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Shikoku Electric restarts nuclear reactor

10/27/2018, 9:54:27 PM
Shikoku Electric Power Co restarted on Saturday a reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan after a suspension of nearly one year due to a high court order. The restart of the No. 3 unit at the plant in the town of Ikata in Ehime Prefecture, announced… ✔ Before that, it had gone back online in August 2016 after clearing stricter safety regulations implemented in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster ✔ Ehime Gov Tokihiro Nakamura told reporters Friday in the town that the prefectural government will ask the power company to take thorough safety measures ✔ At the time of the meltdowns, Japan had 54 nuclear reactors in commercial use


FEMA opens disaster recovery center for flood victims in Reedsburg

10/27/2018, 10:35:02 PM
A disaster recovery center opened Oct. 26 in Reedsburg for federal, state and county officials to provide information and assistance with programs to help those affected by the late summer floods. The center is located between Pizza Hut and Jay’s Power Center at 1375 Main St. It's open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sauk County Emergency Management Director Jeff Jelinek said the disaster center will be open as long as it is needed.


Trump condemns 'evil' Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which 11 are killed

10/27/2018, 10:54:30 PM
FBI investigating motive searching social media posts under name of suspect that appear to show antisemitic rants ✔ - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from evil dark crimes committed over decades AFP/Getty 7/50 21 October 2018 A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan


Syria summit: call for 'lasting ceasefire' at last rebel-held stronghold, Idlib

10/27/2018, 8:07:33 PM
Joint statement from Russia, Germany, France and Turkey followed summit on war-torn country ✔ On Friday seven civilians were killed by Syrian regime artillery fire, the highest death toll since the ceasefire was reached ✔ It also said that conditions needed to be created throughout the country for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons


Amanda Keller on her marriage, career and raising boys

10/27/2018, 8:05:28 PM
Television and radio host Amanda Keller on the men that have influenced her. ✔ Entertainment TV & radio Amanda Keller Amanda Keller on her marriage, career and raising boys By Jane Rocca28 October 2018 12:00am Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size ​​Occupation Television and radio host ✔ When I realised he didn't like it, I started playing with my right hand ✔ I had constant crushes on boys but never made the first move ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and the Sunday Age on sale October 28


Nicole Scherzinger's Pussycat Dolls reunion thrills while Keith Lemon confuses during star studded episode of Strictly Come Dancing

10/27/2018, 8:02:13 PM
STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers expecting to see ghosts and ghouls on the Halloween special episode were surprised and excited to see the most star studded audience of the 2018 series so far. A host … ✔ So The Pussycat Dolls are officially back together @NicoleScherzy is in the audience supporting @ImAshleyRoberts, wrote another ✔ One viewer gushed: @MandipGill looking absolutely stunning on @bbcstrictly #gogirl #smashingit, with another writing: YESSSSS @MandipGill IS THERE


At Syria summit, Russian and NATO leaders come up with few answers

10/27/2018, 8:04:42 PM
Russia, Turkey, Germany and France reiterate years-long calls for a negotiated settlement, but carved no new path forward. ✔ By Louisa Loveluck Louisa Loveluck Reporter in The Washington Post's Beirut bureau, focusing on Syria ✔ There were few indications that this was likely to materialize in the short-term ✔ Turkey has been hardest hit, taking in 3.5 million refugees while becoming a staging ground for terrorist attacks


Xi vents frustration toward trade war to Abe

10/27/2018, 9:48:33 PM
Japanese leader walks tightrope balancing relations with Washington and Beijing ✔ Aside from two potential meetings next year, Abe invited Xi to attend the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ✔ Ahead of Abe's visit, the Chinese side worried about how far he might go during the recently convened parliamentary session to revise Japan's pacifist constitution ✔ With nothing else on the agenda, the prime minister departed from Beijing Capital International Airport around 9:30 a.m. Saturday


Opinion | Hoping for a Midterm Split Decision

10/27/2018, 11:32:41 PM
The conservative case for a Republican Senate and a Democratic House. ✔ And it would offer that check without jeopardizing any potential conservative legislative achievements because, let’s be frank, the congressional G.O.P ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTOpinion) and Instagram , join the Facebook political discussion group, Voting While Female , and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter


Opinion | A Massacre in the Heart of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

10/27/2018, 11:32:40 PM
The values that drove Robert Bowers to murder my neighbors are the ones we cherish — and will continue to live by. ✔ Today it rescues Jews and non-Jews facing persecution all over the world ✔ A few weeks ago, Mr. Bowers shared a link to an event called Refugee Shabbat, a national initiative organized by HIAS, of which Tree of Life was a participating synagogue ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter (@NYTopinion)


Germany’s fragile coalition braced for upset with Greens and far right set for more gains

10/27/2018, 8:47:28 PM
Voters in the bellwether central state of Hesse seem keen to punish Angela Merkel at the ballot box ✔ Every week for 30 years, sausage seller Alexandra Müller has set up her stall in the shadow of an ornate baroque church in the central German city of Fulda ✔ As in Bavaria, Hesse’s booming economy and low unemployment figures have not stopped voters ebbing away to the far right


Raking in good luck at the Asakusa Tori-no-Ichi

10/27/2018, 9:54:35 PM
There are numerous delightful traditions in Japan for securing good luck or warding off back luck. Many are meant to be observed especially at nenmatsu-nenshi (yearend/New Year's). Even as early as November, traditionalists are already beginning to take measures to ensure good luck in the coming year. Every year, on each day… ✔ Look closely and you will see maneki neko lucky cats, the seven lucky gods (with and without their treasure ship), okame (oval-faced lucky woman) masks, daruma , arrows, lucky mallets, gold coins, miniature barrels of sake and bales of rice, heads of rice, pine and bamboo branches and plum blossoms (preferably red and white in color), images of sea bream, turtle and crane figurines


Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks

10/27/2018, 8:06:05 PM
Istanbul summit addresses numerous issues, including Idlib demilitarised zone, constitutional reform and refugees. ✔ Meanwhile, Macron called on Russia to exercise very clear pressure on Damascus which depends on it for survival ✔ What we're hearing is that Macron is trying to set-up a high level meeting in Paris because at the end of the day, you're going to need the US on board if you want to reach an internationally backed-deal to end the war


Child survivors of Nazi death camps reveal stories and ambitions since escape

10/27/2018, 9:49:19 PM
The World War 2 refugees are pleading with today's Government not to turn its back on these modern day orphans of war and oppression ✔ The first 200 from a Jewish Berlin orphanage arrived at London’s Liverpool Street on December 2, 1938 ✔ Some of these children in Europe and elsewhere are in a terrible situation ✔ The dad-of-five was knighted in 2010 for services to charity and to the Kindertransport


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