Morata scores twice as Spain cruises to 3-0 win over Turkey
NICE, France (AP) — Alvaro Morata scored twice as defending champion Spain cruised to a 3-0 victory over Turkey on Friday to qualify for the knockout stages of the European Championship.Spain recorded the largest winning margin of the tournament so far with a second victory that left it top of Group D. Turkey’s second defeat leaves it needing to beat the Czech Republic in its last game to have any hope of qualifying.After squandering a series of chances in an opening 1-0 win over the Czechs, forwards Morata and Manuel “Nolito” Agudo scored goals three minutes apart in the first half to give Spain a decisive 2-0 lead.“We scored goals, which was something we hadn’t been doing recently, so it was perfect. But we haven’t won anything yet,” coach Vicente del Bosque said.Morata opened the scoring with a header into the top-right corner off a pass over the top by Nolito in the 34th minute, sending the ball past goalkeeper Volkan Babacan from 12 meters.An error by the Turkey defense set up the second goal as center-back Mehmet Topal failed to clear Cesc Fabregas’ lobbed pass and instead lobbed it into the path of Nolito, who slid the ball in despite slipping as he took the shot.Spain made it 3-0 three minutes into the second half when Andres Iniesta’s through ball found Jordi Alba, who appeared slightly offside in the box, and the Barcelona left-back squared it for Morata to apply a simple finish.Morata could have scored a hat trick but was forced off the ball in a good position shortly after the hour mark.“We played a great match against a complicated opponent,” Morata said. “We have to keep winning like this.”He added: “I’m very happy with the game that the team played, with the goals, and with being here.”David Silva could have added to Spain’s lead when he had two shots in the space of a minute but one was deflected off target while the other went wide. Gerard Pique, Spain’s scorer in the first game, had an effort from a narrow angle held by Babacan in the 69th.After starting with an unchanged team from the Czech game, Spain’s 3-0 lead meant that Vicente Del Bosque could start to conserve his top players, and he took off both Silva and Cesc Fabregas with 20 minutes to go.Turkey had no answer to Spain’s possession game and when chances did come, the execution was poor. The Turks failed to register a single shot on target.Striker Burak Yilmaz threatened the Spain goal shortly after Morata’s second goal, but his wild shot went high and wide.Substitute Olcay Sahan charged into the box late on but his first shot was blocked by fellow sub Cesar Azpilicueta and his follow-up hit the side netting.Spain’s Alvaro Morata celebrates with teammates after scoring his side’s third goal during the Euro 2016 Group D soccer match between Spain and Turkey at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Spain’s man of the match Iniesta said he was happy with Spain’s form in a campaign that has often been portrayed as a redemption exercise following a group-stage exit at the 2014 World Cup.“After the World Cup, it was disappointing for everyone — for the players, for the fans, for the whole country,” he said. “The response that the team in these two games has been very positive. We showed the winning mentality that we have in this squad.”Turkey’s dissatisfied fans turned on captain Arda Turan, booing him when he played the ball. Coach Fatih Terim criticized the booing and said “it made an impact on our team.” But he was sharply critical of the team himself.“Today our national team threw in the towel,” he said. “I have never accepted this and I will never accept it…I’m deeply upset.”Spain remains unbeaten in 14 games at the European Championship, and hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat to Portugal in 2004. Spain also hasn’t conceded a goal in the European tournament since its opener in 2012, a 1-1 draw against Italy.Turkey faces a fine from UEFA after its fans used flares and a smoke bomb in the stands, and repeatedly threw firecrackers onto the field, after the final whistle.There were empty seats scattered around the Allianz Riviera from the start and thousands in the crowd departed well before the end as Spain closed out a routine win.Earlier in Group D, second-place Croatia drew 2-2 with the Czech Republic in a game also marred by Croatian fans throwing flares onto the pitch and fighting in the stands.TweetPinShare0 Shares
