Brampton father killed wife 13yearold son before taking own life police say
BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police west of Toronto say a 51-year-old man killed his wife and 13-year-old son before taking his own life on Friday.Peel Regional Police say they were called to a Brampton, Ont., home early in the morning after receiving reports of a stabbing.They say they found the body of a 53-year-old woman inside.Police also found the teenage boy, who was rushed to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.Police say the boy’s father fled the home in a vehicle and killed himself by the side of a road later in the morning.Investigators have not released the causes of death and say they’re not releasing the names of the family members.The Canadian Press
London: An Irish international human rights lawyer who was caught on camera making abusive rants at Air India crew after she was refused alcohol on a flight from Mumbai to London has been jailed for six months in the UK. Simone Burns, was described as “drunk and obnoxious” during a hearing at Isleworth Crown Court in London on Thursday, where it emerged that she also spat at a flight attendant during her foul-mouthed racist tirade after she was refused alcohol on the flight in November last year. Also Read – India gets first tranche of Swiss bank a/c details “The experience of a drunk and irrational person in the confines of an aircraft is frightening, not least on a long-haul flight, and poses a potential risk to safety,” said Judge Nicholas Wood, as he sentenced the 50-year-old to six months in prison for being drunk on an aircraft and two months for assault, sentences to run concurrently. “You were drunk and obnoxious almost from the beginning to the end. You were abusive, contemptuous and confrontational and used appalling language,” he said. Also Read – Tourists to be allowed in J&K from Thursday Burns, born in Northern Ireland and living in Hove in England, was also ordered to pay 300 pounds compensation to the person she assaulted, with the judge saying that “spitting straight into a crew member’s face at close range is a particularly insulting and upsetting act.” The court heard how the lawyer drank three bottles of wine on the long-haul flight before calling the cabin crew “Indian money-grabbing c***s” as she was denied a fourth bottle of red wine for being too drunk. “I’m a f*****g international lawyer,” she told attendants during her tirade before retreating to the toilets to try and smoke. She was given a series of warnings before being arrested on landing in London. A member of the Air India cabin crew described her conduct as unlike anything he had seen during his 34-year aviation career. The judge at Isleworth Crown Court said he was satisfied the offence was racially aggravated and the language Burns used would have been extremely upsetting for the airline staff. Noting Simone Burns’ work with refugees around the world, Judge Wood added: “You are a woman, not just of good character but a positive and impeccable character a righter of wrongs. What this has done, thanks to social media, (has meant) you have had death threats and been a hermit in your home. You are a person who has done good work throughout your life.” Burns’ defence lawyer suggested that her actions were due to a “mixture of altitude, the consumption of drink and anxiety” at the fact that she was likely to miss the funeral of an uncle. Mark Kimsey told the court that his client was “totally ashamed of her behaviour”. “This is not a lady who has a drink problem. This is not a woman who has a drug problem. This is totally out of character,” he said.
