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At about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday (Apr. 6), a lone armed and masked man had entered a bar in the Clay Ghaut area, demanded money and escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash. |
Carrie Underwood's fourth studio album 'Blown Away' isn't set to hit store shelves until May 1, but this week fans can enjoy an early listen of the record -- in full -- before it makes its official debut. The stream is available via iTunes, and there Carrie fanatics can also pre-order the record. |
As promised, the record sounds diverse and sees the star not just sticking to love songs, though fans wondered if she would after her marriage to Mike Fisher. |
The 14-song record features at least 8 songs co-written by the blonde starlet herself. Other writers who will find their work spinning on this album include some of Nashville's heavy hitters, like Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins. Produced by Mark Bright, 'Blown Away' is just another chance for... |
Underwood's lead single from the record, the feisty song 'Good Girl (which is also the lead track on the record), is currently sitting pretty at the top of Billboard's Country Songs chart. The song was an instant hit with listeners, having gone gold -- selling 500,000 copies -- in just a few weeks. |
MARGARET WARNER: Do you think that the Nuba mountains conflict and the kind of ethnically targeted killings going on there has the potential to turn that into another Darfur, a new Darfur? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: I don’t think so for two reasons. One because the Nuba Mountain people are fighting back and I don’t think the North is capable of dislodging large numbers of people on an ethnic basis from the Nuba Mountains. That’s the reality on the ground. Second, I’m not sure that’s the objective of the government... |
MARGARET WARNER: You mean systematic ethnic cleansing? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: Systematic ethnic cleansing. I do think that it’s clear that they wanted to establish military control over the area and to disarm or greatly restrict the armed capability of the Nuba Mountain people. |
MARGARET WARNER: Would you say atrocities are occurring by the North Sudanese forces against civilians there? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: We certainly have reports of that. Because we don’t have a presence there, we haven’t been able to investigate it fully. There are certainly reports of targeted killings. There are some reports from the other side also. What we’ve asked for is a full investigation. |
PRINCETON LYMAN: Well, by the U.N. would be the best. The U.N. presence has not been sufficient to get out and stop this or to investigate it. |
MARGARET WARNER: We’ve heard some reports that Northern Sudanese are actually using chemical agents in South Kordofan. |
PRINCETON LYMAN: We’ve heard that report and we’re looking into it. So far we have no evidence that the government of Sudan has chemical warfare capabilities. We’ve seen no evidence of it. But we got the reports and we’re having them checked out. |
MARGARET WARNER: And in fact aren’t these Sudanese forces also attacking U.N. peacekeepers? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: They have restricted them. They’ve arrested some U.N. staff, which we’re very concerned about. They’ve kept them from free movement. They haven’t attacked them but some of the bombings have been close to U.N. headquarters. |
MARGARET WARNER: So what can the U.S. do? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: We’re working with the parties, with the African Union, which is in charge of negotiations. Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton called the chief negotiator for the government of Sudan to urge him to reach an agreement on a cessation of hostilities, to allow the U.N. to stay there as long as necessary,... |
MARGARET WARNER: But bottom line is it’s just talk? |
PRINCETON LYMAN: Oh, no, we have a lot of influence on both sides. And we’re exerting it to the best of our ability. |
MARGARET WARNER: Ambassador Princeton Lyman, thank you again. |
More of Lyman’s interview airs on Tuesday’s NewsHour. View all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. |
The rate-setting process has enormous implications for global financial markets - and consumers. |
British police have made their first arrests in an investigation into attempts by banks to manipulate the global benchmark interest rate Libor, detaining three men after their homes were searched. |
Three U.K. citizens, ages 33, 41 and 47, were taken to a London police station for interviews "in connection with the investigation into the manipulation of Libor," the Serious Fraud Office said in a statement. |
The office, a government agency that investigates serious or complex fraud and corruption, began its inquiry in July after Barclays (BCLYF)admitted rigging Libor and agreed to pay $453 million to settle with U.S. and U.K. authorities. The scandal cost Barclays' chief executive Bob Diamond his job. |