ROME (AP) — Way back in August when Liverpool was sweating its way through the playoffs just to qualify for the Champions League group phase, going all the way to the final wasn’t even on the Reds radar.Not after a season in which Liverpool didn’t even play in Europe.Not when no one could have imagined that Mohamed Salah would develop into a scorer to rival Lionel Messi. Or that Liverpool would score a Champions League-record 46 goals — surpassing the mark set by Barcelona in 1999-2000.Yet 10 months later, Liverpool is going to face two-time defending champion Real Madrid for the most coveted trophy in club football.Liverpool advanced to its first Champions League final in more than a decade despite a 4-2 loss at Roma on Wednesday.The Reds scored two early goals and that was all they needed to advance 7-6 on aggregate after a 5-2 win in the first leg of the semifinals.“We came in as a qualifier and now we’re in the final,” Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp said. “Now we will go to Kiev, which sounds crazy but is the truth. We will go to Kiev.”The final is scheduled for May 26 in Ukraine.Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp celebrates at the end of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Liverpool advanced to its first Champions League final in more than a decade despite a 4-2 loss at Roma on Wednesday. The Reds scored two early goals and that was all they needed to advance 7-6 on aggregate after a 5-2 win in the first leg. (Ettore Ferrari/ANSA via AP)Sadio Mane took advantage of a misplaced Roma pass to put Liverpool ahead nine minutes in and Georginio Wijnaldum restored the advantage with a header after Milner’s own goal.Edin Dzeko equalized for Roma early in the second half and Radja Nainggolan scored two late goals for the hosts as the Giallorossi narrowly missed out on another miracle after their stunning 3-0 second-leg victory over Barcelona in the quarterfinals.“Tonight was all about getting the job done,” said Liverpool midfielder James Milner, who scored an own goal.Madrid beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate in the other semifinal.“These fans deserve to be in the final, and they’ll have a great time in Kiev regardless of the result,” Liverpool defender Andy Robertson said. “We ended up losing tonight, but they threw everything at us.”Roma was left feeling aggrieved about two penalty decisions that weren’t given.“The VAR would have given us what was taken from us tonight,” Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco said. “That was ridiculous. … But Liverpool certainly didn’t steal anything from us. They played 45 extraordinary minutes (in the first leg) and we played two second halves that were just as extraordinary.”Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk jumps for the ball with Roma’s Edin Dzeko, right, during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Liverpool last reached the final in 2007, when it lost to AC Milan, having won the last of its five titles over Milan two years earlier.The 13 goals scored between the two legs was a record for a Champions League semifinal.“When two squads play in an open manner like that, it’s more like a boxing match,” Di Francesco said. “There should be more matches like these.”Klopp was full of complements for Roma.“What a performance, what a comeback. What a brave football game,” the German manager said. “It was the first time we were not as good as we can be. So we needed luck.”There were concerns of fan violence surrounding the match after two men from Rome were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an assault outside the stadium before the first leg in Liverpool.Supporters of both clubs met at Rome’s City Hall earlier Wednesday to condemn violence and express solidarity with Sean Cox, the Liverpool supporter who was severely injured in the clashes last week.Inside the stadium, fans of both sides lit flares in the stands before kickoff. It was so loud at one point that the Champions League anthem couldn’t be heard.With Liverpool advancing and Roma winning the match, both sets of fans applauded their clubs at the final whistle.Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah fights for the ball with Roma’s Aleksandar Kolarov, right, during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Afterward, Liverpool players posed near their fans behind a banner that read, “Sean Cox: You’ll never walk alone.”Like the first leg, Liverpool was more impressive early on before Roma asserted itself late.Roma’s defense looked out of sorts when Nainggolan misplaced a pass early on and Roberto Firmino set up Mane for an unchallenged goal — the first that Roma has conceded at home in this season’s Champions League.Roma equalized six minutes later when Dejan Lovren’s attempt to clear an effort from Stephan El Shaarawy ricocheted off teammate James Milner’s face back into his own goal.Ten minutes later, Edin Dzeko’s attempt to head away a Liverpool corner went backwards instead toward Wijnaldum, who nodded it in.El Shaarawy hit the post with a shot from beyond the area before the break.Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, right, celebrates scoring his side’s first goal as Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker looks back during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)El Shaarawy, who put in a strong performance, also had a role in Roma’s second goal. His curling effort was batted away by goalkeeper Loris Karius and Dzeko had enough time to control the rebound before shooting firmly into the far corner for his eighth goal in 12 matches in this season’s competition.Roma could have had a penalty shortly after the hour mark, but Liverpool got away with an evident handball by Trent Alexander-Arnold as he blocked a close-range effort from El Shaarawy.Nainggolan then put his team ahead on the night with a long-range shot off the post in the 86th for his first goal in 24 Champions League appearances.In added time, Nainggolan converted a penalty following a handball by Ragnar Klavan.Salah, who scored the opening two goals of the first leg and who has 43 goals in 48 appearances in all competitions this season, was held scoreless against his former club.