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On the other hand, however, Steel notes that Fed tapering, possible U.S. dollar strength, and disinflationary trends could present headwinds to further gold rallies. |
Jek Cunningham prepared for last year’s Burns Night festivities, including haggis, at Edinburgh Castle. |
Haggis has been a running joke among the commenters on my blog for some time, so I guess if I can’t beat them, I’ll join them. |
Let’s call this Haggis Thursday, at least for this week. |
He went on to say that Friday, Scots all over the world will celebrate with whisky and haggis. He also pointed out that in the Bay Area, we have access to some of the best haggis in the United States: The Scottish Meat Pie Co. in Dixon. |
Neil wanted me to turn Pizza Friday into Haggis Friday for one day to honor the celebrations around the world, and to perhaps do a taste test of the fresh product and the canned that most people will probably be relegated to (unless they make their own). |
Well, I’m all for being responsive to readers, but I think I’ll leave the taste test to you. In the meantime, enjoy the haggis. |
The Department of Energy (DoE) has set a grand plan back in 2017, named the Philippine Energy Plan 2017-2040 (PEP), aimed towards preparing the country in the future to generate and secure more energy and address a foreseen growing demand. |
The DoE set a nine-point Energy Agenda to adhere to for the first six years of PEP. According to the second volume of the Philippine Energy Plan that tackles sectoral plans and readings, the Energy Agenda “focuses on securing the country’s reliable supply of energy, as well as ensuring high level of satisfaction among ... |
The nine-point Energy Agenda are as follows: (1) basic electricity access for all Filipinos by 2022; (2) adoption of a technology-neutral approach to achieve an optimal energy mix; (3) improvement of power supply reliability to meet demand needs by 2040; (4) development of liquefied natural gas in anticipation of the f... |
Here are the following ESSDs: ensure energy security; expand energy access; promote a low carbon future; strengthen collaboration among all government agencies involved in energy; implement, monitor, and integrate sectoral and technological road maps and action plans; advocate the passage of the Department’s legislativ... |
Murphy, Paramount Contract Extended : Movies: The actor will star in four films, including 'Beverly Hills Cop III'--subject to script approval. |
Paramount Pictures has announced the extension of its relationship with Eddie Murphy with whom they have been associated since the actor's 1982 motion picture debut in "48 HRS." Under the terms of the agreement, he will continue to produce in television as well as feature films and star in four films for the studio--tw... |
The first project, a comedy entitled "Boomerang," will feature Murphy as a ladies' man who finally meets his match. Getting under way in November for a summer 1992 release, it will be produced by Brian Grazer and Warrington Hudlin ("House Party") and directed by Reginald Hudlin from a screenplay written by Barry W. Bla... |
Murphy will do the second, "Beverly Hills Cop III," subject to script approval. Sources say that the actor, who received $12 million for his last film "Another 48 HRS.," has asked $15 million as an advance against the gross for the "Cop" sequel. Talks are being conducted with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, producer... |
Over the years, Murphy's films have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide for Paramount, but in the wake of such critical flops as "Another 48 HRS." and "Harlem Nights"--as well as the much publicized "Coming to America" lawsuit brought by writer Art Buchwald--the Paramount-Murphy relationship reportedly became strain... |
When other studios, most notably Disney, were seen courting Murphy, speculation abounded that the actor would jump ship. |
David Kirkpatrick, president of Paramount's motion picture group, chalks such talk up to the Hollywood rumor mill. "I can't think of any other star-studio relationship that has been this successful," he says, "and the arrival of Brandon Tartikoff from NBC with whom Eddie has a terrific relationship dating back to his '... |
"We've come up with 12 projects in the past year that we think will bring texture and depth to Eddie's stardom and help him redefine himself for the 1990s. And, in any case, Eddie wasn't free to sign with anyone else until he fulfilled his obligations to us. Reports of his signing with Disney were erroneous. " |
Murphy, however, may well be embarking on a project with Disney as part of an agreement worked out with Paramount, which granted him the right to do one outside film in addition to it's own slate. The picture, "Distinguished Gentleman," would star Murphy in a modern version of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Written by... |
