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Featuring Krispy Kreme’s classic Original Glazed® Doughnut smothered in rich chocolate glaze, the Chocolate Glaze Doughnuts will give doughnut fans an awesome World Chocolate Day experience that only Krispy Kreme can create. To further the celebration, many shops will open beginning at midnight to serve Chocolate Glaze... |
Guests who visit participating Krispy Kreme shops in the U.S. will see the chocolate glaze waterfall as the doughnuts are prepared, smell the aroma of chocolate wafting through the shop, and taste the familiar Original Glazed Doughnuts smothered in a mouth-watering chocolate glaze. |
Fans can count down to Krispy Kreme’s World Chocolate Day kickoff in Auckland, New Zealand by visiting www.KrispyKreme.com/WorldChocolateDay, where they also can find their local participating shops. Countries participating include: New Zealand, Russia, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Camb... |
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Rethinking how your company’s activities generate data and focusing on its application to business processes might release hidden sources of value. Enterprises across a range of sectors are forging ahead of their competitors through creative data exploitation. |
In many ways this is inevitable as data, being hidden on hard drives and other storage media, is more difficult to manage than physical inventory, plant and buildings. This is particularly true for organizations whose core business is not centred on the gathering and exploitation of information. However, whatever your ... |
Starbucks realized earlier this year that it was not collecting data from most of its customers about their purchasing habits and preferences. Consequently, it opened its mobile app beyond the 15 million users of its Rewards loyalty program. This allowed a potential 60 million other customers to start using the app. Co... |
Other restaurant and fast food chains are deploying apps to gather data and provide more tailored customer experiences. This can include greeting customers when they arrive with their favorite drink and making menu recommendations based on previous choices. As these become more widespread, end users will begin to expec... |
At the end of 2017 General Motors tracked the listening habits of 90,000 drivers in the US, monitoring which stations they listened to and volume levels, linking this to the driver’s ZIP code and the car’s GPS location. The data was then uploaded via the car’s internet connection to GM’s servers for analysis. The core ... |
For traditional radio broadcasters this data is increasingly valuable as they compete with purely digital services such as Spotify. For car makers it offers potential new revenue streams and a better understanding of their customers. As software and connectivity become more embedded in vehicles, building closer relatio... |
In the UK, football is big business with the Premier League clubs valued at over $5 billion. While football statistics have long been used by the gambling sector to set odds and predict scores, third parties have, more recently, entered the market. Since 2006, Opta Sports in London has been coding matches for every tac... |
As ever-more detailed profiles of player behaviour are developed and applied with complex models of match environments, data will become a central asset for clubs to build a competitive edge. Several football clubs are already recruiting data scientists for these roles. |
Airports and the airline industry are under immense pressure from low margins and over-crowded terminals and infrastructure that is often creaking at the edges. Several initiatives are underway to use data more effectively to streamline flows of freight and people through airports and make the experience of flying less... |
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is working with airlines and airports to take forward its NEXTT initiative that seeks to use data more effectively to improve air travel. This includes testing smart tags to avoid printing and sticking labels onto luggage at airports and which would reduce lost baggage... |
One of the key lessons from this diverse range of examples is that data can often be found in unexpected places. The growing capacity for the real-time collection, storage, manipulation and, crucially, making informed decisions with it is where the potential for competitive advantage and innovation lies. While the basi... |
Former communications minister Dina Pule must apologise to Parliament, the communications department, and the Sunday Times for "persistently lying and unethical conduct", public protector Thuli Madonsela said on Thursday. |
"I am asking honourable Pule to apologise to the Sunday Times for the persistent insults and denial of the truth that she eventually admitted to me, and affected staff members of the department of communications for placing them in an unethical situation involving persistent lies and deceit. |