—By ANDREW DAMPF , AP Sports WriterLiverpool players hold a banner in English and Italian in support of Liverpool fan Sean Cox at the end of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Cox has been in an induced coma since being attacked before the first leg match in Liverpool. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Roma’s Cengiz Under reacts after he misses an opportunity to score during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Liverpool’s Sadio Mane scores his side’s first goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum, right, celebrates after he scores his side’s second goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum scores his side’s second goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Roma and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)TweetPinShare0 Shares
Goals from Paulinho and Thiago Silva helped Brazil outclass Serbia 2-0 win on Wednesday and book a knockout tie against Mexico.The victory, and Switzerland’s 2-2 draw with Costa Rica, meant Brazil finished top of Group E on seven points, two ahead of the Swiss who will face Sweden in the last 16. Serbia ended third on three points and are eliminated along with Costa Rica.Brazil took a while to find their stride against a physical Serbian side who still had hopes of progress and briefly rattled the favourites, but once Paulinho put them ahead after 36 minutes they always looked comfortable and Silva’s 68th-minute header settled it.”In certain moments of the match we had some difficulties, today we suffered and we knew how to cope when we were getting attacked,” Silva said.2018 FIFA WORLD CUP: FULL COVERAGE”This is a World Cup and every opponent has quality. But when we were suffering, we knew how to stay focused.”Serbia coach Mladen Krstajic had no regerets after his team lost as he felt Brazil were clearly the superior team.”We were on the front foot in the first half except for the moment when Brazil scored,” said Krstajic.”It’s very difficult to play such an open game against such a football powerhouse like Brazil and these are the moments when the individual qualities of their players come through.”MATCH HIGHLIGHTSPlaying just hours after holders Germany suffered their shock exit after a 2-0 defeat by South Korea, the five-times champions Brazil were desperate to stamp their authority on a tournament where World Cup pedigree has counted for so little.advertisementThey had yet to click in their earlier games, where they limply drew 1-1 with Switzerland and needed two stoppage-time goals to beat Costa Rica, and they didn’t exactly sparkle in the first half-hour on Wednesday.However, a superb lofted pass from just inside his own half by the outstanding Philippe Coutinho sent Paulinho clear and he stretched high to toe the ball over goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic and ease the pressure.FIXTURES | POINTS TABLEBrazil’s often-overlooked defence, which has now conceded three goals in 13 games, did still have to stand up strongly against a Serbian side whose only real threat looked to be an aerial assault.Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic roused the Serbian fans around the hour when he went close with two headers but that brief flurry proved their high-water mark as Silva finished it when he rose high to thump home a Neymar corner.World Cup 2018: Brazil reach last 16 with easy win over SerbiaThat assist was a frustrated Neymar’s major contribution as he fired one shot at Stojkovic’s legs after a 70-metre counter-attack, bounced another over the bar and saw the keeper palm clear his final effort of a night where he was routinely bullied off the ball and lost possession countless times.It was not his greatest performance, nor Brazil’s, but it was more than enough and they march on and remain the team everyone else will want to avoid.(With Reuters inputs)
Indian football club Bengaluru FC will take on the reserve sides of Spanish La Liga clubs Barcelona and Villarreal in their pres-season friendly matches.”We’ve got some big news coming in! The Blues are off to Spain for a pre-season that includes games against @FCBarcelonaB and @VillarrealCF B. Stay tuned!” Bengaluru FC wrote on its official twitter handle.In return, FC Barcelona B tweeted, “You will be really welcome to Barcelona! We hope to enjoy a good match at the Miniestadi!Bengaluru FC are currently in pre-season training at their residential facilities in Bellary, following which they will fly out to Spain for a fortnight pre-season camp.We’ve got some big news coming in! The Blues are off to Spain for a pre-season that includes games against @FCBarcelonaB and @VillarrealCF B. Stay tuned! #BluesInSpain pic.twitter.com/0Y1B32CNbcBengaluru FC (@bengalurufc) July 27, 2018The Blues’ first competitive match of the season kicks off in less than a month, as they take on Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr FK in a two-legged Inter-zone semifinal of the AFC Cup, on August 22 and 29.The two-time I-League champions will also be training at the Masia La Grava facility in Valencia and would play a series of friendly games against 2015 AFC Champions League runners-up Shabab Al Ahli Dubai FC and Spanish Segunda B side, Atletico Saguntino ahead of their two-legged Inter-Zone clash against Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr FC.Masa La Grava boasts of two full sized natural turfs apart from multiple artificial turfs.