Spelen is leuk! Buiten spelen al helemaal.
Kom buiten spelen!! Er is toch niets leuker dan het beleven van de mooiste avonturen, alleen óf samen met je vriendjes of vriendinnetjes. Jij zit aan het stuur en mag bepalen welk avontuur je tegemoet gaat. Is dat niet cool?
En zo is het ook allemaal begonnen. Meer dan 25 jaar geleden bouwde Henk van den Berg zijn eigen skelter in de schuur op de boerderij van zijn ouders. Samen met zijn vriendjes beleefde hij avontuur na avontuur. Heel veel kinderen vonden zijn skelter zo leuk en wilden er zelf ook eentje. Hij bouwde er daarom nog een paar en zo is BERG Toys ontstaan.
En nu, 25 jaar later, is BERG Toys uitgegroeid tot wereldmarktleider op het gebied van skelters. Onze skelters worden, in alle soorten en maten, verkocht in meer dan veertig landen. Van Australië tot Amerika en van Afrika tot Europa overal zijn er kinderen die veel speelplezier aan onze producten beleven. Elke dag weer opnieuw.
Maar we doen het niet alleen. Onze dealers zijn voor ons erg belangrijk, met al je vragen kun je bij hen terecht. Ze geven je vakkundig advies, beschikken over een ruim aanbod skelters in hun showroom en indien gewenst kun je bij hen een uitgebreide proefrit maken. Zo wordt het kiezen van jouw skelter nog makkelijker.
Naast skelters maken wij ook ander buitenspeelgoed zoals trampolines, balanzbikes en constructiespeelgoed. Tegenwoordig is er voor de echte durfal zelfs een heuse quad.
Hoe ziet BERG Toys de toekomst?
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Kinderen zijn de toekomst, wij lenen de wereld. Actief samen spelen helpt kinderen om zich te ontwikkelen tot fysiek en mentaal gezonde en sociale mensen.
Duurzame spelmaterialen die vrijheid van spel bieden stimuleren creativiteit en dragen bij aan een verantwoorde omgang met grondstoffen. "Puur speelplezier is tijdloos".
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BERG Toys streeft er naar om op duurzame wijze zoveel mogelijk kinderen in staat te stellen om te komen tot creatief en actief samenspel. "Ieder kind verdient een BERG"
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Managing Director
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</a> "You are not in a position to say: This isn't fun anymore sowe will leave. You have contracts, obligations, billions ofdollars worth of investments," said a senior executive of amajor energy company working in Egypt. "We don't believe Egyptis going to go the Syria route." (Addiional reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov in London, editing byWilliam Hardy)
</a> On Aug. 30, a federal appeals court in New York upheld theconvictions, but ordered that the men be resentenced becausetheir punishments, including prison time, were based in part ontransactions that should not have counted.
</a> Tejada, 39, was already on the 60-day disabled list with a calf injury and the severity of his punishment is based on a previous positive test - he will miss the first two months of next season if anyone offers him a contract. He becomes a free agent at the end of 2013.
</a> In July, Zambia unveiled a new vaccine campaign to protect against pneumonia, intensifying a national response to the single leading cause of death for children under 5 around the world. Still, treatment challenges persist.
</a> In Britain, with a branch network one-third of France's orSpain's, banks have almost halved branch numbers since 1990.Senior bankers privately say a network of 700-800 outlets wouldbe an optimal size for a bank covering all of Britain. None ofthe big five have so few. Lloyds has three times that(2,260), and Royal Bank of Scotland more than twice(1,750), excluding almost 1,000 branches they are alreadyselling between them.
</a> The surprises began even before everyone arrived at camp. One of the veterans the team signed in the offseason, Donald Jones, formerly of Buffalo, was released. Fortunately, Danny Amendola looked terrific in OTAs and minicamp and is giving every indication that he will be a more than adequate replacement for Welker.
</a> The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) makes up one arm of the Irish Maritime Safety Services, the other being the Irish Maritime Safety Directorate. Both arms are poised to merge into a reformatted agency for all maritime safety matters.
</a> Obama said he was entering negotiations with Iran"clear-eyed" and was ready to test Rouhani's overtures."Anything we do will require the highest standards ofverification in order for us to provide the sort of sanctionsrelief that I think they are looking for," he said.
</a> Patrick and Sylvie Quibel say that very few of their 700 neighbours around Auzouville-sur-Ry (10 miles east of Rouen) have ever visited their garden, Le Jardin Plume, in spite of it being open five days a week. Although there has been some revival of interest, making and visiting gardens remain minority pastimes in France. And yet, when the French do direct their innate sense of style to a garden, something rather special can result.
</a> âEven if he doesnât make it this year, I donât think itâs going to be his only chance. I think heâs going to have a lot of very productive years in the future and plenty of opportunities if it doesnât work out.â
</a> Kabel Deutschland propelled the European media index, up 1.1 percent, to the top of the sectoral risers'list, but gains were offset by weakness in cyclical sectors suchas miners and techs, down 0.9 percent and 0.5 percent respectively, on concerns of a cut in U.S. stimulus.
</a> SPECIALIST: If you have individuals who are vaccine-hesitant or vaccine-hostile, they congregate together. And that creates the situation where a population of individuals is susceptible, to getting the very disease that they've decided they don't want to protect themselves from.
</a> --What is the fate of the traditional SUV? The truck-based vehicles can't compare to crossovers for car-like ride and handling , features, or fuel economy. And while SUVs are still superior for towing or hauling heavy loads, pickups can do the same job more efficiently.
</a> But optimism doesn't make for good coaching policy. Limiting Oden's minutes will be a fact of life for most—if not all—of the first 82 games, out of precaution if nothing else. Minimizing his knees' exposure to the regular season's long grind will be essential, and an inevitable byproduct of a rotation that likes to go small.
</a> The deeper problem is that the Labor Departments bumbling leads a skeptical public to become mistrustful of all official statistics, and it yields more fodder for conspiracy theorists. The result is that the outstanding work done by the statisticians at the Census Bureau or the Bureau of Labor Statistics in building trust in their numbers is being systematically undermined by the bad data published by the Labor Department.
</a> The targets included comparable sales growth, on a compoundannual growth rate basis, of between 4-6 percent, and earningsbefore interest, tax and amortization (EBITA) margins of 11-12percent for the group.
</a> And the awards show, as usual, was hurried along as an 8-year-old girl on stage goaded the winners into quickly summarizing why their papers were important and sighing them off the stage in boredom. Real Nobel laureates were also on hand to bestow the prizes on the winners.
</a> Reese, who helped build two Super Bowl winners, deserves one more round of free agency and another draft and one more season. Still, he seemed to forget the Giants stumbled to the finish line last year with those one-sided losses to the Falcons (34-0) and Ravens (33-14) in late December, because he put together a team that just picked up where 2012 left off.
