Some DavidsTea shareholders express serious concerns over board nominees
MONTREAL – Some DavidsTea Inc. shareholders are pushing back against a turnaround plan and new board of directors proposed by a large shareholder group controlled by its co-founder, Herschel Segal.A joint letter to the tea chain’s board from Porchlight Equity Management LLC, TDM Asset Management PTY Ltd. and Edgepoint Wealth Management Inc. says they have “serious concerns” with Rainy Day Investments Ltd.’s proposal.RDI, which says it owns 46 per cent of the chain’s issued and outstanding shares, submitted a slate of director nominees for DavidsTea to consider, including Segal and Lorenzo Salvaggio, another former director.The shareholder group also says it no longer plans to propose an offer to buy out minority shareholders, but believes its proposed board can turn around the struggling retailer.The letter says Segal should not be allowed to reconstitute the board with handpicked nominees without consulting the board or other shareholders.It claims several of Segal’s nominees do not appear to have appropriate qualifications for the job and questions the independence of the proposed slate.The letter also highlights the scarcity of detail around RDI’s turnaround plan.“We are not prepared to simply accept RDI’s nominees and believe that there are a sufficient number of other shareholders that would hold similar views,” reads the letter dated March 28.The group calls on RDI to work with DavidsTea and other significant shareholders to agree on the board nominees, and asks the retailer to communicate their concerns to RDI and offer to start a collaborative process.“This approach will save (DavidsTea) and all other parties from unnecessary expense and disruption.”The company’s annual meeting of shareholders will take place on June 14.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Janet Prestley, the City of Fort St. John`s Legislative Services Director, will be making a keynote address to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon this week.The Chamber`s executive director Lilia Hansen said that Prestley will be speaking to attendees and giving out information for prospective nominees, as well as who is eligible to vote in the election taking place this fall. Mayor Lori Ackerman was originally scheduled to deliver the keynote address at this month`s Chamber luncheon but had to back out for personal reasons.The Chamber luncheon is taking place on Thursday at the Pomeroy Hotel starting at 11:45 a.m.
The farm owner, Cllr Mike Cheers, told the Telegraph: “It just shows you can’t trust anyone. The police have been really good with us at the farm. I will be glad when it’s all over.”The murder diary was found hidden in a tree on his land. She then visited his wife, Janet, at their home in May 2012 and told her about the affair. Two weeks later, she sent a letter detailing their relationship to her and pretended she was pregnant and even sent a fake scan picture.Williams went to his home and would “stare” at the house from her car. After months of harassment, his wife reported Williams to the police.But for the police warning her against harassment, his wife could have faced a similar fate to Ms Hartley.Mr Sitiwatjana told The Telegraph: “I made a mistake going with Sarah. I just want to forget it and put it all behind me.”Friends of Williams described her as a “bunny boiler” and she spoke of herself as a “psycho” and a “she-devil”.It was during this time that she met Mr Johnston. He claimed he was single at the time, having split from Ms Hartley.He and Williams had exchanged flirtatious text messages and she arrived at his house in a short skirt and red high heels. Their relationship quickly became sexual.Mr Johnston ended the relationship after a few months when she became “heavy and clingy” and “obsessive”, before rekindling his relationship with his long-term partner Ms Hartley.But, in September 2014, jealous Williams sent Ms Hartley a letter claiming they had been having an affair for more than a year behind her back and having “fantastic sex”. 
