Big slip closes part of SH6

Edit Otago Daily Times 31 Jul 2016
NZTA's Senior network manager, Otago, John Jarvis said the road was unlikely to open until at least 10am on Monday ... any updates, Mr Jarvis said....

Raid on imprisoned Paraguay drug lord reveals luxury cell with plasma TV and library

Edit The Independent 31 Jul 2016
Jarvis Chimenes Pavao had been serving an eight year sentence for money laundering ......

Martin bests former Cuban teammate Chapman

Edit MLB 31 Jul 2016
CHICAGO -- Leonys Martin didn't need a scouting report to know what was coming from Aroldis Chapman when he stepped in against the Cubs' new fireballing closer with runners on second and third and his Mariners trailing, 1-0, in the eighth inning Saturday at Wrigley Field ... Martin and Chapman played together on the Cuban National Team before both defected and eventually wound up in Majors ... "I know a lot," Martin said....

Martin bests former Cuban teammate Chapman (Seattle Mariners)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Jul 2016
Martin and Chapman played together on the Cuban National Team before both defected and eventually wound up in Majors. So when a reporter asked Martin how much he knew about the man known as the 'Cuban Missile,' he just smiled. 'I know a lot,' Martin said ... Martin said getting the best of his countrymate didn't add anything extra to the win ... 'It's a game,' Martin said....

Aroldis unable to record second four-out save

Edit MLB 31 Jul 2016
Seattle's Leonys Martin knew what to expect. "When a fastball is up at 95, it's tough to hit," Martin said ... Martin didn't see 105 mph, but he did smack a two-run double off a 100-mph fastball from Chapman to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead and hand the closer only his second blown save of the season in the Cubs' 4-1 loss on Saturday afternoon ... Martin knew he'd be seeing unparalleled heat ... Chapman then came in to face Martin....

ODPP gets first-ever video link evidence ruling

Edit Jamaica Observer 31 Jul 2016
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Andrea Martin-Swaby confirmed to the Jamaica Observer that Parish Judge Natalie Hart-Hines made the ruling after hearing the application from July 1 to 21 ... The defendants are being represented by attorneys Oswest Senior-Smith, Martin Thomas, Hugh Wildman, and Tom Tavares-Finson....

The Last Universal Common Ancestor might just be every living thing's long-lost relative

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 31 Jul 2016
Martin of Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf, Germany, to try to discern the nature of the organism from which the bacterial and archaeal domains emerged ... So by comparing their sequence of DNA letters, genes can be arranged in evolutionary family trees, a property that enabled Martin and his colleagues to assign the 6 million genes to a much smaller number of gene families....

IMF team in Cairo for talks on bailout request

Edit Taipei Times 31 Jul 2016
A delegation from the IMF arrived in Egypt on Saturday, responding to a request for a multibillion-dollar bailout for the country’s flagging economy. Cairo airport officials said the IMF mission chief for Egypt, Christopher Jarvis, led the team. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to brief reporters ... Egypt had US$36 billion in reserves before the 2011 uprising ... ....

Miami-Dade visitor centers open the door to tourists

Edit The Miami Herald 31 Jul 2016
On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Little Havana, tourist Antonio Martin del Rio from Toledo, Spain, stumbled into a tiny, cube-shaped visitor center at the heart of the busy Cuban enclave ... Martin del ......

Erdogan supporters rally in Germany, denounce failed coup

Edit Atlanta Journal 31 Jul 2016
A heavy police presence protected demonstrators ... The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, has denied the claims ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... .(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... .(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... .(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... .(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... .(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ... ....

Santa Monica Airport Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting (Mar Vista Community Council)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Jul 2016
Martin Rubin, martinrubin@earthlink.net ... Valerie Davidson, Valerie.davidson@marvista.org- Martin Rubin, martinrubin@earthlink.net ... Call to Order @7.10 PM by Martin RubinII ... 3 present - Martin Rubin, Joan Winters, Virginia ErnstIII ... Report by Co-Chair Martin Rubin - reported on current state of Kruger Aviation, Justice Aviation, and gave his general thoughts that evolved into a general open discussion....

Aroldis unable to record second four-out save (Chicago Cubs)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Jul 2016
Martin didn't see 105 mph, but he did smack a two-run double off a 100-mph fastball from Chapman to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead and hand the closer only his second blown save of the season in the Cubs' 4-1 losson Saturday afternoon ... Martin knew he'd be seeing unparalleled heat. 'I know he throws 105 [mph] -- nobody throws that in this game today,' Martin said ... Chapman then came in to face Martin....

Martin's 2-run double off Chapman leads M's over Cubs 4-1

Edit The Oklahoman 31 Jul 2016
CHICAGO (AP) — Aroldis Chapman's famous fastball wasn't good enough to retire Leonys Martin. Martin hit a go-ahead, two-run double off new Cubs closer in the eighth inning, lifting the Seattle Mariners over Chicago 4-1 Saturday ... Chapman allowed Martin's double to left-center on a 99.6 mph pitch, which put Seattle ahead 2-1 ... Martin stole third and scored on Chapman's wild pitch ... RHP Cody Martin was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma....
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