"Honourable Pule is being asked to apologise to Parliament for persistently misleading this august constitutional pillar and never admitting the truth right until the end. Our understanding is that she never admitted to Parliament the full circumstances of what happened," Madonsela said in Pretoria. |
She was releasing finalised reports on her investigations into allegations of corruption and a potential conflict of interest against Pule. It involved her appointment of service providers to do event management for the ICT Indaba in Cape Town held from June 4 to 7 last year. |
Madonsela found Pule unlawfully extended her spousal benefits to her romantic partner Phosane Mngqibisa. |
"I had to deal with allegations that honourable Pule had a relationship with a certain Mr Mngqibisa which influenced his behaviour in the indaba. It was also alleged that this Mr Mngqibisa was represented to the department of communications as honourable Pule's companion and that he improperly benefited as such from th... |
Madonsela found that despite numerous denials, Pule told her department Mngqibisa was her official companion. "The key evidence is a form completed upon her appointment as the deputy minister of communications. By her own admission to me, honourable Pule had a romantic relationship." |
Madonsela said at a meeting Pule told her Mngqibisa was not her spouse as he was married to someone else under civil law. She said Pule pledged to repay the money spent by the communications department. She had since paid back more than R89 000. |
The money was spent as Mngqibisa accompanied Pule on overseas trips, as a spouse. |
"Honourable Pule's conduct was unlawful. I also consider it grossly improper and unethical that she tried to pass the buck to her staff," said Madonsela. She said the amount of money spent on Mngqibisa had not yet been determined but the department should be reimbursed every cent. |
Meanwhile, basic education director general Bobby Soobrayan failed to exercise the necessary diligence and leadership during the Eastern Cape's textbook crisis, Madonsela found. She urged Minister Angie Motshekga to hold Soobrayan and Eastern Cape education head of department Mthunywa Lawrence Ngonzo accountable. |
"The appropriate remedial action as envisaged in the Constitution is that the minister should hold Mr Soobrayan accountable for actions and omissions that resulted in the failure to prevent, contain, and solve the national school books crisis," she said. |
"Their conduct was in violation of the Constitution, which stipulates that 'all constitutional obligations must be performed diligently and without delay'." |
The omissions of Soobrayan and Ngonzo constituted improper conduct and maladministration. |
The public protector's report, "Learning Without Books", follows investigations into complaints lodged by Edmund van Vuuren, a member of the Eastern Cape provincial legislature and Democratic Alliance spokesperson regarding workbook shortages in the province. He lodged the complaint in August 2012. |
According to Madonsela's findings, released on Thursday, the education department failed to provide adequate school workbooks on time in Eastern Cape schools. "Books transcribed in the incorrect language were provided to the schools, [there were] shortages of workbooks delivered to the schools, and there was late deliv... |
"The national department of education violated the provisions of section 29 of the Constitution by failing to provide basic education in the form of school workbooks to everyone in the language of their choice." |
She said there was a clear system failure evidenced by inadequate monitoring of the workbook ordering process. The ordering process was inaccurate in determining the quantity of workbooks required. "There was no co-ordination mechanism in place at all levels of the department of basic education's national, provincial, ... |
Children in social housing are not able to play in the same space as those of wealthier homebuyers, according to shocking new research. |
At least one multimillion pound housing development in London has a segregated play area for the children of less well-off tenants. |
Angela Rayner MP said: ‘Children in social housing are blocked from a communal playground. |
‘Poor kids have enough issues to deal with day to day without being segregated from play areas as well. |
Baylis Old School complex on Lollard Street, south London, has recently undergone a multi-million redevelopment by Henley Homes. |
The 149-home development, built in 2016, had to have a mix of ‘affordable’ and social rent properties in order for it to get planning permission. |
The development is a four-sided shape – three of which are dedicated to private renters, owners and shared ownership schemes. |
