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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli hospital officials say comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has undergone surgery to insert a new feeding tube.
Officials at the Tel Hashomer hospital in central Israel said Wednesday that the hour-long procedure was preplanned and there was no change in Sharon's condition.
Sharon, who cannot swallow, receives fluids through the tube. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity since Sharon is now a private citizen and only his family, which rarely gives updates on his condition, is authorized to comment.
Sharon was at the height of his political power in early 2006 when a devastating stroke incapacitated him. The 85 year old has been in a coma ever since, connected to a respirator. His family has said that he sometimes opens his eyes and moves his fingers.


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Unanswered questions remain in insurance exchange planning
Nebraska News Service by Katie Walter
LINCOLN--The Legislature's Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee held a briefing Friday morning about the status of Nebraska's process for creating an insurance exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Representatives of the State Department of Insurance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and the Nebraska Health Care Alliance, a nonprofit association of 70 health care providers, insurance companies and businesses advocating for a state-based health insurance exchange, were invited to present their views.
As with similar meetings held by the governor in September, the idea of flexibility remains a major concern.
Health insurance exchanges are part of the Affordable Care Act that was signed into federal law in March 2010. The exchanges are intended to be a marketplace for consumers to shop for health insurance coverage. The law requires states to draft their own plans within federal guidelines, create a joint federal-state plan or rely on the federal government to create a plan.
Bruce Ramge, Nebraska insurance director, told the committee he did not have enough information to make a recommendation on what model Nebraska should use.
The state has until Nov. 16 to submit its model to federal officials. Ramge reiterated what Gov. Dave Heineman has stated on a number of occasions; he will not draft the exchange until after the Nov. 6 election results.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has vowed to seek repeal of the Affordable Care Act if he's elected.
Ramge said that there has been confusion on what exactly is required in a state-based model in conjunction with a blueprint the federal Department of Health and Human Services sent out to states earlier this year.
Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus pointed out that at least 12 states have submitted their plans for state-based exchanges without the regulations the Nebraska officials have said they're waiting for.
Schumacher said there is a lot of talk about the federal government not having flexibility, and he asked the insurance department officials how they have reached that conclusion. He asked whether there is correspondence between the insurance department and the federal Department of Health and Human Services indicating that federal authorities have denied state plans or suggestions.
Ramge said there was no such correspondence, but he said state officials have been asked to submit a few documents concerning something they could not discuss at the meeting. They also said they did not have the letter available for the committee.
The basic understanding, according to Ramge and assistant project director Martin Swanson, is that regulations for the state-based exchanges, amounting to potentially thousands of pages, will be released between Nov. 6 and 16.
Schumacher asked if preliminary versions of these regulations have been published in the Federal Register, and Ramge responded that not everything has been covered in the regulations that have been published so far.
Lobbyists for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and Nebraska Health Care Alliance also testified in support of a state-based exchange model.
The Department of Insurance is expected to draft the exchange once Heineman makes a decision after the election.
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By David Ingram and Naomi Tajitsu
WASHINGTON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A trip to New Zealand will put America's chief prosecutor on the same soil as a flashy internet mogul who is fighting extradition to the United States on charges he assisted massive piracy of copyrighted movies and music.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visits New Zealand next week for an annual meeting of a "quintet" of attorneys general from mostly English-speaking countries - and not to meet up with the entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.
The founder of defunct file-sharing service Megaupload, Dotcom has oscillated between assailing Holder's trip and wanting to hear what he has to say in person.
It was unclear on Thursday whether Holder would appear in public. His speech at the University of Auckland is planned primarily for students and will be closed to the public and the media, although his U.S. speeches are usually open to the media.
In Twitter posts, Dotcom requested a ticket to the speech, offered to send T-shirts and an ethics manual to wherever Holder is staying and challenged his followers to film Holder while a Megaupload theme song plays for a $500 prize.
Dotcom tweeted that he would like to understand Holder's definition of cybercrime, one issue the quintet works on.
An extradition hearing for Dotcom is scheduled for August, although appeals could further delay it, said Ira Rothken, a lawyer for Megaupload. He told Reuters by phone he had no reason to expect a meeting between Holder and Dotcom.
