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Development gets its skates on A former professional skater, he has about 35 years of experience and knows exactly what is needed in a good skate park. And so, as director of Lennox Head-based company Oasis Skateparks, he’s the perfect person to design the village’s new skate park. Work on the long-awaited facility started on [...]

Eurozone watches markets as ministers detail debt response Eurozone leaders will discover Monday whether a surprise agreement to beef-up debt rescue funding will meet approval on markets seeking credible enforcement of tightened economic policy coordination. Finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone pick up where prime ministers, presidents and chancellors left off in the early hours [...]

Monday workers at the Las Brisas apartment complex Monday workers at the Las Brisas apartment complex in Round Rock put another coat of paint over the breezeway floor that had been covered in blood Saturday. Investigators say three teens from Georgetown, 19-year-old Derek Hawkins, 18-year-old Joshua Oldham and 18-year-old Santos Vega, confronted 25-year-old Thomas Carruthers. [...]

The California Supreme Court The California Supreme Court made a ruling that not only affects plastic bag bans throughout the state but has far-reaching ramifications for the circumstances under which public agencies must prepare environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). The court ruled in favor of the City of Manhattan Beach, [...]

She fights at first She fights at first, but eventually gives in to hearing Carlos’ message. Carlos wins her over by interpreting that loved ones have hurt her in the past and it causes her to run away to keep from being hurt. He goes further – like the adoption counselor, he stresses the importance [...]

The Timex brand has a highly significant history The Timex brand has a highly significant history in the watch making industry and there were many iconic styles launched by the brand throughout the decades. If you favour the classic and traditional Timex style, then you’ll definitely appreciate the designs within the Timex Originals watch collection, [...]

There is a great national fret There is a great national fret going on in some precincts of the United States golf community these days, a state of angst triggered by the lack of American flags on leaderboards all over the world. Judging by the British bookmakers’ odds heading into Thursday’s opening round of the [...]

Browns defensive end Robaire Smith Browns defensive end Robaire Smith is attending what the players hope will be the final Camp Colt of the offseason in Austin, Tex. What’s unusual is that Smith will be an unrestricted free agent when the lockout ends. Smith said he is attending after being asked personally by linebacker Scott [...]

Golf worldwide did not catch up with the state Golf worldwide did not catch up with the state of the game in the States in an instant, either. That’s been happening incrementally over the course of a decade, perhaps more. And, to a great extent, it occurred under the cloak of a remarkable run of [...]

CEO of Toronto’s 2015 Pan Am Games CEO of Toronto’s 2015 Pan Am Games – the next after Guadalajara’s – was quick to point out the lessons to be learned from the Mexican Games. “There’s no doubt that at the front end of a four-year run like this, you’ve got to focus very hard on [...]

The head of men’s editorial for Gilt Man The head of men’s editorial for Gilt Man, the flash sale Web site, often kept his forgettable watches stashed in a drawer. And Eddy Chai, an owner of Odin New York, a downtown men’s boutique, gave up wearing watches regularly in his mid-20s, when he outgrew his [...]

Ask a random sampling of people Ask a random sampling of people on the street who’ve never needed our emergency services and you might hear, “Why do we need so many police officers? Or “Why do we have so many vehicles?  Or the often heard refrain of “What do I get for my taxes?  Police [...]

Luxury watch retailer The Watchery Luxury watch retailer The Watchery is now offering huge savings on its collection of Ulysse Nardin watches. Online at http://www.TheWatchery.com, the watch seller offers luxury timepieces at up to 80% off from top brands including Ulysse Nardin, Cartier, Baume and Mercier, and TAG Heuer Dating back to 1846, Ulysses Nardin [...]

There was a very close connection There was a very close connection between the movie The Rocketeer and the Disney-MGM Studios that originally opened in 1989. In fact, a scene from the movie itself was shot at the theme park back in the days when the Disney Company was still trying to promote the location [...]

A billionaire industrialist and a genius A billionaire industrialist and a genius, is holding a party that he has so graciously arranged in Clark and Jimmy’s honor for their having made it home alive (Luthor owns half of The Daily Planet and thus has an interest in these affairs). Clark is rather sheepish about the [...]

One of the most important things One of the most important things to take into account is that a Father’s Day gift is about creating a memory – something that will remind dad of the day and the gift giver. “I still wear one of the chains that I gave my father back when I [...]

The White House strongly condemned recent clashes The White House strongly condemned recent clashes in Sana’a and the “deplorable use of violence by the government against peaceful demonstrators in Taiz,” saying these underscore the need for President Saleh to sign the agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council. At the State Department Wednesday, Secretary of [...]

The user interface on the watch The user interface on the watch is very clean and straight-forward. There are three easy-to-push buttons on the left-hand side of the watch (this is particularly nice if you’re toggling through screens while running). A click of the button brings up four options – clock, run, history and records. [...]

US watches Yemen chaos with growing concern The United States is watching the political deadlock and bloodshed in Yemen with increasing alarm and with what analysts see as a certain powerlessness before a growing void that Al-Qaeda can fill. US President Barack Obama called Wednesday on Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to “immediately” honor his [...]