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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Sean Manaea's father is from American Samoa, where he grew up playing cricket and rugby and didn't really know anything about baseball.
The younger Manaea was born in Indiana, loved baseball from an early age and blossomed into a hard-throwing 6-foot-5 lefty who in his last start for the Oakland Athletics threw a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox .
"My parents never played baseball," Manaea said. "They just signed me up one day, and I was like, 'All right, let's do that.' ... From then on, something grabbed me and just kept pulling me toward it. It's just been my first love since I started playing."
While Oakland's first no-hitter since 2010 is certainly the highlight so far for Manaea, the 26-year-old is off to an impressive start overall in his third big league season.
Manaea has a 3-2 record — the A's scored only one run total in his two losses — with a 1.23 ERA. His 36 2/3 innings matched the major league lead going into Tuesday night's games. Opposing teams are hitting only .130 against him while managing 3.93 hits per nine innings, both second-best in the majors.
"A no-hitter obviously is a no-hitter. I'm looking forward to seeing what he's going to do the rest of the season," A's catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "The way he's thrown so far this year is really, really special."
Manaea struck out 10, walked two and threw 108 pitches in the 3-0 win at home Saturday night. Manaea mixed in changeups and sliders with his fastball against the best team in the big leagues so far this season.
"I don't know how you don't gain confidence from something like that. It's one thing to throw a no-hitter. It's another thing to throw a no-hitter against the Red Sox the way they're playing," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He's a confident pitcher as is, but to be able to finish off a game like that should carry with him for a while."
Manaea's next start will be Friday night in Houston against the World Series champion Astros.
"I'm going to treat it like any other game. That's what I did with the Red Sox, and what I'm going to do for the Astros," Manaea said. "I'm not going to change anything just because something really cool happened."
That no-no was the first for the A's since Dallas Braden's perfect game against Tampa Bay in 2010. It had been almost exactly 25 years since the Red Sox were held hitless.
Manaea's father settled in Indiana after being stationed there in the Army, so except for his own family, he didn't grow up around the Polynesian-like culture known for producing big football players, many of them now in the NFL, instead of big league pitchers.
"I played basketball from fourth grade to my sophomore year. I was tall and it was something to do in the winter," he said. "It was fun for a while, but after my sophomore year, I was like, 'Yeah this isn't for me.' I can't dribble the ball, I'm not physical enough. I'm skinny."
Manaea continued to progress and excel in baseball. He went to Indiana State and had a standout summer in the Cape Cod League before the Kansas City Royals picked him 34th overall in the 2013 amateur draft.
The Royals traded Manaea to Oakland in 2015 when acquiring Ben Zobrist. Manaea made his big league debut the next season, and in his 58th career start Saturday threw his first complete game.
"The thing that impresses me the most is he's doing it differently than he did when he first got here," Melvin said. "Just his stuff, he could get away with making some mistakes. ... He's a three-pitch pitcher now. He commands both sides of the plate."
Melvin describes him now as a "true pitcher" and not just a thrower anymore.
Manaea didn't really get any sleep Saturday night.
"My mind was going a million miles a second, and I just couldn't get that moment out of my head," he said. "It's something I never really dreamed of. ... It's just a really, really cool moment."
Before watching the highlights over and over throughout the night, he had a video call with his parents, who over the years have become obsessed with baseball like their son.
"They love everything about the A's," Manaea said. "Ever since I started getting more and more advanced with baseball, they were always there for me, and they drove me to practices, drove me to games. They're all in on baseball."
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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle’s funky Fremont neighborhood went off as expected Wednesday, with about 150 people inside and another 75 or so outside protesting.
After the shareholders and staff entered the building around 8:30 am, drag queens outside posed, pilots stood in steely lines, activists carried giant puppet-signs depicting CEO Jeff Bezos as a robot and the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to the crowd.
The protests were anticipated to be raucous enough that the Washington State Department of Transportation listed two potential traffic issues in the region in its Wednesday morning tweet — the Amazon demonstrations in Seattle and band Maroon 5 performing in Tacoma.
Multiple, varied groups congregated outside the building where the meeting took place.
The shareholder meeting itself was drama-free. The nine current board members running for reelection all won handily and a shareholder proposal to split the the CEO and board chair jobs failed.
Outside was more carnival-esque than angry. A line up of drag queens posed and strutted in support of No Gay, No Way, a campaign urging Amazon to place its second headquarters only in a state with strong gay rights laws.
Pilots for Amazon Air protesting what they say is a lack of staffing for Amazon's air cargo system.
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Pilots for Amazon Air cargo, who fly Amazon cargo jets for Atlas Air and ABX Air, arrived in a large bus, attired in their uniforms. They were protesting inadequate staffing levels, which they say makes for difficult working conditions.
An activist consumer group called SumOfUs came out in support of a proposal to separate the roles of CEO and chairman of the board at Amazon. Jeff Bezos holds both positions.
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It hired a plane to fly over the meeting trailing a banner that read, “Bezos Needs a Boss.”
It’s not uncommon for one person to hold the position of both CEO and board chair in a company, especially in the case of companies that have grown quickly and in which the founder is still serving in those positions, as is the case with Amazon.
Protesters outside of Amazon's 2018 shareholder meeting in Seattle, May 30, 2018.
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However, it’s becoming more common for companies to separate the jobs of board chair and CEO, especially when the CEO owns a large stake in the company as Bezos does.
The concern is that if the roles are both filled by the same person, there is no one tasked with focusing on the will of the non-stake holding shareholders. A board led by an independent chair is presumed to be better able to focus on the mandate of the corporation to serve the needs of shareholders.
Just 26% of shareholders voted in favor of the resolution.
However SumOfUs calculated that because Amazon counts abstentions as votes and Jeff Bezos owns 16% of the company’s shares, approximately 40% of independent shareholders had actually supported the resolution.
“Amazon’s profits come at the expense of our communities, and that’s because of a lack of accountability up at the top. The lesson is simple: Jeff Bezos shouldn’t be his own boss,” said Salma Mirza, SumOfUs campaign director.
Other groups protesting at the shareholders meeting include the Service Employees International Union, climate justice group 350 Seattle, the Socialist Alternative socialist political party and community members angry at the negative impacts they say Amazon has had on their communities also plan to demonstrate.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson attended in support of a proposal that Amazon enacted earlier this month after pressure from members of Congress. It asked the company to commit to a version of the Rooney Rule, which would require it to include women and minorities when it interviews for open board positions. Currently Amazon’s board is made up of seven men and three women, all white.
Air cargo pilots for Amazon Air arrive by bus at Amazon's 2018 annual shareholders meeting to protest what they describe as understaffing issues.
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Amazon had originally opposed the measure but two weeks ago the board shifted course, adopting as policy the inclusion of a diverse slate of candidates for director openings.
Jackson told USA TODAY "leadership comes from the top down," and that he was eager for Amazon to make sure its board wasn't all white.
Amazon declined to comment on the protests.
The view from Amazon's Day 1 headquarters in downtown Seattle.
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President Trump has formally told NASA to send U.S. astronauts back to the moon.