Holder declined an interview through a spokeswoman on Thursday. Federal prosecutors in Virginia who are handling the case declined to comment on how it is proceeding.
Dotcom got rich from founding Megaupload, which allowed users to upload and download movies, music, television shows, e-books and software. The site once commanded 4 percent of global online traffic before U.S. prosecutors shut it down.
The United States began a criminal copyright case against Dotcom in January 2012. At Washington's request, New Zealand law enforcement officers conducted a dramatic raid on his mansion outside Auckland.
Attempts to have him sent to the United States for trial were delayed after a New Zealand court last year found that New Zealand used unlawful warrants in his arrest and illegally spied on him in the lead-up to the raid.
Dotcom and six associates face U.S. charges that they conspired to infringe copyrights, launder money and commit racketeering and fraud.
The copyright case could set a precedent for internet liability laws and, depending on its outcome, may force entertainment companies to rethink their distribution methods.
Dotcom maintains that Megaupload, which housed everything from family photos to Hollywood blockbusters, was merely a storage facility for online files, and should not be held accountable if content stored on the site was obtained illegally.
The Justice Department counters that Megaupload encouraged piracy by paying money to users who uploaded popular content and by deleting content that was not regularly downloaded.
It said Megaupload cost copyright holders such as movie studios and record companies more than $500 million and generated more than $175 million in criminal proceeds. It called the case among the largest ever involving criminal copyright.
Dotcom launched a new file-sharing service, Mega, in January.
Many New Zealanders view Dotcom, born in Germany as Kim Schmitz, as a folk hero fighting for online freedom and willing to stand up to the U.S. and New Zealand governments.
Dotcom, who has been released on bail and is suing the New Zealand government for illegal surveillance, predicted Holder would keep a low profile during his visit.
"It's probably risk management and avoidance of bad PR because the story has not yet arrived in any big way in the U.S. media," he wrote in an email to Reuters. "Any bad coverage here might spill over to the U.S."
Holder's visit to Dotcom's country of residence is not his choice. The attorneys general of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States began meeting as a quintet in 2009 to discuss legal matters including cybercrime.
After a gathering in Ottawa last year, it was New Zealand's turn to host.
(Reporting by David Ingram in Washington and Naomi Tajitsu in Wellington; Editing by Howard Goller and Xavier Briand)


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County Cork Irish Pub Sunday Night is 'Irish Night' for live entertainment
She is the perfect Irish lass - from her brilliant smile and generous hospitality, to the ring of her authentic Irish brogue. "Cora from the great county of Cork" has brought her genuine Irish sensibility to her newly opened, aptly-named pub, County Cork Irish Pub. This cozy bar and restaurant in Warwick boasts of an elegant, fully-stocked bar, picnic-stlye seating overlooking the marina, a "Dinghy Dock" to tie up to, hearty pub fare, and mostly, the BEST live entertainment this side of the Atlantic! There is no reason not to spend an evening or two here at this best-kept secret, County Cork Irish Pub.
County Cork Irish Pub is the true love of Cora who left the verdant hills of Ireland eight years ago to settle here with her husband Patrick. They fell in love with this breathtaking location on Warwick Cove and have transformed what was once the home of "Oma & Opa's" breakfast nook into this warm, inviting and welcoming watering hole.
County Cork Irish Pub is as beautiful a tribute to Ireland as you can imagine. The signature colors of the county bathe the walls and the polished wood of the building's original bar make you feel as though you are on the Emerald Isle itself. There is a real comfort and familiarity here that beckons you in to gulp down a thirst-quenching Guinness beer, Irish whiskey or maybe even one of Cork's humble "Paddy's". When eating inside, diners are treated to a breath-taking view of the glistening cove, but the best seat in the house is on the outside terrace, under the night sky.
Offering up a full service bar of everything from frothy beers and malts to finer wines and whiskeys, County Cork serves their brew up in 20 ounce frothy glasses, not your usual 16 ounce ones. You can choose from a delicious menu of specialty items, including one of County Cork's very own hand cut fries with their one-of-a-kind curry sauce or a "Bacon Buddy" (a BLT, made with Irish bacon, of course!) Soon, Cora will be adding little necks and steamers to the menu - and best of all, will be serving up breakfst. That's right, starting at 8:30am in mid-June, you will be treated to a freshly made breakfast, right here with Cora.