Dean Dalla Valle, BHP Billiton’s Chief Commercial Officer is responsible for overseeing BHP Billiton’s response in Brazil. Dalla Valle said while considerable work remains over the long term, six months on substantial progress was being made in the response effort.The company has reported on the recovery and response effort following the breach of the Fundão tailings dam and Santarém water dam at Samarco’s iron ore operations in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in November 2015. “While we cannot bring back the lives that were lost, we continue to focus on ensuring that the families and communities impacted by this tragedy are supported,” Dalla Valle said.“The response has been comprehensive and swift. BHP Billiton Brasil is working with Vale and Samarco to rebuild and restore the environment and communities and ensure compensation where restoration is impossible,” he said.“Through BHP Billiton Brasil, we are establishing a long-term presence in Brazil and helping to build capacity in the team on the ground to support the commitments set out in the Framework Agreement with the Brazilian authorities.”On 5 May 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal in Brasilia ratified an Agreement to provide a framework that Samarco, its shareholders and the Brazilian Authorities agree is the best way of managing the ongoing response to the Samarco tragedy. The Agreement will create an independent Foundation that will put in place a comprehensive range of programs to address the social, economic and environmental consequences of the dam failure. Its programs will be informed by science and reflect the needs of the community. The results will be transparently reported.The recruitment process for a CEO to lead the foundation is well underway ahead of the organisation’s launch in July. The relocation of the most heavily impacted communities, including Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo, is one of the critical elements of the agreement. To this end, the Bento Rodrigues community will soon vote on where to rebuild their town, selecting one of three locations shortlisted based on community-elected criteria such as accessibility, proximity to the regional centre of Mariana and agricultural productivity.Restoration of community infrastructure continues and all impacted bridges have been rebuilt with further clean-up and reconstruction work progressing in Barra Longa, Paracatu de Baixo and Gesteira. More than 60 per cent of the residential, commercial and public buildings have been rebuilt or restored in the Mariana region.People affected by the dam failure are receiving financial support with more than 5,200 people receiving emergency support cards in Mariana, Barra Longa and Rio Doce as well as fishermen along the river in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. In terms of environmental remediation, areas affected by flooding are being progressively revegetated, including 760 of the 800 ha requiring short-term revegetation along the Doce, Carmo and Gualaxo rivers. This planting will protect the riverbank and reduce the amount of sediment carried into the riverbed through rainfall. A full program to restore biodiversity will be implemented over time.Samarco reports that of the tailings released as a result of the event, approximately 85% was retained within 85 km of the Fundão dam. Samarco has built three containment dykes (S1, S2 and S3) which are working effectively to contain tailings that have left the dam facility and prevent them from entering the Doce, Carmo and Gualaxo rivers. As a result, the quality of water leaving the site meets Brazilian national standards for turbidity. The Samarco team continues to work on solutions to address sediment runoff further downstream. Samarco has confirmed it has begun the process of seeking approvals from the relevant authorities to progress options that would enable restart of its operations. Samarco is an important contributor to the national economy and the livelihoods of thousands of people. Samarco’s operations will restart only when it is safe to do so, and when all regulatory approvals are granted and accepted by the relevant authorities and communities.
Update: These lawsuits have now all been quietly dropped, so score one for the outlaws.Both Red Dead Redemption and its sequel are about wild cowboys realizing they have no place in the new world running from the outwardly civilized but no less violent and oppressive force of modernity in the form of the encroaching federal government. It’s a classic Western story, and like many other classic Westerns, the main government antagonists are the Pinkertons, which were one of the most powerful law enforcement groups in the late 19th century.However, now the Pinkertons have found themselves the forgotten men of history and are raging against the forces of the future they believe have exploited them. It’s kind of poetic really. But Rockstar’s lawyers probably don’t feel that way as parent company Take-Two is now embroiled in a legal battle with the actual Pinkertons.Pinkertons were never actually a part of the government. They were a private detective agency that