"The directive I'm signing today will refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery," he said.
Standing at the president's side as he signed "Space Policy Directive 1" on Monday was Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, one of the last two humans to ever walk on the moon, in a mission that took place 45 years ago this week.
Since that time, no human has ventured out beyond low-Earth orbit. NASA doesn't even have its own space vehicle, having retired the space shuttles in 2011. Americans currently ride up to the International Space Station in Russian capsules, though private space taxis are expected to start ferrying them up as soon as next year.
For now, the ultimate goal for human exploration in space remains Mars.
"This time, we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint, we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and, perhaps someday, to many worlds beyond," Trump said.
Exactly how to get to Mars, however, is subject to debate within the space community.
Many see the moon as the best stepping stone, including Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., who is Trump's pick to head NASA.
The general moon-first approach being taken by the Trump administration was clearly articulated by Vice President Pence at a meeting of the National Space Council in October.
That's why John Logsdon, a space historian at The George Washington University, says Monday's announcement is not a surprise. "Now the question is whether the White House will propose and the Congress appropriate the funds needed to turn the words into reality," Logsdon says.
Indeed, actually getting the funding to achieve presidents' ambitious space goals is a perennial problem for NASA.
Returning astronauts to the moon had been the plan under President George W. Bush, who called for building a moon base and establishing an extended human presence there. But when a blue-ribbon committee reviewed human spaceflight in 2009, it said there was a mismatch between the scope of the program and the money available to support it: that exploring beyond low-Earth orbit wasn't going to be viable without billions of dollars more in funding.
What's more, many worried that NASA would get bogged down in the gray lunar dust and fail to move on toward the Red Planet.
That's part of why the Obama administration shifted the focus from the moon to a "flexible path" that would target new destinations, such as an asteroid, to get astronauts farther out into deep space.
But the asteroid mission proved more difficult than expected. Eventually, NASA proposed having a robot haul a boulder from an asteroid and put it in orbit around the moon, where astronauts would rendezvous with the space rock. The so-called Asteroid Redirect Mission didn't receive very enthusiastic reviews from the space community or Congress, and this year it got the ax.
NASA has recently been working on plans for something called the Deep Space Gateway, an outpost in orbit around the moon.
And at the behest of Congress, the space agency has been building a giant new rocket and a deep space capsule. The vehicle is supposed to have its first test flight in 2019, when it will send an uncrewed capsule up to orbit the moon before returning to Earth.
Officials in the Trump administration asked NASA to consider putting humans on that flight, but NASA ultimately decided against it after a review. The first mission with a crew on that NASA spacecraft isn't supposed to happen until 2022.
The company SpaceX is also constructing a large rocket and has announced that it intends to launch the first private mission to the moon in 2018. SpaceX says it has paying customers for a trip in an automated capsule that wouldn't land, but would loop around the moon and then return.
SpaceX also has contracts with NASA to bring astronauts up to the International Space Station and is scheduled to start doing that next year as well. The company has already been hauling cargo to and from the station for NASA.
Boeing also has a space transportation system in the works, and its first flight with NASA astronauts on board is planned for 2018.
If those companies' efforts pan out, their space taxis will be the first vehicles to carry up astronauts from U.S. soil since the retirement of the space shuttles.

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A London tube station has been plastered with vegan propaganda.
Every advert at Clapham Common station has been replaced by posters persuading people to stop eating meat.
Sixty pictures of animals are accompanied by the words: 'I’m ME, Not MEAT. See the Individual – Go Vegan.'
They appear on the walls, next to the escalators and even on the turnstiles.
A London tube station has been plastered with Vegan propaganda
The campaign has been organised by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which calls it the 'UK's first vegan Tube station takeover.'
Bewilders commuters have shared videos of the station on social media.
One asked on Twitter: 'What is Clapham Common trying to tell me?'
Peta wrote on its website: 'Cows, chickens, and pigs are no different from human beings when it comes to feeling pain and fear and valuing their lives.
'By eating vegan, London commuters can spare sensitive animals daily suffering and a terrifying death in today's industrialised meat, egg, and dairy industries – in which chickens' and turkeys' throats are cut while they're still conscious and piglets' tails are cut off without any painkillers.
Bewilders commuters have shared videos and pictures of the station on social media
'Vegans are also less prone to suffering from cancer, obesity, and diabetes than meat-eaters are, and they also have a lower carbon footprint.
'That's why millions of Britons – including 20 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds, according to the research group Mintel – are embracing plant-based meals already.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein declined Wednesday to testify before the New York grand jury that is weighing whether to indict him on rape and other sex charges, with his lawyers saying there wasn't enough time to prepare and "political pressure" made an indictment unavoidable.
A statement issued through a Weinstein spokesman said the former movie mogul learned the specific charges and the accusers' identities only after turning himself in Friday, with a deadline set for Wednesday afternoon to testify or not. His request for more time was denied, the statement said.
"Finally, Mr. Weinstein's attorneys noted that regardless of how compelling Mr. Weinstein's personal testimony might be, an indictment was inevitable due to the unfair political pressure being placed on Cy Vance to secure a conviction of Mr. Weinstein," the statement said, referring to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
His office declined to comment.
Weinstein was charged Friday with rape and criminal sex act charges involving two women in New York, as a grand jury continued hearing evidence in the case; the panel has been at work for weeks. Defendants have the right to testify in a grand jury's secret proceedings but often don't, for various reasons.
Weinstein faces rape and criminal sex act charges involving two women in New York. Dozens more women have accused him of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault in various locales.
He has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex, and his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said Tuesday that Weinstein was "confident he's going to clear his name" in the New York prosecution.
Brafman called the rape allegation "absurd," saying that the accuser and Weinstein had a decade-long, consensual sexual relationship that continued after the alleged 2013 attack.
The woman, who hasn't been identified publicly, told investigators Weinstein confined her in a hotel room and raped her.
The other accuser in the case, former actress Lucia Evans, has gone public with her account of Weinstein forcing her to perform oral sex at his office in 2004. The Associated Press does not identify alleged victims of sexual assaults unless they come forward publicly.
Vance, a Democrat, came under public pressure from women's groups to prosecute Weinstein after declining to do so in 2015, when an Italian model went to police to say Weinstein had groped her during a meeting.
Police set up a sting in which the woman recorded herself confronting Weinstein and him apologizing for his conduct. But Vance decided there wasn't enough evidence to bring charges.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also a Democrat, ordered the state attorney general to investigate how Vance handled that matter.

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The association representing the nation's FBI agents, after a controversial Republican memo was released on Friday, defended their law enforcement work and said they "have not, and will not, allow partisan politics to distract" from their mission."
FBI Agents Association President Thomas O´Connor, in an emailed statement, said its agents were dedicated to the nation and the U.S. Constitution, adding: "The American people should know that they continue to be well-served by the world´s preeminent law enforcement agency." (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Andrew Hay)

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A NUMBER of videos have emerged appearing to backup claims of “vote rigging” in the recent Russian election, showing people entering multiple voting slips and even using balloons to cover up CCTV when counting ballots.
