Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......
San Francisco (CNN)Hillary Clinton has a fresh target as she steps up her attacks on Donald Trump. the media. Clinton tweaked the media's coverage of Trump at her fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday night, according to multiple attendees. Clinton, the donors said, told the group that she wished "he would be asked the follow-up questions" about his plans and proposals, arguing that he gets away with empty plans and promises ... Read More ... ....
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Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....
Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal. @alanyuhas. An abandoned oil tanker has washed up on the shores of Liberia in west Africa, prompting an investigation – and speculation over the fate of the ship’s crew ... map ... The ship was en route to the Senegalese port of Dakar, according to the site ... ....
'We've just got to control what we can, which is getting on the field this Friday and trying to get the two points ... 'We've been given the week off, so it's been great,' Scott said. 'I've been home with the family, letting this all run its course ... 'I think we've been playing that brand of football where we've been sticking up for each other on the field,' Scott said....
I’ve never been drunk, never been arrested ...Back in Canada I’ve got a treadmill desk ... I’ve ended up having a family [Donoghue has two children with her partner Chris] as well as being a lesbian – when I was younger I really thought it would be one or the other ... It can make you very preoccupied with what you’ve lived through yourself ... I’ve had a great last year – the film of Room was successful and made lots of money....
It’s inevitable, after all, when you’ve struggled the way Bradley Neil has in his first year in the professional ranks ... “I'm sure people viewing my situation from the outside will be looking at my results and say I turned professional too early and think I've become a worse player over the past ten or 11 months ... I've never really missed a chance, either, to take advice on board....
I've given a few tellings off through the season, if things haven't been right, and they knew they were in for that if they came off the pitch without having given it their all ... With a performance like this you look at the gap between where we we've finished, and the last play-off place, and you start to think that it should have been achievable ... We've had some fantastic performances and results but we've also had some heartaches....
'I've seen some of those guys come in there and bobble those snaps, and you're just like, 'Man, that's going to take a while,' offensive coordinator Scott Linehan said ... Now you've got to do it where, I don't want to say you're turning your back on the defense but at times you are ... 'You've got to think about walking through the house doing those reps, too. I've taken a bunch.'....
(Source... 'Last week the first half was as well as we've played this season, but this week there are very few positives and very poor in general,' Fleming told saintsfc.co.uk after the game ... 'I've no idea why it happened ... We've worked hard on all the details, but there's a lot to improve. 'We've seen improvement over the course of the season, but today we didn't create as much as we have done in recent games.' ... (noodl. 33447399) ....
"This is my house and no one comes into it and takes what I've got," Crolla told Sky Sports... but I'm improving and I've shown that tonight. "He caught me with a few, I wasn't hurt but I felt a few, he hit me as hard as I've been hit ... ....
And we felt it. We were struggling going into that Hamilton game ... So we've the luxury this year of getting everyone ready. “Looking back, I don't think we could've done anything more ... We had injuries and a lack of players, so there was nothing more we could've done ... Now we're a lot more experienced, we've players who've been in important games ... “When you look back, the last eight to 10 games of the season we should've done a lot better ... ....
“This is my house and no one comes into it and takes what I’ve got. He thought he was going to get me out of there in three rounds … but I’m improving and I’ve shown that tonight. “He caught me with a few, I wasn’t hurt but I felt a few, he hit me as hard as I’ve been hit....
I’m the only one seeing his other side because I’ve experienced it myself where he has twisted my words and gotten people against me ... Whenever I’m left alone in class I get anxiety (I’ve grown up with selective mutism but have recovered from it well) ... I’ve tried sorting out things with my closest friend that I have lost but she say’s she ”doesn’t know why she hates me”....
'No, I've really never had an issue with it ... I've accomplished something this big and the fact that no one in my family has graduated - even from high school - like I said, everybody dropped out of high school, to come from the circumstances I came from ... 'Just that you've got to do the right thing all the time and not some of the time ... I've got to do the right thing all the time and for me, I've never been through something so tough....
(Source. North Melbourne Football Club) ... One of those players was Daniel Wells, but not anymore according to Brad Scott ... 'We've constantly tried to take that pressure off all our good players,'' Scott told the Herald Sun. 'The fact is we've really worked hard to become a balanced team ... 'I've heard people say he's got mental fragility, trust me, they are not people who know ... 'I've never thought Wellsy was an outside player ... (noodl....
I have not been, I was telling her this morning, it's been 35 years or so since I've even been back in the garage area ... I've watched AJ, I didn't know AJ until this morning, but I've watched him run ... I think Darlington had the foresight to do this and I've got to give them credit for that.' ... They've definitely got a fan ... I've got a buddy sitting out here that was involved, Mark he came down with me today....