The live entertainment at this pub is first-rate, especially if you love the rich Gaelic music of Cora's homeland. Every Sunday night from 5:00 - 9:00 is "Irish Night" where local Irish musicians come to jam. Come hear such favorite bands as "Erin's Guild" and "Amadans". Bring your tin whistle and fiddle and join the revelry!
County Cork Irish Pub is located at 50 Waterfront Drive near Greenwich Bay Marina. For questions or directions, call 732-2675. They are open seven days a week, 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.


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A Very Interesting Development in FamilySearch Family Tree
You have to look carefully at the family outlined on the right-hand side of the screen to understand the full impact of the statement above:
It keeps going on:
Notice that there are no sources, yet. We can only imagine why this particular entry was chosen for the imposition of Read Only status. It looks like there might have been a measure of unsourced disagreement over the content. I can only say, that this is a good sign. I have a whole list of people who should be read only in my own family. But I would prefer it was done after I had added all the sources. We have been told that FamilySearch will take this step in some cases and here is proof positive that they are taking this program seriously. If you want to fight about your ancestors go somewhere else to do the fighting.
By the way, it would take me about ten minutes or so to fix this entry, assuming I had some source to go on.
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I see a duplicate there for him that would be impossible to merge now. Wouldn't this just end up causing more problems? I can just see people creating more duplicate entries if they find new info to add but can't fix the main entry.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can imagine that the FamilySearch team can make the changes here that need to be made including the merges. They probably want to be able to do this without the users making constant unsupported changes to the data.Delete
I think this is a great move on FS's part. I have Mayflower Lines that I cannot even get static long enough to print a pedigree chart before this one person starts deleted everyone's entries. She writes in the name field which is a problem when using ** Every week when I get my watched list I am astounded by this. It have been going on for well over a year. Every weekend I feel like reporting it but when I get my list of changes the offices are closed. I just figure I have too much to do to even touch these lines until FS straightens out the Hopkins and Cookes which they said they will be doing, unless they have appointed this other person to stand guard 24x7. I have a brand new cousin though and I would love to share our lines with him if this person would just take a ten minute break. Thank you, James, for posting this.ReplyDeleteReplies
There have been a lot of locked records ever since the start of Family Tree. There have also been repeated complaints on the getsatisfaction.com/familysearch feedback boards along the line of "These people won't merge!" "My changes won't save!" and "Why can't I add anything to this record?" Usually with the reply that the record must be locked. That has spawned the reply "Well, why didn't you tell me before I worked for hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong!"ReplyDelete
It is nice to hear that they are now warning people that the record can't be changed.
Of interest, a couple of months ago a similar yellow banner showed up for about six hours on living people that stated "Living Person - only you can see this record." or something like that. Someone asked about it and was told that it should not have been showing up yet and was part of getting living people's records moved out of New Family Search and into Family Tree which is needed before the final links between NFS and FT can be severed.
Since there are a number of different reasons for locking, it could be useful if a reason were given in each instance.ReplyDeleteReplies
This also opens the question of whether or not the files will be "cleaned up" while they are locked.Delete
I found another issue with this. My husband's living grandmother is locked. Luckily I had added her parents on my husband's account before it was locked. His uncle is new to familysearch though and now can't link parents to her so the rest of that line is just blank and can't be fixed without contacting familysearch.ReplyDeleteReplies
Your comment is very strange. Normally, you do not need to add any information to living people. That is their own responsibility. In addition, you are not related to your husband's grandmother. Another reason you may be having difficulty. Also, it is very common for living people to need to be added in to see the subsequent ancestors. I suggest someone related to this person, or the person herself, work this out.Delete
On my account I obviously had to add the grandmother myself since she is living and not my own relative, but her own children have her show up automatically on their accounts since they are lds. Her deceased parents don't show up though so they would need to be added. I'm the genealogist of the family though so I was helping them get things set up and came across the issue. They will be contacting someone on familysearch to get things fixed, but it's just frustrating since I was visiting them from out of town and had limited time to help them out.Delete
Yes, you do have to add in living people, but in every case, the program will search for duplicates. Usually, once the living people are connected, the rest of the pedigree shows up automatically. Thanks for your good work and help.Delete


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Direct Deposit Policy
Direct Deposit Policy
Version Number: 2
Effective Date: 4/1/2012
Responsible University Official: Vice President/Human Resources
Saint Louis University administers payroll fund distribution through a direct deposit system that allows employees to deposit directly a primary and up to two secondary accounts. This allows for immediate access to funds from a number of banking locations, is more secure for the employee, and reduces costs of processing paper checks. Direct deposit enrollment is maintained by the employee via Banner Self Service and participation is required for all active employees. Employees who do not have access to a personal computer may use one of the computer labs on campus or may use a computer in the Human Resources lobby in the Wool Center.
