Poll Own up Have you ever parked in a disabled space
A EUROPEAN ELECTION candidate came in for criticism yesterday after her campaign van was seen parked in a disabled parking spot outside a Westmeath Centra.An “honest mistake” by the driver, the candidate said… But are the rest of us fully qualified to cast the first stone?Last week, a judge called the practice of able-bodied motorists parking in illegal spots “boorish” and banned a driver from the roads for six months.Time to confess (you’ll feel better). Have you ever illegally parked in a disabled space? Never. How could you even ask? (7909) Yes. Often. (236) Yes. But just for a few minutes – that’s okay, right? (1095) Yes. Often.Yes. But just for a few minutes – that’s okay, right?Never. How could you even ask?Yes. But I have a permit.Vote Poll Results: Yes. But I have a permit. (494)
The gap between the rich and poor in Greece has increased since the beginning of the crisis, with the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer, according to a conference organised by the Parliamentary Budget Office this week. Whereas in 2009 the wealthiest fifth of the population had incomes that were five times higher than the poorest fifth, they now earn 7.5 times more, according to Manos Matsanganis, an associate professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business. “The poor are now 56 per cent poorer in comparison to those who were in financial difficulty in 2009,” Matsanganis said. He added that 42 per cent of the population now have incomes that are less than the poverty line – set at 60 per cent of the median household income – as it existed in 2009. The hardest hit were the unemployed, private-sector workers, a large section of the self-employed and young people. Less affected by the fall in income, he said, were farmers and employees in state-owned utilities. “The vast majority of the unemployed have been out of work for over 12 months, while only 15 per cent of them are receiving unemployment benefits,” he added. The situation for the elderly has deteriorated significantly in terms of income. The general climate has been made worse by the reduction in unemployment benefits and the special property tax levied through electricity bills. Addressing the same conference, Georgia Kaplanoglou, an assistant professor of economics at Athens University, said that the percentage of the population living below the poverty threshold had increased from 19 per cent before the country signed up to the troika austerity memorandum to 28.9 per cent. She also showed, citing relevant data, that the increase in excise duty on home heating fuel had disproportionately burdened the middle and poorer classes. Source: enetenglish Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Authorities in a Portland suburb released the identity Wednesday of a man who they say tried to steal a helicopter at gunpoint before being fatally shot by police.Holden Austin Gorka, 25, had no known address and no known mental health or drug abuse issues, the Hillsboro Police Department said in a statement.An autopsy was completed Tuesday but results of toxicology tests won’t be ready for another two to three months, authorities said.The name of the officer who fatally shot Gorka will be released Thursday, the statement said.According to authorities, Gorka jumped a fence at the Hillsboro Airport on Monday and held a flight instructor and a student at gunpoint, firing at least one shot before police showed up. That shot — and possibly a second misfire — were directed away from the victims, who were in the helicopter as it was warming up for takeoff.The man got into the helicopter, but officers arrived before he could take off. The man then ran across a street and into a field, where he was shot.The man died at the scene shortly before noon. No other injuries were reported.Investigators have to yet to establish the man’s motive for trying to steal the helicopter, but authorities said Wednesday that he was not connected to the Hillsboro Aero Academy, the airport’s flight-training school. Holden Austin Gorka
Posted: February 26, 2018 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsPeople living in Imperial Beach packed the city library Monday night to hear how the City of San Diego is investing in its future.That was the theme of Mayor Serge Dedina’s “State of the City” address.KUSI’s Lauren Phinney was LIVE with more. ‘State of the City’ address held in Imperial Beach Lauren Phinney February 26, 2018 Categories: Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter Lauren Phinney, 
HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) – Police are currently conducting a death investigating after a man was found dead in Hialeah.7SkyForce HD flew over the scene, located near Okeechobee Road and 30th Street, just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday where Hialeah police could be seen blocking off traffic in the area.Traffic homicide investigators are currently en route to the scene.The westbound lanes of Okeechobee Road and 29th Street are blocked off.Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes due to heavy delays.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Financial terms of the deal between Apple and Time Inc. remain unclear; the spokeswoman was unable to provide more detail.