(With PTI inputs)
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says idle lands can be used to produce crops, particularly for processing, to satisfy local and export demands. The Minister points out that this activity will contribute to the country’s food security and create employment for many young persons. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says idle lands can be used to produce crops, particularly for processing, to satisfy local and export demands.The Minister points out that this activity will contribute to the country’s food security and create employment for many young persons.“This can be part of our path towards wealth creation,” he said, at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ 2018 National Achievement Expo, held at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, on April 27.The Minister informed that many large companies, such as Red Stripe and the Caribbean Broilers Group, are seeking to establish contractual arrangements with small and medium-sized farmers under a mother farm concept to grow certain crops.He cited the Caribbean Broilers Group’s requirement of 2,000 acres of land to grow sweet corn, onion, red peas, scotch bonnet peppers and sea-island cotton.“These companies have money, they have access to technology, they have access to markets, both in Jamaica and abroad, and the companies will guarantee access to these markets once the (crops) are produced at the standards that have been established,” he said.Meanwhile, Mr. Shaw hailed the Jamaica 4-H Movement for its physical growth within the last three years.The movement, which began more than 75 years ago, has seen an increase in its membership by approximately 17 per cent, which has made the country’s local 4-H Movement the second largest in the world.“I want to congratulate all the staff for all the wonderful work you have been doing. You have over 1,100 clubs, 183 community-based clubs and you have 104,000 members in your clubs. I am very impressed with these figures,” the Minister said.Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake, informed that the organisation has been putting to good use the $242 million investment made by the Government yearly.He said the organisation has established 465 school gardens across the island and trained more than 2,000 Jamaicans this year over the age of 17 at the mastery level, which means they can venture into jobs or craft their own employment opportunities.Dr. Blake also informed that last year, 427 unattached youth were trained in areas that will allow them to create their own employment.“The 4-H club is very much relevant and we want to be less dependent on the public purse,” he said.For his part, one of the Board Directors, Collin Virgo, noted that the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Head Office on Old Hope Road in Kingston will undergo significant expansion.Mr. Virgo expressed gratitude to the volunteers and staff of the Movement, who went beyond the call of duty to enable the staging of the 2018 National Achievement Expo.Held under the theme, ‘Promoting Agri-Business’, the Expo saw Shanique Dawkins of Clarendon being selected as the 4-H Girl of the Year and Rovani Scott of Hanover as the 4-H Boy of the Year.They were awarded the main prize of $1 million each, courtesy of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.The money is expected to go towards continuing their education as well as the pursuit of specific projects.The awards presentation was followed by the Minister’s tour of various parish booths. “This can be part of our path towards wealth creation,” he said, at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ 2018 National Achievement Expo, held at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, on April 27. Story Highlights
-30- QUEENS COUNTY: Highway 103 Due to a serious motor vehicle accident, Highway 103 is closed between Exit 17A and Exit 18. Eastbound traffic is being detoured at Exit 18 onto Trunk 3 at Brooklyn to Eastern Shore Road and to Port Medway Road. Westbound traffic is detoured to Port Medway Road, Eastern Shore Road to Trunk 3 at Brooklyn. Highway 103 will remain closed for an indefinite period of time. Local Area Office: 902-543-8169 Fax: 902-543-0686
