A SUITABLE PROFESSION WANG YUE, 19, REMEMBERS STROLLING down a Beijing street dressed normally–spiky, red-tinged hair, studded dog collar, brows drawn in an exaggerated arch–when she saw a familiar figure. It was her father, a policeman, with several of his colleagues. ““I called to him two or three times,’’ she recalls, taking a long drag on a cigarette, ““but he just ignored me and kept walking! That happens all the time to us punks....
Taiwan’s Animal House would be merely farcical if the country’s emerging democracy were not at stake. The reforms escalated three years ago under President Lee Tenghui, who is the first Taiwanese-born leader since 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek’s forces shifted their mainland government to the island. Martial law was lifted in 1987, and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party was legalized in 1989. In December of that year the insurgents won 21 of the legislature’s contested 283 seats....
The Tigers lost three games on the spin in the English Championship against Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, and Middlesbrough prior to the break which saw them drop to 20th in the log. And ahead of Ipswich Town’s visit to the KCOM Stadium this weekend, the Anglo-Nigerian wants Leonid Slutsky’s side to put their poor run of form behind them and start picking up points again. “We know they were bad results for us and for a few days after you’re thinking about it and replaying moments in your mind that could have changed things,” Tomori told club website....
Now, the Silver Shell award will go to the best leading performance and best supporting performance, the festival’s organizers announced Tuesday, as the festival takes on a gender-neutral stance. “The change arises from the conviction that gender, a social and political construct, is no longer a criterion that we follow to distinguish between performances,” said José Luis Rebordinos. “The criterion for the jury will be to distinguish between good and bad performances....
But despite Osweiler’s two-touchdown performance, expectations need to be tempered. He is still a below-average, game-managing quarterback who is far from trustworthy at the helm of a playoff team. MORE: Like Manning, QBs who hung on too long | DIAMOND: Give up, Peyton; Father Time doesn’t lose Pocket movement a problem Coach Gary Kubiak and the Denver coaching staff tried to make Osweiler’s progressions as simple as possible. The game plan focused on spreading the field, relying on pass protection, midfield one-on-ones and pre-determined perimeter throws....
According to Pasig-based online news website Rappler, all 96 passengers on board the Philippines military plane had been accounted for earlier Monday. It added the Armed Forces of the Philippines had announced 51 had been killed when the C-130 Hercules plane crashed near Patikul village, in the Sulu region, at around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The outlet reported 48 of those killed were trainees from the 4th Infantry Division in Cagayan de Oro City....
It was supposed to be UConn’s Shabazz Napier contending with his opponent’s infuriating defense at the game’s decisive moment. Instead, it was Florida trying desperately to catch up after misspending its early command of the game, and it was Wilbekin with Napier in his grill trying to manufacture an opportunity for the Gators. MORE: Final Four live blog | Box score Napier did not budge. Wilbekin faked once. He still didn’t budge....
A 76-70 overtime victory for the Spartans over No. 4 Louisville as 2.5-point favorites in the East Regional Final on Sunday put them into the first Final Four game next Saturday against the Blue Devils, who eliminated No. 2 Gonzaga 66-52 as 2-point chalk. The Wynn sports book in Las Vegas opened Duke as a 5.5-point favorite against Michigan State, but the number fell to -5 a little more than a half-hour later....
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democratic Representative from Mississippi recently said that all nine lawmakers on the committee will have a chance to speak during the hearing. The eight other lawmakers that make up the committee include Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Adam Schiff, Pete Aguilar, Stephanie Murphy, Jamie Raskin, Elaine Luria, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. A January 6 Committee aide also confirmed to Newsweek that another change to the upcoming hearing will be that no live witnesses are expected to speak....
After the grilling, you may be satisfied your broker is a straight shooter. Even so, keep an eye out for other SEC findings.
It could be quite a year: the schools say they’ll dispense more money than ever, but they are getting craftier about how they do it; new methods of allocating aid could leave unwary families in the dust. ““If you don’t understand the process, you are going to pay and pay,’’ warns New York college planner Kalman Chany. Here’s what you need to know about how the financial-aid game is played today....
For instance, if you’re looking for spots in London, you could look up something like “London cityscape” and search through the locations listed to find one that you like. Popular photography location apps include Pixeo and ShotHotSpot. For example, you could search for “mountain mist” or “Chicago skyline” and look through the images to find locations you like. Search for online photography networks and databases you can use to find images you like....
I do. It was 1998. He was the top elected official in his state. He had his eye on national politics, if for no other reason than that his fellow Arkansan (and Hope native) was hunkered down in the Oval Office dealing with the way-too-Biblical Lewinsky affair. Huckabee, who was already on Don Imus’s radar screen, knew precisely what he was doing: building his base by mixing a familiar—and explosive—Bible-belt cocktail of politics and religion....
Oleg Ustenko called the lack of an immediate embargo on Russian imports by western economies “unacceptable” in an exclusive interview with the Observer. “If Russians are committing war crimes, even genocide, whoever is supplying Russia with this bloody money is making the same war crime,” said Ustenko in remarks published at theguardian.com. He vowed that firms trading with Russia would face future legal action. “We know the name of the ship, the flag, the name of the captain, the volume of oil, we know how much money was paid for that oil, the port of destination, the company who sold the insurance,” Ustenko said....
On the official Pokémon Masters YouTube channel, Yu Sasaki the producer of the DeNA mobile game, explained some important aspects about the experience. He revealed that, aside from the main story, there will be events players can participate in. These events are separate from the main story and there are two types: story and training events. Story events in Pokémon Masters are timed, but they return at a future date for those who can’t complete them fast enough....
The First Four schedule includes four play-in games — two between 11 seeds and two involving 16 seeds — for the chance to join the rest of the field in the Round of 64. Tuesday features Prairie View A&M vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (6:40 p.m. ET) and Temple vs. Belmont (9:10 p.m. ET). N.C. Central vs. North Dakota State (6:40 p.m. ET) and Arizona State vs. St. John’s (9:10 p.m. ET) play Wednesday....
The MateView has Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi connectivity along with a speaker and USB-A ports, a 3.5 mm jack, a USB-C, an HDMI and a MiniDP for I/O. It even has a Smart Bar for switching between those inputs through touch controls. It’s an impressive piece of hardware, even before turning it on. While the monitor is not yet available in the U.S., we went hands-on for a first look....
SPLITS TO KNOW Hanley Ramirez is 10-for-29 (.345) with five homers against Aaron Harang, but teammate Pablo Sandoval is just 5-for-26 (.192) with four Ks against the right-hander. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter are a combined 0-for-23 against the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta. Oswaldo Arcia and Brian Dozier are a combined 1-for-24 (.042) with eight Ks against Anibal Sanchez. Daniel Murphy is 16-for-50 (.320) with three homers and five doubles against Jordan Zimmermann....
As both parties prepare for an extended election count that may span weeks, Newsweek spoke to five experts on what campaigns should be focusing on ahead of November 3. Mike Spahn, managing director at Precision Strategies For Spahn, the most effective strategy comes down to one word: communication. The strategist, who recently served as chief of staff for Senator Patty Murray of Washington state and worked on Tammy Duckworth’s 2006 congressional run in Illinois, said communication to both voters and the national media will be key in this election....