Vladimir Putin secured another six years as Russia’s president in a landslide re-election victory, despite accusations from opponents of vote rigging, ballot-box stuffing and forced voting.
Mr Putin has ruled Russia for nearly two decades, but this election saw him record his highest ever percentage of votes, at a massive 76.66 per cent.
Since the election, dozens videos have started appearing online seeming to backup claims that the voting was rigged.
One video shows an election worker appearing to deliberately cover up CCTV cameras with a bunch of balloons before they begin counting the votes.
Another shows a man repeatedly pulling out voting slips from his jacket and putting them in the ballot box, before a woman comes in a puts a whole pile of ballots in as well.
In separate footage a member of the electoral commission can be seen getting out a stack of forms and throwing them into the ballot box.
Since these videos emerged, authorities claimed that the results of seven polling stations across the county would be annulled due to violations.
Despite these blatant examples of ballot stuffing and other irregularities, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) claimed there were fewer confirmed violations than the 2012 election.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was barred from running in the election, oversaw a campaign for a vote boycott and sent over 33,000 observers across the country with manual counters to see how official turnout figures differ from those of monitors
Mr Navalny’s movement and the non-governmental election monitor Golos reported ballot stuffing, repeat voting and Putin supporters being bussed into polling stations en masse.
But the OSCE said that although the election was marred by a lack of “genuine competition”, it was generally well conducted.
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When investors plan their financial future, they try to consider all the basics: The direction of the Dow, the strength of the economy, their personal goals.
But there’s one three-letter event they rarely think about. It’s not on the standard checklist that financial planners run through when they advise you about your portfolio. Nor is it something that economists include in their forecasting models. Yet it’s so big, it could turn every forecast and investment strategy upside down, or worse.
I’m referring to war.
Why is nearly everyone ignoring or minimizing the possibility?
Perhaps it’s some unholy mix of amnesia and fantasy. They see all the signs, but blindly assume that they’re false alarms.
Or maybe it’s a psychological defense mechanism. They’re so fearful of the consequences, their brains automatically block logical thinking.
But I need not tell you where the winds of war are blowing. You’ve seen them yourself in the headlines:
Russia: The takeover of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine. Massive military buildups along the borders with Finland, Poland and the Baltics. War in Syria. Meddling in U.S. elections.
China: Declaration of the “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea that encroaches on the exclusive economic zones claimed by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Construction of helipads, runways and hangars on seven separate reefs in the Spratly Islands. Military presence on eight of the Paracel Islands. All in defiance of international law.
North Korea: Five atomic bomb tests since 2006 with a total yield of 63 kilotons. Five ballistic missiles fired on March 6 and April 4 into the Sea of Japan. Multiple threats, including one made last week, that it will launch a nuclear attack on U.S. territory in immediate response to any “sign of aggression.”
United States: Six rounds of economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and its allies. Missile attack on Russia’s number one ally in the Middle East, destroying Russian-made aircraft. Deployment to the Korean Peninsula of Carrier Strike Group 1, including aircraft carrier Carl Vinson capable of carrying 90 aircraft, along with a fleet of destroyers.
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Among all of these escalating tensions, most strategists agree that the most worrisome stem from deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Russia, and last week’s visit to Moscow by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, did virtually nothing to stem the slide.
But if you think they’ve gone downhill fast or that the prospects of war are too close for comfort, wait till you see what they’re saying in Russia.
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Until recently, the focus of the Russian press and social media was to joke about reports from the U.S. that Putin hacked the American elections.
Even the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined in the humor campaign with this spoof voicemail: “You have reached the Russian embassy,” it announced to callers. “Your call is very important to us. To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponents, press one. To use the services of Russian hackers, press two. To request election interference, press three and wait until the next election campaign. Please note that all calls are recorded for quality improvement and training purposes.”
Meanwhile, the hashtag #russiansdidit, attracting posts by anyone with new examples of what else could be blamed on the Russians, became very popular in Russia.
One user posted a photo of a toddler caught in the act of smearing his face, the wall and the dog with blue crayon, along with the words “Russians did it.”
Another submitted a well-known image of a sparsely attended Clinton rally with the headline “Russians hacked my crowd.”
And in a third, a woman stopped by a police officer for speeding, says “the Russians hacked my speedometer.”
Since last week, however, in the wake of the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base, the humor and sarcasm has turned to venom and stern warnings.
One widely read editorial in Russia put it this way: “The Russian government saw Trump as a businessman who would act in the interest of the U.S., instead of defending Democratic values across the world. Fighting ISIS is in the interest of the U.S., Trump promised to do so, and Russia was eager to help.
“However, Trump must also contend with the American establishment, which seems to be more important to Trump than a deal with Russia. The American power machine has tied Trump hand and foot and doesn’t let him keep his promises. The recent attacks on Syria are part of Trump’s deal with the American establishment.”
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev echoed this sentiment, lamenting that it has taken only two-and-a-half months for the American power machine to break Trump’s personal vision and beliefs.
Another source says: “Russia was waiting with an open mind for Trump to make the first move. Now we know what his first move is: To attack our allies. Any hope for détente is out the window. From this point forward, the conflict will escalate all the way to World War III.”
The reaction in Russia about the Syrian government’s recent sarin gas attacks is even more strident. Moscow’s official position is to demand an international investigation. But unofficial sources go much further.
One quotes a 2013 Daily Mail article about “a secret U.S. plot” to engineer a false-flag gas attack in Syria and to use it as a pretext to attack Assad. It then lodges a protest against the British newspaper for deleting the article from its website. Others allege, without any evidence whatsoever, that, behind the scenes, the U.S. has been the primary supplier of chemical weapons to terrorists based in Syria and Iraq.
All these are signs that Russia’s powerful anti-American propaganda machine, temporarily on pause after Trump won the White House, is now back in overdrive. It poisons Russian public opinion, which, in turn, makes it far more difficult for Mr. Putin to bend back toward a reconciliation with the West, even if he wanted to.
Bottom line: Both Putin and Trump have boxed themselves into the same political corner. To ward off accusations of weakness or collusion with the other side, they are pressed to avoid precisely the kind of flexible, compromising posture that’s urgently needed to defuse the conflict. They look for ways to escalate their verbal attacks and to make a show of force in the world’s most hotly disputed trouble spots – not only in Syria, but also in Northeast Asia, Eastern Europe and beyond.
For investors, the implications are clear. Although it’s probably way too soon to predict a direct conflict between the U.S. and another major military power, it’s certainly not too soon to recognize the reality of:
Rising risk of war, just as Larry Edelson predicted in the months and years before he passed away.
Increased awareness of that risk, particularly among military strategists in the Pentagon, Moscow and Beijing.
Major new military expenditures already in the pipeline, with still more on the way, a strong positive for defense stocks.
Bigger federal budget deficits despite cutbacks in nondefense spending, an obvious negative for government bonds.
Continued flight capital flowing from overseas to U.S. markets.
Big money rushing into gold and gold shares.
Let’s just pray that it doesn’t go beyond these consequences. Needless to say, an actual war between major military powers would have far greater impacts.
Good luck and God bless!
