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But that doesn't mean they don't have relatable moments. Take, for example, this video of Justin Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, and their children Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrian passing through Gander International Airport. |
The family was en route to Newfoundland's Fogo Island for Easter weekend. |
Yep. Just like you (if you live in Ontario or Quebec), Gregoire-Trudeau travels with one of those hideous reusable bags from Metro. |
The same bags you have shoved in a cabinet somewhere and that you've probably taken Thanksgiving leftovers home in. |
The Trudeaus: kinda, sorta, almost just like us. |
Tuhoe chief negotiator Tamati Kruger says the iwi hopes its settlement will eventually enable it to manage its own affairs, including government services. |
The iwi has accepted the Crown's offer settling its historical claim in a deal worth $170 million. |
The offer includes an acknowledgment of mana motuhake, or the ability of Ngai Tuhoe to take control of its own affairs. |
Mr Kruger said the Crown and Tuhoe have agreed the movement towards mana motuhake is a 40-year programme. |
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain demanded President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to redress the deprivations and injustices to the people by fulfilling the demand of new province. |
Talking the members of Rabta Committee at Khursheed Begam Secretariat Azizabad by telephone, he said his party supports the struggle by the people of Southern Punjab and Bahawalpur. |
Altaf Hussain said the forces which are impeding the establishment of new province, are intentionally causing harm to solidarity, stability and existence of Pakistan. |
It's a unique and arresting design created by the design team to make the Book flip easily from laptop mode to tablet mode. |
It has a stronger center of gravity for it, which meant the design team could shave off hundreds of grams in weight. |
The screen bends all the way around as well. The base configuration of 128GB storage and 8GB of RAM starts at $1,500, while a fully loaded Surface Book runs north of $3,000. Preorders begin on October 7, and the device ships on October 26. |
The Surface Book's keyboard detaches. |
Microsoft VP Panos Panay introduces the Surface Book. |
Microsoft's new Surface Book is easily the most compelling device the company has ever made. It's attractive, in a slightly boxy, brushed-aluminum sort of way. It's super powerful, yet light and thin. It works with a stylus, it detaches to become a tablet, and it has the craziest hinge you've ever seen. But the Surface... |
The evolution of the Surface lineup mirrors almost exactly the story of Windows. When the Surface first came out in 2012, it was a showcase for Windows 8. (Microsoft said then that Surface was made "to bring Windows into the physical realm.") Windows 8 was based on a single idea, which was all but written on the box in... |
That was wrong. Not only do many of its customers adopt new tech slowly—particularly the ones in IT departments who are still supporting Windows XP and fielding questions from users about broken ThinkPad TrackPoint nubs—it turns out that the most capital-P Productive way to use a computer is still, for most people, a m... |
So then came the docks, the accessories, the promises about replacing your laptop, the improvements to the attachments and the total ditching of that awful Touch Cover accessory. But that still didn't solve the problem. The problem was with the whole idea. "The tablet that can replace your laptop" is a false propositio... |
The Surface Book isn't made to convince you of a new way of doing things. It's a laptop that can replace... your laptop. When its base and display are docked together, it's one of the best Windows PCs on the planet. Compared to the new MacBook, which counts as Apple's vision for the future of mainstream laptops—tiny, t... |
Right now, that's what people want. Not everyone—lots of people just want phones—but certainly Microsoft People. They don't want a device that is mostly tablet and a little bit laptop. They want a laptop. If it's also a tablet? Great! But it better be a good laptop first. They have work to do. And the future where ever... |
This device feels like a long, long overdue answer. |
Give Microsoft credit for acknowledging this. Even before it began talking about Windows 10, Satya Nadella's Microsoft has climbed up on every available rooftop and shouted a new vision: Microsoft is the company that builds tools for people who get stuff done. You can use one of those tools, or a few, or all of them—bu... |
If you start from that premise, that Microsoft is primarily about helping people get stuff done right now and not about ushering in some new futuristic idea about how we use technology, the Surface Book feels sort of inevitable. The Surface Book is the device for today. Really, it's the device for three years ago—this ... |
Of course Microsoft wants to also stay ahead of the curve; it learned a hard lesson by missing mobile because it held onto the desktop paradigm for too long. It's smart to keep pushing the envelope forward, showing people how things might work in the future. That's why HoloLens is important, and why the Surface Pro 4 i... |
But for now, and for the foreseeable future, most of the world Microsoft inhabits isn't changing much. People still need devices that help them do their work. They want laptops, they want great keyboards and trackpads, they want all the power they can get their mitts on. And if they can get all that, plus a device that... |