A murderer described as a “bunny boiler”, who spent years taking revenge on the married lovers who spurned her, even faked her own kidnap and sex attack to cover up an illicit encounter, according to friends.Lifelong fantasist Sarah Williams has been jailed for life for killing her love rival businesswoman Sadie Hartley by attacking her with a 500,000-volt stun gun and stabbing her more than 40 times on the doorstep of her home in Helmshore, Lancashire, on January 14. The alleged kidnapping of Sarah Williams when she was 13 was reported in the Daily Telegraph in January 1995Credit:Daily Telegraph Ian Johnston and Sadie Hartley on holiday in Ecuador in 2013Credit:Lancashire Police 
Walsh describes in her diary how they had “murder practice”, where she would open the door and Williams would pretend to attack her with the stun gun.She wrote of Williams standing behind her with the knife pretending to slash her throat. The pair celebrated their plans by going on holiday to France with Mr Hardwick for Christmas.On their return, they carried out a “dry run” by delivering flowers to Ms Hartley’s home to make sure they had got the right house and knowing she was home alone because Mr Johnston was abroad skiing.Ms Hartley texted him saying it was “worrying” to receive the anonymous flowers late at night. 
Williams had a reputation for being unable to handle rejection after she repeatedly targeted former lovers and their wives.Just months before striking up a relationship with Johnston, Williams’ behaviour with another ski instructor mirrored what was to come.Between June 2011 and April 2012, Williams had an affair with married martial arts instructor Somapat Sitiwatjana, 47, known as Master A.When he ended their affair, Master A – who runs a gym in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – was targeted by Williams.She let down the tyres on his Mercedes Benz and attempted to get her co-accused, Walsh, to put foam in his exhaust pipe. Katrina Walsh, left, and Sarah Williams, right, who killed Sadie Hartley 
She was a total fantasist. She was seeing a married guy. I think Sarah concocted the abduction hoax to explain her disappearance over a weekend with himPhil Jones Letter sent by Sarah Williams to Sadie HartleyCredit:Lancashire Police The 500,000-volt stun gun was found buried in a fieldCredit:Lancashire Police Those who knew Williams claimed she was making it up and described her as a “fantasist”. They said the kidnap was a work of fiction to hide the fact she had disappeared with a married man.Phil Jones, the owner of Wirral Riding Centre, said she made up the claims after she left the stables.”Her false claims were the talk of the Wirral when it happened,” he said. “She was a total fantasist. She was seeing a married guy.”They used to disappear into a horse box together. I think Sarah concocted the abduction hoax to explain her disappearance over a weekend with him.”Cheshire Police refused to comment on the claims, but Shelley Williams, Cheshire Police press officer, added: “No one was arrested or convicted. If anyone came forward with new information we would look into it.”Williams continued to ride at the equestrian centre along with her accomplice, Walsh.It was at the centre as a teenager she met her “sugar daddy”, married businessman David Hardwick, a man three times her age, whom she dated until her arrest.The pair would have weekends away in a mobile horse box, nicknamed the ‘purple passion wagon’, with Walsh and her ex-husband Kevin.Mr Hardwick took her on 12 holidays a year, bought her homes and paid more than a £1,000 a month into her bank account.Despite this, she had three affairs behind his back in the run up to Ms Hartley’s death – all with ski instructors at the Chill Factore in Manchester, where she worked. Mr Johnston denies this and says Ms Hartley believed him and, following the letter, they decided to move in together. It was at this point that Williams recruited her friend Walsh, a riding instructor, to help plot the murder.A diary kept by 56-year-old Walsh, who was addicted to Channel 4 series Hunted, detailed their plans in entries that began in August 2014.One of the first entries read: “Had a long discussion on how to break up Ian from his sugar mummy. Sarah came round so got caught up in endless murder plots for Ian’s other half.””Another said: “We are seriously talking about getting rid of her opponent. I agree is a good play..she does seem to be a totally evil bitch.”As the months progressed, she wrote about “the excitement of plotting the perfect murder”. Initially, the pair plotted a drive-by shooting on a motorbike covered in an Isil flag. It then changed to buying a cattle prod and a knife.The pair even tried to enlist Walsh’s ex-husband Kevin as a hitman believing he could use his archery skills, which he had gained from Viking re-enactments, to kill Ms