</a> In that case, the doctors were good enough to support Armstrongâs fraud for years, but in the end, the truth came out. It is much more common for athletes to just waste a lot of money and dignity consulting with quacks who make convincing promises based on pseudo-scientific nonsense.
</a> "You could see their grit," Rays manager Joe Maddon said after the Red Sox's 3-1 victory ended a matchup of teams with similar styles, albeit one (Boston) with a $170 million payroll. "I think they've really promoted the character within that group, and they're just gamers."
</a> He cited the National Weight Control Registry, a research study that includes people 18 years or older who have lost at least 13.6 kg (30 lb) of weight and kept it off for at least one year. Ninety percent of those in the study exercise regularly.
</a> "Lorenzo transformed GE Transportation from a North Americanrail business to a global transportation equipment and solutionsprovider," said Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO. The company is focusingon its core industrial sectors such as energy.
</a> "A lot of big established bands signed with us, I thinkbecause I am reasonably good at marketing and getting out there,making noise about things, making noise about our bands andputting them on the map," Branson said.
</a> SEOUL, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Optimism over Hyundai Motor Co's first major makeover of its key models in about fiveyears may fizzle as some industry insiders question whether theredesigns are too conservative for international tastes.
</a> He said: "Our plan with Tom is to improve his quality, so he has flawless technique and is able to score 9.5s and 10s consistently. We want technical improvements so he is more athletically beautiful."
</a> His first touchdown of the night was vintage Gallon -- turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. After finding a hole in Notre Dame's coverage over the middle on a dig route, Gallon immediately turned up the field into a cluster of three Notre Dame defenders.
</a> The Pope will hold a vigil with the participants of World Youth Day on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, Pope Francis will celebrate the final mass of the WYD 2013 and deliver the Angelus prayer and blessing once again.
</a> Tesco would combine its 131 outlets with CRE's Vanguardunit, which operates 2,986 mainly hypermarkets or supermarketsacross China and Hong Kong. The combined business will have some10 billion pounds ($15.6 billion) in sales, dwarfing the 1.43billion pounds Tesco generated on its own in China last year.
</a> Bryant continued that this is giving way to a new "virtuous cycle of computing," comprised of connected machine-to-machine (M2M) devices connecting to the datacenter, then to services (i.e. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, etc.), and then back to more end users and devices.
</a> Tesla's battery pack is made up of small lithium-ion batterycells that are also used in laptops, an approach not used byother automakers. The battery pack stretches across the base ofthe vehicle. In comparison, GM uses large-format battery cellsin a T-shape in the center of the Volt.
</a> One issue sure to come up is how a ban or restrictions would affect African-Americans. They are far more likely to smoke menthols than other types of cigarettes. Nearly three-quarters of African American smokers choose menthols, as do 30 percent of Latino smokers. But only about 20 percent of white non-Latinos smoke menthols.
</a> The level of tension reached in the wake of the apparent chemical weapons attack in Damascus may force the unblocking of the process to find a political settlement of the crisis in Syria, says the BBC's Jim Muir.
</a> The lawsuit was filed by the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center and said the town of Shannon discriminated against Pat "PJ" Newton and violated her civil rights to free speech and equal protection.
</a> How does the small Japanese automaker consistently do it year after year? Subaru is owned by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (FHI) who also has an aerospace division and makes parts for Boeing, helicopters, aviation business jets and industrial power products. They also have an Eco Technology Division that manufactures garbage trucks, robot sweepers and wind turbines.
</a> Given that Tesla's Model S and the discontinued Roadsterhave been driven a combined 113 million miles and that this wasthe first battery fire, the company's rate of catching fire wasstill only one-tenth the frequency of conventional car fires,Wedbush Securities analyst Craig Irwin said. He has a "neutral"rating on the stock.
</a> SapuraKencana Petroleum and Wah Seong,both widely tipped to win fabrication jobs from the Refinery andPetrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in southernJohor, fell 3.5 percent and 2.1 percent respectively.
</a> The next year the entire family got into the act,with Peterson, her husband, Bret, and the kids all dressing as the characters from “Beetlejuice.” This year’s Halloween creation includes even the family dog, all dressed as characters from the David Bowie cult class, “Labyrinth.”
</a> The case related to the 1991 battle for control of Mondadoribetween Fininvest and CIR and was the civil leg of a criminaltrial which in 2007 found Berlusconi's former lawyer guilty ofbribing a judge.
</a> Lobaton, who batted .184 in September, became the hero against Boston closer Koji Uehara, who led all AL relievers in ERA (1.09) and had allowed only one run over his last 38 appearances. With two out and nobody on in the ninth, Tampa Bayâs backup catcher crushed an 0-1 pitch over the wall in right-center, the first longball Uehara has given up since June 30.
</a> The incident comes eight months after a 23-year-old woman was gang-raped by five men in a moving bus in New Delhi, while her male companion was beaten up. She died two weeks later from severe injuries.
</a> "The latest troika report finds that Greece is making goodprogress with its reforms. As you know, the current programmeruns until 2014, so I find it difficult to speculate now aboutwhat will happen in 2014," said Kotthaus.
</a> So it has taken the Africans this long to figure out the American system of governmental accountability? If you just leave the elite to try the elite, none ever get publicly punished no matter what they do! Great system — for the elite.
</a> Across the U.S., workplace bullying is on the rise. The trend has some obvious negative consequences in the form of stressed and unhappy employees. But the ramifications of workplace bullying go beyond tearful staff members hiding out in bathroom stalls.
</a> The foal was discovered by a rider on Tuesday night, lying in a secluded clearing at the foot of a slope facing south west towards the full moon. Its belly had been hacked open and there were traces of white paint on one leg.
</a> But even if there is no quick agreement to boost the debt ceiling, some think investors will buy more Treasuries. Larkin predicts that Treasury prices will rise if Congress doesn't strike a debt deal because they'll be seeking safety. Treasuries will still be viewed as the safest investment in the world despite a default.
</a> A Palestinian woman of the Shamasneh family takes part in a demonstration in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem on February 8, 2013 to protest against an eviction order imposed by an Israeli court that will see the family leaving their home which will be given to a Jewish organisation. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
</a> Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, two other friends of Tsarnaev's, already have pleaded not guilty to allegations they conspired to obstruct justice by agreeing to destroy and conceal some of his belongings as he evaded authorities after the attack.
</a> Women need rent subsidies in non-camp settings, opportunities to increase their skills, cash for work assistance programs, and income-generating activities. Ensuring greater access to services requires not only outreach to increase awareness, but also creative solutions such as programs that meet multiple needs in one location, mobile services, transportation and child care, and group assistance for safety and security.
</a> How does this affect the Yankees? A source said that Kevin Long, the Bombersâ hitting coach since 2007, could be a candidate to join Mattinglyâs coaching staff if the skipper gets an extension with the Dodgers, or possibly elsewhere should Mattingly leave L.A. and land another managerial job.