The latest version of software that allows iPhone owners to install applications not approved by Apple has been released just days after the practice was declared legal under U.S. copyright law. |
JailbreakMe 2.0 can be installed by going to its developers' Web site, jailbreakme.com, where it is installed via the Safari Web browser. One of its developers, Comex, wrote on Twitter that there were initial problems with JailbreakMe and the MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) and FaceTime video chat functions, but tho... |
The practice of jailbreaking was illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits the circumvention of copy protection mechanisms. But last week the Librarian of Congress issued a batch of exemptions, ruling that the installation of legally acquired third-party software for non-infringing reas... |
Jailbreaking also allows an iPhone to be used on other phone networks. Apple's exclusive agreement with AT&T to offer the iPhone is being challenged in a class-action suit filed last month in which customers contend the two companies secretly agreed to unfairly "technologically restrict voice and data service" for five... |
Apple, which has never pushed for prosecuting someone for jailbreaking their iPhone, nonetheless discourages the practice, saying that it could interfere with the phone's normal operation. Jailbreaking also will potentially invalidate the iPhone's warranty, Apple has warned. |
Apple's regular iPhone software updates often also invalidated the jailbreak modifications, and the jailbreaking software had to be regularly updated. |
Tests on over 100 sea turtles -- spanning three oceans and all seven species -- have revealed microplastics in the guts of every single turtle, scientists say. |
The researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK looked for synthetic particles (less than five millimetres in length) including microplastics in 102 sea turtles in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean. |
Synthetic particles were found in all of the turtles, the most common being fibres, which can potentially come from sources including clothing, tyres, cigarette filters and maritime equipment such as ropes and fishing nets. |
"The effect of these particles on turtles is unknown," said Emily Duncan from the University of Exeter. |
"Their small size means they can pass through the gut without causing a blockage, as is frequently reported with larger plastic fragments. |
"However, future work should focus on whether microplastics may be affecting aquatic organisms more subtly," she said. |
The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, more than 800 synthetic particles in the 102 turtles studied. |
However, researchers only tested part of each animal's gut -- so the total number of particles is estimated to be about 20 times higher. |
They do not currently understand how synthetic particles are ingested by turtles, but the likely sources are polluted seawater and sediments, and eating via prey or plants. |
"It really is a great shame that many or even all of the world's sea turtles have now ingested microplastics," Professor Brendan Godley, senior author of the study, added. |
"At the moment, this is not the main threat to this species group but it is a clear sign that we need to act to better govern global waste," said Godley. |
Necropsies were carried out on the turtles after they died either by stranding or bycatch (accidental catching in fishing). |
The study sites were North Carolina, US (Atlantic), Northern Cyprus (Mediterranean) and Queensland, Australia (Pacific). |
The turtles with the most synthetic particles were in the Mediterranean -- thought to have higher rates of contamination than the Atlantic or Pacific -- but this study's sample sizes and methodology did not allow for detailed geographical comparisons. |
"While this study has been successful, it does not feel like a success to have found microplastic in the gut of every single turtle we have investigated," said Penelope Lindeque from Plymouth Marine Laboratory. |
"From our work over the years we have found microplastic in nearly all the species of marine animals we have looked at; from tiny zooplankton at the base of the marine food web to fish larvae, dolphins and now turtles," Lindeque said. |
The study provides more evidence that we all need to help reduce the amount of plastic waste released to our seas and maintain clean, healthy and productive oceans for future generations, researchers said. |
"This important research demonstrates the breadth of our plastics pollution problem," said Louise Edge, plastics campaigner at Greenpeace, which collaborated with the researchers. |
"Our society's addiction to throwaway plastic is fuelling a global environmental crisis that must be tackled at source," said Edge. |
It won’t come as a surprise to you to learn that Nevada casinos usually get what they want from our state lawmakers. Thus, when high-powered casino lobbyist Harvey Whittemore asked the 2001 State Legislature for an Internet gambling bill, our elected representatives gave him and his wealthy clients what they wanted. |
It wasn’t one of the Legislature’s finest moments even though the bill’s proponents predicted a $230 million state revenue bonanza by next year. |