Some studio insiders believe that Murphy's exploration of new turf may have worked to Paramount's advantage. Commented one executive: "I don't think it hurt us that Eddie went out and saw what was out there. He'd been with us for a decade and had to come to the realization that, though the grass seemed greener on the o... |
Lots of apps available... "same API using for notifications on Android Wear" |
"Wouldn't it be great if building an app for your car was as simple as building for your phone?" Guess what? Google announces the Android Auto SDK. Partners include: Pandora, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Songza, iHeartRadio, and more. |
First up will just be audio and messaging apps, meaning you won't get full control of the display by the sound of things. Likely in the interest of distraction. |
New AndroidAuto SDK will help you "focus on just making great apps for the car," he says. |
There is an SDK, so this is indeed much more open than Apple's CarPlay, which as of now is still locked down. |
"Wouldn't it be great if building an app for the car was just like building an app for a smartphone or a tablet?" |
Now we're getting to how this is going to work. |
Google maps with turn-by-turn directions available on Android Auto. |
He just dictated a voice command, and said "sure" to send it. It went away. |
Google Maps on Android Auto is voice enabled. Product manager Andy Brenner asks the car infotainment system how late the DeYoung Museum is open. He gets an answer, decides to visit, and asks for turn-by-turn directions without having to tap or swipe. |
There's a button on the wheel to trigger voice commands. |
All of these AndroidAuto apps look and feel like Android on a wide screen. It's more or less your Android phone in landscape mode. |
The maps demo worked smoothly. |
"How late is the De Young museum open today?" The answer came back, and then navigation began. |
He just asked a question via voice, and got an answer spoken back to him. |
The row of buttons on the bottom is Maps, calls, music, and what looks like a gauge, plus a row of dots that will probably be for triggering other apps. |
You can use buttons on the wheel, or voice, too. |
"Simple, glanceable controls for the car" is what this is being described, and indeed it is easier than the base Android experience. |
Problem is, how many existing cars on the road will be able to work with this? |
Andy Brenner, product manager at Google, is demoing Android Auto. Apps are running on Android phone, so experience changes with updates or device upgrades. Screen shows destinations, reminders, contacts, music. |
Really low-quality video showing off the Android Auto demo. Jittery and blurry. |
We can put Google Glass on the Moscone roof, but we can't drive a car onto the stage. |
Indeed, no actual car on stage, but the blank, just the interior, for a demo. |
Tony Blair: "We have engaged in endless diplomacy" |
Earlier today, I gave authority for UK forces to be deployed against Iraq. |
Operation Desert Fox was launched at 10 pm London time (2200 gmt). |
There can be no greater responsibility upon a prime minister than to ask British servicemen to risk their lives for the sake of peace and stability in another part of the world, and I feel that responsibility tonight, profoundly. |
I spoke earlier today to group captain Rich Jones, commander of British forces in the Gulf. British involvement will be significant, and I thanked them for their bravery and their professionalism. And I wished them well in what we would be asking of them. |
This action could have been avoided. Since the Gulf War, the entire international community has worked to stop Saddam Hussein from keeping and developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and from continuing to threaten his neighbours. |
For the safety and stability of the region and the wider world, he cannot be allowed to do so. If he will not, through reason and diplomacy, abandon his weapons of mass destruction programme, it must be degraded and diminished by military force. |
Over the past few years, we have engaged in endless diplomacy, at every level and of every kind. But we must face the facts. Saddam Hussein has no intention of abiding by the agreements he has made. UN Resolution 687, bringing to an end the Gulf War, made it a condition of the ceasefire both that Iraq destroy its weapo... |
Despite constant lies, prevarication and breaching of the agreed conditions, the weapons inspectors carried out their task, uncovering in the process vast evidence of weapons of mass destruction capability. |