Hartley.Williams asked him to meet her as she had a job suiting his “particular key skill” but he refused believing it was “dodgy”.Later Walsh wrote: “Wow, I may get to be instrumental in helping remove this awful woman. This may happen. Wow. Am unexpectedly excited by it.”The prosecutor likened the elaborate plot to “the stuff of spy novels” as he detailed how the two women bought a tracking device which they secretly attached to Mr Johnston’s car to find out where their victim had moved to. Walsh and Williams pictured on a ferry to Germany to buy the stun gun that was used to kill Sadie HartleyCredit:Lancashire Police Sarah Williams recruited her friend Katrina Walsh (pictured) to help plot the murder It was the second time the pair had taken revenge on one of Williams’ married ex-lovers. Their plots were more akin to a Hollywood blockbuster than the streets of Lancashire.Williams’ attention seeking began as a child, when at the age of 13 the femme fatale sparked a nationwide manhunt after telling police she had been abducted as she cycled home from Wirral Riding Centre in Chester.She told detectives her kidnapper grabbed her as he pretended to fix his car near the stables in January 1995. A jury convicted horse enthusiasts Williams and her friend Katrina Walsh, both of Chester, of murdering mother of two Ms Hartley.The pair spent more than 18 months plotting the “perfect murder” after jealous Williams could not handle the break-up of her relationship with Ms Hartley’s partner, retired firefighter Ian Johnston. The police first turned their attention to Williams after asking Mr Johnston who would have had a grudge against Ms Hartley.A jury at Preston Crown Court have now convicted them of murder.Mr Justice Turner said the pair had played a “game of death” which led to the “savage butchery of a blameless woman”.”Sarah Williams, over a period of about eighteen months you plotted the murder of a woman whose only crime was to love the man you wanted for yourself, ” he said.”But let no one make the mistake of thinking that this was a crime of passion. It was a crime of obsession, of arrogance, of barbarity but, above all, it was a crime of pure evil.”You Walsh, are every bit as morally degenerate as Williams. No wonder you have been the best of friends over so many years.”They have both been jailed for life, Williams will serve a minimum term of 30 years and Walsh 25 years.He added: “Sadie Hartley died for your amusement. The contrast between her life affirming generosity of spirit and your vile, destructive, resentful and self-regarding hypocrisy could hardly be starker.”The meandering and over-elaborate planning served to heighten your pleasure by deliciously postponing your ultimate and inevitable gratification.”Doubtless, the features of secret agent-style intrigue carried with them elements of fantasy but this was no harmless world of make-believe it was a game of death.”I am in no doubt that her murder was planned and rehearsed down to the finest detail.”Williams’ father refused to comment on the case, adding: “I’ve no comment to make.” 
Williams claimed the man locked her in the boot of a Vauxhall Cavalier and drove her to a house where she was told to cover her eyes as she was led up a path to a house and was allegedly subjected to a serious sexual assault.Then she said the attacker put her back in the boot of the car and dumped her in remote countryside 30 miles from her home, where a passing lorry driver took her to a service station on the M6.Her story of becoming victim to a kidnapper made many newspaper front pages, but despite a major investigation no one was ever caught. A week later, Williams drove to Ms Hartley’s home and attacked her in the head with the 500,000-volt stun gun and stabbed her more than 40 times on her doorstep.It was a day later that the victim was discovered when concerned work colleagues raised the alarm when she failed to attend a meeting.After the murder, Walsh buried the murder weapons at Collinge Farm livery stables in Backford, Cheshire, where she taught and kept her horse. They attached it to his car when Ms Hartley and her partner attended a Christmas party at the ski village. A chilling photo shows them smiling happily as Williams looks on from the background.She then visited the street five times in the five weeks leading up to the murder.Despite claiming his relationship with Williams was over, text messages retrieved from her phone show “sexts” between Mr Johnston and Williams from last December.He claims he was “in a bad place” as his mother was dying of cancer and she “took advantage” of him. After this, Williams pushed ahead with her plans.In the month before the murder, Walsh and Williams got a ferry to Germany to buy the stun gun. Walsh bought the 8″ knife from a local Tesco store and Williams purchased size 10 boots to put police off the scent. 