“As far as I know there’s no way for them to track [this] and there’s no revenue stream for them [Apple] for this [deal], they’re our subscribers and it’s an added benefit for them,” she says. “We do have apps in the app store and you can still buy single copies in Apple’s app store but for this particular arrangement where, if you’re a current subscriber and you can authenticate, those are just Time Inc. subscribers that are getting this added benefit.”The spokeswoman could only say the deal gives increased value to those subscribing to the print publications.Sports Illustrated has seen a rocky road since signing on with Apple – in July 2010, Apple forced Sports Illustrated to remove their sub model and drop back to single copy sale only. While Time Inc. doesn’t have projections right now for how many people will be both print subscribers and iPad readers, the spokeswoman did say that nearly half of all People subscribers who also own an iPad have activated their accounts on the tablets so far.People has 2.2 million print subscribers, per the publisher’s December 2010 Publisher’s Statement. The average price of an annual print subscription is $116. A single digital issue of People magazine for the iPad is $3.99 each. The Bloomberg Businessweek app offers a similar deal to its customers, as initially reported by AD. Apple Inc. and Time Inc. have struck a deal to give free iPad editions of Sports Illustrated, TIME and Fortune magazines to print subscribers of these publications, as initially reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed for AD by a Time Inc. spokeswoman. People magazine has had a similar deal between Apple and on the tablet device.“It’s basically just a step in the right direction for us,” a spokeswoman for Time Inc. says. “We’ve obviously been in talks with them for a long time trying to get our content on the iPad because it’s picking up speed. We want to be everywhere where our consumers are going to be.”A print subscriber is issued an account number that appears on the address bar section of the publication. When logging in to an app the reader will enter the account number when prompted with the question “Are you a current subscriber?”“You just enter your account number and then you’re in. It’s like an access code, almost. It’s really simple for the subscribers that way,” the spokeswoman says.
His budget proposal involves distributing PFD payments of about $3,000 this year while simultaneously cutting about $1.6 billion from departments and services ranging from education to health care. The plan has drawn feedback from hundreds of Alaskans, who’ve spoken up at constituent meetings and public hearings around the state. Over the weekend, hundreds turned out to participate in budget discussions hosted by the House Finance Committee. The vast majority opposed the governor’s budget proposal.But Dunleavy says the people who’ve participated in those public meetings represent only a small fraction of the state.“I think a lot of the folks you see coming to these meetings are associated with many of the reductions that we’re talking about,” he said. “I talk to folks every day, average Alaskans that don’t have the time to take off work, they’re in the private sector. They are supportive of us getting this budget under control; they’re supportive of the reductions.”The reductions include steep cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System — cuts that would effectively end the service in October. Residents of Southeast Alaska have testified that this could have devastating impacts for health services and businesses in the region. When a caller echoed that sentiment Tuesday, Dunleavy said it’s an issue with no easy answer.“I agree, that’s a problem, but that’s a problem that most of rural Alaska deals with now: Most of rural Alaska does not have a ferry system; they don’t have roads. They want to get from one community to another, they have to fly, and I agree it’s an issue,” he said. “There’s no easy solution to this problem. Everybody is going to be impacted by the budget because we don’t have the $1.6 billion.”In public hearings across the state, Alaskans have asked lawmakers to consider adding new revenue sources, including a statewide income tax, to support funding services cut by Dunleavy’s budget proposal. But when a caller raised the question again Tuesday, the governor said he didn’t support it.“I’m not prepared to support any tax at this time, until we get spending under control, we get more efficiencies in government and we decide what is important — what we want to fund — and what is not,” Dunleavy said. “When we get to that point I think we can have a discussion down the road, but right now, I don’t have an appetite for taxes.”Listen to the full episode here.The appearance was part of the governor’s “Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan,” sponsored by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity. The meeting series includes events in Nome, Fairbanks and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Gov. Mike Dunleavy fielded questions about his budget proposal and plan for Alaska’s fiscal future during an appearance on Alaska Public Media’s statewide call-in show Talk of Alaska Tuesday morning.
Close Tesco Chief executive Dave Lewis believes the company has reached the bottom of its financial woes, after the British retail giant more than halved its profit to £354m ($540m) in the first six months of the financial year.The struggling supermarket chain saw sales fall by 1.9% to £23.94bn on a like-for-like basis with the UK and Irelands profit down more than 69% to £166m and international operations profit dropping by more than a quarter.Lewis, who was appointed CEO of Tesco in August 2014 after working at Unilever, told ITN that he believed that the slump in profits had reached its nadir. When asked if Tesco has reached the bottom, he said: Well, I think we have, I think we have.Were very clear as to how we want to build our business going forward, what Ive tried to do, what weve tried to do, its very measured in the way that we do that, we want to do it in a sustainable way and we try to be very clear with the City today about how it is well invest to continue to improve the Tesco offer, Lewis added.The grocer also reported on that it plan to dispose of its Dunnhumby data unit, in a large-scale proposal by Lewis to sell non-core operations, had been scrapped. It is understood that the potential buyers were trying to push down the initial £2bn selling price to as low as £600m.Tescos financial situation became suddenly chronic in 2014 after it was found to have overstated earnings by £263m.
