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Tourist rescued after month spent in remote NZ hut

Edit RTE 25 Aug 2016
There had been heavy snow in the area and the woman spent three nights in the open before finding the hut which had food, gas and firewood, and where she had sheltered since early August. "They were extreme conditions they got stuck in," Mr Jensen said, adding the snow was "significantly deep" and had covered the track markers....

Tourist found in New Zealand bush 1 month after partner dies

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Aug 2016
The woman was found Wednesday living in a park warden's hut on the snowed-in Routeburn Track, Inspector Olaf Jensen told reporters ... But Jensen said the couple became lost because the track markers were buried in deep snow ... He said the woman fashioned a letter "H" in the snow outside to signal she needed help, and waited ... When there is deep snow, it's typically only tackled by climbers equipped with crampons and ice axes ... ....

Obit: Fretta Hilton

Edit Times Free Press 25 Aug 2016
Fretta Ann Frizzell Hilton, of Chattanooga, and of late, Woodstock, Ga., beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Born Dec. 8, 1945, in Chattanooga, she was the second daughter of James and Ruth Frizzell. She attended college at Memphis State University. It was there she married her beloved Jimmy, who was attending medical school ... She was an accomplished potter, scuba diver and snow skier ... Hilton, III....

7 Things We Already Know About ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 (Photos)

Edit The Wrap 25 Aug 2016
Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark, says the next batch of “Game of Thrones” episodes is gonna be, like, awesome. “I just finished reading season 7,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’d start preparing yourselves now …. Holy balls.”. Also Read ... 'S-- Gets Real'. Season 7 is going to be shorter ... Also Read ... Jon Snow might be around for awhile ... 'Game of Thrones' Star Kit Harington on Jon Snow's Survival....

Robb: Punish Sheriff Joe, not taxpayers

Edit The Arizona Republic 25 Aug 2016
Robert Robb. Judge Murray Snow has consistently overreached in saddling taxpayers with expenses for Arpaio's offenses ... ....

Photos: Pleasant Grove residents share a Pop With a Cop

Edit Deseret News 25 Aug 2016
Pleasant Grove Police Cpl. Cory Fenton talks with Mason and Calvin Snow as the department holds a Pop With a Cop event at the Sodalicious shop on Wednesday. The event, aimed at forming closer ties with the community, gave residents the chance to meet and talk with various officers from the department. The police department plans to hold such activities every few months as part of its commitment to enhance community relations ... ....

East Clinton golfers tame Tigers at SHCC

Edit Wilmington News Journal 25 Aug 2016
... East Clinton boys golf team defeated McClain 199 to 213 Wednesday in a South Central Ohio league match at Snow Hill Country Club....

Student numbers fall as Scottish colleges adjust to shake-up

Edit BBC News 25 Aug 2016
Overall student numbers have fallen as Scotland's colleges continue to adjust to major reforms, a report has found ... It has now challenged the Scottish government and college funding body on how reform benefits will be measured ... Colleges have been told by the government to prioritise substantive full-time courses, which prepare students for employment, over leisure programmes and very short courses....

Number of students falls dramatically under new college setup

Edit Scotsman 25 Aug 2016
The number of students at Scottish colleges has fallen dramatically, according to a new independent report. A review of the country's colleges sector by Audit Scotland has revealed the overall number of students attending has dropped by 41 per cent in just eight years ... Colleges have also been reclassified as public bodies ... “The hard truth is that colleges and students have been let down by the SNP.”....

Birthday brawl: Students beat up cops, flee the spot

Edit The Times of India 25 Aug 2016
A birthday party in Baramati turned into a brawl when a group of college students thrashed up three policemen who were called by the college management to prevent the group from carrying out celebrations on the premises. Police have registered a case of attempt to murder against 13 college students in this regard ... His friends had gathered outside the college in order to celebrate. Of the lot, some did not belong to the college....

Bloodbaths and bad dreams: Shaun Tan's fairytale sculptures

Edit The Guardian 25 Aug 2016
... and Snow White (less death by dancing) ... “That’s what happens when you’re so massively removed from where these stories come from – things like reindeer and fir trees and snow are just fiction.” ... some are as featureless as river stones, with Tan even sanding off the face of Snow White’s evil queen, a woman whose looks have been destroyed by jealousy....

Reforms continue to transform and challenge Scotland's colleges (Audit Scotland)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Aug 2016
Scotland's college sector is financially stable and achieving learning targets, whilst still adjusting to major changes to the way it operates ... Audit Scotland's annual review of the sector has examined how substantial reforms, including mergers, regionalisation and Scottish Government policy ambitions, are affecting colleges' finances, governance, staff and students....

Medical college ragging victim bats for juniors

Edit The Hindu 25 Aug 2016
A second year MBBS student of Coimbatore Medical College (CMC) has petitioned the Anti Ragging Cell, New Delhi, to protect his juniors from being ragged on campus. The student, who prefers not to be identified, told The Hindu (over phone) that ragging was prevalent in all government medical colleges ... Dean of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) A ... This was strictly monitored by the anti ragging committee of the college....
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