TORONTO – Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne says it’s “a healthy thing” that one of her candidates is planning a bid for her job as party leader if elected.Wynne admitted over the weekend that she would not be premier after Thursday’s election but declined to say whether she would resign as Liberal leader.But David Henderson, the party’s candidate in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, told supporters he would vie for the job if he wins in his riding.In a clip posted to his Facebook on Monday, Henderson said Wynne’s weekend announcement means she has “effectively” stepped down as Liberal party leader following the election.Henderson says he would put his name forward for the leadership in order to help rebuild the party, which polls suggest could lose significant ground in the election.“Tradition has it…that means a leadership change post-election,” the Brockville, Ont., mayor told The Canadian Press on Tuesday.Though he has not yet held political office at the provincial level — and is running in a Tory stronghold — Henderson said he believes he is qualified to succeed Wynne.“I’ve owned my own manufacturing company for 20 years and I’ve built it up,” he said. “I’ve been 12 years as a mayor of a city…I’ve been on just about every board.”“I have to think if you stack that up against the credentials of Doug Ford, who’s the current leader of the Conservatives, I’d say I come out OK in that comparison,” he said.Ford, a former Toronto city councillor and businessman, has repeatedly touted his experience running the family company in painting himself as the only leader capable of cutting waste at the legislature.Wynne’s weekend plea appears to be resonating with some voters, Henderson said.“We had been getting resistance about some of this antagonism towards the premier and now there’s a little bit of confusion and that confusion is starting to recognize that, OK, if that’s not a concern then the big concern is Doug Ford,” he said.“And if our riding, which is a traditionally Conservative riding, which will never elect an NDP candidate, wants to stop Doug Ford then it has to be a Liberal vote. And that message is starting to form,” he said.When asked Tuesday about the Liberal candidate’s comments, Wynne said she encouraged ambition in her ranks.“I think that it is healthy in a democratic system to have people who aspire to lead, people who aspire to higher office, I think that’s a healthy thing,” she said.“And I hope there are other Liberals in the province who, somewhere in the back of their mind, are thinking, ‘One day I might want to be the leader as well.’”
A new PETA video from television icon Bob Barker issues a 2018 challenge to the Miami Seaquarium: Allow Lolita, the lone orca at the park, to be released into a seaside sanctuary where she could feel ocean currents and communicate with her family.Video: Bob Barker Has the Perfect New Year’s Resolution for the Miami Seaquarium“Lolita was torn away from her family decades ago and has lived in captivity for more than 47 lonely years,” Barker says in the video, which will air during The Price Is Right in Los Angeles this month. “At Miami Seaquarium, her barren, concrete, and chemically treated enclosure is the smallest orca tank in the world.”PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment” — notes that Lolita has had no orca companionship since 1980, when her tankmate, Hugo, died from injuries sustained when he rammed his head into the tiny tank’s concrete wall. For 37 years, she hasn’t had contact with any other member of her species. At a sanctuary in her home waters, she could interact with her family pod, including the orca believed to be her mother, who is still thriving in her 80s.“[E]nough is enough,” Barker concludes. “Miami Seaquarium, please, make your New Year’s resolution to release Lolita to a seaside sanctuary in 2018. Do not let her spend one more year in captivity.”
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Fort St. John Literacy Society is set to hold its annual Spelling Bee this Saturday.The Spelling Bee will be divided into four categories: students in Grade One will compete first, followed by Grades Two and Three, then Grades four and five, and finally those in Grades Six and Seven.After the third age group competes, there will be a media challenge where at least six members of the local media will compete in their own spelling bee for fun. Employees from Moose FM, Bell Media, and the Alaska Highway News will all be representing their respective media outlets. “I’m really hoping for the kids to have fun and enjoy themselves. Realize that literacy and learning is important for development. it is okay to make mistakes, they’re not gonna be the only ones who are going to make mistakes when it comes to learning to spell. I want them to just enjoy themselves and have something to look forward to in the coming years.” said Taylor Mills, the Program Coordinator for the Fort St. John Literacy Society.68 children registered for the event this year, which is 53 more than last year.The children will be competing for trophies and cash prizes. The event starts with a hot dog luncheon at 12:15 p.m. and concludes with the final age group at 4:00 p.m.