Martin
P.S. My friend and colleague Larry Edelson established The Edelson Institute to help investors protect and grow their wealth. Here’s a video about Larry, the Institute, and the team behind his ongoing legacy. I hope you enjoy it. Click here to view the video.


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Cristiano Ronaldo has received an offer to leave Real Madrid and join Italian champions Juventus, a source close to the player told Reuters on Wednesday.
Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in 2008 for a then world record 80 million pounds ($105.65 million), is the Spanish club’s all-time top scorer with 451 goals in all competitions and has won two La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies with them.
Despite the glut of silverware, however, the five-times world player of the year has had frequent fallouts with Real and has declared on several occasions that he wants to leave the club.
Moments after lifting a third consecutive Champions League trophy by beating Liverpool 3-1 in the final on May 26, Ronaldo appeared to suggest he had already decided to leave Real, telling a television reporter on the pitch at Kiev’s NSC Olympic Stadium: “It was beautiful to play for Real Madrid.”
Ronaldo, 33, appeared to backtrack on that statement during Real’s celebration parade through the Spanish capital the next day, when he told a mass of supporters: “See you next season.”
The Portugal forward was reported to be on the verge of leaving last June after a news story appeared in Portuguese newspaper Record declaring he was unhappy with the club.
He also caused a stir in 2012 when he declared in a post-match interview after a game with Granada: “I’m sad and the club know why.”
Spanish newspaper Marca suggested on Wednesday that Ronaldo is unhappy at Real because they are searching for a successor to him and president Florentino Perez has publicly courted Paris St Germain forward Neymar, urging the Brazilian last year to come to Madrid if he wants to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award.
Ronaldo scored two goals against Juventus in Real’s 4-1 win in the 2017 Champions League and struck a jaw-dropping bicycle kick against the Italians in a 3-0 win in a quarter-final first leg game in Turin which prompted Juve supporters to give him a standing ovation.
The Portuguese converted a stoppage-time penalty in the second leg to knock the Italians out 4-3 on aggregate.
Ronaldo had an explosive start to the 2018 World Cup by scoring a hat-trick in his side’s 3-3 draw with Spain and he hit the winning goal in a 1-0 win over Morocco. He missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Iran and failed to score in his side’s 2-1 defeat by Uruguay in the last 16.

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GETTY Transfer News: Juventus target Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently looking for a house in Turin
Transfer news LIVE updates: Follow the latest news and gossip Wednesday, July 4 Gonzalo Higuain to Chelsea Chelsea have agreed a £53m deal for Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain, it is claimed. The Argentina international has been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in recent weeks. And Italian outlet SportMediaSet claim Chelsea have now agreed a £53m (€60m) deal to land the Juve hitman. They say the move could be made official once Maurizio Sarri is unveiled as Chelsea’s new manager. Former Napoli boss Sarri is expected to replace Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge in the coming days, and Higuain, 30, tops Sarri’s summer wish list. The pair worked together at Napoli, with Higuain netting a record 36 Serie A goals in the 2015-16 season.
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Arsenal favourites to sign Andre Gomes Arsenal lead Chelsea in the race to sign Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes, the bookies claim. The Gunners are keen to spend this summer, with Unai Emery said to have a £70m transfer war chest. Arsenal have already signed Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Bernd Leno, and according to the bookies, Gomes could be Emery’s next summer signing. “Andre Gomes could be set for a transfer to the Premier League, with Arsenal the clear 6/4 favourites to sign the 24-year-old,” said BetStars spokesman Ian Marmion. “The Blues can be found at 4/1 to complete a deal for Gomes, whilst Tottenham are also in the mix at 8/1. AC Milan round up the betting market with odds of 16/1 to snap up the Portuguese international.”
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Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo is already searching for a house in Turin ahead of his move from Real Madrid to Juventus, according to reports in Spain. Real Madrid are currently considering an £88million offer from the Italian champions, with Ronaldo tipped to sign a four-year deal worth in excess of £105million. Madrid-based newspaper Marca - who are often credited with being a mouthpiece of Real - say the 33-year-old is looking for properties in Turin. Marca say ‘the player is aware that he would be leaving a city behind that has been very good to him and his family, he's enjoyed a very happy life in the Spanish capital, but he's already thinking about his possible future in Italy’. Should be a few properties within his budget...
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Alisson Becker update Chelsea transfer target Alisson Becker will not leave Roma before the World Cup ends, according to his agent Ze Maria Neis. Alisson has forged a reputation as one of the globe’s top goalkeepers and he went to the World Cup as his country’s No 1. The 25-year-old is wanted by Chelsea as Thibaut Courtois look set to head for the exit door having failed to sign a new deal. Liverpool are likewise interested in getting Alisson on-board as they seek to replace current first-choice stopper Loris Karius. Neis says a deal for his client to head to the Premier League is not going to be pushed through imminently though. "Nothing will happen in the next few days," Neis told Italian station Tele Radio Stereo. "Alisson is 100 per cent focussed on the World Cup."
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Montreal's health authority says 11 people have now died from complications related to the hot and humid weather.
Another four deaths have been reported in the Eastern Townships region east of Montreal, with officials expected to provide an update later today.
Meanwhile, the ambulance service that serves a large swath of the Montreal area is calling on people to refrain from calling unless it is a real emergency.
Urgences-sante says it has been inundated by the volume of calls since a heat wave enveloping Eastern and Central Canada settled in for an extended stay over the weekend.
The ambulance corporation says it has received 1,200 calls per day in Montreal and nearby Laval over the past four days, which is 30 per cent more than on usual busy days.
Urgences-sante president Nicola D'Ulisse says the service is overwhelmed and has reached the limits of what it can provide.

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Mumbai/Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) The ruling BJP in Maharashtra is leading in Palghar but trailing in the Bhandara-Gondiya constituency as counting progresses in the May 28 Lok Sabha bypolls here on Thursday.
At 11 a.m., the BJP candidate in Palghar, Rajendra Gavit, notched up over 80,000 votes while his nearest Shiv Sena rival Shriniwas Vanga was trailing at around 62,000 votes.
They were followed by the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi’s Baliram Jadhav at 54,000 votes and Congress’s Damodar Shingada at 17,000 votes.
In Bhandara, the BJP candidate Hemant Patle, who was leading in the earlier rounds of counting, suddenly fell behind Nationalist Congress Party’s Madhukar Kukde, who surged ahead with a lead of over 17,000 votes.
Elections in both the constituencies were marred by large-scale incidents of malfunctioning EVM-VVPATs with all the opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena hurling allegations of foul play and tampering of the machines.
The high-stakes elections in both the seats, came in the wake of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ vow, to win the elections “come what may” — and his subsequent controversial remarks of using “Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed” to bag the polls at all costs.
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Counting of votes is underway in four Lok Sabha seats and eleven Assembly seats in ten states. (PTI) Counting of votes is underway in four Lok Sabha seats and eleven Assembly seats in ten states. (PTI)
Today’s bypolls results will be a key indicator of the voters’ mood, sending out a message to political parties on how to strategise for the Lok Sabha elections 2019. All eyes are on Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana seat that is being seen as a test for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi given that the BJP suffered setbacks recently in Phoolpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seats in the state. Counting of votes is underway in four Lok Sabha seats and 11 Assembly seats in ten states.
