say in the 2021 GAA, and thus haggled for a Magellan formula, the now famous 15-21 split. The 2021 budget is the election budget. It will be the last time the members of both houses can partake of the bag of goodies so important for them to tout district achievements by way of \u201cprojects.\u201d It also is the big scooper of election campaign funding for those so inclined, the kind Ping Lacson has been excoriating against for years and years on end. The 2022 budget is virtually useless for the re-election purpose of legislators, or for their passing the baton to their family herederos. By the time the appropriations are up for taking courtesy of the DBM\u2019s notice of cash allotment, the ban on \u201cproject\u201d spending begins. Hence, the 2021 budget is to fight for, and to die for.","sentence2":"As our communities deal with the spread of the coronavirus, federal leaders must take bold steps to ensure the safety of the public, particularly the most vulnerable among us. While this virus will hit communities regardless of race, income, or zip code, this pandemic will cause both health and economic disruptions that exacerbate the existing disparities for low-income people and communities of color that have long harmed our nation.\n\nCALL YOUR SENATOR\n\n\n\nPlease call your senators and ask them to pass the emergency House bill to help us navigate this public health and economic crisis.\n\nEarly Saturday morning, the House passed an emergency bill that would allocate billions of dollars for paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, free testing, and other measures to help those impacted by this crisis. This is a necessary starting point that the Senate must pass now.\n\nUnfortunately, these measures are narrow in scope, leaving 80 percent of workers unprotected. While some large employers are doing the right thing and giving employees sick leave, a national policy is the most effective measure in this time of unprecedented national crisis. We need comprehensive legislation to follow this initial bill to protect all people, especially those with the greatest health and economic risks.\n\nWe Need Comprehensive Public Health and Economic Supports\n\n\n\nToday, 100 million people \u2014 one in three people in the US \u2014 live in or on the brink of poverty where an illness, job loss, or unexpected expense can be financially insurmountable. At a time when officials are urging the public to stay home when they fall ill, millions of people lack paid sick leave and can\u2019t afford to miss work to care for themselves or a loved one. This puts many people at risk for being the vector of an illness that can prove deadly for the elderly and immunocompromised. And as businesses take precautions or are forced through social-distancing norms to close, the resulting loss of income for workers and owners will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and risk their housing, health, utility, and food security.\n\nWe must plan and act with the most vulnerable in mind to both stop the spread of this virus, and ensure that weeks and months of addressing this public health crisis don\u2019t turn into years of economic hardship.\n\nSpecifically, we are calling on federal leaders to champion the following policies:\n\nPass a Paid Leave Policy for All Workers \u2013 Low-wage workers who cannot afford to lose a day's wages because of illness are less likely to seek medical care (for themselves and for their families) than workers who do have paid sick leave, and are 1.5 times more likely to go to work with contagious illnesses. This means that lack of paid sick leave is not only a problem for individual workers, but also a public health threat. Building on the House-passed version, a paid sick leave policy that covers all workers is urgently needed to address the new coronavirus outbreak and beyond to help protect the health and safety of the population.\n\nEnsure Emergency Income During Work Disruptions \u2013 We need to provide guaranteed income to help those facing disruptions to their income due to lost opportunities, funding streams, or customers. This includes small business owners and their employees, community-serving nonprofits, freelancers and artists, and workers in a gig economy who are not eligible for unemployment benefits but still must make their rent or mortgage payments.\n\nPlace a Moratorium on All Evictions and Foreclosures and Ensure Housing Stability \u2013 We are in the midst of a housing crisis \u2013 We are in the midst of a housing crisis where 21 million renters and 17 million homeowners pay more than a third of their income on housing bills, making them extremely vulnerable to income disruptions. We need a moratorium on all evictions and foreclosures to prevent the economic fallout of the virus. We must also provide emergency housing vouchers for all unhoused people, and those facing eviction. And at a minimum, we need to stop displacing homeless encampments, and take measures to increase access to water, hand-washing stations, and sanitation at current encampments to support critical health outcomes.\n\nPrevent Utility Shut-Offs and Restore Water Service to All Households \u2013 Loss of income for households, workers, and small businesses will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and face utility services shut-offs. \u2013 Loss of income for households, workers, and small businesses will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and face utility services shut-offs. Over a third of US households are already at risk of inability to pay rising water bills. This is particularly concerning as washing our hands is our first line of defense against the virus. All public and private utilities should halt any utility shut-offs during this crisis, restore service to households currently experiencing a shutoff, and provide water delivery to all households with contaminated water systems.\n\nEnsure Hospitals and Health-Care Centers Are Safe Places for Immigrants and Anyone Seeking Care \u2013 We must eliminate all barriers to people seeking proper medical attention, regardless of insurance or lack thereof. This also includes ensuring no one\u2019s immigration status will be questioned when seeking assistance. Hospitals and health-care facilities must make it clear in all languages that immigration status will not be questioned, and should take steps to ensure immigration enforcement officials are not permitted in buildings.\n\nPrevent the Spread of COVID-19 Through the Incarcerated Population \u2013 In the US, \u2013 In the US, 2.3 million people are exposed to overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in prisons and jails, which will contribute to the spread of the coronavirus as the incarcerated population interacts with staff and other visitors. At a minimum, we must ensure incarcerated people have access to medical care and personal hygiene products; release elderly people with underlying medical problems to parole supervision; and release those who have an anticipated release date in 2020 and 2021 to parole supervision.\n\nWe are heartened by the swift actions that leaders in cities across the country are taking, proving once again that local leaders are national leaders. But we need policymakers at all levels to urgently address the threat of this current pandemic while ensuring we protect all struggling communities beyond this crisis.\n\nCALL YOUR SENATOR\n\nPlease call your members to make sure they act without delay and strengthen the policies to help us navigate this public health and economic crisis."}
-{"id":"1555775628_1553390793","score":3.5,"sentence1":"Coronavirus updates: San Francisco case count jumps to 105\n\nFew tourists visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on March 20, 2020. The Bay Area is under a shelter-in-place order due to the the COVID-19 coronavirus. Few tourists visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on March 20, 2020. The Bay Area is under a shelter-in-place order due to the the COVID-19 coronavirus. Photo: Douglas Zimmerman\/SFGate Photo: Douglas Zimmerman\/SFGate Image 1 of \/ 60 Caption Close Coronavirus updates: San Francisco case count jumps to 105 1 \/ 60 Back to Gallery\n\nLATEST, March 22, 10 a.m.: The San Francisco Public Health Department reported Sunday morning that the city now has 105 cases of coronavirus. The city didn't release more details on the 21 newly identified patients.\n\nMarch 22, 8 a.m. The greater San Francisco Bay Area endured its first weekend under stay-at-home orders issued by both local and state government as the number of cases continued to climb.\n\nAs of Sunday morning, the number of cases in Alameda County rose to 71, Monterey to 7, San Francisco to 84, San Mateo to 110, Santa Clara to 263, Santa Cruz to 15, Solano to 15 and Sonoma to 23.\n\nWhere cases have been confirmed in the greater Bay Area:\n\n\n\n\n\nALAMEDA COUNTY: 65 confirmed cases*\n\nFore more information on Alameda County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\n*Number excludes infected patients in City of Berkeley, which has six cases\n\nCONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 51 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on Contra Costa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nLAKE COUNTY: 0 confirmed cases\n\nFor information on Lake County and coronavirus, visit the public health department website.\n\nMARIN COUNTY: 38 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Marin County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nMONTEREY COUNTY: 7 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Monterey County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nNAPA COUNTY: 0 cases\n\nFor more information on Napa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN BENITO COUNTY: 5 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Benito County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: 105 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Francisco County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN MATEO COUNTY: 110 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Mateo County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CLARA COUNTY: 263 confirmed cases, 8 deaths\n\nFore more information on Santa Clara County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 15 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Santa Cruz County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSOLANO COUNTY: 14 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Solano County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSONOMA COUNTY: 23 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on Sonoma County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nIn California, 24 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nMORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE:\n\nSign up for 'The Daily' newsletter for the latest on coronavirus here.\n\nAmy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: agraff@sfgate.com.","sentence2":"Mar. 19\u2013Scroll through the gallery above to see images of the San Francisco Bay Area that\u2019s under a shelter-in-place order to prevent COVID-19 spread.\n\nMarch 19, 9:45 a.m. UC San Francisco announced Thursday it\u2019s working to increase COVID-19 testing capacity in coming weeks.\n\nSince March 9, UCSF Health has been testing about 60 to 100 inpatients a day with a test using \u201ca polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique\u201d that\u2019s similar to the one administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\n\u201cPCR allows scientists to detect very small amounts of virus in a sample obtained with a swab from a patient\u2019s nose and throat,\u201d UCSF said in a statement. \u201cThe technique depends on the availability of special substances known as reagents (\u201cree-AY-gents\u201d), which are in very short supply nationwide, as are the swabs used to obtain patient samples. UCSF is making every effort to ensure we have a robust and reliable supply chain for all the materials we need to maintain and expand our testing capacity.\u201d\n\nUCSF is expanding its laboratory and as long as the medical center has access to testing reagents, it is on track to increase testing capacity to as many as 1,000 inpatients and symptomatic outpatients per day over the next few weeks.\n\nThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and CZ Biohub are helping support the effort.\n\nMarch 19, 7:30 a.m. Three residents of the Atria Burlingame assisted living facility in San Mateo tested positive for COVID-19, according to ABC 7. The facility is now closed to visitors and the three residents are all hospitalized. KRON 4 reports that two additional residents are under hospital quarantine. San Mateo County Health Department and CDC are investigating the situation.\n\nAtria Burlingame wasn\u2019t immediately available for comment on this story.\n\nWhere cases have been confirmed in the greater Bay Area:\n\nALAMEDA COUNTY: 31 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Alameda County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nCONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 41 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Contra Costa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nLAKE COUNTY: 0 confirmed cases\n\nFor information on Lake County and coronavirus, visit the public health department website.\n\nMARIN COUNTY: 15 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Marin County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nMONTEREY COUNTY: 2 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Monterey County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nNAPA COUNTY: 0 residents, 2 patients treated in Napa, then transferred out of county\n\nFor more information on Napa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN BENITO COUNTY: 5 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Benito County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: 51 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Francisco County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN MATEO COUNTY: 80 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Mateo County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CLARA COUNTY: 175 confirmed cases, 6 deaths\n\nFore more information on Santa Clara County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 9 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Santa Cruz County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSOLANO COUNTY: 8 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Solano County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSONOMA COUNTY: 6 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Sonoma County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nIn California, 14 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported\n\nMORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE:\n\nSign up for \u2018The Daily\u2019 newsletter for the latest on coronavirus here.\n\n\u2013A full list of online coronavirus resources: Where to get your questions answered\n\n\u2013What you need to know about Bay Area shelter in place orders due to coronavirus?\n\n\u2013How \u2018flatten the curve\u2019 works in the coronavirus pandemic\n\n\u2013How a mild case of the novel coronavirus can quickly turn deadly\n\n\u2013Study shows how easily coronavirus can potentially spread\n\n\u2013The two most common symptoms in coronavirus patients\n\n\u2013Does smoking\/vaping put you at a higher risk of coronavirus?\n\n\u2013How coronavirus compares to epidemics of the past\n\n\u2013Photos show empty US tourist attractions amid coronavirus crisis\n\n\u2013How to tell if you have a cold, the flu, or coronavirus\n\n\u20136 things travelers should know in the age of coronavirus\n\n\u2013The worst myths and misinformation about coronavirus\n\n\u2013Out of hand sanitizer? Here\u2019s how to make your own\n\n\u2013Are children at a lower risk for coronavirus complications?\n\n\u2013Are the elderly at a greater risk for coronavirus complications?\n\n\u2013Why Taiwan\u2019s COVID-19 death rate is shockingly low\n\nAmy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: [email protected].\n\n(c)2020 the San Francisco Chronicle\n\nVisit the San Francisco Chronicle at www.sfchronicle.com\n\nDistributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC."}
-{"id":"1543901072_1547473916","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Tesla Autopilot death: Final report blames Tesla, Apple, and NHTSA Watch Now\n\nTesla CEO Elon Musk today announced that the company has made its millionth Tesla electric car, some 12 years after it released the Roadster for consumers.\n\nMusk posted a photo of a red Model Y Tesla on Twitter announcing the milestone along with a group shot of the Tesla Factory workers responsible for manufacturing it. Musk's announcement was first reported by Electrek.\n\nCongratulations Tesla team on making our 1,000,000th car!! pic.twitter.com\/5M99a9LLQi \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2020\n\nThe Model Y will be Tesla's fourth electric car line, following the Model S, Model X, and the cheaper Model 3, which made up most of its production and deliveries in Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings report.\n\nTesla reported that it produced 17,933 Model S and X vehicles in the quarter and delivered 19,450. It produced 86,958 Model 3 vehicles and delivered 92,550. It delivered 367,500 vehicles for the full year.\n\nTesla is expecting deliveries in 2020 to exceed 500,000 units and for production to outstrip deliveries thanks to Model 3 production in Shanghai and Model Y production in Fremont, California. Model Y production in Shanghai is scheduled for 2021.\n\nTesla says its Model 3 and Model Y production capacity in Fremont is 400,000 units per year, while its Shanghai factory can produce 150,000 Model 3 cars per year.\n\nIt's also developing new facilities in Berlin to manufacture Model 3 and Model Y electric cars, which should start rolling out in 2021.\n\nMusk today suggested the Berlin Gigafactory should have a \"mega rave cave\" under the facility with an \"epic sound systems & woofers the size of a car\".\n\nTesla should have a mega rave cave under the Berlin Gigafatory \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2020\n\nGiven Musk's taste for audacious publicity stunts, there's a chance he could build a Tesla underground club in a nod to Berlin's rave culture.\n\nSEE: The new commute: How driverless cars, hyperloop, and drones will change our travel plans (TechRepublic cover story) | Download the PDF version\n\nMusk posted the one million Tesla production milestone a few hours after Tesla shares fell 13.6% to $608 per share as investors fretted over oil output increases announced by Saudi Arabia and Russia this week. The prospect of cheaper petrol over the long term could dampen enthusiasm for electric vehicles in general.\n\nThe other major concern is the impact of the COVID-19 virus on Tesla's Shanghai plant, which the Chinese government ordered to be shut for 10 days from 29 January.\n\nMore on Elon Musk and Tesla electric vehicles","sentence2":"By Express News Service\n\nElectric Vehicle (EV) maker Tesla has announced that it has produced its one millionth electric car, thus becoming the first auto manufacturer to reach the milestone. It is a significant moment for the company that was founded only in 2003. CEO Elon Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car \u2014 a red Model Y \u2014 on Twitter. The firm released its first consumer car, the Roadster, back in 2008, meaning it\u2019s taken a little over 12 years to hit this million-car milestone.\n\nIn its January earnings report, the company said it hopes to ship over 5,00,000 cars worldwide in 2020. Established automakers like Toyota or the Volkswagen Group each produce over ten million vehicles every year. Nevertheless, Tesla\u2019s milestone is a tremendous accomplishment for an auto start-up that only produces electric vehicles and is indicative of how Musk says he works \u2014 building companies to solve problems based on their importance, not on his likelihood of success.\n\nFurthermore, the EV maker is also expected to start shipping its latest car, the Model Y, months ahead of its original \u201cfall 2020\u201d estimate. The Model Y will be Tesla\u2019s fourth electric car line, following the Model S, Model X, and the cheaper Model 3, which made up most of its production and deliveries in Tesla\u2019s fourth-quarter earnings report.\n\nThe company said it produced 17,933 Model S and X vehicles in the quarter and delivered 19,450. It produced 86,958 Model 3 vehicles and delivered 92,550. It delivered 367,500 vehicles for the full year. It\u2019s also developing new facilities in Berlin to manufacture Model 3 and Model Y electric cars, which should start rolling out in 2021. Tesla says its Model 3 and Model Y production capacity in Fremont is 4,00,000 units per year, while its Shanghai factory can produce 1,50,000 Model 3 cars per year. Meanwhile, Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck is due to go into production in late 2021."}
-{"id":"1486492021_1486213074","score":1.0,"sentence1":"With 2019 finally behind us \u2013 along with its glut of year- (and decade-) end lists of the best in music \u2013 it\u2019s time at last to turn our attention to the sounds in store for 2020. And what better way to do that than with \u2026 a list!? Here\u2019s a rundown of 13 albums to look forward to over the next few months, with release dates included when known.\n\nSelena Gomez, \u201cRare\u201d (Jan. 10)\n\nSelena Gomez will release \"Rare\" on Jan. 10. (Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP)\n\nThe onetime Disney Channel star has never quite gotten the credit she deserves for her adventurous record-making. Sure, her and DJ Snake\u2019s \u201cTaki Taki\u201d was a shameless Latin-pop play complete with a regrettable \u201cfiesta\u201d\/\u201dsiesta\u201d rhyme. But before that she turned the Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d into the sinuous \u201cBad Liar,\u201d while her last album, 2015\u2019s \u201cRevival,\u201d feels now like a precursor to Billie Eilish\u2019s whispery ASMR-core. Preceded by a No. 1 single in the grandly emotional \u201cLose You to Love Me,\u201d Gomez\u2019s new one promises more ear-grabbing textures, as well as her intimate thoughts on her breakup with the Weeknd and her recent health troubles (including a much-publicized kidney transplant).\n\nHalsey, \u201cManic\u201d (Jan. 17)\n\nHeed that album title: Along with the country-ish \u201cFinally \/ Beautiful Stranger\u201d and the chart-topping EDM ballad \u201cWithout Me,\u201d the latest from this style-hopping streaming native features far-flung hookups with Alanis Morissette (a clear influence), Dominic Fike and Suga of BTS (with whom she teamed for last year\u2019s sprightly K-pop hit \u201cBoy With Luv\u201d).\n\nPop Star Halsey will release a new album \"Manic\" on Jan. 17. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer \/ Getty Images)\n\nGreen Day, \u201cFather of All\u2026\u201d (Feb. 7)\n\nThe pop-punk veterans will play stadiums this summer as part of a rock\u2019s-not-dead package that also includes Fall Out Boy and Weezer. (Called the Hella Mega Tour, it\u2019s scheduled to stop at Dodger Stadium on July 25.) Yet what\u2019s appealing about the short and snappy songs on Green Day\u2019s 13th studio album is that they sound like they were born in a tiny club.\n\nTame Impala, \u201cThe Slow Rush\u201d (Feb. 14)\n\nIn the works since well before his headlining performance at Coachella last year, Kevin Parker\u2019s fourth full-length as Tame Impala is his most painstakingly detailed yet, with trippy guitar lines and delicate vocal melodies over buoyant grooves that reflect his recent studio work with the likes of Mark Ronson and Kali Uchis. You\u2019d call the result obsessive if it didn\u2019t just make you want to dance.\n\nGrimes, \u201cMiss Anthropocene\u201d (Feb. 21)\n\nThe Canadian singer and producer has spoken expansively about her oft-delayed follow-up to 2015\u2019s \u201cArt Angels,\u201d most recently saying it\u2019s \u201cabout a modern demonology or a modern pantheon where every song is about a different way to suffer,\u201d as she put it in a published conversation with Lana Del Rey. But even Grimes knows that many listeners will be scrutinizing \u201cMiss Anthropocene\u2019s\u201d knotty electronic pop for clues about her unlikely romantic relationship with Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk.\n\nDua Lipa, \u201cFuture Nostalgia\u201d\n\nLast year\u2019s Grammy winner for new artist has had disco and house music on her mind, to judge from \u201cElectricity\u201d and \u201cOne Kiss\u201d \u2013 a pair of excellent collaborations with Silk City and Calvin Harris, respectively \u2013 and from \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,\u201d the delightfully rubbery lead single from her sophomore solo disc set for release sometime this year. The throwback sound suits Lipa\u2019s throaty vocals, which have grown more soulful since her catchy but faceless 2017 debut.\n\nOzzy Osbourne, \u201cOrdinary Man\u201d\n\nThe 71-year-old heavy-metal pioneer found himself in the middle of the pop conversation last year when Post Malone recruited him for \u201cTake What You Want,\u201d their pitch-perfect power ballad from Malone\u2019s smash \u201cHollywood\u2019s Bleeding\u201d album. Now, Osbourne is readying a record of his own that he made with Malone\u2019s producer Andrew Watt; bassist Duff McKagan of Guns N\u2019 Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith are also in the mix.\n\nYoung Thug\n\nHip-hop\u2019s boldest dresser \u2013 not to mention one of its most distinctive vocal stylists \u2013 has several projects reportedly in the pipeline, including an album with the tantalizing title \u201cPunk\u201d and a full-length collaboration he\u2019s said to have made with Juice Wrld, who died last month at age 21.\n\nFrank Ocean\n\nThe elusive R&B auteur hasn\u2019t revealed anything official about his feverishly anticipated follow-up to 2016\u2019s \u201cBlonde.\u201d But if he\u2019s truly set to headline Coachella, as is widely rumored, then Ocean seems all but certain to time his new album to the April mega-festival (as Kendrick Lamar did a few years ago with \u201cDamn\u201d). Then again, Ocean\u2019s recent string of singles led many to expect him to show up at November\u2019s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival \u2013 and we all know how that turned out.\n\nHaim\n\nL.A.\u2019s premier sister trio isn\u2019t making it easy to predict where the three will go on their third studio album. \u201cSummer Girl,\u201d the first of three 2019 singles, was a stripped-down Lou Reed-style jam, while \u201cNow I\u2019m in It\u201d was classic uptempo Haim and \u201cHallelujah\u201d a folky acoustic tune.\n\nDixie Chicks, \u201cGaslighter\u201d\n\nThe outspoken country trio \u2013 whose last album, \u201cTaking the Long Way,\u201d came out in 2006 (and won Grammys for album, record and song of the year) \u2013 returned to the studio in 2019 for a guest appearance on Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cLover.\u201d Now they\u2019re working with Swift\u2019s right-hand man, Jack Antonoff, on a divorce-inspired record that lead singer Natalie Maines has described as \u201c10 times\u201d more \u201cpersonal and autobiographical\u201d than \u201cTaking the Long Way.\u201d\n\nJustin Bieber\n\nWith appearances on tracks by a diverse array of acts including Luis Fonsi, DJ Khaled, Ed Sheeran, Gucci Mane, Billie Eilish and Dan & Shay, Bieber hasn\u2019t exactly been hard to hear in the half-decade since his last solo record, 2015\u2019s Christian-themed \u201cPurpose.\u201d But this year, he\u2019ll be nearly impossible to escape, with a comeback single, \u201cYummy,\u201d set for release on Friday, followed by the late-January premiere of a YouTube reality series, a world tour that kicks off in May and an album that the now-married man says will be \u201cdifferent than the previous albums just because of where I\u2019m at in my life.\u201d\n\nRihanna\n\nThe wait for \u201cR9,\u201d as fans refer with increasing impatience to Rihanna\u2019s upcoming ninth studio album, has become an internet joke \u2013 so much so that Rihanna herself got in on it recently with an Instagram post in which the singer (who\u2019s been spending her time on acting, her clothing and beauty lines and a coffee-table book) captioned a video of a dancing puppy like so: \u201cupdate: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.\u201d\n\nRead or Share this story: https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2020\/01\/03\/selena-gomez-grimes-new-albums\/40939959\/","sentence2":"January is always an exciting time for music fans.\n\nFresh from trawling the end-of-year lists, now it\u2019s all about the best of what\u2019s to come, with countless new albums on the horizon.\n\nAs is always the case at this time of year, the rumour mill is in full motion \u2014 Frank Ocean, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Haim, Cardi B and many, many more are among the artists on the brink of releasing new music in 2020, depending on who you believe.\n\nHere, we\u2019ve cut through the noise to pick out 10 artists who almost definitely will come through with the goods \u2014 five of them have confirmed dates, others are sure to deliver within the next 12 months and the rest have dropped extremely strong hints that albums are on the way.\n\nHalsey \u2014 Manic (January 17)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nA worldwide arena filler, Ashley \u201cHalsey\u201d Frangipane might still be better known as the voice of other people\u2019s songs. Her two UK number ones have been on Closer by The Chainsmokers and Benny Blanco\u2019s Eastside. But her third album should cement her status as a queen of dark pop, containing hits of her own including Without Me.\n\nKesha \u2014 High Road (January 31)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nBefore her 2017 comeback Rainbow, Kesha Sebert couldn\u2019t release music for five years due to a legal battle with her former producer. Finally she\u2019s busy again, with her fourth album on the way. Her big voice wraps itself around rowdy pop with a country feel, with plenty of plucked guitar and cameos from Sturgill Simpson and Brian Wilson.\n\nGreen Day \u2014 Father of All Motherf***ers (February 7)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nStory continues"}
-{"id":"1503040793_1504994387","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Ask mayors or city managers of any coastal city in Florida what the No. 1 neighborhood issue is in their community, and they are not likely to say sea-level rise or crime.\n\nIt\u2019s vacation rentals.\n\nIndeed, go ask that question among St. Armands Key residents, on Longboat Key and especially on Anna Maria Island.\n\nIt\u2019s a national issue. Everywhere, elected leaders are struggling with how vacation rentals should be regulated and who should regulate them.\n\nShould Airbnb homes be required to meet all of the safety and licensing standards and regulations as hotels? Who should have jurisdiction, local governments or the state government?\n\nOnce again in Tallahassee, the issue is on lawmakers\u2019 agendas.\n\nSenate Bill 1128 and House Bill 1011 are proposing what former state Sen. Greg Steube of Sarasota (now Congressman Steube) tried for two years. That is have the state preempt local governments and rule all vacation rentals.\n\nThis is a conundrum, to be sure. Government is best closest to the people. Citizens incorporate precisely to have control over their communities, not be ruled by the far-away state.\n\nBut at the same time, you can make an argument that NIMBYism is so pervasive that vocal neighbors want their cities to ban vacation rentals altogether. In the process, they are forgetting all about property rights. Why should you be allowed to have 10 relatives stay with you but your neighbor be prohibited from renting his home to 10 of his old college friends?\n\nSB 1128 and HB 1011 are indeed flawed \u2014 mostly on the regulations they would create for those advertising vacation rentals. Both bills should be tabled.\n\nAt some point, to craft a balanced law, legislators must realize this is an issue that requires thoughtful, rational examination and study outside the emotional and horse-trading confines of the annual legislative session.","sentence2":"EDITOR: I have watched as these so-called vacation rental properties destroy neighborhoods, but the Republican-controlled legislature in Tallahassee seems bound and determined to push forward on House Bill 1011 and Senate Bill 1128 in their quest to take all control away from municipalities.\n\nEDITOR: I have watched as these so-called vacation rental properties destroy neighborhoods, but the Republican-controlled legislature in Tallahassee seems bound and determined to push forward on House Bill 1011 and Senate Bill 1128 in their quest to take all control away from municipalities.\n\nThese are for the most part party houses put into residential neighborhoods. I'd bet my house that Ronnie May (quoted in a Jan. 22 Page 1A Record story), who has four of these vacation houses, lives in a gated community where they are not allowed."}
-{"id":"1531413897_1524805227","score":1.0,"sentence1":"On Friday, Feb. 21 at 12 a.m. PST, Disney+ dropped the season seven premiere of Dave Filoni\u2019s epic animated series \u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars,\u201d which premiered over a decade ago in 2008. The season is Disney\u2019s latest success with the rights of \u201cStar Wars,\u201d after season one of its series \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d became the most-streamed show in the world. However, where \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d thrives due to creating new, original characters, \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d must rely on the main characters of the prequel trilogy to tell its story. The critical reception to the episode and rallying of fan support proves that Filoni mastered the art of building on existing characterization.\n\nDuring its original run from 2008 to 2014 on Cartoon Network, \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d was one of the most highly-rated shows ever on the network, received widespread acclaim for improving the characters of the franchise, and won multiple Daytime Emmy awards. While originally marketed as a children\u2019s series, the seasons became darker as the audience aged, delving into the repercussions of war and the balance of good and evil in the Force. However, in 2013 the show was effectively canceled, and the remaining episodes that would tie up the war were scrapped. It was not until the acquisition of the series by Disney, with the creation of its streaming service, that a final season of 12 episodes to officially end the series was announced.\n\n\u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars\u201d takes place inside the \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequel trilogy, which tells the story of Anakin Skywalker\u2019s downfall from a Jedi Knight to Darth Vader after serving in a three-year war known as the Clone Wars. The Clone Wars take place before \u201cEpisode III: Revenge of the Sith,\u201d during a period when both Skywalker and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi are generals in the war, and Skywalker is secretly married to Luke and Leia\u2019s future-mother Padm\u00e9 Amidala. When the series premiered in 2008 after a theatrical film release served as its pilot, supervising director Filoni juggled the narrative themes of Skywalker\u2019s future fall and the villainy of Palpatine while also taking on the challenge of doing the impossible: making the Clone Wars interesting.\n\nThe war is fought between a robot droid army called Separatists and an army of cloned men created by the Republic to be expendable soldiers with an enhanced aging process to ensure the maximum number of bodies. In every battle fought in this literal \u2018star war\u2019 droids and clones become blaster-fodder on alien planets while the Jedi are essentially a metaphor for the United Nations: attempting to create peace but with no ability to enforce it. The prequels were heavily criticized for the soulless nature of the war and the lack of stakes involved, as well as the ineffective portrayal of Anakin Skywalker and Padm\u00e9 Amidala.\n\nBy contrast, in each 22-minute animated episode of \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d Filoni took the time to flesh out these characters and explore the depth of the narrative themes at stake. In order to effectively portray Anakin\u2019s growth into a Jedi master that takes place off-screen in \u201cRevenge of the Sith,\u201d Filoni created the character of Ahsoka Tano, a young female Jedi who becomes Anakin\u2019s apprentice. Although initially seen as bratty, Ahsoka\u2019s bravery, skill, and determination to do the right thing in wartime ultimately made her one of the most popular characters in \u201cStar Wars\u201d and a feminist figure.\n\nAhsoka Tano also serves as an excellent sounding board for Anakin and the viewer as she questioned her master about the nature of the Jedi Council that requires them to be both soldiers and peace-keepers. In several episodes, Ahsoka questions these contradictions while Anakin is struggling to reconcile his marriage with his duty. By its very nature, the series has to balance foreshadowing what\u2019s to come, but by choosing to focus on this reality Filoni ultimately paved the way for Luke Skywalker\u2019s arc in \u201cThe Last Jedi,\u201d where he states: \u201cAt the height of [the Jedi\u2019s] powers, they allowed Darth Sidious to rise, create the empire, and wipe them out.\u201d\n\nAll main characters in the original series get arcs to develop their characters, but further fleshed out than any other characters, however, are the clones.\n\nThe clone characters name-dropped in the saga (Cody, Rex, Fives, and Echo to name a few) are soldiers desperate to do their duty with a sense of individuality, formulating a culture of brotherhood among one another and using what little tools they have\u2013 hairstyles, tattoos, and body armor\u2013 to distinguish themselves from the masses. At first, the clones are passionate about the war they were created for. However, the longer all the dying stretches out the more disillusioned everyone becomes.\n\nThe season seven premiere, 12 years after the first season began, returns to this formula by focusing on the clones and Anakin Skywalker. The episode, titled \u201cThe Bad Batch,\u201d features the clones on a mission with several noticeably mutated clones whose glaring uniqueness serves as their strength, and Anakin watches as Rex lets his emotions fuel his mission\u2013 the same thing Anakin is constantly criticized for by his superiors throughout the series. By jumping back into the thematic plots that are its greatest strength, the premiere received widespread acclaim and the series was called \u201cbetter than ever\u201d by USA Today.\n\nThe series does not pause to remind viewers of the events and characters they watched during the six-year break, instead of trusting (rightfully) that its fanbase will remember. Where so many other entries in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d franchise lead to frustration and discourse (i.e. the sequel trilogy), \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d has found a method that appeases \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans and actually builds on what people love about this fictional story. The series also proves that fans are willing to wait indefinitely to have closure.\n\nSeason seven of \u201cStar Wars:The Clone Wars\u201d is released weekly on Disney+. Episode 2 will air on Friday, Feb. 28 at 12am PST.\n\nSources: Observer, USA Today","sentence2":"It took six years, but fans of \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" will finally be getting the show's long-awaited seventh and final season.\n\nThe six-year wait for \u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars\u201d Season 7 is nearly over. The first episode of the series\u2019 final season will premiere on Disney+ on Friday, February 21, and Disney has unveiled a new clip and several images to hype up the beginning of the end.\n\nLike the show itself, Season 7 will focus on the end of the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars that defined much of the franchise\u2019s mythology. The new clip from \u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d teases a team-up with a squad of \u201cfavorably mutated\u201d clone troopers, who will kick off the season with a mission behind Separatist lines.\n\nPer Disney: \u201cThe forces of darkness have amassed great power in their bid to transform the Republic into the Galactic Empire. With the Republic on a losing streak, Captain Rex fears the Separatists are using stolen data to help predict the Grand Army\u2019s every move. As the threat of defeat looms, Rex teams up with experimental Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch. Together, they embark on a high-risk mission behind enemy lines to uncover the truth behind the Separatist victories.\u201d\n\nWhile the series\u2019 new clip is focused on the Clone Troopers, plenty of fan-favorite Force users will be returning throughout the upcoming season, including Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, and Ahsoka Tano.\n\nDisney\n\n\u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d was intended to kick off Season 7 several years ago before production on the series was stopped. The episode would\u2019ve been part of a four-episode arc. One of the series\u2019 writers released plot details about the story arc in 2014, when the series\u2019 future was uncertain \u2014 and unfinished story reels were also released \u2014 but only time will tell how the experimental Clone Troopers play into the overall series.\n\nThe seventh season of \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d will premiere a few months after Dave Filoni\u2019s Disney+ tentpole \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d hit the streamer. Filoni served as creator and showrunner on \u201cStar Wars Rebels\u201d and is the showrunner for \u201cThe Clone Wars.\u201d Like his animated series, \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d which will return for a second season in October, enjoyed stellar fan reception.\n\n\u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d Season 1 finale teased that the Darksaber, a black-bladed lightsaber that originated in \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d would play a significant role in future installments. Given the interconnected nature of recent \u201cStar Wars\u201d projects \u2014 and Disney\u2019s need to keep the franchise in the public eye \u2014 don\u2019t be surprised if similar teases pop up in the upcoming \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d season.\n\nCheck out the clip from \u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d below:\n\nPopular on IndieWire\n\nSign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here."}
-{"id":"1580455801_1556085070","score":1.0,"sentence1":"On Sunday, March 22, Canada officially pulled out of the Olympics. Soon other nations such as Australia and Brazil followed suit, pulling out of the Olympics and urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make a decision on the postponement of the 2020 Games.\n\nRELATED: Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls react to Canada pulling out of the 2020 Games\n\nMonday, March 23, longtime IOC member Dick Pound told USA Today Sports that the event would be postponed. The IOC refused to confirm the postponement.\n\nFinally, on Tuesday, March 24, Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he and the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, had come to an agreement during a phone call. The Olympics will be postponed and held \u2018at the very latest\u2019 summer 2021.\n\nAfter his telephone talks with IOC President Bach, PM Abe spoke to the press and explained that the two have agreed that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not be cancelled, and the games will be held by the summer of 2021. pic.twitter.com\/ihe8To2g3R \u2014 PM's Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO) March 24, 2020\n\n\u201cConsidering the current situation, in regards to the Tokyo Games,\u201d said Abe, \u201cas the host nation, in order to ensure that athletes from all over the world are able to compete in their best condition, and also in order to ensure the utmost safety for the spectators, I have asked him to consider postponing the games by about a year.\u201d\n\nThe IOC and Japanese government agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan, as a \u201cbeacon of hope\u201d. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.\n\nThe Olympics was set to run from July 24 through Aug. 9, and the Paralympics from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6. This will be the first time the IOC has rescheduled an Olympics due to health threats.","sentence2":"Tokyo: Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted at the postponement of Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games may become \u201cinevitable\u201d.\n\nThe comments from Abe were his first acknowledgement that the 2020 Games may not open as scheduled on July 24, as the coronavirus marches across the globe causing unprecedented chaos.\n\nCanada\u2019s Olympic and Paralympic committees meanwhile announced they will not send teams to the Games if they are held this summer, citing the health of their athletes and the general public.\n\nAnd Australia\u2019s Olympic committee told athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in the northern-hemisphere summer of 2021.\n\nThe IOC has also shifted its position on the Games, issuing a statement on Sunday saying it was stepping up planning for different scenarios, including postponement.\n\nThe coronavirus has already had an impact, with qualifiers cancelled and events to celebrate the Olympic torch arrival and relay scaled back.\n\nDespite the measures, tens of thousands of people flocked to a cauldron displaying the flame in northeastern Japan, raising fears about whether the relay can be held safely."}
-{"id":"1492472369_1530831511","score":4.0,"sentence1":"At least one person has been confirmed dead, following Saturday\u2019s fire that gutted the Mgbuka Obosi Spare Parts Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra.\n\nThe deceased, identified simply as G.O.D and Chairman of Zone 11 in the market, did not die in the inferno.\n\nHe was said to have slumped in the market \u201cafter seeing that his five shops were completely destroyed by the fire.\u201d\n\nHe was reportedly rushed to a private hospital in the area but was said to have died later.\n\nIt was gathered that the fire, which destroyed goods valued at millions of naira, started at about 1:30 am.\n\nMr Edwin Okadigbo, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra command, confirmed the incident in Awka.\n\nOkadigbo, an Assistant Superintendent, said that nobody died in the fire because it occurred in the night when traders had all retired to their homes.\n\nHe said: \u201cNo life was lost in the fire, but the chairman of Zone 11, one Mr G.O.D, slumped after seeing his five shops razed down by the fire.\n\n\u201cHe was rushed to the hospital but later gave up the ghost.\u201d\n\nHe said that the fire destroyed so many shops and goods because of the highly inflammable nature of the goods sold in the market.\n\nThe NSCDC spokesman said that the fire was put out by men of the Anambra State Fire Service, assisted by operatives of other sister security agencies.\n\nHe said that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained but suspected it could either come from electrical fault or wildfire from the neighbourhood.\n\nMeanwhile, the state Commandant of the corps, Mr David Bille, has expressed his condolences to the leadership of the market and traders, who lost their goods and other valuables, as well as the bereaved family.","sentence2":"At least, one person has been confirmed dead, while four others escaped with varying degrees of injuries in a road mishap that involved a commercial bus and a motorcycle in Mbosi junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday.\n\nThe incident which happened at about 12:30hrs on Tuesday, saw a crash involving the shuttle bus with registration no. WER 858 ZS and a motorcycle with registration no. MGD-708 QJ ridden by a man who is popularly known as \u2018Action\u2019 in the area.\n\nSpokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in Anambra State, Edwin Okadigbo said preliminary investigation revealed that over-speeding and loss of control on the part of both the bus driver and the motorcyclist may be the reason.\n\nHe said, \u201cThe bus was approaching from Orlu direction and the motorcyclist known as \u201cACTION\u201d from Uli was approaching from Total filling station, Ihiala direction, when both of them, while trying to avoid the pothole close to Mbosi Junction collided.\n\n\u201cThe motorcyclist smashed the front glass of the bus with his head. The victim and the driver and passengers of the bus were rushed to our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala where the motorcyclist was confirmed dead while the bus driver is currently receiving treatment.\u201d\n\nOkadigbo said the NSCDC in Ihiala, led by Divisional Officer SC Chinweze Chinenye and his personnel with other sister security agencies helped cordon off the area, and assisted in taking the victims to the hospital, and controlled traffic to allow free flow of vehicles.\n\nHe added that the state commandant of NSCDC, Comdt. David Bille has ordered an investigation to ascertain other circumstances surrounding the incident."}
-{"id":"1490020331_1488499869","score":1.5,"sentence1":"BHOPAL: As many as 8 lakh employees of BHEL, Railways, Post Office, BSNL, Banks, Income Tax, CPWD and others stood at par with the nationwide strike by 10 trade unions against privatisation and mergering of banks, in Bhopal on Wednesday.\n\nDemonstration and march (procession) marked the strike in the state capital. Bankers demonstrated at Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), Press Complex, impacting banking services in the region.\n\nThey also put up 12-point demands including minimum wage of Rs 21,000 and pension of Rs 10,000 among all departments.\n\nThe National Open Mass Convention of Workers organised by the ten Central Trade Unions namely INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, independent federations and associations of various sectors including some independent unions called for a nationwide general strike against the anti-worker, anti people, anti-national policies of the Modi-2 Government.\n\nWestern central Railways (WCR) Employees Union Philip Oommen said, \u201cWe have supported the strike on the basis of demands which are well justified. We hold demonstration to extend moral support to strike which was against central government anti-employees policies.\u201d\n\nINTUC (BHEL) president RD Tripathi said, \u201cAll the trade unions were on strike in BHEL in response to the nationwide strike call against central government anti-employees policies. It was big strike against union government.\u201d\n\nAll India Postal Department Employees Association general secretary RN Parashar said, \u201cIt was successful nationwide strike against union government anti-employees policies especially economic policies. Employees from all the branches joined the strike.\u201d\n\nAs per protesters, the national economy is slowing down. The adverse effects are already being felt by the workers in unorganised as well as organised sectors in the form of large scale retrenchment and closures. In the name of the recession, the Central Government is taking steps such as reducing corporate taxes, and giving them big bonanza from the national exchequer while not a single penny is spent to ensure job security or employment allowance to the workers.","sentence2":"Govt Warns PSU Employees Of Action As About 25 Crore People Set To Participate In Bharat Bandh\n\nGovt Warns PSU Employees Of Action As About 25 Crore People Set To Participate In Bharat Bandh\n\nThe government has asked public sector undertakings to dissuade their employees from participating in the 'Bharat Bandh' called on Wednesday and advised them to prepare a contingency plan to ensure the smooth functioning of the enterprises.\n\n\n\nAccording to news agency PTI, ten central trade unions have said around 25 crore people will participate in the nationwide strike to protest against the government's \"anti-people\" policies.\n\nTrade unions INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations had adopted a declaration in September last to go on the nationwide strike on January 8.\n\n\"Any employee going on strike in any form, including protest, would face the consequences which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action,\" said an office memorandum issued by the government.\"\n\nDon't Miss 33 K SHARES 14.7 K SHARES 4.8 K SHARES 7.7 K SHARES 5 K SHARES\n\nSuitable contingency plan may also be worked out to carry out the various functions of the ministry\/department,\" it added.\n\nIt also issued instructions not to sanction casual leave or another kind of leave to employees if applied for during the period of the proposed protest or strike and ensure that the willing employees are allowed hindrance-free entry into the office premises.\n\nThe instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training prohibit the Government servants from participating in any form of strike, including mass casual leave, go-slow and sit-down, or any action that abet any form of strike. Besides, pay and allowances are not admissible to an employee for his absence from duty without any authority.\n\nThe central trade unions are protesting against labour reforms, FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies and to press for 12-point common demands of the working class relating to minimum wage and social security, among others.\n\nAbout 60 organisations of students and elected office-bearers of some universities have also decided to join the strike with an agenda to raise voice against increased fee structure and commercialization of education.\n\nThe trade unions condemned the JNU violence and similar incidents in other university campuses and expressed their solidarity with students and teachers all over India.\n\nWith PTI Inputs\/Image Credit: Reuters\/AFP"}
-{"id":"1524449375_1522807720","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Campenaerts, Vorster win Nedbank Cycle Challenge Staff Reporter Sports Khomas\n\nMaurice Kambukwe\n\nBelgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts and Namibia\u2019s top female rider Michelle Vorster were yesterday crowned champions of the 2020 Nedbank Cycle Challenge after winning their respective categories of the annual road racing event.\n\nCampenaerts completed the men\u2019s 100-km road race in a time 2 hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds to emerge victorious. The visiting Belgian finished eight minutes ahead of Nedbank Cycle Challenge two-time winner Dan Craven and Martin Freyer, who both clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes and 5 seconds.\n\nMeanwhile, local top female cyclist Michelle Vorster won the elite women 100-km race after completing the race in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of second-placed Jagau Imke and Dreyer Risa who both finished with a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds.\n\nSpeaking to New Era Sport after the prize giving ceremony, Compenaerts, who travelled from Belgium to be part of this massive event, said the purpose of him being part of the race was to win.\n\n\u201cThe race was intense in the beginning but as it was going, I managed to get a chance to move and stretch my lead \u2013 that\u2019s when I got a chance to go for a kill. My purpose for taking part in this competition was because the atmosphere of the race is great and that drove me to take part. My objective to take part was to win the competition,\u2019\u2019 said Compenaerts.\n\nOn her part, Vorster said \u201cI felt it was a relief after coming to the finishing line; it\u2019s a great feeling after various years of working hard just to become number one. It\u2019s a feeling that\u2019s hard to explain. And also, it\u2019s nice to see so many women take part in this competition\u201d.\n\nMeanwhile, the Physically Active Youth (PAY) after-school programme yesterday received a massive boost when the winners and sponsors of the men\u2019s 100-km race donated N$54 000 to the institution.\n\nCampenaerts said he was donating his winning prize money of N$12 000 to PAY as he was impressed with what the programme does to develop cyclists.\n\n\u201cDan (Craven) told me about the project; I said I do not have any jerseys that I can give to the kids. He said I should not worry about that. So, he took me to the project and I immediately fell in love with it. So, I decided that if I win this race today, I will donate my cheque to them,\u201d he explained.\n\nHe added that he hopes his donation will change lives at PAY, as he saw they are doing wonders in helping children with their education, while at the same time helping them enjoy their favourite sport.\n\nNot to be outdone, Craven also donated his second prize monetary winnings of N$9 000, with third-placed Martin Freyer also adding his N$6 000. With N$27 000 donated by the winners, Nedbank Namibia Managing Director Lionel Matthews doubled the donation, saying they are inspired by what the cyclists had done.\n\n- mkambukwe@nepc.com\n\n2020-02-17 08:12:58 | 2 days ago","sentence2":"Nedbank Cycle Challenge done and dusted\n\nLIMBA MUPETAMI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts and Michelle Vorster made easy work of the Nedbank Cycle Challenge in Windhoek yesterday.\n\n\n\nCampaenaerts broke away early from the rest of the pack to win in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds.\n\n\n\nNamibian cyclist Dan Craven beat Martin Freyer in the sprint for second place in a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes. The cyclist said he knew that he was going to win and thus cycled on his pace without any real threat from the rest of the contenders.\n\n\n\nRight after the race Campenaerts said he would donate his N$12 000 winnings to the organisation Physically Active Youth (PAY), which he visited last week.\n\n\n\nHe said he was impressed with the work they are doing and knew from the start that he had to win the race in order to give them the money.\n\n\n\nCraven and Freyer also announced at the prize-giving that they would donate their N$9 000 and N$6 000 winnings to the same organisation, which is an after-school centre in Katutura that provides a safe and nurturing learning environment for youngsters from disadvantaged communities.\n\n\n\nThe women\u2019s 100 km race was easily won by Michelle Vorster (2 hours, 39 minutes, 31 seconds), who also on Saturday won the Nedbank Mountain Bike Challenge.\n\n\n\nIn second place was Imke Jagau (2 hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds), and in third was Risa Dreyer. Their winnings are the same as the men\u2019s."}
-{"id":"1489951217_1489983888","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020.\n\nTwo rockets hit the Green Zone in Iraq's capital of Baghdad, a day after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S. and other coalition targets at bases in Iraq, according to a report Wednesday.\n\nThe Dow Jones Industrial Average pared gains on the heels of the reports of an explosion in Baghdad. The Dow Jones closed 161 points higher, but about 80 points lower than it had been just before the news.\n\nIraq's military said that two Katyusha rockets fell inside the Green Zone, the section that contains the U.S. Embassy, other embassies of western nations and foreign businesses, according to Reuters.\n\nThere were no casualities, according to the statement from Iraq's military.\n\nThe White House and Pentagon had no immediate comment.\n\nThe rockets were fired several hours after President Donald Trump declared that Iran appeared to be standing down from the U.S. \u2014 remarks that sent stock indices surging higher.\n\nOn Tuesday night eastern time, Iran fired missile attacks against two Iraqi bases that house U.S. military and coalition forces.\n\nThe barrage was retaliation for the killing a week earlier of Iran's top military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad.\n\nTrump on Wednesday defended the decision to target Soleimani, who has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in the Middle East.","sentence2":"Two rockets fell on Wednesday inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said.\n\nPolice sources told Reuters at least one of the rockets fell 100 meters from the U.S. Embassy.\n\n\"Two Katyusha rockets fall inside the Green Zone without causing casualties. Details to follow,\" the military said.\n\nWitnesses confirmed to Reuters that two loud blasts followed by sirens had been heard in Baghdad early Wednesday local time, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility.\n\nThe blasts come at an especially fraught time, as Iran launched missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq overnight. That attack was in retaliation for the killing by the United States last week of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and raised concerns about a potential wider war in the Middle East."}
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If you would like to request a full trial of our services, please fill in the trial request form instead.\n\nNote our system only accepts work email addresses (e.g. no Gmail, etc.).\n\nThe password for your account must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one number, one capital letter and one of the following special characters (between double quotes): \" !\"#$%&'()*+,-.\/:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~\".\n\nEmail address\n\nFirst Name Last Name Organisation Job Title Telephone City State \/ Province (USA and Canada only) \u2013\u2013\u2013 \u2013\u2013\u2013 USA select from below \u2013\u2013\u2013 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming \u2013\u2013\u2013 Canada select from below \u2013\u2013\u2013 Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Nunavut Northwest Territories Country \u2013\u2013\u2013 Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Ascension Island Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunel Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati South Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St Helena St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uganda United Kingdom Ukraine Uruguay US Virgin Islands United States of America Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe online-registration Asset Class Of Interest --- Multi-Asset Equities Fixed Income Real Estate Commodities FX \/ Currency","sentence2":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Mirror - daily news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email\n\nA mum has been praised by fellow parents after she posted a list of rules she believes all young women should follow.\n\nThe 36 bullet points of tips and tricks are aimed to help to female get through life and has hit home with mums and dads, one of whom called it \"excellent advice\".\n\nWith some practical things to do, like make your bed every day, and don't walk through alleys alone, they are listed alongside more mantras for life like: never lie to yourself and reserve \"I'm sorry\" for when you truly are.\n\nThe list has been shared online more than 25,000 times, with more than 2,000 people commenting too.\n\nIt ends with: \"If in doubt, remember whose daughter you are and straighten your crown\".\n\nOne fellow mum said: \"This is gooooood and I really like 23 and 28... and they are all things I wish I had been taught when I was little. Nicely done.\"\n\nAnother woman added: \"I truly loved this one, but the only one that hurts the most is knowing that I can't come home anymore... Because you're resting now Mommy, but when I could I definitely did. With my girls in tow.\"\n\n(Image: Getty Images)\n\nRULES TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER\n\n1. Make your bed every day, even if it\u2019s right before you get in it.\n\n2. Don\u2019t wear holey underwear\u2026in case you\u2019re in an accident and they cut your clothes off.\n\n3. Travel light through life. Keep only what you need.\n\n4. It\u2019s okay to cry when you\u2019re hurt. It\u2019s also okay to smash (some) things; but, wash your face, clean your mess, and get up off the floor when you\u2019re done. You don\u2019t belong down there.\n\n5. If you\u2019re going to curse, be clever. If you\u2019re going to curse in public, know your audience.\n\n6. Seek out the people and places that resonate with your soul.\n\n7. Just because you can, doesn\u2019t mean you should.\n\n8. 5-second rule. It\u2019s just dirt. There are worse things in a fast food cheeseburger.\n\n(Image: REX\/Shutterstock)\n\n9. Happiness is not a permanent state. Wholeness is. Don\u2019t confuse these.\n\n10. If you\u2019re staying more than one night, unpack your bag.\n\n11. Never walk through an alley alone.\n\n12. Be less sugar, more spice, and only as nice as you\u2019re able to without compromising yourself.\n\n13. Can\u2019t is a cop-out.\n\n14. Hold your heroes to a high standard. Be your own hero.\n\n15. If you can\u2019t smile with your eyes, don\u2019t smile. Insincerity is nothing to aspire to.\n\n16. Never lie to yourself.\n\n17. Your body, your rules.\n\n18. If you have an opinion, you better know why.\n\n19. Practice your passions.\n\n(Image: Getty)\n\n20. Ask for what you want. The worst thing they can say is no.\n\n21. Wish on stars and dandelions, then get to work to make them happen.\n\n22. Stay as sweet as you are.\n\n23. Fall in love often. Particularly with ideas, art, music, literature, food and far-off places.\n\n24. Fall hard and forever in love with nothing but yourself.\n\n25. Say Please, Thank You, and Pardon Me, whenever the situation warrants it.\n\n26. Reserve \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d for when you truly are.\n\n27. Naps are for grown-ups, too.\n\n28. Question everything, except your own intuition.\n\n29. You have enough. You are enough.\n\n30. You are amazing! Don\u2019t let anyone ever make you feel you are not. If someone does\u2026.walk away. You deserve better.\n\n31. No matter where you are, you can always come home.\n\n32. Be happy and remember your roots, family is EVERYTHING.\n\n33. Say what you mean and mean what you say.\n\n34. No one will ever love you more than I do.\n\n35. Be kind; treat others how you would like them to treat you.\n\n36. If in doubt, remember whose daughter you are and straighten your crown."}
-{"id":"1505710139_1505806901","score":4.0,"sentence1":"CLAIMED sightings of UFOs reported to the RAF by terrified members of the British public are to be published online for the first time.\n\nThe RAF ran a UFO unit for five decades but chose to shut it down in 2009 after it concluded none of the reports sent in offered evidence of a potential threat.\n\n2 Claimed sightings of UFOs reported to the RAF are to be published online Credit: Workbook Stock - Getty\n\nPreviously, records from the unit were given to the National Archives, often initially classified before being released after a specific number of years.\n\nBut the most recent reports received by the RAF will be placed online, the PA news agency revealed following a Freedom of Information Act request.\n\nMembers of the public reporting alleged UFO sightings are now directed to their local police force.\n\nA spokesman for the RAF said that \"it had been assessed that it would be better to publish these records, rather than continue sending documents to the National Archives, and so they are looking to put them on to a dedicated gov.uk web page\".\n\n2 Drawing of an 'alien spacecraft' spotted by two US servicemen during an unexplained incident in the Suffolk countryside in 1980 Credit: Alamy\n\nA clearance process for the documents is currently under way before publication, which is expected to take place \"some time within the first quarter of 2020\".\n\nIn response to the FOI request, the RAF described the files it held as \"comprising entirely of correspondence with members of the public\".\n\nIt added: \"The MoD has no opinion on the existence or otherwise of extra terrestrial life and does not investigate UFO reports.\"\n\nNick Pope, who used to investigate reports of UFO sightings for the MoD, welcomed the move.\n\n\"Given the massive public interest in this subject, I'm pleased that these files will be released and made available online,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\n\"The MoD have previously claimed that all the files have been released - only to find additional ones - so this latest move is bound to start a few conspiracy theories.\n\n\"When I worked on the MoD's 'UFO desk' we didn't find definitive proof of extraterrestrial visitation, but there were so many bizarre and unexplained sightings that we didn't entirely rule it out.\n\n\"I'm glad the public are to be given further insights into our work on these real-life X-Files.\"\n\nThe Rendlesham Forest incident: Britain\u2019s most famous UFO sighting The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 over a series of at least two nights. On December 26, 1980, military personnel at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk saw a strange light in Rendlesham Forest, which lies between the two bases. Three men were sent out to investigate where two of them encountered a small, triangularshaped craft. One man, Jim Penniston, got close enough to touch the side of the object. He and another of the airmen present, John Burroughs, made sketches of the craft for witness statements. Two nights later Deputy Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt and his team then encountered the UFO. He said later: \"Here I am, a senior official who routinely denies this sort of thing and diligently works to debunk them, and I'm involved in the middle of something I can't explain.\"\n\nDespite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained.\n\nEx UFO-chief claims he quit US government over alien encounter 'cover-up'\n\nTOP STORIES IN SCIENCE Investigation GAME SHAME YouTube flooded with hardcore sex videos from Roblox, a video game for KIDS TRACK DAY You can now race pals in Mario Kart on iPhone and Android for first time ever MURDER ON THE NILE Famous 'mistress' mummy Takabuti was KNIFED to death in her twenties LOGGED OFF WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones this week \u2013 is yours on the list? SPACED OUT Elon Musk plots launch of 60 SpaceX internet satellites amid 'space junk' row\n\nIn other news, a researcher claimed earlier this month that the discovery of alien life was not only \"inevitable\" but also \"imminent\".\n\nOne Nasa scientist has admitted it's entirely possible that aliens have already visited Earth \u2013 and we simply never noticed.\n\nAnd, here are the mysteries we need to solve in order to prove the existence of extraterrestrials.\n\nDo you believe in extraterrestrials? Let us know in the comments!\n\nWe pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Tech & Science team? Email us at tech@the-sun.co.uk","sentence2":"HUGELY popular viral video app Vine is back as 'Byte' \u2013 four years after being unexpectedly killed off.\n\nByte is hoping to regain the popularity of Vine, which was loved for its rule of only allowing 6-second looping videos.\n\n3 Byte is a new app designed to replace the void left by Vine Credit: Byte\n\nThe mind behind Byte is Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann, who has been working on the new app for two years.\n\nJust like Vine, Byte limits videos to six seconds in length \u2013 and loops them after they've finished.\n\n\"Today we're bringing back 6-second looping videos and a new community for people who love them,\" Byte's creators wrote.\n\n\"It's called Byte and it's both familiar and new. We hope it'll resonate with people who feel something's been missing.\"\n\n3 Users will be limited to uploading videos no longer than six seconds \u2013 which will loop after finishing Credit: Byte\n\nIt was originally supposed to launch in spring 2019, but was delayed for unknown reasons.\n\nNow the app is free to download and is available on iPhone and Android phones.\n\nVine was founded back in June 2012, and was bought up by Twitter in October that same year \u2013 in what's believed to have been a $30million (\u00a322.9million) deal.\n\nThe app shot to popularity due to its short clips, with successful users often focusing particularly on comedy videos.\n\nIt was free to download, and was available on phones, computers and even game consoles.\n\nBut on October 27, 2016, Twitter announced that the Vine mobile app would be discontinued.\n\nIn December 2016, it was confirmed that the Vine app would remain operational, but videos would be published directly to Twitter.\n\nA month later, Vine's community website was shut down and the app was renamed to Vine Camera \u2013 which was largely deemed a flop.\n\n3 Byte was created by Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman Credit: Twitter\n\nIn January 2017, Twitter launched an archive of all Vine videos, but there was no way to upload new content to the service.\n\nMany Vine videos still prove popular on YouTube today, and there's been significant interest in a reboot of the app.\n\nBut Vine now faces stiff competition from rival app TikTok, a video app that's hugely popular with teens.\n\nByte \u2013 will it be the next hit app? Here's what industry expert Paolo Pescatore, of PP Foresight, told The Sun... \"Video is the next battle ground and is fast becoming a crowded place with too many services chasing few dollars.\n\n\"There are some opportunities to be novel that will resonate with viewers.\n\n\"Everyone wants to jump on the new thing but making money and attracting top quality content will represent the biggest test.\n\n\"For now new services need to have eyeballs and content.\"\n\nFormer Vine celebrities who have since transferred to TikTok are already turning up on Byte too.\n\nThey include Lance Stewart, Chris Melberger and Josh Darnit.\n\nThese online stars are likely attracted by the fact that Byte has vowed to start paying creators immediately \u2013 despite having only just launched.\n\nPeople on TikTok are coating their testicles in soy sauce in bizarre viral trend\n\nMOST READ IN TECH APPLE CRUMBLE Which iPhones are 'obsolete' and 'dangerous' in 2020? The full list CRIME TIME GTA 6 news 'on the way' as game-maker preps big announcement for next week CLEAN SLATE New Facebook button lets you see ALL your info other sites have given them LOGGED OFF WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones this week \u2013 is yours on the list? Investigation GAME SHAME YouTube flooded with hardcore sex videos from Roblox, a video game for KIDS ALL ABOARD Nasa's 'space home' where first ISS tourists will enjoy 'largest Earth window'\n\nIn other news, teens were recently panicking over rumours that TikTok is shutting down.\n\nExperts this week warned TikTok users not to participate in a \"stupid and dangerous\" trend that saw teens upload videos of themselves blowing up iPhone chargers.\n\nAnd Instagram influencers are being propositioned with huge sums of money for sex on a daily basis.\n\nWill you be signing up to Byte, or has the moment passed? Let us know in the comments!\n\nWe pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Tech & Science team? Email us at tech@the-sun.co.uk"}
-{"id":"1519707224_1518511192","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Sarah Adina Smith\u2019s latest will be of special interest to fans of \u201cBlack Swan\u201d and \u201cBunheads\u201d: the writer-director of \u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart\u201d is working on a ballet drama. This calls for a celebratory pli\u00e9. A press release announced that Amazon Studios and Anonymous Content have kicked off principal photography on Smith\u2019s \u201cBirds of Paradise.\u201d Kristine Froseth (\u201cThe Assistant\u201d) and Diana Silvers (\u201cBooksmart\u201d) star in the feature.\n\nAn adaptation of A.K. Small\u2019s 2019 novel \u201cBright Burning Stars,\u201d \u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d takes place at \u201ca prestigious ballet school in Paris, where the new girl (Silvers) befriends a grieving dance prodigy (Froseth) as the dancers compete for the school\u2019s ultimate prize: to receive a contract to join the Parisian Opera\u2019s ballet company,\u201d the pic\u2019s synopsis details. \u201cAs the pressure mounts and the girls are pushed to their physical and emotional limits, their bond is tested and they\u2019re forced to ask themselves just how far they are willing to go to win.\u201d\n\nSmith, who signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios last year, penned the script.\n\n\u201cSarah is a talented, visionary filmmaker who we\u2019re so happy is part of the Amazon family, and we can\u2019t wait to bring her next story to life with \u2018Birds of Paradise,'\u201d said Julie Rapaport, Co-head of Movies at Amazon Studios. \u201cWe\u2019re also thrilled to be working with stars Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth who are both on the path to becoming the next household names with their undeniable talents.\u201d\n\nAdded Smith, \u201cI wrote these roles specifically for Kristine Froseth and Diana Silvers, who I believe are going to take the world by storm. I\u2019m honored to take this journey with them and so thrilled to be partnering with Amazon Studios once again in pursuit of bold, unapologetic filmmaking.\u201d\n\nSmith\u2019s debut feature, 2014\u2019s \u201cThe Midnight Swim,\u201d took home the breakthrough audience award from AFI Fest. Her follow-up, 2016\u2019s Rami Malek-starrer \u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart,\u201d premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. On the small screen, her credits include \u201cHanna,\u201d \u201cLegion,\u201d and \u201cRoom 104.\u201d\n\n\u201cI suspect that directing movies might be a lot like being a professional athlete,\u201d Smith told us. \u201cYou have to keep your head in the game and your eye on the ball. And you can\u2019t waste time mourning losses or celebrating wins \u2014 at least not until the game is over. Stamina, patience, precision of judgment \u2014 these are all the things I love about the job!\u201d\n\nWhen asked what advice she\u2019d give other women directors, she said, \u201cI would tell them to do things their own way and don\u2019t feel like you ever have to conform to the system, because the system was largely built by men. We need to take all the good lessons from the past and from those existing systems but also not be afraid to make our own rules,\u201d she emphasized.","sentence2":"Diana Silvers (\u201cBooksmart\u201d) and Kristine Froseth (\u201cSierra Burgess Is a Loser\u201d) will star in the ballet drama \u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d by writer and director Sarah Adina Smith (\u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart\u201d).\n\nAmazon Studios and Anonymous Content have started principal photography on the feature, which is currently shooting in Budapest. Anonymous Content\u2019s Trevor Adley and Dara Gordon are producing alongside Jonako Donley at Everything Is Everything.\n\n\u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d is based on the novel \u201cBright Burning Stars\u201d from A.K. Small, and is set in a prestigious ballet school in Paris, where a new girl (Silvers) befriends a grieving prodigy (Froseth). The dancers must compete for the school\u2019s biggest prize, to receive a contract to join the Parisian Opera\u2019s ballet company.\n\nAlso Read: Sam Claflin to Star Opposite Riley Keough in 'Daisy Jones & the Six' at Amazon\n\n\u201cSarah is a talented, visionary filmmaker who we\u2019re so happy is part of the Amazon family, and we can\u2019t wait to bring her next story to life with \u2018Birds of Paradise,'\u201d Julie Rapaport, Co-head of Movies at Amazon Studios, said. \u201cWe\u2019re also thrilled to be working with stars Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth who are both on the path to becoming the next household names with their undeniable talents.\u201d\n\nSmith added, \u201cI wrote these roles specifically for Kristine Froseth and Diana Silvers, who I believe are going to take the world by storm. I\u2019m honored to take this journey with them and so thrilled to be partnering with Amazon Studios once again in pursuit of bold, unapologetic filmmaking.\u201d\n\nAlso Read: Tessa Thompson Sundance Film 'Sylvie's Love' Acquired by Amazon Studios\n\nSmith\u2019s credits including the pilot and second episode of \u201cHanna\u201d for Amazon, as well as the first episode of Hulu\u2019s \u201cLooking for Alaska,\u201d in which Froseth starred. Her other credits include \u201cThe Midnight Swim,\u201d \u201cRoom 104\u201d and \u201cLegion.\u201d\n\nSmith is represented by WME and Artists First and Jon Van Schaik, while Silvers is represented by WME and Anonymous Content and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman. Froseth is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller."}
-{"id":"1551432131_1543195875","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Jajpur\/Kalinganagar: People\u2019s demand for industrialisation in Jajpur district seems to be on the wane as two industrial units failed to lay their foundation stones over the last two weeks due to stiff opposition by locals, a report said.\n\nThe opposition of the residents stems from the fact that the firms were trying to take over the public land for establishment of their units and were ignoring employment of locals.\n\nReports said Kesika Metallics had planned for its ground breaking ceremony near the Biju Patnaik Park at Kalinganagar March 7 while Darcl Logistics had planned its foundation stone laying ceremony Tuesday.\n\nDarcl Logistics had planned to establish its hub over 10 acre of land in Danagadi tehsil but its plan for laying the foundation stone was frustrated after locals opposed handing over the land, comprising a pastureland and playground, to the firm. This led to face-off between the locals and the police personnel present there.\n\nLocals alleged that when the district administration had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc over coronavirus scare, the Dangadi tehsil officials carrying out measurement of the land and the foundation stone laying ceremony are in clear defiance of the collector\u2019s order.\n\nIt is alleged that the firms overlooking the problems of the residents and the displaced has led to a sharp resentment among the locals.\n\nMoreover, the chances of getting employment in these firms were getting slimmer by the day on account of which locals are no longer enthusiastic about industrialisation.\n\nThe firms which had earlier established their units here never tried to fulfill the aspirations of the local people on the fronts of employment and peripheral development. And this led to discontent among the people.\n\nThe state government has planned to build Kalinganagar as a mega industrial hub for which many downstream industries from in and out of the state have expressed their interests to establish their units here.\n\nThe locals were also annoyed on the construction of a logistics park on a forest land adjoining the land identified for Darcl Logistics.\n\nA local environmental outfit, Kalinganagar Parivesh Surakshya Samiti, has filed a case (42.2019) in the National Green Tribunal on construction of the logistics park. The case is sub-judice.\n\nNarayan Dixit, additional tehsildar of Danagadi, said they were measuring the land for handing it over to Darcl Logistics but postponed it due to opposition by locals.","sentence2":"As the country gears up to celebrate the much-awaited Holi festival on Tuesday, 10 March, the Delhi traffic police has come out with a special traffic advisory to ensure smooth traffic, and more importantly to curb rash driving and road accidents on the day.\n\nIt states, \u201c Delhi Traffic Police has made elaborate traffic arrangements to ensure safety of motorists on roads and check the incidents of drunken driving, over-speeding, reckless driving, zig-zag driving, dangerous driving, red light jumping, triple riding, driving by minor, driving\/riding without helmet, performing stunts on two-wheelers, etc.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1497055928_1535476650","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Our editors independently selected these items because we think you will enjoy them and might like them at these prices. If you purchase something through our links, we may earn a commission. Pricing and availability are accurate as of publish time. Learn more about Shop TODAY .\n\nAdjusting your skincare routine to your skin type is significant to finding a workable routine: normal, oily, combination or dry. Likewise, it's similarly important to base it on your skin tone or color.\n\nAccording to the American Academy of Dermatology, for example, people with darker skin tones face a unique set of skincare needs.\n\nWithout proper hydration, dry skin can look gray and ashy.\n\nHyperpigmentation \u2014 the overproduction of melanin in the skin \u2014 can be caused by UV rays and is probably the most common concern for people of color.\n\nthe overproduction of melanin in the skin \u2014 can be caused by UV rays and is probably the most common concern for people of color. Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation \u2014 wherein healing skin overproduces melanin \u2014 can leave a dark scar where a blemish once lived.\n\nHaving said that, there is a slew of skincare products that can help promote healthier skin. To best protect, nourish and treat skin of color, we consulted doctors and experts on some of the best products to get you through your skincare routine.We sorted them through the six essential skincare ingredients experts recommended:\n\nBest SPF skincare for dark skin\n\nEvery single dermatologist we consulted emphasized the importance of using sunscreen to promote skin health. Sounds obvious, right? People with darker skin are often told they don\u2019t need sunscreen, which is a deeply incorrect and potentially dangerous piece of advice.\n\n\u201cDaily SPF \u2014 at least 30 \u2014 is critical for prevention and treatment of hyperpigmentation, as well as for prevention of skin cancer,\u201d Sara Perkins, MD, an assistant professor with the Department of Dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, told NBC News. \u201cThis is an absolute must for all skin types, including skin of color.\u201d\n\nPerkins, who\u2019s also the clinical advisor to Hims and Hers, considers EltaMD's SPF offerings her \u201ctop choice.\u201d\n\nThis tinted, mineral sunscreen protects your skin from damaging UVA and UVB rays to prevent early signs of aging and burning.\n\nHyaluronic acid is the hero ingredient in this moisturizer that doubles as a broad-spectrum sunscreen.\n\nFor those prone to acne or hyperpigmentation, this sunscreen includes niacinamide (Vitamin B3), hyaluronic acid, and antioxidants \u2014 which we'll dive into below. Perkins gave an honorable mention to La Roche Posay Anthelios facial sunscreen, as well.\n\nJared Jagdeo, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and Ever\/Body\u2019s medical director, recommended SkinCeuticals\u2019 take on SPF.\n\n\u201cThis product is outstanding, blends in perfectly to any skin tone and never leaves that chalky look,\u201d said Jagdeo, who added that what really makes for a great sunscreen is your desire to use it everyday.\n\nThis sunscreen is beloved by dermatologists because it was formulated to be fail-proof. \u201cThis specific sunscreen was studied in the real world and shown to be more effective in preventing sunburn as compared to sunscreens with lower SPF levels,\u201d Joshua Zeichner, MD, director of cosmetic and clinical research at Mount Sinai Hospital's dermatology department, told NBC News.\n\nBest retinol skincare for dark skin\n\nRetinol is pretty much the gold standard when it comes to anti-aging skincare.\n\n\"This vitamin A derivative truly has clinically-proven anti-aging properties \u2014 but it can also help with pigmentation,\u201d Perkins explained. \u201cIt's also very effective in the treatment of acne. These can be quite irritating so I recommend starting with the lower concentrations first.\u201d\n\nAs with any skincare product, it comes down to how you use it, and when. Over-the-counter retinols are best used in the evening. Irritation and dryness are common side effects. Pairing a retinol product with a moisturizer can help avoid some of that, Perkins said. Or you can use a gentle retinol oil like MARA Evening Primrose Green Tea Algae Retinol Face Oil.\n\n\u201cThis budget-friendly night treatment contains both alpha hydroxy acids, which help to unstick and exfoliate dulling, dead skin cells immediately, as well as retinol, which stimulates cell turnover and new collagen production over time,\u201d Tsippora Shainhouse, MD, a dermatologist in Los Angeles, told NBC News. \u201cTogether, these help to reduce the appearance of fine lines with regular use over two to three months.\u201d\n\nThe combo of retinol and hyaluronic acid is what makes this one a game-changer. \u201cThis retinoid serum visibly fills and reduces wrinkles, giving skin a smoother and more plumped appearance,\u201d says Howard Sobel, MD, New York City dermatologist and founder of Sobel Skin.\n\nBest skincare with hyaluronic acid\n\nAnother significant ingredient in skincare for most skin types is hyaluronic acid, \u201ca natural sugar molecule that occurs in our body and helps to attract water, so it functions as a great moisturizer,\u201d said Marisa Garshick, MD, a dermatologist at Medical Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in New York City.\n\n\u201cIt keeps the skin looking fresh and hydrated,\" Garshick told NBC News.\n\n\u201cIn darker skin tones, dryness frequently manifests as an ashy or grayish appearance of the skin,\u201d dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD, told NBC News. \u201cHyaluronic acid is a go-to ingredient to pump all skin types, and is particularly useful in those with darker skin. It acts like a sponge binding to 1000 times its weight in water.\u201d\n\nAnd let\u2019s not forget dark skinned men who, yes, also need to take care of their skin. Jagdeo recommends the DefenAge Men's Kit, its key ingredients including a proprietary peptide blend, along with soothing niacinamide and hyaluronic acid, designed to help users achieve a smooth, well-hydrated and improved complexion.\n\nHe says it\u2019s \u201cideal for the man who wants to look his best with an easy-to-use, all-in-one regimen,\u201d adding that the \u201ccomprehensive kit addresses most skin concerns.\u201d\n\nBest skin brightening products\n\nA lot of serums formulated to brighten skin also have the bonus effect of treating hyperpigmentation and dark spots.\n\nZeichner recommended Neutrogena\u2019s Bright Boost Serum. \u201cPigmentary disorders are extremely common among patients with darker skin types,\u201d he explained. \u201cTurmeric extract has long been used in skin care because of its ability to brighten unwanted pigmentation and even skin tone.\u201d\n\nBradley Bloom, MD, of Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York, recommended SkinMedica Lytera 2.0 Pigment Correcting Serum. \u201cIt combines some of the most effective brightening ingredients, including niacinamide, in a non-irritating formula,\u201d he said.\n\nJagdeo said he recommends SkinCeuticals Discoloration Defense for one specific reason: \u201cDiscoloration defense is specially formulated with a combination of anti-pigment agents designed to even out the tone of the skin.\u201d\n\nBest skincare with antioxidants\n\nAnother heavily recommended ingredient by the dermatologists we consulted: antioxidants. To briefly summarize: \"Antioxidant serums help protect your skin from the free radicals you're exposed to on a daily basis. They also aid in the prevention of fine lines and other visible signs of aging, and can heal and repair skin,\" Dr. Debra Jaliman, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City and author of the book \"Skin Rules: Trade Secrets From a Top New York Dermatologist,\" told NBC News.\n\nSapna Palep, MD, of Spring Street Dermatology recommended the ALASTIN Restorative Skin Complex. \"It\u2019s chock full of potent antioxidants to help even skin tone while also plumping the skin and combating fine lines and wrinkles.\u201d Palep explained. \"It\u2019s so versatile for all skin tones, including darker complexions.\u201d\n\nHadley King, a board certified dermatologist, is a fan of The Everything Oil. \u201cIt contains cold pressed, organic prickly pear seed oil, organic avocado oil, organic sweet almond oil and organic aloe vera. These ingredients both hydrate and moisturize, and they have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well. And it's vegan, organic and cruelty-free and it's formulated without water, alcohol or silicone. It's also a great option for brightening, which is often a plus for dark skin tones. The ingredients work together to brighten the skin by offering antioxidant protection, anti-inflammatory properties, increased cell turnover, hydration and increased collagen production. There are no potentially irritating ingredients to lead to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.\u201d\n\nBest Vitamin C-infused skincare\n\nVitamin C, or L-ascorbic acid, is a substantial antioxidant that stimulates collagen production and fights UV damage and pigmentation \u2014 not to mention helps stave off colds. You can get your Vitamin C from certain foods \u2014 or you can wear it on your face.\n\n\u201cFormulation, packaging and storage are key here as it oxides quickly when exposed to light,\u201d Perkins said about what readers should keep in mind. Vitamin C can go from useable to dysfunction seemingly overnight.\n\nBoth Jagdeo and Palep recommended the C E Ferulic serum, which Jagdeo uses for both himself and his clients, and called \u201cthe hero product by which the rest of the cosmeceutical industry is measured.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s an investment \u2014 one Palep said is worth it, as it remains active for multiple days and the included dropper keeps you using precisely how much you need to with little waste.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s packed with antioxidants that work great on darker skin tones for brightening and destroying free radicals,\u201d she added.\n\nKing recommends Schaf Revitalizing Serum, which was formulated specifically for dark spots and fine lines, making it a great fit for dark skin tones.\n\n\u201cVitamin C boosts brightness through its antioxidant properties, hyaluronic acid hydrates the skin, and peptides help stimulate collagen production to diminish fine lines,\u201d she said. It\u2019s also vegan and cruelty free.\n\nThe ultimate result everyone wants is one thing: Great skin. Skin care is self-care so treat yourself well.\n\nMore skincare shopping recommendations","sentence2":"Because pores exist everywhere on our bodies, there also exists the possibility for breakouts everywhere on our bodies. (Great!) But some of those pores are more prone to acne than others, like those that are more exposed to sweat, bacteria, oil, inflammation, and other pore-clogging, pimple-causing phenomena \u2014 and that includes your chest. I reached out to New York City-based dermatologists Dr. Robyn Gmyrek and Dr. Kenneth Howe to understand what causes chest acne in the first place, and how to get rid of chest acne should you want to treat these breakouts.\n\nAccording to Dr. Gmyrek, chest acne is basically the same thing as facial acne. \u201cWhen a pore gets clogged by dead skin cells at the opening, sebum gets trapped inside. That creates inflammation, which leads to pimples and an overgrowth of bacteria,\u201d she explains. Also like facial acne, the causes for chest acne are often multi-pronged. Some people have a genetic predisposition to acne, while some might experience hormonal breakouts. But along with biological factors, Dr. Gmyrek says that chest acne can be caused or worsened by excessive sweating, especially while wearing tight-fitting clothing. Occlusive clothing, like sports bras and compression shirts, trap sweat and oil, which leads to more bacteria and inflammation. Et voila: chest acne.\n\nBeyond showering ASAP after a workout, you can also use pimple-fighting products to keep chest acne at bay. But be mindful of the products you\u2019re using to treat chest acne, as Dr. Gmyrek warns that \u201cyour chest skin is more sensitive to being dried out or irritated by medicated acne products than facial skin.\u201d So if you\u2019re using a concentrated spot treatment, use it sparingly and occasionally so you don\u2019t exacerbate dryness.\n\nDr. Howe adds that the risk of scarring is greater with chest acne, \u201cparticularly deeper acne cysts on the central chest\" \u2014 so whatever you do, don\u2019t pick at your spots. Dr. Howe says those resulting scabs and scars can take months to clear up. And if over-the-counter remedies aren\u2019t working for you, Dr. Howe recommends paying a visit to your dermatologist. \u201cProbably because the area is covered by clothes, a lot of patients neglect getting treatment for their chest,\u201d he says. \u201cBut why continue to suffer, when we can clear it up?\u201d\n\nThat said, there are ways to treat chest acne at home. Start with these five dermatologist-approved products, listed ahead, which can help you prevent, treat, and get rid of chest acne for good.\n\n1. Try A Spray-On Exfoliant Paula\u2019s Choice Clear Acne Body Spray $25 | Amazon See on Amazon This Paula\u2019s Choice Clear Acne Body Spray contains 2% salicylic acid, a mainstay ingredient for treating acne. But in this formula, soothing and hydrating ingredients like allantoin, glycerin, and hyaluronic acid counteract salicylic acid's drying effects, which might otherwise be too intense for the thin skin on your chest. Dr. Gmyrek points out that this spray can be helpful for treating hard-to-reach back acne, too, since the pump is designed to spray at any angle. \"I love this stuff! This is the 3rd time I\u2019ve repurchased it. I get bad breakouts on my shoulders and chest, and this spray clears them up within a few days and doesn\u2019t dry out my skin,\" commented one satisfied customer.\n\n2. Use An Acne-Fighting Body Wash In The Shower Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash $38 | Amazon See on Amazon If you have mild to moderate chest acne, Dr. Howe recommends using an acne-fighting body wash since they\u2019re so easy to incorporate into your daily routine. (That said, Dr. Howe says that more severe cases of body acne might not respond to foaming cleansers, since they simply aren't left on long enough to thoroughly penetrate skin.) Like the Paula\u2019s Choice body spray, the Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash contains 2% salicylic acid, which is the highest percentage of salicylic acid permitted in an over-the-counter product. The formula also contains soothing ingredients like aloe, jojoba esters, and camellia leaf extract to keep dryness and inflammation under control. Dr. Gmyrek suggests using this body wash with a gently exfoliating washcloth or body scrubber to maximize its pore-cleansing powers.\n\n3. Always Apply Sunscreen EltaMD UV Sport Broad-Spectrum SPF 50 $24 | Amazon See on Amazon I probably don\u2019t need to tell you that tanning is bad for literally everything to do with your skin, but Dr. Howe specifically warns against tanning as a quick fix for body acne. \u201cThat might work for a few weeks,\u201d he says, \u201cbut once you\u2019re out of the sun your acne will undergo a rebound flare, and come roaring back even worse. Plus, you\u2019ll have caused lifelong sun damage to your exposed skin.\u201d For sun protection, Dr. Gmyrek swears by EltaMD products for acne-prone skin \u2014 they\u2019re lightweight, non-comedogenic, and guard your skin against both UVB and UVA rays (the former are responsible for sunburns, the latter cause sun spots, and both can cause skin cancer). Use EltaMD UV Sport Broad-Spectrum SPF 50 on your chest (and the rest of your body) for up to 80 minutes of acne-safe, water-resistant sun protection. The non-greasy formula doesn\u2019t leave behind a white cast, so it works beautifully on all skin tones.\n\n4. Keep Pores Clean With Exfoliating Pads Neutrogena Rapid Clear Treatment Pads $7 | Amazon See on Amazon Using salicylic acid-soaked treatment pads can be an effective, mess-free, and oddly satisfying way to treat chest acne. These Neutrogena Rapid Clear Treatment Pads clear away dirt, oil, and other bacteria to treat current acne flare-ups and prevent future breakouts. A word of warning: Since they\u2019re intended for treating facial acne, these pads are highly concentrated and might be too drying for run-of-the-mill chest acne. Reserve them for more severe breakouts, or if you have very oily skin."}
-{"id":"1506125866_1518961320","score":4.0,"sentence1":"SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#biotech--NanoSurface Biomedical, a leading provider of biomimetic cell-based assay products and services, announced today the launch of the 384-well NanoSurface Plate\u2122, the newest and highest-throughput offering of the NanoSurface Plates\u2122 product line. NanoSurface Plates\u2122 structure cell cultures into physiologically relevant tissue models by providing biomimetic topographic features that emulate the alignment of the native cellular microenvironment. For example, stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte cells can be cultured in NanoSurface Plates\u2122 to create cardiac microtissues for predictive preclinical drug screening.\n\nHuman stem-cell based assays hold great promise for modeling the safety and efficacy of drugs preclinically. However, these models can fail to properly represent human biology when the in vitro environment does not reproduce essential cues. Conventional glass or plastic cell culture dishes fail to imitate critical aspects of the native cellular microenvironment, resulting in cell cultures that do not adequately resemble the structure or function of native human tissues.\n\nNanoSurface Plates\u2122 feature a softer nanopatterned culture surface that mimics the aligned architecture of the native extracellular matrix. Cells on NanoSurface Plates\u2122 exhibit more physiologically representative structural and functional phenotypes. NanoSurface Plates\u2122 can be used to enhance preclinical cell-based assays with a wide variety of cell types, including those with cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle cells, neurons, migratory cancer cells, and many more.\n\nDr. Nicholas Geisse, Chief Science Officer of NanoSurface Biomedical, will present data highlighting NanoSurface technologies at the scientific podium session \u201cCellular Technologies - Application of Organ-on-chips and Micro-Physiological Systems\u201d at the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference on Monday, January 27. The focus of the presentation will be on engineering the cell niche to enhance iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturity and predictivity in a high-throughput, assay-agnostic manner.\n\n\u201cAt NanoSurface, we strive to make cells in the dish resemble cells in the body,\u201d said Michael Cho, CEO of NanoSurface Biomedical. \u201cThe 384-well NanoSurface Plate\u2122 allows drug developers to culture more physiologically relevant cells and tissues in a high-throughput, reproducible, and scalable format that will enhance their drug screening workflows.\u201d\n\n384-well NanoSurface Plates will be available March 2020. Pre-orders are available today via the NanoSurface contact form.\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical will exhibit at SLAS 2020 in Booth 2120.\n\nAbout NanoSurface Biomedical\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical is a biotechnology company based in Seattle, WA that develops biomimetic technologies to enhance cell-based assays and accelerate drug development. NanoSurface was founded in 2015. www.nanosurfacebio.com\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical\n\nDirector of Sales & Marketing: Heejoon Choi, 800-913-4403 x702\n\nheejoon@nanosurfacebio.com","sentence2":"Whether you\u2019re a novice or a grandmaster chess player, you\u2019ll love playing the game on our 2020 Battle for the White House set. Our commemorative chess set spares no detail. Each piece was painstakingly designed for likability and accuracy to enhance your chess-playing experience.\n\nProudly display on a table in your study or office, or give as a coveted gift to someone special."}
-{"id":"1494575333_1542493898","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Elders Katanning farm supplies merchandise manager Keith Daddow and farm supplies sales person Donna Smith have been jointly recognised for their outstanding performance with the Elders National Sales Performance Award at the annual One Elders Awards in Adelaide.\n\nELDERS Katanning farm supplies sales person Donna Smith and farm supplies merchandise manager Keith Daddow have been jointly recognised for their outstanding performance with the Elders National Sales Performance Award at the annual One Elders Awards in Adelaide.\n\n\n\nThe One Elders Awards recognise employees and teams whose performance and safety outcomes significantly contribute to business results, in addition to demonstrating the values of the pink shirt.\n\n\n\nThis is due in large part to Ms Smith's and Mr Daddow's work on overall sales and significant growth in the Elders Katanning business.\n\n\n\n\"It is such an honour to be nationalally recognised by our great company,\" Mr Daddow said.\n\n\n\nElders said the pair's passion and 'can do' attitude made them \"stand out from the pack\" and seen them both share this prestigious national award for sales performance.\n\n\n\nMr Daddow, who has the gate open at 6.15am (after his morning coffee) to get stuck into be the best he can be for his clients, said \"if you love what you do it's an absolute pleasure to come to work\".\n\n\n\nMr Daddow is a fourth generation Elders man and Katanning born.He came back to the Katanning branch 18 months ago after previously managing the branch in the 1990s.\n\n\n\nHe spoke glowingly of the flow-on effect of Ms Smith's enthusiasm within the branch.\"Donna is a wonderful person and 2IC at the store,\" he said.\n\n\n\n\"I draw inspiration from what she and the team have achieved in the past 12 months and it's showing in the growth of the business.\n\n\n\n\"We love our clients and we love coming to work.\n\n\n\n\"The Elders Sales Performance Award is presented to an Elders employee that exemplifies the company's core values of innovation, teamwork, accountability, customer focus and integrity.\n\n\n\n\"Recipients are recognised for their ability to drive safety culture and deliver financial and operational achievements.\"","sentence2":"PANAMA CITY, Fla. \u2014 It was a full house at the Panama City Center of the Arts on Saturday morning, as a local artist announced the winners of his annual student art contest.\n\nThe contest, put on by Paul Brent, is in it\u2019s 28th year, celebrating youth art while also spreading awareness on endangered animals.\n\nThis year\u2019s contest focused on endangered whales, challenging fourth graders across Bay County to depict the animals through several different mediums.\n\nBrent then judges the art and chooses winners from each school in Bay County, but he said seeing all of the art presented shows great creativity among the area\u2019s children as well as dedication by teachers.\n\n\u201cWe have excellent art work and a great deal is due to both the talent of the young artists and the teachers they have,\u201d said Brent. \u201cThe teachers get excited about these projects and as you can see we have very imaginative projects and the teachers provide the materials.\u201d\n\nSee below for a full list of this year\u2019s winners:"}
-{"id":"1501517029_1511202234","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from LincolnshireLive - Daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Invalid Email\n\nWant to do more to help the planet?\n\nRetired languages teacher Geoff Jones, 75, of Burton Road in Lincoln, is just the man.\n\nHe is so dedicated to saving the planet that he hasn't bought clothes for 20 years - and when knobs break on his pot lids, he replaces it with one from a drawer.\n\nNow the committed environmentalist has shared his ideas of how people can make a big difference.\n\n(Image: UIG via Getty Images)\n\nGrow your own fruit and veg\n\nGeoff says: \"The main message about food is grow your own. If you can't or don't have the space at least buy local and seasonal, ideally organic.\n\n\"People are used to buying strawberries and tomatoes in the middle of winter, and beans flown in from Kenya, that the pleasure of looking forward to produce coming into season has been lost.\"\n\nMeat is not off the menu\n\nGeoff does eat meat, although his wife Hilary is vegetarian. There is widespread concern about the harmful effects of clearing trees from large areas of land to raise livestock to supply the demand for meat.\n\nHowever, Geoff says: \"Any meat I buy is locally-sourced, free-range and organic.\n\n\"For Christmas I buy a pheasant or if there's a house full of guests I get a brace of pheasants for less than \u00a310.\"\n\n\"There's enough for a roast, a casserole, and a soup if you boil the bones.\"\n\nGood food does not have to be expensive\n\nGeoff says: \"There's a fallacy that people cannot afford to buy good quality food.\n\n\"You could buy a burger and chips but compare that to what you could get from the supermarket or market, particularly if you go at the end of the day when fruit, vegetables and meat are reduced.\"\n\n(Image: Paul Whitelam)\n\nMake your own compost at home\n\nGeoff says that anyone can make compost for the garden even if they don't have a big garden or allotment.\n\nHe said: \"I do demonstrations of how to make compost from just grass clippings and shredded paper.\n\n\"I also use a lot of materials like cardboard and trimmings from my garden.\n\n\"I don't have a green garden waste bin as I compost my garden waste and I put my recycling bin out maybe once every two to three months.\"\n\nSave water in the kitchen\n\nGeoff recommends not completely filling the kettle if you're only making one drink.\n\nHe adds: \"If you run the hot tap to get hot water, collect the cold water that comes out first before it gets hot and use this for something else like washing vegetables.\n\n\"Don't wash up more than once a day. Only use the washing machine once or twice a week.\"\n\n(Image: Paul Whitelam)\n\nTurn lights off when you leave a room\n\n\"This is a simple step towards saving energy,\" Geoff says.\n\nHe also suggests switching to LED lightbulbs and not leaving the telly on standby.\n\nCleaning products\n\nGeoff believes that having a cupboard full of chemical cleaning products is bad for the environment because they end up in rivers and seas.\n\nHe said: \"We use vinegar and bicarbonate of soda for cleaning worktops and windows and a bottle of bleach lasts us three years.\n\n\"We also buy environmentally friendly washing up liquid and laundry liquid and Greens does refills of these.\"\n\nReuse and repair\n\nGeoff says: \"If something breaks we mend it. Clothes get mended and socks are darned.\n\n\"If the knob falls off the lid of a pan then you can replace it with a knob off a chest of drawers and secure it with a nut and washer.\n\n\"You can get your shoes mended at the cobblers. If you wash out a bread bag you can use it again 10 or 20 times. They make good freezer bags.\n\n\"We also re-use glass jars and bottles.\"\n\nShopping\n\nGeoff said: \"Buy secondhand pots and pans and furniture. Charity shops are full of good stuff.\n\n\"I have not bought any new clothes for 20 years apart from specialist items like walking boots or safety boots.\"\n\nYou don't need to go everywhere in the car\n\nGeoff rides a bicycle, rides a motorbike and drives a car.\n\nHe said: \"If a journey is less than a mile or two, I walk. If it's two to three miles we cycle and if we are in more of a hurry we go on the motorbike.\n\n\"The car is only used for longer journeys or if we need to transport bulky materials, and it does 2,000 miles a year at the most.\"","sentence2":"There are times when certain body problems can annoy us to no end because we can't find an obvious fix for them or don't have the kind of time to look for it. However, these issues aren't uncommon and can be easily fixed.\n\nSo, here's a quick guide to the most common body issues that most men face and here are some simple solutions to them:\n\n1. Chapped Lips\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nChapped lips are one of those problems that can be very easily overlooked by us. However, amongst all the facial features, the lips are one of the first to get noticed. So, it's always important to keep your lips moisturised so they look and feel healthy.\n\n\n\nFor this, you need to invest in a lip balm that suits your lips. Try Nivea Moisturising lip balm.\n\n2. Body Odour\n\nBody odour is natural and something everyone tends to have at the end of a tiring day. However, stingy body odour can, in fact, annoy other people.\n\nHere's a tip, instead of a deo, invest in a roll-on that you can keep handy at all times. So, whenever you feel the hint of your stench, you can quickly rush to the washroom, and after two swipes of the roll-on, you'll be as good as new.\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\n3. Itchy Rashes\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nFor itchy rashes and painful blisters between the thighs that come from too much friction, gymming, and humid months you can always use a rash cream. While this may strike you as obvious, how many times have you actually gone to get a rash cream at a store? A rash cream takes no time in tackling these blisters leaving your skin as good as new.\n\n\n\n4. A Jock Itch\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nA jock itch or itchy balls is something you might face with if you don't have an intimate wash at home that you use regularly or if you don't change your underwear that often.\n\n\n\nFor a natural intimate wash, use natural ingredients like tea tree oil and aloe vera gel that need to be mixed in the ratio of 1:7 respectively. This will soothe down the itch and nix any bacteria build-up.\n\nShop The Story"}
-{"id":"1510582150_1510471003","score":1.0,"sentence1":"AGRA: An armed man with a criminal background, Subhash Batham, held at least 22 children hostage at his daughter\u2019s birthday party who was later killed in police action in a village located in India\u2019s Uttar Pradesh.\n\nSubhash Batham, an accused in a murder case who was out on bail, held at least 22 children hostage after inviting them to his house for a birthday party of his daughter in Kathariya village in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Farukkhabad.\n\nOne person was injured in his leg by a gunshot when some of the residents tried to open the door. Later, Batham had also hurled a crude bomb and fired gunshots on villagers and policemen rushed to rescue the children.\n\nSome reports said Batham held the children hostages, who were aged between six months and 15 years, for being wrongly framed in a murder case and wanted to pressurise the authorities for dropping the criminal charges against him.\n\nA local police officer told media that security personnel took the action with extreme caution in order to ensure the safety of the children locked inside the house.\n\nAfter the overnight stand-off, a special team of trained policemen and commandos killed him in a shoot-out, while two officers were also wounded in the operation.\n\nThe hostages were rescued by the security team without any injury.\n\nAccording to the reports, Batham\u2019s wife was also killed on Thursday night, after villagers reportedly beat her to death and threw stones at her when she attempted to run away from the scene.\n\nComments\n\ncomments","sentence2":"Authorities in northern India have rescued 23 children after killing a man who held them hostage for nearly 11 hours after inviting them to his home for his daughter's birthday party.\n\nOfficer Mohit Agarwal said two police officers were injured after the man, identified as Subhash Batham, fired at them on Thursday night as they tried to enter his home in Kasaria village in Uttar Pradesh state.\n\nHome Secretary Avanish Awasthi said Batham's wife was also killed in the exchange of gunfire.\n\nEfforts to negotiate Batham's surrender had failed, police said.\n\nAgarwal said he was a suspect in a murder case and had been freed on bail by a court.\n\nThe incident occurred in Farrukhabad, a small town 300 kilometres southwest of Lucknow, the state capital.\n\nThe motive for Batham taking the children hostage was not immediately known.\n\nAgarwal said he was drunk when the police encounter occurred."}
-{"id":"1546790297_1504564783","score":1.5,"sentence1":"By Kamel Hawwash | @kamelhawwash | \u2013\n\n( Middle East Monitor ) \u2013 If any country which claims to be a democracy, its potential prime minister declares that the votes of a significant minority are not part of the democratic \u2018equation\u2019, they would be rightly condemned as racists. That is exactly what Israel\u2019s Benjamin Netanyahu declared when claiming he had won the recent Israeli elections when he said that he won among the\u201dZionist\u201d voters because \u201cArabs are not part of the equation.\u201d Let that sink in. The reason Palestinian citizens of Israel are a minority is only because during its creation, 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homeland through Zionist terror.\n\nBy \u2018Zionist\u2019 Netanyahu refers to Jews, an equivalence we are told should not be made because it is used by some to hide their anti-Jewish sentiments. At a stroke, Netanyahu delegitimised the votes of 300,000 of Israel\u2019s own citizens because they are not Jewish and would not vote for him.\n\nNetanyahu has form when it comes to racism against non-Jewish citizens from his country. In an election day video in 2015 he urged his supporters to go out and vote because \u201cthe rule of the right is in danger, Arab voters are coming in droves to the ballot boxes,\u201d Netanyahu declared in the video. \u201cLeft-wing NGOs are bringing them in buses.\u201d\n\nHowever, in quite a hypocritical U-turn after winning the election, Netanyahu decided to reach out to the Palestinian citizens of Israel offering a half-hearted apology. He said \u201cI know the things I said several days ago offended some of Israel\u2019s citizens, hurt the Arab citizens,\u201d Netanyahu told invited representatives of the Arab community at the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence in Jerusalem. \u201cThis was never my intent. I apologize for this.\u201d\n\nThis was rejected by Joint List leader Ayman Odeh who called the apology a duplicitous \u201cflip-flop.\u201d So long as Netanyahu \u201cadvances racist legislation\u2026 and does not promote real equality\u201d for Israel\u2019s Arabs, said the MK, the prime minister\u2019s apology would not be acceptable or credible.\n\nBoth episodes in 2015 and recently show the racism that is at the core of Netanyahu\u2019s and the right-wing coalition ideology. Palestinian citizens of Israel are at best second class citizens. In 2018, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on accused the leader of the Joint (Arab) List MK, Ayman Odeh, and his associates of being a \u201cfifth column\u201d and said they should be \u201coutlawed\u201d for their support of a Gaza solidarity protest in Haifa. Lieberman lamented the \u201csystematic failure\u201d of law enforcement to take action against Odeh \u201cand his friends\u201d and called for them to be \u201coutlawed.\u201d\n\nREAD: BDS Movement marks demise of Israel\u2019s culinary propaganda initiative\n\nCurrent Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennet has also revelled in his racism against Palestinians, claiming in 2013, \u201cI\u2019ve killed lots of Arabs in my life \u2013 and there\u2019s no problem with that.\u201d In 2017 as Education Minister, he told MKs of Palestinian origin to choose to be either \u2018normal Israelis\u2019 or \u2018terrorists\u2019. Bennett also believes that Palestinians \u2018already have their state in Jordan\u2019.\n\nBlue and White (Kahol Lavan) leader Benny Gantz would not contemplate forming a government with the Joint Arab List claiming he is not \u201cafraid to speak to any legitimate political party, but the Joint List will not be part of the government I form.\u201d He said, \u201cmy disagreements with its leadership on the national and security issues are deep, difficult and unbridgeable,\u201d. He continued, \u201cI intend to implement President Trump\u2019s peace plan, in coordination with all the elements in the region, and see it as a significant milestone.\u201d Israel \u201ccannot tolerate support for terrorism or avoid condemnation,\u201d Gantz said.\n\nGantz did not object to the inclusion in Trump\u2019s plan a provision to strip 300,000 Palestinian Israeli citizens of their citizenship in \u2018land swaps\u2019, that would see the area known as the \u2018Triangle\u2019 become part of the so called Palestinian state, without asking that population for it\u2019s views.\n\nNone of the above discrimination and shear racism against Palestinians and Palestinian citizens of Israel should surprise us. Israel has over sixty laws that discriminate against its Palestinian citizens and Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. And most were implemented before Israel\u2019s main political leadership either drafted or supported in the Knesset in 2018 the \u2018Nation State Law\u2019 or as I called it Israel\u2019s \u201cJewish State Apartheid Law\u201d when it was passed. At its core is the premise that only Jews have a right to self-determination in Israel, whatever Israel\u2019s borders are. In Trump\u2019s plan it is clear that Israel \u2018security border is the whole of historic Palestine, from the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.\n\nThe question of whether Israel is an Apartheid state was settled in the ESCWA report, which was commissioned to assess in an academic manner by eminent academics Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley. They concluded in the peer reviewed report that Israel exercised Apartheid against the Palestinian people as a whole. And before the usual suspects rubbish the report\u2019s status because ESCWA was asked to take it down from its website, let me assure them about its status.\n\nREAD: Palestinian boycott movement slams Austrian parliament anti-BDS motion\n\nI asked former Under-Secretary-General Dr Rima Khalaf who resigned rather than take it down, she assured me that it is still an official UN report. Therefore, its conclusions stand. Israel is an Apartheid state, which should be isolated and shunned until its racist regime is dismantled, leading either to two independent, sovereign states, an Israeli and Palestinian state, or a single democratic state for all those it rules over between the river and the sea.\n\nIsrael cannot for ever continue to rule over half the people whose lives it controls on a daily basis, without giving them their legitimate rights and claim to be a democracy. Judging by the violent past 72 years since its creation, it will not have peace until it either separates Jews from others or accepts that all human beings are entitled to be treated equally and accept it cannot be Jewish and Democratic.\n\nAnd here it cannot claim the problem is with the Palestinians who will not lie down and surrender. Neither can its backers in the West.\n\nIt is the same Western governments which sided with the oppressive Apartheid regime in South Africa that are siding with and protecting the Apartheid regime in Israel. Instead of sanctioning it for its crimes, the West bolsters trade with Israel and simply condemns its criminal actions as an illegal occupier who is commits war crimes almost on a daily basis at least in terms of its settlement enterprise. And when the Palestinians seek redress through peaceful, legal means and take the settlement file to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel\u2019s backers the US, Germany and Canada ask it not do so by claiming it does not have jurisdiction over Palestine because it is not a state.\n\nWhen the Palestinians call for peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the US and France pass anti-BDS laws and France equates BDS to anti-Semitism. The UK has tried to ban pension funds from divestment from companies complicit in Israel\u2019s crimes and the Conservative Government only had Israel in mind when announcing it would legislate against boycotts by public bodies in its manifesto. It has also committed to forcing public bodies, including universities to adopt the flawed IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism, which has more to do with shielding Israel from criticism than it does protecting British Jews from real anti-Semitism. That is also the reason why Israel\u2019s advocates have tried and failed to cancel Israel Apartheid Week on campuses across the world.\n\nIt seems the so-called international community is sending not mixed but rather clear signals to the Palestinians. They stand with Israeli Apartheid and against Palestinian rights. This is hypocrisy on heat.\n\nProfessor Kamel Hawwash is a British Palestinian engineering academic based at the University of Birmingham. He is a commentator on Middle East affairs, Vice Chair of the British Palestinian Policy Council (BPPC) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and . He writes here in a personal capacity.\n\nThe views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor or Informed Comment.\n\nVia Middle East Monitor\n\nThis work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-\n\nBonus Video added by Informed Comment:\n\nAl Jazeera English: \u201cIsrael election: Party representing Palestinians sees huge gains\u201d","sentence2":"We are about to witness the third Israeli election in the space of one year.\n\nThe elections for the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament, which are coming in March, are being held after the failure of anyone to either score an overall majority or to forge a coalition government.\n\nIsraeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is holding on for now. His far-right coalition won the most seats in the last election in September, but it was not enough to form a government with a majority.\n\nIt is possible that the Blue and White party could win the next election \u2013 they actually came one seat ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s party, Likud, in the last election.\n\nREAD: US opposes Israel annexation of West Bank before peace plan revealed\n\nBut even if they did, so what? For the Palestinians, all Zionist parties in Israel mean the same thing: continuation of the daily, grinding, violent reality of Israeli racism and occupation.\n\nThe West Bank is under the boot of Israel\u2019s military dictatorship. Palestinians who dare challenge it are indiscriminately beaten, tortured, abused, have their homes demolished or are even murdered by the Israeli military and settlers.\n\nThe Gaza Strip is under constant siege, and the brave unarmed Palestinian demonstrators trying to break out of it since 2018 have been shot down dead by brutal Israeli snipers.\n\nThe Palestinians inside \u2018Israel\u2019 \u2013 the Palestinian territories occupied by Zionist forces, starting in 1947 \u2013 are not full citizens of the state. By law and by practice, they have far fewer rights than Jewish citizens of Israel. Israeli courts have consistently ruled for decades that there is no such nationality as \u2018Israeli\u2019 and that the state belongs to Jews alone.\n\nFinally, the Palestinian refugees outside Palestine still languish for long decades inside their camps \u2013 being denied their most fundamental right to return to the homes they were expelled from.\n\nREAD: Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements \u2018without exception\u2019\n\nBut this totally unjust situation is not enough for Israel \u2013 both the state and society wants more.\n\nAs I wrote at the time, in the last election, at least 89 per cent of Israelis voted for parties whose policy it was to continue the occupation of the West Bank \u2013 military dictatorship with no rights, remember \u2013 indefinitely.\n\nAnd now, with the third election looming, Israel\u2019s two leading parties, Likud and Blue and White, are both ramping up their threats to formally annex large parts of the West Bank.\n\nThe West Bank and the Gaza Strip together consist of only 22 per cent of historic Palestine, as it was at the time that the British occupation ended in 1948.\n\nSo, 78 per cent is not enough for Israel still. They want it all.\n\nWhile it seems unlikely for the time being, that they could get away with a mass expulsion, ethnic cleansing-type-event as they did in 1948, victory for Zionism looks like this: maximum land, minimum Arabs.\n\nSo, in working towards this end, Israel has been slowly, in the decades since it occupied the remaining 22 per cent, absorbing the entire West Bank through the creation of \u201cfacts on the ground\u201d.\n\n#IsraElex19: Israeli Elections 2019 Everything you need to know >>\n\nThese \u201cfacts\u201d are a slow-motion ethnic cleansing. Palestinian homes are declared to have been built \u201cwithout permits\u201d (impossible in many areas, since Israel almost always denies such permits to Palestinians \u2013 even while granting them to Jews) and are thus destroyed. Industrial-scale colonies for Jews are then built on the ruins.\n\nAnnexation will be the formal, post-facto legitimisation of such blatant criminality in Israeli law \u2013 and it looks set to be supported by the US.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has already done this in the case of the Golan Heights. This is a Syrian territory, illegally and violently invaded and occupied by Israel in 1967. Yet Trump (urged on by his number one campaign funder, Sheldon Adelson, a casino billionaire and important US Israel lobbyist), decided to formally recognise the \u201clegality\u201d of this outright criminality \u2013 just as he did in moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.\n\nSo there really was no doubt that the most pro-Israel US president would ever give the green light to any annexation move in the West Bank, even before the latest second-hand reports from anonymous Israeli sources emerged about the latest version of Trump\u2019s \u2018deal of the century\u2019.\n\nIn the forthcoming election, both main Israeli parties are attempting to outdo one another on how much Palestinian land they can steal, clear out of its Palestinians, and then annex for the purposes of building Israeli colonies.\n\nLast election, Netanyahu promised to annex the Jordan Valley, and Blue and White\u2019s Benny Gantz (a former general), indicated he\u2019d agree to the same.\n\nNow this election, Netanyahu is talking about annexing as much as 40 per cent of the West Bank, while Gantz is now promising to steal the entire Jordan Valley (the part of the West Bank that borders Jordan).\n\nAnnexation, then, is coming. Will this finally spell the long-forecast collapse of Israel\u2019s collaborationist entity, the Palestinian Authority? Time will tell.\n\nOne thing is for sure: this situation will not hold indefinitely. Five million Palestinians are being denied even their most basic human rights \u2013 systematically, by design of Israel\u2019s racist laws. This cannot be indefinitely sustained.\n\nThe views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor."}
-{"id":"1614502233_1549797455","score":4.0,"sentence1":"\u00d7 Loading&hellp; {{title}} {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}\n\n{{html}} Thanks for being a subscriber. Sorry, your subscription does not include this content. Please call 866.948.6397 to upgrade your subscription.\n\n\u00d7 Register for more free articles Stay logged in to skip the surveys Log in Sign up {{featured_button_text}}\n\nBOISE \u2014 In a statement released Monday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Games announced that hunters who applied for controlled hunts for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts can see if they drew a tag by going to the controlled hunt results webpage.\n\nNo luck? You can still apply for a Super Hunt.\n\nHunters who applied for moose, sheep and goat can not apply for most deer, elk and pronghorn controlled hunts, but they can apply for Super Hunt tags, which include deer, elk, pronghorn and moose.\n\nAnyone who draws a Super Hunt tag can hunt in any open hunt area for the species drawn, including general and controlled hunts.\n\nEntries are $6 each for a single species and $20 for a Super Hunt combo that includes one tag for each species.\n\nDeadline for entries for the first Super Hunt drawing is May 31.\n\nEight elk, eight deer, eight pronghorn and one moose will be drawn.\n\nOne Super Hunt Combo will also be drawn. This winner is entitled to hunt all four species.\n\nWinners will be notified by June 10.\n\nA second drawing is available in August.\n\nLove 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0","sentence2":"Ascension Via Christi announced Monday some added safety measures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHospital volunteers have been told not to come for their scheduled shifts until further notice. This is being done to limit patient exposure by limiting the number of people in the hospital.\n\nAdditionally the hospital says it\u2019s suspending hospital-based health education classes, support groups and tours. On-site and off-site hiring events have been suspended and all interviews will take place over the telephone rather than in person. In the hospital cafeterias buffet-style offerings, salad bars and condiments including salad dressings are being replaced with pre-packaged options, utensil dispensers are being replaced with touchless versions. Fountain beverages continue to be available, but refills are not.\n\nAny patient with urgent care needs are encouraged to consider virtual visits through Ascension Online Care, for the reduced cost of $20 through the month of March when you enter the code HOME."}
-{"id":"1598268751_1522260361","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Are you finally in a stable relationship? Here are 8 signs to know if what you have is truly stable or not.\n\nBeing in a relationship is always exciting, but the rush of feelings often alters our sense of perception and makes us ignore some serious red flags. A long-term relationship isn\u2019t easy and over the years, you might go through some really tough times when you will feel like that your relationship has finally hit rock bottom. And that\u2019s when you need to look out for signs that your relationship is stable or not.\n\nStability in a relationship is not an all-time guaranteed offer. Regardless of how stable your relationship really is, there will be arguments, and there will be problems. The foundation of a stable relationship is built on trust, safety and loyalty. And if you guys have that, it doesn\u2019t really matter what hardships life throws at you because together you will make it through.\n\nOn that note, let\u2019s look at 8 signs that tell you are finally in a stable relationship.\n\n1. You support each other\u2019s individual growth\n\nCouples in a stable relationship feel confident and safe with each other, which is why they support each other\u2019s accomplishments as individuals. They will feel happy and help with each other\u2019s career and hobbies. On the other hand, when someone in the relationship is insecure, they might spend all their energy to keep their partner from doing what they love by distracting them.\n\n2. You constantly rediscover each other\n\nCouples in a stable relationship connect with each other in more than just one way. The partners like to learn more about each other with each passing day. This has mostly to do with the passion, experiences and interests. From little gestures like asking each other about their day to big changes, they find a way to adapt to each other and they love it. Whereas, in an unstable relationship, these things almost disappear.\n\n3. You are comfortable spending time apart\n\nBeing able to do your own thing without worrying that your relationship might suffer is a solid sign that your relationship is stable. When you are in an unstable relationship, there is a constant fear that you will lose your partner if you focus on yourself or think about doing something individually.\n\n4. You express your feelings\n\nThis includes love, affection, frustration and anger. You don\u2019t give each other a silent treatment every time you disagree. One of the most important aspects of a stable relationship is that you are able to resolve a conflict without the silent treatment.\n\n5. You don\u2019t play the blame game\n\nIn a stable relationship, you\u2019re both able to let go of the unimportant things and don\u2019t fight to get an upper hand in the argument. You will need to feel the need to blame your partner for the mistakes. A stable couple tries to understand each other\u2019s point of view with communicating in a healthy way.\n\n6. You try to make their relationship work\n\nWorking on the relationship is a sure-shot sign of being emotionally mature enough to have a healthy bond. It is like providing emotional support to the partner when the going gets tough. It is also about giving up on silly problems and looking at the big picture.\n\n7. You are not the only one making compromises\n\nCompromise is always a two-way street in a stable relationship. You prioritise each other\u2019s needs and accept each other\u2019s decision. There is a balance in your relationship that makes it healthy and stable.\n\n8. You are sure about the future\n\nYou met someone. Life is beautiful. You\u2019re happy. Fast forward to a few months and that\u2019s when you start thinking if this relationship is meant to be. But don\u2019t worry! If you are with the right person, then the thought of your partner leaving you will not plague your mind. You will be certain about the future when you\u2019re in a stable relationship.\n\nALSO READ: THESE are the signs that show you are dating a commitment phobe\n\nALSO READ: 7 Signs prove that you are in a rebound relationship\n\nWhere would we be without our moms? It\u2019s time to appreciate everything she does for us, click here to write her a love letter. #DearMom\n\nThis Day That Year 2019 2017 2016 2015\n\nShare your comment \u00d7","sentence2":"I am in a very unfulfilling marriage with two lovely children. I got married in a hurry to escape my abusive alcoholic father and my spineless mother who would vent her sorrows with me as a young girl, make me fight with my father for her, but stayed on in the marriage.\n\nA married man from our friends\u2019 group expressed his attraction to me and I got drawn to the attention, as I neither got any attention as a child nor from my dismissive and dominating husband. The sex in our marriage was always rushed and one-sided and I never experienced any pleasure through the years.\n\nWhen I had sex with \u2018this man\u2019 I felt myself as a sensual being for the first time. This gradually became an addiction as I craved to be with him anytime I could.\n\nOver time he became aloof and refused to meet me and asked me to not get attached to him and to get \u2018real\u2019 about being married. He then completely stopped contact and has been putting up happy holiday pictures with his pregnant wife.\n\nI feel jealous and crave to hold him again. I am restless, irritable and disinterested in home affairs and aloof from everyone. I want to be able to move on, but the physical memory and craving in my body draws me to fantasising about being back with him. How should I move on?\n\nAll human beings have needs. The need to be looked at and paid attention to ranks as one of our most fundamental needs. A young baby first experiences this need as he\/she is constantly attended to by a parent figure.\n\nA baby can\u2019t help itself but to rely on others at this point \u2013 but learns to cope and live autonomously as he\/she grows up. All human beings therefore have a need to be seen, visible, relevant and at best loved. While this need to be \u2018heeded\u2019 continues to be much \u2018needed\u2019, we must adapt our methods at seeking out ways in which this need can be met.\n\nChildren and adults have different ways to seek out the attention of others and therefore the manners in which and measures through which \u2013 we like acknowledgement and attention must evolve with us over the years.\n\nNow as an adult woman, you have both emotional and physical needs that harken back to this fundamental need I have just explained. This is important to you.\n\nIn the absence of attention given to you by your father (while growing up as a little girl) and as a grown up woman from your dominating husband, this man served the function of a \u2018proxy\u2019.\n\nThis is not to suggest that what was shared between you both was not real. Only you know what you had shared and based on your question, one may imagine that a mutually gratifying sexual relationship was at the heart of your affair.\n\nClearly, the sex in your marriage wasn\u2019t enjoyable so you found a partner with whom sex was enjoyable. He fulfilled your need to be looked at and held. However, for some people, having multiple sexual partners or cheating on a spouse can lead to moral dilemmas.\n\nIn most cultures, an extramarital affair brings with it both social stigma and scorn of one\u2019s near and dear ones. One way or the other, the emotional ramifications of the phenomenon of infidelity are inescapable.\n\nHis wife\u2019s pregnancy may have presented him with the ethical dilemma of whether he wants to be with you or with his pregnant wife who will be mothering his baby. We are all free to make decisions on what we would like to focus on. Sometimes the path of pleasure is directly in conflict with the path of responsibility.\n\nHis responsibilities currently involve being there for his wife and baby as the \u2018family man\u2019. Your responsibilities currently entail being free of the burden of your past so that you are free to decide what kind of future you like for yourself. If you would really like to move on, you are going to have to be practical about this.\n\nThat would also require you to be frank with yourself. You have your children who will look to you for support. You felt unsupported in your childhood by your mother who also relied heavily on you to help her with her own emotional problems.\n\nThis was a role you were not prepared to take on. You had neither the resources nor the experience to fully understand your mother\u2019s woes. But times have changed. You will now have to do for yourself what your mother expected you to do for her. Persevere and plan.\n\nThe attention of men is a fleeting thing. One moment you will have it and the other moment; they will return to tending to their own lives. Perhaps spend time focusing on your wellness, fitness, emotional growth and learning something that excites you, you will find yourself more fulfilled and clear about what you need from yourself and from life.\n\nA visit to a counsellor may help to improve the relationship between you and your husband \u2013 if you would like to come clean with him about your extra-marital affair (in the spirit of honesty) or tell him about how you are not happy with the sex in the marriage.\n\nHe needs to do what you are going through if you like for the situation with your husband to improve. Sometimes oblivion is the root cause of discord. Once you have put your cards on the table, a negotiation may occur."}
-{"id":"1564758089_1581059881","score":1.0,"sentence1":"AJC - Logo - Main logo_ddn_tag_Site JN with Tagline logo-sns_tag_Site\n\nOur apologies, unfortunately our website is currently unavailable in most European countries due to GDPR rules.","sentence2":"Even if you have SiriusXM, you may not have access to \u201cThe Howard Stern Show\u201d unless you have a top-tier package.\n\nNow, Stern himself has announced that SiriusXM is making his show (on channel 100) free through May 15, along with the rest of the service\u2019s \u201cpremier streaming content.\u201d\n\nStern, 66, shared the news on his show Tuesday morning, which he hosted from home.\n\nNormally, his show is only available to All Access and SiriusXM Select subscribers. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the show and others can be streamed for free online and through the SiriusXM app.\n\nFREE PREVIEW \u2013 Listen to @HowardStern and everything on the @SIRIUSXM app for free now until May 15! Tune into the LIVE #SternShow right now on #Howard100.https:\/\/t.co\/DkVQCBWoo0 pic.twitter.com\/TAcS0y3Wtt \u2014 Stern Show (@sternshow) March 31, 2020\n\nSiriusXM says the promotion will grant free access to 300-plus channels including ad-free channels like Bruce Springsteen\u2019s E Street Radio and LL Cool J\u2019s Rock the Bells Radio. The pandemic is also bringing the return of previously retired artist-centric channels like The Billy Joel Channel (30) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (176).\n\nThe service is additionally launching #StayHomeRadio (Ch. 179) on April 1, which will be filled with \u201chappy and uplifting songs from artists like Lizzo and Coldplay to P!nk and Bob Marley.\u201d A new Top 1,000 Channel (177) will play the top songs in multiple genres.\n\nAnother new channel launching on April 1 is She\u2019s So Funny (105), a comedy channel featuring female comedians like Tiffany Haddish, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Whoopi Goldberg, Tig Notaro, Maria Bamford, Lily Tomlin, Moms Mabley and Joan Rivers.\n\nFree channels will also include news from CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox and BBC World Service.\n\nGet free access to more than 300 channels, featuring the acclaimed @sternshow, exclusive ad-free music channels, and vital news and information sources. Stream free now until 5\/15. Details: https:\/\/t.co\/1OkKhTBzSU pic.twitter.com\/ynZ2GEpyGA \u2014 SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) March 31, 2020\n\nHave a tip? Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.\n\nGet the latest updates right in your inbox. Subscribe to NJ.com\u2019s newsletters."}
-{"id":"1623466121_1570564356","score":3.0,"sentence1":"(Article L.233-8 II of the French Commercial Code and Article 223-16 of the R\u00e8glement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral of the Autorit\u00e9 des March\u00e9s Financiers\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nTeleperformance (Paris:TEP):\n\nStock Market: Euronext Paris compartment A\n\nISIN Code: FR0000051807\n\nAs of May 31, 2020:\n\n- Total number of shares composing the share capital of the company: 58,719,000\n\n- Total number of gross voting rights: 59,720,775\n\nPresence in the bylaws of a provision requiring the disclosure of a crossing of threshold in addition to those for which disclosure is mandatory: NO\n\nABOUT TELEPERFORMANCE GROUP\n\nTeleperformance (TEP ISIN: FR0000051807 Reuters: TEPRF.PA Bloomberg: TEP FP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, serves as a strategic partner to the world's largest companies in many industries. It offers a One Office support services model combining three wide, high-value solution families: customer experience management, back-office services and business process knowledge services. These end-to-end digital solutions guarantee successful customer interaction and optimized business processes, anchored in a unique, comprehensive high tech, high touch approach. The Group's 331,000 employees, based in 80 countries, support billions of connections every year in over 265 languages and 170 markets, in a shared commitment to excellence as part of the \"Simpler, Faster, Safer\" process.This mission is supported by the use of reliable, flexible, intelligent technological solutions and compliance with the industry's highest security and quality standards, based on Corporate Social Responsibility excellence.\n\nIn 2019, Teleperformance reported consolidated revenue of \u20ac5,355 million (US$ 6 billion, based on \u20ac1 $1.12) and net profit of \u20ac400 million.\n\nTeleperformance shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market, Compartment A, and are eligible for the deferred settlement service. They are included in the following indices: CAC Large 60, CAC Next 20, CAC Support Services, STOXX 600, SBF 120, S&P Europe 350 and MSCI Global Standard. They have also been included in the Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120 index since December 2015 and the FTSE4Good Index since June 2018 with regard to the Group's performance in corporate responsibility.\n\nFor more information: www.teleperformance.com\n\nFollow us on Twitter @teleperformance\n\nView source version on businesswire.com: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20200602005823\/en\/\n\nContacts:\n\nTeleperformance","sentence2":"Fully engaged to protect employees' health and jobs\n\nMore than six million of masks ordered for employees\n\nQuick development of Work At Home: nearly 50% of the production force, target to reach 66% by mid-April\n\nHigh involvement to guarantee business continuity, while reinforcing financial strength\n\nGlobal task force strong of top 100 leaders <45 years-old who speed up and control the good implementation of the Group's strategy.\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nTeleperformance (Paris:TEP):\n\nCOVID-19 is now hitting hard worldwide and has become an unprecedented global business disrupter, forcing many countries to implement country-wide lockdowns and travel bans. In these extraordinary times, Teleperformance's priority is to ensure safety for employees, support communities and most vulnerable people. The group continues its efforts to guarantee business continuity in order to provide critical services to many essential clients' businesses. Teleperformance is today fully engaged to fight against all the consequences of the pandemic.\n\nTeleperformance Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Julien said: \"At a time of such great human vulnerability, nothing is more important than the safety of our people. The Group is following guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and applicable local government agencies. We are implementing internal policies that even go beyond these recommendations in many cases. In this unique context, our group is engaging closely with our clients to ensure they are supported, and we remain committed to keeping our employees, partners, and communities healthy and safe. We recognize and are deeply grateful for the incredible dedication of all our employees worldwide who are performing their jobs with high levels of professionalism during this extraordinary time. Our Group is agile and benefits from a solid financial situation and I am confident about the way-out of this crisis and its future.\"\n\nA dedicated and efficient organization\n\nTeleperformance has been proactively preparing for the possible spread beyond China since January, and immediately responded with steps to mitigate the threat posed to its employees, business operations for clients, and the cascading economic impact and implications for the wider society. As a result, the Teleperformance Global Business Continuity Model is now implemented worldwide. A global COVID-19 Crisis Committee has been established to closely monitor pandemic-related developments, inform and support key decision-makers, and coordinate rapid response efforts. The Crisis Committee is supported by daily Crisis Executive team calls and weekly executive virtual committee comprising top 22 leaders of the company.\n\nStrong development of Work At Home\n\nAllowing business continuity for clients and making operational sites compliant with social distancing rules, Teleperformance has implemented many emergency responses such as transitioning interaction experts to work-at-home, applying alternative delivery plans, and leveraging digital solutions. Home-based interaction experts have been notably activated within weeks of enacting initial safety measures, in compliance with security standards and certifications. As of today, Teleperformance has deployed around 120,000 interaction experts on a work-at-home model, which represents nearly 50% of the production force. Efforts to further expand this number will continue and the Group targets to achieve 66% by mid-April.\n\nA key role for economies worldwide in crisis period\n\nAround the world, Teleperformance teams have worked tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all employees, while ensuring business continuity for clients. Teleperformance employees are on the front lines, providing critical customer-facing and back-office services to many essential businesses in industries such as healthcare, finance and banking, food and beverage, communications, transportation and logistics, information technology, energy, utilities, and governments. During the outbreak, Teleperformance is also responsible for supporting many emergency lines of local government around the world.\n\nRecognition in employee safety\n\nThe health and safety of our employees is a top priority for Teleperformance, so the company has mandated a strict Safety and Hygiene Policy worldwide, with daily oversight by a dedicated central team to ensure:\n\nAdherence to guidelines and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and close collaboration with local governments and officials.\n\nSocial distancing policies following recommendations from the World Health Organization.\n\nFrequent and reinforced cleaning of facilities with disinfection products.\n\nAdequate availability of supplies such as hand sanitizers and, if recommended by the World Health Organization, masks.\n\nEveryone entering a Teleperformance facility is screened for elevated body temperatures.\n\nThe implementation of a strict \"no travel\" policy.\n\nThe group has already secured the order of 6.3 million of masks to be delivered on all sites across the world; thus one mask per employee per day for one month working in a brick-and-mortar environment.\n\nFrequent employee communications and updates are delivered through several communication channels, including a weekly CEO address to all staff and weekly interaction with top 100 leaders <45 years-old to be an additional force of change on the ground.\n\nTeleperformance practices, ensuring safety in its European campuses, have been recognized by the European Company Works Council (ECWC), who acted as Independent employee representatives to review individual Teleperformance operating company's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nStephan Sielemann, Secretary of the European Company Works Council (ECWC) has declared in an official letter: \"Teleperformance is, wherever possible, making sure that, our people, our jobs and our entire TP family are protected from the worst effects of this devastating virus. Information gathered by our ECWC members across Europe confirms that Teleperformance management, IT teams, and staff are working together to keep us all safe.\"\n\nStrongly recognized for employee engagement and CSR practice\n\nTaking care of our employees has always been a top priority at Teleperformance including offering physical and mental health awareness programs. In 2019 alone, the Group received 22 acknowledgements by Great Place to Work and KINCENTRIC Best Employer, encompassing 70% of our total workforce. Teleperformance is also a long-standing participant in the UN's Global Compact Initiatives to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies.\n\nIn March 2020, Teleperformance was approved at \"GC Advanced\" level for the quality of its CSR documentation by the UN Global Compact, to which it has been a signatory since 2011. This is the highest level of distinction from the United Nations Global Compact. The group thus enters the closed club \"Club GC Advanced\".\n\nIn 2019, for the sixth year in a row, Verego awarded Teleperformance the SRS (Social Responsibility Standard) certification for all its sites. This certification provides a comprehensive framework for the effective management of social responsibility initiatives. Verego SRS certification is awarded to companies that stand out through the excellence of their policies and practices in five key areas: leadership, ethics, people, community and the environment. Teleperformance has obtained Group-wide certification in all five of these areas, covering all sites worldwide.\n\nCharity and solidarity achievements: a force of good\n\nAs one of the largest employers in most of its operating regions, Teleperformance is committed to creating a positive impact on local economies and more generally on people's lives. In the current crisis, the group is supporting communities to help the most vulnerable people, making them safer and healthier. As for examples:\n\nIn Tunisia, Teleperformance brought its expertise and resources to help local medical emergency services (SAMU), by implementing a team of interaction experts on site ready to address emergency requests from patients;\n\nIn the US, Teleperformance has been partnering with Feed the Children since 2006 by regular donations and exceptional ones during this crisis. Feed the Children is taking action to ensure neighbors aren't forgotten, by supplying community partners (like food pantries and soup kitchens) with the bulk items they need to help people. Work is dramatically increasing during this time of crisis.\n\nReinforced financial liquidity\n\nTeleperformance is in the process of securing additional credit lines for above \u20ac700 million, on the top of undrawn facilities for \u20ac500 million available right now, to allow the group to cope with crisis contingencies.\n\nAbout Teleperformance Group\n\nTeleperformance (TEP ISIN: FR0000051807 Reuters: TEPRF.PA Bloomberg: TEP FP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, serves as a strategic partner to the world's largest companies in many industries. It offers a One Office support services model combining three wide, high-value solution families: customer experience management, back-office services and business process knowledge services. These end-to-end digital solutions guarantee successful customer interaction and optimized business processes, anchored in a unique, comprehensive high tech, high touch approach. The Group's 331,000 employees, based in 80 countries, support billions of connections every year in over 265 languages and 170 markets, in a shared commitment to excellence as part of the \"Simpler, Faster, Safer\" process.This mission is supported by the use of reliable, flexible, intelligent technological solutions and compliance with the industry's highest security and quality standards, based on Corporate Social Responsibility excellence. In 2019, Teleperformance reported consolidated revenue of \u20ac5,355 million (US$ 6 billion, based on \u20ac1 $1.12) and net profit of \u20ac400 million.\n\nTeleperformance shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market, Compartment A, and are eligible for the deferred settlement service. They are included in the following indices: CAC Large 60, CAC Next 20, CAC Support Services, STOXX 600, SBF 120, S&P Europe 350 and MSCI Global Standard. They have also been included in the Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120 index since December 2015 and the FTSE4Good Index since June 2018 with regard to the Group's performance in corporate responsibility.\n\nFor more information: www.teleperformance.com\n\nFollow us on Twitter @teleperformance\n\nView source version on businesswire.com: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20200406005770\/en\/\n\nContacts:\n\nFINANCIAL ANALYSTS AND INVESTORS\n\nInvestor relations and financial communication department\n\nTELEPERFORMANCE\n\nT\u00e9l: +33 1 53 83 59 15\n\ninvestor@teleperformance.com\n\nPRESS RELATIONS\n\nEurope\n\nLaurent Poinsot Karine Allouis\n\nIMAGE7\n\nT\u00e9l: +33 1 53 70 74 70\n\nlpoinsot@image7.fr kallouis@image7.fr\n\nPRESS RELATIONS\n\nAmericas and Asia-Pacific\n\nMark Pfeiffer\n\nTELEPERFORMANCE\n\nT\u00e9l: 1 801-257-5811\n\nmark.pfeiffer@teleperformance.com"}
-{"id":"1553161441_1626404130","score":2.0,"sentence1":"In one of the U.S. Capitol hallways that House members pass through regularly to get to the chambers, there\u2019s an inscription of a comment by Alexander Hamilton. It comes from his 1788 remarks to the New York convention on ratifying the Constitution, and reads simply, \u201cHere, Sir, the people govern.\u201d\n\nI\u2019ve always thought that was a pretty good summation of what Congress represents: it is a repository of the thoughts and will of the American people. And my impression is that a lot of Americans think highly of that idea, too.\n\nI\u2019ve held a lot of public meetings over the years, and even in recent times, when Congress\u2019s public standing has been low, people often speak approvingly of the history of the institution itself; they\u2019re disappointed in how Congress performs, not in its role within our system. In all that time, I can\u2019t ever remember anyone saying we\u2019d be better off without it.\n\nMy experience in the House bore that belief out. Though there were always flaws, the process the House followed was focused on deliberation, debate, discussion \u2026 and then choosing a solution based more often than not on a rough consensus of its members. Even if I didn\u2019t agree with the results, I\u2019d often listen to the debates and think, \u201cI like the way this institution works.\u201d\n\nI still remember the time that Wilbur Mills, the powerful chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, came before the Democratic caucus to talk about the upcoming vote on establishing Medicare. I was a new, young representative, and when Mills told us that we easily had enough votes to ram the measure through over Republican objections, I and many others thought we should do exactly that.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nMills, however, did not. He asked us to give him an opportunity to negotiate with Republicans and find ground that both sides could agree on, so that the bill could win support on both sides of the aisle. And that is exactly what he did.\n\nMills knew something that often gets forgotten these days, which is that the more broadly a piece of legislation reflects the American people, the greater its acceptability, effectiveness and staying power.\n\nIf you\u2019re in Congress, you\u2019re reminded pretty much every day that giving a say to this diverse country is a choice. The body is made up of members who fiercely advocate for their views through speeches, contacts of all kinds and descriptions, public appearances and trying to win the media over to their side. And the whole institution is a focal point for competing interests weighing in on difficult problems. It is a real cauldron.\n\nAll of these beliefs are represented in the Congress, and the legislative process is a key part of how the country works through that cacophony of competing interests. Debate, deliberation, calculation, compromise \u2014 it\u2019s an inefficient process that, for difficult issues, can go on for a long time. But over the course of our history, it\u2019s been reasonably productive.\n\nThis is why those of us who value the institution of the Congress \u2014 who actually believe in Hamilton\u2019s words \u2014 have lamented the trend of recent decades ceding power to the presidency.\n\nThe Constitution is explicit: legislative power is vested in Congress. But if that power is not protected or goes unused, it does not merely evaporate; in our system, it flows to the presidency or the judiciary. And in doing so, it passes out of the hands of the body that most closely represents the American people.\n\nWhen President Trump talks of the presidency as if there were no check on it, as if, as president, he is beyond the reach of the law or of Congress, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle rightly disagree. Sometimes they serve effectively as a check, sometimes not. Sometimes partisanship gets the better of them.\n\nBut for better or worse, Congress remains the spot where the cross-currents of American popular opinion have their best chance of being heard, listened to and acted upon. That\u2019s one power members should never give up.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nLee Hamilton is a senior adviser for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar of the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.","sentence2":"Marysville, CA (95901)\n\nToday\n\nCloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 58F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph..\n\nTonight\n\nCloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 58F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph."}
-{"id":"1578766378_1600525440","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Trump had a little snit over Playboy reporter Brian Karem and threatened to take his ball and go home.\n\nKarem yelled a question at Trump. \"I know you want to blame the WHO, but I've spoken to hundreds of people across the country in the last few weeks who say they still can't get tested, and that they aren't social distancing.\"\n\n\"Excuse me, I know your question. You ready? The governors are supposed to do testing. It's up to the governors,\" the Orange Cheeto said.\n\nKarem talked over another reporter's question, saying the people who won't observe social distancing \"followed his lead.\"\n\n\"I told them when they put this guy here it's nothing but trouble,\" Trump said. \"He's a showboat. If you keep talking, I'll leave, and you can have it out with the rest of these people.\"","sentence2":"NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nPresident Trump had a fiery exchange with CNN analyst and Playboy reporter Brian Karem during the coronavirus press briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, where he announced that the U.S. was halting its funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) for its errors leading up to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"I know you want to blame the WHO, but I've spoken to hundreds of people across the country in the last few weeks,\" Karem began. \"They say they still can't get tested and they're not social distancing because --\"\n\n\"So the governors,\" Trump interjected, \"I know your question. You ready? The governors, the governors are supposed to do testing. It's up to the governors.\"\n\nAs Trump went to move on to the next reporter's question, Karem continued shouting his question.\n\nCNN MISSING IN ACTION ON BIDEN ASSAULT ACCUSER TARA READE'S STORY\n\n\"Quiet, quiet,\" Trump scolded the reporter. \"The governors are doing the testing. It's now not up -- and it hasn't been up -- to the federal government.\"\n\nThe president called on the next reporter, but Karem persisted on asking his question, which was disrupting the press conference.\n\n\"I told them when they put this guy here, it's nothing but trouble,\" Trump said about Karem. \"He's a showboat. If you keep talking, I'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people. If you keep talking, I'm going to leave and you can have it out with them.\"\n\n\"It's just a simple question,\" Karem said.\n\n\"Just a loudmouth,\" Trump fired back.\n\nCLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE\n\nKarem, a political analyst for CNN, has made a name for himself for his hostile confrontations at the White House. Last year, his press credential was pulled by the administration after he provoked former White House aide Sebastian Gorka and other Trump supporters who were invited to the White House.\n\nAfter a legal battle, Karem's press credentials were restored."}
-{"id":"1587580494_1590444265","score":3.0,"sentence1":"The Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (FAPSA) on Friday expressed dismay on the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) that classes should resume in September.\n\nThe group said that its member-schools will cease to exist if September opening shall be mandated, noting that if that happens, the problem of private schools may not be the lack of students but lack of teachers.\n\n\u201cIt has to be understood that our teachers are hardly included in any amelioration projects of the government,\u201d said FAPSA president Eleazardo Kasilag.\n\nThis comes after The IATF-MEID on Friday said that the opening of classes for the next school year should be scheduled in September, except for online learning.\n\nPresidential spokesperson Harry Roque, however, said that higher education institutions in areas under general community quarantine may continue classes to finish the academic year.\n\nThe group has asked the Department of Education to help private schools to coordinate with IATF-EID to include teachers from private schools in small business wage subsidy.\n\n\u201cWe were left out in COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program, the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) Emergency Subsidy Program and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. This is indeed an oasis in the barren desert,\u201d Kasilag said. \u201cThe teachers of our small and medium size member schools are crying for their survival right now.\u201d\n\nKasilag stressed that private schools are not business entities as they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-stock, non-profit and they survive on tuition fees.\n\n\u201cWe have big collectibles that we missed to get because classes are stopped in March,\u201d Kasilag said. \u201cFAPSA schools did not hold final exams and we did not hold graduation exercises. These two major events in schools are the culmination of school year 2019-2020 but they did not take place and they are also incentives for the indebted parents to pay arrearages.\u201d\n\nHe stressed that from March to September are just seven long months when private school teachers will not receive anything.\n\n\u201cHow will they survive? These are professional teachers wallowing in poverty. Their counterparts in public schools have no problem. I understand, public school teachers enjoy lavish food on table as seen on Facebooks showing off at the envy of their starving friends from the private schools,\u201d said Kasilag.","sentence2":"A federation of private schools yesterday said it is set to resume classes in June instead of September as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).\n\nIn a zoom consultation among officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) held under the auspices of the Federation of Associations of Private Schools Administrators (FAPSA), the group declared its intention to open most classes for school year 2020-2021 in June instead of the DepEd decision to resume classes in August or IATF recommendation to hold classes in September.\n\nEleazardo Kasilag, the group\u2019s president, said FAPSA member-schools can hold online classes for the entire school year, stressing that \u201cprivate schools have better program in tablet education where teachers are trained to the set up and the connectivity is strong and the modules for the curriculum is available.\u201d\n\n\u201cFAPSA member-schools have sound connectivity and the students have the required gadget to allow them to catch up with modular lessons installed in the gadget. Some private schools have been doing this tablet education almost a decade ago. Our teachers are also exposed to this and may need only refresher course,\u201d he said.\n\nKasilag noted that early enrolment also facilitates teachers\u2019 financial handicap, which rendered them idle and penniless since the lockdown began in mid-March.\n\n\u201cWe need to attend to them subsequently school administrators are also helpless as both of us are victims of COVID-19,\u201d he said."}
-{"id":"1556718125_1557029316","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said the patient had returned from the USA on March 15. (PTI photo for representation)\n\nAmid the Covid-19 outbreak and countrywide lockdown, the Indian Army has announced a new set of measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus. The measures include shutting of the Canteen Stores Department (CSD), which is a source of essentials, in 82 districts under lockdown across India.\n\nThe Army has decided that grocery and essential items will be home delivered to avoid crowding at canteens. In a fresh advisory on Monday, the Army announced that movement will be restricted following the lockdown of the country.\n\n\"These restrictions are in place in all establishments, cantonments, formations, units in the 82 districts that are under lockdown,\" the Indian Army said.\n\n\"Only personnel engaged in essential services like medical establishments, fire, electricity, water supply, communication, post offices, and sanitation continue to work,\" the Army advisory said.\n\nThe Army advisory further mentioned that all tasks related to response to Covid-19 should continue without hindrance.\n\n\"At the Ministry of Defence and Indian Army Headquarters, only essential sections and offices to function on a daily basis and rest will work from home,\" the Indian Army said in the statement.\n\nFurther, it stated that conferences and seminars would be postponed and routine meetings and movements will also be restricted.\n\nIn the advisory, the force has highlighted that personnel attending office will adhere to staggered timings.\n\nMoreover, in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Army has instituted mechanism to trace contact-history. Each individual has been asked to maintain daily contact log.\n\nAlso Read | Coronavirus outbreak: States impose lockdown in battle against Covid-19 | All you need to know\n\nAlso Read | What is Janata Curfew: A curfew of the people, by the people, for the people to fight coronavirus\n\nAlso Watch | Will 'Janata Curfew' be a game-changer in battle against coronavirus?","sentence2":"NEW DELHI: The restrictions imposed by the army on its personnel and formations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is posing challenges to its internal functioning.Extension of leave for soldiers and placing those who recently returned on quarantine have created a shortage of manpower that is affecting the turnover of troops for daily, security and administrative duties. While this is also affecting the training routines of troops, reduction in attendance at the headquarters is set to slow down other work as well, said officials.The steps are aimed at ensuring social distancing and preventing contagion. It has created an unprecedented situation, forcing the army to improvise, especially because troops eat, sleep and train together within confined spaces. For example, one particular unit has now divided troops into teams that live in different areas, while ensuring that only one team uses the common toilets at a time. Training is conducted in small batches, and the equipment is sanitised every time it is used.The army on Monday issued fresh instructions to all its military stations, cantonments, units and formations in the 82 districts under lockdown. These include restricted movements, functioning of only those personnel engaged in essential services and the closure of all CSD canteens Officials said the reduction in manpower in some of the army\u2019s formations was due to the extension of leave of soldiers till April 15 and placing those who recently returned on quarantine. Those who are going on leave due to an emergency in their families will be sent for a minimum period of 30 days. \u201cWe are in a situation where we are slightly less in strength. It affects day-to-day functioning, administrative and security duties. There is an increase in the workload of those on guard duties, because there is less turnover of troops,\u201d an official said.The manpower also gets affected because troops are tasked with manning the quarantine facilities setup by the army. However, officials said the situation was not \u201calarming\u201d, would not affect operational efficiency and that it was necessary due to the pandemic.Work at the army headquarters in Delhi has also started slowing down, following the army\u2019s Friday advisory of reducing attendance in offices and starting the work from home concept. Last week, the army passed instructions that 35% officers and 50% junior commissioned officers (JCO) and other ranks (OR) would work from home for a week from Monday, while the next group would do this starting March 30. The lockdown in Delhi is also affecting the travel of those personnel who stay in Gurgaon and Uttar Pradesh.\u201cWork at the headquarters has slowed, as we are working with bare essentials. The deadline for work such as submitting reports will be extended. Only emergency work will continue as it was,\u201d an official said.The army\u2019s complaints section for now will only be dealing with cases that are urgent. Officials said rosters had been created to divide the staff between those who work at home and those who come to the office. However, it remains to be seen what work will be given to those working from home, because files cannot be taken home due to confidentiality issues. Several issues also cannot be communicated over email due to cybersecurity threats. Moreover, JCOs and ORs are mainly clerks who are part of the filing system for letters and documents, which can be done only from the offices.Officials said training of troops had also reduced. However, this will not affect operational preparedness, because it is for a short duration and can be made up later.In relation to the unit mentioned earlier, training of troops has become more \u201cconcentrated\u201d, because smaller batches are being trained. \u201cThis has given us an opportunity to train better. Training small groups ensures that everyone\u2019s doubts are cleared and attention is given to each aspect. But due to the pandemic, we have to sanitise an equipment every time it is used,\u201d an official said.This type of training comes after troops were divided into small teams that maintained a distance of 200 metre between each other. It is also being ensured that distances are being maintained between troops of a team. \u201cOnly one team can use a bathroom at a time. After the team is done, the bathroom is sanitised and only then can the other team use it. We also have separate timings for eating at the cookhouse for the teams,\u201d the official said.A major concern for the army stations and cantonments, which are isolated areas in a city, is the civilian manpower that is coming from outside. For example, washing points and blow drying of clothes have been setup outside the gates of one of the cantonments for this manpower."}
-{"id":"1566612127_1567894641","score":1.0,"sentence1":"NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.\n\nMichigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration has requested an emergency supply of the drugs President Trump touted as having success treating patients with severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus, in a reversal from the state's directive to medical professionals last week to avoid the medication for this purpose.\n\nMichigan, this week, requested hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from the Strategic National Stockpile for physicians to use to help treat patients with COVID-19, after the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend granted an emergency use authorization for the anti-malarial drugs.\n\nFDA OKs EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF DRUGS TOUTED BY TRUMP TO FIGHT COVID-19\n\nBut last week, Whitmer\u2019s administration threatened physicians prescribing the drugs, saying they were subject to \u201cadministrative action\u201d should they continue to use the medication.\n\n\u201cThe Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has received multiple allegations of Michigan physicians inappropriately prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine to themselves, family, friends, and\/or coworkers without a legitimate medical purpose,\u201d Deb Gagliardi, the director of the Bureau of Professional Licensing, and Forrest Pasanski, the director of the Enforcement Division, wrote in a letter to \u201clicensed prescribers and dispensers.\u201d\n\n\u201cPrescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine without further proof of efficacy for treating COVID-19 or with the intent to stockpile the drug may create a shortage\u201d for those patients who need the drug for its approved use, adding that \u201creports of this conduct will be evaluated and may be further investigated for administrative action.\n\n\u201cAgain, these drugs have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19.\u201d\n\n\u201cMichigan pharmacists may see an increased volume of prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and should take special care to evaluate the prescriptions\u2019 legitimacy,\u201d they continued, warning again that \u201clicensed health professionals are required to report inappropriate prescribing practices.\u201d\n\nMichigan wasn\u2019t the only state last week to threaten physicians using the drugs\u2014Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak\u2019s administration also restricted the prescription of the medication, after a man died and his wife was hospitalized for using a fish tank cleaning additive with a similar name as a substitute.\n\n\"While the two drugs have necessary medical purposes, there is no conclusive evidence at this time among COVID-19 experts or Nevada's own medical health advisory team that the drugs provide treatment for COVID-19 patients,\" Sisolak said in a statement last week.\n\nBut Michigan reversed course, requesting a supply of the medications for physicians to use in treating patients of COIVD-19, after the Department of Health and Human Services received and accepted donations of the medications to the national stockpile to be used for coronavirus treatment.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is taking every possible step to protect Americans from the coronavirus and provide them with hope,\u201d HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. \u201cScientists in America and around the world have identified multiple potential therapeutics for COVID-19, including chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.\u201d\n\nHe added: \u201cThe President\u2019s bold leadership and the hard work of FDA and HHS\u2019s Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response have succeeded in securing this large donation of medicine. We\u2019ll continue working around the clock to get American patients access to therapeutics that may help them battle COVID-19, while building the evidence to evaluate which options are effective.\u201d\n\nThe FDA\u2019s emergency use authorization allows hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate products donated to the national stockpile \u201cto be distributed and prescribed by doctors to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible.\u201d\n\nWHITMER SAYS STATES ARE IN A BIDDING WAR OVER MEDICAL SUPPLIES AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC\n\nHydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate are oral prescription drugs approved to treat malaria and other diseases. HHS says there currently are no approved treatments for COVID-19, but that both drugs have \u201cshown activity in laboratory studies against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).\u201d\n\n\u201cAnecdotal reports suggest that these drugs may offer some benefit in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients,\u201d HHS said in a statement. \u201cClinical trials are needed to provide scientific evidence that these treatments are effective.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Whitmer, who has been a fierce critic of the president, said last week that states are being forced to bid with one another for personal protective equipment (PPE) and, in some cases, contracts in place have been set aside, delayed or canceled and the goods are instead going to the federal government.\n\n\u201cWe the states are trying to actively get every piece of PPE that we can. We're bidding against one another and, in some cases, the federal government is taking priority,\u201d she said.\n\nWhitmer added: \u201cWe've got to keep working to get all of these other pieces of equipment and when we're bidding against one another, it's creating a lot of frustration and concern.\u201d\n\nAs of Thursday morning, the U.S. reported more than 216,700 positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 5,130 deaths.\n\nFox News' Andrew O'Reilly, Ryan Gaydos, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.","sentence2":"[Ed. \u2013 Having trouble making her mind up.]\n\nMichigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration has requested an emergency supply of the drugs President Trump touted as having success treating patients with severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus, in a reversal from the state\u2019s directive to medical professionals last week to avoid the medication for this purpose.\n\nMichigan, this week, requested hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from the Strategic National Stockpile for physicians to use to help treat patients with COVID-19, after the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend granted an emergency use authorization for the anti-malarial drugs.\n\nBut last week, Whitmer\u2019s administration threatened physicians prescribing the drugs, saying they were subject to \u201cadministrative action\u201d should they continue to use the medication.\n\nTrending: At age 15, Beto O\u2019Rourke wrote a short story fantasizing about killing children, mass murder\n\n\u201cThe Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has received multiple allegations of Michigan physicians inappropriately prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine. \u2026"}
-{"id":"1619642001_1617937141","score":1.0,"sentence1":"On Tuesday, President Donald Trump went off on the Democrats and their attempts to turn the 2020 election into an all-mail-in affair, complete with all of the opportunities fraudsters needs to tilt the results any way they might choose.\n\n\u201cThere is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent,\u201d tweeted the president. \u201cMail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed.\u201d\n\nInstead of giving Trump space to air his opinions and predictions about this scheme, Twitter took it upon themselves to throw their objectivity away and slap a \u201cfact check\u201d label on the tweet. This label linked to a paragraph assuring users that there was \u201cno evidence\u201d of widespread fraud connected to mail-in voting, all but suggesting that the president is lying to the American people.\n\nPredictably, this raised Trump\u2019s ire. \u201c@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post.\u201d\n\nIn addition to sticking their noses in where they aren\u2019t wanted and don\u2019t belong, Twitter actually made a fool of themselves by trying to \u201cfact check\u201d the president.\n\nFirst of all, since this is the first tweet that they\u2019ve done this to, we assume that every single thing that Trump has written up till this Tuesday is 100% true. That certainly goes against what his critics in the mainstream media have been saying for the last four years.\n\nSecond, Twitter is endangering their status as a \u201cplatform,\u201d which gives them all kinds of liability protections that would not be available to them if they were deemed a \u201cpublisher.\u201d Right now, Twitter is exempt from defamation and libel lawsuits based on what people on their platform say. They aren\u2019t responsible for what\u2019s written there. But if they\u2019re going to wade into the fray and start labeling posts true and false, then that may change in a hurry.\n\nFinally, if Twitter is going to fact-check the President of the United States, they should probably make sure they have their facts straight. In 2005, a bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform found that \u201cabsentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud\u201d in the United States. Just this week, in fact, the Alabama secretary of State confirmed that 83% of the voter fraud his state has seen in the last five years has come from mail-in ballots.\n\nMaybe it\u2019s too much to ask that Twitter fact-check their fact-checks. And, to be clear, we\u2019re actually NOT asking them to do so. We\u2019d much prefer they go back to minding their own business and letting people do their own research. But if they want to take on this burden, they need to be prepared. So far, they\u2019ve only succeeded in embarrassing themselves.","sentence2":"People's militia to be created in Belarus\n\nMass grave of decapitated bodies found in Congo\n\nCriminal cases launched against two opposition MPs\n\nProtesters demanding Armenian PM'ss resignation blocks Noyemberyan-Voskepar road\n\nNATO defense ministers meeting with participation of Ukraine to be held on June 15-16\n\nTurkish Defense Minister visits Azerbaijan\n\nNEWS.am digest: Aliyev speaks about Karabakh conflict and delimitation issue with Armenia\n\nKarabakh president calls to release opposition politician\n\nJapan seeks to dramatically increase its military potential\n\nExperts assess impact on Armenia of transition to payments for Russian gas in rubles\n\nMargaret Atwood reveals burn-proof edition of The Handmaid's Tale\n\nKarabakh MPs issues statement amid Avetik Chalabyan's arrest\n\nChina: Taiwan issue does not tolerate external interference\n\nPashinyan to Kopyrkin: The format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship is important in Karabakh conflict settlement\n\nG7 countries agree to take action to stop rising energy prices\n\nEAEU starts talks on FTA with Indonesia\n\nEU developing plans to ration gas supplies in event of complete suspension of gas supplies from Russia\n\nPresident Harutyunyan receives delegation led by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo\n\nG7 countries pledge to work towards phasing out polluting energy\n\nFrench Ambassador wishes Azerbaijani government to continue peace talks\n\nAustralia warns of regional implications of Solomon Islands security pact with China\n\nAliyev: There is no word Nagorno-Karabakh, and the last Brussels meeting once again demonstrated this\n\nAliyev: If we define borders with Armenia, what status of Nagorno-Karabakh can we talk about?!\n\nAzerbaijani ombudswoman demands 'to take thorough measures against Armenia'\n\nG7 countries reach specific agreements on phasing out coal energy\n\nDollar, euro rise slightly in Armenia\n\nIlham Aliyev voices another batch of territorial claims against Armenia\n\nAP: Western allies are considering letting 'Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions'\n\nPutin supports extension of free trade agreement between Iran and Eurasian Union\n\nPashinyan: Armenia is interested in concluding agreement between Iran, Eurasian Union\n\nArmenian Defense Minister receives commander of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh\n\nTurkey expects Sweden and Finland to take 'concrete action'\n\nBoris Johnson says Russia is making slow but palpable progress in eastern Ukraine\n\nAzerbaijani MP appeals to non-existent Human Rights Watch report to accuse Armenia\n\nSweden, Finland's aspirations to join NATO won't require deployment of additional US troops\n\nRepresentatives of Resistance Movement organize car rallies in various regions of Armenia\n\nWorld Bank to provide $500 million to Turkey to support COVID-19 efforts\n\nArmenia PM and French Ambassador discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process\n\nCitizens demanding Pashinyan's resignation block the road to Georgia\n\nLavrov: Western countries do not abandon attempts to set peoples of former Soviet Union against each other\n\nProtesters block Yerevan-Sevan road\n\nJapan to ease border restrictions further from 10 June\n\nTurkey recruits Afghans to fight on side of Ukraine\n\nArmenia Parliament speaker receives delegation headed by Montenegro President\n\nReuters: US and Ukraine discuss risk of escalation as new weapons expand capabilities\n\nMayor of Paris arrives in Yerevan on official visit\n\nAzerbaijani authorities propose to hold meeting of Turkic Speaking Countries in occupied Shushi\n\nArmenia Ambassador to France and Mayor of Cannes discuss Karabakh situation\n\nPallone says US should not hesitate to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its unprovoked aggression against Artsakh\n\nFood prices in Armenia increased by 14.3%\n\nArmenia PM's wife meets with businessman and co-owner of Franck Muller company\n\nArmenia PM sends congratulatory message to Uruguay President\n\nUS to approve supply of long-range missile systems to Ukraine\n\nArmenia President holds number of meetings in Davos, introducing country's development programs\n\nNATO countries informally agree not to supply tanks and combat aircraft to Ukraine\n\nEEU leaders to take part in meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council\n\nWhatsApp to change rules for handling confidential messages\n\nTwitter investors sue billionaire Elon Musk\n\nHungary needs 3.5 to 4 years to give up Russian oil\n\nGerman authorities plan to suspend pandemic rules for summer entry\n\nAfrica: 1.8 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty due to crisis in Ukraine\n\nShell is negotiating with consortium of Indian energy companies to sell its stake in Sakhalin-2\n\nTurkish Security Council says 'operation' in Syria 'is not directed against territorial integrity of country'\n\nFormer Louvre president faces preliminary charges of fraud and money laundering\n\nSenegal hospital fire kills 11 babies\n\nNEWS.am digest: Azerbaijan returns Armenian soldier, Armenia\u2019s 1st satellite launched into space\n\nGreece tells UN Secretary General Turkey is challenging its sovereignty\n\nIshkhan Saghatelyan introduces action plan for coming days\n\nBlinken says US considers China long-term challenge to global order\n\nG7 countries could lead way in phasing out coal\n\nAlbania offers Naval base to NATO\n\nResistance Movement rally starts on France Square\n\nSoldier Eduard Martirosov, handed over by Azerbaijani side, already in Yerevan\n\nTwitter to pay $150 million for leaking user data\n\nResistance movement ends its protest outside government building\n\nEU states announce freezing of about EUR 23 billion of assets of Russian Central Bank\n\nSaghatelyan announces successful rally outside Armenian government building\n\nOver $6.2 million assigned to Armenian National Security Service\n\nArmenia imposes 6-month ban on exports of some agricultural products\n\nRobert Habeck: EU can still strike a deal on an embargo on Russian oil imports\n\nMontenegro President pays tribute to Armenian Genocide victims in Yerevan\n\nSaghatelyan: From now on Pashinyan will see people only from behind iron curtain\n\nOlaf Scholz: 'Putin must not win this war'\n\nResistance Movement Procession approaches Armenian Government building\n\nPolice try to prevent Resistance Movement procession from approaching Armenian government building\n\nBayramov: We expect that specific document will be presented at next meeting\n\nDollar, euro continue to fall in Armenia\n\nMacron highlights need to respect sovereign choice of Sweden and Finland\n\nPashinyan receives director of International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas\n\nInflation in Zimbabwe exceeds 100% per annum in May\n\nResistance Movement starts procession in Yerevan\n\nOver half of Americans favor tougher gun laws\n\nIran offers to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine\n\nAzerbaijan FM does not rule out new phone conversations with Armenia FM\n\nQueensland becomes second Australian state to ban Nazi symbols\n\nMontenegro President arrives in Armenia\n\nPutin proposes to form strategy for Eurasian Union economic development\n\nPutin sees no problem in some IT specialists moving from Russia to Armenia\n\nGeorgia President calls referendum in South Ossetia provocation by Russia\n\nPutin names share of settlements in national currencies in the EAEU"}
-{"id":"1608015611_1549045225","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Goats, cats, and all sizes of dogs strutted their stuff for the residents of Good Shepherd Health Center and Cornerstone Assisted Living on Friday.\n\nDozens of animals, many dressed in costumes, and their handlers, made their way around the facilities, waving at residents through the windows, as part of a \"pet parade,\" which wrapped up a stretch of activities commemorating National Skilled Nursing Care and Staff Appreciation week at Good Shepherd.\n\nA parade of people and cars was also held Thursday, giving residents a chance to wave and greet participants from the safety of the sidewalk.\n\nActivities Director Jessica Hanson said the staff has been working really hard and thinking outside the box when it comes to keeping the residents busy and content during the COVID-19 shutdown.\n\n\"It has not been an easy task, by any means, just trying to keep the folks happy and keep the smiles on their faces,\" Hanson said. \"So, I think this definitely helped. I hope it did, anyway.\"\n\nHanson said the community has been very supportive of the residents and staff, with businesses and community members dropping off various donations, such as masks, activities, and snacks.\n\n\"I think everyone realized that we're all in this together,\" said Hanson. \"I mean, just...everybody...I don't even know how to thank you.\"\n\nLisa Grouette is a Photographer + Breaking News, Crime and Courts Reporter for the Globe Gazette. Contact Lisa at 641-421-0525 or lisa.grouette@globegazette.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaGrouette\n\nLove 2 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0\n\nBe the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.","sentence2":"Many kinds of fish should be biting in Erie area over holiday weekend"}
-{"id":"1560002071_1563996946","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Chanceller Rishi Sunak has announced a \u00a39 billion package of support to give self-employed people up to \u00a32,500 a month to help them cope with the effects of coronavirus.\n\nThe Chancellor tonight said the scheme, which will be open for at least three months, will cover 80 per cent of a self-employed person's average monthly profits.\n\nBut it may not be available until June and will only be available to those who have a tax return for 2019, meaning the newly self-employed will be ineligible.\n\nAnd Mr Sunak warned that the self-employed could face tax hikes in the future as part of the effort to \"right the ship\" and repair the battered public finances after the coronavirus crisis is over.\n\nDetails of the scheme came as the Department of Health announced a total of 578 people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK have died as of 5pm on March 25.\n\nSome 11,658 people have tested positive in the UK as of 9am on March 26.\n\nMr Sunak's scheme will be open to those with a trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 in 2018-19 or an average trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.\n\nTo qualify, more than half of their income in these periods must come from self-employment.\n\nUp to 3.8 million people will qualify for support, with average monthly payments expected to be \u00a3940 per person.\n\nMr Sunak said the scheme, which will last for at least three months, \"is one of the most generous in the world\".\n\n\"It targets support to those who need help most, offering the self-employed the same level of support as those in work.\"\n\nHe said the measure covers 95 per cent of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment.\n\nBut in a hint that the self-employed could be asked to pay more to the taxman in future he said it was \"now much harder to justify\" the tax breaks on offer to the self-employed if they were receiving the same level of state support.\n\nHe said everyone would be \"chipping in together to right the ship afterwards\" once the crisis is over.\n\nA number of self-employed workers welcomed the Chancellor's measures but expressed concern about having to wait until June to claim.\n\nLouise Barina, a production manager who lives in London, said: \"After having spoken to our landlord, he has outright said no, that we can't get a delay on our rent.\n\n\"In terms of the payment coming in June, that's really problematic for us as that's obviously three months of payment where we need to find the money for that.\"\n\nMeanwhile the Department of Health said revising its reporting approach for coronavirus deaths \"to ensure data can be verified and published in a timely, consistent way\".\n\nA statement on Twitter said: \"Figures issued today are recorded as of 5pm on March 24 to 5pm on March 25.\n\n\"Going forwards, figures on deaths will be recorded for the 24-hour period as of 5pm the previous day. Figures on tests remain as of the 24-hour period from 9am that day.\"","sentence2":"The newly launched Reviews of Public Bodies programme will examine the operations of all arm\u2019s-length bodies in England, including the Arts Council, the BFI, the National Lottery Community Fund and Historic England, to assess whether \"they should be abolished or retained\""}
-{"id":"1487625578_1488219672","score":3.0,"sentence1":"On the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nA stock broker reacts as he watches share prices on the BSE Sensex in Mumbai down by 700 points on January 6, 2020\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nThe BSE benchmark Sensex crashed by nearly 788 points and the NSE Nifty tumbled around 234 points on Monday as heightened tensions in the Middle East kept investors on edge.\n\nThe 30-share BSE index ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90%. Similarly, the broader Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91%.\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%, followed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries. Bucking the broader trend, only Titan and PowerGrid ended with gains.\n\nDomestic market witnessed intense selloff in line with global stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of major retaliation if Tehran carries out any attack against America to avenge the killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani and hinted at striking its cultural sites. His statement came hours after Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal.\n\nHe also threatened to impose \u201cvery big sanctions\u201d on Iraq if it follows through on a parliament vote calling for the expulsion of US troops based in the country.\n\n\u201cIndian market is reacting more negatively than other emerging markets due to crude oil impact. Since our dependence on crude imports as a percentage of consumption is the highest, the impact on economy and markets is also higher,\u201d said Rusmik Oza, Sr. VP (Head of Fundamental Research-PCG), Kotak Securities. \u201cAlong with crude, the negative impact of currency is also weighing on Indian markets.\u201d\n\nBrent crude oil futures surged nearly 2% to $69.81. The Rupee depreciated 24 paise against the U.S. Dollar to 72.04 (intra-day).\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul ended lower. European markets were also trading in negative terrain in early sessions.","sentence2":"While HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nA view of the BSE building in Mumbai. | File\n\nWhile HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nEquity benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded nearly 500 points in opening session on Tuesday as global investors calmed on no further escalation in the mid-east tensions.\n\nAfter hitting a high of 41,135.47, the 30-share BSE index was trading 450 points or 1.11 per cent higher at 41,126.63. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rallied 132.25 points or 1.10 per cent to 12,125.30.\n\nHDFC Bank was the gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying up to 2.16 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, Relinace Industries, Tata Steel, SBI and Axis Bank.\n\nOn the other hand, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys and HCL Tech were trading in the red.\n\nIn the previous session, the 30-share gauge ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90 per cent. Similarly, the Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91 per cent.\n\nMeanwhile, on a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 103.84 crore, and domestic institutional investors offloaded shares worth Rs 23.70 crore on Monday, data available with stock exchanges showed.\n\nAccording to traders, domestic investors followed Asian stocks that rebounded after a day of no escalation in the US-Iran tussle.\n\nThe Pentagon on Monday distanced itself from U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s assertions that he would bomb Iranian cultural sites despite international prohibitions on such attacks.\n\nFollowing the news, Brent crude futures fell 1.20 per cent to USD 68.08.\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul were trading in the green.\n\nExchanges on Wall Street too ended on a positive note on Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, the rupee appreciated 20 paise to 71.73 against the US dollar in morning session."}
-{"id":"1561698873_1555780606","score":3.0,"sentence1":"","sentence2":"President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his scheduled address to the nation on Sunday night because the national command council on Covid-19 meeting he is chairing is dealing with \u201cweighty issues\u201d and likely to go on until late.\n\nThis is according to minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, who was addressing the media at the Union Buildings on Sunday night.\n\nMthembu said Ramaphosa will now address the nation only on Monday \u201cbecause we do not want to take short cuts\u201d.\n\nSaid Mthembu: \u201cIt will not be helpful for the president to speak to the people of South Africa when the structure that advises him, which is the national command council, has not concluded its business and looked at all the issues that affect South Africans.\n\n\u201cLet us assume that the meeting concludes at midnight, then it will be unfair for the president to address people who are sleeping.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1560700947_1530083534","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa took to Instagram to share a heartbreaking video of the basketball icon talking about coaching their daughter Gianna\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa pays tribute to icon and their daughter two months after tragedy\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has paid a touching tribute to the icon and their daughter Gianna two months after their tragic deaths.\n\nVanessa took to her Instagram account on Thursday to share a heartbreaking video of Kobe talking about coaching Gianna.\n\nGianna, and Kobe lost their lives in a helicopter crash in January, exactly two months before Vanessa posted the tribute.\n\nThe 13-year-old was an aspiring basketball player and Kobe, who played for the Lakers, coached her Amateur Athletic Union team.\n\nIn the video shared by Vanessa, Kobe said: \"She started out playing soccer, which is one of my favorite sports as well.\n\nImage: WireImage) WireImage)\n\n\"But then, when she asked about learning the game of basketball, I started teaching her piece by piece, and she started enjoying it and loving it and now she plays every day.\n\n\"It's been a joy to watch her grow and to be there every day for that process.\n\n\"Her temperament is a lot like mine. She\u2019s extremely competitive, very fiery, and backs down from no challenge.\"\n\nIn the clip Kobe says Gianna is \"a good mix of me and good mix of her mama, so that makes her even more competitive than I am.\"\n\nVanessa captioned the post with two broken heart emojis.\n\nIt comes after she spoke at Kobe and Gianna's memorial last month.\n\nSpeaking about Kobe, Vanessa said: \"He was mine. He was my everything. Kobe and I had been together since I was 17 years old.\n\n\"I was his first girlfriend, his first love, his wife, his best friend, his confidante and his protector. He was the most amazing husband. Kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words.\"\n\nVanessa also paid honour to Gianna and revealed what she has been missing.\n\nShe said: \"I miss her sweet kisses, her cleverness, her sarcasm, her wit and that adorable sly side smile followed with a grin and burst of laughter.\n\n\"Gigi was sunshine. She brightened up my day every day. I miss looking at her beautiful face. She was always so good, a rule follower. I knew I could always count on her to do the right thing.\"","sentence2":"Susanna Osborne, more affectionately known as Sukii, serves as an Associate Entertainment Editor for iOne Digital. The Spanish Harlem native got her start in blogging back in 2010 when she began covering Hip Hop\u2019s rising stars for GlobalGrind. Music (and entertainment at large) are spaces Sukii continues to focus on as a writer, but her pen game knows no bounds. Since starting at iOne Digital in 2014, the Spelman College alum has contributed to the majority of iOne brands, often venturing into controversial topics such as women's rights, sex, and race relations. Follow her on Instagram and stay tuned.\n\nToday, fans, family, and loved ones got together at the Staples Center to celebrate the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant. The world was shocked when the two were reported dead, alongside seven others, after a fatal helicopter crash last month. Now, after a private funeral and several tributes, fans of the legend and legend-in-the-making got a chance to say their farewells.\n\nFollowing a beautiful opening by Beyonc\u00e9, who sang her songs \u201cXO\u201d and \u201cHalo,\u201d Kobe Bryant\u2019s wife Vanessa bravely took to the stage to share some sweet words about her fallen angels. She remembered Gianna as intelligent, silly, and athletically skilled, calling the 13-year-old a \u201csweet and gentle soul.\u201d\n\n\u201cGigi was very competitive like her daddy, but Gianna had a sweet grace about her. Her smile was like sunshine. Her smile took up her entire face like mine \u2014 Kobe always said she was me. She had my fire. My personality and sarcasm. She was tender and loving on the inside. She had the best laugh. It was infectious. It was pure and genuine,\u201d Vanessa said of their daughter.\n\nShe remembered Kobe as a doting father who put his family first. She described him as a romantic and said she dreamed of growing old with him.\n\n\u201cGod knew they couldn\u2019t be on this earth without each other. He had to bring them home to heaven together,\u201d Vanessa said, adding \u201cBabe, you take care of our Gigi.\u201d May Kobe and Gianna rest in peace. Our prayers are with Vanessa and the girls at this time."}
-{"id":"1525232103_1525634277","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The Dutch foreign minister is scheduled to hold meetings with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues.\n\nIranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited The Hague in November to attend the third round of political talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Netherlands. The Iranian diplomat held a meeting with Blok on issues of mutual interest.\n\nRelations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the European country\u2019s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in June 2018, and Tehran\u2019s reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nMNA\/IRN83680586","sentence2":"TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Netherlands' Foreign Minister Stef Blok is slated to pay an official visit to Iran on Friday and Saturday and hold talks with senior officials of the Islamic Republic on issues of mutual interest.\n\n- Politics news -\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Dutch top diplomat will meet with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues, according to the statement.\n\nThe visit would come as relations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats from the Netherlands in June 2018 and Tehran's reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nAfter Iran's expulsion of two Dutch diplomats, the Netherlands summoned its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations, and summoned the Iranian ambassador, describing the act as \"unacceptable\" and \"having negative consequences\" for bilateral relations.\n\nThe Dutch foreign ministry had earlier in June expelled the two Iranian diplomats."}
-{"id":"1553051359_1552828663","score":1.0,"sentence1":"A Gokwe man, Evans Ngwenya (20) allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner, Paul Banda, with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe Chronicle reports that Banda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic. The publication also reports that the duo had a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nNgwenya who is now facing a murder charge in connection with Banda\u2019s death has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nThe State, however, opposed the bail application arguing that there was no guarantee that Ngwenya would not abscond once released on bail. Representing the State, Ms Nokuthaba Ngwenya said:\n\nThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would, therefore, be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding.\n\nShe added that there was overwhelming evidence against the accused and the investigations have been completed hence releasing him would not serve justice.\n\nThe amount of money which te duo was fighting for is not known.\n\nMore: The Chronicle","sentence2":"A Zimbabwean man allegedly killed his Zambian business partner by striking him with a log following a heated dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe 20-yer-old, Evans Ngwenya allegedly struck Paul Banda twice with a log and struck his skull following a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nBanda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic.\n\nNgwenya was ccharged with murder and has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nIn his bail application, Ngwenya offered to pay $200 bail and to continue residing at his given address until the case has been finalized.\n\nHe also offered to surrender his canoe as surety.\n\nThe State opposed the bail application, arguing that there was no guarantee that the accused person wouldn\u2019t flee if given bail\n\n\u201cThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would therefore be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding,\u201d said Ms Ngwenya.\n\nAccording to court papers, Ngwenya and Banda went on a fishing expedition at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga district where they had an altercation after arguing on the fish sale profits.\n\nDuring their fight, Ngwenya picked a log and struck Banda twice on the head.\n\nHe sustained head injuries and he was taken to Siabuwa Clinic the following day where he succumbed to the injuries.\n\nA report was made at the police leading to Ngwenya\u2019s arrest.\n\nAccording to the post mortem report the cause of death was skull fracture and assault.\n\n(Visited 35 times, 1 visits today)"}
