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This should be great news for the environment, but many experts have their doubts. The notion that emissions trading is going to make a significant dent in global warming is deeply flawed, they say. Current emissions-trading schemes have proved to be little more than a shell game, allowing polluters in the developed world to shift the burden of making cuts onto factories in the developing world. Too often factory owners use the additional profits banked from carbon credits to expand their dirty factories....

Dave Echols, who runs the Single-A Charleston (S.C.) RiverDogs, didn’t apologize directly to Tebow, a devout Christian, for the visual and verbal antics that took place when Tebow’s Columbia Fireflies came to town Friday for the start of a weekend series. MORE: Tebow loses grip, bat flies into stands “While we believe that our promotions were poking fun at Mr. Tebow’s celebrity status rather than his religion or baseball career, our intent was not to offend anyone, and for the fact that we did offend, we are sorry,” Echols told The Post and Courier of Charleston on Tuesday....

The attack was prompted by “Harry” and “Louise,” characters in a $6.5 million ad campaign sponsored by the Health insurance Association of America (HIAA), which represents a large chunk of the nation’s 1,500 health insurers. Harry is glad the president is “doing something about health-care reform,” but Louise keeps complaining that “there’s got to be a better way.” The Clinton forces worked up an artificial huffiness over these ads. Although one commercial wrongly claimed that the Clinton plan limits choice, it wasn’t anymore misleading than the average election-year spot....

Actors typically flee from comparisons to their previous work, but not Foster, now 44. She freely admits that the resonances between “The Brave One” and Martin Scorsese’s nightmarish 1976 classic, starring Robert De Niro as a cabby who descends into madness, were a factor in her choice of the film. “When I first read the script, honestly, it didn’t remind me enough of ‘Taxi Driver’,” Foster says. “That was one of my issues with it....

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The victim, who was not named, sustained injuries to his leg after being rammed by the animal and falling to the ground. Three paramedic crews attended the scene at around 9.15 a.m. on Tuesday, local media outlet 7News reported. The incident occurred near the Knapsack Viaduct at Glenbrook in Lapstone, a town at the eastern end of the Blue Mountains, a vast 3861-square-mile UNESCO World Heritage area about a two hour drive west from the city of Sydney, New South Wales (NWS)....

But if you’re eager to get your hands on God of War Ragnarök, there’s still a bit of time left to go. We already know God of War Ragnarök releases on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 9, but when can you get your hands on it? Is there a way to play early? In due time, good players. In due time. You want to see what’s going on with Kratos and whether or not he can change his fate?...

The GoFundMe page was created Wednesday morning and set a fundraising goal of $60,000. As of this publication, the page has raised $54,541 for the two employees, Antonio and Felinzay. The campaign was created by Everything Georgia, a popular social media account dedicated to the Peach State. According to the page, the two FedEx employees, who the page states “were fired simply for doing their job,” asked Everything Georgia to set up the campaign....

Loved ones of 26-year-old Anthony Huber have set up pages to help support his family with funeral expenses, identifying one of the protesters who was allegedly gunned down by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse during a third night of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests in Kenosha. “My nephew Anthony was gunned down in the streets of Kenosha WI while he was defending a cause he firmly believed in,” reads one GoFundMe petition created by Mary Kennedy, who says she is Huber’s aunt....

A few years ago, the 31-year-old New York interior designer discovered Juva MediSpa, one of the country’s first facilities to offer medical procedures like laser hair removal and Botox as well as traditional spa services. Now she goes there almost exclusively. Founded in 1999 by dermatologist Dr. Bruce Katz, Juva now has a staff of 60 and annual revenue growth of 20 to 25 percent. “When I opened it, a lot of my colleagues thought it was a silly idea,” says Katz....

Arrange for a Ride Our symptoms can hit hard and fast. When you have a dentist appointment or any medical appointment that could trigger symptoms, it’s a good idea to have someone drive you there and back home again, or have arrangements made for someone to come get you if necessary. If you’re leaving work for the appointment, consider taking the rest of the day off if at all possible. Late-in-the-day appointments may work best for you....

The Manjeri football ground is where the club wishes to play their home games when the season kicks off but it has been embroiled in controversy. The football ground, situated in the football crazy district of Malappuram, is presently not in a condition to host matches due to poor maintenance and the club has had to consult the sports minister regarding the issue. The outcome of the meeting has been positive and the problem is nearing a solution, Goal has reliably learnt....

A twirling skater with arms outstretched spins slowly; as she brings her arms in, her rotations accelerate until she is no more than a blur on blades. This principle is the oldest truism known to sports science: angular momentum – the product of a spinning object’s mass, radius squared an spin rate – remains constant. This formula means that if a skater like Michelle Kwan (photo) reduces her radius by bringing in her arms and legs, her spin rate increases....

The Shootout event is a little different than most poker tournaments as players must “win their table” in order to advance to the next round of competition; in other words, it’s a series of single-table tournaments where a coveted WSOP gold bracelet awaits the eventual winner. Woods’ journey to the final table started on Thursday as he defeated two-time WSOP bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos heads-up to make it through to Friday, where an epic heads-up match versus one of poker’s most feared players, Doug Polk, would stand between Woods and a final table berth … Woods would finally put an end to the match and the rest was history....

The video was posted to TikTok by @hdbrosriley—a page dedicated to chronicling the life of Riley the golden retriever—who wrote: “Three weeks of being a big brother!” It has amassed a whopping 31 million views and over 23,000 comments from charmed viewers calling Riley the “best big brother ever.” You can watch the full video here. For some, Riley’s behavior may not be too shocking. Mary R. Burch, Ph.D., director of the American Kennel Club’s (AKC) family dog program and a certified animal behaviorist, told Newsweek that golden retrievers “are known to be good with children....

It’s common knowledge that dogs love nothing more than going for a dip in a muddy puddle. What’s less commonly known are the reasons for this behavior. According to the dog walking experts over at Wag Walking, it can often be down to the fact the dog is “overheating.” “On a hot and humid summer day, some cool wet mud can just hit the spot,” the website said. “The moisture and cooler temperatures can help your dog cool off....

“I just can’t believe I did that,” he said afterward. “I am such an idiot.” LEADERBOARDS: PGA | LPGA | Rory McIlroy and model Ashley Bongiovanni The worst collapse of Mickelson’s career was complete. He had lost the 2006 U.S. Open by one shot with a double bogey on the final hole. But that’s not where the story ends. After making the obligatory media stops and signing autographs, Mickelson sought out Winged Foot’s staff members....

Golovkin (41-1-1) had not fought since October last year, when he stopped Sergiy Derevyanchenko by unanimous decision in New York, but the Kazakh star had no trouble in his record-setting title defense — a seventh-round TKO over the previously unbeaten Szeremeta (21-1) in Hollywood, Fla., and live on DAZN. Golovkin, whose second-round knockout of Vanes Martirosyan in May 2018 saw him equal Bernard Hopkins’ middleweight record of 20 consecutive defenses before that run and his undefeated streak was ended by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September of that year, was in control from the outset....