Libor is short for the London Interbank Offered Rate, a measure of the cost of borrowing between banks. It's a collection of rates generated for 10 currencies across 15 different time periods, ranging from one day to one year. |
An estimated $300 trillion in derivatives products around the world is tied to Libor. |
Authorities in the United States and elsewhere are investigating at least 16 banks. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission launched a probe in October 2008. |
Other banks involved in setting Libor -- including JP Morgan (JPMPRD), UBS, Citigroup (C), and HSBC -- have said they are cooperating with investigators, and further settlements could come soon. |
UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland are reported to be close to a settlement. |
Barclays, UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland declined to comment on whether any current or future employees were among those arrested. |
The rate-setting process has enormous implications for global financial markets, and consumers. Roughly $10 trillion in loans worldwide -- including credit card rates, car loans, student loans and adjustable-rate mortgages -- are linked to Libor. |
The scandal has further eroded the reputation of the banking industry, already shaken by the financial crisis of 2008 and a series of massive trading losses, revelations of money laundering and sanctions busting by some of its biggest players. |
It also led to scrutiny of other financial benchmarks, including those underpinning much of the physical trade in oil markets. |
Timed purposely to be launched closely after Apple's new 5.5G iPod lineup, Microsoft have just officially lifted the curtain on their new "Zune" portable media player, and it certainly seems to have the goods to put the pressure on Apple but time will tell for sure. |
The unit sports a 30GB HDD (a little on the lowly side maybe?), 802.11b/g wireless connectivity, an FM tuner, USB 2.0 interface and a massive 3" LCD screen. |
Microsoft's official press announcement can be located here, and theres more info on it over at the DailyTech folks. |
Update: Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows have published two photo galleries of the new Zune in action, as highlighted in this fresh article at the DailyTech. |
REDMOND, Wash. - Sept. 14, 2006 - Marking the next big milestone for its Connected Entertainment vision, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled details of the first products to be released under its Zune brand. Designed around the principles of sharing, discovery and community, Zune will create new ways for consumers to conne... |
"The digital music entertainment revolution is just beginning," said J Allard, vice president, design and development, at Microsoft, who is leading the charge for building the family of Zune products. "With Zune, we are not simply delivering a portable device, we are introducing a new platform that helps bring artists ... |
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Brighton's new alternative shirt has been launched by rock duo Royal Blood in Australia. |
Albion fan Ben Thatcher, from Royal Blood, wore the new shirt on stage at the Metro Theatre, Sydney, as part of the band's world tour. |
The new University gold alternative shirt contains a black Nike swoosh and is supported by University gold shorts and black socks. |
The kit will be worn for the first time when Albion host Atletico Madrid on August 6. |
Fans can order the shirt on www.seagullsdirect.co.uk now and it will be in the club store, with the new home shirt, from tomorrow. |
It’s not too late to get a Gasparilla outfit sorted out before the parade on Saturday. St. Pete boutique Plain Jane celebrates their fifth anniversary. |
AMY SCHERZER | Times Pirate enthusiasts Harry and Carmen Barkett hosted 500-plus guests in the Amalie Oil tent during Gasparilla 2018. |
Photo by Karen PorterfieldSt. Pete boutique Plain Jane specializes in casual chic, and celebrates their fifth anniversary on Jan. 26, 2019. |
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a small party in Tampa this weekend called Gasparilla, and it’s pirate-themed. Many die-hards probably already have their outfits sorted, but for the spontaneous among you, here are a few tips and resources for your pARRrty attire. |
Captain’s jacket’s, tri-corner hats and puffy shirts are staples of any respectable swashbuckler, while wenches don corsets and big flowy skirts. It might be too late to find these things on the cheap at thrift stores, but give it a shot if you have creative vision. |
If you really want to go all out, visit Pirate Fashions. They dress Gasparilla krewes and have also provided costumes for pirate-y TV series Crossbones and Black Sails. Their costumes are pricey, but you definitely won’t look like you went to the party store. Apparently they make you walk a plank when you enter the sto... |
Not ready to commit to all that? There are plenty of low-key, comfy ways to be festive. Skulls are always in style, so it should be easy to find skully leggings, T-shirts and bandannas. Pair those with hoop earrings, touches of red/stripes, a pair of boots and, boom. Good to go. Find these items at Tampa boutique Don M... |