-{"id":"1527033928_1527816367","score":1.0,"sentence1":"General News of Friday, 21 February 2020\n\nSource: presidency.gov.gh\n\n2020-02-21\n\nplay videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\n\nThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says investor confidence in Ghana\u2019s economy is growing following the competent management of the economy exhibited since 2017.\n\nAccording to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, \u201cin three years we have reduced inflation to its lowest level (7.8% in January 2020) since 1992. For the first time in over forty (40) years, we have had a fiscal deficit below five per cent (5%) of GDP for three years in a row.\u201d\n\nAdditionally, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, indicated that \u201cfor the first time in over twenty (20) years, the balance of trade (that is the difference between our exports and imports) has been in surplus for three (3) consecutive years. Our current account deficit is shrinking, interest rates are declining, and the average annual rate of depreciation of the cedi is at its lowest for any first-term government in the Fourth Republic.\u201d\n\nHe made this known on Thursday, 20th February, 2020, when he delivered a Message on the State of the Nation, in Parliament.\n\nEconomic growth, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said, has rebounded to place Ghana among the fastest growing economies in the world for three years in a row at an annual average of 7%, up from 3.4% in 2016, the lowest in nearly three decades.\n\n\u201cThe international investor community has recognised this development, resulting in Ghana, today, being the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in West Africa. The sovereign credit rating agencies have upgraded our ratings, and also improved the outlook for this year, notwithstanding the fact that it is an election year,\u201d he said.\n\nPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo added, \u201cThis is a massive vote of confidence in the current management of the economy, as best illustrated by Ghana\u2019s successful issue of the longest-dated Eurobond ever issued by a sub-Saharan African country, with investors placing fifteen billion United States dollars ($15 billion) of orders for Ghana\u2019s forty-one (41) year Eurobond.\u201d\n\nThe seven (7) year Bond, he explained, attracted the lowest coupon rates ever for Ghana at 6.375%, compared with the 9.25% Ghana had to pay for a similar Eurobond issue in 2016.\n\n\u201cNo wonder Bloomberg, the reputable global financial media house, earlier this week, highlighted Ghana as the top candidate for an economic leap in Africa. This expression of confidence is important because it will lead to enhanced investments in our economy, and the accompanying greater numbers of jobs,\u201d he added.","sentence2":"Business News of Friday, 21 February 2020\n\nSource: classfmonline.com\n\n2020-02-21\n\nAkufo-Addo, Prez Ghana\n\nPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana, \u201cfor the first time in over 40 years\u201d, has maintained \u201ca fiscal deficit below five per cent of GDP for three years in a row\u201d.\n\nDelivering his State of the Nation Address to a one-sided Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2020, Mr Akufo-Addo also said \u201cin three years, we have reduced inflation to its lowest level (7.8% in January 2020) since 1992\u201d.\n\n\u201cFor the first time in over 20 years, the balance of trade (that is the difference between our exports and imports) has been in surplus for three (3) consecutive years.\n\n\u201cOur current account deficit is shrinking, interest rates are declining, and the average annual rate of depreciation of the cedi is at its lowest for any first term government in the Fourth Republic.\n\n\u201cOur economic growth has rebounded to place Ghana among the fastest growing economies in the world for three years in a row at an annual average of 7%, up from 3.4% in 2016, the lowest in nearly three decades\u201d, the President said.\n\nAccording to him, the international community has taken note of his government\u2019s performance, \u201cresulting in Ghana, today, being the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in West Africa\u201d.\n\n\u201cThe sovereign credit ratings agencies have upgraded our ratings, and also improved the outlook for this year, notwithstanding the fact that it is an election year.\n\n\u201cThis is a massive vote of confidence in the current management of the economy, as best illustrated by Ghana\u2019s successful issue of the longest-dated Eurobond ever issued by a sub-Saharan African country, with investors placing fifteen billion United States dollars ($15 billion) of orders for Ghana\u2019s forty-one (41) year Eurobond.\n\n\u201cThe seven (7) year Bond attracted the lowest coupon rates ever for Ghana at six point three-seven-five percent (6.375%), compared with the nine point two-five percent (9.25%) Ghana had to pay for a similar Eurobond issue in 2016. No wonder Bloomberg, the reputable global financial media house, earlier this week, highlighted Ghana as the top candidate for an economic leap in Africa.\n\n\u201cThis expression of confidence is important because it will lead to enhanced investments in our economy, and the accompanying greater numbers of jobs\u201d, he said."}
-{"id":"1554225833_1554173801","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed an executive order Friday pushing the state\u2019s May 5 presidential primary to June 2, joining a growing group of governors who\u2019ve postponed elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHe said in the order that Secretary of State Connie Lawson had made known to him the \u201cextreme difficulty\u201d the state would face in holding the primary as scheduled while also complying with coronavirus guidance.\n\nHe, like many of his fellow governors, had already shuttered bars and restaurants in the state.\n\nIndiana will now join the swelling rank of states that have pushed back their presidential primaries, including Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, Louisiana and Georgia.\n\nIndiana has 79 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, according to the state Department of Health.","sentence2":"Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that his state was postponing its May 5 primary until June 2, making it the seventh state to postpone its presidential primary due to the spread of the coronavirus.\n\n\n\n\u201cIt needed to be pushed back in order to, again, ensure the safety of our county employees, our poll workers and the voters themselves,\u201d Holcomb said in a Friday press conference.\n\n\n\nIndiana joins six other states who have already postponed their elections: Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio.\n\n\n\nIndiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson also said she\u2019d recommend to the state election commission that they suspend absentee balloting rules to allow all Indiana voters to vote absentee should they so choose, along with other recommendation that would make it easier for Hoosiers to vote. Indiana typically requires an excuse to vote via mail absentee ballots. Lawson said the recommendation would only apply to the June 2 elections.\n\n\n\nLawson said the election commission would meet March 25 to discuss the proposals."}
-{"id":"1521247428_1522600636","score":3.0,"sentence1":"One lucky home in England got a huge Valentine\u2019s Day surprise. It wasn\u2019t an unexpected bouquet or a box of heart-shaped chocolates from a secret admirer, but a piece of art by the artist Banksy on the side of their building.\n\nThe work of art that now adorns a wall in Bristol, the home city of the artist known as Banksy, shows a stenciled girl firing an explosion of red flowers into the air using a slingshot. Kelly Woodruff, who co-owns the property had no idea her house had been hit by the artist until she was tagged in a photo on Facebook with someone asking if that was her house. \u201cAnd we were like, \u2018woah it is\u2019,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201cWe are super excited.\u201d\n\nThe pseudonymous artist confirmed the work was his by posting two images of it on his official Instagram account. Even before it was official, though, crowds had reportedly gathered to see what is now being called \u201cthe Valentine\u2019s Day Banksy\u201d.\n\nAmidst the hubbub, the home owner is now trying to figure out how to protect and preserve the valuable piece of art that is on the side of her house. \u201cThere isn\u2019t a handbook for these kind of scenarios,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201c[W]e\u2019ve never been in this situation so any advice is welcome.\u201d\n\nContact us at letters@time.com.","sentence2":"(Newser) \u2013 The family who owns a house in southwest England where an artwork from Banksy appeared in time for Valentine's Day has covered the mural after it was defaced. Temporary fencing was also added Saturday to the home in Bristol and closed-circuit television has been installed to protect the artwork, which shows a young girl firing red flowers from a catapult. The elusive artist confirmed the mural as his creation on his official Instagram account on Feb. 14, reports the AP. It was later defaced by someone who wrote \"BCC wankers,\" notes the Guardian, which has an image of the damage. Says a local, \"It\u2019s a real shame, but it was always going to happen, unfortunately.\"\n\nKelly Woodruff, the daughter of Edwin Simons, who owns the rented home on which the artwork appeared, said the family felt a \u201cstrong responsibility\u201d to ensure that the artwork could be enjoyed by the general public. \u201cDue to the mindless vandalism to the artwork, the family have taken the very difficult decision to cover the artwork to try to protect it,\u201d she said. \u201cAll measures are temporary and we ask that the public are patient while we work out the best way to clean the damage, restore and protect it for the future, so everyone can enjoy Banksy's work.\u201d\n\n(Read more Banksy stories.)"}
-{"id":"1554606277_1554123226","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Twelve more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday. Of the new cases, six persons are from Kasaragod, five from Ernakulam and one from Palakkad. Total 40 persons have tested positive for COVID-19, out of them three have been discharged, the Chief Minister said.\n\nThere are 44,390 people under surveillance in the state. Of these, 44,165 are in isolation at home and total of 225 people are hospitalized. Vijayan said, \"On Friday, 56 people were admitted. 13,632 people have now been admitted into isolation. 5570 people ...","sentence2":"Vijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow | PTI photo for representation\n\nTwelve fresh cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 37, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.\n\nWhile five cases were confirmed in Ernakulam, six were reported in Kasaragod and one case in Palakkad district, Vijayan told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting here.\n\n\"Totally, 44,390 people are under observation, of which 44,165 are in home quarantine and 225 in isolation wards in hosiptals,\" he said.\n\nVijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow, while all places of worship and clubs will be shut.\n\nShops would remain open only from 11 am to 5 pm.\n\n\"We need to impose such restrictions in Kasaragod. We have issued an order. Two MLAs are under observation as they had come in contact with a positive case,\" he added.\n\nThree positive cases had been treated and discharged from hospitals earlier."}
-{"id":"1617114169_1617282755","score":2.0,"sentence1":"OTTAWA\u2014Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian military will keep assisting in nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec, though 36 members of the Canadian Forces have come down with COVID-19 while doing so.\n\nThat\u2019s up from 28 cases of the novel coronavirus among those troops less than a week ago.\n\nThe military has been deployed to nursing homes in the two provinces to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with residents\u2019 needs because of all the protective measures they need to take, or off work because they\u2019re ill themselves.\n\nFourteen of the military members with COVID-19 are in Ontario and 22 of them are in Quebec.\n\nWhen the Forces started reporting the number of positive cases, they said they\u2019d update the figures every two weeks but have revised that plan to give new numbers every day.\n\nTrudeau says the premiers of Ontario and Quebec have both asked for the military to extend the deployment and he expects to agree.\n\nRead more about:\n\nSHARE:","sentence2":""}
-{"id":"1520715253_1520208298","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Rajiv Bansal\n\nAir India\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nMinistry of Petroleum\n\nMinistry of Civil Aviation\n\nNew Delhi, Senior IAS officerwas on Thursday named the Chairman and Managing Director of national carrierThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal's appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.At present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary,and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India's CMD.Additionally, he has had an earlier stint with the(MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.","sentence2":"New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal was Thursday named the CMD of national carrier Air India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal;s appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.\n\nAt present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani. In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India\u2019s CMD.\n\nBansal has had an earlier stint with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.\n\nNow Bansal will have his task cut out as the government is going for 100% disinvestment of the national career. Very soon the government will put up Air India for sale. The move is being opposed by 14 unions of Air India. So Bansal will have to handle everything carefully.\n\nAgencies"}
-{"id":"1605422147_1605693346","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The United Nations (U.N) has said that the fight against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has stalled as more and more countries in the region shift their attention to controlling the spread of COVID-19.\n\nThe U.N says that countries in the region have diverted resources meant to fight AIDS in controlling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAs a result, AIDS virus-related illnesses could claim more than half a million people.\n\nIn a joint report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS warned that interruptions to HIV\/AIDS treatment could \u201cset the clock back by more than a decade to 2008 when more than 950,000 AIDS deaths were observed in the region\u201d.\n\nIn 2018, an estimated 470,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa, the report says.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO says; \u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history.\u201d\n\nWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services, he added\n\nGhebreyesus says that there is need to ensure that global supplies of tests and treatments for both HIV and Tuberculosis reach the countries and communities that need them most.\n\n\u201cWe should save people from Covid-19 and HIV and other life-threatening diseases.\u201d\n\nA six-month disruption in treatment services could lead to an excess of 471,000 to 673,000 AIDS-related deaths in one year, the report says, making it inevitable that the world would miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 fatalities from the disease worldwide.\n\nAccording to WHO statistics, an estimated 25.7 million people in Sub- Saharan Africa were living with HIV in 2018, with 16.4 million (64 per cent) receiving antiretroviral therapy.\n\nThese people now risk having their treatment interrupted, the agencies warned, \u201cbecause HIV services are closed or are unable to supply antiretroviral therapy because of disruptions to the supply chain, or because services simply become overwhelmed\u201d.\n\nThe report also highlighted that disrupted services could reverse gains made in stemming mother-to-child transmission of HIV\n\nSince 2010, new HIV infections among children in Sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 43 per cent (from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018), thanks to the high coverage of HIV services for mothers and their children in the region\n\nEvery death is a tragedy, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, observed.\n\n\u201cWe cannot sit by and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d\n\nIf HIV health services were stopped by COVID-19, the study indicates that several countries could see a drastic rise in new infections among children.\n\nByanyima says that the pandemic must not be an excuse to divert investment from HIV.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the Aids response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other.\u201d\n\neashimwe@newtimesrwanda.com","sentence2":"Gains made in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission could be reversed due to interruptions caused by Covid-19.\n\nNew infection in children is expected to go up by 104 per cent.\n\nSince 2010, HIV infection among children in Sub-Saharan Africa has declined by 43 per cent, from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018.\n\nA new projection by a group of five teams convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS shows an urgent need to strategise to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services during the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nA six-month disruption of antiretroviral therapy could lead to at least 500,000 more deaths from Aids-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa between 2020 and 2021.\n\nThis would mean setting the clock on HIV-related deaths back to where they were in 2008. During the year, more than 950,000 Aids-related deaths were recorded in the sub-Saharan region.\n\nAccording to WHO, an estimated 470,000 people died of Aids-related illnesses in the region in 2018.\n\nPeople living with HIV are likely to get seriously sick if they contract the coronavirus when their immune system is compromised.\n\nThe projection estimates that failure to take urgent action could lead to more deaths for another five years.\n\n\u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history,\u201d WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.\n\n\u201cWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services.\u201d\n\nThe WHO boss commended countries already taking steps such as ensuring that people can collect bulk packs of treatment and other essential commodities, including self-testing kits from drop-off points.\n\n\u201cThis relieves pressure on health services and the health workforce. We must also ensure that global supplies of tests and treatment continue to flow to the countries that need them,\u201d Ghebreyesus said.\n\nKenya is among the countries that have allowed people living with HIV to get bulk stocks of ARVs that last them three months.\n\nHealth facilities in Nairobi have already implemented the directive, and some are dispensing drugs that can last up to six months.\n\nPreviously, only a few individuals with stable immunity were allowed to pick up enough drugs to last more than one month.\n\n\"To reduce clinic attendance and drug pickup frequencies, up to three-month multi-month dispensing of ARVs should be considered for all people living with HIV regardless of age and viral status,\" Nascop head Dr Catherine Ngugi said in a circular to all county executives for health.\n\nIt is estimated that in 2018, 25.7 million people were living with HIV and 16.4 million (around 64 per cent) in sub-Saharan Africa were undergoing antiretroviral therapy.\n\nBut according to the WHO, they are now at risk of having their treatment interrupted either because of the closure of HIV services, lack of ARVs caused by disruptions in the supply chain or overwhelmed services due to competing needs to support the Covid-19 response.\n\nThe research teams used different mathematical models to analyse the effects of possible disruptions to HIV testing, prevention and treatment services caused by Covid-19 in three or six months on Aids mortality and HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nFrom the projection, a six-month disruption shows that Aids-related deaths in one year will range from 471,000 to 673,000.\n\nThis means that it will be inevitable for the world to miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 Aids-related deaths worldwide.\n\nMore sporadic interruptions of ART supply could lead to drug resistance, with long-term consequences for future treatment success in the region.\n\nUNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima has warned against using Covid-19 as an excuse to divert investments meant to go towards HIV programmes.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the AIDS response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other,\u201d Byanyima said.\n\n\u201cEvery death is a tragedy. We cannot sit and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1606591761_1607918334","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.\n\nMembers of an international criminal group, smuggling people from mainland Europe to the United Kingdom, had been intercepted at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the Finnish Border Guard said on Thursday.\n\nThe human traffickers were identified when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti, who had used another person\u2019s Swedish passport, were arrested at the airport in January.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris via Helsinki to London, the Border Guard said.\n\nAccording to a preliminary investigation launched by the Crime Prevention Unit of the Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District, it was not the Swedish man\u2019s first such journey to Finland.\n\nBetween December 2019 and January 2020, he is suspected to have smuggled two other foreigners from Finland to the UK by using other people\u2019s passports.\n\nThe investigation has also found that the Swedish citizen caught in Finland had applied for asylum in the UK as a Kuwaiti by providing false personal information to the local authorities.\n\nThe criminal offences under investigation in Finland are part of a series of operations, in which people have been smuggled from mainland Europe through various countries to the UK, the Border Guard said.\n\nThe acts are suspected to have been carried out by an influential professional smuggling ring in Sweden and the UK.\n\nThe criminal gang is suspected of having charged the trafficked persons around 8,000 euros ($8,600) for each trip.\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established with the support of Europol (the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) and Eurojust (a European Union agency dealing with judicial cooperation in criminal matters).\n\nMembers of the smuggling ring have been caught in both Sweden and the UK, where local authorities conducted home searches and arrests.\n\nA suspect in Finland, the Swedish citizen has been imprisoned since the end of January 2020 on suspicion of organising a serious illegal entry.\n\nThe investigation into the other members of the criminal ring continues in Finland and abroad, the Border Guard said.\n\nShare with friends: Tweet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint","sentence2":"Police suspect an international criminal gang has been trafficking people from mainland Europe to Britain via Finland.\n\nA gang suspected of smuggling people from mainland Europe to Britain was uncovered in January when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti citizen were stopped by border guards at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in possession of another Swedish citizen\u2019s passport.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris to London via Helsinki, according to a statement issued by the Finnish Border Guard.\n\nThe Guard\u2019s Crime Prevention Unit launched a preliminary investigation, and discovered that the Swedish man had visited Finland on at least two previous occasions. He is now suspected of smuggling two other people from Finland to Britain between December and January using other people's passports.\n\nPolice suspect the involvement of a people smuggling ring active in at least Sweden and the United Kingdom.\n\nThey believe the smugglers charge up to 8,000 euros per person transported from mainland Europe through various countries to the United Kingdom.\n\nThe initial investigation also revealed that the Swedish citizen stopped in Finland had applied for asylum in the United Kingdom as a Kuwaiti, providing false personal information to the UK authorities.\n\nThe false identity used by the suspect in Britain was revealed when his fingerprints were compared to the fingerprints of another Kuwaiti person, and they were found to be exactly the same. Authorities suspect the man created a false identity for himself in order to gain access to a disguise for people smuggling activities.\n\nInternational cooperation\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established between Finnish authorities and police forces in other parts of Europe, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, an EU agency which oversees judicial cooperation between member states.\n\nAuthorities in both Sweden and Britain conducted home searches of suspected members of the smuggling ring and made a number of arrests."}
-{"id":"1595584655_1596103131","score":3.0,"sentence1":"A Chinese man named Wang was reported to have contracted paragonimiasis, a parasitic infection, in Suqian, Jiangsu province of China after his regular diet consisted of water snails, crayfish, and raw snake\u2019s gallbladder.\n\nThe Chinese man visited a respiratory doctor, Dr. Zhao Haiyan, after experiencing breathing difficulties, only to find that his lungs were infested with live snakes and worms. CT scan footage revealed a line-shaped infection in the man\u2019s lungs. Paragonimiasis can be contracted from the consumption of unclean water containing tapeworms. Given that Wang ate raw seafood, he might have been infected by pathogens from such food.\n\nLine shaped infection in Wang\u2019s lungs (Photo Credits: Daily Mail)\n\nWhen the doctors asked about his dietary habits, Mr Wang said that he enjoyed having seafood, such as crayfish and river snails. He also confessed that he even gobbled down a raw snake gallbladder once before.\n\nWet Markets in China\n\nGenerally, wet markets refer to the markets that sell fresh meat, fish, etc, but in China, these markets are known to sell the meat of wild animals, which are known sources of several deadly pathogens like the Wuhan Coronavirus. The scientific reports suggest that a 55-year-old woman from China\u2019s Hubei province may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19 through one such wet market.\n\nHuanan Seafood Market in China\u2019s Wuhan is believed to be the epicentre of coronavirus. Earlier, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations to act against China\u2019s wet markets.","sentence2":"Shruti Haasan shares 'creepy yet cute' COVID-19 meme, says 'bat haters - bats are not the problem' |\n\nThe novel coronavirus that originated from a wet market in China has affected 42,533 people in India alone. According to reports, scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans. Ever since the global coronavirus pandemic, there has been antipathy and fear towards bats. Actress Shruti Haasan on Monday took to her Instagram to share a 'creepy yet cute' meme featuring the mammal and called out 'bat haters'.\n\nSharing the meme on her social media, she caprtioned it: \"ME \ud83d\udda4thanks @nerm for this \ud83d\ude01 now on a side note - bat haters - bats are not the problem - how we\u2019ve lived and how we have been in interaction with other species is - just saying . Ok bye\"\n\nCheck out her post here:\n\nReacting to the picture, a user wrote, \"so true! Bats are not guilty. Its how humans have jeopardised the ecology around us. Bats have become mere medium but surely not the devil.\"\n\nAnother commented, \"That bat definitely does not have Covid-19. It is ridden with cuteness\"\n\n\"Something interesting and yes this is the way we have to follow in the future don't interfere mother nature and the species,\" read a comment.\n\nFor the unversed, scientists believe that the novel coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans.\n\nVarious reports suggest that a 55-year-old man from China's Hubei province was the first person to have contracted Covid-19 through a 'wet market'. Huanan Seafood Market in China's Wuhan is believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic that began in December last year, crossing from animals to humans."}
-{"id":"1582272726_1582388798","score":1.0,"sentence1":"As India gears up to host the Trumps, US President Donald Trump is on his first official trip to the country along with US First Lady Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Ahmedabad International Airport to receive Donald Trump and his family.\n\nThe two world leaders will hold a roadshow where a group of 15 students from Sabarmati Gurukulam, will perform Mallakhamba. After this, Modi and Trump will head to Motera Stadium, the world\u2019s largest cricket ground, to take part in the \u2018Namaste Trump\u2019 event.\n\nBeing aboard the Air Force One flight, the American President is accompanied by a high-level delegation. Grand preparations have been made for the high-profile visit, expecting thousands of people coming to the streets of Ahmedabad to greet Narendra Modi and Donald Trump.\n\nLater on, Trump along with US First Lady Melania will travel Agra to visit Taj Mahal, before arriving in the national capital. In New Delhi, Melania Trump will be visiting the city\u2019s government schools. The two days official visit, 24 and 25 February, is a new seed to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations.\n\nHave a look at the warm welcome given to Donald Trump:\n\nJust before Trump\u2019s arrival to India, see how via tweets, Modi welcomes the US President:","sentence2":"New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will leave shortly for Ahmedabad, which is the first stop of US President Donald Trump's first official trip to India.\n\nTrump, accompanied by his wife First Lady Melania, daughter Ivanka and a high-level delegation is scheduled to reach Ahmedabad around noon.\n\nModi along with Trump will address the 'Namaste Trump' event in the Motera Stadium, the world's largest cricket ground with a seating capacity of 1.10 lakh people.\n\nGrand preparations have been made for the high-profile visit with thousands of people expected to line up the streets of Ahmedabad to greet the two leaders during their roadshow.\n\nA group of 15 students between eight and 15 years of age, from Sabarmati Gurukulam, will perform \"Mallakhamba\" during the roadshow.\n\nThe US President will also visit Sabarmati Ashram. Three special chairs have been placed in the ashram on the riverside for Modi, Trump and his wife Melania.\n\nSecurity personnel on Sunday conducted final rehearsals on the scheduled route.\n\nLater, Trump will travel to Agra, where he and his wife will visit the historic Taj Mahal before arriving in the national capital.\n\nSubscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.\n\nTopics"}
-{"id":"1596765503_1597782071","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a juvenile, who had escaped from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Kearney, following a pursuit near Grand Island.\n\nAt approximately 2:45 a.m. Monday, a trooper was notified that the escapee was possibly traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 in a stolen vehicle. The trooper located the vehicle, a Chevrolet Impala, traveling eastbound and speeding near Wood River at mile marker 299. The trooper was able to confirm that the vehicle was stolen and attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.\n\nThe trooper initiated a pursuit. During the pursuit, the suspect vehicle reached speeds of more than 125 miles per hour. At mile marker 318, another trooper was able to successfully deploy spike strips to bring the suspect vehicle to stop.\n\nA 17-year-old male was immediately taken into custody. He was cited for theft of a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, no operator\u2019s license, and several traffic violations. The juvenile was lodged at the Kearney YRTC.\n\nThree juvenile escapees remain at large. Anyone with information about these juveniles should contact Kearney Police at 308-237-2104, the Buffalo County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 308-236-8555, or the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C at 308-385-6000.","sentence2":"An escaped juvenile from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney was arrested Monday after a chase on Interstate 80 that reached 125 mph.\n\nAbout 2:45 a.m. Monday, the Nebraska State Patrol was notified that a 17-year-old male from the center had escaped and was believed to be heading east on Interstate 80 in a stolen Chevrolet Impala.\n\nA trooper spotted the Impala near Wood River, about 25 miles east of Kearney, but the youth refused to pull over. Not quite 20 miles farther east, near Grand Island, another trooper deployed stop sticks, bringing the car to a halt.\n\nThe teen was taken into custody, issued a number of traffic citations and returned to the Kearney youth center.\n\nThree other male juveniles who also escaped remain at large. Anyone with information on their whereabouts should contact Kearney Police at 308-237-2104, the Buffalo County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 308-236-8555 or the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C at 308-385-6000. \u2014 Nancy Gaarder\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy."}
-{"id":"1612050908_1611431519","score":2.0,"sentence1":"The Clark County Combined Health District identified 20 cases of coronavirus linked to the Dole Fresh Vegetables packaging plant in Springfield.\n\nOf the 20 cases, 12 are Dole employees (10 confirmed and two probable); eight are contacts of employees (five confirmed and three probable); and three cases involve people who do not live in Clark County, according to a statement released by the district Tuesday evening.\n\nThis cluster of cases at the Dole plant may have some wondering, can the coronavirus be transmitted through food?\n\nComplete coronavirus coverage\n\nCoronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person to person through respiratory droplets, not through food, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Currently, there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food, the CDC said. Before preparing or eating food it is important to always wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds for general food safety. Throughout the day use a tissue to cover coughing or sneezing and wash hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, or going to the bathroom.\n\nIt may be possible that a person can get the coronavirus by touching a surface or object, like a packaging container, that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.\n\nIn general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging, like packaging coming from the Dole plant.\n\nRELATED: Outbreak of 20 cases linked to Dole plant\n\nThe health district said it has been working closely with Dole to monitor and contain the outbreak since the first case was detected April 22, and said Dole has \u201cgone above and beyond the required safety precautions\u201d and assisted with contact tracing and telling those affected to stay home and to quarantine.\n\nThank you for reading the Springfield News-Sun and for supporting local journalism. Subscribers: log in for access to your daily ePaper and premium newsletters.\n\nThank you for supporting in-depth local journalism with your subscription to the Springfield News-Sun. Get more news when you want it with email newsletters just for subscribers. Sign up here.","sentence2":"CLARK COUNTY, Ohio -- Health officials have identified 20 cases of COVID-19 linked to a Dole Fresh Vegetables packing plant in Clark County, Ohio.\n\n\n\nOf the 20 cases, 12 are Dole employees (10 confirmed and two probable); eight are contacts of employees (five confirmed and three probable); and three cases involve people who do not live in Clark County, according to a statement released by the Clark County Combined Health District Tuesday, May 19.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe health district on Monday announced it was monitoring the first workplace outbreak in Clark County, and Tuesday, officials identified Dole as the company, according to the Springfield News-Sun.\n\n\n\nIn a statement to local news station WDTN, Dole maintained that the company has been in constant contact with the packing location since the potential outbreak was initially reported back in April:\n\n\n\n\u201cIn addition to implementing all public health recommended precautions\u2014social distancing, extensive hand washing, wearing of face masks at all times in our facilities, mandated self-quarantining of employees and contractors exposed to COVID-positive individuals, and increased frequency of deep cleaning and sanitation at the facility, especially in high touch areas\u2014Dole has additionally welcomed CCCHD to come into and inspect the Springfield Salad Facility. Following the inspection, during which CCCHD noted the many protective procedures implemented by Dole, the facility implemented additional protocols based on their suggestions to further increase the safety of our employees and contractors. These include greater distancing and separation of workers in our facility, table dividers installed in our cafeteria and similar dividers in our packing room for added protection.\"\n\n\n\nDespite implementing additional safety measures, 10 Dole salad plant employees and contractors at the Ohio packing plant tested positive for COVID-19, according to the statement.\n\n\n\n\u201cWe cannot state with certainty how the transmission occurred, but these results lead us to believe that the plant is not the source of transmission. No matter how the transmission occurred, however, Dole will continue to place employee health and well-being above all else in our efforts to keep fresh salads on shelves across the nation,\u201c the statement concluded."}
-{"id":"1490048778_1490467546","score":1.0,"sentence1":"EASTENDERS star Jake Wood has poked fun at his Love Island lookalike Ollie Williams.\n\nFans have been floored by the millionaire's resemblance to the soap Lothario ever since he was announced to be going into the villa earlier this week.\n\n6 Jake couldn't resist poking fun at his Love Island doppelganger Credit: Instagram\n\nNow the Max Branning actor has acknowledged his doppelganger - and was unable to resist a cheeky jibe about the 23-year-old heir's wealth.\n\nTaking to his Instagram page, 47-year-old Jake shared a popular meme that has been circling social media in recent days.\n\nIn the image, the Love Island promotional shot of topless Ollie is twinned with a picture of Jake dressed as suave businessman Max in Albert Square.\n\nAbove the pictures it is written: \"Good to see Max from EastEnders going into the villa! #LoveIsland\".\n\n6 Jake plays Max Branning in EastEnders Credit: Getty - Contributor\n\n6 He shared this caption alongside the meme\n\nJake captioned the meme: \"FYI I\u2019m the one on the right who doesn\u2019t own a beach in Cornwall\" alongside two crying with laughter emojis.\n\nThe post comes after Ollie told The Sun Online that he could miss out on his \u00a315million inheritance if he has sex on TV.\n\nThe blonde hunk's family run the Lanhydrock Estate in Cornwall, and has been warned by his dad to behave himself or face the consequences.\n\nHe told us: \"Dad said he would write me out of the will. I said to him, \u2018OK, brilliant\u2019.\n\n6 Ollie is risking his inheritance by appearing on Love Island Credit: ITV\n\n\"Mum was like, \u2018Oh my God\u2019.\"\n\nOllie\u2019s Instagram is full of pictures showing off his luxury lifestyle of fancy cars, holidays and yachts.\n\nBut Ollie insists he will be keeping his wealth secret from co-stars so he does not attract any gold diggers.\n\nHe explained: \"In the past, girls have never known about my money. They\u2019ve never known until I have taken them home.\n\n6 He plans to keep his lavish lifestyle top secret Credit: instagram.com\/olliesjwilliams\n\nMeet Love Island 2020 contestant Ollie Williams\n\n\"I\u2019m not a snob. And I don\u2019t brag. I\u2019m very humble and understated.\n\n\"The only way you find out is when you come down the drive. They see the estate and go, \u2018What the f***\u2019.\n\n\"It is the kind of reaction I get and it can be quite fun.\"\n\nLove Island returns to our screens this Sunday 12 January, with other confirmed contestants including Rochelle Humes' lookalike sister and Lewis Capaldi's ex.","sentence2":"Fans were quick to point out the similarities between the actor and the newest Islander\n\nEastEnders star Jake Wood has laughed off comments which claim he's the 'spitting image' of Love Island newbie, Ollie Williams.\n\nEarlier this week, TV fans couldn\u2019t help but notice the Max Branning actor\u2019s resemblance to the posh islander Ollie.\n\nFinally acknowledging the similarities, Jake shared a hilarious Instagram post which included a meme which has been circulating on Twitter .\n\nIn the image, the Love Island promotional shot of topless Ollie is twinned with a picture of Jake dressed as the womanizing businessman Max in Albert Square.\n\nImage: Keith Mayhew\/SOPA Images\/REX) Keith Mayhew\/SOPA Images\/REX)\n\n\"Good to see Max from EastEnders going into the villa! #LoveIsland\".\n\nAnd 47-year-old Jake cheekily added: \"FYI I\u2019m the one on the right who doesn\u2019t own a beach in Cornwall\" with two laughing faces.\n\nThis comes after the 23-year-old revealed that he could face losing his \u00a315 million inheritance if he has sex on the ITV2 dating series.\n\nThe Love Island contestant is heir to the Lanhydrock Estate in Cornwall, and is set to take over his father's title of Lord of the Manor of Lanhydrock.\n\nBefore entering the villa, he admitted his dad Andrew would be furious if he ever got frisky on-screen.\n\nHe told The Sun : \"Initially, Dad said he would write me out of the will,\u201d admitted Ollie.\n\n\"He was jesting, of course. But as the process got more and more serious Dad is saying, \u2018if you get through, I hope you take me to South Africa with you\u2019. He is now on board.\"\n\nOllie, who has never watched Love Island, admitted his mother is more of a fan.\n\nImage: Raquel Fernandes\/ITV\/REX) Raquel Fernandes\/ITV\/REX)\n\n\"Mum is huge addict of the show,\" he said. \"Dad has been forced to watch the odd episode.\"\n\nOllie said of the estate: \"The house and the gardens are bequeathed to the National Trust. We live behind the house as a family. In the 1950s, it became very difficult to run a historic house fully staffed. And that\u2019s the only real way to keep it alive.\n\n\"So it\u2019s preserved as it was when we left it and we can still use it for functions and family parties. Our family home is not small. It\u2019s called The Old Vicarage. It does the job. We don\u2019t have any staff \u2013 apart from your regular cleaner.\"\n\nImage: Instagram) Instagram)\n\nOllie, who claimed he is a changed man after cheating on his previous girlfriend of four years several times, applied for the show after growing tired with life and work on the estate.\n\nHe admitted he keeps his vast fortune quiet when he starts dating a girl.\n\n\"In the past, girls have never known about my money \u2013 until I have taken them home,\" he said. \"I\u2019m not a snob. And I don\u2019t brag. I\u2019m very humble and understated.\n\n\"The only way you find out is when you drive down the driveway and they see the estate \u2013 and go what the f***?\""}
-{"id":"1485815599_1487944124","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Jan. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band Ateez is giving fans a glimpse of its \"Answer\" performance.\n\nThe K-pop group released a teaser for the song Friday titled \"'Answer' performance preview.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe video shows the members of Ateez perform a dance routine under a large piece of suspended fabric. The set later lights up, unveiling the full stage.\n\n\"Answer\" appears on Ateez's forthcoming EP, Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer. Ateez will release the EP and the full \"Answer\" music video Monday.\n\nAteez shared a tracklist for Action to Answer last week. In addition to \"Answer,\" the EP will include the songs \"Horizon,\" \"Star 1117,\" \"Precious\" and \"Outro: Long Journey.\"\n\nAteez released a trailer for \"Outro: Long Journey\" Wednesday on New Year's Day.\n\nAteez consists of Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho, and debuted as a group in 2018. The group is known for the singles \"Pirate King,\" \"Treasure,\" \"Illusion,\" \"Wave\" and \"Wonderland.\"","sentence2":"Jan. 6 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band Ateez is back with a new music video.\n\nThe K-pop group shared a video Monday for the new single \"Answer.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe \"Answer\" video features dramatic and elegant imagery, including a scene where the members of Ateez face a mirror image of themselves wearing matching black outfits. The group also performs hard-hitting dance routines.\n\n\"Answer\" is the title track from Ateez's new EP, Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer, also released Monday. The EP is the final installment in the group's Treasure series of albums and EPs.\n\nIn addition to \"Answer,\" Treasure Epilogue includes the songs \"Horizon,\" \"Star 1117,\" \"Precious\" and \"Outro: Long Journey.\"\n\nAteez consists of Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho. The group debuted in October 2018 and is known for the singles \"Pirate King,\" \"Treasure,\" \"Illusion,\" \"Wave\" and \"Wonderland.\""}
-{"id":"1495919706_1497871856","score":2.0,"sentence1":"We have more newsletters\n\nThank you for subscribing!\n\nSomething went wrong, please try again later.\n\nNever miss a crime story and read the latest headlines with our free email updates\n\nA jury for a Derby murder trial has now been sworn in.\n\nThree men from the city are accused of killing 57-year-old Simon Jones.\n\nJohn Williams, Kirk Guy and Jacob Ali have all previously pleaded not guilty to murdering the former RAF man, of Belper, who died after being stabbed close to Chaddesden Park.\n\nThey also deny conspiracy to commit robbery.\n\nHis son daughter and son-in-law were all at Derby Crown Court to see the jury members be sworn in.\n\n(Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)\n\nSat across from them in court room four were family and friends of the three defendants, who are all in custody.\n\nGuy, 34, of Haydn Road, Derby; Williams, 24, of Waterford Drive, Chaddesden, and Ali, 20, of Ashworth Avenue, Derby, also in Chaddesden, were all smartly dressed in suits for the swearing in of the jury.\n\nMr Jones, a grandfather-of-three, was found injured in a car park in Chaddesden just before 10pm on Saturday April 20.\n\nHe was taken to hospital but later died.\n\nHis family have previously described him as \u201ca true gentleman who was adored by everyone\u201d.\n\nPeter Joyce QC, prosecuting, is expected to open the trial on Thursday.\n\nIt is scheduled to last up to six weeks.","sentence2":"Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nNever miss a crime story and read the latest headlines with our free email updates\n\nThe family of a man who was stabbed to death in Derby bravely listened to his last moments as a harrowing 999 call was played in court.\n\nThe son and daughter of Simon Jones heard how former armed forces member John King tried in vain to save their dad by performing CPR on him on the driveway where had collapsed.\n\nMoments earlier the 57-year-old had been stabbed three times to the legs in a car park. He managed to stagger to Mr King\u2019s front door before banging on it and then collapsing.\n\nA haunting 999 call to the emergency services heard Mr King\u2019s son \u2013 Dean King \u2013 talk the call handler through what his father was doing to try and keep Mr Jones, himself a former RAF man, alive.\n\nThree men are on trial at Derby Crown Court after being charged with murder and conspiracy to rob.\n\nKirk Guy, John Williams and Jacob Ali, all of Chaddesden, deny the charges.\n\nThe harrowing 999 call\n\nIn the call, Dean King tells the operator: \u201cSomeone keeps banging on the door saying \u2018help me, help me\u2019.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d\n\nThe operator replies: \u201cCan you see anybody?\u201d\n\nMr King says: \u201cI am talking to the person that\u2019s with him he says he\u2019s been stabbed, there\u2019s a lot of blood, he\u2019s not conscious, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s breathing.\n\n\u201cMy dad is going to perform CPR, he\u2019s been in the armed forces and knows how to do CPR.\u201d\n\nThe operator asks: \u201cCan his (Mr Jones\u2019) friend (Mr Calladine) help?\u201d\n\nMr King replies: \u201cHe is too traumatised, he\u2019s running around in the road.\u201d\n\nThe operator says: \u201cI have officers travelling to you.\u201d\n\nMr King says: \u201cHe\u2019s (Mr Jones) started breathing, my dad can\u2019t see a wound, he\u2019s trying to find a wound now.\n\n\u201cHe (Mr Jones) keeps gasping for air.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s movement but it\u2019s very weak.\u201d\n\nThe operator asks: \u201cWhere is his friend (Mr Calladine) now?\u201d\n\nMr King replies: \u201cHe\u2019s run off towards the park I think.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s lots of blood, it\u2019s dripping all down the driveway.\n\n\u201cMy dad says he\u2019s breathing but it\u2019s very weak.\u201d\n\nMoments later the emergence services arrive and take over trying unsuccessfully to save Mr Jones\u2019 life.\n\nElsewhere during today's proceedings, the jury was told that Williams - the man who is alleged to have physically stabbed Mr Jones - later sent damning messages over Facebook which \u201care akin to a confession\u201d that he was responsible for the death.\n\nIn them, the 24-year-old thanks his girlfriend for sticking with him and tells her she is \u201cnot going to have him around for a long time\u201d.\n\nAnd in a message to his step-brother, he asks his sibling to look after his young son and \u201cteach him how to be a man\u201d.\n\nPeter Joyce QC, prosecuting, said after the stabbing of Mr Jones, at around 9.45pm on April 20 last year, Williams moved to a friend\u2019s address in Belper to \u201clie low\u201d.\n\nFacebook messages\n\nHe said: \u201cIn a Facebook message that is clearly from Williams to his girlfriend, he says \u2018my baby girl I am sorry for everything. I did not mean to put you through all this and (after) everything I have done you still stick by me. I am sorry you are not going to have me around for a long time\u2019.\"\n\nMr Joyce continued: \"Why is he saying that? We say it is because he knows exactly what he has done and that he is not going to be around in her life.\n\n\u201cIt is akin to a confession to his girlfriend.\u201d\n\nMr Joyce said four minutes after sending that message, Williams then sent a Facebook message to his step-brother.\n\nHe said: \u201cIn it he says \u2018My brother make sure you look after JJ [his baby son]\u2019. He then says to him \u2018teach him how to be a man, love you bro\u2019.\n\n\u201cThis is a very, very, small child. He then instructs him (his step-brother) at the end to \u2018delete all these messages\u2019.\u201d\n\n(Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)\n\nThe trial has already heard how Mr Jones travelled to the car park with Mr Calladine to carry out a drug deal on the evening of April 20, 2019.\n\nMr Calladine, who worked for Mr Jones\u2019 bailiff company, had allegedly set the exchange up with Guy two days earlier while the pair were at the Atlanta Gym, in Dunton Close, Derby.\n\nThe court heard the deal involved \u201cseveral thousands of pounds of cocaine\u201d.\n\nBut the prosecution claim Guy arranged for Williams and Ali to rob them of the drugs instead.\n\nChaddesden Park\n\nOpening the case on Thursday, Mr Joyce said Calladine was robbed at knifepoint and ran away so Williams approached Mr Jones who was in the passenger seat of his VW Transporter gang and stabbed him.\n\nMr Jones, having suffered fatal stab wounds to his legs, managed to stagger out of the car park leaving a trail of blood and to the front door of the King family in nearby Chaddesden Lane.\n\nThe occupants rang 999 and tried in vain to save the victim who was pronounced dead just over an hour later at the Royal Derby Hospital.\n\nMr Joyce told the hearing that in the aftermath of the stabbing the knife was taken back to Ali\u2019s address, in Chaddesden, where is was cleaned using bleach in a mop bucket.\n\nHe said it was then wrapped and transported to an address in Alvaston where it was later discovered concealed in a water tank and recovered by police.\n\nThe mobile phone stolen from Mr Calladine was found in shrubbery in Kiwi Park, also in Alvaston.\n\n(Image: CHRIS NEILL\/MAVERICK PHOTOGRAPHY)\n\nMr Joyce said: \u201cThe prosecution case is that it was Williams that actually stabbed Simon Jones and that the others, Guy and Ali, either intended to assist him or intended to both rob him and cause him really serious injury or to kill him in the course of the robbery.\n\n\u201cGuy set it up, Ali drove Williams to the scene and Williams was the killer.\n\n\u201cIt does not matter for the purposes of this case whether the drugs were taken in the VW Transporter van to Chaddesden Park belonged to Carl Calladine or Simon Jones.\n\n\u201cWhat matters is that Guy, Ali and Williams knew the cocaine would be there and intended to steal it.\n\n\u201cThere was no indication (in arranging the drug deal) that Mr Jones would even be there that night.\n\n\u201cBut when Mr Calladine runs away Mr Williams goes to the van and sadly, so sadly, there was someone else there and that\u2019s Simon Jones.\n\n\u201cAnd for being there, Simon Jones pays with his life.\u201d\n\nMembers of Mr Jones family as well as supporters of Guy, 34, of Haydn Road, Williams, 24, of Waterford Drive, and Ali, 20, of Ashworth Avenue, all in Chaddesden, were all in court to hear the case opened.\n\nHis family have previously described him as \u201ca true gentleman who was adored by everyone\u201d.\n\nThe trial, which is scheduled to last up to six weeks, continues."}
-{"id":"1615549195_1615149887","score":1.0,"sentence1":"A shooting immediately after a burial service at Forest Law Memorial Park in Cypress on Friday scattered attendees and left a man with multiple gunshot wounds.\n\nAt around 3:30 p.m., police said around two dozen people were just heading back to their cars from the service at the cemetery at 4471 Lincoln Avenue ending when two men got into an argument.\n\nThe fight escalated and one of the men pulled out a gun, then fired. The victim was hit multiple times in his torso, said Sgt. John Faessel of the Cypress Police Department.\n\nWithin minutes, dozens of attendees fled the area. When police arrived, they found no one at the burial site, Faessel said. But some officers were redirected to the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Moody Street. They found the injured man there.\n\nDespite being shot multiple times, the man did not have any life-threatening injuries, Faessel said.\n\nDetectives believe the shooting was the result of a personal conflict between the two men.\n\n\u201cFrom what we understand, the people involved all know each other,\u201d Faessel said. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t some unknown person who showed up.\u201d\n\nWhile the suspect was known to the people at the funeral, police haven\u2019t identified him or released a description. It\u2019s not clear whether witnesses to the shooting have helped in the investigation.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t completely out of the ordinary,\u201d Faessel said of the shooting.\n\nHe noted detectives were looking into the possibility of an inter-family conflict that led to the violence.\n\n\u201cYou can imagine a scenario were there\u2019s family issues at play, or you can image a scenario where people who may want to pay their respects to the deceased family member aren\u2019t necessarily there to pay their respect to other family members,\u201d he said.\n\nPolice were still looking for the suspect. They asked anyone with information about the shooting to call the Cypress Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau at (714) 229-6631, or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.","sentence2":"A 28-year-old man was shot in his torso and hand inside a Cypress cemetery Friday afternoon, but was expected to survive.\n\nFirefighter-paramedics were called about 3:30 p.m. to the Forest Lawn cemetery-mortuary at 4471 Lincoln Ave., but while en route, they were redirected to the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Moody Street, where they found the victim in a vehicle on the side of the street, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Daniel Yeh.\n\nThe victim was taken to a hospital, according to the Cypress Police Department.\n\nThe suspect fled the scene and no description was released.\n\nInvestigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident with no ongoing danger to the public. Police urged anyone with information on the shooting to call the Cypress Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau at (714) 229-6631, or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS."}
-{"id":"1548891568_1552716753","score":1.0,"sentence1":"SINGAPORE: Singapore\u2019s prime minister warned on Saturday that the negative economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak will likely be deeper and more prolonged than the 2008 financial crisis, Reuters reported.\n\n\u201cThe economic hit will likely be more serious than the global financial crisis, and longer-lasting too, even beyond the end of the pandemic,\u201d Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post. He said the pandemic will likely last at least this year, and possibly longer.\n\nWith 200 infections, the Asian travel hub has signaled that there is a chance of a recession this year and has cut its growth forecasts.\n\nLee\u2019s comments came a day after Singapore revised its electoral boundaries, in a move usually seen as a precursor to calling a vote. Singapore must hold elections by early 2021. Before the virus hit the Asian city-state late in January, the government had been expected to call a vote within a few months.","sentence2":"SINGAPORE: The economic fallout from the coronavirus could be more serious than the damage done by the 2008 global financial crisis for Singapore, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.\n\n\"We can\u2019t tell when the pandemic will end, but it will likely last at least this year, and quite possibly longer, \u201d Lee said in a Facebook post. \"The economic hit will likely be more serious than the Global Financial Crisis, and longer-lasting too, even beyond the end of the pandemic.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1629203524_1625456558","score":1.0,"sentence1":"AbaThembu nation's acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Monday for assault.\n\nHe was arrested last Thursday for allegedly attacking his father King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's advisor, Babalo Papu.\n\nAzenathi's court appearance comes a week after his father appeared in court for assaulting him at the family's royal palace.\n\nAbaThembu nation's acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo briefly appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and pointing a firearm.\n\nNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said the case was postponed to 5 August for further investigation.\n\nAzenathi was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking his father King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's advisor, Babalo Papu, on Tuesday.\n\nPapu approached the police on Wednesday to open a criminal case after he was allegedly assaulted by some members of the royal family, including Azenathi.\n\nWhen asked for comment, police spokesperson Sibongile Soci would not be drawn into discussing other suspects in the case.\n\nAzenathi's uncle and advisor Siganeko Dalindyebo is on record as admitting that he defended himself from Papu during the altercation.\n\nREAD | AbaThembu royal family members accused of assaulting king's advisor\n\nAzenathi's court appearance comes exactly a week after his father, Buyelekhaya, appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court for assault.\n\nThe assault case was opened by Azenathi on 13 March after Buyelekhaya allegedly trespassed on the Bumbane Great Place palace, outside Mthatha, and allegedly used an axe to attack Azenathi at around 03:00.\n\nBuyelekhaya has since disowned his son and is demanding a paternity test.","sentence2":"Acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo, his mother and his uncle are under investigation for assault.\n\nPolice confirmed that the king's spokesperson, Babalo Papu, was rescued from an alleged attack.\n\nThe latest drama comes in the midst of a war between Azenathi and his father, AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.\n\nBabalo Papu, an advisor to AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, has approached police to open a criminal case after he was allegedly assaulted by some members of the royal family - including acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo.\n\nPapu has accused Azenathi Dalindyebo, his mother Buyiswa Majiki and Azenathi's spokesperson, uncle and advisor, Siganeko Dalindyebo, and others of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH).\n\nMajiki is an Eastern Cape High Court judge and the former wife of Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.\n\nREAD | King Dalindyebo gets backing of AbaThembu faction in royal DNA drama\n\nCalled for comment, on Thursday Majiki said: \"Indeed it came to my knowledge that a criminal case has been opened against me but I have no knowledge of these allegations or circumstances surrounding the case.\"\n\nThe matter was reported to the Madeira police station in Mthatha on Wednesday evening, according to police.\n\nIt came a day after the police were called to a Maiden Farm address and rescued Papu from an alleged assault by a group of men, police spokesperson Colonel Sibongile Soci said.\n\nOn Thursday, Soci said: \"[Police] can confirm that a case of assault GBH has been opened for investigation. The complainant will be interviewed further to ascertain other information that has surfaced regarding the investigation.\"\n\nSiganeko Dalindyebo confirmed he was involved in the alleged assault, saying he found Papu talking to his wife on his premises.\n\nI felt cornered in my own space from my own enemy. Prince Siganeko Zanothando Dalindyebo\n\nBoth Papu and Siganeko find themselves on opposite ends of the father-and-son battle for kingship. Papu acts as an advisor to Buyelekhaya and Siganeko to Azenathi.\n\n\"I, Prince Siganeko Zanothando Dalindyebo, feel I was provoked by Babalo and the people who he was conniving with and gave him my wife's cellphone number. I felt it was an attack on my integrity and manhood and to the safety of my family and those close to me, by finding my sole enemy inside my premises.\"\n\n\"How na\u00efve can he be as a person to go to a home of a person [when] he knows they don't get along, based on the Dalindyebo succession debate, communicating with my wife and entering my gate? He can't expect me to feel safe. I felt cornered in my own space from my own enemy. I felt I should protect myself and loved ones from my enemy,\" Siganeko said.\n\nSiganeko said his wife spend most of the time alone in Mthatha. He is based 50km away at Bumbane Great Place where he serves as a traditional leader and as one of the advisors to acting king Azenathi.\n\nMeanwhile, Soci said: \"SAPS can confirm a complaint was received yesterday at about 15:00 and police were dispatched to the scene at Maiden Farm. Upon arrival, they found a visibly assaulted man and intervened by removing the injured person from immediate danger and also ensured that his vehicle was removed from the premises.\"\n\nSoci earlier said Papu had been advised to open cases of assault, crimen injuria and malicious damage to property against the \"people who assaulted him and damaged his vehicle\".\n\nContacted for comment, Papu responded with a short statement he had posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday night: \"I am in good shape, I cannot go into details or merits of this matter as advised by my legal counsel.\n\n\"I can only confirm that I was brutally attacked by Sganeko, Azenathi, Azenathi's body guard, [whose name was withheld] and one more guy I still need to find his name (sic).\n\n\"This is all I can say, thank you very much nge calls, sms, What'sApp shows that I am not alone (sic).\n\n\"Thank you and goodnight to all. Babalo Batembu Papu.\"\n\nNews24 tried several times to get comment from Azenathi for his side of the story. Attempts included several phone calls and text messages to him since Tuesday. His phone was off and his spokesperson, Siganeko, declined to speak on his behalf, saying the acting king should speak for himself.\n\nFather-and-son war\n\nThe latest drama came a day after AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court for assault. He disowned Azenathi and his claim to the throne, demanding a paternity test.\n\nThe assault case was opened by Azenathi on 13 March after Dalindyebo allegedly trespassed on the Bumbane Great Place palace, outside Mthatha, and allegedly used an axe to attack Azenathi at around 03:00.\n\nNational Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said the case was postponed to 7 December for further investigation.\n\nBuyelekhaya Dalindyebo is currently staying at Nkululekweni residence in Mthatha, following his early release from prison in December. He only served four years of his 12-year sentence when President Cyril Ramaphosa granted him special remission parole as part of a larger category of offenders.\n\nHe had been sent to jail in 2015 for arson, kidnapping, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and defeating the ends of justice. He was found guilty of terrorising his subjects in the 1990s.\n\nThe father-and-son war dates to 2016 when Azenathi went against his incarcerated father's advice and ascended to the throne.\n\nThe king wanted his wife to act on his behalf and had written a series of prison letters advising the then University of Free State student, Azenathi, to focus on his studies."}
-{"id":"1509595453_1505820709","score":3.0,"sentence1":"(BBC) \u2013 Head of the World Health Organization\u2019s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Mike Ryan, says the whole world needs to be on alert to fight the coronavirus.\n\nDr Ryan says an international team of experts is being assembled to go to China and work with experts there to learn more about how the disease is transmitted.\n\nThe WHO will meet on Thursday to discuss whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency.\n\nThe Chinese city of Wuhan is the epicentre of the outbreak.\n\nBut the virus has spread across China and to at least 16 countries globally, including Thailand, France, the US and Australia.\n\nMore than 1 hundred and 30 people have died in China and close to 6 thousand have been infected.\n\nThere is no specific cure or vaccine. However, a number of people have recovered after treatment.\n\nScientists in Australia have managed to recreate the new coronavirus outside of China, raising hope that it could be used to develop an early-diagnosis test.","sentence2":"The coronavirus outbreak in China has become a global cause for concern, with cases reported in Australia and France. The death toll has risen to 81, while 3,000 people have been infected with it, according to BBC.\n\nHere are five must-read stories on coronavirus:\n\nNew virus detected\n\nIn January, Chinese officials reported the outbreak of coronavirus, which was discovered in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Experts initially said they didn't know how easily the virus could spread or where it originated.\n\nThis saw authorities in the US, Thailand and South Korea screen visitors from Wuhan. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised against travel restrictions for China."}
-{"id":"1559382012_1558064682","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Zoo Knoxville has shut its doors to the public during the COVID-19 outbreak, but the animals inside still need care.\n\nZoo representatives said that with the shutdown, they have lost their primary source of income.\n\nAccording to the zoo's website, they are losing, on average, $22,500 per day which would normally go towards caring for the animals.\n\n\"We are working round the clock to find options. Our community has asked how they can help and we have set up an emergency relief fund,\" zoo representatives said.\n\nGo\n\nto donate and help care for our area's zoo animals.","sentence2":"Zoo Knoxville is calling on the public's help after a proposed relief package excludes certain businesses.\n\nFederal lawmakers are considering a multi-billion dollar package to help those impacted by the economic crisis in response to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAccording to Zoo Knoxville, zoos, museums and other cultural institutions are not included in the pending legislation.\n\n\"We are acting as one voice nationwide,\" the zoo said in a release. \"Guests through the gates are our primary source of funding.\"\n\nThe zoo said 86 percent of its funding comes from visitors coming to the attraction.\n\nTo read more about the petition, click a href=\"https:\/\/www.aza.org\/legislative-education-center#\/42\"target=\"_blank\">here."}
-{"id":"1563006406_1563431063","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The crews of nuclear-armed submarines may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of how the coronavirus pandemic is turning life upside down. (Photo: AP)\n\nOf a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing. Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly worries to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions of nuclear deterrence, may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of how the pandemic is turning life upside down.\n\nMariners aboard ballistic submarines are habitually spared bad news while underwater to avoid undermining their morale, say current and former officers who served aboard France's nuclear-armed subs.\n\nSo any crews that left port before the virus spread around the globe are likely being kept in the dark about the extent of the rapidly unfurling crisis by their commanders until their return, they say.\n\n\"They won't know,\" said retired Adm. Dominique Salles, who commanded the French ballistic submarine squadron from 2003-2006. \"The boys need to be completely available for their mission.\"\n\nSpeaking exclusively to The Associated Press, Salles said he believes submariners will likely only be told of the pandemic as they head back to port, in the final two days of their mission.\n\n\"Those who are at sea don't need this information,\" said Salles, who also commanded the nuclear-armed French submarine \"L'Inflexible\".\n\n\"The commander, I think, is doubtless informed about what is happening. I don't think he'll have all the details,\" he said.\n\nThe French navy won't divulge what has or hasn't been said to submarine crews. Nor will it say whether any of the four French ballistic submarines, laden with 16 missiles that each can carry six nuclear warheads, left harbor before France instituted a nationwide lockdown on March 17.\n\nFrench navy commander Axel Roch poses in the navigation and operations center in the new nuclear-powered submarine \"Suffren\" in Cherbourg, north-western France. (Photo: AP)\n\n\"Because the deterrent is wrapped in a bubble of protection and confidentiality, it is impossible to know whether the crews are informed or not of this situation,\" French navy spokesman Lt Cmdr Olivier Ribard said.\n\nFrench submarine missions last 60 to 70 days, with about 110 crew members aboard. So a crew that left at the end of February wouldn't be expected back before the end of April. In that case, they will return to a world changed by the pandemic. On March 1, France had just 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths. In under a month, those numbers have surged past 2,600 dead and over 40,000 sickened.\n\nFor most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. But for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.\n\nFor submariners, the return to land could be a shock.\n\n\"They won't have experienced the crisis as we did, with a bit of fear, the lockdown. So for them it will be quite a surprise. They will learn the history, but it will be a history that is related to them,\" said a serving officer who was the doctor on the ballistic submarine \"Le Triomphant\" for four years.\n\nHe spoke to the AP on condition that he be identified only by his first name and rank, in accordance with the rules of his branch of the French military.\n\n\"All events that could affect or change the morale of the crew members are kept from them,\" said the officer, Chief Doctor Gabriel.\n\n\"Since there is no internet, no radio and no television on board, the only news you get comes from messages received by the commander, and the commander filters the messages to not give all of the information to everyone.\"\n\nThe doctor was underwater in 2012 when an Islamic extremist killed three French paratroopers and later killed a rabbi, his two young sons and grabbed an 8-year-old girl and shot her in the head.\n\nOnly later did the officer learn of the attacks, \"so when people talk to me about it, I find it impossible to imagine,\" he said.\n\n\"The only place where you are really cut off from all information is underwater, because even on a vessel in space there is still the radio, television, the internet,\" he said.\n\nWhen bombings hit Madrid in 2004, Salles didn't inform submariners who were at sea for the ballistic flotilla that was then under his command.\n\nSalles said the situation now will be toughest for any crews that leave harbour in the weeks ahead, because they'll know they are leaving loved ones in the midst of the pandemic and, possibly, still living in lockdown.\n\nThe French government has already extended its stay-home orders once, to April 15, and said it could do so again.\n\nSalles said he believes those crews will get regular coronavirus updates, but won't be told of any family deaths until they are returning to the l'Ile Longue submarine base near Brest in Brittany.\n\nSalles was at sea in a sub when his father died. The news was kept from him until he had finished his 60-day mission.\n\n\"No matter how serious an event is, there is nothing a submariner can do about it. And since he cannot do anything, better that he know nothing,\" Salles said. \"They know that they won't know and accept it. It's part of our deal.\"","sentence2":"NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.\n\nSubmariners conducting missions at sea are likely among the last people in the world learning about the coronavirus pandemic turning life upside down back home.\n\nCurrent and former officers who served aboard France's nuclear-armed subs say mariners aboard ballistic submarines are routinely spared bad news while underwater to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions and to avoid undermining their morale.\n\nAny crews that left port before the virus spread around the globe are likely being kept in the dark about the extent of the rapidly unfurling crisis until their return.\n\n\"All events that could affect or change the morale of the crew members are kept from them,\" said Chief Doctor Gabriel. (He spoke to The Associated Press on condition that he be identified only by his first name and rank, in accordance with the rules of his branch of the French military.) \"Since there is no Internet, no radio and no television on board, the only news you get comes from messages received by the commander, and the commander filters the messages to not give all of the information to everyone.\"\n\nFour French ballistic submarines, laden with 16 missiles can each carry six nuclear warheads, left harbor before France instituted a nationwide lockdown on March 17.\n\nAdm. Dominique Salles, who commanded the nuclear-armed French submarine \"L'Inflexible,\" told the AP he believes submariners will likely only be told of the pandemic as they head back to port, in the final two days of their mission.\n\n\"They won't know,\" Salles said. \"The boys need to be completely available for their mission.\"\n\nFrench submarine missions last 60 to 70 days, with about 110 crew members aboard. A crew that left at the end of February wouldn't be expected back before the end of April. In that case, they will return to a world changed by the pandemic.\n\nFRANCE EVACUATES CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS FROM SWAMPED HOSPITALS USING HIGH-SPEED TRAINS, MILITARY PLANES\n\nOn March 1, France had just 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths. In under a month, those numbers have surged to over 40,000 sickened and 2,600 dead. For submariners, the return to land will likely be a shock.\n\nSalles said the situation now will be toughest for any crews that leave harbor in the weeks ahead, because they'll know they are leaving loved ones in the midst of the pandemic and, possibly, still living in lockdown. The French government has already extended its stay-home orders once, to April 15, and said it could do so again.\n\nSalles said he believes those crews will get regular coronavirus updates but won't be told of any family deaths until they are returning to the l'Ile Longue submarine base near Brest in Brittany.\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\n\"No matter how serious an event is, there is nothing a submariner can do about it. And since he cannot do anything, better that he know nothing,\" Salles said. \"They know that they won't know and accept it. It's part of our deal.\"\n\nThe Associated Press contributed to this report."}
-{"id":"1588237632_1588287122","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nGet the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter\n\nTwin sisters who had both worked as nurses have died within three days of each other after both testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nChildren's nurse Katy Davis, 37, died at Southampton General Hospital on Tuesday while her identical twin, Emma, a former surgery nurse, died early on Friday.\n\nThe two sisters, who both suffered from an underlying health condition, have been praised for their excellent work in the nursing profession.\n\nTheir sister Zoe Davis told the BBC: \"They always said they had come into the world together and would go out together as well.\n\n\"There are no words to describe how special they were.\"\n\n(Image: PA)\n\nZoe said the \"amazing\" pair, who lived together, had other health conditions and had been unwell for some time.\n\nA spokesman for University Hospital Southampton (UHS) said that Katy had worked as risk and patient safety lead in child health but had been unwell for a period prior to her admittance to hospital when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe added that Emma had also worked for UHS for nine years as a nurse in surgery in the colorectal unit until 2013.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"She had the same underlying health condition as Katy and had been unwell prior to her admission when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nNHS Heroes fact box The Daily Record has launched our NHS Heroes campaign to thank the remarkable NHS staff who are on the front lines of this coronavirus emergency. These amazing people place our health above their own and we are inviting the public to pledge their support by placing a heart on their location in the UK. Please join us in showing these people our gratitude as we navigate this difficult time. To pledge your support, just: * Go to http:\/\/www.thanksamillionnhs.co.uk\/ * Add your postcode to put a heart on the map and show your support for the heroes of the NHS * Share the page to encourage others to show their support\n\n\"She sadly also passed away last night and it goes without saying just how devastating and tragic this is for the family and all who knew them.\n\n\"Emma has been described as an excellent nurse who was calm and cheerful and a good leader.\n\n\"She was well liked by all and was a valuable member of the team during her time with us.\n\n\"We are supporting Katy and Emma's family as much as we can through this difficult and distressing period.\"\n\nPaula Head, chief executive at UHS, said: \"I want to pay tribute to Katy who sadly passed away on Tuesday.\n\n\"Katy has been described by her colleagues where she worked in child health as a nurse people would aspire to be like and that nursing was more than just a job to her.\n\n\"On behalf of everyone here at UHS, including our patients and the communities we serve, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to her family.\"","sentence2":"Identical twin sisters who had worked as nurses at the same hospital died within days of each other after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nKaty and Emma Davis, 37, both suffered from underlying health conditions and had been unwell for some time before contracting Covid-19.\n\nTributes were paid to the pair after Katy died at Southampton General Hospital on Tuesday and Emma died early on Friday morning.\n\nTheir sister Zoe Davis told the BBC: \u201cThey always said they had come into the world together and would go out together as well.\n\n\u201cThere are no words to describe how special they were.\u201d\n\nKaty worked as risk and patient safety lead in child health at University Hospital Southampton (UHS), while Emma was a nurse in the colorectal unit for nine years until 2013.\n\nPaula Head, chief executive at UHS, said: \u201cI want to pay tribute to Katy who sadly passed away on Tuesday.\n\n\u201cKaty has been described by her colleagues where she worked in child health as a nurse people would aspire to be like and that nursing was more than just a job to her.\n\nUHS said that Emma had the same underlying health condition as Katy and had been unwell prior to her admission when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\u201cShe sadly also passed away last night and it goes without saying just how devastating and tragic this is for the family and all who knew them,\u201d a spokesperson said.\u200b\n\nThey added: \u201cEmma has been described as an excellent nurse who was calm and cheerful and a good leader.\n\n\u201cShe was well liked by all and was a valuable member of the team during her time with us.\n\n\u201cWe are supporting Katy and Emma\u2019s family as much as we can through this difficult and distressing period.\u201d\n\nAt least 90 front line NHS workers, including around 50 nurses, are believed to have died during the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nAdditional reporting by Press Association"}
-{"id":"1485029245_1486278689","score":1.0,"sentence1":"LEWES, Del. \u2013 DNREC says they were called to the Lewes wastewater treatment plant on Thursday for yet another malfunction.\n\nWe\u2019re told that the facility was again forced to bypass stages of its treatment and discharge partially-treated effluent into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal late Wednesday evening. The bypass lasted two hours while Tidewater Utilities operators worked to find a solution. By 11:45 p.m., the bypass was ended and normal treatment of effluent at the plant was resumed.\n\nOn Thursday, DNREC monitored the plant\u2019s operations, and Tidewater Utilities\u2019 continued their efforts to mitigate recent system malfunctions at the plant.\n\nThe Lewes Wastewater Treatment Plant suffered a system malfunction from December 18-19, and new membranes were installed on December 28 which allowed full treatment to resume. However, Tidewater says that pressure build-up behind the new membranes required a bypass to avoid compromising their use. New operational protocols have been instituted to minimize pressure build-up moving forward, with no further bypass events expected.","sentence2":"There\u2019s no better entertainment value around \u2014 whether it is at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand, The Green in Dover or at a Delaware state park \u2014 than to take in a free summer concert following a long, hot day of swimming, hiking or barbecuing."}
-{"id":"1498604172_1502101191","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Carson City, NV \u2013 Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford together with 22 state law enforcement partners, reached an agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. The agreement was created to ensure donors receive adequate information and disclosures when making charitable contributions through the company\u2019s online fundraising platform.\n\nPayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. (PPGF) is the charitable arm of PayPal, Inc. PPGF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that allows donors to contribute funds electronically to PPGF and select a charity that will ultimately receive the benefit of their contribution. Donors\u2019 contributions are combined and distributed to the donors\u2019 chosen charities. PPGF does not collect fees from donors or charities for this service; however, a charity receives contributions more quickly if the charity maintains a PayPal account, a fact that had not been adequately disclosed to donors. In some instances, PPGF redirected donors\u2019 contributions from the charity selected by the donor to other organizations with similar purposes without informing donors.\n\n\u201cCharitable contributions are the financial backbone of many worthy causes,\u201d said AG Ford. \u201cConsumers should always have the information they need to make informed decisions about their donations. Today\u2019s settlement with PayPal\u2019s Charitable Giving Fund ensures every donor\u2019s wishes are honored.\u201d\n\nNationwide, charities regulators joined the effort to investigate PPGF\u2019s fundraising activities, including its disclosures, vetting practices and treatment of charitable contributions. To address the states\u2019 concerns, PPGF agreed to adopt reforms to its disclosures to ensure that donors know:\n\n\u2014That they are contributing to PPGF;\n\n\u2014The timeframe in which a selected charity may receive funds from PPGF; and\n\n\u2014The implication of being an enrolled versus an unenrolled charity on the PPGF platform.\n\nUnder the terms of the settlement, PPGF agreed to notify donors when it redirects a donor\u2019s charitable contribution to an organization other than the one selected by the donor. PPGF will also provide regulators with future campaign data to ensure the organization is complying with its obligations under the agreement.\n\nPPGF also agreed to make a payment of $200,000 to the National Association of Attorneys General for deposit into the NAAG Charities Enforcement and Training Fund. This Fund has been established to defray costs associated with the investigation and litigation of cases brought by state charities regulators, and to provide training and education to those regulators.\n\nIn addition to Nevada, attorneys general from the following states and territory participated in this settlement: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina Secretary of State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania Texas and Wisconsin.\n\nThe Attorney General\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection represented Nevada in this matter.","sentence2":"COLUMBUS \u2014 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and charity regulators from 21 other states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund (PPGF), requiring the organization to boost transparency for donors on its online fundraising platform.\n\n\u201cMixing secrecy with charity hardens the hearts of would-be donors,\u201d Yost said. \u201cThis promise of transparency means donors will now have the information they need to guide their giving.\u201d\n\nUsers of the platform pay money electronically to PPGF, which aggregates the donations and distributes them to charities selected by each donor. But in some cases, PPGF redirected contributions from selected charities to other organizations with similar purposes without telling donors. PPGF also failed to adequately disclose that charities that have PayPal accounts can receive donations faster than those that do not.\n\nCharity regulators nationwide joined the effort to investigate PPGF\u2019s fundraising activities, including its disclosures, vetting practices and treatment of charitable contributions. To address the states\u2019 concerns, PPGF agreed to reform its disclosures to ensure that donors know:\n\nThat they are contributing to PPGF\n\nThe timeframe in which a selected charity can receive funds from PPGF\n\nThe implication of being an enrolled charity rather than an unenrolled charity on the PPGF platform\n\nPPGF also agreed to notify donors when it redirects charitable contributions to organizations other than those they selected. PPGF will provide regulators with future campaign data to ensure the organization is complying with its obligations under the agreement.\n\nAdditionally, PPGF agreed to pay $200,000 to the National Association of Attorneys General for deposit into the NAAG Charities Enforcement and Training Fund. This fund was established to defray costs associated with the investigation and litigation of cases brought by state charities regulators, and to provide training and education to those regulators.\n\nStates and territories participating in the settlement include Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina Secretary of State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.\n\nSubmitted by the office of Attorney General Dave Yost."}
-{"id":"1556043087_1551505657","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Birds of Prey is a lot of fun. I don't think it's the best of the recent DC films, but it's certainly plenty entertaining \u2013 and deserved a much better reception than it got in theaters. Now, Warner Bros. is gearing up to drop the movie onto digital early, and I'm hopeful more folks will discover it there. If you haven't seen it yet, and want some indication of the tone of the flick, you might want to check out the featurette above. It's pretty extensive \u2013 it runs a little over 8 minutes \u2013 and covers a lot of bases. Star Margot Robbie talks about how she pitched the entire idea for the film, and then met with screenwriter Christina Hodson about the project. From there we learn about Cathy Yan being brought on to direct the film, the casting, the action, and more. This is actually one of several features included on the home media release. Here's a full list of what else is included.\n\nBirds Eye View Mode\n\nBirds of Prey: Birds of a Feather\n\nGrime and Crime\n\nWild Nerds\n\nRomanesque\n\nSanity is Sooo Last Season\n\nA Love\/Skate Relationship\n\nGag Reel\n\nOn March 24, Birds of Prey will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. And then on April 7, Birds of Prey will be made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.\n\nWhen Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz (Chris Messina), put a target on a young girl named Cass (Ella Jay Basco), the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley (Margot Robbie), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez)'s paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.","sentence2":"BURBANK \u2013 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC announced the March 24 Digital release, and April 7 VOD release, of Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Directed by Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) from a script by Christina Hodson (Bumblebee), the film is based on characters from DC.\n\nMargot Robbie (Bombshell, Once Upon a Time in\u2026Hollywood, I, Tonya) reprises her role as the endearingly daring ne\u2019er-do-well Harley Quinn. The main cast also includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, TV\u2019s Fargo) as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell (True Blood) as Black Canary, Rosie Perez (Fearless, Pitch Perfect 2) as Renee Montoya, Chris Messina (Argo, Sharp Objects) as Victor Zsasz, and Ewan McGregor (Doctor Sleep, Trainspotting) as DC Super-Villain Roman Sionis\/Black Mask. Newcomer Ella Jay Basco also stars as Cassandra \u201cCass\u201d Cain in her feature film debut.\n\nBirds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn was produced by Robbie, Bryan Unkeless and Sue Kroll. Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman, Geoff Johns, Hans Ritter and David Ayer served as executive producers.\n\nThe creative team, led by Yan, included director of photography Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born, Venom), production designer K.K. Barrett (Her), editors Jay Cassidy (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook) and Evan Schiff (John Wick Chapters 2 & 3) and costume designer Erin Benach (A Star Is Born). The music is by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).\n\nIn the film, when Gotham\u2019s most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz (Chris Messina), put a target on a young girl named Cass (Ella Jay Basco), the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley (Margot Robbie), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya\u2019s (Rosie Perez) paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.\n\nDIGITAL ELEMENTS\n\nBirds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn features the following special features*:\n\nBirds Eye View Mode\n\nBirds of Prey: Birds of a Feather\n\nGrime and Crime\n\nWild Nerds\n\nRomanesque\n\nSanity is Sooo Last Season\n\nA Love\/Skate Relationship\n\nGag Reel\n\n*Special features available from select digital retailers\n\nDIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS\n\nOn March 24, Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. It will become available on April 7, digitally, on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.\n\nSource: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment"}
-{"id":"1561597869_1556357391","score":1.0,"sentence1":"One of the Democratic Party\u2019s main 2020 super PACs is attacking President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus outbreak with new TV ads airing in four key swing states.\n\n\n\nThe new ad from Priorities USA Action, which plans to spend $6 million on TV and digital ads condemning Trump\u2019s response to Covid-19, began running in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida on Tuesday and features Trump quotes juxtaposed against a graph showing the number of positive coronavirus tests in America.\n\n\n\nAt the end of the ad, footage plays of Trump saying, during a Rose Garden press conference at the White House, \u201cI don\u2019t take responsibility at all.\u201d\n\n\n\nThe ad marks a new front in the political battle over government response to the coronavirus. There has been relatively little TV advertising on the pandemic so far, with some scattered ads showing up in the Kentucky Senate race and the West Virginia governor\u2019s race so far. In a statement, Priorities USA chairman Guy Cecil said Trump had \u201crepeatedly misled the American people and exposed us to unnecessary danger.\u201d\n\n\n\nThe series of ads targeting Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus are part of a $150 million commitment from Priorities USA to run ads slamming Trump on health care in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July. The PAC\u2019s coronavirus ad campaign comes amid a lull among the Democratic candidates on the airwaves. As several states\u2019 primaries remain in flux, neither Bernie Sanders nor Joe Biden has purchased TV or radio airtime since the March 17 elections in Florida and Arizona.\n\n\n\nPriorities USA is also out with a second TV ad highlighting Biden\u2019s experience in the executive branch along with two other digital ads with similar themes are also out on the airwaves in battleground states.","sentence2":"Priorities USA is launching a series of digital and television campaign advertising Tuesday that slams President Donald Trump for his response on the COVID-19 crisis, stringing together dismissive quotes from the President\u2019s early statements.\n\n\u201cNo, I don\u2019t take responsibility at all,\u201d the video clip shows Trump stating as a fever line tracking American cases soars upward from teens to tens of thousands, heading upward from there on a skyrocketing curve.\n\n\u201cAmerica needs a leader we can trust,\u201d text on the screen declares at the conclusion of the 30-second television commercial, \u201cExponential Threat.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s one of two TV ads the Democratic-allied committee is releasing through social media Monday in Florida and fellow swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and is part of a $6 million TV and digital buy. Priorities USA said it\u2019s considering expanding the campaign to other states as well.\n\nThe second TV ad, \u201cBetter Prepared,\u201d gives a glowing feel to expectations that Democratic rival former Vice President Joe Biden would provide leadership America could trust.\n\nTrump victory spokeswoman Emma Vaughn replied by saying that while Trump is saving American lives Democrats are playing politics.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump has taken bold and decisive action that has undoubtedly saved American lives while Democrats in D.C. are playing political games holding up legislation that would help millions during these trying times. Democrats should put politics aside and come together for the sake of our country,\u201d Vaughn stated in a news release.\n\nAdditionally, Priorities USA is releasing two digital ads that will begin running on Tuesday across a variety of online platforms like Facebook and streaming TV.\n\nThese ads \u2014 \u201cMap\u201d and \u201cSteady Leadership\u201d \u2014 feature similar themes as their longer TV counterparts, contending that Trump refused to adequately prepare the country for the coming crisis and that Biden would provide a significant departure from the chaos.\n\nSince last week, Priorities has also been promoting news content to voters in critical battleground states painting Trump\u2019s coronavirus efforts as a failure to respond effectively to the mounting crisis.\n\n\u201cFrom the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump has repeatedly misled the American people and exposed us to unnecessary danger. His failure to lead continues to have real life and death consequences as hospitals, local and state governments, small businesses, and millions of Americans are left without the tools and information they need,\u201d Priorities USA Chairman Guy Cecil wrote in a news release. \u201cTens of thousands of people are sick, hundreds have already died, and millions are losing their jobs. We simply cannot allow Donald Trump to continue to lie and spread misinformation unchecked. The American people deserve the truth about their president.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1573563823_1573667415","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The OPEC+ countries and oil producers that had not been part of the deal in the past began their video conference on the oil market, a source in one of the delegations told Sputnik\n\nMOSCOW (UrduPoint News \/ Sputnik - 09th April, 2020) The OPEC+ countries and oil producers that had not been part of the deal in the past began their video conference on the oil market, a source in one of the delegations told Sputnik.\n\nApart from OPEC+, Argentina, Egypt, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago confirmed their participation.","sentence2":"Canada, Norway and a number of other oil-producing countries outside the previous OPEC+ alliance are participating in the ongoing OPEC+ meeting to balance oil market, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday\n\nMOSCOW (UrduPoint News \/ Sputnik - 09th April, 2020) Canada, Norway and a number of other oil-producing countries outside the previous OPEC+ alliance are participating in the ongoing OPEC+ meeting to balance oil market, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday.\n\n\"I would like to greet today our other colleagues who are participating in the video conference, colleagues from Canada, Norway, Egypt, Argentina, Colombia, Indonesia, Chad, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago,\" Novak said during the opening speech at the OPEC+ meeting.\n\nRussia sees the increase of the number of countries that can take part in stabilizing the oil market as a justified measure, he said.\n\n\"We consider it justified to increase the number of countries that can take part in joining efforts to stabilize the global situation. And we once again welcome today the participation of our colleagues who have not previously participated in the OPEC+ agreement,\" Novak said.\n\nHe also wished the participants of the meeting constructive work and success in the negotiations.\n\n\"Only joint coordinated efforts will allow us to achieve results in the interests of the people of our countries,\" the minister added."}
-{"id":"1507704721_1490198988","score":2.5,"sentence1":"A Delhi court Thursday directed the makers of Deepika Padukone starer feature film Chhapaak to give credit to acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer in the movie.\n\nAdditional Civil Judge Pankaj Sharma said it was necessary that advocate Aparna Bhat's contribution is acknowledged.\n\n\"This Court is of the considered view that facts are indicative that the plea of the plaintiff for interim injunction is well founded and it is necessary that her contribution be acknowledged by providing on the slide on the actual footage and the images, the line 'Aparna Bhat continues to fight the cases of sexual and physical violence against women' during the screening of the film.\n\n\"The said line on screen may be with a rider that the same is with the court order,\" the judge said. Advocate Bhat filed the application saying that despite representing Agarwal in courts for several years and helping in the movie making, she was not given credit in the movie.\n\nShe said the film makers took her help in the entire process of writing and shooting the movie, but did not give the credit.","sentence2":"Acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer on Thursday moved a Delhi court, seeking an injunction on the release of Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Chhapaak'.\n\nAdvocate Aparna Bhat filed the application saying that despite representing Agarwal in courts for several years and helping in the making of the movie, she was not given credit in the film.\n\nShe said the filmmakers took her help in the process of writing and shooting the movie, but did not give her credits in the film.\n\nThe matter is likely to be taken up for hearing shortly.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
-{"id":"1540398650_1540491680","score":2.0,"sentence1":"The annual budget presented by\n\n\n\nMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday proposed creation of a world-class aquarium in Mumbai, which would be a part of an international standard tourism complex.\n\nIn December last year, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had directed the officials of the Tourism Department to chalk out a plan to build a world-class aquarium in Mumbai.\n\n\"An international standard tourism complex would come up on the Worli Dairy land with an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore. An international standard aquarium will be built there,\" Pawar said while presenting his budget in the Legislative Assembly.\n\nPawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's maiden budget in the Lower House.\n\nHe announced an outlay of Rs 1,400 crore for the Department of Tourism. Aaditya Thackeray, son of the chief minister, is the state Tourism and Minister.\n\nPawar also announced creation of a special fund to combat global warming and climate change, the issues over which Aaditya Thackeray has time and again expressed concerns.\n\nPawar said several pilgrimage spots in the state, including Mahurgad in Nanded district, Parli Vaijanath, Aundha Nagnath, Narsi Namdev in Hingoli district, ancient Shiva temple in Ambarnath and Hazrat Khwaja Shamna Mira Dargah in Miraj, would be developed.\n\nFor the development of popular tourist destinations, such as Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani Rs 100 crore have been set aside in the budget.\n\nThe government also set aside Rs 55 crore for the diamond jubilee celebrations of the state, which was formed on May 1, 1960.\n\nBesides, Rs 25 crore have been allocated for the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.\n\nThe budget also increased the MLA fund from Rs 2 crore (declared in 2011) to Rs 3 crore. Pawar said the move is aimed at enabling the elected representatives to spend more in their constituencies.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)","sentence2":"MUMBAI: The annual budget presented by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday proposed creation of a world-class aquarium in Mumbai, which would be a part of an international standard tourism complex. In December last year, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had directed the officials of the Tourism Department to chalk out a plan to build a world-class aquarium in Mumbai.\"An international standard tourism complex would come up on the Worli Dairy land with an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore. An international standard aquarium will be built there,\" Pawar said while presenting his budget in the Legislative Assembly.Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's maiden budget in the Lower House.He announced an outlay of Rs 1,400 crore for the Department of Tourism Aaditya Thackeray , son of the chief minister, is the state Tourism and Environment Minister.Pawar also announced creation of a special fund to combat global warming and climate change, the issues over which Aaditya Thackeray has time and again expressed concerns.Pawar said several pilgrimage spots in the state, including Mahurgad in Nanded district, Parli Vaijanath, Aundha Nagnath, Narsi Namdev in Hingoli district, ancient Shiva temple in Ambarnath and Hazrat Khwaja Shamna Mira Dargah in Miraj, would be developed.For the development of popular tourist destinations, such as Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani Rs 100 crore have been set aside in the budget.The government also set aside Rs 55 crore for the diamond jubilee celebrations of the state, which was formed on May 1, 1960.Besides, Rs 25 crore have been allocated for the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.The budget also increased the MLA fund from Rs 2 crore (declared in 2011) to Rs 3 crore. Pawar said the move is aimed at enabling the elected representatives to spend more in their constituencies."}
-{"id":"1519792335_1523841272","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Since last year, a remake that has become the talk of the town is Sara Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan starrer Coolie No 1. The two popular stars will be seen recreating the magic of Govinda and Karisma Kapoor from their 1995 comedy film. While the shoot has been going on since last year, Sara has time and again revealed that she has been a big fan of Karisma and that she feels lucky to be recreating her magic on the big screens in David Dhawan\u2019s directorial.\n\nIn a recent conversation with Times Of India, Sara spoke about her stint in Coolie No 1 with Varun and mentioned that she has always had a huge crush on Karisma. The Love Aaj Kal star revealed that she has always loved Karisma\u2019s songs and is extremely stoked to have got the chance to work on those in Coolie No 1. Khan even praised her director David Dhawan and mentioned that while shooting the film, the journey has been filled with fun moments.\n\n(Also Read: WATCH: Sara Ali Khan REFUSES to join Kartik Aaryan on bus roof during promotions; Says \u2018you do it if you like\u2019)\n\nOn recreating Karisma\u2019s role in Coolie No 1, Sara said, \u201cDavid sir\u2019s set is like a fireball of energy. It's like, you know, back to the 90s. So it's been a real fun time on that set. I personally have a very big crush on Karisma Kapoor. I love her songs. And I'm so excited that I've had the opportunity to recreate that.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Sara and Varun often have shared on the set fun moments while shooting Coolie No 1 and fans have been excited about their take on the classic comedy. Coolie No 1 is slated to be released on May 1, 2020. Aside from this, Sara is busy with Love Aaj Kal promotions. In the film, she will be seen with Kartik Aaryan. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Love Aaj Kal is slated to release on February 14, 2020. Sara will also be seen with Akshay Kumar and Dhanush in Aanand L Rai\u2019s Atrangi Re which is slated to hit the screens on Valentine\u2019s Day 2021.","sentence2":"Among the popular stars of the Gen-Z, Sara Ali Khan is the one who has filmmakers lining up to cast her in their films. Despite being just 3 films old, Sara enjoys a massive fan base and the star is considered to be one of the style icons of the youth. However, despite all of it, the gorgeous Love Aaj Kal star revealed that there was once a film narration that she wanted to escape at all costs and was even willing to fake a heart attack but her mom Amrita Singh talked sense into her.\n\nYes, in a candid conversation with East India Comedy, Sara revealed that once she was stuck in a very lengthy narration and the filmmaker was going on and on about the film. However, the Love Aaj Kal star shared that she wanted to escape the narration even by going to the extreme length of wanting to fake cardiac arrest. Sara described the episode and said, \u201cThere was this one time. I am not going to say much\u2026because he said so much!\u201d\n\n(Also Read: Sara Ali Khan looks like a spitting image of mom Amrita Singh as she recreates the latter's pose; See PHOTO)\n\nShe went onto reveal that she called her mom, Amrita Singh from the washroom and told her that she is ready to fake cardiac arrest to get out the narration. However, the Love Aaj Kal star was told by the senior star to sit through the narration and to be professional till the end. Sara recalled the incident and said, \u201cI went to the restroom with my phone, three hours in, and I told my mom, \u2018Look, I know that we are all professional and we should be thankful for these opportunities\u2026 But can I pretend to have a cardiac arrest? Is that allowed?\u2019 She said no, so I asked, \u2018Should I faint? Should I throw up? What do I do?\u2019 She told me that I have to go back with professionalism and continue till the end.\u201d\n\nSara Ali Khan's latest photo:\n\nLater, Sara revealed that she continued to hear the filmmaker for five hours and then when she went home, she told her mom Amrita that she hates her now and she doesn\u2019t want to talk and just needs sleep. Well, surely the starlet tried her best to escape the situation but was talked out of it by her mom. On the work front, Sara\u2019s recent release is Kartik Aaryan starrer Love Aaj Kal by Imtiaz Ali. Next, Sara will be seen in David Dhawan\u2019s Coolie No 1 with Varun Dhawan. It will hit the screens on May 1, 2020. Apart from this, Sara recently announced a film with Dhanush and Akshay Kumar titled Atrangi Re. It will release on Valentine\u2019s Day 2021."}
-{"id":"1544695356_1543856243","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Thirteen of the 22 rebel Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh don't want to quit the party and were led away only to create pressure on the leadership to nominate Jyotiraditya Scindia to the Rajya Sabha, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh claimed on Wednesday.\n\nHe also asserted that the Kamal Nath-led government in the state, pushed to the brink of collapse with the resignation of 22 MLAs, will win a floor test.\n\nOn a day that Scindia joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, Singh said the former Union minister and four-time Lok Sabha MP from the Congress was offered the post of Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister in 2018 when the party won the state elections but wanted his nominee appointed.\n\nHowever, this was rejected by Kamal Nath as he didn't want a \"chela\" in that position, Singh said in an interview, a day after Scindia quit the Congress and 22 MLAs submitted their resignations from the assembly.\n\n\"The CM said he does not have any issue with Scindia becoming the deputy CM but told him, 'if you want your 'chela' to become deputy CM, then that will not happen'. Kamal Nath then took six of his (Scindia's) supporters in the cabinet,\" Singh revealed.\n\nTwo-three ministers close to Scindia as well as 10 of the rebel MLAs have given an assurance they are not leaving the Congress, he said.\n\n\"They were taken to Bengaluru to put pressure on the Congress to give Scindia a Rajya Sabha berth,\" Singh said.\n\n\"All the 22 MLAs, but for five or six, are Congress members who have been in Mr Scindia's group since Mr Madhavrao Scindia's time. So, all those people were there with him because they were with the Congress party,\" he added.\n\nSingh said the party is in touch with the families of the MLAs.\n\n\"We are not keeping quiet. We are not sleeping,\" he declared.\n\nAlleging the BJP's hand behind the crisis, he said the party's leaders carried the resignations of the Congress MLAs. Also, the BJP chartered flights to ferry Congress MLAs in two batches to Bengaluru, he claimed.\n\n\"It is all engineered, sponsored and paid for by the BJP... all part of the BJP's Operation Moneybag,\" he said and added that the phones of the rebel MLAs have been taken away and their conversations with family members are being recorded.\n\nSingh admitted that the party did not anticipate that Scindia would leave the Congress to join the BJP and described the move as his \"ati-mahatvakansha\", or his over-ambition.\n\n\"We did not anticipate that Scindia will quit the Congress... that was a mistake. Someone who has got so much from the party- four-time MP, twice minister in Union Cabinet, Congress Working Committee member and party general secretary,\" he said.\n\n\"The Congress could have easily sent him to the Rajya Sabha with 122 MLAs on its side. But we could not have made him a cabinet minister. Only Modi-Shah can make (him) a cabinet minister not us,\" he added.\n\nThe remark was an oblique reference to reports that Scindia will be made a cabinet minister in the Modi government in return for his MLAs supporting BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan to form government in Madhya Pradesh.\n\n\"We will prove our majority. We will save the government,\" Singh said.\n\nHe also rejected theories of Scindia being unhappy with the party and the state government.\n\n\"In the entire Gwalior-Chambal region, the Congress is being run by Scindia. And even Kamal Nath ji ran the administrative machinery in coordination with him. Guna is my home district but even the SP and collector are appointed as per his (Scindia's) wishes. It's the same in Shivpuri, Gwalior, Ashok Nagar, Bhind and Morena.\"\n\nThe two-time Madhya Pradesh chief minister said the assembly speaker, as per law, wants to verify the authenticity of the resignations tendered by the rebel MLAs by seeking their personal presence.\n\nDetailing the sequence of events relating to the crisis in the state, he claimed Scindia was \"upset and frustrated\" when he lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and made overtures to Modi-Shah stating he could topple the Kamal Nath government.\n\n\"During the time, through a friend, he met Modi ji and Amit Shah,\" Singh said.\n\nState BJP leaders were, however, opposed to the idea and were confident they could do the job themselves, he claimed, adding that Scindia was roped in when the local BJP leadership failed.\n\n\"Senior BJP leaders said if the government has to be brought down, we can do it, why do you have to take him (in the party). So they were asked to make an attempt. They tried...but we thwarted it.\n\n\"Then Amit Shah took them to task and said 'you are all useless ('nikamme nikle'), I am giving the task to (bring down the government) to Scindia ji',\" Singh claimed.\n\nOn his personal equation with Scindia, he said he had always remained in touch with Scindia and his father, the late Madhavrao Scindia.\n\nSingh also recalled that he was instrumental in bringing Madhavrao Scindia to the Congress in 1979. Madhavrao Scindia's mother Vijaya Raje Scindia was one of the founding members of the BJP.\n\nThe Congress has a wafer thin majority in the 228-member assembly. Before the rebellion, its tally was 114. It also has the support of four Independents, two BSP MLAs and one from the SP, but some may now switch sides to the BJP.\n\nIf the resignations of the 22 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the assembly will fall to 206. The Congress, on its own, will then be left with 92 seats while the BJP has 107 seats with the magic number for a majority being 104.","sentence2":"The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday stared at a collapse after a resignation of prominent youth leader Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Congress.\n\nIMAGE: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath with Jyotiraditya Scindia in happier times. Photograph: @OfficeOfKNath\/Twitter\n\nFollowing Scindia's move, 22 Congress MLAs resigned from the assembly, putting the Nath government in the minority.\n\nThe Congress has a wafer-thin majority in the Madhya Pradesh assembly whose current effective strength is 228.\n\nIf the resignations of the 22 MLAs is accepted, the strength of the assembly will fall to 206.\n\nThe magic number for retaining the majority then will be 104.\n\nThe Congress, however, will be left with 92 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party has 104 seats.\n\nThe Congress has the support of four Independents, two Bahujan Samaj Party and one Samajwadi Party MLA.\n\nEven with their support, the Congress will fall short of a majority, and it is anyway unclear if they will continue to support the Congress or go with the BJP."}
-{"id":"1579050365_1579165117","score":1.0,"sentence1":"As COVID-19 continues to impact the lives of Canadians, the federal government has launched an online portal and app dedicated to mental health and wellness.\n\nThe app and the online Wellness Together site will connect people with peer support workers, social workers, psychologists and other professionals for confidential chat sessions or phone calls.\n\nIt\u2019s also a place to find credible information about how to address mental health and substance use issues.\n\nUsers will be able to access different levels of support depending on their needs, ranging from information and self-assessment tools, to the opportunity to chat with professionals.\n\nA number of organizations played a part in crafting the portal, including Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone, Homewood Health, Greenspace Health, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and the Canadian Psychological Association.\n\n\u201cMental wellness is difficult to maintain with the disruptions happening now,\u201d said Patty Hajdu, Federal Minister of Health. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to maintain a routine. People in every community are struggling and need our help. That\u2019s why we are acting today to make it easier for Canadians to identify, understand and address issues they are facing, with multiple tools and resources available on one platform.\u201d","sentence2":"April 15, 2020 Ottawa, ON Health Canada\n\nCOVID-19 is a global public health challenge that has changed the daily lives of people around the world. During these difficult times, it is critical that Canadians be able to obtain credible information and access services to support their mental health and wellbeing.\n\nThat's why today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, launched a new portal dedicated to mental wellness on Canada.ca\/coronavirus and the Canada COVID-19 app. Wellness Together Canada will connect Canadians to peer support workers, social workers, psychologists and other professionals for confidential chat sessions or phone calls, and will make it easier to find credible information and help address mental health and substance use issues.\n\nThe portal is the result of the work of a broad consortium of organizations with experience in providing digital mental health and substance use support, led by Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone, Homewood Health and Greenspace Health. Wellness Together Canada is the first and only mental health platform of its kind for people of all ages, in every province and territory.\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to supporting partners including:\n\n\u2022 Bell Let's Talk\n\n\u2022 Canada Health Infoway\n\n\u2022 Mental Health Commission of Canada\n\n\u2022 Canadian Psychological Association\n\n\u2022 Medavie"}
-{"id":"1520488162_1520465976","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The body of a 6-year-old South Carolina girl who had gone missing earlier this week was found near the remains of an unidentified man, authorities said Thursday. Police are now treating the child's death as a homicide.\n\nFaye Marie Swetlik. Cayce Department of Public Safety \/ via Facebook\n\nFaye Swetlik was last seen playing in the front yard of her Cayce, South Carolina, home after school on Monday when she was reported missing.\n\n\"It is with extremely heavy hearts that we're announcing we have found the body, that the coroner has identified as Faye Marie Swetlik,\" Cayce Director of Public Safety Byron Snellgrove told reporters. \"We are now treating this case as a homicide.\"\n\nThe girl's body was found in her neighborhood of Churchill Heights, near \"a deceased male,\" according to police.\n\n\"That investigation has just begun,\" Snellgrove said of the man found near the girl.\n\nSnellgrove declined to answer any questions or reveal how the girl died.\n\nBut, he said, \"at this time we feel there is no danger to the community,\" just outside the state's capital city of Columbia.\n\nCrime scene tape covers the wooded area near the Churchill Heights neighborhood, this after the bodies of Faye Swetlik and an unidentified male were found. @wis10 pic.twitter.com\/9uzSFoIXJW \u2014 Drew Aunkst WIS (@NewsDrewWIS) February 13, 2020\n\nNo arrests were immediately made and police were seen combing through a wooded area of Churchill Heights following the announcement.\n\nThe Cayce Department of Public Safety released a statement saying they were working closely with the coroner's office to process a \"large amount of physical evidence.\"\n\n\"While we grieve for Faye and try process this tragedy, we want to ensure you that our work continues,\" the statement said. \"As we weep, we work.\"\n\nThe Lexington County Coroner's Office announced an autopsy will be conducted on Faye Swetlick on Saturday.\n\nThe search for the missing Springdale Elementary School first-grader had captivated the region.\n\n\"Our community is devastated,\" tweeted all-time basketball great Dawn Staley, who is the head women's basketball coach at the nearby University of South Carolina.\n\n\"We prayed for a different outcome but our hearts are filled with sorrow. This senselessness must stop. Godspeed to her family, friends and community.\"\n\nVice President Mike Pence, while speaking Thursday night at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina, said the FBI will offer support to state officials in the investigation.\n\n\"We were deeply saddened to receive word of the remains of Faye Swetlick were found,\" Pence said. \"Hold this family in your prayers.\"","sentence2":"DAILY NEWSLETTER\n\nAll the news you need to know, every day\n\nBy clicking Sign Up, I confirm\n\nthat I have read and agree\n\nto the Privacy Policy\n\nand Terms of Service."}
-{"id":"1543712188_1546397754","score":3.0,"sentence1":"The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel\n\nWe have more newsletters\n\nThank you for subscribing!\n\nSomething went wrong, please try again later.\n\nSign up for the Daily Star TV newsletter for the biggest TV news\n\nLorraine viewers couldn't believe who they were seeing on their screens today as pop beauty Louise Redknapp came on the show to discuss her new UK tour.\n\nLouise, 45, sent viewers wild as she donned a plunging denim shirt and matching jeans, as they couldn't believe her ageless beauty.\n\nAs Louise talked about splitting from ex Jamie Redknapp back in 2017, they rushed to social media to talk about how different she looked.\n\nOne fan posted: \"There's a very different looking Louise...wish her all the best for the album.\"\n\nAnother added: \"Louise looks so different now!\"\n\n(Image: ITV)\n\nA third chipped in: \"Wow, barely recognised Louise on Lorraine.\"\n\nA fourth wrote: \"Louise is looking more and more like Carol Vorderman everyday.\"\n\nLouise confessed that splitting Jamie was the hardest thing she had ever done, as she told Lorraine: \"It is the toughest thing anyone will go through, it really was for me.\n\n\"Everyday is a new challenge, it was really hard.\n\n(Image: ITV)\n\n\"The boys are our priority and we are working together to put them first.\"\n\nShe also spoke about her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Kevin Clifton announcing he had left the show, sharing her shock with Lorraine.\n\nDiscussing her time on the show, Louise admitted: \"It made me fall back in love again with dancing.\n\n\"That was when I thought there is a bit of life left in me.\"\n\n(Image: Getty Images Europe)\n\nLouise and Kevin starred in the 2016 series of the show, narrowly missing out on the Glitterball to presenter Ore Oduba.\n\nShe announced her split from Jamie, who she married in 1998, as she announced the end of their 19 year marriage.\n\nLorraine continues tomorrow at 9am on ITV.","sentence2":"Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nGet the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter\n\nLouise Redknapp burst thermometers in her latest Instagram snap as the star stunned as she went makeup free, as she got prepared for her tour.\n\nThe singing goddess, 45, has been rehearsing for her upcoming UK tour ahead of her releasing brand new music.\n\nShe shared the intimate series of snaps on her story, giving fans a sneak-peak of what happens behind the scenes before a show.\n\nThe first post is a video clip of the star, rocking a bare face with no makeup.\n\nShe looked stunning as she told her 684k Instagram followers: \"So we've just done our very first run through of the show from start to finish.\n\n(Image: Instagram\/@louiseredknapp)\n\n\"Yeah all good!\"\n\nThe ageless beauty finished the sweet video clip by blowing a heartfelt kiss to her fans through the camera, letting them know she loves them.\n\nHer second selfie saw the former Eternal member putting sexily at the camera, posing up a storm for the bare-faced snap.\n\nShe wrote on the scorching photograph: \"I will wear makeup for the show tomorrow. Promise.\"\n\n(Image: Instagram\/@louiseredknapp)\n\nThe bombshell finished her words with a joking frown emoji.\n\nLouise made headlines recently after sending viewers wild with desire as she donned a jaw-dropping glamorous outfit on TV show Lorraine, as she discussed her new music and tour.\n\nShe confessed on the ITV morning show that splitting from her ex husband Jamie Redknapp was the hardest thing she'd ever done.\n\n(Image: Instagram\/@louiseredknapp)\n\nThe media personality told Lorraine of getting a divorce back in 2017: \"It is the toughest thing anyone will go through, it really was for me.\n\n\"Everyday is a new challenge, it was really hard.\"\n\nThe mum-of-two confirmed that her children, who she shares with Jamie, are the most important thing in her life, as she said: \"The boys are our priority and we are working together to put them first.\""}
-{"id":"1498340993_1501828750","score":4.0,"sentence1":"The residents of T. Nagar, have made a request to the Greater Chennai Corporation to re-locate a trash\n\ndisposal point, located on Guild Street, T. Nagar. Residents say the disposal point is nothing short of a trash\n\nyard. Though, steps are taken to clear the garbage every day, either in the night or early in the morning, the\n\nconservancy staff collect and dispose the trash from residential apartments and homes and other commercial\n\nestablishments in the vicinity for the conservancy truck staff to clear the garbage.\n\nOn days, the garbage is spilled on to the roads affecting free flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. To add to\n\nthe woes of the pedestrians, especially women, men relieve themselves in the open. Of late, the space near\n\nthe trash yard has become a parking slot.\n\n\u201cIn the mornings and evenings, countless number of pedestrians walk through the stretch to reach the railway\n\nterminal and a couple of educational institutions. Stray dogs roam in large numbers on the stretch, creating a\n\nfear in the minds of the pedestrians. We have complained several times in this regard to the authorities\n\nconcerned in the GCC to re-locate the dumping point. But, no action, has been taken till date. We are being\n\nasked by the authorities concerned to re-locate a trash disposal point,\" residents say.\n\nBesides, while clearing the trash from the disposal point, the walls of a prestigious educational institution\n\nlocated on the stretch have been damaged by the conservancy vehicle for fifth time in a row. A similar\n\nsituation prevails on Police Quarters Road.\n\nDespite, a washroom near the T. Nagar bus terminus, men relive in the open on the stretch, making it horrible to commute through the stretch to gain access to bus terminus, residents, add.","sentence2":"Some post-graduate students of Rani Channamma University took bath in front of the university gate in protest against water scarcity in the hostel and on campus.\n\nA group of students wearing shorts and T-shirts walked to the university gate on Wednesday carrying buckets and mugs. They reached the front gate and poured water on themselves. They shouted slogans against the university administration for failing to listen to their pleas.\n\n\u201cWe have been complaining to the university officers about water scarcity, but no one listened to us. We are forced to skip bath for days as there is no water in the hostel. Today, we decided to come out in protest,\u201d they said.\n\nUniversity officers sent them away with an assurance that they would look into their demands."}
-{"id":"1571178629_1568383234","score":1.0,"sentence1":"That $1,200 from the U.S. government is expected to arrive to households across the nation within the next three weeks.\n\nThese payments are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue package signed into law last week to spur the economy, which screeched to a halt in the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nBut questions remain as to how to access that $1,200, and if that money is enough to provide a much-needed assist as millions of Americans are now filing for unemployment.\n\nAnd while $1,200 might help alleviate some financial pressure for Long Islanders, the plan shows a \u201cfailure to recognize the regional cost differences\u201d across the nation, said Lawrence Levy, the executive dean of suburban studies at Hofstra University, where he is also vice president for economic development and professional studies. In addition, Levy heads up Ascend Long Island, a pilot program that supports underserved communities in Nassau County.\n\nLevy said that \u201c$1,200 doesn\u2019t go nearly as far in Hempstead as it does in Huntsville, Alabama. The help is not going to go as far here as it will in other parts of the country.\u201d It\u2019s disappointing, he said, as \u201cthe federal government does recognize\u201d the cost of living difference in how it pays its employees based on where they live.\n\nThe $1,200 per taxpayer is \u201cpunishing to the higher costs suburbs all around the country,\u201d he said.\n\nMeanwhile, to access that money, most people don\u2019t need to do anything. But some, including senior citizens and low-income people who might not traditionally file tax returns, are advised to take action. People behind on filing their taxes might also want to get caught up.\n\nEligibility\n\nAnyone earning up to $75,000 in adjusted gross income and who has a Social Security number will receive a $1,200 payment. That means married couples filing joint returns will receive the full payment \u2014 $2,400 \u2014 if their adjusted gross income, which is what you report on your taxes, is under $150,000.\n\nThe payment steadily declines for those who make more. Those earning more than $99,000, or $198,000 for joint filers, are not eligible. The thresholds are slightly different for those who file as a head of household.\n\nParents will also receive $500 for each qualifying child.\n\nAccessing funds\n\nMost people don\u2019t have to do anything to access the funds.\n\nThe money will be directly deposited in your bank account if the government has that information from your tax return. If you haven\u2019t filed your 2019 taxes, the government will use information from your 2018 taxes to calculate your payment and determine where to send it. It can use your Social Security benefit statement as well.\n\nIf you don\u2019t usually have to file taxes\n\nPeople who are not required to file a tax return \u2014 such as low-income tax payers, some senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and people with disabilities \u2014 will need to file a very simplified tax return to receive the economic impact payment. It provides the government basic details including a person\u2019s filing status, number of dependents and direct-deposit bank information.\n\nIf you didn\u2019t yet file 2018 or 2019 taxes\n\nYou will still get a payment, but the IRS urges anyone required to file a tax return and has not yet done so for those years to file as soon as possible in order to receive an economic impact payment. Taxpayers should include their direct-deposit banking information on the return if they want it deposited in their account.\n\nIf you don\u2019t use direct deposit on your taxes\n\nThe government will default to sending you the check by mail if you did not use direct deposit.\n\nHowever, IRS and Treasury say that they will develop an online portal in the coming weeks for individuals to provide their banking information so that they can receive the payments immediately instead of in the mail. It has not yet set a deadline for updating that information.\n\nLearning more about the check\n\nThe IRS and Treasury say the website irs.gov\/coronavirus will soon provide information about the check, including how people can file a simple 2019 tax return.\n\nWhen you need more time to file your tax returns\n\nThe IRS says people concerned about visiting a tax professional or local community organization in person to get help with a tax return should not worry. The economic impact payments will be available throughout the rest of 2020.\n\n\n\nThe Associated Press contributed to this story.","sentence2":"Politics & Government Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Payments: What You Need To Do In RI Rhode Island residents are expected to start receiving stimulus payments soon. Here's what you need to do beforehand. Reply (1)\n\nTo receive a coronavirus economic stimulus payment, Americans need to have filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019, according to new guidance released by the IRS and U.S. Treasury. (iStock \/ Getty Images Plus)\n\nRHODE ISLAND \u2014 In the next three weeks, most Americans are expected to start receiving payments that are part of a nearly $2 trillion economic stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last week. The package is intended to mitigate the economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on Americans, small businesses and corporations.\n\nBut with so much money in the pipeline, questions remain: What is the government using to determine eligibility? Do we need to apply to receive a payment? Where will the payment go once it's sent? The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury released guidance this week on the economic stimulus package that explains what Americans should expect and what they need to do to receive their payments. Most won't need to do anything. But just in case, here's a checklist of questions you may not have thought of and others you may already be asking:\n\nDo I need to file a tax return to receive a stimulus payment?\n\nYes, and while most of us won't need to worry about this requirement, some groups of Americans \u2014 including low-income taxpayers, senior citizens, some veterans and individuals with disabilities \u2014 typically don't file tax returns. Don't miss the latest coronavirus updates in Rhode Island as they are announced. Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.\n\nOriginally, Social Security recipients were among those required to file a return to receive the stimulus payment; however, in response to backlash from both sides of the political aisle, the U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday that Social Security recipients are now exempt from the tax return requirement, according to The Washington Post. Finally, anyone who was required to file taxes for 2018 and 2019 and hasn't done so yet should do so right away.\n\nAm I eligible for the economic stimulus payment? Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact payment of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples. Parents also receive $500 for each qualifying child."}
-{"id":"1530625133_1534604368","score":2.0,"sentence1":"DHAKA, Feb 25, 2020 (BSS)- The decision on whether Mashrafe would be allowed to continue his cricketing career after the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe will be taken in the next meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket\n\nBoard (BCB), said its president Nazmul Hassan Papon.\n\nThe BCB head had already made it clear that they would choose a captain,\n\nconsidering the 2023 World Cup as they want the team to get ample time under\n\nnew captain to build them for the cricket\u2019s biggest extravaganza.\n\nThis put a question mark on Mashrafe\u2019s career as the BCB president cast a\n\ndoubt on the lanky fast bowler\u2019s ability to pass the modern beep test which\n\ndetermines the players\u2019 fitness.\n\nBut he said that Mashrafe, whose retirement issue came to the fore once as\n\nhe performed badly in the 2019 World Cup, would play the series against\n\nZimbabwe as captain.\n\nThis will be Mashrafe first series since the World Cup in which took just\n\none wicket in eight matches. Mashrafe missed the three-match ODI series in\n\nSri Lanka after the World Cup due to hamstring injury.\n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t say anything like that Mashrafe won\u2019t be the part of the team\n\nafter the Zimbabwe series. I said that we will take a decision about the\n\ncaptain in the next board meeting,\u201d Papon said.\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t say before the meeting that whether he [Mashrafe] would play or\n\nnot, or whether he would be captain or not. Till this series against\n\nZimbabwe, he is okay and he will be the captain.\u201d\n\nMashrafe is currently playing just ODI format of the cricket and since he\n\nshows his reluctance to walk into sunset in the near future, question came to\n\nthe fore whether he will play the one-off ODI against Pakistan in Karachi.\n\nPapon remained tightlipped on this issue, saying, \u201cBefore the ODI against\n\nPakistan, a board meeting will be held. As I said earlier, everything will be\n\ndecided in that meeting.\u201d","sentence2":"SYLHET, Feb 29, 2020 (BSS)-Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said he will be here for always in Bangladesh cricket\u2019s needs as he is ready to do anything for the sake of the country\u2019s cricket.\n\nMashrafe\u2019s comment came in the wake of the question that whether he\n\nwould visit Bangladesh for a solitary ODI match if the Bangladesh Cricket\n\nBoard (BCB) wants. The most successful captain of the country is currently\n\nplaying just ODI format.\n\nHowever Mashrafe\u2019s future is not clear yet as the BCB president Nazmul\n\nHassan Papon indicated that the Zimbabwe series will be the lanky pacer\u2019s\n\nlast as the captain since they would appoint a long term captain, eying 2023\n\nWorld Cup. He also said, if Mashrafe wants to continue cricket, he should\n\nprove his performance and match fitness to make him available.\n\n\u201cFirstly I don\u2019t know what will happen after this series,\u201d Mashrafe\n\nsaid, replying to a query whether he would tour Pakistan.\n\n\u201cBut in Bangladesh cricket\u2019s needs, I am ready to go anywhere. What I\n\nfeel is that the BCB is our guardian. What decision they will take, they will\n\ntake it thinking not for once or twice, they will think about it for 10\n\ntimes. So I believe they will take the best decision. We should consider\n\ncricket board\u2019s decision as final.\u201d\n\nBangladesh has already twice visited Pakistan for first two legs of tour\n\nthat included a three-match T20 series and a first Test. On both occasion,\n\nMushfiqur Rahim opted against touring Pakistan, citing security reasons.\n\nBangladesh will visit Pakistan for last phase of tour that includes a\n\nsolitary ODI and second Test. Mushfiqur Rahim is believed to opt against\n\nthird phase of tour also.\n\n\u201cWe should honour the decision of Mushfiqur Rahim,\u201d Mashrafe said. \u201cThe\n\nBCB has given the option to opt against touring Pakistan. Moreover the\n\nselector will take the decision who will be the part of the team. If I am\n\ncalled up for Pakistan tour, I will give my answer.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1487502910_1487580498","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Retail lending stock of Hungarian banks was up HUF 77.4 billion at nearly HUF 7.022 trillion in November from the previous month, fresh data from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) shows, state news wire MTI reports.\n\nImage: Onchira Wongsiri\/Shutterstock.com\n\nThe stock has risen every month since March 2018.\n\nTransactions increased the stock of retail loans by HUF 83.1 bln but revaluations reduced it by HUF 5.7 bln. Forint-denominated transactions increased the stock by HUF 83.6 bln and FX transactions lowered it by HUF 500 million.\n\nStock of retail deposits rose HUF 91.9 bln to almost HUF 9.370 tln with net deposit placements adding HUF 70.4 bln and revaluations raising the stock by HUF 21.5 bln.\n\nNet inflows increased forint deposits by HUF 84.6 bln and net withdrawals reduced foreign currency deposits by HUF 14.2 bln. Revaluations increased the FX deposits by HUF 21.5 bln and reduced forint deposits by just HUF 100 million.\n\nThe euro weakened 1.48% to the forint between the end of October and the end of November, calculating with the central bank\u02bcs daily fixing.","sentence2":"Corporate lending stock of Hungarian banks rose in November from the previous month with nearly 30% of the increase reflecting revaluation effects, fresh data from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) show, state news wire MTI reports.\n\nImage: Pixabay\n\nIn real terms and excluding revaluation effects, the stock of banks\u02bc corporate loans has been rising since the end of 2016.\n\nThe corporate lending stock of banks was up HUF 161.5 billion at HUF 8.7 trillion according to non-adjusted data. Transactions increased the lending stock by HUF 113.4 bln, while revaluations and other changes increased it by HUF 48.1 bln.\n\nTransactions raised the stock of forint loans by HUF 16.5 bln and they raised the stock of foreign currency loans by HUF 83.2 bln. Revaluations cut the forint loan stock by HUF 4.7 bln and raised the FX loan stock by HUF 54.2 bln.\n\nHoldings by credit institutions of bonds issued by non-financial corporations were down HUF 1.4 bln due to revaluations but rose HUF 13.7 bln because of transactions, bringing the stock of bonds to HUF 144.7 bln.\n\nCorporate deposits meanwhile rose by HUF 389.6 bln to HUF 9.264 tln in November. Deposit placements raised the stock by HUF 365.7 bln and revaluations raised it by a further HUF 23.9 bln.\n\nAccording to MNB, there were just HUF 11.9 bln net inflows into foreign currency deposits while net inflows into forint deposits reached HUF 353.8 bln. Revaluations increased FX deposits by HUF 43.9 bln and they reduced forint deposits by HUF 20 bln."}
-{"id":"1579836565_1579808830","score":4.0,"sentence1":"By Rachel Noll, DOC Communications\n\nThe Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) is privileged to have staff well trained in emergency management. During statewide and national emergencies, the DOC stands ready to respond internally to protect the health and safety of staff and the incarcerated, and externally to provide support to other state or federal agencies.\n\nSteps Taken During COVID-19\n\nCorrections began supporting the Department of Health (DOH) response to COVID-19 on February 9, 2020, by providing members of Corrections\u2019 Department Incident Management Team (DIMT) to help the statewide response. The department officially opened its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at headquarters in response to COVID-19 on March 2, 2020, whose members represent every division across the agency.\n\nWhile the state is under a \u201cStay Home, Stay Healthy\u201d order, Corrections remains open and operational as an essential business. The safety and well-being of the incarcerated, staff and public are the department\u2019s top priorities.\n\nCorrections has taken a number of steps to ensure the safety of those incarcerated in correctional facilities and work release, as well as those on community supervision. These steps include suspending visitation and other in-person programming to reduce outside exposure, encouraging pro-active precautions like hand-washing, extra cleaning and social distancing, and reducing the number of face-to-face contact visits community corrections officers have to make with those they supervise.\n\nThe department is also encouraging staff to stay home when sick, practice social distancing and telework wherever possible. Every staff member that needs to report in person for work receives a verbal and temperature health screening when they enter any correctional facility. The agency recently approved staff to wear expired N95 respirators (pdf). The department continues to monitor the situation to determine if additional steps are necessary as new guidance is made available.\n\nTo demonstrate the department\u2019s commitment to openness and transparency, Corrections has posted important information on the COVID-19 Information Center, including memos, resources and decision points.\n\nCurrent Protocols Followed\n\nCorrections\u2019 Chief Medical Officer and her team have developed protocols (pdf) that follow recommendations for isolation and quarantine set forth by DOH and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which are updated as needed to reflect the latest guidance.\n\nEmployees who test positive for COVID-19 self-quarantine at home for at least 14 days. Corrections also works to identify and notify employees considered to have had close contact with a staff member with positive COVID-19 test results. Those determined to have been in close contact with the positive individual will be asked to self-quarantine at home for up to 14 days from the date of last contact with the employee who tested positive, following DOH guidelines.\n\nIf an incarcerated individual shows symptoms or tests positive, they will be isolated and treated. Those who have been in contact will be quarantined even if they are asymptomatic under the same guidelines followed under other quarantines, such as those that occur during outbreaks of the stomach flu.\n\nCorrections Assistance in Statewide Response\n\nIn addition to the internal response, the DIMT provided logistics support to DOH along with the Washington Department of Social and Health Services and the Washington Military Department \u2013 Emergency Management Division with the statewide response to COVID-19. The support is possible because the Department of Corrections trains employees in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the national structure for emergency response enabling state and federal agencies that typically do not work together, to operate under the same structure and unified command during an emergency.\n\n\u201cReal world emergencies, whether it be a flood, hurricane, volcano or pandemic, provide the opportunity for our agency employees to hone their skills in emergency management and incident command,\u201d said Emergency Operations Manager Greg Miller. \u201cAssisting other agencies drastically increases our knowledge, skills and abilities to manage our own emergencies when they arise in the department. Above and beyond DIMT, the Department of Corrections staff statewide are always ready and willing to help out. These staff are doing great work in the offices, prisons and community during this time.\u201d\n\nThe DIMT provided Command, Logistics and Planning staff to the Unified Command at the State Emergency Operations Center. DOC staff also provided communications support as the state stood up its Joint Information Center. Working together during an emergency allows each state agency to continue its operations, work together as a team and have a role in helping Washington to \u2018flatten the curve\u2019.\n\nIncarcerated individuals have also expressed a desire to help. Correctional Industries (CI) workers at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center have adapted their knowledge from the textile factory to produce protective gowns to respond to the need for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). CI workers across the state are also working to produce additional gowns, protective masks and face shields.\n\n\u201cPartnerships such as this show the department\u2019s commitment to both our mission, \u2018To improve public safety by positively changing lives\u2019 as well as our vision, \u2018Working together for safer communities,\u2019\u201d said Secretary Steve Sinclair. \u201cCorrections is committed to working together with other state agencies to help support the best emergency response possible, as we know our role in creating safer communities extends beyond our commitment to operating a safe and humane corrections system. We value our partnership with others as we work to transform lives for a better Washington.\u201d","sentence2":"Another positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been reported in Mason County. A man in his 70s became the 18th County resident to test positive. Mason County Public Health was notified of the latest positive test on Wednesday, April 9, 2020. Mason County Public Health is conducting contact interviews at this time. The patient is currently isolating at home.\n\nCase information for the 18 positive cases is as follows:\n\nOnly one patient has been hospitalized outside Mason County. The remaining patients are isolating at home.\n\nSo far, 502 people have been tested in Mason County.\n\nDue to Mason County being a small community, location data of positive cases will not be released to reduce the possibility of patient identification and to protect personal health information. Identified positive cases are located throughout Mason County. To avoid exposure, continue to follow the guidance of washing hands frequently, stay home, unless essential to work and limit travel to only medical appointments, medication pick up, and once every two-week grocery shopping needs. This will help limit your exposure possibilities. Mason County Public Health is asking that the public do their part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19."}
-{"id":"1613814846_1614798152","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Good Omens stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant will reunite for a new lockdown comedy for BBC One.\n\nStaged will follow the cast of a play who are furloughed when their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt and they try their best to keep the rehearsals on track in lockdown.\n\nThe six 15-minute episodes will be filmed using a combination of self-shooting and video conferencing technology to ensure it is made safely.\n\nThey will take on the challenge of creating a drama in lockdown, on stage and off, and the cast also includes Tennant\u2019s wife Georgia Tennant, Lucy Eaton and Anna Lundberg.\n\nThe show will also have a selection of guest stars including Nina Sosanya, with others still to be confirmed.\n\nCharlotte Moore, the BBC\u2019s director of content, said: \u201cIt\u2019s so important that the BBC provides moments of humour and light relief and this mischievous idea shows what great sports Michael and David are.\u201d\n\nThe series is written and directed by Simon Evans, based on an idea by Evan and Phin Glynn.\n\nThe series will air in June 2020 on BBC One and will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer after transmission.","sentence2":"1\/2\n\nDavid Tennant is to star in the new BBC comedy, \"Staged.\" File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo\n\nMay 23 (UPI) -- Good Omens stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen are reuniting for a six-episode BBC comedy called Staged. The 15-minute show will debut in June. It follows the cast of a play who continue to rehearse remotely after their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement\n\n\"Absurd and humorous in equal measure, Staged takes on the challenges of creating a drama in lockdown, on stage and off, with a line-up including Georgia Tennant, Lucy Eaton and Anna Lundberg,\" a BBC press release said. \"The show will also have a selection of guest stars including Nina Sosanya, with more to be confirmed in due course.\"\n\nSimon Evans and Phin Glynn came up with the idea and Evans penned the screenplay.\n\nIt will be recorded using video-conference technology in keeping with social-distancing practices.\n\n\"It's vital that the BBC provides moments of light relief and this mischievous idea shows what great sports Michael and David are in sending themselves up,\" Charlotte Moore, director of BBC Content, said in a statement."}
-{"id":"1533852973_1531459122","score":2.0,"sentence1":"ISLAMABAD: The first phase of admissions of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) that include Matric and FA programs for the Semester Spring, 2020 will be closed on Tuesday, March 3.\n\n\n\nThere will be no further extension in this date, it was announced.\n\nThe designated banks around the country have been directed to receive the admissions\u2019 fee of Matric, FA as well as for admission in Certificate Courses and Open Tech Courses till the closing time on March 3.\n\nThe interested Pakistanis including those living in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain have also been asked to enroll themselves in the on-going admission (spring, 2020).\n\nAdmission forms and prospectus for these programs could be downloaded from the University\u2019s website.","sentence2":"Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University has introduced some academic programmes for overseas Pakistanis, including those living in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain and USA.\n\nThe programs include \u2018Allisan-ul-Arabi\u2019 (Basic Arabic Course), Arabic \u2018Bol Chall\u2019, Secondary School Certificate (Matric), Higher Secondary School Certificate( FA, I.com).\n\nThe interested Pakistanis have been asked to enroll themselves in the on-going admission (Spring, 2020), that will continue till March 3. Admission forms and prospectus for these programs could be downloaded from the University\u2019s websitehttp:\/\/del.aiou.edu.pk\n\nAccording to the Director Admissions, the overseas students educational facilities were being extended with the cooperation of Pakistani missions and schools abroad.\n\nThe interested Pakistanis may contact the department of the overseas Pakistanis here at the University\u2019s main campus on email overseas@aiou.edu.pk for seeking further information."}
-{"id":"1521155431_1517777802","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Bigg Boss 13's Shehnaaz Gill is one of the most deserving contestants to win the show.\n\nBigg Boss 13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill was a known face in Punjab before she entered the BB house. But, after she appeared on the show, the singer has become a household name across India. Shehnaaz was one contestant who has been entertaining the viewers even before she entered the BB house.\n\nShehnaaz introduced herself to Salman Khan as Punjab Ki Katrina Kaif. Initially, Shehnaaz was seen trying to bond with Paras Chhabra but after Paras chose Mahira Sharma over her on more than one occasion, she thought it better to stay away from him. Shehnaaz, who is lovingly called Sana by her housemates, displayed all kinds of emotions in the house. She never shied away from calling a spade a spade.\n\nShehnaaz Gill stood by Shefali Bagga when the entire house was against her. She wasn't scared of anyone and supported what she felt was right. She was also the only one who was very clear about her priorities on the show. She has always said that all that matters to her in this game is Sidharth Shukla and would mostly get affected by things related to him.\n\nOn the show, Shehnaaz Gill has become quite popular and now enjoys a huge fan following. Apart from Sidharth Shukla and Rashami Desai, she was another contestant who was nominated many times on the show but every time, her fans saved her.\n\nBe it her gidda performance with Sidharth Shukla, or her conversation with the crow, every time Shehnaaz Gill has managed to win our hearts with her cute antics. Initially, Bigg Boss 13 wasn't that interesting, but two contestants who made it bearable with their presence were Shehnaaz Gill and Sidharth Shukla. She was a great find by the makers as her presence in the show helped keep its entertainment quotient high.\n\nEvery weekend, Shehnaaz's conversation with Salman Khan left the viewers and Salman in splits. Shehnaaz displayed her romantic side with Sidharth and also showed her fierce side while protecting him when he got into a fight with their housemates.\n\nThe winner of Bigg Boss needs to be someone who manages to entertain no matter what. Shehnaaz Gill is one contestant who brought a smile on the viewers' face whenever she appeared on screen. She is clearly the entertainment queen of this season and deserves to win the show more than anyone else.\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13 winner prize money has doubled this year. Details inside\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13 finale live streaming: When and where to watch BB 13 grand finale\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13: Sidharth kisses Shehnaaz in Spider-Man style","sentence2":"With the finale of Bigg Boss 13 less than four days away, the tension inside the house is quite high at the moment. Salman Khan announced on Sunday that one contestant would be eliminated from the show soon.\n\nThe contestants were asked to rank the top five housemates, and they picked Paras Chhabra followed by Sidharth Shukla, Asim Riaz, Rashami Desai and Arti Singh.\n\nIn the previous task, Sidharth chose to save Paras. When confronted by Salman, he confessed that he picked Paras because he couldn\u2019t decide between Shehnaaz and Arti. Soon after Salman\u2019s exit, Shehnaaz and Sidharth had an argument. The two also had an argument with Arti regarding the same issue.\n\nThe elite club members Asim Riaz, Sidharth Shukla and Rashami Desai are safe from eliminations. Paras, meanwhile, was saved by Sidharth."}
-{"id":"1594945180_1595251481","score":1.0,"sentence1":"We need your help to keep speaking the truth\n\nEvery story that you have come to us with; each injustice you have asked us to investigate; every campaign we have fought; each of your unheard voices we amplified; we do this for you. We are making a difference on your behalf.\n\nOur fight is your fight. You\u2019ve supported our collective struggle every time you gave us a like; and every time you shared our work across social media. Now we need you to support us with a monthly donation.\n\nWe have published nearly 2,000 articles and over 50 films in 2021. And we want to do this and more in 2022 but we don\u2019t have enough money to go on at this pace. So, if you value our work and want us to continue then please join us and be part of The Canary family.\n\nIn return, you get:\n\n* Advert free reading experience\n\n* Quarterly group video call with the Editor-in-Chief\n\n* Behind the scenes monthly e-newsletter\n\n* 20% discount in our shop\n\nAlmost all of our spending goes to the people who make The Canary\u2019s content. So your contribution directly supports our writers and enables us to continue to do what we do: speaking truth, powered by you. We have weathered many attempts to shut us down and silence our vital opposition to an increasingly fascist government and right-wing mainstream media.\n\nWith your help we can continue:\n\n* Holding political and state power to account\n\n* Advocating for the people the system marginalises\n\n* Being a media outlet that upholds the highest standards\n\n* Campaigning on the issues others won\u2019t\n\n* Putting your lives central to everything we do\n\nWe are a drop of truth in an ocean of deceit. But we can\u2019t do this without your support. So please, can you help us continue the fight?","sentence2":"St Thomas' Hospital - Coronavirus patients to be given the blood of survivors as part of new treatment being trialled in London hospitals - BLOOMBERG\n\nCoronavirus Homepage Bar with counter ..\n\nCoronavirus patients will be given the blood of survivors of the deadly disease as part of a new treatment being trialled at London\u2019s Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 hospitals.\n\nMore than 6,500 people have signed up for the trial, which will begin in \u201cthe coming weeks\u201d, the hospitals' Biomedical Research Centre said.\n\nDonations have already been collected from 148 people in England, with the hope being that transfusions will boost the struggling immune systems of Covid-19 sufferers.\n\nThe potential treatment, variants of which have long been used to fight other infections, uses the liquid part of the blood, known as convalescent plasma.\n\nThe hospitals said if the trials proved it to be effective, NHS Blood and Transplant will begin a national programme to deliver up to 10,000 units of convalescent plasma per week to the National Health Service, enough to treat 5,000 patients each week.\n\nThe trial is co-led by Dr Manu Shankar-Hari, a consultant in intensive care medicine at the hospitals, along with experts from NHS Blood and Transplant and the University of Cambridge.\n\n\u201cAs a new disease, there are no proven drugs to treat critically ill patients with Covid-19. Providing critically ill patients with plasma from patients who have recovered... could improve their chances of recovery,\u201d said Dr Shankar-Hari.\n\nHealth and Social Care secretary Matt Hancock said: \u201cThis global pandemic is the biggest public health emergency this generation has faced and we are doing absolutely everything we can to beat it.\n\n\u201cThe UK has world-leading life sciences and research sectors and I have every hope this treatment will be a major milestone in our fight against this disease.\n\n\u201cHundreds of people are participating in national trials already for potential treatments and the scaling up of convalescent plasma collection means thousands could potentially benefit from it in the future.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1592091128_1591556033","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nSign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox\n\nBBC has axed The Greatest Dancer after just two series, with falling viewing figures being blamed for its demise.\n\nThe show made its debut at the start of last year, with Cheryl, Strictly star Oti Mabuse and Glee actor Matthew Morrison as its dance captains.\n\nThe Greatest Dancer returned to screens in January, with new recruit Todrick Hall joining the panel, but why it still had a loyal following, it failed to set Saturday night prime time ratings alight.\n\nThe second series, which ended in March, attracted around 3.2 million viewers week on week, significantly lower than ITV rival The Masked Singer, which has been confirmed for a second run.\n\nA TV source told The Sun:: \u201cThe writing was on the wall a while back.\n\n\u201cNow the BBC and everyone involved has decided enough is enough and they\u2019ve binned it.\n\n\u201cCritics liked it and it pulled in a younger audience. But the cost of the big production for the ratings the show delivered was too much.\u201d\n\nA BBC spokesperson confirmed The Greatest Dancer wouldn't be renewed, saying: \"Whilst there are no plans for a further series of The Greatest Dancer, we are proud of the show,\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone involved in bringing so many memorable moments to BBC One\".","sentence2":"The Greatest Dancer\n\nThe BBC has cancelled The Greatest Dancer after two series, the broadcaster has announced.\n\nThe talent show, which featured a judging panel of Cheryl, Matthew Morrison, Oti Mabuse and Todrick Hall, had reportedly struggled in the ratings for the primetime Saturday slot.\n\nMatthew Morrison, Oti Mabuse, Cheryl and Todrick Hall (left-right) were judges on The Greatest Dancer (Ian West\/PA)\n\nConfirming the programme would not be returning, a BBC spokesman said: \u201cWhilst there are no plans for a further series of The Greatest Dancer, we are proud of the show and would like to thank everyone involved in bringing so many memorable moments to BBC One.\u201d\n\nThe Greatest Dancer was created by Simon Cowell\u2019s Syco production company and launched in January 2019, returning for a second series earlier this year.\n\nIt was hosted by Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo with the four judges named \u201cdance captains\u201d.\n\nWinners earned \u00a350,000 and the chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nLatin and ballroom duo Michael and Jowita were the most recent winners of the show."}
-{"id":"1571274943_1576594517","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Who is Dominic Raab, the man running the country in Boris Johnson\u2019s absence?\n\nDominic Raab is deputising for Boris Johnson while he battles coronavirus (PA)\n\nThe rapid deterioration of Boris Johnson\u2019s condition as he battles Covid-19 has thrust his de facto deputy Dominic Raab into the spotlight, but who is the man now effectively running the country?\n\nThe Foreign Secretary has enjoyed a swift rise to the top. Three years ago he wasn\u2019t even in Cabinet, but the hard-Brexiteer, karate-loving 46-year-old former lawyer has long-been eyeing the top job.\n\nClearly he would not have wanted it this way, but he will be well-prepared to take on his boss\u2019s responsibilities.\n\nThe son of a Czech-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis in 1938, Raab become involved in martial arts to help cope with the death of his father from cancer when he was just 12.\n\n\u201cSport helped restore my confidence, and that hugely benefited my attitude to school and life\u201d, he said last year.\n\nBrought up in Buckinghamshire, he went to Dr Challoner\u2019s Grammar School before studying law at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he captained the university karate team and was a boxing blue, and then a Masters at Cambridge, winning the Clive Parry Prize for International Law.\n\nHe started his career as an international lawyer at Linklaters in the City, but was also seconded to the human rights NGO Liberty, and worked for one of the principal Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo peace accords.\n\nIn 2000 he joined the diplomatic service and was part of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office\u2019s legal team, and it was there he met his now-wife Erika Ray, a Brazilian marketing executive.\n\nThe couple and their two sons, Peter and Joshua, live in Thames Ditton, Surrey.\n\nIn 2003 Raab was posted to The Hague and worked to bring war criminals like Radovan Karadzic and Charles Taylor to justice, and ended up defending Tony Blair from a subpoena by the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107.\n\nHe caught the eye of Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, who poached him to be his chief of staff in 2006, and three years later he went to work for the then-Shadow Justice Secretary Dominic Grieve, but it soon became clear he was more on the DD wing of the Tory party when it came to the EU.\n\nIn 2010 he was elected to the safe Surrey commuter seat of Esher and Walton, but spent the first five years in Parliament on the backbenches, often finding himself at odds with Theresa May - who was then Home Secretary - on the issues of civil liberties.\n\nAfter David Cameron\u2019s general election victory in 2015, Raab was made a junior minister, and then played a prominent role in the Brexit campaign, but was sacked by Mrs May when she took over in the wake of the EU referendum.\n\nShe brought him back as a justice minister a year later, before promoting him to housing minister in January 2018.\n\nHe entered Cabinet in July that year after his old mentor Mr Davis quit as Brexit Secretary, but he followed suit after just four months later, saying \"in good conscience\" he could not support the Northern Irish backstop arrangement in Mrs May's deal.\n\nSome accused him of only taking the role to help sabotage May and boost his career, something his supporters denied, but six months later he was in the running to replace her as PM after she agreed to stand down.\n\nBut he finished a disappointing sixth in the leadership contest, getting knocked out in the second ballot after only receiving the support of 30 Tory MPs.\n\nIn the following round the man who finished above him, Rory Stewart, lost 10 votes, prompting speculation Johnson\u2019s team may have lent him votes to help eliminate his Brexiteer rival.\n\nNevertheless, he endorsed Boris as soon as he was eliminated, and seemed destined for a top job in his Cabinet after he defeated Jeremy Hunt in the final round of voting by Tory members.\n\nBut it was still a relative surprise to see him made Foreign Secretary, and also designated as First Secretary of State, placing him at the very top of the Cabinet rankings below the PM.\n\nIn the short time since he has struggled to make his mark in the FCO, and has faced criticism amid the transatlantic fall-out over the death of British teenager Harry Dunn, but is seen as extremely capable and unflappable, if somewhat of a hard taskmaster.\n\nHe has been dogged by accusations of bullying stemming from an incident in 2007, when an employee made a claim against him which went to an employment tribunal, and was settled confidentially.\n\nAfter details were printed in 2011 by the Mail on Sunday he took the newspaper to court and it was forced to apologise, and last year he said of the incident: \u201cI vigorously denied the claims, which were independently investigated and found to be unsubstantiated.\n\n\"The claim that I secured an injunction or any kind of \u2018gagging\u2019 order is false.\u201d\n\nHe was also loosely entangled in a scandal when his diary secretary was found to have been selling sex on a \u2018sugar daddy\u2019 website in 2018, but the most damaging revelation about him from the story was that he eats the same lunch every single day from Pret a Manger.\n\nEver since then a chicken caesar and bacon baguette, superfruit pot and \u2018vitamin volcano\u2019 smoothie combination has been known as the \u2018Dom Raab Special\u2019 in Westminster circles, despite his denial he lacks variety in his mealtime habits.\n\nAnd he has been involved in a few other embarrassing moments, after he said that he \"hadn't quite understood the full extent\" of how much UK trade relies on the Dover-Calais crossing, and later confusing the Irish Sea with the Red Sea at a select committee hearing.\n\nHis comments about feminists - calling them \u201cobnoxious bigots\u201d - have also drawn criticism, including from his old adversary Mrs May, who suggested it was \u201cnot the way forward\u201d.\n\nBut the focus is a long way from that now as takes on his duties standing in for the PM in the coming days.\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove was quick to point out that Cabinet makes collective decisions, and that Mr Raab will not enjoy the untrammelled power a full-time PM might expect.\n\nThe comments were not all that surprising given the pair have a tricky relationship, after Mr Gove\u2019s team blamed the Raab campaign for cocaine use scandal which derailed his own bid to be Tory leader.\n\nThe pair must now work closely together to help steer the country\u2019s response to the coronavirus crisis and fill the void left by the PM, but the black-belt third dan is used to fighting his corner.\n\nPoliticsHome Newsletters\n\nPoliticsHome provides the most comprehensive coverage of UK politics anywhere on the web, offering high quality original reporting and analysis: Subscribe","sentence2":"But he has continued to anger opponents with some of his comments, in 2020 telling talkRadio's Julia Hartley-Brewer he would only \"take the knee\" - go down on bended knee - for \"the Queen and the Mrs when I asked her to marry me\"."}
-{"id":"1545460669_1545282718","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., vowed to challenge former Vice President Joe Biden on key issues at the upcoming Democratic primary debate as he rejected calls to drop out of the race following a disappointing finish on mini-Super Tuesday.\n\nSanders told supporters in his home state that he planned to stay in the race and was eager to spar with the front-runner at Sunday's debate in Phoenix.\n\n\"Last night was obviously not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view,\" Sanders said. \"What became even more apparent yesterday is that while we are currently losing the delegate count . . . we are strongly winning in two enormously important areas, which will determine the future of our country. Poll after poll shows that a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda.\"\n\nNumerous exit polls from Tuesday's races found that a majority of primary voters backed policies like Medicare for All, even in states which backed Biden.\n\n\"The American people are deeply concerned about the grotesque level of income inequality in this country and want corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes. Overwhelming support for that,\" Sanders added. \"Even in conservative states like Mississippi, there is an overwhelming understanding that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country. This crisis is becoming more and more obvious to the American people as we face the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine facing a pandemic and having 87 million who are having a difficult time going to a doctor when they need it.\"\n\n\"But it is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning,\" he continued. \"We are winning the generational debate. While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those above 65, our campaign continues to win the majority of the votes of younger people . . . Not just people in their 20s. People in their 30s and their 40s.\"\n\nSanders said that while he is winning the ideological debate, he is losing the \"electability debate\" as voters who say they agree with him on the issues argue that Biden has a better chance to beat President Donald Trump.\n\n\"Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion. But that is what millions of Democrats and independents believe,\" he said. \"On Sunday, I very much look forward to the debate in Arizona with my friend, Joe Biden,\" he added, vowing to challenge Biden on issues such as climate change, college tuition, criminal justice, health care, immigration and income inequality.\n\n\"Today, I say to the Democratic establishment: In order to win in the future, you need to win the voters who represent the future of our country and speak to the issues of concern to them,\" he said.\n\n\"Let me conclude the way I began: Donald Trump must be defeated, and I will do everything in my power to make that happen,\" he added. \"Sunday night, the American people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal.\"\n\nSanders' comments came after Biden pitched a message of unity Tuesday to his supporters.\n\n\"I want to thank Bernie Sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and their passion. We share a common goal,\" he said. \"And together, we'll defeat Donald Trump. We'll defeat him together.\n\nBiden extended his delegate lead Tuesday following a dominant performance that saw him win 10 of 14 states last week. Sanders lost Michigan and Missouri by wide margins despite effectively tying Hillary Clinton in those states in 2016. Biden has been buoyed by overwhelming support from older and black voters, while Sanders' young supporters have not turned out at the rate necessary to mitigate Biden's advantage among more reliable voting blocs.\n\nSome of Biden's supporters called on Sanders to quit the race Tuesday.\n\nDemocratic strategist James Carville argued that Democrats \"can't diss\" the majority of voters who backed Biden and \"want to shut this thing down.\"\n\n\"Let's shut this puppy down, and let's move on and worry about November,\" he said on MSNBC. \"This thing is decided. There's no reason to keep it going not even a day longer.\"\n\nRep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., went a step further and argued that the Democratic National Committee should \"step in\" to cancel future debates.\n\n\"I think when the night is over, Joe Biden will be the prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic nomination . . . If the night ends the way it has begun,\" it is time to \"shut this primary down,\" Clyburn told NPR.\n\nSunday's debate will be held without a live audience due to precautions amid the spread of the coronavirus. Both candidates have also canceled rallies in upcoming primary states as the threat posed by the virus threatens to upend the race entirely, possibly making it more difficult for Sanders to gain ground.\n\nRep. Ro Khanna, D-Wash., the co-chair of Sanders' campaign, told CNN that Sanders \"earned his right to make his case at the debate.\"\n\n\"There's no doubt that the polling and momentum right now is with Vice President Biden, and Sen. Sanders acknowledges that. But he does believe that debates in the past have changed, dramatically, the race,\" he said. \"There are a lot of things he is passionate about in his vision for America, and he feels he owes it to the millions of working-class people who have supported him to continue to raise those issues and share his vision.\"","sentence2":"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) vowed Wednesday to stay in the 2020 Democratic presidential race despite a dismal showing in key states Tuesday night, adding that he \u201clooks forward\u201d to debating former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday.\n\n\u201cLast night, obviously, was not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view,\u201d Sanders told reporters in a brief address from Burlington, Vermont. \u201cWe lost in the largest state up for grabs yesterday, the state of Michigan. We lost in Mississippi, Missouri, and Idaho.\u201d\n\nBiden decisive primary victories in Michigan, Missouri, Idaho and Mississippi Tuesday night helped expand his delegate lead to 160. As of Wednesday morning before the news conference, Biden was leading Sanders in the delegate count 857 to 709."}
-{"id":"1593961814_1596453243","score":1.5,"sentence1":"news, local-news,\n\nRio Tinto has broadened its COVID-19 screening measures in WA by introducing rapid screening for its fly-in-fly-out workforce at Busselton, Geraldton and Albany airports. The rapid screening, which started at Busselton on Friday May 1, 2020, will be rolled out at Geraldton and Albany in coming weeks, will mirror the five-layer rapid COVID-19 process successfully introduced at Perth Airport last month. Approximately 900 Rio Tinto FIFO employees and contractors are expected to commute from Busselton, Geraldton and Albany to operations in the Pilbara every fortnight. Those traveling have been asked to arrive at least 30 minutes earlier than they normally would arrive to allow for the screening process. Trained medical staff manage the COVID-19 screening process which is overseen by Rio Tinto's occupational physician, who is also overseeing a comprehensive research program into COVID-19 screening outcomes. The rapid screening process includes an online and face-to-face health questionnaire, a temperature check and the rapid finger pinprick blood screen to detect viral-related antibodies that is performed by a qualified nurse. The blood sample is not a diagnostic test for COVID-19. If the blood screen is clear, a coloured wristband is given to confirm the person has been screened and can board their flight. Anyone identified as requiring further testing will not be allowed to depart and will be directed to undertake a diagnostic test for COVID-19 at an approved clinic. About 100 jobs have been created to help facilitate Rio Tinto's screening process at Perth, Busselton, Albany and Geraldton airports. This includes the hiring of out-of-work nurses impacted by restrictions on elective surgery at WA hospitals. More than 8000 Rio Tinto FIFO workers and contractors have now been through the rapid COVID-19 screening process since its introduction at Perth Airport last month. Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive officer Chris Salisbury said their number one priority was to protect the health of their employees and communities where they operated and that's why they have expanded their screening efforts to include important regional hubs like Busselton. \"The broader roll-out of our layered screening process to other regional airports such as Geraldton and Albany will allow us to continue operating safely and, importantly, making a strong contribution to Western Australian communities,\" he said. \"Since the introduction at Perth Airport last month, rapid screening has proven to be an effective tool enabling the quick identification of people who may be at increased risk of having a viral illness prior to getting on a plane and arriving at a site in the Pilbara.\" Vasse MLA Libby Mettam said it was clearly in the state and region's interest that the mining industry continued to operate during this period and a significant factor in ensuring this is to provide all possible protections to their critical workforce. \"Rapid screening has a key role to play in ensuring the travelling workforce is maintained,\" she said. \"Last month I wrote to the Minister for Health advocating in support of this private screening and it is fantastic to see it being expanded in the region, and across other regions as well.\"\n\n\/images\/transform\/v1\/crop\/frm\/S2kBkURjWY7PhPtZJcQ5Zm\/3d7381e4-5524-451d-af92-004b32043c4f.jpg\/r3_84_902_592_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\n\nRio Tinto enhances COVID-19 screening at Busselton Margaret River Airport","sentence2":"Rio Tinto is set to introduce coronavirus screening measures to three additional Western Australian airports: Busselton, Geraldton and Albany.\n\nThe rapid screening process applies to fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers and started at Busselton Airport last Friday.\n\nRio Tinto plans to roll out the same process at Geraldton and Albany airports in coming weeks after a successful five-layer screening process which has been in place at Perth Airport since last month.\n\nThe Busselton, Geraldton and Albany airports are some of the company\u2019s busiest transport hubs, with 900 FIFO workers expected to pass through the airports every fortnight.\n\nRio Tinto now requires its FIFO workers to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to scheduled departure times to allow for the screening, which is overseen by the company\u2019s occupational physician.\n\nIt includes online and face to face health questionnaires, temperature checks and a rapid finger prick blood screen that\u2019s performed by a nurse to detect viral antibodies.\n\nWhile this is not a diagnostic test for coronavirus, the employee will be given a coloured wrist band to confirm that their blood screen is clear and they can board the flight.\n\nAnyone requiring further testing will not be allowed to depart and will be forwarded on to an approved coronavirus clinic to take a diagnostic test.\n\nRio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Chris Salisbury said the company\u2019s top priority was protecting its employees\u2019 health as well as the communities where it operated, which was why the company had expanded the screening to include its important regional hubs.\n\n\u201cSince the introduction at Perth Airport last month, rapid screening has proven to be an effective tool enabling quick identification of people who may be at increased risk of having a viral illness prior to getting on a plane and arriving at a site in the Pilbara,\u201d Salisbury said.\n\n\u201cThe broader roll-out of our layered screening process to other regional airports such as Geraldton and Albany will allow us to continue operating safely and importantly, making a strong contribution to Western Australian communities.\u201d\n\nMore than 8000 Rio Tinto\u2019s FIFO employees and contractors have been through the screening process in the past month.\n\nThe introduction of screening processes at Busselton, Geraldton and Albany are also expected to create around 100 jobs, including nurses who may be out of work due to elective surgery restrictions during the pandemic."}
-{"id":"1497804511_1496548941","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Reminder that the only acceptable replacements are lesbians. Even the Canadian version followed this rule.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nclaire balding is the last middle aged lesbian presenter that hasn't done it and she is more concerned with sports so it's not looking great\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI can't stand Clare Balding and her obsession with horse racing\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nGet Susan Calman on it!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nUgh the Canadian hosts were so grating. Bring me Dan levy\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nRosie Jones. get that lesbian and disability representation in and shed wipe the floor with them comically\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nGina Yashere\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nthis is so sad! i wonder who they'll get to replace her!\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nNoel better not leave!! I was CRUSHED when Mel and Sue left but I've warmed up to Sandi and Noel :(\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nomg is JVN going to host in her place\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nNo offense to them, but please no.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nnnnnooooo\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI WANT IT TO BE TRUE\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nPlease no.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI feel like this must be a joke. He isn't even British!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThis is hilarious\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nno thank you.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI never bothered to watch this once it switched to Channel 4, but I love GBBO.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nRichard Ayoede, now is your chance to shine!\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\ni WISH\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nOh that would be perfect!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThat is the only acceptable substitution unless Mel and Sue are both brought back.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nlmao honestly if it can't be a lesbian, i would be ok with this\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI think he'd be brilliant (I can just imagine the awkward chats with various contestants) but I just can't see him going for it.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nHe is no longer doing that. some new comedian has taken over.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nOh my godddddd\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\ncame in here just for this!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI didn't finish the last season because I got upset when Helena was eliminated but I was hoping to see both again on the next one. I'm more of a Noel fan but I also liked Sandy a lot more than the previous two.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nOh so bummed, I love Noel & Sandi together. I actually prefer this lineup to the OGs.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nI totally agree. The first few episodes I wasn\u2019t sold, but I adore the two of them now.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nSame. It took me a while to warm up to them tho.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI prefer them too, I\u2019m so sad\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI\u2019d swap Paul out and take Mary to partner Prue.\n\n\n\nEdited at 2020-01-17 09:17 pm (UTC)\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nOh man I love her and Noel together :(\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nJust hurry up with getting the latest season over here, the national edition is mediocre.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\n\n\nLearn more about LiveJournal Ratings in Hello! Your entry got to top-25 of the most popular entries in LiveJournal!Learn more about LiveJournal Ratings in FAQ\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nI'll take Richard Ayoade or another lesbian. No other.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nGet rid of the two comedians. I don't see the point of them in the first place. I watch to see the amateurs cook, not a couple of non-funny people get in the way and make jokes.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nThat would be boring.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThe hosts actually do a lot of stuff during filming that viewers don't get to see, like provide moral support to the contestants. We started to see more of this with Sandi and Noel but almost never with Mel and Sue because one of them would start cursing to the camera while the other talked the contestant off a cliff (the BBC couldn't air any of this footage because of the cursing).\n\n\n\nI'll admit that sometimes the hosts' jokes are bad but GBBO would be missing something without its hosts.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI loved that about Mel and Sue, they were really protective of the contestants.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThe other trick they used was singing copyrighted songs because they knew the producers wouldn't pay to use the songs on air.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nAw no, I like them. The jokes are corny af, but I like their little convos with the contestants.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nno this is a bad idea\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nEvery time I try to watch the post Mel\/Sue seasons I make it maybe 30 minutes in and give up\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink","sentence2":"Great British Bake Off bosses have released a statement which appears to confirm the reason Sandi Toksvig quit her presenting role\n\nGreat British Bake Off bosses hint at real reason why Sandi Toksvig quit as presenter\n\nGreat British Bake Off bosses have released a statement which hints at Sandi Toksvig's real reason for quitting the show.\n\nThe 61-year-old broadcaster has hosted the Channel 4 series alongside Noel Fielding for three years, but stunned fans today by declaring she is stepping down.\n\nThe producers paid tribute to Sandi, thanking her for her hard work on the show and telling her she would be missed.\n\nIan Katz, Director of Programmes at Channel 4, revealed she actually has upcoming voiceover projects in the pipeline with the network.\n\n\u201dSandi is a huge part of why Bake Off\u2019s move to Channel 4 has been such a success and we are immensely grateful for her contribution to the show,\" he said in his statement.\n\nImage: Channel 4) Channel 4)\n\n\"We will miss her warmth and wit, not to mention her endless willingness to be the butt of jokes about being the least tall person in the Bake Off tent.\n\n\"Fortunately, her unique voice will continue to have an important presence on the Channel with new shows in development - none of which involve cake.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Chief Creative Officer and Executive Producer for Love Productions, Richard McKerrow, said: \u201cWe\u2019ll always be incredibly grateful to Sandi for becoming one of the hosts of Bake Off when we moved to Channel 4, along with Noel, Paul and Prue.\n\nImage: Love Productions) Love Productions)\n\n\"She has contributed hugely to Bake Off over the last three years, with her sharp witty sense of humour and her passionate commitment to the dozens of bakers during her time in the tent.\n\n\"We wish her all the very best on the exciting projects she is currently working on and beyond.\u201d\n\nIn a statement revealing her departure, Sandi, 61, said she was leaving on good terms to focus on her other work.\n\nImage: PA) PA)\n\nBreaking the news on Twitter , Sandi told fans: \"When stepping down from a job it is quite common for people to say they are doing so in order to spend more time with their family.\n\n\"Unusually I am departing from the Great British Bake Off so I can spend more time with my other work.\n\n\"As my waistline will testify, Bake Off is an all-consuming show.\"\n\nImage: Love Productions) Love Productions)\n\nShe then praised her co-stars judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood and her fellow host Noel.\n\nSandi said: \"Spending time with Prue, Paul and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life.\n\n\"These are friendships which I know will continue beyond the confines of television.\n\nImage: BBC) BBC)\n\n\"Bake Off is a wonderful programme which has already proved it can happily withstand a change of hosting personnel.\n\n\"The reason for that, of course, is that the true stars of the show are the bakers themselves. I wish everyone well.\u201d\n\nCurrent bookies favourite to replace Sandi is past winner Nadiya Hussain."}
-{"id":"1506067284_1511184511","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Crosses last fiscal\u2019s figure with 67 days to spare this year\n\nCrosses last fiscal\u2019s figure with 67 days to spare this year\n\nLife Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its share of the first-year premium income in the first nine months of this fiscal. LIC\u2019s share rose to 70.52% from 66.24% recorded in 2018-19.\n\n\u201cDuring the current fiscal, our market share improved in terms of first-year premium income. We have crossed last year\u2019s collection of \u20b91,42,000 crore in total first-year premium, 67 days ahead of the schedule,\u201d Mukesh Kumar Gupta, managing director, LIC, said.\n\nLIC also crossed \u20b91 lakh crore in first year premium in the Pension and Group Insurance vertical for the first time. Mr. Gupta added that the insurance major had \u20b932 lakh crore in assets and \u20b929 lakh crore in investment. Recently, it had paid dividend of \u20b92,611 crore to the Centre.\n\nAs of December, LIC had posted a growth of 17.81% in number of policies sold and 45.56% in first year premium income.\n\nAccording to Mr. Gupta, LIC had set itself a target of \u20b956,000 crore in individual business premium and \u20b91.25 lakh crore for the pension and group insurance scheme for FY20. Together with renewal income of about \u20b92 lakh crore, LIC would be gunning for the \u20b94 lakh crore-mark this fiscal, he said. For FY21, LIC plans to increase the number of insurance agents from 12 lakh to 15 lakh. In this regard, it had already recruited officers and development officers. About 8,000 assistant officers would be placed soon.\n\nOn NPAs, he added that LIC\u2019s net non-performing asset (NPA) ratio stood at 1% for the current fiscal, despite major defaults by some corporate borrowers. \u201cWe are doing well on all counts. Most loans are given through consortium and the consortium partners are working on it,\u201d he said. Asked about the recovery mechanism, he said: \u201cProvisions have been fully made and efforts are on to recover bad debts. \u201d\n\nOn banking subsidiary IDBI Bank, he expressed optimism that it would come out of the Prompt Corrective Action framework by March 2020. It had \u2018already started showing some green shoots\u2019, he said.","sentence2":"Move will bring in better financial discipline among entities, according to Finance Minister\n\nBL 26-11-2010 MUMBAI: LIC employees coming out LIC Building as there was bomb hoax, while Police sniffer dogs and bomb squad in action at the building in Mumbai on Friday. Pioc by SHASHI ASHIWAL\n\nMove will bring in better financial discipline among entities, according to Finance Minister\n\nIn a major announcement during her Budget 2020 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamam said State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was set to go public. Ms. Sitharaman on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government plans to sell a part of its stake in the entity through an initial public offering (IPO) and raise funds.\n\nSitharaman, however, did not give details such as what percentage of holding would be sold or when it would take place. Listing of companies on stock exchanges \u201cdiscipline a company and provides access to financial markets and unlocks its value. It also gives (an) opportunity for retail investors to participate in the wealth so created,\u201d she said.\n\nThe government owns 100% stake in LIC, which was set up in 1956 and remains the country\u2019s largest state-run insurer. LIC increased its share of the first-year premium income in the first nine months of this fiscal, rising to 70.52% from 66.24% recorded in 2018-19. According to Bloomberg estimates, its assets roughly equal $433 billion (over \u20b930 lakh crore).\n\nThe Economic Survey 2020 has aggressively pitched for divestment in public sector undertakings (PSUs). The latest development comes close on the heels of the Union government\u2019s announcement Monday to invite bids for 100% stake sale of national carrier Air India."}
-{"id":"1605113963_1606175249","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as infections spike.\n\nThe kingdom, which has reported the highest number of virus cases in the Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease.\n\nA full lockdown will be reimposed around the country from May 23-27, the ministry said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency. The period coincides with the Muslim festival that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.\n\nMost parts of the kingdom were put under full lockdown following the outbreak, but last month the government relaxed the curfew between the hours of 9am and 5pm.\n\nMalls and retailers have been allowed to reopen, except in major hotspots including the holy city of Mecca -- where confirmed cases have soared, despite a stringent lockdown.\n\nThe health ministry said Tuesday the number of COVID-19 deaths had risen to 264 and confirmed infections to 42,925, while 15,257 people have recovered.\n\nIn March, Saudi Arabia suspended the year-round \"umrah\" pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading in Islam's holiest cities.\n\nAuthorities are yet to announce whether they will proceed with this year's hajj -- scheduled for late July -- but they have urged Muslims to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage.\n\nLast year, some 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across the world to participate in the hajj, which Muslims are obliged to perform at least once during their lifetime.\n\nThe Arab world's biggest economy has also closed cinemas and restaurants and halted flights as it attempts to contain the virus.\n\nKing Salman has warned of a \"more difficult\" fight ahead against COVID-19, as the kingdom faces the double blow of virus-led shutdowns and crashing oil prices.","sentence2":"RIYADH (Dispatches) \u2013 Saudi Arabia will enforce a countrywide 24-hour curfew during the five-day Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month due to the coronavirus.A full lockdown will be imposed from May 23 to 27 following the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency.Until then, commercial and business enterprises will remain open as they now are and people can move freely between 9am local time (06:00 GMT) and 5pm, except in the holy city of Mecca which remains under a full curfew, the statement said.The kingdom, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in the Persian Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease.On Tuesday, the health ministry said the number of COVID-19 deaths had risen to 264 and confirmed 42,925 infections.Saudi Arabia had earlier imposed 24-hour curfews on most towns and cities but eased them last month for the start of Ramadan.Shopping centers and retailers were allowed to reopen, except in major hotspots including Mecca - where confirmed case numbers have soared, despite a stringent lockdown.In March, Saudi Arabia suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading in Islam\u2019s holiest cities.Authorities are yet to announce whether they will proceed with this year\u2019s Hajj - scheduled for late July - but they have urged Muslims to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage.Last year, some 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across the world to participate in the Hajj, which Muslims are obliged to perform at least once during their lifetime if possible.The Arab world\u2019s biggest economy has also closed cinemas and restaurants and halted flights as it attempts to contain the virus.King Salman has warned of a \u2018more difficult\u2019 fight ahead against COVID-19, as the kingdom faces the double blow of virus-led shutdowns and crashing oil prices."}
-{"id":"1523547250_1520342978","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Brunette bombshell Ana Cheri gave her 12.4 million followers something to get excited about with her latest Instagram update. The photo showed her scantily clad in a cheetah-print bikini that left little to the imagination.\n\nThe top of Ana's swimsuit tied around her neck. The narrow cups barely covered the middle of her breasts, leaving plenty of her voluptuous chest exposed. The bottoms were just as skimpy and featured thin straps tied into bows that sat low on her hips and highlighted her curves.\n\nAna did not indicate where she was in the snapshot, but she seemed to be somewhere on a secluded area of a beach that had a wooden swing set situated in shallow water. Behind her, the turquoise water met the blue sky on the horizon.\n\nWhile the scenery might have been stunning, Ana was definitely the focal point of the snap. She stood in knee-high water next to the swing set and struck a sexy pose. With one arm on a pole and the other in her hair, she raised one knee and flaunted all of her curves. Along with her ample chest, her hourglass shape, flat abs, and toned thighs were prominent in the photo.\n\nAna looked like she had just come out of the water after a swim. Her wet skin glistened in the sunlight and her soaked hair fell in waves over one shoulder. She smiled and lifted her face toward the sun. Her eyes were closed, revealing a shimmery bronze eye shadow. She wore blush on the apples of her cheeks and a rose shade on her lips. She added a bit of bling to her sexy look with hoop earrings and a dainty necklace.\n\nIn the caption, Ana wrote she was headed to Mexico.\n\nMany of her followers raved over how sexy she looked in the snapshot.\n\n\"Ana you're the must [sic] beautiful Latin diva on social media!\" gushed one Instagram user.\n\n\"You look amazing and gorgeous,\" wrote a second follower.\n\nSome of her admirers expressed that they were dumbfounded.\n\n\"Wow! I'm trying to come up with a comment and all I've got is Wow!\" a third fan gushed.\n\n\"My God such a angel on earth. Speechless,\" complimented a fourth follower.","sentence2":"Brunette bombshell Ana Cheri knows how to get the attention of her 12.4 million followers. Most of the time that involves baring lots of skin. In her latest Instagram update, the beauty teased fans by giving them a flash of cleavage when she unzipped her workout bra in a flirty video.\n\nAna's clip showed her modeling several workout bras and a pair of yoga pants from her clothing line, Cheri Fit. The video captured her body from her hips up as she stood near a wall covered with floral wallpaper.\n\nThe first portion of the video proved to be the most sexy as she lowered the zipper on her black bra while flashing a smile at the camera. Before the zipper came undone, she quickly closed it up. She then lifted her hair, spun around, and gave followers a look at the back of the bra. Ana swayed her hips back and forth before the clip jumped to her wearing a different bra. It showed her backside for a few seconds before she turned around and faced the front.\n\nThe video continued in the same fashion, showing the beauty in a variety of bras in colors that included red and pink. All of them showed off her cleavage and hourglass shape as she struck several coy poses. At one point in the clip, she playfully held a rose and waved it at the camera. The clip ended showing Ana wearing a pink, long-sleeved crop top.\n\nAs for makeup, Ana's eyes were framed with dark brows, smoky eye shadow and thick lashes. She also wore a rose gloss on her lips.\n\nIn the caption, she announced that Cheri Fit was having a sale on tops for Valentine's Day.\n\nMany of her fans wished her a happy holiday, while others showered her with compliments.\n\n\"Wow your [sic] just so beautiful,\" one admirer told her.\n\n\"Absolutely gorgeous in every way,\" said a second follower.\n\n\"Omg love this and you girl,\" a third Instagram user wrote.\n\n\"Wow you are the perfect woman,\" commented a fourth fan."}