To outline the direct deposit process employees must follow in Banner Self Service in order to change, add, or delete direct deposit allocations.
All University employees or anyone paid via payroll services, with the exception of employees on the Madrid Campus.
Pre-note: Term used when new bank account(s) are being setup by an employee for direct deposit. The pre-note process tests the bank routing number and bank account number with the recipient financial institution and will return an error if the routing number is inaccurate, or the account number cannot be found, or the account is closed.
Priority: The order in which money is deposited into an employee's bank account for their direct deposit.
Last Priority: The highest (3 being the highest) numbered priority, however, if the employee is only depositing to two accounts the last priority should be number 2, if the employee is depositing to one account the last priority will be number 1. Employees should setup their primary account (where the remaining net pay is deposited) as the last priority. For example: if an employee is depositing $100 into their savings account and the rest of their net pay is to go to their checking account, priority 1 would be the savings account and priority 2 should be the checking account.
Remaining Amount: The amount of net pay left after deposits into any secondary (other) accounts. This is also referred to as 100% of net. For example: If after deductions the employee's net pay (check/direct deposit total) is $4,200 and the employee has $100 deposited to savings, the remaining amount would be $4,100 and would be deposited into the account that is setup for the remaining amount or 100%.
Primary Account: The account where the employee wants the majority (remaining amount or 100% of net) deposited. This is usually an employee's main checking account.
Secondary Account(s): Accounts where the employee wants set dollar amounts deposited to, these are often savings accounts or a secondary checking account.
Bank Routing Number: Typically a nine-digit number at the left hand bottom of a check. For savings accounts or newly opened accounts, the employee should verify the routing number with their financial institution. Most banks will provide a printed card with the bank routing number and account number to new account holders.
Account Number: On a check, this is typically the set of numbers to the right of the routing number and to the left of the printed check number. This number can be no longer than seventeen (17) digits long. Most banks will provide a printed card with the bank routing number and account number to new account holders.
Direct deposit enrollment is maintained by each employee via Banner Self Service and participation is required for all active employees. Under extenuating circumstances, if an employee is not able to open a bank account, they may want to consider contacting US Bank (lower lever, Busch Student Center) to inquire about how to remedy the issue and successfully open an account. If, after working with US Bank, the employee is still unable to obtain an account, an email must be sent to payroll services (firstname.lastname@example.com) which indicates that they have been denied a bank account. Employee's who are not active in direct deposit, either during the pre-note process or unable to open a bank account, will have their paycheck mailed to their permanent address of record in Internet Native Banner (INB). The checks will be mailed on payday. If a mailed check is lost or mailed to an incorrect address, the employee will not be allowed to request a replacement check for a minimum of 7 business days, no exceptions.
Employees are required to use Banner Self Service to enroll in payroll direct deposit. This process also sets up the direct deposit of employee reimbursements made by accounts payable. If an employee does not have access to a personal computer, computer access will be available in the Human Resources lobby on the first floor of the Wool Center. Employees must know their SLU Net ID and Password to access Banner Self Service, if not known, the employee may contact the information technology services helpdesk at 977-4000. Currently, the first payroll payment to an employee is a paper check mailed to their permanent address via the US Postal Service; this is to allow for a pre-noting of the employee's account to avoid problems with closed accounts, incorrect routing numbers or account numbers. However, in some instances, depending on when the employee sets up their bank information, the primary account could be pre-noted in time for the first pay check to be a direct deposit.
