May 17, 2013 – Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom After an Opening Night rout of the River City Rascals last night, the Florence Freedom bats went quiet in a 5-1 loss to the Rascals in game two of a three game series at University of Cincinnati Medical Center Stadium. River City Starter Tommy Mendoza (W, 1-0) threw six innings of five-hit, one-run ball and got just enough production from his lineup to beat the Freedom and even the series at a game each. Continue reading
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Malaria Mini Documentary of Buying Medicine DAY 2 – Video
Malaria Mini Documentary of Buying Medicine DAY 2 Malaria – What did you say in French? Am I confused? Continue reading
Freedom Scat – Jean du Voyage feat. Drea D’nur and Quadir Lateef [TRAILER] – Video
Freedom Scat – Jean du Voyage feat. Drea D'nur and Quadir Lateef [TRAILER] Song produced by French artist Jean du Voyage, featuring Buffalo, NY artists Drea D'nur and Quadir Lateef. Continue reading
French Muslims turn to modern astronomy to determine start of Ramadan
PARIS – France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition and use modern astronomy to determine the start of the holy month of Ramadan and other Islamic holidays. The French Muslim Council (CFCM) voted on Thursday to start using astronomical calculations to set the date rather than relying on the naked eye to sight the new crescent moon. Ramadan traditionally begins the morning after the sighting, which has in the past been delayed by a day or even two by weather. Continue reading
CANDIDATES UP CLOSE: Libertarian
The Lower Mainland was a hotbed of talk radio during the 1970s. Almost everyone listened to the banter, idealistic and otherwise, that bounced around the airwaves, and young Lewis Dahlby was an avid listener Continue reading
Penn Medicine researcher awarded prestigious Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France
Public release date: 15-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Karen Kreeger karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5658 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA Garret FitzGerald MD, FRS, chairman of the Pharmacology Department and director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France. FitzGerald shares the prize with Carlo Patrono MD, chairman of Pharmacology at the Catholic University, Rome. Continue reading
Dirty Beaches' Discomfiting Soundtrack Drenches 'Waterpark' in First-World Dread
New LP ‘Drifters/Love Is the Devil’ arrives on May 21 NOWNESShave launched an open call for their Shorts on Sunday series which premieres experimental work from emerging filmmakers and paired the announcement withWaterpark, the directorial debut fromcinematographer Evan Prosofsky, whose previous credits include music videos by Grizzly Bear, Bat For Lashes, Grimes, and Toro y Moi. Continue reading
Will they site them on the beaches ? D-Day for veterans’ fight to stop Normandy wind farms
For nearly 70 years, visitors to the D-Day beaches have stared out to sea and recalled the moment when one of the largest fleets ever assembled emerged from the Channel mist on 6 June 1944. Continue reading
Thai islands rank top in Asia
TRAVEL TITBITS Koh Tao has been listed among the Top 10 Island Destinations in the World and the top Island Destination in Asia, according to the inaugural Travelers’ Choice Islands awards of TripAdvisor, a global travel review website. According to TripAdvisor Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Messing, the winners were based on the feedback of millions of travellers who rated the quality of the most highly-rated hotels, restaurants and attractions listed for each island on TripAdvisor during a 12-month period Continue reading
Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Specialists Featured in Free Hot Topics Series at Methodist Willowbrook
HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwire – March 29, 2013) – The board certified orthopedic and sports medicine specialists of Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine are featured in the free Hot Topics Physician Lecture Series atMethodist Willowbrook Hospital, to educate the community on reducing risks, recognizing symptoms and properly treating injuries and conditions affecting the hand and wrist and the neck and spine. Recognized physicians in their area of specialty, Dr. Continue reading
Aerospace group EADS weakens state control
EADS shareholders approved sweeping reforms on Wednesday that weaken the influence of European governments and allow the aerospace giant to pursue its global ambitions unfettered. The extraordinary meeting in Amsterdam overwhelmingly adopted 15 proposed amendments in a major easing of state clout in the powerful group that also controls Airbus. They notably dissolved a complicated shareholders pact that gave EADS’s three founding states — France, Germany and Spain — veto rights on strategic decisions and rights to nominate board members Continue reading
Canary Islands exploration goes beyond the beach
Bird of paradise grows freely on the Canary Islands. (By Donna Tabbert Long) It seemed appropriate that I awoke my first morning in the Canary Islands to bird song. When I opened my French doors to the little balcony overlooking a courtyard, I also heard the exotic rush of breeze through palm trees — the wonderful sweep of sound that indicates a tropical region of the world — and definitely not in, say, northern Minnesota or the Rocky Mountains. Continue reading
Vantage Deluxe World Travel Christens ms River Splendor
BOSTON, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Vantage Deluxe World Travel, a world renowned tour operator celebrating 30 years of success in 2013, christened the ms River Splendor today in Antwerp as the newest addition to its growing European river cruising fleet. Continue reading
21st Century Libertarian: Total government control — Look over the ‘fence’ at Quebec, Canada – Video
21st Century Libertarian: Total government control — Look over the'fence' at Quebec, Canada Want to know what total government control looks like? Sometimes you don't have to look any further than'over the fence into the neighbor's yard'. Continue reading
The future of oil on the Falkland Islands
Territorial bickering aside, the Falkland Islands have been rather disappointing to the oil industry since the 2011 discovery of 1.4 billion barrels of oil in the North Falkland Basin, Alic writes. Next month will determine the eventual fate of the Falkland Islandsand the 1.4 billion barrels of oil so far discovered therewhen a referendum on self-determination is held. offers extensive coverage of all energy sectors from crude oil and natural gas to solar energy and environmental issues. Continue reading
Getting the measure of press freedom — Warief Djajanto Basorie
FEB 10 Press freedom helps to fortify democracy and good governance in a country. How do you measure press freedom? Continue reading
Amazingly Colorful Beaches
The classic beach scene is beige sand, blue water. Yawn. Continue reading
Freedom Returns to the Storied City of Timbuktu
On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. Continue reading
5 big losers in press freedom: Mali and … Japan?
Each year, the World Press Freedom Index ranks the worlds nations 179 of them on how easy they make the work of journalists, scoring them in categories like media independence, the physical safety of reporters, free speech laws, and transparency. The resulting list reads much like a primer for understanding global conflict: Safe and prosperous countries like Finland and Norway do best, while war-torn dictatorships like Iran, Eritrea, and Syria are among the worlds worst spots to be not only a citizen, but a journalist as well. Continue reading
Beaches, bombs and gangsters _ Corsica's dilemma
AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) The bombs exploded across hundreds of miles (kilometers) of Corsican coastline, gutting two dozen villas nearly simultaneously on some of Europe’s most beautiful and valuable land. Elsewhere on the same French island off the Mediterranean coast, a young man was shot to death in his car, his stepson wounded beside him. Continue reading