Flawed because Internet gaming is illegal under federal law and since it simply can’t be regulated to the high standards required of Nevada gaming licensees, a fact recognized by the Gaming Control Board enforcement agents who would be in charge of regulating Nevada-based Internet gambling sites. |
They recognize, as does Reno Congressman Jim Gibbons, that there’s no way to prevent minors from placing bets over the Internet or to ensure that winners get paid off. And without effective regulation, the whole thing is a giant scam. |
And even though online gambling is illegal, that hasn’t deterred virtual casinos or their gullible customers, mainly because most of the Web sites are located in the Caribbean out of reach of U.S. regulators. |
Christian Capital Advisors, a New York consulting firm that studies the gambling industry, reported that roughly 1,400 Web sites run by about 300 companies have gone into business since 1995, generating gross winnings of about $3 billion last year. By comparison, Nevada and New Jersey casinos grossed nearly $14 billion... |
When Gov. Kenny Guinn signed the Internet measure last June, some major Nevada gaming licensees were already poised to open cyber-casinos. At least three Nevada companies — Park Place Entertainment, MGM Mirage and Harrah’s Entertainment — have invested in online gaming technology, and all three companies already operat... |
For its part, the powerful American Gaming Association opposes Internet gambling because of potential regulatory problems. |
Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander hit the nail on the head when he said that Internet gambling must comply with all applicable state laws, rules and regulations. |
In that regard, Gaming Commission Regulation 5.010 states that “any activity on the part of a (gaming) licensee … which would reflect or tend to reflect discredit upon the State of Nevada or the gaming industry is an unsuitable manner of operation.” Clearly, unregulated Internet gambling is “unsuitable” because it refl... |
Some U.S. congressmen want to curb Internet gambling by barring credit card companies from making payments to illegal online casinos, which would effectively choke off the money supply. |
A bill sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., would outlaw all forms of Internet gambling. It would block virtual casinos from accepting credit or checks, and give law enforcement agencies broad authority to seek injunctions against intermediaries, including banks, who enable online gambling. |
A separate bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, would prevent anyone engaged in “unlawful Internet gambling” from accepting payment by credit card, check or electronic money transfer. |
There was some good news in 2000 when Jay Cohen, co-owner of a popular gaming Web site based on the tiny island of Antigua, was convicted in New York federal court of violating the 40-year-old Interstate Wire Act, which bans companies and individuals from using interstate phone lines to take bets. Cohen, who was senten... |
Our lawmakers, desperate to find new revenue sources without increasing gambling taxes, have also explored the idea of a state lottery, which is currently prohibited by the Nevada Constitution. |
During last year’s legislative session, Assemblywoman Kathy McClain, D-Las Vegas, proposed putting a lottery referendum on this year’s ballot, but her measure failed when casino lobbyists opposed it. Ms. McClain argued that a lottery could generate $65 million per year to fund education and senior citizen programs. |
But if there’s a worse bet than a state lottery, I don’t know what it is, except perhaps sending your credit card number off into cyber-space to the unknown operators of an unregulated virtual casino in the Caribbean. |
And that’s why I think Internet gaming is a losing proposition for the state of Nevada. |
Long Island, Bahamas - According to reports, shortly after 7:00am Sunday, 6th May, 2018, police on Long Island, were called to the settlement of Whymms, after a male was discovered in a home, hanging from a rope tied in the ceiling. Local medical personnel were called to the scene; however, they were unsuccessful in re... |
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees, adding to the more than 25,000 already received in the last few months, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday in Germany, where an influx of refugees has sparked a backlash. |
McCallum told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp he was responding to complaints from Canadian groups who want to sponsor Syrian refugees but did not have their applications processed quickly enough to be among the government’s initial target of 25,000. |
“We are doing everything we can to accommodate the very welcomed desire on the part of Canadians to sponsor refugees,” McCallum said in a phone interview with CBC News from Berlin, where he is meeting with the German interior minister. |
The Liberal government won election in October 2015 pledging to bring in more Syrian refugees more quickly than the previous Conservative government. Private groups including church, family and community organizations had lined up to sponsor Syrian families. |
The welcome contrasts sharply to Europe, where resettlement has sparked an anti-migrant backlash amid security fears. |
While there have been some delays finding permanent housing for refugees arriving in Canada, particularly in large cities like Toronto where the housing market is tight, the resettlement program has been mostly smooth. |