The United Nations called for restraint in Bangladesh on Monday following elections that turned violent and said complaints about the outcome should be addressed through legal means.Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling party and its allies won a landslide victory in the vote on Sunday but the main opposition, which won only six seats in the 300-seat parliament, slammed the polls as rigged.”The United Nations is aware of violent incidents and reports of irregularities in the Bangladesh general elections,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.”We call on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure a peaceful post-electoral environment, where people can maintain their right to assembly and expression,” he added.”We encourage the parties to address electoral complaints in a peaceful manner and through legal means. Violence and attacks on people and property are not acceptable.”Police said at least 21 people were killed during the election campaign and voting day.The opposition alliance led by the Bangladesh National Party called for a new election, but electoral authorities rejected the request.
Popular on Variety Twitter and BuzzFeed are joining forces to produce “#What2Watch,” a new Twitter-based show made in Britain and dedicated to reviewing the latest content on television. The joint project, unveiled at the Edinburgh Television Festival on Thursday, will be a live, weekly 40-minute show and is set to launch later this year.“Our audiences are really passionate people who love TV,” said Dara Nasr, managing director of Twitter in the U.K. “And they’re not just loving watching it; they’re talking about it, engaging with other people who are talking about it…and having that moment of community….It’s the perfect show for us.”“#What2Watch” follows another Twitter-BuzzFeed collaboration, the live-on-Twitter morning talk show “AM to DM by BuzzFeed News.” The new show was born of a gripe that Scott Bryan, a television editor at BuzzFeed U.K., posted on Twitter earlier this year, noting that movie-review shows are common but TV-review shows are not, despite the explosion in television content over the past several years. Shows like “Gogglebox” demonstrate that conversations about television can be popular viewing in their own right. Bryan will host “#What2Watch” with Dionne Grant, BuzzFeed U.K.’s social media editor. They plan to talk about the week’s best and worst TV, and interview talent.“When you watch TV, you’re also on Twitter,” Grant said, referring to the large number of people who watch television and tweet at the same time, often in conversation with other viewers. The new show is aimed at helping people “know what to watch and when to watch it….That’s what we’re trying to do: discover shows with you.”The show will eventually be supported by advertising, probably by broadcasters and streaming companies eager to capitalize on an audience of TV fans and to steer them to other shows, Nasr said. But he said that would not undermine the editorial independence of the show’s presenters and their opinions.“I would actually say, good luck trying to tell us what to say on the program,” said Janine Gibson, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed U.K. and a former senior editor at the Guardian newspaper.Gibson said that discrete blocks of each episode of “#What2Watch” would be broken out to become separate, view-able segments on their own, which could then spawn further conversations based on those segments’ themes.BuzzFeed is already producing for Hulu, Twitter and other platforms. “Despite not being really a production company…we’re producing for all of the platforms,” Gibson said. “I’d love to do something about politics. But I think we’ll get our feet wet on telly first.”
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Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a Trinamool Congress leader whose body was found floating in a pond in South 24-Parganas’ Bhangar area.The victim has been identified as Shibu Debnath (65). The incident sparked tension after locals spotted the body floating in a pond at around 7 am.Police reached the spot after being informed and recovered the body. The locals staged a protest demonstration in front of police personnel demanding arrest of those who are involved in the incident. Also Read – Rain batters Kolkata, cripples normal lifeIt was learnt that the victim, a local Trinamool Congress leader had been instrumental in strengthening party’s organisation in the district. The district Trinamool Congress leaders have alleged that BJP backed miscreants might be involved behind the incident.Some of the local Trinamool Congress leaders told police that a few days ago the victim was involved in a quarrel with some local BJP leaders. It might have led to his death, the district Trinamool Congress leaders claimed. The district BJP leaders, however, denied the allegation and termed it a result of intra-party clash within TMC. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Mercedes car in Kolkata, 2 pedestrians killedPolice said the victim had been missing since Saturday evening. His family members conducted a search in the nearby areas during the night but failed to trace the victim. The family members told police that Debnath received a phone call on Saturday morning and left the house. He returned home in the afternoon. After having some food, the victim again went out but did not return. Police recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy, which would throw some light on the nature of his death. According to police, there were some injuries on his body, suggesting the victim might have been murdered. Police are looking into all possible angles into his death.Meanwhile, North Dinajpur police have arrested one Sukumar Das for his alleged involvement in the murder of two Trinamool Congress leaders — Bikash Majumdar and Madhu Majumdar.They were shot dead by some unidentified miscreants on last Friday night when they were returning home on a motorcycle. The miscreants shot them from the close quarter and fled the spot before locals could reach.Police are interrogating Das to know the names of other accused.
