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In an effort to energize his catatonic offence, Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson has tinkered with his top two lines.
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In an effort to energize his catatonic offence, Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson has tinkered with his top two lines.
After scoring just four goals in their last three games – after notching 16 goals in the first four – at practice this morning, Wilson moved Kris Versteeg from left wing on the No. 1 line to skate on the second line with Mikhail Grabovski and Clarke MacArthur.
Nikolai Kulemin, who had been skating with Grabovski, has been moved up to the top unit with Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel.
Versteeg and Kulemin have just one goal each. Neither of Toronto's top two centres – Bozak and Grabovski – have scored a goal in Toronto's first seven games.
"I'm just trying to shake things up a little bit to see what works," said Wilson after practice. "Definitely (Kulemin) is really good at working the corners. I think right now he might be able to help out (Bozak) and Phil with that. Getting Kris Versteeg with Grabovski and Clarke MacArthur, there should be a lot of speed there and we'll see if we can find some chemistry with those guys."
The Leafs have lost their last three games after bolting out of the game with four consecutive victories. In a 5-2 loss at Philadelphia Saturday, Toronto generated very little on the attack was outshot 40-14.
Kulemin, who will also be on the first power-play unit, said he is not overly frustrated by the fact he has just one goal in the first seven games.
"I've had a lot of chances. I just need better finish and score more," he said, noting he'll try to recreate the success he had on that top unit with Bozak and Kessel towards the end of last season.
Grabovski, too, refuses to beat himself up over a slow start.
"I'm just like, work harder guy and believe in myself," he said. "I think if I start thinking about that too much, it's too much pressure in my head right now. I know my goals are coming soon."
The Leafs will unveil the new-look top two lines tomorrow night when the Florida Panthers visit the Air Canada Centre.
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Top North Carolina Democrat Says Republicans Are "Raping" The State
"I was not intending to offend anyone," he said. "I'm sorry if they took it that way. That's not what the metaphor means."
Randy Voller
The top Democratic Party official in North Carolina compared Republican actions in the state to rape Thursday. Randy Voller, the North Carolina Democratic Party chairman and mayor of Pittsboro reportedly said, "the GOP that's leading us – we don't know where they're taking us, but they're raping us along the way."
Voller was speaking to the Democratic Women of Guilford County at their annual President's Spring Banquet according to the News-Record.
The quote came out in a tweet from the Guliford County Democrats, who were live tweeting the event. Voller said the tweet, which was quickly deleted, was being taken out of context.
"I think it's a complete misquote, or a redaction," Voller told WRAL in North Carolina. "I did use the term contextually."
"It's as if barbarians are pillaging and plundering. I'm talking about the destruction that's going on," he said referring to Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature. "It's no different than saying that fracking is raping the land.
Voller said he was "sorry" if people were offended.
"I was not intending to offend anyone," he said. "I'm sorry if they took it that way. That's not what the metaphor means."
When a News-Record reporter told Voller there was a likely chance a woman at the event had been a victim of rape, Voller said he could have been a victim as well.
"I don't know that," Voller said. "Women and men are both victims of abusive power and violence. I personally could have been raped."
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Coach Alba, a self-improvement company that specializes in using technology to influence behavior, today announced a partnership with Philadelphia's Einstein Healthcare Network to help employees lose a ton of weight — literally.
In connection with Einstein's annual "Greatest Loser" weight loss competition, Coach Alba's adaptive SMS platform is being enlisted to help participating employees reach the goal of losing 2,000 pounds collectively. All Einstein employees and their families — not just those in the competition — are welcome to use Coach Alba's smart-texting engine for support in sticking with their weight loss goals during the 10-week competition for free and throughout the rest of the calendar year.
"As a healthcare organization, we are always looking for effective ways to help our employees take charge of their health and make meaningful and sustained behavioral transformations in their lives," said Kathryn Brady, manager of health and wellness at Einstein Healthcare Network. "We want our employees to be examples of excellent health, and we recognize how hard it can be to stick with a weight loss plan with the everyday distractions and demands of life. Coach Alba's text messaging system is assisting our participants in sticking with their plans."
Coach Alba combines proprietary behavioral research and sophisticated mobile technology to help users survive "crucial moments" of weakness that derail weight loss goals. Coach Alba learns about users' individual vulnerabilities with every text message and sends personalized support and ideas at strategic times when users are susceptible to giving in.