</a> Yes ... I can imagine going to collect my little toddler from nursery after work. I'd look forward to it. I can imagine feeding them baby food for dinner, proper food, like broccoli and mushy peas and bits of chicken: not 'milk' from my own breasts. I can imagine bath time and walk-around-the-park time and playtime and all the other things mums and dads do with their beloved two year-olds. Yes, if that was the case, I wouldn't mind being a mother RIGHT NOW.
</a> A spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission,which oversees FINRA, said net capital rules ensure brokeragefirms can return investor assets if the firm fails, according tothe newspaper. (Reporting by Tom Polansek; Editing by James Dalgleish)
</a> The state court judge in Michigan's capital of Lansing ordered Orr to withdraw the bankruptcy petition because the state law that allowed Snyder to approve the bankruptcy violated the Michigan Constitution. The governor lacks the power to "diminish or impair pension benefits," according to the ruling by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.
</a> Australian dairy farmers have been battered in recent yearsby a powerful combination of factors, including a supermarketprice war that slashed domestic wholesale prices, a strongAustralian dollar that crimped exports and a drought that sentcattle feed costs soaring.
</a> Raianna Rizzo, manager of Precious Pets, calls her groomers masters of their trade, with 15 years of experience. "It really is an art," she says. "That's the reason it's so expensive."
</a> Yahoo's stock has surged roughly 70 percent since Mayer took the helm but much of the gain has come from stock buybacks and from Yahoo's Asian assets, including a 24 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce giant and potential IPO debutante Alibaba Group.
</a> In July 2013, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/mariah-carey-hospitalized_n_3564146.html" target="_blank">Carey was hospitalized for a dislocated shoulder</a> obtained on set of her music video #Beautiful.
</a> Vivendi is selling the shares for $13.60 each, a 10 percent discount to Activision's closing price on Thursday. After the deal, Vivendi will retain a stake of 83 million shares, or 12 percent of the video games maker best known for the Call of Duty series and online multi-player game World of Warcraft.
</a> But the president added that military action "by those within Syria, or by external powers" could not "achieve a lasting peace". America and Russia both favour a peace conference involving all parties to be held in Geneva.
</a> Harmon was standing near the 18th green in the fast-fading light of a cool Scottish summer afternoon. The roars from one of the great closing rounds in major championship golf was still ringing in his ears. He paused long enough to crack a wide smile.
</a> "No buyer is in a hurry to move from Bangladesh becauseWestern retailers are stressed about passing any retail priceincreases to customers," he said. "Currently, there is nosubstitute for Bangladesh, where manufacturers even riskoperating from rickety structures to cap costs."
</a> While scope for further easing may be waning, the ECB isstill seen among the last of the world's major central banks tostart hiking rates as the recovery in the euro zone is expectedto lag U.S. and UK growth despite the strong showing by Germany.
</a> In a settlement with Arch Coal Inc, Patriot willreceive $5 million in cash and a release of a $16 million letterof credit posted in Arch's name. Arch Coal had spun off a unitthat was later acquired by Patriot.
</a> More positively for Dell, sales from the enterprise solutions, services and software business climbed 9 percent to $5.8 billion, reflecting an increased focus on investing in providing services to corporations and government agencies.
</a> The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 17 economistscalled for a drop to 52.5, with estimates ranging from 50 to 54.A reading greater than 50 for the purchasing managersâ figurecorresponds to expansion.
</a> Hunter's sacrifice fly in the fifth gave the Tigers a four-run lead. They went ahead 6-0 in the sixth on Brayan Pena's double, which chased Chen, and Ramon Santiago's single on Louis Coleman's first pitch.
</a> Murdoch, the head of News Corp and 21st Century Fox, had described himself as appalled by revelations ofillegality and phone-hacking that engulfed his British newspaperbusiness two years ago and severely damaged his reputation.
</a> * Societe Generale, France's No. 2 listed bank, is exploringthe sale of its Asia private banking arm, people familiar withthe matter told Reuters, seeking to exit a market where smallmanagers are getting hit by rising costs and competition.
</a> Fried chicken and kebab joints have proliferated across English high streets. Supermarkets sell ready-made meals that can be heated at home in less time than it takes to stand in line at the local fish counter.
</a> Every home has a telepresence system. As well as allowing users to control heating and locks, it offers video conferencing and is intended as a way to deliver education, health care and government services.
</a> Under the new management of Manchester Airport Group,Stansted yesterday unveiled a 10-year deal with Europe's biggestairline that envisages Ryanair increasing its presenceat the airport by 50 percent by 2024, handling 20 millionpassengers a year. ()
</a> "There really isn't data to support this," said Stanley Goldfarb, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. "I think, unfortunately, frankly, they're not basing this on really hard science. It's not a very scientific approach they've taken. ... To make it a major public health effort, I think I would say it's bizarre."
</a> "Governor Branstad has great respect for Congressman King and considers him a friend, however the governor does not agree with the congressman's remarks," Albrecht said. "Governor Branstad believes our bipartisan work together in Des Moines can serve as an example to D.C., and hopes all parties will come together to solve the immigration challenge in a bipartisan way."
</a> "As a result, under the current set of circumstances, theprospect of a QE tapering is almost certainly off the table for2013," she added, referring to the Federal Reserve's bond-buyingstimulus programme known as Quantitative Easing.
</a> Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is facing accusations of "grandstanding" and reinforcing "negative stereotypes" about travellers after he claimed councils must act more quickly to shut down unauthorised encampments.
</a> Tim Newns, chief executive of MIDAS, Manchesterâs inward investment agency, said: âThere were around 10,500 business births in Greater Manchester in 2011 and this is testament to the regionâs proven track record for nurturing start up businesses and the scale of opportunity on offer here.
</a> Eric Young Jr., whose poor decisions on throws contributed to the Marlins scoring two in the sixth and tying the game, opened the seventh with a double and scored on Murphyâs single. Murphy stole second and took third on a wild pitch, scoring the tying run on Byrdâs single up the middle. Byrd then scored the go-ahead run on his all-out sprint from first.
</a> All band performances were halted for FAMU's famed Marching 100 shortly after Robert Champion collapsed and died following a hazing ritual on a bus parked at an Orlando hotel in November 2011. The ritual occurred shortly after the band had returned to its hotel from a performance at the annual Florida Classic football game.
</a> "When some [the United States and Israel] say that all options are on the table and when a miserable regional country [Israel] says such things, it makes you laugh," Rouhani said in an address to Iran-Iraq war veterans, according to Iranian media reports.
