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Karen Ruimy: Glamour and Riots in Paris: An Evening With Eva Longoria and David Beckham
This week, Eva Longoria invited me to co-chair the Global Gift Gala that she organizes every year in Paris, Cannes, London, Marbella, LA and Mexico. It is an amazingly generous event where she honours a charity. Since its initiation in 2011, the Global Gift Gala has benefitted more than 10 foundations and raised...
huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)
Domestic violence conference focuses on honor killings
Right off the bat, the moderator agreed they were about to discuss “not too pleasant a topic for a sunny Sunday afternoon” – domestic violence and its ugly extreme, honor killings.Domestic violence involves one person out to control another, said Deborah Schnitzer, the domestic violence coordinator and a counselor...
buffalonews.com (5 hours ago)
Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan to help people after crises
POMONA -- The Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan Community Board has established two teams to develop an approach for working with people when they face a crisis and giving those wanting to help make Pomona a better place to live with suggestions on how to become more involved in such endeavors.
dailybulletin.com (6 hours ago)
Recent violence increases focus on protecting San Francisco transgender community
Attacks against transgender people in the Mission district have government officials mobilizing to prevent further violence as the recent crimes evoke past tragedies and call into question The City’s commitment to protect such individuals. Theresa Sparks, who is transgender and the executive director of the Human...
sfexaminer.com (6 hours ago)
Popular Lower Nob Hill nightspot wins round in liquor-license fight
An outpouring of community support for a bar described as a gathering place for artists, musicians and Lower Nob Hill residents succeeded in overturning the Police Department’s recommendation to reject its liquor license application. Café Royale, located at 800 Post St., opened its doors 14 years ago. Though it’s...
sfexaminer.com (6 hours ago)
Richard C. Levin: My Last Baccalaureate Address: Lately It Occurs to Me...
This address was delivered to the graduating class at Yale College. We leave together. You leave Yale College after four years; I leave the Yale Presidency after twenty. I find myself thinking about a Grateful Dead song written in 1970, the year I came to Yale as a graduate student. You know the words: "Lately it...
huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)
Time out: Pursuing the dream of equality
Attorney Jean Mills Aranha ticks off the date she started working at Connecticut Legal Services like it was a birthday, anniversary or some other happy occasion. Today, Aranha's official title at CLS is Staff Attorney, Elder Law and Public Benefits Units. There she uses her legal skills to help people who need...
newstimes.com (6 hours ago)
Hundreds turn out for Community Day at Artis-Naples
Artis-Naples holds an open house, as both sides weigh in on its recent name change from The Phil.
naplesnews.com (6 hours ago)
Algonac superintendent Mike Sharrow a finalist in Midland
Algonac Community Schools Superintendent Mike Sharrow is one of three finalists to become superintendent at Midland Public Schools.
thetimesherald.com (6 hours ago)
VIDEO: Savannah holds Bicycle Block Party
As Shamarr Williams came to the curve on the chalk-outlined course on Pennsylvania Avenue, he turned his trike hard left, rounding his way back to the start. The 5-year-old, who completed the tricycle time challenge in about 50 seconds, was one of dozens of children participating in Sunday’s Bicycle Block Party at...
savannahnow.com (6 hours ago)
Area residents screened for hepatitis C on Sunday
LANSDALE - Fingers pricked, and then fingers crossed, about two dozen people sat in a makeshift waiting room inside the Lansdale United Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, anticipating the results of an antibody test to determine if they are infected with the hepatitis C virus. It was part of National Hepatitis...
thereporteronline.com (7 hours ago)
North Wales two newest cops fitting right in
NORTH WALES - Just a couple of months on the job and already the North Wales Police Department's two newest cops have made quite the impression on their boss. "I think both of these officers are a very good fit for this town - they bring a lot of knowledge, they work hard, they're extremely polite and courteous,...
thereporteronline.com (7 hours ago)
Bus stop at Olive View's mental health center could be lifesaver
SYLMAR -- With its skylights, specially commissioned sculptures and enclosed courtyard, the Olive View Community Mental Health Urgent Care Center is regarded as the jewel of the Los Angeles County mental health system.