"Coach Alba is built on proven behavioral principles that will help Einstein reach this lofty but important goal. I am a living testament to the fact that this approach to sustained weight loss really works," said Vincent Han, who founded Coach Alba on the same behavioral principles that helped him lose 55 pounds.
According to the U.S. National Weight Control Registry, 4 in 5 of the country's 100 million dieters fail to stick with their diets over time, suggesting that Coach Alba addresses a pervasive problem in the American battle with weight loss.
"Research has highlighted the fact that most weight loss plans work very well if the participant can find a way to stick to that plan. That's where Coach Alba comes in," Han added. "About 95 percent of the time, people do very well at keeping their eyes on the prize. It's the other 5 percent of the time that leads to trouble."
As a text-based service, Coach Alba is available to any cell phone user with SMS capabilities — making it accessible to many more dieters than a mobile app that requires a smartphone and data plan — and the smart text platform is more effective at reaching users during quiet moments of vulnerability.
Coach Alba also offers users a more private alternative to virtual weight-loss services that push information to online social networks. Coach Alba has already helped thousands of beta users make life-altering changes in how they approach their health and weight-loss goals.
About Coach Alba
Founded in 2010, Coach Alba is a behavioral change company that builds innovative Web and mobile technologies to help people achieve life-changing goals. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, Coach Alba leverages powerful proprietary research and an adaptive, personalized SMS messaging platform to help users recognize and overcome the day-to-day challenges that keep them from attaining sustainable, positive change in their lives. For more information, visit www.coachalba.com.
About Einstein Healthcare Network
Einstein Healthcare Network is a 1,203-bed integrated delivery network with more than 8,500 employees serving the communities of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pa. The network's primary location, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, is one of the largest academic medical centers in the Delaware Valley, providing training and education for more than 400 residents and fellows each year. The network also provides a comprehensive range of healthcare services through the brand-new Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, MossRehab, Belmont Behavioral Health, Willowcrest, outpatient facilities such as Einstein at Germantown and Einstein Center One, and a network of more than 500 primary care physicians and specialists employed through Einstein Physicians and Fornance Physician Services, Inc. For more information, visit www.einstein.edu or call 1-800-EINSTEIN.
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There will be 150 billion connected devices by 2020. New digital businesses have already disrupted value chains across every industry. APIs are at the center of the digital business. You need to understand what assets you have that can be exposed digitally, what their digital value chain is, and how to create an effective business model around that value chain to compete in this economy. No enterprise can be complacent and not engage in the digital economy. Learn how to be the disruptor and not the disruptee.
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Israeli swimmer Toumarkin shows promising form in Kazan
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Israelis grab 61 medals at Special Olympics in LA
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Jewish and Muslim religious leaders visits members of Dawabsha family in hospital
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the Likud faction meeting on Monday that an Israeli team led by his national security adviser would be sent to the US next week to work on a final status nuclear deal with Iran. An interim deal was signed last week between world powers and Iran over its controversial nuclear program.Netanyahu said that he agreed with US President Barack Obama to send the Israeli delegation to the US when the two leaders spoke about the interim Iran deal on Sunday. "I spoke last night with President Obama. We agreed that in the coming days an Israeli team led by the national security adviser, Yossi Cohen, will go out to discuss with the United States the permanent accord with Iran," the prime minister said. "This accord must bring about one outcome: the dismantling of Iran's military nuclear capability," he saidNetanyahu added that the interim deal reached with Iran was bad but it would have been worse without Israel's diplomatic efforts. A lawmaker from Netanyahu's Likud faction told an Israeli television station earlier on Monday that the premier rebuked US President Barack Obama over the interim agreement agreed upon by the Western powers and Iran on Sunday."The prime minister made it clear to the most powerful man on earth that if he intends to stay the most powerful man on earth, it's important to make a change in American policy because the practical result of his current policy is liable to lead him to the same failure that the Americans absorbed in North Korea and Pakistan, and Iran could be next in line," Likud Beytenu MK Tzachi Hanegbi told the Knesset Channel.Obama called Netanyahu on Sunday from Air Force One to discuss the interim agreement struck between world powers and Iran.In the call, Obama told Netanyahu that the P5+1 — the US, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany — would use the next several months to forge a "lasting, peaceful and comprehensive" solution to the slow-motion nuclear crisis causing consternation throughout the Middle East."The president told the Prime Minister that he wants the United States and Israel to begin consultations immediately regarding our efforts to negotiate a comprehensive solution," the White House said in a readout of the call."The President underscored that the United States will remain firm in our commitment to Israel, which has good reason to be skeptical about Iran's intentions."While the White House said both leaders expressed their mutual desire to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, it did not acknowledge any disagreement voiced in the phone call. Netanyahu on Sunday called the deal, hailed by the US, a "historic mistake" that would make the region more dangerous tomorrow than it was before.After a hard series of negotiations, Iran agreed late Saturday night to pause much of its nuclear program, including construction on its heavy-water plutonium reactor in Arak and the installation of advanced centrifuges made to efficiently enrich uranium to weapons-grade levels. Iran also agreed to allow unfettered access to its nuclear sites and to dilute stockpiles of uranium already thoroughly enriched.In exchange, the Islamic will attain relief from financial sanctions from the international community valued at up to $7 billion.Michael Wilner contributed to this report.