</a> âFurther research regarding the pathophysiology of CAD in women, diagnosis, and treatment strategies specific to women is required. CAD is not a âmanâs onlyâ disease, and we eagerly await future studies that examine its unique presence in women.â
</a> On May 22 and again on June 19, Bernanke hinted that the central bank might cut back on QE3, leading to sharp swings in Treasury values as investors sought to sell ahead of the Fed. Yields on the 10-year Treasury, which hit 1.61 percent on May 1, soared to 2.52 percent at the end of June. Investors withdrew $9.6 billion from the Total Return Fund in June, a monthly record, according to Morningstar. The fund is down about two percent so far this year, according to Pimco's website.
</a> The Chicago-based company reported quarterly revenue of$608.7 million compared with $568.3 million a year ago. Analysts on average expected $606.2 million in revenue, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
</a> If the reasoning for the decision is faulty, the decision is faulty, even if different and potentially correct reasoning could have led to the same conclusion which then would potentially be a correct conclusion.
</a> * Barrick Gold Corp's : A Chilean appeals court hasagreed to examine a new appeal against Barrick Gold's suspendedPascua-Lama gold mine that alleges the project is hurting theenvironment and the quality of life for the local population.
</a> Some people who feel “above” it all have some sort of silly feeling that nothing can happen to them personally. Like a 16 year old young man who does some incredibly reckless thing on a motorcycle. Nothing bad can happen, right? So we are supposed to care about what such people “think”? It is supposed to matter to me that he doesn’t care about his privacy or about his so-called rights?
</a> The loss of fertility is a slow-burning threat to crop yields at a time when importers are counting on the world's No. 3 corn and soybean supplier to increase output to help meet the boom in demand expected over the decades ahead.
</a> Regarded as a relative moderate, Rouhani has madeconciliatory statements toward Washington since coming to officelast month. However, Obama said he doubted Rouhani would"suddenly make it easy" to negotiate with the Iranians.
</a> Fantex is betting it can help Foster line up a lot of lucrative endorsements, as well as help him make money after his career is over. The Texans signed Foster to a five-year contract that will pay him $23.5 million during the period covered by the Fantex IPO. He also could earn up to $2 million in bonuses, depending on his performance, according to the IPO filing. He’s also lined up endorsement deals that could pay nearly $700,000.
</a> "This report demonstrates just how little importance the Social Security Administration places on policing its disability rolls," said Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "SSA has known for years that it could prevent millions of dollars in improper disability payments using quarterly wage records, but chose not to."
</a> Rodriguez is scheduled to play a simulated game on Thursday in Tampa, and is then slated to join one of the Yankeesâ minor league teams for a rehab assignment on Friday, general manager Brian Cashman told reporters during a conference call on Wednesday.
</a> "We're still on schedule. There was always the plan that the SRM proposal would come this summer. It did. And it was always the plan that we would finalise the discussions at the end of this year and we will," he said.
</a> Demand from retail investors was good given the large size of the offering, boding well for the stock's debut on September 27, said Jasper Chan, corporate finance officer at Phillip Securities, which offers margin loans for small investors looking to buy into the deals.
</a> Eventually, the vote was held up because of public outrage, expressed in public disruption. That was understandably aggravating for members who wanted a vote – they have a right to conduct proceedings without that display of democracy thwarted by a more crude expression of democracy. But it's hard to feel a lot of sympathy for them since, well, they started it.
</a> Chris White, the head of UK equities at Premier Asset Management, said: "When I met Royal Mail's chief executive and finance director earlier this week, I asked them whether the pension fund would have a claim on the proceeds of asset sales. I received a one-word answer: no."
</a> Henrique was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team that season, and finished third in voting for the Calder Trophy, given to the leagueâs top rookie. He posted 51 points that season, and scored the overtime winner in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. the New York Rangers, securing New Jerseyâs fifth trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.
</a> Nick Beef purchased the plot next to Oswaldâs grave in 1975 and more than 20 years later, in 1997, had a granite headstone placed there with his name on it. Or at least his name as he is known now â Nick Beef was born as Patric Abedin.
</a> Guests enjoy three gourmet meals a day – the cuisine is mostly Southern and Creole – in the elegant grand dining room, with complimentary wine and beer at lunch and dinner. There’s high quality entertainment every evening and the ship’s resident “riverlorian” will answer all your questions and enlighten you at on-board lectures.
</a> The gauge defines "economic insecurity" as a year or more of periodic joblessness, reliance on government aid such as food stamps or income below 150 percent of the poverty line. Measured across all races, the risk of economic insecurity rises to 79 percent.
</a> A child custody case involving "The Lost Boys" actor Jason Patric and his ex-girlfriend has grown into a heated battle in the California Legislature about whether certain sperm donors should be granted parental rights.
</a> Anderson said DiMaggio tied up his mother and brother in his garage. Their bodies were found after a fire destroyed the home. She said she didn't know they had died until an FBI agent told her at the hospital after rescue Saturday.
</a> Detroit, whose course in bankruptcy court is being set by astate-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, set its targetdate at least three months earlier than the March 2014 deadline Rhodes previously had proposed.
</a> But Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: âThese profits will anger a growing number of families who are struggling to pay the bills, made worse when the fuel companies hiked their charges last year.
</a> It may be less than two weeks into the fall season, but a storm brewing in the Northwest is expected to bring the first snow of the season to the parts of the Central and Northern Plains on Thursday and Friday.
</a> "We're in an organisation [the FA] that hasn't won anything at senior level for 50 years, now whatever we do we won't lose the trophy cabinet because it's not there at the moment, and it isn't there at any age group either.
</a> The Netherlands' Pieter Weening, of Orica Greenedge, was the overall winner after a superb time trial. He was 27 seconds behind leader Christophe Riblon before the start of the final stage but overhauled that deficit to win by 13 seconds.
</a> Stamp duty is hated for two reasons. First, the amounts involved can be huge, preventing some families from moving when they need a bigger home and making it harder for people to move when they are offered a job in another part of the country.
</a> The deeper reductions, under a mechanism known assequestration, would inevitably force the Pentagon to furthershrink the size of the military, deal with the unaffordablegrowth in pay and benefits and make difficult trade-offs betweenforce size and weapons programs, Hagel said.
</a> Her 2001 book, "The Other Boleyn Girl," was adapted into afilm starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. "The WhiteQueen," a drama based on her series "The Cousins' War," willpremier on the Starz television channel on August 10.
</a> "The statement was mildly dovish, since the (Fed) did not provide a more detailed timetable for tapering asset purchases and offered no additional or new guidance on the taper," said Scott Anderson, chief economist of Bank of the West in San Francisco.
</a> The problem instead is what happens if exports don't come back, if change is long-term and mostly in one direction. That will put a lot of pressure on China, not least because a lot of the investment there since the great financial crisis has been of very low quality.
</a> This sounds self-evident and simple; it is anything but. Local actors will have their own interests that they will try to use our money, training and equipment to achieve. We must therefore make this assistance extremely conditional and look at ways to leverage it in critical spots, rather than across-the-board, in order to maximize control over such assistance and the results on the ground.
