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Quarterback Kyle Quinlan ran for two majors and threw for another — that score gave him the Marauder career touchdown record at 60 — and Dahlin Brooks and Josh Vandeweerd each caught seven passes and scored touchdowns.
The stellar victory improved Mac to 8-0 and gave the school it's first undefeated regular season since 2003. The Marauders are the No. 1-ranked university football squad in the nation.
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Cupido and crew made sure the zero stuck. The closest Laurier came to hitting the Ron Joyce scoreboard was when Ronnie Pfeffer's 33-yard fourth-quarter field goal sailed left.
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The outstanding achievements of Douwe and Peter Soepboer in the past ten years have impressed many fanciers in The Netherlands. One of the protagonists of this successful generation of pigeons is Olympiad Pigeon NL11-1162778 Olympic Toe. This exceptional racing bird has won quite a few titles in her career:1st Olympiad Pigeon The Netherlands one day long distance 2015, 3rd Int. Olympiad Pigeon one day long distance Budapest 2015, 1st National Ace Pigeon one day long distance WHZB/TBOTB 2014, 7th National Ace Pigeon one day long distance WHZB 2013, 8th National Ace Pigeon one day long distance TBOTB 2013. These titles were the result of an impressive six first prizes, and a 2nd-7th-9th-9th-20th-20th NPO. PIPA is honoured to sell this remarkable pigeon in auction, along with her sire and dam (a daughter Sissy Veenstra), and a few brothers/sisters and youngsters. These pigeons originate from one of the most dominant pigeon breeds of today - this is a great opportunity.
The impressive performance of Euro Marseille in the national race from Marseille (945km) continues to be one of the most memorable moments in pigeon racing in The Netherlands. Euro Marseille was the only Dutch pigeon that managed to get clocked in this race, after covering an extra 90km and more than 16 flying hours. This outstanding racing bird and his parents Super 80 (3rd 1st prize and 1st NPO/4th Nat./14th. Nat.) x Elize (daughter Euro Diamond) have enabled Daan Besseling to create a fantastic pigeon breed, and a number of descendants from these bloodlines will now be sold on PIPA.
Rudi De Saer has always been one of the men to watch in the most important national competitions. Rudi started the season with provincial victories from Tours, Limoges and Bourges and a second national prize from Limoges, before eventually claiming a national victory from Cahors 2014, adding to a total of four national wins. His impressive palmares illustrates the value of the De Saer pigeon, which has brought fame to numerous other lofts. Rudi will be selling a round of young birds from his best racers on PIPA, including youngsters of New Tours, Neymar, Favoriet, and Suarez.
The loft of Yves Van de Poel has long been associated with the classic from Barcelona, his favourite race in which he won quite a few top prizes. Yves has never been afraid of seeking new challenges, and so he decided to try his luck in the longer middle distance and long distance competition. He had a great 2014 season, most notably winning a national first prize from Chateauroux old birds. Yves is now selling his glorious first prize winner Lady Bolt on PIPA. This pigeon is quite a successful racing bird, having also won a 30th, 35th, 49th, 119th, 132th and 166th national prize! This pigeon will be sold in auction along with some of the best racing and breeding pigeons of Van de Poel, making for a top class collection!
Poland has played a leading role in the international development of our sport. The organisation of different Olympiads has played an important role but we should not forget the effort that many Polish fanciers have put in to obtain top quality bloodlines from pigeon lofts in The Netherlands and Belgium. This has led to a significant increase in performance along the country, as well as a rising number of Polish people getting involved in the sport. The most well known Polish fanciers are now selling some of their finest birds in a spectacular PIPA auction.
The renowned Vermeerbergen-Wilms combination has been quite successful in recent seasons, achieving great results both at club level and in national competitions. For instance, they won the best Belgian youngster on 5-6 national longer middle distance races with 'National Wonder' and 19 first prizes in 2014, including 1st Nat. Zone Gueret and two provincial wins. Vermeerbergen-Wilms is now selling a remarkable group of pigeons on PIPA. In this auction we have two highly talented breeders that were bred from heremans's Olympiade and Limbourg's Eagly Eye respectively. We also have a youngster of their National Winner, which was 1st nat. Ace Pigeon over 5 and 6 national races in 2014 and 5th nat. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance KBDB. This is quite a special auction.