Bopha, le typhon le plus violent de l’année s’approche des PhilippinesUn typhon avec des vents soufflant à 210 km/h approche des Philippines. Des dizaines de milliers d’habitants ont d’ores et déjà été évacués.Les Philippines sont en état d’alerte à l’approche du “super typhon” baptisé Bopha. Considéré comme étant le plus puissant de l’année, le phénomène doit en effet atteindre les côtes dans la journée de lundi avec des vents soufflant à 210 km/h. Selon les prévisionnistes, l’île de Mindanao, au sud de l’archipel fera partie des premiers touchés et notamment Hinatuan, un port de pêche de 39.000 habitants. Face au risque, le maire de la ville a ainsi ordonné l’évacuation de nombreuses personnes vivant sur la côte qui sont allées se réfugier dans des abris publics. Les personnes vivant plus à l’intérieur des terres mais dans les zones basses, se sont elles vu demander de rester vigilantes et de se tenir prêtes à évacuer. “Il ne pleut pas encore mais cela pourrait commencer ce soir. Ce sera le plus fort typhon de l’année”, a prévenu Edgardo Ollet, directeur de la sécurité civile à Manille cité par Belga. D’après l’agence météorologique, Bopha devrait apporter “des pluies importantes à abondantes” sur Hinatuan et sa région, ainsi que sur les îles centrales de l’archipel : il pourrait tomber jusqu’à 500 mm sur les zones de relief, rapporte Meteoconsult.fr.De sérieuses inondations ainsi que de gros dégâts sont ainsi à prévoir. Olive Luces, directeur de la défense civile régionale a demandé aux autorités locales de ne pas prendre ce typhon à la légère. “La météo est bonne pour l’instant mais nous continuons d’avertir les gouvernements locaux de ne pas être complaisants, parce que c’est sur le point de s’aggraver”, a t-il expliqué. Il a cependant indiqué qu’il n’était pas sûr que les habitants suivent bien les ordres d’évacuations des autorités. Bopha, 16e typhon de l’année À lire aussiMaladie de Charcot : symptômes, causes, traitement, où en est on ?En prévision, ces dernières ont déjà constitué des réserves alimentaires et stocké des équipements de secours. L’armée et les gardes-côtes se tiennent également prêts à intervenir dans les zones les plus exposées aux glissements de terrain et aux inondations. En vérité, l’archipel des Philippines est coutumier de ces phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes. Bopha est ainsi le 16ème typhon (ou tempête) de l’année qui déferle dans la région. En août, une série de tempêtes ayant entrainé des inondations avaient déjà fait près d’une centaine de victimes et plus d’un million de réfugiés. Face à la violence annoncée de Bopha, les autorités tentent donc d’éviter le pire. En 2011, 29 typhons avaient ravagé les îles et causé la mort de 1.500 personnes, selon le gouvernement philippin.(crédits photo : National Weather Service, NOAA) Le 3 décembre 2012 à 12:52 • Maxime Lambert
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department gathered to remember officers killed in the line of duty.The department remembered Officer Jermaine Thomas Brown, Wednesday.Throughout the month of May, the officers will visit the memorial sites of fallen officers.According to police, in the history of Miami-Dade County, a total of 147 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty.Brown died in December after an ATV accident in Southwest Miami-Dade.He was with the force 15 years.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Home DNA testing has gone from a niche pursuit to a simple way to map out your family tree. A DNA testing kit can be used to research ancestry or familial origin and determine paternity. And over the past few years, they’ve become quite affordable, with a wide range of DNA testing companies selling DNA test kits — from trailblazers such as Ancestry and 23andMe to upstarts including LivingDNA. Read: What AncestryDNA taught me about DNA, privacy and the complex world of genetic testing You can learn a lot from DNA testing. In addition to deepening your understanding of ancestry, some services will introduce you to living relatives around the world or shed light on your predisposition to specific health issues and diseases. Others will even give you insight into your dog’s health and breed makeup. Here we present to you our roundup of the nine best DNA test kits and services — what they offer, how they work and how much they cost. LivingDNA Starts at $99 No longer available See at Full Genomes See at African Ancestry Starts at $79 AncestryDNA African Ancestry Starts at $79 See at FamilyTreeDNA See at MyHeritage See at AncestryDNA Starts at $79 We’ll update this story in the coming weeks as we continue our in-depth testing of these services. In the meantime, the ones included here are the most popular DNA testing services