-{"id":"1537354578_1538043902","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The Allahabad High Court has ruled that under special circumstances, a person apprehending arrest can move a high court directly seeking anticipatory bail without approaching a sessions court first.\n\nA five-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled that it is not mandatory that while filling an anticipatory bail under Section 438 of CrPC, an applicant must approach the sessions court first and on rejection of the plea move to the high court.\n\nThe bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and justices Ramesh Sinha, Sunita Agarwal, Yashwant Verma and Rahul Chaturvedi observed,\"Section 438 CrPC on its plain terms does not mandate or require a party to first approach the sessions court before applying to the high court for grant of anticipatory bail.\"\n\n\n\nThe matter came before the bench after reference by a single judge of the court in a case related to a plea of a man named Vinod Kumar.\n\nThe single judge had referred the matter to the larger bench asking, \"Whether the Court would have no jurisdiction to reject the anticipatory bail after considering the grounds of compelling reasons mentioned in the affidavit being found not appealing, which would amount nothing but to approach this Court directly.\"\n\n\n\nThe larger bench was of the view, \"We would consequently answer the reference by holding that the decision in Vinod Kumar does not merit any reconsideration or explanation. As rightly held in that decision, there can be no exhaustive or general exposition of circumstances in which an applicant may be held entitled to approach the high court directly.\"The bench further said that the special circumstances must be left for the consideration of the judge before whom the petition is placed and a decision thereon taken bearing in mind the facts and circumstances of that particular cause.\n\n\"However, special circumstances must necessarily exist and be established as such before the jurisdiction of the high court is invoked,\" it said.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)","sentence2":"\u2018Case doesn\u2019t merit any explanation\u2019\n\nALLAHABAD: A five-judge bench of Allahabad HC on Monday ruled it's not mandatory to approach the sessions court first, before moving the HC for anticipatory bail.The bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur , Justice Ramesh Sinha , Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Yashwant Verma and Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed, \"Section 438 of CrPC does not mandate or require an individual to be relegated to the sessions court before being granted the right of audience before high court.\" Now, a person can directly move HC and file an anticipatory bail plea. Those who move sessions court and their plea is rejected can appeal before HC.The matter came up before a larger bench after reference by a single judge, disagreeing with the judgment passed in the case of one Vinod Kumar.The five-judge bench was of view that \u201cwe would consequently answer the reference by holding that the decision in the Vinod Kumar case does not merit reconsideration or explanation. There can be no exhaustive exposition of circumstances in which an applicant may be held entitled to approach the high court directly. The court would err in attempting to draw a uniform code ordictum that may guide the exercise of discretion vested in the court. The discretion left unfettered by the legislature must be recognised. The contingencies spelled out in Vinod Kumar case as illustrative of special circumstances may, where duly established, constitute the ground to petition high court directly.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1531088087_1531251283","score":2.0,"sentence1":"CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2014 Presidential candidate Tom Steyer says he is hoping that when Democrats meet on a debate stage Tuesday, they focus less on arguing over nondisclosure agreements and personal wealth, and more on taking on President Donald Trump. The investor and activist qualified for the 10th Democratic debate after increasing his poll numbers in South Carolina, which holds its primary Saturday.\n\nSteyer\u2019s comment highlights the backlash faced by the other billionaire Democratic candidate in the race, Michael Bloomberg, over his history of having at least three former female employees sign nondisclosure agreements related to alleged offensive comments he made. During the last debate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pointedly criticized Bloomberg for the agreements and accused him of buying his way onto the stage through a blitz of political advertising.\n\nSteyer, who didn\u2019t qualify for the last debate, told the PBS NewsHour that spending time discussing nondisclosure agreements are a distraction.\n\n\u201cThe attitude you have towards women matters,\u201d Steyer said. \u201cIf you could show that there was something really wrong, that really matters. But something that says, \u2018There could have been something wrong,\u2019 and they have a nondisclosure agreement\u2013 I don\u2019t think that rises to the level of a presidential debate.\u201d\n\nREAD MORE: 6 takeaways from the Las Vegas Democratic debate\n\nSteyer said he felt that Trump \u201cwon\u201d the last debate because \u201cpeople spent their time talking about minor, irrelevant points to try and tear each other down, when in fact the real question is, what you are going to do for the American people that\u2019s different and better?\u201d\n\nAfter Steyer poured millions of dollars of his own personal wealth into running ads and hiring campaign staff in South Carolina, he said he, too, expects to be attacked by some candidates over his affluence.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not going to apologize for being a success,\u201d Steyer said. \u201cIf I were a person who is totally self-absorbed and selfish, then I\u2019d have something to be embarrassed about. I\u2019m not embarrassed about starting a business, succeeding in a business and using everything I can to try and work for the American people. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing.\u201d\n\nEarly on in its history, his hedge fund invested in fossil fuels and private prisons\u2013 two sectors criticized by many Democrats. When asked if those investments were a mistake, Steyer affirmed that it was, and that he had corrected it on his own by disinvesting in those industries. \u201cI really care about these issues,\u201d he said, adding that attacks based on that history \u201care low political blows.\u201d\n\nA poll released Monday by NBC news and Marist shows former Vice President Joe Biden leading in South Carolina with 27 percent of support. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, currently seen as the Democratic front-runner, is just four points behind. Steyer is in third place with 15 percent.\n\nWATCH: Buttigieg vows to focus on diversity ahead of South Carolina\n\nTo Steyer, criticism of his spending in South Carolina is offensive to the black voters who make up the majority of Democratic primary voters in the state \u2014 and with whom he has made inroads.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re out here renting rooms and hiring people to work,\u201d Steyer said of his campaign operation. \u201cEvery time somebody hires a black person and they go into a community, somehow that\u2019s buying influence. No one ever says that when you go and hire white people.\u201d\n\nSteyer said that \u201cthe implication is that black people are there to be bought and that we\u2019re trying to do it, that\u2019s not true,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what you do when you organize politically. You get people from the community, you hire staff in the community so you can work in the community.\u201d","sentence2":"CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2015 Bernie Sanders finally got the front-runner treatment at Tuesday\u2019s Democratic presidential debate, a combative and messy affair that put his rivals\u2019 urgency on display as polls show the Vermont senator solidifying his support in South Carolina and in other states across the country.\n\nAfter skating by largely unchallenged in last week\u2019s debate in Las Vegas, Sanders drew repeated attacks over his past votes against gun control, the feasibility and cost of his proposals, what his nomination might mean for down-ballot Democrats running for office in November, reports that Russia might favor his campaign, his comments about Fidel Castro\u2019s Cuba, and his opposition to eliminating the filibuster.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut with Super Tuesday and its many key primaries only a week away, Sanders\u2019 rivals may have waited too long to challenge him onstage and in television ads across the country. And as much as they tried to focus on Sanders, they couldn\u2019t resist getting distracted by squabbling among themselves.\n\nCandidates participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center on Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky\n\nSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for example, decided to run over former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg one more time, calling him out for supporting Republicans for Senate, including in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and her own state of Massachusetts. And she again excoriated the billionaire self-funder over his alleged treatment of his former female employees.\n\nFormer Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, went after billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, who is threatening Biden\u2019s support from Black voters in South Carolina. Biden whacked Steyer over his hedge fund\u2019s millions of dollars of investments in the nation\u2019s leading private prison corporation.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut it was Sanders who drew most of the attacks on Tuesday, as he noted onstage.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. I wonder why,\u201d the senator quipped at one point.\n\nIn a shift, Warren launched her most direct attacks on Sanders yet. The two progressive champions have largely avoided going after each other in the 2020 race, but her path forward after South Carolina\u2019s primary on Saturday is far less secure than that of Sanders.\n\nThe Massachusetts senator called out Sanders early on in the debate, saying she would \u201cmake a better president than Bernie\u201d because of how she handled questions about \u201cMedicare for All\u201d and its implementation.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to take someone to dig into the details to make it happen,\u201d Warren said of her \u2018Medicare for All\u2019 plan, voicing frustration at the reaction from Sanders\u2019 campaign. \u201cI dug in, did the work, and Bernie\u2019s team trashed me for it.\u201d\n\nBloomberg whacked Sanders over reports that Russia is trying to help his campaign. \u201cThat\u2019s why Russia is helping you get elected, so you\u2019ll lose to [Donald Trump],\u201d he said. But the senator gave as good as he got, criticizing Bloomberg over his past praise of China\u2019s President Xi Jinping.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not a good friend of President Xi of China,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cI think President Xi is an authoritarian leader, and let me tell Mr. Putin, who tried to interfere in the 2016 election and tried to pit Americans against each other: Hey, Mr. Putin, if I\u2019m president, trust me, you won\u2019t interfere with any more elections.\u201d\n\nBiden slammed Sanders for past votes against gun control measures in the 1990s, including the Brady Act, which mandated federal background checks and a waiting period for some handgun purchases. Though Sanders now supports gun control measures, Biden said the 2015 church massacre in Charleston, which took place mere feet away from the debate stage, may have not have happened if stricter gun control measures were in place.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not saying he\u2019s responsible for the nine deaths,\u201d Biden said of Sanders, \u201cbut that man would not be able to get that weapon without a waiting period,\u201d he added, referring to the shooter.\n\nSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the other moderates in the race, hit Sanders over the cost of his health care and economic proposals.\n\n\u201cThe math does not add up,\u201d Klobuchar said of Sanders\u2019 plans.\n\nButtigieg, meanwhile, argued that nominating a self-described Democratic socialist would hurt Democrats\u2019 chances at flipping the Senate and defending their House majority in November.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s do some math ... It adds up to four more years of Donald Trump,\u201d Buttigieg warned about a potential Sanders nomination.\n\nHe also pressed Sanders on the filibuster and his opposition to rewriting the Senate\u2019s longstanding supermajority rule on legislation. \u201cHow are we going to deliver a revolution if you won\u2019t even support a rule change?\u201d Buttigieg asked.\n\nWarren piled on, saying that \u201cpeople like Bernie\u201d have \u201cgiven a veto\u201d to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries by refusing to call for an end to the filibuster.\n\nSanders didn\u2019t give an inch, staying on-message as he has in past debates. He said he would pay for his proposals through a tax on the wealthiest Americans, as well as some tax increases on the middle class he said would be offset by lower health care costs. The biggest misconception about his campaign, he added, is that \u201cthe ideas I\u2019m talking about are radical. They\u2019re not.\u201d\n\nThe senator also defended his recent comments in which he praised aspects of Fidel Castro\u2019s government in Cuba. \u201cI have opposed authoritarian governments all over the world,\u201d Sanders said Tuesday, arguing that they deserved praise when they do something right.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nIt\u2019s not clear if Tuesday\u2019s unorganized assault on Sanders will be enough to deny his path to the Democratic nomination, however. With the moderate lane in the race split between several candidates, Sanders is currently projected to take a huge lead in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday states \u2015 a lead that may be irreversible after next week.\n\nSanders\u2019 campaign summed up the decidedly chaotic debate with an email subject line that will only help his cause with his most ardent supporters: \u201cUS against everyone.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1596448385_1592893858","score":4.0,"sentence1":"In light of the current pandemic, we are all stuck indoors, putting on hold our regular routines and, of course, our salon appointments. Summer can be a tricky time and if you are lamenting over skincare woes, step into your kitchen and take out that bottle of honey; we\u2019ll tell you what you can do next.\n\nHoney and cinnamon mask\n\nThe lemon and honey paste can work wonders for your skin. (Source: Getty\/Thinkstock) The lemon and honey paste can work wonders for your skin. (Source: Getty\/Thinkstock)\n\nTake two tablespoons of honey, squeeze a bit of lemon and add one teaspoon of cinnamon. Apply this mask on your face for 10 minutes and see the difference for yourself. It will help in reducing inflammation and lighten dark spots. The antioxidant quality of honey is very useful.\n\nHoney and banana mask\n\nRemove blemishes with this face mask. (Photo: Getty Images\/Thinkstock) Remove blemishes with this face mask. (Photo: Getty Images\/Thinkstock)\n\nTake one banana, add one tablespoon of honey and some lemon juice. Apply it on your face for a few minutes and once it\u2019s washed off, you will notice how the dark spots have become considerably lighter.\n\nHoney and yogurt mask\n\nThe origin of creamy and tangy yogurt is still unknown. (Photo: Getty Images\/Thinkstock) The origin of creamy and tangy yogurt is still unknown. (Photo: Getty Images\/Thinkstock)\n\nTake one tablespoon of honey and mix it with two tablespoons of yogurt. Make it into a paste and apply in on your face. Keep it for 15-20 minutes and then wash it with warm water.\n\nHoney and strawberries mask\n\nTake three strawberries and one tablespoon of sugar. Make it into a paste and apply on your skin and rub gently. The mask helps a great deal in exfoliating the skin and even prevents acne breakouts.\n\nWhich mask are you trying?","sentence2":"Do you have a coffee maker at home? Chances are you may have only used to it to make coffee, as you should, because you have purchased it for the exact purpose. But did you know that there are many other interesting ways in which you can use the appliance? Wondering what they are? Read on.\n\nBoiling eggs\n\nYes, it is possible! There is no need to think about any other way to boil eggs when you have a coffee maker at home. All you have to do is put the eggs in the decanter and add some water to it. When you set the timer, make sure the eggs are completely submerged. Let it sit for 10-12 minutes, then take them out and put them in cold water. Easy, right?\n\nYou can utilise the basket at the top of the coffee maker to steam vegetables. (Source: Getty\/Thinkstock) You can utilise the basket at the top of the coffee maker to steam vegetables. (Source: Getty\/Thinkstock)\n\nRamen preparation\n\nCraving noodles? Now make that in the coffee machine, too. For this, you will need to put the dried noodles in the coffee pot and brew. You can also add the flavour or anything else, and then wait for a few minutes for your meal to get ready. This can be especially handy when you are at a hotel.\n\nSteaming vegetables\n\nHave you noticed the basket at the top of the coffee maker? Well, you can utilise it to steam vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. Just chop the veggies you want to steam, and put them inside the basket, where ground coffee is kept. Brew to maximum amount possible, of cups of water, and then enjoy your steamed vegetable.\n\nALSO READ | Make kitchen time more interesting using these microwave hacks\n\nHot chocolate\n\nFill the decanter with heavy cream, almost half of it, and throw in some chocolate chips. Next, you must brew two cups of water and let it sit, while stirring it now and then. If you are trying to melt chocolate, you can do that, too, in no time using the coffee maker. Just place the chocolate on a metal cup over the heat plate."}
-{"id":"1517342650_1517154364","score":3.0,"sentence1":"The Abia state police command has vowed to disrupt the funeral of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), if members of the group showed up.\n\nEne Okon, Abia commissioner of police, said the burial of Eze Kanu and his wife, king and queen of Afaraukwu, will not take place with the presence of IPOB members.\n\nOkon who said this while speaking with The Sun, said he had informed the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu that the police would provide security for the burial if only IPOB members do not show up.\n\n\u201cI have already reached out to the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community) and told him that if they want the burial to go smoothly and for police to give them security, they should tell IPOB not to near the area not to talk of participating in the burial,\u201d he said.\n\nRead Also: IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu To Attend Parents Burial\n\n\u201cIf they fail to adhere to what we\u2019ve told them, that means they do not want the burial to go on smoothly because we are going to scatter the place. IPOB is proscribed by the federal government. I, as the commissioner of police in Abia cannot sit here and allow any proscribed group to operate anywhere in this state.\n\n\u201cI am saying this again for emphasis that there is no way police will allow a proscribed group to participate in the burial of the king and queen of Afaraukwu simply because they are the parents of their acclaimed leader, we will not allow that and we cannot take anything for granted in the face of abundant intelligence on threat by IPOB.\u201d\n\nThe CP said members can attend the event individually, but that the police would react if IPOB flag, insignia or any form of identification is seen.","sentence2":"Nnamdi Kanu, leader the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has hinted at not returning to Nigeria for his parents\u2019 funeral scheduled ...\n\n\n\n\n\nNnamdi Kanu, leader the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has hinted at not returning to Nigeria for his parents\u2019 funeral scheduled for Friday.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn a broadcast via London-based Radio Biafra at the weekend, the IPOB leader said he is monitoring developments on the event in Abia state from abroad.\n\n\n\n\n\nKanu also said the ceremony would be broadcast live.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe IPOB leader has been on the run since 2017 when soldiers raided his father\u2019s residence in Abia.\n\n\n\n\n\nIPOB was later declared a terrorist group, and a federal high court in Abuja, where Kanu was being tried for alleged treason, ordered his arrest after he jumped bail.\n\n\n\n\n\nReacting to the police\u2019 statement that they would disrupt the burial ceremony if IPOB members attend the event, Kanu said the \u201cwhole world will be watching\u201d on that day.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cInstead of them to be remorseful for causing the death of my father and mother, all they are saying is we will come and shoot at people that attend the burial,\u201d he said.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cThey should come and shoot; our CCTV is there live\u2026 so that when it starts, they won\u2019t deny it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cIt will be relayed live so that when our people\u2019s madness starts, they won\u2019t go back to propaganda and say, \u2018it is secession, they are trying to secede.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\nEne Okon, Abia commissioner of police, had said the funeral of Eze Kanu and his wife, king and queen of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community), would not take place with the presence of IPOB members.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cI have already reached out to the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community) and told him that if they want the burial to go smoothly and for police to give them security, they should tell IPOB not to near the area not to talk of participating in the burial,\u201d the commissioner said."}
-{"id":"1625050173_1625536745","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Snapchat on Wednesday became the latest social network moving to curb the reach of US President Donald Trump, claiming the president has been inciting \"racial violence.\"\n\nThe youth-focused social network said it would no longer promote Trump on its Discover platform for recommended content.\n\n\"We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover,\" a statement from Snapchat said.\n\nThe move came days after Twitter took an unprecedented stand by hiding a Trump post it said promoted violence, heating up the White House war with Silicon Valley and social media.\n\nparent Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel over the weekend sent a lengthy memo to employees condemning what he saw as a legacy of racial injustice and violence in the US.\n\nSnapchat will not promote accounts in the US that are linked to people who incite racial violence on or off the messaging platform, according Spiegel.\n\n\"Every minute we are silent in the face of evil and wrongdoing we are acting in support of evildoers,\" Spiegel wrote as companies responded to the outrage over the police killing of a black man in Minnesota.\n\n\"I am heartbroken and enraged by the treatment of black people and people of color in America.\"\n\nThe Discover feature at Snapchat is a curated platform on which the California-based company gets to decide what it recommends to users.\n\nTrump's account remains on the platform, it will just no longer be recommended viewing, according to Snapchat.\n\n\"We will make it clear with our actions that there is no gray area when it comes to racism, violence, and injustice -- and we will not promote it, nor those who support it, on our platform,\" Spiegel said in the memo.\n\nSnapchat is particularly popular with young internet users, claiming that about half of the US \"Generation Z\" population tapping into news through its Discover feature.\n\n\"There are plenty of debates to be had about the future of our country and the world,\" Spiegel said.\n\n\"But there is simply no room for debate in our country about the value of human life and the importance of a constant struggle for freedom, equality, and justice.\"\n\nTrump campaign manager Brad Parscale denounced the move, saying that \"Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.\"\n\nParscale said in a statement: \"Snapchat hates that so many of their users watch the president's content and so they are actively engaging in voter suppression... If you're a conservative, they do not want to hear from you, they do not want you to vote. They view you as a deplorable and they do not want you to exist on their platform.\"\n\nThe move by Twitter last week prompted an angry response by Trump, who within days signed an executive order calling for heightened government oversight of social platforms.\n\nTrump accuses the platforms of \"censorship\" and limiting \"free speech,\" but his critics say the president has distorted the interpretation of those terms and is himself seeking to regulate online content.\n\nIn contrast to Twitter and Snapchat, Facebook has defended his decision not to interfere with posts by Trump.\n\nFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated his position in a call with employees this week, according to reports, despite criticism of the Facebook policy by civil rights activists.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt stop to traditional US political means of courting young voters -- forcing presidential candidates to turn to Snapchat instead.\n\nThe photo-sending app that boasts 229 million users -- better known for filters that turn your face into a puppy or a vampire -- is a new battlefield for opponents Trump and Biden, both of whom are in their 70s.\n\nLast month, Ken Farnaso, the Trump campaign deputy press secretary, told AFP that Snapchat was an important element of the re-election effort and that the Republican was ahead of Biden on the platform.\n\n\"It's clear that we're wiping the floor with Biden's campaign,\" Farnaso said of the Snapchat effort.\n\nCopyright AFP. All rights reserved.","sentence2":"NEW YORK: New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country.\n\nPortions of the incident were captured on video by videojournalist Robert Bumsted, who was working with photographer Maye-E Wong to document the protests in lower Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.\n\nThe video shows more than a half-dozen officers confronting the journalists as they filmed and took photographs of police ordering protesters to leave the area near Fulton and Broadway shortly after an 8 p.m. curfew took effect.\n\nAn officer, using an expletive, orders them to go home. Bumsted is heard on video explaining the press are considered \u201cessential workers\u201d and are allowed to be on the streets. An officer responds \u201cI don\u2019t give a s\u2014 -.\u201d Another tells Bumsted \u201cget the f\u2014 \u2014 out of here you piece of s\u2014 -.\u201d\n\nBumsted and Wong said officers shoved them, separating them from each other and pushing them toward Bumsted\u2019s car, which was parked nearby. At one point Bumsted said he was pinned against his car. He is heard on video telling the officer that Wong has his keys and he needs them to leave the area. Officers then allowed Wong to approach and the two got in the vehicle and left.\n\nOpinion This section contains relevant reference points, placed in (Opinion field)\n\nBoth journalists were wearing AP identification and identified themselves as media.\n\n\u201cThey didn\u2019t care,\u201d Wong said. \u201cThey were just shoving me.\u201d\n\nNYPD officials said they would \u201creview this as soon as possible.\u201d\n\nJournalists have faced aggressive police and protesters during demonstrations across the US over the killing of Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a white officer pressed his knee on Floyd\u2019s neck.\n\nPolice in Louisville, Kentucky, apologized after an officer fired what appeared to be pepper bullets at a TV news crew, and a journalist in Minneapolis was shot by a rubber bullet.\n\nJournalists have faced other risks while covering the unrest, in addition to dealing with aggression from police. In South Carolina, a television news reporter was hit in the head by a thrown rock and outside the White House, a Fox News reporter was chased and pummeled by protesters. Someone grabbed the reporter\u2019s microphone and threw it at his back, and a Fox News photographer\u2019s camera was smashed.\n\nIn Atlanta, demonstrators who fought with police and set cars on fire also broke windows and scrawled obscene graffiti at CNN headquarters.\n\nAP spokeswoman Lauren Easton criticized the officers\u2019 actions Tuesday, which occurred as thousands of people in New York were defying a curfew put in place following several nights of violence and destruction. Journalists covering the story are exempt from the curfew.\n\n\u201cThe role of journalists is to report the news on behalf of the public,\u201d Easton said. \u201cIt is unacceptable and deeply troubling when journalists are harassed simply for doing their job.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1519214426_1514668228","score":3.0,"sentence1":"What the New Hampshire results mean for Democratic contenders Senator Bernie Sanders came out on top in the New Hampshire primary, but former mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar weren't far behind. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN AM with more on what these results mean as the race to the White House heats up.","sentence2":"Buttigieg, Sanders in virtual tie as final Iowa caucus results come in With 100% of results finally reported, Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders are essentially tied at the top of the Iowa caucuses. This comes as the Democratic candidates prepare for the New Hampshire debate Friday night. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN AM with the latest from the campaign trail."}
-{"id":"1620631185_1620846331","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Senior Conservative MPs are reportedly urging Boris Johnson to change the two metre social distancing rule to one-and-a-half metres to prevent large-scale redundancies.\n\nWhile the Prime Minister spoke this week in favour of the two-metre gap, The Daily Telegraph said concerns are building that thousands of hospitality industry workers who have so far been unable to return to work could be laid off unless the rule is relaxed immediately.\n\nGreg Clark, chairman of the Commons Science Committee and the former business secretary, has reportedly written to Mr Johnson urging him to relax the rule in light of new evidence.\n\n\u201cThe difference between two metres and 1.5 metres may seem small but it can be the difference between people being able to go to work and losing their jobs,\u201d Mr Clark told the paper.\n\nFormer Brexit secretary David Davis said alterations to the Government-backed furlough scheme should be implemented \u201cin-step\u201d with a relaxation of the two-metre rule.\n\nHe said some firms would be unfairly disadvantaged if they had to remain shut due to the two-metre rule while being forced to start paying towards staff costs again under changes to the furlough plan.\n\n\u201cWhat will happen is that they will shut, meaning the furlough money is wasted, and there will be no tax revenue from that business,\u201d Mr Davis was quoted as saying.\n\nThe Telegraph said Mr Clark cites in his letter a new paper from the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) which says it may be possible to \u201cenable distancing at less than two metres\u201d in certain areas, provided other Covid-19 control measures are implemented.\n\nHighlighting parts of the document which suggest droplet exposure and infection risk \u201cfall sharply at 1.5 metres\u201d, Mr Clark said the paper did not appear to \u201cestablish the need for a recommended distance of two metres\u201d.\n\nThe push to review the rule conflicts with the latest advice from the country\u2019s coronavirus experts on Thursday.\n\nBoris Johnson was standing by the two-metre rule on Thursday Credit: Kirsty O\u2019Connor\/PA\n\nEngland\u2019s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and the Government\u2019s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggested two metres was still necessary as the risk of spreading the virus remained too great.\n\nSir Patrick said: \u201cIt\u2019s not an absolute (that) beyond two metres is safe and slightly less is not safe, there\u2019s a graduation across that, and so roughly at a metre it\u2019s somewhere between 10 and 30 times more risky than at two metres.\u201d\n\nProfessor Whitty said it was \u201creally important\u201d that people stayed two metres apart when meeting outside, adding they would not be counted as a contact, and therefore would not need to self-isolate if someone they met at a distance then developed coronavirus.\n\nGlobal coronavirus cases and deaths Credit: PA Graphics\n\nProf Whitty, who said keeping the distance would ensure the risk remained low, added: \u201cIf you do maintain two metres distance and the contacts you\u2019ve had turn out subsequently to have coronavirus, you will not be counted as a contact and you will not have to self-isolate.\n\n\u201cOn the other hand, if you don\u2019t, then if they get coronavirus then a) you might get it and b) because you might have got it, it\u2019s likely that you\u2019ll have to self-isolate.\u201d\n\nMr Johnson on Thursday agreed with his scientific advisers, saying: \u201cI must stress that to control the virus, everyone needs to stay alert, act responsibly, strictly observe social distancing rules, and stay two metres apart from those who you do not live with.\u201d","sentence2":"Sage has reportedly produced a paper suggesting 1.5 metres could be enough to minimise risk (Picture: AP\/GETTY)\n\nSenior Tory MPs are urging Boris Johnson to relax the two-metre rule to prevent job losses, it has been reported.\n\nConcerns have been raised that parts of the hospitality industry won\u2019t be able to get all staff back to work if the social distancing rule has to be observed.\n\nGreg Clark, chair of the Commons Science Committee, told the Daily Telegraph he had written to Mr Johnson in favour of a new 1.5-metre rule that could save thousands from redundancy.\n\nHe said: \u2018The difference between two metres and 1.5 metres may seem small but it can be the difference between people being able to go to work and losing their jobs.\u2019\n\nMr Clark highlighted a paper from the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) which he claimed indicated a \u2018sharp\u2019 fall in infection risk at 1.5 metres and does not appear to establish any need for a two-metre gap.\n\nThe paper said social distancing at less than two-metres can be workable in some areas provided workers stick to other virus control measures, he added.\n\nMeanwhile, former Brexit secretary David Davis told the newspaper that the government should relax the two-metre rule as it dilutes the furlough scheme.\n\nHe warned many firms would have to remain shut due to the rule while the amount the government contributes to the furlough scheme starts to taper off.\n\nCommons Science Committee chair Greg Clark said his recommendation was backed by research (Picture: AFP\/GETTY IMAGES)\n\nHe said: \u2018What will happen is that they will shut, meaning the furlough money is wasted, and there will be no tax revenue from that business\u2019.\n\nNot all countries recommend social distancing at two metres. In France, for example, the government urges citizens to stay \u2018at least one metre\u2019 away from others.\n\nExperts heading up the government\u2019s response to Covid stressed the importance of the current rules on Thursday, although they did highlight grey areas in the science of social distancing.\n\nThe Government\u2019s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said: \u2018It\u2019s not an absolute (that) beyond two metres is safe and slightly less is not safe, there\u2019s a graduation across that, and so roughly at a metre it\u2019s somewhere between 10 and 30 times more risky than at two metres.\u2019\n\nEngland\u2019s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said that staying two metres apart when meeting someone outside would rule them out of being counted as a contact under the track & trace scheme \u2013 meaning one would not need to self-isolate if the other developed coronavirus.\n\nBoris Johnson added: \u2018I must stress that to control the virus, everyone needs to stay alert, act responsibly, strictly observe social distancing rules, and stay two metres apart from those who you do not live with.\u2019\n\nGet in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.\n\nFor more stories like this, check our news page."}
-{"id":"1625832093_1607981162","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Acting on a commitment to coordinate regional policies in response to COVID-19, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Delaware Governor John Carney today announced a multi-state agreement to reopen public and private beaches with certain restrictions in place effective, Friday, May 22. This approach will better align the states' policies ahead of the summer months.\n\n\"With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and warmer weather on the way, we want to make sure New Yorkers and residents of our neighboring states are able to safely enjoy outdoor recreational activities,\" Governor Cuomo said. \"We have been coordinating with other states throughout this entire pandemic, and we have worked on an agreement allowing beaches to be open with proper social distancing and other public health protections in place so we can begin establishing a new normal without jeopardizing the progress we've already made.\"\n\nGovernor Murphy said, \"A trip to the beach is a treasured past time for New Jerseyans on Memorial Day weekend just as it is for residents in our neighboring states. By aligning our social distancing policies for beaches, we can bring some semblance of a 'new normal' to our region ahead of the first weekend of the summer season.\"\n\nGovernor Lamont said, \"Our beaches are some of our most beautiful and treasured assets. We want to make sure they are enjoyed up and down the East Coast in the safest possible way, especially as the Summer Season begins. Working together as states to make sure they can be enjoyed responsibly makes sense.\"\n\nGovernor Carney said, \"Summer at the beach is a huge part of life for so many Delawareans. As we ease our way into a new normal, we're trying to find ways for Delawareans to safely to enjoy the outdoors and the company of their families.\"","sentence2":"Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a multi-state agreement to reopen public and private beaches with certain restrictions in place effective, Friday, May 22.\n\nThis approach will better align the states' policies ahead of the summer months, said a press release from the governor\u2019s office.\n\nNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Delaware Governor John Carney made similar announcements in their states.\n\n\"With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and warmer weather on the way, we want to make sure New Yorkers and residents of our neighboring states are able to safely enjoy outdoor recreational activities,\" Governor Cuomo said.\n\n\"We have been coordinating with other states throughout this entire pandemic, and we have worked on an agreement allowing beaches to be open with proper social distancing and other public health protections in place so we can begin establishing a new normal without jeopardizing the progress we've already made.\""}
-{"id":"1569776830_1569662245","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Renville County Jail\n\nA Hector woman has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree manslaughter in connection to the killing of a 42-year-old Hector man, who was identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as Anthony Tebben.\n\nAccording to a criminal complaint, Tebben is believed to have been shot in the head by 35-year-old Elizabeth P. Lynch, of Hector. Lynch called 911 around 1 a.m. on March 26 and said she shot her boyfriend, claiming to have pointed the gun at him and unintentionally fired the weapon when she flinched.\n\nLaw enforcement arrived at the scene in Renville County and found Tebben on the floor, struggling to breath. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.\n\nSeveral children were upstairs in the home at the time of the incident. They were taken into protective custody by social services.\n\nLynch informed police that a day before the shooting Tebben threw a plate and broke it, so she bought the gun \u2013 a black semi-automatic handgun \u2013 because she was mad at him. She said she pointed the gun at Tebben when he became aggressive, alleging that there relationship had a history of domestic abuse.\n\nShe said the gun discharged when she flinched.\n\nThe complaint notes that Lynch said she was unfamiliar with how to use the gun and was not sure if it was loaded.\n\nThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Renville County Sheriff\u2019s Office are assisting the Hector Police Department with the investigation.","sentence2":"Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot in a Renville County home allegedly by his girlfriend who claimed he had taunted her that she wouldn't pull the trigger.\n\nAnthony Tebben, 42, of Hector, died on March 26 at HCMC in Minneapolis from a gunshot to the head earlier that day, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.\n\nElizabeth P. Lynch, 35, also of Hector, was charged in District Court with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Lynch remains jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail ahead of her next court appearance on April 24.\n\nAccording to the criminal complaint:\n\nLynch called 911 about 1 a.m. and said she shot her boyfriend. She told police that she aimed the handgun at Tebben, unsure whether it was loaded and it fired when she flinched.\n\nSeveral children were in the home upstairs at the time.\n\nElizabeth Lynch Credit: Renville County jail\n\nLynch later told police that she bought the gun a day earlier after getting mad that Tebben threw a plate and broke it.\n\nShe said she aimed the gun at Tebben when he came at her aggressively. She said there had been domestic abuse in their relationship.\n\nHe responded that she wouldn't shoot him, Lynch said. The gun discharged, Lynch explained, because she flinched and was unfamiliar with how to use the weapon."}
-{"id":"1592160843_1591967730","score":1.0,"sentence1":"US President Donald Trump and Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. (Reuters Photo: Peter Nicholls)\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to stand in solidarity with the United States in its struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and as it recovers from the outbreak.\n\nIn a letter sent to President Donald Trump Erdogan also said he was following with appreciation the American leaders efforts to control the outbreak.\n\nThe letter was sent Tuesday along with a planeload of personal protective equipment that Turkey donated to the US It was made public on Wednesday.\n\nErdogan wrote, \u201cI am very pleased to observe that thanks to your measures America has taken the first steps towards normalization by achieving a downward trend in the number of new cases.\n\n\u201cYou can be sure as a reliable and strong partner of the US we will continue to demonstrate solidarity in every way possible,\u201d Erdogan wrote.\n\nTurkey sent 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, 2,000 liters 528 gallons of disinfectant, 1,500 goggles, 400 N95 masks and 500 face shields. Turkey has sent similar medical equipment aid to a total of 55 countries \u2014 including Britain Italy and Spain.\n\nErdogan and Trump have maintained a close personal relationship despite a series of differences between Ankara and Washington including policy on Syria and Turkeys decision to purchase the S400 Russian missile defense system that the US says poses a threat to its F35 stealth fighter jets and to NATO.\n\nThe US removed Turkey from the fighter jet program and has threatened sanctions if the Russian system is deployed.","sentence2":"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to stand in solidarity with the United States in its struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and as it recovers from the outbreak.\n\nIn a letter sent to Donald Trump, Erdogan also said he was following with appreciation the US president's efforts to control the outbreak.\n\nThe letter was sent Tuesday along with a planeload of personal protective equipment that Turkey donated to the United States. It was made public on Wednesday.\n\nErdogan wrote: I am very pleased to observe that, thanks to your measures, America has taken the first steps towards normalization by achieving a downward trend in the number of new cases.\n\nYou can be sure, as a reliable and strong partner of the US, we will continue to demonstrate solidarity in every way possible, Erdogan wrote.\n\nTurkey sent 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, 2,000 liters (528 gallons) of disinfectant, 1,500 goggles, 400 N-95 masks and 500 face shields. Turkey has sent similar medical equipment aid to a total of 55 countries including Britain, Italy and Spain.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
-{"id":"1502463250_1505469635","score":3.0,"sentence1":"As an angry Donald Trump tweeted at a record-setting pace, US senators involved in his impeachment trial struggled to stay awake and stay quiet during a marathon session as the Democrats made their case to remove the US president from office and try establish the rules for the trail.\n\nA number of relatively arcane laws mean Senators are meant to stay quiet and are not allowed to speak to each other during proceedings.\n\nTechnically, the only drink allowed to be consumed on the floor of the chamber is water, but allowances have been made for milk, sending social media into overdrive as to why one senator was reportedly seen drinking milk during the trial.\n\nCan anyone explain to me why senators during the impeachment are only allowed to drink water or milk? This may be one of the strangest things I've ever seen... \u2014 Doug Black Jr (@dougblackjr) January 22, 2020\n\nBut behind closed doors - where the media is not allowed - senators have been flouting the quaint guidelines of the chamber that typically prizes decorum.\n\nGum-chewing, snacking, yawning and alleged napping could be seen throughout the cramped chamber, the Associated Press reported.\n\nSenators were especially restless Wednesday, local time, as lawmakers convened less than 12 hours after the marathon session that stretched to nearly 2 am.\n\nA number of senators were seen resting their eyes, dozing and appearing to take brief naps, according to CNN and the Associated Press.\n\nA cartoonist for the New York Times observing the proceedings even managed to sketch Republican senator James Risch dozing off.\n\nOthers, meanwhile, were seen passing notes and doing crosswords while senators were speaking.\n\nNYT has a sketch artist covering impeachment, catching moments like Sen. Risch sleeping https:\/\/t.co\/kXf9Voi0Og pic.twitter.com\/fH5fee7In4 \u2014 Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) January 22, 2020\n\nChief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the affair, admonished senators as tensions rose on Wednesday, local time, reminding those gathered it is the \u201cworld\u2019s greatest deliberative body,\u201d functioning, for now, as a court of impeachment.\n\nStory continues\n\nIt has a tradition of civility \u2014 and for rare impeachment trials, specific rules: No coffee or snacking on the floor. No pacing, note-passing, working on other matters or chit-chat. It\u2019s all designed to focus the senator-jurors on the issues at hand. So napping is not, in theory, part of the plan.\n\nA number of senators also left the chamber during the opening days, some to conduct lengthy TV interviews, leaving a number of seats empty, AP reported.\n\n9- As the night wore on, senators were restless. Some walked to the back of the chamber and stretched. Sen. Gillibrand took off her heels, sighed then wrapped herself in a red blanket at her desk. Both her &McConnell started to doze off before jolting themselves back awake \u2014 Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) January 22, 2020\n\n\u2018Its not fantasy football\u2019\n\nIn the opening two days of proceedings, the two sides have been wrangling over rules for the trial and who will be allowed to testify.\n\nRepublicans shot down, one by one, Democratic efforts to get Trump aides to testify, including former national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.\n\nBolton has referred to the White House's alleged political pressure on Ukraine as a \"drug deal\", according to previous witness testimony in the House of Representatives.\n\nTrump returns to the White House Wednesday, local time, after attending Davos. Source: AAP\n\nTrump is charged with abusing his power by trying to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival and leading Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden.\n\nThe Republican-controlled US Senate has voted on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard.\n\nTrump\u2019s Republican allies in the Senate say the son of Joe Biden, Hunter, should testify after Trump accused the former vice president of pursuing his son's interests by pressuring Ukraine to oust a prosecutor that had scrutinised a Ukrainian gas company. No evidence of wrongdoing by Biden has emerged.\n\nTop Democrat Chuck Schumer hosed down the idea of a witness trade, telling reporters during a break in the trial \u201cthat trade is not on the table\u201d.\n\n\u201cThis isn't like some fantasy football trade,\u201d he said. \u201cTrials aren't trades for witnesses.\u201d\n\nSenator Adam Schiff and feloow Democrats talk to reporters before the second day of the Senate impeachment trial. Source: Getty\n\nDemocrats will continue their arguments through Friday under rules approved by the Senate.\n\nTrump's lawyers will then have up to three days to rebut the Democrats' case, likely starting from Saturday.\n\nThe lead Democratic prosecutor and California congressman Adam Schiff, urged Republicans to vote to remove Mr Trump from office to \"protect our democracy\".\n\n\"President Trump solicited foreign interference in our democratic elections, abusing the power of his office to seek help abroad to improve his re-election prospects at home,\" he said overnight.\n\n\u2014 With AP\n\nDo you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@yahoonews.com.\n\nYou can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and download the Yahoo News app from the App Store or Google Play.","sentence2":"President Trump told his national security advisor he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it launched political investigations into his Democratic rivals, according to John Bolton\u2019s description of their exchange in drafts of his forthcoming book, the New York Times reported Sunday.\n\nThe revelation challenges the defense offered by Trump and his attorneys in his Senate impeachment trial and raises the stakes as the chamber decided this week whether to seek sworn testimony from Bolton and other witnesses. Bolton, who acrimoniously left the White House a day before Trump ultimately released the Ukraine aid on Sept. 11, has already told lawmakers that he is willing to testify, despite the president\u2019s order barring aides from cooperating in the investigation.\n\nDemocrats need at least four Republicans to vote with them to seek witness testimony. Those prospects looked unlikely in recent days and it\u2019s unclear if the new revelations about Bolton\u2019s book will sway any GOP senators.\n\nDemocrats quickly sought to ramp up the pressure on their Republican counterparts.\n\n\u201cJohn Bolton has the evidence,\u201d tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. \u201cIt\u2019s up to four Senate Republicans to ensure that John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, and the others with direct knowledge of President Trump\u2019s actions testify in the Senate trial.\u201d\n\nThe Associated Press has not confirmed the content of Bolton\u2019s book. A person familiar with the matter told the AP the draft had been submitted to the White House for pre-publication review, which is standard for the work of former officials with security clearances. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss the sensitive subject.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nDemocrats accuse Trump of abusing his power in withholding the military assistance to Ukraine to push that country to mount investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukraine gas company, Burisma, while his father was in office.\n\nOn Saturday, the president\u2019s attorneys said during their opening day of defense arguments that there was no evidence that Trump made the military aid contingent on the country announcing an investigation into Biden.\n\nTrump on Wednesday told reporters in Davos, Switzerland, that he didn\u2019t want Bolton to testify before the Senate.\n\n\u201cThe problem with John is it\u2019s a national security problem,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe knows some of my thoughts. He knows what I think about leaders. What happens if he reveals what I think about a certain leader and it\u2019s not very positive and then I have to deal on behalf of the country?\u201d\n\nHe added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very hard. It\u2019s going to make the job very hard.\u201d"}
-{"id":"1610314419_1606971385","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Google last week said that this summer Chrome will remove resource-hogging web advertisements from websites, including ads that mask unauthorized crypto-mining operations.\n\nArguing that a very small number of online ads - three-tenths of a percentage point of all on the web - disproportionately account for major portions of total network and CPU consumption, Google plans to scrub sites of such ads starting with a Stable build of Chrome near the end of August.\n\nChrome 85 is scheduled to release on Aug. 25, and would be the most likely version to debut the feature.\n\n\"These ads (such as those that mine cryptocurrency, are poorly programmed, or are unoptimized for network usage) can drain battery life, saturate already strained networks, and cost money,\" Marshall Vale, a Chrome product manager, wrote in a May 14 post to the Chromium blog.\n\nWhen Chrome detects one of the \u00fcber-aggressive ads, the browser will unload the content from the ad's frame - the portion of the page in which it's displayed - and refill the space with an error message stating \"Ad removed,\" along with a link to more information.\n\nAfter copious measurements, Google decided to strip out any ad that consumed 4MB of network data, used the CPU during half of any 30-second span or tallied a total of 60 seconds of CPU usage. Those bars were so high that they affected only 0.3% of all ads, but, Google contended, such ads accounted for 27% of all ad-generated network traffic and 28% of all ad-related CPU usage.\n\nOther browsers have addressed bad actors, including crypto-miners, using different approaches. Mozilla's Firefox, for example, blocks crypto-miners by targeting domains known to harbor such scripts. (Mozilla relies on domain lists produced by Disconnect.) It's not surprising that Google took a metrics-based route here; it typically bases decisions, or says it does, on data collected by Chrome and\/or its search engine.\n\nChrome users can try out this \"Heavy Ad\" detection and removal prior to version 85 via the chrome:\/\/flags option page. Set the Heavy Ad Intervention flag (which also goes by #enable-heavy-ad-intervention) to Enabled and relaunch the browser.\n\nSite developers and ad content creators should use the time between now and late August to test and, if necessary, alter first-party advertisements, Google said. \"Our intent with this extended rollout is to give appropriate time for ad creators and tool providers to prepare and incorporate these thresholds into their workflows,\" said Vale.\n\nDetailed instructions on how to track removed ads using an API as well as how to test the resource usage of ad content were provided in this support document.","sentence2":"AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.\n\nGoogle plans to implement new limitations in its Chrome web browser after discovering certain ads overuse CPU and data resources, costing users device battery life and money.\n\nAnnounced in a post to the Chromium blog on Thursday, Google's restrictions target ads that \"consume a disproportionate share of device resources\" without user knowledge.\n\nChrome Product Manager Marshall Vale says a future update to Chrome will limit the resources poorly coded ads like cryptocurrency miners have access to before user interaction. Initially, Chrome is setting restriction thresholds to 4MB of network data or 14 seconds of CPU usage in a 30-second period. Alternatively, ads will be limited after 60 seconds of total CPU usage.\n\nAn ad frame will be redirected to an error page if it reaches one of the above thresholds, with the page informing users that said ad used too many resources and was therefore removed from active display.\n\nAccording to in-house measurements, only 0.3% of current ads exceed the stipulated thresholds. Still, those ads account for 27% of network data used and 28% of all ad CPU usage on Chrome. The figures underscore the need for intervention.\n\nAd creators can view Chrome's access reports to see which ads were unloaded due to the new restrictions and make necessary adjustments."}
-{"id":"1627308116_1626791129","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Meghan Markle's son Archie picking up a few words, gets excited to see Prince Harry\n\nMeghan Markle and Prince Harry's 12-month-old baby, Archie, has picked up on a few words, out of which his favourite are: 'Mama, dada, book and dog.'\n\n\n\nAccording to a source quoted by Us Weekly, \"He\u2019s saying a few words, like \u2018Dada,\u2019 \u2018Mama,\u2019 \u2018book,\u2019 and \u2018dog. He loves playing hide-and-seek and using building blocks.\u201d\n\nThe adorable muchkin is achieving his milestones around his parents in LA.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s a strong baby and you can tell he\u2019s super smart,\u201d an insider told the outlet in November 2019. \u201cHe can sit up without support and roll over, and he\u2019s almost crawling. He can\u2019t talk yet, but he\u2019s trying!\u201d\n\nPredicting that Archie's first word might be Dada, the source had added, \u201cWhen Harry walks into the room, Archie gets so excited, he puts his arms out \u2014 his way of saying, \u2018Pick me up!\u2019 You can tell Archie\u2019s going to be a social butterfly. He\u2019s at his happiest when he\u2019s around people.\u201d\n\nThe \u201chappy baby \u2026 rarely cries He takes a keen interest in his surroundings and is already engaging and interacting with people. He loves to be entertained. And he isn\u2019t a needy baby \u2014 he\u2019ll happily go to Harry and Meghan\u2019s friends without kicking up a fuss,\" it said.\n\nMeghan and Harry welcomed their baby in May 2019.","sentence2":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are both passionate activists, not least because of the world in which they want their baby son Archie to grow up. At 12 months old, Archie is getting bigger every day and growing into a toddler with likes and dislikes, favorite songs and books and colors, and a whole little internal world. While it seems like just yesterday that Meghan was refusing to pose on church steps with newborn Archie (iconic), the truth is that baby Archie isn\u2019t such a baby anymore. In fact, this royal tot is even talking now \u2014 and his first words to Meghan and Harry prove Archie\u2019s got everything he needs at home.\n\nA source close to the couple told Us Weekly that Archie started talking while the Sussexes have been staying in LA. \u201cHe\u2019s saying a few words, like \u2018Dada,\u2019 \u2018Mama,\u2019 \u2018book,\u2019 and \u2018dog,'\u201d says the source \u2014 all of which make perfect sense. After all, it\u2019s well-known that Archie is \u201cbest friends\u201d with Meghan and Harry\u2019s two dogs, Guy the beagle and a black Labrador.\n\nIt seems Archie\u2019s an avid reader too (well, listener). For his birthday, mom Meghan read him one of his favorites, Duck! Rabbit!, and the source reveals he\u2019s picking up some new hobbies too: \u201cHe loves playing hide-and-seek and using building blocks.\u201d\n\nHe\u2019s growing up so fast \u2014 and we\u2019re sure Meghan and Harry feel the same way. Given his incredible, history-making parents, Archie has a bright future. Those building blocks are just the beginning.\n\nClick here for an inside look at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\u2019s relationship."}
-{"id":"1620564259_1620653066","score":1.0,"sentence1":"The Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder Friday as authorities declared a curfew after three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames.\n\nDerek Chauvin, the white officer filmed kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd for nearly nine minutes, was charged with one count of third degree murder \u2014 unintentionally causing a death \u2014 and one count of negligent manslaughter.\n\n\u201cThis case is now ready, and we have charged it,\u201d said county prosecutor Mike Freeman amid outrage over the latest death of an African American in police custody.\n\nRelatives of the 46-year-old Floyd \u2014 who spoke Friday with President Donald Trump \u2014 welcomed news of the arrest as a \u201cstep on the road to justice,\u201d but said they hoped for tougher charges and action against the other officers involved in Floyd\u2019s detention and death.\n\nFreeman said the three other officers were also under investigation, and that he anticipated charges. All four officers were fired from the police department Tuesday after video surfaced of Monday\u2019s arrest.\n\nTroops deployed\n\nThe announcement of charges came hours after hundreds of troops were deployed to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul to try to prevent a fourth night of violent protests.\n\nScores of buildings have been burned and looted across the so-called Twin Cities, including a police station associated with the four officers.\n\nMayor Jacob Frey declared a night-long curfew Friday and Saturday as protesters began to appear on the streets in Minneapolis and St. Paul again Friday afternoon.\n\nSome chanted \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d \u2014 Floyd\u2019s words as Chauvin\u2019s knee pressed on his neck.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t care about this,\u201d said one African-American demonstrator, indicating the burned-out buildings.\n\n\u201cIf this is what it takes, we\u2019re willing to do more. You\u2019all were already killing us, when we weren\u2019t doing anything. \u2026 Let\u2019s hope it makes a change,\u201d he told AFP, without giving his name.\n\nPolice were out in force in other cities as protests took place in other cities including New York, Washington, Atlanta, Houston and Portland, hoping to prevent recurrences of the violence that hit Minneapolis.\n\nCharges criticized\n\nFloyd\u2019s family issued a statement acknowledging Chauvin\u2019s arrest, but calling the charges against him insufficient.\n\n\u201cWe want a first degree murder charge. And we want to see the other officers arrested,\u201d they said in a statement.\n\n\u201cThe pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and is spilling out onto streets across America.\u201d\n\nThe third degree charge though reflected the official autopsy saying that even though Chauvin held his knee to Floyd\u2019s neck for two minutes and 53 seconds after he became \u201cnon-responsive,\u201d Floyd did not die of asphyxiation or strangulation.\n\n\u201cMr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease,\u201d the charging document said.\n\n\u201cThe combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions, and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.\u201d\n\n\u2018This shouldn\u2019t be normal\u2019\n\nAfter beginning the day attacking the protesters as \u201cthugs\u201d and threatening to send in federal troops to deal harshly with them, Trump shifted tone later on Friday, announcing he had called Floyd\u2019s family to express his \u201csorrow.\u201d\n\n\u201cI understand the hurt, I understand the pain. People have really been through a lot. The family of George is entitled to justice and the people of Minnesota are entitled to live in safety,\u201d he said.\n\nFormer president Barack Obama said in a statement that he shared the \u201canguish\u201d of millions of Americans over Floyd\u2019s death.\n\n\u201cWe have to remember that for millions of Americans, being treated differently on account of race is tragically, painfully, maddeningly \u2018normal\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be \u2018normal\u2019 in 2020 America.\u201d\n\nObama\u2019s former vice president Joe Biden, who is running for president, also spoke to Floyd\u2019s family.\n\nHe called for justice and said it was time to heal the \u201copen wound\u201d of systemic racism in the United States.","sentence2":"US cop gets murder charge over death of African-American\n\nA Minneapolis policeman accused of killing unarmed African-American George Floyd by kneeling on his neck was taken into custody Friday and charged with third-degree murder, officials said.\n\nDerek Chauvin is one of four officers who were fired shortly after an explosive video emerged showing a handcuffed Floyd lying on the street as an officer identified as Chauvin pinned his knee to Floyd\u2019s neck for at least five minutes on Monday.\n\nThe death of the 46-year-old Floyd has sparked days of sometimes violent demonstrations in Minneapolis and other US cities over police brutality against African-Americans.\n\nSo far, hundreds of shops have been damaged and a police station set on fire.\n\n\u201cFormer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is in custody,\u201d Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman told reporters.\n\n\u201cChauvin has been charged\u2026 with murder and with manslaughter,\u201d he added, specifying to reporters that the charge was third-degree murder.\n\nUS Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota applauded Chauvin\u2019s arrest, calling it \u201cthe first step towards justice.\u201d\n\nIn the graphic video footage, Floyd is seen saying that he can not breathe. Eventually, he went silent and limp, and he was later declared dead.\n\nProtests swelled after federal authorities said Thursday that they were making the case a top priority but announced no arrests at that time.\n\nOvernight, demonstrators broke through law enforcement barriers to overtake the Minneapolis police station where the four officers blamed for Floyd\u2019s death were based.\n\nA fire broke out and soon became an inferno that engulfed the structure.\n\nMinnesota\u2019s national guard announced that 500 troops were being deployed Friday for peacekeeping amid signs that the anger was nowhere near dissipating.\n\nPresident Donald Trump blasted local officials and labelled the protesters \u201cthugs,\u201d threatening a harsh crackdown.\n\n\u201cThese THUGS are dishonouring the memory of George Floyd, and I won\u2019t let that happen,\u201d Trump tweeted.\n\n\u201cJust spoke to (Minnesota) Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.\u201d\n\nTwitter concealed that tweet, saying it violated its policy on glorifying violence.\n\nFormer President Barack Obama said Friday he shared the \u201canguish\u201d of millions of Americans over Floyd\u2019s death and that racism cannot be \u201cnormal\u201d in the United States.\n\n\u201cIt can\u2019t be \u2018normal,\u2019\u201d Obama, the first black US president, said in a statement.\n\n\u201cIf we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must do better.\u201d \u2013 AFP."}
-{"id":"1522673432_1522373983","score":1.0,"sentence1":"QNA\/Nur-Sultan\n\nThe Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin met on Saturday with HE the Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Ahmed al-Kuwari, on the sidelines of the 5th Qatari and Kazakh High-Level Joint Committee, which concluded its meetings in Nur-Sultan.\n\nThe meeting dealt with enhancing bilateral co-operation in the commerce, investment, and industrial fields.\n\nAl-Kuwari also met separately with Minister of National Economy of Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov; governor of Astana International Financial Centre Dr Kairat Kelimbetov; Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov.\n\nThe meetings focused bilateral co-operation, reviewing developments of the Qatari economy in recent years, investment opportunities in all fields, investment incentives and legislations adopted by Qatar which included the law regulating foreign investment in the economy, in addition to the initiatives launched to support the private sector and increase foreign direct investments.","sentence2":"(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Nur-Sultan: Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H E Askar Mamin met Saturday with Minister of Commerce and Industry H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, on the sidelines of the 5th Qatari and Kazakh High-Level Joint Committee, which concluded its meetings in Nur-Sultan. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations and facets of bilateral cooperation in the commerce, investment, and industrial fields. The two sides also discussed means to enhance ties.\n\nH E the Minister of Commerce and Industry also met separately with Minister of National Economy of Republic of Kazakhstan, H E Ruslan Dalenov, Governor of Astana International Financial Centre, H E Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Minister of Trade and Integration, H E Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan, H E Beibut Atamkulov.\n\nThe meetings dealt with reviewing bilateral cooperation, reviewing developments of the Qatari economy in recent years, investment opportunities in all fields, investment incentives and legislations adopted by the State which included a law regulating foreign investment in the economy, in addition to the initiatives launched to support the private sector and increase foreign direct investment."}
-{"id":"1533545806_1534380050","score":1.0,"sentence1":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d and hosted her own daytime talk show in Chicago for 33 years, has died. She was 91.\n\nBell died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, according to Eva Basler, a spokeswoman for the family and their company Bell-Phillip Television Productions.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cOur mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother,\u201d her family said in a statement. \u201cGracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously.\u201d\n\nBell and her husband William J. Bell co-created two of daytime television\u2019s most successful and enduring dramas. \u201cY&R\u201d has been on the air since 1973, while \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d will mark its 33rd anniversary in March.\n\nBorn in Chicago on June 9, 1928, Bell began her career as a broadcast journalist in her hometown, where she hosted and produced her eponymous daytime talk show from 1953-1986 on WBBM-TV, the local CBS affiliate. She explored timely social issues and concerns, while also interviewing Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, Judy Garland, Clint Eastwood, Oprah Winfrey, Lucille Ball and the Beatles and Rolling Stones. She won 16 regional Emmy Awards for her show.\n\nBell also produced and narrated several award-winning specials and documentaries on such topics as foster children, rape and divorce.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBell won a Daytime Emmy award for outstanding drama series for \u201cY&R\u201d in 1975. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Daytime Emmys in 2007.\n\nHer husband died in 2005. She is survived by her sons William and Bradley and daughter Lauralee Bell Martin, who appears on \u201cY&R.\u201d William Bell is president and CEO of the family\u2019s production company. Bradley is executive producer and head writer for \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful.\u201d\n\nHer daughter-in-law, Colleen Bell, served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary during President Barack Obama\u2019s administration and is executive director of the California Film Commission. Another daughter-in-law, Maria Arena Bell, is a former head writer on \u201cY&R.\u201d Her other survivors are son-in-law Scott Martin and eight grandchildren.","sentence2":"Lee Phillip Bell, a co-creator of two of daytime television\u2019s most successful and enduring soap operas, \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d died on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91.\n\nHer death was confirmed by Eva Basler, a spokeswoman for the Bell family\u2019s company, Bell-Phillip Television Productions.\n\nMs. Bell also hosted a daytime talk show in Chicago for more than three decades and as a broadcast journalist produced and narrated award-winning documentary specials.\n\nShe teamed up with her husband, William J. Bell, in creating \u201cThe Young and the Restless,\u201d which has been on the air since 1973, and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d which celebrates its 33rd anniversary in March. The dramas have attracted millions of viewers while tackling difficult topics like incest, alcoholism and teen pregnancy."}
-{"id":"1518798266_1518780646","score":1.0,"sentence1":"A firm owned by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve's son and wife was awarded a contract of digitisation of the city police's official records by the previous BJP government in Maharashtra, sources said on Wednesday.\n\nHowever, when Sanjay Barve was asked about it, he said the firm offered its services free of cost and there was no question of any financial gains to it.\n\nThe project of police records' digitisation was awarded to CrispQ Information Technologies Pvt Ltd for five years by the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government before the state Assembly polls were held in October last year, the sources said.\n\nThe company is owned by Barve's son Sumukh Barve and wife Sharmila Barve.\n\nThe firm sent a proposal on September 30, 2019 to the state government, offering its service \"pro bono\" (work undertaken voluntarily and without payment) to provide paperless office system to the Mumbai Police through a software called 'Notesheet Plus', an official said.\n\nA copy of the proposal was marked to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), he said.\n\nRecords, complaints and service documents of the Mumbai Police personnel were to be digitised with the help of the specified software, the official said.\n\nThe proposal was approved by the government as the company was going to do the work for free, and the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office was also directed to finalise the number of units and files for the digitisation work, the official said.\n\nHowever, the project did not start due to some technical issues, he added.\n\nWhen contacted, Sanjay Barve said, \"The company had offered its service 'pro bono' and it was for the benefit of the Mumbai Police.\"\n\nThe software, which was offered to be used by the company, is free and there is no question of any financial gains to the firm, he said.\n\nSanjay Barve is retiring from service on February 29.\n\nALSO READ | With people's blessings one can make comeback: Devendra Fadnavis\n\nALSO READ | Maharashtra to introduce bill to make learning Marathi till Class 10 compulsory\n\nALSO WATCH | Devendra Fadnavis denies snooping charges of Uddhav govt","sentence2":"A firm owned by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve's son and wife was awarded a contract of digitisation of the city police's official records by the previous BJP government in Maharashtra, sources said on Wednesday.\n\nHowever, when Barve was asked about it, he said the firm offered its services free of cost and there was no question of any financial gains to it.\n\nThe project of police records' digitisation was awarded to CrispQ Information Technologies Pvt Ltd for five years by the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government before the state Assembly polls were held in October last year, the sources said.\n\nThe company is owned by Barve's son Sumukh Barve and wife Sharmila Barve.\n\nThe firm sent a proposal on September 30, 2019 to the state government, offering its service \"pro bono\" (work undertaken voluntarily and without payment) to provide paperless office system to the Mumbai Police through a software called 'Notesheet Plus', an official said.\n\nA copy of the proposal was marked to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), he said.\n\nRecords, complaints and service documents of the Mumbai Police personnel were to be digitised with the help of the specified software, the official said.\n\nThe proposal was approved by the government as the company was going to do the work for free, and the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office was also directed to finalise the number of units and files for the digitisation work, the official said.\n\nHowever, the project did not start due to some technical issues, he added.\n\nWhen contacted, Barve said, \"The company had offered its service 'pro bono' and it was for the benefit of the Mumbai Police.\"\n\n\n\nThe software, which was offered to be used by the company, is free and there is no question of any financial gains to the firm, he said.\n\nBarve is retiring from service on February 29.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
-{"id":"1581599703_1581458860","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMany more people may have been infected by the coronavirus than previously believed, a new study shows.\n\nA recent study tested the blood of 3,300 volunteers in Santa Clara County, Calif., and found that between 2.5 and 4 percent of them had the antibodies that show they\u2019ve recovered from COVID-19.\n\nIn a county the size of Santa Clara, where the population numbers 2 million, that rate of infection would mean between 48,000 and 81,000 people have fought off the virus \u2014 far more than the 1,000 who have officially tested positive there.\n\n\u201cOur findings suggest that there is somewhere between 50- and 80-fold more infections in our county than what\u2019s known by the number of cases than are reported by our department of public health,\u201d Dr. Eran Bendavid, the associate professor of medicine at Stanford University who led the study, said in an interview with ABC News.\n\nAntibody blood tests, also known as serology tests, analyze blood from a finger prick. The process differs from coronavirus tests that swab the nose and throat.\n\nThe results, while limited, back a popular belief among health experts that significantly more people have been infected than testing shows \u2014 due to some people being asymptomatic and to the country\u2019s limited testing capacity.\n\nDr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and ABC News contributor, cautioned that the results for the California county are not necessarily representative of the country\u2019s population \u2014 but he said the study is \u201cadding to this confirmation of what we\u2019ve expected, which is a much larger number of cases than we ever anticipated.\u201d\n\nA sweeping COVID-19 testing initiative on the Navy\u2019s coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, found that 60 percent of its sailors who tested positive were asymptomatic.\n\nBut the link between a positive coronavirus antibody test and immunity is not yet clear.\n\nThe World Health Organization cautioned Friday that it\u2019s not yet known whether having survived the deadly virus brings a universal immunity to reinfection.\n\n\u201cThese antibody tests will be able to measure that level of serology presence, that level of antibodies, but that does not mean that somebody with antibodies\u201d is immune, said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the WHO\u2019s emerging diseases unit.","sentence2":"The results of an antibody test study including thousands of residents in California's Santa Clara County suggests that there have been tens of thousands more COVID-19 infections in the county than officially reported, according to ABC News.\n\nWhat the study found: The study tested 3,300 residents of Santa Clara County and found that between 2.5% and 4% of them tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, indicating that they had been infected in the past and had possibly developed immunity.\n\n\n\nFrom that result, researchers estimated that between 48,000 and 81,000 people in the county (population 2 million) have already gotten COVID-19. Currently, the county has officially recorded approximately 1,000 cases.\n\nWhat this could mean: This is just the latest data providing evidence that the coronavirus has spread far more broadly than we are able to confirm through COVID-19 tests, which are still scarce and typically only administered to those who are exhibiting symptoms.\n\n\"Our findings suggest that there is somewhere between 50- and 80-fold more infections in our county than what's known by the number of cases than are reported by our department of public health,\" Dr. Eran Bendavid, the associate professor of medicine at Stanford University who led the study, told ABC News' Diane Sawyer.\n\n\n\nOther considerations: With this study, it's important to note that the use of online ads to recruit participants in the study could have skewed the sample some.\n\n\n\nIt's also not clear what level of immunity people with the antibodies have, and how long it might last. Assuming the antibodies provide some level of immunity, however, this study also indicates that potentially 95% of the country has not been exposed to the virus and therefore has no immunity.\n\nAs states prepare to gradually ease social distancing mandates and allow public life to resume normally, a lack of immunity in the population creates a possibility of coronavirus outbreaks once people start gathering again.\n\n\"[W]hat that means for things like, are we going to wait for people to get infected to get antibodies in order for them to get back to work ... knowing that well upwards of 90% of the population doesn't have antibodies is going to make that a very difficult choice,\" Bendavid told ABC News."}
-{"id":"1596573403_1596354916","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Britain said on Monday that China had questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium had accused Beijing of a cover-up.\n\nThe U.S. has scaled up its rhetoric over Chinese culpability for the coronavirus in recent days, with U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, saying on Sunday there was evidence the disease emerged from a Chinese lab.\n\nWashington has so far presented no evidence publicly that the virus came from a lab, which Beijing strongly denies.\n\nThe Australian Telegraph reported the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence consortium had in a 15-page research dossier said China had deliberately suppressed or destroyed evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an \u201cassault on international transparency\u201d that cost tens of thousands of lives.\n\nThe Five Eyes group compises U.S., British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand intelligence services.\n\nBritish Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \u201cEvery day I get intelligence bulletins from our agencies around the world.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t comment on individual bulletins, what I have and haven\u2019t seen. That would be wrong.\u201d\n\nLoading...\n\nAsked if China had questions to answer over how quickly it made the world aware of the extent of the crisis, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \u201cI think it does.\u201d\n\n\u201cChina needs to be open and transparent about what it leant, its short comings but also its successes,\u201d Wallace said, adding that the time for a post mortem was after the outbreak.\n\nReuters has not seen the Five Eyes dossier and was unable to immediately verify the Australian Telegraph report.\n\nOne Western intelligence source said it was now widely accepted that China had not been fully transparent.\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus originated in a Chinese virology lab.\n\n\u201cVirus samples ordered destroyed at genomics labs, wildlife market stalls bleached, the genome sequence not shared publicly, the Shanghai lab closure for \u2018rectification\u2019,\u201d the Telegraph quoted the document as saying.\n\n\u201cAs we repeatedly point out, China has been fighting COVID-19 in an open, transparent and responsible manner,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular daily briefing on April 24.","sentence2":"The U.K. has added to international pressure on China to answer questions over information it gave the world about the coronavirus outbreak but said the priority now is to beat the pandemic.\n\nAsked on Monday if China needed to explain how quickly it made the world aware of the extent of the virus, the U.K.'s defense minister said: \"I think it does.\"\n\n\"But I think the time for the post-mortem on this is after we've all got it under control and have come through it and our economies are back to normal,\" U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace told LBC Radio.\n\n\"Only by being open and transparent will we learn about it, and China needs to be open and transparent about what it learned, and its shortcomings, but also its successes,\" Wallace said.\n\nHis comments come after a barrage of U.S. criticism against China regarding its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and accusations that it was not transparent when it came to making the world aware.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has increasingly blamed China, and he repeated that accusation on Sunday, saying he believed that a \"mistake\" in China was the cause of the pandemic, though he did not present any evidence for the claim.\n\nSpeaking during a Fox News virtual town hall, Trump said, \"I think they made a horrible mistake and didn't want to admit it.\""}
-{"id":"1596418737_1595032489","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Not all hospitals around the UK are banning new fathers and visitors from the maternity rooms, although some have brought in heavy restrictions amid the lockdown\n\nWhy Boris Johnson was allowed at the birth of his baby with fiancee Carrie Symonds\n\nThe Prime Minister is said to have been able to be at his fiancee's side as she gave birth to their first child together despite the lockdown.\n\nDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, many hospitals are only allowing one birth partner for the duration of labour and delivery, while homebirth services have temporarily been suspended.\n\nBoris Johnson was able to be present at the birth just days after he was cleared to leave hospital after falling ill with Covid-19 himself - because the NHS hospital where his fiancee gave birth does allow dads to attend.\n\nAt some hospitals, fathers have been told not to attend pregnancy scans or maternity units, as hospitals bring in restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus\n\nHospitals are allowed to bring in their own rules, meaning some have been more strict than others about visitors in birthing rooms during lockdown.\n\nFollow our live blog for coronavirus news and updates\n\nImage: Twitter) Twitter)\n\nSome maternity units have brought in tight restrictions, as pregnant women are listed among the most vulnerable groups urged to take special precautions during the pandemic.\n\nThe couple's son has been named Wilfred Lawrence Nicholas Johnson, with his middle name a tribute to the St Thomas' Hospital doctors the PM credits with saving his life.\n\nWilfred was born elsewhere, at University College London Hospital (UCLH), where one person is allowed in to accompany women as they give birth during lockdown.\n\nImage: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)\n\nThe hospital's advice to expectant mothers says they will have to give birth in an isolation room if they have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nSome staff would wear personal protective equipment (PPE) if expectant mother has the virus, UCLH's advice says.\n\nThe 55-year-old leader's fiancee Carrie Symonds, 32, had already had to self-isolate with symptoms of the virus before she gave birth.\n\nWhile scientists are still working to understand Covid-19, many experts say it appears patients cannot be infected more than once.\n\nImage: 10 Downing Street\/AFP via Getty) 10 Downing Street\/AFP via Getty)\n\nResearchers are working on antibody tests that will be able to tell who has already had coronavirus in hopes working out who may already be immune can help Britain ease out of lockdown.\n\nAs Mr Johnson returned to the Downing Street helm last week, his partner and her baby were declared healthy and well after the birth.\n\nA delighted Ms Symonds posted a picture of herself on Instagram last week cradling her first child, saying she \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier\u201d and that her \u201cheart is full\u201d.\n\n\u201cIntroducing Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson born on 29.04.20 at 9am,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Wilfred after Boris\u2019 grandfather Lawrie after my grandfather Nicholas after Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart \u2013 the two doctors that saved Boris\u2019 life last month.\n\n\u201cThank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn\u2019t be happier. My heart is full.\u201d\n\nUCLH chief executive Professor Marcel Levi said: \u201cCongratulations to Carrie Symonds and prime minister Boris Johnson on the birth of their son. We wish them every happiness at this special time.\n\n\u201cI would like to thank the teams who cared for Carrie and her baby. They are an incredibly skilled, dedicated and compassionate group of professionals who put patients at the heart of everything they do.\n\n\"I am very proud of them and all our staff at UCLH who are working extremely hard in very difficult circumstances at the moment.\u201d","sentence2":"Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds\n\nBoris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who helped save the Prime Minister\u2019s life.\n\nMs Symonds, 32, posted a picture of her cradling the newborn on Instagram on Saturday, saying she \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier\u201d and that her \u201cheart is full\u201d.\n\nShe praised the maternity team at University College Hospital in London, who she said \u201clooked after us so well\u201d.\n\nMs Symonds and Wilfred are understood to be back in Number 10 with Mr Johnson.\n\nThe couple announced on Wednesday that she had given birth to a baby boy earlier that day.\n\nIt came just weeks after Mr Johnson was discharged from intensive care where he had been battling coronavirus. Ms Symonds also suffered symptoms of the disease.\n\nShe wrote in her Instagram post: \u201cIntroducing Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson born on 29.04.20 at 9am.\n\n\u201cWilfred after Boris\u2019 grandfather, Lawrie after my grandfather, Nicholas after Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart \u2013 the two doctors that saved Boris\u2019 life last month.\n\n\u201cThank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn\u2019t be happier. My heart is full.\u201d\n\nMr Johnson, who is currently grappling with the Covid-19 crisis, is expected to take a \u201cshort period\u201d of paternity leave later in the year.\n\nThe new family are planning to live in their Downing Street flat along with their dog Dilyn, Downing Street has said.\n\nThe baby\u2019s first name is a tribute to Mr Johnson\u2019s paternal grandfather, Osman Wilfred Kemal, later Johnson, whose father, an interior minister of the Ottoman Empire, was killed in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. His mother, Winifred, died in childbirth.\n\nProfessor Marcel Levi, chief executive of University College London Hospital, congratulated the couple on the birth of their son.\n\nHe added: \u201cI would like to thank the teams who cared for Carrie and her baby. They are an incredibly skilled, dedicated and compassionate group of professionals who put patients at the heart of everything they do.\n\n\u201cI am very proud of them and all our staff at UCLH who are working extremely hard in very difficult circumstances at the moment.\u201d \u200b\n\nIn February, the couple announced they were expecting a baby in \u201cearly summer\u201d and that they had become engaged at the end of 2019.\n\nThey made history as the first unmarried couple to officially live together in Downing Street when they moved in last summer, after Mr Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership contest.\n\nThe new arrival is the third baby born to a serving prime minister in recent history.\n\nClapping again for our tremendous carers tonight and wishing hero @captaintommoore a very happy birthday. I also have another wonderful reason to thank the NHS this week too ? Thank you so, so much! ????????? \u2014 Carrie Symonds (@carriesymonds) April 30, 2020\n\nTony Blair\u2019s wife Cherie gave birth to son Leo in May 2000, three years after her husband\u2019s first election victory.\n\nDavid Cameron and wife Samantha welcomed daughter Florence in 2010.\n\nThe last babies born to prime ministers before Leo and Florence arrived more than 150 years ago.\n\nWilfred is Ms Symonds\u2019s first child, while Mr Johnson is known to have fathered five others."}
-{"id":"1512411298_1512618793","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Dr. Suzanne Rivera is the first female president in the college's 145-year history.\n\nMacalester College in St. Paul confirmed on Monday it has appointed Dr. Suzanne Rivera as the 17th president in its 145-year history.\n\nDr. Rivera was appointed from the Case Western Reserve University, where she is the Vice President for Research and Technology Management.\n\nShe will take up her new role this summer, in doing so becoming the first woman and Latinx person to hold the position.\n\nShe will replace Brian Rosenberg, who will step down from his duties in May having announced his resignation last year. He has been president of the college for 17 years.\n\n\"Dr. Rivera has distinguished herself through her work as an ethicist; her record of advancing the values of service, internationalism, and multiculturalism that define our institution; and her accomplishments as a senior leader in academia,\" said Jerry Crawford, Chair of the Macalester College Board of Trustees, in a Monday press statement.\n\n\"Her depth of knowledge and strategic thinking, as well as her ability to inspire, will serve the Macalester community well as we look to the opportunities and challenges of the future. We look forward to welcoming Dr. Rivera to Macalester.\"\n\nDr. Rivera has a BA in American Civilization from Brown University, an Ivy League school, as well as a Master's in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.\n\nShe received her Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Dallas.\n\nAs well as working for CWRU, she has also held research leadership positions at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of California, Irvine, and has been involved in national social justice and equity initiatives.\n\n\"It is an incredible honor and privilege to join the Macalester family,\" Rivera said. \u201cThis is a community where curious people thrive, where individuality is celebrated, and where the purpose of education is to equip students with tools to make an impact in the wider world.\"","sentence2":"Next Weather: Top 10 Weather Day Going Into Weekend, But Severe Storms Possible SundayAfter a cooler week, it\u2019s a Top 10 Weather Day Friday. Plus, the latest on a Next Weather Alert for Sunday.\n\nNext Weather: Dry, Mild Thursday Before Top 10 Weather Day On FridayThursday will be a bit warmer than Wednesday and things will dry out, but Friday is really the day to look forward to.\n\nNext Weather: A Top 10 Weather Day To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend Next Weather's goal isn't only to focused on alerting Minnesotans to potentially severe weather, it's also about celebrating days that will be exceptionally beautiful. One such day is in the weekend forecast.\n\nNext Weather: Soaking Rain Wednesday, Weekend Warmup AheadWednesday will be soggy, breezy and cool, with a high temperature of 53 degrees in the Twin Cities.\n\nMadison Community Rallies To Restore Beloved, Storm-Damaged BallparkIn the town of 1,500, baseball brings people together. It\u2019s been that way for decades. The storm destroyed a good portion of the outfield fence, took down four, 80-foot light towers, and ripped the roofs off of both dugouts."}
-{"id":"1592975318_1592930212","score":3.0,"sentence1":"Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his last respects to Rishi Kapoor after the veteran actor died in Mumbai on April 30. Rishi Kapoor was 67. Describing Rishi Kapoor as a \"powerhouse of talent,\" PM Modi tweeted that he will \"always recall\" their interactions.\n\nExpressing sincere condolences to Rishi Kapoor's family, PM Modi said that he is \"anguished\" by the veteran actor's demise.\n\n\"Multifaceted, endearing and lively...this was Rishi Kapoor ji. He was a powerhouse of talent. I will always recall our interactions, even on social media. He was passionate about films and India's progress. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti,\" PM Modi tweeted.\n\nRead his tweet here:\n\nMultifaceted, endearing and lively...this was Rishi Kapoor Ji. He was a powerhouse of talent. I will always recall our interactions, even on social media. He was passionate about films and India\u2019s progress. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti. \u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 30, 2020\n\nActors, politicians as well as sports personalities posted tributes on social media and shared fond memories with Rishi Kapoor.\n\nRishi Kapoor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, his brother Randhir Kapoor said. The senior actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and he returned to India from New York in September 2019 after his cancer treatment.\n\nRishi Kapoor starred in iconic films including Kabhie Kabhie, Karz, Chandni and Amar Akbar Anthony. He was last seen in the web series The Body on Netflix.\n\nRishi Kapoor is survived by his son, actor Ranbir Kapoor, daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and wife Neetu Singh.\n\nALSO READ: Rishi Kapoor dies at 67: Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan lead Bollywood tributes to the legend\n\nALSO READ: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor dies at 67 in Mumbai hospital","sentence2":"Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor passed away at 67 in Mumbai and the news was revealed by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on his Twitter space. According to reports, he was with his wife Neetu Kapoor by his side when he breathed his last on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, Rajinikanth expressed how heartbroken he was to know the news of the legendary actor\u2019s death. He wrote on the micro blogging website, Rajinikanth wrote, \u201cHeartbroken ... Rest In Peace ... my dearest friend #RishiKapoor\u201d\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor passes away: Check out the veteran actor's rare and unseen photos\n\nRishi Kapoor was admitted for an infection at a hospital on Wednesday morning. Before getting admitted to the hospital, he reportedly complained that he was not feeling well. He was getting treated at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. Rishi Kapoor's elder brother and actor Randhir Kapoor confirmed the hospitalisation to a media house. Fans and followers of the actor took to the micro-blogging site to pay a tribute to the legendary actor.\n\nCheck out Rajinikanth's tweet for Rishi Kapoor below:\n\nKapoor, who is an active Twitter user with over 3.5 million followers, has not Tweeted any post after April 2. In 2018, Rishi Kapoor opened up that he was diagnosed with cancer. The actor was in New York for about one year to receive treatment. He returned to India in September 2019 after recovering completely. Post return to India, Kapoor's health had been making headlines every now and then.\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor Passes Away: Kapoor family confirms veteran actor succumbed to leukemia; Read full statement\n\nIn February, he was admitted to a hospital for a minor procedure. The news of the actor\u2019s demise has now taken over the internet, at a time when celebrities are mourning the demise of Irrfan Khan, who passed away yesterday.\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor passes away at 67: Here are interesting facts about the veteran hero of Bollywood"}
-{"id":"1597701850_1597703658","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the closure of all Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus, state officials have announced that three beach cities will be permitted to reopen their stretches of coastline this week with certain limitations.\n\nDana Point, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach submitted plans to Sacramento that would allow the public to immediately access the coastline for active recreation only. The plans, approved Tuesday, include a range of measures to avoid overcrowding and allow safe physical distancing, according to the California Natural Resources Agency.\n\nUnder Huntington Beach\u2019s plan, people are now permitted to use the beach from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the stipulation that they remain active. Sunbathing is not allowed. Parking meters along Pacific Coast Highway and the beach\u2019s bike path are available for use, but the pier and the city\u2019s beach parking lot will remain closed.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be reopening our beaches for active recreation, which will allow our community to once again enjoy the recreational and mental health benefits from spending time in the Pacific Ocean,\u201d Mayor Lyn Semeta said in a prepared statement. \u201cThe new active recreation rules that we\u2019re instituting will allow for continued beach access in a manner that emphasizes the need to practice safe social distancing.\u201d\n\nSeal Beach\u2019s coastline will be open \u2014 beginning Monday \u2014 for limited hours Monday through Thursday with the requirement that visitors remain active while on the sand.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nOfficials in Dana Point said their beaches will also only be open to walking, running and recreational uses like swimming and surfing. No gatherings will be permitted, but the public can still access the city\u2019s tide pools.\n\nDana Point City Manager Mike Killebrew said in a statement that he hopes \u201ceveryone understands how important it is that we all follow new guidelines that will promote socially responsible recreation and enjoyment by the public.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe know how important our beaches are to the residents of Dana Point. And we know how much residents value, especially now, access to our beautiful coastline,\u201d he said.\n\nState-operated beaches within the Huntington Beach and Dana Point city limits also reopened with the same active-recreation protocols, city officials said.\n\nThe move came a day after similar plans for Laguna Beach and San Clemente were approved by the state.\n\nThe only coastal city that has not yet gained approval from the state to reopen is Newport Beach. The city, just a few miles south of Huntington Beach, also submitted a plan to Sacramento on Saturday to safely reopen their coastline, said city spokesman John Pope.\n\n\u201cWe have been closely coordinating with Huntington Beach about strategies to enhance the management of our beaches,\u201d Pope said. \u201cDespite repeated attempts by city staff to connect with state officials, we have not yet received any information on an approval or modifications, or when a decision might be made.\u201d\n\n1 \/ 46 People stroll along Laguna\u2019s Main Beach after it reopened its beaches for active use only.\n\n(Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times) 2 \/ 46 Mathew Hanna jumps on a skim board at Laguna\u2019s Main Beach on Tuesday morning as city reopened its beaches for active use only. (Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times) 3 \/ 46 Cathie Lawler with her dogs, Milo and Charlie, said \u201cAbsolutely fabulous. So good to see the beach\u201d as she walked along Laguna Beach after it reopened for active use only. (Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times) 4 \/ 46 Goff Stepian rides a wave on his paddle board at Laguna\u2019s Main Beach. (Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times) 5 \/ 46 People stroll along Laguna\u2019s Main Beach after it reopened its beaches for active use only. (Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times) 6 \/ 46 An aerial view of beach-goers playing volleyball on a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 7 \/ 46 An aerial view of a few surfers and beach-goers enjoying a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 8 \/ 46 An aerial view of a few surfers and beach-goers enjoying a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach on Monday. (Allen J. Schaben\/Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 9 \/ 46 Bicyclists and pass the closed Boardwalk Sports store on the boardwalk in Newport Beach, on Monday. The business is only renting bicycles but is hoping to fully open after Gov. Newsom\u2019s announcement that some businesses will be able to reopen. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 10 \/ 46 An aerial view of the Newport Beach pier, where a few surfers and beach-goers enjoy a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 11 \/ 46 Bill Beukers and his wife, Teresa, claim their constitutional rights as they speak to Newport Beach police officers. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 12 \/ 46 A surfer climbs over a barrier meant to keep visitors off the beach in Newport Beach on Saturday morning. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 13 \/ 46 Police and protesters find a shady spot along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 14 \/ 46 Newport Beach lifeguards and police clear the beach during a closure that went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 15 \/ 46 Protesters stage a protest in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 16 \/ 46 A motorcycle officer patrols the bike path near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 17 \/ 46 Huntington Beach resident Kyle Richardson, 35, holds a sign telling California Gov. Gavin Newson to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen beaches, parks and the California economy, during a protest near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 18 \/ 46 A Newport Beach lifeguard evacuates the beach as a closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 19 \/ 46 Protesters against beach closures walk in Newport Beach even though a beach closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 20 \/ 46 A police cruiser patrols near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 21 \/ 46 Protesters gather near the Huntington Beach Pier, demanding that California Gov. Gavin Newson lift stay-at-home orders. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 22 \/ 46 People walk on the sand in Newport Beach despite the beach closure that went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 23 \/ 46 People enjoy the sun near the pier in Huntington Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 24 \/ 46 Under the watchful eyes of police officers, protesters against beach closures walk along Newport Beach even though a beach closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 25 \/ 46 A couple walks along the sand while others venture into the surf in Newport Beach even though Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Orange County beaches closed. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 26 \/ 46 People enjoy the sun in downtown Huntington Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 27 \/ 46 A motorcycle officer watches the bike path near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. California Gov. Gavin Newson ordered a hard closure of Orange County beaches this weekend. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 28 \/ 46 Surfers and others ventured to the beach in Newport Beach on Saturday despite the governor\u2019s closure order. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 29 \/ 46 Saturday\u2019s beach closure did not keep surfers out of the water in Newport Beach. (Wally Skalij\/Los Angeles Times) 30 \/ 46 Protesters wave a variety of flags, including a Confederate one, along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco\/Los Angeles Times) 31 \/ 46 An aerial view of a mostly empty Huntington Beach following Gov. Newsom\u2019s \u201chard close\u201d of Orange County beaches. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 32 \/ 46 Huntington Beach lifeguards patrol with a boat to try to get surfers to stop defying Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s \u201chard close\u201d order. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 33 \/ 46 Steve Christopher, right, reads a book in the shade of the pier as a beach-goer does flips across the beach on the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach. \u201cI think it\u2019s what needs to be done,\u201d Christopher said. \u201cI saw it last week and it was packed.\u201d (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 34 \/ 46 Surfers ride the waves on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier Friday, May 1, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Orange County beaches closed on Thursday despite opposition from local leaders. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 35 \/ 46 Emergency room nurse Rebecca McFarlane, of Covina, relaxes on her one day off from treating COVID-19 patients, on an open stretch of sand far away from other beach-goers on the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach. \u201cAs a nurse, I have to wear all the PPE and on my one day off, I just want to relax on the beach,\u201d McFarlane said. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 36 \/ 46 An aerial view of Huntington Beach after Gov. Newsom announced the \u201chard close\u201d of all Orange County state and local beaches. (Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times) 37 \/ 46 An aerial view shows visitors enjoying the sun and sand near the pier in Newport Beach on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 38 \/ 46 A surfer catches a wave while joining some of the thousands of beachgoers over the weekend in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 39 \/ 46 Newport Beach officials said beach visitors followed distancing guidelines over the weekend. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 40 \/ 46 On Tuesday, beachgoers pass a statue of Newport Beach lifeguard Ben Carlson, who died while conducting a rescue. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 41 \/ 46 A man in a protective mask walks his dog past a closed park near the pier in Newport Beach on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 42 \/ 46 A motorist makes a statement via a back window as pedestrians walk past a store display in Newport Beach that features a mannequin in a mask. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 43 \/ 46 Beachgoers dot the sand in an aerial view of Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 44 \/ 46 Weekend beach crowds, such as those in Huntington Beach, spurred alarm among some officials. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 45 \/ 46 People crowd the bike path near Huntington Beach pier on Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times) 46 \/ 46 An aerial view shows surfers waiting for a wave Saturday off Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times)\n\nNewsom last week ordered a \u201chard close\u201d of all Orange County beaches. The order came after an April heat wave sent thousands to the sand in some beach communities. Newsom called the images circulating of people congregating on Orange County\u2019s shores \u201cdisturbing.\u201d\n\nThe closure prompted a legal showdown between cities and the state, as well as outrage from the public . Some argued that the governor was targeting Orange County based on photographs that did not show the full scope of what was happening on the beaches.\n\nNewsom on Tuesday praised local leaders in Orange County beach cities for working with his administration to reach an agreement. Just days ago, city leaders in Huntington Beach and Dana Point voted to take legal action against the governor.\n\nHuntington Beach City Atty. Michael Gates said the city is continuing to move forward with its request for an injunction against the governor\u2019s order despite the beaches being allowed to reopen.\n\nNewsom said his administration has been negotiating with the beach cities since the weekend and said he hoped to make a future announcement about beach access in Orange County soon.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a spirit of collaboration and cooperation that is necessary as we move forward,\u201d Newsom said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Sacramento.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to submit a plan to the state that would allow county-operated beaches to reopen for active recreation.\n\nSupervisor Lisa Bartlett, who proposed the item, said it would help put county beaches in line with what was happening in nearby cities and allow people to get out and recreate along the coast.\n\n\u201cWe want people to walk and jog and run and enjoy water sports but to keep moving,\u201d she said, \u201cand the state is fully behind that.\u201d\n\nSupervisor Don Wagner opposed the motion, along with Supervisor Michelle Steel, saying any restrictions on beach activity were arbitrary and that it was appalling that the county would bow to rules the governor put in place without input from local officials.\n\n\u201cThis is exactly what we shouldn\u2019t be doing as a government,\u201d Wagner said.\n\nStaff writer Luke Money contributed to this report.","sentence2":"California allows three more Orange County beaches to reopen\n\nHUNTINGTON BEACH - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration gave approval Tuesday to plans by Huntington Beach and two smaller cities to reopen beaches that fell under his order shutting down the entire Orange County coast after a heat wave drew large crowds to the shore.\n\nHuntington Beach, the world famous surfing mecca, and the cities of Dana Point and Seal Beach submitted plans consistent with the governor's orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic and include measures to avoid overcrowding and enable physical distancing, the state Natural Resources Agency said.\n\nThe action follows approval Monday of beach access plans submitted by two other cites, Laguna Beach and San Clemente, which essentially allow active use and not sunbathing.\n\nOrange County will draft a similar plan after supervisors voted Tuesday to submit one to the state. Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said the move would let residents get fresh air and exercise without running the risk of spreading the coronavirus, which could further slow the resumption of economic activity.\n\n\u201cWith the active recreation, it provides a high level of public health and safety,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we have too many people in a given area and there's mass gathering, and they don't have face coverings, then potentially we're going to spread the risk of coronavirus and we're not going to be able to open up as quickly as possible.\u201d\n\nThe move was opposed by two supervisors who argued that Newsom shouldn't have singled out the county for beach closures and that active plans don't let families with young children, or people with injures, enjoy the beach.\n\n\u201cNo other county is required to do what this governor, in his arbitrary and capricious exercise of power, has asked us to submit to,\u201d Supervisor Don Wagner said during the meeting. \u201cI am disappointed that local governments in coastal cities felt the need to bow and scrape and throw together a plan.\u201d\n\nThe governor announced on April 30 that he was ordering all Orange County beaches to shut down after spring heat spell prompted thousands of people to head to the coast, primarily at Huntington Beach and adjacent Newport Beach.\n\nHuntington Beach filed a lawsuit trying to get its beach reopened, but a judge refused to immediately block the order. Newport Beach supported that suit.\n\nNewport Beach has also submitted a proposal to the state reopen its beaches and hopes to hear soon, John Pope, a city spokesman, said in a statement.\n\nFor most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death. The vast majority of people recover.\n\n___\n\nAntczak reported from Los Angeles."}
-{"id":"1563737178_1562187196","score":1.0,"sentence1":"Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 28) \u2014 Two more Filipinos quarantined at the New Clark City in Tarlac are exhibiting symptoms linked to coronavirus, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Friday.\n\nThe two Filipinos from the cruise ship docked in Japan due to numerous coronavirus cases, were brought to the hospital on Friday after complaining of sore throat.\n\nTheir swab tests will be sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).\n\nDOH reported on Thursday that three other Filipinos from the ship showed flu-like symptoms. Of the three, two already tested negative. The other one who was admitted to the hospital awaits his test result from the RITM.\n\nDuque said that if anyone from the Diamond Princess cruise ship tests positive while they were quarantined in Tarlac, it won't be considered local transmission because they most likely contracted the virus inside the vessel.\n\nOver 700 passengers and staff of the Diamond Princess were infected during their mandatory 14-day quarantine inside the vessel docked in Yokohama.\n\nThe five who exhibited symptoms after returning to the country are part of the 458 Filipinos, mostly crew members, brought home from the ship in Japan to New Clark City to undergo another phase of quarantine.\n\nAll those under quarantine are monitored twice a day to see if any of them would develop flu-like symptoms. Once any of them would exhibit signs and symptoms, they would be immediately referred to designated hospitals.\n\nSeventy Filipino crew members of the Diamond Princess who tested positive for the coronavirus remain admitted in hospitals in Tokyo, Japan. Eight of the 10 who have recovered returned to the Philippines and were placed under monitoring, Duque said.\n\nThe Philippines has only three confirmed cases of coronavirus. Two have recovered, while one died.\n\nThere are only 30 patients under investigation.\n\n\"We are observing a steady decrease in the number of PUIs (patients under investigation) admitted in our health facilities and DOH is bent on sustaining this downward trend. While there is a looming prospect of positive COVID-19 cases among our repatriated kababayans, we call on everyone to continue to be vigilant partners of DOH in keeping the threat of COVID-19 at bay,\" Duque said.","sentence2":"Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 2) \u2014 Ten Filipinos quarantined at the New Clark City have been cleared for coronavirus infection while four others are awaiting their test results from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), a health official said Monday.\n\nHealth Assistant Maria Rosario Vergeire said 14 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess cruise ship showed flu-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, and sore throat that could indicate COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.\n\n\"Among the 14 PUIs (patients under investigation), 10 tested negative for COVID-19 while 4 are with pending laboratory results. The PUIs are still admitted at the referral facility,\" Health Assistant Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a media briefing.\n\nThis is contrary to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's earlier statement that all 13 symptomatic repatriates have tested negative for the highly-infectious illness.\n\nEight of the 10 who tested negative are set to be sent back to the New Clark City Athlete's Village to complete their quarantine after recovering from their mild illnesses.\n\nAll in all, 445 Filipinos \u2014 mostly crew members \u2014 were brought home from the Diamond Princess cruise ship last week. The repatriates, along with the health and foreign affairs personnel and volunteers from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo who helped bring them home, were transported to the sporting village in Tarlac for the second round of 14-day quarantine.\n\nOverseas Workers Welfare Administration Administrator Hans Cacdac said the Filipino crew will be given P10,000 each and transportation allowance to travel from New Clark City to their homes in the Philippines once they complete the quarantine requirements.\n\nThe repatriation did not include 80 Filipinos who have fallen ill to COVID-19 in Japan. Of this number, 32 have already recovered. Ten of those have already returned to the Philippines, while 22 other await repatriation details and will undergo strict DOH monitoring.\n\nSome Americans, Britons, and Australians who were previously on the Diamond Princess only tested positive for coronavirus after they returned home from a 14-day quarantine. Among them is a 78-year-old man from Perth, Australia who became that country's first reported death due to the virus.\n\nThe World Health Organization said the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness and dry cough. Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea, while others become infected but don\u2019t develop any symptoms. About 80 percent of those infected recover from the disease without needing special treatment. Around 1 out of every 6 people who get COVID-19 become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical problmes like high blood pressure or diabetes are more likely to develop serious illness, the WHO added.\n\nThere are 43 patients under investigation admitted in various hospitals. The Philippines has three confirmed COVID-19 cases. Two of them have already recovered and returned to China, while one died \u2014 the first recorded death outside of mainland China."}
-{"id":"1514800667_1514188999","score":1.0,"sentence1":"New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday (February 7) hear Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing its plea against stay on the execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The matter will come up for hearing before the 3-judge bench, comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, around 12.30 PM.\n\nOn behalf of the Centre, Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj had moved the top court seeking an urgent hearing on its appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict which held on Wednesday that the Nirbhaya death row convicts have to be executed together and not separately.\n\nThe Centre told the top court that Tihar Jail authorities are unable to execute the convicts in the case despite the fact that their review petitions have been dismissed and curative petitions and mercy pleas of three of them have been rejected.\n\nThe high court had set a week's deadline for them to avail the remaining remedies. If the convicts choose not to make any type of petition in seven days from now, the institutions\/ authorities concerned will deal with the matter, as per the law, without further delay, it said.\n\nLive TV\n\nMeanwhile, a trial court on Thursday sought the response of the four convicts on the plea of Tihar jail authorities seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against them.\n\nThe trial court had on January 31 stayed \"till further orders\" execution of the four convicts in the case -- Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31), who are lodged in Tihar Jail.\n\nLater, the Centre moved the High Court against the stay of the execution of the convicts. Hours after the high court's verdict, the Centre filed an appeal against it in the apex court.\n\n(With Agency Inputs)","sentence2":"New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Centre and Delhi government\u2019s appeal challenging Delhi High Court\u2019s order dismissing their plea staying the four Nirbhaya convicts\u2019 execution in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case.Also Read - Amid Controversy Over Gyanvapi And Taj Mahal, Petition Filed in Supreme Court to Conduct 'Confidential' Survey of Ancient Mosques\n\nA three-judge bench, comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, will hear the government\u2019s plea at 12:30 PM against the Delhi High Court\u2019s verdict. Also Read - 'Intrigued', Says Justice Chandrachud By Articles Written On GST Council Judgement\n\nHearing the matter, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait had on February 2 reserved order on the Centre\u2019s plea. However, the central government moved the top court through its Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj seeking an urgent hearing on its appeal. Also Read - Navjot Singh Sidhu, Given 1 Year Jail in Road Rage Case, Lodged in Patiala Jail After Surrender\n\nThe Centre and the Delhi government had challenged the trial court\u2019s order on January 31 that stayed the execution of the convicts \u2013 Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) \u2013 until further orders. S\n\nExpressing concern over the delay in execution, the victim\u2019s parents urged the court to expeditiously decide the Centre\u2019s plea and were assured by the judge that the order would be passed at the earliest.\n\nMeanwhile, Delhi High Court on Wednesday maintained that all the four convicts will be hanged together. The high court also gave the convicts a week\u2019s time to avail all legal remedies.\n\nOn January 7, warrants for the execution of all the four convicts in Tihar jail at 7 AM on January 22 were issued. However, the convicts could not be hanged because of pendency of mercy petition by one of them. Later, the trial court fixed February 1, 6 AM as the hanging date and time. That, too, got delayed in the wake of the legal remedies being exercised by the remaining Nirbhaya convicts."}
-{"id":"1492929930_1492536485","score":4.0,"sentence1":"Traders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase\n\nTraders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase\n\nAfter reaching highs of over \u20b9200 per kg, the price of onions is now seeing a steep crash with the new crop harvested over the last two weeks flooding the market. This has resulted in a glut of onions, say traders.\n\nA kilo of onions, even of the best quality, is now trading at the \u20b935 \u2014 \u20b940 levels in the wholesale market, leaving many farmers who hoped to cash in on the shortage unhappy. They are retailing around \u20b940 \u2014 \u20b950.\n\nTraders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase. \u201cThe prices will fall below \u20b920 by the month-end and may even fall below \u20b910 by February-end,\u201d predicted Ravi Kumar of the Bangalore Onions and Potatoes Traders\u2019 Association.\n\nThis has left the farmers worried. At present, onions from Vijayapura and Chitradurga districts and the Nasik region of Maharashtra are flooding the wholesale markets in the State.\n\n\u201cThe earlier crop suffered massive damage owing to heavy rains. Expecting high prices, farmers \u2014 even those who used to grow maize for a second crop \u2014 started growing onions,\u201d Mr. Kumar explained. More onions are expected to come from Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by February, even as supply from within Karnataka is also expected to go up. This will further lead to crash in prices, traders predict.\n\n\u201cThough the price of onions shot up recently, we did not make much profit, as the yield was very low. Onions had turned wet and were decomposing in the fields itself. What we could sell was very low. But given the prices were started growing them again, only to see the prices crashing in a free fall. It will be tough to bear these losses,\u201d said Basavaraj, a farmer from Vijayapura.\n\nHowever, G. Srinivasan, Director, HOPCOMS, remains optimistic and says that the demand for onions will also increase especially as many households had limited or even stopped purchasing the staple ingredient for a while. \u201cThere will be a stabilisation of prices, but may not crash,\u201d he said\n\nCoconut farmers sustain losses\n\nCoconut farmers, too, are bearing the brunt of the price crash. The price of a quintal of copra (dry coconut) that was in the range of \u20b917,000-\u20b918,000, a few months ago, was trading at \u20b911,500 on Saturday at Tiptur APMC, the prime coconut market in the State. The prices of coconuts have also seen a dip, from over \u20b920 per nut to \u20b917 per nut over the last few days. However, they are still being sold in the range of \u20b925 and \u20b930 in the retail market.\n\nDevraj, a coconut farmer from Tiptur, said the present copra and coconut prices will not fetch them the cultivation cost.\n\n\u201cThe input costs \u2013 diesel, labour and fertilizers \u2013 have gone up. The cost of copra should at least be around \u20b915,000 per quintal if farmers have to recover the cultivation cost. Presently, we are reeling under losses,\u201d he added.","sentence2":"Too Many Requests\n\nBeing an automatic bot that does not appear to be human\n\nA playback page that has an unusual number of components\n\nExcessive load on the Wayback machine not related to your activities\n\nSaving too many pages in a give time frame\n\nThe best solution is to wait a few seconds and reload the existing page.\n\nPlease feel free to write to us at info@archive.org if you have questions about this. Please include the following information in your email:\n\n502 Bad Gateway\n\n502 Bad Gateway\n\nnginx\/1.19.5\n\nThank you"}
-{"id":"1576323732_1576233684","score":1.0,"sentence1":"TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR, who was best known as part of British comedy troupe The Goodies, has died aged 79 after contracting coronavirus.\n\nA highly influential and prominent figure in the UK comedy scene for more than half a century, Brooke-Taylor's career encompassed work in radio, television, film and theatre.\n\nWhile he was known for his 40 years of contributions to the Radio 4 panel show I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue, his lasting legacy is as one of the stars of The Goodies alongside Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.\n\nThe anarchic TV comedy set in a flat shared by the three stars ran from 1970 to 1982 and drew in millions of viewers of all ages with its blend of wit and striking visual humour.\n\nChildren, meanwhile, may recall Brooke-Taylor as the narrator of the cult cartoon series Bananaman.\n\nBrooke-Taylor's agent confirmed the news of his sad passing in a statement paying tribute to his life and work.\n\nHe said: \"It is with great sadness that we announce Tim's death early today from Covid-19.\n\n\"We will remember him for so much but must just mention The Goodies and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.\n\n\"He had, of course, many fans whom he always treated cheerfully even after long and exhausting rehearsals and recordings.\n\n\"He was an exceptional client and a pleasure to represent.\"\n\nJust heard the devastating news of the death of Tim Brooke-Taylor. A hero for as long as I can remember, and \u2013on a few golden occasions \u2013 a colleague and collaborator on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Gentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty when he chose to be. So sad \u2014 Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) April 12, 2020\n\nGarden, his Goodies co-star, was among the first to pay tribute to his friend and fellow performer.\n\nHe said: \"I am terribly saddened by the loss of a dear colleague and close friend of over 50 years.\n\n\"Tim and I met at Cambridge University in the early 1960s and have enjoyed working together almost constantly from that time onwards, on radio, stage, and TV.\n\n\"He was a funny, sociable, generous man who was a delight to work with. Audiences found him not only hilarious but also adorable.\n\n\"His loss at this dreadful time is particularly hard to bear, and my thoughts are with Christine, Ben, Edward and their families.\"\n\nHe was joined by the likes of Stephen Fry, Jack Dee, Rob Brydon and David Walliams in paying their respects.\n\n\u201cI was obsessed with \u2018The Goodies\u2019 as a child, the first comedy show I really loved,\u201d Walliams wrote.\n\n\u201cI queued up to get the Goodies\u2019 autographs as a grown-up, and got to meet Tim Brooke-Taylor more recently at a party. I was in total awe, but he was so kind & generous. It is so sad he is gone.\u201d\n\nI was obsessed with \u2018The Goodies\u2019 as a child, the first comedy show I really loved. I queued up to get the Goodies\u2019 autographs as a grown-up, and got to meet Tim Brooke-Taylor more recently at a party. I was in total awe, but he was so kind & generous. It is so sad he is gone. pic.twitter.com\/wxyGpJoyIU \u2014 David Walliams HQ (@davidwalliams) April 12, 2020\n\nFry said: \u201cA hero for as long as I can remember, and \u2013on a few golden occasions \u2013 a colleague and collaborator on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.\n\n\u201cGentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty when he chose to be. So sad.\u201d\n\nBrydon described him as \u201ca wonderful man.\n\n\u201cSo many happy times sat next to him on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue,\u201d he added.\n\n\u201cMy thoughts are with his family.\u201d\n\nSo sad to hear that the great Tim Brooke Taylor has died. A wonderful man, so many happy times sat next to him on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Here we are with Barry, Colin and Graeme at a celebration of the show in January. He was on great form. My thoughts are with his family. pic.twitter.com\/9CfottzJVe \u2014 Rob Brydon (@RobBrydon) April 12, 2020\n\nJack Dee, the current host of I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue also said: \"It has come as devastating news to hear that Tim has succumbed to this dreadful virus - especially when we all thought he was recovering.\n\n\"Tim was a delightful man and never anything but great company.\"\n\nrooke-Taylor is survived by his wife Christine and sons Ben and Edward.","sentence2":"Too Many Requests\n\nBeing an automatic bot that does not appear to be human\n\nA playback page that has an unusual number of components\n\nExcessive load on the Wayback machine not related to your activities\n\nSaving too many pages in a give time frame\n\nThe best solution is to wait a few seconds and reload the existing page.\n\nPlease feel free to write to us at info@archive.org if you have questions about this. Please include the following information in your email:\n\nThank you"}
-{"id":"1587362537_1585362092","score":2.0,"sentence1":"A handwritten note at the memorial for Damien Helmbrecht reads: \u201cMy son, Damien. I miss you my boy. Love always and forever, Mom.\u201d Olivia Sullivan\/staff photo\n\nOutside of the Westway Community Center in Federal Way, a memorial honors the life of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed Monday night.\n\nJust after 10:40 p.m. April 20, Federal Way police responded to reports of a shooting at the community center in the 33400 block of 21st Avenue SW. A male victim was found near the building, and although life-saving measures were attempted by first responders, he died at the scene.\n\nThe victim has been identified as 19-year-old Damien Helmbrecht. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and the death has been ruled a homicide, according to the King County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.\n\nCandles, bouquets of flowers, balloons, empty liquor bottles and handwritten notes are now placed at the corner of the community center\u2019s driveway.\n\nTucked in a bundle of pink roses, a handwritten note reads: \u201cMy son, Damien. I miss you my boy. Love always and forever, Mom.\u201d\n\nA motive for the shooting has not been determined, and Federal Way police have not located any suspects. Investigation of the incident is still underway.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk to us Please share your story tips by emailing editor@federalwaymirror.com. To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website https:\/\/www.federalwaymirror.com\/submit-letter\/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We\u2019ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.","sentence2":"Police responded to a shooting at the Westway Community Center around 10:40 p.m. April 20.\n\nA homicide investigation is underway after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in Federal Way.\n\nJust after 10:40 p.m. April 20, Federal Way patrol officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Westway Community Center in the 33400 block of 21st Ave. SW, according to FWPD Cmdr. Kurt Schwan.\n\nWhen officers arrived, the male victim was found near the community center building. Life-saving measures were attempted by first responders, but the man\u2019s injuries were fatal and he died at the scene.\n\nSchwan noted the motive of the shooting has not yet been determined, and Federal Way detectives are assisting with the investigation.\n\nFederal Way police have not released any suspect information at this time."}
-{"id":"1500115718_1498809435","score":2.0,"sentence1":"Complaints continue of a shortage of US dollars in the local market but members of the private sector are now optimistic that the situation will soon improve.\n\nJamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) President Richard Pandohie on Sunday night told RJR News that commercial banks have signalled that order is about to return to the currency market.","sentence2":"Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has said there is no shortage of US dollars in the local foreign exchange market.\n\nMr. Byles has reiterated that there is extra demand in the market.\n\nHe has also commented on the fluctuation in the exchange rate.\n\nSpeaking Friday on RJR's talk show programme, Hotline, Mr. Byles said the country's net international reserves cannot be used to intervene in the market every time the Jamaican dollar depreciates against the US currency."}
-{"id":"1554115025_1553651691","score":1.0,"sentence1":"A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over its lifetime, could be a vector for the coronavirus.\n\nPublic officials and health experts have said the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is low, but they don't rule it out.\n\nDr. Sanjay Maggirwar, chair of the George Washington University School of Medicine's department of microbiology, immunology and tropical medicine, recently told CBS MoneyWatch that researchers think coronaviruses \"can stay on surfaces in their fully active states for at least 10 days. That includes cash and all kinds of other surfaces that people normally touch. So certainly with the coronavirus, cash handling is a concern.\"\n\nSome businesses are refusing to accept currency, with while several countries have urged their citizens to stop using banknotes altogether.\n\nOpen Books, a non-profit bookstore in Chicago, sent an email to customers last week asking individuals not to use cash. A chain of diners in Washington State has also stopped accepting cash. And delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash and others have instituted \"no contact\" deliveries, and have either stopped offering cash as a payment option or are actively discouraging it.\n\nEven the Federal Reserve has taken efforts to make sure the nation's money supply isn't contaminated. Banknotes that circulated in Europe and Asia are being quarantined for seven to 10 days as a \"precautionary measure,\" according to a Fed spokesperson.\n\nWhile cash does carry some risk of passing on the virus, it is smaller than other transmission routes. A scientific paper published early in the outbreak found the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The researchers, however, did not test whether it can live on banknote paper.\n\nMeanwhile, the mere presence of live virus particles on banknotes does not mean they are a health hazard, public health experts said. Virus particles are unlikely to return to the air, or aerosolize, once on a surface.\n\n\"It's not impossible that there might be traces of virus on dollar bill, but if you wash your hands it should provide adequate protections \u2014 you shouldn't need anything else,\" Julie Fischer, a professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Society at Georgetown University, said on C-SPAN.\n\nOther devices used to pay for items are just as likely to be vectors for disease transfer. Credit and debit cards are made of plastic and metal. ATMs are touched by hundreds of human hands a day. And studies show smartphones are heavily contaminated with bacteria because of their constant use.\n\nBanknote avoidance isn't just happening in the U.S. In South Korea, which has been more successful in stemming the coronavirus outbreak, the country's central bank took all banknotes out of circulation for two weeks and, in some cases, burned paper money.\n\nIran is suffering the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East. Using cash there is common, but in recent weeks many people have avoided it and banks have announced that they will not accept cash from customers. Iranians often have multiple debit cards but cash is widely used in small-scale transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or leaving a tip. Many people have started even being careful in how they hand over debit cards, as contactless payment methods haven't caught on there.\n\nIn the U.S., there is concern that going cash-free shuts out millions of Americans who lack bank accounts or access to financial services like credit cards.\n\n\"Not everyone has a bank account, and there are some very important equity issues if we start encouraging cashless transactions,\" said Dr. Danielle Ompad, an epidemiologist at New York University's School of Global Public Health.\n\n\"Some people don't have a choice, so to say, 'You should only use cashless transactions,' is not sensitive to their circumstances,\" she said.","sentence2":"NEW YORK >> In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.\n\nA growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus.\n\nPublic officials and health experts have said that the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is small. But that has not stopped businesses from refusing to accept currency and some countries from urging their citizens to stop using banknotes altogether.\n\nOpen Books, a non-profit bookstore in Chicago, sent an email to customers last week asking individuals not to use cash. A chain of diners in Washington State has also stopped accepting cash. And delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash, and others have instituted \u201cno contact\u201d deliveries, and have either stopped offering cash as a payment option or are actively discouraging it.\n\nExperts say cash does carry a risk of transmitting the virus, but the risk from cash so far is small compared with other transmission routes. A scientific paper published early in the outbreak found the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The researchers, however, did not test whether it can live on banknote paper.\n\nThe presence of live virus particles on banknotes does not mean they are a health hazard, public health experts said. Virus particles are unlikely to return to the air, or aerosolize, once on a surface.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not impossible that there might be traces of virus on dollar bills but if you wash your hands it should provide adequate protections, you shouldn\u2019t need anything else,\u201d said Julie Fischer, a professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Society at Georgetown University, on C-SPAN.\n\nOther devices used to pay for items are just as likely to be vectors for disease transfer. Credit and debit cards are made of plastic and metal. ATMs are touched by hundreds of human hands a day. And there have been studies that show smartphones are heavily contaminated with bacteria because of their constant use.\n\nEven the Federal Reserve has taken efforts to make sure the money supply is not contaminated. Banknotes that circulated in Europe and Asia are being quarantined for seven to 10 days as a \u201cprecautionary measure,\u201d according to a Federal Reserve spokesperson.\n\nWhile businesses are discouraging cash usage, there have been reports of customers making large withdrawals from ATMs in several parts of the country. Some banks have had to order additional cash from the Fed or keep ATMs stocked at higher levels to allow larger customer withdrawals.\n\nBanknote avoidance is not just happening in the U.S. In South Korea, which has been more successful in stemming the outbreak, the country\u2019s central bank took all banknotes out of circulation for two weeks or, in some cases, burned paper money.\n\nIran is suffering the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East. Using cash there is common, but in recent weeks many people have avoided it and banks have announced that they will not accept cash from customers. Iranians often have multiple debit cards but cash is widely used in small-scale transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or leaving a tip. Many people have started even being careful in how they hand over debit cards, as contactless payment methods haven\u2019t caught on there."}
+{"id": "1484189203_1484121193", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police need help catching two crooks caught on camera at a Davie hardware store.\n\nThey said the men stole several took kits, nail guns, and other hardware supplies on separate occasions.\n\nThe crimes happened at a Lowe\u2019s near Interstate 95 and Hiatus Road in August and November.\n\nIf you have any information regarding the thefts, call police or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.\n\nCopyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.", "sentence2": "DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A no-swim advisory has been lifted at the Deerfield Beach Pier.\n\nThe Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued the advisory on Friday after waters by the pier did not meet state requirements.\n\nOfficials lifted the advisory Tuesday after water samples they tested met state requirements.\n\nCopyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed."}
+{"id": "1484011097_1484011106", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Govt officials confirm Trump can block US companies from operating in China The US president has not made an order as yet, only requesting for US companies to move out of China.\n\nAn open database exposing records containing the sensitive data of hotel customers as well as US military personnel and officials has been disclosed by researchers.\n\nOn Monday, vpnMentor's cybersecurity team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, said the database belonged to Autoclerk, a service owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts group.\n\nAutoclerk is a reservations management system used by resorts to manage web bookings, revenue, loyalty programs, guest profiles, and payment processing.\n\nIn a report shared with ZDNet, the researchers said the open Elasticsearch database was discovered through vpnMentor's web mapping project. It was possible to access the database, given it had no encryption or security barriers whatsoever, and perform searches to examine the records contained within.\n\nThe team says that \"thousands\" of individuals were impacted, although due to ethical reasons it was not possible to examine every record in the leaking database to come up with a specific number.\n\nHundreds of thousands of booking reservations for guests were available to view and data including full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, dates and travel costs, some check-in times and room numbers, and masked credit card details were also exposed.\n\nSee also: Citizen Lab: WeChat's real-time censorship system uses hash indexes to filter content\n\nData breaches are a common occurrence and can end up compromising information belonging to thousands or millions of us in single cases of a successful cyberattack.\n\nWhat is more uncommon, however, is that the US government and military figures have also been involved in this security incident.\n\nIt appears that one of the platforms connected to Autoclerk exposed in the breach is a contractor of the US government that deals with travel arrangements.\n\nvpnMentor was able to view records relating to the travel arrangements of government and military personnel -- both past and future -- who are connected to the US government, military, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\n\nWithin the records, for example, were logs for US Army generals visiting Russia and Israel, among other countries.\n\nCNET: California proposes regulations to enforce new privacy law\n\nAutoclerk facilitates communication between different hospitality platforms, and it appears that a substantial portion of the data originated from external platforms. In total, the database -- hosted by AWS -- contained over 179GB of data.\n\nAt the time of writing it has not been possible to track the overall owner of the database due to the \"number of external origin points and sheer size of the data exposed,\" the team says.\n\nThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) was informed of the leak on September 13 but did not respond to the researcher's findings.\n\nvpnMentor then reached out to the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, and seven days later, the team contacted a representative of the Pentagon who promised swift action. Access to the database was revoked on October 2.\n\nTechRepublic: Financial industry spends millions to deal with breaches\n\n\"The greatest risk posed by this leak is to the US government and military,\" the team says. \"Significant amounts of sensitive employee and military personnel data could now be in the public domain. This gives invaluable insight into the operations and activities of the US government and military personnel. The national security implications for the US government and military are wide-ranging and serious.\"\n\nZDNet has reached out to US-CERT and affected parties and will update when we hear back.\n\nPrevious and related coverage\n\nHave a tip? Get in touch securely via WhatsApp | Signal at +447713 025 499, or over at Keybase: charlie0", "sentence2": "The latest huge unsecured cloud storage find is in Autoclerk\u2014a service owned by Best Western. \u201cHundreds of thousands\u201d of hotel guest records containing sensitive personal data, all available on the internet with no authentication nor encryption.\n\nAnd, to make it worse, Autoclerk was also used for U.S. government travel. So terrorists could have tracked the movements of strategic staff.\n\nHere we go again. In today\u2019s SB Blogwatch, we d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu anew.\n\nYour humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Rollin\u2019.\n\nAWS Data Lake Leak\n\nWhat\u2019s the craic? Charlie Osborne reports\u2014\u201cDatabase leaked 179GB in customer, US government, and military records\u201d:\n\nAn open database exposing records containing the sensitive data of hotel customers as well as US military personnel and officials has been disclosed. \u2026 Autoclerk, a service owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts group \u2026 is a reservations management system used by resorts to manage web bookings, revenue, loyalty programs, guest profiles, and payment processing.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt had no encryption or security barriers whatsoever. \u2026 Hundreds of thousands of booking reservations for guests were available to view \u2026 including full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, dates and travel costs, some check-in times and room numbers.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt appears that one of the platforms connected to Autoclerk exposed in the breach is a contractor of the US government that deals with travel arrangements. \u2026 Within the records, for example, were logs for US Army generals visiting Russia and Israel, among other countries.\n\n\u2026\n\nThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) was informed of the leak on September 13 but did not respond.\n\nOuch. Lindsey O\u2019Donnell adds\u2014\u201cData Leaked By Autoclerk\u201d:\n\nAutoclerk \u2026 was acquired by the Best Western Hotel and Resorts Group in August. \u2026 Autoclerk software is used by third-party travel agencies [including] HAPI Cloud, OpenTravel and Synxis by Sabre Hospitality Solutions.\n\n\u2026\n\nBeyond the privacy implications of hackers getting their hands on PII of customers, researchers said that the reservation details of customers in the database could provide attackers with valuable clues to piece together fraud or phishing attacks. \u2026 The database could also have physically dangerous implications for victims \u2026 especially for potentially high-profile government or military personnel.\n\nWho found it? vpnMentor\u2019s Noam Rotem and Ran Locar\u2014\u201cTravel Reservations Platform Leaks\u201d:\n\nThe leak exposed sensitive personal data of users and hotel guests, along with a complete overview of their hotel and travel reservations \u2026 with millions of new records being added daily. \u2026 This represented a massive breach of security for the government agencies and departments impacted.\n\n\u2026\n\nWe have contacted the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT). We outlined the nature of the leak, and the government, military, and DHS data that was exposed. However, at the time of publishing, they have not replied to our email, ignoring our concerns.\n\n\u2026\n\nAll this information is incredibly valuable for criminal hackers and online thieves. \u2026 For the US government, alarm bells should be ringing. \u2026 Criminals could pose as hotels or booking engines used by guests, crafting convincing emails to easily fool them. The effects could be devastating, both financially and personally.\n\n\u2026\n\nThis represents a major flaw in the data security apparatus around such sensitive information. Any company concerned with the travel logistics of high-level military personnel should be adhering to the strictest data protection practices.\n\nAin\u2019t that the truth? e-sushi\u2014@originalesushi\u2014feels the shockwave:\n\nYou\u2019ve probably seen it in the movies: that short, silent moment between the detonation of a nuke, and the blast that sets in to wipe you off this planet.\n\n\n\nThat\u2019s how job security must feel when you were in charge of the security of that 179GB database.\n\nTime to prosecute the CEO? rtb61 curbs your enthusiasm:\n\nAhh padawan I see you do not understand, here is the lesson: lowest tender vs. safety and security. When you do it as cheap as you can, do not expect good outcomes\u2014they will not happen.\n\n\u2026\n\nProfit was the primary focus and costs are the enemy of profit, the blood enemy, the enemy to be ruthlessly, relentless attacked. And of course, the **** up turned into someone else\u2019s problem after you have wandered off with the profits and bonuses.\n\n\u2026\n\n[But] expect pretty rapid change after a CEO, board members and tech staff, receive years long custodial sentences. \u2026 You don\u2019t think they would ever give a **** about actual security do you? Only if there is a profit in it.\n\n\u2026\n\nThe system has been ****ed by psychopaths and will routinely fail.\n\nA slightly less sweary Dean of Pentacles\u2014@da_terry\u2014gets all wistful:\n\nRemember the 90s, when things needed to be hacked? Today, everything is just laying around on the internet.\n\nI know, right? Marlin Schwanke asks, \u201cWhy Even Bother Reporting Breaches?\u201d:\n\nWhy even bother to report this stuff anymore? We should all assume that every bit of our personal information is freely available online and get over it. The way business runs their IT it doesn\u2019t seem far off the mark.\n\n\n\nBusiness that amass and store consumer data in such a sloppy fashion should be shuttered. I won\u2019t be holding my breath.\n\nAnd Doctor Syntax is IN:\n\nYou\u2019d think by now that hotel chains would have learned that\n\n(a) they really need to do a thorough annual audit of their own security, and\n\n(b) do the same in spades for any business they\u2019re thinking of buying.\n\n\u2026\n\nIt\u2019s going to take a few more big fines and lawsuits, big enough for the board and investors to notice. Even then it seems doubtful that they\u2019ll manage to learn from the misfortunes of others.\n\nMeanwhile, Volatile_Memory randomly remembers:\n\nI stayed at a Best Western in Georgia (US) once and they had the username and password for their reservation system written on a note taped next to the computer. I told them about it and \u2026 was met with a bored stare.\n\nAnd Finally:\n\nThis is how we roll\n\nPreviously in And Finally\n\nYou have been reading SB Blogwatch by Richi Jennings. Richi curates the best bloggy bits, finest forums, and weirdest websites\u2026 so you don\u2019t have to. Hate mail may be directed to @RiCHi or sbbw@richi.uk. Ask your doctor before reading. Your mileage may vary. E&OE.\n\nImage source: Raysonho (cc:0)"}
+{"id": "1484039488_1484261803", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Ducks defenseman Erik Gudbranson, left, knocks the puck away from Golden Knights center Cody Glass during the second period of Tuesday\u2019s game in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch (89) celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights players celebrate after Alex Tuch (89) scored against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nSound The gallery will resume in seconds\n\nVegas Golden Knights players celebrate after right wing Mark Stone (61) scored against Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks defenseman Korbinian Holzer, left, celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch (89) scores on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg, center, celebrates after a teammate scored against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) attempts a shot on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Max Pacioretty, center, celebrates after Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) scored against Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) skates around Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith (19) skates around Anaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm (47) checks Vegas Golden Knights left wing William Carrier (28) into the boards during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Comtois (53) fights with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Comtois (53) attempts a shot on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) stops the puck against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks left wing Max Jones (49) vies for the puck with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nAnaheim Ducks right wing Ondrej Kase (25) tries to skate through Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) attempts a shot on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nVegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault (81) celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\n\n\nVegas Golden Knights left wing Tomas Nosek (92) skates around Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)\n\nLAS VEGAS \u2014 The Ducks didn\u2019t have a chance Tuesday afternoon because they didn\u2019t give themselves a chance. They tossed the puck around like it was toxic and paid the price for their carelessness with a 5-2 loss to the opportunistic Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.\n\nThe Golden Knights jumped the Ducks from the start, and it wasn\u2019t as if they needed help to build a commanding lead. But the Ducks gave it to them anyway, sandwiching two egregious turnovers around an own goal as Vegas skated away with a 3-1 advantage entering the third period.\n\nFunny thing, too.\n\nThe Ducks actually weathered an early Vegas onslaught to take a 1-0 lead on defenseman Korbinian Holzer\u2019s first goal of the season, a chip shot that found the back of the net 8:13 into the game. It was more or less, all downhill from there for the Ducks.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating when we come out and we\u2019re not ready to play,\u201d Ducks goaltender John Gibson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to play in the National Hockey League and it feels like some guys are starting to take it for granted and are just kind of happy to be here. We play a good game every now and then and we can\u2019t string it together, put two in a row, can\u2019t seem to get points.\u201d\n\nGibson turned away the Golden Knights again and again, but he was left to fend for himself far too often. Vegas outshot the Ducks by 43-28, including 22-5 in the first period.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find a way to be more consistent in our game,\u201d Holzer said. \u201cThere are stretches in the game where we play really well and there are stretches where we play absolutely terrible. We can\u2019t have \u2018Gibby\u2019 bail us out every night. It\u2019s not the way we should play. It\u2019s not a recipe for success.\u201d\n\nThe rest of the opening period unfolded in a nightmarish fashion of the Ducks\u2019 own making.\n\nDucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson lost control of the puck in front of his net. Mark Stone, who separated Sam Steel from the puck a nanosecond earlier, jumped on Gudbranson\u2019s misplay and beat Ducks goaltender Gibson for the tying goal at 14:36 of the first period.\n\nVegas then made it 2-1 in the closing seconds of the opening period. Or rather the Ducks did. Alex Tuch was credited with the tiebreaking goal at 19:40, when he swatted a loose puck beneath Gibson. The puck kept moving and then Ducks defenseman Josh Manson tapped it into his own net.\n\nThe Ducks complained that a whistle should have halted play, but to no avail. Gibson later said he watched the replay during the intermission and admitted the call was correct. He even skated out and spoke to referee Dean Morton before the second period began.\n\nRelated Articles Ducks goalie John Gibson credits break with improved play\n\nDucks right wing Jakob Silfverberg picked to play in All-Star Game\n\nDucks goalie John Gibson bemoans inconsistent play in OT loss to Flyers\n\nDucks captain Ryan Getzlaf finding new ways to lead\n\nDucks ride second-period flurry to victory over Golden Knights \u201cIt was just kind of sitting there,\u201d Gibson said of the loose puck that ended up squirting free before Manson mishandled it. \u201cI think Manson went to grab it and it went into the net. I was upset with it and then I looked at it and (Morton) made the right call.\u201d\n\nLate in the second period, after the Ducks had pushed back and actually began to generate sustained pressure in the Golden Knights\u2019 end, disaster struck again. Adam Henrique\u2019s clearing attempt sailed directly onto the stick of Vegas\u2019 Reilly Smith, who beat Gibson for a 3-1 lead at 17:55.\n\nIn the third, Jonathan Marchessault scored twice, including on a penalty shot that extended the Vegas lead to 4-1. Jakob Silfverberg\u2019s team-leading 14th goal cut the Ducks\u2019 deficit to 4-2, but Marchessault sealed it with an empty-net goal with 1:54 left.\n\n\u201cIt would be one thing if we had shown all year that we weren\u2019t able to play with teams like this, but we have shown that we can,\u201d Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. \u201cThat\u2019s where you kind of (hurt) yourself. It\u2019s like if you go out and run a four-minute mile and you show up every day after that and you run a seven-minute mile. Something\u2019s wrong because you showed you could do it.\u201d\n\n'Get that mentality that every night is going to be a hard working night, bear down, and hopefully we can string some games together'. Jakob Silfverberg is looking toward the new year with optimism! @AnaheimDucks are back in action Thursday vs the #Coyotes!#LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com/Ehabq2aaZu \u2014 FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) December 31, 2019\n\nTHAT'S OUT ALL STAR\u2b50\ufe0f Silfvy finds the net in the third for the @AnaheimDucks!@jsilfverberg33 | #LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com/6399g2ObG0 \u2014 FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) December 31, 2019", "sentence2": "Woody Guthrie's 1943 New Year's Resolutions are a powerful reminder to \"Keep the hope machine running.\"\n\nI'd seen this before, but I was reminded of it when I saw Billy Bragg share a webcomic version of it on Facebook. But here are Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1943. While they were written in the throes of World War II, I think we'd all do well by following their example every day and every year, but especially right now.\n\n1. Work more and better\n\n2. Work by a schedule\n\n3. Wash teeth if any\n\n4. Shave\n\n5. Take bath\n\n6. Eat good \u2014 fruit \u2014 vegetables \u2014 milk\n\n7. Drink very scant if any\n\n8. Write a song a day\n\n9. Wear clean clothes \u2014 look good\n\n10. Shine shoes\n\n11. Change socks\n\n12. Change bed cloths often\n\n13. Read lots good books\n\n14. Listen to radio a lot\n\n15. Learn people better\n\n16. Keep rancho clean\n\n17. Dont get lonesome\n\n18. Stay glad\n\n19. Keep hoping machine running\n\n20. Dream good\n\n21. Bank all extra money\n\n22. Save dough\n\n23. Have company but dont waste time\n\n24. Send Mary and kids money\n\n25. Play and sing good\n\n26. Dance better\n\n27. Help win war \u2014 beat fascism\n\n28. Love mama\n\n29. Love papa\n\n30. Love Pete\n\n31. Love everybody\n\n32. Make up your mind\n\n33. Wake up and fight\n\nDance better. Beat fascism. Keep the hope machine running. I think that pretty much covers everything.\n\nWoody Guthrie\u2019s Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year\u2019s Resolutions From 1943"}
+{"id": "1484332324_1484796748", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "The West Bengal government\u2019s proposal was rejected after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting. (File Photo/PIB)\n\nWest Bengal Republic Day tableau: Twenty-two proposals, 16 from states and union territories and six from central ministries \u2014 out of a total 56 have been short-listed for this Republic Day parade, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.\n\nThe Ministry had received 32 tableau proposals from states and union territories and 24 from central ministries and departments.\n\n\u201cOut of these, 22 proposals, comprising 16 states/UTs and 6 ministries/departments, have finally been short-listed for participation in the Republic Day Parade 2020 after a series of five meetings,\u201d a statement by the ministry said.\n\nThe West Bengal government\u2019s proposal was rejected after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting, it said.\n\n\u201cThe tableau proposal of the West Bengal government was not taken forward for further consideration by the Expert Committee after deliberations in the second meeting.\n\n\u201cIt is pertinent to mention here that the tableau of the Government of West Bengal was short-listed for participation in the Republic Day Parade 2019 as an outcome of the same process,\u201d it added.\n\nThere is a well-established system for selection of tableau for participation in the Republic Day Parade. The Ministry of Defence invites proposals from all states, union territories, central ministries and departments.\n\nThe proposals are then evaluated in a series of meetings of the Expert Committee comprising eminent persons in the fields of art, culture, painting, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography, etc.\n\nThe Committee examines the proposals on the basis of theme, concept, design and its visual impact before making its recommendations, the statement said.\n\nDue to time constraints, only a limited number of tableau can be short-listed for participation in the parade. \u201cThe selection process in vogue, leads to participation of the best tableau in the parade,\u201d the statement added.", "sentence2": "Mumbai: The NCP and Shiv Sena on Thursday targeted Centre for rejecting Maharashtra's tableau for the Republic Day parade, with the Sharad Pawar-led party dubbing the move an insult to the state. However, the state BJP said that in the past Maharashtra's tableau had not featured in the January 26 parade many times.\n\nRepublican Party of India leader and Union minister Ramdas Athawale said he would see to it that the state's tableau figured in the procession. NCP MP Supriya Sule claimed the Centre has denied permission to the tableaux from the non-BJP-ruled Maharashtra and West Bengal, adding the Modi government was behaving in a \"prejudiced\" manner.\n\nShe said the two states had played a key role in the freedom struggle and the decision to deny permission to their tableaux was an \"insult\" of the people. \"The Centre has rejected permissions to the tableaux of Maharashtra and West Bengal from parading on Republic Day.\n\nIt is a festival of the country and the Centre is expected to give representation to all the states,\" Sule tweeted. \"But the government is behaving in a prejudiced manner, giving step motherly treatment to the states being ruled by opposition parties,\" she added.\n\nThe Parliamentarian from Baramati also shared a news report that claims that the Defence Ministry has rejected West Bengal's tableau for the Republic Day parade (on January 26). \"You will have to explain why the tableaux of the two states were rejected. The chief minister of Maharashtra should probe the matter. It has to be found out who is responsible for this. Are there elements having loyalty to previous government? There may not be. But this has to be probed,\" Sena MP Sanjay Raut told a Marathi news channel.\n\nSule and Raut were responding to reports that the Ministry of Defence has selected 22 tableaux out of 56 proposals for the Republic Day parade. The selected tableau will feature 16 states and Union territories and six Central ministries.\n\nMaharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad said the decision to reject the tableau has hurt the \"asmita\" (self-respect) of people of the state. The state BJP, however, said that Sule and Raut were misleading the people.\n\n@BJP4Maharashtra, the state BJP's Twitter handle, pointed out that Maharashtra's tableau had not figured in the parade on many occasions in the past. \"Centre invites entries from 32 states of which 16 are selected rotation-wise. Along with it, eight central ministries are also selected...making the total count 24,\" it said.\n\n\"Maharashtra's tableau was not selected even earlier as well. In 1972, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2016 Maharashtra's tableau was not selected,\" the party said. \"Except two years, Congress was in power at the Centre as well as in the state during these years,\" the party added, asking why, then, the Narendra Modi government was being targeted.\n\nBJP ally and Union minister Ramdas Athawale said he will try to ensure that Maharashtra's tableau made it to the annual event. \"I have no information so far whether Maharashtra's tableau will be there for the Republic Day Parade or not...but I will try to see that the tableau is there. \"This is not a political issue,\" the Union Minister of State for Social Justice in a statement.\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time."}
+{"id": "1484012256_1484419682", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "The video will start in 8 Cancel\n\nSign up to FREE daily email alerts from birminghammail - What's On Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nAs we enter a new decade, we take a look back at the bars and clubs we've loved and lost over the last 10 years.\n\nThere have been many changes in the city centre since 2010 with lots of our favourite venues closing their doors forever and other relocating to alternative areas.\n\nSome club bosses said they struggled as a result of ongoing roadworks in the city, others were forced to close after their licences were revoked by the council.\n\nHere are some of our memories of Brum's nightlife over the last decade - please do tell us yours.\n\nMechu\n\nMechu was one of Birmingham's most glamorous nightclubs, a popular celebrity hangout with private booths and VIP areas.\n\nIt opened in Summer Row in 2003 and enjoyed 14 successful years in the city.\n\nBut, in March 2017, the club, bar and restaurant hosted a farewell party then closed its doors, having struggled as a result of the disruption from the Paradise roadworks.\n\nIt reopened two months later as M Club , a sophisticated nightclub aimed at the over 30s.\n\n(Image: Emma Lee)\n\nApr\u00e8s Bar\n\nWithin months of the closure of Mechu, its neighbouring bar Apr\u00e8s closed too.\n\nApr\u00e8s Bar, which originally opened in 2002 with a 'Scandinavian lodge theme', screened major football and F1 fixtures on giant 3D plasmas.\n\nIt sat next door to Mechu and was owned by the same company, Town and Country Inns.\n\nSadly, it closed within months of its sister venue Mechu and was replaced with the Texan Sports Cafe Bar in August 2017 but this has since closed too.\n\n(Image: TripAdvisor)\n\nThe old Snobs\n\nThe original Paradise Circus site, near Fletcher's Walk, was home to Brum's legendary nightclub, best loved for its weekend and student Big Wednesdays, which cost just \u00a34 to enter with your NUS card.\n\nIt closed in September 2014 after 40 years in the same spot, opening just a couple of days later in Smallbrook Queensway following a \u00a32 million renovation project.\n\nThe new Snobs is just as popular but many Brummies still hold fond memories of the original venue, which hosted famous names such as Felicity Jones and the indie band Peace\n\nRemember the original 'face wall', the mirrored hallway and graffiti etched tables?\n\nVideo Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now\n\nBar Risa\n\nRemember when Bar Risa hosted a 'Halloween Ebola breakout party' in 2014?\n\nBosses were criticised for the event and staff apologised for 'huge error of judgement. In the same year, there were violent scenes when a man's throat was cut inside the venue and the bar hosted EDL supporters ahead of a rally in Centenary Square.\n\nIn May 2015, the bar was shut down after disorder erupted outside the venue and police ordered an urgent review. As a result, Birmingham City Council suspended the licence.\n\nLater that year, the nightspot was reborn as 6 On Broad Street after a \u00a31 million makeover then, in 2017, a further \u00a31 million was spent on the venue and it became Rosie's.\n\nGatecrasher\n\nInitially club brand Gatecrasher hosted nights at The Works on Broad Street then took over the entire club in September 2008.\n\nIt became the biggest nightclub in Brum, with a capacity of 2,400 (only eclipsed by Dome II which had already shut).\n\nHowever, the nightclub lost its licence in November 2015. In June 2016, it opened as PRYZM following a \u00a31.4 million relaunch.\n\nChameleon\n\nChameleon restaurant, cocktail bar and club opened in 2010 and described itself as \u201cthe place to be for sheer style and sophistication\u201d.\n\nIt was particularly popular as a place to party for the over-thirties, as had been its predecessor Henry's cafe bar.\n\nBut the venue, on the corner of Victoria Square and Hill Street, abruptly closed in February 2018 when a letter from law firm CMS, secured to the door, said tenant Suitable Ventures Ltd was in liquidation.\n\nIt reopened in November 2018 as Kongs , a late-night 1980s arcade gaming club, bar and nightclub where you can play Pac Man, ping pong and dance to 80s hip hop.\n\nTemple Street Social\n\n\u2018British-themed\u2019 restaurant Temple Street Social was part of the historic Somerset House in Temple Street.\n\nIt closed in the summer of 2015 and remained empty for a couple of years. Then, in August 2017, it was reopened by South American restaurant chain Las Iguanas,specialising in food with a Latin flavour.\n\nThe Bureau Bar\n\nThe Bureau Bar enjoyed rave reviews for its food and won Designmynight.com's Hidden Gem award when it launched in a stunning Grade II listed building on Colmore Row back in 2014.\n\nIt boasted a roof terrace which made it a popular choice for New Year's Eve revellers keen to watch fireworks in the city. But, in January 2019, it closed its doors , telling BirminghamLive: \"A lot of bars have folded in the area recently.\"\n\nThe venue reopened in November as Henman & Cooper , a cocktail bar named after the architects who designed the 1902 building.\n\nPrisma Bar\n\nPrisma Bar was known for its 'Fusion Fridays' full of house and garage tunes and 'Scandalous Saturdays' boasting RnB.\n\nBut the Bristol Street nightclub was closed down when Birmingham City Council revoked its licence over public safety fears in February 2018.\n\nThis came after a gun and knife were brandished inside the venue and a man was slashed across the face.\n\nA hearing heard that Prisma had been hosting an event called Soca Junkie in one room and a private 30th party in an event called We Pray in another room.\n\nRainbow Venues\n\nRainbow Venues announced it was to close all of its clubs down in January 2018 after its licence was revoked by Birmingham City Council following a drug-related death at Rainbow Warehouse in Lower Trinity Street.\n\nThe venue was ordered to shut down after student Michael Trueman, 19, was understood to have taken MDMA at a Halloween event and died in hospital the next day. The tragedy was the second drug-related death in two years at the Digbeth venue.\n\nThe nightclub announced the closure with an emotive video on its Facebook page featuring supporters, DJs including Birmingham's Hannah Wants and promoters.\n\nFlares\n\nFlares was the disco venue of Brum, particularly popular with hen parties and revellers in fancy dress.\n\nYou could expect plenty of ABBA and Gloria Gaynor songs at the popular Broad Street retro nightclub.\n\nHaving previously been known as The Church in the 90s, the venue was reinvented in 2014 when it became known as kitsch party venue Popworld.\n\nRococo and Mooch Bar\n\nLicensing chiefs slapped stringent conditions on Rococo on Broad Street following gang-related violence at the start of 2013.\n\nMooch Bar took over from Rococo in 2014, declaring itself as 'Birmingham's most stylish bar' with a glamorous and chic interior.\n\nWhen news broke that the venue was going to be turned into a Coyote Ugly Saloon there was much excitement in Brum. The new venue opened in August 2019.\n\nThe Sports Cafe\n\nThe Sports Cafe in Broad Street was, as the name suggests, a popular place to catch all the latest football screenings.\n\nIn 2011, it became Bliss nightclub and it was turned into Players Bar in 2014, which remains there today.", "sentence2": "Jacksonville, FL - I'm not sure how we'll look back at film in the 2010s. Much of it already seems like a blur, leaving me asking questions like, \"Was that the Batman movie with Ben Affleck or Christian Bale?\" or \"Which of the five Spider-Man and five Star Wars movies did you like the best?\"\n\nTo put it another way, how are we supposed to really evaluate the 21 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies theatrically released in this decade? Even Marvel movies represent only about half of the total comic book-related films produced in the 2010s. It\u2019s just disorienting.\n\nIt's mostly the product of monopoly capitalism. Fewer giant corporations own most of the franchises and intellectual properties today than even ten years ago. In pursuit of profit, studios fall back on less risky, tried-and-true bankable stories and franchises. To that end, we\u2019ve seen an explosion of sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots, spinoffs and more in the last ten years.\n\nWe end up in absurd situations where Sony remakes Spider-Man every couple of years for no other reason than to stop their franchise rights from lapsing back to Marvel (owned by Disney). Now 20th Century Fox's Alien Queen is technically a Disney princess. Even movies that completely bombed in theaters but developed a cult following on home video, like Blade Runner, get treated like major franchises.\n\nThe other factor driving all of this is the Great Recession. For most of us, the economy never recovered from the 2008 crisis. All capitalism can offer us anymore - especially my generation - is this fake, totally banal nostalgia for a past that supposedly didn't suck so much (it did; we were just kids). In Capitalist America, you might not have the money to see a doctor, but you can watch Gargoyles, or Lizzy Maguire, or a brand new Star Wars TV show on Disney+ for $6.99 per month.\n\nIt\u2019s appropriate that the 1980s weighed so heavy on pop culture this decade. We continue to live in the hangover of Reaganomics, and the billionaire reality-TV psychopath who came to encompass the greediest excesses of that era now sits in the White House. Rest assured, a similarly exhausting wave of 90s cultural nostalgia is on the horizon for the 2020s. Let\u2019s hope that it\u2019s limited to movies and music and not politics or economics.\n\nAs less of us went to the movies in the aftermath of the recession, Hollywood increasingly came to rely on overseas audiences for ticket sales. This lends itself to studios producing bigger blockbusters, which are heavy on special effects and colorful characters but lighter on dialogue and story - since the latter, of course, has to get translated.\n\nBut it wasn't just blockbusters. Even the supposedly 'high-brow' cinema adored by the rich and famous mostly sucked. Take a look at this decade\u2019s Oscar winners and nominees: The King's Speech - a sendup to the British crown? The Artist - a silent film no one saw? Argo - thinly disguised propaganda for war with Iran? Birdman - an eye-rolling 'love letter' to rich yuppies in New York? All of these movies won Oscars for \u2018Best Picture.\u2019 Even on the off-chance that you saw them, does anybody really think these movies had anything important or lasting to say about the world?\n\nAll that said, the 2010s wasn't all cynical garbage. There were plenty of outstanding movies, including many not on my list. But in the interests of cutting through the haze, I've highlighted 20 movies from the last ten years that stood out:\n\n1. Free State of Jones (2016) - This isn't just the best Civil War movie ever - it's a revolutionary manifesto for organizing in the South. I wrote a full review back in 2016 for Fight Back!, which you can read here.\n\n2. Sorry to Bother You (2018) - It\u2019s the most pro-union, anti-capitalist movie made in the U.S. in several decades, delivering an original story and a legendary sci-fi plot twist worthy. Sorry to Bother You isn\u2019t just great political art. It perfectly speaks to the struggles facing the working-class youth of today in an age dominated by monopoly corporations like Amazon and flooded with social media, low wages, high rent and soul-crushing jobs.\n\n3. It Follows (2014) - Solidly one of the five best horror films I've seen, ever. Perfectly captures the dreadful inevitability of a nightmare.\n\n4. Arrival (2016) - The most aspirational sci-fi film of the decade, and one that lays out Nietzsche's problem of the eternal recurrence in a hopeful way. Arrival left me believing that humanity has a chance to stop our impending climate and war-driven apocalypse and live better than we ever have.\n\n5. Lincoln (2012) - Staggering and important portrayal of the political fight to abolish slavery in the United States. All the better because it's not an insipid biopic like the title might suggest.\n\n6. The First Purge (2018) - The apex for the best original franchise to emerge from the 2010s. Every couple of years, The Purge series offered the most biting and timely political commentary at the movies or on television. With its Black working-class protagonists battling for survival against rich neo-Nazis, The First Purge, technically the fourth installment, represented the series at its most class-conscious.\n\n7. Inception (2010) - I cooled on all of Christopher Nolan's movies over the last decade except for this one. Truly an exceptional mind-thriller that stunningly represents the way we perceive and construct ideas.\n\n8. First Reformed (2018) - What does it mean to accept that the capitalist system we live under will lead to certain doom for humanity and the earth, but also to set aside that terrible realization enough to do something about it? How do you stave off nihilistic despair and embrace a positive vision worth fighting for? Those questions asked in First Reformed bring to mind Huey Newton\u2019s writing about \u2018reactionary suicide\u2019 and \u2018revolutionary suicide\u2019 - something the film explores beautifully.\n\n9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - Without a doubt the best comic book movie of the decade. It's hard to even remember it's animated and not live-action.\n\n10. Get Out (2017) - Jordan Peele was the source of some of the best comedy in the 2010s, but he also penned the perfect horror movie about racism and wealthy liberals - one that I suspect will go down as an all-time great in the genre. Get Out has forever raised the bar for socially conscious horror films.\n\n11. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - A rare sequel/reboot I didn't think we needed, but we did. Visually unparalleled, electrifying and revolutionary.\n\n12. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - Just a cut above practically every film in the Star Wars series. This is a movie that grapples seriously with guerrilla warfare and gives desperately needed texture to the Rebel Alliance\n\n13. Django Unchained (2012) - Tarantino's first and last great film of the decade, set in the antebellum U.S. South.\n\n14. El Libertador (2014) - Ignore that Netflix series. This staggering film about South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar\u2019s life is unparalleled. You can see the mark of the late great Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who helped finance the movie, all over it.\n\n15. 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets (2015) - Having organized in 2014 to win justice for Jordan Davis, the 17-year-old African American murdered in his car for playing rap music, I'm still floored by Marc Silver\u2019s documentary on racist vigilante murder in Jacksonville, Florida. You can read my full review on Fight Back! News here.\n\n16. Carlos (2010) - The Godfather trilogy of 1970s Marxist guerrillas.\n\n17. Vox Lux (2018) - An underrated neoliberal dystopia about the fascist impulses of our popular culture, rooted right here in modern-day USA.\n\n18. Ex Machina (2014) - Truly insidious sci-fi horror that will only become more terrifying as we progress further down the automation and robotics rabbit hole.\n\n19. Inside Out (2015) - Delightful, insightful and soul-enriching for both young and old. It left an unforgettable mark on me like no Pixar movie has since I was a kid.\n\n20. Nightcrawler (2014) - Diabolical look at the twisted capitalist ethos that pervades television media in this country. Go to your local news Facebook comments section if you think Nightcrawler is just fiction."}
+{"id": "1484188974_1484299664", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Lex uses a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 4S, a third-generation iPad, a Kindle 3, a TiVo HD, and a treadmill desk, and loves them all. His latest book, a children's book parody for adults, is called \"The Kid in the Crib.\" Lex lives in New Jersey with his wife and three young kids. More by Lex Friedman\n\nWhen Apple introduced iCloud in 2011, it announced that every customer with an Apple ID would receive 5GB of iCloud storage space for free. You can add more storage at a rate of $2 per gigabyte per year, in 10GB, 20GB, or 50GB increments. But if you\u2019re not interested in ponying up extra cash for iCloud storage, that 5GB can quickly get tight.\n\nThat\u2019s especially true if you use your iCloud storage allotment to back up your iOS devices. Some Apple customers find that they\u2019re unable to back up both an iPad and iPhone to iCloud, because they don't have enough room. Does that mean you need to either pay for more storage or revert to old-fashioned iTunes backups?\n\nNot necessarily. Instead, it means you need to exercise a little extra manual control over how you send items\u2014and more specifically, what you send\u2014to iCloud for safekeeping.\n\nOnce more unto the Settings app\n\nTo start, open the Settings app on one of your iOS devices, and then tap iCloud. Scroll down and tap Storage & Backup. On the screen that appears, you\u2019ll see the total amount of storage space you have on iCloud (5GB, if you haven\u2019t upgraded), along with the amount of space that's still unused. Beneath that is a Manage Storage button. Tap it.\n\nAt the top of the subsequent Manage Storage screen, you\u2019ll see a list of all the iOS devices that you\u2019re backing up to iCloud, including the current device. Examine the list closely. If it claims that you\u2019re still backing up, say, the old iPhone 3GS that you haven\u2019t used since before House was cancelled, you\u2019ll want to delete its backup so that it stops gobbling up your precious storage space. Tap the unneeded device\u2019s name, and then tap the red Delete Backup button that appears.\n\nIf you instead tap the name of the device you\u2019re currently using, you reach a screen offering fine control over the precise items you\u2019re backing up for that device.\n\nThe role of the Camera Roll\n\nOn that screen, you\u2019ll see the current size of your device\u2019s backup, along with an estimate of how large your next backup will be. Below that, you'll see a list of apps that can back up their data to iCloud. With one exception, the list appears in descending order according to the amount of space each app requires to back up its data in iCloud. The one exception: Camera Roll is always first. It isn't always the biggest item on the list, but it often is; for example, my own iPhone\u2019s Camera Roll accounts for 1.1GB of the phone\u2019s 1.7GB backup.\n\nTapping to turn off the Camera Roll brings up an intimidating question: 'Do you want to turn off Camera Roll backups and delete the backup data from iCloud?' You can choose Turn Off & Delete or Cancel. That first option is scary. If you think it means you'll lose your precious photos and videos, don't worry: You won't\u2014or, rather, you probably won't.\n\nBy default, iCloud backs up your iOS devices\u2019 Camera Rolls. That way, if your iPhone croaks, chokes, or otherwise gives up the ghost, you can restore from iCloud and get all your photos and videos back. If you do tap Turn Off & Delete, then, you aren't deleting those visual memories from your device; rather, you\u2019re simply freeing up the iCloud backup space they consume, and removing the ability to restore those photos from iCloud should disaster strike your iOS device.\n\nThat isn't necessarily as risky a move as it sounds. Whenever you connect your iOS device to your Mac, you can back up its saved photos and videos to iPhoto. But even if you rarely\u2014or never\u2014sync your iOS devices over USB, you probably don\u2019t need iCloud to back up your photos, thanks to Photo Stream, which keeps up to 1000 of the last photos you snapped over the past 30 days. Since the iCloud Camera Roll backup is really there only in case of emergency, and you\u2019re likely to note a major emergency involving your iOS device in fewer than 30 days, you can generally trust that your photos are safe even if they\u2019re not backed up to iCloud directly. (Photo Stream photos don\u2019t count against your 5GB iCloud quota.)\n\nMerely turning off the Camera Roll backup will shave off a significant chunk of your iOS devices\u2019 backups. That may be enough to allow you to back up all of your iOS devices without busting the 5GB cap. But you can do even more.\n\nTrim the app fat\n\nDepending on how you use your iOS device, you likely will want to continue allowing some apps to back up their data to iCloud. If you frequently create documents in an iOS text editor, create songs in GarageBand, or generate any content at all, and you don\u2019t regularly back it up (or export it in some other fashion), you should use iCloud backup for those apps.\n\nBut you probably don\u2019t need to use iCloud to back up data from many other apps you use. And even if most of those apps account for only a few megabytes per backup per app, they can add up to a significant chunk of storage. For example, you might disable iBooks\u2019 iCloud backup, since you can always restore your iBooks purchases from directly within the iBookstore. You probably don\u2019t need to back up whatever data is stored by games for your kids, or games for yourself in which you don\u2019t care about in-game progress or customizations that you might have made. And for apps that sync and back up their data on the Web\u2014such as Instapaper\u2014backup might be unnecessary, too.\n\nCareful, though: Don\u2019t turn things off willy-nilly. For example, you might think, \u201cHey, I don\u2019t need to back up my data from the Cards app!\u201d And you may well be right. But if you were to learn that, after an iCloud restore, your old photo cards were now but a memory, you'd be crushed.\n\nDocuments, data, and mail\n\nAt long last, let\u2019s back up one level from that device-specific screen in iCloud\u2019s settings. (Remember, though, to configure the settings for Camera Roll and other apps on each iOS device you back up.) On the main Manage Storage screen, past the list of your devices, you\u2019ll see two other sections: Documents & Data and Mail.\n\nThe Documents & Data section refers not to the kind of content iCloud should back up, exactly; instead it refers to all those bits of data that iCloud syncs between your iOS devices (and, in some cases, your computer). This data counts against your iCloud storage allotment.\n\nInterestingly enough, this section of iCloud\u2019s settings can even refer to data that you saved only on your Mac. In my case, it revealed several megabytes' worth of content I\u2019d saved in Preview while exploring; deleting those old, unneeded documents freed up a little extra iCloud space.\n\nIn addition, this section lists synced data from iCloud-leveraging apps and games. On my iPhone, that list includes Pages, Passbook, Keynote, and The Incident. I want my progress in The Incident synced between devices, and the sync data consumes just a single kilobyte, so it survives the cut. But if, for example, you see that Pages is taking up many megs (or more), you can tap it to get a listing of each document saved there, along with the amount of space it\u2019s taking up. If you notice files you no longer need, clean \u2019em out.\n\nIf you use iCloud as your primary email account, you may have your work cut out for you: All that mail counts against your iCloud quota. If you don\u2019t regularly archive email offline, prune attachments, and delete what\u2019s deletable, Mail may gobble up an increasingly large percentage of your iCloud quota. I don\u2019t use iCloud Mail, but I found that it was\u2014at first\u2014claiming about 20MB of storage space. I logged in to iCloud.com and cleared out my initial welcome message and a few other test messages to whittle that number down, though it never hit zero: I do use my iCloud account for syncing Notes between devices, and that data counts against the Mail tally, too.\n\nFreedom can be free\n\nCombine these tricks\u2014disable Camera Roll backups, curate which apps get to back up their data to iCloud, limit what types of data you sync with iCloud, and prune unneeded iCloud mail\u2014and you can dramatically shrink the space required to back up your devices with iCloud.\n\nBut if you just can\u2019t trim enough iCloud-stored data to fit everything you need, Apple is always happy to let you pay for more space.", "sentence2": "Every change begins with a leadership decision. Making the decision to institute changes is not always easy. Being prepared, planning well, and being surrounded by a good team will make that decision a lot easier. Begin by putting yourself in a positive frame of mind. You are likely to experience higher than normal levels of stress and knowing this beforehand will give you the ability to be prepared mentally and physically. You will be the anchorperson and foundation, and with your steady hand will guide your team through the stressful events. Be a reassuring and active force throughout the whole process.\n\nIt is impossible to prepare for every contingency, but planning for the known is a must. Add time or extra room to the schedule for the unknowns. When you encounter an unexpected event, your schedule should not be put off by much if you have built in some leeway. It will provide that buffer that gives you and your team the ability to deal with the unknowns and keep rolling with the change process\n\nSurround yourself with people that you can delegate to and be confident in their abilities and skills. Be precise and specific with your directions as when the change process begins you will be depending on these individuals and their talents. Communicating and providing feedback are the keys to successful delegation; make sure your team understands this. If communication fails or there is not accurate feedback the chances of a success are lessened.\n\nAn issue that sometimes arises when delegating is micro managing. Keep an eye out to not micro-manage as you can quickly lose track of events and it will take time away from your main duties. Delegating is a skill that takes time as you must first learn the strengths and weakness of your team and know what tasks you can and cannot hand out. It may not be possible to always delegate, but when it can be done it will provide a great resource.\n\nAlways be available during the change process. Before the change prepare your friends and family that you may not be available for social events. Reassure your team that you are there for them and you are here to provide them with the necessary resources to lead them through the change. Stress to them that you are available and focused on keeping the communications lines open.\n\nAlways be aware of rumors, they will happen before during and after the change. Do not ignore any rumor, put out honest and clear communication as soon as possible. Reassure your team that if they hear a rumor to seek out more information from a reliable source. Remind them that spreading rumors helps no one and will cause more harm than good.\n\nNot everyone will agree on the change. Keep in mind that these types of feelings are normal, as people generally do not enjoy change and are sometimes made nervous by it. You will likely encounter pushback and resistance by a number of team members. Provide facts and data to show why the change is happening and reassure them the need and benefits of the change. These types of individuals are best suited to be educated about the change with information.\n\nIf you are encountering an extreme case of pushback, provide them with some choices that still fall within the spectrum of the intended change. They should then feel more involved in the process and it will help alleviate the negative mindset they may be experiencing.It is vitally important to make sure that all stakeholders and employees are on board with a change.\n\nIn order to continue increasing awareness and to build desire to support the upcoming change; the change management team must reach out to the organization at large. The force field analysis, developed by German social psychologist Kurt Lewin helps a change management team to:\n\n\u2022 Identify pros and cons of an option prior to making a decision\n\n\u2022 Explore what is going right \u2014 and what is going wrong\n\n\u2022 Analyse any two opposing positions.\n\nIf concerns or issues arise, then steps must be taken to ensure awareness is continually raised and that desire to support the change is increased. Strategies that can help the change management team responsively address employees\u2019 concerns include:\n\n\u2022 Engaging employees, providing forums for people to express their questions and concerns\n\n\u2022 Equipping managers & supervisors to be effective change leaders and managers of resistance\n\n\u2022 Orchestrating opportunities for advocates of the change to contact those not yet on board\n\n\u2022 Aligning incentive and performance management systems to support the change.\n\nChange is not exempt from Murphy\u2019s Law. And even if something isn\u2019t going wrong, change management team members must constantly be observing, listening, and evaluating the progress and process during a change. Below are several tools to help the team accomplish this.\n\nA feedback form is used to gather information from those involved in a change to help shape the remaining course of the change project. Instead of a paper form, feedback can be obtained through online surveys (Zoomerang.com or Survey Monkey.com), an in-house questionnaire on the intranet, a few questions sent by email, or a focus group. The questions will vary depending upon the subject being queried.\n\nOpen Feedback include asking participants for suggestions and comments. The compiled results of the feedback forms can be used by the change management team members to modify the project plan and/or the communication plan or to work with specific individuals or groups that may be providing roadblocks to success.\n\nOnce a change initiative is underway, it is critical to sustain the change with reinforcement. The leader must make sure that the project and communication plan remain on track. They need to identify, and explore any issues from employees or stakeholders that have emerged, and review and consider any feedback gathered to date.\n\nActing as a facilitator, the leader helps to bring about learning and productivity. Communication will be a byproduct of this by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, and supervision.He or she listens actively, asks questions, encourages diverse viewpoints, organizes information, helps the group reach consensus, and understands that the individual needs of team members will affect teamwork.\n\nThe LEAD model provides a simple methodology for facilitating a participative meeting:\n\n\u2022 Lead with objectives: When clear objectives are stated up front, group energy is channeled toward achieving an outcome. The objectives shape the content of the meeting.\n\n\u2022 Empower to participate: In the Lead model, the facilitator is empowered to encourage active participation.\n\n\u2022 Aim for consensus: Getting the team to consensus will have members more likely to support and carry out the decisions of the team.\n\n\u2022 Direct the process: How the meeting progresses will influence the quality of the decisions of the team, and influences the commitment of team members.\n\nLeaders must differentiate between process and content. Content includes the topics, subjects, or issues; process is about how the topics, subjects, or issues are addressed.\n\nBecause communications from managers and supervisors have been shown to have a significant impact on employees during a change initiative, it is appropriate that they be actively involved in celebrating success with employees as a result of positive performance. Celebrations can occur on three levels:\n\n1. One on one conversation: In a private meeting, a supervisor should attest to the fact that due to the employee\u2019s effort, a change was made, and how it is succeeding. He or she should extend verbal thanks to the employee.\n\n2. Public recognition: Public recognition officially acknowledges outstanding performance and points out a role model that helped make a successful change happen. Supervisors should carefully consider who receives recognition, and not alienate group members who participated in the change but who many not have distinguished themselves as significantly.\n\n3. Group celebrations: Fun or engaging activities are used to celebrate key milestones by a group. They include buffet or restaurant lunches, dinner events, or can include group outings to sports, amusement, or cultural events. It is important that these types of celebrations try to include the involvement of the primary change sponsor in some way.\n\nProfessor Akindotun Merino\n\nEmail: Info@africamentalhealth.net\n\nTwitter: @drakinmerino\n\nFb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Africamentalhealth/\n\nPhone: 08118048229"}
+{"id": "1484703270_1484167784", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee\n\nI have joined a club that is bigger than it should be and is certainly one that I definitely do not want to belong to. On Christmas Eve, my beautiful friend Sheila Green was murdered by her brother who suffered from psychosis. So now, I am one of the approximately 40% of Americans who know someone who was killed with a gun. That is an obscenely high number and is probably a low estimate as that study was done in 2015.\n\nMy wife, Sheryl, and I, met Sheila through mutual friends and through Sheryl\u2019s work, when we first moved to Madison in 1985, as Sheila was an ultrasound tech at the same hospital where Sheryl did her medical residency. It was easy to become friends with Sheila as she had an ever present smile that always made you feel good when you saw her.\n\nSheila was also a chocolate aficionado, purchasing only the finest chocolates and baking up scrumptious chocolate treats on a regular basis. She was kind enough to share her flourless chocolate torte recipe with my wife, who has made countless of them over the years, and we think of Sheila every time we eat one. Sadly now, we will fondly remember her with each future torte.\n\nSheila came from a large family, and she was close with her many siblings. She did her best to care for her troubled brother. Sheila knew he owned a gun, and in fact, he had a concealed carry permit. She insisted that he not bring it to her home. For reasons we may never know, her brother did not honor that request on Christmas eve, and brought his gun to her home and shot and killed her.\n\nSheila\u2019s friends and family are all grieving now for such a needless loss. It is especially needless because there are extreme risk protection laws in 17 states also known as red flag laws which are specifically designed to prevent murders by people who are known to be dangerous. These laws authorize courts to issue a protection order, allowing the police to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or to others.\n\nUsually, the request for the order will come from relatives or friends concerned about a loved one who owns one or more guns and has expressed suicidal thoughts or discussed shooting people. Wisconsin, however, is not one of those states. Yet, it could easily have had this law in place in time to protect Sheila from her brother, who was a known danger who legally possessed a gun.\n\nThis past October, Gov. Tony Evers called a special legislative session to consider two common sense gun control measures: universal background checks and red flag legislation. Despite the fact that 80% of Wisconsin residents support passage of these laws, Republican legislative leaders refused to vote on, or even debate these popular measures.\n\nIn an utter act of contempt for voters, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dismissed the Senate in 30 seconds and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos dismissed the Assembly in 15 seconds. Gov. Evers has considered calling another special session on these measures, but thus far, has not done so.\n\nOne would like to believe that as society grows and learns, it improves. Yet, when it comes to gun control, the United States continues to behave as if there is nothing we can do to prevent gun violence, leaving our nation stuck in a warped 21st Century Wild, Wild West.\n\nThis is my tenth gun control post on my blog in seven years, and while sometimes I feel like giving up, I persist, because too many innocent lives are being snuffed out on a daily basis. Sadly, this time, she was a friend.\n\nI grew up during the Vietnam War, and every Friday on the evening news, the anchorman would report the weekly body count of dead and wounded. My mother shared some wisdom with me at that time, that applies to every single gun death. She said that she wished that they did not publish the number of dead, because that made them anonymous and allowed people to forget that each life lost was a real human being with friends and family.\n\nThe same is true with America\u2019s out of control gun violence. I will not add the gruesome statistics to this post because I want every reader to read Sheila Green\u2019s name, look at her beautiful smiling face, that will smile no more \u2014 and then call or e-mail Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald and demand that they find some courage to pass a red flag law.\n\nIt is too late for Sheila, but it is not too late for the many lives who could be saved in the future.\n\nI sincerely hope that the loss of Sheila\u2019s life will gain some purpose if the Wisconsin legislature passes a red flag law. We could even call it Sheila\u2019s Law.\n\nReprinted with permission of Wisconsin Examiner.\n\nJeff Spitzer-Resnick is a nationally recognized attorney with over thirty-four years of experience in the fields of civil rights, disability and education law. He runs Systems Change Consulting, a consulting and training law firm with a focus is on making progressive systems change in the areas of civil rights, disability rights, general and special education, and combating abuse and neglect of vulnerable populations.", "sentence2": "He said he's hopeful that this coming year will include a consensus surrounding the issue, though he lamented what he sees as the \"minimization of the problem\" of possible contamination of nitrates and so-called \"forever chemicals\" known as PFAS, which are found in firefighting foam and more.\n\n\"The concern I have is that we have folks already saying, 'Well we can't overregulate this issue, we can't do this around this issue, we can't we can't,'\" he said.\n\nAs a key figure among Wisconsin Democrats, Evers said takes both down-ticket races and the presidential match-up seriously. Maintaining Democratic numbers in the Legislature, he said, \"keeps my veto in place\" as both GOP-led chambers currently lack enough members to override Evers' actions \u2014 something he said is especially important because of the approaching census and redistricting round.\n\nAs for the presidential election, he stressed the need to get candidates to the state \"and have the people in Wisconsin understand the issues that each of them care about and we get a good turnout in the primary, good turnout next fall.\"\n\nShare your opinion on this topic by sending a letter to the editor to tctvoice@madison.com. Include your full name, hometown and phone number. Your name and town will be published. The phone number is for verification purposes only. Please keep your letter to 250 words or less.\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! 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+{"id": "1484012638_1483801741", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "Baku, January 1, AZERTAC\n\n\"Problems of the IDPs are being resolved. This year, new apartments and homes were built for more than 5,000 IDP families and about 800 martyr families,\" said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year.\n\n\"Thousands of homes have been built for the residents of Shamakhi, Ismayilli and Aghsu districts affected by the earthquake. The absolute majority of the consequences of this major earthquake were eliminated in just 10 months. This is also a unique issue because it demonstrates our intentions and strength. The Azerbaijani government and leadership demonstrated again that they are always with citizens,\" the head of state emphasized.", "sentence2": "Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 1\n\nTrend:\n\n\"2019 will go down in history as a year of in-depth reforms. Political reforms, personnel reforms, structural reforms, economic, reforms in the political and social spheres have made us stronger. Our economy grew this year, the non-oil sector of the economy grew by more than 3 percent,\" said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year.\n\n\"Our foreign debt accounts for only 17 percent of the GDP. This is the ninth indicator in the world. In the following years, our foreign debt will decline further. Our foreign exchange reserves have grown by $4.5 billion this year, reaching a record high of $50 billion. Our currency reserves exceed our foreign debt more than five times. In other words, this shows the sustainability of the economic and financial opportunities of our country. Industrial production has increased, especially in the non-oil sector, by 14 percent. There is a 7 percent increase in agriculture. So the successful development of our country in all key areas is a reality,\" the head of state added.\n\nFollow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news"}
+{"id": "1483805592_1484139101", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "The Quadrantids can shower around 50 to 100 meteors in an hour.\n\nThe start of 2020 is going to be with night sky lighting up with Quadrantid meteor shower on January 3 and 4. Stargazers in the UAE can expect to witness the spectacular starting Friday until predawn hours on Saturday when the meteor shower will be at peak.\n\nAccording to International Meteor Organization (IMO), the Quadrantids can shower around 50 to 100 meteors in an hour but have a narrow peak window compared to other meteor showers.\n\nHowever, the Quadrantids are considered to be one of the best because they are fireball meteors that come from larger particles of matter. Fireball meteors are much brighter, and their light and color lasts longer than your average meteor shower, according to Inverse.com.\n\nThe IMO predicts that the shower's peak will occur around 3am EST on January 4, and only last for about four hours.\n\nAccording to Dubai Astronomy Group, the best time to see it is before dawn, starting at 2 after midnight on the northeastern side. The group will be hosting a event at Al Qudra Lake from 10pm-3am.\n\nThe Quadrantids will take place in the northern part of the sky and hence it will visible better from the Northern Hemisphere.", "sentence2": "If you haven\u2019t made any long drive or desert plans during these cooool winter months yet, well then now you have the PERFECT excuse to do so this Friday. *Insert bad space pun* Sirius-ly you guys!!\n\nGrab your squad and plan for a quick trip to the desert this Friday night to catch the EPIC Quadrantid meteor shower taking place late at night from January 3-4 in full swing. Issa Happy New Year indeeeed!\n\nThe Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak late night on Friday, January 3 until the dawn of Saturday, January 4."}
+{"id": "1484188851_1483820477", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "The Department of Foreign Affairs assisted 1,723 Irish citizens caught up in major incidents overseas last year.\n\nThese incidents included terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka and Kenya, protests in Hong Kong and political instability in South America.\n\nMedical emergencies were the most common cause of contact, with 270 people requiring assistance for that.\n\nOver 260 families required the support of the Department following the death of a loved one abroad, while 243 people needed help with overseas arrests.\n\nSome 112 people were victims of crime in another country, while72 families required help tracing a missing person.\n\nThe Department assisted these people through its consular office in Dublin, in its 80 embassies and consulates-general, and in the 94 honorary consuls around the world.\n\nOne of the most notable cases in which the Department provided assistance was that of teenager Nora Quoirin, whose body was found in a Malaysian rainforest after a 10-day search.\n\nIn April 2019 a series of terrorist attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka left 259 people dead, many of them tourists.\n\nThe Department of Foreign Affairs advised people to stay indoors and obey the curfew that was in place at the time, saying they could contact the Honorary Consul in Colombo for assistance if needed.\n\nCommenting on the figures, Minister Simon Coveney said:\n\n\u201cIrish citizens continue to travel more often and more widely than ever before - meaning a greater frequency and complexity of consular cases. This presents ever-growing challenges in providing assistance for Irish citizens who get into difficulty overseas.\n\n\u201cWhile most journeys overseas go smoothly, the 2019 statistics show that things can and do go wrong and that it is important to be prepared. As people consider travel plans for the year ahead, I urge them to get comprehensive travel insurance.\u201d", "sentence2": "Forgive the obvious pun, but our vision for 2020 starts here.\n\nAs a news organization, it\u2019s AIN\u2019s job to stick to reporting on what has already happened. One exception is this time, every year. In the following segments, you\u2019ll read what we believe to be the outlook for key elements of our industry for the next 12 months\u2014views inevitably shaped by the past, but with an eye toward what we believe is just beyond the immediate horizon.\n\nYou\u2019ll get our take on the immediate future of eVTOL, not the lofty aspirations of the over-optimistic, but the cold reality; the bubbling cauldron of election-year politics as it impacts our industry; 2020\u2019s outlook for what\u2019s in line for the FBO industry; what\u2019s on tap for OEMs in an ever-volatile market; avionics in the wake of the ADS-B (soft?) deadline; and what you can expect to see on the shop floors\u2014and in the order books\u2014of MROs.\n\nSo, how did we do last year? Here are some samples of what we were projecting for 2019:\n\neVTOL: \u201cEven if eVTOLs win public acceptance and clear regulatory and technological hurdles, can OEMs and service providers deliver the technology at a price the general public can afford?\u201d That remains the biggest open question in aviation.\n\n\n\nTouchscreens: \u201cIt won\u2019t be a surprise to see more manufacturers adopting this technology, especially as younger tech-savvy pilots move up the flying food chain to more sophisticated aircraft.\u201d Twelve months later, that seems on track.\n\nSupersonics: \u201cThrough 2019, Aerion and its partners will be initiating the process of selecting Tier 1 suppliers for the next phase of development.\u201d This predated the February 2019 announcement of Boeing\u2019s investment and involvement in the AS2 project. Since then, the program has gone largely silent.\n\nCome January 2021, we\u2019ll take another look back at this year\u2019s look forward."}