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صور حركيه لاوضاع الجماع صور كوس وطيز A grainy photo published Saturday on the cover of the tabloid Thai Rath shows a naked body suspended from a clothes bar in a hotel closet, with hands apparently bound together above the head and feet on the floor, the Associated Press reports.She was also charged with aggravated assault after ``stabbing/slashing`` husband Charles in their Freehold home May 26, causing him ``serious bodily injury,`` according to papers filed in township court. Lil Wayne never confirmed if he was not Nivea�s rebound, but the two have not been seen together quite often and Nivea is not rocking a nice ring on her wedding finger�It could be just her wedding ring from Dream LOL, but who knows!
Yes, gossip sites say both singer Nivea and model Lauren London are pregnant by the Lollipop rapper, MTV reports.
``I was also so scared I just closed my eyes [and struck him],`` said mom of three Jamie Czerniawski, 30, who claims she acted in self-defense. صور حركيه لاوضاع الجماع Princess Sapphire has a pint-sized sidekick in the form of Choppy, a young angel-in-training out to earn his wings. Hard as they try to break through the stiffness, the film�s fine actors only fitfully succeed in camouflaging the machinery behind their characters.
Amanda comes straight from Tennessee Williams and Nadine from Bessie Smith.``If I didn`t do it, I would`ve been dead,`` she told The Post.
صور سكس محرك Lil Wayne never confirmed if he was not Nivea�s rebound, but the two have not been seen together quite often and Nivea is not rocking a nice ring on her wedding finger�It could be just her wedding ring from Dream LOL, but who knows!Mr. A spokesperson for Carradine`s family released a statement to ET saying that the family was ``profoundly disturbed by the release in Thailand of photographs taken at the scene of David Carradine`s death.`` The statement adds: ``The family wants it understood that, per {family} attorney Mark Geragos, any persons, publications or media outlets will be fully prosecuted for invasion of privacy and causing severe emotional distress if the photos are published.`` Nivea`s self-titled debut album was released in December 10, 2002.


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The desingers believe that this innovation has enormous global potential for use in the offshore energy markets, such as platform personnel transfers and wind farm maintenance, offshore survey, inspection and installation works.
The patents pending Submersible Hull Vessel (SHV) concept is owned by OSSeas Ltd and is the only vessel which can change its own internal volume.
One application of the technology is the Submersible Hull Catamaran (SHC TM) dubbed the "SHC Wavedancer", which is essentially a high speed catamaran similar to large ferries of that class. It can transit to and from a site at around 50 knots (90 Km/h) and once on site can transform by jacking the superstructure up on vertical struts and ballasting down the two hulls.
This moves the superstructure up above the wave tops and the hulls below the wave energy zone, resulting in a very stable work platform in sea conditions other vessel would find unworkable.
Recently the Submersible Hull Catamaran (SHC) concept received much interest and many positive comments during a Middle East trade tour organised by Missionkraft, who are licenced to market the concept.
The inventor, Dennis Knox, (OSSeas Consulting) has a background in senior management in the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy, installation and construction industry. A mariner for over forty years he has first-hand experience in managing offshore projects and believes that the Submersible Hull Catamaran will become the vessel of choice for the offshore energy industry.