as determined by Google keyword search rankings. Looking for more in-depth info on DNA testing services in general? Jump to our explainer. CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the services featured on this page. 23andMe 23andMe Price: $99 or $199 with health info (plus $9.95 shipping) Tests: Autosomal (see what autosomal testing means), Y-DNA, mtDNA, Health Match Database: 8 million Autosomal SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) tested: 650,000 Named for the 23 chromosomes found in human cells, 23andMe offers a battery of tests, including some that analyze health risks like Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. (It was these tests that attracted attention from the FDA.) 23andMe earns points for the depth of its medical tests, as well as the size of its match database. Purchasers of this testing kit should note that the basic DNA test is $99 but that medical results cost another $99. The added expense may be worth the money; the additional information includes genetic health risk information, wellness reports, trait reports, and carrier status reports, which indicate whether a particular DNA profile may be a genetic carrier of a disease or disability. Your DNA information is gathered using a saliva sample, which, once analyzed, is stored forever on 23andMe’s servers. The service also provides for a chromosome browser and comparison, as long as any possible matches approve your access. The service’s matrilineal and patrilineal line testing can geolocate your ancestry DNA in more than 1,000 regions. (Appropriate for a genomics company, 23andMe’s executive ranks contain some interesting familial relationships: CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki is the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and sister of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.) Explore 23andMe DNA Test Kits and Deals
Since Russian priests began establishing missions at the end of the 18th century, the Orthodox Church has become part of the landscape of Alaska. What’s less visible today than Orthodox crosses and golden cupolas are the Alaska Native belief systems that existed before European contact. KDLG’s Hannah Colton has this story about one Dena’ina man who came to embrace his traditional spirituality, and why he’s choosing now to speak up about it. Listen nowLary Hill (Photo by Hannah Colton, KDLG – Dillingham)Lary Hill hesitates to call himself a “shaman.” But he’s open about the fact that he inexplicably knows things that seem unknowable. We’ll get back to that. For now, Hill is on the shore of Lake Clark speaking to a dozen kids from Nondalton. He pulls a flat, polished rock from his pocket. “Today, what I’d like you to do is find yourself a couple of stones,” Hill said. “Here’s an example…” We’re at a Dena’ina culture camp – Hill is one of a handful of elders here to share their knowledge with the youth. This afternoon’s lesson is on “worry stones.” “Some of you may have heard that word before, there’s a Dena’ina word for it and I don’t know what it is. I learned it from my grandmother,” Hill explained.The idea, Hill explains, is that you can “program” the stone with happy, positive thoughts, and then it can help when you’re stressed or sad. It’s based on the Dena’ina belief that everything in nature has some kind of energy. “Now it’s your choice whether you want to believe what I’m saying or not, that’s up to you,” Hill said. “Some people look upon this as superstition, but to me it’s very real.” The kids fan out across the beach to pick their own stones.Now, this idea – that all things are connected through their energies – Hill learned it from his grandmother as a young boy in the village of Nondalton. Back then, he says, he didn’t really understand any of the spiritual stuff. But already, he had a unique ability to know and see things that other people couldn’t. “When you’re five years old and you can touch a person’s hand and see what they did for the last three days, and you tell them about it… man, that’s scary to them,” Hill said.It was not scary to Hill’s immediate family. Their family lore counts shamans and seers going back generations – on both his mother’s Dena’ina side and his father’s side in Finland. Lary Hill lifts his rifle after shooting a celebratory three shots into the air, a Lake Clark area tradition when welcoming relatives and friends to a potluck. (Photo by Hannah Colton, KDLG – Dillingham)But other people, they were freaked out. “And in the village I got picked on and beat up,” Hill said.So, like many kids who don’t fit in, Hill learned to hide who he was. He grew up shy, and by the time he was 20 was spending a lot of time by himself, up in the hills.Then he was drafted into the army. Overseas