Sadie Hartley, a keen horse rider, was murdered at her home in LancashireCredit:Lancashire Constabulary Police forensics officers at the scene of Sadie Hartley’s murderCredit:Lancashire Police Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings.
Doodle : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, la rêverie d’un romantique révolutionnaire Google a décidé de rendre hommage au célèbre philosophe Jean-Jacques Rousseau, à l’occasion de l’anniversaire des 300 ans de sa naissance. On peut voir sur la page d’accueil du moteur de recherche un Doodle représentant un homme se promenant seul, certainement en train de rêvasser.Un homme marche seul, au bord d’un lac en plein milieu d’une forêt. Cette image illustre la page d’accueil de Google ce 28 juin. Et lorsque l’on clique dessus, on tombe sur une page de recherche dédié au philosophe Jean-Jacques Rousseau. On comprend alors mieux la référence : Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire. Un ouvrage a la fois philosophique et autobiographique qui a été publié après la mort de son auteur, en 1778. En réalité, le Doodle de Google ne fête pas l’anniversaire de sa mort, mais les 300 ans de sa naissance. Deuxième fils d’un père horloger, Jean-Jacques Rousseau est né à Genève le 28 juin 1712. L’enfant ne connaîtra pas sa mère, décédé d’une fièvre puerpérale, neuf jour après sa naissance. Le garçon connaît une enfance tourmentée, puisque son père l’abandonne à l’âge de dix ans, pour fuir la justice. Jean-Jacques Rousseau est alors élevé par sa tante et son oncle. Ce dernier le place alors en apprentissage chez un greffier, puis chez un graveur. Ces apprentissages n’enchantent guère le jeune homme qui finit par fuir Genève en 1728. Après quelques jours d’errance, il se réfugie auprès du curé de Confignon, par nécessité alimentaire. C’est grâce à lui que Jean-Jacques Rousseau fait la connaissance de Françoise-Louise de Warens, celle qui deviendra sa tutrice et sa maîtresse.”Maman”, sa maîtresse Dans les Confessions, Rousseau souhaite que leur rencontre, le 21 mars 1728, soit matérialisée par un balustre d’or. On peut trouver aujourd’hui à Annecy un buste du philosophe, entouré d’un balustre doré sur lequel est écrit “Un matin de Pâques fleuries, Rousseau rencontra ici Madame de Warens”. Après une formation en musique, il donne ses premières leçons en Suisse en novembre 1730. Il devient par la suite maître de musique auprès des jeunes filles de la bourgeoisie et de la noblesse chambériennes. Il restera néanmoins dans le giron de Mme de Warens qu’il appelle “maman”, bien qu’elle soit sa maîtresse. Il passe alors des années “idylliques et insouciantes”, écrit-il dans ses Confessions. C’est en 1738 qu’il écrit son premier livre, Le Verger de Madame la baronne de Warens, une poésie éditée en 1739. L’année suivant la publication, il finit par quitter le domaine de Mme de Warens. Le jeune homme se retrouve à Paris après un détour à Lyon et à Vienne. C’est là qu’il fait la connaissance de Denis Diderot, encore méconnu à cette époque. À Paris aussi, il rencontre Marie-Thérèse Le Vasseur en 1744, qu’il épousera civilement en 1768. Elle lui donnera cinq enfants, mais Jean-Jacques Rousseau les placera tous sans regret aux Enfants-Trouvés, l’assistance publique de l’époque. Il se justifiera plus tard par le manque de moyens. Il jonglait en effet entre les métiers de secrétaire et de précepteur à cette époque. Dans ses Confessions, il précise qu’il a fait ce choix principalement pour soustraire ses enfants à l’emprise néfaste de sa belle-famille.Début de la reconnaissance C’est en 1749 que son ami Diderot lui propose d’écrire un article sur la musique pour son projet de l’Encyclopédie. L’année suivante, il obtient le premier prix d’un concours de l’Académie de Dijon, grâce à son