1. In Kairana, late Gujjar leader Hukum Singh’s daughter and BJP’s nominee Mriganka is trailing behind Tabassum Hasan of Rashtriya Lok Dal, (RLD), who is backed by SP, BSP, and Congress, by over 41,000 votes after nine rounds of counting. Politics here is played on Jat-Muslim and Jat-Gujjar rivalries
2. Given that Uttar Pradesh sends out the maximum number of parliamentarians, Kairana’s results will hold a national message – whether a united opposition versus BJP will be possible and feasible in 2019 or not. There were allegations of EVM tampering on polling day; repolling was held at 73 polling stations.
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3. In Palghar constituency, BJP’s Rajendra Gavit, who defected from Congress, is ahead by over 10,000 votes. Shiv Sena has fielded Shriniwas Wanga, son of late BJP MP Chintaman Wanga, further straining its ties with BJP.
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4. At Bhandara-Gondiya, it is a direct fight between NCP’s Madhukar Kukde and BJP’s Hemant Patle. NCP has the support of the Congress. Election in the seat was necessitated after the resignation of sitting BJP (MP) Nana Patole over his criticism of the PM. Patole later joined the Congress.
5. Latest trends from Nagaland show Naga People’s Front (NPF) leading by over 11,000 votes. The lone LS seat fell vacant after Neiphiu Rio became CM. Rio’s People’s Democratic Alliance, which includes BJP, has fielded Tokheho Yepthomi. NPF nominee has Congress’s support.
6. Among the six Assembly seats, at Jokihat in Bihar, RJD has trounced JD(U) by a margin of 40000 votes. Bye-elections in Jokihat was necessitated after the resignation of JD-U’s Sarfaraz Alam. CM Nitish Kumar is hoping his minority welfare schemes will sway the Muslim and Yadav vote towards JD(U).
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7. In Shahkot Assembly seat in Punjab, the fight is between SAD and Congress. After eight rounds of counting Congress’s Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia is leading by 18,000 votes
8. In West Bengal’s Maheshtala, the ruling Trinamool Congress is leading by at least 21,000 votes. The BJP is at second position followed by the Left-Congress combine. BJP takes lead in Jharkhand’s Gomia by 7,174 votes in the sixth round of counting.
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9. In Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly constituency in Karnataka, Congress candidate Muniratna is leading by around 32,000 votes after the sixth round of counting.
10 In Kerala’s Chengannur, which has been with Congress since 1980, CPM candidate Saji Cherian is leading by over 5,000 votes. Kerala remains one of the last bastions for the Left after it was ousted in Tripura. The Congress and BJP are in a tough race for second place.
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A week from today, the first total solar eclipse across the United States in nearly 40 years will occur, with partial darkness falling over Southern California, where UC Riverside researchers will be offering residents an opportunity to watch through solar-filtered telescopes.
The UCR Department of Physics & Astronomy will be hosting the eclipse viewing party adjacent to the campus Bell Tower, beginning about 10 a.m. next Monday.
Using the filtered telescopes, members of the community will be able to watch as the moon blocks the sun over a nearly two-hour span, marking the beginning of a new moon phase that situates the small planet at the right angle and orbital plane to create what the American Astronomical Society calls a "cosmic coincidence,'' yielding a total eclipse viewable only on the North American continent.
According to scientists, Southern California will be in the penumbra, with roughly 60 percent of the sun in shade. However, the corona will be entirely hidden behind the moon beginning about 10 a.m. as viewed from the coast of Oregon. From there, totality will continue for the next 90 minutes, cutting across the nation's midsection.
According to NASA, only the coronal rim will be discernable as the eclipse progresses, with darkness falling in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas. The last best spot to see remnants of the lunar shadow will be Charleston, South Carolina, at 4 p.m. eastern time, NASA said.
The longest point of totality will be roughly three minutes in Carbondale, Illinois, according to the space agency's eclipse website, https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/.
According to the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, some aviators plan to chase the path of the total eclipse across multiple states. The last total solar eclipse over the contiguous U.S. was visible in the northwest tier of the country in February 1979. After Aug. 21, the next one will happen in April 2024, according to NASA. That eclipse, however, will only be viewable in the central and eastern United States.
Scientists urged observers to exercise caution and use appropriate viewing devices during next week's eclipse to avoid eye damage.

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If you owned a Playstation 3 after it was unveiled nearly 12 years ago, you could be owed $65.
PCMag.com reports that the original PS3 console – or the ‘phat’ PS3 – was heavy and bulky and had the ability to install an alternative operating system. When a smaller model was released, that operating system functionality was removed due to security concerns.
A class action lawsuit was then filed until a settlement was reached in 2016. That settlement allows owners of the larger PS3 console to claim $65.
Those claims must be filed by April 15. Those who plan to file a claim must have purchased the console from an “authorized retailer” and include their PSN username and PS3 serial number.
The offer is limited to 20GB, 40GB, 60GB and 80GB models.
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The Trump Administration is giving insurance companies an extra three weeks to decide whether to offer insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act markets, and how much to charge.
The extension comes as insurance companies wait for Trump to decide whether he will continue to make payments to insurance companies that are called for under the Affordable Care Act, but that some Republicans have opposed.
The payments – known as cost-sharing reduction payments – reimburse insurance companies for discounts on copayments and deductibles that they're required by law to offer to low-income customers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the payments this year would be about $7 billion.
Trump has said he may end the reimbursements, which he calls "bailouts," and has been leaving insurers to wonder month-to-month about whether they will receive a check.
A White House spokesman says Trump is "working with his staff and his cabinet to consider the issues raised by the CSR payments."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it's offering the extra time so insurance companies can plan ahead in case the government decides to end the payments. In a memo Friday, the agency said many states are now requiring companies to file their rates for 2018 on the assumption that they won't be reimbursed.
Several companies say that without the cost-sharing payments, their rates will see double-digit increases. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina says ending the payments would push its rates up 14.1 percent.
The HHS memo says "there have been no changes regarding HHS's ability to make cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers."
But it then says the agency intends to change the ACA's risk adjustment program to compensate for the loss of cost-sharing payments.
The changes are technical and complex, but Timothy Jost, professor emeritus at Washington & Lee University's law school, says in a Health Affairs blog that the memo just deepens the confusion.
"We still do not know if all of this is needed or not — the Trump administration has not made up its mind," he says.
The cost-sharing payments have been at the center of a political battle over the Affordable Care Act since before President Trump took office.
House Republicans opposed to the health law sued then-President Obama, saying the payments are illegal because Congress hadn't appropriated money for them. A judge agreed but allowed the administration to continue making the payments during an appeal.
Now that Trump is in the White House, and Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have failed, many Republicans are urging the president to continue the payments rather than undermine the health care markets.

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Good morning, here are our early stories:
-- Iran's Foreign Minister: Renegotiating Nuclear Deal Would Damage U.S. Credibility.