in Korea, he was pushed into leadership roles, and gained confidence in himself.He also experienced things in the army that he doesn’t like to talk about now. After he got out, he says, he started drinking, both to cope with bad memories and to drown out the voices in his head.When he eventually sobered up, the voices were still there. So, he stopped fighting it them. “About 20 years ago, there was a death in an unnamed village, and that night I received a message from that person,” Hill said. “And I could not rest until I delivered that message. I didn’t know what the message was going to be until I saw that person, and they asked me one question. And I had the answer.” In that case, and many others, Hill says his message brought comfort to the bereaved. But occasionally, he was met with disbelief or anger. He’s even been physically assaulted. And he’s faced pushback from the Russian Orthodox community. Hill considers himself a believer; he was baptized in the Church. But some of the local ministers, he says, do not like him bringing people these messages.“They’ve told me that I’m promoting evil and contact with the devil,” Hill said. “But I always ask, when I get this compulsion, if it comes from God.”HC: “How does that make you feel when there’s a preist saying ‘this is coming from the devil’ or something?”“If I don’t feel that it is, I’ll just say, no, I know where it comes from, I’m sorry you don’t believe me, but I feel compelled to do this, and the message is right,” Hill said. “Some of these priests were family friends and they haven’t spoken to me since, on one occasion. But again, I accept that. I know that that’s part of it.”Hill has accepted the messiness that comes with living out his beliefs … but these kids at camp, they’re just starting out. It’s a lot to swallow.“The worry rock? Yeah, I kinda believe in it.,” Nolan Schaeffer said. Schaeffer is Hill’s grandson. He’s sixteen, smart, and serious, and he’s spoken with his grandpa about the spiritual connection that seems to run in the family. “If that happened to me I’d feel really weirded out, but I’d love it, because having a vision of something good or bad it’d be pretty cool to actually have,” Schaeffer said.The worry stone is just one little piece of Dena’ina spirituality – one that Schaeffer and the other kids can hold in their hands. It’s a tiny window into a worldview that they’re not being taught in school or at church. And Lary Hill hopes they’ll understand someday, when they’re old enough to need it.
Oil prices rose around 1 percent on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session after a surprise third consecutive weekly U.S. crude inventory draw tightened the market.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 were trading at $45.81 per barrel at 0301 GMT (11:01 p.m. EDT), up 47 cents, or 1 percent, from their previous close. The contract had already gained as much as 3 percent the day before.Prices jumped after a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed a 6.2 million-barrel drop in crude oil inventories last week to 504.6 million barrels. Forecasters in a Reuters poll had expected a 3.4 million-barrel build.”Oil prices rose after EIA data showed U.S. crude inventories declined to the lowest level since February,” ANZ bank said in a note on Thursday.International benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were also up, gaining 48 cents, or 1 percent, from their last close to $47.31 per barrel.Brent was lifted by an oil workers’ strike in Norway, which threatened to cut North Sea crude output.A weaker dollar after the Federal Reserve left U.S. interest rates unchanged also supported oil prices as it makes dollar-traded fuel imports cheaper for countries using other currencies.Analysts, however, said they expect oil prices to remain range-bound at relatively low levels with global output near record highs and surpassing consumption, adding that producer talks in Algeria next week were likely to change little.The United Arab Emirates, a participating producer, said on Wednesday that the talks were aimed at consultations rather than deciding production restraint or even cuts.”In a world of continued (U.S.) shale productivity gains that cause other oil producing regions around the world to become highly focused on cost competitiveness, we believe investors and companies should prepare for an environment of rangebound oil prices,” Goldman Sachs said in a note to investors published late on Wednesday.In a clear illustration of the impact on the ground of an the oil market downturn, the waters around Singapore have become the dumping ground for hundreds of drilling and offshore oil support vessels that have become surplus to requirement in the current era of cheap crude.