The ten year old Madieke Derveaux was the victim of a tragic accident. She broke her neck, paralyzing her body from the neck down. It will take her at least one and a half years to rehabilitate. Seven Belgian top lofts wanted to help her have a successful rehabilitation - they decided to sell a group of pigeons from their greatest champions. In this auction we have seven excellent pigeons that come from the lofts of Bart Geerinckx, Gino Clicque, Luc Christiaens, Jacques and Freddy Vandenheede, Gevaert – Lannoo, David Vermassen and Erik Limbourg.


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|Find out how to approach reseaching the history of your town and pick up tips to get off to the best possible start.
On one level, urban history is simply a form of local history and much of the advice given about local history is true for urban history. Nevertheless, there are things worth bearing in mind that are perhaps particularly true for this type of research.
'... be realistic and selective about what you wish to look at.'
As anyone who has tried to write the history of a village will know, it is a massive undertaking. So, attempting to write the history of a small town, let alone a large town or city, is simply an unrealistic aim for most part-time researchers. Not only are towns and cities simply more complex entities than a village, the quantity of sources to be looked at is far, far greater, and the researcher is in danger of drowning in them.
The first step, then, is to be realistic and selective about what you wish to look at. Think about the context in which you want to put your work. Think about the context in which your town or city exists. There are a number of ways in which you can do this, and it is up to you to choose the best one for the job in hand.
For example, rather than looking at an entire town or city in a particular period, you might want to look at a particular place - perhaps the area in which you or your family live. This again narrows down the project to a manageable size. Another alternative is to look at a specific theme or topic.
You might want to look at a particular industry within your chosen place, its schools or its hospitals, the development of its suburbs or its shops. Again, the key here is to try and choose something manageable. But perhaps the most common approach is to choose a particular date as a focus for your research.
In North Wales, the medieval defences can still be seen, as they can at York or Chester. Some towns and cities had their heyday in the Middle Ages (places such as Chester or Shrewsbury) while some have only come into their own in the past 200 years (Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester, for example). Some towns, such as Milton Keynes and Luton, only have a history as an urban centre that stretches back 50 years.
'Many of our urban centres have also seen massive changes in the past century ...'
Having said that, there are a number of common experiences shared by many urban centres over the last 800 or 900 years (or longer). Some will have medieval origins; others were touched by the mercantile boom of the 17th and 18th centuries - a period that saw the gentrification of many town centres and the beginnings of suburbanisation.
Most were indelibly marked by the Industrial Revolution and the arrival of factories, terraced houses and new forms of transport such as the canal, the railway and, ultimately, the motor vehicle.
Many of our urban centres have also seen massive changes in the past century and, indeed, in our own lifetimes, by the the destruction and damage caused by bombing in World War Two or the tower blocks, shopping centres and ring-roads which followed. In most places, these experiences are written in the stone, brick and wood around you.
Buildings are a valuable form of evidence for urban history and can often provide crucial evidence for dating a town or city's development. You can sometimes see the survivors of the medieval or Tudor past - sometimes half-timbered, with their small windows and low ceilings.
'The insides of buildings are also worth considering ...'
On the other side of the coin are the working class terraces of the 18th or 19th centuries, with their narrow fronts and two-up, two-down layout.
The insides of buildings are also worth considering, since they often tell us about the changes in a building's use: the Georgian town house now turned into flats, or offices, or the Victorian villa turned into a school. In their own way, these changes are part of the ever-changing, evolving urban landscape that we see all around us.
Much of the recent past is still accessible in the form of the buildings around us. The vast majority of these buildings, especially in large towns and industrial centres, will date from the past 150 years.
'The further back we go, the scarcer and more problematic the evidence.'
People's recollections are not necessarily the most accurate form of evidence, but they are sometimes the most interesting and lend a personal dimension to the history of the places in which we live.
Once the historian looks back beyond the 19th century, sources become scarcer, less well collected, quite often not printed and sometimes more difficult to use. The further back we go, the scarcer and more problematic the evidence.
Medieval urban records are invariably in Latin, whilst early modern records (those from the 16th and 17th centuries) are often in difficult-to-read handwriting. This is not meant to deter you from looking at the distant past but to advise you that it brings its own problems, none of which are insuperable.