The fourth is a social housing side known as Wren Mews. |
Originally the plans submitted to Lambeth Council showed that flats on all four sides had access to the main play area in the centre, according to the Guardian. |
However, reports claim the gates from Wren Mews have since been transformed into impassable hedges, with the support of the local authority – meaning children no longer have access to the larger garden. |
She added she was originally told the children would be able to use the communal play space. |
Daniella added that the bike and wheelchair are too heavy to carry to the nearest park. |
The situation has been compared to the ongoing ‘poor doors’ controversy, where social housing residents are forced to use different doors to apartment blocks that contain private flats. |
Louise Whitely, a private owner, said she wanted the hedges removed and the gates put back so her children can play with their friends. |
‘We bought a flat here because it was marketed as family-friendly and there were photos of children playing all over the site,’ she said. |
Wren Mews is now managed by Guinness Homes while Henley Homes maintains responsibility for the other parts of the development. |
Henley Homes charge their residents an annual service charge for maintaining the communal areas, including the grounds. |
Lambeth Council and Henley Homes said that the duty to provide play space for the under-5s has been discharged because there is a small strip of toddler play equipment specifically for the social housing children. |
Henley Homes told Metro.co.uk that all their residents – in either a privately purchased or shared ownership home – have access to the same play facilities. |
They said the residents of Wren Mews are in a neighbouring block neither owned nor managed by them and they don’t have the right of access to the Baylis Old School estate at all. |
A statement said: ‘This deal structure was agreed with Guinness right at the start, as a method for them to best manage their freehold for the benefit of residents. |
‘Wren Mews is a separate, albeit closely neighbouring block with its own direct street access and designated play amenity. |
A California man has been charged with murder after police allege he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend outside a police station during a custody exchange of their 17-month-old son. |
Jacob Ryan Munn, 30, met with ex-girlfriend Brenda Renteria on Sunday afternoon outside the police station in Hawthorne, California, to do the exchange. |
Police say when Renteria arrived, Munn ran from the parking lot, leapt over some hedges and pulled out a shotgun. He then allegedly shot her right in front of the station before fleeing the scene in his car, KTLA.com reports. An officer ran out of the police station and fired on Munn, but he managed to escape. |
Authorities blocked off the neighborhood and searched for Munn for approximately three hours. They later arrested him without incident. |
PEOPLE confirms Munn has been charged with murder and with possession of a firearm by a felon. According to ABC7.com, the charges include the special circumstance of lying in wait. |
The couple’s son was waiting inside the station for the custody transfer. He was not injured in the shooting and has been taken into protective custody. |
KTLA reports the victim’s mom was present at the time of the shooting. |
Lt. Jim Royer with the Hawthorne police told ABC7 that custody exchanges are common at the Hawthorne Police Department. |
Munn is being held without bond, PEOPLE confirms. He has not yet entered a plea, and his arraignment was continued until April 24. |
Court records do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on his behalf. If he is convicted of the charges against him, he could face the death penalty. |
A man who died Sunday in the Des Moines River was an avid kayaker. |
Gary Kingham, 70, of Ogden, was identified Monday as the man who died when his kayak capsized around 5:30 p.m. Sunday near the Sycamore Access boat ramp, north of Des Moines near Northwest 66th Avenue. |
A friend who was kayaking with Kingham told responders he turned around and saw that Kingham's kayak had turned upside-down, Polk County Sheriff's Office spokesman Brandon Bracelin said Sunday. |
An autopsy conducted by the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office showed that Kingham's death was consistent with drowning, according to a news release. |
Kingham was married with three biological sons and two step-daughters. |
“He was an amazing person,” his step-daughter Kelly Higgins of South Carolina said. “He was very intelligent and was very much into God and his faith. He was very dedicated to my mom." |
Originally from the East Coast, Kingham went to school in Colorado and then worked as a high school history teacher and football and gymnastics coach in Brighton, Colo., before moving to Iowa. He was also a competitive skier and runner. |
