| Can You Dig It? Five Things To Know About The Shaq Deal
Said Kerr: "[O'Neal's] presence is magnetic and that is a big part of it." 2. Mike D'Antoni was the first Suns voter to push for the deal and Kerr was actually the last one to sign off. This will be recorded as Kerr's first major move since assuming control of the Suns' front office and maybe the biggest trade he'll ever make. He knows he's "on the line" with how it turns out. "If it works, I'm a genius," Kerr said. "If it doesn't, I'm a moron, I guess." Maybe that's why Kerr was the hardest to convince. It was easy to assume that this deal was somewhat forced on D'Antoni; welcoming Shaq could be saying goodbye to a fair bit of the speed and abandon that has defined the Suns since D'Antoni and Nash hooked up for the 2004-05 season.
The Richardson File: The Santa Fe New Mexican follows the governor's ...
Unless the Legislature and Gov. Bill Richardson agree to change state law, New Mexicans may never have a chance to vote in next year’s primary election for some of the Democrats and Republicans running for Congress or statewide offices. That’s because of a law that took effect this year that potentially restricts ballot access for candidates. As it stands now, Democratic and GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and a state Supreme Court position can earn a place on the June primary ballot only if they receive at least 20 percent of the votes of delegates at their party’s preprimary nominating convention. In the past, candidates who fell short of that 20 percent threshold — as well as those who skipped the preprimary conventions — still could get on the ballot by submitting additional petitions with signatures of registered voters to the secretary of state.
Arbor Day trees planted along Macon's riverwalk
Twenty-one new trees have been planted along the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail near downtown, some Saturday in celebration of Macon's first Arbor Day. State and city foresters selected the tree varieties, five of which are species not native to the riverwalk. The Macon Tree Commission oversaw the project with support from the city, the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Power, the Fort Hawkins Commission and John Deere Landscapes. Residents gathered near the Spring Street trailhead Saturday for a program about the new trees and Arbor Day, which former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Julius Sterling Morton founded in 1872. The national holiday is celebrated the last Friday of April each year. "This is our first Arbor Day.
OraSure Technologies Pledges Support For National Black HIV/AIDS ...
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR), the market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, today announced its support of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), through the distribution of complimentary OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test kits and educational materials to more than 25 HIV testing sites across the country, including state and city public health departments and community-based organizations.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though blacks account for approximately 13% of the U.S. population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS continues to be a leading cause of death among African Americans in the United States according to the CDC.
"OraSure is committed to combating HIV/AIDS in the African American community and we are proud to support National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day," said Douglas A.
The Mortality of Male Mirror-Gazing
Once an angry man dragged his father along the ground through his own orchard. “Stop!" cried the groaning old man at last, “Stop! I did not drag my father beyond this tree." — Gertrude Stein, The Making of Americans (1925) A book marked by naked Oedipal conflict, a book stuffed with quotations from great writers, ought to have Stein's beauty stashed somewhere between the covers, and though I waited for it all the way through The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, I came away disappointed. I wouldn't say the omission ruined the book for me (it deals in more pressing disappointments, like mortality and the alternative: old age), but I did feel a little cheated. I mean, if David Shields insists on making me watch while he buries his 97-year-old dad in “a shower of death data," couldn't he at least throw in my favorite line? An unusual miscellany—part memoir, part anatomy lesson, part grab bag of wise maxims—The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead is far more entertaining than its title suggests.
Conditions in P risons and the Treatment of Prisoners
Overcrowding remains the most serious problem in most Georgian penitentiary facilities, particularly in pre-trial facilities, and itself may lead to serious human rights violations.61 Overcrowding has been documented for many years by local NGOs, the Council of Europe, the CPT, and the United Nations Committee Against Torture.62 In 2001 the PACE monitoring committee noted, We were shocked by the dramatic overcrowding in the pre-trial detention centres, mainly in the section of adult men. It is hard to describe without emotion the circumstances under which human beings are kept. We described the situation to Georgian officials and explained that in the European Union it is not permitted to keep even pigs under such conditions.63 During its May 2006 review of Georgia, the CAT also noted the problem of overcrowding and recommended that Georgia should further reduce the period of pre-trial detention, expedite filling the vacancies in the court system and use alternative measures in cases where the accused does not pose a threat to society.64 The space allocated for prison cells in Georgiaboth in law and in practiceis significantly less than that required by regional human rights standards.
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Asian Bourses Trade Weak On Continued U.S. Economic Concerns - Asian ...
2/10/2008 10:30:40 PM Monday, stock markets across the Asia Pacific region were trading weak on continued concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. Shares in South Korea opened sharply lower after a long holiday break, while in Sydney, banking stocks led the decline on concerns about the financial sector. New Zealand shares were trading in negative territory, tracking the weak Wall Street lead and on disappointing financial results from market leader Telecom. Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia are also trading in the red. Malaysian stocks were trading flat after a four-day break. The Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese stock markets remained closed for a holiday.
South Korean stocks opened sharply lower after a long holiday break, tracking the negative Wall Street lead. The benchmark KOSPI Index was losing 54.91 points or 3.24% to 1,641.66.
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