A poll released last month showed Canadians were divided over whether to accept more Syrian refugees. |
A total of 26,200 Syrian refugees had arrived in Canada as of March 28, according to the Immigration Department. But nearly 16,000 more applications are in process or have been finalized, even though the refugees have not yet arrived, according to official figures. |
McCallum said he has instructed bureaucrats to extend the deadline for submitting sponsorship applications to Thursday from the initial March 1 deadline, which should allow the department to process the backlog. |
European publishing house Axel Springer announced today that it’s acquired business news outlet Business Insider for $442 million. |
New York City-based Business Insider reaches an audience of 78 milllion unique visitors each month. Through the acquisition, Axel Springer will be able to grow its reader base to roughly 200 million worldwide, making it one of the six largest publishers on the planet. |
The company has signed a binding agreement to purchase approximately 88 percent of Business Insider’s shares using existing credit lines. It already owns nine percent; after this purchase, the company will hold a stake of 97 percent. |
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ personal investment company Bezos Expeditions will hold the remaining shares. |
The purchase price based on 100 percent of Business Insider comes to USD 442 million on the basis of a cash and debt-free valuation of $390 million. For the 88 percent of shares that Axel Springer is acquiring, it’s paying $343 million. |
With the acquisition of Business Insider, we continue with our strategy to expand Axel Springer’s digital reach and, as previously announced, invest in digital journalism companies in English-speaking regions of the world. Business Insider has set new standards in digital business journalism globally. |
(Founder, CEO and editor-in-chief) Henry Blodget’s way of digital storytelling reaches tomorrow’s decision-makers. Combining our forces will allow us to unlock growth potential and expand Business Insider’s portfolio to new verticals, new locations and new digital content. We look forward to working together with Henry... |
Track this and other news in digital publishing on Index. |
Women are creating companies that meet the needs of the market. Not that men don’t, but women have an edge: Women make the vast majority of consumer buying decisions so they have a handle on what the market wants. |
Some like Kara Goldin of hint, Cybele Pascal of Cybele’s Free to Eat, and Wendy Strgar of Good Clean Love created products to meet their own personal needs. Others, like Sara Andrews of Bumbleroot Foods and Courtney Nichols Gould of SmartyPants Vitamins wanted to make a difference in something they were passionate abou... |
Women still face obstacles that seem ludicrous, given their proven performance. You may have read last week’s Newsweek article “What Silicon Valley Thinks Of Women.” I’ve also written about sexual harassment, unconscious bias, and an overall unfriendly environment for women raising money. Failure to recognize that edge... |
But, there’s hope! A new source of capital allows women to bypass obstacles and gatekeepers. Equity crowdfunding gives women (and men) easier access to like-minded investors. Though equity crowdfunding is relatively new, its track record so far shows that it can help start and scale innovative companies that institutio... |
With equity-based crowdfunding, investors receive a stake in the company. Currently only friends, family and accredited investors (a.k.a. wealthy people) in the United States can invest in a company for equity on websites, such as AngelList, Crowdfunder, CircleUp, Ingress Capital and Portfolia. |
After Goldin’s third child was born, she was having trouble losing the weight she’d gained. She had been drinking Diet Coke for 20 years, but just didn’t feel good. Goldin went on a rampage and tossed out everything in her pantry containing ingredients that didn’t seem healthy, including all that Diet Coke. Despite kno... |
Goldin wanted to expanded her e-commerce operation. Venture capital and private equity folks weren’t getting her triple revenue model of selling through conventional grocery stores, food service operators, and e-commerce (an online subscription service delivers hint on a periodic basis). Goldin took a counter-intuitive... |
Pascal’s son was allergic to the top eight food allergens. At the time, she couldn’t even find recipes, let alone food products, that her son could eat. Out of her own need, she started creating recipes for her son and went on to write three best-selling cookbooks. She was a guest on the Martha Stewart, which led to wr... |
As a thought-leader in the space, she was constantly being asked about foods that people could buy off the shelf. None existed. Pascal stepped in to fill the void. She used some of her money and that of friends and family to start Cybele’s Free to Eat. But, when it came time to doing a Series A round, she turned to a c... |
It wasn’t until 2010 that Strgar felt that she started getting the formula for her products and marketing messages right. Good Clean Love uses natural ingredients to make love-making healthier and more enjoyable. Products made from petrochemicals were making her sick. As it turns out, these products increase the likeli... |
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