-- Border Patrol Agent Acquitted In 2012 Fatal Shooting Of Mexican Teen.
-- Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain.
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Report: Confirmation Hearing To Be Delayed For V.A. Nominee. (Washington Post)
Suit Filed Against New Indiana Abortion Law. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
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Despite Government Action, Nicaragua Protests Continue. (Los Angeles Times)
New Afghanistan Attacks Leave 9 Dead. (RFE/RL)
Ukrainian Agency Hit By Ransomware. (Reuters)


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(CNN) Only the coming days will tell whether Alexander Zverev's marathon win Wednesday at the French Open could spark a grand slam breakthrough or be his downfall.
For the time being, the towering German is mightily relieved after seeing off Dusan Lajovic 2-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2 in three hours, 24 minutes.
While Zverev has already made a name for himself on the tennis tour by climbing to third in the rankings and amassing three Masters titles by the age of 21 -- multiple Masters victories in the last decade have usually been reserved for the 'Big Four' -- he has yet to reach a grand slam quarterfinal. Or even defeat a top-50 foe at a major.
The paradox hasn't been lost on him.
But in downing the world No. 60 in mostly sunny skies in Paris, the second seed moved into the third round and thus a step closer to the benchmark last eight. Lajovic appeared to be struggling with cramp in the fifth set, helping to explain the 31-minute final frame.
"Everybody tries to make a bigger story out of it than it is," Zverev told reporters. "I'm not worried. I know if I'm doing the right things and if I do the right work I'll win those long matches, and the success will come itself. This is not something I think of on a daily basis."
Zverev wasn't the lone big name to be stretched in the men's bottom half, with Grigor Dimitrov -- who won the year-end championships in 2017 -- and 2014 US Open finalist Kei Nishikori also overturning 2-1 set deficits.
Dimitrov got past American Jared Donaldson 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 4-6 6-4 10-8 in four hours, 19 minutes and Nishikori improved to a phenomenal 120-38 in deciding third or fifth sets when the Japanese beat the always unpredictable Benoit Paire of France 6-3 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 in three hours.
Unable to serve properly as he appeared to suffer from a leg cramp of his own, Donaldson -- fined after famously clashing with a chair umpire in Monte Carlo in April -- resorted to an underhand serve at 6-6 in the fifth.
The crowd didn't approve but the 21-year-old won the point as the Bulgarian sent his return long. He did it again at 8-8 but lost the point.
Dimitrov wasn't fussed.
"I think it's great and it's in the game," said Dimitrov, who suspected he did it once in his career. "Simple as that. I know why he did it. He was hurting big time."
The last women's player to start her first-round match -- rain contributed to that -- was world No. 1 Simona Halep and the Romanian recovered from a slow start to dispatch another American, Alison Riske, 2-6 6-1 6-1 to start play on the main Philippe-Chatrier court.
She admitted to having nerves despite her lofty ranking.
"I'm a normal person, even if I am No. 1 in the world," said Halep, popular in part due to her honesty.
Won set off Nadal
Zverev's star shone even brighter in the buildup to the French Open when he won the title in Madrid and led Rafael Nadal by a break in the final set of the Rome finale. A rain delay ultimately swung the momentum in the Spaniard's favor.
Nadal said afterward he was sure Zverev -- mentored by six-time grand slam winner Boris Becker -- would indeed experience success at grand slams soon but Lajovic initially did not read the script.
Striking his one-handed backhand with venom and throwing in his share of drop shots, the Serb stormed to the first set. In similar style, he upset Juan Martin del Potro in Madrid for a first top-10 win.
Lajovic may feel the second set was the turning point: He broke early but failed to hang on to the lead.
Lajovic did recover in the third and as Zverev's frustration grew, he slammed his racket onto the red clay.
Zverev's past foibles in grand slams however didn't phase him -- he was still competing well. And once he secured a double break advantage for 5-1 in the fourth, the job was almost done.
Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Serena Williams turned heads in this black catsuit as she made her first grand slam appearance for 16 months following the birth of her daughter in September. The 23-time grand slam champion said it made her feel like a "warrior princess" but added it helped with her poor circulation. Hide Caption 1 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Rafael Nadal is back in Paris and bidding to stretch his record to 11 French Open titles after beating Stan Wawrinka in last year's final at Roland Garros. Hide Caption 2 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Spain's Nadal is known as the "King of Clay" and is the red-hot favorite in Paris. Hide Caption 3 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Last year about 15,000 people packed into Roland Garros' Philippe-Chatrier court to watch Nadal make history as the only player in the modern era to win the same grand slam 10 times. Hide Caption 4 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? The French Open oozes Parisian chic and is a springtime rite in the capital. Hide Caption 5 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Novak Djokovic's recent results suggest the 12-time grand slam champion could be turning the corner in his recent struggles. A win on day two was a decent start for the 2016 champion, who has slipped to 22 in the world. Hide Caption 6 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? A year on from her return from a knife attack in her own home, Petra Kvitova tells CNN she is living "a dream." The Czech star, a two-time Wimbledon champion, has yet to reach the final in Paris but escapes on day two after losing the first set. Hide Caption 7 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? On day one in 2018, defending champion Jelena Ostapenko was dethroned by Kateryna Kozlova. Hide Caption 8 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Bad news travels in two as Venus Williams also suffered a shock exit after losing to Wang Qiang. Hide Caption 9 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? No Frenchman has triumphed on home clay since Yannick Noah in 1983. Hide Caption 10 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Famous faces are fixtures in the stands at Roland Garros. Last year actress Nicole Kidman took in the men's final. Hide Caption 11 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Maybe some of those famous faces watched Serena Williams on Tuesday. Williams won as she returned to grand slams after becoming a mum last year. Hide Caption 12 of 13 Photos: French Open 2018: Title No. 11 for Rafa? Maria Sharapova also made her return to Roland Garros on the third day after a drug ban in 2016 and not receiving a wildcard last year. Hide Caption 13 of 13
Zverev began hitting with more authority, though was aided by Lajovic's physical duress.
"In the fourth and fifth set I really felt good out there even though I was a little bit tired and a little bit fatigued," said Zverev, whose next opponent, 26th seed Damir Dzumhur, also went to five sets Wednesday.
Lajovic's countryman Novak Djokovic had a quicker tussle but that didn't mean it was easy for the 12-time grand slam winner. Far from it.
He was pushed all the way by Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar -- mentored by Nadal, his fellow Mallorcan -- before advancing 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 6-4.
The result continued Djokovic's renaissance following elbow surgery that dovetailed with a loss of motivation.
"At times I do lose maybe a comfort level on the court and confidence, and that's something that I'm still building gradually, obviously," said the 2016 winner. "The more matches I play, the better it is. The more I win, of course, the better it is."
Marco Trungelliti's adventure , meanwhile, ended as the Argentine succumbed to Italy's Marco Cecchinato 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-1.
Slow starts for Halep
When Riske -- a finalist on clay Saturday in Nurnberg to return to the top 100 -- took the opener it marked more struggles for Halep early in majors.