A part of any good wardrobe is a category I call casual chic. Basically, clothes for weekend days when you’re out and about: nice jeans, T-shirts and sweatshirts that have some special detail, plus dresses you can just throw on. St. Petersburg boutique Plain Jane has been specializing in this look for five years. They’... |
Bejing - China said Thursday its navy warned off a French warship that had entered the Taiwan Strait earlier this month and has lodged an official protest over the rare move by a European power. |
Fpo - Amnesty International's Hong Kong office has been hit by a years-long cyberattack from hackers with known links to the Chinese government, the rights group said Thursday. |
Bejing - China launched on Thursday a staunch defence of its Belt and Road global infrastructure project as it opened a summit with a pledge to ease concerns about debt linked to its signature foreign policy. |
Bejing - The Falungong triggered a relentless Chinese government crackdown against the movement when thousands of its members protested around Communist Party headquarters in Beijing 20 years ago. |
Lisbon - Shareholders in Portugal's biggest company, Energias de Portugal, on Wednesday blocked a nine-billion-euro ($10-billion) takeover bid by the state-owned China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation. |
Bejing - China has formally arrested former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei on suspicion of accepting bribes, prosecutors announced Wednesday, as he faces possible corruption charges. |
Apo - The complicated, hot-and-cold relationship between Europe and China takes another turn this week, as several EU leaders break ranks to attend the Belt and Road summit in Beijing. |
London - British Prime Minister Theresa May has given the go-ahead for China's Huawei to help build a 5G network, shrugging off security warnings from senior ministers and Washington, the Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. |
Washington - Two top American officials will head to Beijing next week to continue talks on the bruising trade war between the US and China, the White House said on Tuesday. |
Washington - A fleet of US-made satellites helps China's government police its people and supports its military despite growing wariness in Washington over Beijing's power, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. |
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will revive a $34 billion Chinese-backed transport and property development that was abandoned in 2017, the prime minister said Friday, adding the project would contribute to Beijing’s global infrastructure drive. |
Washington - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday held out hope the current trade talks with China will be a success, and said an announcement on the status was due "shortly. |
Miami - A US federal judge on Monday said that a Chinese woman who allegedly brought malicious software to President Donald Trump's Florida resort seemed to be "up to something nefarious," denying her bail as she awaits trial. |
Fpo - Chinese authorities are using a vast system of facial recognition technology to track its Uighur Muslim minority across the country, according to a story in the New York Times. |
The new dam built to help in transfering water to Beijing. The huge dam will eventually control the flow of water north to Beijing as part of the South-North water diversion project. |
Sichengtang Church, one of many Christian churches in Zhejiang Province. |
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson stumbled when he was asked a question about the Syrian city of Aleppo, a highly contested battleground in the Syrian conflict. |
“What would you do if you were elected about Aleppo?” MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” panelist Mike Barnicle asked the former New Mexico governor during an in-studio interview Thursday morning. |
“And what is Aleppo?” Johnson said. |
Johnson explained that he was not kidding, and the panelist told the presidential candidate that Aleppo is “the epicenter of the refugee crisis” in Syria, which gave Johnson enough information to answer the question. |
“Okay, Got it. Well, with regard to Syria, I do think that it’s a mess,” he said before laying out his position of working closer with the Russian government in the war-torn country. |
“I think the only way that we deal with Syria is to join hands with Russia to diplomatically bring that at an end but when we’ve aligned ourselves with—when we have supported the opposition, the Free Syrian Army, the Free Syrian Army is also coupled with the Islamists, and then the fact that we’re also supporting the K... |
Co-host of the show Joe Scarborough jumped on the foreign policy misstep in his followup question. |
“You asked ‘what is Aleppo?’ Do you think that foreign policy is so insignificant that somebody running for president of the United States shouldn’t even know what Aleppo is, where Aleppo is, why Aleppo is so important?” Scarborough asked. |
“This morning, I began my day by setting aside any doubt that I’m human,” he said. |
The New York Times, in their reporting on Johnson’s comments, also erroneously referred to Aleppo as “the de facto capital of the Islamic State.” The newspaper also said that Aleppo, not Damascus, is the capital of Syria. |