+{"id": "1484188282_1484590384", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Mobile gaming is in an ugly spot, so a popular narrative goes, and that\u2019s why Apple tried to tidy up the situation with its curated Apple Arcade subscription service. And we\u2019re big fans of Apple Arcade! You should totally check out our list of the service\u2019s best games once you\u2019re done here.\n\nIt\u2019s a flawed narrative, though. Look beyond the chaff of flavor-of-the-moment, ad-riddled games and microtransaction-heavy \u201cfreemium\u201d titles, and you\u2019ll find games that are every bit as good as what you\u2019ll see on Apple Arcade. Some of them are even better. And this list doesn\u2019t even count many of the fun freemium games that dropped in 2019, which include Nintendo\u2019s Mario Kart Tour and Bethesda\u2019s The Elder Scrolls: Blades. You should check them out, too, but I find they\u2019re a little too eager to dig into your pocketbooks for this list.", "sentence2": "Benefits of Hiring a Landscape Designer\n\nIn every homestead, the outlook of the landscape matters. This involves the generation of ideas to change the viewpoint of the environment. It may include the addition of some aspects as well as removing other obstructions. Thus people usually struggle to design their environment to attract people and to suit their desires. However, people can plan their landscapes. To achieve the best landscape designs in the market today, one may opt to hire an expert in the preparation of the view. Thus there are usually professionals offering the landscape design services. There are different platforms through which people can get the landscape designing service provider. However, there are several factors one need to consider to hire the best landscape designer. Several benefits have accrued from hiring landscape designers. This article will explain some of the benefits that homeowners have enjoyed from hiring professional landscape designers.\n\nFirst and foremost, the landscape designer articulates the generation of new ideas. These professionals have helped the property owners look into the latest designs of making their landscapes. The owners sometimes look into the most expensive designing of the landscape. Still, through hiring the professional designers\u2019 new ideas can be generated that can help the owner achieve the desired outlook as well as investing little amount.\n\nAdditionally, landscape designers can ease the budget of creation. For instance, the designer can model up the designing techniques that are cheaper and easier to work on. Some scenarios can be complicated and a lot more expensive, and a landscape designer can quickly identify some of the easiest and cheapest methods of designing. Every design desire the best articulation of ideas, and therefore, it is essential to consider the most affordable design methods that can be employed.\n\nSecondly, the designers usually come up with the best construction planning for the landscape. Sometimes the owners cannot ideally come up with the best design option. Thus, professional landscape designers help them to come up with the best designer construction methods. Landscape designers help the owners to analyse the site and perform the required level of corrections and analysis. Places may need prior preparations before the designing. Therefore the designers will guide the site owners to choose the best site preparation options.\n\nEntirely the landscape designers help the owner of the piece of land manage the entire project of designing. Designing the landscape requires time and commitment, and therefore the designer will help the client oversee through the whole period of the project. It is essential to, therefore, look into the training and profession of the landscape designers whether they can entirely oversee through the projects.\n\nHowever, despite these benefits, there are several factors the client need to consider before hiring the landscape designers. This includes the licensing of the company rendering the service as well as the price quoted. It is essential to know that there are several benefits alongside hiring, but there can be some limitations. Therefore, it is crucial to consider some of the factors such as the experience of the landscape designer. To achieve the best design one has to hire an experienced designer.\n\n5 Takeaways That I Learned About\n\n6 Facts About Everyone Thinks Are True"}
+{"id": "1484188158_1483926746", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from liverpoolecho - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nHolly Willoughby rang in the new year surrounded by her family - all while sharing a cryptic message.\n\nThe This Morning presenter has been enjoying time away from TV as she takes a Christmas break.\n\nRecently the host as been plagued by rumours of a feud with Phillip Schofield.\n\nEditor of This Morning Martin Frizell hit back at claims saying: \"We have the smartest viewers watching telly and believe me they would be the first to notice any issues \u2014 they haven\u2019t because there are none.\"\n\nThe Mirror reports that ITV also refuted any unrest, saying in a full statement: \u201cIt\u2019s deeply disappointing and unfair for Phillip to be the target of this sort of malicious gossip.\n\n\"Phillip is a much respected broadcaster and colleague and this is absolutely not a description of This Morning that we recognise.\n\n\"Holly and Phil are great friends both on and off screen and are popular among viewers and colleagues alike.\"\n\nHowever, Holly was keen to post a motivational and positive message for her fans to embrace in 2020.\n\nPosting a photo to Instagram, Holly could be seen with her three children and husband Dan.\n\n(Image: noholdenback/Instagram)\n\nThey appeared to be waving at a burning 2020 sign whilst paddling in water.\n\nShe captioned the post: \"To kindness and love ... the things we need most... #ifyouknowyouknow.\"\n\nAlso sharing a cryptic message was Amanda Holden - who used to work alongside Phil on This Morning.\n\nSharing a collage of numerous snaps, she wrote: \"I started 2019 with great determination and a new headspace which was to suffer no fools, to put my energy into good people and honestly not give a damn about the rest!\n\n\"It's hard because I'm naturally a people pleaser .. but it's paid off and I have never felt stronger or happier.\n\n\"Most importantly I never forget how lucky I am to have such love and true friends surrounding me. Thank-you for your positivity and support!! Here's to an even bigger 2020! #newdecade.\"\n\nShe added: \"#2019 has turned out to be one of the best and most extraordinary years of my life. So many ambitions and dreams realised\n\n\"In the centre of it all my beautiful family. ..My anchor Chris.\"", "sentence2": "America Ferrera has celebrated the new year by announcing she is expecting a second child with husband Ryan Piers Williams.\n\nThe Ugly Betty actress is already a mother to one-year-old son Sebastian."}
+{"id": "1484010864_1483950504", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "By NEIL HARTNELL\n\nTribune Business Editor\n\nnhartnell@tribunemedia.net\n\nA well-known businessman yesterday voiced fears that the \u201coverwhelming majority\u201d of Nassau residents may not feel the benefits even with the capital\u2019s economy poised for \u201ca good inning\u201d in 2020.\n\nSir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that the increasing wealth gap between \u201cthe haves and have nots\u201d appeared to be \u201coff the radar\u201d where the government was concerned, even though \u201cfewer and fewer\u201d Bahamians were seeing their share of national income increase.\n\nHe argued that the cruise port\u2019s $250m transformation, together with other multi-million dollar developments such as Baha Mar\u2019s water-based theme park, The Pointe\u2019s completion, the Gold Wynn and Hurricane Hole projects, and continued investment by the likes of Albany would ensure New Providence\u2019s economy enjoys \u201ca good year\u201d - but only at the macroeconomic level.\n\n\u201cI believe New Providence is poised to have a good inning,\u201d the Arawak Homes and Sunshine Holdings chairman told this newspaper. \u201cI think there\u2019s a reasonable basis to think that New Providence will have a good year...\n\n\u201cHowever, you know, while I say New Providence should have a good inning, those are macroeconomic numbers. While the macroeconomic numbers may be favourable, the impact on the majority of people may not necessarily follow as the gap between the haves and have nots continues to widen.\n\n\u201cThe pot as a whole is getting bigger, but fewer and fewer people are getting a decent share. Even when I say New Providence will have a good inning, I\u2019m talking in macroeconomic terms which may not necessarily translate to the overwhelming majority of the population a year from now feeling any better off. The majority will not feel any better off.\u201d\n\nSir Franklyn said the government seemed to have forgotten the growing income inequality, and widening gap between rich and lower income Bahamians, given that none of its public statements or speeches had ever addressed the issue.\n\n\u201cI have yet to hear any government minister make any statement that they see this as an issue,\u201d he added. \u201cI cannot think of any statement a cabinet minister has made which specifically addresses the imbalance between the haves and the have nots as a key public policy issue. This is not even on the radar of the authorities.\u201d\n\nConcerns over income inequality, and a widening gap between rich and poor stemming from a middle class \u2018squeeze\u2019, have been voiced periodically ever since the 2008-2009 recession. Real per capita incomes took 10 years to recover to their pre-recession levels, hitting this mark only in 2017.\n\nSir Franklyn, meanwhile, suggested that K Peter Turnquest, deputy prime minister, may come under pressure from his Cabinet colleagues to loosen spending and other fiscal controls in a bid to shore up the Government\u2019s popularity just over half-way through its term in office.\n\nAsked about the Government\u2019s ability to avoid a further sovereign credit rating downgrade post-Dorian, he replied: \u201cMinster Turnquest, he is really giving it a good shot. He is trying. I\u2019m sure he will do his personal best to try and avoid it.\n\n\u201cI get the sense that there\u2019s some restlessness within the Cabinet. They sense the popularity of the Government is not trending in a favourable direction, so they will push the minister of finance to do things which may not be consistent with avoiding that downgrade. I think a lot truly depends on the extent to which the Minister of Finance can be strong in the face of pressure from his own Cabinet colleagues.\u201d\n\nThe Government previously revealed it will have to seek Parliamentary approval to borrow an extra $508m to finance post-Hurricane Dorian reconstruction, blowing out its projected 2019-2020 fiscal deficit to $677.5m from the initially projected $137m.\n\nIts Fiscal Strategy Report also shows it borrowing a further $499m in 2020-2021, and $301.2m in 2021-2022, meaning that the Minnis administration is forecasting it will need to borrow some $1.479bn over its final three years in office and taking the national debt to nearly $9.5bn.\n\nThe likes of Standard & Poor\u2019s (S&P) and Moody\u2019s have effectively taken a wait-and-see approach, though, seemingly preferring to assess how The Bahamas manages the post-Dorian fall-out and whether it can restrain any unnecessary spending before moving to again narrow the deficit.\n\nSir Franklyn yesterday urged Mr Turnquest to follow \u201cthe Paul Adderley model\u201d and \u201cput country before party\u201d in how he handles the public finances in the aftermath of the Category Five storm.\n\nHe added that it was \u201clikely to be significant\u201d that Mr Turnquest was finance minister, rather than the Prime Minister, which was the structure employed by all Dr Hubert Minnis\u2019 predecessors.\n\n\u201cThank God that we do not have that model where the Prime Minister is the de facto minister of finance,\u201d Sir Franklyn told Tribune Business. \u201cExperience has shown whether it was Pindling, Ingraham or Christie, it\u2019s hard under that model to resist pressure to open up the purse.\n\n\u201cThank God we don\u2019t have that model today. Hopefully, the deputy prime minister has the ability on his part to say: \u2018Man, let\u2019s not look at this thing in the short run\u2019. The late Paul Adderley increased taxes right before the 1992 general election. He had to know that what he was doing was good for the country even if it was bad for the party.\n\n\u201cI say to Mr Turnquest: \u2018Keep in mind the Paul Adderley model\u2019. Do the right thing. If you do the right thing for the country it may not be good for the party, but country first.\u201d", "sentence2": "By NEIL HARTNELL\n\nTribune Business Editor\n\nnhartnell@tribunemedia.net\n\nBahamian insurers yesterday urged the prime minister to \u201ctreat the industry with the respect it deserves\u201d over its $2bn Dorian-related payout after he suggested it was \u201cholding back\u201d recovery efforts.\n\nAnton Saunders, RoyalStar Assurance\u2019s managing director, told Tribune Business that Dr Hubert Minnis and his officials knew where to reach the Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) and the industry\u2019s \u201cmajor players\u201d if they had any issues with their role following the category five storm.\n\nResponding after the prime minister was reported to have said that demolition of unsafe buildings on Abaco and Grand Bahama is being delayed while the insurance companies complete their claims assessments, Mr Saunders reiterated that the extent of Dorian\u2019s devastation was bound to make this process take slightly longer than in previous storms.\n\nHe also pointed out that the industry, and its loss adjusters, had been denied access to the worst-hit parts of Abaco for the immediate fortnight post-Dorian by the government as it sought to make the area safe.\n\n\u201cIf the prime minister has information, he or his representatives should come to the BIA, call us to a meeting and discuss it,\u201d Mr Saunders told Tribune Business. \u201cI don\u2019t know where he\u2019s getting his information from.\n\n\u201cIf you have an organisation that\u2019s spent $2bn, somebody needs to pick up the phone. The prime minister knows all the big players in the insurance industry; if he has legitimate concerns with the insurance industry he\u2019s the prime minister. He can summon us to a meeting and cure all this upset.\u201d\n\nDr Minnis had suggested, according to media reports, that the post-Dorian reconstruction and recovery effort was being \u201cheld back\u201d because the insurance companies were still completing their claims adjusting work.\n\n\u201cThe insurance companies have not yet completed their job in terms of assessing and compensating individuals,\u201d the prime minister said on Christmas Day. \u201cSo we are held back to some extent even by insurance companies... We cannot move buildings until they have been assessed by the insurance companies.\u201d\n\nAsked subsequently for clarification, Dr Minnis said: \u201cOne of the challenges we have with Abaco is you cannot do much, not even within the yards. You have to wait for clearance by the insurance companies - those who have insurance - because if you were to demolish them then insurance companies can always argue that the building was not as bad as said. So you have to work hand in hand with them.\u201d\n\nBahamian property and casualty insurers earlier this month told Tribune Business that the industry\u2019s total Dorian claims payouts are now estimated to come in at the upper end of the last $1.5bn to $2bn estimate, making the storm comfortably the largest ever loss event suffered by the sector and its reinsurance partners in this nation.\n\nMr Saunders yesterday said he wanted to avoid getting into any \u2018blame game\u2019 or finger-pointing in relation to the Prime Minister\u2019s comments, but revealed that he \u201cjust laughed\u201d when he saw them in the newspaper.\n\n\u201cTreat the insurance industry with the respect it deserves and call a meeting,\u201d the RoyalStar chief told Tribune Business. \u201cWe\u2019re all big boys. The industry didn\u2019t even get access to Abaco for the first two weeks because the Government, rightfully so, said they didn\u2019t want us there until they did what they had to do.\n\n\u201cIf the Prime Minister has a problem with the insurance industry he has all the resources to call a meeting with all its executives, some of whom he knows personally, and ask us what the hell is going on.\u201d\n\nSir Franklyn Wilson, RoyalStar Assurance\u2019s chairman, told Tribune Business he, too, was unsure what the Prime Minister meant by his remarks that the insurance industry\u2019s processes were \u201cholding back\u201d post-Dorian reconstruction.\n\n\u201cI see the Prime Minister making comments that the insurance industry is slow, but in the case of RoyalStar where I am chairman we\u2019ve done yeoman\u2019s work. I don\u2019t know what the Prime Minister is alluding to, but most of our adjusters were set to go home before Christmas because their work, their task was effectively done,\u201d Sir Franklyn added yesterday.\n\nMr Saunders had earlier this month told Tribune Business that RoyalStar had settled around 80 percent of its roughly 1,800 Dorian claims, while his Bahamas First counterpart, Patrick Ward, had revealed that 50 percent of its 2,000 claims had been paid out and agreed.\n\n\u201cThe industry has proven its weight and value,\u201d Mr Saunders said then, \u201cand doesn\u2019t get as much credit as it deserves for being an economic stabilising force in The Bahamas. Imagine if the insurance industry was not here. Who else is going to pay that additional $2bn.\n\n\u201cEvery claim we are responsible for internally, all of our reinsurers, all of our network partners, we have a gross reserve of $325m. All in we have a total of 1,800 claims, and of those 1,800 claims we have satisfied and settled 80 percent of those. We\u2019re slightly ahead of expected pace.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1484188569_1484201230", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from walesonline - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nA seven-year-old was among a handful of youngsters found carrying knives at school but could not be charged because they were below the age of criminal responsibility.\n\nFigures from Kent Police, obtained by the PA news agency, show 109 children were investigated for possessing, or threatening with, an offensive weapon or blade - or attempting to - in Kent from April 2017 to December 2019.\n\nThe law says children aged under 10 cannot currently be charged with a crime.\n\nTwo children, aged seven and nine, were prevented from being prosecuted for a knife-related offence because of their age, while a 10-year-old was also let off for the same reason, meaning he or she was likely suspected of committing an offence while still below the age of criminal responsibility.\n\n(Image: Mirror)\n\nData showed the most common age for suspects was 14 (23 incidents), while 13-year-olds were involved in 21 incidents, and 15-year-olds were suspected of 20 offences.\n\nFive adults, aged 45, 35, 31, 19 and 18, were also investigated for having knives on school premises.\n\nThree of them, the 35-year-old and the two teenagers, were later charged with an offence.\n\nIn total, 116 incidents were recorded by Kent Police during the two-and-a-half-year time frame.\n\nAll but three of them involved a knife.\n\nThere were 15 community resolutions, where police deal with low-level offences without resorting to formal criminal justice sanctions.\n\nSeven cases resulted in a youth caution, while \"evidential difficulties\" put an end to a potential prosecution in dozens of cases.\n\nOn other occasions, the incident was either passed on to another body to deal with away from the courts, or a prosecution was deemed not to be in the public interest.\n\nThe release of data by Kent Police follows similar disclosures by the majority of forces in England and Wales under FoI laws earlier in the year.\n\nA PA investigation in October found thousands of children had been caught carrying weapons in school, with suspects as young as four years old.\n\nPolice seized scores of knives, blades and other sharp instruments, while a 14-year-old was found in possession of a sword.\n\nThe total figure for England and Wales was expected to be much higher, considering a number of forces, including the Metropolitan Police, the largest in the country, did not provide data.e.", "sentence2": "When the dog starts to smell like Eau de Garbage, his breath is bad enough to peel paint off the walls, and people think he is a brown dog when really he is white, I know it\u2019s time to give him a bath. Since I am the one who feeds, walks and cleans up after him, it has fallen to me to be the official dog bather as well. Naturally, there are many different books written on this subject, and many people who think they know the best way to bathe a dog, but I like to think that over the years, I have really perfected this particular duty of pet ownership. Having a vast amount of expertise in this area, I will share with you the procedure for the absolute best way to bathe a dog:\n\n1) Fill tub with warm water up to your dog\u2019s elbows.\n\n2) Carefully lift dog into tub.\n\n3) Chase dripping dog through house after he jumps out of the tub, out the bathroom, up the stairs, and onto your bed.\n\n4) Drag dog back downstairs and bring him back into the bathroom.\n\n5) THIS TIME, remember to close bathroom door behind you.\n\n6) Lift dog back into tub.\n\n7) Turn on water and shriek helplessly as hose attachment whips around spraying water everywhere.\n\n8) Clean up water that sprayed everywhere.\n\n9) THIS TIME, remember to switch off hose attachment before you run water.\n\n10) When the water is lukewarm, switch faucet back to hose, hold dog firmly with one hand and spray dog until fur is soaked through.\n\n11) Release dog to get shampoo that you left under the sink and shriek helplessly as dog shakes repeatedly and sprays water everywhere.\n\n12) Clean up water that sprayed everywhere.\n\n13) THIS TIME, remember to keep firm hold on dog as you apply dime-sized amount of dog shampoo to fur and work into a lather all over dog.\n\n14) Scream, \u201cNO, DON\u2019T OPEN THAT DOOR!!!\u201d when daughter opens bathroom door and comes in to see what you are doing.\n\n15) Chase very soapy dog through house after he jumps out of the tub, out the bathroom, up the stairs and back onto your bed.\n\n16) Make mental note to put \u201cDO NOT OPEN!!!\u201d sign on bathroom door next time you wash dog.\n\n17) Drag soapy dog back downstairs and lift him back into tub.\n\n18) Remember that floor is now quite slippery and take caution lifting dog.\n\n19) Abandon dog to get ice pack from freezer. Apply to forehead where you slipped and banged head on side of tub.\n\n20) Return to bathroom to find daughter, covered in dog hair and soap, in bathtub with dog.\n\n21) Abandon dog to go wash daughter.\n\n22) Realize you left bathroom door open when you went to wash daughter.\n\n23) Go get dog off wet and soapy bed.\n\n24) Drag dog back downstairs\n\n25) Put leash on dog and drive him to professional groomers.\n\nThis is a repeated Lost in Suburbia column, which has appeared in GateHouse Media newspapers since 2008. As Tracy Beckerman\u2019s main column is shifting focus - her kids are grown and she has moved back to the city - we are rerunning her earlier work for readers who may have missed these the first time around. You can follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LostinSuburbiaFanPage/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tracybeckerman."}
+{"id": "1484188945_1484188562", "score": 1.6666666666999999, "sentence1": "INN turned to experts in the market to get a sense of what\u2019s in store for investors looking to plug into the gaming industry in the new year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGaming and the esports industry \u2014 characterized by massive video game tournaments \u2014 saw unprecedented growth in 2019 as investors recognized opportunity.\n\nNow, heading into 2020, the gaming sector is poised to further shift into a lucrative market as increased interest supports the growth of players in the space.\n\nHere the Investing News Network (INN) turns to experts in the market to get a sense of what\u2019s in store for investors looking to plug into the esports industry in the new year.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\nGaming outlook 2020: A closer look at the numbers\n\nThe esports industry is looking to capitalize on a successful 2019 moving into 2020 and beyond.\n\nIn its 2019 global games market report, gaming research firm Newzoo states that the international gaming market could be worth US$196 billion by 2022.\n\nMobile games in particular are projected to generate US$95.4 billion by 2022, driven primarily by smartphone activity. Cross-platform titles such as Mario Kart Tour on iOS and Android, a general increase in smartphone users and improvements to hardware and infrastructure are factors that will lead to the projected growth, according to the firm.\n\nThe console segment, on the other hand, is set to reach US$61.1 billion in 2022, Newzoo estimates, boosted by the upcoming generation of Xbox and PlayStation systems, created by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony (NYSE:SNE,TSE:6758), respectively.\n\nPC gaming will be a bit slower in the coming years, according to the researchers, though it is gaining traction and could be valued at US$39.5 billion over the next two year period.\n\nIn a previous interview with INN, Erik Dekker, senior vice president and portfolio manager with Dekker Hewett Group at Canaccord Genuity, said, \u201cGaming is bigger than film box offices, bigger than television, bigger than digital music. I think it\u2019s about a US$116 billion market at this time.\u201d\n\nGaming outlook 2020: The growth of team organizations\n\nIn esports, organizations like Team Liquid and OG are big generators of cash for the industry. Team Liquid, which has teams in many of the top esports leagues, currently has a merchandise collaboration with Marvel, and OG just announced a Counter Strike: Global Offensive team following its big Dota 2 win.\n\nTeam support and attachment have been reflected in the sheer amount of interest in gaming tournaments, another important revenue stream for esport companies.\n\nIn August, the Dota 2 The International 9 tournament had the world\u2019s largest prize pool in history at a whopping US$34.3 million in winnings, and OG took home the top prize.\n\nBut organizations are evolving to rely on more than just their athletes and tournaments \u2014 instead, they\u2019re taking a holistic approach to branding and maintaining a public image.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to ultimately come down to teams that can create brand lifestyles, create great content programming and diversify the revenue streams to find more profitability,\u201d Daniel Mitre, CEO of New Wave Esports (CSE:NWES), told INN via email.\n\nMitre said the impressive growth of the sector has already led heavy hitters in gaming to throw their hats into the ring. The executive explained that companies like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Riot Games, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Tencent (HKEX:0700), have carefully crafted plans attached to their esports franchises and leagues.\n\n\u201cNone of this movement around big games, AAA publishers and developers is coming to a slow,\u201d said Mitre. \u201cIn fact, it\u2019s just going to start picking up further.\u201d\n\nThis sentiment was shared by another expert in gaming who is optimistic about the market\u2019s trajectory.\n\nHaywood Securities investment banker Sean MacGillis said the skill of the gaming industry is in the flexibility of its revenue channels, which include everything from merchandise and ticket sales to advertising and sponsorship revenue.\n\n\u201cThe ability to monetize games is an order of magnitude larger than the ability to monetize traditional forms of content,\u201d MacGillis explained.\n\nGaming outlook 2020: Possible concerns in the new year\n\nSome experts have noted possible pitfalls for the industry, despite its recent levels of success.\n\nFor Nick Mersch, associate portfolio manager at Purpose Investments, the biggest risks for the space could come with the hypothetical collapse of the Overwatch League, one of the biggest leagues in the sector. Mersch said a downturn for the league could turn off existing and prospective investors.\n\n\u201cA lot of traditional sports owners wrote huge checks into teams in this league, and if they get burned here it will be difficult to attract capital back to the space,\u201d Mersch told INN.\n\nAccording to a report from Variety, viewers for the Overwatch League Grand Finals grew by 16 percent in 2019, with the event reaching 1.12 million average viewers.\n\nMersch said he\u2019s also keeping his eye on the overvaluation that has plagued esports, pointing to a recent Forbes list ranking \u201cthe most valuable companies in esports\u201d that still seems to exaggerate the values of some organizations on it, according to the expert.\n\nWhy are Google and Apple are investing heavily in the gaming market? Read our FREE outlook report on the gaming market! Give me my free report!\n\nOther concerns have larger political implications. The ongoing US-China trade war dampened the growth of the sector, according to Trevor Doerksen, CEO of ePlay Digital (CSE:EPY), and could continue to do so into 2020, especially given China\u2019s place as one of the world\u2019s largest hubs for gaming.\n\nIn 2019, it was projected that US$36.5 billion was spent on gaming in China, according to Newzoo.\n\n\u201cGeopolitical forces and the US-China trade war muted global collaboration and access to markets, and important data that would help better understand and grow esports in 2019,\u201d said Doerksen.\n\nThe executive said there could be better access to content, games and data across both markets if the relationship between the two countries improves in 2020.\n\nGaming outlook 2020: Investor takeaway\n\nMersch said moving forward, the most important factor for gaming will be the work done by data firm Nielsen, owned by The Nielsen Company (NYSE:NLSN), in its esports division, which works to get accurate information on engagement and viewership data.\n\nIn his view, Nielsen\u2019s work could help close the existing gap between how the industry is growing and how it\u2019s monetizing that growth, Mersch told INN.\n\n\u201cTo close this gap, Fortune 500 companies need actionable return of investment metrics in order to justify more (spending) in the space. Nielsen and other data analytic companies can provide this.\u201d\n\nIn terms of the overall health within the sector, Mitre told INN that the increasing popularity of gaming and its viewership will help in building a strong foundation for an interesting investment market.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve always had this propensity to watch people play better than us, whether it\u2019s standing at the arcade and watching someone play Street Fighter, or the emergence of a Twitch and YouTube influencer space watching other people play video games,\u201d said Mitre.\n\nDon\u2019t forget to follow us @INN_Technology for real-time news updates!\n\nSecurities Disclosure: I, Danielle Edwards, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.\n\nEditorial Disclosure: The Investing News Network does not guarantee the accuracy or thoroughness of the information reported in the interviews it conducts. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not reflect the opinions of the Investing News Network and do not constitute investment advice. All readers are encouraged to perform their own due diligence.", "sentence2": "Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from walesonline - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\n\nMore foldable smartphones and a new generation of games consoles are likely to be among the biggest new gadgets of 2020.\n\nHere is a look at what to expect over the coming 12 months in the world of technology.\n\nA 5G iPhone\n\nWhile some manufacturers have been quick to introduce 5G smartphones even as the network coverage only begins to appear, Apple is yet to bring the connectivity to the iPhone.\n\nMany believe this will change in 2020, with a 5G iPhone introduced alongside a number of other iPhone handsets.\n\nIt would be seen as a watershed moment for the technology by some - Apple's status as a brand means that innovation is not always considered mainstream until the Cupertino firm is involved.\n\nBy the time a 5G iPhone arrives - likely to be in September - 5G coverage should be far wider than it is currently - wide enough that Apple feels it is time to add the connectivity to its smartphone.\n\nThe new console wars\n\n2020 looks likely to be one of the biggest and most important years in the video games industry for some time.\n\nNot only is cloud streaming taking off, allowing console-standard gaming on mobile devices, but both Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation will launch their next-generation consoles in time for next Christmas.\n\nThe Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have both been confirmed, complete with high-end specs which both say will make them the most powerful consoles either firm has ever made.\n\nIt will be a redrawing of the battle lines for the two biggest names in gaming, as they compete to set the standard for the next generation of video games.\n\nMore foldable phones\n\nAs 2019 draws to a close, only Samsung of the major smartphone makers has a foldable device on sale in the UK - expect that to drastically change in 2020.\n\nSamsung itself has already hinted at new types of foldable phones which could be on the way, while Motorola's revamped, foldable Razr will also become available.\n\nHuawei's Mate X has gone on sale in China, but could 2020 see it or another Huawei foldable make it to Europe?\n\nA number of smaller firms are also likely to try and break the status quo too - some of which could choose to reveal themselves during the CES trade show in Las Vegas, early in the new year.\n\nMicrosoft's Surface Duo and Neo\n\nNot quite fully-fledged foldables, but Microsoft's Surface Duo and Surface Neo will make their debut in 2020, attempting to be a new type of mobile device.\n\nBoth gadgets have two screens bound together by a hinge and can fold into a number of positions. Both are due to go on sale at the end of 2020.\n\nThe Duo is smartphone-sized, while the Neo is closer to that of a laptop or tablet - however, Microsoft is adamant neither should be considered as part of those categories.\n\nIn much the same way the tech giant's Surface helped create the \"two-in-one\" category of tablet combined with laptop, Microsoft hopes the Duo and Neo can change how people use their devices every day."}
+{"id": "1484452733_1484215051", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 The City of Fort Lauderdale provided a New Year's Day update on the sewage main issues plaguing residents over the past month.\n\nTwo crews were seen by Local 10 News crews on Wednesday, working on the latest spills.\n\nAccording to officials, those crews were doing cleanup and remediation work on the latest damaged pipes, which have been patched up.\n\nA total of six sewage main breaks have happened in Fort Lauderdale since the beginning of December.\n\nRestoration and remediation work is expected to continue this month.\n\nThe gushing raw human waste flooded streets and properties, closing roads and contaminating waterways, like the Tarpon River and Himmarshee Canal.\n\nResidents now left wondering about the about the long term effects on their health and the health of the area\u2019s waterways.\n\nHector Park and Virginia Young Park have been closed due to the spills.\n\nThe City of Fort Lauderdale set up several websites so that residents can have access to the most updated information.\n\nFor updated information on sewage main repairs, click here.\n\nFor the latest traffic advisories and road closures, click here.\n\nFor any precautionary waterway advisories, click here.", "sentence2": "SCOTT, La. (AP) \u2014 The improper disposal of fireworks led to a New Year's Day house fire in Scott, officials said.\n\nFirst responders were called to a home shortly after midnight, Wednesday., KATC-TV reported. Fire and smoke were coming from the home's roof by the time firefighters arrived, they made their way into the attic and quickly extinguished the flames.\n\nAll six of the people who were in the home were able to escape safely. Two pets were among the unharmed escapees.\n\nFirefighters said an investigation into the incident revealed that the fire was accidental. Apparently, a resident discarded used fireworks in an outside plastic trash bin that was placed next to the home. The fireworks were still smoldering when discarded and eventually, flames spread to one of the home's exterior walls before creeping into its attic.\n\nThe house sustained major damage to its attic and minor damage to a living area."}
+{"id": "1484189001_1483933084", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 26: A young fan reacts after getting the sneakers of Blake Griffin #23 of the Detroit Pistons after a game against the Washington Wizards on December 26, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)\n\nWith the season heading in a direction that no one saw coming, when should Detroit Pistons fans accept what this team is?\n\nIt\u2019s a rather arbitrary thing to even profess but if the Detroit Pistons are going to continue to lose games, at some point should the fans become content with that? With a franchise that for the last decade has had trouble looking ahead to the future and instead focusing all their time on the present, being forced into a rebuild may not be such a bad thing.\n\nAfter all, it\u2019s overdue. As it stands, the Pistons are currently sitting on a 12-22 record and have lost eight of their last ten games. With the Lakers and Clippers on the horizon within the next three games, in all likelihood that record is going to continue to drop.\n\nWith the way this season has gone Detroit has played a majority of these last few months with a heavily depleted roster. Injuries continue to pile up which has played a major role in the woes. The silver lining to this \u2013 if one can be found \u2013 is that it\u2019s forced some of the Pistons younger players into elevated roles. Svi Mykhaililuk is a prime example, someone who was expected to see some time off of the bench, but was not expected to play 24 minutes per game like he has in his last six outings.\n\nBruce Brown has been bouncing back in forth between shooting guard and his new role as one of Detroit\u2019s point guards. Doing this has opened up an interesting wrinkle in his versatility and play making ability. His defense is ever improving and even his three-point shot is slowly starting to fall with more consistency.\n\nPrior to his injury even Luke Kennard was beginning to look noticeably more confident with the ball in his hands, and one can assume he\u2019s been given the green light to shoot whenever he feels comfortable. His development is more or less on par with fan expectations, but the others may be slightly quicker than anticipated.\n\nSo at some point, evaluating the current field of talent in the league versus what product is currently in Detroit \u2013 is it really the worst thing in the world if this team is forced to take a direction that they aren\u2019t comfortable taking? No, it isn\u2019t. Although this upcoming draft class currently feels slightly underwhelming, it\u2019s undoubtedly front loaded with some interesting prospects at the point guard position \u2013 something that Detroit would likely utilize with their first round pick.\n\nIt\u2019s never going to necessarily be fun watching a team begin to tank, but when it\u2019s inadvertently happening to begin with due to a lack of ability to compete \u2013 what\u2019s the difference? If nothing else fans can find solace in the fact that they have a chance to secure a top draft pick. The current front office in Detroit has done a commendable job with their drafting in their short tenure.\n\nAt the end of the day regardless of how many injuries are currently effecting the Pistons, it feels as if the decision should be clear to mail it in this season and at the very least \u2013 try to re-tool for next season. Blake Griffin\u2018s window is beginning to close so that doesn\u2019t leave much time to keep messing around.\n\nDetroit needs a fresh start and whether or not they accept it willingly, it may arrive all the same.", "sentence2": "Two people were killed and six others were wounded when unknown suspects opened fire on a popular restaurant on 7th Street.\n\nAn eyewitness has described his version of events that lead to the shooting of eight people in Melville, Johannesburg, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.\n\nTwo people were killed and six others were wounded when unknown suspects opened fire on a popular restaurant on 7th Street.\n\nTwo of the injured are in a critical condition in hospital.\n\nGauteng police are calling for anyone with further information on the drive-by shooting to come forward.\n\nAn eyewitness says a fight ensued before people were shot at randomly.\n\n\u201cIt was not the first time that there was shooting randomly with a car that is unknown, unregistered, unmarked. It was just a fight, three coloured guys and one black guy. They fought and dispersed, went to Liquid Blue and the other clubs. The fight happened here. These guys came back here and shot randomly. They shot anyone and anybody that didn\u2019t know a thing,\u201d describes the eyewitness.\n\n\u2018Negative impact on business\u2019\n\nA business owner in Melville, Johannesburg has expressed shock over the shooting incident. Walter Niemand owns a Bed and Breakfast with his wife, not far from where the shooting took place.\n\nHe says he fears that the incident will have a negative impact on their business and it may also affect international tourism.\n\n\u201cWe are all affected and it\u2019s not just us as business people but it\u2019s also for Melville, Johannesburg and the country. At the moment, we have guests from Holland, obviously, it won\u2019t make a good impression and they will tell their family and friends in Holland what they had experienced here,\u201d explains Niemand.\n\n\u2018Residents terrified\u2019\n\nResidents of Melville say crime in their area has gotten out of hand and they are terrified. Some residents describe how they are feeling following the shooting.\n\n\u201cObviously we are shocked at what goes on around here. Melville is a really vibey area and it\u2019s full of these beautiful and fun restaurants. Why do people want to come with aggression and just grab guns and shoot others? This is what happens in Melville, certain places operate as restaurants and they do not have entertainment licenses but they have loud music and DJs up to 3 in the morning. I never imagined there would be killings and injuries down the road from where I live,\u201d residents say.\n\nWatch related video below:"}
+{"id": "1483737640_1484326372", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "You\u2019ve finally secured a new job, and now you want to start off on the right foot, making a positive impression on your new boss and colleagues.\n\nYou want to be careful not to make any career-ending mistakes, says recruitment specialist, Glassdoor.\n\nSo, what should you never do when starting a new job?\n\nHere are 10 things to avoid:\n\n1. Don\u2019t show up late.\n\nYou learned this in first grade, when the teacher began keeping track of tardies: Being on time matters. Especially in a new job. In fact, showing up late on the first day (or even in the first few weeks) is guaranteed to make a negative impression.\n\nTo ensure you\u2019ll be on time, test drive the route to your new job before you start so you\u2019ll know how long it takes to get there. Factor in extra time if there\u2019s traffic, construction, or other reasons to expect a delay.\n\n2. Don\u2019t dress unprofessionally.\n\nBefore starting your job, talk with the hiring manager or human resources professional to make sure you understand what constitutes acceptable attire for your new workplace.\n\nThere\u2019s nothing more embarrassing than showing up in a getup that doesn\u2019t fly with your supervisors \u2014 and making an unprofessional first impression.\n\n3. Don\u2019t blow off orientation.\n\nMany companies require new employees to go through an orientation or training process before starting a new position. While it may be tempting to skip these sessions or treat them lightly, don\u2019t do it.\n\nEven if your training managers won\u2019t be your direct supervisors, they are watching you. Avoid any behavior that could prompt a training manager to report your behavior back to your boss and team members.\n\n4. Don\u2019t expect hand-holding.\n\nNo matter where you\u2019re working, there are certain processes, tools, and forms that make up the standard operating procedures of your company.\n\nYou may have been introduced to these through a very organized, systematic orientation, or you may feel like you\u2019re expected to absorb them by osmosis.\n\nIf you were formally informed, \u201cconsider yourself fortunate,\u201d writes Heather Huhman, Glassdoor career and workplace expert.\n\n\u201cIf not, don\u2019t feel shortchanged or frustrated. Instead, take initiative and master the basics on your own.\u201d\n\n5. Don\u2019t ask co-workers to do your work.\n\nIt\u2019s understandable that you may need help or guidance during your first few weeks at a new job, and asking co-workers for assistance or just to answer questions can be perfectly acceptable.\n\nBut there\u2019s no quicker way to make enemies than to ask or expect your new co-workers to do your job for you.\n\nRemember, you were hired because managers believed in your ability to get the job done. Ask for help if you need it, but believe in yourself and prove that you can do the work yourself.\n\n6. Don\u2019t take too many personal calls.\n\nThe time you spend at work is for, well, work. Your employer isn\u2019t paying you to chat with your girlfriend or even your kids\u2019 babysitter.\n\nIf friends or family members are prone to call you during working hours, remind them before you start your new job that you will now be working during certain hours and request that they avoid calling you during those hours.\n\nMake a personal policy of limiting personal phone calls and texts to your lunch break, except for during emergencies.\n\n7. Don\u2019t ask for more money.\n\nMost likely, you and your employer agreed to a certain salary during the hiring process. So don\u2019t change your mind before you even show up at work. If you agreed to the salary offered, be satisfied with that.\n\nDon\u2019t expect more money (and don\u2019t ask for more) until you\u2019ve worked long enough to prove your value to the employer.\n\n8. Don\u2019t try to change things.\n\nOf course you want to make a good impression as soon as you arrive at a new job, and show your new employer they made the right choice in hiring you.\n\nHowever, be cautious of suggesting new policies or strategies during your first few weeks, as it may not be the best way to demonstrate you are a team player. Plus, it could prompt some of your new co-workers to think twice about you as the right person for the job.\n\nAt first, take time to really understand and learn your job, then over time, you can make suggestions and changes as situations arise, and as your input and expertise is called upon.\n\n9. Don\u2019t be dishonest.\n\nIn a new job, there will always be a learning curve, and effective supervisors understand that. Inevitably, you\u2019ll be asked to do something or expected to know something that you don\u2019t yet know or know how to do. Rather than saying you can complete the task on your own, be honest. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to say, \u2018I don\u2019t know,\u2019\u201d Huhman writes.\n\n\u201cHonesty is a huge differentiator. Simply look people in the eye and say unabashedly and with confidence, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Let me find out and get back to you. Then do it.\u201d\n\n10. Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help.\n\nYou may be so eager to start your new job that you don\u2019t want to stop and ask questions. But by skipping even the most basic questions, you are setting yourself up for failure.\n\nRather than making a mistake that could cost the company time and money, ask questions about everything you need to know, from what your job responsibilities are to who can help you with Internet or phone problems, to how you get paid and much more.\n\nBy following these tips from Glassdoor, you\u2019ll be on your way to keeping your job and impressing your boss and co-workers.\n\nRead: Microsoft conducted a 4-day workweek experiment \u2013 here\u2019s what happened", "sentence2": "New Years-fresh starts, clean slates and new resolutions. Every first of January, people set New Year\u2019s Resolutions in the hopes of improving themselves or their lives; but how best to make them stick?\n\nThe following are a few tips to help with keeping what we resolve to do-or not do in the new year, according to experts:\n\n1. Set intentions. An intention is a guiding principle for how you want to be, live, show up in the world and is the starting point to every goal.\n\n2. Ask yourself why the intention or goal you set matters to you-and if it is realistic. Expectations that are too high can cause you to be too overwhelmed to start or maintain your goals.\n\n3. Talk to people about your resolutions. This creates a support system as well as can hold you accountable.\n\n4. Make a list of plans. Big goals can seem daunting, break your plan up into little things you can do each day to help achieve your ultimate goal.\n\n5. Take the first step. Don\u2019t procrastinate. You don\u2019t need to wait until everything is just right. Get started now and make adjustments as you go along.\n\n6. Ditch deprivation. Try not to approach your New Year\u2019s resolutions from a place of deprivation, restriction or punishment.\n\n7. Try not to focus on the end result. When you commit to the process of the goal, rather than the result, it\u2019s easier to make it an enjoyable experience.\n\n8. Take breaks. A goal should not consume your every thought and life, after all, is meant to be lived.\n\n9. Plan for success. Instead of thinking about failing and what could go wrong, think of succeeding; put those positive thoughts out to the world. Worrying about failure is pointless and destructive.\n\n10. Reward yourself. Celebrate your achievements, no matter how small; you deserve it!"}
+{"id": "1484188930_1484152024", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "New 2020 is almost upon us and it\u2019s going to be a landmark year for gaming. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are coming, some long-awaited titles like The Last of Us Part II and Final Fantasy VII Remake will finally arrive, and cloud gaming and other new ways to play will continue to make inroads. 2020 is going to be a year of transition and upheaval for our hobby, which means it\u2019s a great time for all good little gamers to turn over a new leaf. To make some New Year\u2019s resolutions that will improve your own situation and the gaming scene as a whole.\n\nOf course, sometimes it\u2019s tough to come up with good resolutions, so I\u2019m here to help! Here are a few 2020 gaming resolution suggestions to get your minds percolating\u2026\n\nThe Financial Year in Tech 2019: Highs, Lows, and Future Trends\n\nSlim Down Your Backlog in January and February\n\nIt\u2019s time to put your pile of shame on a diet. 2020 will eventually see some big releases, with March and April being particularly crazy, but the first two months of the year? Those are unusually barren, so it\u2019s time to finally finish up some of those games that have been lingering for weeks, months, or even years. Personally, I\u2019m finally going to see the end of Red Dead Redemption 2. It, uh, all turns out great, right?\n\nTruly Master at Least One Game\n\nWhile that aforementioned March-April period will be out of control (get ready for Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil 3, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and more within the span of weeks) but, overall, 2020 is a transition year. Things will probably be a bit slower than usual, particularly if you don\u2019t pick up a PS4 or Xbox Series X (we\u2019ll talk about that later). That means, instead of increasing your pile of shame, 2020 is a great year to really drill down and master something. Really become good at a fighting or action game or 100 percent that new RPG. It\u2019s more satisfying to master one game than half-finish a half dozen, and your bank account will thank you.\n\nStop Fighting Steam and Epic\u2019s Battles for Them\n\nThankfully, it already seems to be dying down a bit, but the Steam vs. Epic Games Store Wars were the most pointless thing we devoted our time to in 2019. These massively-profitable companies don\u2019t need you fighting their battles for them. Downloading an extra launcher is not a huge imposition, and we\u2019re finally starting to see some real, consumer-benefitting competition, with both Steam and Epic offering some great promotions this holiday season.\n\nArise: A Simple Story Review \u2013 A Good Life, A So-So Video Game\n\nI\u2019d say you should all give up your console and NVIDIA vs. AMD wars as well, but I\u2019m trying to keep these resolutions at least somewhat realistic.\n\nStay Vigilant About Monetization\n\n2019 was the year the loot box died (or least started writing up its Last Will and Testament) and it was regular players speaking up that forced the change. The big publishers certainly wouldn\u2019t have given them up on their own. That said, do keep an eye out for new monetization schemes, because you know certain publishers are diligently working on their next big money-grubbing innovation.\n\nDon\u2019t Buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X at Launch\n\nI won\u2019t be sticking to this resolution myself, but if you don\u2019t strictly need a next-gen console for your job like I do, wait a while to buy PS5 or Xbox Series X. Consoles are overpriced at launch and it takes a while before you know if a machine is going to be successful. Also, in most cases, the first great, truly next-gen games don\u2019t come out until about a year into a console\u2019s lifespan. Both the PS5 and XSX are probably going to be around for a while, so sit back, consider your options, and make an informed decision.\n\nDo Buy a Switch if You Haven\u2019t Already\n\nBut maybe you have some cash earmarked for a new console just burning a hole in your pocket? Well, if you haven\u2019t already, go ahead and grab yourself a Switch. Yes, it\u2019s not the most powerful machine on the market, but 2019 was the year Nintendo\u2019s little system definitively proved it was more than just a gimmick. The Switch boasts a fantastic library featuring top-notch Nintendo exclusives, the best indies of the past five years, and a handful of surprisingly-solid triple-A ports. I\u2019m a pretty platform-agnostic kind of guy, but this past year most of my gaming free time was spent on the Switch. You might be surprised to find the same thing happening to you.\n\nDon\u2019t Be Jerks to People Who Make the Games You Love\n\nWe\u2019re all passionate about his hobby, but that passion can turn into anger when a game or series does something you don\u2019t like. I totally get that, but that said, do keep in mind that games are made by real people, most of whom are just trying their best to make something that will entertain players, so don\u2019t lash out at them. Most of the decisions you\u2019re upset about were probably made by committee in fancy boardrooms, so reserve your anger for publishers, not the rank and file. Also, do try to support devs when stories of crunch or workplace toxicity come out. Happy devs make better games, so better workplace conditions benefit everyone.\n\nPlay More Games With Friends\n\nI\u2019ve always believed gaming is at its best when you\u2019re playing with someone close to you on the same couch, or, failing that, a real friend over the Internet. Unfortunately, it\u2019s all too easy to fall into the habit of just playing randoms online \u2013 to start thinking of the people you\u2019re playing strictly as adversaries instead of friends. A lot of modern games, particularly battle royale stuff, really encourages that. I can guarantee you\u2019ll feel a little better about the hobby, and have to absorb a lot less abuse from trolls, if you make the time to game with friends and family more often.\n\nTry Something New\u2026\n\nAs I\u2019ve said, 2020 is a transition year, so why not branch out with something new? Give a genre you\u2019ve never tried a spin, or give one you gave up on long ago another shot. Give that quirky indie a chance. A lot of 2019\u2019s best games were off the regular beaten path, and the same will probably hold true for 2020.\n\n\u2026But Don\u2019t Be Ashamed to Like What You Like\n\nThat said, while trying something new is worthwhile, don\u2019t be afraid to wear your quirky gaming tastes on your sleeve. You don\u2019t have to pretend to be into the next Call of Duty or Madden if you\u2019d rather be playing weird Japanese visual novels. Or dense PC strategy games. Or candy-colored rhythm games. Or Pokemon Go. Or whatever! If you genuinely love CoD, that\u2019s fine too. The gaming scene is more varied than ever, so you do you.\n\nSo, there you go, a few suggested New Year\u2019s resolutions for 2020. Of course, nobody\u2019s forcing you to take my advice! What gaming resolutions will you be making in the new year?", "sentence2": "SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) \u2013 Ever notice your gym gets busier in January? Getting active is one of the top New Year\u2019s resolutions that people make.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to watch how many stick with it and are here in February and March. It\u2019s fun to watch them come and go and try and encourage people to do it,\u201d a gym member and Wilbraham resident, Sue Rigney said.\n\nThat\u2019s because fitness, in many surveys we saw, was the number one resolution for people in the new year.\n\nUnfortunately, many people end up abandoning the resolution only a few weeks in. According to U.S. News and World Report, the failure rate for resolutions is 80 percent.\n\n\u201cSome people set unrealistic expectations unfortunately sometimes. So it\u2019s good to have a good set one,\u201d Best Fitness front desk employee, Tyler Cote told 22News.\n\nGoogle Trends shows that searches related to exercise peak around January 1st every year. That\u2019s when gyms also typically see a spike in membership sign-ups.\n\nThe International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association says 12 percent of new gym memberships happen in January, the most out of any other month.\n\n\u201cI know we\u2019re going to start seeing a lot of new people coming in because you know everyone has their fitness resolutions and once the new year comes everyone\u2019s like let\u2019s get on it. It\u2019s the best time, new year new me,\u201d Cote continued.\n\nGym staff recommends starting a small goal that you can track for your New Year\u2019s fitness journey to avoid taking on too much, too fast.\n\n\u201cThe first step is to come in the door,\u201d Cote said."}
+{"id": "1484699049_1484327278", "score": 2.3333333333, "sentence1": "It's only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in 'sexy' stocks with a good story, even if those businesses lose money. But as Warren Buffett has mused, 'If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.' When they buy such story stocks, investors are all too often the patsy.\n\nSo if you're like me, you might be more interested in profitable, growing companies, like H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL). While that doesn't make the shares worth buying at any price, you can't deny that successful capitalism requires profit, eventually. In comparison, loss making companies act like a sponge for capital - but unlike such a sponge they do not always produce something when squeezed.\n\nView our latest analysis for H.B. Fuller\n\nH.B. Fuller's Earnings Per Share Are Growing.\n\nIf you believe that markets are even vaguely efficient, then over the long term you'd expect a company's share price to follow its earnings per share (EPS). That means EPS growth is considered a real positive by most successful long-term investors. H.B. Fuller managed to grow EPS by 7.7% per year, over three years. That might not be particularly high growth, but it does show that per-share earnings are moving steadily in the right direction.\n\nCareful consideration of revenue growth and earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) margins can help inform a view on the sustainability of the recent profit growth. It seems H.B. Fuller is pretty stable, since revenue and EBIT margins are pretty flat year on year. That's not bad, but it doesn't point to ongoing future growth, either.\n\nIn the chart below, you can see how the company has grown earnings, and revenue, over time. To see the actual numbers, click on the chart.\n\nNYSE:FUL Income Statement, December 31st 2019 More\n\nOf course the knack is to find stocks that have their best days in the future, not in the past. You could base your opinion on past performance, of course, but you may also want to check this interactive graph of professional analyst EPS forecasts for H.B. Fuller.\n\nAre H.B. Fuller Insiders Aligned With All Shareholders?\n\nIt makes me feel more secure owning shares in a company if insiders also own shares, thusly more closely aligning our interests. So it is good to see that H.B. Fuller insiders have a significant amount of capital invested in the stock. Indeed, they hold US$22m worth of its stock. That shows significant buy-in, and may indicate conviction in the business strategy. Even though that's only about 0.9% of the company, it's enough money to indicate alignment between the leaders of the business and ordinary shareholders.\n\nShould You Add H.B. Fuller To Your Watchlist?\n\nOne positive for H.B. Fuller is that it is growing EPS. That's nice to see. Just as polish makes silverware pop, the high level of insider ownership enhances my enthusiasm for this growth. That combination appeals to me, for one. So yes, I do think the stock is worth keeping an eye on. Of course, identifying quality businesses is only half the battle; investors need to know whether the stock is undervalued. So you might want to consider this free discounted cashflow valuation of H.B. Fuller.\n\nAlthough H.B. Fuller certainly looks good to me, I would like it more if insiders were buying up shares. If you like to see insider buying, too, then this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying, could be exactly what you're looking for.\n\nStory continues", "sentence2": "Today, we'll introduce the concept of the P/E ratio for those who are learning about investing. We'll look at Hotel Grand Central Limited's (SGX:H18) P/E ratio and reflect on what it tells us about the company's share price. Hotel Grand Central has a price to earnings ratio of 38.26, based on the last twelve months. That corresponds to an earnings yield of approximately 2.6%.\n\nView our latest analysis for Hotel Grand Central\n\nHow Do I Calculate A Price To Earnings Ratio?\n\nThe formula for price to earnings is:\n\nPrice to Earnings Ratio = Price per Share \u00f7 Earnings per Share (EPS)\n\nOr for Hotel Grand Central:\n\nP/E of 38.26 = SGD1.30 \u00f7 SGD0.03 (Based on the year to September 2019.)\n\nIs A High P/E Ratio Good?\n\nA higher P/E ratio implies that investors pay a higher price for the earning power of the business. All else being equal, it's better to pay a low price -- but as Warren Buffett said, 'It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price'.\n\nDoes Hotel Grand Central Have A Relatively High Or Low P/E For Its Industry?\n\nWe can get an indication of market expectations by looking at the P/E ratio. You can see in the image below that the average P/E (26.6) for companies in the hospitality industry is lower than Hotel Grand Central's P/E.\n\nSGX:H18 Price Estimation Relative to Market, January 2nd 2020 More\n\nHotel Grand Central's P/E tells us that market participants think the company will perform better than its industry peers, going forward. Shareholders are clearly optimistic, but the future is always uncertain. So investors should always consider the P/E ratio alongside other factors, such as whether company directors have been buying shares.\n\nHow Growth Rates Impact P/E Ratios\n\nIf earnings fall then in the future the 'E' will be lower. That means unless the share price falls, the P/E will increase in a few years. So while a stock may look cheap based on past earnings, it could be expensive based on future earnings.\n\nHotel Grand Central shrunk earnings per share by 24% over the last year. And EPS is down 20% a year, over the last 3 years. This might lead to low expectations.\n\nRemember: P/E Ratios Don't Consider The Balance Sheet\n\nOne drawback of using a P/E ratio is that it considers market capitalization, but not the balance sheet. Thus, the metric does not reflect cash or debt held by the company. In theory, a company can lower its future P/E ratio by using cash or debt to invest in growth.\n\nSuch spending might be good or bad, overall, but the key point here is that you need to look at debt to understand the P/E ratio in context.\n\nHotel Grand Central's Balance Sheet\n\nHotel Grand Central has net cash of S$147m. This is fairly high at 16% of its market capitalization. That might mean balance sheet strength is important to the business, but should also help push the P/E a bit higher than it would otherwise be.\n\nThe Verdict On Hotel Grand Central's P/E Ratio\n\nHotel Grand Central has a P/E of 38.3. That's higher than the average in its market, which is 13.5. Falling earnings per share is probably keeping traditional value investors away, but the healthy balance sheet means the company retains potential for future growth. If fails to eventuate, the current high P/E could prove to be temporary, as the share price falls.\n\nInvestors have an opportunity when market expectations about a stock are wrong. As value investor Benjamin Graham famously said, 'In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine. Although we don't have analyst forecasts you could get a better understanding of its growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow."}
+{"id": "1484191228_1483996933", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "No Patrick Beverley. No Lou Williams. No Terance Mann.\n\nYes, Derrick Walton Jr.\n\nThe 6-foot point guard from Michigan \u2014 via the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas and Germany\u2019s Alba Berlin \u2014 finished 2019 by further ingratiating himself with Clippers\u2019 fandom and his teammates alike.\n\nWalton, 24, chalked up a career-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to buoy the short-handed Clippers on Tuesday in a convincing 105-87 victory over the Sacramento Kings.\n\n\u201cYessssir boyyy hooping,\u201d tweeted Beverley, who missed the first of what\u2019s expected to be a few games with a sprained right wrist.\n\nWalton was, indeed, hooping: He curled comfortably around a Montrezl Harrell screen and sank a jumper; he buried a wide-open rainbow 3-pointer from the top of the arc; he buried another in a defender\u2019s face; he recovered after being blocked by Bogdan Bogdanovic by popping up for another two points from the elbow \u2014 and looked exceedingly comfortable all the while.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s just solid, he knows he can score, he knows he can shoot the ball,\u201d coach Doc Rivers told reporters in Sacramento who asked about Walton, who once scored 41 points in a G League game for the Sioux Falls Skyforce.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s like the league doesn\u2019t know he can do that so they\u2019re going to keep leaving him open. He\u2019s not going to hesitate.\u201d\n\nWalton isn\u2019t the flinching type. During his televised postgame interview with Fox Sports\u2019 Kristina Pink, he answered a question about what he\u2019s looking forward to in the new year \u2014 which tips off for the Clippers (24-11) on Thursday against the 12-22 Detroit Pistons (7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Prime Ticket) and former Clippers star Blake Griffin, who\u2019s been nursing a sore knee.\n\n\u201cJust being a part of something special,\u201d Walton told Pink in response to her question. \u201cWe\u2019re preparing for something big. But you try to take it a day at a time\u2026\u201d\n\nAt that point, veteran forward Moe Harkless interrupted, draping a towel over Walton\u2019s head and giving the guard an affectionate noogie \u2014 which did not derail Walton\u2019s train of thought: \u201c\u2026 and know we got an end goal and just try to build blocks to make sure, at the end of the day, we\u2019re most prepared for what we\u2019re trying to get accomplished.\u201d\n\nBefore Walton was called up from Ontario to join the L.A. Clippers on Dec. 1, Walton was preparing for his current opportunity by stuffing stat sheets in the G League, with 13.4 points, 7.2 assists 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals in his five games with Agua Caliente.\n\nNow, in 17 contests with L.A., he\u2019s shooting an 55.6 percent from the field, 47.1 percent from 3-point range and is one of six regular Clippers with a positive \u2014 plus 1.2 \u2014 net plus-minus (the net point differential per 100 offensive and defensive possessions).\n\nJust before this season began, Walton offered a hint of what he believed he could contribute.\n\n\u201cI feel like I\u2019m always silently confident,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything about this situation is about fitting and opportunities.\u201d\n\nPISTONS AT CLIPPERSWhen: Thursday, 7:30 p.m.\n\nWhere: Staples Center, Los Angeles\n\nTV: Fox Sports Prime Ticket", "sentence2": "SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Paul George and Kawhi Leonard had far more success passing the ball in the first half than they did shooting it \u2013 and the Clippers still put up nearly 60 points.\n\nThat, as Leonard pointed out afterward, bodes well for a franchise in serious pursuit of its first NBA championship.\n\nGeorge had 21 points with season highs of 11 rebounds and nine assists to shake off a slow start, and short-handed Los Angeles thumped the Sacramento Kings 105-87 on Tuesday.\n\nLeonard scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter to help the Clippers to their 14th consecutive win in Sacramento dating to 2013.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s what championship teams are about,\u201d said Leonard, who led Toronto to the title a year ago before signing with the Clippers in hopes of bringing a banner to Los Angeles.\n\n\u201cGoing through playoff runs, the best players aren\u2019t going to play great some nights. It might be somebody off the bench or somebody (else) starting that has a big game that propels us to win.\u201d\n\nIvica Zubac added eight points and 13 rebounds and Maurice Harkless scored 12 points for the Clippers. Los Angeles also got a big lift from Larry Shamet and Derrick Walton Jr., who combined for 19 points.\n\nThat was pivotal on a night when George shot 6 of 25 and Leonard was 8 of 21.\n\n\u201cWe just kind of hung in there,\u201d Los Angeles coach Doc Rivers said. \u201cWe went zone a little bit and changed our look. I just like our defense.\u201d\n\nThe Clippers played without Patrick Beverley and sixth man Lou Williams. Beverley is nursing a sprained right wrist he injured during Saturday night\u2019s loss in Utah, while Williams missed the game because of personal reasons.\n\nRichaun Holmes had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento. The Kings have lost eight straight.\n\n\u201cThey pushed us around out there and they had their way,\u201d Sacramento coach Luke Walton said. \u201cWe have to come together and we\u2019ve got to be mentally stronger, physically stronger and fight our way out of it. That\u2019s the only way to get out of this type of slump that we\u2019re in, and we\u2019ve done it before.\u201d\n\nThree days after a 13-point loss to Utah, Los Angeles took control in the first half despite both George and Leonard struggling offensively. The All-Stars missed 17 of their first 24 shots combined.\n\nBoth got going after the break.\n\nLeonard made five of seven shots in the third quarter, and George \u2013 who missed eight of his first nine shots beyond the arc \u2013 made a 3 to open the fourth. George added another 3-pointer later that put the Clippers ahead 103-86.\n\n\u201cI had the mindset of just go and attack, be aggressive, be physical,\u201d George said. \u201cI got the spots I wanted to. I got to the shots I wanted to. But it\u2019s just that stretch for me right now where the ball\u2019s not going down.\u201d\n\nEven with Leonard and George struggling most of the first half, the Clippers still built a big lead on the slumping Kings late in the second quarter. Shamet\u2019s 3-pointer gave Los Angeles a 57-40 halftime lead.\n\nLeonard got going in the third and the Clippers went on a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 19. Montrezl Harrell tipped in an offensive rebound then made a pair of free throws that made it 85-66.\n\nWIN, THEN LOSE, THEN WIN\n\nThe Clippers have alternated wins and losses over the past nine games. George said that\u2019s indicative of a team with new players still trying to adjust. \u201cWe\u2019ve probably got one game under our belt where everybody\u2019s been healthy,\u201d George said. \u201cWe\u2019re still learning each other. Our winning streak\u2019s going to come, sooner than later I believe.\u201d\n\nTIP-INS\n\nClippers: Beverley was injured Saturday against Utah. Although X-rays taken on his wrist were negative, Beverley is expected to miss a handful of games.\n\nKings: De\u2019Aaron Fox had nine points and six assists after sitting out most of two games because of back spasms. \u2026 Sacramento\u2019s losing streak is its longest since an eight-game stretch two seasons ago.\n\nUP NEXT\n\nClippers: Return to Los Angeles to play Detroit on Thursday.\n\nKings: Host Memphis on Thursday. Sacramento has won two straight home games against the Grizzlies but was beaten 119-115 on Dec. 21 in Memphis."}
+{"id": "1484190460_1483806119", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Privacy-focussed messaging app Telegram has released a new update for the new year.\n\nThe update brought along a number of new features, including:\n\nTheme Editor 2.0\n\nUsing the new theme editor in Chat Settings (or Appearance Settings on iOS), you can quickly tweak the style of elements in Telegram chats and add awesome gradients to both your messages and your background. Switch between tabs (Main Color, Background, My Messages) to see how deep this rabbit hole goes:\n\nOnce you\u2019re done editing, you can quickly share the result of your work with friends so that they can continue tuning your theme.\n\nTelegram bundled dozens of cool patterns to make it easy to get started and also a large number of predefined color schemes for Telegram\u2019s default themes.\n\nSend When Online\n\nTelegram has also added schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online. The option is only available if you are allowed to see your recipient\u2019s online status.\n\nImproved Venue Sharing\n\nLocation sharing has been updated to make finding venues easier. You can now tap a place directly on the map to select it, rather than scrolling through a list of all the available venues.\n\nView Search Results as a List\n\nThe Search function allows you to easily jump between messages containing a keyword \u2013 or sent by a particular person, or even from a certain day. Tapping the bottom bar will now switch to list view in case you want to see all the results on one page.\n\nOn iOS, you can now also select several messages without leaving Search Mode.\n\nPodcast and Audiobook Support\n\nYou\u2019ve always been able to share files of up to 1,5 GB, but podcasts and audiobooks now get special treatment. Telegram apps will remember your last position when resuming playback of audio files longer than 20 minutes.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to make podcasts get to the point a little faster, try the new 2x button (which you already know from voice messages) that eliminates voice chipmunking in 96.8% of cases.\n\nOn iOS, you can skip forward and back with high-precision scrubbing: just hold on the progress bar and slide your finger down, then left or right.\n\nNew On Android\n\nSwitch to Night Mode Faster\n\nTelegram has shielded your eyes in dark places with Night Mode since 2017. With the Night Mode Switch at the top of the menu you can tap the moon icon switch in and out of night mode faster.\n\nMaps now also support Night Mode, so you don\u2019t accidentally burn yourself while browsing locations late in the evening.\n\nOn iOS, dark maps turn on and off with the system dark mode. Speaking of which, we recently added the option to sync your Telegram theme with system dark mode on iOS 13. The app now also includes Sleek New Animations.\n\nSelect Parts of Messages\n\nFollowing in the footsteps of the iOS app, Android now also lets you select a portion of the message text to copy or share, instead of only the full text.\n\nMulti-sharing from Other Apps\n\nTelegram has made it easier than ever to share content from other apps with your friends. You can now tap and hold to select multiple recipients \u2013 and even add a comment.\n\nMark Archive as Read\n\nClear up those extra unread message counters in your archive by tapping and holding the archive folder and marking them all read.\n\nOther Android Goodies\n\nYou can choose video quality in a more intuitive way when sending videos.\n\nSending contacts now uses a simple, card-style interface that won\u2019t take up your whole screen (unless you pull up to expand it).\n\nWhen you\u2019re done listening to a voice message with your phone up to your ear, Telegram automatically records a reply \u2013 but now you can disable that by turning off Raise to Speak in your Chat Settings.\n\nThere is an additional 31 other fixes and improvements in the Android app.\n\nNew on iOS\n\nText Size, All the Way\n\nYou\u2019ve been able to adjust the size of message text on Telegram from the beginning, but now you can scale the font size throughout the app.\n\nChoose Your Browser\n\nExternal browsers are now supported for opening links \u2013 you can select your preferred app in Settings > Data and Storage > Other.\n\nShare Sheet Settings\n\nYour most popular Telegram chats were recently added to the iOS Share Sheet. In case you\u2018d like to control what can (or can\u2019t ) appear there, you can use the new toggles under Settings > Data and Storage > Other > Share Sheet.\n\nSwitch Accounts Faster\n\nYou can use Telegram with multiple accounts, switching between up to 3 phone numbers without logging out. You can now swiftly switch accounts right from your home screen on iOS 13. Simply hold down on the app icon any time you need to change costumes.\n\nStorage Usage At a Glance\n\nThe Storage Usage page has been redesigned to more quickly find the settings you\u2018re looking for. It also shows your device\u2019s storage status, and how much space all those other pesky apps are using compared to Telegram.\n\nCache-Clearing Shortcuts\n\nSelecting multiple messages in a group or channel gives you the option to clear the chat\u2019s cache.\n\nCheck out Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage for more options.\n\nMember Lists: The Shorter Scrolls\n\nLong member lists will collapse, so you can get to the \u2018Leave Group\u2019 button without scrolling.\n\nAlternatively, swiping on a group or channel from the chat list and selecting \u2018Delete\u2019 is even quicker.\n\nFind the latest download links at Telegram here.\n\nVia Neowin", "sentence2": "tech2 News Staff\n\nEnd to end encrypted messaging app Telegram has announced a whole bunch of new features that will be seen on the app soon.\n\nThese features were announced in a blog post last night. Being a security focused app, Telegram will now let developers who make open source apps to independently verify their code on GitHub and ensure that it is the same code that was used to build the app they downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store.\n\nThe new features coming to Telegram have already started rolling out.\n\nHere are the major features.\n\nNew Theme Editor 2.0\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nYou will need to head to Chat Settings (Android) or Appearance Settings (iOS) to tweak how your Telegram interface looks. From changing the background to changing the chat window gradients, you can tweak the look to your heart's content. You also have predefined colour themes, where you can further tweak some things.\n\nSend When Online\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram already had a feature to schedule your messages when the recipient came online, provided you are allowed by the recipient to see when they are online. Now you can also schedule Stickers along with messages, with or without sound.\n\nView Search Results as a list\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nYou can use the universal search feature to search for a particular word or phrase in a Telegram chat. But earlier you had to click on the up/down arrow to toggle between search results. The latest update shows you a list of search results thereby reducing the number of clicks required to go to your desired result.\n\nPodcast and Audiobook support\n\nThis is a boon for podcast addicts. If you have an audio file or a podcast longer than 20 mins, Telegram will be able to remember your last played position. There's also a 2x speed dial for podcasts.\n\nAndroid updates\n\nSwitch to Night Mode quicker\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram on Android has supported Night Mode since 2017, but activating that involved a lot of steps. Now with just a single tap, you can switch between regular and night mode. This applies to the Maps as well.\n\nNew ripple animations\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nSelect part of a message\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nThis feature has been there on iOS. Now the Android app will also let you select part of the message instead of the full text.\n\nMulti-sharing from other apps\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nTelegram on Android will now let you share stuff with your friends from multiple apps. You can send a photo from Instagram or a tweet from Twitter to multiple friends and will even get an option to add a comment accompanying it.\n\niOS updates\n\nChoose your browser\n\nExternal browser support has now been added for opening links. Head to Settings > Data and Storage > Other to select between in-app Safari, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera Touch among others.\n\nShare sheet settings\n\nYou can control what does or doesn't appear in your iOS Share Sheet (which generally adds your most popular Telegram chats). Head over to Settings >Data and Storage > Other > Share Sheet and toggle according to your preference.\n\nSwitch Accounts faster\n\nJust long hold on the Telegram icon and it will show you the other Telegram accounts. You can switch between up to three phone numbers without logging out.\n\nStorage usage at a glance\n\nYou can get a quick look at how Telegram is using your phone's storage now. You can see the Telegram Cache, Other apps and Free storage. There is a button to clear Telegram Cache with a single click as well. Head over to Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage for more options.\n\nFind latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison."}
+{"id": "1483801563_1484256518", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Payton places\n\nNorth Marion freshman finished fifth nationally in the Junior World Finals pole bending competitions held in Las Vegas\n\nNorth Marion High School freshman Payton Johnson notched her name at a national level, placing fifth in the 17-and-under pole bending category at the Junior World Finals held in Las Vegas Dec. 9-14.\n\nJohnson's three successive rides clocked 21.628, 21.522 and 20.475 for a 63.971 final. The first two qualified Johnson for the finale.\n\n\"The first two rounds are where everybody gets to go,\" Johnson said of the field of roughly 40 riders. \"Then the top 10 in the average get to go in the short round.\"\n\nJohnson stood at No. 6 going into the short round before improving with her final ride.\n\nCassidy Evans of Yuma, Colo., took the top spot at 60.383 (20.655, 19.775 and 19.953).\n\nJohnson, who lives in the Broadacres area, said she was happy with her performance in Las Vegas, and she looks forward to more competitions in the future.\n\n\"I think for my first time, it was pretty good,\" she said\n\nBut perhaps the most enjoyable part of the adventure was meeting people from all over the country.\n\n\"I got to meet a lot of different people from all kinds of places,\" Johnson said. \"There were some super-nice people from Mississippi, and pretty cool people from Texas. I met people from Pennsylvania and California. That was a lot of fun.\"\n\nJohnson, who turns 15 this month, is a member of the Oregon High School Rodeo where she competes as an all-around cowgirl in barrel racing, pole bending, team roping, breakaway roping and goat tying. She qualified for the Junior World Finals earlier in the year at a national rodeo held in Red Bluff, Calif.\n\nJunior World Finals\n\nPole Bending 17 and under results\n\n1. Cassidy Evans, Yuma, Colorado, 60.383; 2. Mollie Compton, Cleveland, Oklahoma, 60.834; 3. Cashen Turner, Edmond, Oklahoma, 61.834; 4. Brianna Sharp, Brentwood, Calif., 63.020; 5. Payton Johnson, Aurora, Ore., 63.971; 6. Jill Hines, Snohomish, Wash., 64.063; 7. Mesa Allen, Thermopolis, Wyo., 65.560; 8. Madison Comozzi, Petaluma, Calif., 65.794; 9. Emma Hulse, Snohomish, Wash., 69.103; 10. Saige Smith, Touchet, Wash., 75.186.\n\nYou count on us to stay informed and we depend on you to fund our efforts. Quality local journalism takes time and money. Please support us to protect the future of community journalism.", "sentence2": "How these brands think they look:\n\nHow they actually look:\n\nThis is why you don\u2019t want a bunch of old men calling ALL the shots.\n\n1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.\n\n10.\n\n11.\n\n12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\n16.\n\n17.\n\nMore funny pics:"}
+{"id": "1484039144_1484039153", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Michonne is back for the second half of season 10 (Picture: AMC)\n\nThe Walking Dead fans were left scratching their heads over whether they had seen Dania Gurira\u2019s character Michonne bow out from the show for good, or whether her sword-wielding character could resurface in season 10.\n\nBut now all has been revealed because TV bosses have teased Michonne\u2019s return in the second half of season 10 as she and Virgil (Kevin Carroll) search for weapons on an island naval base.\n\nWith these weapons, the survivors will be able to end their war against the Whisperers and their walker herd, although we still are none the wiser about how many more episodes Gurira will appear before her planned departure.\n\nSpeaking about her exit, Gurira began: \u2018It was overwhelming.\n\n\u2018I mean, I haven\u2019t talked about it yet because we haven\u2019t really said I was done yet, so it was kinda just talking about it for the first time now but it was really overwhelming the love. They got me because I thought I was going home,\u2019 she told ComicBook.com.\n\nBut when will she leave? (Picture: AMC)\n\nKevin has hinted at a juicy storyline (Picture: Gene Page/AMC)\n\nSpeaking to TV Insider, Kevin hinted that Virgil might not be all he seems, leading to an exciting storyline.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nHe explained: \u2018I just want to tell [fans] that in this world of The Walking Dead, anything is possible.\n\n\u2018At this point, I\u2019m just excited for Virgil to get on the map, and start to mix it up in this world.\n\n\u2018I am anxiously hoping that the fans can appreciate what this journey is about to be.\n\n\u2018For people who love Michonne, this will be a rewarding piece of the journey for her. I think they\u2019re going to have a good time with the twists and turns of this story.\u2019\n\nThe actor also teased that \u2018every facet of humanity is up for grabs because of everybody\u2019s need to survive.\u2019 So there\u2019s a chance we could see Virgil turn\u2026\n\nBut Kevin was keeping schtum on that, adding: \u2018I\u2019m going to leave it at that, and tell them to have a great time figuring it out.\u2019\n\nThe Walking Dead season 10 will return to AMC on 23 February.\n\nGot a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.\n\nMORE: Rick Grimes might lose his hand in solo The Walking Dead movie trilogy in nod to scrapped comic storyline\n\nMORE: The Walking Dead manages to get even bleaker with original cast photo ahead of season 10B", "sentence2": "Kevin didn\u2019t specify which character it would be (Picture: Marvel Comics)\n\nMarvel boss Kevin Feige confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting their first transgender character.\n\nAfter pleas for Marvel to include more LGBTQ+ characters in their franchise, Kevin appears to have delivered in The Eternals.\n\nWhen asked at the New York Film Academy whether there were any plans to introduce more diverse characters, specifically transgender characters, the 46-year-old producer said: \u2018Yes, absolutely yes.\n\n\u2018Very soon, in a movie, we\u2019re shooting right now, yes.\u2019\n\nKevin never specified which movie the character will appear in, but The Eternals is currently the only project in the middle of filming.\n\nThe Eternals stars Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, and Salma Hayek.\n\nAccording to Kevin, The Eternals will also be getting a gay character, who is \u2018married, he\u2019s got a family, and that is just part of who he is.\u2019\n\nKevin revealed The Eternals also has a gay character (Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)\n\nOn 7 December, a few lucky fans were treated to a first look at The Eternals, giving a glimpse at Angelina and Salma\u2019s characters.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nKevin hosted a panel at Comic-con in Sao Paolo where he unveiled a fresh look at Scarlett Johansson\u2019s Black Widow after the official trailer dropped last week.\n\nBut it was The Eternals preview which had everyone talking as it\u2019s been kept tightly under wraps since news of the movie broke earlier this year.\n\nAnd while the first look footage still isn\u2019t available for the wider public, a group of lucky Comic-Con attendees were able to watch a short clip.\n\nAccording to Deadline, the video showed a blonde Angelina \u2018kicking some major a*s\u2019 during a huge fight scene and, frankly, we wouldn\u2019t expect anything less.\n\nThe rest of the heroes are then shown in different parts of the world before the footage closes with Salma\u2019s character Ajak stating: \u2018This world has changed us. We must protect it.\u2019\n\nGot a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.\n\nMORE: Who is in the cast of Marvel\u2019s The Eternals with Angelina Jolie and when is the release date?\n\nMORE: Marvel\u2019s The Eternals\u2019 Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie evacuated after unexploded bomb found on set"}
+{"id": "1485366264_1483775099", "score": 1.6666666666999999, "sentence1": "Slim down. Drop a few pounds. Make my scale happy. Reverse my clothes shrinkage.\n\n\n\nHowever it's worded, weight loss is one of the most common New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Not surprisingly, a lot of these resolutions fail: Unrealistic goals and trendy weight programs lead to frustration and burnout with a return to original behaviors (and the same resolution the next year). Instead, the focus when trying to lose weight should be creating permanent healthy habits through realistic weight loss goals fueled by minor tweaks to everyday routines. Not only is this strategy easier to stick to but it also adds up over time and helps prevent setbacks from derailing your end goal.\n\nWhat is a reasonable goal and how do you set one? Simplified, weight loss occurs when you burn more energy (calories) through activity and normal body functions than you consume through eating. A healthy weight loss goal is between 0.5 to 2 pounds per week \u2014 this amounts to a calorie deficit of 1750 to 7000 calories per week or 250 to 1000 calories per day. This deficit can be achieved by either eating less (reduction of calories in), becoming more active (increase in calories out), or a combination of the two. To set a goal, first determine what you want the end result to be (lose 10 pounds), how you want to get there (diet and/or exercise), and what your weekly goal is based on how likely you are to stick to a new plan (be honest, if cutting 1000 calories per day is impossible for you, start smaller and work your way up).\n\n\n\n\n\nTo enact your new weight loss plan, focus on small changes to your daily habits to reach your daily goals. Try not to focus on your weight as it may fluctuate by 5 pounds per day based on what and when you eat and drink, if and when you exercised, and your stress levels and sleep quality. If you choose a daily weight check, do it at the same time every day, such as first thing in the morning. Adding an activity to your routine would help you quickly reach your daily deficit.\n\nWork out or play a sport for 20 minutes.\n\nWalk briskly or jog for 20-40 minutes.\n\nDo some yardwork or chores for 40-60 minutes.\n\nTo burn 250 calories (these are estimates):\n\n\n\nOr decrease your caloric intake by 250 calories by making some easy food choices:\n\nKeep your caffeine fix by swapping a large frappe with a small cappuccino\n\nReplace a large order of fries with a small order\n\nSubstitute an apple or baby carrots for a protein bar.\n\n\n\n\n\nSo what tools can you use to help keep you on track with your weight loss plan? Health and fitness apps and other wearables can be very helpful as they can track activities and calculate energy burned; other apps log your food intake and calculate the calories you have eaten. HealthMetric is an all-in-one health and fitness app that personalizes your weight loss journey. With HealthMetric\u2019s weight loss program, you set your goal and select a strategy to meet your goal: diet, exercise, or a combination. The app provides daily feedback on your progress, shows how others with similar goals are doing, and predicts how you'll do tomorrow to keep you motivated. In addition, you can use voice commands to search and record food, drinks, and exercises from our large, curated nutritional and activity databases.\n\n\n\nWith HealthMetric, you control how to become: Healthier. Strong. Better. You.", "sentence2": "Dear Dr. Roach \u2022 I\u2019m a 75-year-old male who can\u2019t remember whether or not he\u2019s had chickenpox as a child. This is somewhat important, as I\u2019m c\u2026"}
+{"id": "1484037432_1483909901", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "KOTA KINABALU - The chief of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) who enjoys close ties with Umno leaders has said that Islam doesn't have the swearing of an oath as carried out by ex-premier Najib Razak recently, to deny his involvement in the murder of a Mongolian woman.\n\nPAS president Abdul Hadi Awang was quoted on Wednesday (Jan 1) by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) news site as saying there is only the \"li'an\" oath in Islam, which is sworn by a husband and his wife in cases of suspected adultery where legal proof is unavailable.\n\nDatuk Seri Hadi was answering a question by a member of an audience who wanted to know about Najib's oath, at a talk in the Sabah capital on Tuesday (Dec 31), FMT said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hadi, an influential ustaz (Islamic cleric) in his party, there are no other legal oaths in Islam, though there are no restrictions against anyone wanting to take whatever oath, FMT reported.\n\n\"But if the accused does not have any witnesses, it's best to keep quiet,\" he was quoted as saying.\n\nNajib on Dec 20 swore an oath in a mosque in Kuala Lumpur to deny an accusation that he gave the order to kill Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.\n\nThe accusation was made by former police commando Azilah Hadri, who was convicted in 2009 of the murder, in a recent statutory declaration (SD).\n\nAltantuya, 28, was shot and her body blown up with explosives in a gruesome murder in 2006.\n\nNajib carried out the controversial oath inside Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru after Friday prayers.\n\nMr Hadi - whose decision to get close to Najib, when the latter was Umno president, paved the way for close Umno-PAS ties today - warned against being too eager to take such oaths as it may incur Allah's displeasure, FMT said.\n\nThe solemn oath, called sumpah laknat in Malay, is rarely uttered by Muslims as it calls for divine retribution on the party who is lying.\n\nRelated Story Malaysia may reopen Mongolia murder case as Najib Razak vows innocence\n\nRelated Story Dozens to be questioned over claim Najib Razak gave Altantuya kill order: Malaysia police chief\n\nRelated Story Lurid tale of bribery and murder looms anew for Malaysia's Najib\n\nRelated Story Murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu's family want justice in Malaysia lawsuit\n\nThis was the second time that Najib has sworn using the sumpah laknat in dealing with the murder of Altantuya.\n\nNajib swore a similar oath in 2008 at the height of the controversy over Ms Altantuya's murder, in a mosque in Penang.\n\nWhen Najib made the second oath on Dec 20, retired military general Mohamed Arshad Raji was quoted as saying Najib should stop \"making a mockery of the Islamic religious oath\".\n\nMr Arshad, chief of the National Patriot Association said, as quoted by Malaysiakini: \"An allegation of murder is a very serious matter. It is not a trivial matter such as a chicken or a goat has gone missing in a kampung where the matter can be settled with a sumpah (oath)\".", "sentence2": "KUALA LUMPUR - Some 300 Muslim students gathered on Wednesday (Jan 1) to protest against Chinese educationist group Dong Zong for opposing a Malaysian government's plan to introduce Jawi writing in Chinese and Tamil schools.\n\nThe peaceful gathering, organised by the Malaysian Muslim Students Coalition (Gamis), was held despite a warning by the police on Tuesday (Dec 31) that the organiser failed to obtained a permit from Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the police for the march.\n\nPolice did not interfere with the protest held outside a popular mall in downtown Kuala Lumur. The college students held up placards and banners while listening to speeches by several speakers.\n\nOne large banner in Jawi, complete with a clenched fist painted in red, read, 'People, rise to defend Jawi'. A placard read: 'Undergraduates rise to defend Jawi'.\n\nEarlier, some 150 students had assembled at the historic Masjid Jamek Kuala Lumpur mosque and were planning to march to the mall nearby. But they were advised against doing so by Gamis president Saifullah Baiduri, MalayMail online news reported, because holding a march without a proper permit is forbidden by a local law.\n\nEthnic tensions rose last week after Chinese education groups - the United Chinese Schools Teachers' Association (Jiao Zong) and the United Chinese School Committees' Association (Dong Zong) - planned to hold a protest congress against Jawi's introduction.\n\nThere are more than 1,200 Chinese and 523 Tamil primary schools in Malaysia that use either Mandarin or Tamil as the medium of instruction.\n\nIn August, the ministry surprised most people by saying it would include Jawi writing in the Year 4 (Primary 4) syllabus of Bahasa Melayu in the vernacular schools, raising concerns over creeping Islamisation.\n\nThese vernacular schools are run independently of national schools, and where the students, mainly Malays, are taught Jawi writing as part of Islamic studies.\n\nRelated Story Put teaching of Jawi in Chinese and Tamil schools on hold, urges National Jawi Congress\n\nRelated Story Tensions rise again over Jawi writing in Malaysia\n\nThe police obtained a court order to stop the congress planned by the Chinese education groups, but allowed a National Jawi Congress to proceed on Sunday.\n\nThe organisers of Sunday's congress that included prominent political activists urged the government to put on hold the teaching of a Jawi calligraphy module in the vernacular schools."}
+{"id": "1599137604_1484130548", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "The SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum was developed in March 2020 to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. Grassroot Soccer (grassrootsoccer.org) and its team of curriculum advisors rapidly designed this sport-based tool as a way for coaches, educators, and parents to easily facilitate fun, simple, and effective sessions with young people (ages 9+).\n\nThe curriculum aims to increase comprehensive knowledge on COVID-19, promote healthy behaviors such as proper handwashing, provide skills for mental wellbeing during stressful times, and dispel common myths about the disease. Use this SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum to connect with young people either in schools or the classroom (if deemed safe by local health authorities) or remotely through video-conferencing and WhatsApp (where available). .\n\nParents and caregivers can also use this tool to provide COVID-19 education to children at home.\n\nGrassroot Soccer (GRS) is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in developing countries to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Since 2002, GRS has reached over 2 million young people in 50 countries with life-saving HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services.\n\nOther related documents are:", "sentence2": "Laughing at Wall Street: How I Beat the Pros at Investing (by Reading Tabloids, Shopping at the Mall, and Connecting on Facebook) and How You Can, Too Chris Camillo\n\n(4.5/5)\n\nFree"}
+{"id": "1484013325_1484306206", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "The New Right Party is on the lookout for some new candidates to add to its electoral list for the upcoming elections who will boost its popularity, including some former members of the Zehut Party. New Right will possibly add one or two new candidates to its recent electoral lists, and may make some appointments based on the ability of such candidates to boost the party\u2019s electoral appeal in specific sectors of the population.To that end, party coleader and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett met in recent days with figures in the newly established New Liberal Party, including Libby Molad and Refael Minnes, who were both candidates in the Zehut Party\u2019s run for Knesset in the April elections.Zehut took 2.74% of the vote in that election, not enough to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold but enough to garner 118,000 votes, worth some three Knesset seats.Many of those ballot slips were likely cast by politically right-wing, economically liberal voters who could see New Right as a reasonable alternative to Zehut in the upcoming election, given the party\u2019s right-wing approach to diplomatic and security affairs and its economic, free market liberalism.Sources in New Right confirmed that there have been contacts between Bennett and the former Zehut figures, but said that any agreement would see the addition of only one individual in an obtainable spot on the party list, and that any notion that New Right would merge with another party is not realistic.The source added that no decision on new candidates for its electoral list is imminent, and that New Right is looking at potential new candidates from a spectrum of population sectors and smaller parties.Such candidates could come from the Anglophone, French or Ethiopian communities, or from the community of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.Additionally, the order of candidates on the New Right electoral list could be altered from its previous iterations, with the possibility that some candidates will be moved up or down.Molad said in response to the initial report about the contacts with New Right that the New Liberal Party is looking at \u201cdifferent connections with parties whose values overlap with the liberal values we bring with us,\u201d adding that New Right is \u201ccertainly a worthwhile option,\u201d but that \u201cwhen we reach this river we will cross it.\u201d", "sentence2": "Living An Orange Dream\n\nOur CHEF for MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #36 is Temari 09.\n\nCHEF Temari challenges us to express the secret life of flowers...\n\n\u27a4 Your image must include one and only one flower though that same flower may be repeated up to 12 times.\n\n\u27a4 You must use a basically two-toned background with colors derived from your flower.\n\n\u27a4 Include at least one sphere or bubble.\n\n\u27a4 The image must have from two (min) to five (max) fairies and/or butterflies and/or bees.\n\n\u27a4 NO BIRDS.\n\nThe flower(s) and spheres are my photography. Butterflies are from Photoshop.\n\nThanks everyone for your views, awards, comments, invites and faves.\n\nDone"}
+{"id": "1484188414_1484207583", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "(Image by jinxmcc at flickr.com/people/64443083@N00/) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nBy the Solstice bonfire\n\nI pulled him aside and told him about the colors\n\nThe colors of spontaneous remission\n\nHe the adjuster of bones listened\n\n\n\nWhile the fire fed on the darkness\n\nOf our annual lost-and-foundness\n\nOur circle much enlarged\n\nAll of us were there for one thing\n\n\n\nAnd one thing only\n\nGazing into the fire\n\nSo long as I am you are we\n\nAre just like children here\n\n\n\nI'll tell you how it all got started\n\n(Have you noticed how that old tree\n\nPoised in the fire-glow seems to want\n\nTo be photographed and shared)\n\n\n\nThe reach of the fire is astounding\n\nThe flames come apart\n\nLike a wing separating from the body of a bird\n\nAs if flight were more important than life\n\n\n\nAnd as I told you my story\n\nOur faces were refreshed by the fire\n\nYou, joint-healer, bone-mender, husband and father\n\nMe the old poet dream-worker, husband, father, son of my father\n\n\n\nMe out of work can you believe it But no matter\n\nWe both know something that the other craved\n\nFor surely just as the fire reaches up\n\nA vortex spirals down\n\n\n\nAnd out of this elision of realities comes remission\n\nThe story starts when the old raven came to me\n\nWhen I was still partly raven myself\n\nJust when I was about to climb down into the human world\n\n\n\nIt was then he fixed his gaze upon me\n\nAnd then I got sick and forgot what he told me\n\nAnd later there were the colors and I found myself\n\nHolding a baby and weeping and I was well\n\n\n\nAnd I was human as ravens do not weep\n\nAnd my bones were no longer hollow\n\nAnd such a wonder has never happened since\n\nBut here we are and this too may never repeat", "sentence2": "(Image by Isengardt at flickr.com/people/49840171@N08/) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nOn day seven\n\nCreator grew restless\n\nAnd sadly contemplated\n\nAll He had made that must be undone\n\nAnd then He began to pack up thing within thing\n\nTime He reversed\n\nSo for a millisecond the whale\n\nWalked again\n\nAnd the primal mud\n\nWas once again Creator's pride and joy\n\n\n\nOn day six the rivers He stopped from flowing\n\nThe tides He stilled\n\nThe sea surge He quieted with a look\n\nThe wind He stopped it from blowing\n\nThe storm He calmed\n\nThe funnel He summoned it back\n\nInto the purple cloud\n\n\n\nOn day five He paused to watch the horses\n\nRunning across the plain\n\nHe laid His palm across their wildness\n\nAnd they collapsed and slept\n\nThe herd a heap\n\nAnd He saw that it wasn't good\n\n\n\nOn day four\n\nThe colors of the world He muted\n\nThe stars He blew out of the sky\n\nThe sun He extinguished\n\nThe mountains flattened\n\nThe sea He drank\n\nAnd all the waters of creation\n\nHe sucked them dry fountain and spring\n\nThe fires of the middle earth\n\nHe snuffed just like a candle\n\n\n\nDay three\n\nAll the creatures He had named\n\nHe orphaned them\n\nHe took their names back\n\nSo all of life was nameless\n\nThe sea and sky He joined back together\n\nSo the fish and birds of the sky\n\nLooked at each other in a long moment\n\nOf awkward recognition\n\nAnd two by two all living things\n\nFeathered, scaled, naked and creeping\n\nParaded from His memory\n\nLike fleeting images from a magic lantern\n\n\n\nDay two\n\nEnergy He withdrew from matter\n\nSo that wood and bone and metal and flesh\n\nWere all the same in His eye\n\nAnd spirit He removed from energy\n\nAnd He saw that it was not good\n\n\n\nOn day one\n\nHe stopped\n\nBecause all His work was undone\n\nHe allowed His sadness to spread into a great silence\n\nAnd into this silence\n\nInto this sadness He stole Himself away\n\nAnd was no more\n\n(Article changed on January 1, 2020 at 21:51)"}
+{"id": "1484189678_1483977135", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "Leftover Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)\n\nUnexploded ordnance (UXO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded. The majority of UXO in Lao are cluster bombs.\n\nA cluster bomb is a small explosive submunition or bomblet that is delivered to its target in a large canister or shell.\n\nCluster bombs are indiscriminate. They cannot distinguish between civilian and military targets. Their wide-area coverage and poor targeting mechanisms nearly guarantee that unintended victims will die or be injured, even when the weapons function as designed.\n\nCluster munitions continue to kill long after a war ends because these weapons often fail to explode on impact as designed. (Source: Mennonite Central Committee)\n\nTo see how a cluster bomb works and how it is detected and detonated, view the Multimedia Interactive Center (MIC).", "sentence2": "By Jonah DeChants\n\nBen Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news earlier this year for his statements about transgender people.\n\nIn a September meeting with HUD staff, Carson remarked that he was concerned about \"big, hairy men\" trying to use women's shelters. It is reported that his comments upset the HUD staff in attendance, causing one women to leave the room in protest.\n\nCarson later doubled down on his comments in a congressional hearing, declining to apologize and saying \"I think this whole concept of political correctness \u2013 you can say this, you can't say that, you can't repeat what someone said \u2013 is total foolishness.\"\n\nWhile his comments demonstrate a lack of understanding of the needs of transgender people, his agency's moves to remove protections represent a real threat for transgender Americans who need shelter.\n\nAs my research shows, transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services, exacerbating their already elevated rates of homelessness.\n\nDisproportionate Risk of Homelessness\n\nAccording to the 2017 U.S. Trans Survey, a survey of more than 27,000 transgender people across the U.S. conducted by the nonprofit National Center for Transgender Equality, 30% have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Twelve percent report at least one episode of homelessness in the last year.\n\nOnce they become homeless, transgender people are also likely to experience discrimination and harassment when seeking shelter services. A study by the Center for American Progress found that 21% of shelters refuse to serve transgender women.\n\nWhile in a shelter, 70% of U.S. Trans Survey respondents reported harassment, sexual or physical assault due to their transgender identity.\n\nThis discrimination makes transgender people hesitant to seek shelter \u2013 more than a quarter of respondents reported avoiding staying in shelter due to fear or mistreatment.\n\nBest Practices\n\nThere is a small but growing body of literature on the experiences and needs of transgender people living in homeless shelters.\n\nOrganizations that work on LGBTQ housing access, such as the National Center for Transgender Equality and True Colors United, recommend that shelters respect clients\u2019 self-identified gender as best practice for housing transgender clients.\n\nIn practice, this can include housing clients in the dorm of their self-identified gender; offering private living and bathing spaces; training shelter staff about transgender identities; and adopting inclusive language in administrative paperwork, such as intake forms.\n\nRecognizing both the high levels of need and the unique challenges faced by transgender people experiencing homelessness, the National Coalition for the Homeless adopted a nondiscrimination policy in 2003, which protects people on the basis of gender identity and expression.\n\nIn 2016, HUD implemented new regulations to protect transgender people from discrimination in housing services. The Gender Identity Rule clarified policies for single-gender shelter facilities with shared sleeping or living spaces.\n\nIt required all HUD funding recipients to respect the gender identity of transgender clients, housing them in facilities that align with their gender identity rather than their birth sex. It also removed a previous prohibition against asking about clients' gender identity, allowing providers to ask about gender identity and house clients accordingly.\n\nThe rule included extensive guidance of how to safely house transgender clients, including information about bathroom facilities and how to deal with concerns or harassment from other clients.\n\nWeakened Regulations\n\nWhile the Gender Identity Rule provided important protections, I also see significant weaknesses.\n\nThe nondiscrimination protections apply only to organizations which receive federal funding. Some shelters are run and funded by private, and often religious, organizations, and therefore do not have to follow this rule.\n\nEnforcement mechanisms are also weak. Individuals who have experienced discrimination may submit a complaint to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. However, people experiencing homelessness may not be aware of their rights or have the capacity to submit a complaint while struggling to meet their basic needs.\n\nWhat's more, the protections that this rule offers may soon be undone.\n\nIn May, HUD proposed a new rule that would give housing providers who get federal funding the right to establish their own policies regarding how to house transgender clients. The proposed rule states that organizations may use a client's sex to make decisions about where and how to house them, without providing any guidance about how to determine an individual's sex.\n\nThe proposed rule is now working its way through the regulatory process, with advocacy groups meeting with HUD to discuss its potential impact. It is also supposed to go through a period of public comment.\n\nHUD has also scaled back enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, which protects against discrimination in housing based on race, religion, sex, ability, and other protected classes, by freezing investigations into discriminatory practices. This freeze includes investigations into discrimination against parolees and former inmates, people with disabilities and racial or ethnic minorities.\n\nThe administration's decision to halt these investigations implies that they do not consider nondiscrimination protections to be a priority. That can further endanger transgender people experiencing discrimination in shelters and housing services.\n\nThis article was written by Jonah DeChants, postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University for The Conversation. It was originally published on Dec. 16 and has been republished with permission."}
+{"id": "1484009613_1483762075", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Robert Plant - Big Log\n\nPhil Collins played drums on this and 5 other tracks on the album. He also played drums on Plant's previous album Pictures At Eleven.\n\nThis was Robert Plant's first hit as a solo artist after the break up of Led Zeppelin.\n\nPlant's lyrics were often influenced by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Big Log is a mythical, extended metaphor for a lost love: \"My love is in league with the freeway... My love is the miles and the waiting.\"\n\nA Big Log is common lingo of tractor trailer drivers.\n\nIt is the book in which their road hours are logged, therefore the connection between the road and love and the countless hours we all log on both.\n\nMany of the videos to Plant's songs take place in desert settings.\n\nThe music video for the song was filmed on location in various areas around California and Nevada, including the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley Junction, California, the Calico Ghost Town in California, the Glass Pool Inn in Las Vegas, and in Crystal, Nye County, Nevada.\n\nThe guitar solo is by Robbie Blunt who was a member of Robert Plant\u2019s solo band at the time and got a co-writing credit on the song. 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These products are not just limited to women, but are also essential for every man out there. Men are also vain in many ways. They want to look their best on all occasions by having a nice haircut, sporting a clean beard, and having pearly white teeth. Men have every right to look attractive to the opposite sex, and they also deserve to age gracefully.\n\nInvesting in your physical appearance is always a significant advantage in everything that you do. Looking good will increase your chances of getting promoted for your dream job, it increases your self-esteem, and it makes it easier for you to meet the girl of your dreams. So if you are looking for hygiene products, here are the things that you should stock up on for your bathroom cabinet.\n\nBeard products\n\nIf you are sporting a beard, it is essential to keep it clean and dry at all times. Aside from applying shampoo and conditioner, it would help if you also used a few drops of essential oils and special balm to help moisturise the skin and the entire beard. Combing it once or twice a day will help get rid of all the dirt that has been stuck in it. You may want to check out the products from online stores like https://missionbeard.com for all your beard-related needs.\n\nHair conditioner\n\nRegardless of if you are sporting a clean-cut or long hair, using a hair conditioner should be included in your hygiene product list. Some shampoos tend to dry your hair and scalp; that is why applying some conditioner will help you replenish lost nutrients. With continuous use, it will also make your hair smoother and stronger. Besides, having dry hair makes you prone to split ends which is something that you do not want to have.\n\nSunscreen\n\nToo much sun exposure can lead to premature skin ageing and wrinkles. It is a must to use a sunscreen for your face and body to keep it protected all day. Choose a sunscreen with an SPF 30 or higher to prevent getting sunburned. Remember that UV rays are harmful to the skin and cause certain types of skin cancer.\n\nLip balm\n\nExtreme weather changes can cause your lips to become dry and chaffed. Even men should use a lip balm to keep their lips moisturised. Choose a product that is light, non-greasy and long-lasting on the lips. If you do not feel like using lip balm, you can use petroleum jelly.\n\nLotion\n\nThere are a lot of factors that can cause your skin to become dry and dull. Using a moisturising body cream can help improve your skin by making it soft and supple. For best results, you should apply lotion after taking a bath and before going to bed.\n\nLastly, do not forget to apply toner and moisturiser on your face as part of your nightly skincare routine. These products will help your skin look fresher.\n\nImage: https://pixabay.com/photos/soap-bathroom-products-candles-775267/"}
+{"id": "1484033221_1483948522", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "When it came to souping up Rihanna\u2019s Savage X Fenty lingerie for Valentine\u2019s Day 2020, the self-professed bad gal had one designer in mind: Adam Selman, aka the man whose Le Specs collaboration took the modelling world by storm. The Hadid sisters and Kendall Jenner are Selman fans, and RiRi \u2013 who gives seriously good sunglasses \u2013 has worn her friend\u2019s shades despite designing pairs herself over at Fenty.com. So, does Selman have the same magic touch when it comes to underwear?\n\n\u201cLingerie is something I\u2019ve always wanted to design,\u201d Selman tells Vogue. \u201cSo many of my collections have been influenced and inspired by the detailing and fabrics. It was an easy pairing because Rihanna and I share so many core beliefs: our brands make people feel confident, powerful and joyful.\u201d\n\nRead more: Rihanna Names Normani Savage X Fenty\u2019s First Ambassador As Victoria\u2019s Secret Cancels Show\n\nThe Xclusive 19-piece underwear edit is split into two categories: Locket Down and Down The Aisle. The former is a play on words, but is as literal as it gets, according to the collection notes. Available in a metallic Goji Berry Red and Black Caviar, the vinyl foil spandex sets feature heart-shaped locket and key charm zipper pulls and rose gold hardware for the \u201cbad ass babe\u201d.\n\nRead more: Rihanna\u2019s First Fenty Collaboration Is All About Big Boss Energy\n\nDown the Aisle, in contrast, is \u201cdeceivingly sweet\u201d, all delicate ruffles and heart trims. Designed to be layered, mixed and matched, the separates have a vintage look, as well as that girl next door aesthetic.\n\nEach set is packaged neatly into a Savage X Fenty Xtra VIP box with a bonus collectors\u2019 Rihanna phone ring. But it will be the campaign faces that sway you to click to buy, rather than the gift. Adesuwa Aighewi, Fiffany Luu, Joan Smalls and Paloma Elsesser are shot by Dennis Leupold in a wildly kitsch bedroom. \u201cI\u2019ve been really fortunate to have people from all different fields wear my brand,\u201d Selman muses of the Adam Selman effect (his sportswear is also seen in gym selfies across Instagram). \u201cI like that my brand is a community, and I think that\u2019s what makes it feel like a \u2018cult following\u2019.\u201d Add to that Rihanna\u2019s loyalists across the globe \u2013 \u201cShe is just miles ahead of the industry, and her dedication and passion is beyond,\u201d says Selman \u2013 and the duo is about to Fentify Valentine\u2019s Day.\n\nFor true bad gals who are allergic to the Hallmark holiday, the \u201cnaughty-but-nice\u201d knickers will be available to buy through spring via additional drops. \u201cRihanna is the best,\u201d Selman affirms. \u201cPeriod.\u201d\n\nThe Locket Down box, $59.95 (\u00a346), and Down the Aisle box, $39.95 (\u00a330), are available to buy now at Savagex.com\n\nMore from British Vogue:", "sentence2": "The look of love (Picture: Getty)\n\nOh, pasta. Whether you\u2019re more of a linguini lover or mad for macaroni, there\u2019s really nothing like a hearty helping of the feel-good dish.\n\nYou might be prepared to give up a lot for veganuary 2020 \u2013 where people try to go vegan for a month \u2013 and you might think you can just get away with not sprinkling cheese on top of your beloved pasta, but what is pasta actually made from?\n\nBrace yourself and read on to find out whether or not vegans can eat pasta\u2026\n\nIs pasta vegan?\n\nLike so many things in life, there isn\u2019t a clear yes or no \u2013 it depends on the type of pasta you\u2019re eating.\n\nWhen it comes to pasta, there\u2019s usually two types: fresh pasta and pasta secca (aka dried pasta).\n\nHnnng (Picture: Getty)\n\nFresh pasta is usually made and cooked in the same setting and is usually not vegan because it can contain eggs, whereas dry pasta is nearly always vegan.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nIf you\u2019re making dry pasta for yourself at home, double-check the packaging but you\u2019re most likely not going to fail veganuary as a result.\n\nIf you\u2019re eating pasta out at a restaurant, ask if the fresh pasta was made with eggs or oil.\n\nGiving up fresh pasta might be worth it though \u2013 especially if you want to boost your erections.\n\nNetflix documentary The Game Changers tested athletes to try out a vegan diet, and by switching to a plant-based diet, their eggplants noticed the difference, standing tall for up to 500% longer in one case.\n\nHow is fresh pasta made?\n\nThe typical ingredients for fresh pasta include flour, water, salt, and eggs \u2013 note that some fresh pasta can be made with oil instead of eggs, but it\u2019s more likely than not to be made with eggs.\n\nFirst, the flour and salt are mixed together in a mixing bowl before a well is made in the middle of the flour.\n\nThis is when the eggs are normally added; they\u2019re cracked right inside the centre of the flour well.\n\nThe flour is mixed into the eggs until a dough forms.\n\nOnce that\u2019s done, the dough is cut into the pasta shape of choice.\n\nYou can buy vegan fresh pasta alternatives from most major supermarkets, including Waitrose\u2019s vegan ravioli and Sainsburys\u2019 non-egg spaghetti and shroomballs.\n\nHow is dried pasta made?\n\nThe majority of dried pasta, on the other hand, is vegan and made from just two ingredients.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nMost mass-produced dried pastas \u2013 which you can buy from supermarkets \u2013 contain just flour and semolina.\n\nSemolina, derived from a wheat product, is first mixed with water. This mixture then gets processed in bulk quantities by machines creating a sort of dough.\n\nThis dough is then pressed through pasta molds to get the intended shape.\n\nMORE: No, doing Veganuary won\u2019t turn you into a woman\n\nMORE: Is peanut butter vegan?\n\nAdvertisement Advertisement"}
+{"id": "1484034979_1483785560", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "In November 2019, the Human Resource Development Ministry wrote to all institutes to ensure implementation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers\u2019 Cadre) Act.\n\nAll 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have requested the HRD Ministry to exempt them from reserving positions in the teaching staff for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The premier business schools, which currently do not offer reservation in teaching positions, have been asked by the Ministry to provide quota in faculty positions for SC, ST, OBC and EWS candidates.\n\nAccording to officials, the B-schools have made the request saying they adopt a fair recruitment process and give equal opportunities to all, including disadvantaged sections of society. The IIMs have so far been following the 1975-order of the Department of Personnel & Training that exempted scientific and technical posts from the reservation policy. IIM- Ahmedabad is caught in a battle on the issue in the high court. In November 2019, the Human Resource Development Ministry wrote to all institutes to ensure implementation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers\u2019 Cadre) Act.\n\nA separate communication was sent to all IIMs on Wednesday to ensure \u2018reservation of posts in direct recruitment\u2019, considering the institute as a unit\u2014as specified in the Act that came into effect on March 7, 2019.", "sentence2": "The air quality recorded at 9.38 am was 433 in the \u201csevere\u201d category.\n\nDelhiites continued to remain in grip of cold conditions on Wednesday as the minimum temperature settled at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal, officials said.\n\nTwenty-nine trains were delayed for over two-nine hours due to weather conditions, they said.\n\n\u201cThe minimum temperature was recorded at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal,\u201d a MeT official said, adding, the humidity was 97 per cent.\n\nThe air quality recorded at 9.38 am was 433 in the \u201csevere\u201d category.\n\nAccording to the Meteorological department, it would be partly cloudly sky with moderate fog in the morning.\n\nThe maximum temperature in the national capital would hover around 16 degrees Celsius."}
+{"id": "1484804406_1484809369", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Conley Dr., 107-Adan Chavez Argueta and Mirella S. Chavez to Efren Serrano Hernandez, $250,000.\n\nFirst St., 408-Timothy M. Llewellyn and Janine Bowen to Paul W. Rankin and Debra J. Heibein, $959,900.\n\nJanwall Ct., 4-Rachel Roderick Clem to Jonathan R. Alexander, $255,000.\n\nAD\n\nPresident Point Dr., 7, No. B2-Beverlee M. and Donald H. Kohnken to Douglas M. Johnston Jr., $627,500.\n\nAD\n\nSecond St., 530-John C. Kelly to Marcus Jeffrey Collier and Angela Marie Kinsella, $1.27 million.\n\nSummerfield Dr., 87-Joseph C. and Leigh M. Stanger to Hector A. Gomez Escobar and Ana H. Posada Quijada, $316,000.\n\nANNAPOLIS-BROAD CREEK AREA\n\nAdmiral Dr., 607, No. 102-Chopra & Chopra Corp. to Crystal L. Bennett, $261,500.\n\nBurtons Cove Way, 653, No. 11-Lori Goodin Mackenzie to Robert and Susanne McCown, $274,000.\n\nCedar Park Rd., 1212-Ronald W. and Teresa B. Kaiser to Juliet Legear, $320,000.\n\nConduit St., 117-Joseph P. Manck to Eric G. Shea, $615,000.\n\nGingerview Lane, 2706-Patricia M. Podoley to Dennis and Donna Daniels, $555,000.\n\nAD\n\nHarbour Heights Dr., 14-John A. Logan to Daniel Testa and Jennifer Vieira, $269,000.\n\nHideaway Ct., 2140-Hans J. Otten to Casey Rudd, $320,000.\n\nPinewood Dr., 582B-Raymond F. and Mary B. Cooper to Diana Lynn Everline, $593,400.\n\nAD\n\nRiverview Ct., 516-Sally J. Rawls and estate of Melvin E. Rawls to Owen Christian Smith and Beth Ann Bigler, $305,000.\n\nVanguard Lane, 104-Kristin L. and Ryan J. Sylvester to Lauren N. Schmiegel and Nicholas B. Moore, $430,000.\n\nARNOLD AREA\n\nAndrew Hill Rd., 504-Richard H. and Lori E. Amos to Stephen A. Moynihan II and Sharon R. McNamara, $289,000.\n\nCandle Ridge Dr., 341-Ronnie J. and Debra M. Taylor to Emily Anne and Aleksandar Grujic, $455,000.\n\nAD\n\nGilbert Rd., 1426-Thomas P. Davis and Ann C. Boughton to Brandon L. and Katherine M. Fields, $390,000.\n\nMasters Dr., 1278-Sallie S. and Peter B. Sarelas to Craig A. and Lucinda M. Schamburg, $325,000.\n\nRidgeview Ct., 416-David J. and Mary Ann Barnes to John Richard and Amy Elisabeth Dodson, $435,000.\n\nSouthern Hills Dr., 602-Charles J. Pastore to Nathan Murray, $185,000.\n\nAD\n\nWhetstone Dr., 1215-Robert J. and Janet H. Knight to Steven W. and Mary Kay DeGeorge, $628,500.\n\nBROOKLYN AREA\n\nLiberty Terr., 5606-Barbara A. Lindemann and Janet A. List to Crysta Tasker, $230,000.\n\nSixth Ave., 111-Michele Jefferson and Michael F. Alt Jr. to Victor and Kathleen Battung, $275,000.\n\nAD\n\nCAPE ST. CLAIRE-SANDY POINT STATE PARK AREA\n\nBay Head Rd., 1330-Michael A. and Carmina M. Gomolisky to Brent Robert and Kearney Bergin Doherty, $1.2 million.\n\nDeep Creek View, 556-Thomas H. and Kareen K. Whiteley to Abigail Naomi Murray and Daren Sertima, $445,000.\n\nOak Tree Lane, 1048-Richard A. Greco to Kerry D. and Pamela Brithania McGee, $390,000.\n\nSaint Swithins Lane, 214-Ritu Sharma to Jeffrey W. and Heleana M. Burritt, $675,000.\n\nSloop Dr., 1616-Ira K. and Loretta O\u2019Neal to Ashley L. and Stephen R. Kurtinitis, $599,000.\n\nAD\n\nWindgate Dr., 758-Gregory Scott Daub to Joseph M. and Teresa A. Goodridge, $339,900.\n\nCHURCHTON AREA\n\nCarroll St., 5616-Morgan Hensley to Addison Klein, $259,900.\n\nAD\n\nGarret Ave., 1225-Bryan M. and Kaitlyn D. Akers to Matt B. Wadsworth, $325,000.\n\nCROFTON AREA\n\nBancroft Lane W., 1717-David Stewart to Melvin E. Cureton, $227,000.\n\nDana St., 1721-Daniel Thomas and Leigh Spencer McCarthy to Jules Michael Fritz, $335,000.\n\nFlatwood Ct., 1416-Raymond B. Harrison III and Marlene J. Robbins to Benjamin C. Abalos Jr., $245,000.\n\nForest Hill Lane, 2040-Shannon M. St. John and Janet L. Smith to Emily Greer Spicer, $298,000.\n\nNantucket Dr., 2330-Richard and Joan Evans to Jared P. and Kaileen N. Martin, $502,500.\n\nSandwich Ct., 2400-Steven W. Strong and Indira A. Dahan to Honey and Bryce Livingston, $385,000.\n\nCROWNSVILLE AREA\n\nAD\n\nMaple Hill Lane, 623-Elizabeth A. Barr and estate of Albion F. Bacon to Lilliam E. Mendoza Toro, $299,900.\n\nAD\n\nShelby Dale Lane, 1201-Karl H. and Kelli A. Calvo to Patrick D. and Michelle H. Herring, $725,000.\n\nWoodlands Rd., 1224-Penderbrooke Partnership to Mark A. Stump and Aun Kei Ariana Hong, $992,331.\n\nCURTIS BAY AREA\n\nRiver Rock Way, 7909-William J. Smith III to Wayne K. Walsh and Angela L. Stockham, $309,000.\n\nSwanhill Ct., 1192-Jessica M. and Nicholas R. Klug to Samantha Kay and Brien R. Derose, $265,000.\n\nDAVIDSONVILLE AREA\n\nRoyale Glen Ave., 3304-Glenn S. and Kelley P. Sullivan to Melissa and Elliott Long, $699,999.\n\nWayson Rd., 3839-Clayton S. Rogers to Donald Evan and Pamela Lee Smart, $1.29 million.\n\nEDGEWATER AREA\n\nBraxton Way, 284-Robert K. Jerome to Valyra Bacigalupi, $350,000.\n\nAD\n\nChesapeake Dr., 1733-Old Line Real Estate Investments Corp. to Larry W. Andrews, $321,500.\n\nAD\n\nHamlet Cir., 317-Robert Bole and Geraldine Wilkerson Smith to Jacqueline L. and Kenneth R. Yates, $457,750.\n\nMidland Rd., 1641-Branch Banking and Trust Co. to Dana and Kimberly Taylor, $65,000.\n\nRiverside Dr., 1511-Timothy E. and Susan B. Weddle to Phillip and Megan Grossmiller, $575,000.\n\nWilliams St., 938A-Donald L. Larson and Christine Lynn Carlson to David C. and Tambra M. Burke Leizear, $435,000.\n\nGAMBRILLS AREA\n\nCarbondale Way, 1039-Antoine D. and Melissa Lynn Richardson to Salikram and Goma Devi Dahal Niroula, $370,000.\n\nRed Harvest Rd., 1115-William R. Grimmett to Samuel J. and Shannon R. Grimard, $445,000.\n\nAD\n\nWitchhazel Cir., 1545-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to William Rodriguez Madera and Piria Rodriguez, $478,990.\n\nWitchhazel Cir., 1553-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to John Paul Mercado Sanchez and Chickie Marie Flores Sanchez, $494,135.\n\nAD\n\nGLEN BURNIE AREA\n\nBurwood Ave., 426-Gary S. and Julie S. Oswalt to Harold Burns Jr., $280,000.\n\nCory Dr., 1310-Danny Noonan Corp. to Roger Duque Colarte, $274,000.\n\nFerndale Rd., 323-Joyce A. and George R. Wetzel to Mary Barnette, $305,000.\n\nHeritage Hill Dr., 6459-Karen Arriaga to Kebin McLean, $190,000.\n\nLong Towne Ct., 475-Keith Paterno to Omar Ledezma, $205,000.\n\nMontfield Lane, 300-James Venezia Jr. and Cindy L. Dawley to Jose Luis Barrera and Rafaela Lopez, $310,000.\n\nRose Ave., 329-Ameri Star Homes Inc. to Zakery Ray and Samantha Jo Null, $359,629.\n\nShetlands Lane, 309-Home Selling Solutions Corp. to David Garret and Chelsea Rae Nelson Hintze, $369,900.\n\nGLEN BURNIE-MARLEY CREEK AREA\n\nAnnapolis Dr., 1566-Clare M. and Edward M. Connelly to Bailey E. Youse, $302,000.\n\nBriargrove Lane, 7514-Joy E. and Adam T. Eastlack to Austin Harclerode, $325,000.\n\nAD\n\nCrown Rd., 7215-Chelsea A. and Robert L. Gruss to Justin and Alexandria Barker, $300,000.\n\nElton St., 8066-Robert and Ashley Grizzle to Arianna J. and Contraze D. Isaac, $444,000.\n\nGatewater Ct., 360, No. C-Robert C. and Kathleen T. Cooper to Natashia A. Rhoden, $145,000.\n\nHollywood Ct., 224-Amy N. and Jeffrey Toloczko to Vickie Hamilton, $279,900.\n\nKuethe Rd. NE, 207-Travis Pham to Matt R. and Dominique Fenelon, $302,000.\n\nMorris Ct., 176-Miguel Antonio Pena and Patricia G. Martinez to Darryl and Justine Cooper, $295,000.\n\nNew Jersey Ave. NE, 318-Jacqueline Kay Riggin and Jana Lynne Raup to Mark Wingo and Emily Kuzmiw, $199,999.\n\nOverhill Rd., 7720-Single Source Homes Inc. to Cicilee A. Petersen, $299,000.\n\nStegman Pl., 1008-Garland Coleman to Gerald and Lesley A. Bright, $365,000.\n\nTimbercross Lane, 7663-Derik J. and Joni M. Wobbrock to Robert Antonio and Lorrie Marie Johnson, $320,000.\n\nHANOVER AREA\n\nAragorn Ct., 7728-William J. and Janice L. Kaifer to May Tun Saung and David Griffin Wholey, $373,510.\n\nCrystal Brook Way, 7869-Yun Fan Zhu and Min Yong Chung to Chandra and Gowrie Chandramouli, $418,000.\n\nFair Oak Dr., 1523-Esther and Pyung Kang Sharon Oh to Sharice Yvelle and Denvil Shirvin Ruan, $379,900.\n\nHoney Locust Lane, 7536-Christina E. and Gloria Butters to Richard T. Manipon, $378,000.\n\nRace Rd., 7400-Mountain One Realty Corp. to Elmer Ovidio Monroy Perez and Magaly Monroy, $327,000.\n\nLAUREL AREA\n\nBarbersville Rd., 418-Matthew W. and Sara Marie Phillips Sullivan to Luis E. Fuentes Martinez and Eva P. Fuentes, $325,000.\n\nGalaxy Way, 3160-Margaret L. Howard Gill and estate of Andrea Leonette Gill to Natasha Lashay Everett, $342,000.\n\nSpadderdock Ct., 3108-Marlene Torres to Valenti Duncan, $276,000.\n\nSudlersville S., 3320-Insource East Properties Inc. to Tuan Nguyen and Truc Tran, $245,000.\n\nLINTHICUM HEIGHTS AREA\n\nHammonds Ferry Rd. N., 419-George N. and Phyllis E. Potwin to Lauren Szech, $275,000.\n\nOak Grove Rd., 509-Daniel C. and Natalie G. Bos to Norvik Khachatourian, $330,000.\n\nLOTHIAN AREA\n\nLytham Ct., 4808-Casey Johnson and Crystal Waters to John E. and Patti L. Winterbottom, $610,000.\n\nTeton Dr., 645-Darcy Maloney to Robert F. Ogilvie III and Heather L. Yoder, $225,000.\n\nMILLERSVILLE AREA\n\nGartelman Farm Dr., 8373-Matthew Papillion and Mary E. Oh to William E. Morales Fernandez and Yaribel Mendez Gonzalez, $405,000.\n\nKeith Ct., 226-Hae Yong Yoon to Veronica Jean Williams, $250,000.\n\nNorwood Dr., 8365-Christina L. Cleveland to Shawn M. Wurtz, $182,500.\n\nNORTH BEACH AREA\n\nAlder Pl., 650-Chad and Anne M. Jernigan to Kyle A. Wood, $293,000.\n\nODENTON AREA\n\nBeechnut Pl., 2400-Eleanor L. Howell to Rachel Schmierer Davis, $315,000.\n\nBunker Hill Ct., 2002-Wesley D. and Jennifer Huff to Leo Trimble Jr., $480,000.\n\nCommissary Cir., 2255-Marcy A. Gouge to Travis J. and Austin M. Downey, $289,900.\n\nEagles Landing Ct., 317I-Luke M. and Mary Frances Tallent to Michael T. Suberu, $175,000.\n\nLisa Ave., 490-Daniel Loveless and Christine Polucha to Theodore A. and Nina B. Martinez, $500,000.\n\nNob Hill Way, 217-Yamilka Gordon and Aaron Bryant to Phillip D. Forsyth, $345,000.\n\nRita Dr., 537-Richard John Moran to Opubo T. Agiobenebo, $285,000.\n\nTrout Run Ct., 622-Zachariah and Virginia Renee Ragland to Allison Blatch, $388,000.\n\nWinding Stream Way, 689, No. 204-Michele Tornabene to Reanne Shields, $229,000.\n\nPASADENA-ROCK CREEK AREA\n\nAbbey Ct., 8040F-Angela Marie Comberiate and James Michael Garippa III to Jerett Thomas Campbell, $150,000.\n\nBayside Beach Rd., 1776-Jason and Johanna Gartside to Zachary J. Vito, $472,000.\n\nBridge Dr., 721-Christopher W. and Kimberly F. Herman to Christopher M. and Heather M. Mekins, $520,000.\n\nCarol Dr., 8395-Kevin Michael and Jessica Elizabeth Cook to Dustin Cook, $210,000.\n\nClear Blue Lane, 609-U.S. Home Corp. and Lennar Corp. to Frankie Lee Hadley, $416,790.\n\nDobbins Lane, 411-Craig and Cindy Gartzke to John Louis and Grace Marie Barry Franco, $820,000.\n\nFox Hollow Run, 1806-Sharon L. and Harold E. Stephan to Thomas K. and Jaclyn M. Hilton, $495,000.\n\nHandel Ct., 3625-Rebecca Hall Hagel to Daniel R. Collumb, $219,900.\n\nHillside Rd., 1244-Gerald C. and Caryn A. Canfield to Donna D. and Mark Facciani, $789,000.\n\nKings Bench Pl., 7839-Bryan Kernan to Jon Derick Hermann, $255,000.\n\nMallow Ct., 7816-U.S. Bank National Association and TBW MTG Backed Pass-Through Certificate to Matthew Inch, $233,500.\n\nOld Crown Dr., 3446-Miguel and Priscilla Ruiz Goya to Nabin K. and Anju Gurung, $342,500.\n\nRed Lion Way, 7861-Department of Veterans Affairs to Joshua John Roos and Meghan Alice Ryder, $215,000.\n\nSeneca Terr., 253-William L. McFarland to Malcolm E. and Rebecca L. Stennett, $253,000.\n\nWillowby Run, 762-Thomas K. and Jaclyn Hilton to Samantha K. Connaster and Sean A. Saunders, $250,000.\n\n209th St., 808-Wilmington Trust National Association and Lehman XS Trust to Kristin N. Lowery, $310,000.\n\nRIVA AREA\n\nMeadow Rd., 104-David C. Deacon to Stacy Dale Krusberg, $225,000.\n\nSEVERN AREA\n\nBrookstone Ct., 8031-Antwan William Harrington to Taryn Elyse Lambert, $218,500.\n\nColdbrooke Dr., 7840-Leonard and Cynthia K. Campbell to Marcia L. Rider, $530,000.\n\nGolden Pine Cir., 7819-Susan Cimino to Ilya Victorovich and Angela Monique Polonchuk, $375,900.\n\nLexington Dr., 8227-Irvin C. and Andriana M. Tuthill to Joel Parker, $255,000.\n\nSevern Rd., 1802-William C. and Janet M. Johnson to Ligia C. Pereira, $234,000.\n\nTower Court Rd., 7941-Andrea and Sean Hinson to Shaun and Maureen McCoy, $350,000.\n\nWillow Branch Way, 1520-Toll VII Partnership to Pui Ngan Chan, $685,813.\n\nSEVERNA PARK AREA\n\nBellevista Ct., 1112-Pauline D. and Roy W. Valcich to Joshua and Laura E. Girton, $725,000.\n\nFairlane Ct., 432-Marysabel M. Nanney to Jeremy Allen and Laura Jane Keimig, $795,000.\n\nLynwood Ct., 457-Deborah B. and Kevin T. Moore to Robert Douglas and Barbara Clare Miller, $465,000.\n\nPawtucket Ct., 232-John Stephen Laferty and estate of Jean H. Laferty to Michael D. and Debra B. Ensor, $565,000.\n\nRio Lane, 1043-Jennifer Accinelli and Marnie Tomasello to Melanie Lynn Hilley, $900,000.\n\nStowaway Lane, 305-W. Terry Schoener to Kevin Michael Burdinski and Kendall Stacie Conder, $645,000.\n\nWiltshire Lane, 245-Robert S. and Kristin M. Hanley to Marysabel M. Nanney, $1.6 million.\n\nSHADY SIDE AREA\n\nFilbert St., 4948-Christopher M. and Melonie M. Chinn to Thomas E. Beall IV and Laura E. Smith, $295,000.\n\nShady Rest Rd., 1431-Whole Earth Properties Inc. to Nicholas Biello, $308,000.\n\nHoward County\n\nThese sales data recorded by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in August were provided by Black Knight Inc. For information about other residential real estate transactions, visit washingtonpost.com/homesales.\n\nCENTENNIAL-BENSON AREA\n\nBlandford Way, 10210-Paul M. and Lynn P. Hottle to Jayson Beckman and Shahana Ahmed, $615,000.\n\nCarlee Run Ct., 3040-Christopher Rey Harvey to Erik G. and Allison B. Folkart, $820,000.\n\nCentury Dr., 10102-Katherine Mary Rigby to Scott Rudolph and Janice Adalia Apple, $625,000.\n\nDorsey Hall Dr., 4978, No. B4-Igloo Series III Reo Corp. to Kenneth R. and Christine A. Hendershot, $230,000.\n\nFirefly Way, 4053-Scott L. and Laurie A. Rasmussen to Thomas Albert Metzger and Karen Elise Wilson, $487,000.\n\nGolf Island Rd., 2609-Michelle Trabosh to John Michael and Deborah Jane Pearce, $900,000.\n\nGreenbriar Ct., 10301-Karen L. and Mark J. Aaby to Nino Dariush and Robin Myung Delossantos, $675,000.\n\nHillsmere Rd., 9725-Concetta M. Molica to Sabir Zaman and Sadia Sabir, $401,500.\n\nManordale Lane, 9001-Timothy Robert and Susan Rose Childers to Kwame Otibu and Grace Kena, $575,000.\n\nMount Hebron Ct., 2194-Amir D. and Irene Khaksari to Dongkee Lee and Keun Hee Kim, $479,000.\n\nQuarterfield Dr., 11609-Michael J. and Jennifer E. Lyons Keefe to Khizar A. Khan, $950,000.\n\nResort Rd., 10520, No. 310-Vantage Condominium Corp. to Jung Im Choi, $357,480.\n\nTerra Maria Way, 3066-Lawrence C. and Arlene J. Norford to Hannah and Anthony V. Zirrolli, $660,000.\n\nWindsor Moss, 11983, No. 67-Steve R. and Margaret Pierce to Glenn and Diane Severn, $615,000.\n\nCLARKSVILLE AREA\n\nGilbride Lane, 13651-Jerry and Sheryl Rosburg to Scott E. and Melanie Uebele, $1.68 million.\n\nLinden Chapel Rd., 11824-Howard and Jeri F. Hessan to David J. and Ann Lorraine Haag, $1.16 million.\n\nCOLUMBIA (EAST) AREA\n\nBanjo Ct., 7105-Heide K. Hood to Tamara S. Ray, $325,000.\n\nCarved Stone, 7314-Linda Lee Roberts to Kelvin Guevara, $285,000.\n\nDiamondback Dr., 9413-Steven A. and Rachel S. Dial to Eydi Sanchez Reyes and Sara Encarnacion Roa, $400,000.\n\nEmersons Reach, 9152-Bryan Bucio Salas and Roxana Bucio to Mary R. Levarity, $310,000.\n\nHappyheart Lane, 6858-Lois Agramonte to Eddy R. Carrera and Evelyn Jordan, $332,000.\n\nLightning View Rd., 5401-Floyd C. and Shardell Spriggs to Wilber Moreno Gutierrez and Dalila R. Hernandez, $370,000.\n\nMillrace Ct., 5930, No. F304-Flagstar Bank to Anne T. and Joshua D. Gugel, $175,500.\n\nPressed Gentian, 6531-Cassandra Foster to Wubalem Bekele Eshete, $212,500.\n\nScarlet Petal, 6380-E-Trade Bank to Mitchell Greenberg, $295,000.\n\nSilver Trumpet Dr., 8310-Nina Zabolotna to Maiko Yanome, $305,000.\n\nStag Horn Path, 7153-MTGLQ Investors to Anuj Patel, $224,000.\n\nThomas Williams Way, 8500-Patricia Gray and Destiny Thomas to Jaime Manuel Centeno and Marta Magdalena Carranza, $350,000.\n\nThunder Hill Rd., 5571-Ryan Pioquinto and Jennell L. Romero to Frankline F. and Solange Asah, $425,000.\n\nWatercress Pl., 5463-Lawrence V. and Irene R. Seastrum to John V. Runge, $410,000.\n\nWindharp Way, 6330-Grant and Charlene McDaniel to Joshua S. Edwards, $380,000.\n\nCOLUMBIA (WEST) AREA\n\nAshton Park Ct., 6205-John D. and Karen S. Vassar to Cody Marshall and Irina Allyn Henthorne, $525,000.\n\nBright Passage, 11784-Lee E. and Clarissa B. Thomas to Michael and Mi Young Coomes, $616,500.\n\nCedar Fern Ct., 5926-Imtiaz Chhatriwala and Nishreen Akolawala to Hai Tran, $325,000.\n\nGolden Hook, 6271-Amber M. Forrester and Adam B. Barkley to Lennox A. and Margaret A. Stephens, $375,000.\n\nLightfall Ct., 11729-Thomas and Lou Ann Gilmer to Christopher J. Wallace and Andrea G. Shadick, $644,900.\n\nSlender Sky, 6225-Steven G. and Alice R. Lilly to Mark L. and Emily K. Johnson, $405,000.\n\nSymphony Way, 10732, No. 202-Minh Chaunguyen and Dominic Patrick Lewis Kerchner to Annette W. Tucker, $305,000.\n\nTooks Way, 11316-Gwendolyn Dungy to Cynthia Lee Stewart, $532,500.\n\nTwin Rivers Rd., 10566, No. B2-Kelly J. Pike to Mary Melissa Simmens, $130,000.\n\nCOOKSVILLE AREA\n\nMonticello Dr., 14041-David R. and Cynthia A. Desrochers to John Edward Orbegoso, $547,357.\n\nELKRIDGE AREA\n\nArbor Way, 6319-Jason J. and Claudia S. Morrissey to Calvin Manduna and Natoya Rosemarie Reid, $370,000.\n\nCollingwood Ct., 7108-David M. and Patricia S. Wheeler to Jose Medona Franklin and Roney Mathew, $709,900.\n\nDowns Ridge Ct., 6174-Saikat and Brooke Dasgupta to Richard E. and Alyce L. Dassing, $412,000.\n\nElk Mar Dr., 7108-William G. and Lindsay M. Martin to Alice Liu and Ryan Scott Altenburg, $622,400.\n\nLatchlift Ct., 6222-Gail L. Hoffer to Edward W. Tracy and Elizabeth S. Culbertson, $600,000.\n\nMillstream Ct., 7975-Christine M. and Jesse James McGrath to Kedar Ghimire and Rebati Parajuli, $280,000.\n\nParadise Ave., 5759-Joaquin Paredes Rivera and Celia Gonzalez to Tyler and Megan R. Alokonis, $230,000.\n\nRowanberry Dr., 5959, No. 8-Sharon L. Leter to Thawng Hlei and Sung Thluai, $230,000.\n\nSingers Way, 7451-Dhananjay D. and Anshu Marathe to Angela D. Johnson, $399,000.\n\nWater Oak Rd., 7134, No. 246-Nicholas E. and Amanda Horowitz Bill to Tai Coker, $325,000.\n\nELLICOTT CITY AREA\n\nAutumn Field Ct., 5429-Thomas J. and Sharon C. Sonni to Stephen J. and Rachel A. Swatkoski, $619,000.\n\nBonnie Branch Rd., 4868-Marion A. and Francis E. Johnson to William and Jennifer Cooch, $363,000.\n\nBreakstone Ct., 7803-Edward R. and Nancy E. Croft to Harmanpreet Singh, $670,000.\n\nBurrows Lane, 2944-Junjie Song and Zhihua Geng to Ravichandra B. Muthoju and Thriveni Munaganti, $650,000.\n\nJerseybelle Ct., 5417-Irwin L. and Christine M. Morris to Samuel Brewer, $630,000.\n\nMintz Lane, 5119-Francis J. and Reda M. Meanor Duffy to Ritesh Seth, $825,000.\n\nMontgomery Run Rd., 8352, No. I-Chang J. and Nana C. Choi to Hwan Young and Alyssa Kim, $195,000.\n\nNormandy Dr., 2919-Stephen L. and Ruth R. Lauer to Jordan A. and Kacie M. Strausbaugh, $467,500.\n\nQuaker Brothers Dr., 8622, No. 27-Abhai and Rajita Tripathi to Johnson Somaram and Aruna D. Katikela, $320,000.\n\nSandstone Ct., 7701-Andra and Gary Distefano to Matthew and Jessica Degner, $595,000.\n\nStreambank Way, 8505-Alec Beningfield and Cherrie L. Evans to Stephen Ward and Tamara Pearman, $680,000.\n\nTyson Rd., 8202-Lilliam E. Mendoza Toro to Patrick C. Cohill, $515,000.\n\nWinding Ross Way, 8110-Mazhar Natour and Batoul Abbas to Sravanthi Nekkanti, $515,000.\n\nFULTON AREA\n\nGunston St., 8816-Aaron J. and Heather C. Jaffey to Jennifer Dayle Smith, $715,000.\n\nMulberry St., 7615-Ronald A. and Jennifer L. Butler to Jillian L. and William J. Lamont, $880,000.\n\nTerrace Lane, 11271-Deepa Kattail and Sameera Udipi to Bryian and Terry Tan, $709,000.\n\nGLENELG AREA\n\nBurntwoods Rd., 14010-Kerry H. and Robert C. Hite to Kristen Ashley Mandler, $485,000.\n\nPenn Cross Ct., 4004-Mitchell Louis and Susan Davis Coccia to Justin Charles and Kristen Meekins Liberto, $670,000.\n\nGLENWOOD AREA\n\nHunt Valley Dr., 2855-Thomas J. and Rebecca Taylor to Elizabeth C. and John D. Williams, $1.27 million.\n\nHANOVER AREA\n\nHanover Crossing Way, 6325-David Michael and Bonwyn Matarozza Preis to Patrick Joseph and Erin Rose Nyren, $435,000.\n\nPatuxent Quarter Rd., 6287-Linda Jo Byrd to Jamie L. and Angela M. Price, $510,000.\n\nJESSUP AREA\n\nOak Meade Way, 8412-Kevin A. Scheminant to Tianna Reeves, $304,999.\n\nKINGS CONTRIVANCE VILLAGE AREA\n\nBirdhouse Cir., 9446, No. 12-Martin F. Jackson to Ashar Zaman, $320,000.\n\nCopperwood Way, 7045-Carmen Rosa Gelavert to Steven A. Dial, $330,000.\n\nEden Brook Dr., 7323, No. E-28-Shannon Bisram to Melissa Ann Cisiewicz, $325,500.\n\nLittle Bird Path, 7313-Ronald R. and Sherri L. Capurso to Denise Giardina, $375,000.\n\nQuarry Bridge Ct., 9521-Ronnie S. Kurlander and Katy Pardoe to Zahida and Arreba Aslam, $280,000.\n\nSetting Sun Way, 7456-Gabriel and Megan E. Bellagamba to Markela and Matthew P. Murphy, $330,000.\n\nSummer Park Ct., 9710-Susan E. Fischer to Chinthaka G. Hewadikdeniyage and Tonisha C. Herath, $290,000.\n\nMULLINIX AREA\n\nNew Cut Rd., 18131-Richard H. Kolb Jr. to Nicholas Paul and Krystin Anne Locantore, $619,000.\n\nSAVAGE AREA\n\nSavage Guilford Rd., 8266-Douglas Carrol Slater to Wendy Lizette Castro Alvarado, $290,000.\n\nSCAGGSVILLE-LAUREL AREA\n\nBreamore Ct., 9385-Maury W. and Kelly F. Harris to Edy Asdrubal Ruano Osorio, $295,000.\n\nChurchill Way, 10419-Lee and Elizabeth Myers to Kimberly Maisel and Michael Stopek, $687,000.\n\nFennel Way, 10011-Kwang S. Sauer to Colin and Jacqueline Albaugh, $640,000.\n\nHadleigh Ct., 9632-Dana Wolfe Hesse to Yemisi O. Adesomo, $350,000.\n\nLight Moon Way, 8570-Colin B. and Jacqueline L. Albaugh to Robert Francisco and Lisa Anne Bote, $437,500.\n\nMelody Dr., 9014-Burkard Homes Corp. to Bishop J. Felix and James K. Modozie, $539,990.\n\nPeachtree Lane, 8715-Robert A. and Kimberly Grear Perone to Senait Murutse Desta and Daniel Tesfay Teklu, $610,000.\n\nRock Ripple Lane, 9388-Kishan and Ekta Kapadia to Jarom and Erin Voyles, $425,000.\n\nTimber Oak Lane, 8715-Sterling National Bank to Susan and Robert Pate, $459,900.\n\nSYKESVILLE AREA\n\nRiver Rd., 785-Jelles N. Fonda and Kathryn A. O\u2019Connell to Lin Wang, $810,000.\n\nWEST FRIENDSHIP AREA\n\nFox Valley Dr., 3141-American Intl Relocation Corp. and Daniel Murtha to Samuel K. and Emma P. Tweneboah, $790,000.\n\nWOODBINE AREA\n\nCattail Woods Lane, 1717-Gregory D. and Michelle D. Moore to Daniel and Elizabeth Dudley, $660,000.\n\nWoodbine Rd., 2070-Chad A. and Cory A. Zirk to Michele Marie and Shawn Alexander Gannon, $599,900.\n\nWOODSTOCK AREA\n\nChaucer Way, 2105-Douglas S. and Margaret M. Kapustin to Anumalasetty Veeranjaneyulu and Sudharani Anumalasetty, $605,000.\n\nFolkestone Way, 10730-Sang Kyun Ryu to Sameer Siddiqui and Gauri Mehta, $510,000.\n\nOld Frederick Rd., 10884-Rodney W. Williams and Judith A. Carrithers to Michael R. Walton Jr. and Jodie Keenan, $800,000.", "sentence2": "Emory Lane, 16650-Patsy C. Herold to Julia Hernandez, $459,900.\n\nHornbeam Dr., 4712-Clinton D. and Shenita Y. White to Stephen J. Tapparo and Luz M. Redondo, $685,000.\n\nMorgal St., 4410-Jeremy A. Schiffer and Rachel Werner to Daniel F. Rogers and Jennifer L. Gordon, $470,000.\n\nAD\n\nVeirs Mill Rd., 12732, No. 1-101-Steven W. Watts and estate of Bradley Nolan Watts to Janys A. Cabrera Diaz, $190,000.\n\nBETHESDA AREA\n\nAlta Vista Rd., 5511-Ihor G. and Catherine Murashchyk to Marco and Carolyn Macchiavelli, $707,500.\n\nAD\n\nArrowood Rd., 7205-MSM Design Build Corp. to David Arash and Beth Javdan, $5.97 million.\n\nBells Mill Rd., 6400-Ivan S. Dimitrov and James Norris Platt to Molly A. Herrera and Juan C. Herrera Trejo, $656,000.\n\nBrixton Lane, 9903-Jeffrey M. and Sheryl E. Prieto to Gabriel I. Parra and Natalia Gudino, $745,000.\n\nBurdette Rd., 8300, No. 502-Donna G. Smith and estate of Charles H. Goldberg to Kenneth H., Francine and Richard Shure, $680,000.\n\nAD\n\nButtermere Lane, 6707-Irma Lee Westrell to Peter Glaser, $630,000.\n\nExeter Rd., 7515-Barry L. and Sigrun F. Haase to Carlton Ervin, $3.5 million.\n\nHarling Lane, 4517-Anthony B. and Frank Crisafulli to Carlyle P. Thorsen, $889,000.\n\nInglemere Dr., 9819-Masha Kruskal to Earle and Cynthia Ingalls, $830,000.\n\nMaple Ave., 4600-Richard Allen Lingle to Nathan K. Redmann and Bianca Elizabeth Bersani, $1.2 million.\n\nAD\n\nMcLean Dr., 5605-Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders Corp. to Edward and Lerna Chaglassian, $2.33 million.\n\nMillwood Rd., 7208-Richard Coghlan and Sang Me Lee to Roman and Katja Elisabeth Heini, $2.65 million.\n\nPelham Rd., 8507-George L. Richardson and Beatriz M. Romero Junquera to Huanhuan Deng and Bing Qi, $1.48 million.\n\nAD\n\nRannoch Rd., 6800-John L. Stodola to Katherine E. Pappas and Craig D. Goldstein, $1.3 million.\n\nSentinel Dr., 4970, No. 11-204-Kerry Lynn Edwards to Rae B. Wine, $564,000.\n\nStill Spring Ct., 8300-Eric Paul Hanson and Celia Noemi Cruz to Daniel P. Simon and Lisa Marie Yanni, $925,000.\n\nVendome Dr., 9232-John D. Gordon and H. Allison Smith to Brian S. Gold, $1.44 million.\n\nWalton Rd., 5816-Natalie A. Albina to Stephen T. Power and Claudia A. Laguzzi, $1.58 million.\n\nWhitley Park Terr., 5450, No. 305-Cheryl L. Maltz and estate of Adrienne K. Maltz to Mohanlal, Panna and Dipti Mistry, $389,250.\n\nAD\n\nWinterberry Ct., 5-Guillermo Jose Aviles Mendoza and Juliana Kruse De Andrade Maia to Maria L. Bruno Ruiz and Daniel F.B. Ruiz, $852,500.\n\nAD\n\nBOYDS AREA\n\nConrad Spring Rd., 15432-Rosemarie Borisow to James P. and Natacha C. Walsh, $765,000.\n\nShiloh Church Rd., 23210-Joe D. and Mary V. Pace to Sam and Rima Abuobaid, $925,000.\n\nBROOKEVILLE AREA\n\nBriars Rd., 3422-Mark B. and Gail A. Gunod Green to Maura Burns and James Landers Sullivan, $519,500.\n\nHoneystone Way, 2302-Peter and Christina Donath to Vincent and Nicole T. Walker, $725,000.\n\nSaint George Way, 2515-Laura Kane and estate of Richard V. Fazio to Michael and Yelena C. Roshal, $727,000.\n\nBURTONSVILLE AREA\n\nAldora Cir., 14119-Gary W. and Wendy Ann Whichard to Emmerson Nelson, $285,000.\n\nBentley Park Dr., 14517-Daniel and Laura Davis to Tariq Shahzad and Humera Tariq, $660,000.\n\nAD\n\nAD\n\nRegalwood Terr., 4313-Gordon H. Fry to Nina M. Keach and Lou Deutschman, $300,000.\n\nSorrento Ct., 14502-Tokozile and Rodwell Dlodlo to Akossiwa E. Atohoun, $290,000.\n\nCALVERTON-COLESVILLE AREA\n\nEnglish Turn Dr., 13015-Itea Investments Corp. to Meseret Ibsa, $750,000.\n\nLillian Lane, 111-Carol Delaney and Patrick J. Doyle to Mamoon Osman Hassan Saeed, $470,000.\n\nPeaceful Lane, 1415-Reginald L. Penny to Antoine D. Poole II and Marielys Montero, $435,000.\n\nStaley Manor Dr., 1743-Sarah M. Pevey to Harris Iqbal and Victoria Audrey Prevette, $310,000.\n\nWoodlake Dr., 3552, No. 19-Tara M. Royster to Titilayo O. Adigun, $365,000.\n\nCHEVY CHASE AREA\n\nClifford Ave., 8804-Nancy B. and Condit N. Eddy to Patricia M. Diaz and Marcelino N. Andrade, $730,000.\n\nAD\n\nFalstone Ave., 4723-Brandon H. and Anna J. Lee to Helene Safire, $1.25 million.\n\nAD\n\nInverness Dr., 3601-David J. Chorzempa to Brian P. and Cathleen D. Ciampa, $1.2 million.\n\nLevelle Dr., 9211-Steven D. and Kimberley C. Pearson to Rebecca S. and Daniel L. Weaver, $1.31 million.\n\nWisconsin Ave., 5600, No. 1407-Terry Holtzman and estate of Mary Holtzman to Joseph E. Schwartz and Anne Weiss, $1.32 million.\n\nWyndale Lane, 7404-Joy M. Leong to Robert A. Vricella, $975,000.\n\nCLARKSBURG AREA\n\nBasswood Hill Dr., 23114-Sun Kyung Yu to Mouhamed and Fatou Dioum, $430,400.\n\nEbenezer Chapel Dr., 13070-Third Try Corp. to Manoj Maheshwari and Nitu Pasari, $515,000.\n\nPond Pine Dr., 12109-Rui P. and Jessica Torres to Yong Guo and Shangwei Liu, $435,000.\n\nAD\n\nWinding Woods Way, 22002-Clarksburg Village Corp. to Jeffrey Glenn and Venita Yvette Scott, $601,395.\n\nCLOVERLY-EDNOR AREA\n\nCantrell Rd., 14400-Musawwir A. and Tasnuva Khan to Luis M. and Edgar C. Loayas Aguilar, $550,000.\n\nAD\n\nRedgate Ct., 2-Roger M. Brown and Karen Jayne Doswell to Deborah Y. Clark, $706,000.\n\nDAMASCUS AREA\n\nBiscayne Lane, 9904-Lawrence and Lindsay Haley to Jason and Amanda Oakes, $395,000.\n\nCanvasback Way, 9958-Jessica M. McLaughlin and Mark R. Nettling to Yamila Medina, $249,000.\n\nMiddleboro Dr., 10812-Susan M. Hensley to Junmin and Xiaoxiang Zhang, $550,000.\n\nValley Park Terr., 25732, No. H-2-Jesus Arturo Parrau and Nicole Jennifer Hartwick to Caitlin Ann Caffrey, $259,000.\n\nAD\n\nDERWOOD AREA\n\nCliffbourne Lane, 17817-Estate of Joan B. Carpenter to Kyle M. and Lynn E. Erickson, $515,000.\n\nGranby Rd., 6108-Florence M. Hallman and Patricia L. Boyer to Sonia Mundle Smith, $685,000.\n\nNutwood Ct., 7609-Alan J. Diamond and Carol Janus to Laddawan Thirachawalit, $375,000.\n\nWheat Fall Dr., 17521-John C. Vergelli and estate of Kathleen Ann Vergelli to Luis F. Retana and Betsy N. Lopez, $450,000.\n\nAD\n\nFOUR CORNERS-BURNT MILLS AREA\n\nBrewster Ct., 314-Andrew J. and Kristin A. Schrader to Cheryl Ann Hurwitz, $653,000.\n\nDryden St., 1107-Laurie A. Yengo to Jodi Ilene Charles, $500,000.\n\nGlenwild Rd., 10615-Arceli Bacsinila to Ashley Nicole Macon and Shauna Natasha Davis, $482,500.\n\nLowander Lane, 813-U.S. Bank and Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust to Yonas Nigatu Gurach, $440,000.\n\nSaybrook Ave., 9308-Laverne H. Havelka to Deanna L. Wright, $504,000.\n\nSutherland Rd., 10003-Jared E. and Jennifer L. Gigliotti to Robert H. and Ashley S. Burch, $615,000.\n\nGAITHERSBURG AREA\n\nBarn Swallow Terr., 18728-Matthew and Shanna Bahen to James Michael Whalen, $276,000.\n\nFertile Meadow Ct., 18023-Rajeev and Gunjan Jain to Maryonne A.C. Snow Smith, $350,000.\n\nGrosbeak Terr., 18632-Brian Williams to Dalicia Ashley Eschoe, $295,000.\n\nHummingbird Terr., 9235-JLG Investments Corp. to Marc D. and Brandon Riley Goldstein, $325,000.\n\nAD\n\nLindstrom Ct., 17615-Alan R. and Jan Briddell Stevens to Jaime Romeo Valiente Gallegos and Ruth Fransoli Valiente, $325,000.\n\nPearlbush Dr., 7900, No. 302-Edward J. Maynes to Christine R. Kim and Ricky M. Zatz, $129,999.\n\nTulip Dr., 110-Ashley J. White and Christopher A. Sibrizzi to Aaron K. and Anna K. Serrano, $400,000.\n\nGAITHERSBURG-NORTH POTOMAC AREA\n\nApple Blossom Way, 112-Wen I. Wear and Jack Pai Young Liu to Kannan Chinnasamy and Harita Kannan, $610,000.\n\nBoat House Ct., 14-Qisheng Li and Jinwen Chen to Dun Liang and Sutan Wu, $771,000.\n\nChestertown St., 122-Scott V. and Sharon L. Nystrom to Andrew and Jaclyn Nicoletta, $882,500.\n\nClover Knoll Rd., 11925-Inge J. Caldwell to Eric Endicott and Heather Leeper, $515,000.\n\nCurry Ford Lane, 208-Suntrust Bank to Francis Aning Boddom, $320,000.\n\nDiamondback Dr., 506, No. 241-C.F. Sept Owner Corp. to Lok Wong Samson, $489,900.\n\nFenceline Dr., 12-Maureen Q. Ponce to Umesh J. Rajani and Purvi R. Desai, $380,000.\n\nHelene St., 535-Blake E. and Ilene H. Godsey to Gary M. and Judith Lynn Katz, $809,900.\n\nKimberly Ct. W., 785-Perfect Homes Corp. to Summer G. Martinez and Daniel Francis Cumberland Jr., $535,000.\n\nLinslade St., 724-Verna W. and Jerry C. Van Wert Jr. to Christopher Michael and Courtney B.K. Knaus, $800,000.\n\nOrchard Hills Dr., 111-Mark A. and Joanna Green to Ebrahim Rajabtabar Darvish and Hanieh Ataei, $550,000.\n\nPhelps St., 477-Rajesh Kumar and Anju Goel to Yang Liu and Yu Zhang, $624,000.\n\nQuince Orchard Blvd., 882, No. 202-Xiaoyou Chen to Anisur Rahman Palash and Afia A. Jahan, $115,000.\n\nSylvan Glade Dr., 14440-Drew Evan and Ryann Leslie Morris to Shafiul and Mahabuba Alam Elahee, $1 million.\n\nWater Oak Dr., 15105-Jai Raj Narain and Tara B. Rajan to Chawan Elliot Barnes and Sadaf Afkhami, $620,000.\n\nGERMANTOWN AREA\n\nAmbassador Dr., 13600-Hao Ping Chai to Hwei Chun Chou, $259,900.\n\nChalet Dr., 18140, No. 7-101-Hsiu Ling Hsu to Annette Richards, $178,000.\n\nDairymaid Dr., 13139, No. 103-Fang Xu to Bowen Yang, $155,000.\n\nEsmond Ct., 27-Joseph Beall and Paul Yanoshik to Eric Robert and Keke Schuler, $308,900.\n\nLake Park Dr., 19918, No. 922-Sandra and Maria Pazmino to Augustina Boamah and Kwame Konadu, $310,000.\n\nLowfield Terr., 13413-Jasbir and Piari Singh to Mario and Janeth Andino, $345,000.\n\nMartins Landing Dr., 18700-Stephen P. Macloud to Michael L. Tash, $284,500.\n\nMoonwalk Ct., 18910-Chad and Amanda Berkhammer to Vitaly Avilov and Qi Zeng, $564,900.\n\nRayfield Dr., 19425-Juan A. and Isabel Galvez Salgado to Scott and Mignonette Petersen, $401,000.\n\nShipley Terr., 20209, No. 1-B-201-Hector A. and Jose Omar Andino Rivera to Hector Hermando Neira Herrera and Graciela Q. Neira, $180,000.\n\nSummer Oak Dr., 11527-Mark M. and Megan A. Jackowski to Timothy R. and Alena Lynn Carter, $305,000.\n\nWarrior Brook Dr., 19141-Zhengliang Bu and Lanlan Zhang to Robert Eugene and Danielle Ross Franklin, $409,900.\n\nWinding Creek Way, 12041-Francoise A. Andre and Apostol T. Vassilev to Jibran Misbah and Farah Reyaz, $322,000.\n\nKENSINGTON AREA\n\nBrunswick Ave., 10700-Roy E. and Herlyth B. Clark to Thomas G. and Madison Dickinson Hendren, $550,000.\n\nFlanders Ave., 5307-Silviu C. and Leana Cretu to Steven H. Ngo, $650,000.\n\nMidvale Rd., 11120-Jerome Rossignuolo and Chu Chu Lan to Timothy Jerome White Jr. and Ghazal Parsa, $769,000.\n\nSaul Rd., 4501-Jonathan George Mathis to Rosita Alyssa Baua Hermann, $699,000.\n\nLAYTONSVILLE AREA\n\nFlamingo Terr., 24340-James P. and Natacha C. Walsh to William Marshall Lee and Casey Christine Robertson, $380,000.\n\nLochaven Ct., 20924-Donna M. Marino to Michael Anthony and Leslie Susan Gladu, $625,000.\n\nWatkins Rd., 9631-Suzanne and Donald L. Diddle to Scott D. Parello, $480,000.\n\nWoodfield School Rd., 25130-Joseph Allen and Cheryl Peters Wyatt to Patricia and Terry Nichols, $635,000.\n\nMONTGOMERY VILLAGE AREA\n\nBrassie Way, 9620-Shannon Frye Robb to Richard Pineda and Alicia D. Valle Toledo, $199,900.\n\nCopps Hill Pl., 18124-Fabiana I. and Ismelda Gaona to Marco Antonio Uceda Juica, $225,000.\n\nHellingly Pl., 9728, No. 203-Anthony Malek to Nicolaas Johannes Van Staden, $114,000.\n\nMills Choice Rd., 19023, No. 4-James I. and Tuanhwa H. Cheng to Leo Stanley and Konika A. Rodriguese, $130,000.\n\nRavenglass Way, 8732-Patricia M. Benjamin to Nicolas E. Quinones, $195,000.\n\nSterncroft Ct., 20504-Jesus Huaman and Frida Mojonero to Ketty E. Peraza and Cristofer Adalverto Gonzalez, $238,500.\n\nTranshire Rd., 19551-John Charles Marshall to Laurel Foster, $240,000.\n\nNEW HAMPSHIRE ESTATES-HILLANDALE AREA\n\nHedin Dr., 9809-Clifford H. and Sandra Ivery to Saleela and Shailesh Kumar Sharma, $416,500.\n\nNORBECK-LAYHILL AREA\n\nBel Pre Rd., 3750, No. 11-Andrew and Paulette M. Ladas to Marcos R. Tamayo Olivier and Carla A. Luis, $92,500.\n\nCamellia Dr., 12813-Gary and Elizabeth M. Gilliam to Erica S. St. Louis and Herbert Russell Frisby III, $475,000.\n\nEdelmar Terr., 3612, No. 127-A-Woodrow W. Hancock Jr. to Alice C. McGurty, $241,500.\n\nGreenery Lane, 2308, No. 302-13-Federal National Mortgage Association and BWW Law Group Corp. to Rasheda Akter and Nazifa Tazrian Munia, $189,900.\n\nInnsbruck Ct., 14420, No. 3-AB-Steve J. Chaney to Francisco N. Hernandez Savinon, $185,000.\n\nInterlachen Dr., 15101, No. 1-414-Estate of Barry Friedberg to Ann M. McDowell, $280,000.\n\nIsland Creek Ct., 3423, No. 132-A-Robert S. and Emilene Werner to Katherine L. and Thomas G. Bugenhagen, $468,000.\n\nLeisure World Blvd. N., 3200, No. 619-Cindy Ann Gilman and estate of Freeda S. Wolf to Gail Roe, $404,000.\n\nLeisure World Blvd. N., 3330, No. 5-915-Roger D. Feldman and estate of Gertrude Coburn Feldman to Val S. and Judith Sasmore, $152,500.\n\nLudham Dr., 3209, No. 193-A-Edward A. Perron to Sherry Lynne Stargel, $315,000.\n\nNordic Hill Cir., 1651-Kenneth Cutler and Wioleta Laska to Eugenio J. Aleman and Maria C. Vassallo, $494,000.\n\nRedspire Dr., 13302-Dale and Lilyan Kang to Hoang M. Nguyen and Mai X. Huynh, $825,000.\n\nWeller Rd., 2604-Luciano and Lidia DiFranco to Tena Gebretsadik and Hana Wondimu, $450,000.\n\nOLNEY AREA\n\nBuehler Rd., 17816, No. 1-B-2-Luis Anthony Jaramillo to Peter J. and Joseph Toller Leicht, $125,000.\n\nGelding Lane, 3811-Michelle R. Cascio to Paulina M. Kozorosky, $373,000.\n\nOverwood Dr., 17804-Maurice L. Vekeman Jr. to Nicholas Domenico Richards and Jennifer Steiger, $472,500.\n\nShadowridge Terr., 18606-Cynthia L. Dunn to Seble Abebe and Mulugeta T. Fisseha, $421,000.\n\nPOOLESVILLE AREA\n\nHughes Rd., 17300-Jeffrey Dayton and estate of Leona J. Nelson to Jesse Ryan and Jennifer Loznak, $443,500.\n\nSpurrier Ave., 19812-Randolph C. and Nancy L. Halphen to Stephen and Angela Amanda Trice, $430,000.\n\nPOTOMAC AREA\n\nBartonshire Way, 1294-Donna R. Foley to Laurence Wade and Sarah Maria Tivnan, $710,000.\n\nBetteker Lane, 9905-Patrick D. and Mariella V. Young to Yan Zhang, $680,000.\n\nBrushwood Way, 13149-Jennifer M. Whitlow to Jeffrey T. and Michele Molyn Napoliello, $1.73 million.\n\nCambridge Manor Ct., 9237-Kathleen J.S. and Stevan A. Varga to Sean Wesley Hiapo and Jill Renee Olson, $1.82 million.\n\nConestoga Way, 9708-RBL Ventures Corp. to Kevin Kyuhong and Yoojin Choi, $930,000.\n\nDemocracy Blvd., 10240-Barbara and Gerard P. Champaloux to Ejike Asiegbunam, $1.8 million.\n\nFallsmead Way, 1203-Wai Keen Chung and Junqing Liu to Colter Thomas and Alana Wase Bell, $753,000.\n\nInverness Ridge Rd., 8145-Donna F. Panagos to Xun Sun and Linnu Cao, $560,000.\n\nLloyd Rd., 10325-Mark B. and Donna Tasso Johnson to John K. Wilson and Katherine J. Scoville, $829,000.\n\nMilbern Dr., 11612-Sheshagiri Rao and Kusum A.R. Kalavar to James P. and Calie B. Lillis, $735,000.\n\nRiver Falls Dr., 8304-Edward J. and Elizabeth C. Hudson to Blair Alexander and Elizabeth Goergen Silver, $1.4 million.\n\nStratton Dr., 2001-Michelle L. Snyder and Jonathon S. Colton to Ira S. Miller and Allison Buchman, $775,000.\n\nTurnberry Dr., 9472-Paul A. and Susan L. Commander Samakow to Virun Lee, $880,000.\n\nWillowbrook Dr., 11137-Pei Ying and Diana H. Chen to Kevin P. and Angela R. Murphy, $1.09 million.\n\nROCKVILLE AREA\n\nAzalea Dr., 868, No. 21-Prashant and Quenie Thi Nguyen Goswami to Ehud Inbar, $350,000.\n\nBarbados Pl., 5916, No. 59-Trudy Bernstein to Ari Payes, $399,000.\n\nBoiling Brook Pkwy., 4722-Andrew J. Horos to Mohd Sulaiman and Moska Hakimzada, $390,000.\n\nBrentford Dr., 5109-Joseph C. Werner to Jimmy Su, $365,000.\n\nCharles St., 335-Leqin Shi to Patrick Jose Raminhos, $317,000.\n\nDundee Rd., 2002-Tian Zhou to Peipei Hu, $515,000.\n\nErtter Dr., 4904-Steven T. and Karon C. Martinez to Christopher A. Yen and Luyao Zhang, $590,000.\n\nGaither Rd., 1017-Morgan Chiu and Hsiaofang Yeh to Gregory and Dorothy Yahr, $525,000.\n\nGlenmore Terr., 2267-Lawrence G. Lazar and Leilei He to Natalia Komissarova, $765,000.\n\nLinden Square Ct., 5804, No. 41-Karla Olsen to Andrea Basdekian, $535,000.\n\nLuxberry Ct., 9, No. 4-Shulamith B. and Donald D. Weisman to Michael Anthony O\u2019Sullivan and Janet Rae Fox, $570,000.\n\nMonroe St., 114, No. 302-Yuri Berman to Gennadiy A. Pavlyukovets and Natallia S. Kotseneva, $235,000.\n\nOld Georgetown Rd., 11710, No. 1226-Scott Christopher and Alina Elizabeth Hotaling to Majid Majd, $325,000.\n\nPaulsboro Dr., 957-Heather A. Mulloy to Nurgul Gelic, $495,000.\n\nRolling House Rd., 11327-Ira B. Mirsky to Thomas and Ola Chen, $850,000.\n\nRose Ave., 930, No. 1906-Pike & Rose Condominium Inc. to Melony and Robert Muller, $479,900.\n\nStrathmore Park Ct., 10400, No. 303-Steven D. and Laurie J. Macht to Gerard E. and Germana B. Mitchell, $800,000.\n\nTopping Rd., 4704-Ryan M. and Angela H. Harper to Bradly M. Bauman and Kristen Elmezzi, $470,000.\n\nWarfield Dr., 618-Kevin Frederic and Cynthia Jo Brooks to Lucy Angela Carone Elliott, $650,000.\n\nWickshire Way, 11020, No. A-5-Corey and Emily Baker to John Carlos Wong, $625,000.\n\nSENECA PARK-CEDAR GROVE AREA\n\nAmber Ridge Cir., 12031-George A. and Traci D. Crawford to Adam Shuaib and Amanda Stegmiller, $350,000.\n\nBent Creek Terr., 11318-Jill R. Freund to Belinda B. Nyarko, $350,000.\n\nOwls Nest Cir., 21255, No. UN40-Seung H. and Hannah Weerae Lee to Fenton G. Dobard Jr. and Alicia R. Tellis, $355,000.\n\nRoyal Crown Dr., 12509-Brian and Irina Mitchell to Swayne J. Singh and Tigest Eyasu, $500,000.\n\nSojourn Ct., 21003, No. 33-Janice A. Thomas to Vernette V. Vernon, $280,000.\n\nSILVER SPRING AREA\n\nCassedy St., 2737-Melinda Campos and Gloria Zagorski to Daniel J. Zarin, $627,500.\n\nEasley St., 701-Gunnar Grodsky to Ahmed and Nihad Fawzy, $1.34 million.\n\nKingsbury Dr., 9105-Stanford D. Gillis to Gregory S. Avicola, $630,000.\n\nRussell Rd., 9411-Paul Skafte to Samuel R. Gilbert and Erica E. Eisenman, $665,000.\n\nWashington Ave., 2207, No. W-203-Amy T. and Jason R. Barnard to Beatriz Rodriguez, $280,000.\n\nSecond Ave., 8926-Tage Jacob Rainsford and Danielle Nichole Bird to Jason David Schellhardt, $735,000.\n\nTAKOMA PARK AREA\n\nCarroll Ave., 7342-Keith A. and Sara Mercedes Allen Sieverding to Alfred Clarence and Claire Joanna Bertrand, $715,000.\n\nHudson Ave., 601, No. 312-Leslie Charles and estate of Judith Ann Hobbs to Clara Ines Vargas, $175,000.\n\nTWINBROOK AREA\n\nDebeck Dr., 1004-Laura S. Johnson to Isabelle Raquin and Jonathan Honigman, $482,000.\n\nGilbert Rd., 1003-Richard and Debora Branthover to Jordan A. Stubbs and Carol Oser, $370,000.\n\nLemay Rd., 5935-Andrew J. Wilks and Edward H. Walker to Rajeev and Sandra Purohit, $448,402.\n\nRockcrest Cir., 30-Kevin William Green and Kimberly Pisabaj to Gibran Shaikh and Zuha Moin, $485,000.\n\nWHEATON AREA\n\nBluff Terr., 101-Benjamin Scott Sammon to Connie Lynn Bacon and John Patrick Andrews, $535,000.\n\nCone Lane, 11004-Dorothy S. and John J. Crnkovic to William Henry Washington Jr. and Keshni Naicker, $400,000.\n\nGeorgia Ave., 9806, No. 22-301-John Justin Gradowski to Deborah Meetze Hinton and James Reid Rowlett, $230,000.\n\nHardy Ave., 2814-Andreas P. Gelner and Adrienne J. Capkovic to Endalew K. Delegassa and Eleni G. Dinkalem, $366,000.\n\nImperial Dr., 1702-Laura L. Letson to Matthew O. Spencer and Greta Claire Harman, $499,000.\n\nLamberton Dr., 800-Robert H. and Angela C. Liberman to Moshe B. and Melissa Broder, $660,000.\n\nLovejoy St., 11803-Yossi Alkoby and Judith Meira Gershater to Scott Weinberg and Julia Ashkanazy, $522,500.\n\nWoodland Dr., 9900-Sara A. and Angelique J. Willis Hilbrich to Matthew G. Dean and Deborah A. Williams, $525,000.\n\nFrederick County\n\nThese sales data recorded by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation in August were provided by Black Knight Inc. For information about other residential real estate transactions, visit washingtonpost.com/homesales.\n\nADAMSTOWN AREA\n\nMount Ephraim Rd., 1888-Tom P. and Maureen T. Lapsa to Lindsay Turner Johnson, $725,000.\n\nBRUNSWICK AREA\n\nCrums Hollow Dr., 801-David M. Kilpatrick to Kenneth V. and Krisztina Baglyas Janosko, $413,000.\n\nOrndorff Dr. W., 134-Kelly A. Watson Huffer to Matthew and Cheyenne Smith, $170,000.\n\nVirginia Ave. N., 12-Jeff and Sam Edgin to Karen P. Orens, $280,000.\n\nBUCKEYSTOWN AREA\n\nKeller Lime Plant Rd., 6787-Charles M. and Julie N. McGuffin to Joseph Brooks Gatewood, $339,000.\n\nBURKITTSVILLE-JEFFERSON AREA\n\nCamden Dr., 4105-Larissa Lefebure to Joseph and Elizabeth Longo, $347,000.\n\nPecan Ct., 3445-Gerard J. and Shirley L. Long to Jonathan H. and Lori M. Paquin, $459,900.\n\nEMMITSBURG AREA\n\nHuntley Cir., 1325-Allen Ambush to Skylar D. Poole and Megan S. Degrange, $320,000.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-ADAMSTOWN VILLAGE AREA\n\nAvonshire Pl., 5620, No. D-Paul Werking to Lai Thang and Kippar Van, $183,000.\n\nBlack Creek Lane, 7203-Michael T. Malafarina to Rachael Hallyburton and Patrick Koogle, $278,000.\n\nClifton Rd. S., 6205-Eric Seth Epstein to Rusty J. and Nancy J. Mikulas, $235,000.\n\nDuke Ct., 5184-Taruan D. and Daphne S. Matthews to Damien Lamont Ricketts, $210,000.\n\nEssex Pl., 518-Marijka A. Grey to Mary Joe Bayley, $191,500.\n\nGranville Ct., 6638-Mandy Schall McAteer to Jason W. Brinkley, $285,000.\n\nHollyberry Way, 590-Eric J. Miller to Lasker N. Ahmed, $198,000.\n\nJefferson Blvd., 6624-Payton M. and Bethany L. Reid to Harry Russell and Sandra Sessa Lashley, $515,000.\n\nKilldeer Ct., 6737-Brett A. and Caitlin E. Vanorsdel to Ryan Hopkins, $245,000.\n\nMcGrath Pl., 6631-Calli Marie Rooney Lear to Nestor Arnoldo Nunez and Elizabeth A. Holden, $295,000.\n\nOld Swimming Pool Rd., 4902-Walter L. Hepker and Rebecca G. Full to Brian P. Howie, $314,900.\n\nRivendell Pl., 5583-Marc Aaron and Christine Apolito to Sheila R. Bonney, $282,000.\n\nSmall Gains Way, 4949-Steven C. and Jessi D. Barmoy to Luis Banoscare, $322,000.\n\nSweet Bay Ct., 5775-Katherine C. Kelley to Jennifer Lynn Buckley, $209,900.\n\nTimberwolf Dr., 1415-Linda Greenberg to Omar Adonay Mendez Carias and Tylyn A. Medrano, $368,500.\n\nWalcott Lane, 6511, No. 102-Jaime Thompson to Darla H. Alterescu, $226,900.\n\nWood Duck Ct., 6770-Nathan A. and Jessica R. Vanhouten to Jianyong and Xiuqin Gao, $224,400.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-LIBERTYTOWN AREA\n\nBaldridge Cir., 6140-Steven B. and Kendall Klosky Tiffany to Erica F. and Anthony N. Cooke, $282,000.\n\nBear Den Rd., 2563-Ronald L. Mallow and Robin N. Gordon to Todd and Gail Fineberg, $389,900.\n\nBridgewater Ct. W., 9402-Razvan A. and Jennifer Simonica to James and Lauren Ji Kim, $409,900.\n\nCatoctin Ave., 209-Joseph M. Shoemaker to James E. Rippeon II and Aimee Leigh Rider, $237,500.\n\nChurch St. E., 217-Katie A. Pribyl to Dianne Dain, $555,000.\n\nDerrs Ct., 1800-Jason R. and Kathleen A. Sepanic to Michael A. and Evelyne Anzick, $380,000.\n\nDogwood Dr., 1604-Daniel W. Trombetta to Paul Fritz, $305,000.\n\nEgret Way, 2625-Tracy Tucker and Kathleen Martin to Sean Gibson, $315,000.\n\nGreenleese Dr. N., 1801-Jeffrey T. and Kari B. Enama to Zachary Alan and Courtney Marie Davis, $424,000.\n\nHolden Rd., 832-Calatlantic Group Inc. to Joshua Adam and Sarah Anne Loftus, $497,473.\n\nJubal Way, 926-Phineas Cornell and Sharander Lakilia Jackson to Edmond D. Fuentes, $260,000.\n\nLamp Post Lane, 2213-Sean M. and Amanda M. McWilliams to Shayna L. Scott, $290,000.\n\nMcMurray St., 104-David W. and Kathryn L. Humphries to Jennifer A. Wilson and Lesley J. Vandever, $270,000.\n\nMill Island Pkwy., 3030, No. 310-Joseph A. Alexander to Judith Westbrook, $327,000.\n\nPalatine Dr., 3000-Wormald Development Co. to Joan T. Reilly, $473,900.\n\nQuay Ct., 7984-David H. Shiben to Jamaal Anwar Jones, $220,000.\n\nSherman Ave., 304-Tarah M. Zuniga and Edison Zuniga Sanchez to Amanda N. Barrientez, $216,000.\n\nSpringwater Ct., 6509, No. 6401-Jennifer Bolling Laggini Palmer to Annie Walker, $190,000.\n\nStoners Ford Way, 3025-Lorraine J. Stoltz and Marsha D. Flowers to David F. and Jeannie R. Knollman, $462,000.\n\nVillage Square Rd., 2231-Debra A. Bowman to Janet Jenkins, $333,500.\n\nWheyfield Dr., 1618-Michael G. and Linda J. Murray to Michelle Garrett, $286,000.\n\nFifth St. W., 235-Rachel E. Kavanagh to Brian Patrick Walsh, $239,000.\n\nFREDERICK CITY-MOUNTAINDALE AREA\n\nAndover Lane, 1636-Roberto Serpas Salmeron to Justin A. Mawdsley and Carol L. Paulson, $282,400.\n\nBoulder Rd., 9404-Sabrina Elizabeth Smith to Ivan and Kensy M. Alvarenga, $235,000.\n\nBuell Dr., 93-Anthony and Melinda Hite to Blyden Bonar Jr. and Nancy Kobe, $250,000.\n\nCatoctin Ct., 2500, No. 1-2B-Timothy L. and Terri J. Cannon to Chengkai Dai and Yishu He, $170,000.\n\nCoach House Way, 2508, No. 1C-Chris A. Turner and estate of Barbara A. Salt to Karen M. Cappolella, $185,000.\n\nDominion Dr., 2406, No. 2C-Daniel L. and Tama R. Plombon to Patricia A. Lawton, $176,500.\n\nEllsworth Way, 2408, No. 2A-Frank E. Warner to Amy Haggerty, $164,000.\n\nFox Hunt Lane, 8223-Thomas E. and Kathleen E. Igo to David Michael and Joli Naomi Chism, $441,500.\n\nHeather Ridge Dr., 416-Wayne Deyton to Joseph S. and Gillian A. Kulina, $125,000.\n\nJordan Valley Way, 8329-Richard W. and Linda S. Revolinsky to Edwin and Jackeline Cartagena, $470,000.\n\nLivingstone Terr., 9-Amanda M. and Joyce A. Zimmerman to Kenyan L. Summers, $219,900.\n\nMillstream Dr., 1844-Embrace Home Loans Inc. to Jasbir Singh Matharu, $205,000.\n\nRunny Ct., 7002-Anthony S. and Jennifer J. Kokoskie to David W. and Kathryn L. Humphries, $340,000.\n\nShelley Cir., 2508, No. 8-Mark and David Degirolamo to Elinor J. Rouff, $189,000.\n\nTimber View Ct., 244-L&A Holdings Corp. to Kyle L. Georgius and Lauren N. Hicks, $280,000.\n\nWilcox Valley Dr., 2053-Tiffany A. Glover and Tracy A. White to Michael R. and Ruthann McFadden, $409,000.\n\nGARFIELD AREA\n\nLoy Wolfe Rd., 13500-Richard M. Pryor to Trystin R. and David H. Alexander, $450,000.\n\nIJAMSVILLE AREA\n\nMelbourne Pl., 7503-Paul D. and Susan L. Manny to Michael A. Chlebda, $565,000.\n\nShel Mar Dr., 1907-Barry Edwin and Sharon Joy Wagman to Jose M. Cambron Espino, $510,000.\n\nLIBERTYTOWN AREA\n\nLiberty Rd., 11920, No. 204A-Richard Lee and Heather L. Rippeon to Brittney Nicole Rowse, $126,000.\n\nMIDDLETOWN AREA\n\nBoileau Ct., 3-Gary and Sharon Diane Gregoire to Connor R. and Brenda L. Smith, $225,000.\n\nFeldspar Rd., 4630-Brian T. and Lisa A. Edwards to Jason Robert and Allison Jacob Jachowski, $480,000.\n\nMyersville Rd., 8620-Arthur D. Tringali to Jason B. and Patricia M. Leffson Nalley, $355,000.\n\nSpringbrook Ct. E., 7311-David T. and Mary E. Sweeney to Anita L. Bright, $192,296.\n\nMULLINIX AREA\n\nAutumn Ridge Ct., 902-Robert H. and Terri L. King to John F. and Jessica E. Fisher, $452,500.\n\nFoggy Bottom Ct., 13887-Delores A. and Theodore L. Schwartzbeck to Virginia Elizabeth and James Arthur Lagger, $442,000.\n\nMitchell Ct., 13904-Luke Tanner and Beth Mitchell to William J. and Jessica M. Walker, $648,000.\n\nStreamview Ct., 6204-John and Barbara McIntee to Steve Kelbaugh and Suzanne Shipley, $499,900.\n\nMYERSVILLE AREA\n\nHunters Knl., 1007-Jay Eric Rhoderick to Jeffrey and Lisa K. Gottlieb, $610,000.\n\nNEW MARKET-LAKE LINGANORE AREA\n\nBeach Dr. E., 6617-Daniel B. and Kellie C. Ganoung to Charles J. Franco Jr. and Leslie Wang, $255,000.\n\nCountry Club Rd., 11233-Gary and Sharon Witt to Anthony Paul and Stefanie E. Lavin, $455,000.\n\nFox Chase Rd., 6925-Raymond J. and Cynthia A. Geraghty to Matthew and Shanna Bahen, $400,000.\n\nIsaac Russell St., 534-New Market Residential Corp. and Oak Hill Properties Corp. to Sean A. and Kristen L. Chaffman, $520,000.\n\nMeadowlake Rd., 6933-Lisa Hamlin and Brian St. John to Andrew Spangler and Jennifer Hake, $495,000.\n\nRichard Roberts St., 400-New Market Residential Corp. and Oak Hill Properties Corp. to Nila Via, $520,000.\n\nShalom Ct., 10003-MS Aspen North Corp. to Brad Michael and Courtney Renee Bahr, $500,990.\n\nNEW WINDSOR AREA\n\nWildrose Ct., 15610-Timothy L. and Deborah A. McQuay to Kenneth Eugene and Elizabeth Ann Lamb, $347,500.\n\nROCKY RIDGE-CREAGERSTOWN AREA\n\nMotters Station Rd., 14619-Bernard J. and Dawn Marie Hobbs to Zachery Bryan Fritz and Heather Michalena Pozzouli, $269,000.\n\nTHURMONT AREA\n\nMoser Cir., 224-William D. Shadle and Brooke N. Hildebrand to Minerva Carrasquillo and Alex Vazquez, $196,000.\n\nStoney Mine Ct., 3-Corey A. Totten to James R. McGrady, $299,900.\n\nUtica Ct., 10849-Thomas J. Ledwell to Brandon M. Smith and Ashley A. Brown, $475,000.\n\nURBANA AREA\n\nBartonsville Rd., 5817-Landmark Investment Properties Corp. to Michael Kevin Walsh and Sheryl Anderson Fast, $285,000.\n\nBelvedere Dr., 9099-Wilmington and Lehman XS Trust to Naseer Nayeem and Huma Hakim, $565,950.\n\nBuckeystown Pike, 4310-Jonathan M. and Elisabeth C. Clinton to Leslie Curtis and Mitchell R. Poe, $500,000.\n\nDunraven St., 9443-Greg A. and Elizabeth G. Warner to Dale Anthony and Linda Marie Urlacher, $400,000.\n\nHawk Ridge Rd., 5518-MS Gladhill Farm Corp. to John Austen and Corinne M. Carter, $484,960.\n\nKenway Lane, 9148-Damian and Eboni Williams to Adrian A. Dragulescu and Christina Masterman, $420,000.\n\nPine Bluff Rd., 8415-MS Gladhill Farm Corp. to Thomas D. and Eileen M. Lantzas, $470,000.\n\nSingleton Terr., 3717-Mihallaq and Brunilda Dhima to Melissa C. Altieri and Patrick J. Wenzler, $370,000.\n\nUrbana Pike., 3625-Robin Michael and Christine Rochelle Reeder to Shuang Guan, $350,000.\n\nWyndham Dr., 9752-William M. and Tina J. Cullum to Shawn I. and Juliet D. Hossain, $589,900.\n\nWALKERSVILLE AREA\n\nDiscovery Blvd., 8526-Healthy Homes Corp. to Stephen J. Green and Janet L. Brumer, $195,000.\n\nOld Island Ct., 202-James F. and Shelly L. Mullen to Sabrina E. Smith, $447,000.\n\nWOODSBORO AREA\n\nCoppermine Rd., 11207-Bradley W. and Amber L. Seiss to Anthony and Charlene Bishop, $615,000."}
+{"id": "1484189424_1483950282", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "In August 2018, a tweet from Hopsquad Brewing hinted at the struggles the long-in-planning brewery was enduring to get up and running: \u201cWe\u2019ve had more delays than we can count so we stopped promising (opening) dates.\u201d\n\nBut Hopsquad hasn\u2019t let another year go by without opening its doors. In a section of North Austin that has become a hub for breweries, Hopsquad opened for the first time this weekend with four beers on draft in an airy, dog-friendly taproom.\n\nCousins Alex and Cesar Limon transformed a warehouse, the former site of an office furniture supply company, into Hopsquad \u2014 just about next door to Circle Brewing and a quick drive to other area breweries such as 4th Tap Brewing Co-op, Oskar Blues and Celis Brewery. The new beer maker is easily visible from Braker Lane thanks to a facade completely covered in art by David Rocha.\n\n>> RELATED: Central Machine Works opens as massive brewery, beer garden in East Austin\n\nHopsquad aims to stand out in a crowded local market by turning its brews into memorable characters such as the Lord Zanate IPA and Dutchess of Oltorf Holiday Roggenbier, both of which are on the opening beer list. All four current options are $5. Other beverages available include a cider from the neighboring Fairweather Cider and one red, white, ros\u00e9 and sparkling wine each.\n\nA food truck, Tsuke Honten, is permanently on-site as the Asian fusion vision of chef Michael Che, who previously worked at two stellar sushi spots in Austin, Soto and Kyoten Sushiko, according to his bio on the food truck\u2019s website.\n\nCheck out Hopsquad at 2307 Kramer Ln. during the current taproom hours: 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 12 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 6 p.m. Sunday. (Hopsquad is open this Tuesday only, 6 p.m. to midnight, for New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations.) The open hours may change as the North Austin brewery finds its footing.\n\nFor more information, visit hopsquad.com.", "sentence2": ".......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........\n\nALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 New Year\u2019s Eve revelers can expect a chilly end to 2019.\n\nBut no travel problems are expected \u2014 at least through much of New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nA storm system moving in from the northwest could make things a little slick New Year\u2019s night into Thursday. National Weather Service meteorologists said accumulating snow is expected in the western and central parts of the state, especially in the northern mountains. An accumulation of an inch or less is predicted for the Albuquerque metro on Thursday, with a little more than an inch expected in Santa Fe. A few additional inches are possible in the northern mountains. Rain mixed with snow is expected to spread across the eastern plains on Thursday.\n\nCold temperatures are expected to remain throughout the week, with a possible warming trend coming during the weekend. Temperatures are expected to be between 5 to 10 degrees below normal Tuesday into Wednesday. The weather service is urging residents to protect pipes, pets and plants over the next couple days. Highs in the 40s and lows in the mid and low 20s are expected through the remainder of the week in the Albuquerque metro. Low temperatures are expected to be in the teens or single digits in northern New Mexico.\n\nRoads are expected to be slick in the western part of the state and in the northern mountains Wednesday night into Thursday. Gusty winds could also make travel hazardous along the I-40 corridor in eastern New Mexico.\n\nCold, drier weather is expected Friday, with warmer temperatures Saturday and much of Sunday before another storm system moves across the state bringing more chances of snow late Sunday into Monday.\n\nADVERTISEMENTSkip\n\n................................................................"}
+{"id": "1484401805_1483962389", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "Open this photo in gallery Former McDonald's worker Cody Bondarchuk was overwhelmed by the response after he tweeted: 'I worked at McDonald\u2019s for two and a half years and I put 11 nuggets in almost every 10-piece I made.' JASON FRANSON/The Globe and Mail\n\nBefore he was a hero, a legend, \u201ca true angel\u201d and a national treasure \u2013 or, depending on your view, a communist, anarchist and unrepentant corporate thief \u2013 Cody Bondarchuk was just a man in Edmonton, about to have supper.\n\nIt was 5:27 p.m. on Nov. 15, a Friday evening. Mr. Bondarchuk, 26, had been tucking into a 10-piece order of Chicken McNuggets with sweet-and-sour sauce, when he recalled something he and his co-workers had done when he was a teenager working at McDonald\u2019s a decade earlier.\n\nAnd, as people do these days, he decided to share the thought on Twitter.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nMr. Bondarchuk wrote, \u201cI worked at McDonald\u2019s for two and a half years and I put 11 nuggets in almost every 10-piece I made.\u201d\n\nThen he clicked the little blue button to send his tweet.\n\n\u201cIn the first hour, I was like, \u2018Oh, this is going to get 100 likes and I\u2019m going to be really proud of myself for tweeting out a stupid thing,\u2019\u201d Mr. Bondarchuk said later. \u201cAnd then it just kept coming.\u201d\n\nBy morning, the tweet had 4,000 likes. When Mr. Bondarchuk took his lunch break that day, it had 100,000. Soon, the tweet was getting 10,000 or 15,000 new responses every minute, so many notifications his phone kept shutting off.\n\nPeople variously called him \u201ca Real American Hero\u201d (he\u2019s Canadian), \u201cthe extra nugget angel,\u201d \u201cthe hero we honestly didn\u2019t deserve,\u201d \u201cMr. Extra Nugget Giving Man,\u201d \u201cSt. Nuggets,\u201d and, the moniker that appears to have stuck: \u201cThe Robin Hood of Nuggets.\u201d (Or, less formally, \u201cThe Robin Hood of Nugz.\u201d)\n\nThere were those who blessed him, wished him good karma, thanked him for his service and told him he\u2019d restored their faith in humanity. As Twitter user @of_obvious wrote, about the experience of unexpectedly receiving 12 McNuggets in a 10-piece order, \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how much of a gift that feels like.\u201d\n\nThe tweet also prompted others to share their own random acts of fast-food philanthropy, from a Burger King employee who tucks onion rings at the bottom of fry boxes, to workers putting extra cheese on tacos, extra pepperoni on pizza, extra bacon on Baconators.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nThere was every imaginable meme for \u201chero\u201d or \u201cgratitude,\u201d and an oft-repeated reminder that \u201cnot all heroes wear capes.\u201d\n\nThe story of the viral tweet was picked up by news organizations around the world, including the New York Post, Today and Fox News, which speculated Mr. Bondarchuk \u201cmay have just become the most popular person on the internet.\u201d\n\nThe tweet was liked by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, then just days away from the launch of his controversial Cybertruck, and read aloud by Tom Hanks, just days after the release of his movie about Mr. Rogers, in a video celebrating \u201csome of the nicest tweets on the Internet.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat is a man who is not only being nice, but he\u2019s feeding the world a little bit better and bucking the corporate strategy,\u201d Mr. Hanks said after reading the tweet. \u201cBravo. That\u2019s a nice thing to do.\u201d\n\nOthers weren\u2019t so charitable. No small number of people called Mr. Bondarchuk a thief and questioned what would happen if every employee did what he had done.\n\nAs @DaianaT1 noted, \u201cThat\u2019s basically stealing, the nuggets weren\u2019t yours so it\u2019s not up to you deciding how many to put.\u201d\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nAsked by @North_Resists if there is a \u201cstatute of limitations on grand-theft-nuggets,\u201d Mr. Bondarchuk replied, \u201cI hope so because I calculated it and I would owe Ronald about $1,600.\u201d\n\nOthers called Mr. Bondarchuk a socialist, a communist, an anarchist and a rebel (either compliments or insults, depending on the tweeter), and a small collection of truthers questioned whether he really gave away any extra nuggets at all.\n\nAppearing on a radio show in Toronto, Mr. Bondarchuk found himself paired with a former McDonald\u2019s franchise owner who was adamant he should be arrested.\n\nBut while Mr. Bondarchuk notes he was 14 to 16 years old at the time of the McNugget activity and wouldn\u2019t do it now, he also isn\u2019t apologetic about randomly redistributing pieces of corporate poulet to the populus.\n\n\u201cWealth inequality is not getting any smaller and it just baffles me that people could look at this and find fault with it,\u201d he says.\n\nFor the moment, the viral tweet has levelled off at about 15,000 comments, 81,000 retweets and upward of one-million likes. Mr. Bondarchuk\u2019s followers on Twitter jumped to about 7,000 from 900, which he says has brought both additional expectation and scrutiny.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nFor now, Mr. Bondarchuk is using the moment to promote his podcast, Heart Half Full, and also hopes it could help his planned run for Edmonton city council in 2021.\n\n\u201cIt certainly gave me like a bit of a perspective into what exactly it means to suddenly be in the spotlight in a very big way,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought I loved attention, but even this was a limit for me.\u201d\n\nOur Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day\u2019s most important headlines. Sign up today.", "sentence2": "A teenager is dead after a shooting in Brampton late Tuesday evening, Peel police say.\n\nPolice responded to reports of gunshots at Alderbury Crescent and Autumn Boulevard minutes before midnight, Const. Akhil Mooken told the Star.\n\nThe victim was identified by police as 17-year-old Jordan Henry. He was taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries.\n\nPolice reported a \u201cheavy police presence in the area,\u201d but have not disclosed any information regarding suspects. The Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau are investigating the incident.\n\nGet more of today's top stories in your inbox Sign up for the Star's Morning Headlines email newsletter for a briefing of the day's big news. Sign Up Now\n\nWith files from Tom Yun.\n\nRead more about:"}
+{"id": "1484033308_1484206926", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "GREEN Senior citizens now have another choice for care as they age following the opening of the Village of Saint Edward.\n\nSt. Edward offers independent living, assisted living and memory care units. There are 50 independent, 48 assisted living and 28 memory care units. So far, 14 residents have moved in, but many more are expected in early 2020.\n\nAnnette Walters, director of Marketing for the Village of Saint Edward, said almost half of the independent units have been reserved. She said it is a good start considering the facility opened at the end of October.\n\nConstruction was completed two months ahead of schedule and Walters said they are thankful for Alpha Construction, DeHoff Development and the city for being good partners.\n\nSaint Edward just recently received its license from the state for assisted living and memory care so it could begin taking residents.\n\nThe facility offers plenty of common space areas for residents and their visitors. There are also several dining rooms, a pub, a library area, a fitness room, a beauty shop and a chapel where a service takes place three times per week.\n\nWalters said all the dining services are like a restaurant and there is a daily chef special. Residents can also order items a la carte. The facility has a private dining room for families if they want to host a gathering.\n\nSeveral different floor plans for each unit are available for residents including one and two-bedroom units. All independent rooms have a washer and dryer along with full kitchen appliances.\n\nThe memory care wing of the building has its own entrance for family members as Walters said family members are given key fobs so they can enter. The memory care wing also has its dining area including seating at a counter where residents can watch the food being prepared.\n\nThere is also a snoezelen room, which a sensory room where memory care residents can go to calm down.\n\nWalters said St. Edward\u2019s strives on helping residents if they need to transition from independent living to assisted living and they don\u2019t have to leave the facility.\n\nThe entire facility offers several areas to sit outside and plenty of areas to walk.\n\n\u201cThis is a beautiful piece of property,\u201d Walters said. \u201cYou want to take advantage of that.\u201d\n\nResidents also take occasional trips including to Cleveland and Amish Country, just to name a few.\n\nSaint Edward has hired 60 employees and once it is fully staffed that number will go to more than 100. Walters said St. Edward is sensitive to who they hire and wanted to hire staff who care.\n\nShe believes the fact the facility is faith-based and its quality staff makes it stand out from similar facilities in the area. Saint Edward is also a not-for-profit facility, so once someone\u2019s finances run out, they can remain at the facility on Medicare.\n\nIn 2020, Saint Edward plans to volunteer and give back more in the community, Walters said. They are also looking for volunteers who may want to come in and spend time with residents.\n\n\u201cWe have volunteers at all of our campuses,\u201d Walters said.\n\nSaint Edward also has a facility in Fairlawn and a facility in Wadsworth, which just opened in June. The Wadsworth facility is already 70 percent full and the Fairlawn location stays full, Walters said.\n\n\u201cWe took on two big challenges in one year,\u201d Walters said.", "sentence2": "There are a lot of fun ways to ring in the New Year. Many of them involve goals, champagne, and fresh starts (minus the diet, OF COURSE). But one way we really enjoy welcoming in the new? With a themed workout!\n\nWe\u2019ve done this for a few years now (see here for a fun one), but here\u2019s the gist: we take the year and design a really fun full-body, no-equipment-needed workout around it. Since it\u2019s now 2020, you\u2019ll be doing 20 reps of the following 20 moves for one sweat-filled and heart-pumping workout!\n\nGrab a mat, some water, a towel, your favorite tunes (try these if you\u2019re looking for musical inspiration), and get to it! (And, yep, for all the moves that you do on each side of your body \u2014 like lunges and mountain climbers \u2014 doing them on both sides one time equals one rep.)\n\nFeeling saucy? Do the whole thing two times \u2026 or even three times through!\n\n\u2013Jenn"}
+{"id": "1484188965_1483876247", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Now that the 2020s are officially upon us, it's only natural to wonder what the next decade of PC gaming will bring. Better graphics and faster hardware are a given, but considering how blindsided we were by some of the past decade's biggest, weirdest surprises \u2014like loot boxes, Steam Early Access, and battle royales\u2014it's also a safe bet that 2020 will have some strange surprises of its own. So everyone at PC Gamer is dusting off their crystal balls to try and predict some of the biggest stories and trends that will happen over the next 10 years.\n\nRiot becomes the new Blizzard\n\nRobin: Blizzard\u2019s fortunes have seemed increasingly shaky over the last couple of years. Just when you thought the most unpopular thing they\u2019d do in the decade was announce a mobile game, they decided to spark an international incident. Stories from inside the studio are troubling, too, with reports implying that the company culture may have been changing for the worse for years. Meanwhile, Riot\u2019s made its play, announcing a billion games and an entire multi-media empire in one press conference. I don\u2019t think all its gambles will pay off, but I could easily see its star being more ascendant than ever over the next ten years, while Blizzard\u2019s increasingly dwindles.\n\nFraser: Riot\u2019s had even more issues that Blizzard, and while it\u2019s designing several games that will inevitably compete with Blizzard\u2019s, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever going to reach the same heights. It\u2019s arguably been squandered, but Blizzard\u2019s long legacy is part of the reason that, even now, it\u2019s beloved by a legion of fans, whereas Riot has one game that\u2019s infamous for its toxic community. I\u2019m not sure how Blizzard is going to come out of the next decade and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if its popularity did dwindle, but I\u2019m don\u2019t think anything will replace it.\n\nSteven: Sorry, Fraser. I'm with Robin on this one. That one game you mentioned also happens to be the world's most popular with a daily player count that probably beats every Blizzard game combined. Toxic community notwithstanding, I think Riot's aggressive expansion is similar to Marvel's Cinematic Universe and has all the potential to be just as popular.\n\n(Image credit: Electronic Arts)\n\nBioWare fades away\n\nJames: Dragon Age 4 sounds nice, but it can't land too short of Modern Classic if BioWare wants to bring back its former reputation as one of the better big-budget storytellers in games. With so many new vacancies left by longtime employees and the constant shuffling around of those who remain, my faith in BioWare's delivery is at an all time low. To be clear, I'm not hopeless, I'm just... not optimistic.\n\nSteven: I agree. I think this tail-end of the 2010s has shown that nothing gold can stay and sometimes beloved studios lose their way. With BioWare, I'm increasingly worried that they're no longer the studio I fell in love with 20 years ago. There's too much riding on Dragon Age 4, and that makes me worried that if BioWare cracks under the pressure again it'll be another Anthem-like disaster.\n\nVR finally breaks through\n\nTyler: VR won't replace screens\u2014that'd mean the death of popular genres, and be totally inaccessible for some\u2014but by 2030 it will be much more popular. All-in-one headsets with built-in tracking will accurately detect the movements of our feet, hands, and joints, as well as our facial expressions, making our Sonic meme avatars extremely lifelike.\n\nJames: I'm not convinced. I mean, I think it will be more affordable and accessible, but I think the inconveniences will quickly outweigh the novelty. Wearing a big headset, closing yourself off to your surroundings, holding a bright magnified image inches from your eyes\u2014the effect is astounding, for a while at least. And then it's exhausting. And then normal. The adoption rate will swell and deflate with every incremental update or 'killer app' until the promise of a virtual world isn't all that exciting anymore. Half-Life: Alyx will be great, though.\n\nChris: Maybe, but I think it's still going to give a lot of people motion sickness, which is something that might get even worse as the fidelity of VR gets better. That means a lot of people will still be slowly teleporting around inside games rather than using normal locomotion because it just messes with our brains and bodies in ways that no amount of technology can solve. Motion sickness is going to continue to keep VR a niche interest and a cool novelty rather than a breakout phenomenon.\n\n(Image credit: Mundfish)\n\nRay tracing and 4K become the new standard\n\nTyler: At the start of the '10s, people were complaining about not being able to read text on their SD TVs. In the decade that followed, 1080p became normal, and then 4K TVs became normal. Still, true 4K gaming (as in, no upscaling) is considered high-end today. This is a boring, conservative prediction, but I'm going to say that'll happen again: 4K fully replaces 1080p and 1440p sometime in the '20s, and by the end of the decade, 8K and up are the high-end choices.\n\nJames: I'm too dumb to nod my head at the ray-tracing bit, but I'm fairly certain 4K will be the new 1080p. Just 10 years ago, the most popular resolution was 1280x800 . We're on pace to make 4K the norm. But what then? 4K is enough, right? What then?\n\nPC hardware advances will slow way down\n\nJarred: I'm going to piggyback off Tyler here, but focus on processors and manufacturing technologies. The fun prediction would be to assume Moore's Law is alive and well and computers continue to progress in leaps and bounds. The reality: we're hitting a wall. Actually, we've been hitting walls for the past decade, but each new wall becomes taller and thicker. Ten years ago, a state-of-the-art CPU was manufactured on 45nm tech, and GPUs were on 55nm. We've gone through three or four transitions since then (32nm, 22nm, 14nm, and kind of 10nm for Intel; 40nm, 28nm, 16/12nm, and 7nm for TSMC). Ten years from now, I expect three transitions at most (eg, 5nm, 4nm, and 3nm), but the real improvements from each process shrink will become less noticeable. A Core i9-9900K or Ryzen 9 3900X will still be doing okay, but your graphics card will have been upgraded several times, because 4K 144Hz gaming isn't happening on today's GPUs.\n\nJames: The time for smellovision is nigh.\n\n(Image credit: PUBG Corp)\n\nThe most popular game is from a genre we've never heard of\n\nTyler: Battle royale games didn't exist in 2010. Neither did autobattlers like Dota Auto Chess. Roguelikes were just starting to make a comeback as 'roguelites'. No one was using 'walking simulator' as a term of endearment or criticism. No one was searching for the term 'soulslike' until 2015. There were no 'strand games' that I can recall, because it's something Hideo Kojima made up. Only time will tell if he's on to something.\n\nJames: Like, what's going to be so new that Fortnite kids think it's too obtuse or naive to get into? I couldn't have predicted Fortnite, but I'm thinking whatever comes next will come from the increased scale and level of simulation new technologies will allow. Better graphics aren't the thing, I'm thinking about how the novelty of 100 people shooting each other on an island was enough to birth BR. Layer in way more and much deeper systems, be it weather, physics, building, lighting\u2014whatever really\u2014and the new ideas will spill out of the dev scene and onto the internet. That's my aspirational take. It'll actually be something that emerges from dumb luck.\n\nWe won't buy PC games anymore\n\nHarry: Ok, hear me out. I'm not saying we're all just going to up and put down our mouse and keyboards en masse, but by the end of 2030, individually buying games to keep will just seem weird. Services like Xbox Game Pass for PC will be joined by others looking for a lucrative slice of the subscription-service pie, and become ubiquitous. Just like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu did for the small screen, we'll be juggling various Game Pass-like products and never really own anything. Because we're millennials and don't deserve to.\n\nRachel: I don't think we'll buy PC games anymore because I feel a majority of games will choose to take the free-to-play route. Many of the biggest games right now are free-to-play and I reckon this style of business model will be an overwhelming majority in 2030. Fortnite's micropayments model has overwhelmingly proven that it's a viable route for gaming companies. Instead of buying games, the focus will turn more to buying in-game virtual goods and premium features.\n\n(Image credit: Bay 12 Games)\n\nDwarf Fortress simulates meta consciousness, dwarves realize they're inside the simulation\n\nDwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams has said he wants to simulate all the \"narratively interesting\" aspects of existence, and I'm betting that means we'll 100 percent have a Dwarf Fortress Truman Show moment sometime in the next decade. Dwarves already have complex mental and emotional states, so it's not a leap to imagine them becoming self-aware enough to realize they're fictional beings inside a massive simulation. The question is, what will the do when they find out?\n\nLoot boxes will be a thing of the past\n\nRobin: Though some of their stealthier forms might survive\u2014\u2018card packs\u2019, for example\u2014I think your run-of-the-mill loot boxes aren\u2019t long for this world. There\u2019s just too much scrutiny on them these days. If government regulation doesn\u2019t kill them, publisher skittishness will, and they\u2019ll end up banished to the same graveyard online passes got chucked in. The catch? I think they\u2019ll be replaced by something even more insidious.\n\nJames: Loot boxes will just get supplanted by data collection psyops. Destiny 2 is almost already there, a collection of feedback systems on a micro and macro level, from the recoil after pulling the trigger and the gas escaping from where the Cabal's head used to be to the little sound and animation that plays when turning in a bounty. Service based games are endless fonts of granular information, so the structures to tune player experiences to the individual will likely take shape. Attention will become a higher priority than how microtransactions are presented. We might see them disappear completely.\n\n(Image credit: Bethesda)\n\nBethesda will stop making singleplayer games altogether\n\nChris: Bethesda will release Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 at some point in the next decade, but after that? I wouldn't be completely surprised if we never saw another traditional singleplayer RPG developed by the studio. I don't much care for Fallout 76, and I'm not alone. But there must be tons of people still playing it because it keeps chugging along, and even the resoundingly unpopular Fallout 1st subscription has plenty members\u2014pop into a session and you're bound to come across a few. I expect Bethesda will get better at making online games this coming decade, and if they do the focus will drift away from singleplayer RPGS entirely.", "sentence2": "Picking the best games of the decade is an increasingly tough task. The number of titles keeps expanding while the number of platforms has blossomed beyond consoles and PCs. Players encounter so much content that the job of winnowing all that down to a top-10 list is daunting.\n\nI haven\u2019t played all the critically acclaimed titles. Games such as \u201cUndertale\u201d have escaped my purview, but I\u2019ve played plenty of releases over the past 10 years. The list below isn\u2019t based on quality per se, but it\u2019s more personal. These are the games that had a lasting impact on me. They are the ones that I fondly remember or the titles that I still play today.\n\nThat\u2019s partly why titles such as \u201cMinecraft\u201d and \u201cFortnite\u201d aren\u2019t on that list. Although those are the two most important releases of the decade, they aren\u2019t ones that I played very much. With that said, here are the games that were the most important to me over the past decade.\n\n1 \u201cPokemon Go\u201d \u2014 This unconventional take on the popular franchise had a surreal level of popularity when it was released during the summer of 2016. That enthusiasm has died down but the game remains a force.\n\nOf all the games I played this decade, this has had the biggest impact on my life. That\u2019s because of the nature of Niantic\u2019s location-based game. It\u2019s a title that\u2019s played outside in the real world and encourages players to explore their neighborhood to find pocket monsters.\n\nThat pushes players to interact face to face and opens up opportunities to foster bonds between players. The magic of \u201cPokemon Go\u201d is how it manages to build community. It\u2019s a game that has led to real-life friendships and even a commitment to running. It\u2019s a mobile title that has enriched the lives of players because its a game that exists beyond the screen.\n\n2 \u201cHearthstone\u201d \u2014 I tried and failed to get into \u201cMagic: The Gathering\u201d as a teenager but I gave the collectible card game genre another chance with \u201cHearthstone.\u201d I wasn\u2019t disappointed. Part of the success of Blizzard\u2019s game is that the developers simplified the gameplay elements and put it on mobile platforms and tablets.\n\nIt opened up the game to a huge audience and the accessible gameplay made it easy to pick up. The combination of the two has made it hugely successful and turned \u201cHearthstone\u201d into a popular esport. The only black mark on its resume is the controversy over a Hong Kong protest this year.\n\n3 \u201cDark Souls 2\u201d \u2014 Those who love the Hidetaka Miyazaki\u2019s \u201cSouls\u201d game have a moment when his games just click for them. They look beyond the difficulty and appreciate the lessons contained within the adventure. No other title this decade taught me more about patience, persistence and perseverance than \u201cDark Souls 2.\u201d\n\nThis isn\u2019t the best game of the series, but it is the one that hooked me on to this style of gaming. Every encounter is fraught with danger and players feel the tension in every fight. Yes, the game is difficult and it can be obtuse at times, but it\u2019s also the most rewarding experience I\u2019ve had this decade.\n\n4. \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d \u2014 One of the most overlooked aspects of modern gaming has been the performances of voice actors. That has changed thanks in part thanks to the work of Naughty Dog, and the performances by actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson in this post-apocalyptic masterpiece.\n\nThe visuals are gorgeous for its time and the gameplay mechanics are solid with a mix action and stealth, but it\u2019s the world that Naughty Dog creates and the actors\u2019 performances that invest players in the characters and transformed how we appreciate games.\n\n5. \u201cRed Dead Redemption\u201d \u2014 This game kicked off the decade and set the bar for the open-world genre. The beautiful visuals coupled with an intriguing story and memorable protagonist in John Marston made this a game that fans enjoyed living with.\n\nIt\u2019s an adventure that used its environment to its advantage, creating a distinct take on the wild west. One that few games have been able to match.\n\n6. \u201cMass Effect 3\u201d \u2014 This title capped off arguably the best video game trilogy in years. It was also the culmination of years of storytelling as BioWare wrapped up a journey that began in 2007. What\u2019s notable about this project is how the choices players made over each chapter impacted the totality of the finale.\n\nThe ending itself was not without controversy and showed how games aren\u2019t just one-way streets from developers to players. It is a collaboration in which those who make the games must listen to their audience.\n\n7. \u201cThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\u201d \u2014 Nintendo\u2019s first foray into an open-world \u201cZelda\u201d was hugely successful and helped with the strong launch of the Nintendo Switch. \u201cBreath of the Wild\u201d was also the biggest departure from the series tried and true formula, but somehow it maintained the ethos of discovery and adventure. It was a series that needed a heavy dose of change and Eiji Aonuma and his team delivered.\n\n8. \u201cMonster Hunter World\u201d \u2014 The disparity between the popularity of the \u201cMonster Hunter\u201d franchise in Japan and the U.S. has always been wide, but it has significantly narrowed thanks to this entry in the series. Not only has Capcom produced one of its most visually striking games, but by streamlining the mechanics it made it more approachable and addictive. All of this creates one of the best entries and one that broke out in the United States in a big way.\n\n9. \u201cSid Meier\u2019s Civilization V: Brave New World\u201d \u2014 Every once in a while I have the urge to play a campaign of \u201cCivilization.\u201d Few franchises have had its hooks in me like that. The developer, Firaxis, has molded a successful franchise by launching a new chapter with improved visuals and mechanics, but over time, they have refined it through downloadable expansion packs. The process has made a great game perfect. The pinnacle of the series is \u201cBrave New World,\u201d where the team brings in ideas such as the World Congress, tourism and Great Works to add a new layer of depth to the late game. This game continues to be one I return to despite a solid sequel.\n\n10. \u201cOverwatch\u201d \u2014 The rise of esports has been one of the major stories of the decade, and one of the games that capitalized on that is \u201cOverwatch.\u201d Blizzard\u2019s team-based shooter was a hit because it allowed players of all skill levels to compete by allowing them to fulfill different roles. If someone doesn\u2019t great quick-twitch skills or accuracy, they may have a talent at tactics or healing. That makes it more accessible and rewarding. I\u2019ve spent hours playing with my brother and cousins and figuring out our own playstyles.\n\nBlizzard has done a great job at cultivating \u201cOverwatch\u201d as an esport, and with its Overwatch League moving its teams to local markets in 2020 and a sequel on the way, the future looks bright for the game."}