She trailed Destanee Aiava 5-2 in the first set of her first match in Melbourne and saved three match points in the third round against Lauren Davis.
Halep went on to make the final, narrowly losing to Caroline Wozniacki.
"I think the nerves are really good. It means that you care about what you are doing and your desire is really big.
Every time when I get on court is like I'm really excited and nervous about everything, every moment."
- @Simona_Halep #RG18 pic.twitter.com/NgAN7XrG3y — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2018
Still seeking a maiden grand slam title, Halep has lost two heartbreaking finals at the French Open, too, to Maria Sharapova in 2014 and Jelena Ostapenko last year.
Two other women's contenders, Petra Kvitova and Elina Svitolina, advanced in straight sets against Lara Arruabarrena (6-0 6-4) and Viktoria Kuzmova (6-3 6-4).

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More than a baker's dozen of flour products have been pulled from grocery store shelves.
As of April 16, Ardent Mills recalled 16 varieties of Robin Hood and Creative Baker flour from stores across Canada with a wide range of product codes and package sizing.
"As a result of the food-safety investigation, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) identified additional products that could pose a health risk. Those products have now been added to the updated recall warning," CFIA spokesperson Maria Kubacki said on Monday.
"The CFIA is warning the public not to consume these products," she added. "If consumers have any of the recalled products in their home, they should throw them out or return them to the store where they purchased them."
On its website, Ardent Mills said it is co-operating with CFIA's food safety inspection and direction to expand the flour-products recall.
"Ardent Mills is aware of one illness associated with the consumption of flour, and thankfully that person has fully recovered," the company said in a press release. "There have been no illnesses reported with the products subject to the April 12 and 16 voluntary recalls."
The company noted it is committed to doing all it can to provide ingredients that make safe, healthy and good tasting products.
But it does add that "flour is a raw agriculture commodity made from wheat, which is grown outdoors where bacteria and microbes, such as E. coli O121, are often present."
The release seems to suggest that because there is no heat process used to cure the wheat, it remains possible that E. coli O121 can still be harboured in the product until it is cooked.
"The normal milling process uses the simple, time-honoured traditions that were invented more than 100 years ago. Today's mills, however, have significantly improved food safety. Nonetheless, neither the original process nor today's process contain a kill step to eliminate microbes, such as E. coli O121 that may originate with the wheat. Common kill steps applied during food preparation include thoroughly boiling, baking, roasting, microwaving and frying. These so called kill steps will render the microbes or bacteria harmless."
Initially, only 10-kilogram bags of Robin Hood All Purpose Flour with code BB/MA 2018 AL 17 and 6 291 548 that were sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were considered to have been possibly contaminated with E-coli.
But as of April 4, the Public Health Agency of Canada opened the recall up to be one of national concern.
As of Sunday, Robin Hood bags of varying sizes containing the following codes are being recalled:
Lot codes:
BB/MA 2018 FE 02 and 6 307 548
BB/MA 2018 FE 03 and 6 308 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 26 and 6 300 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 26 and 6 300 548
BB/MA 2018 JA 24 and 6 298 548
BB/MA 2018 JA 25 and 6 299 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 25 and 6 299 548
BB/MA 2017 AU 25 and 6 299 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 27 and 6 301 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 28 and 6 302 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 28 and 6 307 548
BB/MA 2018 AL 29 and 6 303 548
Additionally, Creative Baker All Purpose Flour, 10-kg bags with lot code BB/MA 2017 OC 26 6 300 SK is also being recalled.
For more recall information, visit this Canadian Food Inspection Agency recall link.
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At 8am Ruth Ellis ate her final breakfast of scrambled egg.
But even on that last day she wasn't allowed the dignity of eating with proper cutlery or plates for fear she might use the crockery as a weapon.
The breakfast tray was taken away and then the deputy governor came in with the chaplain and they sat at each end of a table.
At Ellis' back was a green screen running the width of the prison cell behind which was a door.
Ellis, who had been sentenced to die for shooting her lover, removed her blue diamanté glasses – worn because she was short-sighted - and passed them to the deputy governor. She told him coolly: “I won't need these any more. Thank you."
Behind her a door opened, then more footsteps and another door opened and then the cell door opened the screen drew back.
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Ruth Ellis was last woman in Britain to be hanged - but did she have an accomplice and was the lover she killed beating her up?
At the sound Ellis jumped out of her chair knocking it over but stood there now was executioner Albert Pierrepoint – the calm voice of experience.
He said to her, “It's all right, lass. It's all right.”
Picking up the chair he told her to sit down again, adding: “Put your arms behind the chair'."
He then flicked his hand and a rope snaked onto her wrist and within seconds she was tied with her hands behind her back.
Swiftly he walked her the dozen or so steps to the gallows and there was no time for final words.
Earlier – as was always the case – Pierrepoint had used his subject's weight, height, gender, and build, a precise mathematical formula and his own immense experience, to set the drop at 8 feet, 2 inches.
With Ellis carefully positioned on the exact centre of the the trapdoor, she was hooded and a noose placed around her neck while assistant executioner Royston Rickard crouched behind her and strapped her legs together.
As both men cleared the trapdoors Pierrepoint pushed the lever. Ruth Ellis was dead.
It had taken just 12 seconds and illustrated perfectly why Pierrepoint was so highly regard as a hangman that when he resigned a year later the Home Secretary wrote to him asking him to reconsider.
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Between 1934 and 1956, he executed more than 400 men and women, among them Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, Gordon Cummins, the "Blackout Ripper", John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer.
He also dispatched Derek Bentley for his part in the “let him have it” murder of a policeman, Bruno Tesch, co-inventor of the insecticide Zyklon B used in the Holocaust and Lord Haw-Haw – real name William Joyce who was the voice of the “German Calling” propaganda broadcasts during the Second World War.
Pierrepoint also put to death Timothy Evans, wrongly convicted of murdering his daughter, and subsequently Rillington Place monster John Christie, the real killer.
He hanged large numbers of Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg trials, including Josef Kramer, the Beast of Belsen.
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Today more than 50 years since the last executions in the UK it is hard to imagine someone requesting a job as a hangman but for Pierrepoint it was perhaps no different to following in a family profession such as plumber.
His own father Henry and uncle Thomas were both executioners and as he explained later in his autobiography he set his mind to following them at a young age.
As an 11-year-old he wrote, in response to a school "When I grow up ..." writing exercise, "When I leave school I should like to be the Official Executioner".
He often spent summer holidays with his uncle and aunt Lizzie and when Tom was away on business, his aunt would allow the boy to read the diary Tom kept of his executions.
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The nature of the unique job meant the work was not regular – or indeed particularly well paid – and he worked as a delivery driver.
Pierrepoint persevered though and when he was 27 the Yorkshireman was added to the list of official executioners but it was a while until he got to the set noose.
It was 1941 when he performed his first execution as principal hangman - that of a gangland murderer and nightclub owner Antonio "Babe" Mancini who apparently said "Cheerio!" before the trapdoor was sprung at Pentonville Prison.
From then on the work was steady and he gained a reputation for efficient despatch of the condemned.
