Wales 'hungry' for further success after Euro 2016 exploits - Kit Symons

Edit BBC News 19 Jul 2016
Wales will have to learn to deal with increased pressure in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers following their Euro 2016 exploits, says Kit Symons ... Symons is set to return to the coaching set-up ahead of the opening qualifier against Moldova on 5 September ... "After the Euros and the great success we had there, he could have gone off and got a club job now," Symons told BBC Wales Sport....

WWF aims to buy second commercial shark fishing licence (WWF-Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jul 2016
(Source. WWF-Australia) WWF-Australia's unique conservation approach - to buy and retire a $100,000 shark fishing licence on the Great Barrier Reef - has captured the imagination of people around the world and could lead to the purchase of a second licence. 'We asked for donations and we have been blown away by the response ... Such a move is extremely unlikely ... Mark Symons, Senior Media Officer, 0400 985 571, msymons@wwf.org.au ... (noodl....

Why you can't explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil (Keele University)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jul 2016
(Source. Keele University) ... It's not the oil that is the issue, it is the weapons ... Balance of power ... In October 2002, five months before the invasion of Iraq, the then-trade minister, Baroness Symons, told BP executives that the British government was working to secure a good share of Iraq's oil and gas reserves for British energy corporations as a reward for Blair's strong military commitment to US operations for regime change in Iraq....

Kit Symons: Former Fulham manager keen on Wales coaching return

Edit BBC News 18 Jul 2016
Chris Coleman and Kit Symons were defensive team-mates for Fulham and Wales. Kit Symons says he hopes to agree a deal to to return to the Wales coaching set-up under Chris Coleman "in the very near future". Symons left his role as Coleman's assistant in July 2015 to concentrate on his job as Fulham boss, but he was sacked by the club six months later....

Texas Tech votes in favor of Baker Mayfield

Edit The Oklahoman 18 Jul 2016
Baker Mayfield and Kliff Kingsbury speak after the 2015 OU-Tech game. (Photo by Bryan Terry) There appears to be no hard feelings left from Texas Tech in the Baker Mayfield flap ... In fact, with Tech having produced a star quarterback of its own in Patrick Mahomes, and Mayfield a Heisman Trophy candidate at OU, both schools have ended up with best-case scenarios ... Kingsbury himself. B.J. Symons, Sonny Cumbie, Cody Hodges, Graham Harrell....

Hodor wins NZ Cyber Security Challenge (The University of Waikato)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
(Source. The University of Waikato). They came from across the country to take part in the third New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge last week at the University of Waikato, and Hodor walked away the winner ... Second runner-up was Arcton (Jeremy Symon, Nathaniel Watson and Grady Hooker) from the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, competing in the tertiary category ... The competition featured three rounds ... (noodl. 34575726) ....

Paul Trollope: Cardiff boss to leave Wales role and be replaced by Kit Symons

Edit BBC News 17 Jul 2016
Cardiff City boss Paul Trollope is set to leave Wales' coaching set-up and is expected to be replaced by Kit Symons ... ....

BUZZ: Hillary VP selection coming Friday in Florida -- Failed coup in Turkey -- How ...

Edit Politico 16 Jul 2016
Insiders are saying it will be Friday in Florida. HAPPY SATURDAY -- Consider this ... ET ... Robert Costa; Courageous Conservatives PAC’s Steve Lonegan; Sanders campaign spokeswoman Symone Sanders; Jeremy Peters; Republican Women for Hillary founder Jennifer Lim; Elise Jordan; Howard Dean; Trump campaign senior adviser Ed Brookover; DeRay Mckesson; Colorado Republican delegate Regina Thomson (hosted by MSNBC’s Ari Melber live from Cleveland)....

Obituary: Jackie McInally, footballer

Edit Scotsman 16 Jul 2016
Born. 21 November, 1936 in Ayr. Died. 9 July, 2016 in Ayr, aged 79 ... Along with Frank Beattie and Bertie Black, he was a constant through that Golden Age from 1960 to 1965 when, under Willie Waddell, Killie and Hearts offered a genuine challenge to Scot Symon's wonderful Jim Baxter-inspired Rangers side. Like Beattie and Black, McInally was woefully under-appreciated in the SFA council chamber, where the national side was then selected ... ....

Dunedin teen gets bionic arm (+ video)

Edit Otago Daily Times 15 Jul 2016
Corey Symon thanks Limbitless Solutions executive director Albert Manero for his new bionic arm in Dunedin yesterday. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. Corey Symon has vowed to learn to play the cello after fitting his bionic arm for the first time yesterday ... "His is the best we have ever done,'' Mr Manero said ... He is now determined to play the cello and teach himself how to write with his right hand ... ....

No limits now with new limb (+ video)

Edit Otago Daily Times 14 Jul 2016
Corey Symon (14) thanks Limbitless Solutions executive director Albert Manero (26) for his new bionic arm in Dunedin yesterday. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. Corey Symon has vowed to learn to play the cello after fitting his bionic arm for the first time yesterday ... "His is the best we have ever done,'' Mr Manero said ... The bionic arm replaces a basic prosthesis with a moving thumb ... shawn.mcavinue@odt.co.nz. ....

Hi-tech gift arms teen for cello dream

Edit NZ Herald 14 Jul 2016
Corey Symon has vowed to learn to play the cello after fitting his bionic arm for the first time yesterday.The King's High School 14-year-old was born without a right arm but is now the proud owner of a bionic arm built by American... ....

What’s the catch? Conservation group buys commercial shark fishing licence! (WWF-Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
(Source. WWF-Australia). Posted on 13 July 2016. Conservation group WWF-Australia is taking the unprecedented step of buying a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence - ironically to save sharks and other species. 'We're seeking donations to buy and retire a shark fishing licence. It's a new approach to conservation,' said WWF-Australia conservation director Gilly Llewellyn ... Mark Symons, Senior Media Officer, 0400 985 571 ... (noodl....
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