In October last year, Saddam Hussein started to impede their work even more seriously than before. Months of negotiation followed. Finally, faced with the threat of force, Saddam Hussein averted military action by entering into a binding memorandum of understanding with Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General. |
He continued to obstruct. In August he suspended cooperation with the U.N. inspectors. On 30 October he ended the cooperation totally. He resisted all appeals to come back into compliance with the agreements he made. Indeed, quite the contrary. He used the time both for further prevarication and for the dispersal of mi... |
As you know, on 14 November I issued the authority to strike against Iraq as part of a joint US-UK operation. At the last moment, aware that he was about to be attacked, Saddam offered full, unconditional, unrestricted operation with UNSCOM. |
We called off the attack. We made that last extra effort to avert force. The inspectors went back to work. We said at the time that we would hold Saddam to his word, and that should he break his word once more, there would be no warnings, no wranglings, no last-minute negotiations. |
Richard Butler, head of the UN Special Commission, promised his report on Iraqi cooperation within a month. |
It came out last night, on time, as scheduled. It is damning. It is a catalogue of obstruction. It shows quite clearly, one more time, that Saddam has no intention whatever of keeping to his word. He is a serial breaker of promises. |
And the reason for his obstruction is also clear: it is his desire to develop these weapons of mass destruction. |
He has not for one instant yielded up that malign intent. The threat is now, and it is a threat to his neighbours, to his people, and to the security of the world. |
If he is not stopped now, the consequences to our future peace are real and fundamental. We cannot responsibly let that happen. |
Let me remind you: since 1991 the inspectors destroyed or rendered harmless 48 Scud missiles, 49,000 chemical munitions, 690 tonnes of chemical agents, 3,000 tonnes of precursor chemicals and the Al Hakam biological weapons factory, destroyed in 1996. However, over 30,000 chemical weapons warheads and 4,000 tonnes of p... |
The UN and the world community has shown by the resolution which has passed calling for unconditional cooperation with the weapons inspectors that it fully knows the seriousness of the threat he poses. |
Following the Butler Report, after more than a year of obstruction and a catalogue of broken promises, we have no option but to act. |
Our objectives in this military action are clear: to degrade his capability to build and use weapons of mass destruction, and to diminish the military threat he poses to his neighbours. |
The targets chosen, therefore, are targets connected with his military capability, his weapons of mass destruction capacity, and his ability to threaten his neighbours. |
We are taking every possible care to avoid civilian casualties. |
I cannot, for obvious reasons, go into any operational details. |
But I do want to say one further thing. Our quarrel is not with the Iraqi people, it never has been. |
The whole world should know we have allowed Saddam to sell oil to buy as much food and medicine for the Iraqi people as necessary. It is a lie for him to say otherwise. He could have fed and cared for his people but he has chosen not to. |
Our quarrel is with him alone and the evil regime he represents. |
There is no realistic alternative to military force. We are taking military action with real regret but also with real determination. We have exhausted all other avenues. We act because we must. |
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he was leaving the United Kingdom Independence Party which he used to pressure the ruling Conservative Party into gambling on a Brexit referendum. |
But after stepping down as UKIP leader following the referendum, Farage has been critical of the party which he cast as disorganised and poorly led. |
Farage criticised a decision by the current leader, Gerard Batten, to appoint far-right activist Tommy Robinson as an adviser. |
Drug violence is nothing new to the communities that are strung out along Mexico's border with the United States, but a recent increase in murders in the lower Rio Grande valley has authorities concerned. A war over drug profits is seen as the probable cause. |
Until recently, Nuevo Laredo and other towns in this part of the border had been spared the kind of violence that has become common in larger cities like Tijuana and Juarez. But, in the past few months, there have been at least 50 murders that authorities believe are linked to the drug trade. Among the victims are eigh... |