It was not just a case of turning up and putting a noose around a person's head
Indeed in Pierrepoint’s testimony to the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment in 1950 he spoke of how his detailed preparations involved arriving the day before the job and performing a dummy execution.
The key he said was “the drop” - a careful calculation involving the person's height, weight, strength and age so as to make their death as quick and clean as possible.
Pierrepoint was undoubtedly a first-rate hangman, once wrote: “I hanged John Reginald Christie, the Monster of Rillington Place,' he wrote, 'in less time than it took the ash to fall off a cigar I had left half-smoked in my room at Pentonville.”
After the Second World War the British government were faced with having to execute war criminals so called for Pierrepoint.
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Appointed an honorary lieutenant-colonel for the purpose, he duly travelled to Hameln in Germany, where, on Friday December 13, 1945, he hanged 13 for guards and officers from notorious concentration camp Belsen before lunch.
It was later reported there was to be a strange sequel to these executions: every Christmas thereafter, for a number of years, Pierrepoint received a pounds £5 in an envelope, with a slip of paper reading simply 'Belsen'.
Despite his increasing fame Pierrepoint hated the publicity – in fact he did not tell his wife Annie about his sideline until after they were married – she told him she already knew but was pleased he had volunteered the information.
Boosted by the additional income from the hangings following the war the Pierrepoints became publicans first near Oldham and then near Preston.
Then in 1956 Pierrepoint – probably aware of his value to the Home Office – resigned over a a disagreement about fees.
That January he had gone to Strangeways Prison, Manchester, to officiate at the execution of Thomas Bancroft, who was reprieved less than 12 hours before his scheduled execution, when Pierrepoint was already present making his preparations.
It was the first time in his career that this had happened in England and he claimed his full fee of £15 (£344 when adjusted for inflation) but the under-sheriff of Lancashire offered only £1 (£23), as the rule in England was that the executioner was paid only for executions carried out.
Pierrepoint appealed but was refused and then resigned his pride having apparently been mortally wounded.
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However it emerged he had been in discussions with a newspaper to sell the story of his life and the last moments of many of the people he executed for a sum equivalent to £500,000 today.
He retired aged 51 to the life of a publican.
Nine years later the last executions took place in last executions in Britain took place on 13 August 1964
Gwynne Owen Evans when was hanged at 8am at Strangeways Prison by Harry Allen with his assistant Royston Rickard, while Peter Anthony Allen was hanged simultaneously at Walton Prison, Liverpool by Robert Leslie Stewart with his assistant Harry Robinson, both for the murder in a robbery of John Alan West.
It was the end of an era.
Despite his prolific career as an executioner Pierrepoint later said he did not believe he had achieved much.
When his autobiography was published in 1974, it was the first time he had made his views on capital punishment public - a decade after its abolition.
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He rote: "If death were a deterrent, I might be expected to know. It is I who have faced them last, young men and girls, working men, grandmothers.
“I have been amazed to see the courage with which they take that walk into the unknown. It did not deter them then, and it had not deterred them when they committed what they were convicted for.
“All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment convince me that in what I have done I have not prevented a single murder. And if death does not work to deter one person, it should not be held to deter any."
In retirement in Southport he was much in demand for people wanting hear his stories.
In 1970 The Daily Mirror's Donald Sec wrote of having lunch with Pierrepoint: “The first thing that strikes you about Mr. Albert Pierrepoint, the celebrated ex-hangman to H M Government, is what an amiable, almost cherubic character he is.
“He smiles a lot, winks occasionally, and if you did not know that the hand you shook had pulled the lever, you might take him to be a mayor, or lead baritone in a male voice choir.
“Mr. Albert Pierrepoint who on these occasions and in these places prefers, whimsically, to be known as "Mr. Smith."
“He recalled 'I had a completely dual personality about it. I could isolate my emotions completely.
“I just accepted what I had to do. But I can tell you this," he said, "our method was the cleanest, quickest and most humane in the world.
“I always respected the condemned man, respected his dignity too."
He died in 1992, aged 87.

GETTY Hunting the KGB Killers tells the inside story of Alexander Litvineko's murder
A Russian dissident and former KGB man was poisoned with the world’s most lethal toxin in a West End sushi restaurant. Amid blanket denials and official indifference, Alexander Litvinenko, a husband and father, wasted away, his dramatic decline captured on the front covers over barely more than a few days. His haunted face seemed to send a message to everyone about Putin and the “new” Russia so strikingly similar to the old one.
GETTY His haunted face seemed to send a message to everyone about Putin and the 'new' Russia
Brian Woods’ documentary captured that general whiff of horror well, while zooming in on the detail of the police investigation that followed Litvinenko’s demise. This, too, had elements that seemed to belong in fiction. Scotland Yard’s DI Brian “Tarps” Tarpey and DS Alan Slater duly flew out to Moscow, so alert to the possibility of Soviet-style “honey traps” that they put out their own traps in their hotel rooms.
GETTY Brian Wood's documentary captured a general whiff of horror as well
The Russian authorities, for their part, laid on a fine spread of le Carré-style smoke and mirrors, including an interview with a suspect so covered in radiationproof clothing that he could have been anyone (and probably was). Their pièce de résistance seems to have been serving the Yard team poisoned tea (a message, you could say, since it was a pot of green tea that had delivered the deadly polonium to Litvinenko). Given a case of the Tomsk Trots, rather than a full-on dose of isotopes, they struggled on. They just had to work in short bursts, as DI Tarpey put it, with a wry smile. Fascinating as this all was, the film never duped us into thinking this was a yarn or a romp. The face of Litvinenko’s widow, Marina, flashed like a beacon throughout, grief and determination in equal measure.
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She wanted justice, and if she couldn’t get that, she wanted the world to know the names of the killers and those who sent them. She got that, too, many years later, an important process for her and a professional triumph for Tarps and Slater and Co. As well as being moved by the story, no one watching could quite overlook the bigger picture. Russia can assassinate British citizens on British soil any time it likes. In the purely fictional spy world, the octopus is a popular symbol of murky intent, many tentacled, huge eyed, controlled at the centre by some big, ugly brain. It taps in, no doubt, to our fascination with this strange sea beast, which has almost as many brain cells as ourselves.
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Question: Nightly lane closures on westbound I-94 start tonight near Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Nightly single-lane closures on I-94 are scheduled to start Monday.
According to a release from the Michigan Department of Transportation, one lane of westbound I-94 will be closed between Exit 80 and Exit 76 from March 19 to April 7. The closures will occur each night at 8 p.m.
The road closures, between the Sprinkle Road and Westnedge Avenue exits in Kalamazoo and Portage, will allow crews to take soil boring samples. According to MDOT traffic figures, 76,900 vehicles take this route on an average day.
On March 28 and 29, the southbound Sprinkle Road ramp to westbound I-94 will be closed.
Sprinkle Road traffic will be directed to use the south roundabout to enter westbound I-94 from the north.
For project details and a map, visit MDOT's interactive live tool Mi Drive

Orange cones and signs lead up to major construction on southbound I-75 between Ottawa River Road and I-280 interchanges. Another lane has closed in the area for work.
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