Новости за 18.11.2017

The Jayhawks got chippy with Mayfield, too.

Oklahoma’s playing at Kansas on Saturday. The Sooners have Heisman Trophy frontrunner quarterback Baker Mayfield, and Kansas is Kansas.

At the pregame coin toss, Mayfield went to shake hands with the guys he was about to put somewhere between 300 and 600 passing yards on. They declined:

Mayfield’s response was a classic, “I’m not even mad. This is actually funny to me” kind of thing, and I respect that. There’s also this anecdote... Читать дальше...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is determined make a statement after he recovered from a serious knee injury to feature in Manchester United's 4-1 win over Newcastle United. Paul Pogba - featuring for the first time since September following his own return from injury - starred for Jose Mourinho's side at Old Trafford, as he set up Anthony Martial's equaliser and scored United's third in the emphatic victory. Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku, who has struggled in front of goal in recent weeks, netted as well... Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Bei den Jamaika-Sondierungen in Berlin machen die Grünen nach einem Medienbericht in der besonders umstrittenen Flüchtlingsfrage der CSU ein Kompromissangebot. Nach Informationen des ARD-Hauptstadtstudios soll demnach die Zahl von 200 000 Flüchtlingen pro Jahr als atmender Rahmen gelten. Die Grünen würden betonen, dass diese Zahl seit der Wiedervereinigung nur in fünf Jahren überschritten worden sei.Dieses Angebot gelte aber nur, wenn sich auch die CSU bewege. Der Familiennachzug für... Читать дальше...

The Bulldogs’ defense dominated in a rivalry win.

Yale beat Harvard on Saturday in New Haven, 24-3. It’s the second year in a row the Bulldogs have won the game known just as “The Game,” and it runs their all-time record against the Crimson to 67-59-8. It also clinched the Ivy League for Yale, which finishes its year 9-1 after going a lousy 3-7 in 2016.

The scene:

Why that field-rushing, other than that beating a rival’s always a big deal? It’s a huge deal for Yale to win this game in this moment. Читать дальше...

In 2016, Valens Ndayisenga stamped his authority on the Tour of Rwanda by winning the penultimate stage and cementing his second overall victory. 12-months on from his storming ride up the 'Wall of Kigali', a 500-metre pavé climb with pitches of 18 per cent, the Tirol rider could only watch on as his former team, Dimension Data for Qhubeka, blew the race to pieces to virtually seal the 2017 edition on stage 6.

Le Rouge et Or de l'Université Laval se plaît à affronter les Dinos de l'Université de Calgary. Les représentants québécois à la Coupe Mitchell ont poursuivi leur domination contre leurs rivaux de l'Ouest canadien, samedi, enregistrant une sixième victoire en six duels.

Following multiple sexual misconduct allegations made against high-profile politicians like Roy Moore and Al Franken, former top advisers to President Obama and the Clintons have voiced their support for Monica Lewinsky.

I have followed the cabbage for 48 of my 52 years. I come from a typical Leith Family, Hibs and Hearts, Catholic and Protestant, Left and Right all mixed together. When I was a wee laddie in the late 60's, early 70's I was taken along by my Jambo Grandad who loved his fitba, Hibs one week, Hearts the next. Later my Hibby Uncles got involved and I followed our club ever since. I have lived in West Lothian for long parts of my life, a Livi Hibby, of which there are many. I went to Catholic Schools, everyone supported Celtic or Hibs. Читать дальше...

For adults seeking a high-school equivalency diploma through the city Department of Education, your odds are slim to none. Despite a $52 million budget last fiscal year, the DOE’s Office of Adult and Continuing Education, OACE, says it awarded only 150 diplomas — less than half as many as the year before. The lame results...

A slow start proved too much to overcome as St. Ambrose dropped a CCAC contest at Roosevelt 68-49 Saturday afternoon in Chicago.

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A Saint-Lazare family who lost almost everything in a fire that devastated their home, is grateful to the community for their help and support.

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McKenzie Milton threw four touchdown passes and ran for a score to lead the Knights

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What do you picture when you imagine a hedge-fund office? A noisy trading floor full of hedge-fund guys in fleece vests?

Two Sigma, a $45 billion hedge-fund firm that uses advanced technologies to find investment opportunities, is a little different. The firm, which says it has seen head count grow by more than 400% in the past seven years, is as much a technology company as it is a finance company, analyzing over 10,000 data sources to find patterns in markets. Читать дальше...

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• The number of American teens with depressed thoughts has been increasing since 2012.
• Looking at the data, it's possible to rule out some factors that might be causing it, like economic inequality and academic pressure.
• Jean Twenge, author of "iGen," believes all signs point to increased smartphone use as the likely cause.
• Twenge says it's not necessarily the screen time, but the time that's lost to smartphones that could be spent on more meaningful activities... Читать дальше...

An unexpected loss is easier to understand once you connect the statistical dots.

An unexpected loss is easier to understand once you connect the statistical dots.

Busy Philipps has a tip for fans who want to approach female celebrities and comment on their weight: don’t.