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Zahid Hussain | 06 May 2013 18:57 GMT | Politics, Pakistan
A Baloch nationalist leader who once was jailed on treason charges has now emerged as possibly the last hope for bringing an end to the festering crisis in Pakistan's western Balochistan province, as the country approaches landmark elections.
Akhtar Mengal had lived in self-imposed exile in Dubai and London since his release from prison in 2008. Giving up hope of achieving democratic rights for his province within the framework of the Pakistani federation, he had called for an "amicable divorce" from the state.
In a dramatic turnaround, however, Mengal has now returned home to lead his party, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) in the coming elections, the outcome of which will be critical for his own - as well as the province's - political future.
A dangerous crucible of tribal, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, Balochistan, the country's largest province by area, has been the centre of a separatist insurgency for almost a decade. Although the military has managed to contain the rebellion through brute force, it has not mitigated the alienation of the ethnic Baloch population.
Thousands of people have been killed in the bloody strife, and hundreds of others are on the list of "missing persons" - people who are believed to be in the custody of Pakistani intelligence agencies. The ruthless use of force has driven many young Baloch men into the folds of insurgent groups.
Most Baloch nationalist parties, including the BNP-M, had boycotted the general elections in 2008 in protest against military operations, extrajudicial killings and the illegal detention of political activists. Their absence allowed tribal leaders who were more pro-establishment to dominate an election whose credibility remains questionable. The province has increasingly descended into lawlessness, with the erosion of state authority and the control of security forces over vast swathes of area remaining no more than tentative.
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It will be challenging for the nationalist parties to regain lost political ground, after being disconnected from their constituencies for so long. Many of their leaders and activists had fled their homes due to threats from security agencies, as well as from separatist forces. These party workers and organisers have only begun to return to their homes after the announcement that their parties would be taking part in the elections.
While the decision of nationalist groups to return to the democratic course may have lent greater legitimacy to the coming elections, it also has dangerously polarised the politics of the province. It has sharpened the divide between those nationalists who seek autonomy for the province within the framework of the Pakistani federation and the separatist armed groups fighting for complete independence.
Rejecting the elections as being a means to strengthen the Pakistani state's control over Balochistan, various insurgent groups who have now united under the banner of the Balochistan National Front have called for a province-wide shutdown strike from May 5 to polling day on May 11.
In the wake of that call, the atmosphere across the province in the run-up to the polls remains tense. Candidates cannot campaign in certain areas, for fear of being targeted by the separatists.
The battle in Balochistan between moderates and radical nationalists has divided several of the hugely influential tribal families, too. While Akhtar Mengal has returned to the fold of electoral politics, Javed Mengal, his elder brother, has also returned from self-imposed exile to join the armed separatists. Another faction of the Mengal tribe, led by Shafiq Mengal, is believed to be spearheading one of the armed militias reportedly supported by Pakistani military intelligence in an attempt to counter the armed separatists. These groups, referred to as "death squads" by residents of Balochistan, have also allegedly been responsible for the killing of members of nationalist parties.
The Mengal tribe is not atypical in this respect. Harbiyar Marri is the leader of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the most powerful armed separatist group, but his brother, Changez Marri, will be standing for election to the National Assembly. The Bugtis, another similarly influential tribe, also has members on both sides of the separatist debate.
It remains to be seen who will win the battle at the polls - or, indeed, if the polls will even be allowed to occur. An electoral victory for Akhtar Mengal's BNP-M and other nationalist parties could create some space for the Pakistani state to address the grievances of the Baloch, and bring them back to the fold. After that, it will be a question of how groups such as the BLA will respond to the nationalists being in power.
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TIRANA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Albania announced on Monday that it would raise taxes from January, scrapping a flat 10 percent corporate and income tax rate, and plans to end tax exemptions for foreign oil workers, as its new government wrestles rising debt.
Prime Minister Edi Rama said last week that the Balkan country needs a new loan arrangement with the International Monetary Fund as his three-month-old government tries to contain a hole in its finances.
IMF officials are now in Albania wrapping up a fortnight of talks and a government official said a deal on a loan of probably around US$400 million could be announced as soon as Tuesday. Albania was last under an IMF programme in 2009.
Living up to its election promise to tax more heavily those who earned more, the government unveiled plans to raise profit tax for bigger businesses to 15 percent from 10 percent and cut taxes for small businesses.