Each employee is responsible for maintaining accurate, up to date, direct deposit information in Banner Self Service. An employee may elect to have payroll monies deposited in up to three different accounts, with one account being regarded as the primary account where the remaining net of the employee paycheck is deposited after deposits to secondary account(s). Allocations not updated by the employee in a timely manner may result in a delay of payment while the erroneously deposited funds are recovered from the financial institution. It is the employee's responsibility to verify that payments have been credited to their account(s) and the University assumes no responsibility for overdrafts incurred by employee on their direct deposit.
The following procedures are based on the employee logging into Banner Self Service and accessing the Direct Deposit Allocation options from the Pay Information menu on the Employee tab. The University accepts no liability or responsibility for the employee's maintenance and updating of direct deposit information. For each account to be setup, you will need your bank's routing number and your account number.
New Hire or Rehire Employee with No Previously Active Direct Deposit(s):
Adding Direct Deposit Allocations:
Inactivating an Active Direct Deposit Allocation:
For all changes, additions, and deletions, employees should use View Proposed Direct Deposit Allocation to verify your setup(s).
This policy was approved by the President and the executive staff of Saint Louis University.


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First group of RIT professors share knowledge with Dubai students
It's late August in Dubai: Daniel Tessoni is walking under the blazing sun to the nearest Internet café so he can access his RIT e-mail at a place that boasts the least expensive online connections to the United States.
As an accounting professor in RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Tessoni is very much aware of getting the most value for the American dollar—similar to many Western visitors to one of the fastest growing centers of world trade—where they sell everything from Starbuck's coffee to diamond-encrusted cell phones.
Practicing what he preaches, Tessoni was in the first wave of RIT faculty teaching in the United Arab Emirates. Others include Sohail Dianat (engineering); James Jacobs (hospitality and service management) and Vic Perotti (business).
RIT Dubai is situated at the heart of a five-square-mile, community development called the Dubai Silicon Oasis. Still in its infancy, the new desert campus is offering master's degree programs in finance, human resource development, service leadership and innovation, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and networking and systems administration.
There are approximately 30 students registered in the RIT/M.S. degree programs, but expectations remain optimistic for enrollment to reach 200 by next fall. According to Greg Van Laeken, business manager and analyst for global programs at RIT: "Dubai officials are estimating there will be 4,000 students on the campus by 2020.
"The Dubai Silicon Oasis is expanding rapidly with construction soon to begin or already underway on various shopping centers, villas, high-rise apartment buildings, a hospital, hotel, and even a private high school."
Meanwhile, it was literally "down to business" for Tessoni and Perotti, who had to work out all the kinks in a startup educational environment. "I had four students including a medical doctor and a pilot for Emirates Airlines," says Tessoni, "and we worked together to get over the hurdles of teaching and learning in a smart classroom."
As Perotti explains in an RIT blog, he was impressed with the fast data connections and laptop-friendly spaces in hallways, but ended up needing help from RIT Dubai President Mustafa Abushagur, who tutored Perotti in usage of a Promethean smart board.
"Dr. M. trained me on the first day to use them, and I never looked back," says Perotti who teaches statistics. "Writing on the board captures your scrawl forever. Do you want to move the equation you just wrote? Use your pen to drag it somewhere else—or change its color, resize it. At the end of the day, you can export everything to a PDF (or other formats) so the students can have it as an archive. Crazy good."
Tessoni says the intensified week of classes in Dubai is identical to the Saunders College's condensed, fast-track program available here at RIT.
"It's the same book, same syllabus, same evaluation process, same tests—only we complete the course during four sessions through online learning, a process which I am still getting used to," Tessoni explains.
"Although I have a laptop with a camera and I can see my students and they can see me, I'm still the stand-up lecturer as I pepper them with questions as I would under normal classroom conditions. It's teaching as usual, only my students are located in Dubai."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators say they have closed a bank in Missouri, bringing to 51 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday seized Community Bank of the Ozarks, based in Sunrise Beach, Mo.