worked for the government, businesses owners, and anyone else who wanted to crackdown on crimes such as “labor organizing.” It got so bad the 1893 Anti-Pinkerton Act cut (most) ties between the group and government. These days that private company is owned by Swedish security firm Securitas AB. And Securitas isn’t too pleased that one of the biggest games in the world right now makes their dudes seem like such dicks.According to The Verge, in December Pinkerton sent Take-Two a cease-and-desist for violating the trademark and wanted money either from royalties or a lump sum. Take-Two shot back saying that they way Pinkerton is used in Red Dead 2 is part of a long tradition of Western historical fiction using the agency this way from Deadwood to The Legend of Zorro to that Weezer album.Even other video games set during this time, like Bioshock Infinite, feature plenty of Pinkerton references. Take-Two is essentially arguing that Pinkerton’s past is a part of the public domain and that artists have a First Amendment right to use it. And although we aren’t lawyers, we tend to agree. While Red Dead Redemption 2 has certainly made more than enough money to make Pinkerton go away (unlike the characters) it’s the principle of the thing.For more on Red Dead Redemption 2 read our review and check out this beautiful photo gallery.View as: One Page Slides1/241. A River Runs Through It — I couldn’t help but think of Norman McLean’s tale of coming and age and fly fishing, A River Runs Through It, as I spied this view from a perilous rope bridge.2. After the Bear Fight — I was ridging through a green field of beautiful flowers when my horse reared and a grizzly attacked me. I got a few shots off, but had my varmint rifle equipped. I survived the mauling and killed the beast, but was worse for wear.3. After the Hanging — I watched this poor soul lose his virtual life. Not a pretty sight.4. Altar Tight — A raven perches atop an altar of sacrificial bones. You’ll see some weird things if you wander off the beaten path.5. Amputation — I brought this fellow to the doctor, who had to take his arm. Nasty business.6. Arthur and Deer — I couldn’t resist posing for a selfie outside the taxidermist’s house.7. Arthur Twilight Mountain Selfie — The light was gorgeous in the game, trust me.8. Bear Hat Mouth Harp Selfie — I put on my bear hat, one of the first absurd hats you can get in the game, to snap a selfie in the Rhodes town square.9. Bird of Paradise — Arthur contemplates his decisions as he stands in front of a bird of paradise.10. Boat on River — I had a Georges Seurat painting in my mind when I framed this one.11. Dry Goods Vet — The general store in Rhodes is photogenic as hell.12. Dynamite Accident — This is what happens when you stand too close to a safe during the process of attempting to open it using dynamite.13. Gunfighter Lady —Gunfighting wasn’t just for the fellas.14. Hanging Guy In The Swamp — I had a legendary fish on my horse. But I saw this and stopped to take a picture anyway. Needless to say, I was immediately murdered by swamp people. I got the fish back, though.15. In Memory — Old gravestones are one of my favorite real-world photographic subjects, so I had to snap this shot of a wooden marker when I happened upon it.16. Law Office — An urban street scene at night—not sure what these dudes are up to, but the lighting grabbed my attention.17. Lighthouse — The lighthouse is one of the prettier spots in the game.18. Look On My Works — Serial killer? I don’t know. No spoilers. Unless you know where Gavin is.19. Mouth Harp — There’s a dude in Rhodes who just hangs out and plays a mouth harp all day. Who said they didn’t have hipsters in the 19th century?20. Notions — There’s just something about the townsfolk in Rhodes that makes me think of Deliverance.21. River and Mountains —Red Dead’s scenery is amazing, even if Arthur isn’t quite Ansel Adams.22. Snowy Cabin Body — One of Arthur’s victims lies dead in the snow.23. St. Denis Street At Night — As New Orleans is in the real world, St. Denis is one of my favorite places on the Red Dead map.24. Vesuvius Studio Shot — This isn’t from Arthur’s camera. I paid to have my portrait taken in St. Denis. The photographer had a backdrop with what is presumably Mount Vesuvius, so of course that’s the one I went with. Stay on target ‘Red Dead Online’ Finally Fully Launches‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Sold Even Better Than Expectations 
Vancouver police officers on Thursday arrested Fontella Hooper, 30, of Vancouver on suspicion of two counts of vehicular assault in connection with a suspected impaired driving crash that seriously injured two people Wednesday night.Hooper, the other driver, and the other driver’s passenger were all hospitalized following the crash, the police said. The crash was reported around 7 p.m. on East Fourth Plain Boulevard near the P Street intersection.The police did not identify the other motorists, but said both remained in the hospital Thursday, and that the vehicle’s passenger suffered possible life-threatening injuries.The police said investigators think driver impairment may have been a factor in the crash.