</a> A mix of low interest rates, higher consumer confidence and government schemes such as Funding for Lending and Help to Buy have fuelled higher demand for housing in recent months, according to Martin Ellis, housing economist at Halifax.
</a> "It was the time of the presidential election in Brazil. Violence was the most discussed topic of the campaigns and the media talked every day about the movie. Everyone was looking for me to do interviews. I never thought I'd be so exposed in the press.
</a> Walton Enterprises is essentially a vehicle for holding the familyâs Wal-Mart stock. Individuals can claim that the value of a stake in such holding companies is far less than that of the underlying shares -- even if the family can liquidate the stock whenever it wants.
</a> âI believe UK businesses have reached a turning point in terms of confidence and, with substantial cash holdings and improving credit conditions, theyâve got the firepower to invest for growth,â said David Sproul, chief executive and senior partner of Deloitte.
</a> In October 2013, Mr Sabra said the SNC would not attend a meeting in Geneva planned by the US and Russia to find a political solution to the conflict. He also threatened to pull out of the National Coalition.
</a> The author of the Jefferies report, Brad Handler, said Halliburton and Baker Hughes will be the main beneficiaries of an increase in water recycling because of their expertise in the chemical makeup of water used in fracking.
</a> In contrast, the European Central Bank last week broke withtradition by declaring it would keep interest rates at recordlows for an extended period, a pledge ECB President Mario Draghireiterated on Monday.
</a> Honeywell already is subject to an FAA action involving a radio beacon it sells that is suspected of causing a fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner earlier this year. The FAA on September 18 required inspections of the beacons on some 3,800 aircraft because of the fire risk. The beacons help rescuers locate wreckage if a plane crashes.
</a> The tunnel network was established as a result of a blockade intensified by Israel after the Hamas movement seized Gaza Strip from its rival Fatah in 2007. Egyptian security forces have stepped up a crackdown campaign on smuggling tunnels since Egyptâs Islamist president Mohammed Mursi was toppled last June.
</a> The plan to recall the cars came after BMW said earlier onSaturday its China sales rose more than 20 percent in the firstnine months of this year, paving the way for another year ofrecord Chinese sales.
</a> The scientists adjusted the results for factors that could influence the findings, like a child's birthweight, whether their mothers had smoked during pregnancy, weight and socioeconomic background.
</a> Romo was 25 of 36 for 506 yards and five touchdowns, breaking Don Meredith's franchise record of 460 yards. He is the fifth quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 500 yards and five touchdowns in a game.
</a> SmartGlass' strength is that is acts as a full remote control for the console, letting you flick and tap your way through the Xbox's dashboard. The PlayStation App's strength is that it can act as an extra DualShock-style controller when playing console games. The PlayStation App also looks destined to take advantage of some of the content streaming features between the handheld PS Vita and Sony's new Vita TV set-top box – although the Vita TV is initially only available in Japan.
</a> "For many Democrats the latest revelations about Anthony Weiner are more of the same, only more so," said Lee Miringoff, director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, in a memo accompanying the poll results. "Weiner has lost his lead and his negatives are at an all-time high."
</a> "Aspiring Martians who have missed Round 1 or could not meet the age restriction can join subsequent astronaut selection programs," Monday's news release said. "Mars One will commence regular recruitment programs as the search for follow-up crews continues."
</a> While no one is officially recorded as having died as a direct result of the radiation released by the triple meltdowns at Fukushima, tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes. Many may never be able to return.
</a> The city is buying new software to improve income-tax collection, especially from suburban commuters who work in Detroit, said James Bonsall, the chief financial officer hired by Orr. The dysfunction extends beyond machinery, Nowling said.
</a> American Pacific, which also manufactures fire protectionand water treatment chemicals, currently has a marketcapitalization of around $420 million. The company's share pricehas nearly quintupled over the last year.
</a> Sources at the meeting said Germany was less assertive thanpreviously over commitments to reduce borrowing to follow onfrom a deal struck in Toronto in 2010, with the improving U.S.economy adding weight to Washington's call to focus on growth.
</a> Initial estimates of manufacturing activity across the17-nation currency bloc showed the region on course to end its18-month old recession, led by an upsurge in activity in Germanand French factories.
</a> By way of explanation for the change, the supermarket company said it undertook “periodic reviews of all our advisory service providers”, which was “good practice”. Nevertheless, news of the broker switch inevitably prompted speculation as to whether analyst research had been a factor in the decision to change advisors: experts at both Nomura and JPMorgan had not shied away from lowering forecasts on Tesco.
</a> Several House Republicans said Boehner's leadership positionwould not be at risk in the fallout. The speaker earned astanding ovation at an afternoon meeting of House Republicans,and Republican Representative John Fleming of Louisiana, a TeaParty activist, said Boehner's stock had risen because he "hungin there with us."
</a> "Really, it kind of all falls on me," Moore said Thursday morning. "I've just got to be better. I've just got to make sure I'm moving my feet and playing to my strengths, closing out quickly ⦠I don't think it's a question of the system. It's just a matter of me improving."
</a> Shareholders are set to vote on the Silver Lake-led offer next week, after an earlier effort by Icahn to block the deal in Delaware court failed. The court argued that Icahnâs offer canât be superior to Michael Dellâs because itâs not a full takeover.
</a> BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law.
</a> "Earnings have been good so far, but they have come inlow-quality," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analystat Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. "We haven't reallyseen margin expansion or a lot of revenue growth and that cankeep a lid on the markets in the short term."
</a> It doesn't get more revealing than this! If Kate didn't already have every man in America at her beck and call, these pictures will surely do the trick! It doesn't get much hotter than Kate Upton posing naked for Muse (l.) and only wearing half a white tank top and underwear in Esquire (r.).
</a> Last month, the investigative website Mediapart published extracts of a recording in which it said Mr Dassault apparently admits handing out payments to secure his successor's mayoral election in 2010. The website said those who made the secret recording in 2012 in Mr Dassault's office were later targeted by gunmen.
</a> “All performers who worked with Cameron Bay have been tested and cleared,” it said in an Aug. 28 blog maintained by the Free Speech Coalition’s STD testing organization. “It is safe to lift the moratorium.”
</a> Ryanair said the more customer-friendly approach would not involve any changes of management and neither did Mr O’Leary, who has a fortune of about €350m, have any plans to step down.
</a> “During the ash cloud crisis of 2010, holiday sales suddenly dropped by 25 per cent while customers sat back and assessed how long it would be before planes could fly again,” he said. “So it’s a bit of a shock that a simple heat wave over the last week has had the same level of impact, with most major online travel agents reporting sales down by more than 20 per cent.