'Your first port of call should be the local studies section of the central library ...'
You might be itching to get into your local record office to look at census returns, or hearth tax returns, but the first step for most local historians would be to find out what had already been written on your town or subject. Your first port of call should be the local studies section of the central library of your chosen town or city, followed by reading books on the sort of subjects that interest you.
There are general books on industrial history and education as well as specific themes in urban history such as the growth of the suburbs, urban identities or the role of transport.
Most towns and cities have something written about them. Some have very good published histories, some less so, but it is important to read everything you can so that you get some idea of the aspects of your town or city's history which have been covered and make an informed choice of topic. Looking at published histories of your town or city should also provide you with the starting place for the primary evidence you need to look at.
If you are unlucky enough to live in a place that does not have such a group then why not start one? Again, you should be able to find details of what is going on in your area in the local studies section of the library.
'... local history classes can also provide specific skills training, such as palaeography ...'
There are a number of other things you can do. Although, sadly, university extra-mural education seems to be on the wane, it is still possible to find extra-mural or adult education classes in local history. These are most certainly worth joining for a number of reasons, as are WEAs (Workers Education Associations).
Firstly, they allow you to meet other people working on similar topics and provide access to professional expertise and academic local historians. These kinds of local history classes can also provide specific skills training, such as palaeography - the reading of old documents.
However, it has to be said that it's possible there may be no such classes in your area on the sorts of topics which interest you. There are still some other possibilities: it's always worth contacting the history department of your local university. Whilst academic historians are busy people, there may be professional historians locally who can offer advice and suggestions.
Keep your notes and materials properly organised and make sure you always write the reference of a source down, whether it is a page from a book or an article, or a document in your local record office. If you do not, you can be sure that at some point you will need to go back to that source.
'The past is out there, if you know where to look.'
Always keep in mind what it is you are looking to achieve: there are so many interesting aspects of urban history that it can be very easy to lose track of what you set out to do and go off at a tangent.
The past is out there, if you know where to look. With just a little bit of thought and a trip or two to the library, it is very easy to start looking at the history around you. The history of our towns and cities is rich and varied and there is something to whet everyone's appetite.
As you delve into the sources, whether at your local record office, the Public Records Office or even by just looking at the buildings around you, the experiences of our towns and cities come alive. Try it and see if you can look at your town with the eyes of an urban historian.
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We're Not Living Together – She's Just My Housekeeper / Roommate / GirlfriendMarch 15, 2013
British Columbia's new Family Law Act comes into force on March 18, 2013. From this day on, couples who are not married but "cohabiting" or in a "marriage-like" relationship will have rights to each other's assets. This is a dramatic change from the law we have now, where only married couples could make a claim to each other's assets purely based on the relationship.
So what does it mean to "cohabit" or be in a "marriage-like" relationship? Often – especially after a break-up – one person will claim they were cohabiting, while the other says they were not. The top three attempts to explain away the relationship are these:
- We were only dating and had separate residences;
- She was my housekeeper or caregiver; or
- We were roommates, not a serious couple.
Traditionally, people married, lived in the same house, had children and owned assets jointly. These days, married couples may live in different homes, often in different countries, and have no children. If married couples don't need to live in the same home or country to be considered married, why would unmarried couples need to do so in order to be considered "cohabiting" or be in a "marriage-like" relationship? The fact is that they do not. Clients have been found to be cohabiting even when one hasn't even been to the other person's residence in another country.
What does it mean for an unmarried couple to be "cohabiting" or in a "marriage-like" relationship? There isn't a definitive list because everyone's situation is different. Some couples have children, others do not. Some have sexual relations, others do not. Some share assets, others do not. Some have joint bank accounts, others do not. Whether an unmarried couple is found to be cohabiting depends on many factors.
The courts will be concerned with the couple's intention. Did the couple intend the relationship to be "marriage-like"? How did they describe themselves to the outside world? Did they tell the government the other person was their spouse for tax purposes or on insurance forms? Did they share money or merge assets and income? Was one person paying for the other's expenses?
In determining whether the relationship was "marriage-like," the court will look at how similar the cohabiting relationship is to a "marriage-like" relationship.