dailynews.com (7 hours ago)
Wadas, Lukas win River Street Run titles
WILKES-BARRE 8212 Chris Wadas and Whitney Lukas 8212 both of Courtdale 8212 ran to easy victories in the River Street 3 Mile Run on Sunday at the Jewish Community Center.Wadas broke the tape in 15 minutes and 17 seconds. The 31 year old outran second-place finisher Jeff Skwierz, 30, of...
timesleader.com (7 hours ago)
Reform on junk bondholder rights takes a back seat
This time last year the junk bond investor community had drawn up a set of guidelines in an attempt to bring in an era of better bondholder rights. But since then progress has stalled and even regressed
efinancialnews.com (7 hours ago)
Three conservationists win McBride award
Growing up, Owen Taylor and his two brothers spent countless hours exploring in the forested East Fork headwaters owned by their father, Charles Taylor. “We learned to read animal tracks and how to avoid poison ivy,” Taylor recalled this week. “We would often explore the logging roads and occasionally hunt and fish...
blueridgenow.com (7 hours ago)
PHOTOS: Music makers of the Selah Community Days parade
Jacob Haffner, right, helps Kirsten Samaniego with her Selah Viking band hat before the Selah Community Days parade Saturday morning. Nine bands, including one from Olympic View Middle School in Mukilteo, performed in the annual parade....
yakimaherald.com (7 hours ago)
New Grand Island superintendent incorporates world view into leadership, teaching
Teresa Lawrence’s career path has taken her far from her childhood home in Germany, but her passion for teaching has helped the students of Western New York to blossom for more than two decades.Lawrence was named superintendent of the Grand Island Central School District last month and plans to take the reins June...
buffalonews.com (7 hours ago)
Food banks look to add healthier options
Volusia County has more than 100 locations that give people free food, but very few have the capacity to include any fresh produce. A loose coalition of community leaders, Feed Our Neighbors, is working to change that.
news-journalonline.com (8 hours ago)
Now, 'talaq' takes a Skype route
If online nikah gained popularity in the Muslim community, could e-talaq be far behind? The new generation is now using modern communication tools like Skype and short message service (SMS) to sever marital ties in a jiffy.
indiatimes.com (8 hours ago)
Loveland Community Classic 2013
Riders of the 62-mile route of the Community Classic Bike Tour started at McKee Medical Center early Sunday morning, headed west up and around Carter Lake, moved north toward Fort Collins and traversed Horsetooth Reservoir before returning to Loveland via the bike trail around Boyd Lake.
reporterherald.com (8 hours ago)
Summit Bechtel Reserve holds open house
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - More than a thousand community members got to see the changes taking shape at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette and Raleigh counties Sunday.
dailymail.com (8 hours ago)
One year later: Rembering Mickey Shunick
One year after her disappearance, the late Mickey Shunick still touches the Lafayette community.
shreveporttimes.com (9 hours ago)
Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major …
azstarnet.com (9 hours ago)
Task force aims to end teen suicide in Utah
Provo school officials have not lost one youngster to suicide in the past seven years, a remarkable fact given suicide’s prevalence in other parts of the Beehive State. Greg Hudnall would like the entire state to share that Provo statistic, and he thinks he knows how to do it. “It takes a village to raise a child...
sltrib.com (9 hours ago)
Fiddler's Creek development suit moved from federal back to Collier court
Construction in the Fiddler's Creek community east of Naples is ready to rebound, but a lawsuit over how bond money is spent is pending, now moved from federal court to Collier court. New parties have been added to the suit.
naplesnews.com (10 hours ago)
Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to
newsminer.com (10 hours ago)
Gay Pride Picnic set for June 2 in Dubuque
Members of Dubuque’s gay community believe the time has finally come for a public “pride” event.
thonline.com (10 hours ago)
Syrian Army Launches Assault On Rebel-Held Town Near Lebanon Border
BEIRUT — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the...
huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
China does not restrict artistic freedom
The accusation that China "restricts" press and artistic freedom (Letters, 3 May) is untrue and unacceptable. The constitution of the People's Republic of China explicitly enshrines Chinese citizens' right to freedom of expression and press in its article 35. The Chinese government attaches great importance to and...
guardian.co.uk (10 hours ago)