Discours sur les Sciences et les Arts. Deux ans plus tard, en 1752, l’auteur participe à nouveau au concours lancé par l’Académie de Dijon en écrivant son célèbre Discours sur l’origine et les fondement de l’inégalité parmi les hommes. Un texte dans lequel Jean-Jacques Rousseau appuie la thèse que l’homme est naturellement bon et dénonce l’injustice de la société. Un ouvrage qui sera très contesté par d’autres philosophes, notamment Voltaire. L’auteur travaille par la suite sur un roman, Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse, qui obtient un immense succès, puis sur des essais Émile ou de l’éducation et Du contrat social. Ces trois ouvrages paraissent en 1761-1762. À cette époque, Émile et le Contrat social sont interdits en France, aux Pays-bas, à Genève et à Berne. Le premier réfutant à la fois l’athéisme et l’intolérance du dogmatisme religieux. Le deuxième fait l’apologie d’une société reposant sur la souveraineté du peuple et l’égalité civique devant la loi. Le Contrat social est donc à l’origine de l’idéologie pré-révolutionnaire. Rousseau est en réalité l’un des rares philosophe à défendre la démocratie, les autres préférant la monarchie constitutionnelle.L’exil et la solitude Suite à ces interdiction, le philosophe est alors contraint à l’exil durant lequel il écrit Pygmalion et commence une suite à l’Émile : Émile et Sophie. Il fuit alors en Suisse puis en Prusse.À lire aussiMaladie de Charcot : symptômes, causes, traitement, où en est on ?Après un passage en Angleterre, il commence à écrire son œuvre autobiographique en 1766. Il revient néanmoins en France l’année suivante. Il débutera son ouvrage Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire les deux dernières années de sa vie entre 1776 et 1778, mais l’œuvre restera inachevée. Il décède alors à Ermenonville, près de Paris à l’âge de 66 ans.Ses travaux ont influencé grandement l’esprit révolutionnaire français. La postérité retiendra surtout de lui ses travaux sur l’homme à l’état de nature, la société ainsi que sur l’éducation. Aujourd’hui, une édition de luxe de tous ses ouvrages a été édité, à l’occasion de l’anniversaire de ses 300 ans.Le 28 juin 2012 à 17:07 • Maxime Lambert
Recommended for you Cabinet Ministers get to spend more, CFO stays on the job Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, 25 Mar 2015 – East Bay resort opens in a few weeks according to South Caicos member, Hon Norman Saunders and the airport redevelopment on that island is expected to begin in a few months. All revealed later in the day when Saunders took the floor in his contribution to the budget communication delivered on Monday by Finance Minister, Hon Washington Misick. There was also an update on the island, as the Member shared that the dock is complete, a few jobs have been created and the islanders there await improvement on the Regatta Village including a new wall and covering for the basketball court so youngsters are not forced to play in scorching heat or pouring rain. On a national level, the once Chief Minister commended the Tourism sector for its growth, and applauded the return of the Investment Unit which he anticipates will support small and medium business development among Islanders, but said he is convinced the Turks and Caicos can greatly improve on its market share in the financial services sector and that a policy must be crafted to level the playing field when it comes to TC Islanders securing, especially commercial land. Teen dies mysteriously in South Caicos, Police investigate State of Emergency Declared for South Caicos Related Items:boom, east bay resort, norman saunders, south caicos, washington misick Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp
MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) – A guinea pig was rescued, Wednesday, after the house it was in caught fire in Miramar.Firefighters saved the guinea pig and treated it with a mini oxygen mask.The family pet is expected to make a full recovery.Flames broke out at the home, near Southwest 35th Court and 63rd Avenue, Wednesday night.The homeowners made it out safely.Copyright 2019 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Houston: Around 40,000 people have registered themselves for Indian-American community summit “Howdy, Modi!” here, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 22 during his visit to the US for the UN General Assembly session, organisers of the event said. “Howdy”, short for ‘How do you do?’ is a friendly greeting commonly used in southwestern United States. Also Read – Watch: Donald Trump says Florida faces absolute monster hurricane Advertise With Us Attendance to the summit is free, but passes have to be obtained which is now open for public, said the host Texas India Forum, a Houston-based non-profit body, which expects around 50,000 people to attend the prime minister’s address to the Indian diaspora at the sprawling NRG football stadium in the US’ fourth most populous city. Houston, which has one of the largest concentration of over 5,00,000 Indian-American community in the US, is the energy capital of the world. Energy security is a priority area for the Prime Minister. Also Read – Pakistan test-fires 290-km range missile Advertise With Us Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, “I look forward to welcoming PM Modi to Houston, home to one of the biggest and most vibrant Indian communities in the US.” “This historic visit will strengthen the already robust bonds between Houston and India on trade, culture and tourism — all of which benefit every Houstonian.” Over 39,000 people have signed up in the first two weeks. There are more than 1,000 volunteers and 650 Welcome Partner organisations for the event, the Texas India Forum said. Advertise With Us According to convener of the organising committee Jugal Malani, before the prime minister’s address, the event, with the tagline ‘Shared Dreams, Bright Futures’, will include a cultural programme that puts a spotlight on Indian-American contributions to the United States. “We want the entire city of Houston to come enjoy the festivities and learn about Indian-Texan relations,” he said. This will be Modi’s third major address to the Indian-American community after he became the prime minister in 2014 and the first after his re-election in May. The previous two were at the Madison Square Garden in New York in 2014 and the Silicon Valley in 2016. Both the events were attended by more than 20,000 people. US Senator John Cornyn said, “On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Indian-Americans in Texas, and as co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, I welcome Prime Minister Modi to Houston.” “India continues to be a key security and economic partner of the United States, and I look forward to seeing that relationship strengthen with his visit to Texas,” he said. A number group of organisations from a wide spectrum of the Indian diaspora in the United States has mobilised support for the “Howdy, Modi!” event. Sanjay Ramabhadran, the president of the Texas Lyceum said, “The future of Texas is inextricably tied to global trade and strategic relations. As a Texas-wide leadership group focused on civil discourse on the important policy issues facing our state, we recognise that this visit will be a giant step in further strengthening Texas- India relations on numerous fronts.” According to WISERTrade, the US Census Bureau, and the Foreign Trade Division, in 2019 (year to date), India is Houston’s fourth largest trading partner just behind Brazil, China and Mexico.