Finance Minister Shkelqim Cani, outlining the new measures in a draft of the 2014 budget, said the government also plans to introduce two rates of personal income tax of 13 and 23 percent, and would end tax exemptions for foreign personnel at oil and gas companies on VAT, excise and personal income tax.
However, he said the government was still discussing the issue of exemptions for oil workers with the IMF and an oil company official said oil companies planned to talk to the government.
Several oil companies, including a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Canada's Petromanas <PMI.V, are active in Albania either drilling for oil or in the case of Bankers Petroleum, exploiting the Patos Marinza oilfield.
The corporate and income tax increases would come into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, the start of the fiscal year. Some business leaders have warned the government that tax rises would blunt the Balkan state's competitive edge versus neighbours like Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia.
Cani said that this year's budget deficit would be 6.2 percent of gross domestic product, much higher than a targeted 3.5 percent of GDP, and would rise to 6.6 percent of GDP next year.
The economy would grow just 1.3 percent this year but growth should accelerate to 2.1 percent in 2014, he said.
Cani had described the state of Albania's finances as "critical and grave" when Rama's Socialist Party took over power three months ago after beating the Democratic Party of Sali Berisha by a landslide in elections in June.
On Monday he said fixing public finances would take time.
"Overcoming this situation is not a short-term duty. Re-establishing macroeconomic balances require a medium-term programme and we should all contribute," Cani said.
According to the draft budget, public debt would be 936 billion leks ($9.15 billion), or 69.1 percent of the gross domestic product, this year and would rise to 74.8 percent of GDP next year, he said.
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The World Bank has said it plans to give Albania between US$100 million and US$200 million as part of next year's budget.
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Maarten Stekelenburg's late error spoiled Felix Magath's bow as Fulham manager as the visitors were held to a 1-1 draw by West Brom.
Stekelenburg initially pulled off a number of fine saves to keep Fulham ahead, but proved to be the villain of the piece as he allowed substitute Matej Vydra's shot to squirm under him and roll narrowly over the line with four minutes to go.
It had looked as though Magath was going to be indebted to a familiar face in Ashkan Dejagah, who won the Bundesliga title with the German in 2008-09 in his spell at Wolfsburg and put Fulham ahead after 28 minutes.
But the Premier League's bottom club were denied a first win in seven league games when Stekelenburg blotted his copybook in the closing stages.
The result leaves Fulham four points adrift of safety at the foot of the division, while West Brom are a point above the drop zone in 16th, although Pepe Mel is still waiting for his first win since taking over last month.
January signing Konstantinos Mitroglou was named on the bench for Fulham, who started brightly and should have gone ahead when two other new recruits combined as Johnny Heitinga headed over from Lewis Holtby's left-wing cross.
Fulham continued to dictate play without creating too many chances, although Steve Sidwell did blaze over from point-blank range after 21 minutes following good work down the right from Hugo Rodallega.
But for all their pressure, the visitors were thankful to goalkeeper Stekelenburg for keeping them level, the Netherlands international standing firm to deny Thievy Bifouma after the Frenchman had combined brilliantly with compatriot Morgan Amalfitano on the counter-attack.
Magath's men were undeterred, though, and deservedly took the lead just before the half-hour mark when Dejagah collected Kieran Richardson's delivery before powering a right-footed finish beyond Ben Foster.
West Brom struggled to mount a response and would have fallen further behind had Foster not pulled off a fine diving save to keep out Rodallega's long-range drive.
And the hosts' cause was further damaged when defender Billy Jones was withdrawn through injury and replaced by Victor Anichebe.
Mel's men appeared reinvigorated after half-time, though, with Stekelenburg forced into another impressive save to prevent Chris Brunt from levelling matters.
The Hawthorns outfit were dominant throughout the second period but Steklenburg's inspired performance continued as he prevented James Morrison from equalising after 66 minutes with a vicious effort from the edge of the area.
It looked as though West Brom's effort were going to be in vain, but the Midlands club salvaged a point in dramatic fashion when former Roma keeper Stekelenburg somehow let an effort from Vydra, who came off the bench only 11 minutes earlier, roll under his body.
Stekelenburg did redeem himself with a brilliant save to keep out an injury-time strike from Brunt, with Anichebe firing wide on the rebound, missing a gilt-edged chance to complete the turnaround.
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