The bank had roughly $42.8 million in assets and $41.9 million in deposits as of Sept. 30.
Bank of Sullivan, based in Sullivan, Mo., agreed to assume all of the deposits and buy essentially all the assets of the failed lender.
The FDIC and Bank of Sullivan entered into a loss-share transaction on $37.3 million of Community Bank's assets.
Community Bank's failure is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $10.4 million.
The lender, which had two branches, is the fourth FDIC-insured institution to fail in Missouri this year.
U.S. bank closures are running at a much slower pace than in 2011. By this time last year, 90 banks had failed.
Bank closures peaked in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis. In 2007 just three banks went under. That number jumped to 25 in 2008, after the meltdown, and ballooned to 140 in 2009.
In 2010 regulators seized 157 banks, the most in any year since the savings and loan crisis two decades ago. The FDIC has said 2010 likely was the high-water mark for bank failures from the Great Recession. They declined to a total of 92 in 2011.
From 2008 through 2011, bank failures cost the deposit insurance fund an estimated $88 billion. The fund fell into the red in 2009. But with failures slowing, the fund's balance turned positive in the second quarter of last year. By Sept. 30 it stood at $25.2 billion, up from $22.7 billion at the end of June.
The FDIC expects bank failures from 2012 through 2016 to cost $10 billion.


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Spotted: Rihanna Gets Goofy With Friends At Eiffel Tower, Serena Williams Poses With Trophy
June 7, 2013: A day before her concert in Paree, Rihanna and friends held an impromptu photo shoot in front of the Eiffel Tower. A day later, Serena Williams also posed with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophy in front of the Eiffel after winning the Women's Singles final of the French Open.
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ROCHESTER -- Rochester Police and Fire responded to a partial rollover accident at the area of Salmon Falls Road.
Emergency personnel located the vehicle in the area of 760 Salmon Falls Rd. laying on its right side. The driver was already out of the vehicle and was uninjured and said that he was heading northbound when he lost control and crossed over the southbound lane and then came to rest down a drainage embankment on the southbound lane on the roof and right side of the 1998 Isuzu Rodeo he was driving.
There was damage to the right side of his vehicle and roof. The driver was identified as Antonio W Guyer of Somersworth.
He advised that he lost control of the vehicle due to the snow covered roadway and that he was not injured and was wearing his seatbelt. Once the vehicle was righted the officer examined the passenger compartment and saw that the vehicle's front seats had been removed. Guyer was asked about this and said that he had removed the seats prior to driving it today as he was heading to the local scrap yard to scrap the vehicle and did not want to lose money so he removed the seats to sell them separately. He advised that he was driving the vehicle while sitting on an old car battery which was on the floor boards unsecured.
His lack of proper seating along with the snow covered roadway caused him to loose control of his vehicle without the ability to bring it back under control. Not having a proper seat along with the snow covered roadway were the contributing factors for this accident, police said.
Guyer was issued a hand summons for reckless operation for operating the vehicle in a snowstorm with out having proper seating in the vehicle. His court date is January 7, 2013.
Police blame improper seat, snow for rollover
ROCHESTER -- Rochester Police and Fire responded to a partial rollover accident at the area of Salmon Falls Road.


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It's our first official BN Weddings feature of 2013 and we chose a wedding that we absolutely love. Aisha Mohammed Sheriff & Ibrahim Abdullahi Atta's wedding was spectacular!
The couple who met in secondary school celebrated their wedding in amazing style, their distinct elegance was clear from the display of Kanuri and Ebira Culture during the Wushe Wushe ceremony to the luxe grandeur of their wedding dinner in Abuja. We loved the couple's cupcake tower in lieu of a wedding cake, the beautiful bride's stunning outfits including her dazzling Casadei shoes, the handsome groom and lots more.
~ Photography by Dimeji for Modii Studios (Replica Digital Studios) | Danbaba | Kingsley
He was the house captain of her boarding school house at Adesoye College, they rarely spoke until he pulled strings for her to be placed on his dining table! At first, there was silence because she missed her old table mate but later they became friends. Little did Aisha Mohammed Sheriff and Ibrahim Abdullahi Atta know that this was the start of their journey towards marriage. The future lovebirds completely lost touch until they met again at Aisha's 21st birthday in London. Once again, time elapsed and it wasn't until the summer of 2008 at a friend's birthday party that they met once again and their love story truly kicked off.