There’s no marriage proposal that “gets it” less than the in-game public proposal at a sporting event. What a lucky lady. It’s every little girl’s dream to have one of the biggest moments of her life play out as she’s pressured into marriage on a jumbotron in front of 50,000 fans. How romantic. Where are you taking her if she says yes? For some ice cream in a batting helmet. Nice one, Romeo.The sporting event proposal is cringe worthy if it’s executed perfectly. Yesterday, some guy at the Yankees/Red Sox game went for it and completely butchered it.Watch the video of the special moment. The groom-to-be wore his finest Mariano Rivera jersey to pop the question. Unfortunately, Casanova drops the ring. A panic ensues as he and the fans around him frantically try to find it.The ring was eventually found, and amazingly she said yes. Maybe she’ll surprise him by serving him with divorce papers during the seventh inning stretch against the Orioles a couple of years from now.Because every proposal story includes searching for the ring: https://t.co/KvxY6WwLEU pic.twitter.com/MLGo5XiATv— MLB (@MLB) September 28, 2016
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Comments Share Construction begins on Chandler hospital expansion project Associated PressHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – Eight nurses arrested on allegations of inciting violent protests against the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a church mission hospital have been allowed to return to their posts, Zimbabwe court officials said Thursday.Officials said the nurses and 12 other villagers accused of staging the protests at the Salvation Army Howard Hospital, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Harare, are to reappear in a provincial court on Sept. 24 on charges carrying a penalty of imprisonment or a fine. His work at the hospital and his far reaching programs to treat AIDS sufferers in the impoverished Chiweshe district, where the hospital serves a community of 270,000 people, have won accolades from medical professionals in Zimbabwe and worldwide.The well-loved physician was carried shoulder high by villagers during the dispute at the mission over his future. Community elders said they wanted him to stay.Since then, there has been an outpouring of public anger at his dismissal.One of Thistle’s patients reported in a letter to the media last week she was turned away by a main Harare hospital after being told she only had months to live without costly surgery she could not afford.Thistle operated for a minor fee and she was now “up and about, with the problem rectified.”“Salvation Army officials must swallow humble pie and consider the will of the people,” she wrote.(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Top Stories Top ways to honor our heroes on Veterans Day Sponsored Stories 4 must play golf courses in Arizona Mary Coyle ice cream to reopen in central Phoenix Bottoms up! Enjoy a cold one for International Beer Day Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters at the hospital on Aug. 17 demanding the reinstatement of Canadian Dr. Paul Thistle, fired by the Salvation Army for criticizing local church leaders.The nurses had been barred at an earlier bail hearing from returning to the mission.Thistle, from Scarborough in Canada, was given until Sept. 1 to leave Zimbabwe by the Salvation Army but has refused to go.He said Thursday he has not been contacted by state immigration authorities or police to deport him. He dismissed reports he has been holed up in the Canadian embassy in Harare.The Salvation Army has no authority to expel him from the country, he said. Some of those criticizing him likely meant to imply he was a fugitive with political ties, he said.Thistle told The Associated Press he is staying with his Zimbabwean family in Harare and hopes to remain at liberty in the country at least until after the charges against the nurses and his supporters are heard and the crisis facing the hospital eases.Colleagues said Thistle, who served at the hospital for 17 years, had recent disagreements with superiors over hospital development projects and funding, much of it raised by him and Canadian counterparts in the Salvation Army. Former Arizona Rep. Don Shooter shows health improvement 5 treatments for adult scoliosis
Source = e-Travel Blackboard: W.X South Africa will be investigating claims that hotels have been artificially inflating prices during the World Cup, as allegations of price-fixing begin to pile up.This latest news couldn’t come at a worse time, as airlines are already facing charges of collusion during the FIFA 2010 World Cup, but the tourism minister has urged travellers not to jump to conclusions.Urging travellers to realise that prices will naturally lift in peak periods, and that June and July are South Africa’s high season, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, South African Minister of Tourism says that the price increases could be natural.“In recent weeks we have noted allegations that accommodation establishments in the tourism industry are not responsible, and are inflating prices excessively,” said Minister Van Schalkwyk. “Until now our impression has been that this is not the case, but we believe it should be investigated and the results of the investigation made public. “I therefore believe that as a responsible government we should conduct an independent and scientifically sound survey to avoid a case where perceptions are created based on anecdotes.”He admits that there will “always be establishments” that will take chances with higher prices. <a href=”http://www.etbtravelnews.global/click/2082b/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://adsvr.travelads.biz/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=132&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a238f441″ border=”0″ alt=””></a>