</a> Referendum campaigns in the UK strike oddly discordant notes. We have a party-based system, after all. Referendums are advocated or offered only because leaders calculate they will benefit their parties, or at least will keep them united. But once they are called, elements from the Conservatives and Labour, Labour and the Lib Dems, are all expected to work with one another. Quite often they find it almost impossible to do so, tribal attachment overriding an ambiguous sense of common cause.
</a> Objectors say it will cost far too much to get HS2, as currently envisaged, up and running. The current estimated cost is £50 billion - but London Mayor Boris Johnson and others have predicted it will eventually cost more than £70 billion.
</a> `With Edward Snowden on the run in Russia and reportedly threatening to unveil the entire âblueprintâ for National Security Agency surveillance, thereâs probably as much terror in Silicon Valley as in Washington about what he might expose. The reaction so far from private industry about the part it has played in helping the government spy on Americans has ranged from outraged denial to total silence. Facebookâs Mark Zuckerberg, he of the teen-nerd hoodie, said heâd never even heard of the kind of data-mining that the NSA leaker describedâthen fell quiet. Google cofounder Larry Page declared almost exactly the same thing; then he shut up, too. Especially for the libertarian geniuses of Silicon Valley, who take pride in their distance (both physically and philosophically) from Washington, the image-curdling idea that they might be secretly in bed with government spooks induced an even greater reluctance to talk, perhaps, than the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which conveniently forbids executives from revealing government requests for information.
</a> "The foreign-exchange authorities' stance for preventingone-sided movements in the foreign-exchange market and reducingvolatility remains unchanged," said Kim Seong-wook, director offoreign exchange market division for South Korea's Ministry ofStrategy and Finance.
</a> On May 14, Alpine Bau announced it was pulling out, claiming the GDDKiA's decision to call the bond was proof the agency was not interested in a constructive solution, which the agency disputes. The following month, Alpine Bau entered insolvency proceedings. A week later, the parent group, Alpine Holding GmbH, followed suit.
</a> Adam Lanza, a mentally troubled and underdeveloped 20- year-old, took only 300 seconds to shoot 154 rounds from his mother's Bushmaster AR-15 into two first-grade classes in Connecticut last December. Around that time, Bushmaster was spending millions of dollars telling young men around America that there was something wrong with them if they did not aspire to own one. Purchasing an AR-15 entitled the buyer to a 'Man Card', Bushmaster said in its advertisements, which testified to the holder of the card having 'averted complete humiliation' and being 'fully entitled to all the rights and privileges duly afforded'.
</a> As salvage teams concentrated on the biggest operation of its kind ever attempted, survivors of the January 13, 2012 disaster - when the ship carrying more than 4,000 passengers and crew capsized off the Italian island of Giglio - thought of the 32 who died, including two whose bodies have yet to be found.
</a> Although underlying dividend growth accelerated by 9.5percent, its fastest in a year, it was not enough for Capita tomaintain its full year target, reducing it to 7.7 percent growthfrom 8.6 percent, a 500 million pound reduction.
</a> Goose-stepping soldiers and military hardware were paraded through Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un. The event marks the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.
</a> Global mining firms are under pressure from investors toslim down after boom-year expansion ended badly for many ofthem. However, with demand from China's steel mills holding upthe iron ore price, big miners are unwilling to sell assetscheap - unwanted or no - while potential buyers want a bargain.
</a> Specsavers, Dialaflight and Phones4u announced today that they were withdrawing their advertisements from the Ask.fm website since Hannah Smith, 14, was found hanged on Friday after being bullied on the chat site.
</a> The Madison woman pleaded no contest in April to first-degree recklessly endangering safety and causing mental harm to a child. Prosecutors had asked for an eight-year prison term, though the charges carried a possible prison sentence of up to 25 years.
</a> Russian officials have pledged to make the games "the safest Olympics in history," but security experts warn that the Islamist insurgency that has spread across Russia's North Caucasus after two separatist wars in Chechnya could threaten Sochi, located about 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Dagestan.
</a> Named in 2009 as 46 in the MediaGuardian 100, a list ofpowerful figures in the media industry, Warshaw also worked onVodafone's $19 billion acquisition of Hutchinson Essar andadvised Reuters on its $17.2 billion acquisition by Thomson.
</a> D-Drill supplies and operates tools that use man-made diamonds to cut accurately through materials such as concrete. Clients include construction firms, retailers, phone companies and even nuclear power stations.
</a> It was, however, Caley Thistle – the last Scottish team to win in the east end of Glasgow – who took the lead after only 14 minutes. Aaron Doran had already served notice that he would constitute a threat when he planted a free-kick on to the roof of the Celtic net and he found his mark in style five minutes later when Nick Ross found him in space on the edge of the box, from where he drew Fraser Forster off his line and curled his finish between the goalkeeper and the far post.
</a> According to the sources, a 150-game suspension might be the best that could be expected for Rodriguez, who is rehabbing from hip surgery with high Single-A Tampa and was chastised by the Yankees Saturday for failing to report to the teamâs complex for Friday nightâs game following a four-and-a-half hour meeting with MLB officials who outlined their case against him. His 20-day rehab assignment ends on July 22, and it is unclear where A-Rod will go after that, but according to a source, Yankee officials sent him a notification Saturday telling him that he is obligated to inform them in advance of any absence. Rodriguez also declined to accept an assignment to Buffalo, where the Yankees wanted him to join their Triple-A team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, saying he was having a problem with his quad muscle. Rodriguez played in Saturday nightâs game in Tampa, however.
</a> Retro printed t-shirts were big news at Dolce & Gabbana, Vivienne Westwood and Versace this fashion week, and are a wardrobe basic for all style savvy men; they'll look great with jeans and chinos and layered under shirts and jackets - student style bed hair not required.
</a> "We are pleased that the New York court has dismissed thewhistleblower claims which, like similar False Claims Actdismissals in other states, demonstrates that such claims haveno legal merit," BNY Mellon spokesman Kevin Heine said. "Wecontinue to believe the remaining claims are unwarranted."
</a> Following a 2011 trial which the West said smacked of "selective justice", she was jailed for abuse of office linked to a gas deal which she had brokered with Russia as prime minister. The Yanukovich government says the deal saddled Ukraine with an exorbitant price for Russian gas supplies.
</a> So a newspaper that was the quasi-official Obama fanzine, and which detests Fox News with every fibre of its being, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Fox’s persecuted reporter against illegitimate bullying by the federal government. Neither his views, nor the political orientation of his employers, were of any consequence in the matter. That is how it has to be if freedom of expression is to survive these dangerous times.
</a> The Rangers sought Kristo hoping he could contribute right away. The former second-round pick showed flashes of his ability at the recent Traverse City prospects tournament, posting two goals and five assists to tie linemate Oscar Lindberg for a team-high seven points.
