THERE was a popular fad in the 1990s for presenting music in its rawest form. Rather than the traditional bombast of turning everything up to 11, MTV Unplugged stripped it back to the basics. Often it was simply one singer, one guitar and a stool. And it was hugely popular.

IT should really be remembered as one of Danny McGrain’s finest hours, not Scottish football’s darkest days.

Bringing justice for the oppressed is the mandate given to every Christian, says Natasha Shoultz, working among sex workers in Prague.

Gerechtigkeit zu den Unterdrückten zu bringen ist ein Auftrag für jeden Christen, sagt Natasha Shoultz, die unter Frauen in Prostitution in Prag arbeitet.

In a nation filled with tribal tension, OM works toward reconciliation through youth conferences, relief outreaches and a bookshop filled with Bibles.

African women who never went to school were unable to read the Bible upon becoming Christ followers. A new opportunity is giving them access to God's Word firsthand.

Years of consistent Christ-centred community allow an OM worker to develop friendships with Pakistani women and study the Bible with them.

Children's club at the church in Tkvarcheli, which is held by MDT students, impacts lives of local children and gives them hope.

Small outreach teams will share the life-changing message of the gospel with hundreds of women in brothels and on the street this Easter.

Bahia Blanca, Argentina :: A missionary couple teaches church members about serving God as a family.

In partnership with local churches, a team shared the good news of Easter through music with all kinds of people in Austria.

The Bailie family serve with their local church as part of OM in Ireland's Philippian Project.

Workers Berni and Carla are passionate about reaching the East of Turkey and encouraged by spiritual growth happening there.

More than 100 coronavirus-related attacks and threats have been made towards Scotland's police force, new figures have revealed.

Something unintentionally funny keeps happening on the politically feverish fringes of Scottish social media.

PREPARATIONS to give out millions of coronavirus vaccines must start now or Scotland risks compounding the economic damage caused by the pandemic, a leading expert has warned.

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After being delayed back in April due to the coronavirus, UFC 249 is back on and we have all the details on how you can watch the highly anticipated event online or on TV in the U.S., Canada, UK and Australia. UFC 249 was originally scheduled to take place in Brooklyn, New York but the UFC had to relocate the event to the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. However, while the event is back on, there won't be any fans in attendance for Saturday's fights for safety reasons. The venue may have changed and fans won't be crowded around the octagon but many of the fights originally scheduled for UFC 249 will be included on the new card. The biggest change though is that Tony Ferguson will now be taking on Justin Gaethje in the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship as Khabib Nurmagomedov is unable to leave his home country of Russia due to its coronavirus travel restrictions. Ferguson is known for his incredible cardio and pressure while Gaethje's kill or be killed mentality sets himself apart from the pack. Ferguson also hasn't lost a match since May 2012 and in that time, he's won 12 fights and defeated Kevin Lee, Anthony Pettis, Donald Cerrone and more. Gaethje on the other hand is on a three fight winning streak following back-to-back losses. In addition to the interim lightweight championship, Henry Cejudo will go up against Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight championship. Elsewhere on the card, Francis Nga

Source: www.mprnews.org - Saturday, May 09, 2020
A barber cuts a woman's hair at a salon amid the coronavirus pandemic in Round Rock, Texas, on May 8, following a slow reopening of the Texas economy. Sergio Flores | AFP via Getty Images As of Friday, in Texas you can go to a tanning salon. In Indiana, houses of worship are being allowed to open with no cap on attendance. Meanwhile places like Pennsylvania are taking a more cautious approach, only starting to ease restrictions in some counties based on the number of COVID-19 cases. By Monday at least 31 states will have partially reopened after seven weeks of restrictions. The moves come as President Trump pushes for the country to get back to work — while many public health experts warn that it's too soon. "The early lesson that was learned, really, we learned from the island of Hokkaido in Japan, where they did a really good job of controlling the initial phase of the outbreak," said Bob Bednarczyk, assistant professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. COVID-19 in Minnesota Full coverage from MPR News Tracking the spread Minnesota and the Upper Midwest COVID-19 How it compares with other diseases in 5 charts But then because of that success many of the restrictions on the island were lifted. Cases and deaths surged in a second wave of infections. Twenty-six days later, the island was back on lockdown . "That's the concern that we have right now," he said.

Source: www.businessinsider.com - Friday, May 08, 2020
The US Navy sent two ships into the middle of a South China Sea dispute on Thursday as the commander of US Pacific Fleet warned China to stop "bullying" other countries in the region. A US Navy littoral combat ship and a cargo vessel conducted "presence operations" near the West Capella, a Malaysia-contracted drillship at the heart of a standoff with China and, to some extent, Vietnam. Adm. John Aquilino, commander of US Pacific Fleet, said in a statement Thursday that China "must end its pattern of bullying Southeast Asians out of offshore oil, gas, and fisheries." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . The US Navy warned China to stop "bullying" other countries in the South China Sea as two Navy ships sailed into the middle of a dispute in the contested waterway. The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez conducted "presence operations" near the West Capella, showing apparent support for the Malaysia-contracted drillship that has been hassled by Chinese ships in recent months. Adm. John Aquilino, commander of US Pacific Fleet, said in a statement Thursday that the US is "committed to a rules-based order in the South China Sea and we will continue to champion freedom of the seas and the rule of law." He continued: "The Chinese Communist Party must end its pattern of bullying Southeast Asians out of offshore oil, gas, and fisheries. Mi

Source: www.inquisitr.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
Little Richard, real name Richard Wayne Penniman, has died at the age of 87, per Rolling Stone . The performer’s cause of death is unknown. Little Richard Dead, Legendary Musician Dies At 87 is an article from: The Inquisitr Click here to continue and read more...

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Canadian hip-hop artist NAV isn’t letting quarantine stop him from having fun. The rap star has linked up with Young Thug for their new “No Debate” music video premiere. Watch and comment below! The post Watch: NAV Teams Up W/ Young Thug For New No Debate Music Video appeared first on .

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It’s an era of masks, but Ýrúrarí Jóhannsdóttir’s knitted versions are the fantastical creations we need to see right now. Not sure if they are exactly ideal for a pandemic, but they make us smile amidst the zaniness. More knitted masks and info on Colossal . (via Colossal ) I’ve been thinking about this article since I read it earlier this week and I highly suggest you read it too. Immunoprivilege is a thing and there’s a long US history around it, according to Kathryn Olivarius: Yellow fever, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, was inescapable in the 19th-century Deep South and a point of near-constant terror in New Orleans, the region’s hub. In the six decades between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War, New Orleans experienced 22 full-blown epidemics, cumulatively killing over 150,000 people. (Perhaps another 150,000 died in nearby American cities.) The virus killed about half of all those it infected and it killed them horribly, with many victims vomiting thick black blood, the consistency and color of coffee grounds. The lucky survivors became “acclimated,” or immune for life. I can’t stop laughing at this: A wall slashes right thru the the heart of Midtown Manhattan, courtesy of ????????????????, A Real Estate developer, sometimes a museum and NY Times is concerned about a hypothetical wall on the Far West Side of the Town. https://t.co/e2B9HmOczh pic.twitter.com/nBLUPDGT0Y — Garo Gumusyan (@GaroGumusyan) January 21, 2020 Bhakti Sh

Source: www.mmafighting.com - Friday, May 08, 2020
Check out video reaction to breaking news that UFC middleweight Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza has tested positive for coronavirus and is out of his UFC 249 fight against Uriah Hall .

In a nation filled with tribal tension, OM works toward reconciliation through youth conferences, relief outreaches and a bookshop filled with Bibles.

African women who never went to school were unable to read the Bible upon becoming Christ followers. A new opportunity is giving them access to God's Word firsthand.

Years of consistent Christ-centred community allow an OM worker to develop friendships with Pakistani women and study the Bible with them.

Children's club at the church in Tkvarcheli, which is held by MDT students, impacts lives of local children and gives them hope.

Small outreach teams will share the life-changing message of the gospel with hundreds of women in brothels and on the street this Easter.

Bahia Blanca, Argentina :: A missionary couple teaches church members about serving God as a family.

In partnership with local churches, a team shared the good news of Easter through music with all kinds of people in Austria.

The Bailie family serve with their local church as part of OM in Ireland's Philippian Project.

Workers Berni and Carla are passionate about reaching the East of Turkey and encouraged by spiritual growth happening there.

He's in a growing spat with officials over reopening an electric vehicle plant.

Officials in Italy say an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped in Kenya in late 2018 has been freed in Somalia

Images show man lunging toward an officer who had tried to calm him down.

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has published an article written about Carolyn Mahan's newest research grant.

James Dillard, distinguished professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State, describes strategies to help regulate emotions during the stress and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of Penn State’s 2020 spring commencement activities, Leah DeLancey will represent sociology in the College of the Liberal Arts as the department’s student marshal. DeLancey will graduate with bachelor of arts degrees in sociology and political science.

Assessment for reading interventions in response-to-intervention models may be too narrow to identify students struggling in different aspects of reading.

Response to Intervention (RTI) has been proven to work with students. Why don't we use it with teachers?

Quiz Yourself! How can Response to Intervention help struggling learners, what factors are important in raising student achievement, and what impact does the Every Student Succeeds Act have on students with disabilities who are lagging behind their peers?

Having all children reading on grade level by third grade must include students with disabilities such as dyslexia, say organization leaders.

There is a direct connection between the leader's actions and the students' success or failure.

With a lot of moving parts, schools often struggle to make response-to-intervention and positive-behavior-interventions-and-support systems effective in the long run, but an early focus on school teaming and data can improve their odds, according to a new study.

The funding will establish a center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. that will focus on instructional strategies in reading and math for students with persistent learning struggles.

OM Ecuador team member Candy Arteaga shares a story that demonstrates how God leads us to Himself, even while we wait for healing.

The lives of children in a small Ecuadorian community are changed through the love of an OM and short-term team during a week of VBS.

A story of God's grace and the life changing transformation of Juan and his family in Santay Island, Ecuador.

Manta, Ecuador :: Logos Hope's volunteers visit an area affected by the 2016 earthquake and share hope with children there.

A new church in Tienen begins as a result of an OM outreach done in partnership with a church in Leuven.