The New York Times later issued corrections for both claims. |
Johnson has been making a big push in recent weeks to meet the required 15 percent to get on the first debate stage. His campaign aired its first TV ads last week and is receiving support from former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney who said that Johnson should be on the debate stage. |
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yeah, this is true. it reminds me almost of the old topic of people in war stories. many times they will tell stories of other people. when the story teller was not even there. if you talk about somehting you dont know about people will begin to think your a liar. i mean its like some of the bs we see in music, or spor... |
With $25M From Benchmark And Larry Summers Advising, Can Minerva Build An Online Ivy? |
Well, we’ve said it before: Technology is changing education. It’s flipping the classroom, bringing instructional videos to the masses, and dragging online higher education into legitimacy. Investors have begun to hear the call, as was evidenced today when Benchmark Capital made its largest seed investment to date — $2... |
Sure, it’s not quite the $41 million Color raised pre-launch, but it’s certainly head-turning for an education startup. Hopefully it can avoid the rough early start and crushing expectations that come along with big seed rounds. To help it take flight, the startup is announcing that Larry Summers, former Harvard Presid... |
At first blush, with this kind of big, early funding, well-known names, and outsized ambition, the project is intriguing to say the least, if not full of bravado. What do I mean? Well, describing itself as “the first elite American University to be launched in more than a century,” The Minerva Project is aiming to reth... |
Minerva Founder and CEO Ben Nelson (who is also the former CEO of Snapfish) points out the fact that the resources of the country’s elite universities are already constrained, as he cites the example of Yale, which recently made the decision to add 250 students to its incoming class. Doing so cost the top university a ... |
What else is it about this new project that has attracted the attention of investors and financial gurus like Larry Summers? The Minerva Project aims to offer a liberal arts education that is defined by an “extraordinarily rigorous” learning and admissions process. Not only does Minerva want to attract the same bright ... |
Nelson says that he envisions it like this: Just like traditional institutions, Minerva will be a four-year university, with two semesters, and four classes per semester. But, for the first year, Minerva students will live in their home countries, learning the core curriculum, so that by their sophomore year, in spite ... |
Then, from the start of their sophomore year through graduation, students will be encouraged to live in a new country (or at the very least, a new city) every semester. In this way, Minerva wants its education to be informed by experience and by the resources available online: “We’re not going to offer a single foreign... |
When I asked Nelson whether or not the institution will have a physical campus, he said that it very definitely will have as many campuses as students require. Much of that obviously depends on demand, if the school’s student body has a bunch of kids from Germany, they might establish a campus in Berlin. Much of that w... |
And speaking of those students, Minerva is designing its admissions project so that it does not consider factors such as lineage, athletic ability, state or country of origin, or capacity to donate. So, don’t expect Minerva to have classes that demonstrate “perfectly curated” diversity, don’t expect it to have an NCAA ... |
In terms of the day to day, classes will consist of 10-25 kids, and will be delivered online, likely in the same mobile/web live, synchronous model employed by 2tor in its degree-focused online ed programs. And thanks to the growing quality of educational content on the Web from startups like Udacity, Udemy, and ShowMe... |
In terms of faculty, the startup is creating what Nelson calls a “Nobel Prize for teaching” that will award the best existing professors (currently teaching at top universities) presumably with some financial incentive to help it create the content for its courses, in turn allowing those professors to “preserve the mos... |
From all this, you can see that a somewhat unique educational experience is starting to take shape, but, aside from the significantly lower cost, one of the things I like the most about the project is the so-called social contract (although this may end up in writing, who knows) the institution will strike with its stu... |
This doesn’t mean it will be sending students a check in the mail every month, but the school actually wants to help students thrive after graduation by finding them like-minded collaborators, hunting down grant money, and fellowships — actively, not passively. For those who graduated from institutions without strong a... |
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