Last Monday Night on Raw, the show kicked off with a 15-Man Battle Royal to determine who will face The Miz for the Intercontinental Title. In the end of the match, we saw Jeff Hardy win the Battle Royal, so he will face The Miz next week on Raw.
Backstage reports indicate that Enzo Amore was scheduled for the 15-man battle royal, but as we noticed until the final bell he was not part of the match. Reports indicate that he was pulled from the match. It is unknown why exactly he was pulled from the match other than the fact that Enzo is technically now a Cruiserweight.
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Nia Jax and Emma have been added to the Raw Women’s Championship match between current champ Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks.
Jax and Emma defeated Bliss and Banks in a tag team match Monday at Raw in Omaha, and before the match Raw General Manager Kurt Angle told them a victory would ensure they would be added to a Fatal 4-Way for No Mercy.
But Jax and Emma didn’t get along well after the match:
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Germany hopes to strike a "clever" post-Brexit trade deal with the UK that could be used as a template for the EU’s future relationships with other non-member states.
Sigmar Gabriel, the German foreign minister, said it was time to think up "alternative forms" of cooperation with third countries as it was unlikely that Turkey or Ukraine would be joining the bloc within the next few years.
And in a hint that the EU might be prepared to offer Britain a bespoke arrangement for future trade, he cited a "new, closer form of customs union" with Turkey as one example.
"If we can get a clever deal with Britain that governs relations with Europe after Brexit, that could be a model for other countries:…
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The rafts arrive daily now, in fair weather or foul, dozens of migrants crammed on to small inflatable dinghies more suitable for a pleasure lake than the open sea.
Most do not have enough fuel for the crossing; others use oars instead of motors. Along Spain’s southern coastline, locals have been horrified by discoveries of bodies washed up from sunken rafts: among them, a boy of six or seven found on a Cadiz beach last January, and another, aged between eight and ten, in a national park in Almeria in June.
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One of France’s smelliest cheeses is under threat from rampaging wild boars, makers of Munster have warned.
Farmers in the eastern Haut-Rhin department, better known as Alsace, have sounded the alarm over the destructive boars, saying their foraging is ruining pastures for cows that produce the milk used for the notoriously stinky fromage.
Makers of Munster must respect strict rules to obtain its coveted appellation of origin label of quality, or AOP. These stipulate that at least 70 percent of cow fodder must come from the local farm.
Infamous for its pungent odour, the soft cheese is made from milk from Vosgiennes cows, a breed that was imported from Scandinavia in the 18th century and is known for the high protein content of their milk.
But a rocketing local boar population in the area has led to up to 60 per cent of pastures being uprooted as the beasts forage for acorns, tubers and underground grubs. Some 43 farms have been affected.
Fresh Munster cheese maturingCredit:
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The situation has got so bad that farmers now say the production of France’s Munster cheese is in peril.
"They uproot the earth so we have a problem with the grass but what’s dangerous is that droppings and dust get into the hay. It’s not good for the animals or for the cheese," farmer Marc Weiss, whose son is a Munster cheese producer, told France Bleu.
He said the boar were intelligent creatures who were not put off by electric fences as they waited until the current was off momentarily due to a lack of clicks to charge into a field. Even when they repair the damage, the boars quickly return, threatening their livelihood.
"The cow’s milk is contaminated with the damage to the earth, it’s of a lower quality for making Munster. When it is handed to the cooperative, it is undervalued," said Philippe Iltis, president of rural coordination.
Cows with the view to the valley of Munster, origin of famous Munster cheeseCredit:
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Farmers sent a letter to the regional state prefect asking for help – to no avail.
Now they are asking local hunters in the area to increase boar culls to reduce the wild boar population.
"I"m asking the hunters to shoot more of them. They must do their work and bring the population down," said Mr Iltis.
The cheese dates back to the seventh century when Irish monks began producing it at the monastery of the same name as a means of storing milk.
Matured in damp cellars, Munster has a "very pronounced, powerful aroma that is oddly reminiscent of fried eggs", according to the igourmet website, which warned it was "certainly not for the timid".
The – some say unbearable – odour comes from the rind being regularly washed in brine.
It pairs very well with crisp white Alsacian whites or dessert wines.
While Munster is pretty pungent, its smell pales into comparison with Vieux Boulogne, which has been described as smelling of "unwashed feet and unwashed tom cat".
The delicacy – made in Pas de Calais and available only in the more open-minded shops – was scientifically ranked France’s smelliest cheese during a 2004 trial at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire.