The writer went on to say the most important factor for the Cardinals in 2017 will be their defense, which was dominant at times in 2016 but wore down over the course of the season.Arizona finished second in yards allowed while leading the league in sacks and tying for fourth in takeaways, but the 22.6 points per game they surrendered placed them 14th.With that in mind, King believes the team’s best chance for success in 2017 is to rely on the defense while once again riding running back David Johnson, who in 2016 tallied 2,118 scrimmage yards with 20 total touchdowns.As for a prediction in 10 words or less, King offered:This team has a last-gasp feel to me. Opinions of the Arizona Cardinals are mixed, and with good reason.Two years ago they won 13 games and reached the NFC Championship Game, and after returning basically the entire team posted a 7-8-1 record and missed the playoffs.This past offseason saw them lose a handful of key players, but between free agency and the draft it appears as though they may not take a significant step back because of it.So, as they head into the 2017 season, what kind of team will they be? Derrick Hall satisfied with D-backs’ buying and selling Arizona Cardinals NFL football head coach Bruce Arians signals his players during a voluntary team workout, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) The 5: Takeaways from the Coyotes’ introduction of Alex Meruelo Former Cardinals kicker Phil Dawson retires Top Stories 0 Comments Share That’s the question The MMQB’s Peter King struggled with when compiling his offseason power rankings, in which the Cardinals are placed 15th.Noting their additions, such as draft picks Haason Reddick and Budda Baker, along with the defections of Calais Campbell, Tony Jefferson and Marcus Cooper, King writes that the team appears to have enough talent to win.He points to the continuity along their coaching staff and in the front office as a plus, before saying we’ll know plenty about the Cardinals’ chances early in the season.Decisive schedule span: The first three weeks: at Detroit, at Indianapolis, Dallas at home. Three contenders, but none Arizona shouldn’t have a good chance to beat. And for the Cards to shrug off the ghosts of 2016, they’ve got to exit September at least 2-1.The schedule makers certainly gave the Cardinals a bit of a test early, with their first two games on the road and their third being a Monday Night tilt against one of the NFC’s best teams. If they can get through that early stretch, however, the team enters a part of its schedule that includes home games against San Francisco and Tampa Bay with road contests at Philadelphia and Los Angeles (in London) before a Week 8 bye. Despite King’s belief in the Cardinals, however, he admits he has the team 15th because he has no idea where to put them.There are quite literally two significant changes in personnel—in the front office, on the coaching staff, in the starting lineup—from last year’s 7-8-1 team to this year’s team. Last year the Cards were yo-yos: They started 3-3. They finished 3-3. After Thanksgiving, they scored 85 on the Saints and Rams; they gave up 86 to the Falcons and Saints.At times, such as in victories over the Buccaneers, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, the Cardinals looked the part of a playoff team. But they also struggled in losses to the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints, showing the flaws that ultimately doomed them.And the only significant losses were a giant of the front seven—6’8”, 300-pound defensive end Calais Campbell—and versatile safety Tony Jefferson. That’s it. So even if top draftees Haason Redick and Budda Baker and a healthy Tyrann Mathieu make up for the dearly departed in impact, are the Cardinals better than the team that finished the season? That will be the question that veteran coach Bruce Arians and 37-year-old quarterback Carson Palmer have to answer from day one. For most of 2016, this didn’t look like a team that was four quarters from the Super Bowl in 2015.King’s not wrong, you know. Grace expects Greinke trade to have emotional impact
July 26, 2002 Every Tuesdayafternoon at 3 pm, “School of Thought” happens at Cosanti. This is anopportunity to have a philosophical dialogue with Paolo Soleri and opento the public. The same forum is also scheduled at Arcosanti, everyWednesday afternoon at 4 pm. [Photo & Text: SA] in Scottsdale in 1956. All the buildingsthere were experiments in earth-casting techniques and were builtduring a series of silt-pile workshops between 1956 and 1968. Cosantiis an Arizona Historic Site, open to the public 7 days a week from 9 amto 5 pm. There are metal and ceramic studios and a gallery. The generalaccounting office and shipping department are also located at Cosanti.Soleri lives at Cosanti 5 days a week and for 2 days a week he stays atArcosanti. [Photo: JAM & Text: SA]