Новости за 12.02.2020

The NCAA says it doesn't want to pay college athletes due, in part, to creating a competitive imbalance. But MSU's hire illustrates how that exists.

India women will have to learn from mistakes to win ICC trophy: Diana Edulji

Highly motivated students are invited to become a part of the ASEM DUO-Belgium/Flanders program. The funding program is available for the academic year 2020-2021. The purpose of The grant is to promote exchanges of students between Belgium/Flanders and 4 Asian countries (China, India, South Korea, and Vietnam) on a balanced and permanent basis. The …

Liverpool will not attempt to re-sign Steven Gerrard in order to get him a Premier League winner's medal, says chief executive Peter Moore.Gerrard won a Champions League, three League Cups, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup during his time at Anfield.However, the former midfielder never got his hands on the Premier League trophy, coming closest when Brendan Rodgers missed out by two points in 2013/14.Liverpool are currently 22 points clear at the top of the table and look set to win their first league title... Читать дальше...

Islamabad, Feb 12, IRNA -- Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer aircraft crashed on a training mission on Wednesday near north western city of Takht Bhai, second incident in recent days.

Nigerian Army soldiers of 25 Task Force Brigade deployed at Damboa in Borno State in conjunction with elements of the Civilian Joint Task Force have killed scores of terrorists.

Kellie Mattatall, a resident of Sackville, started the online petition, which had more than 6,000 signatures by Tuesday afternoon.

New research has shown that 11 cities in the UK, including Blackburn, Bournemouth and Bradford, named missionary as their all-time favourite as Valentine's Day approaches.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the special court here in a case against four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives, all residents of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.The case was filed under Sections 120B, 121A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 18, 19, 20, 38 and 39 of UA(P) Act and Sections 4 and 5 of Explosive Substances Act against Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat and Mehraj-ud-Din Chopan, reads a statement.The case pertains... Читать дальше...

LONDON — Formula One’s governing body on Wednesday postponed the Chinese Grand Prix that was due to be staged in Shanghai in April due to the viral outbreak in the country. Organizers will study potential alternative dates for later in the year “should the situation improve,” F1 said in a statement.

Tour pro Tmmy Gainey will NOT face jail time following his December arrest for soliciting a prostitute.

Rwanda calls for probe into Trinity bus fire in Uganda pmldaily.com

Schemes to prevent young Londoners excluded from school becoming caught up in violence are among a £55 million package of crime-fighting measures announced today.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the richest among all the ministers in his council of ministry with assets worth over Rs 64.26 crore. According to property statement submitted by the ministers, Patnaik as on March 31, 2019, possess assets worth over Rs 64.26 crore which includes movable property worth Rs 62,66,663.93 and immovable inherited properties of Rs 63,64,15,261. The chief minister's immovable property includes a farmland and a building at Tikrikhera in Faridabad worth Rs 10,75... Читать дальше...

Stroke survivors with high levels of optimism may have lower inflammation levels, reduced stroke severity, and less physical disability after three months, according to a study. Researchers from The University of Texas in the US, examined the relationship among optimism, inflammation, stroke severity, and physical disability for three months after a stroke, in a study of 49 stroke survivors. Understanding how these elements relate to or impact one another may provide a scientific framework to develop new strategies for stroke recovery... Читать дальше...

=Mike Magee sent me this picture of the model kayak that he built using the Siskiwit SOF drawings . He scaled down the drawings and built a kayak for his teddy bear.

Rwanda's Trinity bus catches fire in Uganda, passengers flee pmldaily.com

Aged 44 and readying for her eighth Olympics in Tokyo, Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina makes light of her record-breaking survival in a sport dominated by teen prodigies. “I love gymnastics. I tell myself: why not train and perform while you still can?” Chusovitina said during a recent interview in Tashkent. “If I’d stopped, I think […]

wrencat1873 wrote:

It should be a per requisite that the bus companies have to run certain routes, along with the more lucrative stuff.
This is one area where privatisation just doesn't work.

It's all well and good for the "bean counters" to chop out loss making routes. However, some of these have to be part of the overall service.
Some things are not just down to pound notes.

Maybe we should have stuck to the socialist model, providing a decent service and with a... Читать дальше...

It's hard to wrap one's head around the fact that, this year, Black Sabbath's eponymous debut album turns 50. It's also hard to wrap one's head around the seismic impact this record and this band would have on modern music.