Posted by Friday, October 21, 2016 Travelweek Group TORONTO — Arrested by Toronto Police in April and charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000, and facing 18 charges stemming from a TICO investigation for operating as a travel agent without registration, Carolyn (Michelle) Solomon is on the run. Toronto Police are asking anyone with information about Solomon’s whereabouts to contact 911 immediately.In response to numerous complaints from consumers who received unauthorized charges on their credit cards, TICO conducted an investigation and, to date, has laid a total of 18 charges against Solomon for operating as a travel agent without registration. TICO’s charges relate to Solomon’s activities after the registration of Blue Mountain Travel in Toronto was terminated in July 2015.In October 2015, following TICO’s application to the Superior Court of Justice, an Order to Cease and Desist prohibiting Ms. Solomon from selling travel services without registration was issued.According to Toronto Police, “it is alleged that the current owner of Blue Mountain Travel sold travel services that were only partially provided, if at all. She used customers’ credit cards to purchase legitimate travel services for people unknown to the credit-card holder.”More news: Air Canada’s global sales update includes Managing Director, Canada & USA SalesCarolyn Michelle Solomon, 50, of Toronto, was an employee of Blue Mountain Travel, prior to being the owner, and is known to use the aliases Michelle Durant, Carolyn Durant, Michelle Solomon and Michelle Miller, according to Toronto Police.On April 15, 2016, she was arrested and charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000.She had also been arrested on April 8, 2016, and charged with offences unrelated to her ownership of Blue Mountain Travel, including fraud and two counts of making a false statement to procure money.In addition to the charges previously laid in the Blue Mountain investigation, she is now wanted for additional fraud charges and counts of fail to comply recognizance.She is also wanted under a surety warrant.On Oct. 13, 2016, members of York Regional Police attempted to arrest her in the Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West area in Vaughan. She fled the scene, drivinga gold 2007 Chrysler 200 with Ontario licence plate BZNE 248.More news: Consolidation in the cruise industry as PONANT set to acquire Paul Gauguin CruisesShe is also now wanted for dangerous driving, obstructing police and driving while under suspension. Investigators are strongly encouraging her to turn herself in to police.Information can be shared with Detective Ruth Moran at (416) 808-7319 or e-mail: ruth.moran@torontopolice.on.ca.The public can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at 222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). << Previous PostNext Post >> Tags: TICO Have you seen Carolyn (Michelle) Solomon? Toronto Police seek imposter travel agent
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An indebted Dubai real estate developer says it will repay more than half a billion dollars in money owed to banks and trade creditors as part of its financial restructuring.The state-controlled company, Limitless, said Monday that more than 90 percent of the $564 million it will repay will go toward its bank debt, which represents 42 percent of the company’s total debt of $1.2 billion. The company says it sold land in Saudi Arabia to help fund repayment. Limitless says it is negotiating with banks to agree on new terms for the remaining debt payment, including an extension until December 2018. Limitless says that nearly all the banks have agreed to the revised terms.The company was hard hit during the emirate’s 2009 financial crisis, which saw property prices plunge.Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The vital role family plays in society 5 people who need to visit the Ultrastar Multi-tainment Center Top ways to honor our heroes on Veterans Day Top Stories Comments Share Mesa family survives lightning strike to home Sponsored Stories 
CEO of the Cricket World Cup 2015 and newly appointment chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation John Harnden will speak at the Australian Event Symposium, presenting his thoughts on sporting event tourism.Aside from his current roles, Harnden has been at the helm of several of Australia’s biggest sporting events over the years, including as CEO of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and the South Australian Cricket Association.He was awarded an Order of Australia in 2007 for services to sport for his work on the 2006 Commonwealth Games.During his time in the industry, Harnden has overseen some pivotal changes in the Australian sporting events landscape, including as Event Manager at the Australian Grand Prix when the race first took place in Melbourne in 1996 and, during his time as the head of the South Australian Cricket Association, where he was an integral member of the team that put the partnership