+{"id": "1484035283_1484029825", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "National-World\n\nDoctors are not optimistic one of the men stabbed at a New York Hanukkah celebration will regain consciousness, according to the victim\u2019s family.\n\nJosef Neumann, who was one of five people assaulted Saturday in the upstate hamlet of Monsey, suffered multiple stab wounds to his head, neck and arms, his family said in a statement posted to social media by the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council. Shoshana Bernstein, a spokeswoman for the Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, said the statement is accurate.\n\n\u201cDoctors are not optimistic about his chances to regain consciousness, and if our father does miraculously recover partially, doctors expect that he will have permanent damage to the brain; leaving him partially paralyzed and speech-impaired for the rest of his life,\u201d the statement said.\n\nThe family described Neumann\u2019s condition as dire and said a weapon \u201cpenetrated his skull directly into the brain.\u201d His right arm was shattered.\n\n\u201cOur father has seven children, many grandchildren, a great grandchild, and brothers and sisters,\u201d the statement said.\n\n\u201cWe shall not let this terrible hate-driven attack be forgotten, and let us all work to eradicate all sorts of hate.\u201d\n\nYisroel Kraus, who was a guest at the home of the rabbi where a man wounded the victims with a machete, described Neumann as a mentor and an \u201cincredibly kind human being.\u201d\n\n\u201cOne of the most selfless people I know,\u201d Kraus told CNN. \u201cSince I knew him he was a very poor man. He never had a dime to his name and always goes around collecting money for other poor families. It was never about himself.\u201d\n\nAnother survivor was hit in the side of the head by the suspect\u2019s machete and doctors had to use three staples to close his wounds, Rabbi Shmuel Gancz told CNN Tuesday.\n\nShloime Rottenberg, the son of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, had just finished the ceremony of lighting the menorah at his father\u2019s home when the attack started, Gancz said.\n\n\u201cThey are grateful for what they deem a minor injury considering where else the machete could have hit him, such as his eyes,\u201d Gancz said of Rottenberg and his family.\n\nAuthorities identified the suspect as Grafton Thomas, 37. He pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder Sunday. A day later, he was charged by federal agents with obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs involving an attempt to kill \u2014 a federal hate crime. A judge ordered him to be detained.\n\nFederal prosecutors said Thomas entered the rabbi\u2019s home in Monsey, north of Manhattan, on Saturday night and told the dozens of people there \u201cno one is leaving.\u201d He attacked them with an 18-inch machete, with at least five victims suffering injuries ranging from slash wounds to a severed finger and a skull fracture, federal prosecutors said.", "sentence2": "The family of one of the men wounded in the stabbing rampage in Rockland County has released a photograph of his devastating injuries \u2013 showing him on a respirator with a heavily sutured, bloodied head.\n\n\u201cThis is the visual state of Josef Neumann who has been stabbed at the Hanukkah celebration Saturday night in the Forshay area of #Monsey,\u201d the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council in Hudson Valley said in a Twitter post, along with the hashtag #MeJew.\n\nThe 70-year-old father of seven was in critical condition after suffering a skull fracture and undergoing surgery on Sunday, his daughter previously told The Post.\n\nNeumann was stabbed multiple times, when alleged machete-wielding madman Thomas Grafton stormed the Monsey house of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg on Saturday, injuring five Hasidic Jews.\n\n\u201cThe knife penetrated his skull directly into the brain,\u201d said his family, adding that he may never wake up. He also was cut three times on the head, once on the neck and his right arm was \u201cshattered.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur father\u2019s status is so dire that no surgery has yet been performed on the right arm,\u201d the family\u2019s statement said.\n\nThe four other victims \u2014 including the rabbi\u2019s 25-year-old son \u2014 had been treated and were released from the hospital by Sunday.\n\nFederal prosecutors say the accused assailant kept journals filled with anti-Semitic writing and used a cellphone to search for \u201cZionist Temples,\u201d including on Staten Island.\n\nGrafton, 37, faces five state counts of attempted murder and five counts of federal hate crimes."}
+{"id": "1484401456_1484073158", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "MUMBAI: The much-awaited redevelopment of the Bombay Development Directorate (BDD) chawls at NM Joshi Marg will begin only after the draw of lots for rehab buildings, said an official with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), on condition of anonymity. The state housing authority plans to conduct the draw of lots in a month\u2019s time. However, the authority will finalise the date only once the ministry portfolios are distributed.\n\nThe official asserted that as cabinet expansion has taken place on December 30, the portfolios accumulated with the six cabinet ministers, who took oath along with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the first round, will now be distributed. Currently, NCP\u2019s Jayant Patil is in charge of the housing ministry. Though a meeting was conducted with Minister Patil, only after portfolios are confirmed a detailed presentation about the BDD chawls\u2019 redevelopment project will be made and the date for the draw of lots decided, explained the official.\n\nInterestingly, the NM Joshi Marg BDD Chawls Phase-1 project construction work was expected to begin last year after Diwali. However, unable to vacate the first 10 chawls the project missed the deadline, and the plan failed to take off.\n\nThis paper had reported that in a bid to expedite the shifting of tenants, the MHADA has come up with an offer asking tenants to shift to transit houses wherein on first come first basis they will get an opportunity to participate in the lottery draw. By conducting this lottery draw, the participant tenants will know which floors of the new buildings their houses will be located. The lottery for rehab houses will be held from the top floors of the 22-storeyed building.\n\nBesides, MHADA will also sign an agreement with the lottery winners, giving a surety that they will get their houses back, unlike the city\u2019s other stuck redevelopment projects undertaken mostly by the private developers.\n\nMHADA is drawing the lottery of top floor houses after tenants even after repeated appeals were not willing to leave their houses and shift to the provided alternative places. Following which, this offer was made in a bid to lure residents of getting houses on the top floors of the buildings once ready. So far, 252 families have shifted to the transit houses, informed the official.\n\nAt NM Joshi, the authority as per the approved plans will construct seven towers comprising 22 floors each in phase-1, which will house 1,200 tenements. To construct the seven new towers, 10 existing chawls are required to be demolished first.\n\nThe tenants of NM Joshi Marg, including Dadar-Naigaon BDD Chawl tenants, are provided alternative accommodation in mill buildings. Ruby Mill, Jubilee Mill, Prakash Cotton Mill, Western India Mill, Century Mill, and Bharat Mill are the six mills that have been identified and have a total of 1,127 transit houses, according to the MHADA.\n\nThe then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had performed the ground-breaking ceremony in April 2017. However, till date, not a single brick has been laid. MHADA, on the other end, is still convincing residents to support the redevelopment of century-old BDD chawls, which have been planned costing of Rs 17,000 crore approximately. If successfully completed, about 16,000 families living in BDD chawls at NM Joshi, Naigaon and Worli will get new 500 square feet of flats free of cost.", "sentence2": "Uddhav Thackeray (R) and Ajit Pawar (ANI photo)\n\nNo differences on portfolio allocation: Jayant Patil\n\nMUMBAI: Amid murmurs of resentment over distribution of ministries between alliance partners Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, leaders of the three parties held marathon meetings on Wednesday to finalise the allocation of portfolios.The cabinet was expanded on Monday with induction of 36 ministers which took its strength to 43, including chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.The leaders held several rounds of talks with Uddhav Thackeray during the day, sources said.\"Allocation of ministries has been almost finalized. All issues have been resolved. The allocation is expected to be announced by tomorrow,\" a source said.District guardian ministers and sitting arrangement of ministers at cabinet meetings were finalised on Wednesday, they said.Ashok Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar and Nitin Raut from the Congress, Jayant Patil and Ajit Pawar from the NCP and Eknath Shinde from the Shiv Sena met Thackeray to discuss allocation of ministries.According to Congress sources, the party is upset that it was not given any of the ministries which have a bearing on rural areas, such as agriculture and cooperation.\"We can swap portfolios with other two parties. We are not demanding increase in the number of ministries,\" sources added.All three parties are facing disgruntlement of leaders who were not inducted in the cabinet.Among such MLAs are Congress's Sangram Thopte, whose supporters vandalised Pune Congress office on Tuesday, and NCP's Prakash Solanke. Both the parties claimed that they have been mollified.Shiv Sena's Tanaji Sawant is also unhappy over being ignored in the cabinet expansion, sources said.Bhaskar Jadhav, who had joined the Sena on the eve of assembly polls, claimed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray had made certain commitments to him, so he was confident that he would be made minister and the exclusion left him shocked.About a dozen Sena legislators are said to be upset over not getting place in the cabinet.On the other hand, the 12 Congress ministers visited Delhi after the swearing-in on Monday.Congress leaders, sources said, feel that the party has not got agriculture, co-operation, housing and rural development ministries which are concerned with rural parts of the state.Rural development, co-operation and housing are with the NCP and agriculture with the Shiv Sena, and the Congress is keen on getting at least two of these four departments.The Congress has been allocated revenue, PWD and energy, among other ministries.The NCP has 12 cabinet ministers and four ministers of state, the Shiv Sena has 10 cabinet ministers and four MoS while Congress has 10 cabinet ministers and two MoS.The NCP has bagged important portfolios of home and finance.Meanwhile, Maharashtra cabinet minister Jayant Patil has said that there were no differences between the allies Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress over the allocation of portfolios.Patil, who heads state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party, was speaking to reporters at Mantralaya, the state secretariat here.\"There are no differences between us,\" Patil told reporters when asked about reports of friction between the allies over portfolio allocation."}
+{"id": "1484011767_1484041344", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Vision:\n\n\n\nBuild long-standing institutional affiliations that promote democracy with nations currently developing democratic civilian and military institutions.\n\nMission:\n\nThe Office of International Affairs provides the Adjutant General and Joint Forces Headquarters staff advice and policy recommendations on international initiatives for the California National Guard. This includes the Security Cooperation components of the National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy aspects of international relations activities conducted by the California National Guard.\n\n\n\nThe Office of International Affairs manages the State Partnership Program (SPP) with Ukraine. The SPP deploys California National Guard teams to Ukraine and brings Ukrainians to the United States for information sharing to assist Armed Forces of Ukraine in re-structuring, modernizing its forces, and strengthening principles of democracy and free market economies. Exchanges include information about the processes underpinning US military structures that result in subordination to civilian control, consensus building, methodologies for achieving objectives, and interagency coordination of civil/military issues. Future missions for International Relations will include partnerships with other countries to bring the same philosophy to these regions of the world as has been done successfully in the Baltics.\n\n\n\nAlong with California many other state National Guards are providing bilateral engagement partnerships with their partnered nation. As the program evolves, it is becoming a sophisticated security cooperation tool of US National Security Strategy which brings together civilian expertise, multi-level government agencies, NATO, non-government organizations and commercial interests to address social, economic, military and political issues such as border security, base conversion, emergency response, interagency cooperation, civil-military relations and security cooperation.\n\n\n\nNumerous future reciprocal events will continue to strengthen the cooperation and understanding that both governments now enjoy. Of the several benefits SPP provides, one major contribution will continue to be the security and welfare of both our citizens.", "sentence2": "Two close associates of President Trump\u2019s personal lawyer have been charged with funnelling foreign cash into a campaign backing his election.\n\nLev Parnas and Igor Fruman, American citizens born in the Soviet Union, and described as aides of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on Wednesday at Washington international airport as they prepared to leave the United States on a one-way ticket. They had been scheduled to speak to the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday and today.\n\nA federal indictment alleges that they channelled $325,000 to a pro-Trump fund, America First Action, through a front company to disguise the origin of the money, which was from a person described in the indictment as \u201cForeign National-1\u201d. It is illegal for foreign citizens to fund US politicians.\n\nProsecutors\u2026"}
+{"id": "1484190302_1484113071", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "FILE \u2013 In a Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 file photo, youngsters line up to see the Hershey\u2019s Kissmobile during its stop in Berlin, Vt. The Hershey Company has confirmed that their small fleet of Kissmobiles won\u2019t be hitting the road again in 2020. The decision, said Hershey Company spokesperson Jeff Beckman, was made due to the aging conditions of the vehicles. One of the vehicles will be taking up permanent residence at the AACA Museum, just down the road from Hershey\u2019s main offices in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)\n\nHERSHEY, Pa. (AP) \u2014 The Hershey Co. will soon retire its vehicles that are shaped like its Hershey\u2019s Kisses.\n\nThe Hershey Kissmobiles, which are each made up of three massive Kisses candies, have traveled across the country since 1997. The chocolate company has confirmed that the 26-foot-long vehicles won\u2019t return in 2020.\n\nThe company decided to pull the aging Kissmobiles out of safety concerns for employees and the public, Hershey Co. spokesman Jeff Beckman said. It has also become more difficult to find replacement parts for the custom vehicles.\n\nOne of the Kissmobiles will be available for public viewing at the AACA Museum in Hershey.", "sentence2": "ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) \u2014 A fire at a northern New Jersey rooming house that displaced more than two dozen residents on Wednesday apparently was sparked by fireworks being shot off outside the building.\n\nThe fire at the three-story house on Westfield Avenue in Elizabeth broke out around 4 a.m. and quickly spread through the building, sending heavy flames and thick smoke spewing from the house. No serious injuries were reported in the fire, authorities said, but at least 25 people who lived in the house were displaced by the blaze.\n\nA preliminary investigation found the fire was apparently sparked by fireworks, but it's not yet known who was setting them off or what type of fireworks were involved."}
+{"id": "1484013404_1484147362", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Debaucherous evening last night? You\u2019re probably dealing with veisalgia right now.\n\nMore commonly known as a hangover, this unpleasant phenomenon has been dogging humanity since our ancestors first happened upon fermentation.\n\nThose nasty vertigo-inducing, cold sweat-promoting and vomit-producing sensations after a raucous night out are all part of your body\u2019s attempt to protect itself from injury after you overindulge in alcoholic beverages. Your liver is working to break down the alcohol you consumed so your kidneys can clear it out ASAP. But in the process, your body\u2019s inflammatory and metabolic reactions are going to lay you low with a hangover.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nAs long as people have suffered from hangovers, they\u2019ve searched in vain for a cure. Revelers have access to a variety of compounds, products and devices that purport to ease the pain. But there\u2019s a lot of purporting and not a lot of proof. Most have not been backed up well by science in terms of usefulness for hangover treatment, and often their effects don\u2019t seem like they\u2019d match up with what scientists know about the biology of the hangover.\n\nWorking overtime to clear out the booze\n\nHangovers are virtually guaranteed when you drink too much. That amount varies from person to person based on genetic factors as well as whether there are other compounds that formed along with ethanol in the fermentation process.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nOver the course of a night of heavy drinking, your blood alcohol level continues to rise. Your body labors to break down the alcohol \u2014 consumed as ethanol in beer, wine or spirits \u2014 forming damaging oxygen free radicals and acetaldehyde, itself a harmful compound. The longer ethanol and acetaldehyde stick around, the more damage they can do to your cellular membranes, proteins and DNA, so your body\u2019s enzymes work quickly to metabolize acetaldehyde to a less toxic compound, acetate.\n\nOver time, your ethanol levels drop through this natural metabolic process. Depending on how much you consumed, you\u2019re likely to experience a hangover as the level of ethanol in your blood slowly returns to zero. Your body is withdrawing from high levels of circulating alcohol, while at the same time trying to protect itself from the effects of alcohol.\n\nScientists have limited knowledge of the leading causes of the hangover. But they do know that the body\u2019s responses include changes in hormone levels to reduce dehydration and cellular stress. Alcohol consumption also affects a variety of neurotransmitter systems in the brain, including glutamate, dopamine and serotonin. Inflammation increases in the body\u2019s tissues, and the healthy gut bacteria in your digestive system take a hit too, promoting leaky gut.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nAltogether, the combination of all these reactions and protective mechanisms activated by your system gives rise to the experience of a hangover, which can last up to 48 hours.\n\nYour misery likely has company\n\nDrinking and socializing are cultural acts, and most hangovers do not happen in isolation. Human beings are social creatures, and there\u2019s a high likelihood that at least one other individual feels the same as you the morning after the night before.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nEach society has different rules regarding alcohol use, which can affect how people view alcohol consumption within those cultures. Drinking is often valued for its relaxing effect and for promoting sociability. So it\u2019s common to see alcohol provided at celebratory events, social gatherings and holiday parties.\n\nIn the United States, drinking alcohol is largely embraced by mainstream culture, which may even promote behaviors involving excessive drinking. It should be no surprise that overindulgence goes hand in hand with these celebratory social events \u2014 and leads to hangover regrets a few hours later.\n\nYour body\u2019s reactions to high alcohol intake and the sobering-up period can influence mood, too. The combination of fatigue that you experience from sleep deprivation and hormonal stress reactions, in turn, affect your neurobiological responses and behavior. As your body is attempting to repair itself, you\u2019re more likely to be easily irritated, exhausted and want nothing more than to be left alone. Of course, your work productivity takes a dramatic hit the day after an evening of heavy drinking.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nWhen all is said and done, you\u2019re the cause of your own hangover pain, and you\u2019re the one who must pay for all the fun of the night before. But in short order, you\u2019ll forget how excruciating your last hangover was. And you may very soon talk yourself into doing the things you swore you\u2019d never do again.\n\nSpeeding up recovery\n\nWhile pharmacologists like us understand a bit about how hangovers work, we still lack a true remedy.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nCountless articles describe a variety of foods, caffeine, ion replenishment, energy drinks, herbal supplements including thyme and ginger, vitamins and the \u201chair of the dog\u201d as ways to prevent and treat hangovers. But the evidence isn\u2019t really there that any of these work effectively. They\u2019re just not scientifically validated or well reproduced.\n\nFor example, Kudzu root (Pueraria lobata), a popular choice for hangover remedies, has primarily been investigated for its effects in reducing alcohol-mediated stress and hangover. But at the same time, Kudzu root appears to inhibit the enzymes that break down acetaldehyde \u2014 not good news since you want to clear that acetaldehyde from your system quickly.\n\nTo fill this knowledge gap, our lab is working with colleagues to see if we can find scientific evidence for or against potential hangover remedies. We\u2019ve focused on the benefits of dihydromyricetin, a Chinese herbal medicine that is currently available and formulated as a dietary supplement for hangover reduction or prevention.\n\nDihydromyricetin appears to work its magic by enhancing alcohol metabolism and reducing its toxic byproduct, acetaldehyde. From our findings in mice models, we are collecting data that support the usefulness of dihydromyricetin in increasing the expression and activity of enzymes responsible for ethanol and acetaldehyde metabolism in the liver, where ethanol is primarily broken down. These findings explain one of the several ways dihydromyricetin protects the body against alcohol stress and hangover symptoms.\n\nAdvertisement:\n\nWe are also studying how this enhancement of alcohol metabolism results in changes in alcohol drinking behaviors. Previously, dihydromyricetin was found to counteract the relaxation affect of drinking alcohol by interfering with particular neuroreceptors in the brain; rodents didn\u2019t become as intoxicated and consequently reduced their ethanol intake. Through this combination of mechanisms, we hope to illustrate how DHM might reduce the downsides of excessive drinking beyond the temporary hangover, and potentially reduce drinking behavior and damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption.\n\nOf course, limiting alcohol intake and substituting water for many of those drinks during an evening out is probably the best method to avoid a painful hangover. However, for those times when one alcoholic beverage leads to more than a few more, be sure to stay hydrated and catch up on rest. Your best bet for a smoother recovery is probably some combination of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen, Netflix and a little downtime.\n\nDaryl Davies, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Joshua Silva, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Southern California, and Terry David Church, Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences, University of Southern California\n\nThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.", "sentence2": "Hangovers are a multifactorial equation that may be a little hard to understand, but the solution is always the same: misery. ArturVerkhovetskiy via Deposit Photos\n\nHoliday parties, birthdays, reunions. These are all beautiful occasions to gather with our friends and loved ones, celebrate all the good things in our lives, raise our glasses to the bad ones, and drink for what\u2019s to come. It\u2019d be nice if we could do all that without a horrible, head-wracking hangover.\n\nBefore you start scheduling hangover recovery time on your holiday calendar, know there are things you can do to make that bottle-ache a bit milder. And that\u2019s the best-case scenario, because we\u2019re sorry to tell you one cold, hard fact: there is no cure for hangovers. Like, none. Zero.\n\nWhat do you mean there\u2019s no cure for hangovers?\n\nExactly that, actually. For starters, science still doesn\u2019t quite know what causes a hangover. Literature on the subject has identified three possible culprits: the direct effect of alcohol on the brain and other organs, the effects of alcohol withdrawal from these organs; and other non-alcoholic factors, such as the physiological effects of compounds created when the body processes alcohol, like methanol.\n\nIt\u2019s also challenging to define what a hangover is. The definition researchers generally agree upon is that it\u2019s a condition characterized by a feeling of misery that can last up to 24 hours after the amount of alcohol in your blood drops to zero. As anyone who\u2019s ever experienced a hangover will tell you, symptoms can vary both in nature and intensity, going from headache, nausea, and fatigue, to muscle aches, vomiting, lack of concentration, and anxiety.\n\nThe symptoms you experience after a night of drinking will depend on multiple factors, like how much you drank, for how long, what it was, if you ate, what kind of food you devoured, if you danced, or smoked, and more. And that\u2019s not even taking into account genetic predisposition to hangovers or family history regarding alcohol addiction.\n\nConsidering these effects vary widely from person to person\u2014and even from one hangover to another\u2014it is very hard to study them, which makes hangovers a tough nut to crack. And then there\u2019s the morality of curing them.\n\n\u201cA possible explanation for the lack of scientific interest is that many physicians and researchers regard the alcohol hangover as an adequate punishment for unwanted behavior,\u201d Utrecht University researchers Joris C. Verster and Renske Penning wrote in their 2010 paper Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol Hangover.\n\nAccording to them, it is possible that part of the scientific community may not want to find a cure for hangovers because doing so would make binge drinking that much easier.\n\nOk, so how do I deal with a hangover?\n\nIt's definitely easier to avoid a hangover than to cure it. ArturVerkhovetskiy via Deposit Photos\n\nSince we don\u2019t know what causes hangovers, there\u2019s no drug or homemade remedy that will get rid of one entirely. In fact, the only scientifically proven method to avoid a hangover is moderate alcohol consumption or good old abstinence.\n\nBut since it is likely you will eventually have to deal with at least one hangover, it\u2019s a good idea to know there are things you can do to make the day after a party a little less miserable.\n\nRehydrate\n\nDehydration is one of the main symptoms of hangovers. Alcohol inhibits the production of antidiuretic hormone, preventing the kidneys from reabsorbing water and resulting in the overproduction of urine. Add that to sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea (all possible hangover symptoms), and you end up with a sure case of dehydration.\n\nDrinking one glass of water for every alcoholic beverage you consume is a great way to prevent a bad hangover. If that ship has already sailed and you\u2019re experiencing hangover-induced dehydration, you can always opt for a sports drink or make your own oral rehydration salts. All you need to do is mix two tablespoons of sugar and a 3/4 teaspoon of salt in four cups of water. Doing so will not only help you get that precious water back into your body, but will also restore your electrolytes.\n\nBeware of congeners\n\nIf you\u2019ve ever experienced a red wine-induced hangover, you know they\u2019re some of the worst you can get, and congeners are to blame. These are the biologically active compounds that give alcoholic beverages their distinct taste, smell, and color. Research shows a higher concentration of congeners may have something to do with more severe hangovers, whereas drinking distilled spirits containing purer ethanol, such as vodka or gin, will result in milder or fewer hangover effects.\n\nWhen it comes to avoiding hangovers, the lighter the color, the better\u2014stay away from rum, whiskey, tequila and red wine, which are among the alcoholic drinks with higher amounts of congeners.\n\nSleep well\n\nFatigue and muscle aches are two of the most common hangover symptoms, and you don\u2019t have to be a doctor to know the best way to treat them: rest. But alcohol consumption disrupts sleep patterns, resulting in both less and worse sleep. Drinking also alters your circadian rhythm, which raises cortisol levels and causes a feeling similar to jet lag.\n\nIt might be difficult, but a good way to combat a hangover is just to sleep. Give yourself the time to get some rest and bounce back. And if you made the horrible decision of making plans for early the next day, God help you.\n\nBe careful when taking Aspirin or paracetamol\n\nWhen you\u2019re suffering from a hangover that features an intense headache, your first instinct may be to take Aspirin or paracetamol. Studies have shown alcohol can cause an inflammatory response in the body, so anti-inflammatory drugs such as these could have a positive effect."}
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+{"id": "1484763304_1484720560", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "After Idli in Chai, Video of Chicken Tikka Soaked in Tea Has Left Netizens in Splits\n\nIn the 25 seconds long video clip the user can be seen pouring a cup of tea over a bowl full of chunks of chicken tikka.\n\nTrending Desk Updated: January 2, 2020, 6:24 PM IST\n\n(Image credit: Reddit / @ u/pocoschick )\n\nThe person who recently created a storm on social media by dunking an Idli in tea, has now shared a video clip wherein chunks \u201cChicken Tikka\u201d have been soaked in tea.\n\nThe person who goes by username, u/pocoschick on Reddit shared the video with caption, \u201cHey, Guys! When I posted the tea & idli video, u/wromit suggested that I should try \"tandoori leg\" with tea. I couldn't find a leg piece, but I found what they call \u201cTikka.\u201d At first, I wasn't too sure about it, but after I tried it, I'm really digging the flavor. The after-taste was decent\u201d\n\nIn the 25 seconds long video clip the user can be seen pouring a cup of tea over a bowl full of chunks of chicken tikka. After the bowl is filled with tea, she mixes chicken and tea and eats the mix.\n\nIt is not surprising that this combination did not go down very well with netizens, as a result most of the comments on the post are negative in nature. Some users commented on the absurdity of the combination, while some called this act disturbing.\n\nA user, who goes by the name DrAj111199991 on Reddit commented, \u201cWhy do you keep terrorising us like so? Who has paid you? ISI? How can they tolerate this either? Why you do this to me?\u201d\n\nAnother user which goes by the name RevengeOfPorolok on the portal wrote, \u201cPoor chicken, got butchered twice.\u201d\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time.", "sentence2": "Researchers have found that combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs may reduce breast tumour development.\n\nAccording to the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the offspring of mice at high risk of the disease because of the high fat diet fed to their mothers during pregnancy.\n\n\"We believe that our research is the first to show that we can reverse some aspects of increased breast cancer risk found in offspring of mouse mothers fed a high fat diet during pregnancy,\" said study researcher Leena A Hilakivi-Clarke from the Georgetown University in the US.\n\n\"This finding may have important implications in people because exposures in the womb to certain chemicals, or a mother's high fat diet, or being obese, can subsequently increase a daughter's breast cancer risk,\" Hilakivi-Clarke.\n\nAccording to the researchers, the key drug in the study regimen was valproic acid which, among several targets, inhibits histone deacetylase (HDAC), an important epigenetic silencer of genes.\n\nIn contrast to mutations that permanently disrupt the normal functions of genes, epigenetic modifications are reversible.\n\nValproic acid was combined with the blood pressure medication hydralazine that inhibits another critical epigenetic regulator, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT).\n\nEarly treatment studies in people have shown that these two drugs can work in tandem to disrupt tumour growth.\n\nThese research findings demonstrate how impactful an epigenetic methyl group addition or subtraction from DNA can be.\n\nCompounds that reduce methylation of tumour suppressor genes that are excessively methylated (hypermethylated) can be beneficial.\n\nHowever, these drugs can have the opposite effect if tumour suppressor genes are not hypermethylated; they may remove methyl groups from cancer-causing genes, making these genes more active and potentially leading to more aggressive cancers.\n\nThe other key aspect of this finding involves the potential impact of diet on cancer risk. Many fruits and vegetables have compounds (such as flavones) that chemically react in the same ways as the HDAC- and DNMT-inhibiting drugs in this study.\n\nSome compounds in these foods, especially folic acid, have opposite effects.\n\nThis research suggests that exposure to a high fat diet or endocrine disrupting chemicals in the womb might be reversed by the consumption of foods high in DNMT and HDAC inhibitors, while those who have not had such exposures might also gain a cancer protective benefit from consuming foods high in folic acid.\n\nThe scientists noted, however, that their findings, particularly as they relate to diet, need to be studied in people.\n\n\"Our next step will be to try to identify biomarkers in humans that indicate an exposure in the womb to diets or endocrine disrupting chemicals that could increase breast cancer risk later in life,\" said Hilakivi-Clarke.\n\nFollow @News18Lifestyle for more\u200b\n\nGet the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you \u2013 in real time."}
+{"id": "1483803584_1484221623", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Over 25 missions planned in 2020: Isro chief\n\n01 Jan 2020, 12:50PM IST\n\nSource: Times Now\n\nThe space agency has already begun work on Chandrayaan-3, and Isro chairman K Sivan said it will cost Rs 250 crore (for lander, rover and propulsion module) and Rs 365 crore for launch. The total cost: Rs 615 crore. \"Chandrayaan-3 will have a lander, rover and a propulsion module. The government has approved the project and we have formed the project team. Work is going on smoothly,\" Sivan said. \"...We are targeting the launch for this year, but it may spillover to the next year,\" Sivan said, while sources reiterated that the internal target set for launch is November 2020. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which failed to land a probe on Moon in its first attempt in September 2019 (Chandrayaan-2) has its eyes still set on Earth\u2019s natural satellite.", "sentence2": "This story is from January 1, 2020\n\n(ANI)\n\nNo stress on resources\n\nSSLV & Desi GPS\n\nDownload The Times of India News App for Latest India News\n\nSubscribe Start Your Daily Mornings with Times of India Newspaper! Order Now\n\nBENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which failed to land a probe on Moon in its first attempt in September 2019 (Chandrayaan-2), is set to launch Chandrayaan-3 this year. The third Moon mission is estimated to cost more than Rs 600 crore.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Isro chairman K Sivan said: \u201cWe are looking at a launch this year, but it may spillover to early next year. Chandrayaan-3 will have a lander, rover and a propulsion module given that the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is fully functional. The government has approved the project and we have formed the project team.\u201dBreaking up the cost, Sivan said that the lander, rover and propulsion module will cost Rs 250 crore, while launch service will cost another Rs 365 crore. \u201cTogether the cost would be Rs 615 crore,\u201d he said, while another official told TOI that the internal target set for the crucial launch is November 2020. On Tuesday, agencies quoted Union minister Jitendra Singh saying that the launch will take place this year.TOI was the first to report that Isro had begun work on Chandrayaan-3 and M Vanitha, the project director of Chandrayaan-2 has been transferred making way for P Veeramuthuvel.Confirming this, Sivan said: \u201cIt is an Isro team, everybody is from our organisation. Yes, Veeramuthuvel has been identified as the project director. He was also associated with the Chandrayaan-2 mission.\u201dAllaying concerns that big-ticket projects like Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan and Aditya (Sun mission) will hamper other missions the space agency has in its pipeline, Sivan said that there is no stress on Isro resources and that work will happen simultaneously.\u201cWe are looking at more than 25 missions this year and are confident that each project work will happen simultaneously,\u201d Sivan said.Sivan had, in January 2019, set a target of about 30 missions for the year, but Isro managed only 13. \u201cIt was not because we were doing Chandrayaan, but because there was a delay in the supply of equipment needed for satellite missions,\u201d Sivan added.Another senior official said that the Indian industry must improve the quality of electronic equipment to meet the agency\u2019s current demand. \u201cEarlier, we never spoke of numbers, but now we can assure that, and yet, we don\u2019t have a good response from the industry,\u201d the official said.Isro has demanded Rs 14,000 crore in the next budget (2020-21), Sivan said, and added that among the big projects in 2020 are: \u201cLand acquisition for the second spaceport in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Kulasekarapattinam in Tuticorin ... We will need about 2,300 acres for this.\u201dIsro has already requested for Rs 120 crore for a new launchpad for SSLV (small satellite launch vehicle), which will be part of this proposed spaceport. Tamil Nadu government will acquire the land and transfer it to Isro. Sivan also said the first experimental flight of SSLV will happen this year at Sriharikota, while Aditya mission is scheduled for mid-2020.\u201cWe\u2019ve also made progress with letting private players build PSLV, and we will enhance their participation even with SSLV,\u201d he said.He added that the international agency regulating use of GPS-like systems in mobile phones has approved NaVIC \u2014 India\u2019s own version of GPS \u2014 for use in mobiles.\u201cNaVIC will soon be available for mobile phones. US chipmaker Qualcomm has collaborated with Isro on this,\u201d Sivan said.In Video: Over 25 missions planned in 2020: Isro chief"}
+{"id": "1484013838_1484084603", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Here\u2019s how Marvel fans can watch Guardians Of The Galaxy online, including whether the movie is available to stream via Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime. Today Guardians Of The Galaxy is hailed as one of the best movies that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has spawned, but before its 2014 release, it was considered one of Marvel\u2019s riskiest endeavors. Not only was it arguably a lot weirder than anything the MCU had attempted before, but Guardians Of The Galaxy was also adapted from a relatively obscure comic book series about a relatively unknown team of superheroes.\n\nLuckily for Marvel, Peter Quill and his motley crew proved a big hit with audiences and Guardians Of The Galaxy went on to rank as 2014\u2019s third highest-grossing film. The James Gunn-directed movie got a sequel \u2013 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 \u2013 in 2017 and since then the GOTG team has appeared in other MCU movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Is Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 On Netflix?\n\nWith a third Guardians Of The Galaxy film right around the corner, no doubt those new or old to the MCU will want to re-watch the first movie but is it available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime? Unfortunately, Netflix and Hulu members are out of luck as Guardians Of The Galaxy isn\u2019t available via either streaming service. The movie is, however, on Amazon Prime to rent or buy and currently priced between $2.99 and $19.99 to watch in standard definition or HD.\n\nThe reason behind Guardians Of The Galaxy\u2019s absence on Netflix is the launch of the House of Mouse\u2019s new streaming service Disney+ in November 2019. Disney has been steadily removing its Marvel movies from Netflix in anticipation of the Disney+ launch for the past couple of years. So, while Guardians Of The Galaxy isn\u2019t available on Netflix it is on Disney+ alongside its sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 and a ton of other Marvel titles including Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel. Other options for watching Guardians Of The Galaxy include YouTube Movies, Google Play, iTunes and the Microsoft Store where the film is easily available to rent or buy.\n\nWhile Guardians Of The Galaxy may be unavailable for Netflix and Hulu subscribers, there\u2019s still the upcoming release of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3. to look forward to. The sequel is set to commence production once director James Gunn has finished working on the DCEU movie The Suicide Squad and is currently scheduled for release in 2021.\n\nNext: The Marvel/DC War is Over, Thanks to James Gunn\n\nShare Tweet Email", "sentence2": "Thanos was finally dispatched (twice!) over the course of Avengers: Endgame, leaving long-time fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe pondering how future films in this series would fill the antagonist role he occupied. Thanos' defeat leaves the door open for another big Marvel villain to take his place; however, this formidable character is an enormously difficult act to follow. Thanos had been set up for six years as the primary foe of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ever since he turned around to deliver a grin during the credits of the first Avengers. Since then, his powerful nature in-universe had been made abundantly clear, especially after he actually pulled off his evil plan at the end of Avengers: Infinity War.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nAfter all of that hype and subsequent mayhem caused by Thanos, how exactly can the MCU deliver future villains that can measure up to this iconic foe? Well, the very defeat of that character could help open up the door for subsequent powerful adversaries to emerge over future Marvel Cinematic Universe titles. Considering things from the perspective of in-universe supervillains, a powerful figure like Thanos being completely off the table now leaves an opening for new foes to take his place. Nefarious individuals previously petrified to deal with Thanos and his gauntlet now have their chance to step out of the shadows and conquer the world.\n\nRelated: Marvel Provides More Evidence Thanos Is Alive After Endgame\n\nThe writers crafting the next wave of MCU storylines need to look at Thanos as a figure whose power kept equally formidable antagonists at bay. His defeat has left a power vacuum in the universe. Dormammu, The Mandarin, and even Doctor Doom (who Marvel again has the film rights to), can all now step-up to the plate as towering villainous forces because they don't have to contend with Thanos and all of his might. Marvel superheroes like Thor couldn't have been the only ones intimidated by Thanos \u2014 whose to say previously-unseen supervillains weren't also terrified of this purple beast?\n\nMCU Villains That Could Follow Thanos\n\nOf course, such fear has now been removed from the hearts of supervillains all across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Avengers taking out Thanos took out one threat, but it's easy to see that victory opening up the door for a whole avalanche of new threats to emerge. One could easily see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness featuring a version of Dormammu that, in the wake of Thanos being defeated, sees a chance for himself to garner heretofore unknown levels of power. Similarly, there's a whole slew of powerful villains whose film rights were previously owned exclusively by 20th Century Fox, such as the Fantastic Four property, that could emerge in the wake of Thanos' demise.\n\nWouldn't it be a logical extension of Thanos being taken down for Galactus, now having to face one less challenger, to emerge as a multi-film baddie whose power dwarfs even those utilized by Thanos? The sheer power possessed by Thanos, as well as his pop-culture ubiquity, puts a great level of pressure on those tasked with creating future powerful villains for members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face. But every ending is somebody else's beginning, and it's easy to see an outcome where the demise of Thanos at the end of Avengers: Endgame is an impetus for even greater supervillains to follow.\n\nNext: The Human Torch Exists In The MCU (But Not The Fantastic 4 Version)\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nStar Trek Picard: How The New Series Can Avoid Voyager\u2019s Mistakes"}
+{"id": "1484189278_1484233982", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Want a different and majority elected, president in 2020? Trump has a MagaHatty cadre of street fascists who can disrupt Town Hall candidate meetings, his billionaires. and Putin, his Internet Hacking Agency, and Russo-American \"Businessmen Corrupters.\" Winning against it will require that the Democratic party get at least 3 \"battleground states\" to adopt ranked-choice voting! The race is likely to come down to only five \"toss up\" states: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Voters get to rank candidates in order of choice. If a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, they win, just like any other election. If not, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who picked that candidate as 'number 1' will have their votes count for their next choice. This process continues until a candidate wins with more than half of the votes. This process is guaranteed to end with the most preferred candidate among all the votes as the winner candidate in our state situation it will produce a 270 vote electoral college. Second, rank and file democrats must, for this election only, abandon their self damaging diversity / identity theme, pitting women and minorities against each other! Make American values the main issue this time! Trumps' values are Vulgarian, from Slobovia and Skankostan! When Sanders says \"I'm a socialist\" only news media stupid talking heads claim it makes him un electable. Nobody sees Sanders virtue signaling this way as other than an expression of steadfastness, principle. Nobody thinks he alone, as President could make America a socialist nation. Furthermore, It would be stupid to scoff at the idea of another Hollywood actor running, like Ronald Reagan. Many of us did not like some of the values he stood for or some of his decisions. But no one could argue that he was ineffective, like Trump. A number of very prominent actors fit these qualities very well. Draft an actor who is a Democrat such as Tom Hanks! Hanks has exemplified good American values, in splendid films like Saving Private Ryan, Sully, Apollo 13, The Green Mile, Captain Phillips, Mark Felt, and A Beautiful Day Yes, even as Mr. Rogers! Try to draft Kevin Costner, who showed courage and other American values in Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood, JFK, A Perfect World, The Postman, Thirteen Days (about the Cuban Missile Crisis), The Guardian, and Hidden Figures. Or consider George Clooney who played in Three Kings, Syriana, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night and Good Luck, The Ides of March and The Monuments Men. Even the writers of West Wing or Madame Secretary could do better and Tea Leoni would make a better President than Trump! Maybe even Pence, even for a caretaker year.", "sentence2": "Police have arrested a 38-year-old black man from Orange Country, NY, for stabbing five Jews in the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey on the seventh night of Hanukkah. If you\u2019re a New Yorker or a Jew or both, you\u2019re asking why. Why has yet another African-American attacked Jews? Why has black-on-Jewish assault become a continuous feature of life in and around New York? Why now?\n\nThe answer: Because the country is seized by the politics of victimhood, and there\u2019s nothing that self-pitying \u201cvictims\u201d find easier than blaming Jews for their misery.\n\nThe names given to the bogeymen of today\u2019s populism are all historical code words for Jews. On the populist right, this means the elite, the globalists and the media. On the populist left, it\u2019s Wall Street, the wealthy and the 1 percent. If that isn\u2019t enough, the left has also decided that Jews \u2014 a minority who make up 2.2 percent of the American population \u2014 are \u201chyper-white\u201d and, in Marxist terms, actually part of the power structure that keeps minorities down.\n\nIt\u2019s no secret that right-wing populism has facilitated a violent, sometimes deadly, rise in Jew-hatred, but it\u2019s forbidden to draw similar conclusions about the populist left. At least in public. There are two reasons for this: First, pointing out the problem on the right is a means of attacking President Trump. Second, addressing the problem on the left would mean facing the outsize role that black Americans have played in recent attacks against Jews.\n\nOn the first point, it is not only wrong to blame Trump for right-wing anti-Semitism, it\u2019s perverse. How anyone gets away with claiming that the president doesn\u2019t condemn Jew-hatred is beyond me. He condemns it at every turn. He devoted an unprecedentedly large chunk of his last State of the Union address to denouncing anti-Semitism and vowing to fight it wherever it may arise.\n\nTrump recently moved to crack down against anti-Semitism on college campuses (and was denounced for it as a racist by the left). For his commitment to fighting Jew-hatred and his unfaltering support of Israel, he has earned the enmity of far-right anti-Semites.\n\nOn the second point, the facts speak for themselves. Throughout 2019, African-Americans attacked Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn on a more-or-less weekly basis, and it barely ever made the mainstream news. It wasn\u2019t until two members of the Black Hebrew Israelites shot up a kosher market in Jersey City in early December that the media was forced into acknowledging reality.\n\nThe left\u2019s leading populists have fetishized the victim status of certain minorities, including African Americans. They have made slavery and its legacy the focal points of American life. They have determined, without evidence, that police are on a campaign to kill unarmed blacks. And they speak generally as if we have suddenly been transported to a pre-civil-rights-movement America.\n\nWhat\u2019s more, unlike Trump, some of the left\u2019s leading populists have gone out of their way to steer their followers toward blaming the Jews. The stand-out figures here are Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Their public record of blaming Jewish money for corrupting American politics is so well-known that it needs no rehearsing here. And it has either been ignored or defended by the larger left. If you called either of them out on their anti-Semitism, you were charged with racism and misogyny. Omar so petrified Democratic leaders that they couldn\u2019t even pass a House resolution condemning her blatant anti-Semitic remarks.\n\nBut the problem on the left goes beyond Omar and Tlaib. And it goes beyond the rest of the Squad, who engage in constant anti-Israel theatrics. It stretches to the identitarian populism of most of the 2020 Democratic candidates for president, to the liberal garment-rending over the defeat of the anti-Semitic Jeremy Corbyn, to the intersectional gobbledygook that divides college campuses by ethnicity, to the Women\u2019s March activists who embrace Louis Farrakhan and down to the community level, where, for example, the NAACP\u2019s Passaic branch posts Facebook rants blaming tainted water supplies on the Jews.\n\nHistorically, indulged victims have needed no encouragement in pointing their finger at Jews. Telling them that others are responsible for their woes has usually been enough to get them headed in that direction. But some on today\u2019s left have given Jew-hatred an extra nudge. Their winks, dog-whistles and outright calumnies have served as a noxious propaganda campaign and led to a surge of minority anti-Semitism. With the attempted murders in Monsey, this can no longer be kept a secret, and maybe those who have facilitated it will begin to know a little shame.\n\nAbe Greenwald is senior editor of Commentary, from which this column was adapted."}
+{"id": "1484702889_1484167784", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee\n\nThe Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked again Monday on what to do next after a circuit court judge ordered the state to purge more than 200,000 names from Wisconsin\u2019s voter registration list.\n\nIt\u2019s the second time in less than a month that the commission, which is split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, has been unable to agree on how to address the court order by a circuit court judge.\n\nThat original order has since been appealed and a new lawsuit has been filed in federal court attempting to block it.\n\nElections Commissioner Mark Thomsen, one of the panel\u2019s Democrats, said those lawsuits should be allowed to play out before the voting rolls are changed.\n\n\u201cIt would seem to me premature and wrongheaded for the commission to jump ahead,\u201d Thompson said\n\nEarlier this month, Ozaukee County Circuit Judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty , known as WILL. They argued that the Wisconsin Elections Commission was violating state law by not removing thousands of people from voting rolls who were suspected to have moved.\n\nThe voters were identified by what\u2019s known as the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonprofit, multi-state system that helps member states keep their voter registration lists current. ERIC identifies people who may have moved after they file official paperwork with another government agency like the Department of Motor Vehicles.\n\nThe Elections Commission voted earlier this year to send a mailing to more than 230,000 voters stating that they\u2019d been flagged as having moved. But the commission\u2019s original mailing also told voters that they would not be automatically removed from the state\u2019s registration rolls until 2021.\n\nAt the time, the Elections Commission argued that state law gave it discretion on whether to immediately rescind a voter\u2019s registration. It said that discretion was necessary given the state\u2019s previous experiences with the ERIC system in 2017, when voters who had not moved were mistakenly tossed off the rolls.\n\nMalloy rejected that argument, ruling on Dec. 13 that the state must remove the names from Wisconsin\u2019s voter rolls immediately.\n\nWisconsin\u2019s Elections Commission met just days later, voting 3-3 on Dec. 16 on a motion that would have immediately purged the state\u2019s voter rolls. With the commission\u2019s even split, a bipartisan vote is required to accomplish anything.\n\nThe Wisconsin Department of Justice, led by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul, appealed the initial ruling in state court, and WILL asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly.\n\nAt the same time, the Wisconsin League of Women Voters filed a new lawsuit in federal court in an attempt to block the initial ruling.\n\nRepublican Dean Knudson, a former GOP state lawmaker who chairs the Elections Commission, said Monday that he felt it was important for the commission to take action following the court order by Malloy.\n\n\u201cWe are under a court order from the circuit court in Ozaukee County to follow the law,\u201d Knudson said. \u201cI wish the law was clearer. But I feel like we need to do our best to follow the law.\u201d\n\nBut the commission\u2019s Democrats, like Ann Jacobs, said the system used to flag voter names was flawed and it was unclear if the state even had the authority to remove people.\n\n\u201cThe right to vote is of such power that the idea that we\u2019re going to simply kick people off the rolls because of a poor data match is astonishing,\u201d Jacobs said.\n\nThe case is being closely watched because of Wisconsin\u2019s potentially pivotal role in the 2020 election and its recent history of close finishes.\n\nFor example, the 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court race and the 2016 race for president were both decided by margins of less than 1 percent, and the 2018 race for governor was decided by just over 1 percent.\n\nState Election Panel Deadlocks Again On How To Address Ruling On Voter List Purge was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.", "sentence2": "He said he's hopeful that this coming year will include a consensus surrounding the issue, though he lamented what he sees as the \"minimization of the problem\" of possible contamination of nitrates and so-called \"forever chemicals\" known as PFAS, which are found in firefighting foam and more.\n\n\"The concern I have is that we have folks already saying, 'Well we can't overregulate this issue, we can't do this around this issue, we can't we can't,'\" he said.\n\nAs a key figure among Wisconsin Democrats, Evers said takes both down-ticket races and the presidential match-up seriously. Maintaining Democratic numbers in the Legislature, he said, \"keeps my veto in place\" as both GOP-led chambers currently lack enough members to override Evers' actions \u2014 something he said is especially important because of the approaching census and redistricting round.\n\nAs for the presidential election, he stressed the need to get candidates to the state \"and have the people in Wisconsin understand the issues that each of them care about and we get a good turnout in the primary, good turnout next fall.\"\n\nShare your opinion on this topic by sending a letter to the editor to tctvoice@madison.com. Include your full name, hometown and phone number. Your name and town will be published. The phone number is for verification purposes only. Please keep your letter to 250 words or less.\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy."}
+{"id": "1484037143_1484201620", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "BRIGHTON, England (AP) \u2014 Alireza Jahanbakhsh\u2019s acrobatic overhead kick gave Brighton a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League on New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nThe Iran striker\u2019s bicycle kick in the 84th minute punished Frank Lampard\u2019s wasteful Chelsea, which relied on goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga\u2019s late save against Neal Maupay to avoid losing.\n\nJahanbakhsh started 2020 in style after only breaking a 20-match league goal drought in the 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThe goal on Wednesday canceled out the tap-in from Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta in the 10th minute.\n\nChristian Pulisic will look at three wasted openings that ultimately stopped Chelsea cementing their dominance, denying the fourth-place side another away victory after Sunday\u2019s 2-1 win at Arsenal.\n\nThe American dragged a shot wide from a well-worked and promising position.\n\nThe forward had tormented Martin Montoya throughout the first half and outfoxed him twice in quick succession after the break, but he failed to find the target on both occasions.\n\n___\n\nMore AP soccer: https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports", "sentence2": "Apparently US national team star Christian Pulisic's hamstring knock wasn't a major one.\n\nPulisic was back in Chelsea manager Frank Lampard's XI for the Premier League's first match of 2020, the Blues' 1-1 away draw at Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.\n\n\ud83d\udd35\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc40Christian Pulisic watch: How did #USMNT star perform on his return to the Chelsea starting lineup v. Brighton? @JPW_NBCSports has minute-by-minute analysis on the #CFC winger \u2935\ufe0f https://t.co/Cl3pFbsys6 pic.twitter.com/qGM0y2MfMX \u2014 NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) January 1, 2020\n\nDeployed wide left in Lampard's 4-2-3-1, Pulisic went 66 minutes and left the game with his side in the lead on Cesar Aspilicueta's 10th-minute goal. Brighton eventually leveled the match through Alireza Jahanbaksh's spectacular equalizer, an overhead kick from range.\n\nLampard had ruled Pulisic out of Chelsea's previous match, a 2-1 come-from-behind win away at London rivals Arsenal, and there appeared to be concerns that a hamstring or groin ailment could keep the winger out several weeks.\n\n100% healthy but thank you guys for the concern \u2014 Christian Pulisic (@cpulisic_10) December 30, 2019\n\nHowever, Pulisic took to Twitter to reveal, at the very least, those concerns were overblown.\n\nWednesday's draw marked Chelsea's fourth match and the end of a typically busy league stretch over the holiday season. Their next match comes Sunday home to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round before returning to league play on Jan. 11 at home against Burnley."}
+{"id": "1484010775_1483828218", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The message to foreign women thinking of booking a holiday in Cyprus could hardly be more stark: if you are attacked don\u2019t expect the authorities to help you. On the contrary, reporting a rape carries a significant risk that it won\u2019t be properly investigated, as appears to have happened to the 19-year-old British woman who went to the police in Ayia Napa in July saying she had been gang-raped. Moreover, you might end up deprived of your own liberty.\n\nThe teenager found herself convicted on Monday with inventing the whole thing, and faces a potential prison sentence when she appears at the Famagusta district court next week. Predatory young men, on the other hand, might easily come to the conclusion that they have nothing to fear.\n\nThe case now has all the ingredients of an international incident, following a highly unusual intervention from the Foreign Office. A spokesman has described events in Cyprus as \u201cdeeply distressing\u201d and says that the UK is \u201cseriously concerned\u201d about the young woman\u2019s right to a fair trial. While limiting damage to the tourist industry may have been the primary concern of the Cypriot authorities, it has backfired spectacularly. The UK is also an important ally and has military bases on the island. Whatever is being said publicly, it\u2019s likely that frantic discussions are taking place behind the scenes, seeking a way out of what is fast becoming a public relations disaster.\n\nIt simply defies belief that more than 55,000 British women are lying about being raped every year\n\nWhile some elements in this shocking case are particular to Cyprus, it highlights a culture of disbelief towards victims that is almost universal. That distrust expresses itself in different ways, depending on the jurisdiction, and it appears that the investigation in Ayia Napa was flawed from the outset. In the UK, victims often complain about the length of time a rape inquiry takes, but the Cypriot investigation was over in just 12 days. How can a thorough investigation into an alleged rape with multiple perpetrators be carried out in such a short space of time? Yet all the accused boys were released and allowed to return home to Israel.\n\nThe young woman\u2019s legal team claim that local police failed to collect evidence from the hotel room where the incident took place, didn\u2019t secure the crime scene and showed no understanding of the impact of traumatic events on the complainant\u2019s memory.\n\nInstead of treating her as a young and vulnerable witness, they interviewed her on her own late at night, with neither a lawyer nor a family member present. The Cypriot police do not record interviews, so there is no independent record of what happened during the seven hours before the teenager signed a \u201cretraction\u201d, which she says she did under duress.\n\nThis sequence of events is a stain on the Cypriot justice system, but what lies behind it is a hugely disproportionate anxiety about false accusations. Indeed it is one of the principal myths that undermine rape investigations, even though the idea that there are high levels of false allegations is unsupported by evidence. In the UK, a handful of widely publicised cases that ended in acquittals or a decision not to proceed to trial has tainted the entire system for investigating rape. Many people do not understand that a decision not to prosecute reflects an assessment of the available evidence, and does not mean the victim was lying.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service denies the accusation that it has become \u201crisk averse\u201d, but there has been a 52% drop in the number of rape cases prosecuted since 2016, despite an increase of 43% in complaints to the police. According to the latest figures for the year ending in March 2019, there were 58,657 allegations of rape in England and Wales but only 1,925 successful prosecutions. Unless you are a dyed-in-the-wool misogynist, it simply defies belief that more than 55,000 women are lying about being raped every year.\n\nUnbelievable \u2013 at last, a rape drama that gives victims a voice | Fiona Sturges Read more\n\nThe truth is actually much worse: a habit of treating women as untrustworthy witnesses has imbued our own criminal justice system with a corrosive degree of suspicion. It\u2019s far from unusual for victims to face intrusive demands for personal information, including school and medical records. They are made to feel as though they, rather than their alleged attackers, have shameful secrets in their past.\n\nThese developments have not gone unchallenged. The Centre for Women\u2019s Justice is seeking a judicial review of the way the CPS makes decisions in rape cases, while the information commissioner is investigating a complaint from myself, the London victims\u2019 commissioner and women\u2019s groups about excessive demands for complainants\u2019 private data.\n\nIn the meantime there can be no doubt that thousands of sexual predators are going free. Some of them, no doubt, will attack again. And while we rightly shudder at the treatment a British teenager has received in Cyprus, we should not forget that our own criminal justice system is in crisis \u2013 or that it lets down rape victims every day.\n\n\u2022 Joan Smith is chair of the Mayor of London\u2019s Violence Against Women and Girls Board", "sentence2": "Mother of woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped says Ayia Napa resort is unsafe\n\nThe mother of a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has backed calls for a tourism boycott of the country.\n\nThe woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme that she supported the campaign and that she believed the resort town of Ayia Napa was unsafe.\n\n\u201cThe place isn\u2019t safe \u2013 it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that\u2019s happened to you, you\u2019re either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what\u2019s happened to my daughter may happen,\u201d she said.\n\nThe teenager said she was raped by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in Ayia Napa on 17 July.\n\nBut she was charged and the dozen young men, aged between 15 and 20, who were arrested over the incident, were freed after she signed a retraction statement 10 days later.\n\nThe woman said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hallucinations, and sleeping for up to 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\n\u201cShe needs to get back to the UK to get that treated \u2013 that\u2019s my absolute primary focus. She can\u2019t be treated here because hearing foreign men speaking loudly will trigger an episode \u2026\n\n\u201cIt needs resolving otherwise she\u2019s going to carry on having this for the rest of her life,\u201d the woman said.\n\nShe said her daughter had planned to go to university this year after being accepted for the courses she applied for and being offered a bursary at one institute.\n\n\u201cSo, no question, she would have gone to university, but it was in a career that she wouldn\u2019t be able to do with this \u2018public mischief\u2019 verdict, so \u2013 again, life-changing for her \u2013 she needs to totally rethink her options.\u201d\n\nA crowdfunding appeal to raise money for legal support for her daughter has passed \u00a380,000.\n\nThe \u201chelp teen victim get justice in Cyprus\u201d GoFundMe page was set up in August by the British lawyer John Hobbs to raise cash for the 19-year-old\u2019s legal representation.\n\nThe teenager claimed in court she was raped but forced to change her account under pressure from Cypriot police.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the UK was \u201cseriously concerned\u201d about the fairness of the woman\u2019s trial and it is understood officials have raised the \u201cdeeply distressing case\u201d with the Cypriot authorities.\n\nLawyers and campaigners criticised the justice system after the woman was convicted of public mischief at Famagusta district court, in Paralimni, on Monday.\n\nThe psychologist who assessed the woman as part of her defence case, Dr Christine Tizzard, said she was concerned the trial had not fully considered that she had been diagnosed with PTSD.\n\nShe told the Guardian: \u201cThe salient point is that she was diagnosed with PTSD. That\u2019s a standalone diagnosis. It\u2019s a valid diagnosis and it hasn\u2019t really been fully represented.\n\n\u201cAside the fact it hasn\u2019t been fully represented, it means she\u2019s been unable to get the treatment she so sorely needs and every day she\u2019s not having treatment the worse it gets.\u201d\n\nThe government of Cyprus has said it has \u201cfull confidence in the justice system and the courts\u201d.\n\nCyprus\u2019s attorney general said on Tuesday he could not suspend the trial because the woman had levelled \u201cgrave accusations\u201d against police investigators that had to be adjudicated in court.\n\nHe said her allegation that police coerced her into retracting her rape claim \u201ccould not have been left to linger\u201d so he could not move to suspend the trial.\n\nIn a statement, Costas Clerides added: \u201cAny intervention on the part of the attorney general, either for reasons of public interest or any other reasons, would have constituted nothing more than an obstacle to ascertaining the true facts of the case, as well as interference in the judiciary\u2019s work.\u201d\n\nJudge Michalis Papathanasiou said he believed the woman had made false allegations because she felt \u201cembarrassed\u201d after realising she had been filmed having sex in a video found on some of the Israelis\u2019 mobile phones.\n\nThe woman has been on bail since the end of August, after spending a month in prison, and could face up to a year in jail and a \u20ac1,700 (\u00a31,500) fine when she is sentenced on 7 January."}
+{"id": "1483804064_1484350449", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "One thing is for sure, children love author Mo Willems in Jamaica Plain. Incredibly Willems had the 10 most popular kids books in terms of circulation for the JP Library Branch.\n\n\n\nThe following lists were provided by the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.\n\nThe following are the top 10 most borrowed children's books, all by Willems.\n\nShould I share my ice cream? My new friend is so fun! The thank you book I love my new toy! I broke my trunk! I really like slop! I will surprise my friend Listen to my trumpet! Are you ready to play outside? Can I play too?\n\nHere's a list of the top 10 adult books, ranked by how much they went out. Only two of the 10 titles above are nonfiction: Becoming and Educated.\n\nLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Becoming by Michelle Obama Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Witch Elm by Tana French Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty", "sentence2": "You can see the whole Earth from the Moon!\n\nHome\n\nThis entry was posted on January 1, 2020 at 1:06 pm and filed under Demons,Exorcism,FLASHLIGHT on the OCCULT,GOD,GOSSIP!,Satan,Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed.\n\nTags: \u2018ASTONISHING\u2019 SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR EXORCISMS - Joshua Gill - dailycaller.com, \u201cJesus\u2019 command was to heal the sick and to cast out demons\", Catholic Church Reports Spike in \u2018Demonic Activity\u2019 - Requests for Exorcists Have \u2018Tripled\u2019 - Thomas D. Williams PH.D - breitbart.com, Demonic Possession claims have tripled in recent years and attributed the rise in demonic activity to an increased use of fortune tellers and tarot cards, Exorcists Condemn Children\u2019s Book on Summoning Demons - Thomas D. Williams PH.D. - breitbart.com, Report: Catholics Face \u2018Mushrooming Demand for Exorcisms\u2019 - Thomas D. Williams PH.D - Breitbart.com, The top 10 most evil demonic but TRUE events of 2019 that indicate the rise of Satanism - Ethan Huff - liberalmob.com, Vatican trains exorcists as demonic possession claims rise - cruxnow.com, Walmart - Target and Amazon all sell books that teach children as young as five how to summon Demons - Ethan Huff - naturalnews.com\n\nYou can leave a response , or trackback from your own site."}
+{"id": "1484189651_1485410569", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Status\n\n\n\nStatus: Vetoed on December 20 2019 - 100% progression\n\nAction: 2019-12-20 - VETOED MEMO.284\n\nText: Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)Status: Vetoed on December 20 2019 - 100% progressionAction: 2019-12-20 - VETOED MEMO.284Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]\n\nSummary\n\nExpands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.\n\nTracking Information Register now for our free OneVote public service or GAITS Professional trial account and you can begin tracking this and other legislation, all driven by the real-time data of the LegiScan API. Providing tools allowing you to research pending legislation, stay informed with email alerts, content feeds, and share dynamic reports. Use our new PolitiCorps to join with friends and collegaues to monitor & discuss bills through the process.\n\n\n\nMonitor Legislation or view this same bill number from multiple sessions or take advantage of our national legislative search.\n\nTitle\n\nExpands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.\n\nSponsors\n\nRoll Calls\n\nHistory\n\nDate Chamber Action 2019-12-20 Assembly VETOED MEMO.284 2019-12-20 Senate DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 2019-06-18 Assembly returned to senate 2019-06-18 Assembly passed assembly 2019-06-18 Assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.299 2019-06-18 Assembly substituted for a8031a 2019-06-13 Assembly referred to judiciary 2019-06-13 Senate DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 2019-06-13 Senate PASSED SENATE 2019-06-13 Senate ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1372 2019-06-06 Senate PRINT NUMBER 6330A 2019-06-06 Senate AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 2019-06-05 Senate REFERRED TO RULES\n\nSame As/Similar To\n\n\n\nA08031 (Same As) 2019-06-18 - substituted by s6330a\n\nNew York State Sources\n\nType Source Summary https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y Text https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06330 Text https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06330A Roll Call https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6330#SF1 Roll Call https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6330#SC1 Roll Call https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06330&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1\n\nBill Comments", "sentence2": "Very easy to run, affordable, quickly and quiet, these are the basic great things about electric tricycles. An tricycles is sort of a tricycles that driven by battery and you will drive it merely like driving a tricycles. In addition to, electric tricycles enable you to improve your health and will not contaminate the surroundings, so that they are beneficial for equally on your own and also the setting. As tricycles have so many positive aspects, a lot of businessmen choose promote them and a number of them have put in place websites to market electrical tricycles.\n\nGenerally speaking, some people do not rely on shopping online simply because they generally learn that the merchandise they actually get can be distinct from whatever they seem on the web site. It can be unquestionable that this type of circumstance does exist. Nevertheless, we ought to also admit that you have several great and skilled web shops that offer you high quality products. In the following paragraphs I would like to give you some tips on choosing dependable online tricycles sellers. Before purchasing electrical tricycles on-line, you need to very first make sure that the tricycle you would like to buy are created to match your country tricycles situations. Typically discussing, you may not need to have a certificate or insurance coverage to trip a power tricycles when it is thought to be a typical tricycles under your countrysides legislation or restrictions. Consequently, you should turn this into point clear to avert being cheated by some deceitful retailers.\n\nThen, you must learn that no matter if this electric cycle retailer provide a free of charge check drive or otherwise not. An excellent and skilled tricycles vendor constantly provides buyers a totally free check drive prior to buying. A no cost test trip permits you to begin to see the true tricycles, contact it and trip it. All of these help you know the true information in the tricycles, like the real style, the product quality and the efficiency. Nonetheless, not every on-line retailer provides this specific service. My guidance is basically that you possessed greater pick a excellent seller who is able to ensure you a free examination drive."}
+{"id": "1483806302_1483770632", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "ATLANTA, GA \u2014 Long-time Atlanta Congressman and civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis, 79, said Sunday that he has been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Doctors have told Lewis that he has a chance to beat the disease, and he plans to return to Washington, D.C., soon to begin treatment and return to work on Capitol Hill.\n\nLewis recently learned from doctors following a routine medical visit, and subsequent tests, that he has cancer.\n\n\"I have been in some kind of fight \u2013 for freedom, equality, basic human rights \u2013 for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,\" Lewis said. \"While I am clear-eyed about the prognosis, doctors have told me that recent medical advances have made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, that treatment options are no longer as debilitating as they once were, and that I have a fighting chance.\n\n\"So I have decided to do what I know to do and do what I have always done: I am going to fight it and keep fighting for the beloved community. We still have many bridges to cross.\"\n\nPrayers, well-wishes and encouragement for Lewis as he faces cancer were shared by state and national Democratic leaders, along with entertainment luminaries.\n\nIf there's one thing I love about @RepJohnLewis, it's his incomparable will to fight. I know he's got a lot more of that left in him. Praying for you, my friend.\n\n\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 30, 2019\n\n.@repjohnlewis is America's conscience and Georgia's heart. We stand with him as he fights one more battle - to defeat pancreatic cancer. As he wages that war, he continues to do the people's work, buoyed by the prayers and good will of millions. God bless you, my friend.\n\n\u2014 Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) December 30, 2019\n\nSen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, said, \"John Lewis is one of the strongest people I know. He already beat Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan\u2014cancer is next. Please join me in lifting him and his family in prayer.\"\n\nAnd actor Mark Hamill, star of the \"Star Wars\" films, tweeted, \"I'm hoping with all my soul that civil-rights icon, conscience of our country & national treasure @repjohnlewis kicks cancer's ASS!\"\n\nLewis, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump for several years, recently gained attention for his impassioned comments urging his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to vote to impeach the president.\n\n\n\nThe impeachment proceedings were a sad day in American history, he said. \"It's a sad day, it is not a day of joy. \u2026For some this vote may be hard. But we have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history,\" Lewis said.\n\n\n\nIn January 2017 Lewis said that Trump's presidential election wasn't legitimate, making claims of Russian influence in the vote.\n\nIn response, Trump had harsh words to say about Lewis' Fifth Congressional District, which includes downtown Atlanta, along with surrounding communities \u2014 some impoverished, others affluent. Saying the congressman should spend more time helping his district, Trump referred to the area as being \"in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested).\"\n\n\n\nGeorgia's Fifth Congressional District includes parts of Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton counties, including most of the City of Atlanta. Other cities included in the Fifth District are Brookhaven, Decatur, and South Fulton.\n\n\n\nLewis is a member of the Democratic Party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and has served as a chief deputy whip since 1991 and senior chief deputy whip since 2003. He has been awarded many honorary degrees, including the highest civilian honor of the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\n\n\n\nLewis said he will return to Washington in coming days to continue his work and begin a treatment plan, which will occur over the next several weeks. The Congressman said he may miss a few votes during this period, but \"with God's grace I will be back on the front lines soon.\"\n\n\"Please keep me in your prayers as I begin this journey,\" his statement concluded.\n\nLewis was born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, outside of Troy, Alabama. He grew up on his family's farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, Alabama. As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which he heard on radio broadcasts.\n\nAs a student at Fisk University, John Lewis organized sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1961, he volunteered to participate in the Freedom Rides, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South. Lewis risked his life on those rides many times by sitting in seats reserved for white patrons. He was also beaten severely by angry mobs and arrested by police for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow segregation in the South, his biography says.\n\nFrom 1963 to 1966, Lewis was named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which he helped form, to organize student activism, including sit-ins and other activities.\n\nAt the age of 23, he was an architect of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963.\n\nIn 1964, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize voter registration drives and community action programs during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.\n\nThe following year, Lewis helped spearhead the protest march for voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers in a brutal confrontation that became known as \"Bloody Sunday.\" News broadcasts and photographs showing the violence helped hasten the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, his office said.", "sentence2": "Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of several books, most recently \"Stokely: A Life.\" The views expressed here are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.\n\n(CNN) The news that John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer represents a sobering reminder. This legendary man now faces a mighty challenge -- and the sad news of his illness reminds us of the fortitude so many brought to the civil rights struggle and the somber reality that we are slowly losing the generation that defeated Jim Crow segregation in America.\n\nPeniel Joseph\n\nEvery generation that passes into history takes with it vital institutional memory that indelibly shapes contemporary notions of citizenship, freedom and democracy. Lewis' generation has done this in momentous ways. Beyond the quest for voting rights and struggles to end Jim Crow in public schools and neighborhoods lay the undiscovered country of full citizenship for everyone from semi-literate sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta to the unjustly incarcerated in big cities across America.\n\nThe life and legacy of John Lewis encompasses the complex relationship between race and citizenship in America. The outpouring of love, support and concern that greeted the news of the congressman's medical diagnosis should be refracted though the lens of our own tumultuous time: an era marked by racial divisions, a democracy in peril and the alarming frequency of violence such as mass shootings and police killings of unarmed black people.\n\nIn the age of Donald Trump, the possible loss of a statesman such as John Lewis matters more than ever. In that sense the nation now finds itself lamenting the potential loss of its best self, the side of the national character purposeful enough to believe that sacrifice inevitably led to democratic renewal and reinvigorated moral purpose.\n\nJUST WATCHED Rep. John Lewis on crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge (2018) Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Rep. John Lewis on crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge (2018) 01:11\n\nJohn Lewis, through non-violent sit-ins, protests and demonstrations, helped to shape a generation of Americans who sought to transform a political reality long based on racial segregation, poverty and violence. As a Freedom Rider in Anniston, Alabama, in May 1961, Lewis experienced a brutal attack by a white mob that nearly killed him. Four years later, as the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis faced off against mounted Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, emerging as one of the heroes of \"Bloody Sunday\" and experiencing another beating that left him with permanent physical scars, wounds that helped to heal America's political soul.\n\nRead More"}
+{"id": "1484011225_1484050855", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "An industry desperately looking for clarity. India\u2019s ecommerce industry, estimated to be worth over $ 50 billion, remains enmeshed in regulatory flux. With the final word yet to be said on the National Ecommerce Policy, separate guidelines have been drafted by different ministries on issues such as consumer protection and data privacy confounding an industry in search of regulatory clarity.Hopes of a stable policy framework had gained ground in June, when commerce minister Piyush Goyal said India would have a comprehensive ecommerce policy within a year.This followed months of upheaval triggered by new rules specifying that FDI-funded marketplaces could only lend their platforms to third-party sellers and barred such entities from holding any stocks or selling their own goods directly to customers. Morgan Stanley estimated the regulations would drive up business costs and uncertainty, including for industry leaders Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart . So much so, that its estimate of when India\u2019s ecommerce would touch $200 billion was pushed forward by a year to 2027.Now, as Ministry for Electronics, Telecom and IT drafts rules that will govern non-personal data, and norms for consumer protection are drawn up by a separate ministry, online commerce could be left to battle on multiple fronts.", "sentence2": "Our team is dedicated to finding and telling you more about the products and deals we love. If you love them too and decide to purchase through the links below, we may receive a commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change.\n\nAs we head into a fresh decade, new life choices and resolutions abound. From getting into shape to getting more organized, there are no wrong resolutions here!\n\nBut after a decade of climate change conversations and a year that was defined by events like the Global Climate Strike, we have a feeling that many people will be going into 2020 looking to be more environmentally friendly and sustainable.\n\nSo if you are one of those people looking to make a few changes for the good of Mother Earth, don't get overwhelmed -- being more eco-friendly doesn't have to be intimidating or difficult. For starters, you can make a few quick swaps at home! Think: stop using single-use water bottles in favor of a reusable one, begin to use silicone food bags instead of plastic baggies for your snacks and add multi-use makeup remover pads to your beauty routine as opposed to disposable wipes. Now if you're thinking that these changes may seem small and inconsequential, a drop in the ocean creates a ripple, right?\n\nShop 7 eco-friendly products we love below and start off 2020 doing some good for the earth."}
+{"id": "1484007654_1483932672", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held telephonic conversations with top leaders of Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives, conveying New Year greetings and emphasising India's commitment to regional peace and security as well as 'neighbourhood first' policy.\n\nModi spoke to King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.\n\nThe prime minister also spoke to his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.\n\n\"The prime minister conveyed to the leaders his New Year greetings and good wishes on behalf of the people of India and on his own behalf,\" the PMO said in a release.\n\nIt said Modi emphasised India's commitment to 'neighbourhood first' policy and the vision of shared peace, security, prosperity and progress for all of India's friends and partners in the region.\n\nIn his conversation with Hasina, Modi congratulated her on being re-elected as the president of the Awami League for the next three years.\n\nThe prime minister also expressed his condolence on the untimely demise of former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India Syed Muazzem Ali.\n\n\"He also stated that the upcoming birth centenary of Bangbandhu and 50 years of the liberation of Bangladesh and establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties provided important milestones to further progress of the close India-Bangladesh ties, which is a priority of his government,\" the PMO said.\n\nIn his conversation with the Bhutanese King, Modi highlighted important achievements of the last year which have led to further consolidation of special ties between India and Bhutan.\n\nThe prime minister also mentioned that he was looking forward to the forthcoming visit of the King to India.\n\nIn his talks with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Modi expressed confidence that India and Sri Lanka would further enhance their friendly ties in the year 2020.\n\nSpeaking to Prime Minister Oli, Modi expressed satisfaction over the progress in India-Nepal relations in 2019 with the completion of several projects.\n\n\"He specifically noted the completion of Motihari (India)- Amlekhgunj (Nepal) petroleum products pipeline in a record time,\" the PMO said.\n\n\"Both the leaders also agreed to an early inauguration of the Integrated Check Post in Biratnagar and the housing reconstruction project in Nepal through video conference,\" it said.\n\nIn his conversation with the prime minister of Sri Lanka, Modi reiterated India's commitment to further expand the close and extensive cooperation with the island nation.\n\nModi also wished the President of the Maldives Solih.\n\n\"President Solih warmly reciprocated prime minister's wishes and expressed his keen desire to further deepen and strengthen the ties with India by enhancing the existing bilateral cooperation and exploring newer areas for working together,\" the release said.\n\nHe, however, missed out Pakistan PM Imran Khan.", "sentence2": "New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here at South Block on Wednesday.\n\nDuring the meet, the Defence Minister extended his best wishes to General Rawat for a successful tenure ahead.\n\nOn Tuesday, General Rawat received the guard of honour from all the three forces after demitting office on retirement as Chief of Indian Army.\n\nEarlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated former Army chief Rawat for taking over as the first CDS and called him an \"outstanding officer\" who has served India with great zeal.\n\n\"I am delighted that as we begin the New Year and new decade, India gets its first Chief of Defence Staff in General Bipin Rawat. I congratulate him and wish him the very best for this responsibility. He is an outstanding officer who has served India with great zeal,\" Prime Minister Modi said in a series of tweets.\n\nGeneral Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on Tuesday, succeeding General Bipin Rawat who has become India's first CDS.\n\nGeneral Naravane previously served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. He has taken over the reins of the Army amid prevailing tensions between India and Pakistan due to provocations by Islamabad through terror activities. (ANI)"}
+{"id": "1484008955_1483900456", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Problems with the water supply at Salford Royal Hospital have been now resolved.\n\nA number of wards at the Ladywell Building were without running water on New Year\u2019s Eve.\n\nHospital bosses said the issue was affecting a number of patients staying on the wards.\n\nBottled water was used on site and a temporary fix was put in place overnight, a spokesperson for Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust said.\n\nThe issue was permanently resolved by 10am on New Year\u2019s Day.\n\nIt is understood that engineers from United Utilities provided a temporary water supply overnight.\n\nThe Ladywell Building houses a number of wards, the radiology unit and the ultrasound unit.\n\nFollow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news. We are also on Instagram .\n\nIf you are on the go, the M.E.N. app helps bring you closer to the latest news where you live. Available on iPhone and Android , the app can be tailor-made to bring you the latest on what matters to you.\n\nBreaking news, the latest on your football club, the pick of the week\u2019s events and the latest travel - you can tailor the app to suit you. Our push notifications help highlight the biggest stories to you first.", "sentence2": "NEW Year's Eve fireworks and lanterns are feared to have sparked a horror blaze at a German zoo which killed 30 animals when it tore through its 'ape house'.\n\nKrefeld Zoo - located north of Dusseldorf and near the Dutch border - said its \"worst fears have become reality\" in the wake of this morning's shocking fire.\n\n7 Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans were killed in the horror blaze Credit: AP:Associated Press\n\n7 The zoo said it's worst fears had become a reality in the wake of the inferno Credit: Alamy Live News\n\nIn a post on Facebook, it said: \"An unfathomable tragedy hit us shortly after midnight. Our ape building burned down to the foundation.\"\n\nChimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans are among those that burned alive. Fruit bats, birds and other animals were also killed.\n\nHowever, two chimps called Bally and Limbo were saved from the flames by firefighters who heard their screams.\n\nBoth suffered minor burns and the zoo director described their last minute rescue as nothing short of \"a miracle\".\n\nBosses also revealed the nearby Gorilla Garden - home to one of its most famous residents - escaped the ferocious flames. 7 Orangutans at the zoo (seen above) are reportedly among the dead Credit: Getty - Contributor 7 Police officers are now investigating the exact cause of the deadly blaze Credit: Alamy Live News\n\n'Gorilla Kidogo and his family are alive', the zoo wrote on Facebook in the early hours of today. Both the zoo and city officials said that they didn't know the exact cause of the fire and that police are investigating. They would not confirm reports by local media that New Year's fireworks could have sparked the killer blaze. However, reports from the scene claim three banned sky lanterns were found in the charred remains of the enclosure.\n\nMOST READ IN NEWS 'THEY'RE DEAD' Couple stabbed to death 'by ex in 4am knife rampage as witnesses screamed' BLOODY RIDDLE Caroline Flack\u2019s boyfriend claims it\u2019s NOT his blood on her bed in horror pic BEER WE GO! Boozy Brits celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve with a VERY wild night on the town Exclusive BEDROOM BLOODBATH Shocking pic shows Caroline Flack's blood-soaked bed after 'lamp attack' Exclusive HALF WAYNE LINE Wayne Rooney builds full-size footie pitch at his \u00a320m 'Morrisons Mansion'\n\nThe Zoo said it was thankful for the many offers of help, but added: \"We are still in shock and cannot yet say exactly if and where help is needed.\"\n\nThe greenhouse-style building - which opened in 1975 - burned to the ground within a couple of hours, say reports.\n\nOrangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, marmosets, epaulet fruit bats and birds were inside at the time.\n\n7 The zoo will remain closed throughout the next 24 hours Credit: Alamy Live News\n\n7 However the zoo's famous gorilla Kidogo escaped the blaze Credit: EPA"}
+{"id": "1484187941_1484074975", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Monkey vs Monkey Man vs Man - Capitalism is SOCIAL DARWINISM\n\n(Image by photographymontreal) Details DMCA\n\n\n\nThe power structure that now dominates the globe is a logical extension of the project for colonizing Africa, Oceania, and the Americas that the European imperialist powers began over five centuries ago. From the start of this project, it's been a constant rule for those in the colonizing powers that one's society is at war with a weaker enemy. The indigenous people, who have been portrayed as not capable of running things, have had to be brought under the colonial boot according to the ideology of imperial conquest. And in accordance with the global rise of capitalism that colonialism precipitated, the same dynamic of subjugation has existed between the poor and the rich.\n\nThroughout their efforts to defeat their enemies, the imperialist powers of the last millennium and the empires that came before them have constantly been fighting against adversaries that can't be totally subdued, even after they've been greatly weakened by slavery and mass extermination. The ethnic and religious groups that have been subjugated by imperialism have virtually all been able to survive, and have continued their cultures and their collective will to find self-determination. So they've constantly posed a challenge to the power of imperialism even as imperialism has ruled supreme, much like the existence of the proletariat has constantly put the rule of the bourgeoisie into question. The same tension has ultimately existed during every other unjust hierarchy.\n\nTo maintain their control over this constant threat from the oppressed, the ruling class in the age of imperialism has used unprecedentedly powerful tools of warfare against groups which have stood in their way. Covert CIA operations alone are estimated to have killed at least six million people. The U.S. has used vast bombing campaigns, starvation sanctions, and most recently drone warfare to kill tens of millions of people since World War II. These methods of genocide have been replicated to great extents by Israel during its war against the Palestinians, and by Saudi Arabia during its war against the Yemenis. This all is added onto the millions of deaths that occur annually because of the poverty that's sustained by global capitalism, and to the frequent killings of poor people by the ever-deadlier police states throughout the capitalist world.\n\nDespite these methods of warfare, imperialism and corporate power continue to be challenged. American hegemony is declining amid frayings of alliances among the NATO powers, failures from the U.S. to carry out its foreign policy goals in countries like Syria, and the rise of Chinese influence. Massive protests have broken out in neoliberal Third World countries like Chile and Honduras, and worker struggles are intensifying in places like France. Those in the global underclass are fighting as hard as ever, and in places like the DPRK and Venezuela they've already gained dominance through proletarian democracy. A power struggle is still in motion.\n\nIt's in motion because of the contradictions of capitalism, which have become heightened during the era of capitalist imperialism. By subjecting entire nations to invasions, severe poverty, and apartheid, imperialism makes the oppressive dynamics of capitalism so pronounced that revolts from the colonized people become inevitable. Added onto the conflict between bourgeoisie and proletariat that's inherent to all capitalist societies, this self-destructive aspect of imperialism has led to vast decolonization movements and successful socialist revolutions throughout the last century.\n\nAs the U.S. empire weakens, this liberation movement is naturally gathering strength. The recent resurgence of Third World revolutionary energy is present even in Bolivia, where strong socialist and indigenous strains threaten to overtake the fascist regime that's been installed in the country. But there's still a way that the bourgeoisie can remain dominant in an era after the fall of the U.S. empire, and even in an era after the climate has collapsed.\n\nThis transition can be accomplished by making the means for wielding political and social power-such as steady access to electricity, the ability to use weaponry, and reliable nourishment and shelter-available only to the rich. In the developed world, capitalism has sustained itself by letting most of the population share in the technological and economic gains that the system creates, however unequally they're distributed. The United States and most other core imperialist nations have never experienced a socialist revolution because conditions for the broad masses haven't deteriorated enough to provoke an effective class uprising. Many bourgeois leaders have deliberately tried to maintain this balance by allowing the welfare state to be expanded, which has deterred the proletariat from pursuing revolution. But faced with the collapse of the climate, the ruling class has overwhelmingly decided to keep making society ever more unequal instead of reducing inequality.\n\nEven in more progressive capitalist countries like Iceland, the prevailing decision within the political establishment has been to continue neoliberalism and not try to alleviate the wealth gap. Austerity has increased throughout almost the entire capitalist world since the 2008 financial crisis, wages have kept falling, and the power of the big banks and corporations is greater than ever. And the collapse of the climate hasn't driven capitalist governments to resist corporate power, it's caused there to be more privatization of services and more capitalist efforts to profit from crises. 2005's Hurricane Katrina and 2017's Hurricane Irma both caused there to be a wave of privatizations in the impacted areas, and the U.S. army and private military contractors used both disasters to increase the militarization of society.\n\nA recurring part of these responses to climate change has been an effort to more clearly define boundaries between the wealthy areas and the poorer areas. The lines between the wealthy areas (called the green zones) and the poor areas (called the red zones) was how the U.S. decided to distribute resources in Iraq during its post-invasion efforts to reconstruct the country. The green zone/red zone dichotomy, despite not usually being defined with such explicit language, is being increasingly applied to how resources are distributed around the globe. The homes and neighborhoods of the rich are protected from the threats of climate change-like was the case during 2018's California fires-while poor communities are the ones that suffer.\n\nThere's a political purpose behind this environmentally created inequality, one that's understood by the billionaires who've prepared for a later stage of the climate crisis by creating luxury survival compounds for themselves. It's to deprive those outside the wealthy enclaves of the resources that they'll need to survive, or at least to live with modern comforts, as the climate deteriorates. The logical conclusion of climate apartheid, as this 21st century class divide has been called, is a new kind of despotism that's emerging while capitalism collapses. In a world that's no longer climatically stable, and where resources have become scarce, the capitalist class will only be able to maintain their status and lifestyle by concentrating wealth at the very top. In other words, by replacing capitalism with a nakedly oppressive system that has virtually no social mobility.\n\nNow that capitalism has reached the long-anticipated point where it consumes too much of nature to be able to sustain itself, the elites are creating a new system which is much more centralized and tightly controlled than the one that preceded it. Since the Industrial Revolution, bourgeois societies have typically been liberal, with freedom of expression usually being legal and the proletariat being able to heavily consume and make a living when the economy was doing well. But now democracy is deteriorating around the capitalist world, and the neoliberal economies are in a perpetual state of decline that makes economic participation harder for the proletariat.\n\nWhereas capitalist markets overall grew massively in the 20th century, in the 21st century they've been shrinking. Trade and economic growth are slowing down, and the post-recession economic expansion has been dependent on financial bubbles and beneficial mainly for those in the upper strata. In the U.S., unemployment and underemployment still haven't recovered from their pre-recession levels, and the global economy becomes more unequal every year. The next financial crash will create a situation far worse, one that's exacerbated by the decline of the dollar and by the irreversible economic damage of climate change.\n\nAll of these destabilizing factors within capitalist markets are naturally causing capitalist political systems to become less free, and capitalist economies to be more controlled by the state and its partnered corporate monopolies. Economic and climatic disruptions have caused a global rise in reactionary politics and a subsequent decline in democracy throughout much of the capitalist world. And the 2008 crash has caused the U.S. government to transfer many trillions of dollars to the biggest banks, enabling these private financial institutions to become larger than ever.\n\nSimilar trends will follow as the collapse of capitalism continues. Power, both political and economic, will become consolidated as the system eats itself. The capitalist class will remain capitalists in the traditional sense only when they're profiting in some way from the world's disasters, or when they manage to profit from the labor of the few proletarians who manage to get jobs within the isolated societies of the rich. Otherwise they won't exploit the proletariat nearly to the extent that they used to, because society won't even be functional enough for labor and commerce to be robust. Most of the people in the world will be driven into poverty, become climate refugees, or simply die off, leaving the bourgeoisie with no choice but to shrink their business operations and retreat to their green zones.\n\nIn such a situation, the ruling class will still be the dominant group, and they could expand their power in new areas. They could pursue capitalist development in eventually hospitable places like Greenland and Antarctica, they could colonize Mars, and they could even build cities that float on the ocean. But they'll still need to stop the world's underclass from overthrowing them, which will be harder than ever after the climate and economy have collapsed. Whether the bourgeoisie can retain its dominance amid the riots, vast influxes of refugees, and massive organized rebellions will depend on whether the bourgeoisie or the proletariat gain the upper hand over political and military power.\n\nNext Page 1 | 2", "sentence2": "We have come to the end of yet another year in the 21st century. You, like many, may believe that the decade ends on December 31, 2019. There are those who believe that the proper ending is December 31, 2020 and that the third decade in the 21st century rightly starts on January 1, 2021, but we will not allow that to detain us here. What we know for sure is that 2019 has ended.\n\nWhat we can say with great certainty and clarity is that the first two decades of this century have been as momentous as they have been tragic; as hopeful as they have been filled with despair for countless millions of people; as filled with opportunities for humankind as they have registered disappointments and missed expectations for many.\n\nAround the world 2019 was a year of political ferment. The British have had to face an election to end the wearying issue of Brexit. With the results of the last election favouring the Brexiters, there is greater confidence that Britain will leave the European Union, but with no clear prognosis of what the future holds.\n\nThe Middle East, home of the birth of the three major religions \u2014 Judaism, Christianity and Islam \u2014 continued to be a cauldron of hate and dislocation for millions of people. I have become convinced that there would be better prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians if they were left to work out their difficulties without interference from external parties such as America and Russia. But that is a subject for deeper analysis.\n\nFires have burned in Chile, France, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of the world as people register their protests against the excesses of their leaders, or as they rail against corruption in their societies. The evil forces of hatred, bigotry, and racism werre evident in parts of the world. The incivility in social discourse, spurred on by the Internet, continued apace.\n\nAmericans, for the third time, have impeached a sitting president with all that this implies for peace and stability in the country. That nation's major institutions \u2014 the presidency, the Congress, intelligence agencies, and judiciary \u2014 have been severely tested by the intemperance and immorality of a president who lives by his own rules and who demonstrates proclivities of governance that would make Genghis Khan look like a good Sunday school teacher. In a year when the economy appears to be humming, the growing income inequality in that country has ensured that close to 60 per cent of Americans cannot find uS$400 to pay a bill without going into debt. Something is wrong with this glaring contradiction in the American economy. What hope is there that this problem will be redressed in 2020, a presidential election year, at a time when the country has never been more divided?\n\nHere in Jamaica we have managed to kill close to 450 of our fellow citizens in wreckages on the roads. In what seems to have now become gruesomely normative, we have murdered over 1,300 of our fellow citizens mainly by the gun. In fact, we have averaged over 1,000 murders in Jamaica over the past 20 years. A small country with such violent crime statistics cannot escape the inevitable shredding of its social fabric with all the negative psychological consequences attached.\n\nYet, despite these frightening statistics and the growing gap between the rich and the poor, it would be foolish to write a political, social, or economic obituary for the country. The inconvenient and uncomfortable truth is that crime is where it is because, collectively, as a nation, we have allowed it to be so. Strong resolve on our part as citizens can hold our political representatives accountable in putting resources and sound thinking to the issue. It is not beyond us to contain the murderous few who derive pleasure from slaughtering others.\n\nWe must not just sit on our verandahs or in our rum bars and jabber about corruption. We must become actively engaged in a movement to ferret out the corrupt among us \u2014 who, incidentally, are not just politicians) \u2014 and to insist on workable mechanisms of accountability to arrest the problem.\n\nAs we enter a new year \u2014 and for some a new decade \u2014 the challenges will be no less than what we faced in the preceding ones. In fact, they might have become more urgent. But we are a resilient people and the country can sail to new horizons of achievement if we bend our collective will to the task. What we do know is that problems do not end because a new year starts. But a new year presents opportunities to look at old problems through, perhaps, better, and less jaded lenses.\n\nIn keeping with the Socratic philosophy of the unexamined life not worth the living, personal resolutions will be made for self-improvement and relational enhancement among others. We must examine carefully what we resolve to do or not to do in the new year. What I know of resolutions that people make at the beginning of a year is that they tend to remain largely unfulfilled at the end of the year. For some people, their resolve begins to buckle or fade by March. A large part of the problem is that goals we set were never attainable in the first place. There was no strength of will attached to achieving them. Perhaps they were too audacious in the first place. Jim Collins and Jerry I Porras, in their still important book on business, Built to Last, coined the phrase \u201cbig, hairy, audacious goal\u201d (BHAG) which encourages companies and individuals to aim high and to stretch their imagination in achieving success. All of this is good, but any goal we set must be tempered with reality and a heavy dose of common sense.\n\nSo, I would advise what I do for myself. Yes, keep your resolutions big, hairy and audacious, but don't get ahead of yourself. I would urge simple, manageable, incremental steps towards one goal. Focus on what you intend to achieve like a laser beam and avoid toxicity in your personal space by not being in the company of the scornful and the envious. You can never achieve your goals by approaching life with the same habits, mindset, and attitudes that hobbled you in the preceding year. Change will not happen unless you manage it in small, incremental, manageable steps.\n\nA truly productive and healthy new year to you.\n\nDr Raulston Nembhard is a priest and social commentator. Send comments to the Observer or stead6655@aol.com."}
+{"id": "1484006948_1484117411", "score": 2.6666666667, "sentence1": "Warning: SPOILERS for Thor #1\n\nThe War of the Realms ravaged Thor's homeland, but by the end of the event, Odin the All-Father stepped down and crowned Thor as the new King of Asgard. Now, months after the end of the war, Thor has rebuilt his home. Gone are the shimmering golden palaces of his father's creation, with the seat of the king remade in wood and stone. But now what was once a golden paradise, remade into a medieval city, shaped by hammers... has just been rocked by the arrival of Galactus in Marvel's shocking Thor #1.\n\nAs Thor readies himself to give his first speech to the Asgardians gathered around their new king -- a message readers can only assume would have reflected the same message sent by the remade land itself, Galactus comes plummeting down from the sky, smashing directly into city's inhabitants, and Thor instantly realizing that scores of his people will never get the chance to hear a speech ever again.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Thor Takes His Hammer To Galactus in New Comic Cover\n\nThe sight of Galactus wrapped in machine armor, decimating the crowd is a horrifying one, to be sure. Screams are heard, as bolts of lightning mark Thor's leap into the fight, prepared to kill Galactus for this invasion of his people's new home. Thankfully Thor has the presence of mind to stop before then, stopping short as Galactus pleads with Thor to understand the reason for his arrival. He has come to Asgard for help, since Thor is the only one who can stop the Great Black Winter. The newest unknown threat to Thor (and all life in the universe), and one that can only be stopped if Thor becomes the newest herald of Galactus.\n\nRight on cue the mourning rains of Asgard begin to fall, carrying on for weeks. The city officials of Asgard work, busying themselves with counting the dead and calculating the cost of Galactus's 'arrival.' And while they may try to ignore the silence of their new king, it is evident more than just Asgard's people died the day Galactus fell. Galactus' impact also means that Yggdrasil, the tree of life, has begun to die. How will thor possibly manage to correct these tragedies, and return to his brighter vision for Asgard's future? To have those questions answered, readers will need to pick up Thor #1! Find the full details below.\n\nTHOR #1\n\nWritten by: Donny Cates\n\nArt by: Nic Klein\n\nCover Art by: Olivier Coipel\n\nA BRAND-NEW, SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM TAKES THE KING OF ASGARD TO NEW REALMS OF GLORY! The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm will be powerless before it.\n\nThor #1 is available now from your local comic book shop, or direct from Marvel Comics.\n\nNext: Marvel Reveals The Next Galactus Will Be [SPOILER]\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nThe King of Marvel's Universe is Finally Claiming His Throne", "sentence2": "This article contains spoilers for Thor #1!\n\nThor has just become more powerful than ever before. Jason Aaron's years-long Thor run has come to a dramatic close, and it's time for a fresh beginning for the God of Thunder. Aaron ended with Thor regaining his enchanted hammer, Mjolnir, and taking the throne of the All-Father of Asgard.\n\nStep forward Donny Cates, who's becoming one of Marvel's most prolific writers and the architect of all their cosmic plots. The first issue of Cates' Thor relaunch sees the God of Thunder prepare to give a speech to his people, one that's interrupted by the untimely arrival of Galactus, dying after exposure to a cosmic force known as the Great Black Winter.\n\nContinue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view.\n\nRelated: Thor's Shocking First Issue Makes Marvel's Asgard A Ruin\n\nAccording to Galactus, the Great Black Winter has revealed that Thor is destined to be his death. As a result, operating under the principle of \"keep your friends close, and your enemies closer,\" Galactus appoints Thor Odinson as his new Herald, transforming him with the Power Cosmic. In the Directors' Cut, Cates describes the transformation like this:\n\nThor rises, and he has been remade. His arm is back, as is his eye, and his hair is now LONG. Like down to his butt long. Like the nineties Thor that I love. He's also wearing a slick new costume, very sci-fi and slick. Mostly black and bright white. The white on his costume should be glowing like lightning. And the black should be made of a star field. His eyes glow as well. Crackling with energy. His hammer, a solid Mjolnir-shaped bolt of lightning. He has become cosmic-Zeus! His run sigil emblazoned on his chest. Smoke pouring off him.\n\nThis is easily the most phenomenal power-up Thor has ever received. He's never exactly been a weakling, but now he possesses all the power of the God of Thunder; wields an enchanted hammer containing a God Tempest that can destroy entire star systems; has been granted the power of the All-Father himself; and also wields the Power Cosmic, meaning he should have all the powers of any other Herald of Galactus. He's officially the strongest Avenger, the mightiest god in any of Marvel's Pantheons, and the greatest Herald ever to serve Galactus.\n\nDonny Cates is a smart writer. That means he wouldn't have given Thor this level of power if he didn't have a story in mind that would demand it. What's more, in interviews Cates has insisted he still sees Thor as a young god, a flawed man given to fits of temper and in danger of being overcome by his own ego and pride. Galactus' prophecy - foretelling that the God of Thunder will, in fact, be the one responsible for his own destruction - suggests that Thor Odinson may well not be able to handle the vast, unfathomable powers that are now at his disposal. Will absolute power corrupt absolutely?\n\nThor #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.\n\nMore: THOR Confirms Superman & Wonder Woman Have Used Mjolnir\n\nShare Tweet Email\n\nDeadpool 3: Marvel Villains That Could Appear"}
+{"id": "1484190661_1485410569", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "I want to drag a cell down auto populating each next cell. Ex.... MJN1001 through MJN1100... no problem, excels will allow this by the copy feature. Each cell needs to hyperlink into a folder that matches each number MJN1001 through MJN1100. If I set the first cell to MJN1001, the next cell becomes MJN1002, however, the hyperlink is still MJN1001. How do I get the hyperlink to auto populate, as I drag it down the column?", "sentence2": "Very easy to run, affordable, quickly and quiet, these are the basic great things about electric tricycles. An tricycles is sort of a tricycles that driven by battery and you will drive it merely like driving a tricycles. In addition to, electric tricycles enable you to improve your health and will not contaminate the surroundings, so that they are beneficial for equally on your own and also the setting. As tricycles have so many positive aspects, a lot of businessmen choose promote them and a number of them have put in place websites to market electrical tricycles.\n\nGenerally speaking, some people do not rely on shopping online simply because they generally learn that the merchandise they actually get can be distinct from whatever they seem on the web site. It can be unquestionable that this type of circumstance does exist. Nevertheless, we ought to also admit that you have several great and skilled web shops that offer you high quality products. In the following paragraphs I would like to give you some tips on choosing dependable online tricycles sellers. Before purchasing electrical tricycles on-line, you need to very first make sure that the tricycle you would like to buy are created to match your country tricycles situations. Typically discussing, you may not need to have a certificate or insurance coverage to trip a power tricycles when it is thought to be a typical tricycles under your countrysides legislation or restrictions. Consequently, you should turn this into point clear to avert being cheated by some deceitful retailers.\n\nThen, you must learn that no matter if this electric cycle retailer provide a free of charge check drive or otherwise not. An excellent and skilled tricycles vendor constantly provides buyers a totally free check drive prior to buying. A no cost test trip permits you to begin to see the true tricycles, contact it and trip it. All of these help you know the true information in the tricycles, like the real style, the product quality and the efficiency. Nonetheless, not every on-line retailer provides this specific service. My guidance is basically that you possessed greater pick a excellent seller who is able to ensure you a free examination drive."}
+{"id": "1484188832_1483936561", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Ards and North Down council celebrating its Green Flag awards\n\nCOUNCILS across Northern Ireland have spent more than \u00a3130,000 of ratepayers' cash in recent years entering themselves into awards competitions.\n\nThe spending included entering awards to recognise well-managed public parks, gongs to celebrate publicity and marketing, and the \"Loo of the Year Awards\".\n\nLocal authorities in the north have paid a total of \u00a3136,091.56 to enter 70 awards contests since 2017, records obtained by The Irish News reveal.\n\nA further \u00a313,082.78 was spent attending ceremonies for those awards in which they paid an entry fee and subsequently received nominations.\n\nPublic spending campaigners accused councils of misusing ratepayers' funds in \"forking out for these trivial trophies\".\n\nBut councils defended the costs, saying that such gongs are an \"important part of maintaining motivation\" among staff.\n\nThe figures were obtained through a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.\n\nCauseway Coast and Glens was the only one of the north's 11 councils to refuse to disclose the information, saying it would exceed FOI legislative cost limits.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey council spent the most on entering awards competitions at \u00a334,508.25, followed by Belfast City Council at \u00a331,931.\n\nBelfast spent \u00a33,732 entering the Loo of the Year Awards in 2017 and 2018 and a further \u00a3196.39 on travel to attend the ceremony in 2018.\n\nArds and North Down Borough Council also entered the Loo of the Year Awards in each of the past three years, costing ratepayers \u00a31,592.\n\nAmong the awards Antrim and Newtownabbey entered was the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) Northern Ireland \"PRide Awards\", which cost \u00a32,120 in the past three years.\n\nIn 2019 it won a gold award in the \"Best Use of Social Media\" category and two silvers in the categories \"Best Use of Content\" and \"Best Use of Influencer Relations\" for a recycling campaign.\n\nMuch of the spending among the councils went towards entering the Green Flag Awards, in which well-managed public parks and green spaces are awarded the accolade. The scheme is managed in the north by environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.\n\nJames Roberts, political director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, criticised the spending on awards competitions.\n\n\"Town hall bosses should not be misusing ratepayers' money in a pointless attempt to get some gongs,\" he said.\n\n\"While going for grants and private sponsorship can bring cash prizes to the local area, these awards are a waste of time and simply see council officers patting themselves on the back at ratepayers' expense.\n\n\"Local residents are the real judges of council performance, so perhaps authorities should focus on winning their approval instead of forking out for these trivial trophies.\"\n\nBelfast City Council, the north's largest local authority, defended the spending.\n\n\"Our staff are committed to serving the interests and needs of all local residents to the best of their ability, as well as fulfilling the ambitions of the Belfast Agenda,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"As part of this, it is important to show appreciation for the invaluable contribution made by individuals and teams, where staff have demonstrated exceptional levels of service provision and effort, which in many cases, go well beyond the call of duty.\n\n\"Reward and recognition is an important part of maintaining motivation and ensuring continued strength in overall performance, city leadership and the delivery of services for our ratepayers.\"\n\nIn relation to the Green Flag Award, he said this is a \"non-profit international accreditation scheme that recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces\".\n\n--------------------\n\n:: Council spending on entering awards contests:\n\nNumber of awards contests councils paid to enter since 2017, and overall cost of applying for these awards.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey (6) \u00a334,508.25\n\nBelfast (12) \u00a331,931\n\nArds and North Down (13) \u00a329,123\n\nNewry, Mourne and Down (9) \u00a313,278\n\nDerry and Strabane (5) \u00a37,640.31\n\nLisburn and Castlereagh (6) \u00a37,095\n\nMid Ulster (12) \u00a36,141\n\nArmagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (3) \u00a35,220\n\nFermanagh and Omagh (3) \u00a3810\n\nMid and East Antrim (1) \u00a3345\n\nCauseway Coast and Glens (refused to disclose information)\n\nTOTAL (70) \u00a3136,091.56\n\n(Figures based on details disclosed by councils through Freedom of Information requests)", "sentence2": "302.9k SHARES Share Tweet\n\nWhile \u2018Joker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\u2019 is billed as the original motion picture soundtrack, you need to be aware of what your buying here. It is the musical score of the movie composed by Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir and does not include the many other songs played in the movie. You will have to go looking elsewhere for those.\n\nNow that we have covered what the CD is not, let\u2019s talk about what it actually is. Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir has opted for a classical style orchestra for this soundtrack, although there are occasionally some sound effects thrown in amongst the traditional strings, percussion and woodwind instruments. The accompanying material says that the composition \u2018features the cello as the centerpiece of the score, leading string-based melodies played by a symphony orchestra of 90 musicians\u2019.\n\nAs you can see from the track listing below most tracks are quite short. The two longest tracks are probably pivotal moments in the film and possibly Joker\u2019s life.\n\n1 Hoyt\u2019s Office 01:24\n\n2 Defeated Clown 02:39\n\n3 Following Sophie 01:33\n\n4 Penny in the Hospital 01:18\n\n5 Young Penny 02:01\n\n6 Meeting Bruce Wayne 04:35\n\n7 Hiding in the Fridge 01:23\n\n8 A Bad Comedian 01:28\n\n9 Arthur Comes to Sophie 01:39\n\n10 Looking for Answers 00:51\n\n11 Penny Taken to the Hospital 01:49\n\n12 Subway 03:33\n\n13 Bathroom Dance 02:08\n\n14 Learning How to Act Normal 01:17\n\n15 Confession 01:29\n\n16 Escape from the Train 02:31\n\n17 Call Me Joker 04:48\n\nAll told we have 17 tracks giving a running time of only 37 minutes which seems a little short to me.\n\nI should have said that the tone of the score is somewhere between sombre, melancholy and ominous depending on which track your listening to. One of the things you can\u2019t say about it is \u2018it\u2019s a jolly little tune\u2019. I have to say though that I thought it was very well done given the subject matter of the film.\n\nThat last sentence brings me to point out that to get the very best out of this soundtrack you really need to see the film. It will give you goosebumps. The \u2018Subway\u2019 track always makes me nervous. Perhaps that\u2019s why the CD is short on running time, any longer could lead to a breakdown.\n\nThis is the first of Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir\u2019s work that I have actually listened to and I am very impressed. For any fan of the film who is not of a nervous disposition, then you really should treat yourself and get a copy. You can get the CD or Vinyl picture disc or even a coloured vinyl configuration whatever that is.\n\nAndy Whitaker\n\nDecember 2019\n\n(pub: WaterTower Music, 2019. 1 CD 17 tracks 37 minutes. Price: \u00a315.56 (UK). ASIN: B07YMGJL58)\n\ncheck out website: www.watertower-music.com/\n\nShare this: Pinterest\n\nLinkedIn\n\nTwitter\n\nFacebook\n\n\n\nRelated\n\nCategory: Music/Audio, Superheroes"}
+{"id": "1484010973_1492157938", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Managing Director of Mount Gay Distilleries Raphael Grisoni is welcoming the start of breathalyzer testing in Barbados on January 1, 2020.\n\nHe told members of the media during a recent interview that breathalyzer testing was long overdue in Barbados, and indicated that, as a rum producer, Mount Gay wanted its products to be enjoyed responsibly.\n\nGrisoni said it was always hurtful to see people drinking irresponsibly.\n\n\u201cWe are also a member of an organization called the Barbados Alcohol Industry Association and what we like to see is our product being [used] responsibly and I think the breathalyzer is a good tool. . .,\u201d he said.\n\nIn November 2019, Minister of Transport and Works Dr William Duguid announced that come January, motorists driving under the influence of alcohol will do so at the risk of being subjected to breathalyzer testing.\n\nAs he delivered remarks during a service for the United Nations\u2019 Day of Remembrance for Road Safety Victims, Dr Duguid said his Ministry was at an advanced stage with respect to the use of breathalyzer testing on drivers.\n\nThe Minister said the introduction of such testing would go a long way in ensuring the safety of the travelling public.\n\nGrisoni said he was not concerned that the introduction of breathalyzer testing would have a negative effect on sales for the rum-producing company.\n\n\u201cI think that it\u2019s a question of habits. As we are exporting rum, we have a kind of visibility of what\u2019s happening in other countries in Europe or even in the United States.\n\n\u201cSo there will probably be a time of adaptation, but in many parts of our region, people are drinking and not driving; they are taking taxis and I think it is a good opportunity for transportation services,\u201d he said.", "sentence2": "SNc Channels:\n\n\n\nSearch\n\nAbout Salem-News.com\n\n\n\nJan-01-2020 17:03 TweetFollow @OregonNews How Transcription Services Can Boost Your Business Gain a wider audience, improve your SEO ranking, and more.\n\nImage: pixabay.com\n\n(SALEM, Ore.) - Whether you are running a small-time business or a stable company, it is vital to set up goals. Through your employees' collaborative efforts, you can easily hit and even exceed your key performance indicators that can take your business to the next level. The good thing is if your company starts to earn a good profit margin for the fiscal year, the number one benefactors of all the hard work would be your employees. Nowadays, several innovations can make daily life in the office a lot easier. The rising popularity of transcription services are helping a lot of companies in terms of documentation and streamlining several of their processes. Converting audio recorded files into text documents can help you easily compile all critical information and load it in your company database. Doing this would make it easier for employees to search for answers and records rather than sorting it manually. With the help of companies that employ trained transcribers, you can do many things that can benefit your business in the long run. Document conversations If you want your business to become successful, touch base with your employees by setting weekly meetings to discuss productivity and opportunities. If you want everyone in the room to remember all the details that were discussed during the session, you must assign someone to do all of the note-taking. However, this task can take time to finish, plus you are also not sure about the accuracy of the collated information. Hiring a reputable transcription services company will help you get all the information that transpired during the meeting word by word. Improves video content If you are trying to sell a product or service to the public, it would be a great idea to upload video content or blogs on various online platforms like YouTube and social media. Doing this will give you a better opportunity to gain a wider audience and improve your SEO ranking in Google and other search engines. Adding captions or subtitles to your videos is an effective strategy to gain more viewers in just a matter of time. Improves workplace efficiency All employees need to remain productive throughout the entire day inside the office. If you are about to start a substantial project, you should begin soliciting ideas and concepts ahead of time. Gather your team for a weekly brainstorming session to keep their creative juices flowing throughout the discussion. Instead of writing down all of their ideas into a piece of paper, why not have it recorded and hire someone to convert it from voice to text. You will be more confident that you now have all the necessary information to proceed with your next project. Lastly, hiring a transcription service company will help you save a lot of time and effort when it comes to proper documentation. Employees no longer need to render overtime to transcribe. All you need to do is record the entire conversation and send it for conversion, and you will have your file in a short time. Source: Salem-News.com Special Features Dept. _________________________________________\n\nBusiness | Technology | Most Commented on\n\n\n\n\n\nArticles for December 31, 2019 | Articles for January 1, 2020 |"}
+{"id": "1555949251_1553931407", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "The South African government is enforcing stringent preventative measures to try to limit the reach of the coronavirus, particularly in the country\u2019s more remote areas, which are already strained by ailing state health facilities and insufficient water supply.\n\nAfter the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 rose to 150 on March 19 2020, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille identified 37 sites across all nine provinces to be used as isolation and quarantine facilities. There were 202 confirmed cases the following day.\n\nThe government plans to erect a 40km-long fence at the Beitbridge border post within the next month to prevent undocumented or infected people from crossing the border into South Africa from Zimbabwe and vice versa. De Lille said the project will cost about R37.2-million.\n\nHaving already shut down all sporting and cultural events, state officials are now scrambling to try to limit disruptions to the legislative bodies that oversee the administration of the country.\n\nMunicipal disruption\n\nWhile these bodies review ways to keep the country up and running, continued social restrictions might pose a threat to local municipal budgets. Councils have until May 30 to pass their budgets, but officials say the government\u2019s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people may prevent them from sitting to table their budgets.\n\nCouncil members have a grace period of 30 days, until the end of June each year, to comply with the budget deadline. Otherwise they risk being dissolved, forcing political parties to participate in by-elections.\n\nThe Metsimaholo local municipality in the northern Free State had to hold by-elections in 2017 when its coalition council failed to approve its 2017-2018 budget in time, resulting in the council\u2019s dissolution.\n\nFree State Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements spokesperson Zolile Lobe conceded that the coronavirus pandemic is going to disrupt council meetings. \u201cWe are concerned that the pandemic might disrupt the tabling of budgets, but we will assess the situation as it unfolds,\u201d Lobe said, stressing that contact between officials will be minimal in line with the national government\u2019s directive on social distancing.\n\nResidents of municipalities already in crisis, such as Maluti-a-Phofung in the eastern Free State and Makana in the Eastern Cape, are at the mercy of municipal officials to supply much-needed water to counter the spread of the virus.\n\nDespite a cancelled plenary sitting of the National Assembly on March 17, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) met on March 19 to endorse Gauteng Premier David Makhura\u2019s decision two weeks ago to invoke Section 139 of the Constitution and dissolve the Tshwane council. The metro has been running without a mayor or municipal manager as several attempts to elect a new mayor have descended into chaos.\n\nParliamentary spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said \u201cevery activity, public hearings and committee meetings included, are suspended\u201d in line with government measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe NCOP cancelled public meetings in three Gauteng municipalities that formed part of the three-day report-back session of the council\u2019s flagship programme, Taking Parliament to the People.\n\nThe North West provincial legislature has shut its doors to the public. \u201cAll outreach programmes of the legislature are suspended with immediate effect and will be resuscitated after 14 April 2020,\u201d it said.\n\nLobe said on March 19 that Thembeni Nxangisa, a Free State member of the executive council for cooperative governance and traditional affairs, was heading to QwaQwa to find ways to make water available to residents to improve hygiene. It has taken a life-threatening pandemic to get the government to respond to the area\u2019s 10-year-long dry spell.\n\nThe government plans to release water from Maluti-a-Phofung\u2019s main water source, the Fika-Patso Dam, to give residents a fighting chance, said Lobe. \u201cFrom today, Thursday to Sunday, the municipality is opening water to the people for hygiene purposes to curb Covid-19. We will also increase water tankers.\u201d\n\nAdhere, or face charges\n\nOn March 19, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma stressed the importance of adhering to the Covid-19 regulations the government has put in place. She added that the government will be taking action against those who refuse medical treatment or take part in mass gatherings and intentionally infect others with Covid-19.\n\nMinister of Police Bheki Cele has vowed to clamp down on alcohol consumers and traders who do not adhere to the new restrictions Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted, which limit trading hours and customer numbers.\n\nPolitical parties are also taking heed of social restrictions. The Economic Freedom Fighters and the ANC have cancelled major gatherings and events, and the Democratic Alliance\u2019s federal executive has postponed its policy conference that was scheduled to take place on April 4 and 5.\n\nThis article was first published by New Frame.", "sentence2": "South Africa has decided to build a border wall with its southern African neighbour, Zimbabwe.\n\nAccording to authorities of the rainbow nation, the border wall is expected to keep undocumented migrants and individuals Infected with the Coronavirus from entering the country.\n\nAccording to South African public works minister, Patricia de Lille, construction of the border wall is a part of the emergency procedures adopted by the Cyril Ramaphosa led government to tackle the Coronavirus epidemic currently spreading across South Africa.\n\nSouth African President, Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of emergency on Sunday due to the Coronavirus epidemic.\n\nAccording to the public works Minister, Ramaphosa ordered that border crossings into south Africa be closed but the measure will not be effective if the fences on the border are not secure.\n\nThe ministers said further that;\n\n\u201cA 1.8m (5ft 11in) high fence, stretching for 20km (12.4 miles), would be built on either side of the Beitbridge border, the main crossing between the two nations.\u201d\n\nSouth Africa currently has 150 individuals Infected with the Coronavirus.\n\nThousand of Zimbabwean citizens currently live in South Africa, many of them fleeing hard economic conditions and political violence in their home country.\n\nSouth Africa has tried to reduce migration from Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa in the past.\n\nZimbabwe has no case of the Coronavirus so far although President Mnangagwa has ordered all schools to be shut from Tuesday as a precautionary measure.\n\nRelated"}
+{"id": "1498839345_1552623974", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "A Rexburg Police Log stated that a BYU-Idaho student had $900.16 taken out from their student account in a Pell Grant and transferred into an account not belonging to the student. The theft was reported to police on Jan. 16.\n\nThe University first reported to the police on Jan. 13 that less than 100 student accounts were compromised. School officials got in touch with the students to change their passwords.\n\n\u201cBYU-Idaho understands the importance of its data security and protecting the information we maintain for our students,\u201d BYU-I said in a statement. \u201cWe recently became aware of a security incident involving a small number of student financial accounts. The university immediately notified those students impacted directly and has been working with them on a case-by-case basis. With the assistance of a leading forensic firm, BYU-Idaho has launched an investigation; law enforcement personnel have been notified. If any additional accounts are identified, we will immediately notify the students and work with them to respond as necessary. As the university works to complete the investigation, we will look for opportunities to further enhance our existing security measures.\u201d", "sentence2": "BYU-Idaho has released a statement about Spring Semester 2020:\n\n\u201cWith the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, Spring Semester 2020 courses at BYU-Idaho will be held remotely and online. Students will be able to complete courses wherever they reside. It is anticipated that campus will continue to be open and functioning.\n\nThis change may require some adjustments in currently planned courses. Lab courses that cannot be adapted for remote delivery will be cancelled. Students may find it necessary to adjust their schedules as a result of these changes and can do so through the registration portal at my.BYUI.edu. Information regarding course changes will be available to students before the end of Winter Semester.\n\nFor current and official BYU-Idaho communication regarding COVID-19, visit the I-Prepare website.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1500069470_1499936687", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Sudan allows private traders to export gold in bid to boost revenues\n\nSudan has begun allowing private traders to export gold, a move expected to crack down on smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country\u2019s cash-strapped treasury. Until January 1st 2020, when the decision was made, Sudan\u2019s Central Bank had been the sole body legally allowed to buy and export gold and set up centers to buy the metal from small-scale miners. Hajooj Kuka, Analyst and Activist joins CNBC Africa for more on what the country is doing to revive the economy.", "sentence2": "More SAA directors on the way out as airliner awaits R2bn bailout\n\nSAA, the debt-ridden state-owned airliner is still looking for a R2 billion bailout from government. The airliner, which made its last profit in 2011, is also playing a game of musical chairs in the boardroom after the resignation of one of its directors, Martin Kingston. What does this mean for SAA and could we see job losses in the future? Aviation Analyst, Desmond Latham and Head of Trade Union Solidarity's Research Institute, Connie Mulder join CNBC Africa to give insight."}
+{"id": "1559959067_1529952152", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "The Sweet 16 is set in our mythical men\u2019s college basketball tournament, and all four of the No. 1 seeds survived.\n\nMore accurately, all four of the No. 1 seeds waltzed into the third round of the Big Dance, one of them at the expense of the Bay Area\u2019s only entry in the field, Saint Mary\u2019s. The Gaels were crushed Sunday 87-56 by Baylor, the top seed in the South Regional.\n\nGonzaga also breezed, beating Oklahoma 88-70 to join Kansas and Dayton, both of which advanced Saturday. The four top seeds won by an average of 20.5 points.\n\nOnly one Cinderella remains in the field \u2014 10th-seeded Utah State, which won Saturday against No. 2 Florida State \u2014 but the Aggies almost got company Sunday. East Tennessee State, a 14-seed that had knocked off Seton Hall in the first round, gave BYU all it could handle before falling 100-97.\n\nTwo 7-seeds advanced Sunday as Arizona and Providence ended the dreams of UC-Irvine and North Dakota State, respectively, a pair of 15th-seeded bracket busters who had knocked out San Diego State and Kentucky on Thursday.\n\nThe Providence victory gave the Big East three teams in the Sweet 16. Five leagues have two; Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC and the West Coast Conference. Rounding out the field are the SEC (Auburn), the Atlantic-10 (Dayton), and the Mountain West (Utah State).\n\nHere\u2019s the Day 4 roundup of games:\n\nSOUTH REGIONAL\n\nNo. 1 Baylor 87, No. 8 Saint Mary\u2019s 56>> The Gaels\u2019 season came to an agonizingly slow end. They fell behind early, trailed by 18 at half and by 33 with 11:44 to play. It was their worst loss since a 94-46 embarrassment at Gonzaga in February 2019. Butler (28-4) was led in scoring, as it has been all season, by its trio of guards. Davion Mitchell 20 points), MaCio Teague (17) and Jared Butler (15), none of whom had shot better than 42% during the regular season, all shot better than 50%.\n\nJordan Ford, wrapping up a four-year career that could put his No. 3 in the rafters at Saint Mary\u2019s, scored 24 points, but nobody else was in double figures. Malik Fitts, who made seven 3-pointers in the first-round victory over Rutgers, had only seven points. The Gaels (27-9) shot poorly from everywhere: 3 of 16 from behind the arc, nine of 15 from the free throw line, and 36.7% overall. (We did not attempt to reach coach Randy Bennett after this one.)\n\nNo. 6 Virginia 63, No. 3 Michigan State 59>> The Cavaliers, who run-and-gunned their way to a season-high 82 points in the opening round (25 points over their season average) returned to character. With its slow-paced offense and smothering defense, Virginia held MSU to 25 first-half points, limiting the Spartans to 19 shots, seven of which they blocked, and forcing seven turnovers. Still, the Spartans had a chance to tie the game with 11 seconds left, but Rocket Watts missed a wide-open three from the corner and Virginia sealed the outcome with two free throws from Jay Huff. Mamadi Diakite had 21 points and eight rebounds for the UVA (25-7) and Braxton Key added 13 points and 13 rebounds. MSU (23-10) was led by three players with 11 points, including Xavier Tillman, who also had 11 rebounds.\n\nNo. 2 Creighton 76, No. 7 Illinois 69 >>- The Bluejays, the only surviving 2-seed in the tournament, trailed by 11 points in the second half and were down 65-59 with 4:16 to play. But they closed the game on a 17-4 run during which they held Illinois scoreless on eight consecutive possessions. Denzel Mahoney came off the bench for 17 points to lead Creighton (26-7). Damien Jefferson had 15 and Ty-Shon Alexander and Marcus Zegarowski added 12 apiece. Kofi Cockburn had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Illinois (22-10).\n\nWEST REGIONAL\n\nNo. 1 Gonzaga 88, No. 9 Oklahoma 70>> Cory Kispert led six players in double figures and the Zags broke open a close game midway through the second half. An 8-2 run \u2014 the first six points coming from Joel Ayayi \u2013turned a 50-45 lead into an 11-point lead and the Sooners never got back within 10. Kispert had 17 points, Filip Petrusev had 12, and four others had 11, including Ayayi. Austin Reaves scored 17 to lead Oklahoma (20-13).\n\nNo. 6 BYU 100, No. 14 Eastern Washington 97>> Zac Seljaas\u2019 3-point shot from the right wing broke a 93-93 tie with 1:37 to play, Andy Toolson followed with another three and the Cougars escaped the upset-minded Eagles from the Big Sky Conference. BYU made 13 of 22 three-point attempts (59.1%) and shot almost 60% overall (40 of 67) and then held its collective breath as a last-second shot by EWU circled the rim twice before spinning out. TJ Haws (26 points, 12 assists) and Yoeli Childs (26 points, 11 rebounds) led the way for BYU. Jacob Davison had 29 points for EWU (24-9).\n\nNo. 7 Arizona 89, No. 15 UC-Irvine 66>> Zeke Nnaji had 18 points and 17 rebounds as the Wildcats put an early end to the Anteaters\u2019 hope of pulling another upset. UC-Irvine, which shocked No. 2 seed San Diego State on Friday, led 17-16 after a 3-pointer by Jeron Artest (son of Ron Artest). But Arizona answered with a bucket and two free throws from Max Hazzard (grandson of the late Walt Hazzard) and the Wildcats led the rest of the way. Tony Rutherford had 15 points for UCI (22-11). Arizona\u2019s Nico Mannion led all scorers with 19.\n\nMIDWEST REGIONAL\n\nNo. 3 Duke 98, No. 14 East Tennessee State 89>> The upstarts from the Southern Conference, who had stunned Seton Hall in the opener, jumped out to a 7-1 lead. And that\u2019s where Duke put a stop to things. The Blue Devils caught the Eagles at 16, passed them on a tip-in by Javin DuLaurier and never trailed after a 10-0 run put them ahead 49-39. ETU, winners of 13 straight, pulled within 78-75, but then went cold for almost six minutes as Duke rebuilt its lead to 13 and coasted into Sweet 16 for the 16th time in 20 years. Vernon Carey led the Blue Devils with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tre Jones, playing amid rumors that he will apply for the NBA draft, had 16 points, eight assists, and six rebounds. Cassius Stanley also had 16 points. Patrick Good had 22 for ETU, which finished the season 31-4.\n\nNo. 7 Providence 104, No. 15 North Dakota State 57>> The Friars jumped on the team that had KO\u2019d Kentucky two days earlier, scoring the first seven points en route to a 20-5 lead. Providence led 51-33 at halftime and didn\u2019t let up, outscoring the Bison 53-24 in the second half. Luwane Pipkins led six Friars in double figures with 19 points, hitting 5 of 7 treys. Alpha Diallo added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Rocky Kreuser had 16 to lead North Dakota State (26-9), which had won 13 of its previous 14 games.", "sentence2": "LAWRENCE, Kan. \u2014 Kansas is back on top of the college basketball world after knocking off Baylor in a matchup of Big 12 heavyweights, while the Bears dropped to No. 2 in The Associated Press men\u2019s poll Monday after their nip-and-tuck loss in Waco.\n\nThe Jayhawks (24-3, 13-1 Big 12) received 62 of 64 first-place votes from the national media panel to take over the No. 1 ranking for the second time this season. Kansas also was atop the poll for one week in December, when it seemed as if just about every school that ascended to No. 1 promptly lost in a topsy-turvy start to the season.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re a silent team that can make a run late in March,\u201d Jayhawks guard Devon Dotson said after the 64-61 victory on Saturday. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to get complacent from this one. We\u2019re going to build off of it.\u201d\n\nBaylor (24-2, 13-1) received two first-place votes and fell to second after its 23-game winning streak came to an end. Gonzaga was No. 3 after a loss to BYU, and Dayton jumped San Diego State for No. 4 after the Aztecs lost for the first time in a week when every team in the top 10 found itself in a new position from last week.\n\nThe most notable change, of course, came at the top.\n\n\u201cBaylor is the best team that we\u2019ve played against since I\u2019ve been in the league the last 17 years,\u201d said Jayhawks coach Bill Self, whose team begins its four-game finishing stretch against Oklahoma State on Monday night. \u201cYou could look at Oklahoma State in \u201904 and you could look at (Texas) Tech in \u201919, but I think Baylor has played better than both those teams at the same stage. I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to finish, but I certainly feel strongly about that.\u201d\n\nBaylor coach Scott Drew, whose team spent five weeks at No. 1, was equally effusive in his praise for the Jayhawks.\n\n\u201cKansas has really progressed since the last time we faced them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had a heck of a run. I never thought I\u2019d see anyone do what we did. The Big 12 is so tough. Six straight years we\u2019ve been the number one conference for a reason.\u201d\n\nBaylor wasn\u2019t the only team to take its lumps during an upset-filled weekend.\n\nThe Cougars continued their climb to No. 17 after they knocked off Gonzaga on Saturday night, while UNLV ended the Aztecs\u2019 perfect start with a 66-63 victory. Two more top-10 teams went down in a Big Ten shakeup Sunday when Maryland lost to Ohio State and Penn State lost to Indiana for its second defeat of the week.\n\n\u201cWe lost, and it\u2019s the first time it\u2019s happened (this season), so it doesn\u2019t feel good,\u201d San Diego State guard Malachi Flynn said. \u201cWe were all just trying to win the game, and it\u2019s just played out the way it played out.\u201d\n\nThe Flyers (25-2) have won 16 straight to reach their highest standing in the poll since finishing third during the 1955-56 season, while the Aztecs (26-1) remain the nation\u2019s only one-loss Division I team. They were followed by Florida State, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland and Creighton in rounding out the top 10.\n\nThe Seminoles climbed two spots ahead of their high-profile ACC showdown with No. 11 Louisville on Monday night. Related Articles Pac-12 recap: UCLA, ASU surge while Oregon collects key win\n\nCU Buffs women\u2019s basketball upsets No. 11 Arizona\n\nLate UCLA run gives CU Buffs big disappointment in home finale\n\nKeeler: Are Tad Boyle\u2019s CU Buffs the best in school history?\n\nNo. 18 CU Buffs hold off USC\n\n\u201cFlorida State is just a team, they\u2019re all really big, really long and really athletic,\u201d Cardinals star Jordan Nwora said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to pressure them, use the lane, and I feel pretty confident going into this game.\u201d\n\nRISING AND FALLING\n\nThe Blue Jays climbed from No. 15 into the top 10 for the first time since the 2016-17 season after beating then-No. 19 Marquette and then-No. 21 Butler last week. Their streak has moved them to within a game of Seton Hall \u2014 which climbed from No. 16 to No. 13 this week \u2014 in what has become an intrigue race for the Big East title.\n\nThe biggest jump this week came from BYU, which followed a victory over Santa Clara with a resounding 91-78 win over Gonzaga. The Cougars climbed six spots to No. 17 with their eighth straight victory.\n\nPenn State took the biggest tumble from ninth to No. 16 after losses to Illinois and Indiana, while West Virginia fell three spots to No. 20 and Colorado dropped three spots to No. 21.\n\nIN AND OUT\n\nMichigan shot back into the Top 25 at No. 19 this week after the Wolverines ran their winning streak to five straight and seven of eight with victories at Purdue and Rutgers. Texas Tech and Michigan State also returned to the poll with the Red Raiders at No. 22 and the Spartans at No. 24.\n\nMarquette tumbled from No. 19 all the way out after losing to Creighton and unranked Providence. Butler fell out from No. 21 and Arizona from No. 24 after the Wildcats lost in overtime to Oregon on Saturday.\n\nAP college basketball poll\n\nTeam Record Points Pvs. 1. Kansas 24-3 1,598 3 2. Baylor 24-2 1,532 1 3. Gonzaga 27-2 1,442 2 4. Dayton 25-2 1,413 5 5. San Diego State 26-1 1,287 4 6. Florida State 23-4 1,247 8 7. Duke 23-4 1,186 6 8. Kentucky 22-5 1,130 10 9. Maryland 22-5 1,124 7 10. Creighton 22-6 986 15 11. Louisville 23-5 966 11 12. Villanova 21-6 928 12 13. Seton Hall 20-7 842 16 14. Oregon 21-7 653 14 15. Auburn 23-4 643 13 16. Penn State 20-7 618 9 17. BYU 23-7 598 23 18. Iowa 19-8 489 20 19. Michigan 18-9 329 \u2013 20. West Virginia 19-8 313 17 21. Colorado 21-7 291 18 22. Texas Tech 18-9 226 \u2013 23. Ohio State 18-9 210 25 24. Michigan State 18-9 160 \u2013 25. Houston 21-7 102 22 Dropped out of rankings: Marquette (19), Butler (21), Arizona (24). Others receiving votes: Arizona State 95, Illinois 82, Arizona 71, Butler 51, Virginia 50, Marquette 41, Stephen F. Austin 29, LSU 24, East Tennessee State 13, Utah State 9, Florida 8, Wisconsin 7, New Mexico State 2, Northern Iowa 2, Liberty 2, UCLA 1.\n\nLove sports? Subscribe to our Denver Sports Omelette newsletter to get the latest news sent straight to your inbox."}
+{"id": "1498735717_1502409341", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "In news that has absolutely destroyed my brain, OG reality TV star Paris Hilton just revealed she\u2019s been playing a character up until now.\n\nYes, Hilton has been laughing all the way to the fucking bank because her character on The Simple Life, and just her general persona has all been an act.\n\nI. AM. SCREAMING.\n\nJust days after we all collectively lost our minds over her Cooking With Paris video, the entrepreneur and socialite has revealed that her upcoming YouTube documentary This Is Paris will be the first time we get to see the real deal.\n\nDuring an interview at the Television Critics Association press tour, Paris revealed that her upcoming YouTube documentary is \u201ccompletely different than anything [she\u2019s] ever done before.\u201d\n\n\u201cEverything I\u2019ve ever done before was more me playing that character again,\u201d The Simple Life star said. \u201cBut with this, I really just wanted to pull the curtain back and show my real life \u2014 talk about things that are very hard to talk about and things that I\u2019ve experienced in life but never discussed before.\u201d\n\nSo she\u2019s pretty much saying that The World According To Paris and The Simple Life was acting. Give this woman a fucking Golden Globe.\n\n\u201cI was having fun with it. I think, you know. I was in on the joke,\u201d Paris said of the 2003 hit show The Simple Life, which she was pitched as \u201cGreen Acres meets Clueless.\u201d\n\nBut the 38-year-old heiress is finally reading to show us the real Paris Hilton is her new YouTube documentary.\n\n\u201cIn this film I discuss things I\u2019ve never discussed before. I hope that people are going to see who I truly am,\u201d she said.\n\n\u201cIt follows me in my real life, everything I\u2019ve done before was me playing a character. I was talking about things that are very hard to talk about. It was an amazing experience but it was very scary. I was freaking out.\u201d\n\nWe really shouldn\u2019t be surprised. She comes from a long list of uber-rich billionaire businessmen. The woman has simply mastered the art of branding.\n\n\u201cAt the same time, I built a huge brand off doing it,\u201d she told PEOPLE at the event. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t really regret it and I\u2019m happy that people are going to finally see this film.\u201d\n\nThis Is Paris premieres on YouTube in May 2020.", "sentence2": "Depending on how old you are and when you came of age, the name Paris Hilton might mean a few different things to you.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nHotel megabrand heiress, reality TV star, singer \u2014 she\u2019s kind of done it all. Now Paris is the focus of a brand new YouTube documentary, This Is Paris.\n\nAs you might suspect, the documentary focuses on Paris herself as she grapples with establishing a new identity and brand for herself while accepting how many in the public see her. Paris is most notoriously known as one of the stars of The Simple Life, a reality show that first aired in 2003. Costarring Nicole Richie, the show followed the two children of celebrities as they navigated rural life.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nOn her role in the show, Paris explained to People, \u201cI knew what I was doing but the whole world didn\u2019t, so it was kind of frustrating to me to be perceived in that way because it\u2019s not who I am at all. But it was such an amazing and entertaining show that I would just think of it as entertainment.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1497426521_1552013041", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Marvel star Mark Ruffalo took part in the Instagram game that tells you which character from the Avengers you are.\n\nThe app\u2019s new filter, which went viral soon after it was launched earlier this month, has been used by a number of celebrities \u2013 but Ruffalo seems to be the first actual Avengers: Endgame actor to post his result online.\n\nFor those who don\u2019t know, the filter flits through several choices before allocating you a character and telling you which character you are.\n\nDownload the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines\n\nObviously, it all means nothing, but it\u2019s a bit of fun to pass the time \u2013 and Ruffalo, who plays Hulk in the record-breaking Avengers series, gave it a go.\n\nThe actor couldn\u2019t feign his surprise when the Instagram app randomly allocated him... Hulk! (We\u2019re going to hope he\u2019s being genuine and this was the first time he tried).\n\nShape Created with Sketch. Marvel films \u2013 ranked worst to best Show all 23 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Marvel films \u2013 ranked worst to best 1/23 Iron Man 2 23. Iron Man 2 barely holds together. Rather than act as a straight sequel to the surprisingly successful Iron Man, Marvel Studios decided to overstuff the film with universe-building references (Black Widow, Nick Fury and SHIELD\u2019s Agent Coulson all make appearances) and two-dimensional villains (played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke). The result is a film without any direction that serves as a Trojan horse set-up for the Avengers. Marvel/Disney 2/23 Thor: The Dark World 22. When the Thor franchise lost its director Kenneth Branagh between the first and second films, it also had to kiss goodbye to the Shakespearean theatrics that had lent it a sense of goofy charm. Directed by Game of Thrones\u2019s Alan Taylor, The Dark World prioritises its VFX effects above all else. It\u2019s a dull affair: Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Malekith is (by far) Marvel\u2019s worst villain, being a pile of prosthetics with zero personality, while Chris Hemsworth\u2019s Thor completes one of the most unrealistic London Tube journeys in all of cinematic history. Marvel/Disney 3/23 The Incredible Hulk 21. Edward Norton\u2019s version of the smashing Hulk often gets forgotten by Marvel fans \u2013 and for good reason. Whereas Mark Ruffalo\u2019s bumbling interpretation of the character has a gravitational charm, Norton\u2019s moping monster is void of any charisma. With Liv Tyler phoning in her performance as love interest, Betty Ross, the film falls emotionally flat and serves only as a by-the-numbers origins story. Marvel/Disney 4/23 Avengers: Age of Ultron 20. Just in case we\u2019d forgotten that the Disney corporation is an all-consuming titan that owns half of Hollywood, the sequel to 2012\u2019s Avengers decided to sneak in a little corporate synergy: when Iron Man accidentally creates a sentient robot (voiced by James Spader) who decides the earth\u2019s only salvation is through the destruction of humanity, he announces his grim plans with accompaniment of a little citation of the classic \u201cI\u2019ve Got No Strings\u201d from 1940\u2019s Pinocchio. It\u2019s a moment that exemplifies how Ultron feels like a cold, calculated operation from Marvel Studios. It\u2019s merely tick list of obligations to move us on to the next chapter of the MCU. Marvel/Disney 5/23 Thor 19. Although Kenneth Branagh\u2019s introductory outing for Marvel\u2019s God of Thunder fared perfectly well on release, it\u2019s suffered massively from the MCU\u2019s dramatic sense of progression over the years. Certainly, Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki is a strong, well-crafted character right out of the gate, and his plot against his adoptive father (Anthony Hopkins) is delightfully heightened. Yet, it arguably took until Thor: Ragnarok for Chris Hemsworth\u2019s hero to develop much sense of character beyond the initial \u201cfish out of water\u201d trope. Marvel/Disney 6/23 Doctor Strange 18. A self-centred wealthy white man ventures to a distant land and realises his superhero potential \u2013 sound familiar? That\u2019s because Doctor Strange and Iron Man are basically the same story, except one uses magic and the other explosives. Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s Marveldebut impresses with kaleidoscope visuals but lacks the heart of Robert Downey Jr\u2019s hero, leading to a film that wastes the talents of both Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen. Marvel/Disney 7/23 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 17. The first Guardians of the Galaxy was a risky Star Wars-inspired romp through space, following a bunch of a-holes who form an unlikely familiar bond. For the second film, James Gunn decided to turn everything up to 11, cramming half a dozen interweaving storylines, leading to Chris Pratt\u2019s gaunt Star Lord getting side-lined. The sequel did, however, introduce the now beloved line \u201cI\u2019m Mary Poppins, y\u2019all\u201d, shouted by Yondu as he gracefully falls from the sky. A wonderfully comedic moment in a film that misses on another half-dozen punches. Marvel/Disney 8/23 The Avengers 16. Marvel\u2019s first crossover film was an unparalleled cinematic event \u2013 one that arguably changed Hollywood filmmaking forever, now that every major studio seems to be attempting the \u201cshared universe\u201d approach to franchises. Although the MCU has refined the template since, The Avengers still established the focus on humour, character, and heart that would come to define the success story of Marvel Studios. It\u2019s a blockbuster that feels large on all fronts, delivering thrills not only in the \u201cBattle of New York\u201d finale, but in the creation of a team of characters that feel perfectly balanced and complementary. Marvel/Disney 9/23 Captain America: Civil War 15. Despite Captain America: Civil War (AKA Avengers 2.5) featuring Iron Man, Black Widow, and Ant-Man (as well as introducing Black Panther and Spider-Man), the film remains first and foremost about Captain America. And that\u2019s perhaps why the stuffed blockbuster works \u2013 were it not for a central focus, Civil War could have fallen into the trappings of other Marvel sequels in being too convoluted. The Russo Brothers also direct one of the best actions scenes in Marvel history so far, the airport scene, which looks as if it leapt straight out of a comic book. Marvel/Disney 10/23 Ant-Man and the Wasp 14. While the first Ant Man was a mirror image of its star Paul Rudd, essentially delivering a studio comedy dressed in spandex, the second found a new trick up its sleeve in the form of Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne \u2013 a smart, capable female hero who didn\u2019t simply exist to serve as a caretaker for the male characters. Marvel/Disney 11/23 Spider-Man: Far From Home 13. What comes after the end? It\u2019s the question that was hanging over the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since the release of Avengers: Endgame was sold to us as the ultimate, cumulative chapter in a series of 22 interconnected films. And yet, while Far From Home is distinctly mid-level Marvel fare, there\u2019s a lot to be said for the fact it isn\u2019t crushed under the weight of its own ambitions. It feels comfortably like the end of a chapter, the beginning of a new one, an epilogue, and a palate cleanser all at once. It also works perfectly well as a film about Spider-Man. AP 12/23 Ant-Man 12. Ant-Man should not have worked as a film. Just look at the title! Ridiculous to think a movie about a man with ant powers should work \u2013 let alone be a blockbuster success and part of the biggest cinematic universe going. Yet, despite production problems (Edgar Wright was initially meant to helm the film), Peyton Reed directs this hilarious heist film with aplomb, taking the Marvel world a little less seriously than others. Marvel/Disney 13/23 Avengers: Infinity War 11. Marvel redefined cinematic narratives once more in 2018, creating a single culmination to a decade\u2019s worth of films. While it plays as total nonsense to anyone who\u2019s a newcomer to the franchise (if that\u2019s possible), it was, for fans, an unmatched emotional release. The Russo brothers faced the monumental task of making each crossover \u2013 from the Guardians of the Galaxy to the kingdom of Wakanda \u2013 work in a way that feels natural, while also ushering the MCU\u2019s biggest villain, Thanos, into centre stage. Epic both in its sense of scale and stakes, Infinity War also stages one of the most memorable finales in blockbuster history. Marvel/Disney 14/23 Captain America: The First Avenger 10. With or without the beard, Steve Rogers aka Captain America has now become the brooding centre of the Avengers, but there was once a time when he was all about the old-fashioned heroics. Director Joe Johnston stayed true to the film\u2019s 1940s setting in a film that embraces that pulpiness of early comic book history, as Steve punches Nazis and romances military officer Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), although her character is thankfully never relegated to the role of damsel in distress. Marvel/Disney 15/23 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9. Despite centring on a super-powered American nationalist, the Captain America trilogy has the most consistent quality in the MCU. Its crowning moment comes with The Winter Soldier \u2013 an adrenaline-fuelled conspiracy thriller that features a spectacular twist and provokes questions regarding modern day surveillance. However, given The Russo Brothers root the rest of the movie in realism, the bombastic CGI-heavy ending is a little ridiculous. Marvel/Disney 16/23 Captain Marvel 8. Brie Larson gives a superpowered performance as Carol Danvers, the actor playing a hero that's both relatable and aspirational, strong but vulnerable. While Captain Marvel may not revolutionise the studio\u2019s formula, the superhero's debut outing provides a platform to show off her Thanos-annihilating powers. Thanks to a smart script, it also offers some of the very best character development in the MCU. Marvel/Disney 17/23 Spider-Man: Homecoming 7. While Spider-Man\u2019s miraculous arrival in the MCU came with Captain America: Civil War, it was not until Homecoming that we truly got to know Peter Parker. Tom Holland\u2019s incarnation swings past Andrew Garfield\u2019s version, thanks to the film\u2019s lower-stakes high school story allowing for intimate moments with the character. Along with including some great comic performances (Jacob Batalon as Ned stands out), Michael Keaton\u2019s Vulture makes for a terrifying villain, and the twist is superbly done. Marvel/Disney 18/23 Iron Man 3 6. While divisive among Marvel fans, Shane Black\u2019s superhero outing \u2013 with the writer/director\u2019s sharp, stinging dialogue \u2013 brings Tony Stark's story arc to an end (or what should have been its end) with humour and heart aplenty. As Robert Downey Jr\u2019s genius, billionaire philanthropist deals with PTSD and struggles with his robotic creations, we see an actor giving his all. While Civil War and the Avengers films dragged him back into action, fingers are crossed Avengers: Endgame will give the character a similar emotionally satisfying send-off. Marvel/Disney 19/23 Avengers: Endgame 5. It\u2019s a film that\u2019s hard to place within the MCU canon, simply because the majority of its emotional pay-offs only work due to the groundwork laid by over a decade of filmmaking. Avengers: Endgame is less about individual storytelling and so much more about the collective experience of cinema itself. This exists to be consumed in the dark, surrounded by loved ones, as you all cheer, gasp, and cry in unison. The fan service at work may, at times, feel a little outrageous in just how bold it feels, but Endgame earns the right to indulge. This, above all, is a celebration of these movies and their impact on the world. AP 20/23 Thor: Ragnarok 4. Completely transforming the Thor franchise in a single, effortless move, director Taika Waititi injected new energy into the MCU. Ragnarok is perfectly balanced both as a standard Marvel movie, with all the right heroics and world-building intact, and as a work belonging exclusively to Waititi, filled with the humour and charm he\u2019d previously displayed in What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. By finding a way to incorporate individual voices into its massive franchise machine, Marvel found the secret to true long-term success. Marvel/Disney 21/23 Iron Man 3. Where it all started. Iron Man subverted expectations by not only reintroducing Robert Downey Jr to the world, but by showing that a relatively unknown B-character could be at the centre of a blockbuster. Other cinematic universes fail because they attempt to introduce too much (a mistake made in Iron Man 2). The first Iron Man, though, had a self-contained story that only hinted at a bigger world \u2013 a world that would eventually become a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Marvel/Disney 22/23 Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Blasting the Marvel universe into space for an adventure with a truly ragtag group of heroes, including both a talking racoon and a sentient tree-creature, Guardians of the Galaxy is arguably the biggest risk the franchise ever took. And it paid off in spectacular fashion, with director James Gunn giving the superhero genre a light coat of B-movie glee. It also transformed Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt into the major box office draw he is today. Marvel/Disney 23/23 Black Panther 1. Although Black Panther still dutifully fulfils all the requirements of a Marvel film, providing a bridge to films both past and future plus ending in a cinematic battle filled with CGI trickery, Ryan Coogler\u2019s achievement as a director is to use a familiar framework to tell a radical story within mainstream filmmaking. In the strife between Chadwick Boseman\u2019s T\u2019Challa, the ruler of Wakanda, and Michael B Jordan\u2019s Killmonger, he provided a nuanced, layered commentary on colonialism and black identity. It\u2019s a film that triumphs both within its genre, bringing new perspectives to the superhero story, and outside of it, satisfying purely as a piece of narrative drama. Marvel/Disney 1/23 Iron Man 2 23. Iron Man 2 barely holds together. Rather than act as a straight sequel to the surprisingly successful Iron Man, Marvel Studios decided to overstuff the film with universe-building references (Black Widow, Nick Fury and SHIELD\u2019s Agent Coulson all make appearances) and two-dimensional villains (played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke). The result is a film without any direction that serves as a Trojan horse set-up for the Avengers. Marvel/Disney 2/23 Thor: The Dark World 22. When the Thor franchise lost its director Kenneth Branagh between the first and second films, it also had to kiss goodbye to the Shakespearean theatrics that had lent it a sense of goofy charm. Directed by Game of Thrones\u2019s Alan Taylor, The Dark World prioritises its VFX effects above all else. It\u2019s a dull affair: Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Malekith is (by far) Marvel\u2019s worst villain, being a pile of prosthetics with zero personality, while Chris Hemsworth\u2019s Thor completes one of the most unrealistic London Tube journeys in all of cinematic history. Marvel/Disney 3/23 The Incredible Hulk 21. Edward Norton\u2019s version of the smashing Hulk often gets forgotten by Marvel fans \u2013 and for good reason. Whereas Mark Ruffalo\u2019s bumbling interpretation of the character has a gravitational charm, Norton\u2019s moping monster is void of any charisma. With Liv Tyler phoning in her performance as love interest, Betty Ross, the film falls emotionally flat and serves only as a by-the-numbers origins story. Marvel/Disney 4/23 Avengers: Age of Ultron 20. Just in case we\u2019d forgotten that the Disney corporation is an all-consuming titan that owns half of Hollywood, the sequel to 2012\u2019s Avengers decided to sneak in a little corporate synergy: when Iron Man accidentally creates a sentient robot (voiced by James Spader) who decides the earth\u2019s only salvation is through the destruction of humanity, he announces his grim plans with accompaniment of a little citation of the classic \u201cI\u2019ve Got No Strings\u201d from 1940\u2019s Pinocchio. It\u2019s a moment that exemplifies how Ultron feels like a cold, calculated operation from Marvel Studios. It\u2019s merely tick list of obligations to move us on to the next chapter of the MCU. Marvel/Disney 5/23 Thor 19. Although Kenneth Branagh\u2019s introductory outing for Marvel\u2019s God of Thunder fared perfectly well on release, it\u2019s suffered massively from the MCU\u2019s dramatic sense of progression over the years. Certainly, Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki is a strong, well-crafted character right out of the gate, and his plot against his adoptive father (Anthony Hopkins) is delightfully heightened. Yet, it arguably took until Thor: Ragnarok for Chris Hemsworth\u2019s hero to develop much sense of character beyond the initial \u201cfish out of water\u201d trope. Marvel/Disney 6/23 Doctor Strange 18. A self-centred wealthy white man ventures to a distant land and realises his superhero potential \u2013 sound familiar? That\u2019s because Doctor Strange and Iron Man are basically the same story, except one uses magic and the other explosives. Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s Marveldebut impresses with kaleidoscope visuals but lacks the heart of Robert Downey Jr\u2019s hero, leading to a film that wastes the talents of both Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen. Marvel/Disney 7/23 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 17. The first Guardians of the Galaxy was a risky Star Wars-inspired romp through space, following a bunch of a-holes who form an unlikely familiar bond. For the second film, James Gunn decided to turn everything up to 11, cramming half a dozen interweaving storylines, leading to Chris Pratt\u2019s gaunt Star Lord getting side-lined. The sequel did, however, introduce the now beloved line \u201cI\u2019m Mary Poppins, y\u2019all\u201d, shouted by Yondu as he gracefully falls from the sky. A wonderfully comedic moment in a film that misses on another half-dozen punches. Marvel/Disney 8/23 The Avengers 16. Marvel\u2019s first crossover film was an unparalleled cinematic event \u2013 one that arguably changed Hollywood filmmaking forever, now that every major studio seems to be attempting the \u201cshared universe\u201d approach to franchises. Although the MCU has refined the template since, The Avengers still established the focus on humour, character, and heart that would come to define the success story of Marvel Studios. It\u2019s a blockbuster that feels large on all fronts, delivering thrills not only in the \u201cBattle of New York\u201d finale, but in the creation of a team of characters that feel perfectly balanced and complementary. Marvel/Disney 9/23 Captain America: Civil War 15. Despite Captain America: Civil War (AKA Avengers 2.5) featuring Iron Man, Black Widow, and Ant-Man (as well as introducing Black Panther and Spider-Man), the film remains first and foremost about Captain America. And that\u2019s perhaps why the stuffed blockbuster works \u2013 were it not for a central focus, Civil War could have fallen into the trappings of other Marvel sequels in being too convoluted. The Russo Brothers also direct one of the best actions scenes in Marvel history so far, the airport scene, which looks as if it leapt straight out of a comic book. Marvel/Disney 10/23 Ant-Man and the Wasp 14. While the first Ant Man was a mirror image of its star Paul Rudd, essentially delivering a studio comedy dressed in spandex, the second found a new trick up its sleeve in the form of Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne \u2013 a smart, capable female hero who didn\u2019t simply exist to serve as a caretaker for the male characters. Marvel/Disney 11/23 Spider-Man: Far From Home 13. What comes after the end? It\u2019s the question that was hanging over the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since the release of Avengers: Endgame was sold to us as the ultimate, cumulative chapter in a series of 22 interconnected films. And yet, while Far From Home is distinctly mid-level Marvel fare, there\u2019s a lot to be said for the fact it isn\u2019t crushed under the weight of its own ambitions. It feels comfortably like the end of a chapter, the beginning of a new one, an epilogue, and a palate cleanser all at once. It also works perfectly well as a film about Spider-Man. AP 12/23 Ant-Man 12. Ant-Man should not have worked as a film. Just look at the title! Ridiculous to think a movie about a man with ant powers should work \u2013 let alone be a blockbuster success and part of the biggest cinematic universe going. Yet, despite production problems (Edgar Wright was initially meant to helm the film), Peyton Reed directs this hilarious heist film with aplomb, taking the Marvel world a little less seriously than others. Marvel/Disney 13/23 Avengers: Infinity War 11. Marvel redefined cinematic narratives once more in 2018, creating a single culmination to a decade\u2019s worth of films. While it plays as total nonsense to anyone who\u2019s a newcomer to the franchise (if that\u2019s possible), it was, for fans, an unmatched emotional release. The Russo brothers faced the monumental task of making each crossover \u2013 from the Guardians of the Galaxy to the kingdom of Wakanda \u2013 work in a way that feels natural, while also ushering the MCU\u2019s biggest villain, Thanos, into centre stage. Epic both in its sense of scale and stakes, Infinity War also stages one of the most memorable finales in blockbuster history. Marvel/Disney 14/23 Captain America: The First Avenger 10. With or without the beard, Steve Rogers aka Captain America has now become the brooding centre of the Avengers, but there was once a time when he was all about the old-fashioned heroics. Director Joe Johnston stayed true to the film\u2019s 1940s setting in a film that embraces that pulpiness of early comic book history, as Steve punches Nazis and romances military officer Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), although her character is thankfully never relegated to the role of damsel in distress. Marvel/Disney 15/23 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9. Despite centring on a super-powered American nationalist, the Captain America trilogy has the most consistent quality in the MCU. Its crowning moment comes with The Winter Soldier \u2013 an adrenaline-fuelled conspiracy thriller that features a spectacular twist and provokes questions regarding modern day surveillance. However, given The Russo Brothers root the rest of the movie in realism, the bombastic CGI-heavy ending is a little ridiculous. Marvel/Disney 16/23 Captain Marvel 8. Brie Larson gives a superpowered performance as Carol Danvers, the actor playing a hero that's both relatable and aspirational, strong but vulnerable. While Captain Marvel may not revolutionise the studio\u2019s formula, the superhero's debut outing provides a platform to show off her Thanos-annihilating powers. Thanks to a smart script, it also offers some of the very best character development in the MCU. Marvel/Disney 17/23 Spider-Man: Homecoming 7. While Spider-Man\u2019s miraculous arrival in the MCU came with Captain America: Civil War, it was not until Homecoming that we truly got to know Peter Parker. Tom Holland\u2019s incarnation swings past Andrew Garfield\u2019s version, thanks to the film\u2019s lower-stakes high school story allowing for intimate moments with the character. Along with including some great comic performances (Jacob Batalon as Ned stands out), Michael Keaton\u2019s Vulture makes for a terrifying villain, and the twist is superbly done. Marvel/Disney 18/23 Iron Man 3 6. While divisive among Marvel fans, Shane Black\u2019s superhero outing \u2013 with the writer/director\u2019s sharp, stinging dialogue \u2013 brings Tony Stark's story arc to an end (or what should have been its end) with humour and heart aplenty. As Robert Downey Jr\u2019s genius, billionaire philanthropist deals with PTSD and struggles with his robotic creations, we see an actor giving his all. While Civil War and the Avengers films dragged him back into action, fingers are crossed Avengers: Endgame will give the character a similar emotionally satisfying send-off. Marvel/Disney 19/23 Avengers: Endgame 5. It\u2019s a film that\u2019s hard to place within the MCU canon, simply because the majority of its emotional pay-offs only work due to the groundwork laid by over a decade of filmmaking. Avengers: Endgame is less about individual storytelling and so much more about the collective experience of cinema itself. This exists to be consumed in the dark, surrounded by loved ones, as you all cheer, gasp, and cry in unison. The fan service at work may, at times, feel a little outrageous in just how bold it feels, but Endgame earns the right to indulge. This, above all, is a celebration of these movies and their impact on the world. AP 20/23 Thor: Ragnarok 4. Completely transforming the Thor franchise in a single, effortless move, director Taika Waititi injected new energy into the MCU. Ragnarok is perfectly balanced both as a standard Marvel movie, with all the right heroics and world-building intact, and as a work belonging exclusively to Waititi, filled with the humour and charm he\u2019d previously displayed in What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. By finding a way to incorporate individual voices into its massive franchise machine, Marvel found the secret to true long-term success. Marvel/Disney 21/23 Iron Man 3. Where it all started. Iron Man subverted expectations by not only reintroducing Robert Downey Jr to the world, but by showing that a relatively unknown B-character could be at the centre of a blockbuster. Other cinematic universes fail because they attempt to introduce too much (a mistake made in Iron Man 2). The first Iron Man, though, had a self-contained story that only hinted at a bigger world \u2013 a world that would eventually become a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Marvel/Disney 22/23 Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Blasting the Marvel universe into space for an adventure with a truly ragtag group of heroes, including both a talking racoon and a sentient tree-creature, Guardians of the Galaxy is arguably the biggest risk the franchise ever took. And it paid off in spectacular fashion, with director James Gunn giving the superhero genre a light coat of B-movie glee. It also transformed Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt into the major box office draw he is today. Marvel/Disney 23/23 Black Panther 1. Although Black Panther still dutifully fulfils all the requirements of a Marvel film, providing a bridge to films both past and future plus ending in a cinematic battle filled with CGI trickery, Ryan Coogler\u2019s achievement as a director is to use a familiar framework to tell a radical story within mainstream filmmaking. In the strife between Chadwick Boseman\u2019s T\u2019Challa, the ruler of Wakanda, and Michael B Jordan\u2019s Killmonger, he provided a nuanced, layered commentary on colonialism and black identity. It\u2019s a film that triumphs both within its genre, bringing new perspectives to the superhero story, and outside of it, satisfying purely as a piece of narrative drama. Marvel/Disney\n\n\u201cWhich #Avenger am I? You won\u2019t believe the SHOCKING result,\u201d Ruffalo wrote before posting the video.\n\nRuffalo will next return as Bruce Banner/Hulk in Disney+ animated series, What If\u2026?, but there is currently no word on when the character will next appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.\n\nThe actor is currently promoting Todd Haynes film Dark Waters, which will be released in the UK on 28 February.\n\nNext up on the Marvel agenda is Black Widow, which will be released on 1 May.", "sentence2": "The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is by all-accounts the current juggernaut of Hollywood. Since its inception in 2008 with The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, the MCU has been on a steady incline as its popularity spreads across the globe and its box-offices continue to rise.\n\nTo this day, the MCU has amassed an unbelievable $22.5 billion at the box-office with the average per film being a remarkable $980.5 million. While there is a spectrum regarding the 'success' of each of the MCU films, there has yet to be a flop or a 'box-office bomb'. No MCU film has had a 'rotten' rating according to Rotten Tomatoes and even the least commercially successful film still brought in a respectable $260 million. (Worldwide box office presented in parentheses.)\n\n23 The Incredible Hulk ($263,427,551)\n\nvia ew.com\n\nWhile its MCU-integration is fairly questionable, 2008\u2019s The Incredible Hulk is technically considered one of the first MCU film. Starring the talented Edward Norton, the film was a decent showing of Bruce Banner\u2019s struggle with his other angrier and destructive half and helped to kick-off one of the most successful film studios of all-time.\n\n22 Captain America: The First Avenger ($370,569,774)\n\nVia: hollywoodreporter.com\n\nThe first Captain America film was a breath of fresh air, jumping back in time and being a period piece set during the second world war. This origin story of Cap consequently has a distinct tone compared to other MCU films, and was a strong foundational piece in the story of Cap and the burgeoning MCU.\n\n21 Thor ($449,326,618)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nAnother more \u2018out-there\u2019 MCU entry, the first Thor film went for a more Shakespearean feel for its Norse mythological tale. While its mix of elements of godlike royalty and rural USA didn\u2019t always mesh well, the film still did well in establishing the Thunder God\u2019s core plight and cast of supporting characters.\n\n20 Ant-Man ($519,311,965)\n\nvia The Verge\n\nAnt-Man has never been the most popular Marvel hero, however the studio did wise in narrowing the scope of his first solo film, creating an insular heist-like MCU movie based around the ever-charismatic Paul Rudd as Scott Lang. Pairing him with Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Pena helped to make Ant-Man a still-decent success.\n\n19 Ant-Man And The Wasp ($622,674,139)\n\nvia Time\n\nEven if it\u2019s not by a wide margin, it\u2019s always a good sign when a sequel does better and not worse than its predecessor. Ant-Man and the Wasp ever so slightly expanded on Scott Lang\u2019s world, now bringing Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope van Dyne (aka the Wasp) in as his superhero partner. Plus, with additions in Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne, this sequel suddenly had a lot going for it.\n\n18 Iron Man ($585,174,222)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nThe film that truly kickstarted the MCU, 2008\u2019s Iron Man really was a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s perfect casting and portrayal of the charismatic yet deeply-flawed Tony Stark set a new precedent for superheroes and comic book movies alike. Many still see this film as the best of the MCU to-date.\n\nRelated: 20 Actors Who Would've Been Great In These MCU Roles\n\n17 Thor: The Dark World ($644,571,402)\n\nvia amazon.com\n\nThor\u2019s sequel film is generally regarded as one of the weaker MCU instalments. However, as is the case here, sequels still often do better than their predecessors thanks to a growing fanbase for the franchise/characters. The Dark World still had some good action and eventually would play an important early role in the lead up to the Infinity Stone saga.\n\n16 Doctor Strange ($677,718,395)\n\nvia twitter.com\n\nThe Sorcerer Supreme\u2019s film was one of the significant character debuts of MCU\u2019s Phase Three. Doctor Strange introduced the mystical side of Marvel that, in combination with the ever-great Benedict Cumberbatch, led to a strong debut for Doctor Strange. Fans have been waiting a long time now for the doctor\u2019s second outing.\n\n15 Iron Man 2 ($623,933,331)\n\nVia Collider.com\n\nIron Man has always been one of the largest MCU box-office draws. While his second film was not altogether the best, the film still ratcheted up the action and the stakes enough to surpass the revenue of the first film. Adding another Iron Man (War Machine) and some memorable villains was enough to make Iron Man 2 a resounding success.\n\n14 Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,264,267)\n\nvia youtube.com\n\nThe Winter Soldier was the MCU\u2019s attempt at a semi-political thriller \u2013 a somewhat risky move for a studio making superhero films. However, this film ended up receiving rave reviews and is generally regarded as one of the best films of the entire MCU. With a co-starring role for Black Widow, Fury, Falcon, and the new enigmatic & dangerous Winter Soldier, Cap\u2019s second film did remarkably well.\n\n13 Guardians Of The Galaxy ($773,328,629)\n\nvia: denofgeek.com\n\nGuardians of the Galaxy was the first major risk for Marvel. They banked an entire film on a pretty much unknown group of characters and set it in space where the film would have more-or-less no connections to the rest of the MCU. However, writer/director James Gunn ended up with a grand slam, instantly rocketing the Guardians family into stardom thanks to this action-packed, hilarious, and heartfelt film.\n\n12 Thor: Ragnarok ($853,977,126)\n\nVia TheVerge.com\n\nAfter the poorly received The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok changed up the formula of the Thor franchise drastically. Bringing on the eccentric Taika Waititi, Ragnarok ended up being a zany sci-fi adventure for the God of Thunder and his angry buddy, the Hulk, as they became trapped on a distant gladiatorial planet. The film was a massive success both commercially and with the critics.\n\n11 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($863,756,051)\n\nvia: marvel.com\n\nGuardians Vol. 2 didn\u2019t shake things up much from the first volume, but simply carried on the adventures of this spacefaring team. Luckily, the old mantra of \u201cdon\u2019t fix what ain\u2019t broken\u201d served the film well, and the Guardians' now-enormous fanbase flocked out for this bigger and better sequel.\n\nRelated: 15 Marvel Characters The MCU Completely Ruined\n\n10 Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880,166,924)\n\nvia Moviedash\n\nThere probably isn\u2019t a person alive who doesn\u2019t know the name \u2018Spider-Man\u2019. The old wallcrawler is arguably Marvel\u2019s most recognizable & profitable character and so it was bound to be big news (and big money) when Sony finally agreed to terms to allow Spidey to enter the MCU. With a high school based story, the great Michael Keaton as the Vulture, and relative newcomer Tom Holland as Peter Parker, the film was a massive success.\n\n9 Captain Marvel ($1,128,275,794)\n\nvia BGR\n\nIt took far too long for Marvel to come out with its first female-led superhero film. Luckily, it did eventually happen with the powerful Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, at the helm. Played by Academy Award winner Brie Larson, the film was successful on every front and incredibly cracked the $1 billion box-office mark.\n\n8 Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,131,927,996)\n\nvia vox.com\n\nMore Spider-Man = more money. The most recent MCU film has continued the studio\u2019s upward trend of increased box-office. Far From Home continued from where Homecoming left off with Peter\u2019s class going on a European school trip where Spidey finds himself face-to-face with Mysterio played by Jake Gyllenhaal.\n\n7 Captain America: Civil War ($1,153,304,495)\n\nVia: youtube.com\n\nCivil War was, in all respects, pretty much an Avengers film. Containing almost all of the core members (minus Thor and Hulk), this film had the massive fan draw of seeing our Marvel heroes finally go toe-to-toe with one another. If that wasn\u2019t enough, it also introduced the likes of both Spider-Man and Black Panther into the MCU. Now, really, who wouldn\u2019t pay to see that?\n\n6 Iron Man 3 ($1,214,811,252)\n\nVia PopSugar.com\n\nThe box-office increase from Iron Man 2 to 3 is quite remarkable with Iron Man\u2019s final solo film more-or-less doubling its predecessor. While the film had some criticisms for its red herring portrayal of infamous Iron Man villain, The Mandarin, it was still an exciting film and steps above the dismal Iron Man 2.\n\n5 Black Panther ($1,346,913,161)\n\nvia Vox\n\nLike Captain Marvel, Black Panther was a necessary addition to the MCU and one that helped to address issues of representation within the franchise. On top of that important facet, Black Panther was, in almost every way, a fantastic film and it currently holds the highest MCU rotten tomatoes rating of 97%. This is another film whose sequel is highly anticipated.\n\n4 Avengers: Age Of Ultron ($1,405,403,694)\n\nvia reddit.com\n\nIf there\u2019s one thing that\u2019s going to make big money at the box office, it\u2019s having a film with \u2018Avengers\u2019 in its name. The first Avengers sequel maintained the momentum of the original with the same core team and writer/director, Joss Whedon, albeit with a few new additions in Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision, and the villainous Ultron. While it wasn\u2019t nearly as popular with the critics, it still definitely made the big bucks.\n\n3 The Avengers ($1,518,812,988)\n\nvia medium.com\n\nThe original MCU team-up and a pivotal moment in film history. The film that was the culmination of multiple years of set up, bringing together characters from various franchises in a way that likely hadn\u2019t been seen since the 1930\u2019s Universal monster films. The Avengers was a momentous success and cemented the MCU as the film-powerhouse that it is today.\n\n2 Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754)\n\nvia vox.com\n\nInfinity War was the first half of the gigantic climax of the first three Phases of the MCU. It was like the original Avengers on steroids with its culmination of a decade\u2019s worth of films, pulling together characters from every MCU film while also introducing new ones like Thanos and his Black Order. This was the beginning of a film event like never before seen.\n\n1 Avengers: Endgame ($2,797,800,564)\n\nVia rollingstone.com\n\nThe big kahuna! Endgame \u2013 the film that broke every film record in existence. Not only was Endgame the final chapter in MCU\u2019s first \u2018lifespan\u2019 but it was also a rollercoaster of a film with major twists, action, and ramifications for the numerous MCU heroes within. The film also provided a tangible gut punch for fans as they had to say goodbye to some of the now-most famous and beloved film heroes of all-time. Endgame truly had it all!\n\nNext: Ranking Our 20 Favorite MCU Characters By Who We'd Want To Be\n\nShare Tweet Email Share\n\nNext 15 Things We Know About John Wick 4 So Far"}
+{"id": "1514668152_1514755280", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Want to enjoy 'Zen' reading - with no ads and just the article? Subscribe today\n\nBack to page", "sentence2": "WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court in Washington has dismissed one of several ongoing lawsuits charging that President Donald Trump has illegally profited off the presidency.\n\nThe lawsuit the court dismissed Friday was filed by Democratic members of Congress in 2017.\n\nThe court was not ruling on whether Trump violated the law. It just said that the approximately 200 members of Congress who brought the lawsuit lack the ability to sue.\n\nThe lawsuit had charged that the president violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause by accepting benefits to his businesses from foreign governments without congressional approval."}
+{"id": "1491260698_1522758176", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "At least eight people in Germany who died of encephalitis likely contracted a rare virus from shrews, a small mole-like animal, that led to the fatal brain-swelling condition often caused by a viral infection.\n\nResearchers looked at brain tissue from 56 people who developed encephalitis between 1999 and 2019. Samples revealed that at least eight people who died of encephalitis were infected with Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1), Scientific American reported, citing a study recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.\n\nMYSTERIOUS VIRAL PNEUMONIA OUTBREAK IN CHINA LIKELY CAUSED BY NEW VIRUS, SCIENTISTS SAY\n\nBorna disease (BD), spread by the bicolored white-toothed shrew, is a fatal neurological disease that typically affects horses and sheep and is named after the city in eastern Germany where it first killed hundreds of horses in the 19th century. The findings published in the medical journal \u201cconfirm that the virus can infect humans and cause deadly encephalitis,\u201d Scientific American reported.\n\nAll eight of those who were infected with BD lived in rural areas and spent a lot of time outdoors. Many of the affected people had been around cats, which are known shrew catchers, as well. Researchers suspect the patients were exposed to the pathogen when the cats presented the dead shrews to their owners. They may have also inhaled dust that contained dried shrew urine (horses and sheep typically are infected after the small mammal urinates in hay.) However, exactly how the virus was transmitted to the patients is not yet known.\n\nAs of now, there is no known treatment for the rare virus, which \u201ctriggers the host\u2019s immune system to attack brain tissue,\u201d as per Scientific American, and typically causes headache, fever and confusion, which is later followed by \u201cdeep coma\" and death. That said, certain antiviral treatments are being considered.\n\nThe findings \u201cprovide additional material for a better understanding of the disease,\u201d Martin Beer, head of the Institute of Diagnostic Virology at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Germany and co-senior author of the study, told the publication. He noted that the risk of infection in humans is \u201cpretty low.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\nMoving forward, the researchers urged medical professionals to test for BD in patients with an \u201cunclear cause\u201d of encephalitis.\n\n\u201cBoDV-1 infection has to be considered as a potentially lethal zoonosis in endemic regions with reported spillover infections in horses and sheep. BoDV-1 infection can result in fatal encephalitis in immunocompromised and apparently healthy people. Consequently, all severe encephalitis cases of unclear cause should be tested for bornaviruses especially in endemic regions,\u201d they wrote.", "sentence2": "Brides can make a lot of demands when it comes to their wedding day, but this might be taking things a little too far.\n\nWhen a woman started getting wedding RSVPs to someone else\u2019s wedding in her email\u2019s inbox, she was initially confused. Things got complicated, however, when the bride-to-be messaged her with a strange request.\n\nReddit user ClockworkMoose shared their story to the site\u2019s forums. She explained that after getting several RSVPs to a stranger\u2019s wedding, she received an email from the bride-to-be, who shared the same first name as her. The bride-to-be said ClockworkMoose would have to give up her email account.\n\nThe story continues, \u201cI reply to that, no, and also, why? I get an email back in about 10 minutes. She says that she's got the same first name as me, and is getting married to a guy (with the same last name as ClockworkMoose). They've picked (ClockworkMoose\u2019s real name) as their email account for RSVPs. She didn't realize I made the account, so I can either give my password to her or I can reset it and she can create a new one, whichever works for me!\u201d\n\nBRIDE, GROOM EXPECT GUESTS TO SIT THROUGH TIMESHARE PRESENTATION AS PART OF DESTINATION WEDDING\n\nWhen the post\u2019s author says she declined to give up her email account, the bride-to-be responded angrily and claimed that ClockworkMoose was ruining her life and wedding.\n\nClockworkMoose says she eventually figured out that the bride-to-be sent out her wedding invitations with the email address on them, unaware it was already taken. Unable to recall all of the invitations, the bride-to-be seemed determined to take over the email account.\n\nAfter several angry emails, ClockworkMoose says she responded and offered to forward the RSVPs to the bride\u2019s actual email address. \u201cShe sends back a nasty email full of expletives and name-calling again demanding my password or nothing,\u201d she wrote.\n\nCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER\n\nSince then, a seemingly fed up ClockworkMoose says she\u2019s been responding to RSVPs by telling people they\u2019re not invited to her wedding. \u201cThis has the benefit of being 100 percent true, albeit deceptive,\u201d she wrote.\n\nSurprisingly, this doesn\u2019t seem to be an isolated incident. Several commenters responded by sharing similar stories that they had to deal with.\n\nFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS\n\nOne user wrote, \u201cConsidering that something similar to the original poster\u2019s story has happened to me not once but thrice, it's somewhat surprising how common this attitude is.\u201d\n\n\u201cI had a similar encounter with an Instagram account,\u201d replied another user. \u201c\u2019FirstnameMiddlename\u2019 and some idiot had the nerve to DM me and ask me to change mine so she could have it. At least this one was a kid/teen so I brushed her off but it baffles me when grown adults do this.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\nAnother user chimed in, \u201cI got it on Twitter once. It was some person that basically said I stole their identity by having the handle I had, and I had to give it to them. I pointed out I had been on Twitter a lot longer than them, and I wasn't changing. Has to be kids thinking they can just demand something they want.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1499090284_1498367084", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "More detail has emerged about how a six-year-old boy who was missing for nine hours came to be found curled up asleep by the side of the M1 in roadworks.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim had been on a school trip when he vanished from Newport Pagnell services, near Milton Keynes, early on Friday evening.\n\nFollowing a police appeal, more than 1,000 people joined officers and fire crews searching through the night for the young lad from Nottingham.\n\nHis father Umair Rahim said on Sunday that the boy was \"perfectly fine\" and added: \"Police told me he was sleeping when they found him.\"\n\nAadil was discovered near roadworks by the northbound carriageway of the motorway at around 4.15am on Saturday.\n\n\"I have no idea if he was outside for the whole nine hours,\" his dad told the BBC.\n\nHis son and his classmates had been visiting museums in London and had stopped at the services for a comfort break when Aadil became separated from them.\n\nHe expressed his gratitude to the emergency services and members of the public who \"sacrificed their evening to assist with the search for our son\".\n\nThere were 54 searchers from four regions, three dogs and a boat also involved. The National Police Air Service was also drafted in.\n\nIt was initially believed that Aadil was hiding somewhere in the service station, but as the hours passed concerns about his wellbeing grew.\n\nWhen Aadil was found, he was checked over in hospital but was found to be well, despite nine hours in the cold without a coat.\n\nAl Goffey, of Buckinghamshire Search and Rescue, described it as \"a very cold Friday night\" as temperatures hovered above freezing.\n\nThe searchers were dispatched in all directions to find him.\n\nCCTV images showed Aadil running towards a car park but the camera did not pick up which direction he then headed.\n\nThe Thames Valley Police helicopter was used during the search for Aadil, which began at around 7.15pm on Friday.\n\nMr Goffey said Aadil had somehow \"managed to walk through some fields\" and was discovered near a footbridge close to Newbolt Close.\n\nSuperintendent Amy Clements said the search had been a \"challenging operation in difficult circumstances,\" but she was heartened by \"the community response was immense\".\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\"\n\nGet breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day with the MEN email newsletter - subscribe here . And you can follow us on Facebook here .", "sentence2": "Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Liverpool Echo - daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email\n\nA six-year-old boy who sparked a mass search when he went missing while at a motorway service station has been found overnight.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim disappeared at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1 motorway on Friday evening, reportedly while on a school trip from Nottingham to London.\n\nThames Valley Police began a search at around 7.15pm and announced Aadil had been found nine hours later, shortly after 4am on Saturday.\n\nThe force said a large number of officers were involved in the search, as well as a helicopter from the National Police Air Service.\n\nAfter Aadil was found, his father Umair Rahim wrote: \"My son has arrived and he is safe now. Thanks for the prayers. Shukar to Allah.\n\n\"Thank to Thames Valley Police helicopter services fire department and safe and rescue department who worked tirelessly for 9 hours and found him safe.\n\n\"There was more than a 1,000 people looking for him I'm thankful to everyone.\"\n\nThames Valley Police Superintendent Amy Clements thanked the officers and members of the public involved in the overnight search.\n\nShe said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\"\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\"\n\nSuperintendent Amy Clements said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\n\n\"Also, I'd like to thank those who have co-operated with police during this time.\n\n\"This was a large operation in difficult conditions, so I'd like to also publicly thank the search and rescue teams who assisted in the search and the large number of officers involved.\n\n\"We are so very glad that he has been found and are thankful to everyone involved in assisting that.\"\n\nOn Friday night, Highways England confirmed the services had been closed in both directions due to an \"ongoing police incident.\""}