Gemstar TV Guide’s announced $2.8 billion sale to Macrovision Corp.—by far the biggest consumer magazine deal of 2007—faces an uphill battle for shareholder approval and ultimately may not go through, industry observers said this week.The transaction—56 percent cash and 44 percent stock—is still pending shareholder approval at both companies. But Gemstar’s declining stock price and questions surrounding Macrovision’s plans for the company have led to serious speculation that some stockholders may vote against the deal.Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which owns 41 percent of Gemstar, has publicly agreed to vote in favor of the deal. Loeb Partners, which has a 2.1 percent stake in Macrovision, announced last week that it would vote against the merger. No date has been set for a Gemstar shareholder vote. A spokesperson for Macrovision says their vote will come in mid-to-late March. “When the acquisition was announced in early December, we said that the deal was expected to close early in Q2, 2008 and that is still the plan,” says a Gemstar spokesperson.”We believe that investors are free to make their own decisions,” Macrovision CFO James Budge told FOLIO:. “[And we] continue to believe that this is a compelling business combination.”Wall Street, though, has been skeptical of the pairing from the get-go. News of the deal sent shares of both companies plummeting. Macrovision shares fell 22 percent to $20.35; Gemstar shares dipped 16 percent to $4.99. Overall, Gemstar’s stock has fallen from $6.00 per share on December 7 to $4.31 at the end of trading on January 23. Macrovision’s offer values Gemstar at $5.53 a share.On Tuesday, Reuters compiled an arbitrage spread list based on that day’s stock prices. The Gemstar deal is on the list with a spread—the difference between the offered price and the current trading price—of 40.5 percent. According to the Reuters report, “the wider the spread, the more investors doubt the deal will close.”‘Not a Slam Dunk’“It’s certainly not a slam dunk,” says Reed Phillips, managing partner at media banker DeSilva + Phillips. “There appears to be some controversy regarding the price. We’ll have to wait and see how much clout the shareholders have.”Last week, federal regulators approved the merger between the two companies. But analysts have been critical of the deal, specifically, wondering where TV Guide fits into Macrovision’s master plan. Indeed, Macrovision’s main interest in Gemstar-TV Guide appears to be data. The Santa Clara, California-based company hopes to give customers access to information about television shows and music libraries across a variety of devices and platforms.During a conference call the morning of the sale announcement, Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso—who will become CEO of the combined company if the sale is approved—said that no decisions had been made about TV Guide’s 3.2 million circulation magazine or its publishing division, and that he would need time to study that part of the company before disclosing his plans for the magazine. “I don’t have a deep background in that area,” Amoroso said, not exactly projecting the confidence in the publishing side of the business.Meanwhile, TV Guide’s performance at the newsstand has been on the decline. During the first half of 2007, the magazine’s single copy sales average fell 26 percent (to 221,900), while the average number of paid subscriptions dipped 11 percent (to 3,038,883).Through the first three quarters of 2007, Gemstar-TV Guide had $472 million in revenues, with an operating income of $72 million. Projected revenue for 2007 for Gemstar-TV Guide is $631 million, with projected EBITDA of $115 million. Amoroso expects the combined company to achieve 10 to 15 percent growth in annual revenues over next five years.
Early Tuesday morning Anchorage police responded to a fatal shooting at an apartment complex at East 41st Court. Two people were shot, a man and a woman. The man was dead on the scene. No arrests yet. This follows a midtown fatal shooting Sunday in which a 14-year-old is charged with shooting 18-year-old Gustav Steinhilpert the Third in a vehicle in a parking lot. Police call this one a drug deal gone bad.