In 2010, Aisha was planning a birthday party for her milestone 25th year. She ended up scraping plans for the party or so she thought…! That night she walked into the restaurant where they had plans for dinner and surprise surprise, Ibrahim had planned her party with his cousin's help. All her friends were there….she was so overwhelmed with joy!
After dinner, everyone went to the lounge and danced for a bit, her beau called her over to somewhere quiet and started talking but the bride tells us "I cant remember a thing he said…I was just looking like – oya, where is it? lol!" Ibrahim took out a red box and presented a stunning Cartier brilliant cut ring. With tears in her eyes, she said yes and then the couple announced the great news to their friends.
All their years of friendship and love cumulated as Aisha and Ibrahim were joined as husband and wife. It started with the Walima ceremony and then a series of Kanuri wedding events including Kaulu and Kalawa then the Wedding Fatiha at the Galadima Modu Sheriff Residence in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The festivities went up a notch at the Wuche Wuche traditional wedding night. The bride Aisha looked amazing in her gold and ivory outfit accessorized with bold gold jewellry and exquisite lalle while Ibrahim looked regal in his grey Babariga. The night was filled with lots of dancing, games and traditional celebration. The next stop was the wedding dinner in Abuja where all guests were whisked into Aisha and Ibrahim's winter wonderland. Ibrahim was dapper in his 3-piece suit and Aisha was enchanting in her wedding dress with a distinctly stylish bow back detail and train. Aisha's bridal look was completed by her spectacular pearl hair piece. Love was in the air all through including the groom's speech which was a major highlight while performances by Wande Coal and Tiwa Savage kept friends, family and the couple grooving all night!
BN wishes Aisha and Ibrahim a wonderful life together as one!
Walima – Maiduguri, Borno State
Kaulu – Maiduguri, Borno State
Kalawa – Maiduguri, Borno State
Fatiha – Maiduguri, Borno State
Wedding Dinner – The Details – Photos
~ Photography by Dimeji for Modii Studios (Replica Digital Studios) – 0802 261 3111 –www.dimejiandmoyo.com | Danbaba (Maiduguri) | Kingsley
Wedding Details
Wedding Attire
Bride's Wedding Dress: Paloma Blanca & Romona Keveza – Customized by Bridal Reflections, New York
Groom's Suit: Saville Row Bespoke Tailors, Dubai
Groomsmen's Suits: Diverso, St. Christopher's Place, London
Bridesmaid's Dresses: D'zyn, Abuja
Bride's Traditional Outfits: Huddayya
Wedding Venues
Walima: Forshams Event Centre, Maiduguri, Borno State
Wedding Fatiha (Muslim Wedding): Galadima Modu Sheriff Residence, Maiduguri, Borno State
Wushe Wushe (Traditional Kanuri Night): Blue Velvet Marquee, Abuja
Wedding Dinner: ThisDay Dome, Abuja
Wedding Colours
Traditional Night/ Wushe Wushe colours: Kanuri colours
Wedding Dinner Celebration Colours: White & Silver
Wedding Theme
Traditional Night/ Wushe Wushe theme: Kanuri & Ebira Culture
Wedding Dinner Celebration theme: Winter Wonderland
Wedding Vendors
Wedding Planner/Coordinator for Wedding Dinner: Christine Ogbeh of The Wedding Guru
Wedding Planner/Coordinator for Traditional Night (Wushe Wushe): Hajjia Afia Dalhatu of Afficent
Wedding Cupcake Tower: Ummah of Cupcake Cutie
Makeup: Fati Mamzar
Hair: John for B Natural Spa & Salon, Abuja
Lalle: Falmata
Reception MC: Bovi
Drinks: Pink Flavours
Photography: Dimeji Usman | Body Lawson | Danbaba (Maiduguri) |
Pre-Wedding Photos: Kingsley


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INDIANAPOLIS — A reflective Michael Phelpsreturned Wednesday to what he called the "birthplace" of his Olympic career, the city where he qualified for his first games and now will compete in five races over the next three days as he prepares for his fourth and final Olympics.