“It’s unbelievable," Higgins said. "I just can’t imagine what happened. There are so many questions about what took place. He’d been an avid boater for years, so this is very shocking." |
Hillman had known Kingham for about 10 years through the Iowa Games, and said he was a regular competitor in marathon and sprint flatwater kayak events there and across the Midwest. |
Hillman said many kayakers went out over the weekend because the weather was warm, and it was likely Kingham was training. |
The mean temperature in Des Moines was 34 degrees Sunday, 12 degrees warmer than that date's average. |
“In winter conditions, even if the sun is shining, cold weather is very dangerous,” Hillman said. |
Hillman said kayakers should take extra caution in the winter and consider how long their swim to shore would be if their boat capsized. |
Responders on the scene did not know whether or not Kingham was wearing a life jacket when his boat capsized, said Maj. Brent Long of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. |
But it is not uncommon for flatwater racers to forgo wearing life jackets, Hillman said. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources requires riders younger than 13 to wear life jackets at all times in all recreational water vessels, but only requires those 13 and older to have one life jacket per person in the boat. |
Kingham was a “great representative of the sport,” whose work ethic put him “still at the top of his game” at age 70, Hillman said. |
Kingham placed first in his class during the 18.5-mile Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon in May of 2015 in Illinois, according to the Ogden Reporter. |
In 2014, he competed in the South Dakota Kayak Challenge in which kayakers negotiate the Missouri River from Yankton, S.D., to Sioux City. He completed the 72-mile journey with a tandem teammate, earning first place and setting a new course record of 8 hours and 53 minutes, according to the Sioux City Journal. |
The water sports community will miss Kingham at this year’s Iowa Games, Hillman said. |
Joe Zellner, a carpenter from Grand Marais, Minn., knew Kingham from competitions. Zellner said Kingham had been paddling for 30 to 40 years and was "always helping the rookies." |
“Gary was experienced in a boat. (This) is going to knock the paddling community apart a little bit." |
Kingham was an active member of the Skunk River Paddlers. Diane Lowry, a member, said the group is in shock after losing "a gentle soul" and "one of the most interesting people you would ever meet." |
"We will do something special to remember Gary," she said. "He was definitely one of our cherished members." |
Kingham's legacy will live on through his family, church and paddling groups, Higgins said, and his "Kingham competitiveness" that rubbed off on people. |
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Thousands of pilgrims and tourists from around the world, together with local Christians, gathered in the biblical town of Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus, with spirits lifted by a slowdown in recent violence. |
Security was tight in Bethlehem after recent, deadly attacks on Christian targets in neighboring Egypt and Jordan by Islamic extremists. |
Julie Suhain, 20, from Ramallah said she was delighted with the U.N.'s resolution. |
Despite the Christmas cheer, Mideast politics loom large in the background -- the concrete barrier that surrounds parts of Bethlehem is just one hulking reminder. It was built by Israel last decade during the second Intifada, or uprising, when Palestinian suicide bombers attacked buses and cafes. |
Cheryl Ann (Smith) York, 54, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, following a long, courageous battle with cancer. |
She was born on Nov. 26, 1954, in Midland, the daughter of Ruth (Ray) Gransden and the later Peter J. Smith. She married Kenneth R. York II on July 19, 2003, in Luna Pier. Before her illness, Cheryl had worked in the concrete industry specializing in decorative stamping, pouring and finishing. She also had a great love... |
Cheryl is survived by her husband, Kenneth; her children, Sean (Theresa) Smith of Howell and Martha (John) Tschirret of Brighton; her grandchildren, Jessica, Nicole, Justin, Brandon and Breanna; her parents, Ruth and Ray Gransden; her brothers, David Smith and William Smith; her sisters, Judy (Robyn) Gransden, Mary (Mi... |
A simple farewell will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, 11 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at Old St. Patrick Catholic Church, 5671 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor. The family will gather with friends from 9:30 a.m. until the time of mass. |
Memorial contributions are suggested to the family for future designation; envelopes will be available at the church. |
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