Donald Trump begins his official work day as late as 11am and is known to clock off at 6pm, leaked copies of his private schedule reportedly reveal.
The US president often has ill-defined “executive time” scheduled in the early morning and at other points in the day, according to the political website Axios.
The periods are used for Mr Trump to make phone calls, watch television and send tweets, it was claimed – often from his private residence in the White House.
The late official start contrasts with Mr Trump’s early months in the White House and with previous presidents.
George W Bush typically arrived in the Oval Office by 6.45am while Barack Obama would work out before holding meetings from 9am or 10am.
A White House spokesman defended Mr Trump as “one of the hardest workers I have ever seen” and said he works when in the residence.
The broadcaster said there were discussions about whether Mr Trump should give written response to questions or take part in a sit down interview.
Mr Mueller is looking into the Trump campaign’s communications with the Russians before the 2016 vote as well as wider concerns about election meddling.
Mr Trump’s work practices and mental health have entered the spotlight after a controversial book about his White House called Fire and Fury.
The book, written by journalist Michael Wolff, claimed that “100 per cent” of Mr Trump’s senior aides conclude he was “incapable of functioning in his job”.
Mr Wolff’s book claims that Mr Trump can be in bed by 6.30pm with a cheeseburger watching television and making calls.
There have also been numerous reports of Mr Trump spending the morning and evening hours phoning old friends and associates outside politics, as well as sending tweets which often appear to spin off from cable news.
The White House has denounced Mr Wolff’s book in the strongest terms, dubbing it “trashy tabloid fiction".
A Kentucky policeman was fired after it emerged he had advised a potential new recruit to the force to shoot any black person seen smoking marijuana.
Todd Shaw, 50, was serving as an assistant chief of police in Prospect, on the outskirts of Louisville.
Asked on Facebook by the potential recruit what "the right thing to do" would be if he caught three juveniles smoking marijuana, Shaw stated: "F— the right thing. If black shoot them.”
Shaw, instructing the recruit how to handle parents of a juvenile caught smoking pot, wrote: “If mom is hot then fuck her. If dad is hot then handcuff him and make him suck my dick. Unless daddy is black. Then shoot him."
The messages, sent in September and October 2016, were uncovered by Mike O’Connell, the Jefferson County attorney, who was investigating Shaw in relation to a investigation regarding another officer charged with sexually abusing teenagers. Shaw, investigated for assisting his colleague, was cleared of any wrongdoing.
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But Mr O’Connell was shocked by what he termed "highly disturbing racist and threatening Facebook messages", and wrote a letter to the mayor of Prospect, John Evans.
Shaw, who had previously worked 20 years as a Louisville officer, was suspended, then fired, on September 1 – the day after the letter was sent to Mr Evans.
News of the Facebook messages was made public by the local newspaper, The Louisville Courier-Journal, on Thursday.
Shaw had fought to keep the messages confidential after two local news agencies requested them under the state Open Records Act, but a judge ruled that they had to be made public.
Judge Judith McDonald Burkman ruled that they revealed "prejudices that bring into question Shaw’s integrity as a law enforcement officer" and that public concern was "magnified by his rank.”
Shaw’s lawyer, Michael Burns, said his client was "just playing" when he sent the Facebook messages.
"Mr Shaw held a distinguished career in law enforcement for nearly 30 years," he said. "Throughout his career, he treated all people fairly and respectfully regardless of their race."
And he said the private messages were a response to police being "demonized and demoralized".
"His Facebook messages were made privately between colleagues and friends who shared the reality of being police officers in today’s culture where police are demonized and demoralized for doing what is required to keep the community safe," he said, in an email to the paper.
But both Mr O’Connell and Mr Evans insisted his messages were unacceptable.
“There is no place in police departments for men or women who hold such strongly held prejudices, including recommending shooting people simply because of their race,” wrote Mr O’Connell, in his letter to the mayor.
He added that it was “quite disturbing that Shaw, a senior law enforcement officer with more than 20 years’ experience, was expressing his offensive racist views with a young recruit training to be a Louisville Metro Police officer.”
Speaking to journalists after Shaw’s conduct was revealed, Mr O’Connell replied that his office supports police officers "but this kind of person walking the streets of this community with a gun or badge should never be tolerated. And they should be weeded out, for all our good."
The prospective new recruit was not hired.
The county attorney’s office said it would move to dismiss two dozen District Court cases in which Shaw was the sole witness, regardless of whether the defendants were black.
Mr Evans, the mayor, added: "While it is important to note that all the communications either sent or received by Shaw were sent privately, the city finds the content of the messages to be abhorrent, disgusting and reprehensible."