Experts on both sides of the border point to drug lord Osiel Cardenas Guillen as the probable instigator of most violence. The leader of the so-called Gulf Cartel is wanted in both Mexico and the United States on drug smuggling charges. The 35-year-old Cardenas is known locally as "el loco," the crazy one, because of h... |
The news editor for El Manana de Nuevo Laredo daily newspaper, Jorge Vargas, says there is no real proof that Osiel Cardenas is behind the killings. He says there is no evidence, but that it supposed by many that Osiel Cardenas is involved and that he continues to reside in Nuevo Laredo. |
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has offered a $2 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Osiel Cardenas. Mexico has sent hundreds of federal police agents to this part of the border to deal with the outbreak in violence and to pursue the Cardenas gang, but Jorge Vargas says this has not stopped... |
Mr. Vargas says more than 300 federal police came to Nuevo Laredo a few months ago, including two rapid response teams that later moved on to Reynosa and other violence-plagued border towns. |
Mexican President Vicente Fox has made the fight against drug smugglers a priority and his government has scored some notable successes in the past two years. Last week, President Fox outlined a new effort against organized crime that would involve better coordination between various agencies of the government and an a... |
China's domestic air traffic will become the world's largest within 10 years, according to the Global Market Forecast from Airbus released Tuesday. |
"While established European and North American markets continue to grow, Asia-Pacific is the engine powering growth in the next 20 years," said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers. |
"China will soon be the world's biggest aviation market and together with emerging economies, further population concentration, and wealth creation, together these will help to fuel strong air traffic growth," Leahy said. |
Passenger traffic will grow at an average 4.5 percent a year over the next two decades, driving a need for over 33,000 new aircraft of more than 100 seats, Airbus forecast. |
By 2035, the global aircraft fleet will double to almost 40,000 aircraft from the current 19,500. Some 13,000 passenger and freighter aircraft will be replaced with more fuel-efficient types. |
In the wide-body market, Airbus forecast a trend toward higher-capacity aircraft and forecast a need for over 9,500 wide-body passenger and freighter aircraft over the next 20 years. |
In the single aisle market, Airbus predicted a need for over 23,500 new aircraft worth US$2.4 trillion. The Asia-Pacific will account for 39 percent of these deliveries. |
China's domestic air traffic will become the world's largest within 10 years, a new Airbus report says. |
Jack Ury, the oldest player to participate in a WSOP event, died on Feb. 1. He was 97. |
Jack Ury, the oldest person to play in a World Series of Poker event, died Feb. 1. He was 97. |
Ury played in the 2007 WSOP main event, becoming the oldest to play. He eclipsed his own record each of the next three years. It sits at 97 years and three months. |
Ury was born in Terre Haute, Ind., on March 22, 1913. According to the WSOP, he played his first hand of poker at 10, during the Warren Harding administration. Ury enlisted in the United States Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served in World War II. He lived most of his life in Terre Haute, worki... |
To see a short clip of Ury playing at the 2009 WSOP, click here. |
MGM Resorts International today announced a plan to further reduce costs, improve efficiencies and position the Company for growth. The Company expects to deliver annualized Adjusted EBITDA uplift of $300 million in aggregate, consisting of $200 million by the end of 2020 and an additional $100 million by the end of 20... |
The program, known as ‘MGM 2020’, will be a company-wide, business-optimization initiative aimed to leverage a more centralized organization to maximize profitability and, through key investments in technology, lay the groundwork for the Company’s digital transformation to drive revenue growth. The plan expands upon th... |
Over the past two years, MGM Resorts has centralized key company-wide functions and invested strategically in resources to create centers of excellence. The Company is now in a position to leverage these centers of excellence to create additional efficiencies and realize $200 million of annualized Adjusted EBITDA uplif... |
With the conclusion of its development cycle, MGM Resorts is generating significant free cash flow. Over the next few years, the Company expects to reallocate a portion of its annual capital expenditure budget to specific technology advancements that will increase revenues and grow market share by innovating and elevat... |
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