Whether someone is cohabiting isn't a question confined to younger people – who sometimes live together out of convenience or start off as roommates. I've had cases where widows or widowers start relationships with other people, both keep their own places, but spend a lot of time at the other person's apartment. Then, claims are made (sometimes after one person has died by the other wanting a share of the estate) that they were cohabiting spouses.
Those with assets and income to protect should consider entering into a cohabitation agreement with the other person to set out clearly in a written contract how assets will be divided if the relationship ends. The agreement might also address whether spousal support payments will be made. These contracts are along the same lines as pre-nuptial agreements between people about to get married. These types of agreements can be signed after a couple is already cohabiting. It is often easier and more palatable if the agreement is drafted and signed before there is any question that a couple is cohabiting, just as it is preferable to enter into a "pre-nup" before the marriage, instead of after the wedding.
The above are generalities and only represent some of the changes to the law coming on March 18. There are many exceptions and nuances in the law and the above is not meant to constitute legal advice. Please consult with a family lawyer for advice on your particular circumstances.


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Ex-Diapers.com execs start a children's clothing site
Primary.com, which launched today, is working directly with manufacturers in an attempt to sell products at lower prices than traditional retail brands.
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There are lots of reasons why sales at eBags.com continued to grow at a rapid rate after a record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend, when the web-only handbag retailer's sales surged 76% on Black Friday and 54% on the following Monday compared to the same days last year. Sales since then have continued to rise year over year at better than a 20% clip, and eBags expects overall holiday season sales to grow by more than 34%, says Peter Cobb, co-founder and senior vice president. Rising consumer confidence and good product selection are two obvious reasons, but there are also important things going on behind the scenes that have nothing to do with fashion or economics. And they involve maintaining a high level of customer service while working out the details of making sure online orders and fulfillment pick-pack-and-ship operations are in synch.
Unlike in years past, when orders to the retailer's 500 drop shippers were batched and forwarded maybe once a day, Cobb and a staff of logistics experts have ensured that shippers of highly popular items were prepared to receive multiple batches of orders per day—and at times that suited the suppliers' warehouse work schedules and the arrival of delivery trucks. And eBags took it a step further, working with key suppliers to let them know which particular items—Kenneth Cole wallets featured in a special gift promotion, for example—were likely to generate strong sales and warrant special placement in bins nearest the packing line to ensure they'd get packed and onto trucks as quickly as possible. That not only ensures that orders get out the door fast, but it can save on shipping costs because some orders will be able to get to their destinations within a promised time via ground shipping instead of more costly expedited shipping. Sound planning like this has also led to a minuscule number of times that customers have to place something on back-order, while giving eBags a reputation as a retailer that knows how to deliver.
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Chinese nationals are the fastest growing student population in the United States, but it is a tedious process for many Chinese prospective students to get into a U.S. college. So what makes it so appealing? CNBC's Dina Gusovsky reports.» Read More
The Education Department is trying to crack down on high dropout and default rates at for-profit colleges and universities..
College costs shouldn't be only the parents' concern. Children can help out too, explains CNBC's Sharon Epperson in an excerpt from her book "The Big Payoff."
There are as many ways of saving for higher education as there are majors at college. CNBC's Sharon Epperson offers a few of them in this excert from her book "The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couples Can Take To Make The Most of Their Money – And Live Richly Ever After."
Student loans are a financial anchor around graduates' necks, saddling them with decades of debt and forcing them to make poor career and life choices.
With China's debut in international standardized testing, students in Shanghai have surprised experts by outscoring their counterparts in dozens of other countries, in reading as well as in math and science, according to the results of a respected exam. The NYT reports.
For every effective business, data drives decision making from the cubicle to the boardroom. Without supporting data, new projects and products are not funded, people are not added, and marketplace conditions are not understood. This basic principle of American business is starting to take hold in American education. As a result of better data in recent years, America has awakened to its dropout epidemic.
A gift by the McCormack family, announced Wednesday, will ensure that McCormack's legacy will be lasting.
The falling value of U.S. dollar has made the prized American degree a lot more affordable for tertiary students from Asia.
The US can afford another stimulus package but needs to commit to long-term deficit reduction to help states handle pension liability, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, an economic adviser to Obama, told CNBC Monday.