+{"id": "1517090369_1539022268", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Dear Editor,\n\nOn behalf of the vulnerable and seemingly voiceless, opinion-less youth of Saba, most of whom have been subjected to many injustices during their course of primary education on Saba, I request immediate action by those in authority, against the functioning of the Sacred Heart School.\n\nI am very dissatisfied with the quality of education at the Sacred Heart School and the unobtrusive, unintelligent and uninformed decisions that continue to be made by the current administration. Calls to the school board to address the below mentioned issues remain unaddressed and I have lost all confidence in the management of this school.\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has come into direct violation of multiple rights of the child as per the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The information below gives an accurate illustration of this, as well as cases and occurrences that can be found edible, if investigated. However, for fear of victimization, the sources and other sensitive information shall not be named.\n\nArticle 3 \u2014 All organizations concerned with children should work towards what is best for each child\u201d\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has failed many students of this school by individuals pushing their personal agendas, engaging in unethical teaching practices. Many children at this school voice their concerns, worries and discontentment. In the same breath, they are swiftly dismissed. Many children are unhappy and unmotivated to actively participate in their school experience; this is currently known among the Principal and her staff at the Sacred Heart School.\n\nArticle 12 \u2014 Children have the right to say what they think should happen when adults are making decisions that affect them and to have their opinions taken into account.\u201d\n\nThe students of the Sacred Heart School continue to be shut down and dismissed repeatedly when they try to voice their opinions on matters that concern and directly affect them. Students continue to be blamed for the shortcomings of the management and staff; the adults of this institution do not hold themselves accountable for many incidents involving students, but rather, it is the child\u2019s and parent\u2019s fault. The students of this school have expressed no confidence and no trust in voicing their school-related concerns.\n\nArticle 16 \u2014 Children have the tight to privacy. The law should protect them from attacks against their way of life, their good name, their family and their home.\u201d\n\nThe Sacred Heart School has acted unprofessionally, unethically and biased on numerous occasions in creating a vulnerability among the students by exposing their personal information, be it school- or home-based, to individuals outside of the school. This has been done via popular social media platforms and also in verbal conversations.\n\nArticle 23 \u2014 Children, who have any kind of disability should receive special care and support so that they can live a full and independent life.\u201d\n\nThe principal, acting on behalf of the Sacred Heart School, has on more than one occasion expressed that the school is unable to accommodate students with special education needs, which leaves these students without any access to primary education. To date, there is no plan to address this educational gap. There is no differentiated learning taking place at the Sacred Heart School; the different levels of cognitive abilities and learning styles are not being catered to \u2014 \u201cone shoe must fit all\u201d.\n\nArticle 28 \u2014 Children have the right to an education. Discipline in schools should respect children\u2019s human dignity. Primary education should be free. Wealthier countries should help poorer countries achieve this.\u201d\n\nParents have been forced to seek alternative options to the Sacred Heart School within the last academic year, two of which have been confirmed to have left the island, because of the incompetence in working on a more holistic and much-needed educational approach that includes children of different cultures, background and cognitive capacities.\n\nArticle 5 \u2014 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.\u201d\n\nThe students of this school have been subjected to physical punishment, emotional abuse and educational neglect; a direct result of the failure to lead and protect each child under charge of the management of this school. The Sacred Heart School, has directly violated the Human Rights of their students, as per the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\n\nThe methods of discipline in the Sacred Heart School are not all \u201cconscious\u201d as they preach and the principal is well aware of this. There is evidence to support claims that students are regularly physically punished (and injured), placed out of classrooms, made to stand in the direct sunshine and deprived of their break times and food. Students have been verbally lambasted in front of entire classrooms, through degrading and derogatory comments by their teachers.\n\nThe Government of the Netherlands states, \u201cIn 2010 Leiden University and TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) carried out a study into the scope and nature of child abuse. Every year an estimated 119,000 children experience some type of abuse.\u201d There are five general types of child abuse, four of which the Sacred Heart School continues to demonstrate.\n\nPhysical abuse: all forms of physical violence;\n\nEmotional or psychological abuse: an adult regularly berates the child, acts in a dismissive and hostile manner towards the child or intentionally scares the child;\n\nPhysical neglect: the child does not receive the care and nurturing that it needs;\n\nEmotional or psychological neglect: continuous lack of positive attention for the child;\n\nIgnoring the child\u2019s need for love, warmth and security.\n\nThe UNICEF Situation Analysis of children in the Caribbean Netherlands (2019) notes the following about the common quality of education, factors that are specific to the shortcomings of the Sacred Heart School. Suitable education:\n\nCases of exclusion and challenges with behavior problems; to which the Sacred Heart School has no plan of action.\n\nParticipation at schools fragmented activities; not institutionalized.\n\nFurthermore, I am not confident that the current Principal, who, in my opinion, has shown a dire lack of administrative skills, organizational skills and professional vision and knowledge, is capable of promoting the Second Educational Agenda, which covers the years 2017 up to and including 2020, one of the main objectives of this education agenda being \u2018Ensuring that students in the Caribbean Netherlands receive education in 2020 that is of adequate quality.\u201d By her inability to:\n\nhire and retain qualified and experienced staff,\n\nprovide a structure and school climate that is conducive to learning,\n\nbe an advocate for all students of the Sacred Heart School,\n\nmotivate and inspire staff members,\n\nbe a team player,\n\nreflect on and admit to her professional shortcomings,\n\ncommunicate effectively with parents, teachers and other stakeholders,\n\nbe transparent in all her professional undertakings, I do not think this is the type of administrator that the Sacred Heart School needs and deserves at this point in time.\n\nI believe that our children deserve better, better than what is currently being procured for the Sacred Heart School.\n\nAs previously stated, I am not confident in the board\u2019s ability to act impartially, as they have been made privy to many issues at this school and continue to ignore them. Therefore, I am calling on the Executive Council or anyone in The Netherlands, who may read this letter, on behalf of the people of Saba, to act in the best interest of our future generations. Despite the fabricated reports that paint a different story, the truth is that our children have been and continue to be victimized, ill-treated and imperiled to a less than adequate primary education.\n\nEnough is enough!\n\nConcerned Saban\n\n(Name withheld at the author\u2019s request)\n\nNote of the Editor:\n\nThe letter was signed by an individual. The original text has been adapted to reflect this.", "sentence2": "Sustainable fisheries plan for Caribbean Netherlands\n\nA means of existence under threat.\n\nBONAIRE--A 2019 policy brief was just released, outlining requirements for sustainably managing fisheries within the Caribbean Netherlands. Using five different studies, a four-phase roadmap was created to bring local stakeholders and government legislators together to secure the future of local fish stocks.\n\nWithout action, a collapse of important fish species could be right around the corner, stated the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA).\n\n\u201cMaintaining healthy coral reef and fish populations is fundamental in sustaining both the traditional way of life and ever-increasing tourism throughout the Caribbean. Although fisheries within this region are better managed today than they were in previous decades, the Caribbean is still facing an overall decrease in fish stocks.\n\n\u201cManaging the remaining fish populations requires balancing local cultural traditions with the reality of today's environmental conditions. Therefore, this must be a collaborative effort between residents, local and national governments, NGOs and buyers.\u201d\n\nAccording to the release, to better define the challenges and needs of local fisheries five different studies were conducted on historical fisheries, market analyses, communication and awareness, social mapping and co-management. The goal was to provide insight into how these local fisheries can be improved and sustained for years to come.\n\nAlthough the final outcome of two of these studies are not yet available, preliminary results have been released to support the upcoming Sustainable Fisheries Plan by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality LNV. Mac & Field consultants, in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) NL, used these to produce a policy brief to help in the creation of the Sustainable Fisheries Plan.\n\nA common finding throughout each of these studies was that sustainable fishing practices are mostly lacking throughout the Caribbean Netherlands. This has led to an overexploitation or full exploitation of almost all commercial fish stocks.\n\nAlthough the Ministry of LNV is responsible for fisheries management, implementation and regulation is not possible without the support from all stakeholders. This requires that enough resources are dedicated to this process (e.g. fisheries staff and budget within the local public entities) and open communication between stakeholders providing a feedback loop to meet the evolving needs of each island.\n\n\u201cEmphasising a co-management approach ensures the unique needs and desires of local stakeholders are considered in the design and implementation of a Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan. Fishermen must be included throughout each step of this process to maximise the likelihood that these regulations are implemented and complied with. Furthermore, new and non-traditional fishing activities (such as foreign fishing operations) should be considered within the management plan as well,\u201d added DCNA.\n\n\u201cIf left unmanaged, a collapse of certain local fish species is likely. As fish stocks continue to decrease, local and foreign demand continues to increase while coral reefs essential for healthy fisheries continue to decline. By working together, a truly Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan can and should be created and implemented ensuring fish stocks are available to local fishermen for many years to come.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1537499410_1513052490", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "VIENNA, 23 May 2018 \u2013 The importance of nuclear security was emphasized by speakers at today\u2019s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia\u2019s Chairmanship. The meeting was a follow-up to the OSCE Decision on the Update of the OSCE Principles Governing Non-proliferation, which designates the FSC as a forum for discussions on issues relating to the effective security of all nuclear materials and nuclear facilities in the OSCE area.\n\nAmbassador Andrej Benedej\u010di\u010d, Chairperson of the Forum and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the OSCE, opened the discussion by noting that two-thirds of all nuclear power plants in the world are located in the OSCE participating States. He added that OSCE participating States also account for 20 out of 30 countries with fully-fledged civilian nuclear programmes.\n\nAmbassador Benedej\u010di\u010d emphasized the importance of managing radioactive sources, which must not fall into the wrong hands. \"Many terrorist organizations pose a potential threat to civilian nuclear facilities and subsequently to the peaceful use of nuclear technology and its applications,\" he said.\n\nAndrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Administration, noted the importance of co-operation between power plant operators, the police and the military. He highlighted the lessons learned from a recent unannounced force-on-force exercise on the premises of the Kr\u0161ko nuclear power plant, and described the arrangements the country currently has in place for the event of an airplane crash or a cyber security attack. \"Strengthening co-operation between civil and military authorities represents the main challenge,\" he said.\n\nJuan Carlos Lentijo, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) highlighted some of the Agency\u2019s activities in this field. He discussed the IAEA's central role in strengthening the nuclear security framework, including the assistance it provides in work related to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment and UN Security Council Resolution 1540. \"Like the OSCE, we promote international co-operation, which we see as an effective way to bolster nuclear security globally,\" he said.\n\nElena K. Sokova, Deputy Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said: \"The OSCE participating States own and host the lion's share of global nuclear facilities, materials and radioactive sources. Despite significant progress in strengthening nuclear security over the past 20 years, many challenges and vulnerabilities remain.\" She added that the OSCE participating States are at the forefront of emerging technologies that could have both negative and positive impacts on nuclear security and countering terrorism.\n\n\"The OSCE\u2019s ongoing work to counter terrorism, secure borders, combat trafficking in arms and human beings, and protect against cybercrime are integral elements in addressing nuclear security challenges,\" she said. \"Both the individual participating States and the Organization itself are well positioned to contribute to policy changes and work with various branches of government, industry and the professional community to enhance nuclear security.\"\n\nRoger Howsley, Executive Director of the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS), spoke of the need for personnel with responsibilities for nuclear security to be demonstrably competent. He called on OSCE participating States to support the development of comparable, certified professional training courses for nuclear security as already exist for aviation security, and to encourage the IAEA to take a lead role.\n\nHe also said that WINS has become a member of the International Gender Champions Initiative and intends to identify and overcome the barriers to women's greater participation in nuclear security. \"It is a fact that we need greater diversity to address the evolving threats,\" he said.", "sentence2": "Much more must be done to make radiotherapy treatment available worldwide, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a video message to mark World Cancer Day.\n\n\u201cWe need to do much more than we ever thought it was possible,\u201d Mr Grossi said in the message recorded as part of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) 20 Leaders Campaign to mark the day. \u201cWith radiotherapy we kill tumors, with radiotherapy we ease pain, but in one-third of low- and middle-income countries there is a lack of radiotherapy treatment. Twenty-eight countries in Africa lack a single radiotherapy unit. In these countries a cancer diagnosis is often almost as a death sentence. This must change.\u201d\n\nRadiotherapy is one of the most widely used therapies for cancer treatment, but access to this cost-effective treatment option is limited, or non-existent, in many parts of the world. With a growing cancer incidence worldwide, the need to make radiation medicine more widely available is pressing, particularly in the developing world.\n\n\u201cTake breast or cervical cancer, these are easily treatable and curable in rich, industrialized nations,\u201d Mr Grossi said in his message, highlighting that this not the case in poor countries, where 300,000 women die of cervical cancer every year. \u201cThis is a scandal. This must stop. The IAEA is ready to make radiotherapy treatment available in more countries,\u201d he said.\n\nThe IAEA helps countries establish nuclear and radiation medicine services, from resource mobilization to the procurement of equipment and training of medical professionals.\n\nThe Agency will mark World Cancer Day at its headquarters with an event on Friday, 7 February, focusing on the role of nuclear and radiation medicine in the fight against cervical cancer. The event, which will be livestreamed, will feature prominent medical experts and high-level panelists and take place at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna."}
+{"id": "1503261488_1501087493", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Q: My tenant wants to purchase the home he recently rented with the help of my real estate agent. I checked the listing agreement I signed with the agent and noticed that it states that if I sell the property to the tenant, I need to pay the agent an additional sales commission. I already pa\u2026", "sentence2": "The latest is in on millennials' delayed entry into homeownership, and it tells a grim story.\n\nMillennials only own 4% of American real estate by value - a lot less than the 32% of real estate value baby boomers owned at their age, according to new Fed Reserve data examined in the Economist.\n\nIt's worth noting that there's a small gap in the median age of millennials and baby boomers in these two data points - 31 in 2019 for millennials compared to 35 for baby boomers in 1990. But, while it's likely millennials could narrow the real estate value gap within the next four years, reported Christopher Ingraham for The Washington Post, it's unlikely they'll even reach 20% of the housing market.\n\nCrippled with student debt and financially behind due to the fallout of the recession, it's difficult for millennials to save for the skyrocketing cost of housing. First-time homebuyers will pay 39% more than first-time homebuyers did nearly 40 years ago.\n\nBut there's more to millennials' slow path to homeownership than rising costs and saving difficulties.\n\nA shortage of starter homes and a surplus of boomer homes\n\nAmerica is facing a shortage of starter homes. While millennials are expected to drive the housing market in 2020, most newly constructed homes in 2019 were devoted to \"upper-tier housing\" (homes costing at least $500,000), according to a Realtor.com report.\n\nIt doesn't help that many of the starter homes that are available are being bought up by real-estate investors with all-cash offers.\n\nThat's not to say there's an outright shortage of homes available: As baby boomers age, nine million homes across the US are expected to hit the market between 2017 and 2027, Laura Kusisto wrote for The Wall Street Journal. However, millennials just aren't interested in these homes.\n\nThat disinterest can be tied to a variety of factors. For one, baby boomers' suburban houses are located in unappealing locations to younger generations, who prefer metro areas. They're also outdated and oversized for millennials, who prefer smaller homes with more modern designs. It makes sense, then, that some millennials prefer to rent instead of buying or would rather wait for the right home to appear.\n\nUltimately, millennials either can't yet afford the investment of homeownership or don't think it's an investment worth making."}
+{"id": "1519905832_1519229318", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "San Francisco: Apple has launched Swift Playgrounds app for Mac as part of company\u2019s Catalyst app initiative, designed to help bridge the software gap between its macOS and iOS platforms.\n\nThe app requires no coding knowledge to use and is ideal for students who are just starting out with coding.\n\n\u201cSwift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that makes learning Swift interactive and fun. It requires no coding knowledge, so it\u2019s perfect for students just starting out. Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift \u2014 a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today\u2019s most popular apps,\u201d the company said in a statement.\n\nSwift Playgrounds is built around a collection of Apple-created lessons, using puzzles and an interactive 3D world.\n\n\u201cNow you can make robots do incredible things with code you write yourself. Learn to program-connected devices like the Sphero SPRK+, LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, and drones by Parrot, and watch them come alive right before your eyes,\u201d the company added.\n\nSwift Playgrounds for Mac is available from the Mac App Store and it is a free download.", "sentence2": "Apple has today released Swift Playgrounds for the Mac. This marks the first time the app has made the jump from iPad to Apple\u2019s desktop platform.\n\nThe app is based on its iPad counterpart and is built using Catalyst. That doesn\u2019t mean that users should expect the app to look and feel like a straight port, though. Apple says that there is plenty in there to make sure this is a real Mac app.\n\nSwift Playgrounds for Mac is a truly native macOS app with great performance, built using the powerful Mac Catalyst technology in macOS Catalina. This brings many of the same features users love from Swift Playgrounds on iPad, to the Mac. In addition, the Mac app adds unique features and user experiences that take advantage of diverse screen sizes and physical keyboard.\n\nThe app itself offers the same proposition as the Mac version. People won\u2019t need any coding knowledge in order to try working with Swift Playgrounds, with the app walking them through some simple tasks and guides as they learn.\n\nSwift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for Mac and iPad that makes it fun to learn and experiment with code. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided \u201cLearn to Code\u201d lessons to master the basics of coding, or experiment with a wide range of challenges that let you explore many unique coding experiences. Swift Playgrounds requires no coding knowledge, so it\u2019s perfect for students just starting out, from twelve to one-hundred-and-twelve. The whole time you are learning Swift, a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by professionals to build many of today\u2019s most popular apps. Code you write works seamlessly as you move between Mac and iPad.\n\nSwift Playgrounds has been hugely popular on the iPad and people have been using it to learn how to code, just as Apple had intended. The arrival of a Mac version opens up additional possibilities for those wanting to learn. Not least for those who simply don\u2019t have an iPad to install Swift Playgrounds onto.\n\nYou can download Swift Playgrounds now, for free, from the Mac App Store. You\u2019ll need macOS Catalina 10.15.3 to run it.\n\n(Download: Swift Playgrounds for Mac on the App Store)\n\nYou may also like to check out:\n\nYou can follow us on Twitter, or Instagram, and even like our Facebook page to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google, Apple, and the Web.\n\nRelated Stories"}
+{"id": "1511073859_1519506254", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Local budget carrier Scoot will suspend all flights between Singapore and mainland China from Feb 8, amid the growing severity of the Wuhan virus outbreak.\n\nScoot had said early on Friday (Jan 31) that it would suspend flights to 11 cities and reduce flights to eight other cities, but had stepped up its precautionary measures in line with those announced by the Government later in the day.\n\nMeasures that the authorities announced to limit the spread of the Wuhan virus include the barring of all travellers arriving from mainland China who had been there in the past 14 days from entry or transit in Singapore.\n\nScoot currently operates 100 weekly flights to 18 points in China, excluding Wuhan.\n\nIt said that before Feb 8, some flights to China, such as those to Guangzhou and Qingdao, will be operating on reduced frequencies before the suspension kicks in till late March.\n\nBetween Feb 2 and Feb 7, the flights operating to and from China will have limited in-flight services with no sales of food and beverage items.\n\nAll customers will be provided with a food pack, including water.\n\nCustomers booked on flights affected by the schedule change will receive a refund, said Scoot.\n\nThe operator added: \"Scoot will continue to closely monitor the coronavirus situation as the health and safety of our passengers and employees are our highest priority.\n\n\"For now, Scoot flights between Singapore and all mainland China destinations after the above-stated suspension period will continue to operate as scheduled.\"\n\nScoot is a member of the Singapore Airlines Group, which also includes Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.\n\nThe two latter carriers also announced earlier on Friday that it will reduce the number of flights to mainland China in February, subject to regulatory approvals.\n\nIn a Facebook post on Friday, SIA said that the airline as well as SilkAir would be cancelling some flights between Singapore and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu and Chongqing.\n\n[Travel Advisory] SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND SILKAIR FLIGHTS TO MAINLAND CHINA Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will further... Posted by Singapore Airlines on Thursday, 30 January 2020\n\nAffected customers will be notified and rebooked on other flights, SIA said.\n\nSIA currently operates 56 weekly flights to Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, while SilkAir operates 36 weekly flights to Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenzhen and Xiamen.\n\nFor the latest updates on the Wuhan virus, visit here.\n\nThis article was first published in The Straits Times. Permission required for reproduction.", "sentence2": "SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its regional wing SilkAir will suspend some flights to China after fears over the novel coronavirus outbreak affected demand \"significantly\", Singapore's national carrier said on Monday (Feb 10).\n\n\"Minimum connectivity\" to several key cities will be maintained, SIA said.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe move comes after demand for air travel between Singapore and China declined significantly as a result of the outbreak, said SIA on its website.\n\nAs a result, services to some Chinese destinations will be \"temporarily suspended until the situation improves\", it added.\n\nSeveral SIA flights between Singapore and Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will be suspended between Feb 4 and Mar 29.\n\nSome SilkAir flights between Singapore and Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu and Chongqing will be halted during that period.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nSIA said that the group will maintain some connectivity to key cities.\n\nIn response to queries, SIA told CNA that following the reduced frequencies, it will operate seven flights each to Beijing and Shanghai weekly, thrice a week to Guangzhou and once a week to Chongqing.\n\n\"There are still many Singaporeans working and living in China now, many of whom will still require connectivity between Singapore and China,\" said SIA.\n\n\"As the national carrier, we will continue to maintain minimum connectivity to the key cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing for now despite the reduced demand,\" added SIA.\n\nSIA had said on Jan 31 said it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic.\n\nSIA's low-cost carrier Scoot also suspended flights to 11 Chinese cities from early February until the end of March and reduced frequencies to eight other Chinese destinations.\n\nSingapore on Friday raised the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level to Orange, after several cases of coronavirus without travel history to mainland China or links to previous cases.\n\nThe virus has infected 43 people in Singapore as of Sunday, six of whom have been discharged.\n\nDownload our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on the Wuhan virus outbreak: https://cna.asia/telegram"}
+{"id": "1579575481_1559122432", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Fort Bend County Health & Human Services reports 7 additional cases of COVID-19 in Fort Bend County residents, bringing the county\u2019s total to 19.\n\nThe 7 new cases are:\n\nA woman in her 40s with international travel who has moderate symptoms and is in isolation at home\n\nA woman in her 50s with domestic travel to a region with widespread local disease. She has moderate symptoms and is in isolation at home\n\nA man in his 40s with domestic travel and mild to moderate symptoms, He is in isolation at home\n\nA minor child with domestic travel and mild symptoms who is in isolation at home\n\nA man in his 40s with domestic travel and moderate symptoms who is in isolation at home\n\nA woman in her 30s with domestic travel and moderate symptoms who is in isolation at home.\n\nA man in his 30s with moderate symptoms who is recovering in isolation at home.\n\n\u201cCommunity spread is occurring thoughout the Houston region. Community members need to follow the social distancing ordinances issued by local, regional, and state leaders seriously. They are in place to help keep our most vulnerable residents safe and to minimize the impact on our healthcare system,\u201d said Dr. Minter, Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Director and Local Health Authority. \u201cIf you are not sick, you do not need to be tested. If you are sick and your symptoms are mild, please stay home and manage your systems as if you would for the flu.\u201d\n\nThe public can help:\n\nDo not go to the emergency room unless essential.Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those with the most critical needs. If you have symptoms like cough, fever, or other respiratory problems, contact your regular doctor first. If you are in good health and have mild illness, stay home, and take care of yourself like you would for the flu. If symptoms worsen, call your doctor. Your doctor will help make the decision whether you should get tested for COVID-19\n\nPractice healthy hygiene habits every day to help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, such as: Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.\n\nAvoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.\n\nAvoid close contact with people who are sick.\n\nStay home when you are sick.\n\nCover your coughs and sneezes. If you don\u2019t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. Remember to wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.\n\nClean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe Stay informed. Information is changing frequently. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@FortBendHealth) and check our website for regular updates (fbchealth.org/ncov)\n\nPrivacy protection laws only permit the release of limited patient information. The health department is unable to release any additional patient information.\n\n###", "sentence2": "Monroe County Health Department received notification through the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) of our first confirmed case of COVID-19 by positive lab test.\n\nThe individual is a male in his 50s, who has had no known exposure via travel or contact with a confirmed case. The individual is isolating at home and will continue to do so based on WI Department of Health Services guidelines.\n\nA Monroe County public health nurse has spoken with the individual. The health department is actively identifying contacts that the individual may have had and will follow up with anyone who may have been exposed to provide appropriate guidance.\n\n\u201cThere is no need for the public to panic,\u201d said Sharon Nelson, Director/Health Officer. \u201cWe have been preparing for a case of COVID-19 in Monroe County.\u201d\n\nMonroe County Health Department wants everyone to know that you do not need a test to know what to do and to take the following steps to stop the spread of COVID-19:\n\n? Stay home. Avoid social gatherings with people of all ages (including playdates and sleepovers, parties, large family dinners, visitors in your home, non-essential workers in your house);\n\n? Practice good hygiene\n\no Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.\n\no Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow.\n\no Avoid touching your face\n\n? If you are having symptoms-fever, cough, difficulty breathing-call your doctor before going in.\n\nFor more information, contact Monroe County Health Department at 608-269-8666 or look to reliable sources such as:\n\n? Monroe County\u2019s COVID-19 website: https://healthymonroeco.org/covid-19\n\n? WI DHS COVID-19: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease/covid-19.htm\n\n? CDC COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html"}
+{"id": "1564673890_1564536521", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Goats in a ghost town - animals take over deserted Welsh resort\n\nA goat is seen in Llandudno as the spread of coronavirus continues Llandudno, Wales, UK, March 31, 2020. [Reuters]\n\nA herd of Kashmir goats have invaded a Welsh seaside resort after the coronavirus lockdown left the streets deserted.The animals, who normally roam free on a nearby headland jutting out into the Irish Sea, have instead wandered into Llandudno where they have spent the past three days feasting on garden hedges and flowers. Like other countries affected by the global coronavirus crisis, the United Kingdom has imposed strict social distancing measures including shop and school closures, and the authorities are asking everyone to stay at home except for essential travel. With the streets of Llandudno unnaturally quiet, the goats have been free to wander the streets undisturbed. Town councillor Carol Marubbi said the goats didn\u2019t normally come into town unless the weather was awful, but on this occasion she said they probably realized something unusual was going on because there were so few people around. \u201cI think they\u2019re probably feeling a bit lonely and they have come down to have a look around,\u201d she told Reuters by telephone. Kashmir goats have lived on the Great Orme promontory near Llandudno since the days of Queen Victoria, when the species became popular in Britain due to a fashion for shawls made from their soft cashmere wool.\n\nFor More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. Read Now \u00bb\n\nMarubbi said the herd of about 150 goats, some of whom had kids in February, were a well-known local attraction and most residents did not mind having their hedges nibbled by them. \u201cI\u2019m a big fan,\u201d she said. \u201cI love them because they are characters.\u201d With millions of people stuck at home sharing light-hearted content online to alleviate the tedium of the lockdown, images and video of the goats roving around the streets were a hit on social media, with #goats and #Llandudno trending on Twitter. \u201cJust love this. Looks like they are definitely in charge,\u201d wrote Welsh Twitter user Sue Foster, a former primary school heart-ache. \u201cWho we gonna call? Goat busters.\u201d\n\nAre you suspecting that you have coronavirus? Before you rush to the hospital, do this quick easy self-assessment test. #StayHome #WashYourHands HERE.", "sentence2": "Send this page to someone via email\n\nThe ramvolution has begun.\n\nA pack of wild goats is horning in on a tiny human community in Wales where the streets have been largely deserted due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe seaside resort town of Llandudno is typically rammed with tourists each summer, but the COVID-19 outbreak has forced everyone indoors and left plenty of room for visitors of another kind.\n\nREAD MORE: Coronavirus clears beach for endangered sea turtle hatchlings in Brazil\n\nLocals have posted several photos and videos online of roughly a dozen wild Kashmiri mountain goats wandering around downtown Llandudno, where they could be seen hopping on benches and capering around on the pavement over several days.\n\nA goat is seen in Llandudno as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues, Llandudno, Wales, Britain, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine\n\nOne video shows the goats treating a retaining wall like a cliff face, standing precariously on the edge while munching on the scruffy grass growing between the stones.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nAnother video shows the goats wandering through a deserted downtown roundabout intersection.\n\n0:35 Mountain goats spotted on the streets of Llandudno, Wales Mountain goats spotted on the streets of Llandudno, Wales\n\n\u201cThey are curious, goats are,\u201d town Coun. Carol Marubbi told the BBC. \u201cI think they are wondering what\u2019s going on like everybody else.\u201d\n\n[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]\n\nLocal reporter and self-described \u201cgoat correspondent\u201d Andrew Stuart has been breathlessly covering the story since Saturday through various Twitter yarns threads.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019re still here,\u201d he tweeted along with a photo on Tuesday. \u201cThey live here now I think.\u201d\n\nI think I am now the man who stares at goats (in the middle of the road) pic.twitter.com/Ptzh0zY5UC \u2014 Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) March 30, 2020\n\n\u201cI, for one, welcome our new goat overlords,\u201d Stuart wrote on Monday, in a reference to The Simpsons.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\nThey run Llandudno now and we just have to accept that as fact. Shenkin must be giving them tips from the Royal Welsh. pic.twitter.com/RaABUtWrDa \u2014 Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) March 30, 2020\n\nThe goats typically live on the nearby Great Orme reserve, but they have been known to seek shelter in town during bad weather, Marubbi told the Evening Standard.\n\nThe goats are said to have been introduced to the area back in 1907 after Queen Victoria received them as a gift from the Shah of Persia.\n\nMarubbi says the animals are well-regarded in the community, and there are no plans to call in a goatbuster.\n\nIn fact, when it comes to distractions from COVID-19, this one might be the GOAT (greatest of all time) for residents of Llandudno.\n\nStory continues below advertisement\n\n\u201cThere isn\u2019t anyone else around,\u201d Marubbi said. \u201cSo they probably decided they may as well take over.\u201d\n\n\u2014\n\nQuestions about COVID-19? Here are some things you need to know:\n\nHealth officials caution against all international travel. Returning travellers are legally obligated to self-isolate for 14 days, beginning March 26, in case they develop symptoms and to prevent spreading the virus to others. Some provinces and territories have also implemented additional recommendations or enforcement measures to ensure those returning to the area self-isolate.\n\nSymptoms can include fever, cough and difficulty breathing \u2014 very similar to a cold or flu. Some people can develop a more severe illness. People most at risk of this include older adults and people with severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung or kidney disease. If you develop symptoms, contact public health authorities.\n\nTo prevent the virus from spreading, experts recommend frequent handwashing and coughing into your sleeve. They also recommend minimizing contact with others, staying home as much as possible and maintaining a distance of two metres from other people if you go out.\n\nFor full COVID-19 coverage from Global News, click here.\n\nStory continues below advertisement"}
+{"id": "1517717775_1528608110", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "news, local-news, Ken little, fruit and vegetable, port macquarie, business\n\nStraight-talking. Big-hearted. Decent. Those are some of the words used by others to describe Ken Little. He is best known for owning a long-standing fruit and vegetable store in Port Macquarie. But he is also widely respected for the huge amount of community work he does. Recently he was named our senior citizen of the year. But how much do you really know about him? What formed him and what makes him tick? Ken Little grew up on a farm at Ben Lomond near Glen Innes. He was the youngest child of 13. When he was born his father Benjamin was 67-years-old, his mother Ada only 38. His father had been left a widow with eight children with a farm to manage when his first wife died of cancer in the early 1940s. Ken's mother (who had two children of her own) was hired to work on the farm, manage the house and look after the younger children. Before long the two had fallen in love and had three more children, Jan, Benjamin and little Kenny. It was a simple childhood. On the farm he learnt the value of hard work. \"From an early age before I went to school I would milk the cows, ride or walk 5km to school,\" he recalls. \"Then after school I would round the cows up and separate the calves from their mothers so there would be milk for the next day. I also herded sheep.\" The family moved to Port Macquarie when Mr Little was 10. He attended Port Primary School and Port Macquarie High School. By his own admission he was an \"average student\". But what he lacked academically he made up with other skills. \"I was always really active and independent, I played a lot of sport, fished a lot, played football,\" he said. The family didn't have a lot of money. His parents were on the old age pension. \"All the money I got I had earned from the time I was eight or nine,\" Mr Little said. \"My parents never gave me anything because they couldn't afford to.\" When he was not playing sport or surfing he spent his weekends picking fruit to earn money. Towards the end of school he also began to notice girls. Mr Little met his wife Judy at the Kempsey showground when he was only 17. \"I liked her straight away, she smiled a lot, we got on,\" he said. He acknowledges it was easier to meet a partner back then but they were fortunate to find each other. When he left school he headed for Sydney like most young people. He had hoped to be a property evaluator but it didn't work out. He didn't like the city and missed the beach too much. Before long he was back in Port Macquarie, working in the fruit and veg department at Woolworths. Ironically, it was with one of his main competitors that his passion for the trade started. He set up Ken Little's Fruit and Veg in 1983. The small business originally run out of the Colonial Arcade. Disaster struck when Port Central was built. The road closures in Hay Street, loss of parking and heavy vehicle use in the area proved disastrous. \"We lost 85 per cent of our trade in a year,\" he said. \"I was stunned and devastated. I wondered if I could keep the business going and rebuild.\" The business almost went bust and Judy went back to nursing to keep the family afloat. Difficult decisions were made but eventually they moved the business to Munster Street in 1996. The business started thriving but then in 2007 disaster hit again when a deliberately lit fire ripped through the store. \"Again I was thinking can I rebuild?\" he said. \"After lots of soul searching we decided to keep the business going for ourselves as we had put so much into it over the years, our staff and loyal customers,\" he said. \"We were able to gradually build the business up again and pay our bills.\" The business now employs 45 staff and focuses on \"giving customers what they want\". His marriage to Judy has sustained him during difficult times. \"Like any marriage we have our ups and downs,\" he said. \"But we enjoy each other's company and we end up working things out. \"Sometimes you just need time and patience. We are different in a lot of ways, she is very artistic, and I love to watch and play sport. We don't try and change each other and the differences work.\" He is proud but humble about his children's achievements. All have followed their passions. Eldest son Nigel holds a PhD in history and works for the Office of National Intelligence in Canberra. His second son Daniel is a talented former photographer. He is Ken's right hand man in the store. Daughter Naomi has travelled the world and currently lives in Denmark with her daughter working in marketing and design for an IT company. \"Do you know what the cloud is?\" he asks The Port News quizzically. Life can be difficult so how has Ken Little survived with such a sunny attitude? \"I've had a good life,\" he said. \"I try to enjoy all the simple things in life, I feel as though I live in paradise, I don't take anything or anyone for granted.\" He holds fast to some principles his father taught him: \"Do unto others as you do unto yourself and if you have nothing nice to say about someone say nothing.\" He is involved in a range of sporting and community groups, he has been a mentor, coach, fundraiser. What advice does he give the many young people he encounters? \"Try and stay positive,\" he said. \"When you fall down pick yourself up, remember every problem has a solution no matter how bad it is. \"Be a doer not a gonna, there are a lot of people in this world who make a loud noise that they are going to do this and going to do that but do nothing.\" The Port News series is called In My Life. We meet people of the Hastings and ask them what they have learnt in their lives. If you have a suggestion for the series email carla.mascarenhas@portnews.com.au While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE. If you value local journalism, continue to support us and consider taking out a subscription. CLICK HERE for a 30-day free trial.\n\nhttps://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/carla.mascarenhas/7e66f5ab-e522-411d-8a8e-07c7d92cec00.jpg/r3_0_1277_720_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg", "sentence2": "news, local-news,\n\nSince the age of 10 Sam Willis knew he wanted to be a paramedic but he never imagined he would become a successful lecturer, author, editor teaching paramedicine in two countries. The English born and raised senior lecturer has now been in Port Macquarie over a year and said he loves what he does. \"When I was about 10 I witnessed a car crash and watching the paramedics work I knew that was what I wanted to do when I grew up,\" Sam said. \"The paramedics I saw that day instinctively knew what to do and I thought they had all the answers to help the people who were hurt and I knew then I wanted to do the same thing when I got older. \"It hasn't always been an easy path to get where I wanted to go but I believe with passion and determination then you can get there. \"When I started as a paramedic in England I never thought I would go on to teach at universities in two countries or be an author but that is my life.\" Mr Willis is a senior lecturer in paramedicine at Charles Sturt University based in Port macquarie, Mr Willis has a masters degree and is currently working towards a PhD in paramedicine, and said growing up his life wasn't easy but with a goal of where he wanted to end up his passion and drive got him there. \"I didn't get the marks at school to go and study what I wanted to right away so I had to go to college before going to university,\" he said. \"It wasn't easy and I had to make a lot of sacrifices but knowing what I wanted made it worth it. In the beginning I worked as an ambulance dispatcher and i didn't get into paramedicine the first time so it was challenging. \"I did question what I wanted and if it really was what I wanted but deep down I knew it was.\" As a lecturer Mr Willis said he does sympathise with students who are struggling and prides himself on trying to help them. \"When I was studying the course was challenging which did make it hard at times but I am a big believer in even if something is hard you should go for it.\" Mr Willis is the co-author and a contributor to a second edition of Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice, an accessible and comprehensive introduction to paramedic science and pre-hospital care, providing expert and up-to-date guidance on the essential theories and real-world practice of this dynamic area of emergency medicine. \"The book came about because there aren't a lot of new books coming about about paramedicine and I wanted to change that. \"The book has a large number of fantastic contributors who have ensured the book is relevant and up to date.\" The book is being launch at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie on March 10. Please register to attend here While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE. If you value local journalism, continue to support us and consider taking out a subscription. CLICK HERE for a 30-day free trial.\n\nhttps://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/laura.telford/66d4e684-21ad-459f-aff5-13e994c3043d.jpg/r0_108_4032_2386_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg"}
+{"id": "1564327182_1510627862", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Stream this playlist via Spotify or Apple Music.\n\nMusic affords an escape, takes us back in time to reflect on the present, mirrors our aches and joys and offers serenity. As relentless news about the coronavirus continues, these songs were gifts during difficult times.\n\nThis month, that included one of many disco bops from Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, an industrial-metal anthem by Code Orange and Kelsea Ballerini's thoughtful country ballad about a divided America.\n\nBelow you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 20 songs of March 2020. Be sure to check out our top 11 albums from the month, too.\n\nClem Snide, \"Roger Ebert\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nEef Barzelay's stirring remembrance of the late film critic Roger Ebert suggests this mysterious human experience \u2013 this mortal world \u2013 is not what it appears to be. \u2014 Robin Hilton\n\nCode Orange, \"The Easy Way\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nIndustrial electronics glitch and pulse in this soaring, metallic anthem calling out those who take the past most-traveled. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nDua Lipa, \"Good in Bed\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nWith fun and unexpected flourishes, Dua Lipa reimagines the mid-2000s piano-pop jaunt with a wink towards saucy jazz standards. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nHAIM, \"The Steps\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nLove is messy and so is this dusty garage-rocker from LA's sunny sisters. Danielle Haim leans into that baaaaby like her life depends on it. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nHayley Williams, \"Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nHayley Williams' skittering, botanical tribute to choosing cooperation and self-love over external comparison sagely enlists the help of boygenius, a supergroup whose very existence echoes the same thesis. \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nJacaszek, \"November Early\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nWith its clipped opening \u2013 like a distant radio signal crackling \u2013 \"November Early\" slowly intensifies with strings, keys and treatments, offering another spectacular fever dream from Poland's premiere electro-acoustic composer. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nKelsea Ballerini, \"Half of My Hometown (feat. Kenny Chesney)\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nAmerica feels divided in so many ways; this tender ballad from one of country's most thoughtful young stars considers how those divisions play out within one person's heart, and how to bear them. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nKenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio, \"Without Deception\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nTwo NEA Jazz Masters \u2014 Barron, a pianist, and Holland, a bassist \u2014 bring easy erudition to Without Deception. Barron's title track is a smart, Monk-ish swinger. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nKim Jinmook, \"Misty Mountain/Sarod Sanjo\"\n\n\u266c BANDCAMP\n\nIn the early '90s, Kim Jinmook spearheaded a series of collaborations between traditional Korean and Indian musicians, discovering that a distinct, uncanny valley of expression lay between the two practices; ineffable, deep and arresting. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nLakecia Benjamin, \"Om Shanti\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nAn Alice Coltrane chant turned Afrofuturist soul jam, with Benjamin's saxophone and Meshell Ndegeocello's bass backing Georgia Anne Muldrow's authoritative vocal. Peace, meet Power. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nLucinda Williams, \"You Can't Rule Me\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nPowered by Stuart Mathis' gutbucket guitar, this politicized declaration of independence from Americana music's leather-jacketed queen is the Rolling Stones song we didn't know we needed. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nMeredith Monk & Bang on a Can All-Stars, \"Memory Song\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nPropelled by tinkling chimes and gentle oscillations, this ode to remembering planet earth (\"trees,\" \"coffee,\" \"candlelight\"), from Monk's dystopian opera The Games, strikes a surprisingly pleasant tone, closing with a cacophony of caterwauling animals. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nMickey Guyton, \"What Are You Gonna Tell Her?\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nThe most powerful feminist and anti-racist song by a country artist in recent years is a cry of the heart by a remarkable singer and writer who deserves to be a full-on superstar. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nR.A.P. Ferreira, \"Noncipher\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nThe Wire and OutKast's Aquemeni get tangled up in a jumbled jazz, boom-bap non-sequitur that somehow rings true when little else does right now. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nRoger Eno & Brian Eno, \"Spring Frost\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\n\"Spring Frost\" opens brothers Roger and Brian Eno's Mixing Colours, an ambient album perfect for these times. \u2014 Bob Boilen\n\nRosal\u00eda, \"Dolerme\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nSelf-quarantine allows a lot of time for thinking about old wounds, as in \"Dolerme,\" a long exhale grieving the loss of an old flame's equal investment in love and pain. \u2014 Stefanie Fern\u00e1ndez\n\nSwamp Dogg, \"Billy\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nStill in great, soulful voice, the 77-year-old Jerry Williams Jr. offers a heartrending country-soul weeper about a father mourning his lost wife. If you like classics like \"Patches,\" you'll love this. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nTineke Postma, \"In the Light of Reverence\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nDutch saxophonist Tineke Postma has a modern ear, and on this flowing ballad she brings out the best in peers like pianist Kris Davis and trumpeter Ralph Alessi. \u2014 Nate Chinen, WBGO\n\nWaxahatchee, \"St. Cloud\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nIn a flurry of turning pages, Katie Crutchfield chooses forgiveness, delicately preserving an image of her past self as a young woman ablaze with promise. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nYael Naim, \"Daddy\"\n\n\u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nOn this delicate and heartbreaking lullaby, the Israeli-French artist reflects on her father's death. \"I'm trying my best,\" she sings, as the tears begin to fall. \u2014 Robin Hilton", "sentence2": "Stream this playlist via Spotify or Apple Music.\n\nWhen Phony Ppl and Megan Thee Stallion debuted \"Fkn Around\" live at the Tiny Desk, we just knew it was going to be an instant hit. Now the studio version is out and, of course, it's made NPR Music's best songs of the month, along with new tracks from Thundercat, Waxahatchee and Marcus King.\n\nBelow you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 20 songs of January 2020. Be sure to check out our top 10 albums from the month as well.\n\nCable Ties, \"Sandcastles\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nMission-driven Australian trio stages a hypothetical argument with self-righteous naysayers by first listening to complaints (\"I partly agree\"), then by locating a message worth repeating until it builds to a roar. \u2014 Jacob Ganz\n\nDan Deacon, \"Become a Mountain\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nDan Deacon shows an unusually vulnerable side of himself and expresses that with a more stripped-down sound. \"I was feeling emotionally very raw,\" Dan says, \"and I wanted the music I was writing to reflect that.\" \u2014 Bob Boilen\n\nFACS, \"Teenage Hive\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nIf FACS' first record was a bold step through the door, and its second a pensive, deep breath, then the third is shaping up to be the spittle-scream that followed. Chaos in a bottle. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nForest Drive West, \"Parallel Space\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nA full-time dad and computer science teacher, the artist behind Forest Drive West blends old-school breakbeat with the spirit of Aphex Twin ambience for a new, never ending groove. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nHayley Williams, \"Simmer\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nParamore's powerhouse singer sheds her skin for something darker and stranger; her dynamism bleeds through an ominous cloud. \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nKasa Overall, \"Show Me a Prison\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nListening to the powerful tribal-like trance pulsating through this meditation on injustice in the U.S. prison system feels like being on lock down, until activist Angela Davis, at the end, offers a ray of hope. \u2014 Suraya Mohamed\n\nMarcus King, \"Beautiful Stranger\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nSouth Carolina's 23-year-old guitar slinger reveals himself as a love man who truly understands Al Green's legacy on this worthy throwback to the soul greats. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nOded Tzur, \"Here Be Dragons\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nThis, the title and opening track of Tzur's upcoming debut for the highly regarded label ECM, is a beautiful (and lovingly recorded) introduction to the Israeli saxophonist's curious whispers. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nPhony Ppl, \"Fkn Around (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nWhile you decorate your desk with Megan's mantras for independence, beware: the secret sauce of this infectious single \u2014 that bubbling bass and Elbee Thrie's smooth hook \u2014 will seep into your brain. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nRafiq Bhatia, \"The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (feat. C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant)\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nFrom his fascinating project reinventing jazz standards, this duet shows how one of the most sublime pop hits ever was always a call to prayer. \u2014 Ann Powers\n\nRosal\u00eda, \"Juro Que\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nThe global pop star was in festival mode last year, leaning into beats and collabs. \"Juro Que\" re-centers the flamenco at the heart of Rosal\u00eda's music. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nSoccer Mommy, \"Circle the Drain\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nHumans have been writing about hearts for ages: breaking, aching, eclipsing, soaring. Soccer Mommy coins a new one on this dreamy, bummer-rock romp. \u2014 Cyrena Touros\n\nThundercat, \"Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington)\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nSomewhere deep in a P-Funk wormhole, our cat-obsessed bass guru got very worried about his Instagram and wrote this brilliant bounce of a tune. \u2014 Mano Sundaresan\n\nT\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits, \"Tears-Fantasy\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nA supremely lyrical sensualist, Estonian composer T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits makes the orchestra sing in wistful sighs and luminous, falling figures while channeling England's Renaissance lutenist John Dowland. \u2014 Tom Huizenga\n\nToo Free, \"ATM\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nArthur Russell-inspired, avant-disco realness hits the ballroom floor in a minimalist bop that both flirts with that cutie across the dance floor and elevates visibility, \"to be seen by you.\" \u2014 Lars Gotrich\n\nTorres, \"Good Grief\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nIn the middle of Torres' heady album about fear and desire comes this blistering avowal of the right to sullenness (which also serves as a reminder of Mackenzie Scott's forceful skill as a guitarist). \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nUltra\u00edsta, \"Tin King\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nNigel Godrich and Joey Waronker work up a hypnotic groove here, but singer Laura Bettinson remains Ultra\u00edsta's secret weapon, cramming tons of personality into a deadpan, texture-first performance with just a few notes. \u2014 Daoud Tyler-Ameen\n\nWaxahatchee, \"Fire\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nWritten on a drive over the Mississippi River, the first single from Waxahatchee's forthcoming Saint Cloud pulses with palpable warmth and radiates self-acceptance. \u2014 Marissa Lorusso\n\nWilma Archer, \"Last Sniff (feat. MF Doom)\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nArcher wraps a classic turn from MF Doom in a joyful, funky, rich, orchestral soul. And this is just one of the standouts from his brilliant upcoming album, A Western Circular. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan\n\nYoshinori Hayashi, \"Bit of Garden (Prins Thomas Remix)\" \u266c APPLE / SPOTIFY\n\nOne of Japan's most exciting auteurs of dance, reinterpreted by one of Norway's. Both play in the disco sandbox, and here Thomas helps Hayashi's somewhat sleepy original become a montage-worthy driver. \u2014 Andrew Flanagan"}
+{"id": "1542269334_1600371047", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "\"To fight for, to die for\" \"To fight for, to die for\"\n\nIt was the late Senator Dominador Aytona, who before being elected to the Senate, was the chief budget officer of the Republic, and briefly Central Bank governor, who defined the General Appropriations Act or the national budget as \u201cthe economic program of the country in pesos and centavos.\u201d As such, it can be argued that passing the budget is the most important piece of legislation for Congress to enact each year. It was during the martial law period that the Budget Commission was re-engineered into the Ministry of Budget and Management through the Budget Reform Decree issued by President Ferdinand Marcos, which strengthened the planning, programming and budgeting linkages of the office, with monitoring offices in every administrative region of the country. At the time, the legislature, Batasang Pambansa, was a mere rubber stamp of the Executive, further neutered by Amendment No. 6 of a Constitution \u201cratified\u201d by the people under authoritarian rule. But with the re-birth of a system of checks and balances as provided for in the 1987 Constitution, congressional power of the budgetary system returned, and the House Committee on Appropriations, with its counterpart Finance Committee in the Senate, became the most highly-prized committees in Congress. Essentially, the budget process begins each year with the Development Budget Coordination Committee issuing guidelines to the different agencies of government as early as the last quarter of the preceding year. For the first three to four months of the year, agencies submit their proposed expenditure programs, which are then synthesized into what is called the National Expenditure Program. The proposed program of expenditures along with sources of financing, then goes to the President for final approval before presentation to the legislature. Submitted right after the President\u2019s State of the Nation Address, Congress then reviews and goes through the process of enacting the General Appropriations Act based on what is referred to as \u201cThe President\u2019s Budget.\u201d It has the power to reduce and re-align the items in the President\u2019s Budget. From the House, the appropriations bill goes to the Senate, even if simultaneous hearings on the expenditure program are held by both chambers to be able to enact the law within the year. Conflicting versions are reconciled in a bicameral conference committee where both houses meet to hammer out a final version, which is then passed by their respective chambers to become the General Appropriations Act for the succeeding year. The bicameral conference committee is thus labelled the \u201cthird house\u201d of Congress. It is becoming increasingly clear, or in the parlance of the lawyers, abundantly clear, that the brouhaha in the lower House last week, which resulted in the surgical removal of the appropriations committee chairman, Isidro Ungab, replaced by a neophyte party list congressman, was all about control of the budget for the next fiscal year\u20142021. From the very beginning of his ascent to the speakership, Alan Peter Cayetano named 24 deputy speakers, many of them ceremonial, but for some who exercise \u201coversight\u201d powers super-imposed over regular committee chairs. One such deputy speaker is the gentleman from Camarines Sur, who was also its former governor, and whose son is the current provincial chief executive\u2014LRay Villafuerte, who I refer to as El Rey.El Rey is one of the more innovative local government officials under whose nine-year reign Camarines Sur displayed tremendous progress. He represents a new breed of dynamic local executives whose governance practices are anchored on vision rather than mere re-election. Because they produce results, the Villafuertes have been re-elected continuously from grandpa Luis to El Rey to Migz, the current governor who is El Rey\u2019s son. But he can also be quite acerbic in language, \u201cpalaban\u201d in the native patois, which he has been amply displaying in interviews now that he is a congressman. That made for interesting \u201csabong\u201d coverage of the events of the last week in the HoR. Because of the importance of the appropriations committee, its chairmen are normally given presidential nihil obstat before the Speaker gets his House to approve of their designation. That the first committee chair in the present Congress is a veteran legislator from Davao City was thus presumably with palace blessings, or at the least, without objection. Little is known about the new appropriations committee chairman, who, while a businessman from the same southern city, is a newbie in legislation if not in government service altogether. But the fact that he was chosen clearly means that he should be able to work well with the Speaker and his alter ego on budgetary matters, El Rey. The other perspective one needs to scrutinize when the Magellan formula takes shape is the date of reckoning. The Lord Allan camp simply says it is October this year, a scant seven months from now. The Alan Peter camp strictly defines the timeline as beginning from July 22, 2019, the day Congress elected him. Fifteen months should therefore mean October 21, 2020, which is under normal timetable just a week before Congress adjourns for the Dia de Los Muertos holidays, and by which time, the House shall have passed its version of the GAA. Which means the Alan Peter camp shall have control of the most important piece of legislation prior to the presidential and national elections of 2022. If it had been an even split of the 36 months of the 18th Congress, then clearly Speaker Alan would helm the House until the end of 2021. But one could surmise that the Lord Allan faction wanted to have a major say in the 2021 GAA, and thus haggled for a Magellan formula, the now famous 15-21 split. The 2021 budget is the election budget. It will be the last time the members of both houses can partake of the bag of goodies so important for them to tout district achievements by way of \u201cprojects.\u201d It also is the big scooper of election campaign funding for those so inclined, the kind Ping Lacson has been excoriating against for years and years on end. The 2022 budget is virtually useless for the re-election purpose of legislators, or for their passing the baton to their family herederos. By the time the appropriations are up for taking courtesy of the DBM\u2019s notice of cash allotment, the ban on \u201cproject\u201d spending begins. Hence, the 2021 budget is to fight for, and to die for.", "sentence2": "As our communities deal with the spread of the coronavirus, federal leaders must take bold steps to ensure the safety of the public, particularly the most vulnerable among us. While this virus will hit communities regardless of race, income, or zip code, this pandemic will cause both health and economic disruptions that exacerbate the existing disparities for low-income people and communities of color that have long harmed our nation.\n\nCALL YOUR SENATOR\n\n\n\nPlease call your senators and ask them to pass the emergency House bill to help us navigate this public health and economic crisis.\n\nEarly Saturday morning, the House passed an emergency bill that would allocate billions of dollars for paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, free testing, and other measures to help those impacted by this crisis. This is a necessary starting point that the Senate must pass now.\n\nUnfortunately, these measures are narrow in scope, leaving 80 percent of workers unprotected. While some large employers are doing the right thing and giving employees sick leave, a national policy is the most effective measure in this time of unprecedented national crisis. We need comprehensive legislation to follow this initial bill to protect all people, especially those with the greatest health and economic risks.\n\nWe Need Comprehensive Public Health and Economic Supports\n\n\n\nToday, 100 million people \u2014 one in three people in the US \u2014 live in or on the brink of poverty where an illness, job loss, or unexpected expense can be financially insurmountable. At a time when officials are urging the public to stay home when they fall ill, millions of people lack paid sick leave and can\u2019t afford to miss work to care for themselves or a loved one. This puts many people at risk for being the vector of an illness that can prove deadly for the elderly and immunocompromised. And as businesses take precautions or are forced through social-distancing norms to close, the resulting loss of income for workers and owners will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and risk their housing, health, utility, and food security.\n\nWe must plan and act with the most vulnerable in mind to both stop the spread of this virus, and ensure that weeks and months of addressing this public health crisis don\u2019t turn into years of economic hardship.\n\nSpecifically, we are calling on federal leaders to champion the following policies:\n\nPass a Paid Leave Policy for All Workers \u2013 Low-wage workers who cannot afford to lose a day's wages because of illness are less likely to seek medical care (for themselves and for their families) than workers who do have paid sick leave, and are 1.5 times more likely to go to work with contagious illnesses. This means that lack of paid sick leave is not only a problem for individual workers, but also a public health threat. Building on the House-passed version, a paid sick leave policy that covers all workers is urgently needed to address the new coronavirus outbreak and beyond to help protect the health and safety of the population.\n\nEnsure Emergency Income During Work Disruptions \u2013 We need to provide guaranteed income to help those facing disruptions to their income due to lost opportunities, funding streams, or customers. This includes small business owners and their employees, community-serving nonprofits, freelancers and artists, and workers in a gig economy who are not eligible for unemployment benefits but still must make their rent or mortgage payments.\n\nPlace a Moratorium on All Evictions and Foreclosures and Ensure Housing Stability \u2013 We are in the midst of a housing crisis \u2013 We are in the midst of a housing crisis where 21 million renters and 17 million homeowners pay more than a third of their income on housing bills, making them extremely vulnerable to income disruptions. We need a moratorium on all evictions and foreclosures to prevent the economic fallout of the virus. We must also provide emergency housing vouchers for all unhoused people, and those facing eviction. And at a minimum, we need to stop displacing homeless encampments, and take measures to increase access to water, hand-washing stations, and sanitation at current encampments to support critical health outcomes.\n\nPrevent Utility Shut-Offs and Restore Water Service to All Households \u2013 Loss of income for households, workers, and small businesses will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and face utility services shut-offs. \u2013 Loss of income for households, workers, and small businesses will cause increased numbers of people to fall behind on bills and face utility services shut-offs. Over a third of US households are already at risk of inability to pay rising water bills. This is particularly concerning as washing our hands is our first line of defense against the virus. All public and private utilities should halt any utility shut-offs during this crisis, restore service to households currently experiencing a shutoff, and provide water delivery to all households with contaminated water systems.\n\nEnsure Hospitals and Health-Care Centers Are Safe Places for Immigrants and Anyone Seeking Care \u2013 We must eliminate all barriers to people seeking proper medical attention, regardless of insurance or lack thereof. This also includes ensuring no one\u2019s immigration status will be questioned when seeking assistance. Hospitals and health-care facilities must make it clear in all languages that immigration status will not be questioned, and should take steps to ensure immigration enforcement officials are not permitted in buildings.\n\nPrevent the Spread of COVID-19 Through the Incarcerated Population \u2013 In the US, \u2013 In the US, 2.3 million people are exposed to overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in prisons and jails, which will contribute to the spread of the coronavirus as the incarcerated population interacts with staff and other visitors. At a minimum, we must ensure incarcerated people have access to medical care and personal hygiene products; release elderly people with underlying medical problems to parole supervision; and release those who have an anticipated release date in 2020 and 2021 to parole supervision.\n\nWe are heartened by the swift actions that leaders in cities across the country are taking, proving once again that local leaders are national leaders. But we need policymakers at all levels to urgently address the threat of this current pandemic while ensuring we protect all struggling communities beyond this crisis.\n\nCALL YOUR SENATOR\n\nPlease call your members to make sure they act without delay and strengthen the policies to help us navigate this public health and economic crisis."}
+{"id": "1555775628_1553390793", "score": 1.5, "sentence1": "Coronavirus updates: San Francisco case count jumps to 105\n\nFew tourists visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on March 20, 2020. The Bay Area is under a shelter-in-place order due to the the COVID-19 coronavirus. Few tourists visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. on March 20, 2020. The Bay Area is under a shelter-in-place order due to the the COVID-19 coronavirus. Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate Image 1 of / 60 Caption Close Coronavirus updates: San Francisco case count jumps to 105 1 / 60 Back to Gallery\n\nLATEST, March 22, 10 a.m.: The San Francisco Public Health Department reported Sunday morning that the city now has 105 cases of coronavirus. The city didn't release more details on the 21 newly identified patients.\n\nMarch 22, 8 a.m. The greater San Francisco Bay Area endured its first weekend under stay-at-home orders issued by both local and state government as the number of cases continued to climb.\n\nAs of Sunday morning, the number of cases in Alameda County rose to 71, Monterey to 7, San Francisco to 84, San Mateo to 110, Santa Clara to 263, Santa Cruz to 15, Solano to 15 and Sonoma to 23.\n\nWhere cases have been confirmed in the greater Bay Area:\n\n\n\n\n\nALAMEDA COUNTY: 65 confirmed cases*\n\nFore more information on Alameda County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\n*Number excludes infected patients in City of Berkeley, which has six cases\n\nCONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 51 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on Contra Costa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nLAKE COUNTY: 0 confirmed cases\n\nFor information on Lake County and coronavirus, visit the public health department website.\n\nMARIN COUNTY: 38 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Marin County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nMONTEREY COUNTY: 7 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Monterey County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nNAPA COUNTY: 0 cases\n\nFor more information on Napa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN BENITO COUNTY: 5 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Benito County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: 105 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Francisco County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN MATEO COUNTY: 110 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Mateo County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CLARA COUNTY: 263 confirmed cases, 8 deaths\n\nFore more information on Santa Clara County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 15 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Santa Cruz County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSOLANO COUNTY: 14 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Solano County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSONOMA COUNTY: 23 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on Sonoma County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nIn California, 24 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nMORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE:\n\nSign up for 'The Daily' newsletter for the latest on coronavirus here.\n\nAmy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: agraff@sfgate.com.", "sentence2": "Mar. 19\u2013Scroll through the gallery above to see images of the San Francisco Bay Area that\u2019s under a shelter-in-place order to prevent COVID-19 spread.\n\nMarch 19, 9:45 a.m. UC San Francisco announced Thursday it\u2019s working to increase COVID-19 testing capacity in coming weeks.\n\nSince March 9, UCSF Health has been testing about 60 to 100 inpatients a day with a test using \u201ca polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique\u201d that\u2019s similar to the one administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\n\u201cPCR allows scientists to detect very small amounts of virus in a sample obtained with a swab from a patient\u2019s nose and throat,\u201d UCSF said in a statement. \u201cThe technique depends on the availability of special substances known as reagents (\u201cree-AY-gents\u201d), which are in very short supply nationwide, as are the swabs used to obtain patient samples. UCSF is making every effort to ensure we have a robust and reliable supply chain for all the materials we need to maintain and expand our testing capacity.\u201d\n\nUCSF is expanding its laboratory and as long as the medical center has access to testing reagents, it is on track to increase testing capacity to as many as 1,000 inpatients and symptomatic outpatients per day over the next few weeks.\n\nThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and CZ Biohub are helping support the effort.\n\nMarch 19, 7:30 a.m. Three residents of the Atria Burlingame assisted living facility in San Mateo tested positive for COVID-19, according to ABC 7. The facility is now closed to visitors and the three residents are all hospitalized. KRON 4 reports that two additional residents are under hospital quarantine. San Mateo County Health Department and CDC are investigating the situation.\n\nAtria Burlingame wasn\u2019t immediately available for comment on this story.\n\nWhere cases have been confirmed in the greater Bay Area:\n\nALAMEDA COUNTY: 31 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Alameda County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nCONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 41 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Contra Costa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nLAKE COUNTY: 0 confirmed cases\n\nFor information on Lake County and coronavirus, visit the public health department website.\n\nMARIN COUNTY: 15 confirmed cases\n\nFore more information on Marin County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nMONTEREY COUNTY: 2 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Monterey County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nNAPA COUNTY: 0 residents, 2 patients treated in Napa, then transferred out of county\n\nFor more information on Napa County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN BENITO COUNTY: 5 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Benito County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: 51 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on San Francisco County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSAN MATEO COUNTY: 80 confirmed cases, 1 death\n\nFor more information on San Mateo County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CLARA COUNTY: 175 confirmed cases, 6 deaths\n\nFore more information on Santa Clara County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 9 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Santa Cruz County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSOLANO COUNTY: 8 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Solano County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nSONOMA COUNTY: 6 confirmed cases\n\nFor more information on Sonoma County cases, visit the public health department website.\n\nIn California, 14 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported\n\nMORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE:\n\nSign up for \u2018The Daily\u2019 newsletter for the latest on coronavirus here.\n\n\u2013A full list of online coronavirus resources: Where to get your questions answered\n\n\u2013What you need to know about Bay Area shelter in place orders due to coronavirus?\n\n\u2013How \u2018flatten the curve\u2019 works in the coronavirus pandemic\n\n\u2013How a mild case of the novel coronavirus can quickly turn deadly\n\n\u2013Study shows how easily coronavirus can potentially spread\n\n\u2013The two most common symptoms in coronavirus patients\n\n\u2013Does smoking/vaping put you at a higher risk of coronavirus?\n\n\u2013How coronavirus compares to epidemics of the past\n\n\u2013Photos show empty US tourist attractions amid coronavirus crisis\n\n\u2013How to tell if you have a cold, the flu, or coronavirus\n\n\u20136 things travelers should know in the age of coronavirus\n\n\u2013The worst myths and misinformation about coronavirus\n\n\u2013Out of hand sanitizer? Here\u2019s how to make your own\n\n\u2013Are children at a lower risk for coronavirus complications?\n\n\u2013Are the elderly at a greater risk for coronavirus complications?\n\n\u2013Why Taiwan\u2019s COVID-19 death rate is shockingly low\n\nAmy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: [email protected].\n\n(c)2020 the San Francisco Chronicle\n\nVisit the San Francisco Chronicle at www.sfchronicle.com\n\nDistributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC."}
+{"id": "1543901072_1547473916", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Tesla Autopilot death: Final report blames Tesla, Apple, and NHTSA Watch Now\n\nTesla CEO Elon Musk today announced that the company has made its millionth Tesla electric car, some 12 years after it released the Roadster for consumers.\n\nMusk posted a photo of a red Model Y Tesla on Twitter announcing the milestone along with a group shot of the Tesla Factory workers responsible for manufacturing it. Musk's announcement was first reported by Electrek.\n\nCongratulations Tesla team on making our 1,000,000th car!! pic.twitter.com/5M99a9LLQi \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2020\n\nThe Model Y will be Tesla's fourth electric car line, following the Model S, Model X, and the cheaper Model 3, which made up most of its production and deliveries in Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings report.\n\nTesla reported that it produced 17,933 Model S and X vehicles in the quarter and delivered 19,450. It produced 86,958 Model 3 vehicles and delivered 92,550. It delivered 367,500 vehicles for the full year.\n\nTesla is expecting deliveries in 2020 to exceed 500,000 units and for production to outstrip deliveries thanks to Model 3 production in Shanghai and Model Y production in Fremont, California. Model Y production in Shanghai is scheduled for 2021.\n\nTesla says its Model 3 and Model Y production capacity in Fremont is 400,000 units per year, while its Shanghai factory can produce 150,000 Model 3 cars per year.\n\nIt's also developing new facilities in Berlin to manufacture Model 3 and Model Y electric cars, which should start rolling out in 2021.\n\nMusk today suggested the Berlin Gigafactory should have a \"mega rave cave\" under the facility with an \"epic sound systems & woofers the size of a car\".\n\nTesla should have a mega rave cave under the Berlin Gigafatory \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2020\n\nGiven Musk's taste for audacious publicity stunts, there's a chance he could build a Tesla underground club in a nod to Berlin's rave culture.\n\nSEE: The new commute: How driverless cars, hyperloop, and drones will change our travel plans (TechRepublic cover story) | Download the PDF version\n\nMusk posted the one million Tesla production milestone a few hours after Tesla shares fell 13.6% to $608 per share as investors fretted over oil output increases announced by Saudi Arabia and Russia this week. The prospect of cheaper petrol over the long term could dampen enthusiasm for electric vehicles in general.\n\nThe other major concern is the impact of the COVID-19 virus on Tesla's Shanghai plant, which the Chinese government ordered to be shut for 10 days from 29 January.\n\nMore on Elon Musk and Tesla electric vehicles", "sentence2": "By Express News Service\n\nElectric Vehicle (EV) maker Tesla has announced that it has produced its one millionth electric car, thus becoming the first auto manufacturer to reach the milestone. It is a significant moment for the company that was founded only in 2003. CEO Elon Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car \u2014 a red Model Y \u2014 on Twitter. The firm released its first consumer car, the Roadster, back in 2008, meaning it\u2019s taken a little over 12 years to hit this million-car milestone.\n\nIn its January earnings report, the company said it hopes to ship over 5,00,000 cars worldwide in 2020. Established automakers like Toyota or the Volkswagen Group each produce over ten million vehicles every year. Nevertheless, Tesla\u2019s milestone is a tremendous accomplishment for an auto start-up that only produces electric vehicles and is indicative of how Musk says he works \u2014 building companies to solve problems based on their importance, not on his likelihood of success.\n\nFurthermore, the EV maker is also expected to start shipping its latest car, the Model Y, months ahead of its original \u201cfall 2020\u201d estimate. The Model Y will be Tesla\u2019s fourth electric car line, following the Model S, Model X, and the cheaper Model 3, which made up most of its production and deliveries in Tesla\u2019s fourth-quarter earnings report.\n\nThe company said it produced 17,933 Model S and X vehicles in the quarter and delivered 19,450. It produced 86,958 Model 3 vehicles and delivered 92,550. It delivered 367,500 vehicles for the full year. It\u2019s also developing new facilities in Berlin to manufacture Model 3 and Model Y electric cars, which should start rolling out in 2021. Tesla says its Model 3 and Model Y production capacity in Fremont is 4,00,000 units per year, while its Shanghai factory can produce 1,50,000 Model 3 cars per year. Meanwhile, Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck is due to go into production in late 2021."}
+{"id": "1486492021_1486213074", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "With 2019 finally behind us \u2013 along with its glut of year- (and decade-) end lists of the best in music \u2013 it\u2019s time at last to turn our attention to the sounds in store for 2020. And what better way to do that than with \u2026 a list!? Here\u2019s a rundown of 13 albums to look forward to over the next few months, with release dates included when known.\n\nSelena Gomez, \u201cRare\u201d (Jan. 10)\n\nSelena Gomez will release \"Rare\" on Jan. 10. (Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)\n\nThe onetime Disney Channel star has never quite gotten the credit she deserves for her adventurous record-making. Sure, her and DJ Snake\u2019s \u201cTaki Taki\u201d was a shameless Latin-pop play complete with a regrettable \u201cfiesta\u201d/\u201dsiesta\u201d rhyme. But before that she turned the Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d into the sinuous \u201cBad Liar,\u201d while her last album, 2015\u2019s \u201cRevival,\u201d feels now like a precursor to Billie Eilish\u2019s whispery ASMR-core. Preceded by a No. 1 single in the grandly emotional \u201cLose You to Love Me,\u201d Gomez\u2019s new one promises more ear-grabbing textures, as well as her intimate thoughts on her breakup with the Weeknd and her recent health troubles (including a much-publicized kidney transplant).\n\nHalsey, \u201cManic\u201d (Jan. 17)\n\nHeed that album title: Along with the country-ish \u201cFinally / Beautiful Stranger\u201d and the chart-topping EDM ballad \u201cWithout Me,\u201d the latest from this style-hopping streaming native features far-flung hookups with Alanis Morissette (a clear influence), Dominic Fike and Suga of BTS (with whom she teamed for last year\u2019s sprightly K-pop hit \u201cBoy With Luv\u201d).\n\nPop Star Halsey will release a new album \"Manic\" on Jan. 17. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images)\n\nGreen Day, \u201cFather of All\u2026\u201d (Feb. 7)\n\nThe pop-punk veterans will play stadiums this summer as part of a rock\u2019s-not-dead package that also includes Fall Out Boy and Weezer. (Called the Hella Mega Tour, it\u2019s scheduled to stop at Dodger Stadium on July 25.) Yet what\u2019s appealing about the short and snappy songs on Green Day\u2019s 13th studio album is that they sound like they were born in a tiny club.\n\nTame Impala, \u201cThe Slow Rush\u201d (Feb. 14)\n\nIn the works since well before his headlining performance at Coachella last year, Kevin Parker\u2019s fourth full-length as Tame Impala is his most painstakingly detailed yet, with trippy guitar lines and delicate vocal melodies over buoyant grooves that reflect his recent studio work with the likes of Mark Ronson and Kali Uchis. You\u2019d call the result obsessive if it didn\u2019t just make you want to dance.\n\nGrimes, \u201cMiss Anthropocene\u201d (Feb. 21)\n\nThe Canadian singer and producer has spoken expansively about her oft-delayed follow-up to 2015\u2019s \u201cArt Angels,\u201d most recently saying it\u2019s \u201cabout a modern demonology or a modern pantheon where every song is about a different way to suffer,\u201d as she put it in a published conversation with Lana Del Rey. But even Grimes knows that many listeners will be scrutinizing \u201cMiss Anthropocene\u2019s\u201d knotty electronic pop for clues about her unlikely romantic relationship with Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk.\n\nDua Lipa, \u201cFuture Nostalgia\u201d\n\nLast year\u2019s Grammy winner for new artist has had disco and house music on her mind, to judge from \u201cElectricity\u201d and \u201cOne Kiss\u201d \u2013 a pair of excellent collaborations with Silk City and Calvin Harris, respectively \u2013 and from \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,\u201d the delightfully rubbery lead single from her sophomore solo disc set for release sometime this year. The throwback sound suits Lipa\u2019s throaty vocals, which have grown more soulful since her catchy but faceless 2017 debut.\n\nOzzy Osbourne, \u201cOrdinary Man\u201d\n\nThe 71-year-old heavy-metal pioneer found himself in the middle of the pop conversation last year when Post Malone recruited him for \u201cTake What You Want,\u201d their pitch-perfect power ballad from Malone\u2019s smash \u201cHollywood\u2019s Bleeding\u201d album. Now, Osbourne is readying a record of his own that he made with Malone\u2019s producer Andrew Watt; bassist Duff McKagan of Guns N\u2019 Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith are also in the mix.\n\nYoung Thug\n\nHip-hop\u2019s boldest dresser \u2013 not to mention one of its most distinctive vocal stylists \u2013 has several projects reportedly in the pipeline, including an album with the tantalizing title \u201cPunk\u201d and a full-length collaboration he\u2019s said to have made with Juice Wrld, who died last month at age 21.\n\nFrank Ocean\n\nThe elusive R&B auteur hasn\u2019t revealed anything official about his feverishly anticipated follow-up to 2016\u2019s \u201cBlonde.\u201d But if he\u2019s truly set to headline Coachella, as is widely rumored, then Ocean seems all but certain to time his new album to the April mega-festival (as Kendrick Lamar did a few years ago with \u201cDamn\u201d). Then again, Ocean\u2019s recent string of singles led many to expect him to show up at November\u2019s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival \u2013 and we all know how that turned out.\n\nHaim\n\nL.A.\u2019s premier sister trio isn\u2019t making it easy to predict where the three will go on their third studio album. \u201cSummer Girl,\u201d the first of three 2019 singles, was a stripped-down Lou Reed-style jam, while \u201cNow I\u2019m in It\u201d was classic uptempo Haim and \u201cHallelujah\u201d a folky acoustic tune.\n\nDixie Chicks, \u201cGaslighter\u201d\n\nThe outspoken country trio \u2013 whose last album, \u201cTaking the Long Way,\u201d came out in 2006 (and won Grammys for album, record and song of the year) \u2013 returned to the studio in 2019 for a guest appearance on Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cLover.\u201d Now they\u2019re working with Swift\u2019s right-hand man, Jack Antonoff, on a divorce-inspired record that lead singer Natalie Maines has described as \u201c10 times\u201d more \u201cpersonal and autobiographical\u201d than \u201cTaking the Long Way.\u201d\n\nJustin Bieber\n\nWith appearances on tracks by a diverse array of acts including Luis Fonsi, DJ Khaled, Ed Sheeran, Gucci Mane, Billie Eilish and Dan & Shay, Bieber hasn\u2019t exactly been hard to hear in the half-decade since his last solo record, 2015\u2019s Christian-themed \u201cPurpose.\u201d But this year, he\u2019ll be nearly impossible to escape, with a comeback single, \u201cYummy,\u201d set for release on Friday, followed by the late-January premiere of a YouTube reality series, a world tour that kicks off in May and an album that the now-married man says will be \u201cdifferent than the previous albums just because of where I\u2019m at in my life.\u201d\n\nRihanna\n\nThe wait for \u201cR9,\u201d as fans refer with increasing impatience to Rihanna\u2019s upcoming ninth studio album, has become an internet joke \u2013 so much so that Rihanna herself got in on it recently with an Instagram post in which the singer (who\u2019s been spending her time on acting, her clothing and beauty lines and a coffee-table book) captioned a video of a dancing puppy like so: \u201cupdate: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.\u201d\n\nRead or Share this story: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/01/03/selena-gomez-grimes-new-albums/40939959/", "sentence2": "January is always an exciting time for music fans.\n\nFresh from trawling the end-of-year lists, now it\u2019s all about the best of what\u2019s to come, with countless new albums on the horizon.\n\nAs is always the case at this time of year, the rumour mill is in full motion \u2014 Frank Ocean, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Haim, Cardi B and many, many more are among the artists on the brink of releasing new music in 2020, depending on who you believe.\n\nHere, we\u2019ve cut through the noise to pick out 10 artists who almost definitely will come through with the goods \u2014 five of them have confirmed dates, others are sure to deliver within the next 12 months and the rest have dropped extremely strong hints that albums are on the way.\n\nHalsey \u2014 Manic (January 17)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nA worldwide arena filler, Ashley \u201cHalsey\u201d Frangipane might still be better known as the voice of other people\u2019s songs. Her two UK number ones have been on Closer by The Chainsmokers and Benny Blanco\u2019s Eastside. But her third album should cement her status as a queen of dark pop, containing hits of her own including Without Me.\n\nKesha \u2014 High Road (January 31)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nBefore her 2017 comeback Rainbow, Kesha Sebert couldn\u2019t release music for five years due to a legal battle with her former producer. Finally she\u2019s busy again, with her fourth album on the way. Her big voice wraps itself around rowdy pop with a country feel, with plenty of plucked guitar and cameos from Sturgill Simpson and Brian Wilson.\n\nGreen Day \u2014 Father of All Motherf***ers (February 7)\n\n(Getty Images) More\n\nStory continues"}
+{"id": "1503040793_1504994387", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Ask mayors or city managers of any coastal city in Florida what the No. 1 neighborhood issue is in their community, and they are not likely to say sea-level rise or crime.\n\nIt\u2019s vacation rentals.\n\nIndeed, go ask that question among St. Armands Key residents, on Longboat Key and especially on Anna Maria Island.\n\nIt\u2019s a national issue. Everywhere, elected leaders are struggling with how vacation rentals should be regulated and who should regulate them.\n\nShould Airbnb homes be required to meet all of the safety and licensing standards and regulations as hotels? Who should have jurisdiction, local governments or the state government?\n\nOnce again in Tallahassee, the issue is on lawmakers\u2019 agendas.\n\nSenate Bill 1128 and House Bill 1011 are proposing what former state Sen. Greg Steube of Sarasota (now Congressman Steube) tried for two years. That is have the state preempt local governments and rule all vacation rentals.\n\nThis is a conundrum, to be sure. Government is best closest to the people. Citizens incorporate precisely to have control over their communities, not be ruled by the far-away state.\n\nBut at the same time, you can make an argument that NIMBYism is so pervasive that vocal neighbors want their cities to ban vacation rentals altogether. In the process, they are forgetting all about property rights. Why should you be allowed to have 10 relatives stay with you but your neighbor be prohibited from renting his home to 10 of his old college friends?\n\nSB 1128 and HB 1011 are indeed flawed \u2014 mostly on the regulations they would create for those advertising vacation rentals. Both bills should be tabled.\n\nAt some point, to craft a balanced law, legislators must realize this is an issue that requires thoughtful, rational examination and study outside the emotional and horse-trading confines of the annual legislative session.", "sentence2": "EDITOR: I have watched as these so-called vacation rental properties destroy neighborhoods, but the Republican-controlled legislature in Tallahassee seems bound and determined to push forward on House Bill 1011 and Senate Bill 1128 in their quest to take all control away from municipalities.\n\nEDITOR: I have watched as these so-called vacation rental properties destroy neighborhoods, but the Republican-controlled legislature in Tallahassee seems bound and determined to push forward on House Bill 1011 and Senate Bill 1128 in their quest to take all control away from municipalities.\n\nThese are for the most part party houses put into residential neighborhoods. I'd bet my house that Ronnie May (quoted in a Jan. 22 Page 1A Record story), who has four of these vacation houses, lives in a gated community where they are not allowed."}
+{"id": "1531413897_1524805227", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "On Friday, Feb. 21 at 12 a.m. PST, Disney+ dropped the season seven premiere of Dave Filoni\u2019s epic animated series \u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars,\u201d which premiered over a decade ago in 2008. The season is Disney\u2019s latest success with the rights of \u201cStar Wars,\u201d after season one of its series \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d became the most-streamed show in the world. However, where \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d thrives due to creating new, original characters, \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d must rely on the main characters of the prequel trilogy to tell its story. The critical reception to the episode and rallying of fan support proves that Filoni mastered the art of building on existing characterization.\n\nDuring its original run from 2008 to 2014 on Cartoon Network, \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d was one of the most highly-rated shows ever on the network, received widespread acclaim for improving the characters of the franchise, and won multiple Daytime Emmy awards. While originally marketed as a children\u2019s series, the seasons became darker as the audience aged, delving into the repercussions of war and the balance of good and evil in the Force. However, in 2013 the show was effectively canceled, and the remaining episodes that would tie up the war were scrapped. It was not until the acquisition of the series by Disney, with the creation of its streaming service, that a final season of 12 episodes to officially end the series was announced.\n\n\u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars\u201d takes place inside the \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequel trilogy, which tells the story of Anakin Skywalker\u2019s downfall from a Jedi Knight to Darth Vader after serving in a three-year war known as the Clone Wars. The Clone Wars take place before \u201cEpisode III: Revenge of the Sith,\u201d during a period when both Skywalker and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi are generals in the war, and Skywalker is secretly married to Luke and Leia\u2019s future-mother Padm\u00e9 Amidala. When the series premiered in 2008 after a theatrical film release served as its pilot, supervising director Filoni juggled the narrative themes of Skywalker\u2019s future fall and the villainy of Palpatine while also taking on the challenge of doing the impossible: making the Clone Wars interesting.\n\nThe war is fought between a robot droid army called Separatists and an army of cloned men created by the Republic to be expendable soldiers with an enhanced aging process to ensure the maximum number of bodies. In every battle fought in this literal \u2018star war\u2019 droids and clones become blaster-fodder on alien planets while the Jedi are essentially a metaphor for the United Nations: attempting to create peace but with no ability to enforce it. The prequels were heavily criticized for the soulless nature of the war and the lack of stakes involved, as well as the ineffective portrayal of Anakin Skywalker and Padm\u00e9 Amidala.\n\nBy contrast, in each 22-minute animated episode of \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d Filoni took the time to flesh out these characters and explore the depth of the narrative themes at stake. In order to effectively portray Anakin\u2019s growth into a Jedi master that takes place off-screen in \u201cRevenge of the Sith,\u201d Filoni created the character of Ahsoka Tano, a young female Jedi who becomes Anakin\u2019s apprentice. Although initially seen as bratty, Ahsoka\u2019s bravery, skill, and determination to do the right thing in wartime ultimately made her one of the most popular characters in \u201cStar Wars\u201d and a feminist figure.\n\nAhsoka Tano also serves as an excellent sounding board for Anakin and the viewer as she questioned her master about the nature of the Jedi Council that requires them to be both soldiers and peace-keepers. In several episodes, Ahsoka questions these contradictions while Anakin is struggling to reconcile his marriage with his duty. By its very nature, the series has to balance foreshadowing what\u2019s to come, but by choosing to focus on this reality Filoni ultimately paved the way for Luke Skywalker\u2019s arc in \u201cThe Last Jedi,\u201d where he states: \u201cAt the height of [the Jedi\u2019s] powers, they allowed Darth Sidious to rise, create the empire, and wipe them out.\u201d\n\nAll main characters in the original series get arcs to develop their characters, but further fleshed out than any other characters, however, are the clones.\n\nThe clone characters name-dropped in the saga (Cody, Rex, Fives, and Echo to name a few) are soldiers desperate to do their duty with a sense of individuality, formulating a culture of brotherhood among one another and using what little tools they have\u2013 hairstyles, tattoos, and body armor\u2013 to distinguish themselves from the masses. At first, the clones are passionate about the war they were created for. However, the longer all the dying stretches out the more disillusioned everyone becomes.\n\nThe season seven premiere, 12 years after the first season began, returns to this formula by focusing on the clones and Anakin Skywalker. The episode, titled \u201cThe Bad Batch,\u201d features the clones on a mission with several noticeably mutated clones whose glaring uniqueness serves as their strength, and Anakin watches as Rex lets his emotions fuel his mission\u2013 the same thing Anakin is constantly criticized for by his superiors throughout the series. By jumping back into the thematic plots that are its greatest strength, the premiere received widespread acclaim and the series was called \u201cbetter than ever\u201d by USA Today.\n\nThe series does not pause to remind viewers of the events and characters they watched during the six-year break, instead of trusting (rightfully) that its fanbase will remember. Where so many other entries in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d franchise lead to frustration and discourse (i.e. the sequel trilogy), \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d has found a method that appeases \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans and actually builds on what people love about this fictional story. The series also proves that fans are willing to wait indefinitely to have closure.\n\nSeason seven of \u201cStar Wars:The Clone Wars\u201d is released weekly on Disney+. Episode 2 will air on Friday, Feb. 28 at 12am PST.\n\nSources: Observer, USA Today", "sentence2": "It took six years, but fans of \"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\" will finally be getting the show's long-awaited seventh and final season.\n\nThe six-year wait for \u201cStar Wars: The Clone Wars\u201d Season 7 is nearly over. The first episode of the series\u2019 final season will premiere on Disney+ on Friday, February 21, and Disney has unveiled a new clip and several images to hype up the beginning of the end.\n\nLike the show itself, Season 7 will focus on the end of the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars that defined much of the franchise\u2019s mythology. The new clip from \u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d teases a team-up with a squad of \u201cfavorably mutated\u201d clone troopers, who will kick off the season with a mission behind Separatist lines.\n\nPer Disney: \u201cThe forces of darkness have amassed great power in their bid to transform the Republic into the Galactic Empire. With the Republic on a losing streak, Captain Rex fears the Separatists are using stolen data to help predict the Grand Army\u2019s every move. As the threat of defeat looms, Rex teams up with experimental Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch. Together, they embark on a high-risk mission behind enemy lines to uncover the truth behind the Separatist victories.\u201d\n\nWhile the series\u2019 new clip is focused on the Clone Troopers, plenty of fan-favorite Force users will be returning throughout the upcoming season, including Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, and Ahsoka Tano.\n\nDisney\n\n\u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d was intended to kick off Season 7 several years ago before production on the series was stopped. The episode would\u2019ve been part of a four-episode arc. One of the series\u2019 writers released plot details about the story arc in 2014, when the series\u2019 future was uncertain \u2014 and unfinished story reels were also released \u2014 but only time will tell how the experimental Clone Troopers play into the overall series.\n\nThe seventh season of \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d will premiere a few months after Dave Filoni\u2019s Disney+ tentpole \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d hit the streamer. Filoni served as creator and showrunner on \u201cStar Wars Rebels\u201d and is the showrunner for \u201cThe Clone Wars.\u201d Like his animated series, \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d which will return for a second season in October, enjoyed stellar fan reception.\n\n\u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d Season 1 finale teased that the Darksaber, a black-bladed lightsaber that originated in \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d would play a significant role in future installments. Given the interconnected nature of recent \u201cStar Wars\u201d projects \u2014 and Disney\u2019s need to keep the franchise in the public eye \u2014 don\u2019t be surprised if similar teases pop up in the upcoming \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d season.\n\nCheck out the clip from \u201cThe Bad Batch\u201d below:\n\nPopular on IndieWire\n\nSign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here."}
+{"id": "1580455801_1556085070", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "On Sunday, March 22, Canada officially pulled out of the Olympics. Soon other nations such as Australia and Brazil followed suit, pulling out of the Olympics and urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make a decision on the postponement of the 2020 Games.\n\nRELATED: Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls react to Canada pulling out of the 2020 Games\n\nMonday, March 23, longtime IOC member Dick Pound told USA Today Sports that the event would be postponed. The IOC refused to confirm the postponement.\n\nFinally, on Tuesday, March 24, Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he and the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, had come to an agreement during a phone call. The Olympics will be postponed and held \u2018at the very latest\u2019 summer 2021.\n\nAfter his telephone talks with IOC President Bach, PM Abe spoke to the press and explained that the two have agreed that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not be cancelled, and the games will be held by the summer of 2021. pic.twitter.com/ihe8To2g3R \u2014 PM's Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO) March 24, 2020\n\n\u201cConsidering the current situation, in regards to the Tokyo Games,\u201d said Abe, \u201cas the host nation, in order to ensure that athletes from all over the world are able to compete in their best condition, and also in order to ensure the utmost safety for the spectators, I have asked him to consider postponing the games by about a year.\u201d\n\nThe IOC and Japanese government agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan, as a \u201cbeacon of hope\u201d. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.\n\nThe Olympics was set to run from July 24 through Aug. 9, and the Paralympics from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6. This will be the first time the IOC has rescheduled an Olympics due to health threats.", "sentence2": "Tokyo: Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted at the postponement of Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games may become \u201cinevitable\u201d.\n\nThe comments from Abe were his first acknowledgement that the 2020 Games may not open as scheduled on July 24, as the coronavirus marches across the globe causing unprecedented chaos.\n\nCanada\u2019s Olympic and Paralympic committees meanwhile announced they will not send teams to the Games if they are held this summer, citing the health of their athletes and the general public.\n\nAnd Australia\u2019s Olympic committee told athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in the northern-hemisphere summer of 2021.\n\nThe IOC has also shifted its position on the Games, issuing a statement on Sunday saying it was stepping up planning for different scenarios, including postponement.\n\nThe coronavirus has already had an impact, with qualifiers cancelled and events to celebrate the Olympic torch arrival and relay scaled back.\n\nDespite the measures, tens of thousands of people flocked to a cauldron displaying the flame in northeastern Japan, raising fears about whether the relay can be held safely."}
+{"id": "1492472369_1530831511", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "At least one person has been confirmed dead, following Saturday\u2019s fire that gutted the Mgbuka Obosi Spare Parts Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra.\n\nThe deceased, identified simply as G.O.D and Chairman of Zone 11 in the market, did not die in the inferno.\n\nHe was said to have slumped in the market \u201cafter seeing that his five shops were completely destroyed by the fire.\u201d\n\nHe was reportedly rushed to a private hospital in the area but was said to have died later.\n\nIt was gathered that the fire, which destroyed goods valued at millions of naira, started at about 1:30 am.\n\nMr Edwin Okadigbo, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra command, confirmed the incident in Awka.\n\nOkadigbo, an Assistant Superintendent, said that nobody died in the fire because it occurred in the night when traders had all retired to their homes.\n\nHe said: \u201cNo life was lost in the fire, but the chairman of Zone 11, one Mr G.O.D, slumped after seeing his five shops razed down by the fire.\n\n\u201cHe was rushed to the hospital but later gave up the ghost.\u201d\n\nHe said that the fire destroyed so many shops and goods because of the highly inflammable nature of the goods sold in the market.\n\nThe NSCDC spokesman said that the fire was put out by men of the Anambra State Fire Service, assisted by operatives of other sister security agencies.\n\nHe said that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained but suspected it could either come from electrical fault or wildfire from the neighbourhood.\n\nMeanwhile, the state Commandant of the corps, Mr David Bille, has expressed his condolences to the leadership of the market and traders, who lost their goods and other valuables, as well as the bereaved family.", "sentence2": "At least, one person has been confirmed dead, while four others escaped with varying degrees of injuries in a road mishap that involved a commercial bus and a motorcycle in Mbosi junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday.\n\nThe incident which happened at about 12:30hrs on Tuesday, saw a crash involving the shuttle bus with registration no. WER 858 ZS and a motorcycle with registration no. MGD-708 QJ ridden by a man who is popularly known as \u2018Action\u2019 in the area.\n\nSpokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in Anambra State, Edwin Okadigbo said preliminary investigation revealed that over-speeding and loss of control on the part of both the bus driver and the motorcyclist may be the reason.\n\nHe said, \u201cThe bus was approaching from Orlu direction and the motorcyclist known as \u201cACTION\u201d from Uli was approaching from Total filling station, Ihiala direction, when both of them, while trying to avoid the pothole close to Mbosi Junction collided.\n\n\u201cThe motorcyclist smashed the front glass of the bus with his head. The victim and the driver and passengers of the bus were rushed to our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala where the motorcyclist was confirmed dead while the bus driver is currently receiving treatment.\u201d\n\nOkadigbo said the NSCDC in Ihiala, led by Divisional Officer SC Chinweze Chinenye and his personnel with other sister security agencies helped cordon off the area, and assisted in taking the victims to the hospital, and controlled traffic to allow free flow of vehicles.\n\nHe added that the state commandant of NSCDC, Comdt. David Bille has ordered an investigation to ascertain other circumstances surrounding the incident."}
+{"id": "1490020331_1488499869", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "BHOPAL: As many as 8 lakh employees of BHEL, Railways, Post Office, BSNL, Banks, Income Tax, CPWD and others stood at par with the nationwide strike by 10 trade unions against privatisation and mergering of banks, in Bhopal on Wednesday.\n\nDemonstration and march (procession) marked the strike in the state capital. Bankers demonstrated at Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), Press Complex, impacting banking services in the region.\n\nThey also put up 12-point demands including minimum wage of Rs 21,000 and pension of Rs 10,000 among all departments.\n\nThe National Open Mass Convention of Workers organised by the ten Central Trade Unions namely INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, independent federations and associations of various sectors including some independent unions called for a nationwide general strike against the anti-worker, anti people, anti-national policies of the Modi-2 Government.\n\nWestern central Railways (WCR) Employees Union Philip Oommen said, \u201cWe have supported the strike on the basis of demands which are well justified. We hold demonstration to extend moral support to strike which was against central government anti-employees policies.\u201d\n\nINTUC (BHEL) president RD Tripathi said, \u201cAll the trade unions were on strike in BHEL in response to the nationwide strike call against central government anti-employees policies. It was big strike against union government.\u201d\n\nAll India Postal Department Employees Association general secretary RN Parashar said, \u201cIt was successful nationwide strike against union government anti-employees policies especially economic policies. Employees from all the branches joined the strike.\u201d\n\nAs per protesters, the national economy is slowing down. The adverse effects are already being felt by the workers in unorganised as well as organised sectors in the form of large scale retrenchment and closures. In the name of the recession, the Central Government is taking steps such as reducing corporate taxes, and giving them big bonanza from the national exchequer while not a single penny is spent to ensure job security or employment allowance to the workers.", "sentence2": "Govt Warns PSU Employees Of Action As About 25 Crore People Set To Participate In Bharat Bandh\n\nGovt Warns PSU Employees Of Action As About 25 Crore People Set To Participate In Bharat Bandh\n\nThe government has asked public sector undertakings to dissuade their employees from participating in the 'Bharat Bandh' called on Wednesday and advised them to prepare a contingency plan to ensure the smooth functioning of the enterprises.\n\n\n\nAccording to news agency PTI, ten central trade unions have said around 25 crore people will participate in the nationwide strike to protest against the government's \"anti-people\" policies.\n\nTrade unions INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations had adopted a declaration in September last to go on the nationwide strike on January 8.\n\n\"Any employee going on strike in any form, including protest, would face the consequences which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action,\" said an office memorandum issued by the government.\"\n\nDon't Miss 33 K SHARES 14.7 K SHARES 4.8 K SHARES 7.7 K SHARES 5 K SHARES\n\nSuitable contingency plan may also be worked out to carry out the various functions of the ministry/department,\" it added.\n\nIt also issued instructions not to sanction casual leave or another kind of leave to employees if applied for during the period of the proposed protest or strike and ensure that the willing employees are allowed hindrance-free entry into the office premises.\n\nThe instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training prohibit the Government servants from participating in any form of strike, including mass casual leave, go-slow and sit-down, or any action that abet any form of strike. Besides, pay and allowances are not admissible to an employee for his absence from duty without any authority.\n\nThe central trade unions are protesting against labour reforms, FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies and to press for 12-point common demands of the working class relating to minimum wage and social security, among others.\n\nAbout 60 organisations of students and elected office-bearers of some universities have also decided to join the strike with an agenda to raise voice against increased fee structure and commercialization of education.\n\nThe trade unions condemned the JNU violence and similar incidents in other university campuses and expressed their solidarity with students and teachers all over India.\n\nWith PTI Inputs/Image Credit: Reuters/AFP"}
+{"id": "1524449375_1522807720", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Campenaerts, Vorster win Nedbank Cycle Challenge Staff Reporter Sports Khomas\n\nMaurice Kambukwe\n\nBelgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts and Namibia\u2019s top female rider Michelle Vorster were yesterday crowned champions of the 2020 Nedbank Cycle Challenge after winning their respective categories of the annual road racing event.\n\nCampenaerts completed the men\u2019s 100-km road race in a time 2 hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds to emerge victorious. The visiting Belgian finished eight minutes ahead of Nedbank Cycle Challenge two-time winner Dan Craven and Martin Freyer, who both clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes and 5 seconds.\n\nMeanwhile, local top female cyclist Michelle Vorster won the elite women 100-km race after completing the race in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of second-placed Jagau Imke and Dreyer Risa who both finished with a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds.\n\nSpeaking to New Era Sport after the prize giving ceremony, Compenaerts, who travelled from Belgium to be part of this massive event, said the purpose of him being part of the race was to win.\n\n\u201cThe race was intense in the beginning but as it was going, I managed to get a chance to move and stretch my lead \u2013 that\u2019s when I got a chance to go for a kill. My purpose for taking part in this competition was because the atmosphere of the race is great and that drove me to take part. My objective to take part was to win the competition,\u2019\u2019 said Compenaerts.\n\nOn her part, Vorster said \u201cI felt it was a relief after coming to the finishing line; it\u2019s a great feeling after various years of working hard just to become number one. It\u2019s a feeling that\u2019s hard to explain. And also, it\u2019s nice to see so many women take part in this competition\u201d.\n\nMeanwhile, the Physically Active Youth (PAY) after-school programme yesterday received a massive boost when the winners and sponsors of the men\u2019s 100-km race donated N$54 000 to the institution.\n\nCampenaerts said he was donating his winning prize money of N$12 000 to PAY as he was impressed with what the programme does to develop cyclists.\n\n\u201cDan (Craven) told me about the project; I said I do not have any jerseys that I can give to the kids. He said I should not worry about that. So, he took me to the project and I immediately fell in love with it. So, I decided that if I win this race today, I will donate my cheque to them,\u201d he explained.\n\nHe added that he hopes his donation will change lives at PAY, as he saw they are doing wonders in helping children with their education, while at the same time helping them enjoy their favourite sport.\n\nNot to be outdone, Craven also donated his second prize monetary winnings of N$9 000, with third-placed Martin Freyer also adding his N$6 000. With N$27 000 donated by the winners, Nedbank Namibia Managing Director Lionel Matthews doubled the donation, saying they are inspired by what the cyclists had done.\n\n- mkambukwe@nepc.com\n\n2020-02-17 08:12:58 | 2 days ago", "sentence2": "Nedbank Cycle Challenge done and dusted\n\nLIMBA MUPETAMI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts and Michelle Vorster made easy work of the Nedbank Cycle Challenge in Windhoek yesterday.\n\n\n\nCampaenaerts broke away early from the rest of the pack to win in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds.\n\n\n\nNamibian cyclist Dan Craven beat Martin Freyer in the sprint for second place in a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes. The cyclist said he knew that he was going to win and thus cycled on his pace without any real threat from the rest of the contenders.\n\n\n\nRight after the race Campenaerts said he would donate his N$12 000 winnings to the organisation Physically Active Youth (PAY), which he visited last week.\n\n\n\nHe said he was impressed with the work they are doing and knew from the start that he had to win the race in order to give them the money.\n\n\n\nCraven and Freyer also announced at the prize-giving that they would donate their N$9 000 and N$6 000 winnings to the same organisation, which is an after-school centre in Katutura that provides a safe and nurturing learning environment for youngsters from disadvantaged communities.\n\n\n\nThe women\u2019s 100 km race was easily won by Michelle Vorster (2 hours, 39 minutes, 31 seconds), who also on Saturday won the Nedbank Mountain Bike Challenge.\n\n\n\nIn second place was Imke Jagau (2 hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds), and in third was Risa Dreyer. Their winnings are the same as the men\u2019s."}
+{"id": "1489951217_1489983888", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020.\n\nTwo rockets hit the Green Zone in Iraq's capital of Baghdad, a day after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S. and other coalition targets at bases in Iraq, according to a report Wednesday.\n\nThe Dow Jones Industrial Average pared gains on the heels of the reports of an explosion in Baghdad. The Dow Jones closed 161 points higher, but about 80 points lower than it had been just before the news.\n\nIraq's military said that two Katyusha rockets fell inside the Green Zone, the section that contains the U.S. Embassy, other embassies of western nations and foreign businesses, according to Reuters.\n\nThere were no casualities, according to the statement from Iraq's military.\n\nThe White House and Pentagon had no immediate comment.\n\nThe rockets were fired several hours after President Donald Trump declared that Iran appeared to be standing down from the U.S. \u2014 remarks that sent stock indices surging higher.\n\nOn Tuesday night eastern time, Iran fired missile attacks against two Iraqi bases that house U.S. military and coalition forces.\n\nThe barrage was retaliation for the killing a week earlier of Iran's top military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad.\n\nTrump on Wednesday defended the decision to target Soleimani, who has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in the Middle East.", "sentence2": "Two rockets fell on Wednesday inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said.\n\nPolice sources told Reuters at least one of the rockets fell 100 meters from the U.S. Embassy.\n\n\"Two Katyusha rockets fall inside the Green Zone without causing casualties. Details to follow,\" the military said.\n\nWitnesses confirmed to Reuters that two loud blasts followed by sirens had been heard in Baghdad early Wednesday local time, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility.\n\nThe blasts come at an especially fraught time, as Iran launched missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq overnight. That attack was in retaliation for the killing by the United States last week of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and raised concerns about a potential wider war in the Middle East."}
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Nicely done.\"\n\nAnother woman added: \"I truly loved this one, but the only one that hurts the most is knowing that I can't come home anymore... Because you're resting now Mommy, but when I could I definitely did. With my girls in tow.\"\n\n(Image: Getty Images)\n\nRULES TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER\n\n1. Make your bed every day, even if it\u2019s right before you get in it.\n\n2. Don\u2019t wear holey underwear\u2026in case you\u2019re in an accident and they cut your clothes off.\n\n3. Travel light through life. Keep only what you need.\n\n4. It\u2019s okay to cry when you\u2019re hurt. It\u2019s also okay to smash (some) things; but, wash your face, clean your mess, and get up off the floor when you\u2019re done. You don\u2019t belong down there.\n\n5. If you\u2019re going to curse, be clever. If you\u2019re going to curse in public, know your audience.\n\n6. Seek out the people and places that resonate with your soul.\n\n7. Just because you can, doesn\u2019t mean you should.\n\n8. 5-second rule. It\u2019s just dirt. There are worse things in a fast food cheeseburger.\n\n(Image: REX/Shutterstock)\n\n9. Happiness is not a permanent state. Wholeness is. Don\u2019t confuse these.\n\n10. If you\u2019re staying more than one night, unpack your bag.\n\n11. Never walk through an alley alone.\n\n12. Be less sugar, more spice, and only as nice as you\u2019re able to without compromising yourself.\n\n13. Can\u2019t is a cop-out.\n\n14. Hold your heroes to a high standard. Be your own hero.\n\n15. If you can\u2019t smile with your eyes, don\u2019t smile. Insincerity is nothing to aspire to.\n\n16. Never lie to yourself.\n\n17. Your body, your rules.\n\n18. If you have an opinion, you better know why.\n\n19. Practice your passions.\n\n(Image: Getty)\n\n20. Ask for what you want. The worst thing they can say is no.\n\n21. Wish on stars and dandelions, then get to work to make them happen.\n\n22. Stay as sweet as you are.\n\n23. Fall in love often. Particularly with ideas, art, music, literature, food and far-off places.\n\n24. Fall hard and forever in love with nothing but yourself.\n\n25. Say Please, Thank You, and Pardon Me, whenever the situation warrants it.\n\n26. Reserve \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d for when you truly are.\n\n27. Naps are for grown-ups, too.\n\n28. Question everything, except your own intuition.\n\n29. You have enough. You are enough.\n\n30. You are amazing! Don\u2019t let anyone ever make you feel you are not. If someone does\u2026.walk away. You deserve better.\n\n31. No matter where you are, you can always come home.\n\n32. Be happy and remember your roots, family is EVERYTHING.\n\n33. Say what you mean and mean what you say.\n\n34. No one will ever love you more than I do.\n\n35. Be kind; treat others how you would like them to treat you.\n\n36. If in doubt, remember whose daughter you are and straighten your crown."}
+{"id": "1505710139_1505806901", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "CLAIMED sightings of UFOs reported to the RAF by terrified members of the British public are to be published online for the first time.\n\nThe RAF ran a UFO unit for five decades but chose to shut it down in 2009 after it concluded none of the reports sent in offered evidence of a potential threat.\n\n2 Claimed sightings of UFOs reported to the RAF are to be published online Credit: Workbook Stock - Getty\n\nPreviously, records from the unit were given to the National Archives, often initially classified before being released after a specific number of years.\n\nBut the most recent reports received by the RAF will be placed online, the PA news agency revealed following a Freedom of Information Act request.\n\nMembers of the public reporting alleged UFO sightings are now directed to their local police force.\n\nA spokesman for the RAF said that \"it had been assessed that it would be better to publish these records, rather than continue sending documents to the National Archives, and so they are looking to put them on to a dedicated gov.uk web page\".\n\n2 Drawing of an 'alien spacecraft' spotted by two US servicemen during an unexplained incident in the Suffolk countryside in 1980 Credit: Alamy\n\nA clearance process for the documents is currently under way before publication, which is expected to take place \"some time within the first quarter of 2020\".\n\nIn response to the FOI request, the RAF described the files it held as \"comprising entirely of correspondence with members of the public\".\n\nIt added: \"The MoD has no opinion on the existence or otherwise of extra terrestrial life and does not investigate UFO reports.\"\n\nNick Pope, who used to investigate reports of UFO sightings for the MoD, welcomed the move.\n\n\"Given the massive public interest in this subject, I'm pleased that these files will be released and made available online,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\n\"The MoD have previously claimed that all the files have been released - only to find additional ones - so this latest move is bound to start a few conspiracy theories.\n\n\"When I worked on the MoD's 'UFO desk' we didn't find definitive proof of extraterrestrial visitation, but there were so many bizarre and unexplained sightings that we didn't entirely rule it out.\n\n\"I'm glad the public are to be given further insights into our work on these real-life X-Files.\"\n\nThe Rendlesham Forest incident: Britain\u2019s most famous UFO sighting The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 over a series of at least two nights. On December 26, 1980, military personnel at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk saw a strange light in Rendlesham Forest, which lies between the two bases. Three men were sent out to investigate where two of them encountered a small, triangularshaped craft. One man, Jim Penniston, got close enough to touch the side of the object. He and another of the airmen present, John Burroughs, made sketches of the craft for witness statements. Two nights later Deputy Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt and his team then encountered the UFO. He said later: \"Here I am, a senior official who routinely denies this sort of thing and diligently works to debunk them, and I'm involved in the middle of something I can't explain.\"\n\nDespite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained.\n\nEx UFO-chief claims he quit US government over alien encounter 'cover-up'\n\nTOP STORIES IN SCIENCE Investigation GAME SHAME YouTube flooded with hardcore sex videos from Roblox, a video game for KIDS TRACK DAY You can now race pals in Mario Kart on iPhone and Android for first time ever MURDER ON THE NILE Famous 'mistress' mummy Takabuti was KNIFED to death in her twenties LOGGED OFF WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones this week \u2013 is yours on the list? SPACED OUT Elon Musk plots launch of 60 SpaceX internet satellites amid 'space junk' row\n\nIn other news, a researcher claimed earlier this month that the discovery of alien life was not only \"inevitable\" but also \"imminent\".\n\nOne Nasa scientist has admitted it's entirely possible that aliens have already visited Earth \u2013 and we simply never noticed.\n\nAnd, here are the mysteries we need to solve in order to prove the existence of extraterrestrials.\n\nDo you believe in extraterrestrials? Let us know in the comments!\n\nWe pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Tech & Science team? Email us at tech@the-sun.co.uk", "sentence2": "HUGELY popular viral video app Vine is back as 'Byte' \u2013 four years after being unexpectedly killed off.\n\nByte is hoping to regain the popularity of Vine, which was loved for its rule of only allowing 6-second looping videos.\n\n3 Byte is a new app designed to replace the void left by Vine Credit: Byte\n\nThe mind behind Byte is Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann, who has been working on the new app for two years.\n\nJust like Vine, Byte limits videos to six seconds in length \u2013 and loops them after they've finished.\n\n\"Today we're bringing back 6-second looping videos and a new community for people who love them,\" Byte's creators wrote.\n\n\"It's called Byte and it's both familiar and new. We hope it'll resonate with people who feel something's been missing.\"\n\n3 Users will be limited to uploading videos no longer than six seconds \u2013 which will loop after finishing Credit: Byte\n\nIt was originally supposed to launch in spring 2019, but was delayed for unknown reasons.\n\nNow the app is free to download and is available on iPhone and Android phones.\n\nVine was founded back in June 2012, and was bought up by Twitter in October that same year \u2013 in what's believed to have been a $30million (\u00a322.9million) deal.\n\nThe app shot to popularity due to its short clips, with successful users often focusing particularly on comedy videos.\n\nIt was free to download, and was available on phones, computers and even game consoles.\n\nBut on October 27, 2016, Twitter announced that the Vine mobile app would be discontinued.\n\nIn December 2016, it was confirmed that the Vine app would remain operational, but videos would be published directly to Twitter.\n\nA month later, Vine's community website was shut down and the app was renamed to Vine Camera \u2013 which was largely deemed a flop.\n\n3 Byte was created by Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman Credit: Twitter\n\nIn January 2017, Twitter launched an archive of all Vine videos, but there was no way to upload new content to the service.\n\nMany Vine videos still prove popular on YouTube today, and there's been significant interest in a reboot of the app.\n\nBut Vine now faces stiff competition from rival app TikTok, a video app that's hugely popular with teens.\n\nByte \u2013 will it be the next hit app? Here's what industry expert Paolo Pescatore, of PP Foresight, told The Sun... \"Video is the next battle ground and is fast becoming a crowded place with too many services chasing few dollars.\n\n\"There are some opportunities to be novel that will resonate with viewers.\n\n\"Everyone wants to jump on the new thing but making money and attracting top quality content will represent the biggest test.\n\n\"For now new services need to have eyeballs and content.\"\n\nFormer Vine celebrities who have since transferred to TikTok are already turning up on Byte too.\n\nThey include Lance Stewart, Chris Melberger and Josh Darnit.\n\nThese online stars are likely attracted by the fact that Byte has vowed to start paying creators immediately \u2013 despite having only just launched.\n\nPeople on TikTok are coating their testicles in soy sauce in bizarre viral trend\n\nMOST READ IN TECH APPLE CRUMBLE Which iPhones are 'obsolete' and 'dangerous' in 2020? The full list CRIME TIME GTA 6 news 'on the way' as game-maker preps big announcement for next week CLEAN SLATE New Facebook button lets you see ALL your info other sites have given them LOGGED OFF WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones this week \u2013 is yours on the list? Investigation GAME SHAME YouTube flooded with hardcore sex videos from Roblox, a video game for KIDS ALL ABOARD Nasa's 'space home' where first ISS tourists will enjoy 'largest Earth window'\n\nIn other news, teens were recently panicking over rumours that TikTok is shutting down.\n\nExperts this week warned TikTok users not to participate in a \"stupid and dangerous\" trend that saw teens upload videos of themselves blowing up iPhone chargers.\n\nAnd Instagram influencers are being propositioned with huge sums of money for sex on a daily basis.\n\nWill you be signing up to Byte, or has the moment passed? Let us know in the comments!\n\nWe pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Tech & Science team? Email us at tech@the-sun.co.uk"}
+{"id": "1519707224_1518511192", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Sarah Adina Smith\u2019s latest will be of special interest to fans of \u201cBlack Swan\u201d and \u201cBunheads\u201d: the writer-director of \u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart\u201d is working on a ballet drama. This calls for a celebratory pli\u00e9. A press release announced that Amazon Studios and Anonymous Content have kicked off principal photography on Smith\u2019s \u201cBirds of Paradise.\u201d Kristine Froseth (\u201cThe Assistant\u201d) and Diana Silvers (\u201cBooksmart\u201d) star in the feature.\n\nAn adaptation of A.K. Small\u2019s 2019 novel \u201cBright Burning Stars,\u201d \u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d takes place at \u201ca prestigious ballet school in Paris, where the new girl (Silvers) befriends a grieving dance prodigy (Froseth) as the dancers compete for the school\u2019s ultimate prize: to receive a contract to join the Parisian Opera\u2019s ballet company,\u201d the pic\u2019s synopsis details. \u201cAs the pressure mounts and the girls are pushed to their physical and emotional limits, their bond is tested and they\u2019re forced to ask themselves just how far they are willing to go to win.\u201d\n\nSmith, who signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios last year, penned the script.\n\n\u201cSarah is a talented, visionary filmmaker who we\u2019re so happy is part of the Amazon family, and we can\u2019t wait to bring her next story to life with \u2018Birds of Paradise,'\u201d said Julie Rapaport, Co-head of Movies at Amazon Studios. \u201cWe\u2019re also thrilled to be working with stars Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth who are both on the path to becoming the next household names with their undeniable talents.\u201d\n\nAdded Smith, \u201cI wrote these roles specifically for Kristine Froseth and Diana Silvers, who I believe are going to take the world by storm. I\u2019m honored to take this journey with them and so thrilled to be partnering with Amazon Studios once again in pursuit of bold, unapologetic filmmaking.\u201d\n\nSmith\u2019s debut feature, 2014\u2019s \u201cThe Midnight Swim,\u201d took home the breakthrough audience award from AFI Fest. Her follow-up, 2016\u2019s Rami Malek-starrer \u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart,\u201d premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. On the small screen, her credits include \u201cHanna,\u201d \u201cLegion,\u201d and \u201cRoom 104.\u201d\n\n\u201cI suspect that directing movies might be a lot like being a professional athlete,\u201d Smith told us. \u201cYou have to keep your head in the game and your eye on the ball. And you can\u2019t waste time mourning losses or celebrating wins \u2014 at least not until the game is over. Stamina, patience, precision of judgment \u2014 these are all the things I love about the job!\u201d\n\nWhen asked what advice she\u2019d give other women directors, she said, \u201cI would tell them to do things their own way and don\u2019t feel like you ever have to conform to the system, because the system was largely built by men. We need to take all the good lessons from the past and from those existing systems but also not be afraid to make our own rules,\u201d she emphasized.", "sentence2": "Diana Silvers (\u201cBooksmart\u201d) and Kristine Froseth (\u201cSierra Burgess Is a Loser\u201d) will star in the ballet drama \u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d by writer and director Sarah Adina Smith (\u201cBuster\u2019s Mal Heart\u201d).\n\nAmazon Studios and Anonymous Content have started principal photography on the feature, which is currently shooting in Budapest. Anonymous Content\u2019s Trevor Adley and Dara Gordon are producing alongside Jonako Donley at Everything Is Everything.\n\n\u201cBirds of Paradise\u201d is based on the novel \u201cBright Burning Stars\u201d from A.K. Small, and is set in a prestigious ballet school in Paris, where a new girl (Silvers) befriends a grieving prodigy (Froseth). The dancers must compete for the school\u2019s biggest prize, to receive a contract to join the Parisian Opera\u2019s ballet company.\n\nAlso Read: Sam Claflin to Star Opposite Riley Keough in 'Daisy Jones & the Six' at Amazon\n\n\u201cSarah is a talented, visionary filmmaker who we\u2019re so happy is part of the Amazon family, and we can\u2019t wait to bring her next story to life with \u2018Birds of Paradise,'\u201d Julie Rapaport, Co-head of Movies at Amazon Studios, said. \u201cWe\u2019re also thrilled to be working with stars Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth who are both on the path to becoming the next household names with their undeniable talents.\u201d\n\nSmith added, \u201cI wrote these roles specifically for Kristine Froseth and Diana Silvers, who I believe are going to take the world by storm. I\u2019m honored to take this journey with them and so thrilled to be partnering with Amazon Studios once again in pursuit of bold, unapologetic filmmaking.\u201d\n\nAlso Read: Tessa Thompson Sundance Film 'Sylvie's Love' Acquired by Amazon Studios\n\nSmith\u2019s credits including the pilot and second episode of \u201cHanna\u201d for Amazon, as well as the first episode of Hulu\u2019s \u201cLooking for Alaska,\u201d in which Froseth starred. Her other credits include \u201cThe Midnight Swim,\u201d \u201cRoom 104\u201d and \u201cLegion.\u201d\n\nSmith is represented by WME and Artists First and Jon Van Schaik, while Silvers is represented by WME and Anonymous Content and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman. Froseth is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller."}
+{"id": "1551432131_1543195875", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Jajpur/Kalinganagar: People\u2019s demand for industrialisation in Jajpur district seems to be on the wane as two industrial units failed to lay their foundation stones over the last two weeks due to stiff opposition by locals, a report said.\n\nThe opposition of the residents stems from the fact that the firms were trying to take over the public land for establishment of their units and were ignoring employment of locals.\n\nReports said Kesika Metallics had planned for its ground breaking ceremony near the Biju Patnaik Park at Kalinganagar March 7 while Darcl Logistics had planned its foundation stone laying ceremony Tuesday.\n\nDarcl Logistics had planned to establish its hub over 10 acre of land in Danagadi tehsil but its plan for laying the foundation stone was frustrated after locals opposed handing over the land, comprising a pastureland and playground, to the firm. This led to face-off between the locals and the police personnel present there.\n\nLocals alleged that when the district administration had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc over coronavirus scare, the Dangadi tehsil officials carrying out measurement of the land and the foundation stone laying ceremony are in clear defiance of the collector\u2019s order.\n\nIt is alleged that the firms overlooking the problems of the residents and the displaced has led to a sharp resentment among the locals.\n\nMoreover, the chances of getting employment in these firms were getting slimmer by the day on account of which locals are no longer enthusiastic about industrialisation.\n\nThe firms which had earlier established their units here never tried to fulfill the aspirations of the local people on the fronts of employment and peripheral development. And this led to discontent among the people.\n\nThe state government has planned to build Kalinganagar as a mega industrial hub for which many downstream industries from in and out of the state have expressed their interests to establish their units here.\n\nThe locals were also annoyed on the construction of a logistics park on a forest land adjoining the land identified for Darcl Logistics.\n\nA local environmental outfit, Kalinganagar Parivesh Surakshya Samiti, has filed a case (42.2019) in the National Green Tribunal on construction of the logistics park. The case is sub-judice.\n\nNarayan Dixit, additional tehsildar of Danagadi, said they were measuring the land for handing it over to Darcl Logistics but postponed it due to opposition by locals.", "sentence2": "As the country gears up to celebrate the much-awaited Holi festival on Tuesday, 10 March, the Delhi traffic police has come out with a special traffic advisory to ensure smooth traffic, and more importantly to curb rash driving and road accidents on the day.\n\nIt states, \u201c Delhi Traffic Police has made elaborate traffic arrangements to ensure safety of motorists on roads and check the incidents of drunken driving, over-speeding, reckless driving, zig-zag driving, dangerous driving, red light jumping, triple riding, driving by minor, driving/riding without helmet, performing stunts on two-wheelers, etc.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1497055928_1535476650", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Our editors independently selected these items because we think you will enjoy them and might like them at these prices. If you purchase something through our links, we may earn a commission. Pricing and availability are accurate as of publish time. Learn more about Shop TODAY .\n\nAdjusting your skincare routine to your skin type is significant to finding a workable routine: normal, oily, combination or dry. Likewise, it's similarly important to base it on your skin tone or color.\n\nAccording to the American Academy of Dermatology, for example, people with darker skin tones face a unique set of skincare needs.\n\nWithout proper hydration, dry skin can look gray and ashy.\n\nHyperpigmentation \u2014 the overproduction of melanin in the skin \u2014 can be caused by UV rays and is probably the most common concern for people of color.\n\nthe overproduction of melanin in the skin \u2014 can be caused by UV rays and is probably the most common concern for people of color. Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation \u2014 wherein healing skin overproduces melanin \u2014 can leave a dark scar where a blemish once lived.\n\nHaving said that, there is a slew of skincare products that can help promote healthier skin. To best protect, nourish and treat skin of color, we consulted doctors and experts on some of the best products to get you through your skincare routine.We sorted them through the six essential skincare ingredients experts recommended:\n\nBest SPF skincare for dark skin\n\nEvery single dermatologist we consulted emphasized the importance of using sunscreen to promote skin health. Sounds obvious, right? People with darker skin are often told they don\u2019t need sunscreen, which is a deeply incorrect and potentially dangerous piece of advice.\n\n\u201cDaily SPF \u2014 at least 30 \u2014 is critical for prevention and treatment of hyperpigmentation, as well as for prevention of skin cancer,\u201d Sara Perkins, MD, an assistant professor with the Department of Dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, told NBC News. \u201cThis is an absolute must for all skin types, including skin of color.\u201d\n\nPerkins, who\u2019s also the clinical advisor to Hims and Hers, considers EltaMD's SPF offerings her \u201ctop choice.\u201d\n\nThis tinted, mineral sunscreen protects your skin from damaging UVA and UVB rays to prevent early signs of aging and burning.\n\nHyaluronic acid is the hero ingredient in this moisturizer that doubles as a broad-spectrum sunscreen.\n\nFor those prone to acne or hyperpigmentation, this sunscreen includes niacinamide (Vitamin B3), hyaluronic acid, and antioxidants \u2014 which we'll dive into below. Perkins gave an honorable mention to La Roche Posay Anthelios facial sunscreen, as well.\n\nJared Jagdeo, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and Ever/Body\u2019s medical director, recommended SkinCeuticals\u2019 take on SPF.\n\n\u201cThis product is outstanding, blends in perfectly to any skin tone and never leaves that chalky look,\u201d said Jagdeo, who added that what really makes for a great sunscreen is your desire to use it everyday.\n\nThis sunscreen is beloved by dermatologists because it was formulated to be fail-proof. \u201cThis specific sunscreen was studied in the real world and shown to be more effective in preventing sunburn as compared to sunscreens with lower SPF levels,\u201d Joshua Zeichner, MD, director of cosmetic and clinical research at Mount Sinai Hospital's dermatology department, told NBC News.\n\nBest retinol skincare for dark skin\n\nRetinol is pretty much the gold standard when it comes to anti-aging skincare.\n\n\"This vitamin A derivative truly has clinically-proven anti-aging properties \u2014 but it can also help with pigmentation,\u201d Perkins explained. \u201cIt's also very effective in the treatment of acne. These can be quite irritating so I recommend starting with the lower concentrations first.\u201d\n\nAs with any skincare product, it comes down to how you use it, and when. Over-the-counter retinols are best used in the evening. Irritation and dryness are common side effects. Pairing a retinol product with a moisturizer can help avoid some of that, Perkins said. Or you can use a gentle retinol oil like MARA Evening Primrose Green Tea Algae Retinol Face Oil.\n\n\u201cThis budget-friendly night treatment contains both alpha hydroxy acids, which help to unstick and exfoliate dulling, dead skin cells immediately, as well as retinol, which stimulates cell turnover and new collagen production over time,\u201d Tsippora Shainhouse, MD, a dermatologist in Los Angeles, told NBC News. \u201cTogether, these help to reduce the appearance of fine lines with regular use over two to three months.\u201d\n\nThe combo of retinol and hyaluronic acid is what makes this one a game-changer. \u201cThis retinoid serum visibly fills and reduces wrinkles, giving skin a smoother and more plumped appearance,\u201d says Howard Sobel, MD, New York City dermatologist and founder of Sobel Skin.\n\nBest skincare with hyaluronic acid\n\nAnother significant ingredient in skincare for most skin types is hyaluronic acid, \u201ca natural sugar molecule that occurs in our body and helps to attract water, so it functions as a great moisturizer,\u201d said Marisa Garshick, MD, a dermatologist at Medical Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in New York City.\n\n\u201cIt keeps the skin looking fresh and hydrated,\" Garshick told NBC News.\n\n\u201cIn darker skin tones, dryness frequently manifests as an ashy or grayish appearance of the skin,\u201d dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD, told NBC News. \u201cHyaluronic acid is a go-to ingredient to pump all skin types, and is particularly useful in those with darker skin. It acts like a sponge binding to 1000 times its weight in water.\u201d\n\nAnd let\u2019s not forget dark skinned men who, yes, also need to take care of their skin. Jagdeo recommends the DefenAge Men's Kit, its key ingredients including a proprietary peptide blend, along with soothing niacinamide and hyaluronic acid, designed to help users achieve a smooth, well-hydrated and improved complexion.\n\nHe says it\u2019s \u201cideal for the man who wants to look his best with an easy-to-use, all-in-one regimen,\u201d adding that the \u201ccomprehensive kit addresses most skin concerns.\u201d\n\nBest skin brightening products\n\nA lot of serums formulated to brighten skin also have the bonus effect of treating hyperpigmentation and dark spots.\n\nZeichner recommended Neutrogena\u2019s Bright Boost Serum. \u201cPigmentary disorders are extremely common among patients with darker skin types,\u201d he explained. \u201cTurmeric extract has long been used in skin care because of its ability to brighten unwanted pigmentation and even skin tone.\u201d\n\nBradley Bloom, MD, of Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York, recommended SkinMedica Lytera 2.0 Pigment Correcting Serum. \u201cIt combines some of the most effective brightening ingredients, including niacinamide, in a non-irritating formula,\u201d he said.\n\nJagdeo said he recommends SkinCeuticals Discoloration Defense for one specific reason: \u201cDiscoloration defense is specially formulated with a combination of anti-pigment agents designed to even out the tone of the skin.\u201d\n\nBest skincare with antioxidants\n\nAnother heavily recommended ingredient by the dermatologists we consulted: antioxidants. To briefly summarize: \"Antioxidant serums help protect your skin from the free radicals you're exposed to on a daily basis. They also aid in the prevention of fine lines and other visible signs of aging, and can heal and repair skin,\" Dr. Debra Jaliman, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City and author of the book \"Skin Rules: Trade Secrets From a Top New York Dermatologist,\" told NBC News.\n\nSapna Palep, MD, of Spring Street Dermatology recommended the ALASTIN Restorative Skin Complex. \"It\u2019s chock full of potent antioxidants to help even skin tone while also plumping the skin and combating fine lines and wrinkles.\u201d Palep explained. \"It\u2019s so versatile for all skin tones, including darker complexions.\u201d\n\nHadley King, a board certified dermatologist, is a fan of The Everything Oil. \u201cIt contains cold pressed, organic prickly pear seed oil, organic avocado oil, organic sweet almond oil and organic aloe vera. These ingredients both hydrate and moisturize, and they have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well. And it's vegan, organic and cruelty-free and it's formulated without water, alcohol or silicone. It's also a great option for brightening, which is often a plus for dark skin tones. The ingredients work together to brighten the skin by offering antioxidant protection, anti-inflammatory properties, increased cell turnover, hydration and increased collagen production. There are no potentially irritating ingredients to lead to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.\u201d\n\nBest Vitamin C-infused skincare\n\nVitamin C, or L-ascorbic acid, is a substantial antioxidant that stimulates collagen production and fights UV damage and pigmentation \u2014 not to mention helps stave off colds. You can get your Vitamin C from certain foods \u2014 or you can wear it on your face.\n\n\u201cFormulation, packaging and storage are key here as it oxides quickly when exposed to light,\u201d Perkins said about what readers should keep in mind. Vitamin C can go from useable to dysfunction seemingly overnight.\n\nBoth Jagdeo and Palep recommended the C E Ferulic serum, which Jagdeo uses for both himself and his clients, and called \u201cthe hero product by which the rest of the cosmeceutical industry is measured.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s an investment \u2014 one Palep said is worth it, as it remains active for multiple days and the included dropper keeps you using precisely how much you need to with little waste.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s packed with antioxidants that work great on darker skin tones for brightening and destroying free radicals,\u201d she added.\n\nKing recommends Schaf Revitalizing Serum, which was formulated specifically for dark spots and fine lines, making it a great fit for dark skin tones.\n\n\u201cVitamin C boosts brightness through its antioxidant properties, hyaluronic acid hydrates the skin, and peptides help stimulate collagen production to diminish fine lines,\u201d she said. It\u2019s also vegan and cruelty free.\n\nThe ultimate result everyone wants is one thing: Great skin. Skin care is self-care so treat yourself well.\n\nMore skincare shopping recommendations", "sentence2": "Because pores exist everywhere on our bodies, there also exists the possibility for breakouts everywhere on our bodies. (Great!) But some of those pores are more prone to acne than others, like those that are more exposed to sweat, bacteria, oil, inflammation, and other pore-clogging, pimple-causing phenomena \u2014 and that includes your chest. I reached out to New York City-based dermatologists Dr. Robyn Gmyrek and Dr. Kenneth Howe to understand what causes chest acne in the first place, and how to get rid of chest acne should you want to treat these breakouts.\n\nAccording to Dr. Gmyrek, chest acne is basically the same thing as facial acne. \u201cWhen a pore gets clogged by dead skin cells at the opening, sebum gets trapped inside. That creates inflammation, which leads to pimples and an overgrowth of bacteria,\u201d she explains. Also like facial acne, the causes for chest acne are often multi-pronged. Some people have a genetic predisposition to acne, while some might experience hormonal breakouts. But along with biological factors, Dr. Gmyrek says that chest acne can be caused or worsened by excessive sweating, especially while wearing tight-fitting clothing. Occlusive clothing, like sports bras and compression shirts, trap sweat and oil, which leads to more bacteria and inflammation. Et voila: chest acne.\n\nBeyond showering ASAP after a workout, you can also use pimple-fighting products to keep chest acne at bay. But be mindful of the products you\u2019re using to treat chest acne, as Dr. Gmyrek warns that \u201cyour chest skin is more sensitive to being dried out or irritated by medicated acne products than facial skin.\u201d So if you\u2019re using a concentrated spot treatment, use it sparingly and occasionally so you don\u2019t exacerbate dryness.\n\nDr. Howe adds that the risk of scarring is greater with chest acne, \u201cparticularly deeper acne cysts on the central chest\" \u2014 so whatever you do, don\u2019t pick at your spots. Dr. Howe says those resulting scabs and scars can take months to clear up. And if over-the-counter remedies aren\u2019t working for you, Dr. Howe recommends paying a visit to your dermatologist. \u201cProbably because the area is covered by clothes, a lot of patients neglect getting treatment for their chest,\u201d he says. \u201cBut why continue to suffer, when we can clear it up?\u201d\n\nThat said, there are ways to treat chest acne at home. Start with these five dermatologist-approved products, listed ahead, which can help you prevent, treat, and get rid of chest acne for good.\n\n1. Try A Spray-On Exfoliant Paula\u2019s Choice Clear Acne Body Spray $25 | Amazon See on Amazon This Paula\u2019s Choice Clear Acne Body Spray contains 2% salicylic acid, a mainstay ingredient for treating acne. But in this formula, soothing and hydrating ingredients like allantoin, glycerin, and hyaluronic acid counteract salicylic acid's drying effects, which might otherwise be too intense for the thin skin on your chest. Dr. Gmyrek points out that this spray can be helpful for treating hard-to-reach back acne, too, since the pump is designed to spray at any angle. \"I love this stuff! This is the 3rd time I\u2019ve repurchased it. I get bad breakouts on my shoulders and chest, and this spray clears them up within a few days and doesn\u2019t dry out my skin,\" commented one satisfied customer.\n\n2. Use An Acne-Fighting Body Wash In The Shower Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash $38 | Amazon See on Amazon If you have mild to moderate chest acne, Dr. Howe recommends using an acne-fighting body wash since they\u2019re so easy to incorporate into your daily routine. (That said, Dr. Howe says that more severe cases of body acne might not respond to foaming cleansers, since they simply aren't left on long enough to thoroughly penetrate skin.) Like the Paula\u2019s Choice body spray, the Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash contains 2% salicylic acid, which is the highest percentage of salicylic acid permitted in an over-the-counter product. The formula also contains soothing ingredients like aloe, jojoba esters, and camellia leaf extract to keep dryness and inflammation under control. Dr. Gmyrek suggests using this body wash with a gently exfoliating washcloth or body scrubber to maximize its pore-cleansing powers.\n\n3. Always Apply Sunscreen EltaMD UV Sport Broad-Spectrum SPF 50 $24 | Amazon See on Amazon I probably don\u2019t need to tell you that tanning is bad for literally everything to do with your skin, but Dr. Howe specifically warns against tanning as a quick fix for body acne. \u201cThat might work for a few weeks,\u201d he says, \u201cbut once you\u2019re out of the sun your acne will undergo a rebound flare, and come roaring back even worse. Plus, you\u2019ll have caused lifelong sun damage to your exposed skin.\u201d For sun protection, Dr. Gmyrek swears by EltaMD products for acne-prone skin \u2014 they\u2019re lightweight, non-comedogenic, and guard your skin against both UVB and UVA rays (the former are responsible for sunburns, the latter cause sun spots, and both can cause skin cancer). Use EltaMD UV Sport Broad-Spectrum SPF 50 on your chest (and the rest of your body) for up to 80 minutes of acne-safe, water-resistant sun protection. The non-greasy formula doesn\u2019t leave behind a white cast, so it works beautifully on all skin tones.\n\n4. Keep Pores Clean With Exfoliating Pads Neutrogena Rapid Clear Treatment Pads $7 | Amazon See on Amazon Using salicylic acid-soaked treatment pads can be an effective, mess-free, and oddly satisfying way to treat chest acne. These Neutrogena Rapid Clear Treatment Pads clear away dirt, oil, and other bacteria to treat current acne flare-ups and prevent future breakouts. A word of warning: Since they\u2019re intended for treating facial acne, these pads are highly concentrated and might be too drying for run-of-the-mill chest acne. Reserve them for more severe breakouts, or if you have very oily skin."}
+{"id": "1506125866_1518961320", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#biotech--NanoSurface Biomedical, a leading provider of biomimetic cell-based assay products and services, announced today the launch of the 384-well NanoSurface Plate\u2122, the newest and highest-throughput offering of the NanoSurface Plates\u2122 product line. NanoSurface Plates\u2122 structure cell cultures into physiologically relevant tissue models by providing biomimetic topographic features that emulate the alignment of the native cellular microenvironment. For example, stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte cells can be cultured in NanoSurface Plates\u2122 to create cardiac microtissues for predictive preclinical drug screening.\n\nHuman stem-cell based assays hold great promise for modeling the safety and efficacy of drugs preclinically. However, these models can fail to properly represent human biology when the in vitro environment does not reproduce essential cues. Conventional glass or plastic cell culture dishes fail to imitate critical aspects of the native cellular microenvironment, resulting in cell cultures that do not adequately resemble the structure or function of native human tissues.\n\nNanoSurface Plates\u2122 feature a softer nanopatterned culture surface that mimics the aligned architecture of the native extracellular matrix. Cells on NanoSurface Plates\u2122 exhibit more physiologically representative structural and functional phenotypes. NanoSurface Plates\u2122 can be used to enhance preclinical cell-based assays with a wide variety of cell types, including those with cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle cells, neurons, migratory cancer cells, and many more.\n\nDr. Nicholas Geisse, Chief Science Officer of NanoSurface Biomedical, will present data highlighting NanoSurface technologies at the scientific podium session \u201cCellular Technologies - Application of Organ-on-chips and Micro-Physiological Systems\u201d at the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference on Monday, January 27. The focus of the presentation will be on engineering the cell niche to enhance iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte maturity and predictivity in a high-throughput, assay-agnostic manner.\n\n\u201cAt NanoSurface, we strive to make cells in the dish resemble cells in the body,\u201d said Michael Cho, CEO of NanoSurface Biomedical. \u201cThe 384-well NanoSurface Plate\u2122 allows drug developers to culture more physiologically relevant cells and tissues in a high-throughput, reproducible, and scalable format that will enhance their drug screening workflows.\u201d\n\n384-well NanoSurface Plates will be available March 2020. Pre-orders are available today via the NanoSurface contact form.\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical will exhibit at SLAS 2020 in Booth 2120.\n\nAbout NanoSurface Biomedical\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical is a biotechnology company based in Seattle, WA that develops biomimetic technologies to enhance cell-based assays and accelerate drug development. NanoSurface was founded in 2015. www.nanosurfacebio.com\n\nNanoSurface Biomedical\n\nDirector of Sales & Marketing: Heejoon Choi, 800-913-4403 x702\n\nheejoon@nanosurfacebio.com", "sentence2": "Whether you\u2019re a novice or a grandmaster chess player, you\u2019ll love playing the game on our 2020 Battle for the White House set. Our commemorative chess set spares no detail. Each piece was painstakingly designed for likability and accuracy to enhance your chess-playing experience.\n\nProudly display on a table in your study or office, or give as a coveted gift to someone special."}
+{"id": "1494575333_1542493898", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Elders Katanning farm supplies merchandise manager Keith Daddow and farm supplies sales person Donna Smith have been jointly recognised for their outstanding performance with the Elders National Sales Performance Award at the annual One Elders Awards in Adelaide.\n\nELDERS Katanning farm supplies sales person Donna Smith and farm supplies merchandise manager Keith Daddow have been jointly recognised for their outstanding performance with the Elders National Sales Performance Award at the annual One Elders Awards in Adelaide.\n\n\n\nThe One Elders Awards recognise employees and teams whose performance and safety outcomes significantly contribute to business results, in addition to demonstrating the values of the pink shirt.\n\n\n\nThis is due in large part to Ms Smith's and Mr Daddow's work on overall sales and significant growth in the Elders Katanning business.\n\n\n\n\"It is such an honour to be nationalally recognised by our great company,\" Mr Daddow said.\n\n\n\nElders said the pair's passion and 'can do' attitude made them \"stand out from the pack\" and seen them both share this prestigious national award for sales performance.\n\n\n\nMr Daddow, who has the gate open at 6.15am (after his morning coffee) to get stuck into be the best he can be for his clients, said \"if you love what you do it's an absolute pleasure to come to work\".\n\n\n\nMr Daddow is a fourth generation Elders man and Katanning born.He came back to the Katanning branch 18 months ago after previously managing the branch in the 1990s.\n\n\n\nHe spoke glowingly of the flow-on effect of Ms Smith's enthusiasm within the branch.\"Donna is a wonderful person and 2IC at the store,\" he said.\n\n\n\n\"I draw inspiration from what she and the team have achieved in the past 12 months and it's showing in the growth of the business.\n\n\n\n\"We love our clients and we love coming to work.\n\n\n\n\"The Elders Sales Performance Award is presented to an Elders employee that exemplifies the company's core values of innovation, teamwork, accountability, customer focus and integrity.\n\n\n\n\"Recipients are recognised for their ability to drive safety culture and deliver financial and operational achievements.\"", "sentence2": "PANAMA CITY, Fla. \u2014 It was a full house at the Panama City Center of the Arts on Saturday morning, as a local artist announced the winners of his annual student art contest.\n\nThe contest, put on by Paul Brent, is in it\u2019s 28th year, celebrating youth art while also spreading awareness on endangered animals.\n\nThis year\u2019s contest focused on endangered whales, challenging fourth graders across Bay County to depict the animals through several different mediums.\n\nBrent then judges the art and chooses winners from each school in Bay County, but he said seeing all of the art presented shows great creativity among the area\u2019s children as well as dedication by teachers.\n\n\u201cWe have excellent art work and a great deal is due to both the talent of the young artists and the teachers they have,\u201d said Brent. \u201cThe teachers get excited about these projects and as you can see we have very imaginative projects and the teachers provide the materials.\u201d\n\nSee below for a full list of this year\u2019s winners:"}
+{"id": "1501517029_1511202234", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from LincolnshireLive - Daily Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Invalid Email\n\nWant to do more to help the planet?\n\nRetired languages teacher Geoff Jones, 75, of Burton Road in Lincoln, is just the man.\n\nHe is so dedicated to saving the planet that he hasn't bought clothes for 20 years - and when knobs break on his pot lids, he replaces it with one from a drawer.\n\nNow the committed environmentalist has shared his ideas of how people can make a big difference.\n\n(Image: UIG via Getty Images)\n\nGrow your own fruit and veg\n\nGeoff says: \"The main message about food is grow your own. If you can't or don't have the space at least buy local and seasonal, ideally organic.\n\n\"People are used to buying strawberries and tomatoes in the middle of winter, and beans flown in from Kenya, that the pleasure of looking forward to produce coming into season has been lost.\"\n\nMeat is not off the menu\n\nGeoff does eat meat, although his wife Hilary is vegetarian. There is widespread concern about the harmful effects of clearing trees from large areas of land to raise livestock to supply the demand for meat.\n\nHowever, Geoff says: \"Any meat I buy is locally-sourced, free-range and organic.\n\n\"For Christmas I buy a pheasant or if there's a house full of guests I get a brace of pheasants for less than \u00a310.\"\n\n\"There's enough for a roast, a casserole, and a soup if you boil the bones.\"\n\nGood food does not have to be expensive\n\nGeoff says: \"There's a fallacy that people cannot afford to buy good quality food.\n\n\"You could buy a burger and chips but compare that to what you could get from the supermarket or market, particularly if you go at the end of the day when fruit, vegetables and meat are reduced.\"\n\n(Image: Paul Whitelam)\n\nMake your own compost at home\n\nGeoff says that anyone can make compost for the garden even if they don't have a big garden or allotment.\n\nHe said: \"I do demonstrations of how to make compost from just grass clippings and shredded paper.\n\n\"I also use a lot of materials like cardboard and trimmings from my garden.\n\n\"I don't have a green garden waste bin as I compost my garden waste and I put my recycling bin out maybe once every two to three months.\"\n\nSave water in the kitchen\n\nGeoff recommends not completely filling the kettle if you're only making one drink.\n\nHe adds: \"If you run the hot tap to get hot water, collect the cold water that comes out first before it gets hot and use this for something else like washing vegetables.\n\n\"Don't wash up more than once a day. Only use the washing machine once or twice a week.\"\n\n(Image: Paul Whitelam)\n\nTurn lights off when you leave a room\n\n\"This is a simple step towards saving energy,\" Geoff says.\n\nHe also suggests switching to LED lightbulbs and not leaving the telly on standby.\n\nCleaning products\n\nGeoff believes that having a cupboard full of chemical cleaning products is bad for the environment because they end up in rivers and seas.\n\nHe said: \"We use vinegar and bicarbonate of soda for cleaning worktops and windows and a bottle of bleach lasts us three years.\n\n\"We also buy environmentally friendly washing up liquid and laundry liquid and Greens does refills of these.\"\n\nReuse and repair\n\nGeoff says: \"If something breaks we mend it. Clothes get mended and socks are darned.\n\n\"If the knob falls off the lid of a pan then you can replace it with a knob off a chest of drawers and secure it with a nut and washer.\n\n\"You can get your shoes mended at the cobblers. If you wash out a bread bag you can use it again 10 or 20 times. They make good freezer bags.\n\n\"We also re-use glass jars and bottles.\"\n\nShopping\n\nGeoff said: \"Buy secondhand pots and pans and furniture. Charity shops are full of good stuff.\n\n\"I have not bought any new clothes for 20 years apart from specialist items like walking boots or safety boots.\"\n\nYou don't need to go everywhere in the car\n\nGeoff rides a bicycle, rides a motorbike and drives a car.\n\nHe said: \"If a journey is less than a mile or two, I walk. If it's two to three miles we cycle and if we are in more of a hurry we go on the motorbike.\n\n\"The car is only used for longer journeys or if we need to transport bulky materials, and it does 2,000 miles a year at the most.\"", "sentence2": "There are times when certain body problems can annoy us to no end because we can't find an obvious fix for them or don't have the kind of time to look for it. However, these issues aren't uncommon and can be easily fixed.\n\nSo, here's a quick guide to the most common body issues that most men face and here are some simple solutions to them:\n\n1. Chapped Lips\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nChapped lips are one of those problems that can be very easily overlooked by us. However, amongst all the facial features, the lips are one of the first to get noticed. So, it's always important to keep your lips moisturised so they look and feel healthy.\n\n\n\nFor this, you need to invest in a lip balm that suits your lips. Try Nivea Moisturising lip balm.\n\n2. Body Odour\n\nBody odour is natural and something everyone tends to have at the end of a tiring day. However, stingy body odour can, in fact, annoy other people.\n\nHere's a tip, instead of a deo, invest in a roll-on that you can keep handy at all times. So, whenever you feel the hint of your stench, you can quickly rush to the washroom, and after two swipes of the roll-on, you'll be as good as new.\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\n3. Itchy Rashes\n\n\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nFor itchy rashes and painful blisters between the thighs that come from too much friction, gymming, and humid months you can always use a rash cream. While this may strike you as obvious, how many times have you actually gone to get a rash cream at a store? A rash cream takes no time in tackling these blisters leaving your skin as good as new.\n\n\n\n4. A Jock Itch\n\n\u00a9 Getty Images\n\nA jock itch or itchy balls is something you might face with if you don't have an intimate wash at home that you use regularly or if you don't change your underwear that often.\n\n\n\nFor a natural intimate wash, use natural ingredients like tea tree oil and aloe vera gel that need to be mixed in the ratio of 1:7 respectively. This will soothe down the itch and nix any bacteria build-up.\n\nShop The Story"}
+{"id": "1510582150_1510471003", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "AGRA: An armed man with a criminal background, Subhash Batham, held at least 22 children hostage at his daughter\u2019s birthday party who was later killed in police action in a village located in India\u2019s Uttar Pradesh.\n\nSubhash Batham, an accused in a murder case who was out on bail, held at least 22 children hostage after inviting them to his house for a birthday party of his daughter in Kathariya village in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Farukkhabad.\n\nOne person was injured in his leg by a gunshot when some of the residents tried to open the door. Later, Batham had also hurled a crude bomb and fired gunshots on villagers and policemen rushed to rescue the children.\n\nSome reports said Batham held the children hostages, who were aged between six months and 15 years, for being wrongly framed in a murder case and wanted to pressurise the authorities for dropping the criminal charges against him.\n\nA local police officer told media that security personnel took the action with extreme caution in order to ensure the safety of the children locked inside the house.\n\nAfter the overnight stand-off, a special team of trained policemen and commandos killed him in a shoot-out, while two officers were also wounded in the operation.\n\nThe hostages were rescued by the security team without any injury.\n\nAccording to the reports, Batham\u2019s wife was also killed on Thursday night, after villagers reportedly beat her to death and threw stones at her when she attempted to run away from the scene.\n\nComments\n\ncomments", "sentence2": "Authorities in northern India have rescued 23 children after killing a man who held them hostage for nearly 11 hours after inviting them to his home for his daughter's birthday party.\n\nOfficer Mohit Agarwal said two police officers were injured after the man, identified as Subhash Batham, fired at them on Thursday night as they tried to enter his home in Kasaria village in Uttar Pradesh state.\n\nHome Secretary Avanish Awasthi said Batham's wife was also killed in the exchange of gunfire.\n\nEfforts to negotiate Batham's surrender had failed, police said.\n\nAgarwal said he was a suspect in a murder case and had been freed on bail by a court.\n\nThe incident occurred in Farrukhabad, a small town 300 kilometres southwest of Lucknow, the state capital.\n\nThe motive for Batham taking the children hostage was not immediately known.\n\nAgarwal said he was drunk when the police encounter occurred."}
+{"id": "1546790297_1504564783", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "By Kamel Hawwash | @kamelhawwash | \u2013\n\n( Middle East Monitor ) \u2013 If any country which claims to be a democracy, its potential prime minister declares that the votes of a significant minority are not part of the democratic \u2018equation\u2019, they would be rightly condemned as racists. That is exactly what Israel\u2019s Benjamin Netanyahu declared when claiming he had won the recent Israeli elections when he said that he won among the\u201dZionist\u201d voters because \u201cArabs are not part of the equation.\u201d Let that sink in. The reason Palestinian citizens of Israel are a minority is only because during its creation, 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homeland through Zionist terror.\n\nBy \u2018Zionist\u2019 Netanyahu refers to Jews, an equivalence we are told should not be made because it is used by some to hide their anti-Jewish sentiments. At a stroke, Netanyahu delegitimised the votes of 300,000 of Israel\u2019s own citizens because they are not Jewish and would not vote for him.\n\nNetanyahu has form when it comes to racism against non-Jewish citizens from his country. In an election day video in 2015 he urged his supporters to go out and vote because \u201cthe rule of the right is in danger, Arab voters are coming in droves to the ballot boxes,\u201d Netanyahu declared in the video. \u201cLeft-wing NGOs are bringing them in buses.\u201d\n\nHowever, in quite a hypocritical U-turn after winning the election, Netanyahu decided to reach out to the Palestinian citizens of Israel offering a half-hearted apology. He said \u201cI know the things I said several days ago offended some of Israel\u2019s citizens, hurt the Arab citizens,\u201d Netanyahu told invited representatives of the Arab community at the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence in Jerusalem. \u201cThis was never my intent. I apologize for this.\u201d\n\nThis was rejected by Joint List leader Ayman Odeh who called the apology a duplicitous \u201cflip-flop.\u201d So long as Netanyahu \u201cadvances racist legislation\u2026 and does not promote real equality\u201d for Israel\u2019s Arabs, said the MK, the prime minister\u2019s apology would not be acceptable or credible.\n\nBoth episodes in 2015 and recently show the racism that is at the core of Netanyahu\u2019s and the right-wing coalition ideology. Palestinian citizens of Israel are at best second class citizens. In 2018, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on accused the leader of the Joint (Arab) List MK, Ayman Odeh, and his associates of being a \u201cfifth column\u201d and said they should be \u201coutlawed\u201d for their support of a Gaza solidarity protest in Haifa. Lieberman lamented the \u201csystematic failure\u201d of law enforcement to take action against Odeh \u201cand his friends\u201d and called for them to be \u201coutlawed.\u201d\n\nREAD: BDS Movement marks demise of Israel\u2019s culinary propaganda initiative\n\nCurrent Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennet has also revelled in his racism against Palestinians, claiming in 2013, \u201cI\u2019ve killed lots of Arabs in my life \u2013 and there\u2019s no problem with that.\u201d In 2017 as Education Minister, he told MKs of Palestinian origin to choose to be either \u2018normal Israelis\u2019 or \u2018terrorists\u2019. Bennett also believes that Palestinians \u2018already have their state in Jordan\u2019.\n\nBlue and White (Kahol Lavan) leader Benny Gantz would not contemplate forming a government with the Joint Arab List claiming he is not \u201cafraid to speak to any legitimate political party, but the Joint List will not be part of the government I form.\u201d He said, \u201cmy disagreements with its leadership on the national and security issues are deep, difficult and unbridgeable,\u201d. He continued, \u201cI intend to implement President Trump\u2019s peace plan, in coordination with all the elements in the region, and see it as a significant milestone.\u201d Israel \u201ccannot tolerate support for terrorism or avoid condemnation,\u201d Gantz said.\n\nGantz did not object to the inclusion in Trump\u2019s plan a provision to strip 300,000 Palestinian Israeli citizens of their citizenship in \u2018land swaps\u2019, that would see the area known as the \u2018Triangle\u2019 become part of the so called Palestinian state, without asking that population for it\u2019s views.\n\nNone of the above discrimination and shear racism against Palestinians and Palestinian citizens of Israel should surprise us. Israel has over sixty laws that discriminate against its Palestinian citizens and Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. And most were implemented before Israel\u2019s main political leadership either drafted or supported in the Knesset in 2018 the \u2018Nation State Law\u2019 or as I called it Israel\u2019s \u201cJewish State Apartheid Law\u201d when it was passed. At its core is the premise that only Jews have a right to self-determination in Israel, whatever Israel\u2019s borders are. In Trump\u2019s plan it is clear that Israel \u2018security border is the whole of historic Palestine, from the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.\n\nThe question of whether Israel is an Apartheid state was settled in the ESCWA report, which was commissioned to assess in an academic manner by eminent academics Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley. They concluded in the peer reviewed report that Israel exercised Apartheid against the Palestinian people as a whole. And before the usual suspects rubbish the report\u2019s status because ESCWA was asked to take it down from its website, let me assure them about its status.\n\nREAD: Palestinian boycott movement slams Austrian parliament anti-BDS motion\n\nI asked former Under-Secretary-General Dr Rima Khalaf who resigned rather than take it down, she assured me that it is still an official UN report. Therefore, its conclusions stand. Israel is an Apartheid state, which should be isolated and shunned until its racist regime is dismantled, leading either to two independent, sovereign states, an Israeli and Palestinian state, or a single democratic state for all those it rules over between the river and the sea.\n\nIsrael cannot for ever continue to rule over half the people whose lives it controls on a daily basis, without giving them their legitimate rights and claim to be a democracy. Judging by the violent past 72 years since its creation, it will not have peace until it either separates Jews from others or accepts that all human beings are entitled to be treated equally and accept it cannot be Jewish and Democratic.\n\nAnd here it cannot claim the problem is with the Palestinians who will not lie down and surrender. Neither can its backers in the West.\n\nIt is the same Western governments which sided with the oppressive Apartheid regime in South Africa that are siding with and protecting the Apartheid regime in Israel. Instead of sanctioning it for its crimes, the West bolsters trade with Israel and simply condemns its criminal actions as an illegal occupier who is commits war crimes almost on a daily basis at least in terms of its settlement enterprise. And when the Palestinians seek redress through peaceful, legal means and take the settlement file to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel\u2019s backers the US, Germany and Canada ask it not do so by claiming it does not have jurisdiction over Palestine because it is not a state.\n\nWhen the Palestinians call for peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the US and France pass anti-BDS laws and France equates BDS to anti-Semitism. The UK has tried to ban pension funds from divestment from companies complicit in Israel\u2019s crimes and the Conservative Government only had Israel in mind when announcing it would legislate against boycotts by public bodies in its manifesto. It has also committed to forcing public bodies, including universities to adopt the flawed IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism, which has more to do with shielding Israel from criticism than it does protecting British Jews from real anti-Semitism. That is also the reason why Israel\u2019s advocates have tried and failed to cancel Israel Apartheid Week on campuses across the world.\n\nIt seems the so-called international community is sending not mixed but rather clear signals to the Palestinians. They stand with Israeli Apartheid and against Palestinian rights. This is hypocrisy on heat.\n\nProfessor Kamel Hawwash is a British Palestinian engineering academic based at the University of Birmingham. He is a commentator on Middle East affairs, Vice Chair of the British Palestinian Policy Council (BPPC) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and . He writes here in a personal capacity.\n\nThe views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor or Informed Comment.\n\nVia Middle East Monitor\n\nThis work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.\n\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-\n\nBonus Video added by Informed Comment:\n\nAl Jazeera English: \u201cIsrael election: Party representing Palestinians sees huge gains\u201d", "sentence2": "We are about to witness the third Israeli election in the space of one year.\n\nThe elections for the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament, which are coming in March, are being held after the failure of anyone to either score an overall majority or to forge a coalition government.\n\nIsraeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is holding on for now. His far-right coalition won the most seats in the last election in September, but it was not enough to form a government with a majority.\n\nIt is possible that the Blue and White party could win the next election \u2013 they actually came one seat ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s party, Likud, in the last election.\n\nREAD: US opposes Israel annexation of West Bank before peace plan revealed\n\nBut even if they did, so what? For the Palestinians, all Zionist parties in Israel mean the same thing: continuation of the daily, grinding, violent reality of Israeli racism and occupation.\n\nThe West Bank is under the boot of Israel\u2019s military dictatorship. Palestinians who dare challenge it are indiscriminately beaten, tortured, abused, have their homes demolished or are even murdered by the Israeli military and settlers.\n\nThe Gaza Strip is under constant siege, and the brave unarmed Palestinian demonstrators trying to break out of it since 2018 have been shot down dead by brutal Israeli snipers.\n\nThe Palestinians inside \u2018Israel\u2019 \u2013 the Palestinian territories occupied by Zionist forces, starting in 1947 \u2013 are not full citizens of the state. By law and by practice, they have far fewer rights than Jewish citizens of Israel. Israeli courts have consistently ruled for decades that there is no such nationality as \u2018Israeli\u2019 and that the state belongs to Jews alone.\n\nFinally, the Palestinian refugees outside Palestine still languish for long decades inside their camps \u2013 being denied their most fundamental right to return to the homes they were expelled from.\n\nREAD: Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements \u2018without exception\u2019\n\nBut this totally unjust situation is not enough for Israel \u2013 both the state and society wants more.\n\nAs I wrote at the time, in the last election, at least 89 per cent of Israelis voted for parties whose policy it was to continue the occupation of the West Bank \u2013 military dictatorship with no rights, remember \u2013 indefinitely.\n\nAnd now, with the third election looming, Israel\u2019s two leading parties, Likud and Blue and White, are both ramping up their threats to formally annex large parts of the West Bank.\n\nThe West Bank and the Gaza Strip together consist of only 22 per cent of historic Palestine, as it was at the time that the British occupation ended in 1948.\n\nSo, 78 per cent is not enough for Israel still. They want it all.\n\nWhile it seems unlikely for the time being, that they could get away with a mass expulsion, ethnic cleansing-type-event as they did in 1948, victory for Zionism looks like this: maximum land, minimum Arabs.\n\nSo, in working towards this end, Israel has been slowly, in the decades since it occupied the remaining 22 per cent, absorbing the entire West Bank through the creation of \u201cfacts on the ground\u201d.\n\n#IsraElex19: Israeli Elections 2019 Everything you need to know >>\n\nThese \u201cfacts\u201d are a slow-motion ethnic cleansing. Palestinian homes are declared to have been built \u201cwithout permits\u201d (impossible in many areas, since Israel almost always denies such permits to Palestinians \u2013 even while granting them to Jews) and are thus destroyed. Industrial-scale colonies for Jews are then built on the ruins.\n\nAnnexation will be the formal, post-facto legitimisation of such blatant criminality in Israeli law \u2013 and it looks set to be supported by the US.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has already done this in the case of the Golan Heights. This is a Syrian territory, illegally and violently invaded and occupied by Israel in 1967. Yet Trump (urged on by his number one campaign funder, Sheldon Adelson, a casino billionaire and important US Israel lobbyist), decided to formally recognise the \u201clegality\u201d of this outright criminality \u2013 just as he did in moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.\n\nSo there really was no doubt that the most pro-Israel US president would ever give the green light to any annexation move in the West Bank, even before the latest second-hand reports from anonymous Israeli sources emerged about the latest version of Trump\u2019s \u2018deal of the century\u2019.\n\nIn the forthcoming election, both main Israeli parties are attempting to outdo one another on how much Palestinian land they can steal, clear out of its Palestinians, and then annex for the purposes of building Israeli colonies.\n\nLast election, Netanyahu promised to annex the Jordan Valley, and Blue and White\u2019s Benny Gantz (a former general), indicated he\u2019d agree to the same.\n\nNow this election, Netanyahu is talking about annexing as much as 40 per cent of the West Bank, while Gantz is now promising to steal the entire Jordan Valley (the part of the West Bank that borders Jordan).\n\nAnnexation, then, is coming. Will this finally spell the long-forecast collapse of Israel\u2019s collaborationist entity, the Palestinian Authority? Time will tell.\n\nOne thing is for sure: this situation will not hold indefinitely. Five million Palestinians are being denied even their most basic human rights \u2013 systematically, by design of Israel\u2019s racist laws. This cannot be indefinitely sustained.\n\nThe views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor."}
+{"id": "1614502233_1549797455", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "\u00d7 Loading&hellp; {{title}} {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}\n\n{{html}} Thanks for being a subscriber. Sorry, your subscription does not include this content. Please call 866.948.6397 to upgrade your subscription.\n\n\u00d7 Register for more free articles Stay logged in to skip the surveys Log in Sign up {{featured_button_text}}\n\nBOISE \u2014 In a statement released Monday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Games announced that hunters who applied for controlled hunts for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts can see if they drew a tag by going to the controlled hunt results webpage.\n\nNo luck? You can still apply for a Super Hunt.\n\nHunters who applied for moose, sheep and goat can not apply for most deer, elk and pronghorn controlled hunts, but they can apply for Super Hunt tags, which include deer, elk, pronghorn and moose.\n\nAnyone who draws a Super Hunt tag can hunt in any open hunt area for the species drawn, including general and controlled hunts.\n\nEntries are $6 each for a single species and $20 for a Super Hunt combo that includes one tag for each species.\n\nDeadline for entries for the first Super Hunt drawing is May 31.\n\nEight elk, eight deer, eight pronghorn and one moose will be drawn.\n\nOne Super Hunt Combo will also be drawn. This winner is entitled to hunt all four species.\n\nWinners will be notified by June 10.\n\nA second drawing is available in August.\n\nLove 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0", "sentence2": "Ascension Via Christi announced Monday some added safety measures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHospital volunteers have been told not to come for their scheduled shifts until further notice. This is being done to limit patient exposure by limiting the number of people in the hospital.\n\nAdditionally the hospital says it\u2019s suspending hospital-based health education classes, support groups and tours. On-site and off-site hiring events have been suspended and all interviews will take place over the telephone rather than in person. In the hospital cafeterias buffet-style offerings, salad bars and condiments including salad dressings are being replaced with pre-packaged options, utensil dispensers are being replaced with touchless versions. Fountain beverages continue to be available, but refills are not.\n\nAny patient with urgent care needs are encouraged to consider virtual visits through Ascension Online Care, for the reduced cost of $20 through the month of March when you enter the code HOME."}
+{"id": "1598268751_1522260361", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Are you finally in a stable relationship? Here are 8 signs to know if what you have is truly stable or not.\n\nBeing in a relationship is always exciting, but the rush of feelings often alters our sense of perception and makes us ignore some serious red flags. A long-term relationship isn\u2019t easy and over the years, you might go through some really tough times when you will feel like that your relationship has finally hit rock bottom. And that\u2019s when you need to look out for signs that your relationship is stable or not.\n\nStability in a relationship is not an all-time guaranteed offer. Regardless of how stable your relationship really is, there will be arguments, and there will be problems. The foundation of a stable relationship is built on trust, safety and loyalty. And if you guys have that, it doesn\u2019t really matter what hardships life throws at you because together you will make it through.\n\nOn that note, let\u2019s look at 8 signs that tell you are finally in a stable relationship.\n\n1. You support each other\u2019s individual growth\n\nCouples in a stable relationship feel confident and safe with each other, which is why they support each other\u2019s accomplishments as individuals. They will feel happy and help with each other\u2019s career and hobbies. On the other hand, when someone in the relationship is insecure, they might spend all their energy to keep their partner from doing what they love by distracting them.\n\n2. You constantly rediscover each other\n\nCouples in a stable relationship connect with each other in more than just one way. The partners like to learn more about each other with each passing day. This has mostly to do with the passion, experiences and interests. From little gestures like asking each other about their day to big changes, they find a way to adapt to each other and they love it. Whereas, in an unstable relationship, these things almost disappear.\n\n3. You are comfortable spending time apart\n\nBeing able to do your own thing without worrying that your relationship might suffer is a solid sign that your relationship is stable. When you are in an unstable relationship, there is a constant fear that you will lose your partner if you focus on yourself or think about doing something individually.\n\n4. You express your feelings\n\nThis includes love, affection, frustration and anger. You don\u2019t give each other a silent treatment every time you disagree. One of the most important aspects of a stable relationship is that you are able to resolve a conflict without the silent treatment.\n\n5. You don\u2019t play the blame game\n\nIn a stable relationship, you\u2019re both able to let go of the unimportant things and don\u2019t fight to get an upper hand in the argument. You will need to feel the need to blame your partner for the mistakes. A stable couple tries to understand each other\u2019s point of view with communicating in a healthy way.\n\n6. You try to make their relationship work\n\nWorking on the relationship is a sure-shot sign of being emotionally mature enough to have a healthy bond. It is like providing emotional support to the partner when the going gets tough. It is also about giving up on silly problems and looking at the big picture.\n\n7. You are not the only one making compromises\n\nCompromise is always a two-way street in a stable relationship. You prioritise each other\u2019s needs and accept each other\u2019s decision. There is a balance in your relationship that makes it healthy and stable.\n\n8. You are sure about the future\n\nYou met someone. Life is beautiful. You\u2019re happy. Fast forward to a few months and that\u2019s when you start thinking if this relationship is meant to be. But don\u2019t worry! If you are with the right person, then the thought of your partner leaving you will not plague your mind. You will be certain about the future when you\u2019re in a stable relationship.\n\nALSO READ: THESE are the signs that show you are dating a commitment phobe\n\nALSO READ: 7 Signs prove that you are in a rebound relationship\n\nWhere would we be without our moms? It\u2019s time to appreciate everything she does for us, click here to write her a love letter. #DearMom\n\nThis Day That Year 2019 2017 2016 2015\n\nShare your comment \u00d7", "sentence2": "I am in a very unfulfilling marriage with two lovely children. I got married in a hurry to escape my abusive alcoholic father and my spineless mother who would vent her sorrows with me as a young girl, make me fight with my father for her, but stayed on in the marriage.\n\nA married man from our friends\u2019 group expressed his attraction to me and I got drawn to the attention, as I neither got any attention as a child nor from my dismissive and dominating husband. The sex in our marriage was always rushed and one-sided and I never experienced any pleasure through the years.\n\nWhen I had sex with \u2018this man\u2019 I felt myself as a sensual being for the first time. This gradually became an addiction as I craved to be with him anytime I could.\n\nOver time he became aloof and refused to meet me and asked me to not get attached to him and to get \u2018real\u2019 about being married. He then completely stopped contact and has been putting up happy holiday pictures with his pregnant wife.\n\nI feel jealous and crave to hold him again. I am restless, irritable and disinterested in home affairs and aloof from everyone. I want to be able to move on, but the physical memory and craving in my body draws me to fantasising about being back with him. How should I move on?\n\nAll human beings have needs. The need to be looked at and paid attention to ranks as one of our most fundamental needs. A young baby first experiences this need as he/she is constantly attended to by a parent figure.\n\nA baby can\u2019t help itself but to rely on others at this point \u2013 but learns to cope and live autonomously as he/she grows up. All human beings therefore have a need to be seen, visible, relevant and at best loved. While this need to be \u2018heeded\u2019 continues to be much \u2018needed\u2019, we must adapt our methods at seeking out ways in which this need can be met.\n\nChildren and adults have different ways to seek out the attention of others and therefore the manners in which and measures through which \u2013 we like acknowledgement and attention must evolve with us over the years.\n\nNow as an adult woman, you have both emotional and physical needs that harken back to this fundamental need I have just explained. This is important to you.\n\nIn the absence of attention given to you by your father (while growing up as a little girl) and as a grown up woman from your dominating husband, this man served the function of a \u2018proxy\u2019.\n\nThis is not to suggest that what was shared between you both was not real. Only you know what you had shared and based on your question, one may imagine that a mutually gratifying sexual relationship was at the heart of your affair.\n\nClearly, the sex in your marriage wasn\u2019t enjoyable so you found a partner with whom sex was enjoyable. He fulfilled your need to be looked at and held. However, for some people, having multiple sexual partners or cheating on a spouse can lead to moral dilemmas.\n\nIn most cultures, an extramarital affair brings with it both social stigma and scorn of one\u2019s near and dear ones. One way or the other, the emotional ramifications of the phenomenon of infidelity are inescapable.\n\nHis wife\u2019s pregnancy may have presented him with the ethical dilemma of whether he wants to be with you or with his pregnant wife who will be mothering his baby. We are all free to make decisions on what we would like to focus on. Sometimes the path of pleasure is directly in conflict with the path of responsibility.\n\nHis responsibilities currently involve being there for his wife and baby as the \u2018family man\u2019. Your responsibilities currently entail being free of the burden of your past so that you are free to decide what kind of future you like for yourself. If you would really like to move on, you are going to have to be practical about this.\n\nThat would also require you to be frank with yourself. You have your children who will look to you for support. You felt unsupported in your childhood by your mother who also relied heavily on you to help her with her own emotional problems.\n\nThis was a role you were not prepared to take on. You had neither the resources nor the experience to fully understand your mother\u2019s woes. But times have changed. You will now have to do for yourself what your mother expected you to do for her. Persevere and plan.\n\nThe attention of men is a fleeting thing. One moment you will have it and the other moment; they will return to tending to their own lives. Perhaps spend time focusing on your wellness, fitness, emotional growth and learning something that excites you, you will find yourself more fulfilled and clear about what you need from yourself and from life.\n\nA visit to a counsellor may help to improve the relationship between you and your husband \u2013 if you would like to come clean with him about your extra-marital affair (in the spirit of honesty) or tell him about how you are not happy with the sex in the marriage.\n\nHe needs to do what you are going through if you like for the situation with your husband to improve. Sometimes oblivion is the root cause of discord. Once you have put your cards on the table, a negotiation may occur."}