together between football and cricket as well as setting up the successful redevelopment of Adelaide Oval.Harnden is one of five industry leaders who will be presenting during the plenary sessions on Day 1 of the two day Symposium, to be held in Sydney on 17 and 18 November.The Symposium’s theme in 2015 is Events, Tourism and Destination Branding, focussing on the intersection between the events and tourism industries.Three concurrent streams, Destination Marketing, Case Studies and Project Design and Planning, will host a total of 15 sessions on the second day.Four areas of event tourism – sporting event tourism, business event tourism, cultural event tourism and event tourism in regional Australia – will be explored throughout both days.Registrations are now open for the Symposium, with an Early Bird rate on offer for those who book by 28 September.The Symposium is presented by the Australian Event Awards, which will hold its annual awards dinner on 17 November in Sydney. Symposium delegates who also wish to attend the Event Awards can get a discount on their dinner ticket. Register nowSource = Australian Event Awards
RelatedIdiots Abroad Winners: your idiotic experiences revealedIdiots Abroad Winners: your idiotic experiences revealedThe ultimate guide to getting the most out of your year abroadWhether you’re organising a student exchange or planning a gap year of action packed travel, our Student Travel Writer, Jamie Doris from Heriot-Watt University shares his top tips to get the most out of your year abroad.Holidaymakers book flights abroad to escape ‘dirty’ UK beachesMore people could be booking flights abroad this summer after a new survey Thanks to our friends at Canongate Books, we’ve got 10 copies of the excellent ‘An Idiot Abroad’ book and DVD to give away! How to enterJust tell us in 100 words or less about your funniest ‘idiot abroad experience’ and the 10 best will win a copy of the book and DVD.Email us: news@skyscanner.netPost on the Skyscanner Facebook wall About the book and DVD‘An Idiot Abroad’ follows the hilarious misadventures of reluctant traveller Karl Pilkington, who has long borne the brunt of Ricky Gervais’ and Steve Merchant’s jokes in the long running podcast show.Pilkington is sent to see the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’ which includes visits to China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Egypt, Brazil and Peru.Fans of Pilkington will know he is not famed for his interest in global travel, or indeed any holiday that puts him out of reach of his beloved Monster Munch, so it’s constant comedy as Karl is put up in less than luxurious hotels, is kidnapped by (fake) terrorists, trains in the Shaolin School of Kung Fu and is unimpressed with the prospect of eating toad, amongst other experiences.The book and DVD are currently making the rounds of the Skyscanner office, and going down very well, so enter our competition to get your hands on your own copy!More: AnIdiotAbroad.comReturnOne wayMulti-cityFromAdd nearby airports ToAdd nearby airportsDepart14/08/2019Return21/08/2019Cabin Class & Travellers1 adult, EconomyDirect flights onlySearch flights Map
The cabinet approved on Wednesday two support schemes with the total budget of almost €1m for enclaved farmers and fishermen.According to Agriculture Minister, Nicos Kouyialis, the cabinet approved the €700,000 annual scheme aimed at supporting the enclaved farmers and fishermen and a new scheme whose budget is €250,000. The latter, Kouyialis said, is aimed at supporting families wishing to move to the north and begin farming activities, and at supporting famers under the age of 45 that currently live in the enclaved areas.Earlier in the year Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Fotis Fotiou, had said that there was increased interest from people from the Karpas peninsula in the north to resettle there and the government was seeking ways to encourage more to do the same.The aim of the government, Fotiou had said, was to offer incentives to encourage more families to resettle in the area, from where Greek Cypriot residents refused to leave following the invasion although their number has fallen over the years.Up until the first three months, 27 new applications for resettlement in Ayia Triada and Rizokarpaso were approved, as well as 150 applications for the Maronite villages of Kormakitis and Karpashia, while 100 more applications were pending for the return of individuals to the Maronite villages and 20 for Ayia Triada.You May LikeClassmates.comLook For Any High School Yearbook, It’s FreeClassmates.comUndoFigLeaf Beta AppHow to Become Fully Anonymous Online in Less Than 3 Minutes? Better safe than sorryFigLeaf Beta AppUndoTruthFinder People Search SubscriptionOne Thing All Liars Have in Common, Brace YourselfTruthFinder People Search SubscriptionUndo Concern over falling tourism numbersUndoAuthorities release five of 12 Israeli rape suspects, seven due in court FridayUndoPensioner dies after crash on Paphos-Polis roadUndoby Taboolaby Taboola