ITT Education's spacer board in recent weeks okayed the purchase of five million shares. This makes zero sense to me because the company has told investors it really doesn't know how it'll be affected by new Education Department rules.
Columbia Business School wants students to clean up their acts. Literally.
As any parent knows, college can cost a small fortune.Here's the ten most expensive for the 2010-2011 acadmeic year, according to CollegeGrotto's annual list.
The head coach of Duke University's championship men's basketball team told CNBC Wednesday that frequent face-to-face communication is the way to develop a winning team, whether in sports or in business.
Technology has become so entwined with college students' often frantic lives that most in a new survey say they'd be more frazzled without it.
Colleges consistently depend on using a certain percentage of there endowment money every year, but because of the near zero percent interest rate environment they find themselves having to rethink the way they invest.
When the Senate HELP Committee holds its hearing on for-profit schools Thursday, it's likely to get an earful from Kathleen Bittel, a current employee of Education Management. Education Management spacer, whose Art Institutes represent more than half its enrollment, went public last October. The company's largest investor is Goldman Sachs spacer. In SEC filings the company claims that around 85 percent of its students land jobs in their field or a "related field" within six months of graduation.
As the US Department of Education weighs new rules at for-profit colleges, the president and CEO of Devry Inc., a major player in that arena, told CNBC Thursday that half the loans for higher education in the country would fail under the deparment's new definition for repayment.
After making the short heard 'round the world with his bet against the subprime housing market, here's what Steve Eisman, one of the key players in "The Big Short," is betting against now.
As a main character in Michael Lewis's bestseller, "The Big Short," Eisman is best known for getting the subprime crisis right. But at the time, his attempts to warn regulators were ignored. This time they're listening, especially after he capitalized on his role in the book with a report last June at an investment conference headlined, "Subprime Goes to College."
A year after a disastrous 27% percent decline that prompted layoffs, the Harvard endowment reported a solid 11% increase, the NY Times reports.


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Source bare root white bleeding heart?
I have wanted white bleeding heart for a long time. The Dicentra spectabilis alba kind, not the fern leaf kinds that have smaller flowers. I found a couple of bare root ones at a garden show a few years back. I thought that would be a solution til I found a larger potted one. The bareroots were tiny things but they lived. I know it will be a long time before they put on much of a show, though.
Then last summer I found a large potted white one at an out of state garden center. I was thrilled. But the big potted one did not survive. Then I remembered, I have bought other ones potted (the regular pink and white spectabilis ), and none of those survived either. Whereas the two white that were planted in the same bed as bareroots survived the winter and are up now.
So perhaps bareroot is the way to go. As long as they are not tiny pathetic things like what I got before. I bought a bareroot regular pink and white at Wal-Mart this year, and it was so big and healthy I went back for more. But I have never seen white at a store.
Does anyone know of a good source for bareroot plants? I am also looking for white trillium. Thanks for your help.
It really shouldn't matter if these are purchased bare root or potted. I also think it would be difficult to find these mail order as bare root plants. I've never seen them this way.
I suspect there's another reason your potted ones didn't survive. Possibly the time of the year you purchased and planted them, were they dried out in their pots for any length of time, were they watered adequately when you planted them, etc. etc.


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India: 10 killed, 30 injured as bus falls into ditch in Jharkhand
Palestine: 10 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli forces in W Bank, Jerusalem
Palestine: Israeli navy fires on fishing boats off Gaza
Palestine: Israeli soldiers invade communities near Jenin
Australia defeat New Zealand to win Cricket World Cup
Tunisia: Amid peace march, suspected Bardo attack leader killed
Nigerians vote in tense elections marred by violence
France: Victory for France's conservatives in local elections
Indonesia: 6 killed, 4 missing in landslide
Pakistan rejects rumours of sending troops to Yemen
Palestine: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers
Palestine: Shepherds detained, Israeli settlers attack farmers
Palestine: Israeli army fires missile at Gaza farmers
Syria: Idlib capital falls to al Qa'ida terrorists
Guinea declares 45-day Ebola 'health emergency'
Nigeria election extended after technical problems&violence
France: Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in France
Palestine: Israeli soldiers attack Weekly Protest in Kufur Qaddoum
Palestine: 4 injured as Israeli soldiers attack Bil'in's weekly protest
Prime Minister, David Cameron, joined over 800 people to celebrate the very best of Muslim contribution to British society. The Twelfth The Muslim News Awards for Excellence gala dinner, Britain's longest standing Muslim awards event, was held in central London.