Steve Conrad, chief of Louisville police, said in a statement that he was "disgusted by the shocking and appalling" comments.
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Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean have cleared the air regarding their respective stance on Formula 1’s anti-racism message.
The Haas driver – a GPDA director – was criticized by Hamilton for his initial unwillingness to transform the drivers’ Austrian Grand Prix ‘End Racism’ and take-a-knee ceremonial into a regular occurrence this season.
In Thursday’s FIA press conference at Silverstone, Grosjean justified his initial stance by the fact that seven or eight drivers did not want to repeat the pre-race act, the Frenchman reflecting the view of the minority at a GPDA meeting held before the Hungarian Grand Prix.
In hindsight, and after a 45-minute phone conversation with Hamilton held on the Tuesday after Hungary, Grosjean admitted that he perhaps had the wrong attitude.
Hamilton unhappy with ‘rushed’ pre-race kneel act
“It was a good chat with Lewis,” said the Haas driver. “I said sorry, maybe I did it the wrong way, but I felt that I had to do it at the time.
“In the GPDA, we work on the majority vote system, and I felt that if I wasn’t, as one of the directors, listening to the drivers who were not happy to carry on, I wasn’t doing my duties.
“He [Hamilton] mentioned that as one of the directors they’re listening to you, and that was his point, and I think he was right in that aspect.”
However, Grosjean admitted to taking exception to Hamilton’s public criticism which led to a barrage of slander and outrage directed at him on social media
“It was a really good phone call and I also said I wasn’t very happy that the media [stories] came out, and on my social media there were a lot of things about racism and that I am a racist and whatsoever, which is absolutely wrong.
“I don’t think you will find anyone in the world saying that I did something something wrong in that aspect. So I wasn’t very happy about being treated that way.
“I was one of the first ones to support, and to push, that we take the knee. I’m still hopeful that one day we will get 20 drivers to take the knee on the grid, and that it will happen at one point.”
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Looking ahead, Grosjean said that F1 and FIA had agreed to organize for the drivers a dedicated short action before the British Grand Prix to avoid the chaotic ritual that took place in Hungary.
“It’s hard for us drivers to organise things over an event because we’ve got many things to look at,” Grosjean explained.
“So we wanted more guidance from Liberty and a clear procedure before the race, as we did in Austria race one. And I think that’s going to happen and that’s going to be more clear for all of us to know exactly what to do.”
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Selon de nouveaux travaux, le diabète ou l’hypertension artérielle pourraient favoriser les facteurs de risque associés à la maladie d’Alzheimer dès l’adolescence.
Une nouvelle recherche présentée cette semaine lors de la
conférence annuelle internationale de l’Association Alzheimer souligne un possible lien entre la santé cardiaque chez les adolescents, les jeunes adultes et les individus d’âge moyen et des facteurs de risque de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Pour parvenir à cette conclusion, des chercheurs de l’université de Californie ont réalisé une étude auprès de 714 Afro-Américains âgés de 12 à 56 ans. Les fonctions cognitives des participants ont été évaluées à partir de tests de mémoire et d’exercices pratiques en lien avec la fonction exécutive, telle que la faculté à planifier des tâches.Les chercheurs ont constaté que le fait d’être atteint de diabète, d’hypertension artérielle ou d’autres facteurs de risque pour la santé cardiaque à l’adolescence, au début de l’âge adulte ou au milieu de la vie, pouvait être associé à une détérioration statistiquement significative de la santé cognitive en fin de vie.Ces différences ont persisté après avoir pris en compte des potentiels facteurs de confusion tels que l’âge, le sexe, le nombre d’années écoulées depuis que les facteurs de risque ont été mesurés et l’éducation.“En identifiant, en vérifiant et en agissant pour contrer les facteurs de risque d’Alzheimer que nous pouvons changer, nous pourrions réduire les nouveaux cas et finalement le nombre total de personnes atteintes d’Alzheimer et d’autres démences”, estime Maria C. Carrillo, directrice scientifique de l’Association Alzheimer. “Une recherche comme celle-ci est importante pour lutter contre les inégalités en matière de santé et fournir des ressources qui pourraient avoir un impact positif sur la vie d’une personne”, ajoute-t-elle. Deux autres études présentées lors de cette même conférence ont également établi un lien entre la qualité de l’éducation en début de vie et le risque de démence, ainsi qu’un risque accru de déclin cognitif chez de jeunes adultes de 20 ans qui présentent un indice de masse corporelle élevé.Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey