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The study determined that out of the total 1,611 reports, only 25% were downloaded more than 1,000 times between 2008 and 2012. However, more than 31% of the reports were not downloaded for even a single time. The report’s authors, Doerte Doemeland and James Trevino, have been quoted saying that “It is, however, important to keep in mind that many policy reports were not intended to reach a large audience but prepared to assess very specific technical questions or inform the design of lending operations....

This was a mantra heard on several occasions Tuesday night, in the hours after the U.S. national team saw its World Cup ended by Belgium. It was easy to understand why this notion came to the forefront. After all, the emergence of youngsters DeAndre Yedlin and Julian Green in the loss was one of the few bright spots for the Americans. WORLD CUP: Must-see photos | Player ratings | Good, bad, ugly But just how bright is the future, really?...

Neymar, David Luiz and Marcelo scored in the shootout, and Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar saved two penalties before watching Gonzalo Jara’s final attempt hit the post. “My teammates are giving me a lot of strength on the field so I give my best,” Cesar said. “We’re just three steps away and I hope to give another interview with Brazil partying.” Brazil, which extended its 39-year unbeaten streak in home competitive matches to 61, will next face either Colombia or Uruguay in the quarterfinals....

This wasn’t quite the case here at Estadio Nacional on Saturday, where Messi’s Argentina faced Belgium in the World Cup quarterfinals. No, the crowd let its intentions be known from the first minute, with Belgium’s passes loudly cheered and Messi’s first run with the ball being met by boos that filled the stadium. MORE: Argentina to semis | Argentina-Belgium photos This wasn’t a case of Belgians traveling in the thousands to Brazil to cheer on their team, but rather a case of Brazilian fans hoping desperately to see Belgium defeat Brazil’s arch rival and spare this country the nightmare of seeing Argentina lift the World Cup trophy in Rio de Janeiro in a week....

For all of our World Cup betting coverage, bookmark our soccer index page . We have every previews and picks for every game. Here are the LVH’s World Cup futures, updated before the action on Thursday, June 19. ODDS TO WIN 2014 WORLD CUP BRAZIL 11/4 GERMANY 3/1 ARGENTINA 7/2 NETHERLANDS 10/1 ITALY 15/1 FRANCE 15/1 CHILE 20/1 BELGIUM 20/1 ENGLAND 30/1 COLOMBIA 30/1 PORTUGAL 40/1 MEXICO 50/1 URUGUAY 60/1 USA 80/1 SWITZERLAND 80/1 IVORY COAST 100/1 RUSSIA 100/1 CROATIA 100/1 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 150/1 ECUADOR 250/1 JAPAN 250/1 COSTA RICA 250/1 SOUTH KOREA 300/1 NIGERIA 300/1 GHANA 500/1 GREECE 500/1 ALGERIA 1000/1 IRAN 2500/1 HONDURAS 2500/1 OFF BOARD: SPAIN, CAMEROON, AUSTRALIA...

The woman, a Baylor University student, was driving northbound on I-35 when an unmarked vehicle with flashing internal lights pulled her over on April 1, Lacy Lakeview Police said. While reports of police impersonators are not common, cops say it is important to know what to do in case you find yourself in a similar situation. Sergeant Kevin Hughes, an investigator with Hill County, told KCEN-TV that one way to differentiate between a real cop and an impersonator is by the lights....

According to a press release from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department in Nevada, 42-year-old Laurel Eich was arrested on Wednesday. She was reportedly brought in for a line of questioning in relation to a burglary from two months ago at a dental office in Sun Valley, just a few miles outside of Reno. The office was robbed of over $22,000, the sheriff’s office noted. “On May 3, 2021 patrol deputies responded to an after-hours alarm call at a dental office on Sun Valley Boulevard,” the release said....

The video was posted to TikTok on Monday by Sikeitsme7, who wrote: “Sweet little 8lb baby Jesus was with me.” The post has since racked up over 1.6 million views and more than 63,000 likes. “Almost had to do prison time this day,” the video’s text overlay read. The interaction between the barista and Sikeitsme7 took place in the coffee shop’s drive-through. According to comments made in the video, it appears as though the TikToker pulled out her phone and began recording after the barista dropped her change onto the ground....

However, one woman has gone viral online for deciding not to smile at her high school graduation until it was absolutely necessary—and the internet finds it hilarious. The video was shared by Mary Macmillan, known online as @marymacmillan, and shows her wearing a flowing white dress as she takes to the stage. A group of her peers stand behind her clapping, as her name is called. The young woman then walks across to a suited man who is ready to hand her the diploma....

In a post shared on the online forum under the username Thousandthingstosay, the woman provided a running commentary of day three of her family trip in the Peak District of North England in the U.K., detailing the “highlights so far” in a series of bullet points. While family vacations may be tolerable at best sometimes, the demand for travel in the U.S. was reported to be strong in 2021, after a sharp decline in 2020....

CBD oil, which is a non-psychoactive chemical extracted from the hemp or cannabis plant, is linked to several possible health benefits such as pain relief and anxiety reduction. People have also wondered whether CBD could be used as a cancer treatment, but this link remains inconclusive, according to MedicalNewsToday. A case report was published in the British Medical Journal on October 14 involving a woman in her 80s who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 after she went to doctors with a persistent cough....

The 10-second clip shared by user Melissa Adele Guest—which at the time of reporting had at least 2.8 million views and over 360,000 likes since it was posted—shows a baby in a peaceful slumber, laying on their stomach in a crib before being startled awake by the loud blast of the podcast, which appears to be an episode from the Relaxing White Noise podcast on Spotify. “Welcome to the Relaxing White Noise podcast....

The unnamed 62-year-old woman had a prolapsed vagina and had steamed her genitals in an attempt to treat her condition. A prolapse is when at least one of the organs in the pelvic area—like the uterus, bowel, or bladder—falls out of place, causing it to protrude from the vagina. In this case, the woman had a stage four prolapse: where the whole bladder sits outside the vagina. Non-surgical treatments hadn’t worked, so she reluctantly opted for an operation....

Jaime Barks—an artist who was two weeks into a two-month road trip with her family— posted the first video in her series to her account @jamjambarks, and it amassed nearly 200,000 views in just one day. “So, we made it to Gardiner, Montana, and it’s stunningly gorgeous, and we may never leave,” she said at the start of the video. The National Park Service reported Tuesday that there has been major damage to several roads entering Yellowstone National Park between the entrance in Gardiner, Mammoth Hot Springs, Lamar Valley and Cooke City, Montana....

In a post shared in the U.K.-based online forum asking whether this should be “a dealbreaker,” Mumsnet user TeaFiend100 said her boyfriend of six months allegedly sent her a lengthy text saying “he’s finding the way I talk about money a lot ‘unattractive’, that he feels I’ve ’lost sense of reality’ because I earn more than the general population does…” and called her a “plastic liberal.” According to an October 2020 study published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, women perceive greater insecurity under “precarious working conditions,” including temporary work, informal work, salary cuts and tenure, while for men, “variables related to their professional careers (job category, education) and household incomes were relevant predictors....

The study, published in the journal PLOS One, involved 48 men and 48 women who completed language and number tasks. In some tests, the participants had to focus on two tasks at the same time, known as concurrent multitasking, while in others they diverted their attention from one job to another, or sequential multitasking. Participants also provided demographic information and had a cognitive screening to make sure the men and women were comparable in terms of mental and physical health....

Infidelity comes in many forms, with the website ChoosingTherapy.com suggesting that the categories include physical, emotional, cyber and “micro cheating.” The first is fairly self-explanatory, the second may take the form of an emotional or intimate attachment to another person, without a sexual element. Cyber cheating can encompass viewing pornography, chatting with someone on social media or simply liking their posts. Micro cheating consists of “actions that bother a partner, such as flirting, but there is no intention of straying outside of the relationship,” according to the website....

Fox Sports will provide ad-free broadcast for selected matches on its channels in Australia, while Sony Network will telecast it in both HD and non HD platform. As per the official schedule release on its website, both broadcasters have dedicated two channels for the Women’s BBL 2018, for viewers in Australia and India respectively. The WBBL League is scheduled to be held between December 1, 2018, and January 26, 2018....

It was nearly three years ago that Klingenberg found herself perched in the Wembley Stadium stands, watching from afar as her U.S. teammates were draped in gold medals. An alternate for the London Olympics, she soaked in the experience — and pledged to make sure it never happened again. GET TO KNOW THE TEAM: Hope Solo | Alex Morgan | Sydney Leroux | Abby Wambach “I knew I put in all this work with them and I was part of the team, but I still wasn’t able to get that medal and be on the winning stand,” Klingenberg told Goal USA....