Anti-extremism program won’t stop hate, say Muslims who’ve seen its flaws August 30, 2019 Share This! By: Krishan Francis TagsSri Lanka Sri Lanka attack Sri Lanka Catholic,You may also like Instagram apostasy stirs controversy over Christian ‘influencers’ August 30, 2019 Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email By: Krishan Francis Krishan Francis Share This! News Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email Photos of the Week August 30, 2019 Share This! Share This! News • Photos of the Week Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email,COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Catholic officials and parents in Sri Lanka are hopeful that church-run schools will begin to reopen soon for the first time since last month’s devastating Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels.All of the island nation’s schools were set to reopen the day after the bombings following a two-week break, but they remained closed after the attacks, which killed more than 250 people and injured hundreds more. Government schools reopened last week, but many children stayed home, fearing another attack.Catholic schools, however, have stayed shut out worried that other Catholic properties could be targeted in further attacks.RELATED: Easter Sunday blasts kill at least 207 in Sri LankaIn a memo to Catholic institutions earlier this month, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, said he had information from a trusted foreign source that a famous church and a lay institution were to be attacked. The church confirmed that the memo, which first appeared on social media, was authentic.On Sunday, the Catholic Church held the first regular Sunday Mass since the April 21 coordinated suicide bombings, amid tight security. Sunday services had been canceled the two previous weekends apprehensive of more attacks, leaving the faithful to hear Mass via live TV transmission from Ranjith’s residence.Later Sunday, Ranjith gave Sri Lanka’s Catholic school administrators permission to reopen on an individual basis in coordination with local security officials.Rangika Perera, a teacher in a Catholic school where her daughter also studies, said reopening the schools and churches was the best way to demonstrate that Sri Lanka’s Catholics hadn’t been defeated by terrorism.“They want to deprive us in every way and we should not help them succeed by our fear,” she said.The Rev. Ivan Perera, the priest in charge of Sri Lanka’s Catholic schools, said that Catholic school administrators have sent study packs to children by email with exercises on a variety of subjects, but that the toll has been more than academic.Priests and nuns working as counselors said Catholic school students “are very traumatized and are very disturbed, a lot of fear in them,” according to the Rev. Perera.“It will take quite a bit of time for them to get back to normal attitudes. It’s very unfortunate that at this age children should be so traumatized and be full of fear,” he said, adding that when schools reopen, administrators will offer students psychological and spiritual help.RELATED: Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombingsThe Easter attacks — which were carried out by radicalized local Muslims and claimed by the Islamic State group — targeted three churches: Sri Lanka’s famous St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, the capital; St. Sebastian’s Church in the seaside, majority-Catholic town of Negombo, outside Colombo; and the protestant Zion Church on Sri Lanka’s east coast. Three luxury hotels in Colombo — the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury — were also attacked.There are currently about 40 schools run by Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, which owned hundreds of schools by the time the Buddhist-majority island gained independence from Britain in 1948. In the 1960s, the state nationalized hundreds of Catholic schools amid a post-independence wave of Sinhala Buddhist revivalism.According to the Rev. Perera, an estimated 10 to 15 Catholic school students died in the blasts, including eight girls from the same convent school in Negombo. The United Nations children’s fund said 45 children were killed in the six near-simultaneous suicide attacks, including tourists.Though Sri Lankan adults lived through at least part of the brutal, decades-long civil war that ended in 2009, in which rebels from Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil minority violently clashed with government forces, younger generations had never experienced bomb attacks or armed soldiers standing guard on street corners.“For the past 10 years, there weren’t any of these things,” said Anushka Wijeyeratne, a mother whose two children, ages 5 and 9, attend Catholic school. “Everything is new to them — the checkpoints and other things are absolutely new to them. As parents we have to go back to basics and rethink, we will have to worry about security.”RELATED: Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?According to conservative U.N. estimates, some 100,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Minority Catholics were not spared from the violence, but they were not targeted for their religious beliefs. Since the war ended, Sri Lanka experienced only a handful of small-scale incidents of communal violence before the Easter attacks.Cardinal Ranjith has been an outspoken critic of the government for failing to act upon near-specific intelligence from Sri Lanka’s neighbor India that provided details of the plot and the militants who were to be involved.Parents say they trust the church’s leadership more than the government’s when it comes to the safety of their children.“The government has failed and we don’t have confidence in the government in that aspect,” said Wijeyeratne.But, she added, “How long are we going to sustain this sense of fear?” By: Krishan Francis For many Muslims, Ramadan is a built-in digital detox program Krishan Francis,Load Comments,As Emanuel AME documentary screens, survivors, families mull grief and guns News Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email,About the authorView All Posts Share This!
Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by one of her neighbours on Saturday night at Deganga in North 24-Parganas. The accused person has been arrested by Deganga police station on Sunday.According to sources, the girl had gone to a local shop to buy something. While she was returning home, a youth, who is her neighbour, dragged her to a garden beside the road and allegedly raped her. Later, he also threatened her with dire consequences and told her to remain silent. Also Read – 3 injured, flight, train services hit as rains lash BengalHer parents went out to search her after the victim did not return home for a very long time. When they were asking their neighbours if anybody had seen her, they saw their daughter coming home crying. She was immediately taken inside and asked what had happened. The girl was frightened to the core. She was taken to a local hospital at night where the doctors found that she was raped. Deganga police station was informed. Later, the girl narrated the whole incident to the doctor and her family members. On Sunday, the villagers detained the accused and handed him over to the police. Later, the girl’s parents lodged a complaint at Deganga police station and the accused youth was immediately arrested. Police sources said the accused has admitted to have committed the crime. He was in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. A medical test has been conducted. The accused person will be produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) Court, Barasat, on Monday with an appeal for police remand.
In the middle of the frozen taigas of Siberia, 1,000 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and yet still 2,500 miles away from Moscow, sits the city of Mirny in the Sakha Republic in Russia. Having up to 10 full months of winter, the city knows little in the way of seasons. There’s simply a couple of months a year when instead of massive, frozen snowbanks in -76º F, Mirny is filled with swampy streets and can reach record highs of 104º F.Founded in 1955, the Soviet government settled and developed Mirny in a mere three and a half years, gaining official town status in 1959. The most recent census in 2010 boasted a population of just over 37,000 people but the city’s population has grown barely 25 percent since 1979 when it was recorded at 30,000 people.The open pit diamond mine of Mirny in Yakutia. Its depth is 525 meters. Photo by Vladimir CC BY SA 3.0Aside from pretty harsh living conditions, the city of Mirny has seen such little growth since its founding for two main reasons.The first is because Mirny is a monotown, a settlement whose existence is owed to one single company. In this case: Alrosa, Russia’s largest — if not one of the world’s largest — diamond mining company.Central square in Mirny. Photo by alex.maksimov CC BY 3.0At the height of development, Alrosa reaped more than 10 million carats (over 4,400 pounds) worth of diamonds per year, making it one of the richest mines in the world. In 2004 the mine stopped production as there were no more diamonds left to unearth, and in 2011 the mine closed permanently.Related Video: The mystery of a rotating island called ‘The Eye’Second only to the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah in size, Mirny boasts a diameter larger than 3/4 of a mile and a depth of 1,722 feet. The mine is a site to behold, especially from far away.Kennecott Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in Utah, the deepest open-pit mine in the world, Western USA.Mirny Mine during winter. Photo by Ptukhina Natasha CC BY SA 3.0The second reason is because of its seclusion from the rest of the country, which is not just due to its location. In Russia there are several “closed cities” where Russian tourists, let alone foreign tourists, are not allowed access.Though the cost of living is high, needing to import goods from across Siberia, Alrosa drew inhabitants to Mirny solely for the purpose of mining with incentives of higher wages.Mir from plane. Photo by Serj Kras CC BY SA 3.0Some workers were seasonal, living in Mirny only three months at a time to earn extra money to bring back home. Some settled there with their whole family.Women were employed in post-excavation positions and children could grow up to attend the Polytechnic Institute in Mirny which offers a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering and specialists’ degrees in Underground Mining of Mineral Deposits, Electrical Engineering and Automation in Mining, and Mining Machines and Equipment.Lake in the Mir mine. Photo by Vladimir CC BY 3.0Suffice to say the mining trade tends to stay in the family, continuing down the generations. Within reason, too, as an average teacher’s salary in Mirny adds up to the equivalent of $400 per month.Despite the seeming singularity of this Siberian city, Mirny hopes to open its doors more in the future, working its way into the hospitality industry. The university now offers degrees in Philology, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Economics. Though the city now only has a couple of hotels, more and more guest rooms are cropping up on Airbnb.Photo by Институт экономики и управления в промышленности CC BY SA 4.0There are a handful of cafés and restaurants to choose from — including sushi and kebabs — not to mention the diamond museum, boasting some glittery specimens of the Mirny mine.Read another story from us: For Centuries this Mysterious Rock Art has Guided Caravans Crossing the AndesMiles and miles away from other settlements let alone cities, Mirny seems a strange place to choose to live. The name does, however, mean “peaceful,” “serene,” and “amicable” in Russian, so it must be pretty relaxing over there.