+{"id": "1564758089_1581059881", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "AJC - Logo - Main logo_ddn_tag_Site JN with Tagline logo-sns_tag_Site\n\nOur apologies, unfortunately our website is currently unavailable in most European countries due to GDPR rules.", "sentence2": "Even if you have SiriusXM, you may not have access to \u201cThe Howard Stern Show\u201d unless you have a top-tier package.\n\nNow, Stern himself has announced that SiriusXM is making his show (on channel 100) free through May 15, along with the rest of the service\u2019s \u201cpremier streaming content.\u201d\n\nStern, 66, shared the news on his show Tuesday morning, which he hosted from home.\n\nNormally, his show is only available to All Access and SiriusXM Select subscribers. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the show and others can be streamed for free online and through the SiriusXM app.\n\nFREE PREVIEW \u2013 Listen to @HowardStern and everything on the @SIRIUSXM app for free now until May 15! Tune into the LIVE #SternShow right now on #Howard100.https://t.co/DkVQCBWoo0 pic.twitter.com/TAcS0y3Wtt \u2014 Stern Show (@sternshow) March 31, 2020\n\nSiriusXM says the promotion will grant free access to 300-plus channels including ad-free channels like Bruce Springsteen\u2019s E Street Radio and LL Cool J\u2019s Rock the Bells Radio. The pandemic is also bringing the return of previously retired artist-centric channels like The Billy Joel Channel (30) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (176).\n\nThe service is additionally launching #StayHomeRadio (Ch. 179) on April 1, which will be filled with \u201chappy and uplifting songs from artists like Lizzo and Coldplay to P!nk and Bob Marley.\u201d A new Top 1,000 Channel (177) will play the top songs in multiple genres.\n\nAnother new channel launching on April 1 is She\u2019s So Funny (105), a comedy channel featuring female comedians like Tiffany Haddish, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Whoopi Goldberg, Tig Notaro, Maria Bamford, Lily Tomlin, Moms Mabley and Joan Rivers.\n\nFree channels will also include news from CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox and BBC World Service.\n\nGet free access to more than 300 channels, featuring the acclaimed @sternshow, exclusive ad-free music channels, and vital news and information sources. Stream free now until 5/15. Details: https://t.co/1OkKhTBzSU pic.twitter.com/ynZ2GEpyGA \u2014 SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) March 31, 2020\n\nHave a tip? Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.\n\nGet the latest updates right in your inbox. Subscribe to NJ.com\u2019s newsletters."}
+{"id": "1623466121_1570564356", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "(Article L.233-8 II of the French Commercial Code and Article 223-16 of the R\u00e8glement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral of the Autorit\u00e9 des March\u00e9s Financiers\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nTeleperformance (Paris:TEP):\n\nStock Market: Euronext Paris compartment A\n\nISIN Code: FR0000051807\n\nAs of May 31, 2020:\n\n- Total number of shares composing the share capital of the company: 58,719,000\n\n- Total number of gross voting rights: 59,720,775\n\nPresence in the bylaws of a provision requiring the disclosure of a crossing of threshold in addition to those for which disclosure is mandatory: NO\n\nABOUT TELEPERFORMANCE GROUP\n\nTeleperformance (TEP ISIN: FR0000051807 Reuters: TEPRF.PA Bloomberg: TEP FP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, serves as a strategic partner to the world's largest companies in many industries. It offers a One Office support services model combining three wide, high-value solution families: customer experience management, back-office services and business process knowledge services. These end-to-end digital solutions guarantee successful customer interaction and optimized business processes, anchored in a unique, comprehensive high tech, high touch approach. The Group's 331,000 employees, based in 80 countries, support billions of connections every year in over 265 languages and 170 markets, in a shared commitment to excellence as part of the \"Simpler, Faster, Safer\" process.This mission is supported by the use of reliable, flexible, intelligent technological solutions and compliance with the industry's highest security and quality standards, based on Corporate Social Responsibility excellence.\n\nIn 2019, Teleperformance reported consolidated revenue of \u20ac5,355 million (US$ 6 billion, based on \u20ac1 $1.12) and net profit of \u20ac400 million.\n\nTeleperformance shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market, Compartment A, and are eligible for the deferred settlement service. They are included in the following indices: CAC Large 60, CAC Next 20, CAC Support Services, STOXX 600, SBF 120, S&P Europe 350 and MSCI Global Standard. They have also been included in the Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120 index since December 2015 and the FTSE4Good Index since June 2018 with regard to the Group's performance in corporate responsibility.\n\nFor more information: www.teleperformance.com\n\nFollow us on Twitter @teleperformance\n\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200602005823/en/\n\nContacts:\n\nTeleperformance", "sentence2": "Fully engaged to protect employees' health and jobs\n\nMore than six million of masks ordered for employees\n\nQuick development of Work At Home: nearly 50% of the production force, target to reach 66% by mid-April\n\nHigh involvement to guarantee business continuity, while reinforcing financial strength\n\nGlobal task force strong of top 100 leaders <45 years-old who speed up and control the good implementation of the Group's strategy.\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nTeleperformance (Paris:TEP):\n\nCOVID-19 is now hitting hard worldwide and has become an unprecedented global business disrupter, forcing many countries to implement country-wide lockdowns and travel bans. In these extraordinary times, Teleperformance's priority is to ensure safety for employees, support communities and most vulnerable people. The group continues its efforts to guarantee business continuity in order to provide critical services to many essential clients' businesses. Teleperformance is today fully engaged to fight against all the consequences of the pandemic.\n\nTeleperformance Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Julien said: \"At a time of such great human vulnerability, nothing is more important than the safety of our people. The Group is following guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and applicable local government agencies. We are implementing internal policies that even go beyond these recommendations in many cases. In this unique context, our group is engaging closely with our clients to ensure they are supported, and we remain committed to keeping our employees, partners, and communities healthy and safe. We recognize and are deeply grateful for the incredible dedication of all our employees worldwide who are performing their jobs with high levels of professionalism during this extraordinary time. Our Group is agile and benefits from a solid financial situation and I am confident about the way-out of this crisis and its future.\"\n\nA dedicated and efficient organization\n\nTeleperformance has been proactively preparing for the possible spread beyond China since January, and immediately responded with steps to mitigate the threat posed to its employees, business operations for clients, and the cascading economic impact and implications for the wider society. As a result, the Teleperformance Global Business Continuity Model is now implemented worldwide. A global COVID-19 Crisis Committee has been established to closely monitor pandemic-related developments, inform and support key decision-makers, and coordinate rapid response efforts. The Crisis Committee is supported by daily Crisis Executive team calls and weekly executive virtual committee comprising top 22 leaders of the company.\n\nStrong development of Work At Home\n\nAllowing business continuity for clients and making operational sites compliant with social distancing rules, Teleperformance has implemented many emergency responses such as transitioning interaction experts to work-at-home, applying alternative delivery plans, and leveraging digital solutions. Home-based interaction experts have been notably activated within weeks of enacting initial safety measures, in compliance with security standards and certifications. As of today, Teleperformance has deployed around 120,000 interaction experts on a work-at-home model, which represents nearly 50% of the production force. Efforts to further expand this number will continue and the Group targets to achieve 66% by mid-April.\n\nA key role for economies worldwide in crisis period\n\nAround the world, Teleperformance teams have worked tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all employees, while ensuring business continuity for clients. Teleperformance employees are on the front lines, providing critical customer-facing and back-office services to many essential businesses in industries such as healthcare, finance and banking, food and beverage, communications, transportation and logistics, information technology, energy, utilities, and governments. During the outbreak, Teleperformance is also responsible for supporting many emergency lines of local government around the world.\n\nRecognition in employee safety\n\nThe health and safety of our employees is a top priority for Teleperformance, so the company has mandated a strict Safety and Hygiene Policy worldwide, with daily oversight by a dedicated central team to ensure:\n\nAdherence to guidelines and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and close collaboration with local governments and officials.\n\nSocial distancing policies following recommendations from the World Health Organization.\n\nFrequent and reinforced cleaning of facilities with disinfection products.\n\nAdequate availability of supplies such as hand sanitizers and, if recommended by the World Health Organization, masks.\n\nEveryone entering a Teleperformance facility is screened for elevated body temperatures.\n\nThe implementation of a strict \"no travel\" policy.\n\nThe group has already secured the order of 6.3 million of masks to be delivered on all sites across the world; thus one mask per employee per day for one month working in a brick-and-mortar environment.\n\nFrequent employee communications and updates are delivered through several communication channels, including a weekly CEO address to all staff and weekly interaction with top 100 leaders <45 years-old to be an additional force of change on the ground.\n\nTeleperformance practices, ensuring safety in its European campuses, have been recognized by the European Company Works Council (ECWC), who acted as Independent employee representatives to review individual Teleperformance operating company's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nStephan Sielemann, Secretary of the European Company Works Council (ECWC) has declared in an official letter: \"Teleperformance is, wherever possible, making sure that, our people, our jobs and our entire TP family are protected from the worst effects of this devastating virus. Information gathered by our ECWC members across Europe confirms that Teleperformance management, IT teams, and staff are working together to keep us all safe.\"\n\nStrongly recognized for employee engagement and CSR practice\n\nTaking care of our employees has always been a top priority at Teleperformance including offering physical and mental health awareness programs. In 2019 alone, the Group received 22 acknowledgements by Great Place to Work and KINCENTRIC Best Employer, encompassing 70% of our total workforce. Teleperformance is also a long-standing participant in the UN's Global Compact Initiatives to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies.\n\nIn March 2020, Teleperformance was approved at \"GC Advanced\" level for the quality of its CSR documentation by the UN Global Compact, to which it has been a signatory since 2011. This is the highest level of distinction from the United Nations Global Compact. The group thus enters the closed club \"Club GC Advanced\".\n\nIn 2019, for the sixth year in a row, Verego awarded Teleperformance the SRS (Social Responsibility Standard) certification for all its sites. This certification provides a comprehensive framework for the effective management of social responsibility initiatives. Verego SRS certification is awarded to companies that stand out through the excellence of their policies and practices in five key areas: leadership, ethics, people, community and the environment. Teleperformance has obtained Group-wide certification in all five of these areas, covering all sites worldwide.\n\nCharity and solidarity achievements: a force of good\n\nAs one of the largest employers in most of its operating regions, Teleperformance is committed to creating a positive impact on local economies and more generally on people's lives. In the current crisis, the group is supporting communities to help the most vulnerable people, making them safer and healthier. As for examples:\n\nIn Tunisia, Teleperformance brought its expertise and resources to help local medical emergency services (SAMU), by implementing a team of interaction experts on site ready to address emergency requests from patients;\n\nIn the US, Teleperformance has been partnering with Feed the Children since 2006 by regular donations and exceptional ones during this crisis. Feed the Children is taking action to ensure neighbors aren't forgotten, by supplying community partners (like food pantries and soup kitchens) with the bulk items they need to help people. Work is dramatically increasing during this time of crisis.\n\nReinforced financial liquidity\n\nTeleperformance is in the process of securing additional credit lines for above \u20ac700 million, on the top of undrawn facilities for \u20ac500 million available right now, to allow the group to cope with crisis contingencies.\n\nAbout Teleperformance Group\n\nTeleperformance (TEP ISIN: FR0000051807 Reuters: TEPRF.PA Bloomberg: TEP FP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, serves as a strategic partner to the world's largest companies in many industries. It offers a One Office support services model combining three wide, high-value solution families: customer experience management, back-office services and business process knowledge services. These end-to-end digital solutions guarantee successful customer interaction and optimized business processes, anchored in a unique, comprehensive high tech, high touch approach. The Group's 331,000 employees, based in 80 countries, support billions of connections every year in over 265 languages and 170 markets, in a shared commitment to excellence as part of the \"Simpler, Faster, Safer\" process.This mission is supported by the use of reliable, flexible, intelligent technological solutions and compliance with the industry's highest security and quality standards, based on Corporate Social Responsibility excellence. In 2019, Teleperformance reported consolidated revenue of \u20ac5,355 million (US$ 6 billion, based on \u20ac1 $1.12) and net profit of \u20ac400 million.\n\nTeleperformance shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market, Compartment A, and are eligible for the deferred settlement service. They are included in the following indices: CAC Large 60, CAC Next 20, CAC Support Services, STOXX 600, SBF 120, S&P Europe 350 and MSCI Global Standard. They have also been included in the Euronext Vigeo Eurozone 120 index since December 2015 and the FTSE4Good Index since June 2018 with regard to the Group's performance in corporate responsibility.\n\nFor more information: www.teleperformance.com\n\nFollow us on Twitter @teleperformance\n\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200406005770/en/\n\nContacts:\n\nFINANCIAL ANALYSTS AND INVESTORS\n\nInvestor relations and financial communication department\n\nTELEPERFORMANCE\n\nT\u00e9l: +33 1 53 83 59 15\n\ninvestor@teleperformance.com\n\nPRESS RELATIONS\n\nEurope\n\nLaurent Poinsot Karine Allouis\n\nIMAGE7\n\nT\u00e9l: +33 1 53 70 74 70\n\nlpoinsot@image7.fr kallouis@image7.fr\n\nPRESS RELATIONS\n\nAmericas and Asia-Pacific\n\nMark Pfeiffer\n\nTELEPERFORMANCE\n\nT\u00e9l: 1 801-257-5811\n\nmark.pfeiffer@teleperformance.com"}
+{"id": "1553161441_1626404130", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "In one of the U.S. Capitol hallways that House members pass through regularly to get to the chambers, there\u2019s an inscription of a comment by Alexander Hamilton. It comes from his 1788 remarks to the New York convention on ratifying the Constitution, and reads simply, \u201cHere, Sir, the people govern.\u201d\n\nI\u2019ve always thought that was a pretty good summation of what Congress represents: it is a repository of the thoughts and will of the American people. And my impression is that a lot of Americans think highly of that idea, too.\n\nI\u2019ve held a lot of public meetings over the years, and even in recent times, when Congress\u2019s public standing has been low, people often speak approvingly of the history of the institution itself; they\u2019re disappointed in how Congress performs, not in its role within our system. In all that time, I can\u2019t ever remember anyone saying we\u2019d be better off without it.\n\nMy experience in the House bore that belief out. Though there were always flaws, the process the House followed was focused on deliberation, debate, discussion \u2026 and then choosing a solution based more often than not on a rough consensus of its members. Even if I didn\u2019t agree with the results, I\u2019d often listen to the debates and think, \u201cI like the way this institution works.\u201d\n\nI still remember the time that Wilbur Mills, the powerful chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, came before the Democratic caucus to talk about the upcoming vote on establishing Medicare. I was a new, young representative, and when Mills told us that we easily had enough votes to ram the measure through over Republican objections, I and many others thought we should do exactly that.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nMills, however, did not. He asked us to give him an opportunity to negotiate with Republicans and find ground that both sides could agree on, so that the bill could win support on both sides of the aisle. And that is exactly what he did.\n\nMills knew something that often gets forgotten these days, which is that the more broadly a piece of legislation reflects the American people, the greater its acceptability, effectiveness and staying power.\n\nIf you\u2019re in Congress, you\u2019re reminded pretty much every day that giving a say to this diverse country is a choice. The body is made up of members who fiercely advocate for their views through speeches, contacts of all kinds and descriptions, public appearances and trying to win the media over to their side. And the whole institution is a focal point for competing interests weighing in on difficult problems. It is a real cauldron.\n\nAll of these beliefs are represented in the Congress, and the legislative process is a key part of how the country works through that cacophony of competing interests. Debate, deliberation, calculation, compromise \u2014 it\u2019s an inefficient process that, for difficult issues, can go on for a long time. But over the course of our history, it\u2019s been reasonably productive.\n\nThis is why those of us who value the institution of the Congress \u2014 who actually believe in Hamilton\u2019s words \u2014 have lamented the trend of recent decades ceding power to the presidency.\n\nThe Constitution is explicit: legislative power is vested in Congress. But if that power is not protected or goes unused, it does not merely evaporate; in our system, it flows to the presidency or the judiciary. And in doing so, it passes out of the hands of the body that most closely represents the American people.\n\nWhen President Trump talks of the presidency as if there were no check on it, as if, as president, he is beyond the reach of the law or of Congress, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle rightly disagree. Sometimes they serve effectively as a check, sometimes not. Sometimes partisanship gets the better of them.\n\nBut for better or worse, Congress remains the spot where the cross-currents of American popular opinion have their best chance of being heard, listened to and acted upon. That\u2019s one power members should never give up.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nLee Hamilton is a senior adviser for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar of the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.", "sentence2": "Marysville, CA (95901)\n\nToday\n\nCloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 58F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph..\n\nTonight\n\nCloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 58F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph."}
+{"id": "1578766378_1600525440", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Trump had a little snit over Playboy reporter Brian Karem and threatened to take his ball and go home.\n\nKarem yelled a question at Trump. \"I know you want to blame the WHO, but I've spoken to hundreds of people across the country in the last few weeks who say they still can't get tested, and that they aren't social distancing.\"\n\n\"Excuse me, I know your question. You ready? The governors are supposed to do testing. It's up to the governors,\" the Orange Cheeto said.\n\nKarem talked over another reporter's question, saying the people who won't observe social distancing \"followed his lead.\"\n\n\"I told them when they put this guy here it's nothing but trouble,\" Trump said. \"He's a showboat. If you keep talking, I'll leave, and you can have it out with the rest of these people.\"", "sentence2": "NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nPresident Trump had a fiery exchange with CNN analyst and Playboy reporter Brian Karem during the coronavirus press briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, where he announced that the U.S. was halting its funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) for its errors leading up to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"I know you want to blame the WHO, but I've spoken to hundreds of people across the country in the last few weeks,\" Karem began. \"They say they still can't get tested and they're not social distancing because --\"\n\n\"So the governors,\" Trump interjected, \"I know your question. You ready? The governors, the governors are supposed to do testing. It's up to the governors.\"\n\nAs Trump went to move on to the next reporter's question, Karem continued shouting his question.\n\nCNN MISSING IN ACTION ON BIDEN ASSAULT ACCUSER TARA READE'S STORY\n\n\"Quiet, quiet,\" Trump scolded the reporter. \"The governors are doing the testing. It's now not up -- and it hasn't been up -- to the federal government.\"\n\nThe president called on the next reporter, but Karem persisted on asking his question, which was disrupting the press conference.\n\n\"I told them when they put this guy here, it's nothing but trouble,\" Trump said about Karem. \"He's a showboat. If you keep talking, I'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people. If you keep talking, I'm going to leave and you can have it out with them.\"\n\n\"It's just a simple question,\" Karem said.\n\n\"Just a loudmouth,\" Trump fired back.\n\nCLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE\n\nKarem, a political analyst for CNN, has made a name for himself for his hostile confrontations at the White House. Last year, his press credential was pulled by the administration after he provoked former White House aide Sebastian Gorka and other Trump supporters who were invited to the White House.\n\nAfter a legal battle, Karem's press credentials were restored."}
+{"id": "1587580494_1590444265", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "The Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (FAPSA) on Friday expressed dismay on the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) that classes should resume in September.\n\nThe group said that its member-schools will cease to exist if September opening shall be mandated, noting that if that happens, the problem of private schools may not be the lack of students but lack of teachers.\n\n\u201cIt has to be understood that our teachers are hardly included in any amelioration projects of the government,\u201d said FAPSA president Eleazardo Kasilag.\n\nThis comes after The IATF-MEID on Friday said that the opening of classes for the next school year should be scheduled in September, except for online learning.\n\nPresidential spokesperson Harry Roque, however, said that higher education institutions in areas under general community quarantine may continue classes to finish the academic year.\n\nThe group has asked the Department of Education to help private schools to coordinate with IATF-EID to include teachers from private schools in small business wage subsidy.\n\n\u201cWe were left out in COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program, the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) Emergency Subsidy Program and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. This is indeed an oasis in the barren desert,\u201d Kasilag said. \u201cThe teachers of our small and medium size member schools are crying for their survival right now.\u201d\n\nKasilag stressed that private schools are not business entities as they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-stock, non-profit and they survive on tuition fees.\n\n\u201cWe have big collectibles that we missed to get because classes are stopped in March,\u201d Kasilag said. \u201cFAPSA schools did not hold final exams and we did not hold graduation exercises. These two major events in schools are the culmination of school year 2019-2020 but they did not take place and they are also incentives for the indebted parents to pay arrearages.\u201d\n\nHe stressed that from March to September are just seven long months when private school teachers will not receive anything.\n\n\u201cHow will they survive? These are professional teachers wallowing in poverty. Their counterparts in public schools have no problem. I understand, public school teachers enjoy lavish food on table as seen on Facebooks showing off at the envy of their starving friends from the private schools,\u201d said Kasilag.", "sentence2": "A federation of private schools yesterday said it is set to resume classes in June instead of September as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).\n\nIn a zoom consultation among officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) held under the auspices of the Federation of Associations of Private Schools Administrators (FAPSA), the group declared its intention to open most classes for school year 2020-2021 in June instead of the DepEd decision to resume classes in August or IATF recommendation to hold classes in September.\n\nEleazardo Kasilag, the group\u2019s president, said FAPSA member-schools can hold online classes for the entire school year, stressing that \u201cprivate schools have better program in tablet education where teachers are trained to the set up and the connectivity is strong and the modules for the curriculum is available.\u201d\n\n\u201cFAPSA member-schools have sound connectivity and the students have the required gadget to allow them to catch up with modular lessons installed in the gadget. Some private schools have been doing this tablet education almost a decade ago. Our teachers are also exposed to this and may need only refresher course,\u201d he said.\n\nKasilag noted that early enrolment also facilitates teachers\u2019 financial handicap, which rendered them idle and penniless since the lockdown began in mid-March.\n\n\u201cWe need to attend to them subsequently school administrators are also helpless as both of us are victims of COVID-19,\u201d he said."}
+{"id": "1556718125_1557029316", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said the patient had returned from the USA on March 15. (PTI photo for representation)\n\nAmid the Covid-19 outbreak and countrywide lockdown, the Indian Army has announced a new set of measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus. The measures include shutting of the Canteen Stores Department (CSD), which is a source of essentials, in 82 districts under lockdown across India.\n\nThe Army has decided that grocery and essential items will be home delivered to avoid crowding at canteens. In a fresh advisory on Monday, the Army announced that movement will be restricted following the lockdown of the country.\n\n\"These restrictions are in place in all establishments, cantonments, formations, units in the 82 districts that are under lockdown,\" the Indian Army said.\n\n\"Only personnel engaged in essential services like medical establishments, fire, electricity, water supply, communication, post offices, and sanitation continue to work,\" the Army advisory said.\n\nThe Army advisory further mentioned that all tasks related to response to Covid-19 should continue without hindrance.\n\n\"At the Ministry of Defence and Indian Army Headquarters, only essential sections and offices to function on a daily basis and rest will work from home,\" the Indian Army said in the statement.\n\nFurther, it stated that conferences and seminars would be postponed and routine meetings and movements will also be restricted.\n\nIn the advisory, the force has highlighted that personnel attending office will adhere to staggered timings.\n\nMoreover, in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Army has instituted mechanism to trace contact-history. Each individual has been asked to maintain daily contact log.\n\nAlso Read | Coronavirus outbreak: States impose lockdown in battle against Covid-19 | All you need to know\n\nAlso Read | What is Janata Curfew: A curfew of the people, by the people, for the people to fight coronavirus\n\nAlso Watch | Will 'Janata Curfew' be a game-changer in battle against coronavirus?", "sentence2": "NEW DELHI: The restrictions imposed by the army on its personnel and formations in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is posing challenges to its internal functioning.Extension of leave for soldiers and placing those who recently returned on quarantine have created a shortage of manpower that is affecting the turnover of troops for daily, security and administrative duties. While this is also affecting the training routines of troops, reduction in attendance at the headquarters is set to slow down other work as well, said officials.The steps are aimed at ensuring social distancing and preventing contagion. It has created an unprecedented situation, forcing the army to improvise, especially because troops eat, sleep and train together within confined spaces. For example, one particular unit has now divided troops into teams that live in different areas, while ensuring that only one team uses the common toilets at a time. Training is conducted in small batches, and the equipment is sanitised every time it is used.The army on Monday issued fresh instructions to all its military stations, cantonments, units and formations in the 82 districts under lockdown. These include restricted movements, functioning of only those personnel engaged in essential services and the closure of all CSD canteens Officials said the reduction in manpower in some of the army\u2019s formations was due to the extension of leave of soldiers till April 15 and placing those who recently returned on quarantine. Those who are going on leave due to an emergency in their families will be sent for a minimum period of 30 days. \u201cWe are in a situation where we are slightly less in strength. It affects day-to-day functioning, administrative and security duties. There is an increase in the workload of those on guard duties, because there is less turnover of troops,\u201d an official said.The manpower also gets affected because troops are tasked with manning the quarantine facilities setup by the army. However, officials said the situation was not \u201calarming\u201d, would not affect operational efficiency and that it was necessary due to the pandemic.Work at the army headquarters in Delhi has also started slowing down, following the army\u2019s Friday advisory of reducing attendance in offices and starting the work from home concept. Last week, the army passed instructions that 35% officers and 50% junior commissioned officers (JCO) and other ranks (OR) would work from home for a week from Monday, while the next group would do this starting March 30. The lockdown in Delhi is also affecting the travel of those personnel who stay in Gurgaon and Uttar Pradesh.\u201cWork at the headquarters has slowed, as we are working with bare essentials. The deadline for work such as submitting reports will be extended. Only emergency work will continue as it was,\u201d an official said.The army\u2019s complaints section for now will only be dealing with cases that are urgent. Officials said rosters had been created to divide the staff between those who work at home and those who come to the office. However, it remains to be seen what work will be given to those working from home, because files cannot be taken home due to confidentiality issues. Several issues also cannot be communicated over email due to cybersecurity threats. Moreover, JCOs and ORs are mainly clerks who are part of the filing system for letters and documents, which can be done only from the offices.Officials said training of troops had also reduced. However, this will not affect operational preparedness, because it is for a short duration and can be made up later.In relation to the unit mentioned earlier, training of troops has become more \u201cconcentrated\u201d, because smaller batches are being trained. \u201cThis has given us an opportunity to train better. Training small groups ensures that everyone\u2019s doubts are cleared and attention is given to each aspect. But due to the pandemic, we have to sanitise an equipment every time it is used,\u201d an official said.This type of training comes after troops were divided into small teams that maintained a distance of 200 metre between each other. It is also being ensured that distances are being maintained between troops of a team. \u201cOnly one team can use a bathroom at a time. After the team is done, the bathroom is sanitised and only then can the other team use it. We also have separate timings for eating at the cookhouse for the teams,\u201d the official said.A major concern for the army stations and cantonments, which are isolated areas in a city, is the civilian manpower that is coming from outside. For example, washing points and blow drying of clothes have been setup outside the gates of one of the cantonments for this manpower."}
+{"id": "1566612127_1567894641", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.\n\nMichigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration has requested an emergency supply of the drugs President Trump touted as having success treating patients with severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus, in a reversal from the state's directive to medical professionals last week to avoid the medication for this purpose.\n\nMichigan, this week, requested hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from the Strategic National Stockpile for physicians to use to help treat patients with COVID-19, after the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend granted an emergency use authorization for the anti-malarial drugs.\n\nFDA OKs EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF DRUGS TOUTED BY TRUMP TO FIGHT COVID-19\n\nBut last week, Whitmer\u2019s administration threatened physicians prescribing the drugs, saying they were subject to \u201cadministrative action\u201d should they continue to use the medication.\n\n\u201cThe Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has received multiple allegations of Michigan physicians inappropriately prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine to themselves, family, friends, and/or coworkers without a legitimate medical purpose,\u201d Deb Gagliardi, the director of the Bureau of Professional Licensing, and Forrest Pasanski, the director of the Enforcement Division, wrote in a letter to \u201clicensed prescribers and dispensers.\u201d\n\n\u201cPrescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine without further proof of efficacy for treating COVID-19 or with the intent to stockpile the drug may create a shortage\u201d for those patients who need the drug for its approved use, adding that \u201creports of this conduct will be evaluated and may be further investigated for administrative action.\n\n\u201cAgain, these drugs have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19.\u201d\n\n\u201cMichigan pharmacists may see an increased volume of prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and should take special care to evaluate the prescriptions\u2019 legitimacy,\u201d they continued, warning again that \u201clicensed health professionals are required to report inappropriate prescribing practices.\u201d\n\nMichigan wasn\u2019t the only state last week to threaten physicians using the drugs\u2014Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak\u2019s administration also restricted the prescription of the medication, after a man died and his wife was hospitalized for using a fish tank cleaning additive with a similar name as a substitute.\n\n\"While the two drugs have necessary medical purposes, there is no conclusive evidence at this time among COVID-19 experts or Nevada's own medical health advisory team that the drugs provide treatment for COVID-19 patients,\" Sisolak said in a statement last week.\n\nBut Michigan reversed course, requesting a supply of the medications for physicians to use in treating patients of COIVD-19, after the Department of Health and Human Services received and accepted donations of the medications to the national stockpile to be used for coronavirus treatment.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is taking every possible step to protect Americans from the coronavirus and provide them with hope,\u201d HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. \u201cScientists in America and around the world have identified multiple potential therapeutics for COVID-19, including chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.\u201d\n\nHe added: \u201cThe President\u2019s bold leadership and the hard work of FDA and HHS\u2019s Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response have succeeded in securing this large donation of medicine. We\u2019ll continue working around the clock to get American patients access to therapeutics that may help them battle COVID-19, while building the evidence to evaluate which options are effective.\u201d\n\nThe FDA\u2019s emergency use authorization allows hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate products donated to the national stockpile \u201cto be distributed and prescribed by doctors to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate, when a clinical trial is not available or feasible.\u201d\n\nWHITMER SAYS STATES ARE IN A BIDDING WAR OVER MEDICAL SUPPLIES AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC\n\nHydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate are oral prescription drugs approved to treat malaria and other diseases. HHS says there currently are no approved treatments for COVID-19, but that both drugs have \u201cshown activity in laboratory studies against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).\u201d\n\n\u201cAnecdotal reports suggest that these drugs may offer some benefit in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients,\u201d HHS said in a statement. \u201cClinical trials are needed to provide scientific evidence that these treatments are effective.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Whitmer, who has been a fierce critic of the president, said last week that states are being forced to bid with one another for personal protective equipment (PPE) and, in some cases, contracts in place have been set aside, delayed or canceled and the goods are instead going to the federal government.\n\n\u201cWe the states are trying to actively get every piece of PPE that we can. We're bidding against one another and, in some cases, the federal government is taking priority,\u201d she said.\n\nWhitmer added: \u201cWe've got to keep working to get all of these other pieces of equipment and when we're bidding against one another, it's creating a lot of frustration and concern.\u201d\n\nAs of Thursday morning, the U.S. reported more than 216,700 positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 5,130 deaths.\n\nFox News' Andrew O'Reilly, Ryan Gaydos, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.", "sentence2": "[Ed. \u2013 Having trouble making her mind up.]\n\nMichigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration has requested an emergency supply of the drugs President Trump touted as having success treating patients with severe symptoms of the novel coronavirus, in a reversal from the state\u2019s directive to medical professionals last week to avoid the medication for this purpose.\n\nMichigan, this week, requested hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine from the Strategic National Stockpile for physicians to use to help treat patients with COVID-19, after the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend granted an emergency use authorization for the anti-malarial drugs.\n\nBut last week, Whitmer\u2019s administration threatened physicians prescribing the drugs, saying they were subject to \u201cadministrative action\u201d should they continue to use the medication.\n\nTrending: At age 15, Beto O\u2019Rourke wrote a short story fantasizing about killing children, mass murder\n\n\u201cThe Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has received multiple allegations of Michigan physicians inappropriately prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine. \u2026"}
+{"id": "1619642001_1617937141", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "On Tuesday, President Donald Trump went off on the Democrats and their attempts to turn the 2020 election into an all-mail-in affair, complete with all of the opportunities fraudsters needs to tilt the results any way they might choose.\n\n\u201cThere is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent,\u201d tweeted the president. \u201cMail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed.\u201d\n\nInstead of giving Trump space to air his opinions and predictions about this scheme, Twitter took it upon themselves to throw their objectivity away and slap a \u201cfact check\u201d label on the tweet. This label linked to a paragraph assuring users that there was \u201cno evidence\u201d of widespread fraud connected to mail-in voting, all but suggesting that the president is lying to the American people.\n\nPredictably, this raised Trump\u2019s ire. \u201c@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post.\u201d\n\nIn addition to sticking their noses in where they aren\u2019t wanted and don\u2019t belong, Twitter actually made a fool of themselves by trying to \u201cfact check\u201d the president.\n\nFirst of all, since this is the first tweet that they\u2019ve done this to, we assume that every single thing that Trump has written up till this Tuesday is 100% true. That certainly goes against what his critics in the mainstream media have been saying for the last four years.\n\nSecond, Twitter is endangering their status as a \u201cplatform,\u201d which gives them all kinds of liability protections that would not be available to them if they were deemed a \u201cpublisher.\u201d Right now, Twitter is exempt from defamation and libel lawsuits based on what people on their platform say. They aren\u2019t responsible for what\u2019s written there. But if they\u2019re going to wade into the fray and start labeling posts true and false, then that may change in a hurry.\n\nFinally, if Twitter is going to fact-check the President of the United States, they should probably make sure they have their facts straight. In 2005, a bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform found that \u201cabsentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud\u201d in the United States. Just this week, in fact, the Alabama secretary of State confirmed that 83% of the voter fraud his state has seen in the last five years has come from mail-in ballots.\n\nMaybe it\u2019s too much to ask that Twitter fact-check their fact-checks. And, to be clear, we\u2019re actually NOT asking them to do so. We\u2019d much prefer they go back to minding their own business and letting people do their own research. But if they want to take on this burden, they need to be prepared. So far, they\u2019ve only succeeded in embarrassing themselves.", "sentence2": "People's militia to be created in Belarus\n\nMass grave of decapitated bodies found in Congo\n\nCriminal cases launched against two opposition MPs\n\nProtesters demanding Armenian PM'ss resignation blocks Noyemberyan-Voskepar road\n\nNATO defense ministers meeting with participation of Ukraine to be held on June 15-16\n\nTurkish Defense Minister visits Azerbaijan\n\nNEWS.am digest: Aliyev speaks about Karabakh conflict and delimitation issue with Armenia\n\nKarabakh president calls to release opposition politician\n\nJapan seeks to dramatically increase its military potential\n\nExperts assess impact on Armenia of transition to payments for Russian gas in rubles\n\nMargaret Atwood reveals burn-proof edition of The Handmaid's Tale\n\nKarabakh MPs issues statement amid Avetik Chalabyan's arrest\n\nChina: Taiwan issue does not tolerate external interference\n\nPashinyan to Kopyrkin: The format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship is important in Karabakh conflict settlement\n\nG7 countries agree to take action to stop rising energy prices\n\nEAEU starts talks on FTA with Indonesia\n\nEU developing plans to ration gas supplies in event of complete suspension of gas supplies from Russia\n\nPresident Harutyunyan receives delegation led by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo\n\nG7 countries pledge to work towards phasing out polluting energy\n\nFrench Ambassador wishes Azerbaijani government to continue peace talks\n\nAustralia warns of regional implications of Solomon Islands security pact with China\n\nAliyev: There is no word Nagorno-Karabakh, and the last Brussels meeting once again demonstrated this\n\nAliyev: If we define borders with Armenia, what status of Nagorno-Karabakh can we talk about?!\n\nAzerbaijani ombudswoman demands 'to take thorough measures against Armenia'\n\nG7 countries reach specific agreements on phasing out coal energy\n\nDollar, euro rise slightly in Armenia\n\nIlham Aliyev voices another batch of territorial claims against Armenia\n\nAP: Western allies are considering letting 'Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions'\n\nPutin supports extension of free trade agreement between Iran and Eurasian Union\n\nPashinyan: Armenia is interested in concluding agreement between Iran, Eurasian Union\n\nArmenian Defense Minister receives commander of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh\n\nTurkey expects Sweden and Finland to take 'concrete action'\n\nBoris Johnson says Russia is making slow but palpable progress in eastern Ukraine\n\nAzerbaijani MP appeals to non-existent Human Rights Watch report to accuse Armenia\n\nSweden, Finland's aspirations to join NATO won't require deployment of additional US troops\n\nRepresentatives of Resistance Movement organize car rallies in various regions of Armenia\n\nWorld Bank to provide $500 million to Turkey to support COVID-19 efforts\n\nArmenia PM and French Ambassador discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process\n\nCitizens demanding Pashinyan's resignation block the road to Georgia\n\nLavrov: Western countries do not abandon attempts to set peoples of former Soviet Union against each other\n\nProtesters block Yerevan-Sevan road\n\nJapan to ease border restrictions further from 10 June\n\nTurkey recruits Afghans to fight on side of Ukraine\n\nArmenia Parliament speaker receives delegation headed by Montenegro President\n\nReuters: US and Ukraine discuss risk of escalation as new weapons expand capabilities\n\nMayor of Paris arrives in Yerevan on official visit\n\nAzerbaijani authorities propose to hold meeting of Turkic Speaking Countries in occupied Shushi\n\nArmenia Ambassador to France and Mayor of Cannes discuss Karabakh situation\n\nPallone says US should not hesitate to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its unprovoked aggression against Artsakh\n\nFood prices in Armenia increased by 14.3%\n\nArmenia PM's wife meets with businessman and co-owner of Franck Muller company\n\nArmenia PM sends congratulatory message to Uruguay President\n\nUS to approve supply of long-range missile systems to Ukraine\n\nArmenia President holds number of meetings in Davos, introducing country's development programs\n\nNATO countries informally agree not to supply tanks and combat aircraft to Ukraine\n\nEEU leaders to take part in meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council\n\nWhatsApp to change rules for handling confidential messages\n\nTwitter investors sue billionaire Elon Musk\n\nHungary needs 3.5 to 4 years to give up Russian oil\n\nGerman authorities plan to suspend pandemic rules for summer entry\n\nAfrica: 1.8 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty due to crisis in Ukraine\n\nShell is negotiating with consortium of Indian energy companies to sell its stake in Sakhalin-2\n\nTurkish Security Council says 'operation' in Syria 'is not directed against territorial integrity of country'\n\nFormer Louvre president faces preliminary charges of fraud and money laundering\n\nSenegal hospital fire kills 11 babies\n\nNEWS.am digest: Azerbaijan returns Armenian soldier, Armenia\u2019s 1st satellite launched into space\n\nGreece tells UN Secretary General Turkey is challenging its sovereignty\n\nIshkhan Saghatelyan introduces action plan for coming days\n\nBlinken says US considers China long-term challenge to global order\n\nG7 countries could lead way in phasing out coal\n\nAlbania offers Naval base to NATO\n\nResistance Movement rally starts on France Square\n\nSoldier Eduard Martirosov, handed over by Azerbaijani side, already in Yerevan\n\nTwitter to pay $150 million for leaking user data\n\nResistance movement ends its protest outside government building\n\nEU states announce freezing of about EUR 23 billion of assets of Russian Central Bank\n\nSaghatelyan announces successful rally outside Armenian government building\n\nOver $6.2 million assigned to Armenian National Security Service\n\nArmenia imposes 6-month ban on exports of some agricultural products\n\nRobert Habeck: EU can still strike a deal on an embargo on Russian oil imports\n\nMontenegro President pays tribute to Armenian Genocide victims in Yerevan\n\nSaghatelyan: From now on Pashinyan will see people only from behind iron curtain\n\nOlaf Scholz: 'Putin must not win this war'\n\nResistance Movement Procession approaches Armenian Government building\n\nPolice try to prevent Resistance Movement procession from approaching Armenian government building\n\nBayramov: We expect that specific document will be presented at next meeting\n\nDollar, euro continue to fall in Armenia\n\nMacron highlights need to respect sovereign choice of Sweden and Finland\n\nPashinyan receives director of International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas\n\nInflation in Zimbabwe exceeds 100% per annum in May\n\nResistance Movement starts procession in Yerevan\n\nOver half of Americans favor tougher gun laws\n\nIran offers to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine\n\nAzerbaijan FM does not rule out new phone conversations with Armenia FM\n\nQueensland becomes second Australian state to ban Nazi symbols\n\nMontenegro President arrives in Armenia\n\nPutin proposes to form strategy for Eurasian Union economic development\n\nPutin sees no problem in some IT specialists moving from Russia to Armenia\n\nGeorgia President calls referendum in South Ossetia provocation by Russia\n\nPutin names share of settlements in national currencies in the EAEU"}
+{"id": "1608015611_1549045225", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Goats, cats, and all sizes of dogs strutted their stuff for the residents of Good Shepherd Health Center and Cornerstone Assisted Living on Friday.\n\nDozens of animals, many dressed in costumes, and their handlers, made their way around the facilities, waving at residents through the windows, as part of a \"pet parade,\" which wrapped up a stretch of activities commemorating National Skilled Nursing Care and Staff Appreciation week at Good Shepherd.\n\nA parade of people and cars was also held Thursday, giving residents a chance to wave and greet participants from the safety of the sidewalk.\n\nActivities Director Jessica Hanson said the staff has been working really hard and thinking outside the box when it comes to keeping the residents busy and content during the COVID-19 shutdown.\n\n\"It has not been an easy task, by any means, just trying to keep the folks happy and keep the smiles on their faces,\" Hanson said. \"So, I think this definitely helped. I hope it did, anyway.\"\n\nHanson said the community has been very supportive of the residents and staff, with businesses and community members dropping off various donations, such as masks, activities, and snacks.\n\n\"I think everyone realized that we're all in this together,\" said Hanson. \"I mean, just...everybody...I don't even know how to thank you.\"\n\nLisa Grouette is a Photographer + Breaking News, Crime and Courts Reporter for the Globe Gazette. Contact Lisa at 641-421-0525 or lisa.grouette@globegazette.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaGrouette\n\nLove 2 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0\n\nBe the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.", "sentence2": "Many kinds of fish should be biting in Erie area over holiday weekend"}
+{"id": "1560002071_1563996946", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Chanceller Rishi Sunak has announced a \u00a39 billion package of support to give self-employed people up to \u00a32,500 a month to help them cope with the effects of coronavirus.\n\nThe Chancellor tonight said the scheme, which will be open for at least three months, will cover 80 per cent of a self-employed person's average monthly profits.\n\nBut it may not be available until June and will only be available to those who have a tax return for 2019, meaning the newly self-employed will be ineligible.\n\nAnd Mr Sunak warned that the self-employed could face tax hikes in the future as part of the effort to \"right the ship\" and repair the battered public finances after the coronavirus crisis is over.\n\nDetails of the scheme came as the Department of Health announced a total of 578 people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK have died as of 5pm on March 25.\n\nSome 11,658 people have tested positive in the UK as of 9am on March 26.\n\nMr Sunak's scheme will be open to those with a trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 in 2018-19 or an average trading profit of less than \u00a350,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.\n\nTo qualify, more than half of their income in these periods must come from self-employment.\n\nUp to 3.8 million people will qualify for support, with average monthly payments expected to be \u00a3940 per person.\n\nMr Sunak said the scheme, which will last for at least three months, \"is one of the most generous in the world\".\n\n\"It targets support to those who need help most, offering the self-employed the same level of support as those in work.\"\n\nHe said the measure covers 95 per cent of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment.\n\nBut in a hint that the self-employed could be asked to pay more to the taxman in future he said it was \"now much harder to justify\" the tax breaks on offer to the self-employed if they were receiving the same level of state support.\n\nHe said everyone would be \"chipping in together to right the ship afterwards\" once the crisis is over.\n\nA number of self-employed workers welcomed the Chancellor's measures but expressed concern about having to wait until June to claim.\n\nLouise Barina, a production manager who lives in London, said: \"After having spoken to our landlord, he has outright said no, that we can't get a delay on our rent.\n\n\"In terms of the payment coming in June, that's really problematic for us as that's obviously three months of payment where we need to find the money for that.\"\n\nMeanwhile the Department of Health said revising its reporting approach for coronavirus deaths \"to ensure data can be verified and published in a timely, consistent way\".\n\nA statement on Twitter said: \"Figures issued today are recorded as of 5pm on March 24 to 5pm on March 25.\n\n\"Going forwards, figures on deaths will be recorded for the 24-hour period as of 5pm the previous day. Figures on tests remain as of the 24-hour period from 9am that day.\"", "sentence2": "The newly launched Reviews of Public Bodies programme will examine the operations of all arm\u2019s-length bodies in England, including the Arts Council, the BFI, the National Lottery Community Fund and Historic England, to assess whether \"they should be abolished or retained\""}
+{"id": "1487625578_1488219672", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "On the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nA stock broker reacts as he watches share prices on the BSE Sensex in Mumbai down by 700 points on January 6, 2020\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%\n\nThe BSE benchmark Sensex crashed by nearly 788 points and the NSE Nifty tumbled around 234 points on Monday as heightened tensions in the Middle East kept investors on edge.\n\nThe 30-share BSE index ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90%. Similarly, the broader Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91%.\n\nOn the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63%, followed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries. Bucking the broader trend, only Titan and PowerGrid ended with gains.\n\nDomestic market witnessed intense selloff in line with global stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of major retaliation if Tehran carries out any attack against America to avenge the killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani and hinted at striking its cultural sites. His statement came hours after Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal.\n\nHe also threatened to impose \u201cvery big sanctions\u201d on Iraq if it follows through on a parliament vote calling for the expulsion of US troops based in the country.\n\n\u201cIndian market is reacting more negatively than other emerging markets due to crude oil impact. Since our dependence on crude imports as a percentage of consumption is the highest, the impact on economy and markets is also higher,\u201d said Rusmik Oza, Sr. VP (Head of Fundamental Research-PCG), Kotak Securities. \u201cAlong with crude, the negative impact of currency is also weighing on Indian markets.\u201d\n\nBrent crude oil futures surged nearly 2% to $69.81. The Rupee depreciated 24 paise against the U.S. Dollar to 72.04 (intra-day).\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul ended lower. European markets were also trading in negative terrain in early sessions.", "sentence2": "While HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nA view of the BSE building in Mumbai. | File\n\nWhile HDFC Bank, IndusIndia Bank, RIL, Tata, SBI gained, leading tech stocks were trading in the red.\n\nEquity benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded nearly 500 points in opening session on Tuesday as global investors calmed on no further escalation in the mid-east tensions.\n\nAfter hitting a high of 41,135.47, the 30-share BSE index was trading 450 points or 1.11 per cent higher at 41,126.63. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rallied 132.25 points or 1.10 per cent to 12,125.30.\n\nHDFC Bank was the gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying up to 2.16 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, Relinace Industries, Tata Steel, SBI and Axis Bank.\n\nOn the other hand, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys and HCL Tech were trading in the red.\n\nIn the previous session, the 30-share gauge ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90 per cent. Similarly, the Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 points, or 1.91 per cent.\n\nMeanwhile, on a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 103.84 crore, and domestic institutional investors offloaded shares worth Rs 23.70 crore on Monday, data available with stock exchanges showed.\n\nAccording to traders, domestic investors followed Asian stocks that rebounded after a day of no escalation in the US-Iran tussle.\n\nThe Pentagon on Monday distanced itself from U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s assertions that he would bomb Iranian cultural sites despite international prohibitions on such attacks.\n\nFollowing the news, Brent crude futures fell 1.20 per cent to USD 68.08.\n\nBourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul were trading in the green.\n\nExchanges on Wall Street too ended on a positive note on Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, the rupee appreciated 20 paise to 71.73 against the US dollar in morning session."}
+{"id": "1561698873_1555780606", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "", "sentence2": "President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his scheduled address to the nation on Sunday night because the national command council on Covid-19 meeting he is chairing is dealing with \u201cweighty issues\u201d and likely to go on until late.\n\nThis is according to minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, who was addressing the media at the Union Buildings on Sunday night.\n\nMthembu said Ramaphosa will now address the nation only on Monday \u201cbecause we do not want to take short cuts\u201d.\n\nSaid Mthembu: \u201cIt will not be helpful for the president to speak to the people of South Africa when the structure that advises him, which is the national command council, has not concluded its business and looked at all the issues that affect South Africans.\n\n\u201cLet us assume that the meeting concludes at midnight, then it will be unfair for the president to address people who are sleeping.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1560700947_1530083534", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa took to Instagram to share a heartbreaking video of the basketball icon talking about coaching their daughter Gianna\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa pays tribute to icon and their daughter two months after tragedy\n\nKobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has paid a touching tribute to the icon and their daughter Gianna two months after their tragic deaths.\n\nVanessa took to her Instagram account on Thursday to share a heartbreaking video of Kobe talking about coaching Gianna.\n\nGianna, and Kobe lost their lives in a helicopter crash in January, exactly two months before Vanessa posted the tribute.\n\nThe 13-year-old was an aspiring basketball player and Kobe, who played for the Lakers, coached her Amateur Athletic Union team.\n\nIn the video shared by Vanessa, Kobe said: \"She started out playing soccer, which is one of my favorite sports as well.\n\nImage: WireImage) WireImage)\n\n\"But then, when she asked about learning the game of basketball, I started teaching her piece by piece, and she started enjoying it and loving it and now she plays every day.\n\n\"It's been a joy to watch her grow and to be there every day for that process.\n\n\"Her temperament is a lot like mine. She\u2019s extremely competitive, very fiery, and backs down from no challenge.\"\n\nIn the clip Kobe says Gianna is \"a good mix of me and good mix of her mama, so that makes her even more competitive than I am.\"\n\nVanessa captioned the post with two broken heart emojis.\n\nIt comes after she spoke at Kobe and Gianna's memorial last month.\n\nSpeaking about Kobe, Vanessa said: \"He was mine. He was my everything. Kobe and I had been together since I was 17 years old.\n\n\"I was his first girlfriend, his first love, his wife, his best friend, his confidante and his protector. He was the most amazing husband. Kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words.\"\n\nVanessa also paid honour to Gianna and revealed what she has been missing.\n\nShe said: \"I miss her sweet kisses, her cleverness, her sarcasm, her wit and that adorable sly side smile followed with a grin and burst of laughter.\n\n\"Gigi was sunshine. She brightened up my day every day. I miss looking at her beautiful face. She was always so good, a rule follower. I knew I could always count on her to do the right thing.\"", "sentence2": "Susanna Osborne, more affectionately known as Sukii, serves as an Associate Entertainment Editor for iOne Digital. The Spanish Harlem native got her start in blogging back in 2010 when she began covering Hip Hop\u2019s rising stars for GlobalGrind. Music (and entertainment at large) are spaces Sukii continues to focus on as a writer, but her pen game knows no bounds. Since starting at iOne Digital in 2014, the Spelman College alum has contributed to the majority of iOne brands, often venturing into controversial topics such as women's rights, sex, and race relations. Follow her on Instagram and stay tuned.\n\nToday, fans, family, and loved ones got together at the Staples Center to celebrate the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant. The world was shocked when the two were reported dead, alongside seven others, after a fatal helicopter crash last month. Now, after a private funeral and several tributes, fans of the legend and legend-in-the-making got a chance to say their farewells.\n\nFollowing a beautiful opening by Beyonc\u00e9, who sang her songs \u201cXO\u201d and \u201cHalo,\u201d Kobe Bryant\u2019s wife Vanessa bravely took to the stage to share some sweet words about her fallen angels. She remembered Gianna as intelligent, silly, and athletically skilled, calling the 13-year-old a \u201csweet and gentle soul.\u201d\n\n\u201cGigi was very competitive like her daddy, but Gianna had a sweet grace about her. Her smile was like sunshine. Her smile took up her entire face like mine \u2014 Kobe always said she was me. She had my fire. My personality and sarcasm. She was tender and loving on the inside. She had the best laugh. It was infectious. It was pure and genuine,\u201d Vanessa said of their daughter.\n\nShe remembered Kobe as a doting father who put his family first. She described him as a romantic and said she dreamed of growing old with him.\n\n\u201cGod knew they couldn\u2019t be on this earth without each other. He had to bring them home to heaven together,\u201d Vanessa said, adding \u201cBabe, you take care of our Gigi.\u201d May Kobe and Gianna rest in peace. Our prayers are with Vanessa and the girls at this time."}
+{"id": "1525232103_1525634277", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The Dutch foreign minister is scheduled to hold meetings with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues.\n\nIranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited The Hague in November to attend the third round of political talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Netherlands. The Iranian diplomat held a meeting with Blok on issues of mutual interest.\n\nRelations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the European country\u2019s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in June 2018, and Tehran\u2019s reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nMNA/IRN83680586", "sentence2": "TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Netherlands' Foreign Minister Stef Blok is slated to pay an official visit to Iran on Friday and Saturday and hold talks with senior officials of the Islamic Republic on issues of mutual interest.\n\n- Politics news -\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Dutch top diplomat will meet with President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.\n\nThe talks will be focused on bilateral, regional and international issues, according to the statement.\n\nThe visit would come as relations between Tehran and Amsterdam have soured in the past few years following the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats from the Netherlands in June 2018 and Tehran's reciprocal measure in February 2019.\n\nAfter Iran's expulsion of two Dutch diplomats, the Netherlands summoned its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations, and summoned the Iranian ambassador, describing the act as \"unacceptable\" and \"having negative consequences\" for bilateral relations.\n\nThe Dutch foreign ministry had earlier in June expelled the two Iranian diplomats."}
+{"id": "1553051359_1552828663", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "A Gokwe man, Evans Ngwenya (20) allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner, Paul Banda, with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe Chronicle reports that Banda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic. The publication also reports that the duo had a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nNgwenya who is now facing a murder charge in connection with Banda\u2019s death has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nThe State, however, opposed the bail application arguing that there was no guarantee that Ngwenya would not abscond once released on bail. Representing the State, Ms Nokuthaba Ngwenya said:\n\nThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would, therefore, be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding.\n\nShe added that there was overwhelming evidence against the accused and the investigations have been completed hence releasing him would not serve justice.\n\nThe amount of money which te duo was fighting for is not known.\n\nMore: The Chronicle", "sentence2": "A Zimbabwean man allegedly killed his Zambian business partner by striking him with a log following a heated dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.\n\nThe 20-yer-old, Evans Ngwenya allegedly struck Paul Banda twice with a log and struck his skull following a dispute at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga.\n\nBanda succumbed to the injuries upon admission to Siabuwa clinic.\n\nNgwenya was ccharged with murder and has since approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial.\n\nIn his bail application, Ngwenya offered to pay $200 bail and to continue residing at his given address until the case has been finalized.\n\nHe also offered to surrender his canoe as surety.\n\nThe State opposed the bail application, arguing that there was no guarantee that the accused person wouldn\u2019t flee if given bail\n\n\u201cThe applicant is said to be from Gokwe and had visited Binga on fishing expedition and police are still making efforts to confirm his village of origin. It would therefore be risky to release him on bail because there is a likelihood of absconding,\u201d said Ms Ngwenya.\n\nAccording to court papers, Ngwenya and Banda went on a fishing expedition at Sengwa Fishing Camp in Binga district where they had an altercation after arguing on the fish sale profits.\n\nDuring their fight, Ngwenya picked a log and struck Banda twice on the head.\n\nHe sustained head injuries and he was taken to Siabuwa Clinic the following day where he succumbed to the injuries.\n\nA report was made at the police leading to Ngwenya\u2019s arrest.\n\nAccording to the post mortem report the cause of death was skull fracture and assault.\n\n(Visited 35 times, 1 visits today)"}
+{"id": "1527033928_1527816367", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "General News of Friday, 21 February 2020\n\nSource: presidency.gov.gh\n\n2020-02-21\n\nplay videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\n\nThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says investor confidence in Ghana\u2019s economy is growing following the competent management of the economy exhibited since 2017.\n\nAccording to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, \u201cin three years we have reduced inflation to its lowest level (7.8% in January 2020) since 1992. For the first time in over forty (40) years, we have had a fiscal deficit below five per cent (5%) of GDP for three years in a row.\u201d\n\nAdditionally, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, indicated that \u201cfor the first time in over twenty (20) years, the balance of trade (that is the difference between our exports and imports) has been in surplus for three (3) consecutive years. Our current account deficit is shrinking, interest rates are declining, and the average annual rate of depreciation of the cedi is at its lowest for any first-term government in the Fourth Republic.\u201d\n\nHe made this known on Thursday, 20th February, 2020, when he delivered a Message on the State of the Nation, in Parliament.\n\nEconomic growth, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said, has rebounded to place Ghana among the fastest growing economies in the world for three years in a row at an annual average of 7%, up from 3.4% in 2016, the lowest in nearly three decades.\n\n\u201cThe international investor community has recognised this development, resulting in Ghana, today, being the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in West Africa. The sovereign credit rating agencies have upgraded our ratings, and also improved the outlook for this year, notwithstanding the fact that it is an election year,\u201d he said.\n\nPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo added, \u201cThis is a massive vote of confidence in the current management of the economy, as best illustrated by Ghana\u2019s successful issue of the longest-dated Eurobond ever issued by a sub-Saharan African country, with investors placing fifteen billion United States dollars ($15 billion) of orders for Ghana\u2019s forty-one (41) year Eurobond.\u201d\n\nThe seven (7) year Bond, he explained, attracted the lowest coupon rates ever for Ghana at 6.375%, compared with the 9.25% Ghana had to pay for a similar Eurobond issue in 2016.\n\n\u201cNo wonder Bloomberg, the reputable global financial media house, earlier this week, highlighted Ghana as the top candidate for an economic leap in Africa. This expression of confidence is important because it will lead to enhanced investments in our economy, and the accompanying greater numbers of jobs,\u201d he added.", "sentence2": "Business News of Friday, 21 February 2020\n\nSource: classfmonline.com\n\n2020-02-21\n\nAkufo-Addo, Prez Ghana\n\nPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana, \u201cfor the first time in over 40 years\u201d, has maintained \u201ca fiscal deficit below five per cent of GDP for three years in a row\u201d.\n\nDelivering his State of the Nation Address to a one-sided Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2020, Mr Akufo-Addo also said \u201cin three years, we have reduced inflation to its lowest level (7.8% in January 2020) since 1992\u201d.\n\n\u201cFor the first time in over 20 years, the balance of trade (that is the difference between our exports and imports) has been in surplus for three (3) consecutive years.\n\n\u201cOur current account deficit is shrinking, interest rates are declining, and the average annual rate of depreciation of the cedi is at its lowest for any first term government in the Fourth Republic.\n\n\u201cOur economic growth has rebounded to place Ghana among the fastest growing economies in the world for three years in a row at an annual average of 7%, up from 3.4% in 2016, the lowest in nearly three decades\u201d, the President said.\n\nAccording to him, the international community has taken note of his government\u2019s performance, \u201cresulting in Ghana, today, being the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in West Africa\u201d.\n\n\u201cThe sovereign credit ratings agencies have upgraded our ratings, and also improved the outlook for this year, notwithstanding the fact that it is an election year.\n\n\u201cThis is a massive vote of confidence in the current management of the economy, as best illustrated by Ghana\u2019s successful issue of the longest-dated Eurobond ever issued by a sub-Saharan African country, with investors placing fifteen billion United States dollars ($15 billion) of orders for Ghana\u2019s forty-one (41) year Eurobond.\n\n\u201cThe seven (7) year Bond attracted the lowest coupon rates ever for Ghana at six point three-seven-five percent (6.375%), compared with the nine point two-five percent (9.25%) Ghana had to pay for a similar Eurobond issue in 2016. No wonder Bloomberg, the reputable global financial media house, earlier this week, highlighted Ghana as the top candidate for an economic leap in Africa.\n\n\u201cThis expression of confidence is important because it will lead to enhanced investments in our economy, and the accompanying greater numbers of jobs\u201d, he said."}
+{"id": "1554225833_1554173801", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed an executive order Friday pushing the state\u2019s May 5 presidential primary to June 2, joining a growing group of governors who\u2019ve postponed elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHe said in the order that Secretary of State Connie Lawson had made known to him the \u201cextreme difficulty\u201d the state would face in holding the primary as scheduled while also complying with coronavirus guidance.\n\nHe, like many of his fellow governors, had already shuttered bars and restaurants in the state.\n\nIndiana will now join the swelling rank of states that have pushed back their presidential primaries, including Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, Louisiana and Georgia.\n\nIndiana has 79 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, according to the state Department of Health.", "sentence2": "Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that his state was postponing its May 5 primary until June 2, making it the seventh state to postpone its presidential primary due to the spread of the coronavirus.\n\n\n\n\u201cIt needed to be pushed back in order to, again, ensure the safety of our county employees, our poll workers and the voters themselves,\u201d Holcomb said in a Friday press conference.\n\n\n\nIndiana joins six other states who have already postponed their elections: Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio.\n\n\n\nIndiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson also said she\u2019d recommend to the state election commission that they suspend absentee balloting rules to allow all Indiana voters to vote absentee should they so choose, along with other recommendation that would make it easier for Hoosiers to vote. Indiana typically requires an excuse to vote via mail absentee ballots. Lawson said the recommendation would only apply to the June 2 elections.\n\n\n\nLawson said the election commission would meet March 25 to discuss the proposals."}
+{"id": "1521247428_1522600636", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "One lucky home in England got a huge Valentine\u2019s Day surprise. It wasn\u2019t an unexpected bouquet or a box of heart-shaped chocolates from a secret admirer, but a piece of art by the artist Banksy on the side of their building.\n\nThe work of art that now adorns a wall in Bristol, the home city of the artist known as Banksy, shows a stenciled girl firing an explosion of red flowers into the air using a slingshot. Kelly Woodruff, who co-owns the property had no idea her house had been hit by the artist until she was tagged in a photo on Facebook with someone asking if that was her house. \u201cAnd we were like, \u2018woah it is\u2019,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201cWe are super excited.\u201d\n\nThe pseudonymous artist confirmed the work was his by posting two images of it on his official Instagram account. Even before it was official, though, crowds had reportedly gathered to see what is now being called \u201cthe Valentine\u2019s Day Banksy\u201d.\n\nAmidst the hubbub, the home owner is now trying to figure out how to protect and preserve the valuable piece of art that is on the side of her house. \u201cThere isn\u2019t a handbook for these kind of scenarios,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201c[W]e\u2019ve never been in this situation so any advice is welcome.\u201d\n\nContact us at letters@time.com.", "sentence2": "(Newser) \u2013 The family who owns a house in southwest England where an artwork from Banksy appeared in time for Valentine's Day has covered the mural after it was defaced. Temporary fencing was also added Saturday to the home in Bristol and closed-circuit television has been installed to protect the artwork, which shows a young girl firing red flowers from a catapult. The elusive artist confirmed the mural as his creation on his official Instagram account on Feb. 14, reports the AP. It was later defaced by someone who wrote \"BCC wankers,\" notes the Guardian, which has an image of the damage. Says a local, \"It\u2019s a real shame, but it was always going to happen, unfortunately.\"\n\nKelly Woodruff, the daughter of Edwin Simons, who owns the rented home on which the artwork appeared, said the family felt a \u201cstrong responsibility\u201d to ensure that the artwork could be enjoyed by the general public. \u201cDue to the mindless vandalism to the artwork, the family have taken the very difficult decision to cover the artwork to try to protect it,\u201d she said. \u201cAll measures are temporary and we ask that the public are patient while we work out the best way to clean the damage, restore and protect it for the future, so everyone can enjoy Banksy's work.\u201d\n\n(Read more Banksy stories.)"}
+{"id": "1554606277_1554123226", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Twelve more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday. Of the new cases, six persons are from Kasaragod, five from Ernakulam and one from Palakkad. Total 40 persons have tested positive for COVID-19, out of them three have been discharged, the Chief Minister said.\n\nThere are 44,390 people under surveillance in the state. Of these, 44,165 are in isolation at home and total of 225 people are hospitalized. Vijayan said, \"On Friday, 56 people were admitted. 13,632 people have now been admitted into isolation. 5570 people ...", "sentence2": "Vijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow | PTI photo for representation\n\nTwelve fresh cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 37, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.\n\nWhile five cases were confirmed in Ernakulam, six were reported in Kasaragod and one case in Palakkad district, Vijayan told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting here.\n\n\"Totally, 44,390 people are under observation, of which 44,165 are in home quarantine and 225 in isolation wards in hosiptals,\" he said.\n\nVijayan said all government offices in Kasaragod district would be closed for a week from tomorrow, while all places of worship and clubs will be shut.\n\nShops would remain open only from 11 am to 5 pm.\n\n\"We need to impose such restrictions in Kasaragod. We have issued an order. Two MLAs are under observation as they had come in contact with a positive case,\" he added.\n\nThree positive cases had been treated and discharged from hospitals earlier."}
+{"id": "1617114169_1617282755", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "OTTAWA\u2014Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian military will keep assisting in nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec, though 36 members of the Canadian Forces have come down with COVID-19 while doing so.\n\nThat\u2019s up from 28 cases of the novel coronavirus among those troops less than a week ago.\n\nThe military has been deployed to nursing homes in the two provinces to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with residents\u2019 needs because of all the protective measures they need to take, or off work because they\u2019re ill themselves.\n\nFourteen of the military members with COVID-19 are in Ontario and 22 of them are in Quebec.\n\nWhen the Forces started reporting the number of positive cases, they said they\u2019d update the figures every two weeks but have revised that plan to give new numbers every day.\n\nTrudeau says the premiers of Ontario and Quebec have both asked for the military to extend the deployment and he expects to agree.\n\nRead more about:\n\nSHARE:", "sentence2": ""}
+{"id": "1520715253_1520208298", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Rajiv Bansal\n\nAir India\n\nAdvertisement\n\nAdvertisement\n\nMinistry of Petroleum\n\nMinistry of Civil Aviation\n\nNew Delhi, Senior IAS officerwas on Thursday named the Chairman and Managing Director of national carrierThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal's appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.At present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary,and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India's CMD.Additionally, he has had an earlier stint with the(MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.", "sentence2": "New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal was Thursday named the CMD of national carrier Air India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bansal;s appointment as CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary.\n\nAt present, Bansal, a 1988 batch officer of the Nagaland cadre, held the post of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani. In August 2017, he was given the additional charge as Air India\u2019s CMD.\n\nBansal has had an earlier stint with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) between 2006 and 2008.\n\nNow Bansal will have his task cut out as the government is going for 100% disinvestment of the national career. Very soon the government will put up Air India for sale. The move is being opposed by 14 unions of Air India. So Bansal will have to handle everything carefully.\n\nAgencies"}
+{"id": "1605422147_1605693346", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The United Nations (U.N) has said that the fight against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has stalled as more and more countries in the region shift their attention to controlling the spread of COVID-19.\n\nThe U.N says that countries in the region have diverted resources meant to fight AIDS in controlling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAs a result, AIDS virus-related illnesses could claim more than half a million people.\n\nIn a joint report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS warned that interruptions to HIV/AIDS treatment could \u201cset the clock back by more than a decade to 2008 when more than 950,000 AIDS deaths were observed in the region\u201d.\n\nIn 2018, an estimated 470,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa, the report says.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO says; \u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history.\u201d\n\nWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services, he added\n\nGhebreyesus says that there is need to ensure that global supplies of tests and treatments for both HIV and Tuberculosis reach the countries and communities that need them most.\n\n\u201cWe should save people from Covid-19 and HIV and other life-threatening diseases.\u201d\n\nA six-month disruption in treatment services could lead to an excess of 471,000 to 673,000 AIDS-related deaths in one year, the report says, making it inevitable that the world would miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 fatalities from the disease worldwide.\n\nAccording to WHO statistics, an estimated 25.7 million people in Sub- Saharan Africa were living with HIV in 2018, with 16.4 million (64 per cent) receiving antiretroviral therapy.\n\nThese people now risk having their treatment interrupted, the agencies warned, \u201cbecause HIV services are closed or are unable to supply antiretroviral therapy because of disruptions to the supply chain, or because services simply become overwhelmed\u201d.\n\nThe report also highlighted that disrupted services could reverse gains made in stemming mother-to-child transmission of HIV\n\nSince 2010, new HIV infections among children in Sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 43 per cent (from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018), thanks to the high coverage of HIV services for mothers and their children in the region\n\nEvery death is a tragedy, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, observed.\n\n\u201cWe cannot sit by and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d\n\nIf HIV health services were stopped by COVID-19, the study indicates that several countries could see a drastic rise in new infections among children.\n\nByanyima says that the pandemic must not be an excuse to divert investment from HIV.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the Aids response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other.\u201d\n\neashimwe@newtimesrwanda.com", "sentence2": "Gains made in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission could be reversed due to interruptions caused by Covid-19.\n\nNew infection in children is expected to go up by 104 per cent.\n\nSince 2010, HIV infection among children in Sub-Saharan Africa has declined by 43 per cent, from 250,000 in 2010 to 140,000 in 2018.\n\nA new projection by a group of five teams convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS shows an urgent need to strategise to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services during the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nA six-month disruption of antiretroviral therapy could lead to at least 500,000 more deaths from Aids-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa between 2020 and 2021.\n\nThis would mean setting the clock on HIV-related deaths back to where they were in 2008. During the year, more than 950,000 Aids-related deaths were recorded in the sub-Saharan region.\n\nAccording to WHO, an estimated 470,000 people died of Aids-related illnesses in the region in 2018.\n\nPeople living with HIV are likely to get seriously sick if they contract the coronavirus when their immune system is compromised.\n\nThe projection estimates that failure to take urgent action could lead to more deaths for another five years.\n\n\u201cThe terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of Aids-related illnesses is like stepping back into history,\u201d WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.\n\n\u201cWe must read this as a wake-up call to countries to identify ways to sustain all vital health services.\u201d\n\nThe WHO boss commended countries already taking steps such as ensuring that people can collect bulk packs of treatment and other essential commodities, including self-testing kits from drop-off points.\n\n\u201cThis relieves pressure on health services and the health workforce. We must also ensure that global supplies of tests and treatment continue to flow to the countries that need them,\u201d Ghebreyesus said.\n\nKenya is among the countries that have allowed people living with HIV to get bulk stocks of ARVs that last them three months.\n\nHealth facilities in Nairobi have already implemented the directive, and some are dispensing drugs that can last up to six months.\n\nPreviously, only a few individuals with stable immunity were allowed to pick up enough drugs to last more than one month.\n\n\"To reduce clinic attendance and drug pickup frequencies, up to three-month multi-month dispensing of ARVs should be considered for all people living with HIV regardless of age and viral status,\" Nascop head Dr Catherine Ngugi said in a circular to all county executives for health.\n\nIt is estimated that in 2018, 25.7 million people were living with HIV and 16.4 million (around 64 per cent) in sub-Saharan Africa were undergoing antiretroviral therapy.\n\nBut according to the WHO, they are now at risk of having their treatment interrupted either because of the closure of HIV services, lack of ARVs caused by disruptions in the supply chain or overwhelmed services due to competing needs to support the Covid-19 response.\n\nThe research teams used different mathematical models to analyse the effects of possible disruptions to HIV testing, prevention and treatment services caused by Covid-19 in three or six months on Aids mortality and HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nFrom the projection, a six-month disruption shows that Aids-related deaths in one year will range from 471,000 to 673,000.\n\nThis means that it will be inevitable for the world to miss the global 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 Aids-related deaths worldwide.\n\nMore sporadic interruptions of ART supply could lead to drug resistance, with long-term consequences for future treatment success in the region.\n\nUNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima has warned against using Covid-19 as an excuse to divert investments meant to go towards HIV programmes.\n\n\u201cThere is a risk that the hard-earned gains of the AIDS response will be sacrificed to the fight against Covid-19, but the right to health means that no one disease should be fought at the expense of the other,\u201d Byanyima said.\n\n\u201cEvery death is a tragedy. We cannot sit and allow hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, to die needless deaths.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1606591761_1607918334", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.\n\nMembers of an international criminal group, smuggling people from mainland Europe to the United Kingdom, had been intercepted at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the Finnish Border Guard said on Thursday.\n\nThe human traffickers were identified when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti, who had used another person\u2019s Swedish passport, were arrested at the airport in January.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris via Helsinki to London, the Border Guard said.\n\nAccording to a preliminary investigation launched by the Crime Prevention Unit of the Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District, it was not the Swedish man\u2019s first such journey to Finland.\n\nBetween December 2019 and January 2020, he is suspected to have smuggled two other foreigners from Finland to the UK by using other people\u2019s passports.\n\nThe investigation has also found that the Swedish citizen caught in Finland had applied for asylum in the UK as a Kuwaiti by providing false personal information to the local authorities.\n\nThe criminal offences under investigation in Finland are part of a series of operations, in which people have been smuggled from mainland Europe through various countries to the UK, the Border Guard said.\n\nThe acts are suspected to have been carried out by an influential professional smuggling ring in Sweden and the UK.\n\nThe criminal gang is suspected of having charged the trafficked persons around 8,000 euros ($8,600) for each trip.\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established with the support of Europol (the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) and Eurojust (a European Union agency dealing with judicial cooperation in criminal matters).\n\nMembers of the smuggling ring have been caught in both Sweden and the UK, where local authorities conducted home searches and arrests.\n\nA suspect in Finland, the Swedish citizen has been imprisoned since the end of January 2020 on suspicion of organising a serious illegal entry.\n\nThe investigation into the other members of the criminal ring continues in Finland and abroad, the Border Guard said.\n\nShare with friends: Tweet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint", "sentence2": "Police suspect an international criminal gang has been trafficking people from mainland Europe to Britain via Finland.\n\nA gang suspected of smuggling people from mainland Europe to Britain was uncovered in January when a Swedish citizen and a Kuwaiti citizen were stopped by border guards at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in possession of another Swedish citizen\u2019s passport.\n\nThe two men were on their way from Paris to London via Helsinki, according to a statement issued by the Finnish Border Guard.\n\nThe Guard\u2019s Crime Prevention Unit launched a preliminary investigation, and discovered that the Swedish man had visited Finland on at least two previous occasions. He is now suspected of smuggling two other people from Finland to Britain between December and January using other people's passports.\n\nPolice suspect the involvement of a people smuggling ring active in at least Sweden and the United Kingdom.\n\nThey believe the smugglers charge up to 8,000 euros per person transported from mainland Europe through various countries to the United Kingdom.\n\nThe initial investigation also revealed that the Swedish citizen stopped in Finland had applied for asylum in the United Kingdom as a Kuwaiti, providing false personal information to the UK authorities.\n\nThe false identity used by the suspect in Britain was revealed when his fingerprints were compared to the fingerprints of another Kuwaiti person, and they were found to be exactly the same. Authorities suspect the man created a false identity for himself in order to gain access to a disguise for people smuggling activities.\n\nInternational cooperation\n\nDuring the investigation, close international cooperation was established between Finnish authorities and police forces in other parts of Europe, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, an EU agency which oversees judicial cooperation between member states.\n\nAuthorities in both Sweden and Britain conducted home searches of suspected members of the smuggling ring and made a number of arrests."}
+{"id": "1595584655_1596103131", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "A Chinese man named Wang was reported to have contracted paragonimiasis, a parasitic infection, in Suqian, Jiangsu province of China after his regular diet consisted of water snails, crayfish, and raw snake\u2019s gallbladder.\n\nThe Chinese man visited a respiratory doctor, Dr. Zhao Haiyan, after experiencing breathing difficulties, only to find that his lungs were infested with live snakes and worms. CT scan footage revealed a line-shaped infection in the man\u2019s lungs. Paragonimiasis can be contracted from the consumption of unclean water containing tapeworms. Given that Wang ate raw seafood, he might have been infected by pathogens from such food.\n\nLine shaped infection in Wang\u2019s lungs (Photo Credits: Daily Mail)\n\nWhen the doctors asked about his dietary habits, Mr Wang said that he enjoyed having seafood, such as crayfish and river snails. He also confessed that he even gobbled down a raw snake gallbladder once before.\n\nWet Markets in China\n\nGenerally, wet markets refer to the markets that sell fresh meat, fish, etc, but in China, these markets are known to sell the meat of wild animals, which are known sources of several deadly pathogens like the Wuhan Coronavirus. The scientific reports suggest that a 55-year-old woman from China\u2019s Hubei province may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19 through one such wet market.\n\nHuanan Seafood Market in China\u2019s Wuhan is believed to be the epicentre of coronavirus. Earlier, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations to act against China\u2019s wet markets.", "sentence2": "Shruti Haasan shares 'creepy yet cute' COVID-19 meme, says 'bat haters - bats are not the problem' |\n\nThe novel coronavirus that originated from a wet market in China has affected 42,533 people in India alone. According to reports, scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans. Ever since the global coronavirus pandemic, there has been antipathy and fear towards bats. Actress Shruti Haasan on Monday took to her Instagram to share a 'creepy yet cute' meme featuring the mammal and called out 'bat haters'.\n\nSharing the meme on her social media, she caprtioned it: \"ME \ud83d\udda4thanks @nerm for this \ud83d\ude01 now on a side note - bat haters - bats are not the problem - how we\u2019ve lived and how we have been in interaction with other species is - just saying . Ok bye\"\n\nCheck out her post here:\n\nReacting to the picture, a user wrote, \"so true! Bats are not guilty. Its how humans have jeopardised the ecology around us. Bats have become mere medium but surely not the devil.\"\n\nAnother commented, \"That bat definitely does not have Covid-19. It is ridden with cuteness\"\n\n\"Something interesting and yes this is the way we have to follow in the future don't interfere mother nature and the species,\" read a comment.\n\nFor the unversed, scientists believe that the novel coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans.\n\nVarious reports suggest that a 55-year-old man from China's Hubei province was the first person to have contracted Covid-19 through a 'wet market'. Huanan Seafood Market in China's Wuhan is believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic that began in December last year, crossing from animals to humans."}
+{"id": "1582272726_1582388798", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "As India gears up to host the Trumps, US President Donald Trump is on his first official trip to the country along with US First Lady Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Ahmedabad International Airport to receive Donald Trump and his family.\n\nThe two world leaders will hold a roadshow where a group of 15 students from Sabarmati Gurukulam, will perform Mallakhamba. After this, Modi and Trump will head to Motera Stadium, the world\u2019s largest cricket ground, to take part in the \u2018Namaste Trump\u2019 event.\n\nBeing aboard the Air Force One flight, the American President is accompanied by a high-level delegation. Grand preparations have been made for the high-profile visit, expecting thousands of people coming to the streets of Ahmedabad to greet Narendra Modi and Donald Trump.\n\nLater on, Trump along with US First Lady Melania will travel Agra to visit Taj Mahal, before arriving in the national capital. In New Delhi, Melania Trump will be visiting the city\u2019s government schools. The two days official visit, 24 and 25 February, is a new seed to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations.\n\nHave a look at the warm welcome given to Donald Trump:\n\nJust before Trump\u2019s arrival to India, see how via tweets, Modi welcomes the US President:", "sentence2": "New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will leave shortly for Ahmedabad, which is the first stop of US President Donald Trump's first official trip to India.\n\nTrump, accompanied by his wife First Lady Melania, daughter Ivanka and a high-level delegation is scheduled to reach Ahmedabad around noon.\n\nModi along with Trump will address the 'Namaste Trump' event in the Motera Stadium, the world's largest cricket ground with a seating capacity of 1.10 lakh people.\n\nGrand preparations have been made for the high-profile visit with thousands of people expected to line up the streets of Ahmedabad to greet the two leaders during their roadshow.\n\nA group of 15 students between eight and 15 years of age, from Sabarmati Gurukulam, will perform \"Mallakhamba\" during the roadshow.\n\nThe US President will also visit Sabarmati Ashram. Three special chairs have been placed in the ashram on the riverside for Modi, Trump and his wife Melania.\n\nSecurity personnel on Sunday conducted final rehearsals on the scheduled route.\n\nLater, Trump will travel to Agra, where he and his wife will visit the historic Taj Mahal before arriving in the national capital.\n\nSubscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.\n\nTopics"}
+{"id": "1596765503_1597782071", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a juvenile, who had escaped from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Kearney, following a pursuit near Grand Island.\n\nAt approximately 2:45 a.m. Monday, a trooper was notified that the escapee was possibly traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 in a stolen vehicle. The trooper located the vehicle, a Chevrolet Impala, traveling eastbound and speeding near Wood River at mile marker 299. The trooper was able to confirm that the vehicle was stolen and attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.\n\nThe trooper initiated a pursuit. During the pursuit, the suspect vehicle reached speeds of more than 125 miles per hour. At mile marker 318, another trooper was able to successfully deploy spike strips to bring the suspect vehicle to stop.\n\nA 17-year-old male was immediately taken into custody. He was cited for theft of a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, no operator\u2019s license, and several traffic violations. The juvenile was lodged at the Kearney YRTC.\n\nThree juvenile escapees remain at large. Anyone with information about these juveniles should contact Kearney Police at 308-237-2104, the Buffalo County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 308-236-8555, or the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C at 308-385-6000.", "sentence2": "An escaped juvenile from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney was arrested Monday after a chase on Interstate 80 that reached 125 mph.\n\nAbout 2:45 a.m. Monday, the Nebraska State Patrol was notified that a 17-year-old male from the center had escaped and was believed to be heading east on Interstate 80 in a stolen Chevrolet Impala.\n\nA trooper spotted the Impala near Wood River, about 25 miles east of Kearney, but the youth refused to pull over. Not quite 20 miles farther east, near Grand Island, another trooper deployed stop sticks, bringing the car to a halt.\n\nThe teen was taken into custody, issued a number of traffic citations and returned to the Kearney youth center.\n\nThree other male juveniles who also escaped remain at large. Anyone with information on their whereabouts should contact Kearney Police at 308-237-2104, the Buffalo County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 308-236-8555 or the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C at 308-385-6000. \u2014 Nancy Gaarder\n\nGet local news delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy."}
+{"id": "1612050908_1611431519", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "The Clark County Combined Health District identified 20 cases of coronavirus linked to the Dole Fresh Vegetables packaging plant in Springfield.\n\nOf the 20 cases, 12 are Dole employees (10 confirmed and two probable); eight are contacts of employees (five confirmed and three probable); and three cases involve people who do not live in Clark County, according to a statement released by the district Tuesday evening.\n\nThis cluster of cases at the Dole plant may have some wondering, can the coronavirus be transmitted through food?\n\nComplete coronavirus coverage\n\nCoronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person to person through respiratory droplets, not through food, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Currently, there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food, the CDC said. Before preparing or eating food it is important to always wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds for general food safety. Throughout the day use a tissue to cover coughing or sneezing and wash hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, or going to the bathroom.\n\nIt may be possible that a person can get the coronavirus by touching a surface or object, like a packaging container, that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.\n\nIn general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging, like packaging coming from the Dole plant.\n\nRELATED: Outbreak of 20 cases linked to Dole plant\n\nThe health district said it has been working closely with Dole to monitor and contain the outbreak since the first case was detected April 22, and said Dole has \u201cgone above and beyond the required safety precautions\u201d and assisted with contact tracing and telling those affected to stay home and to quarantine.\n\nThank you for reading the Springfield News-Sun and for supporting local journalism. Subscribers: log in for access to your daily ePaper and premium newsletters.\n\nThank you for supporting in-depth local journalism with your subscription to the Springfield News-Sun. Get more news when you want it with email newsletters just for subscribers. Sign up here.", "sentence2": "CLARK COUNTY, Ohio -- Health officials have identified 20 cases of COVID-19 linked to a Dole Fresh Vegetables packing plant in Clark County, Ohio.\n\n\n\nOf the 20 cases, 12 are Dole employees (10 confirmed and two probable); eight are contacts of employees (five confirmed and three probable); and three cases involve people who do not live in Clark County, according to a statement released by the Clark County Combined Health District Tuesday, May 19.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe health district on Monday announced it was monitoring the first workplace outbreak in Clark County, and Tuesday, officials identified Dole as the company, according to the Springfield News-Sun.\n\n\n\nIn a statement to local news station WDTN, Dole maintained that the company has been in constant contact with the packing location since the potential outbreak was initially reported back in April:\n\n\n\n\u201cIn addition to implementing all public health recommended precautions\u2014social distancing, extensive hand washing, wearing of face masks at all times in our facilities, mandated self-quarantining of employees and contractors exposed to COVID-positive individuals, and increased frequency of deep cleaning and sanitation at the facility, especially in high touch areas\u2014Dole has additionally welcomed CCCHD to come into and inspect the Springfield Salad Facility. Following the inspection, during which CCCHD noted the many protective procedures implemented by Dole, the facility implemented additional protocols based on their suggestions to further increase the safety of our employees and contractors. These include greater distancing and separation of workers in our facility, table dividers installed in our cafeteria and similar dividers in our packing room for added protection.\"\n\n\n\nDespite implementing additional safety measures, 10 Dole salad plant employees and contractors at the Ohio packing plant tested positive for COVID-19, according to the statement.\n\n\n\n\u201cWe cannot state with certainty how the transmission occurred, but these results lead us to believe that the plant is not the source of transmission. No matter how the transmission occurred, however, Dole will continue to place employee health and well-being above all else in our efforts to keep fresh salads on shelves across the nation,\u201c the statement concluded."}
+{"id": "1490048778_1490467546", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "EASTENDERS star Jake Wood has poked fun at his Love Island lookalike Ollie Williams.\n\nFans have been floored by the millionaire's resemblance to the soap Lothario ever since he was announced to be going into the villa earlier this week.\n\n6 Jake couldn't resist poking fun at his Love Island doppelganger Credit: Instagram\n\nNow the Max Branning actor has acknowledged his doppelganger - and was unable to resist a cheeky jibe about the 23-year-old heir's wealth.\n\nTaking to his Instagram page, 47-year-old Jake shared a popular meme that has been circling social media in recent days.\n\nIn the image, the Love Island promotional shot of topless Ollie is twinned with a picture of Jake dressed as suave businessman Max in Albert Square.\n\nAbove the pictures it is written: \"Good to see Max from EastEnders going into the villa! #LoveIsland\".\n\n6 Jake plays Max Branning in EastEnders Credit: Getty - Contributor\n\n6 He shared this caption alongside the meme\n\nJake captioned the meme: \"FYI I\u2019m the one on the right who doesn\u2019t own a beach in Cornwall\" alongside two crying with laughter emojis.\n\nThe post comes after Ollie told The Sun Online that he could miss out on his \u00a315million inheritance if he has sex on TV.\n\nThe blonde hunk's family run the Lanhydrock Estate in Cornwall, and has been warned by his dad to behave himself or face the consequences.\n\nHe told us: \"Dad said he would write me out of the will. I said to him, \u2018OK, brilliant\u2019.\n\n6 Ollie is risking his inheritance by appearing on Love Island Credit: ITV\n\n\"Mum was like, \u2018Oh my God\u2019.\"\n\nOllie\u2019s Instagram is full of pictures showing off his luxury lifestyle of fancy cars, holidays and yachts.\n\nBut Ollie insists he will be keeping his wealth secret from co-stars so he does not attract any gold diggers.\n\nHe explained: \"In the past, girls have never known about my money. They\u2019ve never known until I have taken them home.\n\n6 He plans to keep his lavish lifestyle top secret Credit: instagram.com/olliesjwilliams\n\nMeet Love Island 2020 contestant Ollie Williams\n\n\"I\u2019m not a snob. And I don\u2019t brag. I\u2019m very humble and understated.\n\n\"The only way you find out is when you come down the drive. They see the estate and go, \u2018What the f***\u2019.\n\n\"It is the kind of reaction I get and it can be quite fun.\"\n\nLove Island returns to our screens this Sunday 12 January, with other confirmed contestants including Rochelle Humes' lookalike sister and Lewis Capaldi's ex.", "sentence2": "Fans were quick to point out the similarities between the actor and the newest Islander\n\nEastEnders star Jake Wood has laughed off comments which claim he's the 'spitting image' of Love Island newbie, Ollie Williams.\n\nEarlier this week, TV fans couldn\u2019t help but notice the Max Branning actor\u2019s resemblance to the posh islander Ollie.\n\nFinally acknowledging the similarities, Jake shared a hilarious Instagram post which included a meme which has been circulating on Twitter .\n\nIn the image, the Love Island promotional shot of topless Ollie is twinned with a picture of Jake dressed as the womanizing businessman Max in Albert Square.\n\nImage: Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/REX) Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/REX)\n\n\"Good to see Max from EastEnders going into the villa! #LoveIsland\".\n\nAnd 47-year-old Jake cheekily added: \"FYI I\u2019m the one on the right who doesn\u2019t own a beach in Cornwall\" with two laughing faces.\n\nThis comes after the 23-year-old revealed that he could face losing his \u00a315 million inheritance if he has sex on the ITV2 dating series.\n\nThe Love Island contestant is heir to the Lanhydrock Estate in Cornwall, and is set to take over his father's title of Lord of the Manor of Lanhydrock.\n\nBefore entering the villa, he admitted his dad Andrew would be furious if he ever got frisky on-screen.\n\nHe told The Sun : \"Initially, Dad said he would write me out of the will,\u201d admitted Ollie.\n\n\"He was jesting, of course. But as the process got more and more serious Dad is saying, \u2018if you get through, I hope you take me to South Africa with you\u2019. He is now on board.\"\n\nOllie, who has never watched Love Island, admitted his mother is more of a fan.\n\nImage: Raquel Fernandes/ITV/REX) Raquel Fernandes/ITV/REX)\n\n\"Mum is huge addict of the show,\" he said. \"Dad has been forced to watch the odd episode.\"\n\nOllie said of the estate: \"The house and the gardens are bequeathed to the National Trust. We live behind the house as a family. In the 1950s, it became very difficult to run a historic house fully staffed. And that\u2019s the only real way to keep it alive.\n\n\"So it\u2019s preserved as it was when we left it and we can still use it for functions and family parties. Our family home is not small. It\u2019s called The Old Vicarage. It does the job. We don\u2019t have any staff \u2013 apart from your regular cleaner.\"\n\nImage: Instagram) Instagram)\n\nOllie, who claimed he is a changed man after cheating on his previous girlfriend of four years several times, applied for the show after growing tired with life and work on the estate.\n\nHe admitted he keeps his vast fortune quiet when he starts dating a girl.\n\n\"In the past, girls have never known about my money \u2013 until I have taken them home,\" he said. \"I\u2019m not a snob. And I don\u2019t brag. I\u2019m very humble and understated.\n\n\"The only way you find out is when you drive down the driveway and they see the estate \u2013 and go what the f***?\""}
+{"id": "1485815599_1487944124", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Jan. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band Ateez is giving fans a glimpse of its \"Answer\" performance.\n\nThe K-pop group released a teaser for the song Friday titled \"'Answer' performance preview.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe video shows the members of Ateez perform a dance routine under a large piece of suspended fabric. The set later lights up, unveiling the full stage.\n\n\"Answer\" appears on Ateez's forthcoming EP, Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer. Ateez will release the EP and the full \"Answer\" music video Monday.\n\nAteez shared a tracklist for Action to Answer last week. In addition to \"Answer,\" the EP will include the songs \"Horizon,\" \"Star 1117,\" \"Precious\" and \"Outro: Long Journey.\"\n\nAteez released a trailer for \"Outro: Long Journey\" Wednesday on New Year's Day.\n\nAteez consists of Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho, and debuted as a group in 2018. The group is known for the singles \"Pirate King,\" \"Treasure,\" \"Illusion,\" \"Wave\" and \"Wonderland.\"", "sentence2": "Jan. 6 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band Ateez is back with a new music video.\n\nThe K-pop group shared a video Monday for the new single \"Answer.\"\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe \"Answer\" video features dramatic and elegant imagery, including a scene where the members of Ateez face a mirror image of themselves wearing matching black outfits. The group also performs hard-hitting dance routines.\n\n\"Answer\" is the title track from Ateez's new EP, Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer, also released Monday. The EP is the final installment in the group's Treasure series of albums and EPs.\n\nIn addition to \"Answer,\" Treasure Epilogue includes the songs \"Horizon,\" \"Star 1117,\" \"Precious\" and \"Outro: Long Journey.\"\n\nAteez consists of Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho. The group debuted in October 2018 and is known for the singles \"Pirate King,\" \"Treasure,\" \"Illusion,\" \"Wave\" and \"Wonderland.\""}
+{"id": "1495919706_1497871856", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "We have more newsletters\n\nThank you for subscribing!\n\nSomething went wrong, please try again later.\n\nNever miss a crime story and read the latest headlines with our free email updates\n\nA jury for a Derby murder trial has now been sworn in.\n\nThree men from the city are accused of killing 57-year-old Simon Jones.\n\nJohn Williams, Kirk Guy and Jacob Ali have all previously pleaded not guilty to murdering the former RAF man, of Belper, who died after being stabbed close to Chaddesden Park.\n\nThey also deny conspiracy to commit robbery.\n\nHis son daughter and son-in-law were all at Derby Crown Court to see the jury members be sworn in.\n\n(Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)\n\nSat across from them in court room four were family and friends of the three defendants, who are all in custody.\n\nGuy, 34, of Haydn Road, Derby; Williams, 24, of Waterford Drive, Chaddesden, and Ali, 20, of Ashworth Avenue, Derby, also in Chaddesden, were all smartly dressed in suits for the swearing in of the jury.\n\nMr Jones, a grandfather-of-three, was found injured in a car park in Chaddesden just before 10pm on Saturday April 20.\n\nHe was taken to hospital but later died.\n\nHis family have previously described him as \u201ca true gentleman who was adored by everyone\u201d.\n\nPeter Joyce QC, prosecuting, is expected to open the trial on Thursday.\n\nIt is scheduled to last up to six weeks.", "sentence2": "Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nNever miss a crime story and read the latest headlines with our free email updates\n\nThe family of a man who was stabbed to death in Derby bravely listened to his last moments as a harrowing 999 call was played in court.\n\nThe son and daughter of Simon Jones heard how former armed forces member John King tried in vain to save their dad by performing CPR on him on the driveway where had collapsed.\n\nMoments earlier the 57-year-old had been stabbed three times to the legs in a car park. He managed to stagger to Mr King\u2019s front door before banging on it and then collapsing.\n\nA haunting 999 call to the emergency services heard Mr King\u2019s son \u2013 Dean King \u2013 talk the call handler through what his father was doing to try and keep Mr Jones, himself a former RAF man, alive.\n\nThree men are on trial at Derby Crown Court after being charged with murder and conspiracy to rob.\n\nKirk Guy, John Williams and Jacob Ali, all of Chaddesden, deny the charges.\n\nThe harrowing 999 call\n\nIn the call, Dean King tells the operator: \u201cSomeone keeps banging on the door saying \u2018help me, help me\u2019.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d\n\nThe operator replies: \u201cCan you see anybody?\u201d\n\nMr King says: \u201cI am talking to the person that\u2019s with him he says he\u2019s been stabbed, there\u2019s a lot of blood, he\u2019s not conscious, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s breathing.\n\n\u201cMy dad is going to perform CPR, he\u2019s been in the armed forces and knows how to do CPR.\u201d\n\nThe operator asks: \u201cCan his (Mr Jones\u2019) friend (Mr Calladine) help?\u201d\n\nMr King replies: \u201cHe is too traumatised, he\u2019s running around in the road.\u201d\n\nThe operator says: \u201cI have officers travelling to you.\u201d\n\nMr King says: \u201cHe\u2019s (Mr Jones) started breathing, my dad can\u2019t see a wound, he\u2019s trying to find a wound now.\n\n\u201cHe (Mr Jones) keeps gasping for air.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s movement but it\u2019s very weak.\u201d\n\nThe operator asks: \u201cWhere is his friend (Mr Calladine) now?\u201d\n\nMr King replies: \u201cHe\u2019s run off towards the park I think.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s lots of blood, it\u2019s dripping all down the driveway.\n\n\u201cMy dad says he\u2019s breathing but it\u2019s very weak.\u201d\n\nMoments later the emergence services arrive and take over trying unsuccessfully to save Mr Jones\u2019 life.\n\nElsewhere during today's proceedings, the jury was told that Williams - the man who is alleged to have physically stabbed Mr Jones - later sent damning messages over Facebook which \u201care akin to a confession\u201d that he was responsible for the death.\n\nIn them, the 24-year-old thanks his girlfriend for sticking with him and tells her she is \u201cnot going to have him around for a long time\u201d.\n\nAnd in a message to his step-brother, he asks his sibling to look after his young son and \u201cteach him how to be a man\u201d.\n\nPeter Joyce QC, prosecuting, said after the stabbing of Mr Jones, at around 9.45pm on April 20 last year, Williams moved to a friend\u2019s address in Belper to \u201clie low\u201d.\n\nFacebook messages\n\nHe said: \u201cIn a Facebook message that is clearly from Williams to his girlfriend, he says \u2018my baby girl I am sorry for everything. I did not mean to put you through all this and (after) everything I have done you still stick by me. I am sorry you are not going to have me around for a long time\u2019.\"\n\nMr Joyce continued: \"Why is he saying that? We say it is because he knows exactly what he has done and that he is not going to be around in her life.\n\n\u201cIt is akin to a confession to his girlfriend.\u201d\n\nMr Joyce said four minutes after sending that message, Williams then sent a Facebook message to his step-brother.\n\nHe said: \u201cIn it he says \u2018My brother make sure you look after JJ [his baby son]\u2019. He then says to him \u2018teach him how to be a man, love you bro\u2019.\n\n\u201cThis is a very, very, small child. He then instructs him (his step-brother) at the end to \u2018delete all these messages\u2019.\u201d\n\n(Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)\n\nThe trial has already heard how Mr Jones travelled to the car park with Mr Calladine to carry out a drug deal on the evening of April 20, 2019.\n\nMr Calladine, who worked for Mr Jones\u2019 bailiff company, had allegedly set the exchange up with Guy two days earlier while the pair were at the Atlanta Gym, in Dunton Close, Derby.\n\nThe court heard the deal involved \u201cseveral thousands of pounds of cocaine\u201d.\n\nBut the prosecution claim Guy arranged for Williams and Ali to rob them of the drugs instead.\n\nChaddesden Park\n\nOpening the case on Thursday, Mr Joyce said Calladine was robbed at knifepoint and ran away so Williams approached Mr Jones who was in the passenger seat of his VW Transporter gang and stabbed him.\n\nMr Jones, having suffered fatal stab wounds to his legs, managed to stagger out of the car park leaving a trail of blood and to the front door of the King family in nearby Chaddesden Lane.\n\nThe occupants rang 999 and tried in vain to save the victim who was pronounced dead just over an hour later at the Royal Derby Hospital.\n\nMr Joyce told the hearing that in the aftermath of the stabbing the knife was taken back to Ali\u2019s address, in Chaddesden, where is was cleaned using bleach in a mop bucket.\n\nHe said it was then wrapped and transported to an address in Alvaston where it was later discovered concealed in a water tank and recovered by police.\n\nThe mobile phone stolen from Mr Calladine was found in shrubbery in Kiwi Park, also in Alvaston.\n\n(Image: CHRIS NEILL/MAVERICK PHOTOGRAPHY)\n\nMr Joyce said: \u201cThe prosecution case is that it was Williams that actually stabbed Simon Jones and that the others, Guy and Ali, either intended to assist him or intended to both rob him and cause him really serious injury or to kill him in the course of the robbery.\n\n\u201cGuy set it up, Ali drove Williams to the scene and Williams was the killer.\n\n\u201cIt does not matter for the purposes of this case whether the drugs were taken in the VW Transporter van to Chaddesden Park belonged to Carl Calladine or Simon Jones.\n\n\u201cWhat matters is that Guy, Ali and Williams knew the cocaine would be there and intended to steal it.\n\n\u201cThere was no indication (in arranging the drug deal) that Mr Jones would even be there that night.\n\n\u201cBut when Mr Calladine runs away Mr Williams goes to the van and sadly, so sadly, there was someone else there and that\u2019s Simon Jones.\n\n\u201cAnd for being there, Simon Jones pays with his life.\u201d\n\nMembers of Mr Jones family as well as supporters of Guy, 34, of Haydn Road, Williams, 24, of Waterford Drive, and Ali, 20, of Ashworth Avenue, all in Chaddesden, were all in court to hear the case opened.\n\nHis family have previously described him as \u201ca true gentleman who was adored by everyone\u201d.\n\nThe trial, which is scheduled to last up to six weeks, continues."}
+{"id": "1615549195_1615149887", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "A shooting immediately after a burial service at Forest Law Memorial Park in Cypress on Friday scattered attendees and left a man with multiple gunshot wounds.\n\nAt around 3:30 p.m., police said around two dozen people were just heading back to their cars from the service at the cemetery at 4471 Lincoln Avenue ending when two men got into an argument.\n\nThe fight escalated and one of the men pulled out a gun, then fired. The victim was hit multiple times in his torso, said Sgt. John Faessel of the Cypress Police Department.\n\nWithin minutes, dozens of attendees fled the area. When police arrived, they found no one at the burial site, Faessel said. But some officers were redirected to the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Moody Street. They found the injured man there.\n\nDespite being shot multiple times, the man did not have any life-threatening injuries, Faessel said.\n\nDetectives believe the shooting was the result of a personal conflict between the two men.\n\n\u201cFrom what we understand, the people involved all know each other,\u201d Faessel said. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t some unknown person who showed up.\u201d\n\nWhile the suspect was known to the people at the funeral, police haven\u2019t identified him or released a description. It\u2019s not clear whether witnesses to the shooting have helped in the investigation.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t completely out of the ordinary,\u201d Faessel said of the shooting.\n\nHe noted detectives were looking into the possibility of an inter-family conflict that led to the violence.\n\n\u201cYou can imagine a scenario were there\u2019s family issues at play, or you can image a scenario where people who may want to pay their respects to the deceased family member aren\u2019t necessarily there to pay their respect to other family members,\u201d he said.\n\nPolice were still looking for the suspect. They asked anyone with information about the shooting to call the Cypress Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau at (714) 229-6631, or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.", "sentence2": "A 28-year-old man was shot in his torso and hand inside a Cypress cemetery Friday afternoon, but was expected to survive.\n\nFirefighter-paramedics were called about 3:30 p.m. to the Forest Lawn cemetery-mortuary at 4471 Lincoln Ave., but while en route, they were redirected to the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Moody Street, where they found the victim in a vehicle on the side of the street, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Daniel Yeh.\n\nThe victim was taken to a hospital, according to the Cypress Police Department.\n\nThe suspect fled the scene and no description was released.\n\nInvestigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident with no ongoing danger to the public. Police urged anyone with information on the shooting to call the Cypress Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau at (714) 229-6631, or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS."}
+{"id": "1548891568_1552716753", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "SINGAPORE: Singapore\u2019s prime minister warned on Saturday that the negative economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak will likely be deeper and more prolonged than the 2008 financial crisis, Reuters reported.\n\n\u201cThe economic hit will likely be more serious than the global financial crisis, and longer-lasting too, even beyond the end of the pandemic,\u201d Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post. He said the pandemic will likely last at least this year, and possibly longer.\n\nWith 200 infections, the Asian travel hub has signaled that there is a chance of a recession this year and has cut its growth forecasts.\n\nLee\u2019s comments came a day after Singapore revised its electoral boundaries, in a move usually seen as a precursor to calling a vote. Singapore must hold elections by early 2021. Before the virus hit the Asian city-state late in January, the government had been expected to call a vote within a few months.", "sentence2": "SINGAPORE: The economic fallout from the coronavirus could be more serious than the damage done by the 2008 global financial crisis for Singapore, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.\n\n\"We can\u2019t tell when the pandemic will end, but it will likely last at least this year, and quite possibly longer, \u201d Lee said in a Facebook post. \"The economic hit will likely be more serious than the Global Financial Crisis, and longer-lasting too, even beyond the end of the pandemic.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1629203524_1625456558", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "AbaThembu nation's acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Monday for assault.\n\nHe was arrested last Thursday for allegedly attacking his father King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's advisor, Babalo Papu.\n\nAzenathi's court appearance comes a week after his father appeared in court for assaulting him at the family's royal palace.\n\nAbaThembu nation's acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo briefly appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and pointing a firearm.\n\nNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said the case was postponed to 5 August for further investigation.\n\nAzenathi was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking his father King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's advisor, Babalo Papu, on Tuesday.\n\nPapu approached the police on Wednesday to open a criminal case after he was allegedly assaulted by some members of the royal family, including Azenathi.\n\nWhen asked for comment, police spokesperson Sibongile Soci would not be drawn into discussing other suspects in the case.\n\nAzenathi's uncle and advisor Siganeko Dalindyebo is on record as admitting that he defended himself from Papu during the altercation.\n\nREAD | AbaThembu royal family members accused of assaulting king's advisor\n\nAzenathi's court appearance comes exactly a week after his father, Buyelekhaya, appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court for assault.\n\nThe assault case was opened by Azenathi on 13 March after Buyelekhaya allegedly trespassed on the Bumbane Great Place palace, outside Mthatha, and allegedly used an axe to attack Azenathi at around 03:00.\n\nBuyelekhaya has since disowned his son and is demanding a paternity test.", "sentence2": "Acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo, his mother and his uncle are under investigation for assault.\n\nPolice confirmed that the king's spokesperson, Babalo Papu, was rescued from an alleged attack.\n\nThe latest drama comes in the midst of a war between Azenathi and his father, AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.\n\nBabalo Papu, an advisor to AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, has approached police to open a criminal case after he was allegedly assaulted by some members of the royal family - including acting King Azenathi Dalindyebo.\n\nPapu has accused Azenathi Dalindyebo, his mother Buyiswa Majiki and Azenathi's spokesperson, uncle and advisor, Siganeko Dalindyebo, and others of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH).\n\nMajiki is an Eastern Cape High Court judge and the former wife of Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.\n\nREAD | King Dalindyebo gets backing of AbaThembu faction in royal DNA drama\n\nCalled for comment, on Thursday Majiki said: \"Indeed it came to my knowledge that a criminal case has been opened against me but I have no knowledge of these allegations or circumstances surrounding the case.\"\n\nThe matter was reported to the Madeira police station in Mthatha on Wednesday evening, according to police.\n\nIt came a day after the police were called to a Maiden Farm address and rescued Papu from an alleged assault by a group of men, police spokesperson Colonel Sibongile Soci said.\n\nOn Thursday, Soci said: \"[Police] can confirm that a case of assault GBH has been opened for investigation. The complainant will be interviewed further to ascertain other information that has surfaced regarding the investigation.\"\n\nSiganeko Dalindyebo confirmed he was involved in the alleged assault, saying he found Papu talking to his wife on his premises.\n\nI felt cornered in my own space from my own enemy. Prince Siganeko Zanothando Dalindyebo\n\nBoth Papu and Siganeko find themselves on opposite ends of the father-and-son battle for kingship. Papu acts as an advisor to Buyelekhaya and Siganeko to Azenathi.\n\n\"I, Prince Siganeko Zanothando Dalindyebo, feel I was provoked by Babalo and the people who he was conniving with and gave him my wife's cellphone number. I felt it was an attack on my integrity and manhood and to the safety of my family and those close to me, by finding my sole enemy inside my premises.\"\n\n\"How na\u00efve can he be as a person to go to a home of a person [when] he knows they don't get along, based on the Dalindyebo succession debate, communicating with my wife and entering my gate? He can't expect me to feel safe. I felt cornered in my own space from my own enemy. I felt I should protect myself and loved ones from my enemy,\" Siganeko said.\n\nSiganeko said his wife spend most of the time alone in Mthatha. He is based 50km away at Bumbane Great Place where he serves as a traditional leader and as one of the advisors to acting king Azenathi.\n\nMeanwhile, Soci said: \"SAPS can confirm a complaint was received yesterday at about 15:00 and police were dispatched to the scene at Maiden Farm. Upon arrival, they found a visibly assaulted man and intervened by removing the injured person from immediate danger and also ensured that his vehicle was removed from the premises.\"\n\nSoci earlier said Papu had been advised to open cases of assault, crimen injuria and malicious damage to property against the \"people who assaulted him and damaged his vehicle\".\n\nContacted for comment, Papu responded with a short statement he had posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday night: \"I am in good shape, I cannot go into details or merits of this matter as advised by my legal counsel.\n\n\"I can only confirm that I was brutally attacked by Sganeko, Azenathi, Azenathi's body guard, [whose name was withheld] and one more guy I still need to find his name (sic).\n\n\"This is all I can say, thank you very much nge calls, sms, What'sApp shows that I am not alone (sic).\n\n\"Thank you and goodnight to all. Babalo Batembu Papu.\"\n\nNews24 tried several times to get comment from Azenathi for his side of the story. Attempts included several phone calls and text messages to him since Tuesday. His phone was off and his spokesperson, Siganeko, declined to speak on his behalf, saying the acting king should speak for himself.\n\nFather-and-son war\n\nThe latest drama came a day after AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo appeared in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court for assault. He disowned Azenathi and his claim to the throne, demanding a paternity test.\n\nThe assault case was opened by Azenathi on 13 March after Dalindyebo allegedly trespassed on the Bumbane Great Place palace, outside Mthatha, and allegedly used an axe to attack Azenathi at around 03:00.\n\nNational Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said the case was postponed to 7 December for further investigation.\n\nBuyelekhaya Dalindyebo is currently staying at Nkululekweni residence in Mthatha, following his early release from prison in December. He only served four years of his 12-year sentence when President Cyril Ramaphosa granted him special remission parole as part of a larger category of offenders.\n\nHe had been sent to jail in 2015 for arson, kidnapping, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and defeating the ends of justice. He was found guilty of terrorising his subjects in the 1990s.\n\nThe father-and-son war dates to 2016 when Azenathi went against his incarcerated father's advice and ascended to the throne.\n\nThe king wanted his wife to act on his behalf and had written a series of prison letters advising the then University of Free State student, Azenathi, to focus on his studies."}
+{"id": "1509595453_1505820709", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "(BBC) \u2013 Head of the World Health Organization\u2019s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Mike Ryan, says the whole world needs to be on alert to fight the coronavirus.\n\nDr Ryan says an international team of experts is being assembled to go to China and work with experts there to learn more about how the disease is transmitted.\n\nThe WHO will meet on Thursday to discuss whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency.\n\nThe Chinese city of Wuhan is the epicentre of the outbreak.\n\nBut the virus has spread across China and to at least 16 countries globally, including Thailand, France, the US and Australia.\n\nMore than 1 hundred and 30 people have died in China and close to 6 thousand have been infected.\n\nThere is no specific cure or vaccine. However, a number of people have recovered after treatment.\n\nScientists in Australia have managed to recreate the new coronavirus outside of China, raising hope that it could be used to develop an early-diagnosis test.", "sentence2": "The coronavirus outbreak in China has become a global cause for concern, with cases reported in Australia and France. The death toll has risen to 81, while 3,000 people have been infected with it, according to BBC.\n\nHere are five must-read stories on coronavirus:\n\nNew virus detected\n\nIn January, Chinese officials reported the outbreak of coronavirus, which was discovered in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Experts initially said they didn't know how easily the virus could spread or where it originated.\n\nThis saw authorities in the US, Thailand and South Korea screen visitors from Wuhan. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised against travel restrictions for China."}
+{"id": "1559382012_1558064682", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Zoo Knoxville has shut its doors to the public during the COVID-19 outbreak, but the animals inside still need care.\n\nZoo representatives said that with the shutdown, they have lost their primary source of income.\n\nAccording to the zoo's website, they are losing, on average, $22,500 per day which would normally go towards caring for the animals.\n\n\"We are working round the clock to find options. Our community has asked how they can help and we have set up an emergency relief fund,\" zoo representatives said.\n\nGo\n\nto donate and help care for our area's zoo animals.", "sentence2": "Zoo Knoxville is calling on the public's help after a proposed relief package excludes certain businesses.\n\nFederal lawmakers are considering a multi-billion dollar package to help those impacted by the economic crisis in response to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAccording to Zoo Knoxville, zoos, museums and other cultural institutions are not included in the pending legislation.\n\n\"We are acting as one voice nationwide,\" the zoo said in a release. \"Guests through the gates are our primary source of funding.\"\n\nThe zoo said 86 percent of its funding comes from visitors coming to the attraction.\n\nTo read more about the petition, click a href=\"https://www.aza.org/legislative-education-center#/42\"target=\"_blank\">here."}
+{"id": "1563006406_1563431063", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The crews of nuclear-armed submarines may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of how the coronavirus pandemic is turning life upside down. (Photo: AP)\n\nOf a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing. Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly worries to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions of nuclear deterrence, may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of how the pandemic is turning life upside down.\n\nMariners aboard ballistic submarines are habitually spared bad news while underwater to avoid undermining their morale, say current and former officers who served aboard France's nuclear-armed subs.\n\nSo any crews that left port before the virus spread around the globe are likely being kept in the dark about the extent of the rapidly unfurling crisis by their commanders until their return, they say.\n\n\"They won't know,\" said retired Adm. Dominique Salles, who commanded the French ballistic submarine squadron from 2003-2006. \"The boys need to be completely available for their mission.\"\n\nSpeaking exclusively to The Associated Press, Salles said he believes submariners will likely only be told of the pandemic as they head back to port, in the final two days of their mission.\n\n\"Those who are at sea don't need this information,\" said Salles, who also commanded the nuclear-armed French submarine \"L'Inflexible\".\n\n\"The commander, I think, is doubtless informed about what is happening. I don't think he'll have all the details,\" he said.\n\nThe French navy won't divulge what has or hasn't been said to submarine crews. Nor will it say whether any of the four French ballistic submarines, laden with 16 missiles that each can carry six nuclear warheads, left harbor before France instituted a nationwide lockdown on March 17.\n\nFrench navy commander Axel Roch poses in the navigation and operations center in the new nuclear-powered submarine \"Suffren\" in Cherbourg, north-western France. (Photo: AP)\n\n\"Because the deterrent is wrapped in a bubble of protection and confidentiality, it is impossible to know whether the crews are informed or not of this situation,\" French navy spokesman Lt Cmdr Olivier Ribard said.\n\nFrench submarine missions last 60 to 70 days, with about 110 crew members aboard. So a crew that left at the end of February wouldn't be expected back before the end of April. In that case, they will return to a world changed by the pandemic. On March 1, France had just 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths. In under a month, those numbers have surged past 2,600 dead and over 40,000 sickened.\n\nFor most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. But for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.\n\nFor submariners, the return to land could be a shock.\n\n\"They won't have experienced the crisis as we did, with a bit of fear, the lockdown. So for them it will be quite a surprise. They will learn the history, but it will be a history that is related to them,\" said a serving officer who was the doctor on the ballistic submarine \"Le Triomphant\" for four years.\n\nHe spoke to the AP on condition that he be identified only by his first name and rank, in accordance with the rules of his branch of the French military.\n\n\"All events that could affect or change the morale of the crew members are kept from them,\" said the officer, Chief Doctor Gabriel.\n\n\"Since there is no internet, no radio and no television on board, the only news you get comes from messages received by the commander, and the commander filters the messages to not give all of the information to everyone.\"\n\nThe doctor was underwater in 2012 when an Islamic extremist killed three French paratroopers and later killed a rabbi, his two young sons and grabbed an 8-year-old girl and shot her in the head.\n\nOnly later did the officer learn of the attacks, \"so when people talk to me about it, I find it impossible to imagine,\" he said.\n\n\"The only place where you are really cut off from all information is underwater, because even on a vessel in space there is still the radio, television, the internet,\" he said.\n\nWhen bombings hit Madrid in 2004, Salles didn't inform submariners who were at sea for the ballistic flotilla that was then under his command.\n\nSalles said the situation now will be toughest for any crews that leave harbour in the weeks ahead, because they'll know they are leaving loved ones in the midst of the pandemic and, possibly, still living in lockdown.\n\nThe French government has already extended its stay-home orders once, to April 15, and said it could do so again.\n\nSalles said he believes those crews will get regular coronavirus updates, but won't be told of any family deaths until they are returning to the l'Ile Longue submarine base near Brest in Brittany.\n\nSalles was at sea in a sub when his father died. The news was kept from him until he had finished his 60-day mission.\n\n\"No matter how serious an event is, there is nothing a submariner can do about it. And since he cannot do anything, better that he know nothing,\" Salles said. \"They know that they won't know and accept it. It's part of our deal.\"", "sentence2": "NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n\nGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.\n\nSubmariners conducting missions at sea are likely among the last people in the world learning about the coronavirus pandemic turning life upside down back home.\n\nCurrent and former officers who served aboard France's nuclear-armed subs say mariners aboard ballistic submarines are routinely spared bad news while underwater to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions and to avoid undermining their morale.\n\nAny crews that left port before the virus spread around the globe are likely being kept in the dark about the extent of the rapidly unfurling crisis until their return.\n\n\"All events that could affect or change the morale of the crew members are kept from them,\" said Chief Doctor Gabriel. (He spoke to The Associated Press on condition that he be identified only by his first name and rank, in accordance with the rules of his branch of the French military.) \"Since there is no Internet, no radio and no television on board, the only news you get comes from messages received by the commander, and the commander filters the messages to not give all of the information to everyone.\"\n\nFour French ballistic submarines, laden with 16 missiles can each carry six nuclear warheads, left harbor before France instituted a nationwide lockdown on March 17.\n\nAdm. Dominique Salles, who commanded the nuclear-armed French submarine \"L'Inflexible,\" told the AP he believes submariners will likely only be told of the pandemic as they head back to port, in the final two days of their mission.\n\n\"They won't know,\" Salles said. \"The boys need to be completely available for their mission.\"\n\nFrench submarine missions last 60 to 70 days, with about 110 crew members aboard. A crew that left at the end of February wouldn't be expected back before the end of April. In that case, they will return to a world changed by the pandemic.\n\nFRANCE EVACUATES CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS FROM SWAMPED HOSPITALS USING HIGH-SPEED TRAINS, MILITARY PLANES\n\nOn March 1, France had just 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths. In under a month, those numbers have surged to over 40,000 sickened and 2,600 dead. For submariners, the return to land will likely be a shock.\n\nSalles said the situation now will be toughest for any crews that leave harbor in the weeks ahead, because they'll know they are leaving loved ones in the midst of the pandemic and, possibly, still living in lockdown. The French government has already extended its stay-home orders once, to April 15, and said it could do so again.\n\nSalles said he believes those crews will get regular coronavirus updates but won't be told of any family deaths until they are returning to the l'Ile Longue submarine base near Brest in Brittany.\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP\n\n\"No matter how serious an event is, there is nothing a submariner can do about it. And since he cannot do anything, better that he know nothing,\" Salles said. \"They know that they won't know and accept it. It's part of our deal.\"\n\nThe Associated Press contributed to this report."}
+{"id": "1588237632_1588287122", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nGet the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter\n\nTwin sisters who had both worked as nurses have died within three days of each other after both testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nChildren's nurse Katy Davis, 37, died at Southampton General Hospital on Tuesday while her identical twin, Emma, a former surgery nurse, died early on Friday.\n\nThe two sisters, who both suffered from an underlying health condition, have been praised for their excellent work in the nursing profession.\n\nTheir sister Zoe Davis told the BBC: \"They always said they had come into the world together and would go out together as well.\n\n\"There are no words to describe how special they were.\"\n\n(Image: PA)\n\nZoe said the \"amazing\" pair, who lived together, had other health conditions and had been unwell for some time.\n\nA spokesman for University Hospital Southampton (UHS) said that Katy had worked as risk and patient safety lead in child health but had been unwell for a period prior to her admittance to hospital when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe added that Emma had also worked for UHS for nine years as a nurse in surgery in the colorectal unit until 2013.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"She had the same underlying health condition as Katy and had been unwell prior to her admission when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nNHS Heroes fact box The Daily Record has launched our NHS Heroes campaign to thank the remarkable NHS staff who are on the front lines of this coronavirus emergency. These amazing people place our health above their own and we are inviting the public to pledge their support by placing a heart on their location in the UK. Please join us in showing these people our gratitude as we navigate this difficult time. To pledge your support, just: * Go to http://www.thanksamillionnhs.co.uk/ * Add your postcode to put a heart on the map and show your support for the heroes of the NHS * Share the page to encourage others to show their support\n\n\"She sadly also passed away last night and it goes without saying just how devastating and tragic this is for the family and all who knew them.\n\n\"Emma has been described as an excellent nurse who was calm and cheerful and a good leader.\n\n\"She was well liked by all and was a valuable member of the team during her time with us.\n\n\"We are supporting Katy and Emma's family as much as we can through this difficult and distressing period.\"\n\nPaula Head, chief executive at UHS, said: \"I want to pay tribute to Katy who sadly passed away on Tuesday.\n\n\"Katy has been described by her colleagues where she worked in child health as a nurse people would aspire to be like and that nursing was more than just a job to her.\n\n\"On behalf of everyone here at UHS, including our patients and the communities we serve, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to her family.\"", "sentence2": "Identical twin sisters who had worked as nurses at the same hospital died within days of each other after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nKaty and Emma Davis, 37, both suffered from underlying health conditions and had been unwell for some time before contracting Covid-19.\n\nTributes were paid to the pair after Katy died at Southampton General Hospital on Tuesday and Emma died early on Friday morning.\n\nTheir sister Zoe Davis told the BBC: \u201cThey always said they had come into the world together and would go out together as well.\n\n\u201cThere are no words to describe how special they were.\u201d\n\nKaty worked as risk and patient safety lead in child health at University Hospital Southampton (UHS), while Emma was a nurse in the colorectal unit for nine years until 2013.\n\nPaula Head, chief executive at UHS, said: \u201cI want to pay tribute to Katy who sadly passed away on Tuesday.\n\n\u201cKaty has been described by her colleagues where she worked in child health as a nurse people would aspire to be like and that nursing was more than just a job to her.\n\nUHS said that Emma had the same underlying health condition as Katy and had been unwell prior to her admission when she tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\u201cShe sadly also passed away last night and it goes without saying just how devastating and tragic this is for the family and all who knew them,\u201d a spokesperson said.\u200b\n\nThey added: \u201cEmma has been described as an excellent nurse who was calm and cheerful and a good leader.\n\n\u201cShe was well liked by all and was a valuable member of the team during her time with us.\n\n\u201cWe are supporting Katy and Emma\u2019s family as much as we can through this difficult and distressing period.\u201d\n\nAt least 90 front line NHS workers, including around 50 nurses, are believed to have died during the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nAdditional reporting by Press Association"}
+{"id": "1485029245_1486278689", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "LEWES, Del. \u2013 DNREC says they were called to the Lewes wastewater treatment plant on Thursday for yet another malfunction.\n\nWe\u2019re told that the facility was again forced to bypass stages of its treatment and discharge partially-treated effluent into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal late Wednesday evening. The bypass lasted two hours while Tidewater Utilities operators worked to find a solution. By 11:45 p.m., the bypass was ended and normal treatment of effluent at the plant was resumed.\n\nOn Thursday, DNREC monitored the plant\u2019s operations, and Tidewater Utilities\u2019 continued their efforts to mitigate recent system malfunctions at the plant.\n\nThe Lewes Wastewater Treatment Plant suffered a system malfunction from December 18-19, and new membranes were installed on December 28 which allowed full treatment to resume. However, Tidewater says that pressure build-up behind the new membranes required a bypass to avoid compromising their use. New operational protocols have been instituted to minimize pressure build-up moving forward, with no further bypass events expected.", "sentence2": "There\u2019s no better entertainment value around \u2014 whether it is at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand, The Green in Dover or at a Delaware state park \u2014 than to take in a free summer concert following a long, hot day of swimming, hiking or barbecuing."}
+{"id": "1498604172_1502101191", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Carson City, NV \u2013 Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford together with 22 state law enforcement partners, reached an agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. The agreement was created to ensure donors receive adequate information and disclosures when making charitable contributions through the company\u2019s online fundraising platform.\n\nPayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. (PPGF) is the charitable arm of PayPal, Inc. PPGF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that allows donors to contribute funds electronically to PPGF and select a charity that will ultimately receive the benefit of their contribution. Donors\u2019 contributions are combined and distributed to the donors\u2019 chosen charities. PPGF does not collect fees from donors or charities for this service; however, a charity receives contributions more quickly if the charity maintains a PayPal account, a fact that had not been adequately disclosed to donors. In some instances, PPGF redirected donors\u2019 contributions from the charity selected by the donor to other organizations with similar purposes without informing donors.\n\n\u201cCharitable contributions are the financial backbone of many worthy causes,\u201d said AG Ford. \u201cConsumers should always have the information they need to make informed decisions about their donations. Today\u2019s settlement with PayPal\u2019s Charitable Giving Fund ensures every donor\u2019s wishes are honored.\u201d\n\nNationwide, charities regulators joined the effort to investigate PPGF\u2019s fundraising activities, including its disclosures, vetting practices and treatment of charitable contributions. To address the states\u2019 concerns, PPGF agreed to adopt reforms to its disclosures to ensure that donors know:\n\n\u2014That they are contributing to PPGF;\n\n\u2014The timeframe in which a selected charity may receive funds from PPGF; and\n\n\u2014The implication of being an enrolled versus an unenrolled charity on the PPGF platform.\n\nUnder the terms of the settlement, PPGF agreed to notify donors when it redirects a donor\u2019s charitable contribution to an organization other than the one selected by the donor. PPGF will also provide regulators with future campaign data to ensure the organization is complying with its obligations under the agreement.\n\nPPGF also agreed to make a payment of $200,000 to the National Association of Attorneys General for deposit into the NAAG Charities Enforcement and Training Fund. This Fund has been established to defray costs associated with the investigation and litigation of cases brought by state charities regulators, and to provide training and education to those regulators.\n\nIn addition to Nevada, attorneys general from the following states and territory participated in this settlement: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina Secretary of State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania Texas and Wisconsin.\n\nThe Attorney General\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection represented Nevada in this matter.", "sentence2": "COLUMBUS \u2014 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and charity regulators from 21 other states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund (PPGF), requiring the organization to boost transparency for donors on its online fundraising platform.\n\n\u201cMixing secrecy with charity hardens the hearts of would-be donors,\u201d Yost said. \u201cThis promise of transparency means donors will now have the information they need to guide their giving.\u201d\n\nUsers of the platform pay money electronically to PPGF, which aggregates the donations and distributes them to charities selected by each donor. But in some cases, PPGF redirected contributions from selected charities to other organizations with similar purposes without telling donors. PPGF also failed to adequately disclose that charities that have PayPal accounts can receive donations faster than those that do not.\n\nCharity regulators nationwide joined the effort to investigate PPGF\u2019s fundraising activities, including its disclosures, vetting practices and treatment of charitable contributions. To address the states\u2019 concerns, PPGF agreed to reform its disclosures to ensure that donors know:\n\nThat they are contributing to PPGF\n\nThe timeframe in which a selected charity can receive funds from PPGF\n\nThe implication of being an enrolled charity rather than an unenrolled charity on the PPGF platform\n\nPPGF also agreed to notify donors when it redirects charitable contributions to organizations other than those they selected. PPGF will provide regulators with future campaign data to ensure the organization is complying with its obligations under the agreement.\n\nAdditionally, PPGF agreed to pay $200,000 to the National Association of Attorneys General for deposit into the NAAG Charities Enforcement and Training Fund. This fund was established to defray costs associated with the investigation and litigation of cases brought by state charities regulators, and to provide training and education to those regulators.\n\nStates and territories participating in the settlement include Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina Secretary of State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.\n\nSubmitted by the office of Attorney General Dave Yost."}
+{"id": "1556043087_1551505657", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Birds of Prey is a lot of fun. I don't think it's the best of the recent DC films, but it's certainly plenty entertaining \u2013 and deserved a much better reception than it got in theaters. Now, Warner Bros. is gearing up to drop the movie onto digital early, and I'm hopeful more folks will discover it there. If you haven't seen it yet, and want some indication of the tone of the flick, you might want to check out the featurette above. It's pretty extensive \u2013 it runs a little over 8 minutes \u2013 and covers a lot of bases. Star Margot Robbie talks about how she pitched the entire idea for the film, and then met with screenwriter Christina Hodson about the project. From there we learn about Cathy Yan being brought on to direct the film, the casting, the action, and more. This is actually one of several features included on the home media release. Here's a full list of what else is included.\n\nBirds Eye View Mode\n\nBirds of Prey: Birds of a Feather\n\nGrime and Crime\n\nWild Nerds\n\nRomanesque\n\nSanity is Sooo Last Season\n\nA Love/Skate Relationship\n\nGag Reel\n\nOn March 24, Birds of Prey will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. And then on April 7, Birds of Prey will be made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.\n\nWhen Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz (Chris Messina), put a target on a young girl named Cass (Ella Jay Basco), the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley (Margot Robbie), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez)'s paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.", "sentence2": "BURBANK \u2013 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC announced the March 24 Digital release, and April 7 VOD release, of Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Directed by Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) from a script by Christina Hodson (Bumblebee), the film is based on characters from DC.\n\nMargot Robbie (Bombshell, Once Upon a Time in\u2026Hollywood, I, Tonya) reprises her role as the endearingly daring ne\u2019er-do-well Harley Quinn. The main cast also includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, TV\u2019s Fargo) as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell (True Blood) as Black Canary, Rosie Perez (Fearless, Pitch Perfect 2) as Renee Montoya, Chris Messina (Argo, Sharp Objects) as Victor Zsasz, and Ewan McGregor (Doctor Sleep, Trainspotting) as DC Super-Villain Roman Sionis/Black Mask. Newcomer Ella Jay Basco also stars as Cassandra \u201cCass\u201d Cain in her feature film debut.\n\nBirds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn was produced by Robbie, Bryan Unkeless and Sue Kroll. Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman, Geoff Johns, Hans Ritter and David Ayer served as executive producers.\n\nThe creative team, led by Yan, included director of photography Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born, Venom), production designer K.K. Barrett (Her), editors Jay Cassidy (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook) and Evan Schiff (John Wick Chapters 2 & 3) and costume designer Erin Benach (A Star Is Born). The music is by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).\n\nIn the film, when Gotham\u2019s most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz (Chris Messina), put a target on a young girl named Cass (Ella Jay Basco), the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley (Margot Robbie), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya\u2019s (Rosie Perez) paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.\n\nDIGITAL ELEMENTS\n\nBirds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn features the following special features*:\n\nBirds Eye View Mode\n\nBirds of Prey: Birds of a Feather\n\nGrime and Crime\n\nWild Nerds\n\nRomanesque\n\nSanity is Sooo Last Season\n\nA Love/Skate Relationship\n\nGag Reel\n\n*Special features available from select digital retailers\n\nDIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS\n\nOn March 24, Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. It will become available on April 7, digitally, on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.\n\nSource: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment"}
+{"id": "1561597869_1556357391", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "One of the Democratic Party\u2019s main 2020 super PACs is attacking President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus outbreak with new TV ads airing in four key swing states.\n\n\n\nThe new ad from Priorities USA Action, which plans to spend $6 million on TV and digital ads condemning Trump\u2019s response to Covid-19, began running in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida on Tuesday and features Trump quotes juxtaposed against a graph showing the number of positive coronavirus tests in America.\n\n\n\nAt the end of the ad, footage plays of Trump saying, during a Rose Garden press conference at the White House, \u201cI don\u2019t take responsibility at all.\u201d\n\n\n\nThe ad marks a new front in the political battle over government response to the coronavirus. There has been relatively little TV advertising on the pandemic so far, with some scattered ads showing up in the Kentucky Senate race and the West Virginia governor\u2019s race so far. In a statement, Priorities USA chairman Guy Cecil said Trump had \u201crepeatedly misled the American people and exposed us to unnecessary danger.\u201d\n\n\n\nThe series of ads targeting Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus are part of a $150 million commitment from Priorities USA to run ads slamming Trump on health care in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July. The PAC\u2019s coronavirus ad campaign comes amid a lull among the Democratic candidates on the airwaves. As several states\u2019 primaries remain in flux, neither Bernie Sanders nor Joe Biden has purchased TV or radio airtime since the March 17 elections in Florida and Arizona.\n\n\n\nPriorities USA is also out with a second TV ad highlighting Biden\u2019s experience in the executive branch along with two other digital ads with similar themes are also out on the airwaves in battleground states.", "sentence2": "Priorities USA is launching a series of digital and television campaign advertising Tuesday that slams President Donald Trump for his response on the COVID-19 crisis, stringing together dismissive quotes from the President\u2019s early statements.\n\n\u201cNo, I don\u2019t take responsibility at all,\u201d the video clip shows Trump stating as a fever line tracking American cases soars upward from teens to tens of thousands, heading upward from there on a skyrocketing curve.\n\n\u201cAmerica needs a leader we can trust,\u201d text on the screen declares at the conclusion of the 30-second television commercial, \u201cExponential Threat.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s one of two TV ads the Democratic-allied committee is releasing through social media Monday in Florida and fellow swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and is part of a $6 million TV and digital buy. Priorities USA said it\u2019s considering expanding the campaign to other states as well.\n\nThe second TV ad, \u201cBetter Prepared,\u201d gives a glowing feel to expectations that Democratic rival former Vice President Joe Biden would provide leadership America could trust.\n\nTrump victory spokeswoman Emma Vaughn replied by saying that while Trump is saving American lives Democrats are playing politics.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump has taken bold and decisive action that has undoubtedly saved American lives while Democrats in D.C. are playing political games holding up legislation that would help millions during these trying times. Democrats should put politics aside and come together for the sake of our country,\u201d Vaughn stated in a news release.\n\nAdditionally, Priorities USA is releasing two digital ads that will begin running on Tuesday across a variety of online platforms like Facebook and streaming TV.\n\nThese ads \u2014 \u201cMap\u201d and \u201cSteady Leadership\u201d \u2014 feature similar themes as their longer TV counterparts, contending that Trump refused to adequately prepare the country for the coming crisis and that Biden would provide a significant departure from the chaos.\n\nSince last week, Priorities has also been promoting news content to voters in critical battleground states painting Trump\u2019s coronavirus efforts as a failure to respond effectively to the mounting crisis.\n\n\u201cFrom the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump has repeatedly misled the American people and exposed us to unnecessary danger. His failure to lead continues to have real life and death consequences as hospitals, local and state governments, small businesses, and millions of Americans are left without the tools and information they need,\u201d Priorities USA Chairman Guy Cecil wrote in a news release. \u201cTens of thousands of people are sick, hundreds have already died, and millions are losing their jobs. We simply cannot allow Donald Trump to continue to lie and spread misinformation unchecked. The American people deserve the truth about their president.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1573563823_1573667415", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The OPEC+ countries and oil producers that had not been part of the deal in the past began their video conference on the oil market, a source in one of the delegations told Sputnik\n\nMOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th April, 2020) The OPEC+ countries and oil producers that had not been part of the deal in the past began their video conference on the oil market, a source in one of the delegations told Sputnik.\n\nApart from OPEC+, Argentina, Egypt, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago confirmed their participation.", "sentence2": "Canada, Norway and a number of other oil-producing countries outside the previous OPEC+ alliance are participating in the ongoing OPEC+ meeting to balance oil market, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday\n\nMOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th April, 2020) Canada, Norway and a number of other oil-producing countries outside the previous OPEC+ alliance are participating in the ongoing OPEC+ meeting to balance oil market, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday.\n\n\"I would like to greet today our other colleagues who are participating in the video conference, colleagues from Canada, Norway, Egypt, Argentina, Colombia, Indonesia, Chad, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago,\" Novak said during the opening speech at the OPEC+ meeting.\n\nRussia sees the increase of the number of countries that can take part in stabilizing the oil market as a justified measure, he said.\n\n\"We consider it justified to increase the number of countries that can take part in joining efforts to stabilize the global situation. And we once again welcome today the participation of our colleagues who have not previously participated in the OPEC+ agreement,\" Novak said.\n\nHe also wished the participants of the meeting constructive work and success in the negotiations.\n\n\"Only joint coordinated efforts will allow us to achieve results in the interests of the people of our countries,\" the minister added."}
+{"id": "1507704721_1490198988", "score": 2.5, "sentence1": "A Delhi court Thursday directed the makers of Deepika Padukone starer feature film Chhapaak to give credit to acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer in the movie.\n\nAdditional Civil Judge Pankaj Sharma said it was necessary that advocate Aparna Bhat's contribution is acknowledged.\n\n\"This Court is of the considered view that facts are indicative that the plea of the plaintiff for interim injunction is well founded and it is necessary that her contribution be acknowledged by providing on the slide on the actual footage and the images, the line 'Aparna Bhat continues to fight the cases of sexual and physical violence against women' during the screening of the film.\n\n\"The said line on screen may be with a rider that the same is with the court order,\" the judge said. Advocate Bhat filed the application saying that despite representing Agarwal in courts for several years and helping in the movie making, she was not given credit in the movie.\n\nShe said the film makers took her help in the entire process of writing and shooting the movie, but did not give the credit.", "sentence2": "Acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer on Thursday moved a Delhi court, seeking an injunction on the release of Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Chhapaak'.\n\nAdvocate Aparna Bhat filed the application saying that despite representing Agarwal in courts for several years and helping in the making of the movie, she was not given credit in the film.\n\nShe said the filmmakers took her help in the process of writing and shooting the movie, but did not give her credits in the film.\n\nThe matter is likely to be taken up for hearing shortly.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
+{"id": "1540398650_1540491680", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "The annual budget presented by\n\n\n\nMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday proposed creation of a world-class aquarium in Mumbai, which would be a part of an international standard tourism complex.\n\nIn December last year, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had directed the officials of the Tourism Department to chalk out a plan to build a world-class aquarium in Mumbai.\n\n\"An international standard tourism complex would come up on the Worli Dairy land with an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore. An international standard aquarium will be built there,\" Pawar said while presenting his budget in the Legislative Assembly.\n\nPawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's maiden budget in the Lower House.\n\nHe announced an outlay of Rs 1,400 crore for the Department of Tourism. Aaditya Thackeray, son of the chief minister, is the state Tourism and Minister.\n\nPawar also announced creation of a special fund to combat global warming and climate change, the issues over which Aaditya Thackeray has time and again expressed concerns.\n\nPawar said several pilgrimage spots in the state, including Mahurgad in Nanded district, Parli Vaijanath, Aundha Nagnath, Narsi Namdev in Hingoli district, ancient Shiva temple in Ambarnath and Hazrat Khwaja Shamna Mira Dargah in Miraj, would be developed.\n\nFor the development of popular tourist destinations, such as Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani Rs 100 crore have been set aside in the budget.\n\nThe government also set aside Rs 55 crore for the diamond jubilee celebrations of the state, which was formed on May 1, 1960.\n\nBesides, Rs 25 crore have been allocated for the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.\n\nThe budget also increased the MLA fund from Rs 2 crore (declared in 2011) to Rs 3 crore. Pawar said the move is aimed at enabling the elected representatives to spend more in their constituencies.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)", "sentence2": "MUMBAI: The annual budget presented by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday proposed creation of a world-class aquarium in Mumbai, which would be a part of an international standard tourism complex. In December last year, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had directed the officials of the Tourism Department to chalk out a plan to build a world-class aquarium in Mumbai.\"An international standard tourism complex would come up on the Worli Dairy land with an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore. An international standard aquarium will be built there,\" Pawar said while presenting his budget in the Legislative Assembly.Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's maiden budget in the Lower House.He announced an outlay of Rs 1,400 crore for the Department of Tourism Aaditya Thackeray , son of the chief minister, is the state Tourism and Environment Minister.Pawar also announced creation of a special fund to combat global warming and climate change, the issues over which Aaditya Thackeray has time and again expressed concerns.Pawar said several pilgrimage spots in the state, including Mahurgad in Nanded district, Parli Vaijanath, Aundha Nagnath, Narsi Namdev in Hingoli district, ancient Shiva temple in Ambarnath and Hazrat Khwaja Shamna Mira Dargah in Miraj, would be developed.For the development of popular tourist destinations, such as Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani Rs 100 crore have been set aside in the budget.The government also set aside Rs 55 crore for the diamond jubilee celebrations of the state, which was formed on May 1, 1960.Besides, Rs 25 crore have been allocated for the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.The budget also increased the MLA fund from Rs 2 crore (declared in 2011) to Rs 3 crore. Pawar said the move is aimed at enabling the elected representatives to spend more in their constituencies."}
+{"id": "1519792335_1523841272", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Since last year, a remake that has become the talk of the town is Sara Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan starrer Coolie No 1. The two popular stars will be seen recreating the magic of Govinda and Karisma Kapoor from their 1995 comedy film. While the shoot has been going on since last year, Sara has time and again revealed that she has been a big fan of Karisma and that she feels lucky to be recreating her magic on the big screens in David Dhawan\u2019s directorial.\n\nIn a recent conversation with Times Of India, Sara spoke about her stint in Coolie No 1 with Varun and mentioned that she has always had a huge crush on Karisma. The Love Aaj Kal star revealed that she has always loved Karisma\u2019s songs and is extremely stoked to have got the chance to work on those in Coolie No 1. Khan even praised her director David Dhawan and mentioned that while shooting the film, the journey has been filled with fun moments.\n\n(Also Read: WATCH: Sara Ali Khan REFUSES to join Kartik Aaryan on bus roof during promotions; Says \u2018you do it if you like\u2019)\n\nOn recreating Karisma\u2019s role in Coolie No 1, Sara said, \u201cDavid sir\u2019s set is like a fireball of energy. It's like, you know, back to the 90s. So it's been a real fun time on that set. I personally have a very big crush on Karisma Kapoor. I love her songs. And I'm so excited that I've had the opportunity to recreate that.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Sara and Varun often have shared on the set fun moments while shooting Coolie No 1 and fans have been excited about their take on the classic comedy. Coolie No 1 is slated to be released on May 1, 2020. Aside from this, Sara is busy with Love Aaj Kal promotions. In the film, she will be seen with Kartik Aaryan. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Love Aaj Kal is slated to release on February 14, 2020. Sara will also be seen with Akshay Kumar and Dhanush in Aanand L Rai\u2019s Atrangi Re which is slated to hit the screens on Valentine\u2019s Day 2021.", "sentence2": "Among the popular stars of the Gen-Z, Sara Ali Khan is the one who has filmmakers lining up to cast her in their films. Despite being just 3 films old, Sara enjoys a massive fan base and the star is considered to be one of the style icons of the youth. However, despite all of it, the gorgeous Love Aaj Kal star revealed that there was once a film narration that she wanted to escape at all costs and was even willing to fake a heart attack but her mom Amrita Singh talked sense into her.\n\nYes, in a candid conversation with East India Comedy, Sara revealed that once she was stuck in a very lengthy narration and the filmmaker was going on and on about the film. However, the Love Aaj Kal star shared that she wanted to escape the narration even by going to the extreme length of wanting to fake cardiac arrest. Sara described the episode and said, \u201cThere was this one time. I am not going to say much\u2026because he said so much!\u201d\n\n(Also Read: Sara Ali Khan looks like a spitting image of mom Amrita Singh as she recreates the latter's pose; See PHOTO)\n\nShe went onto reveal that she called her mom, Amrita Singh from the washroom and told her that she is ready to fake cardiac arrest to get out the narration. However, the Love Aaj Kal star was told by the senior star to sit through the narration and to be professional till the end. Sara recalled the incident and said, \u201cI went to the restroom with my phone, three hours in, and I told my mom, \u2018Look, I know that we are all professional and we should be thankful for these opportunities\u2026 But can I pretend to have a cardiac arrest? Is that allowed?\u2019 She said no, so I asked, \u2018Should I faint? Should I throw up? What do I do?\u2019 She told me that I have to go back with professionalism and continue till the end.\u201d\n\nSara Ali Khan's latest photo:\n\nLater, Sara revealed that she continued to hear the filmmaker for five hours and then when she went home, she told her mom Amrita that she hates her now and she doesn\u2019t want to talk and just needs sleep. Well, surely the starlet tried her best to escape the situation but was talked out of it by her mom. On the work front, Sara\u2019s recent release is Kartik Aaryan starrer Love Aaj Kal by Imtiaz Ali. Next, Sara will be seen in David Dhawan\u2019s Coolie No 1 with Varun Dhawan. It will hit the screens on May 1, 2020. Apart from this, Sara recently announced a film with Dhanush and Akshay Kumar titled Atrangi Re. It will release on Valentine\u2019s Day 2021."}
+{"id": "1544695356_1543856243", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Thirteen of the 22 rebel Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh don't want to quit the party and were led away only to create pressure on the leadership to nominate Jyotiraditya Scindia to the Rajya Sabha, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh claimed on Wednesday.\n\nHe also asserted that the Kamal Nath-led government in the state, pushed to the brink of collapse with the resignation of 22 MLAs, will win a floor test.\n\nOn a day that Scindia joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, Singh said the former Union minister and four-time Lok Sabha MP from the Congress was offered the post of Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister in 2018 when the party won the state elections but wanted his nominee appointed.\n\nHowever, this was rejected by Kamal Nath as he didn't want a \"chela\" in that position, Singh said in an interview, a day after Scindia quit the Congress and 22 MLAs submitted their resignations from the assembly.\n\n\"The CM said he does not have any issue with Scindia becoming the deputy CM but told him, 'if you want your 'chela' to become deputy CM, then that will not happen'. Kamal Nath then took six of his (Scindia's) supporters in the cabinet,\" Singh revealed.\n\nTwo-three ministers close to Scindia as well as 10 of the rebel MLAs have given an assurance they are not leaving the Congress, he said.\n\n\"They were taken to Bengaluru to put pressure on the Congress to give Scindia a Rajya Sabha berth,\" Singh said.\n\n\"All the 22 MLAs, but for five or six, are Congress members who have been in Mr Scindia's group since Mr Madhavrao Scindia's time. So, all those people were there with him because they were with the Congress party,\" he added.\n\nSingh said the party is in touch with the families of the MLAs.\n\n\"We are not keeping quiet. We are not sleeping,\" he declared.\n\nAlleging the BJP's hand behind the crisis, he said the party's leaders carried the resignations of the Congress MLAs. Also, the BJP chartered flights to ferry Congress MLAs in two batches to Bengaluru, he claimed.\n\n\"It is all engineered, sponsored and paid for by the BJP... all part of the BJP's Operation Moneybag,\" he said and added that the phones of the rebel MLAs have been taken away and their conversations with family members are being recorded.\n\nSingh admitted that the party did not anticipate that Scindia would leave the Congress to join the BJP and described the move as his \"ati-mahatvakansha\", or his over-ambition.\n\n\"We did not anticipate that Scindia will quit the Congress... that was a mistake. Someone who has got so much from the party- four-time MP, twice minister in Union Cabinet, Congress Working Committee member and party general secretary,\" he said.\n\n\"The Congress could have easily sent him to the Rajya Sabha with 122 MLAs on its side. But we could not have made him a cabinet minister. Only Modi-Shah can make (him) a cabinet minister not us,\" he added.\n\nThe remark was an oblique reference to reports that Scindia will be made a cabinet minister in the Modi government in return for his MLAs supporting BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan to form government in Madhya Pradesh.\n\n\"We will prove our majority. We will save the government,\" Singh said.\n\nHe also rejected theories of Scindia being unhappy with the party and the state government.\n\n\"In the entire Gwalior-Chambal region, the Congress is being run by Scindia. And even Kamal Nath ji ran the administrative machinery in coordination with him. Guna is my home district but even the SP and collector are appointed as per his (Scindia's) wishes. It's the same in Shivpuri, Gwalior, Ashok Nagar, Bhind and Morena.\"\n\nThe two-time Madhya Pradesh chief minister said the assembly speaker, as per law, wants to verify the authenticity of the resignations tendered by the rebel MLAs by seeking their personal presence.\n\nDetailing the sequence of events relating to the crisis in the state, he claimed Scindia was \"upset and frustrated\" when he lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and made overtures to Modi-Shah stating he could topple the Kamal Nath government.\n\n\"During the time, through a friend, he met Modi ji and Amit Shah,\" Singh said.\n\nState BJP leaders were, however, opposed to the idea and were confident they could do the job themselves, he claimed, adding that Scindia was roped in when the local BJP leadership failed.\n\n\"Senior BJP leaders said if the government has to be brought down, we can do it, why do you have to take him (in the party). So they were asked to make an attempt. They tried...but we thwarted it.\n\n\"Then Amit Shah took them to task and said 'you are all useless ('nikamme nikle'), I am giving the task to (bring down the government) to Scindia ji',\" Singh claimed.\n\nOn his personal equation with Scindia, he said he had always remained in touch with Scindia and his father, the late Madhavrao Scindia.\n\nSingh also recalled that he was instrumental in bringing Madhavrao Scindia to the Congress in 1979. Madhavrao Scindia's mother Vijaya Raje Scindia was one of the founding members of the BJP.\n\nThe Congress has a wafer thin majority in the 228-member assembly. Before the rebellion, its tally was 114. It also has the support of four Independents, two BSP MLAs and one from the SP, but some may now switch sides to the BJP.\n\nIf the resignations of the 22 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the assembly will fall to 206. The Congress, on its own, will then be left with 92 seats while the BJP has 107 seats with the magic number for a majority being 104.", "sentence2": "The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday stared at a collapse after a resignation of prominent youth leader Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Congress.\n\nIMAGE: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath with Jyotiraditya Scindia in happier times. Photograph: @OfficeOfKNath/Twitter\n\nFollowing Scindia's move, 22 Congress MLAs resigned from the assembly, putting the Nath government in the minority.\n\nThe Congress has a wafer-thin majority in the Madhya Pradesh assembly whose current effective strength is 228.\n\nIf the resignations of the 22 MLAs is accepted, the strength of the assembly will fall to 206.\n\nThe magic number for retaining the majority then will be 104.\n\nThe Congress, however, will be left with 92 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party has 104 seats.\n\nThe Congress has the support of four Independents, two Bahujan Samaj Party and one Samajwadi Party MLA.\n\nEven with their support, the Congress will fall short of a majority, and it is anyway unclear if they will continue to support the Congress or go with the BJP."}
+{"id": "1579050365_1579165117", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "As COVID-19 continues to impact the lives of Canadians, the federal government has launched an online portal and app dedicated to mental health and wellness.\n\nThe app and the online Wellness Together site will connect people with peer support workers, social workers, psychologists and other professionals for confidential chat sessions or phone calls.\n\nIt\u2019s also a place to find credible information about how to address mental health and substance use issues.\n\nUsers will be able to access different levels of support depending on their needs, ranging from information and self-assessment tools, to the opportunity to chat with professionals.\n\nA number of organizations played a part in crafting the portal, including Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone, Homewood Health, Greenspace Health, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and the Canadian Psychological Association.\n\n\u201cMental wellness is difficult to maintain with the disruptions happening now,\u201d said Patty Hajdu, Federal Minister of Health. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to maintain a routine. People in every community are struggling and need our help. That\u2019s why we are acting today to make it easier for Canadians to identify, understand and address issues they are facing, with multiple tools and resources available on one platform.\u201d", "sentence2": "April 15, 2020 Ottawa, ON Health Canada\n\nCOVID-19 is a global public health challenge that has changed the daily lives of people around the world. During these difficult times, it is critical that Canadians be able to obtain credible information and access services to support their mental health and wellbeing.\n\nThat's why today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, launched a new portal dedicated to mental wellness on Canada.ca/coronavirus and the Canada COVID-19 app. Wellness Together Canada will connect Canadians to peer support workers, social workers, psychologists and other professionals for confidential chat sessions or phone calls, and will make it easier to find credible information and help address mental health and substance use issues.\n\nThe portal is the result of the work of a broad consortium of organizations with experience in providing digital mental health and substance use support, led by Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone, Homewood Health and Greenspace Health. Wellness Together Canada is the first and only mental health platform of its kind for people of all ages, in every province and territory.\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to supporting partners including:\n\n\u2022 Bell Let's Talk\n\n\u2022 Canada Health Infoway\n\n\u2022 Mental Health Commission of Canada\n\n\u2022 Canadian Psychological Association\n\n\u2022 Medavie"}
+{"id": "1520488162_1520465976", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The body of a 6-year-old South Carolina girl who had gone missing earlier this week was found near the remains of an unidentified man, authorities said Thursday. Police are now treating the child's death as a homicide.\n\nFaye Marie Swetlik. Cayce Department of Public Safety / via Facebook\n\nFaye Swetlik was last seen playing in the front yard of her Cayce, South Carolina, home after school on Monday when she was reported missing.\n\n\"It is with extremely heavy hearts that we're announcing we have found the body, that the coroner has identified as Faye Marie Swetlik,\" Cayce Director of Public Safety Byron Snellgrove told reporters. \"We are now treating this case as a homicide.\"\n\nThe girl's body was found in her neighborhood of Churchill Heights, near \"a deceased male,\" according to police.\n\n\"That investigation has just begun,\" Snellgrove said of the man found near the girl.\n\nSnellgrove declined to answer any questions or reveal how the girl died.\n\nBut, he said, \"at this time we feel there is no danger to the community,\" just outside the state's capital city of Columbia.\n\nCrime scene tape covers the wooded area near the Churchill Heights neighborhood, this after the bodies of Faye Swetlik and an unidentified male were found. @wis10 pic.twitter.com/9uzSFoIXJW \u2014 Drew Aunkst WIS (@NewsDrewWIS) February 13, 2020\n\nNo arrests were immediately made and police were seen combing through a wooded area of Churchill Heights following the announcement.\n\nThe Cayce Department of Public Safety released a statement saying they were working closely with the coroner's office to process a \"large amount of physical evidence.\"\n\n\"While we grieve for Faye and try process this tragedy, we want to ensure you that our work continues,\" the statement said. \"As we weep, we work.\"\n\nThe Lexington County Coroner's Office announced an autopsy will be conducted on Faye Swetlick on Saturday.\n\nThe search for the missing Springdale Elementary School first-grader had captivated the region.\n\n\"Our community is devastated,\" tweeted all-time basketball great Dawn Staley, who is the head women's basketball coach at the nearby University of South Carolina.\n\n\"We prayed for a different outcome but our hearts are filled with sorrow. This senselessness must stop. Godspeed to her family, friends and community.\"\n\nVice President Mike Pence, while speaking Thursday night at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina, said the FBI will offer support to state officials in the investigation.\n\n\"We were deeply saddened to receive word of the remains of Faye Swetlick were found,\" Pence said. \"Hold this family in your prayers.\"", "sentence2": "DAILY NEWSLETTER\n\nAll the news you need to know, every day\n\nBy clicking Sign Up, I confirm\n\nthat I have read and agree\n\nto the Privacy Policy\n\nand Terms of Service."}
+{"id": "1543712188_1546397754", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel\n\nWe have more newsletters\n\nThank you for subscribing!\n\nSomething went wrong, please try again later.\n\nSign up for the Daily Star TV newsletter for the biggest TV news\n\nLorraine viewers couldn't believe who they were seeing on their screens today as pop beauty Louise Redknapp came on the show to discuss her new UK tour.\n\nLouise, 45, sent viewers wild as she donned a plunging denim shirt and matching jeans, as they couldn't believe her ageless beauty.\n\nAs Louise talked about splitting from ex Jamie Redknapp back in 2017, they rushed to social media to talk about how different she looked.\n\nOne fan posted: \"There's a very different looking Louise...wish her all the best for the album.\"\n\nAnother added: \"Louise looks so different now!\"\n\n(Image: ITV)\n\nA third chipped in: \"Wow, barely recognised Louise on Lorraine.\"\n\nA fourth wrote: \"Louise is looking more and more like Carol Vorderman everyday.\"\n\nLouise confessed that splitting Jamie was the hardest thing she had ever done, as she told Lorraine: \"It is the toughest thing anyone will go through, it really was for me.\n\n\"Everyday is a new challenge, it was really hard.\n\n(Image: ITV)\n\n\"The boys are our priority and we are working together to put them first.\"\n\nShe also spoke about her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Kevin Clifton announcing he had left the show, sharing her shock with Lorraine.\n\nDiscussing her time on the show, Louise admitted: \"It made me fall back in love again with dancing.\n\n\"That was when I thought there is a bit of life left in me.\"\n\n(Image: Getty Images Europe)\n\nLouise and Kevin starred in the 2016 series of the show, narrowly missing out on the Glitterball to presenter Ore Oduba.\n\nShe announced her split from Jamie, who she married in 1998, as she announced the end of their 19 year marriage.\n\nLorraine continues tomorrow at 9am on ITV.", "sentence2": "Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nGet the best celeb gossip with the Daily Star Showbiz newsletter\n\nLouise Redknapp burst thermometers in her latest Instagram snap as the star stunned as she went makeup free, as she got prepared for her tour.\n\nThe singing goddess, 45, has been rehearsing for her upcoming UK tour ahead of her releasing brand new music.\n\nShe shared the intimate series of snaps on her story, giving fans a sneak-peak of what happens behind the scenes before a show.\n\nThe first post is a video clip of the star, rocking a bare face with no makeup.\n\nShe looked stunning as she told her 684k Instagram followers: \"So we've just done our very first run through of the show from start to finish.\n\n(Image: Instagram/@louiseredknapp)\n\n\"Yeah all good!\"\n\nThe ageless beauty finished the sweet video clip by blowing a heartfelt kiss to her fans through the camera, letting them know she loves them.\n\nHer second selfie saw the former Eternal member putting sexily at the camera, posing up a storm for the bare-faced snap.\n\nShe wrote on the scorching photograph: \"I will wear makeup for the show tomorrow. Promise.\"\n\n(Image: Instagram/@louiseredknapp)\n\nThe bombshell finished her words with a joking frown emoji.\n\nLouise made headlines recently after sending viewers wild with desire as she donned a jaw-dropping glamorous outfit on TV show Lorraine, as she discussed her new music and tour.\n\nShe confessed on the ITV morning show that splitting from her ex husband Jamie Redknapp was the hardest thing she'd ever done.\n\n(Image: Instagram/@louiseredknapp)\n\nThe media personality told Lorraine of getting a divorce back in 2017: \"It is the toughest thing anyone will go through, it really was for me.\n\n\"Everyday is a new challenge, it was really hard.\"\n\nThe mum-of-two confirmed that her children, who she shares with Jamie, are the most important thing in her life, as she said: \"The boys are our priority and we are working together to put them first.\""}
+{"id": "1498340993_1501828750", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "The residents of T. Nagar, have made a request to the Greater Chennai Corporation to re-locate a trash\n\ndisposal point, located on Guild Street, T. Nagar. Residents say the disposal point is nothing short of a trash\n\nyard. Though, steps are taken to clear the garbage every day, either in the night or early in the morning, the\n\nconservancy staff collect and dispose the trash from residential apartments and homes and other commercial\n\nestablishments in the vicinity for the conservancy truck staff to clear the garbage.\n\nOn days, the garbage is spilled on to the roads affecting free flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. To add to\n\nthe woes of the pedestrians, especially women, men relieve themselves in the open. Of late, the space near\n\nthe trash yard has become a parking slot.\n\n\u201cIn the mornings and evenings, countless number of pedestrians walk through the stretch to reach the railway\n\nterminal and a couple of educational institutions. Stray dogs roam in large numbers on the stretch, creating a\n\nfear in the minds of the pedestrians. We have complained several times in this regard to the authorities\n\nconcerned in the GCC to re-locate the dumping point. But, no action, has been taken till date. We are being\n\nasked by the authorities concerned to re-locate a trash disposal point,\" residents say.\n\nBesides, while clearing the trash from the disposal point, the walls of a prestigious educational institution\n\nlocated on the stretch have been damaged by the conservancy vehicle for fifth time in a row. A similar\n\nsituation prevails on Police Quarters Road.\n\nDespite, a washroom near the T. Nagar bus terminus, men relive in the open on the stretch, making it horrible to commute through the stretch to gain access to bus terminus, residents, add.", "sentence2": "Some post-graduate students of Rani Channamma University took bath in front of the university gate in protest against water scarcity in the hostel and on campus.\n\nA group of students wearing shorts and T-shirts walked to the university gate on Wednesday carrying buckets and mugs. They reached the front gate and poured water on themselves. They shouted slogans against the university administration for failing to listen to their pleas.\n\n\u201cWe have been complaining to the university officers about water scarcity, but no one listened to us. We are forced to skip bath for days as there is no water in the hostel. Today, we decided to come out in protest,\u201d they said.\n\nUniversity officers sent them away with an assurance that they would look into their demands."}
+{"id": "1571178629_1568383234", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "That $1,200 from the U.S. government is expected to arrive to households across the nation within the next three weeks.\n\nThese payments are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue package signed into law last week to spur the economy, which screeched to a halt in the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nBut questions remain as to how to access that $1,200, and if that money is enough to provide a much-needed assist as millions of Americans are now filing for unemployment.\n\nAnd while $1,200 might help alleviate some financial pressure for Long Islanders, the plan shows a \u201cfailure to recognize the regional cost differences\u201d across the nation, said Lawrence Levy, the executive dean of suburban studies at Hofstra University, where he is also vice president for economic development and professional studies. In addition, Levy heads up Ascend Long Island, a pilot program that supports underserved communities in Nassau County.\n\nLevy said that \u201c$1,200 doesn\u2019t go nearly as far in Hempstead as it does in Huntsville, Alabama. The help is not going to go as far here as it will in other parts of the country.\u201d It\u2019s disappointing, he said, as \u201cthe federal government does recognize\u201d the cost of living difference in how it pays its employees based on where they live.\n\nThe $1,200 per taxpayer is \u201cpunishing to the higher costs suburbs all around the country,\u201d he said.\n\nMeanwhile, to access that money, most people don\u2019t need to do anything. But some, including senior citizens and low-income people who might not traditionally file tax returns, are advised to take action. People behind on filing their taxes might also want to get caught up.\n\nEligibility\n\nAnyone earning up to $75,000 in adjusted gross income and who has a Social Security number will receive a $1,200 payment. That means married couples filing joint returns will receive the full payment \u2014 $2,400 \u2014 if their adjusted gross income, which is what you report on your taxes, is under $150,000.\n\nThe payment steadily declines for those who make more. Those earning more than $99,000, or $198,000 for joint filers, are not eligible. The thresholds are slightly different for those who file as a head of household.\n\nParents will also receive $500 for each qualifying child.\n\nAccessing funds\n\nMost people don\u2019t have to do anything to access the funds.\n\nThe money will be directly deposited in your bank account if the government has that information from your tax return. If you haven\u2019t filed your 2019 taxes, the government will use information from your 2018 taxes to calculate your payment and determine where to send it. It can use your Social Security benefit statement as well.\n\nIf you don\u2019t usually have to file taxes\n\nPeople who are not required to file a tax return \u2014 such as low-income tax payers, some senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and people with disabilities \u2014 will need to file a very simplified tax return to receive the economic impact payment. It provides the government basic details including a person\u2019s filing status, number of dependents and direct-deposit bank information.\n\nIf you didn\u2019t yet file 2018 or 2019 taxes\n\nYou will still get a payment, but the IRS urges anyone required to file a tax return and has not yet done so for those years to file as soon as possible in order to receive an economic impact payment. Taxpayers should include their direct-deposit banking information on the return if they want it deposited in their account.\n\nIf you don\u2019t use direct deposit on your taxes\n\nThe government will default to sending you the check by mail if you did not use direct deposit.\n\nHowever, IRS and Treasury say that they will develop an online portal in the coming weeks for individuals to provide their banking information so that they can receive the payments immediately instead of in the mail. It has not yet set a deadline for updating that information.\n\nLearning more about the check\n\nThe IRS and Treasury say the website irs.gov/coronavirus will soon provide information about the check, including how people can file a simple 2019 tax return.\n\nWhen you need more time to file your tax returns\n\nThe IRS says people concerned about visiting a tax professional or local community organization in person to get help with a tax return should not worry. The economic impact payments will be available throughout the rest of 2020.\n\n\n\nThe Associated Press contributed to this story.", "sentence2": "Politics & Government Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Payments: What You Need To Do In RI Rhode Island residents are expected to start receiving stimulus payments soon. Here's what you need to do beforehand. Reply (1)\n\nTo receive a coronavirus economic stimulus payment, Americans need to have filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019, according to new guidance released by the IRS and U.S. Treasury. (iStock / Getty Images Plus)\n\nRHODE ISLAND \u2014 In the next three weeks, most Americans are expected to start receiving payments that are part of a nearly $2 trillion economic stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last week. The package is intended to mitigate the economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on Americans, small businesses and corporations.\n\nBut with so much money in the pipeline, questions remain: What is the government using to determine eligibility? Do we need to apply to receive a payment? Where will the payment go once it's sent? The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury released guidance this week on the economic stimulus package that explains what Americans should expect and what they need to do to receive their payments. Most won't need to do anything. But just in case, here's a checklist of questions you may not have thought of and others you may already be asking:\n\nDo I need to file a tax return to receive a stimulus payment?\n\nYes, and while most of us won't need to worry about this requirement, some groups of Americans \u2014 including low-income taxpayers, senior citizens, some veterans and individuals with disabilities \u2014 typically don't file tax returns. Don't miss the latest coronavirus updates in Rhode Island as they are announced. Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.\n\nOriginally, Social Security recipients were among those required to file a return to receive the stimulus payment; however, in response to backlash from both sides of the political aisle, the U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday that Social Security recipients are now exempt from the tax return requirement, according to The Washington Post. Finally, anyone who was required to file taxes for 2018 and 2019 and hasn't done so yet should do so right away.\n\nAm I eligible for the economic stimulus payment? Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact payment of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples. Parents also receive $500 for each qualifying child."}