"It's kind of crazy," the Baltimore swimmer mused, saying that every meet such as this week's Indianapolis Grand Prix brings back memories of a storied athletic career that he is now trying to bottle as he approaches its end.
"All the memories and things that have happened in certain cities — it's kind of weird to think it's all coming to an end," Phelps, 26, said.
Phelps arrived here amid much buzz after the "psych sheet" of each race's registered swimmers revealed that he will swim in the 400-meter individual medley, a punishing event that he had perviously sworn off. But on Wednesday, he indicated that swimming in the event will give him a sense of what condition he's in with four months to go before the London Olympics.
"The biggest thing is if I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape," Phelps said. "Part of that is swimming longer races. The 400 IM is the toughest race and the most painful one."
Only he and his longtime coach, Bob Bowman, know what those goals are and which events he plans to swim in London.
Phelps will go head-to-head against his main rival, Ryan Lochte both here and, no doubt, in London. Lochte said he wasn't surprised that Phelps decided to race in the 400 IM on Friday despite years of sayng he was done with the event.
"He told me after 2008 he was never going to swim the 400 IM again," Lochte said. "You know what? It's racing. He loves to race. It's fun for him, and me."
Phelps and his North Baltimore Aquatics Club teammates practiced a bit at the Indiana University Natatorium where the Grand Prix begins Thursday, but they seemed most relaxed and happy at another pool — that of the Wheeler-Dowe Boy & Girls Club, where Phelps announced the expansion of his charitable foundation's water safety and wellness program for kids.
Phelps spoke, often quite movingly, about obstacles he faced growing up and the challenges of staying motivated about swimming after the pinnacle of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he won his record eight gold medals. And he spoke about those who helped him over those hurdles.
"Someone who helped me find the passion back was Ray Lewis," Phelps told the children, referring to the Baltimore Ravens linebacker. "He's been able to help me kind of just find me. I was the only one who could find me."
Phelps also talked about the joy of training with Allison Schmitt, or Smitty as he calls her, a rising star in the sport. The two trained together at Club Wolverine in Michigan, where she is from, and she followed Phelps and Bowman to NBAC, based at the Meadowbrook pool in northwest Baltimore.
"One of the coolest things is having Allison Smitty there," Phelps said. "Her attitude in the pool is amazing. I saw one time in the pool when she was not smiling. We help each other every day."
Asked by one of the children about the biggest challenge he faced growing up, Phelps paused, lost in thought, before telling them about his parents separating when he was a young boy. He said he was raised by his mother, Debbie, a Baltimore County public school principal, and his sisters Whitney and Hilary.
He pointed out Hilary, calling her an "inspiration," who had accompanied him to the event. Debbie Phelps will also attend his races this week, as she has so often, her tearful reactions to her son's triumphs having become a familiar sight over the years.
Michael Phelps seemed emotional himself Wednesday as he looked both backward and forward on his swimming career.
"This is the last year of my career, these are the last four months of my career," Phelps told the kids, striking a pensive note.
While he spoke about how, now that he's older, it's much harder to recover from his intense training regimen, he also said he's never felt more relaxed or happy. He seemed particularly so amid children who had made posters welcoming him and squirmed with barely contained delight at meeting him, and he lingered, talking and posing for pictures with them.
He even took one of his own, asking Hilary for his cellphone to take a photo of a large poster painted of him, powering to the finish line in his signature butterfly stroke, with the slogan, "Dream, Plan, Reach" written across the churning water.
Phelps chose the club to announce the expansion of his charitable foundation's water safety, swimming and wellness program. Called "im" for both the swimming event so closely associated with Phelps and "I am," the program will now be offered in 28 Boys & Girls Clubs, including one at aU.S. Navyinstallation in Naples, Italy.
On the day before he would head back to competition — Phelps will compete in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly Thursday — he said it was "better than anything else" to be with the children, encouranging them to dream, and swim.
"I feel like the old me again," Phelps said, grinning broadly. "I'm able to feel like a kid again."