The San Francisco Giants are the most clutch team in sports, it’s not even close. Last night they won their 10th straight elimination game. Colin calls them the cockroaches of professional sports. You just can’t kill them. If they win Game 4 tonight, all the pressure shifts to the Cubs.“This is what the San Francisco Giants do. They do it better than anybody in American sports, in any sport. You try to bury them, they’re the cockroaches of major league sports in America.”If you look at the numbers, Cam Newton and Andrew Luck’s statistics are almost identical. The public perception is that Cam has been a success and Luck has been a disappointment. Colin thinks Luck has been more consistent with less talent, but public perception isn’t always correct, or fair.Colin thinks Conor McGregor’s $150,000 fine for his water bottle throwing, pre-fight press conference outburst. That’s half of the Patriots Spy Gate fine! For throwing water bottles? The press conference probably increased the gate for Mcgregor/Diaz 2. This makes no sense.It’s been announced that Colin Kaepernick will start this week against the Bills. Colin lays out a scenario where the Niners win a close game that ends with Kaepernick taking a knee to run out the clock. Irony, thick.It’s also time for the Herd Hierarchy through Week 5 of the NFL season.Guests:Eric Mangini – Former Browns and Jets Head Coach is in-studio to give his opinion on whether it’s a sound personnel decision to take a kicker early in the draft, whether Tony Romo should start when he’s healthy, and why he thinks it’s too early to panic over Aaron Rodgers early struggles.Peter Schrager – Fox NFL Insider joins the show on the Cowherd Global Satellite Network to talk Carson Wentz, why he’s far from the unsophisticated North Dakota rube that some perceive him to be, what his sources tell him about Romo returning as the Cowboys’ starter, and why the Dolphins are the most disappointing team in the NFL.Nick Wright – FS1 host is in-studio to talk about why the NFL celebration rules are ridiculous, why coaches should be “benched” for bad game management, the potential problem he sees with the Warriors this year, and how the Final 30 seconds in the Finals changed the NBA landscape.Tom Verducci – Fox Sports MLB Insider joins the show to look ahead to Dodgers/Nationals Game 4, what to expect from Clayton Kershaw, what separates the Giants culture from the rest of baseball, whether last night’s Cubs loss will carry over into today’s game, and why Joe Maddon’s influence can overcome adversity.
The Panthers finished the 2017 season at 11-5, but Cam Newton had another roller coaster season, completing under 60% of his passes for 3,300 yards, 22 TD’s and 16 picks. Colin has long been critical of Cam for his inconsistency and said he’s not a Top 10 NFL QB, and is hated his apologist fans for it. Colin argues it’s not hating if it’s accurate. A recent poll of league execs ranking NFL quarterbacks came to the same conclusion, ranking Newton outside the Top 10.With the Panthers entering 2018 with a stacked roster, loaded defense, and offensive weapons everywhere, Colin thinks there is no way to make excuses for Cam if Carolina doesn’t win 10 or 11 games and consistently put up some points. If he has another roller coaster year, Colin thinks it might be time for Carolina ask themselves if he’s the long term answer.“If they don’t average 26-28 points, go 10-6 or 11-5, [the Panthers] have to look at Cam: ‘Is this the guy’?” — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/If38pyMyf7— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) July 26, 2018
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RoundPoint Announces New VPs On Thursday, RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation announced the addition of two executive-level professionals, Bryan Camilli and Cindy McGovern, to its leadership team. “Both Bryan and Cindy are highly skilled executives with a wealth of industry experience who will add tremendous value as we position ourselves for the future,” said RoundPoint CEO Kevin Brungardt. “As we progress and expand, I’m confident their backgrounds and skillsets will be strong assets to our executive team, and the company as a whole.”Before coming to RoundPoint, Camilli managed the special servicing portfolio for bankruptcy and foreclosure at Fannie Mae, while focusing on product and policy development at the GSE. Camilli will serve as the VP of Agency Relations at RoundPoint, focusing on the company’s relationship with the agencies for servicing and retention.McGovern brings 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry with her to RoundPoint, having worked in worked in originations, default, and customer service. McGovern will serve as the VP of Customer Service at RoundPoint, spearheading a variety of initiatives aimed at establishing RoundPoint as “the industry leader in customer service.”RoundPoint is a Charlotte-based national co-issue servicer, loan subservicer, and residential mortgage lender,servicing more than $75 billion worth of mortgage assets and is authorized to service loans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn more at roundpointexchange.com.