+{"id": "1530625133_1534604368", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "DHAKA, Feb 25, 2020 (BSS)- The decision on whether Mashrafe would be allowed to continue his cricketing career after the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe will be taken in the next meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket\n\nBoard (BCB), said its president Nazmul Hassan Papon.\n\nThe BCB head had already made it clear that they would choose a captain,\n\nconsidering the 2023 World Cup as they want the team to get ample time under\n\nnew captain to build them for the cricket\u2019s biggest extravaganza.\n\nThis put a question mark on Mashrafe\u2019s career as the BCB president cast a\n\ndoubt on the lanky fast bowler\u2019s ability to pass the modern beep test which\n\ndetermines the players\u2019 fitness.\n\nBut he said that Mashrafe, whose retirement issue came to the fore once as\n\nhe performed badly in the 2019 World Cup, would play the series against\n\nZimbabwe as captain.\n\nThis will be Mashrafe first series since the World Cup in which took just\n\none wicket in eight matches. Mashrafe missed the three-match ODI series in\n\nSri Lanka after the World Cup due to hamstring injury.\n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t say anything like that Mashrafe won\u2019t be the part of the team\n\nafter the Zimbabwe series. I said that we will take a decision about the\n\ncaptain in the next board meeting,\u201d Papon said.\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t say before the meeting that whether he [Mashrafe] would play or\n\nnot, or whether he would be captain or not. Till this series against\n\nZimbabwe, he is okay and he will be the captain.\u201d\n\nMashrafe is currently playing just ODI format of the cricket and since he\n\nshows his reluctance to walk into sunset in the near future, question came to\n\nthe fore whether he will play the one-off ODI against Pakistan in Karachi.\n\nPapon remained tightlipped on this issue, saying, \u201cBefore the ODI against\n\nPakistan, a board meeting will be held. As I said earlier, everything will be\n\ndecided in that meeting.\u201d", "sentence2": "SYLHET, Feb 29, 2020 (BSS)-Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said he will be here for always in Bangladesh cricket\u2019s needs as he is ready to do anything for the sake of the country\u2019s cricket.\n\nMashrafe\u2019s comment came in the wake of the question that whether he\n\nwould visit Bangladesh for a solitary ODI match if the Bangladesh Cricket\n\nBoard (BCB) wants. The most successful captain of the country is currently\n\nplaying just ODI format.\n\nHowever Mashrafe\u2019s future is not clear yet as the BCB president Nazmul\n\nHassan Papon indicated that the Zimbabwe series will be the lanky pacer\u2019s\n\nlast as the captain since they would appoint a long term captain, eying 2023\n\nWorld Cup. He also said, if Mashrafe wants to continue cricket, he should\n\nprove his performance and match fitness to make him available.\n\n\u201cFirstly I don\u2019t know what will happen after this series,\u201d Mashrafe\n\nsaid, replying to a query whether he would tour Pakistan.\n\n\u201cBut in Bangladesh cricket\u2019s needs, I am ready to go anywhere. What I\n\nfeel is that the BCB is our guardian. What decision they will take, they will\n\ntake it thinking not for once or twice, they will think about it for 10\n\ntimes. So I believe they will take the best decision. We should consider\n\ncricket board\u2019s decision as final.\u201d\n\nBangladesh has already twice visited Pakistan for first two legs of tour\n\nthat included a three-match T20 series and a first Test. On both occasion,\n\nMushfiqur Rahim opted against touring Pakistan, citing security reasons.\n\nBangladesh will visit Pakistan for last phase of tour that includes a\n\nsolitary ODI and second Test. Mushfiqur Rahim is believed to opt against\n\nthird phase of tour also.\n\n\u201cWe should honour the decision of Mushfiqur Rahim,\u201d Mashrafe said. \u201cThe\n\nBCB has given the option to opt against touring Pakistan. Moreover the\n\nselector will take the decision who will be the part of the team. If I am\n\ncalled up for Pakistan tour, I will give my answer.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1487502910_1487580498", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Retail lending stock of Hungarian banks was up HUF 77.4 billion at nearly HUF 7.022 trillion in November from the previous month, fresh data from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) shows, state news wire MTI reports.\n\nImage: Onchira Wongsiri/Shutterstock.com\n\nThe stock has risen every month since March 2018.\n\nTransactions increased the stock of retail loans by HUF 83.1 bln but revaluations reduced it by HUF 5.7 bln. Forint-denominated transactions increased the stock by HUF 83.6 bln and FX transactions lowered it by HUF 500 million.\n\nStock of retail deposits rose HUF 91.9 bln to almost HUF 9.370 tln with net deposit placements adding HUF 70.4 bln and revaluations raising the stock by HUF 21.5 bln.\n\nNet inflows increased forint deposits by HUF 84.6 bln and net withdrawals reduced foreign currency deposits by HUF 14.2 bln. Revaluations increased the FX deposits by HUF 21.5 bln and reduced forint deposits by just HUF 100 million.\n\nThe euro weakened 1.48% to the forint between the end of October and the end of November, calculating with the central bank\u02bcs daily fixing.", "sentence2": "Corporate lending stock of Hungarian banks rose in November from the previous month with nearly 30% of the increase reflecting revaluation effects, fresh data from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) show, state news wire MTI reports.\n\nImage: Pixabay\n\nIn real terms and excluding revaluation effects, the stock of banks\u02bc corporate loans has been rising since the end of 2016.\n\nThe corporate lending stock of banks was up HUF 161.5 billion at HUF 8.7 trillion according to non-adjusted data. Transactions increased the lending stock by HUF 113.4 bln, while revaluations and other changes increased it by HUF 48.1 bln.\n\nTransactions raised the stock of forint loans by HUF 16.5 bln and they raised the stock of foreign currency loans by HUF 83.2 bln. Revaluations cut the forint loan stock by HUF 4.7 bln and raised the FX loan stock by HUF 54.2 bln.\n\nHoldings by credit institutions of bonds issued by non-financial corporations were down HUF 1.4 bln due to revaluations but rose HUF 13.7 bln because of transactions, bringing the stock of bonds to HUF 144.7 bln.\n\nCorporate deposits meanwhile rose by HUF 389.6 bln to HUF 9.264 tln in November. Deposit placements raised the stock by HUF 365.7 bln and revaluations raised it by a further HUF 23.9 bln.\n\nAccording to MNB, there were just HUF 11.9 bln net inflows into foreign currency deposits while net inflows into forint deposits reached HUF 353.8 bln. Revaluations increased FX deposits by HUF 43.9 bln and they reduced forint deposits by HUF 20 bln."}
+{"id": "1579836565_1579808830", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "By Rachel Noll, DOC Communications\n\nThe Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) is privileged to have staff well trained in emergency management. During statewide and national emergencies, the DOC stands ready to respond internally to protect the health and safety of staff and the incarcerated, and externally to provide support to other state or federal agencies.\n\nSteps Taken During COVID-19\n\nCorrections began supporting the Department of Health (DOH) response to COVID-19 on February 9, 2020, by providing members of Corrections\u2019 Department Incident Management Team (DIMT) to help the statewide response. The department officially opened its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at headquarters in response to COVID-19 on March 2, 2020, whose members represent every division across the agency.\n\nWhile the state is under a \u201cStay Home, Stay Healthy\u201d order, Corrections remains open and operational as an essential business. The safety and well-being of the incarcerated, staff and public are the department\u2019s top priorities.\n\nCorrections has taken a number of steps to ensure the safety of those incarcerated in correctional facilities and work release, as well as those on community supervision. These steps include suspending visitation and other in-person programming to reduce outside exposure, encouraging pro-active precautions like hand-washing, extra cleaning and social distancing, and reducing the number of face-to-face contact visits community corrections officers have to make with those they supervise.\n\nThe department is also encouraging staff to stay home when sick, practice social distancing and telework wherever possible. Every staff member that needs to report in person for work receives a verbal and temperature health screening when they enter any correctional facility. The agency recently approved staff to wear expired N95 respirators (pdf). The department continues to monitor the situation to determine if additional steps are necessary as new guidance is made available.\n\nTo demonstrate the department\u2019s commitment to openness and transparency, Corrections has posted important information on the COVID-19 Information Center, including memos, resources and decision points.\n\nCurrent Protocols Followed\n\nCorrections\u2019 Chief Medical Officer and her team have developed protocols (pdf) that follow recommendations for isolation and quarantine set forth by DOH and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which are updated as needed to reflect the latest guidance.\n\nEmployees who test positive for COVID-19 self-quarantine at home for at least 14 days. Corrections also works to identify and notify employees considered to have had close contact with a staff member with positive COVID-19 test results. Those determined to have been in close contact with the positive individual will be asked to self-quarantine at home for up to 14 days from the date of last contact with the employee who tested positive, following DOH guidelines.\n\nIf an incarcerated individual shows symptoms or tests positive, they will be isolated and treated. Those who have been in contact will be quarantined even if they are asymptomatic under the same guidelines followed under other quarantines, such as those that occur during outbreaks of the stomach flu.\n\nCorrections Assistance in Statewide Response\n\nIn addition to the internal response, the DIMT provided logistics support to DOH along with the Washington Department of Social and Health Services and the Washington Military Department \u2013 Emergency Management Division with the statewide response to COVID-19. The support is possible because the Department of Corrections trains employees in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the national structure for emergency response enabling state and federal agencies that typically do not work together, to operate under the same structure and unified command during an emergency.\n\n\u201cReal world emergencies, whether it be a flood, hurricane, volcano or pandemic, provide the opportunity for our agency employees to hone their skills in emergency management and incident command,\u201d said Emergency Operations Manager Greg Miller. \u201cAssisting other agencies drastically increases our knowledge, skills and abilities to manage our own emergencies when they arise in the department. Above and beyond DIMT, the Department of Corrections staff statewide are always ready and willing to help out. These staff are doing great work in the offices, prisons and community during this time.\u201d\n\nThe DIMT provided Command, Logistics and Planning staff to the Unified Command at the State Emergency Operations Center. DOC staff also provided communications support as the state stood up its Joint Information Center. Working together during an emergency allows each state agency to continue its operations, work together as a team and have a role in helping Washington to \u2018flatten the curve\u2019.\n\nIncarcerated individuals have also expressed a desire to help. Correctional Industries (CI) workers at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center have adapted their knowledge from the textile factory to produce protective gowns to respond to the need for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). CI workers across the state are also working to produce additional gowns, protective masks and face shields.\n\n\u201cPartnerships such as this show the department\u2019s commitment to both our mission, \u2018To improve public safety by positively changing lives\u2019 as well as our vision, \u2018Working together for safer communities,\u2019\u201d said Secretary Steve Sinclair. \u201cCorrections is committed to working together with other state agencies to help support the best emergency response possible, as we know our role in creating safer communities extends beyond our commitment to operating a safe and humane corrections system. We value our partnership with others as we work to transform lives for a better Washington.\u201d", "sentence2": "Another positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been reported in Mason County. A man in his 70s became the 18th County resident to test positive. Mason County Public Health was notified of the latest positive test on Wednesday, April 9, 2020. Mason County Public Health is conducting contact interviews at this time. The patient is currently isolating at home.\n\nCase information for the 18 positive cases is as follows:\n\nOnly one patient has been hospitalized outside Mason County. The remaining patients are isolating at home.\n\nSo far, 502 people have been tested in Mason County.\n\nDue to Mason County being a small community, location data of positive cases will not be released to reduce the possibility of patient identification and to protect personal health information. Identified positive cases are located throughout Mason County. To avoid exposure, continue to follow the guidance of washing hands frequently, stay home, unless essential to work and limit travel to only medical appointments, medication pick up, and once every two-week grocery shopping needs. This will help limit your exposure possibilities. Mason County Public Health is asking that the public do their part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19."}
+{"id": "1613814846_1614798152", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Good Omens stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant will reunite for a new lockdown comedy for BBC One.\n\nStaged will follow the cast of a play who are furloughed when their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt and they try their best to keep the rehearsals on track in lockdown.\n\nThe six 15-minute episodes will be filmed using a combination of self-shooting and video conferencing technology to ensure it is made safely.\n\nThey will take on the challenge of creating a drama in lockdown, on stage and off, and the cast also includes Tennant\u2019s wife Georgia Tennant, Lucy Eaton and Anna Lundberg.\n\nThe show will also have a selection of guest stars including Nina Sosanya, with others still to be confirmed.\n\nCharlotte Moore, the BBC\u2019s director of content, said: \u201cIt\u2019s so important that the BBC provides moments of humour and light relief and this mischievous idea shows what great sports Michael and David are.\u201d\n\nThe series is written and directed by Simon Evans, based on an idea by Evan and Phin Glynn.\n\nThe series will air in June 2020 on BBC One and will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer after transmission.", "sentence2": "1/2\n\nDavid Tennant is to star in the new BBC comedy, \"Staged.\" File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo\n\nMay 23 (UPI) -- Good Omens stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen are reuniting for a six-episode BBC comedy called Staged. The 15-minute show will debut in June. It follows the cast of a play who continue to rehearse remotely after their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement\n\n\"Absurd and humorous in equal measure, Staged takes on the challenges of creating a drama in lockdown, on stage and off, with a line-up including Georgia Tennant, Lucy Eaton and Anna Lundberg,\" a BBC press release said. \"The show will also have a selection of guest stars including Nina Sosanya, with more to be confirmed in due course.\"\n\nSimon Evans and Phin Glynn came up with the idea and Evans penned the screenplay.\n\nIt will be recorded using video-conference technology in keeping with social-distancing practices.\n\n\"It's vital that the BBC provides moments of light relief and this mischievous idea shows what great sports Michael and David are in sending themselves up,\" Charlotte Moore, director of BBC Content, said in a statement."}
+{"id": "1533852973_1531459122", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "ISLAMABAD: The first phase of admissions of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) that include Matric and FA programs for the Semester Spring, 2020 will be closed on Tuesday, March 3.\n\n\n\nThere will be no further extension in this date, it was announced.\n\nThe designated banks around the country have been directed to receive the admissions\u2019 fee of Matric, FA as well as for admission in Certificate Courses and Open Tech Courses till the closing time on March 3.\n\nThe interested Pakistanis including those living in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain have also been asked to enroll themselves in the on-going admission (spring, 2020).\n\nAdmission forms and prospectus for these programs could be downloaded from the University\u2019s website.", "sentence2": "Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University has introduced some academic programmes for overseas Pakistanis, including those living in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain and USA.\n\nThe programs include \u2018Allisan-ul-Arabi\u2019 (Basic Arabic Course), Arabic \u2018Bol Chall\u2019, Secondary School Certificate (Matric), Higher Secondary School Certificate( FA, I.com).\n\nThe interested Pakistanis have been asked to enroll themselves in the on-going admission (Spring, 2020), that will continue till March 3. Admission forms and prospectus for these programs could be downloaded from the University\u2019s websitehttp://del.aiou.edu.pk\n\nAccording to the Director Admissions, the overseas students educational facilities were being extended with the cooperation of Pakistani missions and schools abroad.\n\nThe interested Pakistanis may contact the department of the overseas Pakistanis here at the University\u2019s main campus on email overseas@aiou.edu.pk for seeking further information."}
+{"id": "1521155431_1517777802", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Bigg Boss 13's Shehnaaz Gill is one of the most deserving contestants to win the show.\n\nBigg Boss 13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill was a known face in Punjab before she entered the BB house. But, after she appeared on the show, the singer has become a household name across India. Shehnaaz was one contestant who has been entertaining the viewers even before she entered the BB house.\n\nShehnaaz introduced herself to Salman Khan as Punjab Ki Katrina Kaif. Initially, Shehnaaz was seen trying to bond with Paras Chhabra but after Paras chose Mahira Sharma over her on more than one occasion, she thought it better to stay away from him. Shehnaaz, who is lovingly called Sana by her housemates, displayed all kinds of emotions in the house. She never shied away from calling a spade a spade.\n\nShehnaaz Gill stood by Shefali Bagga when the entire house was against her. She wasn't scared of anyone and supported what she felt was right. She was also the only one who was very clear about her priorities on the show. She has always said that all that matters to her in this game is Sidharth Shukla and would mostly get affected by things related to him.\n\nOn the show, Shehnaaz Gill has become quite popular and now enjoys a huge fan following. Apart from Sidharth Shukla and Rashami Desai, she was another contestant who was nominated many times on the show but every time, her fans saved her.\n\nBe it her gidda performance with Sidharth Shukla, or her conversation with the crow, every time Shehnaaz Gill has managed to win our hearts with her cute antics. Initially, Bigg Boss 13 wasn't that interesting, but two contestants who made it bearable with their presence were Shehnaaz Gill and Sidharth Shukla. She was a great find by the makers as her presence in the show helped keep its entertainment quotient high.\n\nEvery weekend, Shehnaaz's conversation with Salman Khan left the viewers and Salman in splits. Shehnaaz displayed her romantic side with Sidharth and also showed her fierce side while protecting him when he got into a fight with their housemates.\n\nThe winner of Bigg Boss needs to be someone who manages to entertain no matter what. Shehnaaz Gill is one contestant who brought a smile on the viewers' face whenever she appeared on screen. She is clearly the entertainment queen of this season and deserves to win the show more than anyone else.\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13 winner prize money has doubled this year. Details inside\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13 finale live streaming: When and where to watch BB 13 grand finale\n\nALSO READ| Bigg Boss 13: Sidharth kisses Shehnaaz in Spider-Man style", "sentence2": "With the finale of Bigg Boss 13 less than four days away, the tension inside the house is quite high at the moment. Salman Khan announced on Sunday that one contestant would be eliminated from the show soon.\n\nThe contestants were asked to rank the top five housemates, and they picked Paras Chhabra followed by Sidharth Shukla, Asim Riaz, Rashami Desai and Arti Singh.\n\nIn the previous task, Sidharth chose to save Paras. When confronted by Salman, he confessed that he picked Paras because he couldn\u2019t decide between Shehnaaz and Arti. Soon after Salman\u2019s exit, Shehnaaz and Sidharth had an argument. The two also had an argument with Arti regarding the same issue.\n\nThe elite club members Asim Riaz, Sidharth Shukla and Rashami Desai are safe from eliminations. Paras, meanwhile, was saved by Sidharth."}
+{"id": "1594945180_1595251481", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "We need your help to keep speaking the truth\n\nEvery story that you have come to us with; each injustice you have asked us to investigate; every campaign we have fought; each of your unheard voices we amplified; we do this for you. We are making a difference on your behalf.\n\nOur fight is your fight. You\u2019ve supported our collective struggle every time you gave us a like; and every time you shared our work across social media. Now we need you to support us with a monthly donation.\n\nWe have published nearly 2,000 articles and over 50 films in 2021. And we want to do this and more in 2022 but we don\u2019t have enough money to go on at this pace. So, if you value our work and want us to continue then please join us and be part of The Canary family.\n\nIn return, you get:\n\n* Advert free reading experience\n\n* Quarterly group video call with the Editor-in-Chief\n\n* Behind the scenes monthly e-newsletter\n\n* 20% discount in our shop\n\nAlmost all of our spending goes to the people who make The Canary\u2019s content. So your contribution directly supports our writers and enables us to continue to do what we do: speaking truth, powered by you. We have weathered many attempts to shut us down and silence our vital opposition to an increasingly fascist government and right-wing mainstream media.\n\nWith your help we can continue:\n\n* Holding political and state power to account\n\n* Advocating for the people the system marginalises\n\n* Being a media outlet that upholds the highest standards\n\n* Campaigning on the issues others won\u2019t\n\n* Putting your lives central to everything we do\n\nWe are a drop of truth in an ocean of deceit. But we can\u2019t do this without your support. So please, can you help us continue the fight?", "sentence2": "St Thomas' Hospital - Coronavirus patients to be given the blood of survivors as part of new treatment being trialled in London hospitals - BLOOMBERG\n\nCoronavirus Homepage Bar with counter ..\n\nCoronavirus patients will be given the blood of survivors of the deadly disease as part of a new treatment being trialled at London\u2019s Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 hospitals.\n\nMore than 6,500 people have signed up for the trial, which will begin in \u201cthe coming weeks\u201d, the hospitals' Biomedical Research Centre said.\n\nDonations have already been collected from 148 people in England, with the hope being that transfusions will boost the struggling immune systems of Covid-19 sufferers.\n\nThe potential treatment, variants of which have long been used to fight other infections, uses the liquid part of the blood, known as convalescent plasma.\n\nThe hospitals said if the trials proved it to be effective, NHS Blood and Transplant will begin a national programme to deliver up to 10,000 units of convalescent plasma per week to the National Health Service, enough to treat 5,000 patients each week.\n\nThe trial is co-led by Dr Manu Shankar-Hari, a consultant in intensive care medicine at the hospitals, along with experts from NHS Blood and Transplant and the University of Cambridge.\n\n\u201cAs a new disease, there are no proven drugs to treat critically ill patients with Covid-19. Providing critically ill patients with plasma from patients who have recovered... could improve their chances of recovery,\u201d said Dr Shankar-Hari.\n\nHealth and Social Care secretary Matt Hancock said: \u201cThis global pandemic is the biggest public health emergency this generation has faced and we are doing absolutely everything we can to beat it.\n\n\u201cThe UK has world-leading life sciences and research sectors and I have every hope this treatment will be a major milestone in our fight against this disease.\n\n\u201cHundreds of people are participating in national trials already for potential treatments and the scaling up of convalescent plasma collection means thousands could potentially benefit from it in the future.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1592091128_1591556033", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Something went wrong, please try again later.\n\nSign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox\n\nBBC has axed The Greatest Dancer after just two series, with falling viewing figures being blamed for its demise.\n\nThe show made its debut at the start of last year, with Cheryl, Strictly star Oti Mabuse and Glee actor Matthew Morrison as its dance captains.\n\nThe Greatest Dancer returned to screens in January, with new recruit Todrick Hall joining the panel, but why it still had a loyal following, it failed to set Saturday night prime time ratings alight.\n\nThe second series, which ended in March, attracted around 3.2 million viewers week on week, significantly lower than ITV rival The Masked Singer, which has been confirmed for a second run.\n\nA TV source told The Sun:: \u201cThe writing was on the wall a while back.\n\n\u201cNow the BBC and everyone involved has decided enough is enough and they\u2019ve binned it.\n\n\u201cCritics liked it and it pulled in a younger audience. But the cost of the big production for the ratings the show delivered was too much.\u201d\n\nA BBC spokesperson confirmed The Greatest Dancer wouldn't be renewed, saying: \"Whilst there are no plans for a further series of The Greatest Dancer, we are proud of the show,\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone involved in bringing so many memorable moments to BBC One\".", "sentence2": "The Greatest Dancer\n\nThe BBC has cancelled The Greatest Dancer after two series, the broadcaster has announced.\n\nThe talent show, which featured a judging panel of Cheryl, Matthew Morrison, Oti Mabuse and Todrick Hall, had reportedly struggled in the ratings for the primetime Saturday slot.\n\nMatthew Morrison, Oti Mabuse, Cheryl and Todrick Hall (left-right) were judges on The Greatest Dancer (Ian West/PA)\n\nConfirming the programme would not be returning, a BBC spokesman said: \u201cWhilst there are no plans for a further series of The Greatest Dancer, we are proud of the show and would like to thank everyone involved in bringing so many memorable moments to BBC One.\u201d\n\nThe Greatest Dancer was created by Simon Cowell\u2019s Syco production company and launched in January 2019, returning for a second series earlier this year.\n\nIt was hosted by Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo with the four judges named \u201cdance captains\u201d.\n\nWinners earned \u00a350,000 and the chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nLatin and ballroom duo Michael and Jowita were the most recent winners of the show."}
+{"id": "1571274943_1576594517", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Who is Dominic Raab, the man running the country in Boris Johnson\u2019s absence?\n\nDominic Raab is deputising for Boris Johnson while he battles coronavirus (PA)\n\nThe rapid deterioration of Boris Johnson\u2019s condition as he battles Covid-19 has thrust his de facto deputy Dominic Raab into the spotlight, but who is the man now effectively running the country?\n\nThe Foreign Secretary has enjoyed a swift rise to the top. Three years ago he wasn\u2019t even in Cabinet, but the hard-Brexiteer, karate-loving 46-year-old former lawyer has long-been eyeing the top job.\n\nClearly he would not have wanted it this way, but he will be well-prepared to take on his boss\u2019s responsibilities.\n\nThe son of a Czech-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis in 1938, Raab become involved in martial arts to help cope with the death of his father from cancer when he was just 12.\n\n\u201cSport helped restore my confidence, and that hugely benefited my attitude to school and life\u201d, he said last year.\n\nBrought up in Buckinghamshire, he went to Dr Challoner\u2019s Grammar School before studying law at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he captained the university karate team and was a boxing blue, and then a Masters at Cambridge, winning the Clive Parry Prize for International Law.\n\nHe started his career as an international lawyer at Linklaters in the City, but was also seconded to the human rights NGO Liberty, and worked for one of the principal Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo peace accords.\n\nIn 2000 he joined the diplomatic service and was part of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office\u2019s legal team, and it was there he met his now-wife Erika Ray, a Brazilian marketing executive.\n\nThe couple and their two sons, Peter and Joshua, live in Thames Ditton, Surrey.\n\nIn 2003 Raab was posted to The Hague and worked to bring war criminals like Radovan Karadzic and Charles Taylor to justice, and ended up defending Tony Blair from a subpoena by the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107.\n\nHe caught the eye of Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, who poached him to be his chief of staff in 2006, and three years later he went to work for the then-Shadow Justice Secretary Dominic Grieve, but it soon became clear he was more on the DD wing of the Tory party when it came to the EU.\n\nIn 2010 he was elected to the safe Surrey commuter seat of Esher and Walton, but spent the first five years in Parliament on the backbenches, often finding himself at odds with Theresa May - who was then Home Secretary - on the issues of civil liberties.\n\nAfter David Cameron\u2019s general election victory in 2015, Raab was made a junior minister, and then played a prominent role in the Brexit campaign, but was sacked by Mrs May when she took over in the wake of the EU referendum.\n\nShe brought him back as a justice minister a year later, before promoting him to housing minister in January 2018.\n\nHe entered Cabinet in July that year after his old mentor Mr Davis quit as Brexit Secretary, but he followed suit after just four months later, saying \"in good conscience\" he could not support the Northern Irish backstop arrangement in Mrs May's deal.\n\nSome accused him of only taking the role to help sabotage May and boost his career, something his supporters denied, but six months later he was in the running to replace her as PM after she agreed to stand down.\n\nBut he finished a disappointing sixth in the leadership contest, getting knocked out in the second ballot after only receiving the support of 30 Tory MPs.\n\nIn the following round the man who finished above him, Rory Stewart, lost 10 votes, prompting speculation Johnson\u2019s team may have lent him votes to help eliminate his Brexiteer rival.\n\nNevertheless, he endorsed Boris as soon as he was eliminated, and seemed destined for a top job in his Cabinet after he defeated Jeremy Hunt in the final round of voting by Tory members.\n\nBut it was still a relative surprise to see him made Foreign Secretary, and also designated as First Secretary of State, placing him at the very top of the Cabinet rankings below the PM.\n\nIn the short time since he has struggled to make his mark in the FCO, and has faced criticism amid the transatlantic fall-out over the death of British teenager Harry Dunn, but is seen as extremely capable and unflappable, if somewhat of a hard taskmaster.\n\nHe has been dogged by accusations of bullying stemming from an incident in 2007, when an employee made a claim against him which went to an employment tribunal, and was settled confidentially.\n\nAfter details were printed in 2011 by the Mail on Sunday he took the newspaper to court and it was forced to apologise, and last year he said of the incident: \u201cI vigorously denied the claims, which were independently investigated and found to be unsubstantiated.\n\n\"The claim that I secured an injunction or any kind of \u2018gagging\u2019 order is false.\u201d\n\nHe was also loosely entangled in a scandal when his diary secretary was found to have been selling sex on a \u2018sugar daddy\u2019 website in 2018, but the most damaging revelation about him from the story was that he eats the same lunch every single day from Pret a Manger.\n\nEver since then a chicken caesar and bacon baguette, superfruit pot and \u2018vitamin volcano\u2019 smoothie combination has been known as the \u2018Dom Raab Special\u2019 in Westminster circles, despite his denial he lacks variety in his mealtime habits.\n\nAnd he has been involved in a few other embarrassing moments, after he said that he \"hadn't quite understood the full extent\" of how much UK trade relies on the Dover-Calais crossing, and later confusing the Irish Sea with the Red Sea at a select committee hearing.\n\nHis comments about feminists - calling them \u201cobnoxious bigots\u201d - have also drawn criticism, including from his old adversary Mrs May, who suggested it was \u201cnot the way forward\u201d.\n\nBut the focus is a long way from that now as takes on his duties standing in for the PM in the coming days.\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove was quick to point out that Cabinet makes collective decisions, and that Mr Raab will not enjoy the untrammelled power a full-time PM might expect.\n\nThe comments were not all that surprising given the pair have a tricky relationship, after Mr Gove\u2019s team blamed the Raab campaign for cocaine use scandal which derailed his own bid to be Tory leader.\n\nThe pair must now work closely together to help steer the country\u2019s response to the coronavirus crisis and fill the void left by the PM, but the black-belt third dan is used to fighting his corner.\n\nPoliticsHome Newsletters\n\nPoliticsHome provides the most comprehensive coverage of UK politics anywhere on the web, offering high quality original reporting and analysis: Subscribe", "sentence2": "But he has continued to anger opponents with some of his comments, in 2020 telling talkRadio's Julia Hartley-Brewer he would only \"take the knee\" - go down on bended knee - for \"the Queen and the Mrs when I asked her to marry me\"."}
+{"id": "1545460669_1545282718", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., vowed to challenge former Vice President Joe Biden on key issues at the upcoming Democratic primary debate as he rejected calls to drop out of the race following a disappointing finish on mini-Super Tuesday.\n\nSanders told supporters in his home state that he planned to stay in the race and was eager to spar with the front-runner at Sunday's debate in Phoenix.\n\n\"Last night was obviously not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view,\" Sanders said. \"What became even more apparent yesterday is that while we are currently losing the delegate count . . . we are strongly winning in two enormously important areas, which will determine the future of our country. Poll after poll shows that a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda.\"\n\nNumerous exit polls from Tuesday's races found that a majority of primary voters backed policies like Medicare for All, even in states which backed Biden.\n\n\"The American people are deeply concerned about the grotesque level of income inequality in this country and want corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes. Overwhelming support for that,\" Sanders added. \"Even in conservative states like Mississippi, there is an overwhelming understanding that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country. This crisis is becoming more and more obvious to the American people as we face the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine facing a pandemic and having 87 million who are having a difficult time going to a doctor when they need it.\"\n\n\"But it is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning,\" he continued. \"We are winning the generational debate. While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those above 65, our campaign continues to win the majority of the votes of younger people . . . Not just people in their 20s. People in their 30s and their 40s.\"\n\nSanders said that while he is winning the ideological debate, he is losing the \"electability debate\" as voters who say they agree with him on the issues argue that Biden has a better chance to beat President Donald Trump.\n\n\"Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion. But that is what millions of Democrats and independents believe,\" he said. \"On Sunday, I very much look forward to the debate in Arizona with my friend, Joe Biden,\" he added, vowing to challenge Biden on issues such as climate change, college tuition, criminal justice, health care, immigration and income inequality.\n\n\"Today, I say to the Democratic establishment: In order to win in the future, you need to win the voters who represent the future of our country and speak to the issues of concern to them,\" he said.\n\n\"Let me conclude the way I began: Donald Trump must be defeated, and I will do everything in my power to make that happen,\" he added. \"Sunday night, the American people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal.\"\n\nSanders' comments came after Biden pitched a message of unity Tuesday to his supporters.\n\n\"I want to thank Bernie Sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and their passion. We share a common goal,\" he said. \"And together, we'll defeat Donald Trump. We'll defeat him together.\n\nBiden extended his delegate lead Tuesday following a dominant performance that saw him win 10 of 14 states last week. Sanders lost Michigan and Missouri by wide margins despite effectively tying Hillary Clinton in those states in 2016. Biden has been buoyed by overwhelming support from older and black voters, while Sanders' young supporters have not turned out at the rate necessary to mitigate Biden's advantage among more reliable voting blocs.\n\nSome of Biden's supporters called on Sanders to quit the race Tuesday.\n\nDemocratic strategist James Carville argued that Democrats \"can't diss\" the majority of voters who backed Biden and \"want to shut this thing down.\"\n\n\"Let's shut this puppy down, and let's move on and worry about November,\" he said on MSNBC. \"This thing is decided. There's no reason to keep it going not even a day longer.\"\n\nRep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., went a step further and argued that the Democratic National Committee should \"step in\" to cancel future debates.\n\n\"I think when the night is over, Joe Biden will be the prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic nomination . . . If the night ends the way it has begun,\" it is time to \"shut this primary down,\" Clyburn told NPR.\n\nSunday's debate will be held without a live audience due to precautions amid the spread of the coronavirus. Both candidates have also canceled rallies in upcoming primary states as the threat posed by the virus threatens to upend the race entirely, possibly making it more difficult for Sanders to gain ground.\n\nRep. Ro Khanna, D-Wash., the co-chair of Sanders' campaign, told CNN that Sanders \"earned his right to make his case at the debate.\"\n\n\"There's no doubt that the polling and momentum right now is with Vice President Biden, and Sen. Sanders acknowledges that. But he does believe that debates in the past have changed, dramatically, the race,\" he said. \"There are a lot of things he is passionate about in his vision for America, and he feels he owes it to the millions of working-class people who have supported him to continue to raise those issues and share his vision.\"", "sentence2": "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) vowed Wednesday to stay in the 2020 Democratic presidential race despite a dismal showing in key states Tuesday night, adding that he \u201clooks forward\u201d to debating former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday.\n\n\u201cLast night, obviously, was not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view,\u201d Sanders told reporters in a brief address from Burlington, Vermont. \u201cWe lost in the largest state up for grabs yesterday, the state of Michigan. We lost in Mississippi, Missouri, and Idaho.\u201d\n\nBiden decisive primary victories in Michigan, Missouri, Idaho and Mississippi Tuesday night helped expand his delegate lead to 160. As of Wednesday morning before the news conference, Biden was leading Sanders in the delegate count 857 to 709."}
+{"id": "1593961814_1596453243", "score": 3.5, "sentence1": "news, local-news,\n\nRio Tinto has broadened its COVID-19 screening measures in WA by introducing rapid screening for its fly-in-fly-out workforce at Busselton, Geraldton and Albany airports. The rapid screening, which started at Busselton on Friday May 1, 2020, will be rolled out at Geraldton and Albany in coming weeks, will mirror the five-layer rapid COVID-19 process successfully introduced at Perth Airport last month. Approximately 900 Rio Tinto FIFO employees and contractors are expected to commute from Busselton, Geraldton and Albany to operations in the Pilbara every fortnight. Those traveling have been asked to arrive at least 30 minutes earlier than they normally would arrive to allow for the screening process. Trained medical staff manage the COVID-19 screening process which is overseen by Rio Tinto's occupational physician, who is also overseeing a comprehensive research program into COVID-19 screening outcomes. The rapid screening process includes an online and face-to-face health questionnaire, a temperature check and the rapid finger pinprick blood screen to detect viral-related antibodies that is performed by a qualified nurse. The blood sample is not a diagnostic test for COVID-19. If the blood screen is clear, a coloured wristband is given to confirm the person has been screened and can board their flight. Anyone identified as requiring further testing will not be allowed to depart and will be directed to undertake a diagnostic test for COVID-19 at an approved clinic. About 100 jobs have been created to help facilitate Rio Tinto's screening process at Perth, Busselton, Albany and Geraldton airports. This includes the hiring of out-of-work nurses impacted by restrictions on elective surgery at WA hospitals. More than 8000 Rio Tinto FIFO workers and contractors have now been through the rapid COVID-19 screening process since its introduction at Perth Airport last month. Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive officer Chris Salisbury said their number one priority was to protect the health of their employees and communities where they operated and that's why they have expanded their screening efforts to include important regional hubs like Busselton. \"The broader roll-out of our layered screening process to other regional airports such as Geraldton and Albany will allow us to continue operating safely and, importantly, making a strong contribution to Western Australian communities,\" he said. \"Since the introduction at Perth Airport last month, rapid screening has proven to be an effective tool enabling the quick identification of people who may be at increased risk of having a viral illness prior to getting on a plane and arriving at a site in the Pilbara.\" Vasse MLA Libby Mettam said it was clearly in the state and region's interest that the mining industry continued to operate during this period and a significant factor in ensuring this is to provide all possible protections to their critical workforce. \"Rapid screening has a key role to play in ensuring the travelling workforce is maintained,\" she said. \"Last month I wrote to the Minister for Health advocating in support of this private screening and it is fantastic to see it being expanded in the region, and across other regions as well.\"\n\n/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/S2kBkURjWY7PhPtZJcQ5Zm/3d7381e4-5524-451d-af92-004b32043c4f.jpg/r3_84_902_592_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\n\nRio Tinto enhances COVID-19 screening at Busselton Margaret River Airport", "sentence2": "Rio Tinto is set to introduce coronavirus screening measures to three additional Western Australian airports: Busselton, Geraldton and Albany.\n\nThe rapid screening process applies to fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers and started at Busselton Airport last Friday.\n\nRio Tinto plans to roll out the same process at Geraldton and Albany airports in coming weeks after a successful five-layer screening process which has been in place at Perth Airport since last month.\n\nThe Busselton, Geraldton and Albany airports are some of the company\u2019s busiest transport hubs, with 900 FIFO workers expected to pass through the airports every fortnight.\n\nRio Tinto now requires its FIFO workers to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to scheduled departure times to allow for the screening, which is overseen by the company\u2019s occupational physician.\n\nIt includes online and face to face health questionnaires, temperature checks and a rapid finger prick blood screen that\u2019s performed by a nurse to detect viral antibodies.\n\nWhile this is not a diagnostic test for coronavirus, the employee will be given a coloured wrist band to confirm that their blood screen is clear and they can board the flight.\n\nAnyone requiring further testing will not be allowed to depart and will be forwarded on to an approved coronavirus clinic to take a diagnostic test.\n\nRio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Chris Salisbury said the company\u2019s top priority was protecting its employees\u2019 health as well as the communities where it operated, which was why the company had expanded the screening to include its important regional hubs.\n\n\u201cSince the introduction at Perth Airport last month, rapid screening has proven to be an effective tool enabling quick identification of people who may be at increased risk of having a viral illness prior to getting on a plane and arriving at a site in the Pilbara,\u201d Salisbury said.\n\n\u201cThe broader roll-out of our layered screening process to other regional airports such as Geraldton and Albany will allow us to continue operating safely and importantly, making a strong contribution to Western Australian communities.\u201d\n\nMore than 8000 Rio Tinto\u2019s FIFO employees and contractors have been through the screening process in the past month.\n\nThe introduction of screening processes at Busselton, Geraldton and Albany are also expected to create around 100 jobs, including nurses who may be out of work due to elective surgery restrictions during the pandemic."}
+{"id": "1497804511_1496548941", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Reminder that the only acceptable replacements are lesbians. Even the Canadian version followed this rule.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nclaire balding is the last middle aged lesbian presenter that hasn't done it and she is more concerned with sports so it's not looking great\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI can't stand Clare Balding and her obsession with horse racing\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nGet Susan Calman on it!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nUgh the Canadian hosts were so grating. Bring me Dan levy\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nRosie Jones. get that lesbian and disability representation in and shed wipe the floor with them comically\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nGina Yashere\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nthis is so sad! i wonder who they'll get to replace her!\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nNoel better not leave!! I was CRUSHED when Mel and Sue left but I've warmed up to Sandi and Noel :(\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nomg is JVN going to host in her place\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nNo offense to them, but please no.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nnnnnooooo\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI WANT IT TO BE TRUE\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nPlease no.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI feel like this must be a joke. He isn't even British!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThis is hilarious\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nno thank you.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI never bothered to watch this once it switched to Channel 4, but I love GBBO.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nRichard Ayoede, now is your chance to shine!\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\ni WISH\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nOh that would be perfect!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThat is the only acceptable substitution unless Mel and Sue are both brought back.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nlmao honestly if it can't be a lesbian, i would be ok with this\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI think he'd be brilliant (I can just imagine the awkward chats with various contestants) but I just can't see him going for it.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nHe is no longer doing that. some new comedian has taken over.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\nExpand\n\nLink\n\nOh my godddddd\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\ncame in here just for this!\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI didn't finish the last season because I got upset when Helena was eliminated but I was hoping to see both again on the next one. I'm more of a Noel fan but I also liked Sandy a lot more than the previous two.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nOh so bummed, I love Noel & Sandi together. I actually prefer this lineup to the OGs.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nI totally agree. The first few episodes I wasn\u2019t sold, but I adore the two of them now.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nSame. It took me a while to warm up to them tho.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI prefer them too, I\u2019m so sad\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI\u2019d swap Paul out and take Mary to partner Prue.\n\n\n\nEdited at 2020-01-17 09:17 pm (UTC)\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nOh man I love her and Noel together :(\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nJust hurry up with getting the latest season over here, the national edition is mediocre.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\n\n\nLearn more about LiveJournal Ratings in Hello! Your entry got to top-25 of the most popular entries in LiveJournal!Learn more about LiveJournal Ratings in FAQ\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nI'll take Richard Ayoade or another lesbian. No other.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nGet rid of the two comedians. I don't see the point of them in the first place. I watch to see the amateurs cook, not a couple of non-funny people get in the way and make jokes.\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink\n\nThat would be boring.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThe hosts actually do a lot of stuff during filming that viewers don't get to see, like provide moral support to the contestants. We started to see more of this with Sandi and Noel but almost never with Mel and Sue because one of them would start cursing to the camera while the other talked the contestant off a cliff (the BBC couldn't air any of this footage because of the cursing).\n\n\n\nI'll admit that sometimes the hosts' jokes are bad but GBBO would be missing something without its hosts.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nI loved that about Mel and Sue, they were really protective of the contestants.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nThe other trick they used was singing copyrighted songs because they knew the producers wouldn't pay to use the songs on air.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nAw no, I like them. The jokes are corny af, but I like their little convos with the contestants.\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nno this is a bad idea\n\nReply\n\nParent\n\nThread\n\n\n\nLink\n\nEvery time I try to watch the post Mel/Sue seasons I make it maybe 30 minutes in and give up\n\nReply\n\nThread\n\nLink", "sentence2": "Great British Bake Off bosses have released a statement which appears to confirm the reason Sandi Toksvig quit her presenting role\n\nGreat British Bake Off bosses hint at real reason why Sandi Toksvig quit as presenter\n\nGreat British Bake Off bosses have released a statement which hints at Sandi Toksvig's real reason for quitting the show.\n\nThe 61-year-old broadcaster has hosted the Channel 4 series alongside Noel Fielding for three years, but stunned fans today by declaring she is stepping down.\n\nThe producers paid tribute to Sandi, thanking her for her hard work on the show and telling her she would be missed.\n\nIan Katz, Director of Programmes at Channel 4, revealed she actually has upcoming voiceover projects in the pipeline with the network.\n\n\u201dSandi is a huge part of why Bake Off\u2019s move to Channel 4 has been such a success and we are immensely grateful for her contribution to the show,\" he said in his statement.\n\nImage: Channel 4) Channel 4)\n\n\"We will miss her warmth and wit, not to mention her endless willingness to be the butt of jokes about being the least tall person in the Bake Off tent.\n\n\"Fortunately, her unique voice will continue to have an important presence on the Channel with new shows in development - none of which involve cake.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Chief Creative Officer and Executive Producer for Love Productions, Richard McKerrow, said: \u201cWe\u2019ll always be incredibly grateful to Sandi for becoming one of the hosts of Bake Off when we moved to Channel 4, along with Noel, Paul and Prue.\n\nImage: Love Productions) Love Productions)\n\n\"She has contributed hugely to Bake Off over the last three years, with her sharp witty sense of humour and her passionate commitment to the dozens of bakers during her time in the tent.\n\n\"We wish her all the very best on the exciting projects she is currently working on and beyond.\u201d\n\nIn a statement revealing her departure, Sandi, 61, said she was leaving on good terms to focus on her other work.\n\nImage: PA) PA)\n\nBreaking the news on Twitter , Sandi told fans: \"When stepping down from a job it is quite common for people to say they are doing so in order to spend more time with their family.\n\n\"Unusually I am departing from the Great British Bake Off so I can spend more time with my other work.\n\n\"As my waistline will testify, Bake Off is an all-consuming show.\"\n\nImage: Love Productions) Love Productions)\n\nShe then praised her co-stars judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood and her fellow host Noel.\n\nSandi said: \"Spending time with Prue, Paul and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life.\n\n\"These are friendships which I know will continue beyond the confines of television.\n\nImage: BBC) BBC)\n\n\"Bake Off is a wonderful programme which has already proved it can happily withstand a change of hosting personnel.\n\n\"The reason for that, of course, is that the true stars of the show are the bakers themselves. I wish everyone well.\u201d\n\nCurrent bookies favourite to replace Sandi is past winner Nadiya Hussain."}
+{"id": "1506067284_1511184511", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Crosses last fiscal\u2019s figure with 67 days to spare this year\n\nCrosses last fiscal\u2019s figure with 67 days to spare this year\n\nLife Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its share of the first-year premium income in the first nine months of this fiscal. LIC\u2019s share rose to 70.52% from 66.24% recorded in 2018-19.\n\n\u201cDuring the current fiscal, our market share improved in terms of first-year premium income. We have crossed last year\u2019s collection of \u20b91,42,000 crore in total first-year premium, 67 days ahead of the schedule,\u201d Mukesh Kumar Gupta, managing director, LIC, said.\n\nLIC also crossed \u20b91 lakh crore in first year premium in the Pension and Group Insurance vertical for the first time. Mr. Gupta added that the insurance major had \u20b932 lakh crore in assets and \u20b929 lakh crore in investment. Recently, it had paid dividend of \u20b92,611 crore to the Centre.\n\nAs of December, LIC had posted a growth of 17.81% in number of policies sold and 45.56% in first year premium income.\n\nAccording to Mr. Gupta, LIC had set itself a target of \u20b956,000 crore in individual business premium and \u20b91.25 lakh crore for the pension and group insurance scheme for FY20. Together with renewal income of about \u20b92 lakh crore, LIC would be gunning for the \u20b94 lakh crore-mark this fiscal, he said. For FY21, LIC plans to increase the number of insurance agents from 12 lakh to 15 lakh. In this regard, it had already recruited officers and development officers. About 8,000 assistant officers would be placed soon.\n\nOn NPAs, he added that LIC\u2019s net non-performing asset (NPA) ratio stood at 1% for the current fiscal, despite major defaults by some corporate borrowers. \u201cWe are doing well on all counts. Most loans are given through consortium and the consortium partners are working on it,\u201d he said. Asked about the recovery mechanism, he said: \u201cProvisions have been fully made and efforts are on to recover bad debts. \u201d\n\nOn banking subsidiary IDBI Bank, he expressed optimism that it would come out of the Prompt Corrective Action framework by March 2020. It had \u2018already started showing some green shoots\u2019, he said.", "sentence2": "Move will bring in better financial discipline among entities, according to Finance Minister\n\nBL 26-11-2010 MUMBAI: LIC employees coming out LIC Building as there was bomb hoax, while Police sniffer dogs and bomb squad in action at the building in Mumbai on Friday. Pioc by SHASHI ASHIWAL\n\nMove will bring in better financial discipline among entities, according to Finance Minister\n\nIn a major announcement during her Budget 2020 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamam said State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was set to go public. Ms. Sitharaman on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government plans to sell a part of its stake in the entity through an initial public offering (IPO) and raise funds.\n\nSitharaman, however, did not give details such as what percentage of holding would be sold or when it would take place. Listing of companies on stock exchanges \u201cdiscipline a company and provides access to financial markets and unlocks its value. It also gives (an) opportunity for retail investors to participate in the wealth so created,\u201d she said.\n\nThe government owns 100% stake in LIC, which was set up in 1956 and remains the country\u2019s largest state-run insurer. LIC increased its share of the first-year premium income in the first nine months of this fiscal, rising to 70.52% from 66.24% recorded in 2018-19. According to Bloomberg estimates, its assets roughly equal $433 billion (over \u20b930 lakh crore).\n\nThe Economic Survey 2020 has aggressively pitched for divestment in public sector undertakings (PSUs). The latest development comes close on the heels of the Union government\u2019s announcement Monday to invite bids for 100% stake sale of national carrier Air India."}
+{"id": "1605113963_1606175249", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as infections spike.\n\nThe kingdom, which has reported the highest number of virus cases in the Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease.\n\nA full lockdown will be reimposed around the country from May 23-27, the ministry said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency. The period coincides with the Muslim festival that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.\n\nMost parts of the kingdom were put under full lockdown following the outbreak, but last month the government relaxed the curfew between the hours of 9am and 5pm.\n\nMalls and retailers have been allowed to reopen, except in major hotspots including the holy city of Mecca -- where confirmed cases have soared, despite a stringent lockdown.\n\nThe health ministry said Tuesday the number of COVID-19 deaths had risen to 264 and confirmed infections to 42,925, while 15,257 people have recovered.\n\nIn March, Saudi Arabia suspended the year-round \"umrah\" pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading in Islam's holiest cities.\n\nAuthorities are yet to announce whether they will proceed with this year's hajj -- scheduled for late July -- but they have urged Muslims to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage.\n\nLast year, some 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across the world to participate in the hajj, which Muslims are obliged to perform at least once during their lifetime.\n\nThe Arab world's biggest economy has also closed cinemas and restaurants and halted flights as it attempts to contain the virus.\n\nKing Salman has warned of a \"more difficult\" fight ahead against COVID-19, as the kingdom faces the double blow of virus-led shutdowns and crashing oil prices.", "sentence2": "RIYADH (Dispatches) \u2013 Saudi Arabia will enforce a countrywide 24-hour curfew during the five-day Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month due to the coronavirus.A full lockdown will be imposed from May 23 to 27 following the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency.Until then, commercial and business enterprises will remain open as they now are and people can move freely between 9am local time (06:00 GMT) and 5pm, except in the holy city of Mecca which remains under a full curfew, the statement said.The kingdom, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in the Persian Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease.On Tuesday, the health ministry said the number of COVID-19 deaths had risen to 264 and confirmed 42,925 infections.Saudi Arabia had earlier imposed 24-hour curfews on most towns and cities but eased them last month for the start of Ramadan.Shopping centers and retailers were allowed to reopen, except in major hotspots including Mecca - where confirmed case numbers have soared, despite a stringent lockdown.In March, Saudi Arabia suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading in Islam\u2019s holiest cities.Authorities are yet to announce whether they will proceed with this year\u2019s Hajj - scheduled for late July - but they have urged Muslims to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage.Last year, some 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across the world to participate in the Hajj, which Muslims are obliged to perform at least once during their lifetime if possible.The Arab world\u2019s biggest economy has also closed cinemas and restaurants and halted flights as it attempts to contain the virus.King Salman has warned of a \u2018more difficult\u2019 fight ahead against COVID-19, as the kingdom faces the double blow of virus-led shutdowns and crashing oil prices."}
+{"id": "1523547250_1520342978", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Brunette bombshell Ana Cheri gave her 12.4 million followers something to get excited about with her latest Instagram update. The photo showed her scantily clad in a cheetah-print bikini that left little to the imagination.\n\nThe top of Ana's swimsuit tied around her neck. The narrow cups barely covered the middle of her breasts, leaving plenty of her voluptuous chest exposed. The bottoms were just as skimpy and featured thin straps tied into bows that sat low on her hips and highlighted her curves.\n\nAna did not indicate where she was in the snapshot, but she seemed to be somewhere on a secluded area of a beach that had a wooden swing set situated in shallow water. Behind her, the turquoise water met the blue sky on the horizon.\n\nWhile the scenery might have been stunning, Ana was definitely the focal point of the snap. She stood in knee-high water next to the swing set and struck a sexy pose. With one arm on a pole and the other in her hair, she raised one knee and flaunted all of her curves. Along with her ample chest, her hourglass shape, flat abs, and toned thighs were prominent in the photo.\n\nAna looked like she had just come out of the water after a swim. Her wet skin glistened in the sunlight and her soaked hair fell in waves over one shoulder. She smiled and lifted her face toward the sun. Her eyes were closed, revealing a shimmery bronze eye shadow. She wore blush on the apples of her cheeks and a rose shade on her lips. She added a bit of bling to her sexy look with hoop earrings and a dainty necklace.\n\nIn the caption, Ana wrote she was headed to Mexico.\n\nMany of her followers raved over how sexy she looked in the snapshot.\n\n\"Ana you're the must [sic] beautiful Latin diva on social media!\" gushed one Instagram user.\n\n\"You look amazing and gorgeous,\" wrote a second follower.\n\nSome of her admirers expressed that they were dumbfounded.\n\n\"Wow! I'm trying to come up with a comment and all I've got is Wow!\" a third fan gushed.\n\n\"My God such a angel on earth. Speechless,\" complimented a fourth follower.", "sentence2": "Brunette bombshell Ana Cheri knows how to get the attention of her 12.4 million followers. Most of the time that involves baring lots of skin. In her latest Instagram update, the beauty teased fans by giving them a flash of cleavage when she unzipped her workout bra in a flirty video.\n\nAna's clip showed her modeling several workout bras and a pair of yoga pants from her clothing line, Cheri Fit. The video captured her body from her hips up as she stood near a wall covered with floral wallpaper.\n\nThe first portion of the video proved to be the most sexy as she lowered the zipper on her black bra while flashing a smile at the camera. Before the zipper came undone, she quickly closed it up. She then lifted her hair, spun around, and gave followers a look at the back of the bra. Ana swayed her hips back and forth before the clip jumped to her wearing a different bra. It showed her backside for a few seconds before she turned around and faced the front.\n\nThe video continued in the same fashion, showing the beauty in a variety of bras in colors that included red and pink. All of them showed off her cleavage and hourglass shape as she struck several coy poses. At one point in the clip, she playfully held a rose and waved it at the camera. The clip ended showing Ana wearing a pink, long-sleeved crop top.\n\nAs for makeup, Ana's eyes were framed with dark brows, smoky eye shadow and thick lashes. She also wore a rose gloss on her lips.\n\nIn the caption, she announced that Cheri Fit was having a sale on tops for Valentine's Day.\n\nMany of her fans wished her a happy holiday, while others showered her with compliments.\n\n\"Wow your [sic] just so beautiful,\" one admirer told her.\n\n\"Absolutely gorgeous in every way,\" said a second follower.\n\n\"Omg love this and you girl,\" a third Instagram user wrote.\n\n\"Wow you are the perfect woman,\" commented a fourth fan."}
+{"id": "1537354578_1538043902", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The Allahabad High Court has ruled that under special circumstances, a person apprehending arrest can move a high court directly seeking anticipatory bail without approaching a sessions court first.\n\nA five-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled that it is not mandatory that while filling an anticipatory bail under Section 438 of CrPC, an applicant must approach the sessions court first and on rejection of the plea move to the high court.\n\nThe bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and justices Ramesh Sinha, Sunita Agarwal, Yashwant Verma and Rahul Chaturvedi observed,\"Section 438 CrPC on its plain terms does not mandate or require a party to first approach the sessions court before applying to the high court for grant of anticipatory bail.\"\n\n\n\nThe matter came before the bench after reference by a single judge of the court in a case related to a plea of a man named Vinod Kumar.\n\nThe single judge had referred the matter to the larger bench asking, \"Whether the Court would have no jurisdiction to reject the anticipatory bail after considering the grounds of compelling reasons mentioned in the affidavit being found not appealing, which would amount nothing but to approach this Court directly.\"\n\n\n\nThe larger bench was of the view, \"We would consequently answer the reference by holding that the decision in Vinod Kumar does not merit any reconsideration or explanation. As rightly held in that decision, there can be no exhaustive or general exposition of circumstances in which an applicant may be held entitled to approach the high court directly.\"The bench further said that the special circumstances must be left for the consideration of the judge before whom the petition is placed and a decision thereon taken bearing in mind the facts and circumstances of that particular cause.\n\n\"However, special circumstances must necessarily exist and be established as such before the jurisdiction of the high court is invoked,\" it said.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)", "sentence2": "\u2018Case doesn\u2019t merit any explanation\u2019\n\nALLAHABAD: A five-judge bench of Allahabad HC on Monday ruled it's not mandatory to approach the sessions court first, before moving the HC for anticipatory bail.The bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur , Justice Ramesh Sinha , Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Yashwant Verma and Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed, \"Section 438 of CrPC does not mandate or require an individual to be relegated to the sessions court before being granted the right of audience before high court.\" Now, a person can directly move HC and file an anticipatory bail plea. Those who move sessions court and their plea is rejected can appeal before HC.The matter came up before a larger bench after reference by a single judge, disagreeing with the judgment passed in the case of one Vinod Kumar.The five-judge bench was of view that \u201cwe would consequently answer the reference by holding that the decision in the Vinod Kumar case does not merit reconsideration or explanation. There can be no exhaustive exposition of circumstances in which an applicant may be held entitled to approach the high court directly. The court would err in attempting to draw a uniform code ordictum that may guide the exercise of discretion vested in the court. The discretion left unfettered by the legislature must be recognised. The contingencies spelled out in Vinod Kumar case as illustrative of special circumstances may, where duly established, constitute the ground to petition high court directly.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1531088087_1531251283", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2014 Presidential candidate Tom Steyer says he is hoping that when Democrats meet on a debate stage Tuesday, they focus less on arguing over nondisclosure agreements and personal wealth, and more on taking on President Donald Trump. The investor and activist qualified for the 10th Democratic debate after increasing his poll numbers in South Carolina, which holds its primary Saturday.\n\nSteyer\u2019s comment highlights the backlash faced by the other billionaire Democratic candidate in the race, Michael Bloomberg, over his history of having at least three former female employees sign nondisclosure agreements related to alleged offensive comments he made. During the last debate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pointedly criticized Bloomberg for the agreements and accused him of buying his way onto the stage through a blitz of political advertising.\n\nSteyer, who didn\u2019t qualify for the last debate, told the PBS NewsHour that spending time discussing nondisclosure agreements are a distraction.\n\n\u201cThe attitude you have towards women matters,\u201d Steyer said. \u201cIf you could show that there was something really wrong, that really matters. But something that says, \u2018There could have been something wrong,\u2019 and they have a nondisclosure agreement\u2013 I don\u2019t think that rises to the level of a presidential debate.\u201d\n\nREAD MORE: 6 takeaways from the Las Vegas Democratic debate\n\nSteyer said he felt that Trump \u201cwon\u201d the last debate because \u201cpeople spent their time talking about minor, irrelevant points to try and tear each other down, when in fact the real question is, what you are going to do for the American people that\u2019s different and better?\u201d\n\nAfter Steyer poured millions of dollars of his own personal wealth into running ads and hiring campaign staff in South Carolina, he said he, too, expects to be attacked by some candidates over his affluence.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not going to apologize for being a success,\u201d Steyer said. \u201cIf I were a person who is totally self-absorbed and selfish, then I\u2019d have something to be embarrassed about. I\u2019m not embarrassed about starting a business, succeeding in a business and using everything I can to try and work for the American people. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing.\u201d\n\nEarly on in its history, his hedge fund invested in fossil fuels and private prisons\u2013 two sectors criticized by many Democrats. When asked if those investments were a mistake, Steyer affirmed that it was, and that he had corrected it on his own by disinvesting in those industries. \u201cI really care about these issues,\u201d he said, adding that attacks based on that history \u201care low political blows.\u201d\n\nA poll released Monday by NBC news and Marist shows former Vice President Joe Biden leading in South Carolina with 27 percent of support. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, currently seen as the Democratic front-runner, is just four points behind. Steyer is in third place with 15 percent.\n\nWATCH: Buttigieg vows to focus on diversity ahead of South Carolina\n\nTo Steyer, criticism of his spending in South Carolina is offensive to the black voters who make up the majority of Democratic primary voters in the state \u2014 and with whom he has made inroads.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re out here renting rooms and hiring people to work,\u201d Steyer said of his campaign operation. \u201cEvery time somebody hires a black person and they go into a community, somehow that\u2019s buying influence. No one ever says that when you go and hire white people.\u201d\n\nSteyer said that \u201cthe implication is that black people are there to be bought and that we\u2019re trying to do it, that\u2019s not true,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what you do when you organize politically. You get people from the community, you hire staff in the community so you can work in the community.\u201d", "sentence2": "CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2015 Bernie Sanders finally got the front-runner treatment at Tuesday\u2019s Democratic presidential debate, a combative and messy affair that put his rivals\u2019 urgency on display as polls show the Vermont senator solidifying his support in South Carolina and in other states across the country.\n\nAfter skating by largely unchallenged in last week\u2019s debate in Las Vegas, Sanders drew repeated attacks over his past votes against gun control, the feasibility and cost of his proposals, what his nomination might mean for down-ballot Democrats running for office in November, reports that Russia might favor his campaign, his comments about Fidel Castro\u2019s Cuba, and his opposition to eliminating the filibuster.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut with Super Tuesday and its many key primaries only a week away, Sanders\u2019 rivals may have waited too long to challenge him onstage and in television ads across the country. And as much as they tried to focus on Sanders, they couldn\u2019t resist getting distracted by squabbling among themselves.\n\nCandidates participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center on Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky\n\nSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for example, decided to run over former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg one more time, calling him out for supporting Republicans for Senate, including in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and her own state of Massachusetts. And she again excoriated the billionaire self-funder over his alleged treatment of his former female employees.\n\nFormer Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, went after billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, who is threatening Biden\u2019s support from Black voters in South Carolina. Biden whacked Steyer over his hedge fund\u2019s millions of dollars of investments in the nation\u2019s leading private prison corporation.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut it was Sanders who drew most of the attacks on Tuesday, as he noted onstage.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. I wonder why,\u201d the senator quipped at one point.\n\nIn a shift, Warren launched her most direct attacks on Sanders yet. The two progressive champions have largely avoided going after each other in the 2020 race, but her path forward after South Carolina\u2019s primary on Saturday is far less secure than that of Sanders.\n\nThe Massachusetts senator called out Sanders early on in the debate, saying she would \u201cmake a better president than Bernie\u201d because of how she handled questions about \u201cMedicare for All\u201d and its implementation.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to take someone to dig into the details to make it happen,\u201d Warren said of her \u2018Medicare for All\u2019 plan, voicing frustration at the reaction from Sanders\u2019 campaign. \u201cI dug in, did the work, and Bernie\u2019s team trashed me for it.\u201d\n\nBloomberg whacked Sanders over reports that Russia is trying to help his campaign. \u201cThat\u2019s why Russia is helping you get elected, so you\u2019ll lose to [Donald Trump],\u201d he said. But the senator gave as good as he got, criticizing Bloomberg over his past praise of China\u2019s President Xi Jinping.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not a good friend of President Xi of China,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cI think President Xi is an authoritarian leader, and let me tell Mr. Putin, who tried to interfere in the 2016 election and tried to pit Americans against each other: Hey, Mr. Putin, if I\u2019m president, trust me, you won\u2019t interfere with any more elections.\u201d\n\nBiden slammed Sanders for past votes against gun control measures in the 1990s, including the Brady Act, which mandated federal background checks and a waiting period for some handgun purchases. Though Sanders now supports gun control measures, Biden said the 2015 church massacre in Charleston, which took place mere feet away from the debate stage, may have not have happened if stricter gun control measures were in place.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not saying he\u2019s responsible for the nine deaths,\u201d Biden said of Sanders, \u201cbut that man would not be able to get that weapon without a waiting period,\u201d he added, referring to the shooter.\n\nSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the other moderates in the race, hit Sanders over the cost of his health care and economic proposals.\n\n\u201cThe math does not add up,\u201d Klobuchar said of Sanders\u2019 plans.\n\nButtigieg, meanwhile, argued that nominating a self-described Democratic socialist would hurt Democrats\u2019 chances at flipping the Senate and defending their House majority in November.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s do some math ... It adds up to four more years of Donald Trump,\u201d Buttigieg warned about a potential Sanders nomination.\n\nHe also pressed Sanders on the filibuster and his opposition to rewriting the Senate\u2019s longstanding supermajority rule on legislation. \u201cHow are we going to deliver a revolution if you won\u2019t even support a rule change?\u201d Buttigieg asked.\n\nWarren piled on, saying that \u201cpeople like Bernie\u201d have \u201cgiven a veto\u201d to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries by refusing to call for an end to the filibuster.\n\nSanders didn\u2019t give an inch, staying on-message as he has in past debates. He said he would pay for his proposals through a tax on the wealthiest Americans, as well as some tax increases on the middle class he said would be offset by lower health care costs. The biggest misconception about his campaign, he added, is that \u201cthe ideas I\u2019m talking about are radical. They\u2019re not.\u201d\n\nThe senator also defended his recent comments in which he praised aspects of Fidel Castro\u2019s government in Cuba. \u201cI have opposed authoritarian governments all over the world,\u201d Sanders said Tuesday, arguing that they deserved praise when they do something right.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nIt\u2019s not clear if Tuesday\u2019s unorganized assault on Sanders will be enough to deny his path to the Democratic nomination, however. With the moderate lane in the race split between several candidates, Sanders is currently projected to take a huge lead in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday states \u2015 a lead that may be irreversible after next week.\n\nSanders\u2019 campaign summed up the decidedly chaotic debate with an email subject line that will only help his cause with his most ardent supporters: \u201cUS against everyone.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1596448385_1592893858", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "In light of the current pandemic, we are all stuck indoors, putting on hold our regular routines and, of course, our salon appointments. Summer can be a tricky time and if you are lamenting over skincare woes, step into your kitchen and take out that bottle of honey; we\u2019ll tell you what you can do next.\n\nHoney and cinnamon mask\n\nThe lemon and honey paste can work wonders for your skin. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock) The lemon and honey paste can work wonders for your skin. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock)\n\nTake two tablespoons of honey, squeeze a bit of lemon and add one teaspoon of cinnamon. Apply this mask on your face for 10 minutes and see the difference for yourself. It will help in reducing inflammation and lighten dark spots. The antioxidant quality of honey is very useful.\n\nHoney and banana mask\n\nRemove blemishes with this face mask. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock) Remove blemishes with this face mask. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)\n\nTake one banana, add one tablespoon of honey and some lemon juice. Apply it on your face for a few minutes and once it\u2019s washed off, you will notice how the dark spots have become considerably lighter.\n\nHoney and yogurt mask\n\nThe origin of creamy and tangy yogurt is still unknown. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock) The origin of creamy and tangy yogurt is still unknown. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)\n\nTake one tablespoon of honey and mix it with two tablespoons of yogurt. Make it into a paste and apply in on your face. Keep it for 15-20 minutes and then wash it with warm water.\n\nHoney and strawberries mask\n\nTake three strawberries and one tablespoon of sugar. Make it into a paste and apply on your skin and rub gently. The mask helps a great deal in exfoliating the skin and even prevents acne breakouts.\n\nWhich mask are you trying?", "sentence2": "Do you have a coffee maker at home? Chances are you may have only used to it to make coffee, as you should, because you have purchased it for the exact purpose. But did you know that there are many other interesting ways in which you can use the appliance? Wondering what they are? Read on.\n\nBoiling eggs\n\nYes, it is possible! There is no need to think about any other way to boil eggs when you have a coffee maker at home. All you have to do is put the eggs in the decanter and add some water to it. When you set the timer, make sure the eggs are completely submerged. Let it sit for 10-12 minutes, then take them out and put them in cold water. Easy, right?\n\nYou can utilise the basket at the top of the coffee maker to steam vegetables. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock) You can utilise the basket at the top of the coffee maker to steam vegetables. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock)\n\nRamen preparation\n\nCraving noodles? Now make that in the coffee machine, too. For this, you will need to put the dried noodles in the coffee pot and brew. You can also add the flavour or anything else, and then wait for a few minutes for your meal to get ready. This can be especially handy when you are at a hotel.\n\nSteaming vegetables\n\nHave you noticed the basket at the top of the coffee maker? Well, you can utilise it to steam vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. Just chop the veggies you want to steam, and put them inside the basket, where ground coffee is kept. Brew to maximum amount possible, of cups of water, and then enjoy your steamed vegetable.\n\nALSO READ | Make kitchen time more interesting using these microwave hacks\n\nHot chocolate\n\nFill the decanter with heavy cream, almost half of it, and throw in some chocolate chips. Next, you must brew two cups of water and let it sit, while stirring it now and then. If you are trying to melt chocolate, you can do that, too, in no time using the coffee maker. Just place the chocolate on a metal cup over the heat plate."}
+{"id": "1517342650_1517154364", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "The Abia state police command has vowed to disrupt the funeral of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), if members of the group showed up.\n\nEne Okon, Abia commissioner of police, said the burial of Eze Kanu and his wife, king and queen of Afaraukwu, will not take place with the presence of IPOB members.\n\nOkon who said this while speaking with The Sun, said he had informed the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu that the police would provide security for the burial if only IPOB members do not show up.\n\n\u201cI have already reached out to the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community) and told him that if they want the burial to go smoothly and for police to give them security, they should tell IPOB not to near the area not to talk of participating in the burial,\u201d he said.\n\nRead Also: IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu To Attend Parents Burial\n\n\u201cIf they fail to adhere to what we\u2019ve told them, that means they do not want the burial to go on smoothly because we are going to scatter the place. IPOB is proscribed by the federal government. I, as the commissioner of police in Abia cannot sit here and allow any proscribed group to operate anywhere in this state.\n\n\u201cI am saying this again for emphasis that there is no way police will allow a proscribed group to participate in the burial of the king and queen of Afaraukwu simply because they are the parents of their acclaimed leader, we will not allow that and we cannot take anything for granted in the face of abundant intelligence on threat by IPOB.\u201d\n\nThe CP said members can attend the event individually, but that the police would react if IPOB flag, insignia or any form of identification is seen.", "sentence2": "Nnamdi Kanu, leader the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has hinted at not returning to Nigeria for his parents\u2019 funeral scheduled ...\n\n\n\n\n\nNnamdi Kanu, leader the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has hinted at not returning to Nigeria for his parents\u2019 funeral scheduled for Friday.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn a broadcast via London-based Radio Biafra at the weekend, the IPOB leader said he is monitoring developments on the event in Abia state from abroad.\n\n\n\n\n\nKanu also said the ceremony would be broadcast live.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe IPOB leader has been on the run since 2017 when soldiers raided his father\u2019s residence in Abia.\n\n\n\n\n\nIPOB was later declared a terrorist group, and a federal high court in Abuja, where Kanu was being tried for alleged treason, ordered his arrest after he jumped bail.\n\n\n\n\n\nReacting to the police\u2019 statement that they would disrupt the burial ceremony if IPOB members attend the event, Kanu said the \u201cwhole world will be watching\u201d on that day.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cInstead of them to be remorseful for causing the death of my father and mother, all they are saying is we will come and shoot at people that attend the burial,\u201d he said.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cThey should come and shoot; our CCTV is there live\u2026 so that when it starts, they won\u2019t deny it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cIt will be relayed live so that when our people\u2019s madness starts, they won\u2019t go back to propaganda and say, \u2018it is secession, they are trying to secede.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\nEne Okon, Abia commissioner of police, had said the funeral of Eze Kanu and his wife, king and queen of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community), would not take place with the presence of IPOB members.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cI have already reached out to the traditional prime minister of Afaraukwu (Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s community) and told him that if they want the burial to go smoothly and for police to give them security, they should tell IPOB not to near the area not to talk of participating in the burial,\u201d the commissioner said."}
+{"id": "1625050173_1625536745", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Snapchat on Wednesday became the latest social network moving to curb the reach of US President Donald Trump, claiming the president has been inciting \"racial violence.\"\n\nThe youth-focused social network said it would no longer promote Trump on its Discover platform for recommended content.\n\n\"We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover,\" a statement from Snapchat said.\n\nThe move came days after Twitter took an unprecedented stand by hiding a Trump post it said promoted violence, heating up the White House war with Silicon Valley and social media.\n\nparent Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel over the weekend sent a lengthy memo to employees condemning what he saw as a legacy of racial injustice and violence in the US.\n\nSnapchat will not promote accounts in the US that are linked to people who incite racial violence on or off the messaging platform, according Spiegel.\n\n\"Every minute we are silent in the face of evil and wrongdoing we are acting in support of evildoers,\" Spiegel wrote as companies responded to the outrage over the police killing of a black man in Minnesota.\n\n\"I am heartbroken and enraged by the treatment of black people and people of color in America.\"\n\nThe Discover feature at Snapchat is a curated platform on which the California-based company gets to decide what it recommends to users.\n\nTrump's account remains on the platform, it will just no longer be recommended viewing, according to Snapchat.\n\n\"We will make it clear with our actions that there is no gray area when it comes to racism, violence, and injustice -- and we will not promote it, nor those who support it, on our platform,\" Spiegel said in the memo.\n\nSnapchat is particularly popular with young internet users, claiming that about half of the US \"Generation Z\" population tapping into news through its Discover feature.\n\n\"There are plenty of debates to be had about the future of our country and the world,\" Spiegel said.\n\n\"But there is simply no room for debate in our country about the value of human life and the importance of a constant struggle for freedom, equality, and justice.\"\n\nTrump campaign manager Brad Parscale denounced the move, saying that \"Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.\"\n\nParscale said in a statement: \"Snapchat hates that so many of their users watch the president's content and so they are actively engaging in voter suppression... If you're a conservative, they do not want to hear from you, they do not want you to vote. They view you as a deplorable and they do not want you to exist on their platform.\"\n\nThe move by Twitter last week prompted an angry response by Trump, who within days signed an executive order calling for heightened government oversight of social platforms.\n\nTrump accuses the platforms of \"censorship\" and limiting \"free speech,\" but his critics say the president has distorted the interpretation of those terms and is himself seeking to regulate online content.\n\nIn contrast to Twitter and Snapchat, Facebook has defended his decision not to interfere with posts by Trump.\n\nFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated his position in a call with employees this week, according to reports, despite criticism of the Facebook policy by civil rights activists.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt stop to traditional US political means of courting young voters -- forcing presidential candidates to turn to Snapchat instead.\n\nThe photo-sending app that boasts 229 million users -- better known for filters that turn your face into a puppy or a vampire -- is a new battlefield for opponents Trump and Biden, both of whom are in their 70s.\n\nLast month, Ken Farnaso, the Trump campaign deputy press secretary, told AFP that Snapchat was an important element of the re-election effort and that the Republican was ahead of Biden on the platform.\n\n\"It's clear that we're wiping the floor with Biden's campaign,\" Farnaso said of the Snapchat effort.\n\nCopyright AFP. All rights reserved.", "sentence2": "NEW YORK: New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country.\n\nPortions of the incident were captured on video by videojournalist Robert Bumsted, who was working with photographer Maye-E Wong to document the protests in lower Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.\n\nThe video shows more than a half-dozen officers confronting the journalists as they filmed and took photographs of police ordering protesters to leave the area near Fulton and Broadway shortly after an 8 p.m. curfew took effect.\n\nAn officer, using an expletive, orders them to go home. Bumsted is heard on video explaining the press are considered \u201cessential workers\u201d and are allowed to be on the streets. An officer responds \u201cI don\u2019t give a s\u2014 -.\u201d Another tells Bumsted \u201cget the f\u2014 \u2014 out of here you piece of s\u2014 -.\u201d\n\nBumsted and Wong said officers shoved them, separating them from each other and pushing them toward Bumsted\u2019s car, which was parked nearby. At one point Bumsted said he was pinned against his car. He is heard on video telling the officer that Wong has his keys and he needs them to leave the area. Officers then allowed Wong to approach and the two got in the vehicle and left.\n\nOpinion This section contains relevant reference points, placed in (Opinion field)\n\nBoth journalists were wearing AP identification and identified themselves as media.\n\n\u201cThey didn\u2019t care,\u201d Wong said. \u201cThey were just shoving me.\u201d\n\nNYPD officials said they would \u201creview this as soon as possible.\u201d\n\nJournalists have faced aggressive police and protesters during demonstrations across the US over the killing of Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a white officer pressed his knee on Floyd\u2019s neck.\n\nPolice in Louisville, Kentucky, apologized after an officer fired what appeared to be pepper bullets at a TV news crew, and a journalist in Minneapolis was shot by a rubber bullet.\n\nJournalists have faced other risks while covering the unrest, in addition to dealing with aggression from police. In South Carolina, a television news reporter was hit in the head by a thrown rock and outside the White House, a Fox News reporter was chased and pummeled by protesters. Someone grabbed the reporter\u2019s microphone and threw it at his back, and a Fox News photographer\u2019s camera was smashed.\n\nIn Atlanta, demonstrators who fought with police and set cars on fire also broke windows and scrawled obscene graffiti at CNN headquarters.\n\nAP spokeswoman Lauren Easton criticized the officers\u2019 actions Tuesday, which occurred as thousands of people in New York were defying a curfew put in place following several nights of violence and destruction. Journalists covering the story are exempt from the curfew.\n\n\u201cThe role of journalists is to report the news on behalf of the public,\u201d Easton said. \u201cIt is unacceptable and deeply troubling when journalists are harassed simply for doing their job.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1519214426_1514668228", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "What the New Hampshire results mean for Democratic contenders Senator Bernie Sanders came out on top in the New Hampshire primary, but former mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar weren't far behind. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN AM with more on what these results mean as the race to the White House heats up.", "sentence2": "Buttigieg, Sanders in virtual tie as final Iowa caucus results come in With 100% of results finally reported, Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders are essentially tied at the top of the Iowa caucuses. This comes as the Democratic candidates prepare for the New Hampshire debate Friday night. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN AM with the latest from the campaign trail."}
+{"id": "1620631185_1620846331", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Senior Conservative MPs are reportedly urging Boris Johnson to change the two metre social distancing rule to one-and-a-half metres to prevent large-scale redundancies.\n\nWhile the Prime Minister spoke this week in favour of the two-metre gap, The Daily Telegraph said concerns are building that thousands of hospitality industry workers who have so far been unable to return to work could be laid off unless the rule is relaxed immediately.\n\nGreg Clark, chairman of the Commons Science Committee and the former business secretary, has reportedly written to Mr Johnson urging him to relax the rule in light of new evidence.\n\n\u201cThe difference between two metres and 1.5 metres may seem small but it can be the difference between people being able to go to work and losing their jobs,\u201d Mr Clark told the paper.\n\nFormer Brexit secretary David Davis said alterations to the Government-backed furlough scheme should be implemented \u201cin-step\u201d with a relaxation of the two-metre rule.\n\nHe said some firms would be unfairly disadvantaged if they had to remain shut due to the two-metre rule while being forced to start paying towards staff costs again under changes to the furlough plan.\n\n\u201cWhat will happen is that they will shut, meaning the furlough money is wasted, and there will be no tax revenue from that business,\u201d Mr Davis was quoted as saying.\n\nThe Telegraph said Mr Clark cites in his letter a new paper from the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) which says it may be possible to \u201cenable distancing at less than two metres\u201d in certain areas, provided other Covid-19 control measures are implemented.\n\nHighlighting parts of the document which suggest droplet exposure and infection risk \u201cfall sharply at 1.5 metres\u201d, Mr Clark said the paper did not appear to \u201cestablish the need for a recommended distance of two metres\u201d.\n\nThe push to review the rule conflicts with the latest advice from the country\u2019s coronavirus experts on Thursday.\n\nBoris Johnson was standing by the two-metre rule on Thursday Credit: Kirsty O\u2019Connor/PA\n\nEngland\u2019s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and the Government\u2019s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggested two metres was still necessary as the risk of spreading the virus remained too great.\n\nSir Patrick said: \u201cIt\u2019s not an absolute (that) beyond two metres is safe and slightly less is not safe, there\u2019s a graduation across that, and so roughly at a metre it\u2019s somewhere between 10 and 30 times more risky than at two metres.\u201d\n\nProfessor Whitty said it was \u201creally important\u201d that people stayed two metres apart when meeting outside, adding they would not be counted as a contact, and therefore would not need to self-isolate if someone they met at a distance then developed coronavirus.\n\nGlobal coronavirus cases and deaths Credit: PA Graphics\n\nProf Whitty, who said keeping the distance would ensure the risk remained low, added: \u201cIf you do maintain two metres distance and the contacts you\u2019ve had turn out subsequently to have coronavirus, you will not be counted as a contact and you will not have to self-isolate.\n\n\u201cOn the other hand, if you don\u2019t, then if they get coronavirus then a) you might get it and b) because you might have got it, it\u2019s likely that you\u2019ll have to self-isolate.\u201d\n\nMr Johnson on Thursday agreed with his scientific advisers, saying: \u201cI must stress that to control the virus, everyone needs to stay alert, act responsibly, strictly observe social distancing rules, and stay two metres apart from those who you do not live with.\u201d", "sentence2": "Sage has reportedly produced a paper suggesting 1.5 metres could be enough to minimise risk (Picture: AP/GETTY)\n\nSenior Tory MPs are urging Boris Johnson to relax the two-metre rule to prevent job losses, it has been reported.\n\nConcerns have been raised that parts of the hospitality industry won\u2019t be able to get all staff back to work if the social distancing rule has to be observed.\n\nGreg Clark, chair of the Commons Science Committee, told the Daily Telegraph he had written to Mr Johnson in favour of a new 1.5-metre rule that could save thousands from redundancy.\n\nHe said: \u2018The difference between two metres and 1.5 metres may seem small but it can be the difference between people being able to go to work and losing their jobs.\u2019\n\nMr Clark highlighted a paper from the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) which he claimed indicated a \u2018sharp\u2019 fall in infection risk at 1.5 metres and does not appear to establish any need for a two-metre gap.\n\nThe paper said social distancing at less than two-metres can be workable in some areas provided workers stick to other virus control measures, he added.\n\nMeanwhile, former Brexit secretary David Davis told the newspaper that the government should relax the two-metre rule as it dilutes the furlough scheme.\n\nHe warned many firms would have to remain shut due to the rule while the amount the government contributes to the furlough scheme starts to taper off.\n\nCommons Science Committee chair Greg Clark said his recommendation was backed by research (Picture: AFP/GETTY IMAGES)\n\nHe said: \u2018What will happen is that they will shut, meaning the furlough money is wasted, and there will be no tax revenue from that business\u2019.\n\nNot all countries recommend social distancing at two metres. In France, for example, the government urges citizens to stay \u2018at least one metre\u2019 away from others.\n\nExperts heading up the government\u2019s response to Covid stressed the importance of the current rules on Thursday, although they did highlight grey areas in the science of social distancing.\n\nThe Government\u2019s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said: \u2018It\u2019s not an absolute (that) beyond two metres is safe and slightly less is not safe, there\u2019s a graduation across that, and so roughly at a metre it\u2019s somewhere between 10 and 30 times more risky than at two metres.\u2019\n\nEngland\u2019s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said that staying two metres apart when meeting someone outside would rule them out of being counted as a contact under the track & trace scheme \u2013 meaning one would not need to self-isolate if the other developed coronavirus.\n\nBoris Johnson added: \u2018I must stress that to control the virus, everyone needs to stay alert, act responsibly, strictly observe social distancing rules, and stay two metres apart from those who you do not live with.\u2019\n\nGet in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.\n\nFor more stories like this, check our news page."}
+{"id": "1625832093_1607981162", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Acting on a commitment to coordinate regional policies in response to COVID-19, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Delaware Governor John Carney today announced a multi-state agreement to reopen public and private beaches with certain restrictions in place effective, Friday, May 22. This approach will better align the states' policies ahead of the summer months.\n\n\"With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and warmer weather on the way, we want to make sure New Yorkers and residents of our neighboring states are able to safely enjoy outdoor recreational activities,\" Governor Cuomo said. \"We have been coordinating with other states throughout this entire pandemic, and we have worked on an agreement allowing beaches to be open with proper social distancing and other public health protections in place so we can begin establishing a new normal without jeopardizing the progress we've already made.\"\n\nGovernor Murphy said, \"A trip to the beach is a treasured past time for New Jerseyans on Memorial Day weekend just as it is for residents in our neighboring states. By aligning our social distancing policies for beaches, we can bring some semblance of a 'new normal' to our region ahead of the first weekend of the summer season.\"\n\nGovernor Lamont said, \"Our beaches are some of our most beautiful and treasured assets. We want to make sure they are enjoyed up and down the East Coast in the safest possible way, especially as the Summer Season begins. Working together as states to make sure they can be enjoyed responsibly makes sense.\"\n\nGovernor Carney said, \"Summer at the beach is a huge part of life for so many Delawareans. As we ease our way into a new normal, we're trying to find ways for Delawareans to safely to enjoy the outdoors and the company of their families.\"", "sentence2": "Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a multi-state agreement to reopen public and private beaches with certain restrictions in place effective, Friday, May 22.\n\nThis approach will better align the states' policies ahead of the summer months, said a press release from the governor\u2019s office.\n\nNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Delaware Governor John Carney made similar announcements in their states.\n\n\"With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and warmer weather on the way, we want to make sure New Yorkers and residents of our neighboring states are able to safely enjoy outdoor recreational activities,\" Governor Cuomo said.\n\n\"We have been coordinating with other states throughout this entire pandemic, and we have worked on an agreement allowing beaches to be open with proper social distancing and other public health protections in place so we can begin establishing a new normal without jeopardizing the progress we've already made.\""}
+{"id": "1569776830_1569662245", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Renville County Jail\n\nA Hector woman has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree manslaughter in connection to the killing of a 42-year-old Hector man, who was identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as Anthony Tebben.\n\nAccording to a criminal complaint, Tebben is believed to have been shot in the head by 35-year-old Elizabeth P. Lynch, of Hector. Lynch called 911 around 1 a.m. on March 26 and said she shot her boyfriend, claiming to have pointed the gun at him and unintentionally fired the weapon when she flinched.\n\nLaw enforcement arrived at the scene in Renville County and found Tebben on the floor, struggling to breath. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.\n\nSeveral children were upstairs in the home at the time of the incident. They were taken into protective custody by social services.\n\nLynch informed police that a day before the shooting Tebben threw a plate and broke it, so she bought the gun \u2013 a black semi-automatic handgun \u2013 because she was mad at him. She said she pointed the gun at Tebben when he became aggressive, alleging that there relationship had a history of domestic abuse.\n\nShe said the gun discharged when she flinched.\n\nThe complaint notes that Lynch said she was unfamiliar with how to use the gun and was not sure if it was loaded.\n\nThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Renville County Sheriff\u2019s Office are assisting the Hector Police Department with the investigation.", "sentence2": "Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot in a Renville County home allegedly by his girlfriend who claimed he had taunted her that she wouldn't pull the trigger.\n\nAnthony Tebben, 42, of Hector, died on March 26 at HCMC in Minneapolis from a gunshot to the head earlier that day, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.\n\nElizabeth P. Lynch, 35, also of Hector, was charged in District Court with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Lynch remains jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail ahead of her next court appearance on April 24.\n\nAccording to the criminal complaint:\n\nLynch called 911 about 1 a.m. and said she shot her boyfriend. She told police that she aimed the handgun at Tebben, unsure whether it was loaded and it fired when she flinched.\n\nSeveral children were in the home upstairs at the time.\n\nElizabeth Lynch Credit: Renville County jail\n\nLynch later told police that she bought the gun a day earlier after getting mad that Tebben threw a plate and broke it.\n\nShe said she aimed the gun at Tebben when he came at her aggressively. She said there had been domestic abuse in their relationship.\n\nHe responded that she wouldn't shoot him, Lynch said. The gun discharged, Lynch explained, because she flinched and was unfamiliar with how to use the weapon."}
+{"id": "1592160843_1591967730", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "US President Donald Trump and Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. (Reuters Photo: Peter Nicholls)\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to stand in solidarity with the United States in its struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and as it recovers from the outbreak.\n\nIn a letter sent to President Donald Trump Erdogan also said he was following with appreciation the American leaders efforts to control the outbreak.\n\nThe letter was sent Tuesday along with a planeload of personal protective equipment that Turkey donated to the US It was made public on Wednesday.\n\nErdogan wrote, \u201cI am very pleased to observe that thanks to your measures America has taken the first steps towards normalization by achieving a downward trend in the number of new cases.\n\n\u201cYou can be sure as a reliable and strong partner of the US we will continue to demonstrate solidarity in every way possible,\u201d Erdogan wrote.\n\nTurkey sent 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, 2,000 liters 528 gallons of disinfectant, 1,500 goggles, 400 N95 masks and 500 face shields. Turkey has sent similar medical equipment aid to a total of 55 countries \u2014 including Britain Italy and Spain.\n\nErdogan and Trump have maintained a close personal relationship despite a series of differences between Ankara and Washington including policy on Syria and Turkeys decision to purchase the S400 Russian missile defense system that the US says poses a threat to its F35 stealth fighter jets and to NATO.\n\nThe US removed Turkey from the fighter jet program and has threatened sanctions if the Russian system is deployed.", "sentence2": "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to stand in solidarity with the United States in its struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and as it recovers from the outbreak.\n\nIn a letter sent to Donald Trump, Erdogan also said he was following with appreciation the US president's efforts to control the outbreak.\n\nThe letter was sent Tuesday along with a planeload of personal protective equipment that Turkey donated to the United States. It was made public on Wednesday.\n\nErdogan wrote: I am very pleased to observe that, thanks to your measures, America has taken the first steps towards normalization by achieving a downward trend in the number of new cases.\n\nYou can be sure, as a reliable and strong partner of the US, we will continue to demonstrate solidarity in every way possible, Erdogan wrote.\n\nTurkey sent 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, 2,000 liters (528 gallons) of disinfectant, 1,500 goggles, 400 N-95 masks and 500 face shields. Turkey has sent similar medical equipment aid to a total of 55 countries including Britain, Italy and Spain.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
+{"id": "1502463250_1505469635", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "As an angry Donald Trump tweeted at a record-setting pace, US senators involved in his impeachment trial struggled to stay awake and stay quiet during a marathon session as the Democrats made their case to remove the US president from office and try establish the rules for the trail.\n\nA number of relatively arcane laws mean Senators are meant to stay quiet and are not allowed to speak to each other during proceedings.\n\nTechnically, the only drink allowed to be consumed on the floor of the chamber is water, but allowances have been made for milk, sending social media into overdrive as to why one senator was reportedly seen drinking milk during the trial.\n\nCan anyone explain to me why senators during the impeachment are only allowed to drink water or milk? This may be one of the strangest things I've ever seen... \u2014 Doug Black Jr (@dougblackjr) January 22, 2020\n\nBut behind closed doors - where the media is not allowed - senators have been flouting the quaint guidelines of the chamber that typically prizes decorum.\n\nGum-chewing, snacking, yawning and alleged napping could be seen throughout the cramped chamber, the Associated Press reported.\n\nSenators were especially restless Wednesday, local time, as lawmakers convened less than 12 hours after the marathon session that stretched to nearly 2 am.\n\nA number of senators were seen resting their eyes, dozing and appearing to take brief naps, according to CNN and the Associated Press.\n\nA cartoonist for the New York Times observing the proceedings even managed to sketch Republican senator James Risch dozing off.\n\nOthers, meanwhile, were seen passing notes and doing crosswords while senators were speaking.\n\nNYT has a sketch artist covering impeachment, catching moments like Sen. Risch sleeping https://t.co/kXf9Voi0Og pic.twitter.com/fH5fee7In4 \u2014 Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) January 22, 2020\n\nChief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the affair, admonished senators as tensions rose on Wednesday, local time, reminding those gathered it is the \u201cworld\u2019s greatest deliberative body,\u201d functioning, for now, as a court of impeachment.\n\nStory continues\n\nIt has a tradition of civility \u2014 and for rare impeachment trials, specific rules: No coffee or snacking on the floor. No pacing, note-passing, working on other matters or chit-chat. It\u2019s all designed to focus the senator-jurors on the issues at hand. So napping is not, in theory, part of the plan.\n\nA number of senators also left the chamber during the opening days, some to conduct lengthy TV interviews, leaving a number of seats empty, AP reported.\n\n9- As the night wore on, senators were restless. Some walked to the back of the chamber and stretched. Sen. Gillibrand took off her heels, sighed then wrapped herself in a red blanket at her desk. Both her &McConnell started to doze off before jolting themselves back awake \u2014 Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) January 22, 2020\n\n\u2018Its not fantasy football\u2019\n\nIn the opening two days of proceedings, the two sides have been wrangling over rules for the trial and who will be allowed to testify.\n\nRepublicans shot down, one by one, Democratic efforts to get Trump aides to testify, including former national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.\n\nBolton has referred to the White House's alleged political pressure on Ukraine as a \"drug deal\", according to previous witness testimony in the House of Representatives.\n\nTrump returns to the White House Wednesday, local time, after attending Davos. Source: AAP\n\nTrump is charged with abusing his power by trying to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival and leading Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden.\n\nThe Republican-controlled US Senate has voted on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard.\n\nTrump\u2019s Republican allies in the Senate say the son of Joe Biden, Hunter, should testify after Trump accused the former vice president of pursuing his son's interests by pressuring Ukraine to oust a prosecutor that had scrutinised a Ukrainian gas company. No evidence of wrongdoing by Biden has emerged.\n\nTop Democrat Chuck Schumer hosed down the idea of a witness trade, telling reporters during a break in the trial \u201cthat trade is not on the table\u201d.\n\n\u201cThis isn't like some fantasy football trade,\u201d he said. \u201cTrials aren't trades for witnesses.\u201d\n\nSenator Adam Schiff and feloow Democrats talk to reporters before the second day of the Senate impeachment trial. Source: Getty\n\nDemocrats will continue their arguments through Friday under rules approved by the Senate.\n\nTrump's lawyers will then have up to three days to rebut the Democrats' case, likely starting from Saturday.\n\nThe lead Democratic prosecutor and California congressman Adam Schiff, urged Republicans to vote to remove Mr Trump from office to \"protect our democracy\".\n\n\"President Trump solicited foreign interference in our democratic elections, abusing the power of his office to seek help abroad to improve his re-election prospects at home,\" he said overnight.\n\n\u2014 With AP\n\nDo you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@yahoonews.com.\n\nYou can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and download the Yahoo News app from the App Store or Google Play.", "sentence2": "President Trump told his national security advisor he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it launched political investigations into his Democratic rivals, according to John Bolton\u2019s description of their exchange in drafts of his forthcoming book, the New York Times reported Sunday.\n\nThe revelation challenges the defense offered by Trump and his attorneys in his Senate impeachment trial and raises the stakes as the chamber decided this week whether to seek sworn testimony from Bolton and other witnesses. Bolton, who acrimoniously left the White House a day before Trump ultimately released the Ukraine aid on Sept. 11, has already told lawmakers that he is willing to testify, despite the president\u2019s order barring aides from cooperating in the investigation.\n\nDemocrats need at least four Republicans to vote with them to seek witness testimony. Those prospects looked unlikely in recent days and it\u2019s unclear if the new revelations about Bolton\u2019s book will sway any GOP senators.\n\nDemocrats quickly sought to ramp up the pressure on their Republican counterparts.\n\n\u201cJohn Bolton has the evidence,\u201d tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. \u201cIt\u2019s up to four Senate Republicans to ensure that John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, and the others with direct knowledge of President Trump\u2019s actions testify in the Senate trial.\u201d\n\nThe Associated Press has not confirmed the content of Bolton\u2019s book. A person familiar with the matter told the AP the draft had been submitted to the White House for pre-publication review, which is standard for the work of former officials with security clearances. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss the sensitive subject.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nDemocrats accuse Trump of abusing his power in withholding the military assistance to Ukraine to push that country to mount investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukraine gas company, Burisma, while his father was in office.\n\nOn Saturday, the president\u2019s attorneys said during their opening day of defense arguments that there was no evidence that Trump made the military aid contingent on the country announcing an investigation into Biden.\n\nTrump on Wednesday told reporters in Davos, Switzerland, that he didn\u2019t want Bolton to testify before the Senate.\n\n\u201cThe problem with John is it\u2019s a national security problem,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe knows some of my thoughts. He knows what I think about leaders. What happens if he reveals what I think about a certain leader and it\u2019s not very positive and then I have to deal on behalf of the country?\u201d\n\nHe added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very hard. It\u2019s going to make the job very hard.\u201d"}
+{"id": "1610314419_1606971385", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Google last week said that this summer Chrome will remove resource-hogging web advertisements from websites, including ads that mask unauthorized crypto-mining operations.\n\nArguing that a very small number of online ads - three-tenths of a percentage point of all on the web - disproportionately account for major portions of total network and CPU consumption, Google plans to scrub sites of such ads starting with a Stable build of Chrome near the end of August.\n\nChrome 85 is scheduled to release on Aug. 25, and would be the most likely version to debut the feature.\n\n\"These ads (such as those that mine cryptocurrency, are poorly programmed, or are unoptimized for network usage) can drain battery life, saturate already strained networks, and cost money,\" Marshall Vale, a Chrome product manager, wrote in a May 14 post to the Chromium blog.\n\nWhen Chrome detects one of the \u00fcber-aggressive ads, the browser will unload the content from the ad's frame - the portion of the page in which it's displayed - and refill the space with an error message stating \"Ad removed,\" along with a link to more information.\n\nAfter copious measurements, Google decided to strip out any ad that consumed 4MB of network data, used the CPU during half of any 30-second span or tallied a total of 60 seconds of CPU usage. Those bars were so high that they affected only 0.3% of all ads, but, Google contended, such ads accounted for 27% of all ad-generated network traffic and 28% of all ad-related CPU usage.\n\nOther browsers have addressed bad actors, including crypto-miners, using different approaches. Mozilla's Firefox, for example, blocks crypto-miners by targeting domains known to harbor such scripts. (Mozilla relies on domain lists produced by Disconnect.) It's not surprising that Google took a metrics-based route here; it typically bases decisions, or says it does, on data collected by Chrome and/or its search engine.\n\nChrome users can try out this \"Heavy Ad\" detection and removal prior to version 85 via the chrome://flags option page. Set the Heavy Ad Intervention flag (which also goes by #enable-heavy-ad-intervention) to Enabled and relaunch the browser.\n\nSite developers and ad content creators should use the time between now and late August to test and, if necessary, alter first-party advertisements, Google said. \"Our intent with this extended rollout is to give appropriate time for ad creators and tool providers to prepare and incorporate these thresholds into their workflows,\" said Vale.\n\nDetailed instructions on how to track removed ads using an API as well as how to test the resource usage of ad content were provided in this support document.", "sentence2": "AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.\n\nGoogle plans to implement new limitations in its Chrome web browser after discovering certain ads overuse CPU and data resources, costing users device battery life and money.\n\nAnnounced in a post to the Chromium blog on Thursday, Google's restrictions target ads that \"consume a disproportionate share of device resources\" without user knowledge.\n\nChrome Product Manager Marshall Vale says a future update to Chrome will limit the resources poorly coded ads like cryptocurrency miners have access to before user interaction. Initially, Chrome is setting restriction thresholds to 4MB of network data or 14 seconds of CPU usage in a 30-second period. Alternatively, ads will be limited after 60 seconds of total CPU usage.\n\nAn ad frame will be redirected to an error page if it reaches one of the above thresholds, with the page informing users that said ad used too many resources and was therefore removed from active display.\n\nAccording to in-house measurements, only 0.3% of current ads exceed the stipulated thresholds. Still, those ads account for 27% of network data used and 28% of all ad CPU usage on Chrome. The figures underscore the need for intervention.\n\nAd creators can view Chrome's access reports to see which ads were unloaded due to the new restrictions and make necessary adjustments."}
+{"id": "1627308116_1626791129", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Meghan Markle's son Archie picking up a few words, gets excited to see Prince Harry\n\nMeghan Markle and Prince Harry's 12-month-old baby, Archie, has picked up on a few words, out of which his favourite are: 'Mama, dada, book and dog.'\n\n\n\nAccording to a source quoted by Us Weekly, \"He\u2019s saying a few words, like \u2018Dada,\u2019 \u2018Mama,\u2019 \u2018book,\u2019 and \u2018dog. He loves playing hide-and-seek and using building blocks.\u201d\n\nThe adorable muchkin is achieving his milestones around his parents in LA.\n\n\u201cHe\u2019s a strong baby and you can tell he\u2019s super smart,\u201d an insider told the outlet in November 2019. \u201cHe can sit up without support and roll over, and he\u2019s almost crawling. He can\u2019t talk yet, but he\u2019s trying!\u201d\n\nPredicting that Archie's first word might be Dada, the source had added, \u201cWhen Harry walks into the room, Archie gets so excited, he puts his arms out \u2014 his way of saying, \u2018Pick me up!\u2019 You can tell Archie\u2019s going to be a social butterfly. He\u2019s at his happiest when he\u2019s around people.\u201d\n\nThe \u201chappy baby \u2026 rarely cries He takes a keen interest in his surroundings and is already engaging and interacting with people. He loves to be entertained. And he isn\u2019t a needy baby \u2014 he\u2019ll happily go to Harry and Meghan\u2019s friends without kicking up a fuss,\" it said.\n\nMeghan and Harry welcomed their baby in May 2019.", "sentence2": "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are both passionate activists, not least because of the world in which they want their baby son Archie to grow up. At 12 months old, Archie is getting bigger every day and growing into a toddler with likes and dislikes, favorite songs and books and colors, and a whole little internal world. While it seems like just yesterday that Meghan was refusing to pose on church steps with newborn Archie (iconic), the truth is that baby Archie isn\u2019t such a baby anymore. In fact, this royal tot is even talking now \u2014 and his first words to Meghan and Harry prove Archie\u2019s got everything he needs at home.\n\nA source close to the couple told Us Weekly that Archie started talking while the Sussexes have been staying in LA. \u201cHe\u2019s saying a few words, like \u2018Dada,\u2019 \u2018Mama,\u2019 \u2018book,\u2019 and \u2018dog,'\u201d says the source \u2014 all of which make perfect sense. After all, it\u2019s well-known that Archie is \u201cbest friends\u201d with Meghan and Harry\u2019s two dogs, Guy the beagle and a black Labrador.\n\nIt seems Archie\u2019s an avid reader too (well, listener). For his birthday, mom Meghan read him one of his favorites, Duck! Rabbit!, and the source reveals he\u2019s picking up some new hobbies too: \u201cHe loves playing hide-and-seek and using building blocks.\u201d\n\nHe\u2019s growing up so fast \u2014 and we\u2019re sure Meghan and Harry feel the same way. Given his incredible, history-making parents, Archie has a bright future. Those building blocks are just the beginning.\n\nClick here for an inside look at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\u2019s relationship."}
+{"id": "1620564259_1620653066", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "The Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder Friday as authorities declared a curfew after three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames.\n\nDerek Chauvin, the white officer filmed kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd for nearly nine minutes, was charged with one count of third degree murder \u2014 unintentionally causing a death \u2014 and one count of negligent manslaughter.\n\n\u201cThis case is now ready, and we have charged it,\u201d said county prosecutor Mike Freeman amid outrage over the latest death of an African American in police custody.\n\nRelatives of the 46-year-old Floyd \u2014 who spoke Friday with President Donald Trump \u2014 welcomed news of the arrest as a \u201cstep on the road to justice,\u201d but said they hoped for tougher charges and action against the other officers involved in Floyd\u2019s detention and death.\n\nFreeman said the three other officers were also under investigation, and that he anticipated charges. All four officers were fired from the police department Tuesday after video surfaced of Monday\u2019s arrest.\n\nTroops deployed\n\nThe announcement of charges came hours after hundreds of troops were deployed to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul to try to prevent a fourth night of violent protests.\n\nScores of buildings have been burned and looted across the so-called Twin Cities, including a police station associated with the four officers.\n\nMayor Jacob Frey declared a night-long curfew Friday and Saturday as protesters began to appear on the streets in Minneapolis and St. Paul again Friday afternoon.\n\nSome chanted \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d \u2014 Floyd\u2019s words as Chauvin\u2019s knee pressed on his neck.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t care about this,\u201d said one African-American demonstrator, indicating the burned-out buildings.\n\n\u201cIf this is what it takes, we\u2019re willing to do more. You\u2019all were already killing us, when we weren\u2019t doing anything. \u2026 Let\u2019s hope it makes a change,\u201d he told AFP, without giving his name.\n\nPolice were out in force in other cities as protests took place in other cities including New York, Washington, Atlanta, Houston and Portland, hoping to prevent recurrences of the violence that hit Minneapolis.\n\nCharges criticized\n\nFloyd\u2019s family issued a statement acknowledging Chauvin\u2019s arrest, but calling the charges against him insufficient.\n\n\u201cWe want a first degree murder charge. And we want to see the other officers arrested,\u201d they said in a statement.\n\n\u201cThe pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and is spilling out onto streets across America.\u201d\n\nThe third degree charge though reflected the official autopsy saying that even though Chauvin held his knee to Floyd\u2019s neck for two minutes and 53 seconds after he became \u201cnon-responsive,\u201d Floyd did not die of asphyxiation or strangulation.\n\n\u201cMr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease,\u201d the charging document said.\n\n\u201cThe combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions, and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.\u201d\n\n\u2018This shouldn\u2019t be normal\u2019\n\nAfter beginning the day attacking the protesters as \u201cthugs\u201d and threatening to send in federal troops to deal harshly with them, Trump shifted tone later on Friday, announcing he had called Floyd\u2019s family to express his \u201csorrow.\u201d\n\n\u201cI understand the hurt, I understand the pain. People have really been through a lot. The family of George is entitled to justice and the people of Minnesota are entitled to live in safety,\u201d he said.\n\nFormer president Barack Obama said in a statement that he shared the \u201canguish\u201d of millions of Americans over Floyd\u2019s death.\n\n\u201cWe have to remember that for millions of Americans, being treated differently on account of race is tragically, painfully, maddeningly \u2018normal\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be \u2018normal\u2019 in 2020 America.\u201d\n\nObama\u2019s former vice president Joe Biden, who is running for president, also spoke to Floyd\u2019s family.\n\nHe called for justice and said it was time to heal the \u201copen wound\u201d of systemic racism in the United States.", "sentence2": "US cop gets murder charge over death of African-American\n\nA Minneapolis policeman accused of killing unarmed African-American George Floyd by kneeling on his neck was taken into custody Friday and charged with third-degree murder, officials said.\n\nDerek Chauvin is one of four officers who were fired shortly after an explosive video emerged showing a handcuffed Floyd lying on the street as an officer identified as Chauvin pinned his knee to Floyd\u2019s neck for at least five minutes on Monday.\n\nThe death of the 46-year-old Floyd has sparked days of sometimes violent demonstrations in Minneapolis and other US cities over police brutality against African-Americans.\n\nSo far, hundreds of shops have been damaged and a police station set on fire.\n\n\u201cFormer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is in custody,\u201d Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman told reporters.\n\n\u201cChauvin has been charged\u2026 with murder and with manslaughter,\u201d he added, specifying to reporters that the charge was third-degree murder.\n\nUS Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota applauded Chauvin\u2019s arrest, calling it \u201cthe first step towards justice.\u201d\n\nIn the graphic video footage, Floyd is seen saying that he can not breathe. Eventually, he went silent and limp, and he was later declared dead.\n\nProtests swelled after federal authorities said Thursday that they were making the case a top priority but announced no arrests at that time.\n\nOvernight, demonstrators broke through law enforcement barriers to overtake the Minneapolis police station where the four officers blamed for Floyd\u2019s death were based.\n\nA fire broke out and soon became an inferno that engulfed the structure.\n\nMinnesota\u2019s national guard announced that 500 troops were being deployed Friday for peacekeeping amid signs that the anger was nowhere near dissipating.\n\nPresident Donald Trump blasted local officials and labelled the protesters \u201cthugs,\u201d threatening a harsh crackdown.\n\n\u201cThese THUGS are dishonouring the memory of George Floyd, and I won\u2019t let that happen,\u201d Trump tweeted.\n\n\u201cJust spoke to (Minnesota) Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.\u201d\n\nTwitter concealed that tweet, saying it violated its policy on glorifying violence.\n\nFormer President Barack Obama said Friday he shared the \u201canguish\u201d of millions of Americans over Floyd\u2019s death and that racism cannot be \u201cnormal\u201d in the United States.\n\n\u201cIt can\u2019t be \u2018normal,\u2019\u201d Obama, the first black US president, said in a statement.\n\n\u201cIf we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must do better.\u201d \u2013 AFP."}
+{"id": "1522673432_1522373983", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "QNA/Nur-Sultan\n\nThe Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin met on Saturday with HE the Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Ahmed al-Kuwari, on the sidelines of the 5th Qatari and Kazakh High-Level Joint Committee, which concluded its meetings in Nur-Sultan.\n\nThe meeting dealt with enhancing bilateral co-operation in the commerce, investment, and industrial fields.\n\nAl-Kuwari also met separately with Minister of National Economy of Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov; governor of Astana International Financial Centre Dr Kairat Kelimbetov; Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov.\n\nThe meetings focused bilateral co-operation, reviewing developments of the Qatari economy in recent years, investment opportunities in all fields, investment incentives and legislations adopted by Qatar which included the law regulating foreign investment in the economy, in addition to the initiatives launched to support the private sector and increase foreign direct investments.", "sentence2": "(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Nur-Sultan: Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H E Askar Mamin met Saturday with Minister of Commerce and Industry H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, on the sidelines of the 5th Qatari and Kazakh High-Level Joint Committee, which concluded its meetings in Nur-Sultan. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations and facets of bilateral cooperation in the commerce, investment, and industrial fields. The two sides also discussed means to enhance ties.\n\nH E the Minister of Commerce and Industry also met separately with Minister of National Economy of Republic of Kazakhstan, H E Ruslan Dalenov, Governor of Astana International Financial Centre, H E Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Minister of Trade and Integration, H E Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan, H E Beibut Atamkulov.\n\nThe meetings dealt with reviewing bilateral cooperation, reviewing developments of the Qatari economy in recent years, investment opportunities in all fields, investment incentives and legislations adopted by the State which included a law regulating foreign investment in the economy, in addition to the initiatives launched to support the private sector and increase foreign direct investment."}
+{"id": "1533545806_1534380050", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d and hosted her own daytime talk show in Chicago for 33 years, has died. She was 91.\n\nBell died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, according to Eva Basler, a spokeswoman for the family and their company Bell-Phillip Television Productions.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n\u201cOur mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother,\u201d her family said in a statement. \u201cGracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously.\u201d\n\nBell and her husband William J. Bell co-created two of daytime television\u2019s most successful and enduring dramas. \u201cY&R\u201d has been on the air since 1973, while \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d will mark its 33rd anniversary in March.\n\nBorn in Chicago on June 9, 1928, Bell began her career as a broadcast journalist in her hometown, where she hosted and produced her eponymous daytime talk show from 1953-1986 on WBBM-TV, the local CBS affiliate. She explored timely social issues and concerns, while also interviewing Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, Judy Garland, Clint Eastwood, Oprah Winfrey, Lucille Ball and the Beatles and Rolling Stones. She won 16 regional Emmy Awards for her show.\n\nBell also produced and narrated several award-winning specials and documentaries on such topics as foster children, rape and divorce.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBell won a Daytime Emmy award for outstanding drama series for \u201cY&R\u201d in 1975. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Daytime Emmys in 2007.\n\nHer husband died in 2005. She is survived by her sons William and Bradley and daughter Lauralee Bell Martin, who appears on \u201cY&R.\u201d William Bell is president and CEO of the family\u2019s production company. Bradley is executive producer and head writer for \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful.\u201d\n\nHer daughter-in-law, Colleen Bell, served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary during President Barack Obama\u2019s administration and is executive director of the California Film Commission. Another daughter-in-law, Maria Arena Bell, is a former head writer on \u201cY&R.\u201d Her other survivors are son-in-law Scott Martin and eight grandchildren.", "sentence2": "Lee Phillip Bell, a co-creator of two of daytime television\u2019s most successful and enduring soap operas, \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d died on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91.\n\nHer death was confirmed by Eva Basler, a spokeswoman for the Bell family\u2019s company, Bell-Phillip Television Productions.\n\nMs. Bell also hosted a daytime talk show in Chicago for more than three decades and as a broadcast journalist produced and narrated award-winning documentary specials.\n\nShe teamed up with her husband, William J. Bell, in creating \u201cThe Young and the Restless,\u201d which has been on the air since 1973, and \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d which celebrates its 33rd anniversary in March. The dramas have attracted millions of viewers while tackling difficult topics like incest, alcoholism and teen pregnancy."}
+{"id": "1518798266_1518780646", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "A firm owned by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve's son and wife was awarded a contract of digitisation of the city police's official records by the previous BJP government in Maharashtra, sources said on Wednesday.\n\nHowever, when Sanjay Barve was asked about it, he said the firm offered its services free of cost and there was no question of any financial gains to it.\n\nThe project of police records' digitisation was awarded to CrispQ Information Technologies Pvt Ltd for five years by the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government before the state Assembly polls were held in October last year, the sources said.\n\nThe company is owned by Barve's son Sumukh Barve and wife Sharmila Barve.\n\nThe firm sent a proposal on September 30, 2019 to the state government, offering its service \"pro bono\" (work undertaken voluntarily and without payment) to provide paperless office system to the Mumbai Police through a software called 'Notesheet Plus', an official said.\n\nA copy of the proposal was marked to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), he said.\n\nRecords, complaints and service documents of the Mumbai Police personnel were to be digitised with the help of the specified software, the official said.\n\nThe proposal was approved by the government as the company was going to do the work for free, and the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office was also directed to finalise the number of units and files for the digitisation work, the official said.\n\nHowever, the project did not start due to some technical issues, he added.\n\nWhen contacted, Sanjay Barve said, \"The company had offered its service 'pro bono' and it was for the benefit of the Mumbai Police.\"\n\nThe software, which was offered to be used by the company, is free and there is no question of any financial gains to the firm, he said.\n\nSanjay Barve is retiring from service on February 29.\n\nALSO READ | With people's blessings one can make comeback: Devendra Fadnavis\n\nALSO READ | Maharashtra to introduce bill to make learning Marathi till Class 10 compulsory\n\nALSO WATCH | Devendra Fadnavis denies snooping charges of Uddhav govt", "sentence2": "A firm owned by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve's son and wife was awarded a contract of digitisation of the city police's official records by the previous BJP government in Maharashtra, sources said on Wednesday.\n\nHowever, when Barve was asked about it, he said the firm offered its services free of cost and there was no question of any financial gains to it.\n\nThe project of police records' digitisation was awarded to CrispQ Information Technologies Pvt Ltd for five years by the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government before the state Assembly polls were held in October last year, the sources said.\n\nThe company is owned by Barve's son Sumukh Barve and wife Sharmila Barve.\n\nThe firm sent a proposal on September 30, 2019 to the state government, offering its service \"pro bono\" (work undertaken voluntarily and without payment) to provide paperless office system to the Mumbai Police through a software called 'Notesheet Plus', an official said.\n\nA copy of the proposal was marked to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), he said.\n\nRecords, complaints and service documents of the Mumbai Police personnel were to be digitised with the help of the specified software, the official said.\n\nThe proposal was approved by the government as the company was going to do the work for free, and the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office was also directed to finalise the number of units and files for the digitisation work, the official said.\n\nHowever, the project did not start due to some technical issues, he added.\n\nWhen contacted, Barve said, \"The company had offered its service 'pro bono' and it was for the benefit of the Mumbai Police.\"\n\n\n\nThe software, which was offered to be used by the company, is free and there is no question of any financial gains to the firm, he said.\n\nBarve is retiring from service on February 29.\n\n(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)"}
+{"id": "1581599703_1581458860", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMany more people may have been infected by the coronavirus than previously believed, a new study shows.\n\nA recent study tested the blood of 3,300 volunteers in Santa Clara County, Calif., and found that between 2.5 and 4 percent of them had the antibodies that show they\u2019ve recovered from COVID-19.\n\nIn a county the size of Santa Clara, where the population numbers 2 million, that rate of infection would mean between 48,000 and 81,000 people have fought off the virus \u2014 far more than the 1,000 who have officially tested positive there.\n\n\u201cOur findings suggest that there is somewhere between 50- and 80-fold more infections in our county than what\u2019s known by the number of cases than are reported by our department of public health,\u201d Dr. Eran Bendavid, the associate professor of medicine at Stanford University who led the study, said in an interview with ABC News.\n\nAntibody blood tests, also known as serology tests, analyze blood from a finger prick. The process differs from coronavirus tests that swab the nose and throat.\n\nThe results, while limited, back a popular belief among health experts that significantly more people have been infected than testing shows \u2014 due to some people being asymptomatic and to the country\u2019s limited testing capacity.\n\nDr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and ABC News contributor, cautioned that the results for the California county are not necessarily representative of the country\u2019s population \u2014 but he said the study is \u201cadding to this confirmation of what we\u2019ve expected, which is a much larger number of cases than we ever anticipated.\u201d\n\nA sweeping COVID-19 testing initiative on the Navy\u2019s coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, found that 60 percent of its sailors who tested positive were asymptomatic.\n\nBut the link between a positive coronavirus antibody test and immunity is not yet clear.\n\nThe World Health Organization cautioned Friday that it\u2019s not yet known whether having survived the deadly virus brings a universal immunity to reinfection.\n\n\u201cThese antibody tests will be able to measure that level of serology presence, that level of antibodies, but that does not mean that somebody with antibodies\u201d is immune, said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the WHO\u2019s emerging diseases unit.", "sentence2": "The results of an antibody test study including thousands of residents in California's Santa Clara County suggests that there have been tens of thousands more COVID-19 infections in the county than officially reported, according to ABC News.\n\nWhat the study found: The study tested 3,300 residents of Santa Clara County and found that between 2.5% and 4% of them tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, indicating that they had been infected in the past and had possibly developed immunity.\n\n\n\nFrom that result, researchers estimated that between 48,000 and 81,000 people in the county (population 2 million) have already gotten COVID-19. Currently, the county has officially recorded approximately 1,000 cases.\n\nWhat this could mean: This is just the latest data providing evidence that the coronavirus has spread far more broadly than we are able to confirm through COVID-19 tests, which are still scarce and typically only administered to those who are exhibiting symptoms.\n\n\"Our findings suggest that there is somewhere between 50- and 80-fold more infections in our county than what's known by the number of cases than are reported by our department of public health,\" Dr. Eran Bendavid, the associate professor of medicine at Stanford University who led the study, told ABC News' Diane Sawyer.\n\n\n\nOther considerations: With this study, it's important to note that the use of online ads to recruit participants in the study could have skewed the sample some.\n\n\n\nIt's also not clear what level of immunity people with the antibodies have, and how long it might last. Assuming the antibodies provide some level of immunity, however, this study also indicates that potentially 95% of the country has not been exposed to the virus and therefore has no immunity.\n\nAs states prepare to gradually ease social distancing mandates and allow public life to resume normally, a lack of immunity in the population creates a possibility of coronavirus outbreaks once people start gathering again.\n\n\"[W]hat that means for things like, are we going to wait for people to get infected to get antibodies in order for them to get back to work ... knowing that well upwards of 90% of the population doesn't have antibodies is going to make that a very difficult choice,\" Bendavid told ABC News."}
+{"id": "1596573403_1596354916", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Britain said on Monday that China had questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium had accused Beijing of a cover-up.\n\nThe U.S. has scaled up its rhetoric over Chinese culpability for the coronavirus in recent days, with U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, saying on Sunday there was evidence the disease emerged from a Chinese lab.\n\nWashington has so far presented no evidence publicly that the virus came from a lab, which Beijing strongly denies.\n\nThe Australian Telegraph reported the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence consortium had in a 15-page research dossier said China had deliberately suppressed or destroyed evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an \u201cassault on international transparency\u201d that cost tens of thousands of lives.\n\nThe Five Eyes group compises U.S., British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand intelligence services.\n\nBritish Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \u201cEvery day I get intelligence bulletins from our agencies around the world.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t comment on individual bulletins, what I have and haven\u2019t seen. That would be wrong.\u201d\n\nLoading...\n\nAsked if China had questions to answer over how quickly it made the world aware of the extent of the crisis, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \u201cI think it does.\u201d\n\n\u201cChina needs to be open and transparent about what it leant, its short comings but also its successes,\u201d Wallace said, adding that the time for a post mortem was after the outbreak.\n\nReuters has not seen the Five Eyes dossier and was unable to immediately verify the Australian Telegraph report.\n\nOne Western intelligence source said it was now widely accepted that China had not been fully transparent.\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus originated in a Chinese virology lab.\n\n\u201cVirus samples ordered destroyed at genomics labs, wildlife market stalls bleached, the genome sequence not shared publicly, the Shanghai lab closure for \u2018rectification\u2019,\u201d the Telegraph quoted the document as saying.\n\n\u201cAs we repeatedly point out, China has been fighting COVID-19 in an open, transparent and responsible manner,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular daily briefing on April 24.", "sentence2": "The U.K. has added to international pressure on China to answer questions over information it gave the world about the coronavirus outbreak but said the priority now is to beat the pandemic.\n\nAsked on Monday if China needed to explain how quickly it made the world aware of the extent of the virus, the U.K.'s defense minister said: \"I think it does.\"\n\n\"But I think the time for the post-mortem on this is after we've all got it under control and have come through it and our economies are back to normal,\" U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace told LBC Radio.\n\n\"Only by being open and transparent will we learn about it, and China needs to be open and transparent about what it learned, and its shortcomings, but also its successes,\" Wallace said.\n\nHis comments come after a barrage of U.S. criticism against China regarding its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and accusations that it was not transparent when it came to making the world aware.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has increasingly blamed China, and he repeated that accusation on Sunday, saying he believed that a \"mistake\" in China was the cause of the pandemic, though he did not present any evidence for the claim.\n\nSpeaking during a Fox News virtual town hall, Trump said, \"I think they made a horrible mistake and didn't want to admit it.\""}
+{"id": "1596418737_1595032489", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Not all hospitals around the UK are banning new fathers and visitors from the maternity rooms, although some have brought in heavy restrictions amid the lockdown\n\nWhy Boris Johnson was allowed at the birth of his baby with fiancee Carrie Symonds\n\nThe Prime Minister is said to have been able to be at his fiancee's side as she gave birth to their first child together despite the lockdown.\n\nDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, many hospitals are only allowing one birth partner for the duration of labour and delivery, while homebirth services have temporarily been suspended.\n\nBoris Johnson was able to be present at the birth just days after he was cleared to leave hospital after falling ill with Covid-19 himself - because the NHS hospital where his fiancee gave birth does allow dads to attend.\n\nAt some hospitals, fathers have been told not to attend pregnancy scans or maternity units, as hospitals bring in restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus\n\nHospitals are allowed to bring in their own rules, meaning some have been more strict than others about visitors in birthing rooms during lockdown.\n\nFollow our live blog for coronavirus news and updates\n\nImage: Twitter) Twitter)\n\nSome maternity units have brought in tight restrictions, as pregnant women are listed among the most vulnerable groups urged to take special precautions during the pandemic.\n\nThe couple's son has been named Wilfred Lawrence Nicholas Johnson, with his middle name a tribute to the St Thomas' Hospital doctors the PM credits with saving his life.\n\nWilfred was born elsewhere, at University College London Hospital (UCLH), where one person is allowed in to accompany women as they give birth during lockdown.\n\nImage: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)\n\nThe hospital's advice to expectant mothers says they will have to give birth in an isolation room if they have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nSome staff would wear personal protective equipment (PPE) if expectant mother has the virus, UCLH's advice says.\n\nThe 55-year-old leader's fiancee Carrie Symonds, 32, had already had to self-isolate with symptoms of the virus before she gave birth.\n\nWhile scientists are still working to understand Covid-19, many experts say it appears patients cannot be infected more than once.\n\nImage: 10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty) 10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty)\n\nResearchers are working on antibody tests that will be able to tell who has already had coronavirus in hopes working out who may already be immune can help Britain ease out of lockdown.\n\nAs Mr Johnson returned to the Downing Street helm last week, his partner and her baby were declared healthy and well after the birth.\n\nA delighted Ms Symonds posted a picture of herself on Instagram last week cradling her first child, saying she \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier\u201d and that her \u201cheart is full\u201d.\n\n\u201cIntroducing Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson born on 29.04.20 at 9am,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Wilfred after Boris\u2019 grandfather Lawrie after my grandfather Nicholas after Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart \u2013 the two doctors that saved Boris\u2019 life last month.\n\n\u201cThank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn\u2019t be happier. My heart is full.\u201d\n\nUCLH chief executive Professor Marcel Levi said: \u201cCongratulations to Carrie Symonds and prime minister Boris Johnson on the birth of their son. We wish them every happiness at this special time.\n\n\u201cI would like to thank the teams who cared for Carrie and her baby. They are an incredibly skilled, dedicated and compassionate group of professionals who put patients at the heart of everything they do.\n\n\"I am very proud of them and all our staff at UCLH who are working extremely hard in very difficult circumstances at the moment.\u201d", "sentence2": "Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds\n\nBoris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who helped save the Prime Minister\u2019s life.\n\nMs Symonds, 32, posted a picture of her cradling the newborn on Instagram on Saturday, saying she \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier\u201d and that her \u201cheart is full\u201d.\n\nShe praised the maternity team at University College Hospital in London, who she said \u201clooked after us so well\u201d.\n\nMs Symonds and Wilfred are understood to be back in Number 10 with Mr Johnson.\n\nThe couple announced on Wednesday that she had given birth to a baby boy earlier that day.\n\nIt came just weeks after Mr Johnson was discharged from intensive care where he had been battling coronavirus. Ms Symonds also suffered symptoms of the disease.\n\nShe wrote in her Instagram post: \u201cIntroducing Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson born on 29.04.20 at 9am.\n\n\u201cWilfred after Boris\u2019 grandfather, Lawrie after my grandfather, Nicholas after Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart \u2013 the two doctors that saved Boris\u2019 life last month.\n\n\u201cThank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn\u2019t be happier. My heart is full.\u201d\n\nMr Johnson, who is currently grappling with the Covid-19 crisis, is expected to take a \u201cshort period\u201d of paternity leave later in the year.\n\nThe new family are planning to live in their Downing Street flat along with their dog Dilyn, Downing Street has said.\n\nThe baby\u2019s first name is a tribute to Mr Johnson\u2019s paternal grandfather, Osman Wilfred Kemal, later Johnson, whose father, an interior minister of the Ottoman Empire, was killed in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. His mother, Winifred, died in childbirth.\n\nProfessor Marcel Levi, chief executive of University College London Hospital, congratulated the couple on the birth of their son.\n\nHe added: \u201cI would like to thank the teams who cared for Carrie and her baby. They are an incredibly skilled, dedicated and compassionate group of professionals who put patients at the heart of everything they do.\n\n\u201cI am very proud of them and all our staff at UCLH who are working extremely hard in very difficult circumstances at the moment.\u201d \u200b\n\nIn February, the couple announced they were expecting a baby in \u201cearly summer\u201d and that they had become engaged at the end of 2019.\n\nThey made history as the first unmarried couple to officially live together in Downing Street when they moved in last summer, after Mr Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership contest.\n\nThe new arrival is the third baby born to a serving prime minister in recent history.\n\nClapping again for our tremendous carers tonight and wishing hero @captaintommoore a very happy birthday. I also have another wonderful reason to thank the NHS this week too ? Thank you so, so much! ????????? \u2014 Carrie Symonds (@carriesymonds) April 30, 2020\n\nTony Blair\u2019s wife Cherie gave birth to son Leo in May 2000, three years after her husband\u2019s first election victory.\n\nDavid Cameron and wife Samantha welcomed daughter Florence in 2010.\n\nThe last babies born to prime ministers before Leo and Florence arrived more than 150 years ago.\n\nWilfred is Ms Symonds\u2019s first child, while Mr Johnson is known to have fathered five others."}
+{"id": "1512411298_1512618793", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Dr. Suzanne Rivera is the first female president in the college's 145-year history.\n\nMacalester College in St. Paul confirmed on Monday it has appointed Dr. Suzanne Rivera as the 17th president in its 145-year history.\n\nDr. Rivera was appointed from the Case Western Reserve University, where she is the Vice President for Research and Technology Management.\n\nShe will take up her new role this summer, in doing so becoming the first woman and Latinx person to hold the position.\n\nShe will replace Brian Rosenberg, who will step down from his duties in May having announced his resignation last year. He has been president of the college for 17 years.\n\n\"Dr. Rivera has distinguished herself through her work as an ethicist; her record of advancing the values of service, internationalism, and multiculturalism that define our institution; and her accomplishments as a senior leader in academia,\" said Jerry Crawford, Chair of the Macalester College Board of Trustees, in a Monday press statement.\n\n\"Her depth of knowledge and strategic thinking, as well as her ability to inspire, will serve the Macalester community well as we look to the opportunities and challenges of the future. We look forward to welcoming Dr. Rivera to Macalester.\"\n\nDr. Rivera has a BA in American Civilization from Brown University, an Ivy League school, as well as a Master's in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.\n\nShe received her Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Dallas.\n\nAs well as working for CWRU, she has also held research leadership positions at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of California, Irvine, and has been involved in national social justice and equity initiatives.\n\n\"It is an incredible honor and privilege to join the Macalester family,\" Rivera said. \u201cThis is a community where curious people thrive, where individuality is celebrated, and where the purpose of education is to equip students with tools to make an impact in the wider world.\"", "sentence2": "Next Weather: Top 10 Weather Day Going Into Weekend, But Severe Storms Possible SundayAfter a cooler week, it\u2019s a Top 10 Weather Day Friday. Plus, the latest on a Next Weather Alert for Sunday.\n\nNext Weather: Dry, Mild Thursday Before Top 10 Weather Day On FridayThursday will be a bit warmer than Wednesday and things will dry out, but Friday is really the day to look forward to.\n\nNext Weather: A Top 10 Weather Day To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend Next Weather's goal isn't only to focused on alerting Minnesotans to potentially severe weather, it's also about celebrating days that will be exceptionally beautiful. One such day is in the weekend forecast.\n\nNext Weather: Soaking Rain Wednesday, Weekend Warmup AheadWednesday will be soggy, breezy and cool, with a high temperature of 53 degrees in the Twin Cities.\n\nMadison Community Rallies To Restore Beloved, Storm-Damaged BallparkIn the town of 1,500, baseball brings people together. It\u2019s been that way for decades. The storm destroyed a good portion of the outfield fence, took down four, 80-foot light towers, and ripped the roofs off of both dugouts."}
+{"id": "1592975318_1592930212", "score": 2.0, "sentence1": "Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his last respects to Rishi Kapoor after the veteran actor died in Mumbai on April 30. Rishi Kapoor was 67. Describing Rishi Kapoor as a \"powerhouse of talent,\" PM Modi tweeted that he will \"always recall\" their interactions.\n\nExpressing sincere condolences to Rishi Kapoor's family, PM Modi said that he is \"anguished\" by the veteran actor's demise.\n\n\"Multifaceted, endearing and lively...this was Rishi Kapoor ji. He was a powerhouse of talent. I will always recall our interactions, even on social media. He was passionate about films and India's progress. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti,\" PM Modi tweeted.\n\nRead his tweet here:\n\nMultifaceted, endearing and lively...this was Rishi Kapoor Ji. He was a powerhouse of talent. I will always recall our interactions, even on social media. He was passionate about films and India\u2019s progress. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti. \u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 30, 2020\n\nActors, politicians as well as sports personalities posted tributes on social media and shared fond memories with Rishi Kapoor.\n\nRishi Kapoor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, his brother Randhir Kapoor said. The senior actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and he returned to India from New York in September 2019 after his cancer treatment.\n\nRishi Kapoor starred in iconic films including Kabhie Kabhie, Karz, Chandni and Amar Akbar Anthony. He was last seen in the web series The Body on Netflix.\n\nRishi Kapoor is survived by his son, actor Ranbir Kapoor, daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and wife Neetu Singh.\n\nALSO READ: Rishi Kapoor dies at 67: Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan lead Bollywood tributes to the legend\n\nALSO READ: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor dies at 67 in Mumbai hospital", "sentence2": "Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor passed away at 67 in Mumbai and the news was revealed by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on his Twitter space. According to reports, he was with his wife Neetu Kapoor by his side when he breathed his last on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, Rajinikanth expressed how heartbroken he was to know the news of the legendary actor\u2019s death. He wrote on the micro blogging website, Rajinikanth wrote, \u201cHeartbroken ... Rest In Peace ... my dearest friend #RishiKapoor\u201d\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor passes away: Check out the veteran actor's rare and unseen photos\n\nRishi Kapoor was admitted for an infection at a hospital on Wednesday morning. Before getting admitted to the hospital, he reportedly complained that he was not feeling well. He was getting treated at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. Rishi Kapoor's elder brother and actor Randhir Kapoor confirmed the hospitalisation to a media house. Fans and followers of the actor took to the micro-blogging site to pay a tribute to the legendary actor.\n\nCheck out Rajinikanth's tweet for Rishi Kapoor below:\n\nKapoor, who is an active Twitter user with over 3.5 million followers, has not Tweeted any post after April 2. In 2018, Rishi Kapoor opened up that he was diagnosed with cancer. The actor was in New York for about one year to receive treatment. He returned to India in September 2019 after recovering completely. Post return to India, Kapoor's health had been making headlines every now and then.\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor Passes Away: Kapoor family confirms veteran actor succumbed to leukemia; Read full statement\n\nIn February, he was admitted to a hospital for a minor procedure. The news of the actor\u2019s demise has now taken over the internet, at a time when celebrities are mourning the demise of Irrfan Khan, who passed away yesterday.\n\nALSO READ | Rishi Kapoor passes away at 67: Here are interesting facts about the veteran hero of Bollywood"}
+{"id": "1597701850_1597703658", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the closure of all Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus, state officials have announced that three beach cities will be permitted to reopen their stretches of coastline this week with certain limitations.\n\nDana Point, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach submitted plans to Sacramento that would allow the public to immediately access the coastline for active recreation only. The plans, approved Tuesday, include a range of measures to avoid overcrowding and allow safe physical distancing, according to the California Natural Resources Agency.\n\nUnder Huntington Beach\u2019s plan, people are now permitted to use the beach from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the stipulation that they remain active. Sunbathing is not allowed. Parking meters along Pacific Coast Highway and the beach\u2019s bike path are available for use, but the pier and the city\u2019s beach parking lot will remain closed.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be reopening our beaches for active recreation, which will allow our community to once again enjoy the recreational and mental health benefits from spending time in the Pacific Ocean,\u201d Mayor Lyn Semeta said in a prepared statement. \u201cThe new active recreation rules that we\u2019re instituting will allow for continued beach access in a manner that emphasizes the need to practice safe social distancing.\u201d\n\nSeal Beach\u2019s coastline will be open \u2014 beginning Monday \u2014 for limited hours Monday through Thursday with the requirement that visitors remain active while on the sand.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nOfficials in Dana Point said their beaches will also only be open to walking, running and recreational uses like swimming and surfing. No gatherings will be permitted, but the public can still access the city\u2019s tide pools.\n\nDana Point City Manager Mike Killebrew said in a statement that he hopes \u201ceveryone understands how important it is that we all follow new guidelines that will promote socially responsible recreation and enjoyment by the public.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe know how important our beaches are to the residents of Dana Point. And we know how much residents value, especially now, access to our beautiful coastline,\u201d he said.\n\nState-operated beaches within the Huntington Beach and Dana Point city limits also reopened with the same active-recreation protocols, city officials said.\n\nThe move came a day after similar plans for Laguna Beach and San Clemente were approved by the state.\n\nThe only coastal city that has not yet gained approval from the state to reopen is Newport Beach. The city, just a few miles south of Huntington Beach, also submitted a plan to Sacramento on Saturday to safely reopen their coastline, said city spokesman John Pope.\n\n\u201cWe have been closely coordinating with Huntington Beach about strategies to enhance the management of our beaches,\u201d Pope said. \u201cDespite repeated attempts by city staff to connect with state officials, we have not yet received any information on an approval or modifications, or when a decision might be made.\u201d\n\n1 / 46 People stroll along Laguna\u2019s Main Beach after it reopened its beaches for active use only.\n\n(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) 2 / 46 Mathew Hanna jumps on a skim board at Laguna\u2019s Main Beach on Tuesday morning as city reopened its beaches for active use only. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) 3 / 46 Cathie Lawler with her dogs, Milo and Charlie, said \u201cAbsolutely fabulous. So good to see the beach\u201d as she walked along Laguna Beach after it reopened for active use only. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) 4 / 46 Goff Stepian rides a wave on his paddle board at Laguna\u2019s Main Beach. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) 5 / 46 People stroll along Laguna\u2019s Main Beach after it reopened its beaches for active use only. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) 6 / 46 An aerial view of beach-goers playing volleyball on a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 7 / 46 An aerial view of a few surfers and beach-goers enjoying a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 8 / 46 An aerial view of a few surfers and beach-goers enjoying a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach on Monday. (Allen J. Schaben/Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 9 / 46 Bicyclists and pass the closed Boardwalk Sports store on the boardwalk in Newport Beach, on Monday. The business is only renting bicycles but is hoping to fully open after Gov. Newsom\u2019s announcement that some businesses will be able to reopen. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 10 / 46 An aerial view of the Newport Beach pier, where a few surfers and beach-goers enjoy a nice day at the beach despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s hard closure, which is still in place in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 11 / 46 Bill Beukers and his wife, Teresa, claim their constitutional rights as they speak to Newport Beach police officers. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 12 / 46 A surfer climbs over a barrier meant to keep visitors off the beach in Newport Beach on Saturday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 13 / 46 Police and protesters find a shady spot along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 14 / 46 Newport Beach lifeguards and police clear the beach during a closure that went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 15 / 46 Protesters stage a protest in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 16 / 46 A motorcycle officer patrols the bike path near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 17 / 46 Huntington Beach resident Kyle Richardson, 35, holds a sign telling California Gov. Gavin Newson to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen beaches, parks and the California economy, during a protest near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 18 / 46 A Newport Beach lifeguard evacuates the beach as a closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 19 / 46 Protesters against beach closures walk in Newport Beach even though a beach closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 20 / 46 A police cruiser patrols near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 21 / 46 Protesters gather near the Huntington Beach Pier, demanding that California Gov. Gavin Newson lift stay-at-home orders. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 22 / 46 People walk on the sand in Newport Beach despite the beach closure that went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 23 / 46 People enjoy the sun near the pier in Huntington Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 24 / 46 Under the watchful eyes of police officers, protesters against beach closures walk along Newport Beach even though a beach closure went into effect Saturday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 25 / 46 A couple walks along the sand while others venture into the surf in Newport Beach even though Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Orange County beaches closed. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 26 / 46 People enjoy the sun in downtown Huntington Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 27 / 46 A motorcycle officer watches the bike path near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday. California Gov. Gavin Newson ordered a hard closure of Orange County beaches this weekend. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 28 / 46 Surfers and others ventured to the beach in Newport Beach on Saturday despite the governor\u2019s closure order. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 29 / 46 Saturday\u2019s beach closure did not keep surfers out of the water in Newport Beach. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) 30 / 46 Protesters wave a variety of flags, including a Confederate one, along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) 31 / 46 An aerial view of a mostly empty Huntington Beach following Gov. Newsom\u2019s \u201chard close\u201d of Orange County beaches. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 32 / 46 Huntington Beach lifeguards patrol with a boat to try to get surfers to stop defying Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s \u201chard close\u201d order. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 33 / 46 Steve Christopher, right, reads a book in the shade of the pier as a beach-goer does flips across the beach on the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach. \u201cI think it\u2019s what needs to be done,\u201d Christopher said. \u201cI saw it last week and it was packed.\u201d (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 34 / 46 Surfers ride the waves on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier Friday, May 1, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Orange County beaches closed on Thursday despite opposition from local leaders. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 35 / 46 Emergency room nurse Rebecca McFarlane, of Covina, relaxes on her one day off from treating COVID-19 patients, on an open stretch of sand far away from other beach-goers on the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach. \u201cAs a nurse, I have to wear all the PPE and on my one day off, I just want to relax on the beach,\u201d McFarlane said. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 36 / 46 An aerial view of Huntington Beach after Gov. Newsom announced the \u201chard close\u201d of all Orange County state and local beaches. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) 37 / 46 An aerial view shows visitors enjoying the sun and sand near the pier in Newport Beach on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 38 / 46 A surfer catches a wave while joining some of the thousands of beachgoers over the weekend in Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 39 / 46 Newport Beach officials said beach visitors followed distancing guidelines over the weekend. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 40 / 46 On Tuesday, beachgoers pass a statue of Newport Beach lifeguard Ben Carlson, who died while conducting a rescue. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 41 / 46 A man in a protective mask walks his dog past a closed park near the pier in Newport Beach on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 42 / 46 A motorist makes a statement via a back window as pedestrians walk past a store display in Newport Beach that features a mannequin in a mask. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 43 / 46 Beachgoers dot the sand in an aerial view of Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 44 / 46 Weekend beach crowds, such as those in Huntington Beach, spurred alarm among some officials. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 45 / 46 People crowd the bike path near Huntington Beach pier on Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) 46 / 46 An aerial view shows surfers waiting for a wave Saturday off Newport Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)\n\nNewsom last week ordered a \u201chard close\u201d of all Orange County beaches. The order came after an April heat wave sent thousands to the sand in some beach communities. Newsom called the images circulating of people congregating on Orange County\u2019s shores \u201cdisturbing.\u201d\n\nThe closure prompted a legal showdown between cities and the state, as well as outrage from the public . Some argued that the governor was targeting Orange County based on photographs that did not show the full scope of what was happening on the beaches.\n\nNewsom on Tuesday praised local leaders in Orange County beach cities for working with his administration to reach an agreement. Just days ago, city leaders in Huntington Beach and Dana Point voted to take legal action against the governor.\n\nHuntington Beach City Atty. Michael Gates said the city is continuing to move forward with its request for an injunction against the governor\u2019s order despite the beaches being allowed to reopen.\n\nNewsom said his administration has been negotiating with the beach cities since the weekend and said he hoped to make a future announcement about beach access in Orange County soon.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a spirit of collaboration and cooperation that is necessary as we move forward,\u201d Newsom said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Sacramento.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to submit a plan to the state that would allow county-operated beaches to reopen for active recreation.\n\nSupervisor Lisa Bartlett, who proposed the item, said it would help put county beaches in line with what was happening in nearby cities and allow people to get out and recreate along the coast.\n\n\u201cWe want people to walk and jog and run and enjoy water sports but to keep moving,\u201d she said, \u201cand the state is fully behind that.\u201d\n\nSupervisor Don Wagner opposed the motion, along with Supervisor Michelle Steel, saying any restrictions on beach activity were arbitrary and that it was appalling that the county would bow to rules the governor put in place without input from local officials.\n\n\u201cThis is exactly what we shouldn\u2019t be doing as a government,\u201d Wagner said.\n\nStaff writer Luke Money contributed to this report.", "sentence2": "California allows three more Orange County beaches to reopen\n\nHUNTINGTON BEACH - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration gave approval Tuesday to plans by Huntington Beach and two smaller cities to reopen beaches that fell under his order shutting down the entire Orange County coast after a heat wave drew large crowds to the shore.\n\nHuntington Beach, the world famous surfing mecca, and the cities of Dana Point and Seal Beach submitted plans consistent with the governor's orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic and include measures to avoid overcrowding and enable physical distancing, the state Natural Resources Agency said.\n\nThe action follows approval Monday of beach access plans submitted by two other cites, Laguna Beach and San Clemente, which essentially allow active use and not sunbathing.\n\nOrange County will draft a similar plan after supervisors voted Tuesday to submit one to the state. Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said the move would let residents get fresh air and exercise without running the risk of spreading the coronavirus, which could further slow the resumption of economic activity.\n\n\u201cWith the active recreation, it provides a high level of public health and safety,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we have too many people in a given area and there's mass gathering, and they don't have face coverings, then potentially we're going to spread the risk of coronavirus and we're not going to be able to open up as quickly as possible.\u201d\n\nThe move was opposed by two supervisors who argued that Newsom shouldn't have singled out the county for beach closures and that active plans don't let families with young children, or people with injures, enjoy the beach.\n\n\u201cNo other county is required to do what this governor, in his arbitrary and capricious exercise of power, has asked us to submit to,\u201d Supervisor Don Wagner said during the meeting. \u201cI am disappointed that local governments in coastal cities felt the need to bow and scrape and throw together a plan.\u201d\n\nThe governor announced on April 30 that he was ordering all Orange County beaches to shut down after spring heat spell prompted thousands of people to head to the coast, primarily at Huntington Beach and adjacent Newport Beach.\n\nHuntington Beach filed a lawsuit trying to get its beach reopened, but a judge refused to immediately block the order. Newport Beach supported that suit.\n\nNewport Beach has also submitted a proposal to the state reopen its beaches and hopes to hear soon, John Pope, a city spokesman, said in a statement.\n\nFor most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death. The vast majority of people recover.\n\n___\n\nAntczak reported from Los Angeles."}
+{"id": "1563737178_1562187196", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 28) \u2014 Two more Filipinos quarantined at the New Clark City in Tarlac are exhibiting symptoms linked to coronavirus, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Friday.\n\nThe two Filipinos from the cruise ship docked in Japan due to numerous coronavirus cases, were brought to the hospital on Friday after complaining of sore throat.\n\nTheir swab tests will be sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).\n\nDOH reported on Thursday that three other Filipinos from the ship showed flu-like symptoms. Of the three, two already tested negative. The other one who was admitted to the hospital awaits his test result from the RITM.\n\nDuque said that if anyone from the Diamond Princess cruise ship tests positive while they were quarantined in Tarlac, it won't be considered local transmission because they most likely contracted the virus inside the vessel.\n\nOver 700 passengers and staff of the Diamond Princess were infected during their mandatory 14-day quarantine inside the vessel docked in Yokohama.\n\nThe five who exhibited symptoms after returning to the country are part of the 458 Filipinos, mostly crew members, brought home from the ship in Japan to New Clark City to undergo another phase of quarantine.\n\nAll those under quarantine are monitored twice a day to see if any of them would develop flu-like symptoms. Once any of them would exhibit signs and symptoms, they would be immediately referred to designated hospitals.\n\nSeventy Filipino crew members of the Diamond Princess who tested positive for the coronavirus remain admitted in hospitals in Tokyo, Japan. Eight of the 10 who have recovered returned to the Philippines and were placed under monitoring, Duque said.\n\nThe Philippines has only three confirmed cases of coronavirus. Two have recovered, while one died.\n\nThere are only 30 patients under investigation.\n\n\"We are observing a steady decrease in the number of PUIs (patients under investigation) admitted in our health facilities and DOH is bent on sustaining this downward trend. While there is a looming prospect of positive COVID-19 cases among our repatriated kababayans, we call on everyone to continue to be vigilant partners of DOH in keeping the threat of COVID-19 at bay,\" Duque said.", "sentence2": "Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 2) \u2014 Ten Filipinos quarantined at the New Clark City have been cleared for coronavirus infection while four others are awaiting their test results from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), a health official said Monday.\n\nHealth Assistant Maria Rosario Vergeire said 14 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess cruise ship showed flu-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, and sore throat that could indicate COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.\n\n\"Among the 14 PUIs (patients under investigation), 10 tested negative for COVID-19 while 4 are with pending laboratory results. The PUIs are still admitted at the referral facility,\" Health Assistant Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a media briefing.\n\nThis is contrary to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's earlier statement that all 13 symptomatic repatriates have tested negative for the highly-infectious illness.\n\nEight of the 10 who tested negative are set to be sent back to the New Clark City Athlete's Village to complete their quarantine after recovering from their mild illnesses.\n\nAll in all, 445 Filipinos \u2014 mostly crew members \u2014 were brought home from the Diamond Princess cruise ship last week. The repatriates, along with the health and foreign affairs personnel and volunteers from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo who helped bring them home, were transported to the sporting village in Tarlac for the second round of 14-day quarantine.\n\nOverseas Workers Welfare Administration Administrator Hans Cacdac said the Filipino crew will be given P10,000 each and transportation allowance to travel from New Clark City to their homes in the Philippines once they complete the quarantine requirements.\n\nThe repatriation did not include 80 Filipinos who have fallen ill to COVID-19 in Japan. Of this number, 32 have already recovered. Ten of those have already returned to the Philippines, while 22 other await repatriation details and will undergo strict DOH monitoring.\n\nSome Americans, Britons, and Australians who were previously on the Diamond Princess only tested positive for coronavirus after they returned home from a 14-day quarantine. Among them is a 78-year-old man from Perth, Australia who became that country's first reported death due to the virus.\n\nThe World Health Organization said the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness and dry cough. Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea, while others become infected but don\u2019t develop any symptoms. About 80 percent of those infected recover from the disease without needing special treatment. Around 1 out of every 6 people who get COVID-19 become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical problmes like high blood pressure or diabetes are more likely to develop serious illness, the WHO added.\n\nThere are 43 patients under investigation admitted in various hospitals. The Philippines has three confirmed COVID-19 cases. Two of them have already recovered and returned to China, while one died \u2014 the first recorded death outside of mainland China."}
+{"id": "1514800667_1514188999", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday (February 7) hear Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing its plea against stay on the execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The matter will come up for hearing before the 3-judge bench, comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, around 12.30 PM.\n\nOn behalf of the Centre, Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj had moved the top court seeking an urgent hearing on its appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict which held on Wednesday that the Nirbhaya death row convicts have to be executed together and not separately.\n\nThe Centre told the top court that Tihar Jail authorities are unable to execute the convicts in the case despite the fact that their review petitions have been dismissed and curative petitions and mercy pleas of three of them have been rejected.\n\nThe high court had set a week's deadline for them to avail the remaining remedies. If the convicts choose not to make any type of petition in seven days from now, the institutions/ authorities concerned will deal with the matter, as per the law, without further delay, it said.\n\nLive TV\n\nMeanwhile, a trial court on Thursday sought the response of the four convicts on the plea of Tihar jail authorities seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against them.\n\nThe trial court had on January 31 stayed \"till further orders\" execution of the four convicts in the case -- Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31), who are lodged in Tihar Jail.\n\nLater, the Centre moved the High Court against the stay of the execution of the convicts. Hours after the high court's verdict, the Centre filed an appeal against it in the apex court.\n\n(With Agency Inputs)", "sentence2": "New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Centre and Delhi government\u2019s appeal challenging Delhi High Court\u2019s order dismissing their plea staying the four Nirbhaya convicts\u2019 execution in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case.Also Read - Amid Controversy Over Gyanvapi And Taj Mahal, Petition Filed in Supreme Court to Conduct 'Confidential' Survey of Ancient Mosques\n\nA three-judge bench, comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, will hear the government\u2019s plea at 12:30 PM against the Delhi High Court\u2019s verdict. Also Read - 'Intrigued', Says Justice Chandrachud By Articles Written On GST Council Judgement\n\nHearing the matter, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait had on February 2 reserved order on the Centre\u2019s plea. However, the central government moved the top court through its Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj seeking an urgent hearing on its appeal. Also Read - Navjot Singh Sidhu, Given 1 Year Jail in Road Rage Case, Lodged in Patiala Jail After Surrender\n\nThe Centre and the Delhi government had challenged the trial court\u2019s order on January 31 that stayed the execution of the convicts \u2013 Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) \u2013 until further orders. S\n\nExpressing concern over the delay in execution, the victim\u2019s parents urged the court to expeditiously decide the Centre\u2019s plea and were assured by the judge that the order would be passed at the earliest.\n\nMeanwhile, Delhi High Court on Wednesday maintained that all the four convicts will be hanged together. The high court also gave the convicts a week\u2019s time to avail all legal remedies.\n\nOn January 7, warrants for the execution of all the four convicts in Tihar jail at 7 AM on January 22 were issued. However, the convicts could not be hanged because of pendency of mercy petition by one of them. Later, the trial court fixed February 1, 6 AM as the hanging date and time. That, too, got delayed in the wake of the legal remedies being exercised by the remaining Nirbhaya convicts."}
+{"id": "1492929930_1492536485", "score": 1.0, "sentence1": "Traders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase\n\nTraders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase\n\nAfter reaching highs of over \u20b9200 per kg, the price of onions is now seeing a steep crash with the new crop harvested over the last two weeks flooding the market. This has resulted in a glut of onions, say traders.\n\nA kilo of onions, even of the best quality, is now trading at the \u20b935 \u2014 \u20b940 levels in the wholesale market, leaving many farmers who hoped to cash in on the shortage unhappy. They are retailing around \u20b940 \u2014 \u20b950.\n\nTraders and officials, going by the ground report on onion crop patterns and expected arrivals in the market, predict that the glut will only increase. \u201cThe prices will fall below \u20b920 by the month-end and may even fall below \u20b910 by February-end,\u201d predicted Ravi Kumar of the Bangalore Onions and Potatoes Traders\u2019 Association.\n\nThis has left the farmers worried. At present, onions from Vijayapura and Chitradurga districts and the Nasik region of Maharashtra are flooding the wholesale markets in the State.\n\n\u201cThe earlier crop suffered massive damage owing to heavy rains. Expecting high prices, farmers \u2014 even those who used to grow maize for a second crop \u2014 started growing onions,\u201d Mr. Kumar explained. More onions are expected to come from Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by February, even as supply from within Karnataka is also expected to go up. This will further lead to crash in prices, traders predict.\n\n\u201cThough the price of onions shot up recently, we did not make much profit, as the yield was very low. Onions had turned wet and were decomposing in the fields itself. What we could sell was very low. But given the prices were started growing them again, only to see the prices crashing in a free fall. It will be tough to bear these losses,\u201d said Basavaraj, a farmer from Vijayapura.\n\nHowever, G. Srinivasan, Director, HOPCOMS, remains optimistic and says that the demand for onions will also increase especially as many households had limited or even stopped purchasing the staple ingredient for a while. \u201cThere will be a stabilisation of prices, but may not crash,\u201d he said\n\nCoconut farmers sustain losses\n\nCoconut farmers, too, are bearing the brunt of the price crash. The price of a quintal of copra (dry coconut) that was in the range of \u20b917,000-\u20b918,000, a few months ago, was trading at \u20b911,500 on Saturday at Tiptur APMC, the prime coconut market in the State. The prices of coconuts have also seen a dip, from over \u20b920 per nut to \u20b917 per nut over the last few days. However, they are still being sold in the range of \u20b925 and \u20b930 in the retail market.\n\nDevraj, a coconut farmer from Tiptur, said the present copra and coconut prices will not fetch them the cultivation cost.\n\n\u201cThe input costs \u2013 diesel, labour and fertilizers \u2013 have gone up. The cost of copra should at least be around \u20b915,000 per quintal if farmers have to recover the cultivation cost. Presently, we are reeling under losses,\u201d he added.", "sentence2": "Too Many Requests\n\nBeing an automatic bot that does not appear to be human\n\nA playback page that has an unusual number of components\n\nExcessive load on the Wayback machine not related to your activities\n\nSaving too many pages in a give time frame\n\nThe best solution is to wait a few seconds and reload the existing page.\n\nPlease feel free to write to us at info@archive.org if you have questions about this. Please include the following information in your email:\n\n502 Bad Gateway\n\n502 Bad Gateway\n\nnginx/1.19.5\n\nThank you"}
+{"id": "1576323732_1576233684", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR, who was best known as part of British comedy troupe The Goodies, has died aged 79 after contracting coronavirus.\n\nA highly influential and prominent figure in the UK comedy scene for more than half a century, Brooke-Taylor's career encompassed work in radio, television, film and theatre.\n\nWhile he was known for his 40 years of contributions to the Radio 4 panel show I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue, his lasting legacy is as one of the stars of The Goodies alongside Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.\n\nThe anarchic TV comedy set in a flat shared by the three stars ran from 1970 to 1982 and drew in millions of viewers of all ages with its blend of wit and striking visual humour.\n\nChildren, meanwhile, may recall Brooke-Taylor as the narrator of the cult cartoon series Bananaman.\n\nBrooke-Taylor's agent confirmed the news of his sad passing in a statement paying tribute to his life and work.\n\nHe said: \"It is with great sadness that we announce Tim's death early today from Covid-19.\n\n\"We will remember him for so much but must just mention The Goodies and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.\n\n\"He had, of course, many fans whom he always treated cheerfully even after long and exhausting rehearsals and recordings.\n\n\"He was an exceptional client and a pleasure to represent.\"\n\nJust heard the devastating news of the death of Tim Brooke-Taylor. A hero for as long as I can remember, and \u2013on a few golden occasions \u2013 a colleague and collaborator on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Gentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty when he chose to be. So sad \u2014 Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) April 12, 2020\n\nGarden, his Goodies co-star, was among the first to pay tribute to his friend and fellow performer.\n\nHe said: \"I am terribly saddened by the loss of a dear colleague and close friend of over 50 years.\n\n\"Tim and I met at Cambridge University in the early 1960s and have enjoyed working together almost constantly from that time onwards, on radio, stage, and TV.\n\n\"He was a funny, sociable, generous man who was a delight to work with. Audiences found him not only hilarious but also adorable.\n\n\"His loss at this dreadful time is particularly hard to bear, and my thoughts are with Christine, Ben, Edward and their families.\"\n\nHe was joined by the likes of Stephen Fry, Jack Dee, Rob Brydon and David Walliams in paying their respects.\n\n\u201cI was obsessed with \u2018The Goodies\u2019 as a child, the first comedy show I really loved,\u201d Walliams wrote.\n\n\u201cI queued up to get the Goodies\u2019 autographs as a grown-up, and got to meet Tim Brooke-Taylor more recently at a party. I was in total awe, but he was so kind & generous. It is so sad he is gone.\u201d\n\nI was obsessed with \u2018The Goodies\u2019 as a child, the first comedy show I really loved. I queued up to get the Goodies\u2019 autographs as a grown-up, and got to meet Tim Brooke-Taylor more recently at a party. I was in total awe, but he was so kind & generous. It is so sad he is gone. pic.twitter.com/wxyGpJoyIU \u2014 David Walliams HQ (@davidwalliams) April 12, 2020\n\nFry said: \u201cA hero for as long as I can remember, and \u2013on a few golden occasions \u2013 a colleague and collaborator on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.\n\n\u201cGentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty when he chose to be. So sad.\u201d\n\nBrydon described him as \u201ca wonderful man.\n\n\u201cSo many happy times sat next to him on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue,\u201d he added.\n\n\u201cMy thoughts are with his family.\u201d\n\nSo sad to hear that the great Tim Brooke Taylor has died. A wonderful man, so many happy times sat next to him on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Here we are with Barry, Colin and Graeme at a celebration of the show in January. He was on great form. My thoughts are with his family. pic.twitter.com/9CfottzJVe \u2014 Rob Brydon (@RobBrydon) April 12, 2020\n\nJack Dee, the current host of I\u2019m Sorry I Haven\u2019t A Clue also said: \"It has come as devastating news to hear that Tim has succumbed to this dreadful virus - especially when we all thought he was recovering.\n\n\"Tim was a delightful man and never anything but great company.\"\n\nrooke-Taylor is survived by his wife Christine and sons Ben and Edward.", "sentence2": "Too Many Requests\n\nBeing an automatic bot that does not appear to be human\n\nA playback page that has an unusual number of components\n\nExcessive load on the Wayback machine not related to your activities\n\nSaving too many pages in a give time frame\n\nThe best solution is to wait a few seconds and reload the existing page.\n\nPlease feel free to write to us at info@archive.org if you have questions about this. Please include the following information in your email:\n\nThank you"}
+{"id": "1587362537_1585362092", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "A handwritten note at the memorial for Damien Helmbrecht reads: \u201cMy son, Damien. I miss you my boy. Love always and forever, Mom.\u201d Olivia Sullivan/staff photo\n\nOutside of the Westway Community Center in Federal Way, a memorial honors the life of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed Monday night.\n\nJust after 10:40 p.m. April 20, Federal Way police responded to reports of a shooting at the community center in the 33400 block of 21st Avenue SW. A male victim was found near the building, and although life-saving measures were attempted by first responders, he died at the scene.\n\nThe victim has been identified as 19-year-old Damien Helmbrecht. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and the death has been ruled a homicide, according to the King County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.\n\nCandles, bouquets of flowers, balloons, empty liquor bottles and handwritten notes are now placed at the corner of the community center\u2019s driveway.\n\nTucked in a bundle of pink roses, a handwritten note reads: \u201cMy son, Damien. I miss you my boy. Love always and forever, Mom.\u201d\n\nA motive for the shooting has not been determined, and Federal Way police have not located any suspects. Investigation of the incident is still underway.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk to us Please share your story tips by emailing editor@federalwaymirror.com. To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website https://www.federalwaymirror.com/submit-letter/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We\u2019ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.", "sentence2": "Police responded to a shooting at the Westway Community Center around 10:40 p.m. April 20.\n\nA homicide investigation is underway after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in Federal Way.\n\nJust after 10:40 p.m. April 20, Federal Way patrol officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Westway Community Center in the 33400 block of 21st Ave. SW, according to FWPD Cmdr. Kurt Schwan.\n\nWhen officers arrived, the male victim was found near the community center building. Life-saving measures were attempted by first responders, but the man\u2019s injuries were fatal and he died at the scene.\n\nSchwan noted the motive of the shooting has not yet been determined, and Federal Way detectives are assisting with the investigation.\n\nFederal Way police have not released any suspect information at this time."}
+{"id": "1500115718_1498809435", "score": 3.0, "sentence1": "Complaints continue of a shortage of US dollars in the local market but members of the private sector are now optimistic that the situation will soon improve.\n\nJamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) President Richard Pandohie on Sunday night told RJR News that commercial banks have signalled that order is about to return to the currency market.", "sentence2": "Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has said there is no shortage of US dollars in the local foreign exchange market.\n\nMr. Byles has reiterated that there is extra demand in the market.\n\nHe has also commented on the fluctuation in the exchange rate.\n\nSpeaking Friday on RJR's talk show programme, Hotline, Mr. Byles said the country's net international reserves cannot be used to intervene in the market every time the Jamaican dollar depreciates against the US currency."}
+{"id": "1554115025_1553651691", "score": 4.0, "sentence1": "A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over its lifetime, could be a vector for the coronavirus.\n\nPublic officials and health experts have said the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is low, but they don't rule it out.\n\nDr. Sanjay Maggirwar, chair of the George Washington University School of Medicine's department of microbiology, immunology and tropical medicine, recently told CBS MoneyWatch that researchers think coronaviruses \"can stay on surfaces in their fully active states for at least 10 days. That includes cash and all kinds of other surfaces that people normally touch. So certainly with the coronavirus, cash handling is a concern.\"\n\nSome businesses are refusing to accept currency, with while several countries have urged their citizens to stop using banknotes altogether.\n\nOpen Books, a non-profit bookstore in Chicago, sent an email to customers last week asking individuals not to use cash. A chain of diners in Washington State has also stopped accepting cash. And delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash and others have instituted \"no contact\" deliveries, and have either stopped offering cash as a payment option or are actively discouraging it.\n\nEven the Federal Reserve has taken efforts to make sure the nation's money supply isn't contaminated. Banknotes that circulated in Europe and Asia are being quarantined for seven to 10 days as a \"precautionary measure,\" according to a Fed spokesperson.\n\nWhile cash does carry some risk of passing on the virus, it is smaller than other transmission routes. A scientific paper published early in the outbreak found the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The researchers, however, did not test whether it can live on banknote paper.\n\nMeanwhile, the mere presence of live virus particles on banknotes does not mean they are a health hazard, public health experts said. Virus particles are unlikely to return to the air, or aerosolize, once on a surface.\n\n\"It's not impossible that there might be traces of virus on dollar bill, but if you wash your hands it should provide adequate protections \u2014 you shouldn't need anything else,\" Julie Fischer, a professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Society at Georgetown University, said on C-SPAN.\n\nOther devices used to pay for items are just as likely to be vectors for disease transfer. Credit and debit cards are made of plastic and metal. ATMs are touched by hundreds of human hands a day. And studies show smartphones are heavily contaminated with bacteria because of their constant use.\n\nBanknote avoidance isn't just happening in the U.S. In South Korea, which has been more successful in stemming the coronavirus outbreak, the country's central bank took all banknotes out of circulation for two weeks and, in some cases, burned paper money.\n\nIran is suffering the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East. Using cash there is common, but in recent weeks many people have avoided it and banks have announced that they will not accept cash from customers. Iranians often have multiple debit cards but cash is widely used in small-scale transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or leaving a tip. Many people have started even being careful in how they hand over debit cards, as contactless payment methods haven't caught on there.\n\nIn the U.S., there is concern that going cash-free shuts out millions of Americans who lack bank accounts or access to financial services like credit cards.\n\n\"Not everyone has a bank account, and there are some very important equity issues if we start encouraging cashless transactions,\" said Dr. Danielle Ompad, an epidemiologist at New York University's School of Global Public Health.\n\n\"Some people don't have a choice, so to say, 'You should only use cashless transactions,' is not sensitive to their circumstances,\" she said.", "sentence2": "NEW YORK >> In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.\n\nA growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus.\n\nPublic officials and health experts have said that the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is small. But that has not stopped businesses from refusing to accept currency and some countries from urging their citizens to stop using banknotes altogether.\n\nOpen Books, a non-profit bookstore in Chicago, sent an email to customers last week asking individuals not to use cash. A chain of diners in Washington State has also stopped accepting cash. And delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash, and others have instituted \u201cno contact\u201d deliveries, and have either stopped offering cash as a payment option or are actively discouraging it.\n\nExperts say cash does carry a risk of transmitting the virus, but the risk from cash so far is small compared with other transmission routes. A scientific paper published early in the outbreak found the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The researchers, however, did not test whether it can live on banknote paper.\n\nThe presence of live virus particles on banknotes does not mean they are a health hazard, public health experts said. Virus particles are unlikely to return to the air, or aerosolize, once on a surface.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not impossible that there might be traces of virus on dollar bills but if you wash your hands it should provide adequate protections, you shouldn\u2019t need anything else,\u201d said Julie Fischer, a professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Society at Georgetown University, on C-SPAN.\n\nOther devices used to pay for items are just as likely to be vectors for disease transfer. Credit and debit cards are made of plastic and metal. ATMs are touched by hundreds of human hands a day. And there have been studies that show smartphones are heavily contaminated with bacteria because of their constant use.\n\nEven the Federal Reserve has taken efforts to make sure the money supply is not contaminated. Banknotes that circulated in Europe and Asia are being quarantined for seven to 10 days as a \u201cprecautionary measure,\u201d according to a Federal Reserve spokesperson.\n\nWhile businesses are discouraging cash usage, there have been reports of customers making large withdrawals from ATMs in several parts of the country. Some banks have had to order additional cash from the Fed or keep ATMs stocked at higher levels to allow larger customer withdrawals.\n\nBanknote avoidance is not just happening in the U.S. In South Korea, which has been more successful in stemming the outbreak, the country\u2019s central bank took all banknotes out of circulation for two weeks or, in some cases, burned paper money.\n\nIran is suffering the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East. Using cash there is common, but in recent weeks many people have avoided it and banks have announced that they will not accept cash from customers. Iranians often have multiple debit cards but cash is widely used in small-scale transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or leaving a tip. Many people have started even being careful in how they hand over debit cards, as contactless payment methods haven\u2019t caught on there."}