Egypt must rank high as an insidious example of British foreign policy. If there are any cynics unsure what the British Government's position is towards Egypt's military rulers, it officially remains the same: committed to working with the international community "to providing support during the transition process and beyond."
Prime Minister, David Cameron, is adamant that he wishes to challenge intolerant views about Muslims but which will require a sea change in cultural attitudes that has institutionalised extremism with Islam.
Sajid Javid spoke of his immense privilege at succeeding Maria Miller as Culture Secretary, becoming the first Muslim Secretary of State.
A special needs teacher has been hailed a hero after donating one of his kidneys to save the life of a seriously ill student.
Muslim primary schools have again exceeded the national average pass rate in the Key Stage 2 Level 4 and above exams, a level expected for 11-year-olds in their last year in primary school.
Britain's first Voluntary Aided Muslim primary school has achieved an outstanding Ofsted report, the highest rating from the education inspectorate body.
Faith schools have been banned from censoring exam questions that contradict their religious beliefs, the qualifications watchdog has ruled.
A 21-year-old Leicester man has admitted importing and possessing a haul of prohibited weapons.
Shadow Secretary for Justice, Sadiq Khan MP, has earned yearlong gloating rights over his Shadow Cabinet colleagues after completing the London Marathon in 4 hours 19 minutes, well ahead Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (4: 57:40) and Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham (4:26:19).
One of the hallmarks of the Coalition Government has been its austerity rhetoric. Since May 2010, we have been told incessantly that the Labour Government left a huge deficit and that we must tighten our belts to reduce it.
Prime Minister, David Cameron's decision to launch an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood, has been branded a "political stunt" designed to bolster Britain's trade relations with Saudi Arabia and the UAE but will more than likely backfire.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, voiced his "strong concerns" over the mass death sentences delivered to 529 supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon's short visit to Central African Republic (CAR) earlier this month, warned the country would become another Rwanda if nothing is done.
FIFA has given Israel until the summer to improve travel and playing conditions for Palestinian soccer players, with the threat of expulsion as a member of soccer's world governing body hanging ominously overhead.
Calls for the Al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt to be released by press freedom advocates have intensified after three of the four foreign journalists detained passed the 100 days in prison mark.
An Iranian mother has received world-wide praise for her "powerful act of forgiveness" after she spared her son's killer during what was supposed to have been his public execution.
Muslim prayer room signs have been vandalised at King's College London Guy's campus, with one sign having "Muslim" scratched out and other with a "#jewish" sticker over the same word.
New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed that it has disbanded its controversial surveillance unit that tracks the daily lives of Muslims to detect terror threats.
A couple from Middlesbrough say bosses at supermarket giant Morrisons religiously discriminated against them when they were refused time off during Ramadan.
Leader of France's far-right Front National (FN), Marine Le Pen has vowed to stop non-pork meal options in school canteens in towns where her party won local elections.
A Hijab wearing Swedish woman claims security staff Arvidsjaur northern airport tugged on her hijab in public rather than take up her offer to remove it in private.
A 15-year-old Muslim girl was spat and threatened with violence and called a "terrorist" by a middle aged man on her way to school while fellow bus passengers laughed at her ordeal.
Court of Appeal recently considered two cases on the issue of vicarious liability of employers. This refers to a situation where an employer is held responsible for the acts or omissions of another person, and arises where two conditions are met.
The book under review is an interesting study of the Kashmiri people's popular resistance against Indian hegemony through the life and struggle of Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The memoir is, in many ways, the story of her happy partnership with her husband as well as her progression in politics.
When it comes to scientific discussions about climate change, there always seems to be controversy over how the data is interpreted.
Scientists have made the first artificial chromosome (packages of DNA that contain the genes), which promises to revolutionise medical and industrial biotechnology in the coming century.


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Original Mini voted best British-built car of all time – but which of the top ten is your favourite and how much would it cost to buy now?