</a> (At the time of publication, Reuters columnist James Saft did not own any direct investments in securities mentioned in this article. He may be an owner indirectly as an investor in a fund. For previous columns by James Saft, click on)
</a> But Jones was expected to be one of the key cogs in Brandon Miller's first season as head coach. A year ago, Jones averaged 10.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and had a team-high 3.5 assists as the Bulldogs went 27-9. He was the only Butler player to start all 36 games and has started 67 consecutive games, 31 as a true freshman.
</a> And of course there is Rep. Steve King of Iowa, one of the dumbest people ever elected to national office in this country, another one leading the charge against Obamacare. Here was Kingâs idea once for keeping illegal immigrants out of America:
</a> Arbor also is wanted by law enforcement under a criminal arrest warrant issued on April 10 in a child support case, Smith said. His bail was set at $24,887, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office website.
</a> LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - European shares extended theirgains into a second session on Tuesday on optimism about thehealth of the world-leading U.S. economy and a solid start tothe earnings season there.
</a> âA mere fifty miles away in Sanford, Fla., a white man who shot a black teenager and claimed self-defense was not even arrested until community leaders and people around the world expressed their outrage,â Brown said.
</a> But rival JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Friday that it was quitting the business due in part to regulatory pressures, selling or spinning off the group that includes metals warehousing firm Henry Bath & Sons, the fourth-largest storage business in the LME system.
</a> Ladenburg Thalmann raised the price target of thedrugmaker's stock to $35 from $25 and reiterated a "buy" ratingafter the company's experimental drug Androxal met the maingoals of a key study on men with low testosterone levels.
</a> "Liking a political candidate's campaign page communicates the user's approval of the candidate and supports the campaign by associating the user with it," Chief Judge William Traxler wrote for a three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based appeals court. "It is the Internet equivalent of displaying a political sign in one's front yard, which the Supreme Court has held is substantive speech."
</a> 'Winter's Bone' isn't really accurate - at least when it comes to showcasing Jennifer Lawrence's natural beauty. But the film did lead to an Oscar nomination for the rising newcomer. Now the starlet's stunning good looks are on full display in the May issue of GQ, where Lawrence stripped down to her skivvies.
</a> On the one hand, you are very fortunate in that the mystery has been solved; but on the other hand, the problem has not and will not go away. I wonder if the act of naming the condition has made matters almost worse. Now you have to accept that he isn’t going to change and that realisation brings a whole new set of emotions and worries. I’m afraid I know very little about Asperger’s, so I’ve no idea how your partner would react if you went behind his back. Surely after 24 years of navigating his condition you have an idea of how best to proceed?
</a> Aged 69, he ran his campaign under the banner of ''For Mali's honour'', playing on the fact that Malians felt humiliated by having to call for France's help to prevent their country from breaking up, our reporter says.
</a> The woman's boyfriend and daughter drove her to the hospital from her Mission District home after she began acting increasingly disoriented and lost a significant amount of weight, Perry said. Spalding, who had no pre-existing medical conditions, was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and hospitalized in a fifth-floor room, steps from the nurses station, for two days before she went missing.
</a> Senate Democrats had insisted that the spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, be "clean" and free of restrictions on the health care law. When the House GOP went along with the strategy to rein in the law they deride as Obamacare, that's when Congress was unable to pass a bill funding the government by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year.
</a> Top fraud investigators have said that senior Chinese executives from the firm passed bribes to government officials, doctors, hospitals and industry associations using travel agencies as conduits for the cash.
</a> CHICAGO â A 3-year-old boy who was among 13 people wounded in a late-night attack on a southwest Chicago park was alert when he arrived at the hospital and was apparently doing well, his family and friends said early Friday.
</a> His testimony and those of others were part of the defense statement given by Chi Susheng, a lawyer for Li Xiang, another of the six accused. Chi posted the testimonies online, where they have gotten little attention.
</a> The iPhone's solid showing eased concerns that growing competition is hurting demand for Apple's top-selling product as the global smartphone market matures. Rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which overtook Apple to become the world's largest smartphone maker in 2012, fueled those fears when it issued a disappointing earnings forecast earlier this month.
</a> In response, he wrote, a government official told him that the newspaper had already achieved the aim of sparking a debate on government surveillance. "You've had your debate. There's no need to write any more," the unnamed official was quoted as saying.
</a> A key measure of Citigroup's financial strength improved inthe second quarter. Its capital increased to an estimated 10percent of risk-weighted assets from 9.3 percent, under theBasel III Tier 1 common measure. That improvement exceededJPMorgan Chase & Co, which rose to 9.3 percent from 8.9percent.
</a> Meanwhile, security forces continued to expand their crackdown from Brotherhood members to affiliates and relatives of the group on Sunday, arresting the son of former parliamentarian Mohamed el-Beltagi, along with three other sons of Brotherhood leaders in the town of Beni Suef, state television reported.
</a> Fashola and his predecessor, Bola Tinubu, have tried to turnthe city from a byword for squalor into a glitzy business hub.Their success will rest on projects like the light rail, whichhas involved massive and controversial slum clearance.
</a> Martin, 17, was walking back to a townhome in a gated community in Sanford, Florida after buying snacks at a convenience store when he was involved in a confrontation with George Zimmerman, then the neighborhood watch captain.
</a> Mr Ali said: "The Metropolitan Police Service recommends police officers to work as far away from their London borough as possible so it is not a health and safety issue. A lot of police officers do not want people in their local area to know what they do for a living."
</a> I’m not for a minute saying that men are less complex than women nor that you totally generalise about an entire gender but there is some compelling evidence. What works for Mexican dog trainer Cesar Millan dealing with a silly Shih Tzu can work with a man who just seems not to listen to you.
</a> The buyout group believes it can get the votes to pass the deal if Dell will count just the shares that have been voted. The provision of counting non-votes as a "no" was accepted reluctantly by the bidders as it sets a very high threshold to meet, according to one of the sources.
</a> Also present were Lord Powell and his wife, Lady Carla. Lord Powell served as private secretary to both Margaret Thatcher and John Major when in Downing Street, while his brother, Jonathan, was Mr Blair’s chief of staff.
</a> Although Tacopina publicly questioned the Yankeesâ medical handling of Rodriguez, Levine told the Daily News that the only questionable treatment the third baseman may have had would have come at the hands of Dr. Anthony Galea, a Toronto doctor who pleaded guilty in 2011 to bringing unapproved drugs into the United States, including human growth hormone, for the purpose of treating professional athletes.
</a> Among other leading figures whose convictions were upheldwere Engin Alan, a retired general elected to parliament as amember of the National Movement Party in 2011, and retiredgeneral Bilgin Balanli, who had been in line to become air forcecommander before his arrest.
</a> This highlights the relatively good, business-like relationship between Israel and the Egyptian military. Indeed as the Israeli commentator Ehud Yaari has noted, ever since President Morsi came to power, he insisted that neither he nor his government would maintain any direct contacts with Israel. Such matters would remain the exclusive domain of the Egyptian military and intelligence services.