Comments Share Part of the appeal with Tyrann Mathieu is that his life has pretty much been an open book.He does not shy away from his troubled past, nor does he hide the confidence he has in his future.Entering his fourth NFL season, the defensive back’s issues with drugs seem to be a thing of the past, as he has been able to refocus himself in order to be a good football player and even better person.It’s been less than four years since he was kicked off of the LSU football team due to violating team rules, but since then he has been named to the Pro Bowl, was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, has become the heart and soul of the Cardinals’ defense and become an advocate for, among other things, PETA. From being branded with a scarlet letter to becoming a spokesperson and the face of an NFL franchise, Mathieu has certainly come a long way in a brief amount of time.His story, at least its early parts, are somewhat similar to what Johnny Manziel is going through.A former first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns, Manziel spent two seasons with the team before his conduct off the field simply became too much for them to tolerate. He was released by the team, and is currently a free agent without a team and with a future that is tenuous, at best.This past week his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, gave the 23-year-old an ultimatum to get treatment for himself or else be dropped as a client.Unless Manziel can turn things around, a once-promising career looks like it will end before it could even really begin.While not a teammate nor personal friend of Manziel’s, Mathieu is aware of what has been going on with the struggling athlete. In February, he tweeted that Manziel should hit him up, adding, “It ain’t easy but it’s worth it bra!”A couple months later, Mathieu still wants to help.“I actually reached out to Johnny, and I would hope that he would reach back to me,” Mathieu told the Extra Point on Arizona Sports. “But for a guy in that situation, I would simply tell him that just as quick as you reach stardom, it can be taken away from you. Your browser does not support the audio element. Former Cardinals kicker Phil Dawson retires Top Stories Derrick Hall satisfied with D-backs’ buying and selling
LISTEN: Tyrann Mathieu sends a message to New Orleans and Johnny Manziel “It doesn’t matter if you come from a family of wealth or if you come from a family of poverty; we’re all human and we all make mistakes, and that’s OK. But the idea is to learn from your mistakes, continue to grow and continue to strive to be a better person.”That’s precisely what Mathieu has done, and no doubt he would tell you he is not at all a finished product. Lately he’s been in the news for comments about what happened in New Orleans, where former Saints star Will Smith was shot and killed during a perceived road rage incident.Mathieu, who grew up in the city, has made no secret of his desire to help improve things back home, using his influence as an athlete in a good way.“I really want to target the unforunate kids, the unfortunate youth, the kids that parents don’t necessarily have the money to provide them to go to camps or to even go to a school like I went to in St. Augustine, a school that requires you to pay a tuition,” he said. “Those are things that we’re focusing on.“The only reason I even spoke up about it was because, first of all, in order for us to make a change we have to say something about it, and then from there we have to form this solution, and then from there it’s action.” Mathieu said he’s received some backlash from people in New Orleans — which puzzles him — but added the majority of the feedback has been positive.“I’m going to do my best to try to inspire, give those kids hope and let those kids know hey man, no matter if you feel like you’re back’s against the wall, just never give up.”You can listen to the entire Extra Point Podcast with Paige Dimakos and Erin Maloney by clicking here. The 5: Takeaways from the Coyotes’ introduction of Alex Meruelo Grace expects Greinke trade to have emotional impact
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