The original Mini, first introduced in the late fifties, is the best car to ever be manufactured in Britain, according to a vote of more than 10,000 Autocar readers.
The Mini – one of the most iconic cars in the world – was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and became an instant sensation when launched in 1959. It was a symbol of the 'Swinging Sixties'.
It has also featured prominently in films and television shows, such as the Italian Job starring Michael Caine. A Union Jack version was used in the more recent spoof-spy movie Austin Powers while Mr Bean drove around (rather poorly) in his yellow model, seen below.
Iconic: It has featured heavily on the big screen and small screen. Here is Mr Bean arriving at one to his movie premiere
It beat a raft of super cars, such as the McLaren F1 (one of which was famously crashed by Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson in real-life) and the Aston Martin DB5 (Sean Connery's iconic Bond car), to the title of best British car.
Chas Hallett, Autocar brand editor, said: 'It comes as little surprise that the original Mini has topped the list of all-time British greats.
'It's such an iconic vehicle and represents a lot more than the British car industry; the Mini is associated with Great Britain around the world and, in many ways, it was ahead of its time.'
The poll also named Norfolk-based Lotus as the most popular British manufacturer, with seven of its models making the 100 best British cars list, which you can check out here.
Jaguar and Ford both had six cars in the top 100, including the Jaguar D-type and the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, while Aston Martin had five, including the DB5.
But it's the Mini which has stayed close to the hearts of British motorists. It was dubbed the first 'classless car'. The marque was successfully revived in a larger and more-powerful version by BMW in 2003.
Chas adds: 'Everyone loved and still loves an original Mini. It ensured a fabulous drive every time, with a wheel literally at each corner and a low centre of gravity, plus it was cheap to own and run.
'Many a former owner will undoubtedly be wishing they had held on to theirs, as good examples are now worth tens of thousands of pounds.'
We asked Autocar for target prices of each of the top ten cars in good condition. It said the prices indicated below can fluctuate considerably depending on the exact car in question but it provides a guide. For instance, a McLaren F1 sold for £6.2m a few days ago.
To put them all in your garage, it would cost nearly £7million.
Original mini - £15,000
McLaren F1 - £5million
Jaguar E-Type - £100,000
Range Rover - £30,000
Yamaha Motiv.E - £10,000
McLaren P1 - £866,000
Jaguar XJ220 - £220,000
Aston Martin DB5 - £500,000
TVR Griffith - £20,000
Ford Escort Mexico - £20,000
As always, this list has thrown up a few surprising choices, such as the Yahama Motiv E.
Which one of the above cars would you choose as your favourite? Or would you pick a British-built motor not featured above? Let us know in the comment section below.
Personally, I'd go for the Ford Escort Mexico. I found this one for £9,000 on a classic car website.
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ST. MARYS — Elk County Catholic's Nate DaCanal's field goal with seconds left gave the Elk County Catholic Crusaders a hard fought 47-46 win over the Ridgway Elkers Saturday night in the Allegheny Mountain League championship played at the St. Marys Area High School.
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders won their fourth straight girls' Allegheny Mountain League title Saturday night when they defeated the DuBois Central Catholic Lady Cardinals 49-30 in the title game played at the St. Marys Area High School.
Ridgway freshman Hailey Hoffman won the all-around championship at the League Championships held Friday night at DuBois Area High School.
Hoffman won the all-around with a score of 33.425. Hoffman was also the uneven bars champion with a score of 8.725. Hoffman finished sixth in vault with a score of 8.35 and was ninth on balance beam with a 7.6.
Elizabeth Jane Erickson, 65, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 after a gutsy battle with lung disease.
Betsy was born to Walter "Baldy" and Agnes Foster Bouse on Nov. 25, 1949, their fourth child. On Aug. 18, 1972, she married John Erickson of Johnsonburg and they resided in Ridgway all their married life.
Kathleen Ann Penfield, 63, of 236 Walnut St., Ridgway, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at Highland View Health Care in Brockway.
She was born March 13, 1951 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Herbert and Marion Mitchell Fannin. On April 28, 1973, she married William R. Penfield Jr., who survives.
She had lived in Ridgway all her life. She had been employed at St. Marys Carbon for 31 years. She was a graduate of Ridgway Area High School Class of 1970. Kathy enjoyed cooking, sewing, knitting, crocheting and scrapbooking.