</a> The childâs aunt, Rena Odin, and a maid had tried unsuccessfully to free the child, who had been trying to retrieve a toy that fell into the drain, but a pair of workmen managed to free the boy, according to Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos.
</a> BoA-ML is still involved a large number of physical commodity operations that may be coveredby the Fed's wider review, part of a business that has generated some $2 billion in tradingrevenue over the past four years, according to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Thebank does not provide any data on profits, but commodities accounted for about 5 percent ofMerrill's overall trading revenue last year.
</a> On e-cigarettes, proposals to regulate them as medicines EU-wide were rejected. That might pose complications for the UK Government; the regulator there has already backed the tougher regulations. Before the vote, EU officials had complained loudly about tobacco lobbyists trying to get MEPs to water down the plans and, from today's evidence, it appears they were successful.
</a> “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” – qutoed from Ayn Rand
</a> The pair were described as specialists in penetrating network security and gaining access to the systems of major corporations. Moscow-based Kotov was said to be the expert in mining the networks his accomplices had opened up.
</a> “When you go in and you renew your passport, as you’re looking forward to traveling with us around the world, you pay a fee, and that helps fund the program, and so that allows the programs and the consular steps to continue,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters at Monday’s daily press briefing.
</a> This Italian chain is one of the largest frozen yogurt sellers in the world â but only has six shops in the U.S. The founder of the chain is a biochemist, explains Tolbert, and the yogurt is said to have more probiotics â beneficial bacteria â than any other on the market.
</a> Miss Lawson, 53, moved out of their shared home and the following month petitioned for divorce on the grounds that the 10-year marriage had “irretrievably broken down” and Mr Saatchi’s “unreasonable behaviour”.
</a> "If you look at a narrower basket of goods without energy, the clear rising trend isn't there yet and we can't say with great confidence that Japan is clearly on its way out of deflation," said Koichi Fujishiro, from Dai-ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo.
</a> "The Great Bull Run" on August 24 at the Virginia Motor Sports Park is an American adaptation of Pamplona's San Fermin running of the bulls, made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
</a> Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world's biggest cocaine exporter, and charity Prisoners Abroad said it had seen an increase in the number of British people arrested on drugs charges in the country.
</a> Earlier on Friday, a boat carrying Palestinians and Syrians capsized off the coast of Egypt killing at least a dozen. They were believed to have been heading for Italy. More than 100 were rescued close to the port of Alexandria and taken to a local police station.
</a> "I was out of the country and out of town for like four and a half months working and I was tired and so I came home and I was like 'I'm not going to do anything. I'm not going to even shave,'" he said of his new full bearded look. "I guess that constitutes news."
</a> So why is halloumi having a moment? Daily Telegraph food columnist Rose Prince believes it's "a reflection of three things - our love for Mediterranean cuisine, our eagerness to try whatever is new and the effect of TV chefs".
</a> “In internal discussions, he was one of the most uncompromising advocates for financial regulation,” Sanstein told Bloomberg. He also defended Summers’ notoriously abrasive manner, insisting that he is actually open and flexible beneath the gruff exterior.
</a> âSentence is due to be handed down on 20 September but it is already clear that as the sentence in this case cannot exceed one year it will not trigger automatic disqualification of the Member from the Scottish Parliament.
</a> Vienna's Jewish community says a historically important trove of hundreds of ancient Jewish tombstones have been recently unearthed, including some dating back to the 16th century. Vienna city officials they expect excavations to yield up to 800 headstones.
</a> Stenson, a runner-up at the British Open three weeks ago, dropped only one shot over the last 16 holes and ran in a pair of 12-foot birdie putts for a 69 and was two shots behind. Sweden's odds of winning a major have never been this high. Stenson will play in the penultimate group with Jonas Blixt, who had a 66.
</a> The offer was originally extended to MobileMe paying subscribers who moved their accounts to iCloud between October 12th, 2011 and August 1st, 2012. While iCloud nominally comes with 5GB of free storage, MobileMe customers were automatically upgraded to 25GB total storage.
</a> The weekend's wild racing was a vindication for America'sCup organizers, led by software mogul Larry Ellison, whosedecision to use extremely expensive and sometimes-dangeroushigh-tech catamarans for the competition has been widelycriticized.
</a> You gotta love religious fundamentalists. It really doesn’t matter which superstition they’re devoted to, which nation provides home base, which culture feeds their quest for satisfaction. They’re always good for a laugh.
</a> Leighton dropped 6 per cent to A$16.24 in Sydney as profit missed analyst estimates amid a slump in mining industry demand. Computershare Ltd. sank 6.3 per cent to A$9.75 in Sydney, the most in three years, after the share-registry firm reported profit fell.
</a> BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law.
</a> The next full moon will fall on June 23 and it’s a rather special one. It will not only be the largest full moon of the year, it will also be the moonâs closest encounter with Earth for all of 2013.
</a> The company which was the first UK network to launch mobile 4G services nine months ago has said the take up of the service has doubled in the second quarter and is "on track t exceed one million 4G customers by the year end."
</a> Good news is expected from the housing sector, with double-digit growth forecast for spending on residential construction. Housing, which triggered the 2007-09 recession, is growing strongly, helping to keep the economic recovery anchored.
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</a> “I want to compliment you and thank you for not being a demagogic, self-serving, political hack who can’t even be elected to a parent advisory committee much less Congress, which is what Mr. Pfeiffer is,” he said. “I want to thank you for not being that, and understanding these are complex issues, where reasonable minds can perhaps differ.”
</a> DE Justin Tuck did not practice Wednesday because of a tight back. âJust taking the precautions,â said coach Tom Coughlin. The Giants moved first-team DT Cullen Jenkins to DE, and slotted Shaun Rogers in at DT. When asked if Tuck will play Saturday in Pittsburgh, Coughlin said he âwould expect that to be the case, but he will have to do a little bit of improving.â OL James Brewer (concussion), S Cooper Taylor (hamstring) and RB Ryan Torain (concussion) did not practice. Brewer and Taylor have already been ruled out for Saturday . . . Coughlin said rookie OL Justin Pugh (concussion) could be cleared for next week.
</a> The new range includes âBook Caseâ â a flip-style leather-like material cover which protects the front and back of the device and a âslip caseâ leather-like pouch. Both will retail at around £20 each.
</a> Tempreatures may be falling but our hemlines are raising as the holiday season beckons. Although that's the great thing about a mini, it'll look just as fashion forward when teamed with black opaque tights as with bare legs, so make sure you include one in your party season wardrobe rotation.
</a> The company that once specialized in providing the backbone of the Internet now sees software and equipment for datacenters and corporate cloud networking as its keys to growth. But Wednesday's results suggest the pace of expansion has been slower than anticipated, analysts said.