ST. MARYS – Elk Company 1 (Crystal Fire Department), St. Marys Ambulance and St. Marys Police responded shortly after 3 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash in the Rite Aid parking lot along the Million Dollar Highway in St. Marys. A public information release report was unavailable at press time but St. Marys Police confirmed a patron was exiting the business Friday afternoon and struck an unattended Ford F150 pickup truck and a large business sign located on the property.
Ridgway boys basketball advanced to the AML championship game with a 34-26 victory over Johnsonburg Friday night at Ridgway Area High School in an AML semifinal matchup.
"It was tough. It was about what we thought it would be, low-scoring," Ridgway coach Anthony Allegretto said. "We're a patient team and when they pack in that zone, that zone's hard to attack. Coach Shuey has them much more under control. Early in the season, he had some guys out gambling at times. Now it's hard to find anything."
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Wolfe made the claim after board members were asked about the district's financial situation, which has become a hot topic for the community since the most recent JASD budget workshop, according to Jason Pratt, a concerned parent that questioned the board about the district's financial status.
An SUV drove over the curb and broke through a front glass pane at Hello Beautiful at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening along Main Street in Ridgway. Responders were on the scene to help those in the car as traffic was restricted for about 35 minutes and cleanup was done in front of the business. One person was taken out on a stretcher. No further information is known as of press time.


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Blind user sues SW
The unpleasant trolls (depressingly getting modded up as insightful) cry. "Why should they be forced to let blind people use their site ? "
A few points spring to mind.
You only have to make the site W3C compliant, to achieve this.
This then means the site works in non IE browsers, and on PDAs and text browsers like Lynx. Which I thought was supposed to be a good thing.
Technology is about making life better for everyone, not just a few selfish geeks. I couldn't believe comments about blind people shouldn't use the web, presumably made by teenage boys who don't remember when the web was primarily a text only information source.
What we have is a sizable majority of the
ADA does not sue for money, if they win, the company involved has to simply comply with federal law. No disabled person sues using ADA for financial gain, they sue for the right to be able to go about their lives as normally as possible.
All the guy is asking for is the webdesigners to fill in all the blank ALT tags, which if they were any good at their job would be filled in anyway. This comment from Golias sums it up perfectly.
"If your site can't be read by these text-to-voice tools the blind use, it should be pointed out that you are a shitty webmaster."
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Scientific American has been a partner for the Google Science Fair since its inception in 2011, and I have served as the awards event's chief judge since then. Last year, we also added the Scientific American-sponsored $50,000 Science in Action award. The 2013 winner is Elif Bilgin of Turkey, for her work in making bio-plastics from banana peels. Elif is also competing as a finalist in the Google Science Fair overall; you can tune in on September 23 to see all the winners. In 2012, Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela won for their simplified hydroponics system.
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Tobacco stocks are known for their generous dividends and yields. Last Wednesday, Lorillard LO -0.522310102969706% Lorillard Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD66.66 -0.35 -0.522310102969706% /Date(1427403694140-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4612481 AFTER HOURS USD66.66 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 103866 P/E Ratio 21.18477086378949 Market Cap 24000734143.2385 Dividend Yield 3.9603960396039604% Rev. per Employee 1742070 More quote details and news » (ticker: LO), the No. 3 U.S. producer of cigarettes by revenue and the oldest U.S. tobacco company, lit up its quarterly common payout by 6.5%, to 55 cents a share from 51.67 cents, for a 5.3% return. This marks Lorillard's fifth payout enhancement since becoming an independent publicly traded company in June 2008, and it's worth an additional $52 million annually to investors. A 3-for-1 stock split took effect on Jan. 15.
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Newport, Lorillard's flagship premium cigarette brand, is the top-selling menthol and second-largest-selling smoke in the U.S. after Altria's Marlboro. Despite heightened competition and regulatory wrangling over new products, Lorillard continues to outperform the tobacco industry. Total wholesale shipments, for example, rose 0.3% in the fourth quarter, versus the industry's projected overall decline of 2.9%. Earnings, though down 0.3% on weaker gross margins and higher costs, far surpassed Wall Street's expectations. Sales are growing fast at Lorillard's electronic-cigarettes unit.
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